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VOL. .XXXVIII XO. 17.
0MA1L, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1909 TWELVE PAGES.
VOTE OX BANK
hide AND SHOE
PRICES KISIXG
WESTERN VIEWS
OX TARIFF BILL
Nebraska Republicans in Congress
Pleased with the Meajuve
Taken as a Whole.
KILL DELAYED
Clerical Error in Sending Copy to the
Likelihood of Free Hides Seems to
Have Caused Sort of Reverse
Action.
Printer One of the Causes for
Its Going Over.
REFERRED ONCE FOR AMENDMENT
HIDE MARKJ"" " '?
THURSDAY
OBJECT TO SOME SCHEDULES
Powers Anxious
Over New Turn in
Servian Program
Servian Abroad Ordered Home and
Government Buys Stud of
Artillery Horses.
RKItLIN, March IS. Information received
at the Foreign office today indicates thnt
Die powers all arc In favor of the Italian
Packers and Hi
lers Profess
Ignorance 'se.
ROUGH SHOES QT, HIGHER
Increase is Small, bu Vded as
Significant., "
REPRESENTATIVE PACKERS TALK
Look, for Decrease In Valir of
Hides, hot Proposed (hinRra In
Tariff Nrhedulea Are Jfot
Alarming,
In the fare of the announcement that
raw hides are likely to be placed on the
free list, the market on both hides nnd
xliora has risen considerably during Hie
lust two weeks. The market on raw
hides In Omaha Jumped 1 cent Thursday
In spite of the fact that the tariff was
iiluiiit to he taken off hide. What this
means packers and hide dealers In Omaha
profess not to know.
Not only has the price of raw hides In-
reased, hot rough shoes made from
heavy leather have Increased In price
and the ahoemen also profess Ignorance
as to the reason for this. Rough alines
which wholesaled In Omaha for $1.30 have
heen rained to 12 and those which wiiole
uled for have gone to $.'.10.
Cattlemen aeem to think the placing of
raw hides on the free list under thfc new
tariff as proposed In congress will make
a cut In the price they receive for their
cattle, but on the oilier hand some of
the packers, who buy most of the attle,
do not think it will reduce the price.
Managor Murphy of the Cudahy Parking;
rompany went so fur us to say that the
removal of the tariff would cut no figure
and that Ilia company was not concerned
about it at all.
The present duty on hides Is 15 per
cent and at present most of the Importa
tions are of the heavier stuff from Eolith
America. There the cattle are of abort
hair and thick hides and consent! ;nlly
produce the best hides for aole lcither.
I.lkely to llrdore Hide Prices.
Tt. C. Howe, manager of the Armour !t
Company plant, has Just returned from
a six months' trip around the world und
said that while Ills attention had been
culled to the matter ho had not been able
to figure out Just what the result would
be. He said that If the price of hides
was reduced one-half of what the tariff
would amount to. II would reduce the
price shout "(I cents for each bullock. He
said ho thought it would naturally ro
dder the bides somewhat in value.
' "TUejv . Ik. M.catraUot dnan. for the
thick, heavy hides from South America
for sole leather use," said Mr. Howe.
"Wo need that class of hides which are
not produced In this country. What the
general effect will he I cannot tell."
"I Imvo no doubt the removal of the
tariff will have a tendency to reduce the
price of hides." said Manager Doorley of
J. F. Smith & Co.. K'M Jones street, one
of the largest buyers of hides In the w.wt.
"You can't always tell about these things,
hnwevr. In the face of the announce
ment of tie placing of hides on the free
list i'.i.) rice of hides In Omaha Jumped
to 11 ren'.s today. To an outsider It looks
as lhoiih thi shoe man will be the only
one who will get any benefit. He will get
his leather for less and sell his shoes for
the same price. The South American hides,
with which the hides of this country ha.e
to compete, are sold at auction In New
Yc rk. They can alford to deliver i .'des in
New York for S ten's, bjt their hides, as
a rule, ure about lulf :i c-.-nt Infoilo" to
our hides. With these hides romlug -n
fre and put in coronet li Ion wl.h our Mdca
they could he worked off for a good profit.
Hide Dealers Mnr Suffer.
"The removal of the tariff on hides will
cut down the business of the hide deal
i-rs. those who deal In hides which do not
go to the packers. With hides at the
present price a farmer who has a bullock
killed or a rancher who loses a steer can
afford to spend the day In skinning It
and taking It to market. If hides were
much cheaper they would not bother to
do It. This was proven during the panic
times when everything was cheap.
"The world s supply of hides Is t per
cent short of what It was two years ago.
so l docs not look as though there woJld
be any Immediate dropping off In prices."
"I don't think the matter of removing
Ihe tariff will have much effect on the
price the ranchman receives for his cat
tle," said C. S. Hay ward, president of
the Hayward Shoe company. "The price
on hides Is largely controlled by the pack
ers It may have the broad effect of
bringing our markets in keeping with the
markets of the world. In the face of
these rumors the price of heavy shoes has
advanced from $190 to and from : to
lilo.
World's Fair
at Winnipeg
Canadian City Will Raise Two Million
Dollars for Bit Exposition
in 1912.
WINNIPE1. Man. March :..--Winnipeg
has decided to r a world s exnosltio.i in
lli. A committee of cltiieni which had
been sent to St Louis. Chit ago, Seattle nd
Portland reported favorably on the pros
pect at a mass meeting held last night and
it waa decil-1 to rase a fund of $2,iJUi),ftW
for (hat purpose
Graft Witness
is Sent to Jail!
Councilman Klein of Pittsburg Re
fines to Appear Before the
Grand Jury.
PITTSBl'RO. March IS. Councilman John
'. Klein Mas committed to jail without
ball this afternoon by Judge Davis for
refusing to appaar before the grin 4 jury
U tssufy In to (raft InvsiuaaUoo.
proposition to at once summon a Euro
pean conference to art on the Balkan sit
uation. Tills conference will have a strictly
limited program, and will merely ratify ac
complished facts. The official replies of
the powers to this proposal have not yet
been received.
All Servians living In Germany have re
ceived orders to rturn home for military
service.
A special dlspntch received here today
sava that Count Forgach, the Austro-Hun-garlan
minister to Servla, has transferred
his family from Belgrade to Belinln.
Semlln Is a Hungarian town directly
at rnss the IantUe from Belgrade.
11 IS EN, Germany, March IS. The Servian
government has purchased 3 artillery
horses from a local stud for Immediate de
livery. PARIS, MmtcIi IS. France, Great Britain
and Russia htvo united in presenting a
Joint note to fjervls advising the Relgrade
governnirnt to find a basis of negotiations
with Austria-Hungary.
BKLfiRADE, March 18. It Is understood
In diplomatic circles here that the Servian
govtrnmcnl is ready to accept the advice
of the powira regarding the peaceful tenor
of its reply to the last Austrian note, which
Is to be made shortly.
It Is further stated In Belgrade that Austria-Hungary
Is ready to disarm If so ad
vised by the powers.
ST. PETEUSHCKG. March lS.-The For
eign office is Mill hopeful that a collision
between Auslro-Hungury and Servla may
be averted. In spile of the fact that the
latest advices are not very reassuring. A
most optimistic feeling, however, prevails
at court and Kmperor Nicholas today as
sured M. Bouvotin, editor of the Novoe
Vremya that he was confident a settlement
would be arranged.
Schwab is Hostile
to New Tariff
Steel Trust Magnate Says Reduction
of Duty Will Hurt Only La
boring Men.
DETROIT, Mich.. March lS.-"The Payne
tariff bill is too drastic. Tha Iron and steel
schedulos should not have been attend,"
declared Charles M. Schwab In an Inter
view here today. Mr. Schwab arrived here
In his private car to acldrefs the Detroit
Board of Commerce today at Its monthly
luncheon.
"Labor will find Itself adtisted to, the
changed schedules," he continued?" "The
only cost that enters Into manufacture Is
the cost of labor. Remove the protection
from steel and you reduce the status of
the laborers. In European steel mills women
wheel the coke. We ran compete with the
world on this basis, too. It Is all a ques
tion of labor in the end. The tariff should
be left ns it Is."
"Then you do not agree with your friend
Mr. Carnegie?" he was asked.
"Mr. Carnegie was like a father to me.
will not take Issue with him on any
question," replied Mr. Schwab.
Jury in Cooper
Case Still Out
No Indications of Verdict After De
liberations of Day and
Half.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., March lS.-Wlth no
word from the room in which twelve men
are trying to decide the fate of Colonel D.
B. and Robin Cooper and John D. Sharn
! for ,ne murder of former Culled States
Senator K. W. Carmack. the feeling srew
io.iay inai mere will lie a disagreement.
After supper tonight the Jurors hurried
hack to the room to resume their delibera
tions. Judge Hart remained at the court
house until noon. He then left and com
municated with Sheriff Durum by tele
phone twice during the afternoon. He told
the sheriff that If the Jury reached a de
cision he would not receive it before 8 a.
in. tomorrow.
The Jury went out yttserday morning at
11:15 o'clock.
Boy on Way to School is
Badly Hurt by Machine
While on his way to school about 8:40
o'clock Thursday morning, little 6-year-old
Charlie Saddler, who lives at the Creche,
was run uvi r b a heavy automobile at
Nineteenth and rarnam streets and seri
ously Injured. Huth bones of his left lower
leg were broken, a small bone of the left
foot was fractured, the left side of the
child's face was badly bruised and lacer
ated and he may have sustained Internal
Injuries.
The accident happened within a few feet
of the northeast corner of Nineteenth and
Karnam sire i s, the child having almost
crossed the street from the soiith side
when he was run down. Ey witnesses
say that he ran from the southeast corner
In order to get across before an eastliound
street car approached And probably did not
see the automobile approaching from the
east on the north side.
Holh chauf'e.ir und boy arc believed to
have seen each other at about the stme
tin e. as each made efforts to avoid the
other, according to their own statements
slid those of witnesses. Tha lad la said to
have hesitated In the street as if he were
going to double back and tha chauffeur
aays be thought the child was going to
do so. The chauffeur swerved to the right
and the boy ran In thtt direction at the
same time and was knocked down and
run over by one of the front wheels of the
car.
The machine was going only at such a
rate when th lad was run over that it
was brought to a full stop before the rear
wheels touched him. Tht foot brakes on
the running gtar vera broken by tht
chauffaur'a sfforta to stop.
Unite in Opposition to the Placing of
Hides on Free List.
LUMBER REDUCTION TOO SMALL
Norri-s of Opinion Increase Should
Have Been Put on Liquors.
COFFEE PROVISION ENDORSED
General Comment la thnt Bill a
Whole Is Best One of the Kind
Ever Xohmltted to
Con ares.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. March 18. (Special Tel
egram.) In the main the republican mem
bers of the Nebraska delegation are fairly
well satisfied with the tariff bill. All the
Nebraskans, however, are oposed to cer
tain schedules, notably placing; hldos on
the free list. Still It Is not at all likely
that they will put up any determined fight
against free leather. All, of course, being
coffee drinkers, are gratified from a per
sonal as well as a political viewpoint Uiat
coffee Is not taxed, and some regret is ex
pressed that a duty is placed on tea, but
all seem to agree that this Imposition of
the duty will not affect the retail price.
The cut on lumber pleases the Nebraskans
except that It does not go far enough. They
favor free lumber.
Congressman Mondell of Wyoming, who
Is displeased with other wetsern congress
men on the free hides, free coal and sev
eral other schedules, today had a "round
up" of disgruntled members and Inter
viewed the ways and means committee and
the committee on rules, suggesting the pro
priety of providing when the bill comes
up for final consideration in the house a
separate vote may be had on the Important
schedules of hides, coal and lumber and
possibly others. While realising that a
tariff bill cannot be open to general amend
ment In the house. Congressman Mondell
is of the opinion that a separate vote on
the schedules indicated should be con
ceded. Representative Mondell feels confi
dent from his conference with the "powers
that be" that some provision will be piade
for a record vote on' important schedules
so much In dispute.
More Tax on Drinks.
Congressman Non-U In speaking of the
Payne tariff bill said he was greatly sur
prised in two respects with the measure,
that there had been no additional tax Im
posed on beer and whisky. It had been
generally believed throughout the country
that these luxuries would he supjected to
an additional Internal revenue taxation in
about the proportion these beverages were
taxed during the Spanish-American war.
"It was on the cards for such taxation
up to almost the final movement prior to
n porting the bill, but those democrats
who atone5 by the administration In the
I'lRht against the insurgents In their effort
t j secure certain amendments to the house
rules drmanded as their pound of fl-sh
I hat libiids he kept off the proposition to
Impure additional taxation on either beer
or whisky.
"I tMnk It was generally conceded that
tie little Joker, '.n the present Dingley
law relating to countervailing duty on
ptioltum would lie left out of the Payne
bill but It was not. and sticks as tha
exlst'r.g law. I had hoped this clause
w uld be wiped out," continued Judge
Ni.rrls.
Representative Norris Is pleased that the
Inheritance lax clause la included In the
hill; that coffee remains untaxed and that
the existing tariff on lumber was cut in
half.
lens of Hlnshaw.
Representative Hlnshaw feels satisfied
with ths bill in Its entirety, but in com-
' "'"n wlt" co,lp-',K(,'S has some lvgrets
urs'ii schedules. "The cut on steol and
lumber Is a movement In the right direc
tion and I believe free coal will meet with,
general approval in my srctlon. The re
moval of the duty on hides, however, will
not be approved, generally In Nebraska
and contiguous states west and southwest.
I wart to see the countervailing duty on
petroleum removed from the statutes. Th.i
reciproi Intory features of the bill I con
sider very good paragraphs and also ap-
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Phllo Wllley was the chauffeur In charge
of the machine, which belongs to Attorney
T. J. Mahoney. and wela-ha 1mi s,vm
pounds. No one was In the car at the time
of the accident except Willey, who lives
at the Mahoney residence, S12 South Thir
ty-seventh sneet.
A large number of people witnessed the
accident and many sympathetic persons as
sisted the lad and did what they could to
ease his pain until doctors arrived. He
was picked up by E. D. Peden of Cosad.
Neb.; Hymen Bugarnian. a medical stu
dent, and othe.s. who carried him to the
office of Dr. llahn on the second floor of
the Davids bhck. Eighteenth and Far
nani streets.
Dr. .lahii had just left his offloa anal
could not be located, and when the police
ambulance arrived with Police 6urgeon
Barbour the boy was taken to St. Joseph's
hospital, where Dr. Allison took charge of
the caae, at the Instance of Mr. Mahoney's
professional partners.
Mrs. Dora A. Saddler, mother of Charlie,
Is a widow and lives with Mra Nellie ll
Kennedy at 1ft North Twenty-fourth
street. She was Immediately notified of
the accident and taken to the hospital In
the Mahoney automobile. There are three
other children, a brother and two sisters.
In the family, of which Charlie Is next to
the youngest. It Is said that tha lot of the
mother and her children has been a hard
one. One of tha little girls also lives at tha
Creche and another stays with her grand
mother. Mrs. Saddlrr moved to Omaha
rrom ert point, rb.. several months
ago. Charlie was In the first grids at Cen
tral school.
From the Clereland Plain leaier.
TARIFF BILL IS REPORTED
House Committee Recommends that it
Be Massed Without Change.
BR0USSARD WITH REPUBLICANS
Minority la Glvra t'ntll Tuesday to
Prepare Its ReportClark Says
Wool Schedule Is Too
Hitch.
WASHINGTON. March 1R.-Tmmedl-.itely
after the house convened today Mr. Payne
of New York, chairman of the committee
on ways and means, reported back the
tariff bill without amendment.
Mr. Payne offered a resolution provid
ing for the printing of 3n,000 copies of It.
25,000 of which shall be In document form
and embodying the views of tho minority.
After a good deal of diseussioc the reso
lution was adopted.
Representative Brouesard of Ijiulslana
voted to report the bill without amendment,
but all the other democrats of tho com
mittee voted against it. The vote was
13 to 9.
The democrats were given until next
Tuesday to prepare a minority report.
In the report tha cnifpttee says:
"It Is the hope of .'lhe committee that
with a teturn of business prosperity the
revenues will show a large percentage of
Increase and prove entirely adequate for
any natural and economical scale of ex
penditures." It Is then pointed out that even since
the beginning of the present month there
has been an upward tendency of receipts.
Heiiurt on the III II.
The report accompanying the bill, which
waa presented hy Mr. Tayne, Is made up In
tha main of extracts from the statement re
garding the schedules which was yesterday
given out by Mr. Payne, but the Introduc
tory portion of it Is devoted to an explana
tion of the committee's reasons for Its
course. Two principal reasons for the re
adjustment of the schedules are given. The
first of these Is thnt after the lapse of
twelve years since the enactment of the
Dingley law many new complications In the
tariff have arisen and It Is stated that Ihe
public demand has been confirmed by the
Information received by the committee since
it began Its investigation. In the second
place it Is stated that since the Dingley
blil went Into effect a large number of for
eign euuntrles have adopted tariffs with
maximum and minimum rates, so that sec
tion 3 of the present law Is not regarded
as sufficiently broad to meet the changed
conditions, as these new foreign tariffs for
the higher rates are on a large part of our
exports. Tho committee expressed opinion
that tha new bill Is so constructed that
these conditions will be fully met. Tt Is
stated that the bill proposes a reduced rate
on the bulk of Imported articles.
Rronaaard Votes Tilth Heptihllcnn.
That party lines would be eliminated dur-
Ing the consideration In the house of the
Payne tariff bill wus indicated by the ac
tion of Representative Broussard of l.oulM
nna In withdrawing- today from the meeting
of minority members of the committee be
cause he differed from their views on the
tariff. With a few exceptions each member
of the house will fight for the Interests of
ills home district. There Is little prospect
of any lengthy general debate on the bill
and the consideration of the measure under
the five-minute rule for amendment will be
pro ceded with as soon as possibly, prob
ably by the end of the present week. Un
less a "gag" rule for the prevention of un-
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You will find agreat
aid in shopping un
der the heading,
"Everything for
Women," on the
want ad page.
A gooo! many things are ad
vertised there that you would
not know about otherwise. It's
a mighty good thing to keep
posted through the want ads,
particularly if your ocket
book is not bulging out, or if
you haven't ko much time on
your hands that you can shop
just for the pleasure of shop
ping. Have you read the want ada yet
today T
ABOUT THE LAST OF THE EL'X
Reform Wave Hits
Cincinnati with
Grand Jury Bills
Prominent Politician Under Cox is
Caught by Indictment Charging
Running a Nuisance.
CINCINNATI, March 18,-The first bomb
shell in the reform movement to clean up
Cincinnati was the indictment by the Hnm
llton county grand Jury today of Dejilol
Bauer, a member of the city council for
the hurt five years, on the charge of con
ducting a place that constitutes a nuisance.
Bauer Is proprietor of the Majestic saloon
and concert hall on Vine street.
Indictments were also returned against
Jacob Btttner and Kdward Brannlgan, pro
prietors of concert halls, on the charge of
maintaining a nuisance.
Henry Hunt, who was elected prosecutor
of Iremilton county at the last election on
the democratic ticket, but gained a victory
by the support of the Independent reform
element, la leading in the fight for r5form.
Councilman Bauer Is a republican poli
tician and belongs to the faction controlled
by the well known leader. George B. Cox.
Deep Waterway
for Illinois
Bill for Project from Lockport to
Gulf Introduced in the
Legislature.
SPRING F1KT,D, III., March IS. -The deep
waterway project for Illinois, to result In
the creation of a channel from Ixickport
to I'tica as a part of the final develop
ment of the waterways plans waa Intro
duced In the house today.
STUDENT FROM PORTO RICO
CUTS THROAT AT VALPARAISO
r'aflnre to Rerelve Canal Remittance
apposed to Be Cae of
the Deed.
VALPARAISO, Tnd.. March IS. Mal
donado Florenclo, a 19-year-old student at
the Valparaiso university. Is dying today
from a deep wound In his throat, self-ln-flirted
during last night. He was sent here
from Cocamo, Porto Kico, hy his parents.
He had not received his usual remittance
lately and had beeoi.ie e'esjondent.
KERENS G0EST0 AUSTRIA
Tort at Vienna Will Re f.lvrn to nt.
l.onls Man.
CHICAGO. March IS. Following Is a spe
cial cable to the Dally News from Vienna:
The new American ambassador to A'ustrla
will be Richard C. Kerens of St Ixiuls,
The Plate department at Washington has
cabled to the Austrian government asking
If ho is persona grata. A reply in the af
firmative has heen sent.
Mafia Threatens Consul
at Palermo with Death
ROMFJ, March lS.-Ambasaador Grlseom
had a talk this morning with Foreign Mln
later Tlttnnla regarding the threatening let
ters addressed to W. H. Bishop, the Ameri
can consul at Palermo, Sicily, In the matter
of his activity In running down the men
suspected of complicity In the plot against
Lieutenant Petroslnl of New York, who was
murdered at Palermo six days ago. The
foreign minister assured the ambassador
that all precautions to Insure the safety of
Mr. Bishop and the consulate had bean
taken. The building was being closely
watched and Mr. Bishop was being guarded
every tlma ho went out.
PALERMO. March 18. The body of Jo
seph Petroslnl is still In the mortuary
chamber of the Rotoli cemetery at the dis
posal of W. H. Bishop, the American con
sul. It Is being carefully guarded.
Mr. Bishop yesterday received an anony
mous letter In which tha writer said he
heard a certain man, whom ha Indicates
but d i not identify, utter the threat that
If Mr. Bishcp continues his activities In the
Petroslnl case he would return to America
dead Instead of alive.
Tha influence of the Mafia In Palermo la
strikingly Indicated by the following occur
rence: Mr. Bishop a few days ago concluded a
contract with tha agent of a shipping com
pany for the transportation of Petroslnl
body te America, Today the agent went to
Mr. Bishop and threw up his engagement.
He said ha had received secret warning
that his life would be In danger if he In
any way becam connected witU Us cas
TAFT'S EULOGY ON CLEVELAND
President Speaks at Memorial Serv
ices in New York.
CAREER A REMARKABLE ONE
Derlarea Former Executive Hod
Alvraya at Heart the Meat Inter-
of the .Nation at
li rgr.
NEW YORK. Mrch 18. President Taft
who arrived here from Washington today
made an address at the Cleveland memorial
exercises at Carnegie hall this afternoon.
Mr, Taffs address was not only an eulogy
of ex-President Cleveland, but It Incident
ally referred to many public questions which
were dealt with during Mr. Cleveland's ad
ministration. "drover Cleveland was as completely
American In his character as Lincoln," said
President Taft. "Without a college educa
tion he prepared himself for the bar. His
life waa confined to western New York.
His vision of government and of society was
not widened by foreign travel. He was a
public product of the village and town life
of the middle states, affected by New Eng
land ancestry and the atmosphere of a
clergyman s home. His chief characteris
tics were simplicity and honesty, courage
of his convictions, with a sense of public
duty that has been exceeded by no states
man within my knowledge. It was so
strong in him that he rarely wrote any
thing, whether in the form of a private or
public communication, that tho obligation
of all men to observe the public Interest
was not his chief theme.
"His career was a most remarkable ono.
By his administration of the affairs of his
city as Its mayor he showed his power of
resistance to, and of overcoming, the In
fluences that made for corruption and neg
ligence In city government, both In his own
party and In the party of his opponents.
His reputation in this regard spread over
his native atate of New York at a time
when such an attitude as his seemed ex
ceptional, and his standing before the com
munity became a political asset for the
democratic party that even those who had
but little sympathy with his principles
were glad to silxe upon as a means of get
ting into power.
Cleveland as Party Man.
"Mr. Cleveland was a democrat. He waa
a partisan; he believed in parties, as all
men must who understand the machinery
esentlal to the success and efficiency of
popular government. His Impulses were
all toward the merit system of appoint
ments in the public service and against
the spoils system; but he had a practical,
common-eense view of the problems before
him. He dealt with the instruments which
he had. and he not Infrequently was
obliged. In order to accomplish greater ob
jects, to yield to the demands of those who
had no Ideals, and who were Impatient of
anything but the use of government offices
as a purely political reward. Kvery time
that opportunity offered, however, and
there was not some greater object In Im
mediate view, he strengthened and assisted
the movement toward the merit system.
"At the end of his first term he was re-
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and he was fearful of the Mafia s revenge
Among the men taken Into custody by the
Italian authorities are two whose connec
tion with the case is thought to bo very
close. The police maintain absolute secrecy
with regard to their Identity.
FIFTH VICTIM OF STRANGE
WRECK DEAD AT MONTREAL
Engineer of Train that Plunged
Through Depot Xucrumhs
to Injuries.
MONTREAL. Quebec. March IS.-Mirk
Cunningham, engineer of the Boston train
which telescoped the Windsor street sta
tion here yesterday, died early today, mak
ing the fifth fatality to follow the accident.
John Kosackl. a Polish Immigrant, will
also probably die. Cunningham's death
will prevent the actual cause of the loco
motive's getting beyond control ever be
coming defintely known.
The four other persons killed were sit
ting In the women's waiting room.
A score of men were knocked down when
the train crashed through tha rotunda. An
Investigation of the cause of the accldtnt
disclosed that the break In the boiler was
on the fireman's side. rlreman Craig
Jumped at onca and landed In a snow drift
practically uninjured. He ran down the
track after tha train. Half a mile further
ha found tha engineer. Cunningham, lying
unconscious by tha rails. Jlu ,4u'j bid
been fractured.
Contained One Provision Admitted to
Have Been Illegal.
MOVE WAS TO ELIMINATE THIS
Mutual Insurance Bills of Bartos Are-
Put to Sleep.
NO CHANGE IN PULLMAN RATES
Senate Also Pitts a Qnlrlns on Hill
Ulvlnsi Hallnar Commission Kx
pllclt Authority 0vr
Telephone Lines.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
LINCOLN, March IS. (Special.) Pecans
of a clerical error In sending copy to tho
printer, the guaranty bank bill, II. It. 4:3.
was not passed by the senate today, as
expected, and there may be a delay that
will prevent the big Jollification tomorrow
night. The amendments were finally
printed correctly and returned to tho sen
ate Just as that body adjourned.
The hill had been referred to the commu
te of the whole for specific amendment
during the morning session, on the motion
of IJonohoe of Holt, who declared the pur
pose of the move waa to eliminate from
the senate ar.it nCments one which provided
when a bank liquidates there shull be re
turned to It 7!i per cent of the unused por
tion of the bank guaranty fund which re
mains In its possession st the time. Tho
democrats, because of the criticism over
the provision of the bill as originally
drafted, which provided none of this money
should be eturned, decided to provldo for
the return of this share of the fund, hut
later decided thst provision was unconsti
tutional. In milking his motion to recommit, Sen
ator Oonohoe said It was for the purpoHn
of this specific amendment and no nth r
purpose. The lieutenant governor ruled
that when a bill was recommitted the bill
would be before Hie committee of the whole
and anything the members sought to do
might be done to It in spite of the specific
provision, this being the custom In all leg
islative bndle so far as he could ascertain.
Before the Doiu hoe motion was put, Sen
ator Randall moved that the bill be recom
mitted for the purposo also of changing
the provision with respect to loans, so a
state bank may loan not to exceed 10 per
rent of Its capital stock and surplus, the
bill providing m per cent, to any one per
son, lie did tills, he said, to make tha
state banks nnd the national hanks on an
equality In this m-ject. The motion failed.
Cox, Majors and i.nnimllt voting with Ilia
democrats-.ig me t the motion.
Mutnnl Insurance Aired.
Senator Ratios of Haline county made)
a Inng-promlacd talk on mutual Insurance
aa conducted under the existing Nebraska
laws today. In an endeavor to place on
general file two bills. S. F. S8d and 21K.
Introduced by himself, with a view of
prohibiting mutual fire insutanco com
panies from representing to their policy
holders that their Inability under such
policies Is limited and with a view of
muUIng other changes In tho mutual In
surance law along tho samo lines. Tho
senate voted clown ills motion and tho
bills were lmlefnltely postponed by a vota
of 2: to 11. He secured In support of in
position the votes of Senators Buck,
Hesse. Howell. Laverty. Myers, Randall,
Ransom, Tinnier, Raymond nnd Warren.
Pullman (till Dead.
The senate today put the final quetuj
on the King bill, lowering by about a
half tho charges for berths imido by the
Pullman Sleeping Cm- company In Ne
braska. The committee on miscellane
ous corporations, of which Senator Tan
ner of Douglas la chairman, having hud
the bill since the early days of tho n-s-slon,
made the report today, and the sen
ate, with a roll call, concurred In tho re
port. No Telephone Hill.
In comitl.e of the whole the senate indefi
nitely iMistpom-d the bill by Senator Miller
of Lancuster placing the regulation of tele
phone companies entirely In the control of
tho railway commission. The bill, Mr. Mil
ler slid, was for the purpose of conferring
power upon the commission which it whs
rxeiilMng at present for the modification
of rates and control of service of the li n
l liune company, but which there whs somn
doubt whether tho railway commission net
conferred to the extent the commission dc
slr d.
Senator Ollis ' uVlley offere.T an amend
inent for physical connection between com
peting lines when the public service de
mands It and tho lines are hi condition for
the same, provided there- should be no con
nection with exclusive toll lines except at
terminal points.
The amendment was declared a sure way
to kill the bill In that It would permit tint
Hell Telephone company to taku advantage
of the exchanges of the Independent wher
ever It dcsiiid and would d. prlvo the Inde
pendents of the advantages of lull business
Into which It was extending. Senator Tlli-
hcts said S'-iiu r Ollls had been a dupe in
Introducing tin- amendment, whllo Senator
( Hits s.ilcl uvciyolie lio oppesed tho amend
ment was Interested In either one telephonn
comiviny or the other and that the peopia
would benefit from physical conm ctlon of
telephones and bo saved from two-ti-lephono
seivlce. llowi II declared members or th.j
ralljuiiy commission acre Interested In Hid
telephone businiss and finally (Jamniill of
Frontier moved to jmntpone the bill and
tht srliiita rum-lit red by a decisive wite.
N Military ode.
The senate recommended for passage the
new military code bill by Lawrence of
Dodge, which is merely an amendment of
the pi-iscnt law, In accord Kith tho
amended Dick law. The measure will pel -init
an added appropriation for armory
rent in Omaha.
niuimlllii I trlhutiona.
Publicity uf i ampaiMn ront i i'milons was
the Mibjcct of li. U. JMJ, by McVlckers of
Dodge, and It was amended to provide II. ut
all contributions to funJj above niul
me. niiiila puhllc. Ihe measure a an
amendment of the law already existing und
passed by the republicans, wnlch covered
the same subject. The lilM was recom
mended to pass
Physical valuation Hill.
The Ollis physical valuation bill was re
ferred to the i nj.to railroad committee
today when it wus returned to tha aeriala
with amendments of the house. The usual
liroceduie would Lava tittu fur 'La sciiata