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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY
:,. l in ii) TWKLVK I'AOKS.
SIXULK COPY TWO CKN'TS.
D0LL1VER AND
' ALMIC1I TILT
Iowa Senator Talks for Three Hours
Different Phases of Tariff
Making.
IOWAN IS
OF RETORT
quently Ac
; Speeches.
'Hode Island
es Him of Mi, S
NOT TRYING TO Y BILL
Accusation of Head of v ? Com
mittee is Reaper
BORAH FINISHES HIS SPEECH
Iffaho Neuator Completes I1U Ad
.iithi un Inrotue Tax--eaator
' Drndlry pleada for Tariff
on Jute.
WASHINGTON, May 4 Notable apechcs
provoking deabte of Intense Interest char
acterised the session of the senate today.
8enator Dolllver of Iowa made an attack
upon the method under which protective
tariff bills are formed and engaged in a
contest exchange of words w'th Senator
Aldrlch who wan r. careful listener to the
address o ftha Iowa aenntor. On the dem
ocratic side remained unite, no member of
tli minority Interposing a word In the
controversy over the tariff which occupied
the 'republican senators alone. At times
thla debate threatened to be acrjmonlous,
but the Iowa senator was ever ready with
a humorous retort, which called forth
laughter When angry wotdH seemed un
avoidable. Senator Borah concluded Ids speech on
the Income tax, delivering an extended
legal argument o show that there Is ample
reason for believing: that the supreine
court of the United States might reverse
Itself If thu constitutionality jf that tax
should again be presented.
A. strung plea for the extension of the
protective tariff system to jute was made
by Benator Bradley of Kentucky, who de
clared that with the protective policy cov
ering products of thla state Kentucky
would be safe aa a republican slate In the
future, aa Massachusetts had been In the
past.
Aldrlch. Protest Frequently.
When Mr. Dolllver declared, as he said,
upon the authority of Mr. Aldrlch, that
Jie schedules of the pending bill were made
by officers of the New York customs house
tnd not by the committee on finance, Mr.
Aldrlch promptly denied that he had made
i statement on which such an assertion
sould be based. When Mr. Dolllver reit
erated his statement Mr. Aldrlch again pro
tested against what he declared was "ab
solutely false." Still declaring that the
nator from Rhode Island had said that
, Unofficial had written tha schedules, Mr.
aldrlch a third time arose to protest. He
ixplaiucd that what he had aald was that
thre officers, exfierts of the government,
bad been entrusted with the duly of cal
culating the amount of the specific duties
jnpoecd In place of the ad valorem rates,
ml he denied that hu had turned over to
hem the muklng of the nchedulcs.
After snie searching of the Congrea
itonal Record Mr. Dolllver read from Mr.
(Ullrich's remarks and declared that his
Interpretation of those remarks was "wui
unlcd by a man agitated In hla feelings."
"I know he Is agitated," said Mr. At
orlch, looking over Hie chamber, "and I
trust I will not have occasion to allude
o It."
Dolllver Denies Charge.
Paying no attention to this suggestion,
Mr. Dolllver proceeded referring to Mr.
Aldrlch remark on a former occasion to
the effect Hint he was "circulating false
democratic rumors Mis quotation of Mr.
Aldrlch's remarks was again excepted to
by tlio senator from Rhode Island, who
declared that the Iowa senator was speak
ing "from a gjilty conscience." Again the
record was consulted and when It was
lead Mr. Dolllvrr proceeded with his ar
gument. Mr. Aldrlch, Interrupting to say some
thing about senators coming to him with
samples of cotton gooua. wan sharply cut
off by the senator from Iowa, who refused
to Yield for what he declared was In
tended ti be an nswer to nn arguiiicl.t
he Imd not yet made and lie. declined to i
permit tiie aciuilor fr m It Mode Island 'o i
complete the t Demi nt, saying he would!
not permit hi a remarks to be suoe.tiiily
discredited In his own time.
Willi strong voice the words of the Iowa
senator resounded through the chamber.
VJiilek of retort, he frequently provoked
laughter. When Hrnslor Warren uuuertook
to give some Information concerning the
wool business, Mr. Dolllver replied that
he had studied the wool business "from the
birth of the lamb to the manufacture of a
piece of cloth" and when the laughter
died out Senator Bmoot song hi te Interrupt
with a statement.
"The senator wishes to read a book to
tie." Imitated Mr. Dolllver, referring to a
volume held by Mr. Smoot, and amid re
newed laughter Mr. Dolllver proceeded.
Duty oh Wool Tops.
Addressing his remarks pointedly toward
Mr. Aldrlch, whom he faced, Mr. Dolllver
Criticised the large duty provided In thu
pending bill on wool tops. Mr. Aldrlch
gsva careful attention and frequently In
terrupted. .While replying to a question by Mr. War-
ren, Mr. Dolllver was Interrupted by Mr.
Bmoot.
"I want only one In this cliu at a time."
said Mr. Dolllver.
Being reminded by Mr. Aldrlch that he
should not undertake to fly upon a de
nunciation of the tariff making, Mr. Dol
llver replied: "This speech was not' made
without the advice of practical men. I
have taken occasion to put myself In con
nection with practical men or I would not
be here."
After Mr. Dolllver had crtilclsd he prac
, the of supplying wool tariff to articles
of clothing that have In them a trace of
wool. Mr. Aldrlch Interposed to say he
wished to Introduce In the record remarks
by the late Senators Jones of Arkansas
iiid Vest of Missouri, both democrats on
precisely the same line.
' sharp Hetort Dolllver.
"The statement the senator Is now mak
ing." 11M Mr. Idrlch. "could have been
read word by word from speeches of Sena
tors Jonee an West and they would have
liiinluced the un effect."
"I said at the beginning." retorted Mr.
Uwlllver. "that If 1 confined myself ts facts
(Continued o Second pegs.)
Wheat Takes Jump
of Four Cents
Bullish Movement in July Causes
Sensation on Chicago Board
of Trade.
CHICAGO. May 4. -July wheat on the
Board of Trade today made a sensationally
bullish showing, advancing from $1.12. the
low point of the day. tn $1.16. at which the
market closed. This marked a net advance
of 3'hn4e. May closed at 1.2H. The mar
ket has been advancing steadily for the
last week, following the spectacular de
cMne which set afloat reports that James
A. Tatten had dropped out of the market.
Today's high prices were but lc under
the best price of the bull campaign for
May and only Tc below the July record.
Bartlett, Fatten & Co.. of which hull
leader James A. fatten Is a member, were
credited today with selling May on a mod
erate scale, but with making heavy pur
chases of July.
Today's advance, bn top of the gradual
gains of last week, are said to Indicate
clearly that the bull campaign which was
alleged In many quarters to be dead, was
only sleeping.
The Ohio state report, making the crap
condition 66 per cent, against 92 a year
ago, and the Oklahoma state report, glv
the condition as '74, a' much smaller Im
provement over thei previous month's re
port than had been expected, were the
leading bullish factors, although reports
of appearance of green ' bugs helped In
stimulating buyers. Mr. Patten Is still
absent on hip partner's New Mexico ranch.
Omaha Women
at Whist Tourney
Local Delegation at Boston is Pitted
Against Boston and Phila
delphia Teams.
BOSTON. Mass.. May 4. (Ppeclal Tele
gram ) Woman whist experts from many
c'ties to the number of 300, Including the
Omaha delegation, gathered for their an
nual congress at the Hotel Somerset last
evening. , A brilliant reception to the visi
tors of the Woman's Whist league opened
the way to the whist tables, where the
fair players Immediately beijan to show
their skill. Thl Is one of the few con
gresses to which men ure invited, so there
was a liberal sprinkling of males. The
array of priies was the niecca for tho
visitors last r'ri.t after the reception.
Today the Omaha women are busy at tho
tournament tallies, being pitted against
Philadelphia and Boeton teams.
Play will continue through the week.
Nearly everjf large whist club In the
country was represented, while most of the
smaller organizations sent delegates.
The first rounds of play begun at 10 a.
m., In open progressive pairs, fur the Witsh
Ingtun, Cavendish and Boston trophies
and the Philadelphia cup and for women
playing to qualify for ina Tirouhiyn Trophy
A special section of parlors was reservod
for play In mixed pairs. All scoring Is In
charge of Charles 3. Oilman, president of
tha American Whist league
Four Arrests in
Smuggling Case
Dealer in Dressmakers' Supplies and
Former Customs Employe
in List.
NEW YORK, May 4. -Four arrests were
made today by I'nlted Slates Marshal Hen
kel on charges arising out of the seizure of
smuggled trunks at this port about a year
ago. The persons taken Into custody were
George C. While, a dealer In dressmakers'
supplies; l.orne B. Walker, a former em
ploye of the custom' department; W. II.
Kilgamon, a salesman, and Elizabeth Kll
gamon, his wife. The four were arraigned
before Justice Hough In the I'nited Stales
circuit court.
SEVEN HURT IN EXPLOSION
MANY FEET UNDERGROUND
Accident llelleved to Be Dne to Smug
gling, of Ponder Into .Mine
Against Orders,
PITTSRVRfl. May 4. An explosion of
powder 2.000 feet underground 1n the Ar
ena mine of the Keystone Coal company,
at Arnna, Westmoreland cnisnty. seriously
Injured seven miners today and reused a
panic among 300 others. The men were
riding Into the mine on a train of electric
cars for the day's work, when there was
a blinding flash, accompanied by a deafen,
lng roar. Believing It a gaa explosion the
men fled In confusion toward the entrance
to the mine. Finding there was no evi
dence af gas, some of the men returned
and attended the Injured men, who were
taken to a hospital at Qrecnshiirg. Kulmlte
was used In the mine and the use of powder
was forbidden by the company. It is be
lieved a can of about five pounds was be
ing smuggled Into the mine and was ig
nited by a spark from tho trolley. The
mine was not damaged.
CHOIR BOY KILLED BY BOLT
Conies lu Contact with Kleetrle Cable
While Mghtarelng at
Ma Kara Folia.
'NIAGARA FALI.S. N. Y., May 4. Joseph
Cronin. 14 years old. a member, of the Paul
ist Chorister society of Chicago, In charge
of Father Finn, was Instantly killed today
by electricity on tha Canadian side of the
river. With me sixty of his companions
who were visiting l.oretto convent, he
started to climb the bank to the trans
former station of the Ontario Power com
pany, when be came In contact wth an
11,000 Mill cable which had been temporarily
strung by the company.
ELUDES LAW THIRTY YEARS
Day Laborer ta Oklahoma Arrealed
for M order Committed lieu
eralloa Ago.
FREDERICK. Okl.. May 4 -On a charge
of having murdered a railroad section fore
man In Texas thirty years ago. a man
known here aa John Adams, who bad been
working as a day laborer, was arrested to
day by a deputy sheriff. Although he has
luded capture for so Diany years, it Is
alleged that tha man baa In the meantime
served two penitentiary terms, one In
Texas and o.i In Arkansas, for other
crlmea.
NEXT STEP IN
PEACEMAKING
Delegates to National Peace Confer
ence in Chicago Consider Plans
for the Future.
HOPE LIES IN EDUCATION
Through it Alone Can Abolishment
of War Be Accomplished.
FEDERATION OF THE WORLD
Hamilton Holt Makes an Illustrated
Address on the Subject.
WOMEN AND BUSINESS MEN
Part of lloth In Government la Dis
cussed In Npeelnl Sessions
Held During the
Day.
CHICAGO, April 4. Having viewed the
present aspect of the peace movement from
various viewpoints, Including those of tha
politician, the business mun and tho edu
cator, delegates to the second eace con
ference In session here tonight considered
plans for the future. Ac Orchontra nail
Dr. David Starr Jordan presided over ora
torical efforts illumining "Next Slops In
Peucemuking," the general caption cover
ing the eveidng'a addresses.
In the Fine Arts building President John
S. Noilen of Luke Forest university
wielded the gavel over a special session,
devoted to the relation of schools and col
leges to tho peace movement. Hamilton
Holt drew a picture of the "Federation of
the world," Illustrated with stereopllcon
views. President 8. J1. Hrooks of Baylor
university. Texas, also spoke.
At orchestra hall Edwin Olnn of Boston
outlined a systematic campaign of educa
tion for peace, for In education tho mili
tant peacemakers base their holies of unl- j
versal abolishment of war. Rev. Jenkln
Lloyd Jones of Chicago referred to arma
ments as Irritants rutlier than guarantors
of peace Edwin I). .Mead of Boston dis
cussed "The Arrest In Competitive Arming
In Fidelity to Tho Hague Movement," and
Congressman Richard Bartholin of Missouri
referred w)th sarcastic emphaslB to tho In
consistency of a race of people which In
sists that the Individual Bhall settle his
differences by peaceful means In the
courts, while nations are left to refer their
own squabbles to the arbitrament of war.
Special Sessions for Women.
Discussion of the commercial and Indus
trial asiects of universal and permanent
peace was the feature of today's session
of the second National Peace congress In
this city. Special sessions were set apart
for consideration of woman's work In the
Interests of peace, and for the part which
universities and oollegua have pluyed In
the great problem. . i
The woman's session was held under the
auspices of the Chicago Woman's club.
Mrs. Ellen M. Hcnryutln of this city pre
sided. Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead of Boston,
spoke on "Five Dangerous Fallacies, she
said In part:
"The world surely will see during this
century un International police, but rival
navies and armies are doomed. These
monstrous anachronisms of civilization
must be turned Into beneficlent.piessengers
of commerce."
In explaining the attitude of business
men on this subject, Marcus M. Marks,
president of the National association of
Clothiers of New York, said:
"The merchants of the world have done
much Indirectly to bring about the Im
proved relations between the various na
tions. Let them now help finance the
peace movements and add unselfish, prac
tical co-operation In a great cause.
"The terrible power of destruction now
possible through modern war agencies and
the still undeveloped air warships, force
upon all men the absurdity of settling In
ternational difficulties by mutual annihila
tion. "The Idealists may at last be Joined by
hard-headed men of affairs whose dally
cry Is for results. Business men all want
race."
College Society Aids Peace.
IxjuIs P. Ixx hner of Madi--on. Wis., was
the principal speaker at the college seaeion.
He said in part:
"The complexion of the American student
body la assuming an entirely new char
acter. At the I'nlverslty of Wisconsin the
number of foreign students has risen from
seven In 1W to ninety-six in lHo!. I believe
that we shall find a partial solution of thla
problem In the work of the association of
cosmopolitan clubs,
"This association Is composed of Inter
national students' organizations at nine
teen leading universities. We are affili
ated, with the Corda Fratres of Europe.
We have 'national nlg-hts," when students
from different nations describe the history
and Institutions of their fatherlands. The
day Is not far distant when we shall have
branch societies In every civilized country
In the world, when a student can travel to
what large university he will and yet be
sure of meeting sympathetic friends and of
finding men filled with similar high Ideals
of the brotherhood of man. It will swell
and strengthen the ever Increasing ranks
of those who are seeking to bring into
reality the millennium of Tennyson, when
The war drum throbs no longer
And the battle flags are furled,
tn the parltiment of man.
The federation of the world.
Other speakers were Prof. William I.
Hull of Swarthmore college, Pennsylvania,
and James Brown Scott, solicitor of the
Btale department, Washington, D. C.
BIG JUDGMENT ON SALE
Case Involving Banker Harper, Who
Tried to Corner W heat,
rars F.ad.
CINCINNATI, O., May 4 -The last ves
tige of the once famous Cincinnati case
the collapse of the Fidelity National bank
and the fall of K. 1 Harper and his ef
forts to corner the wheat market will be
cleaned up here on May 17, when the $5,000,
000 judgment against E. L. Harper will be
offered for sale by George C. Rankin, re
ceiver of tha bank.
Harper speculated on the Chicago Board
of Trade twenty years ago and failed In
running a wheat corner. He served sev
eial years In the penitentiary at Columbus,
O., for using funds of his bank to bolster
up bis wheat concern. Thousands of per
sons were plunged Into despair her when
his bank failed.
i'.i 1
News Note A bill has been introduced in the Illinois legislature limiting women's hats to a diameter of
eighteen inches.
From the Washington Evening Star.
TUG LINE FOR THE MISSOURI
Kansas City Men Incorporate Five
Million Company at Pierre.
HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Company Propoara to Operate Power
ful Tnaia and Frrlsbt Hnritea, with
Mahler Bni4 for Pnasenarvrs,
id to Have Patrols.
PIERRE. H. P i May 4. (Special.) Harry
C. Hoover, a Kansas City attorney, is In
this city today to file articles of Incorpora
tion for thn Missouri River Navigation com
pany, with a capital of J.",oirf.0u) amj ileaj.
quarters nt Pierre. The Incorporators are
J. R. Hehnirltz. John F. Sykes. Harry C.
Hoover of Kansa-s City; Phillip Laurence,
Huron. Others Interested are A. R.
Origsby and E. H. Wright of Kansas City.
Mr. Hoover sas the men hacking the
move have been working on the problems
of Missouri river navigation for four years
and believe they know what they will have
to meet. They propose to operate power
ful tugs and barges for freight traffic, -nd
lighter and faster boats for passenger traf
fic. Their scheme outlines a patrol fnrce
for th, river and a system of lights mark
ing the channel, to be kept In order by the
patrol.
After Incorporating. Mr. Hoover Inter
viewed the business men of this city and
goes from here to Yankton. Sioux City and
Omahn to look Into what he can do In
those places.
Lincoln is
Republican
Love is Probably Elected Mayor and
City is Dry by About Four
Hundred.
LINCOLN. May 4. Ive, republican. Is
probably elected mayor and It looks as If
the city had gone "dry" by 40.
NEGRO MAKES FIVE DOLLARS
AN HOUR AS STATE PRISONER
One. Hour Term Given for Involun
tary Manslauabtrr Proves Boon
to Colored Man.
BATON ROl'GK, La., May 4. An un
usual sentence was served In the state
penitentiary yesterday. It was that of El
more Williams, a negro, sentenced In He
Soto parish to one hour In prison for In
voluntary manslaughter.
Williams made more, money In serving
his sentence than he had ever made before
In Ms life, being given upon Ills discharge
the customary $." In caeh. now suit of
clothes and a psir of imoes.
Many a woman
makes herspending
money by using
Bee Want Ads. Are
you one of them?
Don't let old thing accumulate
sell them. Don't buy aomethlng
new when you can find a bargain
In one for which orue one hag no
further uae. It makea no differ
ence what It la a laundry stove,
or a piano.
Everybody reads the Bee
want ad pajyes. They are the
bargain hunter's best hunting
ground. Buy or sell the
cheap little want ads oertainlj;
do the business.
Has it Come to This?
Zeppelin Plans
Line of Airships
German Balloon Expert in Company
. Which Expects to Open for
Traffic Next Year.
STl'TTCSART. May 4.-At a meeting' to
day ot. tlo WuKemberg Aerial -Nnvy
league, a representative pf Count Zeppelin
declured the company formed In connection
with the Zeppelin airship construction
company had undertaken to 'establish a
regular line of Airships from Lucerne or
Frledrlchshafen to North Germany, via
Frankfort-On-The Main. The actual route
to be adapted will depend on the offers of
landing places made by cities pn the line.
It Is hoped to open the line for traffic next
year.
RERUN. May 4. The German Motor
Airship company today confirmed the re
port that It had purchased the patents of
the Wright aeroplane for Germany, hut
says the sum of $150,000 mentioned In the
dispatches from Paris is excessive.
Great Northern
Train Wrecked
Failure of Relief Engine to Set Tor
pedoes Causes Injury to
Twenty Passengers.
8T. PAVL. Minn., May 4 Great North
ern passenger train No. 3, known aa the
flyer, westbound, ran into a light engine
at Pelano, Minn., last night. Two day
coaches were burned and about twenty
passengers more or less seriously Injured.
Tho Injured were taken to Minneapolis,
where the most seriously hurt were placed
in a hospital. Knglneer Andrew W. Watson
of St. Paul of the passneger train was
probably fatally hurt.
The wreck was caused by a freight train
which became stalled. The crew placed tor
pedoes on the track as a "signal to the
coast train, but a light engine going to the
relief of the stalled train exploded the tor
pedoes. The crew of this engine failed to
set other torpedoes and then the coast flyer
came along and ran Into the light engine.
EDDY HEIRS LOSE IN COURT
apreme Court Hefners to Hrvlenr
Verdict tilvlng Young Widow
Share ta Big Estate.
DETROIT. May 4. Local attorneys for
Mrs. Caroline Kddy of Woolstock, la.,
widow of Charles K. Eddy of Blgniaw, ono
of the pioneer lumbermen of Saginaw,
Mich., received word today from Washing
ton that the I'nlted States supreme court
had refused to review the verdict of the
I'nlted States circuit court of appeals at
Cincinnati, giving the widow her share of
her husband's estate, amounting, It Is said,
to about $100,000. I'nder the terms of Charles
K. Kddy's will the aged widow was left
an annunlty of but $6oO.
The other heirs, Mr. Kddy's children, ap
plied to the supreme court for a writ of
ccrterorarl, which has been refused .
BLACK HILLS ROAD IS SOLD
Crouch line Taraed Over by Receiver
lo !Verr Owners, Who Pay
f osi.i no.
RAPID CITY, 8. D.. May J. C. O. Ralley
of Skiux Falls, receiver, today turned over
the Rapid City. Black Hills and Western
Railway company, the property of the Mis
souri RJver and Northwestern Railway
company, commonly known aa the Crouch
line. The road is thirty-two miles long.
The new company plans lo reconstruct the
road and purchase new rolling stocks. The
officers pf the new company are H. H.
MeComber, Augusta, Me., president; W. E.
Moore, formerly of Cincinnati, O., general
manager; J. L. Boule, superintendent. The
price paid for the road was SM.150.
DEFENSE BY ST
Attacked Official Issues Statement Re
lating to Rate Case.
SAYS MURPHY GETS FACTS WRONG
Reviews Railroad Cane at
ud Sa Folk Signed
Law. Relieving that
Was Invalid.
Length
the
It
ST. Lorifi, May 4 Judge Smith Mc
Pherson Issued a long statement here to
day reviewing his work In the Missouri
rate cases and defending the course taken
by him In those trials. He asserted his
willingness to undergo a congressional lu
vetigatlon "If any one member of congress
aside from Mr. Murphy thinks there should
be such a commltfee," and added that the
Missouri congressman had done Judge Phil
ips a "great wrong." as the latter had
"practically nothing whatever to do with
these Missouri rate cases."
In the statement, ho says:
"I know nothing about Congressman
Murphy of Missouri never heard of him
until late last night;' I know nothing of
his motives or his purpose and they are
of no concern to me except that, of course,
I do not like to be held up In an unfavor
able light In public. Ills many 'whereases'
preceding his resolution are notable prin
cipally on account of mistakes, both as to
what lie says and what he It her omits or
conceals. He, or some one for him. ought
to have gone to the court house In Kansas
City and obtained a memorandum of tho
orders which are on record and state the
truth.
"The legislature of Missouri In the winter
of If 16 passed a maximum freight law,
pertaining to certain commodities. Oov-
ernor Folk In signing the measure sent a
message to the legislature to the effect
that he signed it wl'h reluctance ami prac -
tleally saving that he doubted its validity.'
Judge McPhrrson then reviews at some
length the history of the rate legislation.
Fishing Trip to Mexico.
Continuing, he says:
"There hits never been an order made by
way of Injunction as to the freight rate
statute, except as by agreement by at
torneys on both sides, except, of course,
the final decree made March 8 by me. I
denied the temporary Injunction as to
passenger rates and there has never been
an Injunction as to them until the final
decree.
"As to the fishing trip of three years ago
this winter. I have but little to say, I
waH Invited by Mr. Gardner Lathrop, now
general solicitor fur the Santa Fe system,
a warm personal friend of mine, to g with
the party to Tamplco, Mexico, and was
gone two or three weeks as his guest. I
was then glad to be his gruest as I al
ways am. Everybody who knows him
knows that he Is a perfect gentleman and
a man of the highest character as was
his father before him the long lime presi
dent of the Missouri State university."
"In my opinion, filed March 8, 19, I said
In substance that the fixing of rates was
an executive act, subject only to being
reviewed by the courts as to whether such
rates were sufficiently remunerative. 1
used language which we lawyers call dic
tum. I said that the courts had no powers
to fix rates, but that If I did have the
power I would fix the passenger rates at
2 cents per mile for the stronger roads
and 3 cents a mllo for the Weaker roads.
"My understanding is that Governor Had
ley was most delighted with that dictum,
but I may be mistaken in that, and you
111 have to confer with Governor Hadley
aa to that. At all events, the railroads,
through some of their counsel, were In
dignant at this expression, and recently
filed a motion before me to eliminate that
expression, which last week I denied by a
written opinion now on file with the clerk
of the court at Kansas City.
"The railroads likewise moved that all
the costs be taxed against the state offi
cers, which, In fact, would bo against the
stata ot Missouri. The taxable court costs,
(Continued on Second Pago.)
DAMAN
RE-ELECTEl
Dcmocratio Mayor Wins Over Breen,
Republican, by Majority of at
Least Three Thousand.
LARGER THAN JIM EXPECTED
Greater Majority Than in His First
Race for Mayor.
GAINS IN THE UPPER WARDS
Larger Vote There Than He Had
Three Years Ago.
REPUBLICANS MAY GET BOARD
Looks Like They Will Elect Fire and
Police Commission.
MAY GET FEW OTHERS ALSO
Paper Ballots Made Work of Count
ing: Results Slow.
JIM ELECTION OFFICERS DUTIFUL
They Serve Their Maater Well, hot
o So Well the People Shrrt It
llns to Show One Pet
of Them,
Forty ont of fifty-four preolnots
Dahlman (dem.). 7,483.
Breen (rep.), 4,645.
Omaha's city election has resulted In a
victory for Mayor Dahlman by a majorl'v
considerably larger than he had when first
elected ttiree yeurs ngo.
The slse of his majority over hts reptih
llcan opponent, which In sure to be more
than 3.000. Is beyond even the- expectations
of the mayor and his political backers.
At the hour of going to press forty out
of fifty-four precincts have reported the
vote on mayor, giving Dahlman 7,482, as
against 4.G5 for Breen, and making Dnlil-
nian's lead 1.817. Tho fourteen precincts
yet to henr from will bring this up several
hundred In favor of Mayor Jim.
At no time since the first returns began
to come In was there any question about
the result so far as mayor was concerned.
The restoration of the paper ballot and
displacement of the voting machines whlcU
had been used In Omaha In recent elec
tions makes the count comparatively slow
and has held back all definite figures on
other parts of the ticket.
The Indications are fro mtha few pre
cincts heard from that the republican fire
and police board will have a.. plurality snfl
that possihly snine older candidates on the
republican tjeket may be eafe, On some
of the offices the outcome will riot be
known until the full vote In tabulated and
If close, may require an official canvass.
Tho election day weather could not have
been beiter with clear and moderately
warm. The voto In the upper wards was
apparently heavier lhan In the lower
wards and the peculiar situation Is dis
closed, that as compared w'llh threo years
ago Dahlman has run stronger In the up
per districts than In the downtown dis
tricts. The best estimates of the total
vote being In excess of lS.OoO.
Jim's Servants Serve Well. '
The election was a peaceable affair as a
whole, but b It said, Jim certslnly did get
returns from those election officer of his.
They "delivered the goods" as nearly as
piisstble and wre not always scrupulous
In doing i-o.
Out In the First precinct of the Sixth
ward the election officers got stroiis and
closed up ahop, not allowing anyone to get
In. Whereupon a determined elector, grip,
ping tightly his enfranchised cltlsenshlp Ir.
his tcih. called up tho sheriff and told
him what had happened.
Now Sheriff Hralley stands something
short of seven feet and weighs less than
300 pounds. It may have been that when
these same strong election officers saw a
j big. brawn man thumping on the door and
asking admittance, they did not recognli
the sheriff of Douglas county. However
ithat may he the door flashed open as If It
were a trap door workin on n spring.
"l-et's have none of this foolishness."
said Ed Rrulley In that quiet, soft tone of
his.
All off.
These Jim election officers sure pulled
for Jim. At one Third ward precinct they
closed up shop at 6 o'clock and quietly
strolled off to dinner Fiimcwhere within a
radius of ten miles as leisurely as If they
had been Invited to go to a plcnlo next
week.
Here's a Brave Man.
And In the Fourth of the Fifth one brave
man, an election officer, summoned his
courage forth and Mruck In the face tho
messenger boy who went to the voting
place to get the returns for The Bee. It
was a brave and daring deed. Tr" boy was
fully as big as a minute, while his assailant
was a man In stature.
In the Fifth precinct of the Ninth ward
Robert Duncan. Judge, and In the Third
precinct of the Eleventh ward John Tulley,
Judge, were fired off the hoard "by orders."
The deposed Judges are republicans and
they say no explanation was given for their
discharge, the only possible excuse which
arises in their mind being the fact that
they belong to the party opposed to the
i powers that be at present. The democratic
Judges who told theso two republican
Judges to "clear out" said they had re
ceived "orders' to do so. The republican
Judges were regularly, appointed and had
with them their certificates of appointment.
Judges In the First and Second precincts
of the Sixth ward notified challengers of
the parties interested In the election that
they or no other will be allowed In the
polling places after the polls close a,t
o'clock and the votes are counted. These
Judges said they would count tha votef
alone and needed no one to look Over thcli
shulders and watch that the count la cor
rect. An Insignificant wrangle between twt
drunken men at the voting precinct at in
Cuming street, the Second or the Eight
ward, was the only double reported to tin
police on election day from tha balloting
bout ha.
Special Officer Illnlsh arrested John Dufl
and H. R. Martens, both ef Fifteenth and