Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 19, 1909, Image 1
The Omaha . . Daily Bee The o mai i a dee elng, raUablA nwapapsr that ! admitted to each and CTrr bom. WEATHER FORECAST For Nebraska Tsrtty cloudy. For Iowa Tartly cloudy. ForSreather report see page S. VOIa XXXVIII NO. 289. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1900 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOTE ON TARIFF RATE ON RAZORS 1 Arndment by Mr. Stone to Restore tli- Dingley Schedule is Lost. CONSIDERABLE PROGR - VDE . f , Several Sections Recently I . er Are Adopted. ' Senator G01V1 Reiolution f c Committee ii Referred V" -I SHARP DEBATE ON MEASURE ;nre Insists Responsibility for High Trices B Fixed hr t'enaress, bait ' Majority Send Plan to Fl v itanrr Committer. WASHINGTON. May lS.-After devoting the greater part of the day's session to debate the senate passed upon a number of Important committee amendments to the tariff bill.. It also disposed of adversely an amendment by Mr. Stone restoring the Dingley rates oh raxora. On that vote most of the progressive republicans voted in the affirmative with the democrats. More than two hoars were devoted to a discussion Of g resolution by Senator Uorc to Investigate the cost of production at home and abroad and the relative price of commodities at wholesale and retail. The resolution was referred to the committee on finance by a decisive ve. Considerable progress was made in the adoption of several sections of the tariff bill that had formerly been passed over. There were several amendments decreas ing duties formerly reported by the com mittee, but some of the- others advanced duties. The senate at 5:12 o'clock ad journed. Hasor Amendment Lost. When the tariff bill was taken up at noon by the aenate, Mr. Stone spoke at length In favor of his amendments to re duce the duties prescribed by the bill on rasors to the rates of the present Dingley law. Mr. Stone endeavored to show that the statement made by Mr. Sinoot yesterday regarding the raaor Industries was Incor rect and Mr. Binoot corrected his statement In some particulars. Mr. Stone declared there wea only one rasor manufacturer In this country when the lower rates of the Dlngled law became effective and that there are five at the present time. Mr. Stone read several tlegrams exchanged be tween, hlmslf and a cutlery firm In St. Louis, which purported to show that im ported fasors costing 49 rents retail in this country for tl. Mr. Smoot then of fered In evidence three raiors, and In voice showing that their cost was 49 cents each to the importer and tnat they were marked to sell at tl each at retail. -- On an amendment offered ny Mr. Bacon reducing the rls on the section relating to knives, ratora. scissors, etc., below the rates of the Dingley bill, nearly all the republicans who had voted In favor of re ducing io the level of the Dingley rates voted no, the amendment being rejected by a vole of 28 to 61, Senators Clapp and LaFollotte alone of the republicans voting with the democrats. On tihle and butcher knives, etc., the committee had reduced the rates of the Dingley law about 30 per cent and Mr. Bacon sought by amendment to still fur ther reduce them, which secured no sup port Trom low tartff republicans, being re jected hy a vote of 23 to 68. Senator Stone's amendment to continue the Dingley rates on razors was defeated M to4J. Ho Probe for Retailers. Senator Gore's resolution directing the committee- en finance to conduct an In vestlgatlon Into wholesale and retail prices of commodities was discussed before the Semite today at Some lengtn. Seeking to huv the resolution adopted, Mr. Gore said h wished to have statements concerning the extortionate prices of retail dealers fully probed, so that the country might know just where the responsibility for high prices rests. Sonafor Aldrlch Said It was evident such an Investigation as that contemplated by the resolution could not be conducted be fore the pending 'tariff bill was disposed of, but he had no objection to such an Investigation being undertaken. Senator Carter pointed out that In doing this work the finance committee would necessarily cover the tame ground which the proposed tariff commission would cover. That the cotton manufacturers sell thrlr products with an agreement as to the price at Which they are to be sold at retail was the substance of a charge made by Mr. Owen. Demanding proof of this asser tion. Mr. Oilllnger said that what the country Is demanding Is prompt action On the tariff bill. He added that it had been asserted that the business Interests of this country were losing $10,000,000 a day by the holding up of the tariff bill. Referring to the "'pledge of the repub. can party" to make the tariff rates equal to the difference in cost of production here and abroad, Mr. Owen said It was the duty of the majority to Inform. the senate as to what that difference was. Mr. Alfliich replied thut the committee had done much to furnish such facts, but the Oklahoma tana tor contended that there was no available Information of the kind wanted. No Charge Against Merrkssl. Mr. Carter made an impassioned appeal for a business-like proceeding. "Every morning," he said, "some tens tor arises in lila p!ac hore to defend the country mer chant from a Charge that has never been made. No charge of extortion," he said, had ever beer) lodged against the retailer. Suggesting a select committee to obtain Infprmatlon desired, by the senator from Oklahoma, Mr. Bailey said he did not wish to make any charge aga'nat the republican tembcrs of the committee on finance, as trie committee adopted a rule that the dem ocratic members might employ all the ex torts they wanted. "They," said Mr. Bailey, "are bad enough it best, and I am not willing to charge hem with being worse than they are." At times provoking much merriment by lla ready retort and denouncing the pro active tartff policy- Mr. Gore spoke at rtgth. ' Finally, tn response to an appeal Irora Mr. Bailey the senate agreed to vote n Mr. Uore'a resolution, amended as sug gested by Mr. Bailey so aa to requite the appointment of a select committee of four republican and three democratic senators to conduct the Investigation asked for. and by a vote of W to 3 it was referred to thd committee 6a finance, Senatora Briatow, Crawford and La FoUetle voting no with the democrat Clerk Pays for Another's Prosperity W. D. Redmond of Lincoln Shy on Spending Money Because of Reporter's ErTor. LINCOLN. May IS (Special Telegram ) W. D. Redmond of the office of Stat Superintendent Bishop Is certainly up ag-ilnst It. Some over lealius newspaper reporter recorded him as being deputy stato superintendent and announced that his salary had teen Increased $3X a year. Just as this Information was alven to the public the church to which Mr. Redmond belongs and at which he ts a constant attendant, decided to raise some money. So a speaker announced that Inasmuch as the Redmond salary had been Increased MOO a year his contribution could easily be J300. Redmond tried to deny the charge, but as the church folks had seen it In a paper ha was stuck for a larger Contribution than he otherwise would have been assessed. In the mean time Mr. frank Perrlua Is -deputy stite superintendent and It was his salary which was Increased. ." ; Wheat Jumps i to New Record Closing of Tracy Deals Sends May Op tion Up to Dollar and Thirty Cents Near Opening. CHICAGO. May 18. Closing of the open ing trades of Tracy A Co., whose failure was announced at New York, sent wheat prices up on the Board of Trade today. May at tl.30 per bushel making a new high record. The market had been In session an hour before the notice to close the Tracy trades was posted. This action, however, had been expected and the settlement of ac counts began. July wheat advanced lc over yesterday to $1.154- The high price of May was lc better than yesterday's close. The volume of trade was not large. While nine carloads of wheat were marked "received" on the Omaha market Tuesday when May wheat was tl.30 In Chicago, those cars were delivered to fill orders pre viously sold almost without exception. The best price paid for mixed wheat was paid by the Bewsher Company Tuesday when 11.26 In real money changed hands for each bushel of this uncertain grade of wheat. No other grade could be sold as wheat Is so scarce that there was nothing offered. Big Plan to Colonize Jews Jacob H. Schiff of New York is Fur thering Scheme to Settle Mesopotamia. NEW YORK, May 18. Information has been received from London by the Jewish Dally News concerning the movement among foreign Hebrews to unify all the large Jewish organisations which are striv ing to ameliorate the condition of the Jews Into one body for the purpose of inaugurat ing a Jewish colonisation on a large scale In Mesopotamia. Jacob H. Schlff of New York Is the leader of the movement, which Is described as the largest Jewish move ment since the dispersion. Mr. Schlff Is now traveling through Eu rope and the News understands that one of the principal objects of his trip la the furtherance of this unification plan. HEAVY SNOW IN THE NORTH Alberta Ranches and Montana Train Service Itnffer from Storm. WINNIPEG, Man.. May IS. The snow storm of the last two days in southern Alberta promises to be severe on ranches. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 18. More than a foot of snow fell yesterday In the Rocky mountains, and played havoc with the train and telegraph service on the Kallav pell (Mont.), division of the Great North ern railroad. MEDALS FOR CUBA SERVICE President Taft Orders Recoarnltlon of All Soldiers Who Aided In Pacification. W ASHINGTON, May IS All the officers and men of the United States army who served tn Cuba during the period of pacifi cation from October C 1906, to April 1, 190J. will receive service medals with ribbons. In recognition of that service. This action Is taken by direction of Pres ident Tsft. Sherman McFarland Found Dead With Head Bruised Sherman McFarland, a teamster about years of age, who Uvea at 3315 Jones street, was found head at 6 o'clock Tuesday morn ing In an areaway at the foot of some stairs leading to the basement of the Mil lard hotel block. It Is theught by the police that the man had dosed off to sleep after midnight while sitting, on the railing around the stairway on Thirteenth street, near Doug las, and had then fallen Into the areaway. A bad bruise on the back of his head, a pool of blood near the mouth, and blood coming from the throat, were the signs or marks to Indicate how the man died. Although two men were arrested In a street fight In the vicinity of Thirteenth and Douglas streets late Monday night, the theory that McFarland met his death during any such troublu, or was fatally slugged, Is discredited by the police. Patrolman Michael McCarthy, who haa the beat on which the death occurred, found the body. In spite of the early hour, a large crowd of Third ward resi dents collected. Coroner Heafey's as sistant removed the body to the morgue. It already having been Identified aa that of McFarland by many men who knew him. Sic-Farutad waa well known In Omaha, especially In the business portion of the city, as ha had been a teamster and had owned his own horses for about twenty RUSH AND GREGG ARE ATTACKED Sensational Allegations Are Made in Petitions Filed at Muskogee by Defendants. IMPROPER CONDUCT CHARGED Attorneys Are Accused of Trying to Intimidate Grand Jurors. SAY PROSECUTION IS POLITICAL Court is Asked to Investigate Charges Made. ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL He Say He Does Not Believe tksrgri bat Will Give Petitioners ' H Oppornntty to Sabmlt . Proofs. Tt'LSA. Okl., May 18. Sensational alle gations concerning the official conduct of Sylvester R. Rush, special assistant to the attorney general: and United States Dis-j trlct Attorney Gregg rf the northern dis trict of Oklahoma are made In two peti tions filed In the federal court here this afternoon In connection with the Mus kogee town lot fraud cases. . . j One of the petitions Is signed by nine, members of the grand Jury that was dls-' charged on Saturday last by Judge John A. Marshall upon motion of District At torney Gregg, who assorted that the Jury had been subjected to Improper Influences. T his petition refutes this charge and tn turn makea serious allegations against both Messrs. Gregg and Rush. It alleges misconduct before the jury, efforts to In timidate and coerce the Jury to return In dictments against Governor Charles N. H askell and the other defendants regard less of and contrary to proof presented, and petitions the court to Investigate the Jury Jurors' allegations. The defendants also filed a response to the motion of District Attorney Gregg dis puting the charges of Improper Influence. This response alleged misconduct upon the part of Gregg, asserting that he has used the Tulsa World, of Which he Is stated to be part owner, to mold sentiment and to prejudice the court and grand Jury against the defendants; that he stated that he was after Haskell and associates and that no one else would be prosecuted; that he stated to Mr. Allen of Muskogee that he was a personal enemy of William T. Hutchlngs and would send him - to the penitentiary at all hazards, that Gregg's partners In the Tulsa World had stated to a' prominent merchant of Tulsa that It was a political prosecution started by Wil liam R. Hearst, the New York editor, and by Theodore Roosevelt against Governor Haskell. The allegations are urged to prove the defendants claim that Gregg Is an Improper person to conduct the present prosecution before the grand Jury. Grand Jnry Resumes Work. Muskogee town lot frauds wore again taken up with renewed vigor by a new federal grand Jury that met here today upon order of Judge John A. Marshall of Utah. The prosecution of these cases from the start has been directed principally by Syl vester R. Rush of Omaha, special assistant to the attorney general. The first grand jury to begin, the Investigation sat at Muskogee last winter and returned Indict ments against Governor Charles N. Has kell and six otht-ra The cases were set for trial at Tulsa and Judge Marshall was brought in aa a special judge to try them. In the meantime the defendants filed a motion to quash, alleging misconduct upon the part of Mr. Rush In the proceedings before the Jury. Judge Marshall upheld the motion upon a technicality, holding that the Jury consisted of twenty-one men, as provided by the laws of the United States now In force, while It should not have exceeded sixteen members, as pro vided by the Arkansas practice In effect when the frauds are alleged to have been committed. A second gTand jury was called and many witnesses had been examined when, on Saturday laat, the government contended that this body had been subjected to Im proper Influences. Judge Marshall upheld the government's motion and discharged the jury. Immediately ordering another one. This third grand Jury convened today to again take up the work pushed by Mr. Rush and his assistants. . The witnesses, coming from many states and who testi fied before the first Juries, were held here and number of others summoned. Mr. Rjsh haa previously said that the govern ment would push the cases to the end. Attorney General Notified. WASHINGTON. May 18. After receiving a long telegram sent yesterday by Henry F. Asp, counsel for the defendants tn the (Continued on Second Page.) years. Of late he had driven a sorrel and buckskin team that waa remarkable for size and appearance. He was married, but had no children James McFarland, living at 9 South Thirty-third street, waa the desd man's father and George, Grant and Frank Mc Farland, also living at the latter address are hla brothers. All four men are team sters. As a man who can possibly throw some light on the case when the inquest Is held Wednesday, Bert Rider, a Third wsrd resident, was taken to the police station by Officer McCarthy and held as a wittnesa "Slim" McFarland, as he waa known to many friends, left home at o'clock Mon day evening and was not seen after the time by hla family, until his brother Grant viewed the body at the morgue. The latter said Sherman McFarland left home with Sft In his pocket. When the body was found, only 26 cents waa tn the pocket a "Wa believe the case to be one of acci dental death," said Chief of Detectives Savage Tuesday noon, when aaked If there waa any truth In report that It looked like murder. Captain Dunn also was of the opinion that the fight at the corner the night before had no connection with Me r ana no aeatn, and tne detectives who worked on the caae held the same theory aa their superior Hi t ' '-!.. Ml 'Pa ' -L - " ' '- ' " : lilUliT FKOM From the Philadelphia Inquirer. KEEMN BEFORE TflE COURT Man Accused , of Trying to Bribe Jurors Has Hearing. BARRETT TELLS OF GETTING COIN One Jnror Hays Keenan Gave Him Forty Dollars When It Is Earn. Inge Came to Only Thirty Two Dollars. J. W. Van Cleve took the stand against Al Keenan yesterday afternoon before County Judge Leslie and gave about the same testimony as Jesse G. Barret had given In the morning. His statement about the conversation with Keenan In the buse ment of the courthouie, when Keenan la alleged to have promised money for a verdict for the street fcar .tympany In the Stewart case, was Identical .with Barrett's except that Van Cleve said Keenan pleaded. Don't squeal on me," while Barrett's ver sion was "Don't tell this." With Van Cleve's evidence the state rested and the case waa adjourned until this afternoon at 2 p. m. The defense Is expected to put on little or no evidence at this time, but there will doubtless be con siderable oratory. That Keenan will be bound over by Judge Leslie to the district court Is the opinion of the majority of those who heard the evidence of Van Cleve and Barrett. The latter fared unhappily when his croes examlnatlon was resumed In the afternoon. He became Involved In a contradiction with regard to the insurance of his mother. In the morning he testified that he told Kee nan he wanted some money for that pur- potte and also testified that he had paid his mother's Insurance several times. In the afternoon he admitted that he had never paid the Insurance and a little later said he had misunderstood the question In the morning. Van Cleve was the better witness of the two and his crops-examlna- tlon by A. W. Jefferis afforded nothing material. That Keenan gave Banett $) during the transactions between them when Bar rett's earnings as a Juror were 132 at the most was one of the principal points brought out !n the testimony of Barrett. The trial began with the formal evlj dence of Aael Bteere, Jr., deputy clerll of the district court, who Identified the official records in the suit of Robert A. Stewart against the Omaha A Council Bluffs Street Railway company. Barrett foyowed him and . his examination occu pied the rest of the morning. Barrett declared that on the morning of Friday. May 7. he and J. W. Van Cleve were entering the court house by the north basement entrance and that they met Keenan at the door. Inside, Keenan, Bar rett declared, said to them: . "I see you fellows are on that case be fore Judge Day. There la a chance for you to make a piece of money If you return a verdict for the street car company. That fellow ain't got any case." Barrett next deposed that his reply to this was: 'Oh, I couldn't do anything like that. It ain't right." "Then," continued the witness, "Keenan said. 'For God's sake, don't tell this. They could fend me to the pen.' " The witness followed the account of this conversation with a ttat-ment of the pay- (Continued on Second Page.) Many a woman makes herspending money by using Bee Want Ads. Are you one of them? Don't let old thlngg accumulate Bell them. Don't buy something new when jon can find a bargain In one for which lomt one has no farther ue. It make no differ ence what tt la-a laundry stOTe, or a piano. Everybody reads the Bee want ad pages.' They are the bargain hunter' best hunting ground. Buy or sell the cheap little want ad certainly, do the businetis. UNDEli HIS NOSE, TOO, Word Omitted from Indictment, Briber Goes Free Missouri Court Decides Bill Illegal Because it Leaves Out Word "The." St LOUIS. Mo., Hay 18, A special to the Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo., says: ' "The two year penitentiary sentence of Fred Warner, a - former member of the St. Louis house of delegates, fixed by the Jury which convicted him of bribery, was reversed and remanded by the Missouri supreme court today. Warner and Fred Prlesmeyer. also a member of the city council, were arrested in the house of dele gates ehamber October IS. 17.- after ' a transaction with marked bills furnished by Henry Ascher who was seeking the passage of a garage regulating bill." The dispatch adds that Justice Gantt, who wrote the decision, declared the In dictment defective because It alleged that Warner's offense was "against the dignity of state." The phrase, the court holds, Should have been "the dignity of the state." Million and Half Lost in Fire Big Factory Building at Akron, 0., is Destroyed Girls in Panic. AKRON, O., May IS Fire In the seven story Hower powder block today practi cally destroyed the building and Its con tents, causing a loss which It ts thought will aggregate Sl,S00,on0. Several girls em ployed In the building had a narrow escape. Firemen were In danger from falling walls. The building was occupied entirely by light manufacturing companies. ' There were more than 300 employes In the build ing when the fire was discovered. The blase started In the basement and the occu pants of the block had plenty of time to escape, although the young women wer thrown Into a panic. No Injuries were re ported. The cause of the fire Is unknown. Both the Goodrich Rubber company and the Diamond Tire company lost thousands of dollars' worth of automobile tires. There is about 8no,oon Insurance on the building and its contents. SEARCH FOR FIRE FIEND Nineteen Conflagrations Follow Es cape of Pparomanlae from the Asylnm at Elgla, CHICAGO, May 18. Four fires today, be lieved to have been Incendiary in origin, and In which one life was lost and prop erty valued at SIOO.OIO was destroyed, caused Increased activity in the search for An drew Hanson, a pyromanlae who recently escaped from the asylum at Elgin. In all since Hanson's escape there have been nineteen fires of questionable origin, the losses aggregating close to 1500,000. Friend of Petrosino Killed by Black NEW YORK. May 18. Marked for death, the police believe, because he had been a close friend of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino of the New York police department, who was assassinated in Palermo, Plogglo Puc cio, a clgai maker, was himself assassin ated early today as he waa trying to enter his apartments In East Seventy-fifth street. He dropped dead on the threshold as a bullet fired over the balustrade on the floor above eraahed Into his body. By the time the police arrived the assassin had escaped, presumably to the root and down through an adjoining house. The police say the man who shot the clgarmaker had been lying In wait for him, apparently, for several hours. , Before going to Palermo. Petrosino fre quently visited Puccto'a home. When the body of the detective waa brought to New York for burial Puerto took an active part DUG GONE IT SHOT SISTER AND HIMSELF South Dakota Man Thus Avoids Threatened Arrest. SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS EXISTED Woman Was trnn t p to Rafter and Shot by Her Brother, Who Then Knded Hla Own Existence. MITCHELL. 8. D.. May l.-Speclal Tel egram.) Suspending his sister, Miss Edith Gray, aged forty years, to a rafter In an attic bed room with a stout piece of cloth, W. C. Gray, aged 45, shot' her In the ear and Instantly killed her. Gray then turned the gun on hlmaelf. the bullet taking effect behind the ear, and ended his life. The parties lived on the south side of town In a small house, and with them were living three chaldren of the man. Neigh bor living In the Immediate vlrlnlty of the house-have been complaining of the Immortal life thattGray and hla sister have been leading for tne last four years, the woman being In a delicate condition before being killed. A complaint was lodged with the officers and. this afternoon, Sheriff Planter and State's Attorney Herbert went over, to the realdence to make an Investigation. Gray was plowing In the lot near the house and when he saw the officers approaching he went to trie house-.' When they asked to see his sister Gray refused to permit them to enter the house. The officers came back to the city to secure a warrant for their arrest on the charge of Incest, and sent another officer to watch the house. The officer had barely reached the place when he heard two shots fired In the house. . Going In, he found the woman hanging to the rafter and the man lying on the bed, both dead. There were no evidences of a struggle on the part of the woman and the supposition Is, that fearing arrest meant exposure and a term In the penitentiary, they resolved to die. The woman was not hung with the Idea of sus pending animation In that way, for the cloth did not press pn her throat. NEBRASKA UNICLUB DINNER Former atndenta tn Chicago to Feast nt Palmer Hooee Dean Ponnd Toastmaster. CHICAGO, May 18. (Special Telegram.) Members of the University of Nebrsska club will hold their annual dinner at the Palmer house Saturday at 8:30 p. m. Ros Cue Pound, dean of the law school of North western university, will preside and Intro duce the speakers. Frank L. Chtlds Is president of the club and Everett M. Swain Is secretary-treasurer. LINCOLN WANTS CONVENTION Nebraska. Capital Starts Bona Nest Meeting; Place of Bwltrhmen. for PEORIA. 111.. Mav U.-At the blennia.1 convention of the Switchmen's I'nlon of North 'America this afternoon a move ment awept through the hall boosting Lin coin, Neb., aa the next meeting place for the convention two years from now. Hand Assassin In the arrangement for the demonstration In jhonor of Petrosino, for the funeral and the benefit for the widow. He helped to from some of the Italian societies which paraded In the Petrosino funeral proces sion and he marched at the head of the Carleone lodge of Foresters, tf which he waa an officer. Pucclo was also a leading spirit In arranging the benefit for Mrs. Petrosino which wss held In the Academy of Music. 'While he was engaged In this work he received several letters threaten ing him with death unless he discontinued activity, but he Ignored them and declared he "did not fear the cowards." , The polk are convinced Puerto was murdered because of his friendship for Petrosino. and several detectlvea from the staff formerly commanded by Lieutenant Petrosino have been assigned to seari-fe for the murdereiv WICKERSHAM HAS OPEN MIND Attorney General Consents to Rave Friendly Suit on Bleached . Flour Ruling;. SENATOR BROWN INTERMEDIARY Shipment Will Be Made to Omaha and Seised by Officials. OMAHA. ATTORNEYS CALLED IN Smith & Smyth to Hare Conference .with Wickersham. NEBRASKA MILLERS GET A SHOW Latest Development Concerning; See re. tary 'Wilson's Ftallna; on Bleached Flonr Considered a Feather la Brown's Cap. I . (From a Stiff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 18. -Senator Norrts Brown, who with his colleague has taken great Interest In the order of the secretary of agriculture prohibiting bleaching of flour by the electrical process, which order. If cirrled to a conclusion, means serious li'ss to the millers of Nehrsska, had a lang conference today' with Attorney General Wickersham looking to a genuine suit to try out this very much debated question whether the rovernmont has xiwer to make the order It did forbidding the ship ment of bleaches flour, and whether It amounts to an sMulteratlon, as held by Dr. Wiley, chief of the chemistry division of the Agricultural department, to bleach It. After the conference It was decided on the part of the government that test casea should be made of Secretary Wilson' bleached flour order, and to .this end an interstate shipment of flour will be made, consigned t- Omaha parties, where the government will seise the same and a case in equity be begun In the Eighth circuit before Judge Munger. I'pon the first question, which Is one of law, whether the government has power to make the order It did, forbidding ship ments, the attorneys for the millers. Smith & Smith of Omaha, have been called to Washington by telegraph to have a confer ence with the Department of Justice. On the second question, whether bleaching flour amounts to adulteration, expert will be called to testify In order that the entire question may be put In tangible shape for review by a higher court. The agreement reached, it It may be so called, between Attorney General Wicker sham and Senator Brown, ia a distinctive triumph for the junior senator from Ne braska. While it decides no question what- soever, the fact that tha attorney general. Is open to conviction will bring encourage ment to hundreds of millers, not only ot reoraska, but of Iowa and Kansas as we'l, who have been bleaolilrtg winter wheat Hour for many year and whose output has been accepted by million of consumer as being equal to the output of northern mills using spring wheat. Omaha Indian Troubles. John H. Commons, agent at the Omaha Indian agency, will have to answer soma very pertinent questions, which may amount to charges. If Thoma O. Sloan of the Omaha tribe of Indian and a well Known lawyer In Thurston county can get a hearing before the commissioner of Indian affairs. Sloane Is In Washlnaton and today saw Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ballantyna with relation to the Issuance of patents to Omaha Indians entitled to same, some 1,600 lrt number, and Involving approximately lfi0,000 acres of land In Thurston county. Between Sloane and some of the older men of the Omaha tribe and the Indian office there Is a decided difference as to when these patents to Omaha Indian should Issue. Patents were granted the Omahas to run for a period of twenty-five years, the law providing that: "Patents shall be In legal effect and declare that the I'nlted States does and will hold land thus allotted In trust for a period Of twenty-five years for the sole use and benefit of allottee, nr. In rase nf hla .i his heirs, according to the laws of Ne braska." I'nder a decision of the Indian office probably these pstents In fee are to be is sued on July 10, being the date of ap proval of allotments by the secretary of the Interior, but Sloane and other of the Omaha tribe Insist that patents should not lastie until December 28, which Is the date of the patents themselves. In view of his discrepancy It Is understood In Wash ington, that speculators sre abroad at tha Omaha agency, negotiating with Indians who will receive their psrent In fee for lease purposes or for purchase of the lands outright, and It has become so notorious that something must be done to protect the Indians against the rspaclty of the white men. In that section. Tax Holla to Be Fattened. Probably the biggest thing (hat ever has happened to Thurston county will be the Issuance of fee patents covering 150.000 acres to Indian allottees, for the moment the patents are Issued It will mean that that number of acres will become taxable for both" county and state purpose, and therefore Increase the ex-hetiuer of Thr. ton count v varv considerably. Heretofore the Indians have been exempt of taxes. They hsve enjoyed -nil the advantages of dlsttirt schools, Improvement of rdsds and bridges and good county government with out paying a rent for thse advantages, but under the new condition of thing their lands, like the lsnds of every other cltlsen. will be tsxsd rroportlonately to bear tha burdens of county snd state government. Mr. Slnsne came to Washington primarily to secure the enrollment of a number of children of Julia Grandslnger and John Dldler of Pender Myrtle Last of Richard son c"unty snd Msry Deroln of Brown county, Kansas, as member of the Rose bud Sioux tribe. I'nder a rece.it order of Secretary Ballenger the persons named above were enrolled as men(bfr of the1 Rosebud reservation, but their children were denied enrollment and allotment under construction of a number of previous acts. Nehraskans In Washington. Waldo E. Whltcomb of Winnebago Is In Washington protesting against ths granting of an application for a trader's store In Winnebago. - Genera'. Solicitor Loom Is and Robert-J. Clancy of the I'nlon aPclflc are In Wash Ingtton on matte connected wtlh Irrigated lands In I'nlon Pacific territory. Judge J. F. Boyd la ia Washington, atop-