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VOL. XXXIX NO. 85.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, ijkh) TWELVE PAOES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
TAFT SPENDS
DAY INJttLORADO
Preiident Likes Mountaini and it De
lighted With Scenery of Grand
Canyon of Arkansas.
BREAKFAST AT WALSH HOME
Beautiful Country Seat ii Rechrist
ened Clonmel.
6H0RT SPEECH A'i -J. FAIR
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Guard of Honor ConsV-. 'Thirty
tw,i County St i
BAIIINGER JOINS T, -sT RTY
lrrililfnt Refers to c ? , i
Poller and Hays He HVIli '
It at I.rnath la llli
at Spokane.
'Ion
PT'EBLO, Polo., Sept. 22.-Trestdent Taft
tonight Ik crossing the continental divide
anl tomorrow morning will find himself
west of the Rocky mountains. All day
the president has traveled with the pan
orama of the white-capped peaks of the
Rockies In view and at one time the train
ran for a mile or mora through fields of
enow. Tonight at Tenneajs";- Pas the
cllmh to the top of the divide earrlea th
president to an altitude of 10.2) feet.
For the first time the president traveled
through the grand canyon of the Arkansas,
A'hrre at one plare the half-mile deep can
yon la ao narrow that there la not room
for the track and tha river and the former
ha to be carried over the rushing waters
by means of a hanging bridge suspended
by cables embedded In the rocky walls of
the chasm Tha eleven-mile ride through
the canyon was made by moonlight, the
president's train having left here at 6:40
p. m. and reaching tha hang bridge two
hours later.
The president did not feel (he altitude
and at the end of hla first week of "one
night stands" ha Is hi splendid health, de
spite the efforts of the hospitable west and
Its elaborate and never-ending breakfasts,
luncheons and dinners. Mr. Taft'a voice
also Is In the best of condition. There was
a little huaklness for a time, but It has
disappeared.
Breakfast at Walsh Home.
Beginning tha first of the two days of
hla Colorado tour, Mr. Taft motored four
teen miles out of Denver to breakfast this
'. ' morning at tha home of Thomas F. Walsh,
and at tha request of tha owner re
ohrlstoned aa "Colon mel" the estate here
tofore known aa "Wofhurst." Taking the
train at Wolhurst, with an additional train
filled with Colorado people as an escort,
the president proceeded to Colorado
Springs, where ha made a brief address in
the public park to ona of the largest
crowd of the trip, and then made a hurry
up autopiojjll. tpur to polata of acento in
terest. At - an eminence overlooking the
valley of the Garden of tha Clods, with
the Rockies in the background and dark
clouds playing tag with Plke'a Peak, Mr.
Taft expressed his admiration of tha view
with unrestrained enthusiasm.
From Colorado Springs tha party came
on to Pueblo, where the president left the
train at the Mineral Palace park and was
driven at the head of a long procession of
automobiles to the state fair grounds, to
face another exuberant throng and to make
a brief extemporaneous speeoh In apprecia
tion of tha reception that Colorado has ex
tended to-liim,
Halllnaer Joins Party.
Secretary of the Interior Ballings'.' joined
the presidential party at Denver and ' will
go through to aeattla with the president,
lie will assist Mr. Taft tomorrow afternoon
In the formal opening of the Gunnison tun
. nel at Montrose, Colo., the greataat lrrl
gatlon project the government baa ever un
dertaken. Mr. Taft announced today that ho will
not make hla speeoh upon tha subjeot of
the conservation of natural resources the
topic of supreme Interest In tha country
through which ha will paaa during the next
two weeks until ha reaches Spokane on
September M. It waa at Bpokan that the
I controversy between Mr. Balllngar and
Chief Forester Plnohot arose and Mr. Taft
regards It as probably tha beat place to dis
cuss the Issue. In tha brief reference ha
has made In hla speeches so far Mr. Taft
has declared that the reclamation work
must go on, but that it must be done in
conformity with the law and that no pro
ject will be undertaken until the money for
the rk ia on hand.
it was learned today that at the same
time President Taft wrote his letter to
Secretary Bellinger sustaining blm in all
that he haa done aa head of tha Interior
department he also wrote letter to Mr.
1'inchot. Further than to aay that ha has
had frequent correspondence with Mr.
1'lnchot and that they always have been
the warmest of friends, Mr. Taft will not
f fori her comment upon tha matter.
W The presidential tour took on its first
picturesque coloring of tbe west today
when thirty-two aherlffs of Colorado coun
ties, in lite costumes of tha plains, joined
the party In a rpeclal oar, to act as a
guard of honor to the preeldent during
his stay In the state. In khaki trousers,
g hlu.i flannel shirts, peaked hats, cartridge
blis and p'stol handles protruding from
hoUuis. they surrounded the president at
luiy stop. Advance arrangements had
b. .n made for mounts for tha sheriffs
1 ami they found a bunch of bronchos wall
It1 u ihi m at each city visited,
perch at Colorado) Sprlaajs.
In his hpeech at Colorado Springs this
afternoon the preeldent said:
"We are entering upon an era of pros
perity that I hops will be exceptional even
In the history of our prosperity, but in
doing so we must be careful not to forget
the obligation there la upon us to adopt
such legislative measures In state and na
tion as shall prevent a recurrence of the
abuses which Were brought so plainly to
the mind of tha people by my predecessor.
The. doie Roosevelt.
"It in easy when you are comfortable
ard " lit n the Income is coming In, to think
II. at everything la all right, but It la just
atout that time when (he sappers and
J" rn.nerx begin their work upon the founda-
, lions of Society with reference to the
abuses to which I have referred.
" "An.l this administration Is pledged with
V the aid of the people to put upon the stat
. -ite books such additional legislation as
Whall chilli the advance in the standards
of business and In tha managsnwit vf rail-
'V-
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Salt Lake City
Freight Rate
Case Begins
First Witness ii J. A. Munroe of
Omaha, Who Telli How Tar
iffs Are Hade.
RALT LA K K CITV, Sept. 22. -The hearing
before the Interstate Commerce commis
sion of the petition and complaint of the
Salt Lake Commercial club traffic bureau
asaln.it the various railroads entering this
city, charging them with maintaining arbi
trary, oppressive and exceptional transpor.
tatton rates, began today. Commissioners
Charles B. Prouty and B. E. Clark were
present.
Among the railroads represented by coun
sel and high officials are. the Harrlman
lines, Denver Rio Orande. Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy; Chicago Northwestern,
Chicago. Kock island & Pacific and Mis
souri Pacific.
Much Interest attaches to the hearing as
the water competition and the long and
short haul questions will be the main fac
tor. The principal witness at today's session
was J. A. Munroe. general traffic manager
for the Union Pacific at Omaha.
"Water competition," said Mr. Munroe,
"governs the matter of ratea to a great ex
tent, and the water competition cannot be
viewed as only in existence at points where
the water runs, but has Its effect on Inland
points."
Mi. Munroe also thought that mileage
was not the proper basis on which to fig
ure ratea, but that topography, cost of
maintenance and water competition should
be considered. He said It would be highly
desirable if the different rates maintained
on what la known as classes and com
modltles could be abolished and only one
general rata established which would be
fair and equitable for all concerned.
"It would be a happy consummation," he
said, "If all these burdensome matters of
difference In rates could be done away
with by order of the commission, but noth
ing short of the mlllenlum can bring such
a condition about and I doubt if even that
could do ao."
Notable Men Are
Coming for Fete
Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New
York Brings Many Diplomats
Across Water.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23. Nearly every
trans-Atlantic liner today brought dis
tinguished guests for the Hudson-Fulton
celebration, and In a thick fog orf Sandy
Hook the United States fleet was waiting
to thread the Narrows.
Tha first notable arrival was Grand Ad
miral Von Koeater of the German navy.
Kir Edward H. Seymour, who will command
tha British fleet, was expected today.
Many of this country's foreign represen
tatives are here or on the way and they
will aid In entertaining the naval officers
and special envoys sent by foreign powers.
Thomas J. O'Brien, American ambassador
to Japan, arrived today. Several other
embassies are represented by their secre
taries. America's two foremost aeronauts, Wil
ber Wright and Glenn H. Curtlss, have
been here since early In the week. The
latter was guest of honor today at a
luncheon given by the Aero Club of
America. One of the features of tha lunch
eon was the presentation to Mr. Curtlss
by the Aero Club of America of a gold
medal in recognition of his achievements In
aviation.
Yoakum Helps
Good Roads Along
Rock Island Official Seeks to Inter
est' Southerners in Progres
sive Movement.
PHILADKLPHIA, Sept. 22 B. F. Yoak
um, chairman of the executive committee
of the Kock Island-Frisco lines and an en
thusiast for good roads, is here in an au
tomobile tour ot inspection, accompanied by
a party representing the farming interests
of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and
Texaa.
The purpose of the Investigation Is not
only to effect an Improvement in the build
ing of roads in the west and southwest,
but also to convince tha agriculturists that
the resulting benefits Include a tremendous
saving In transportation charges.
Fasnoaa Mldajet Dead.
BOSTON, Sept. 22. Rodnla Nutt, last
male survivor of the late P. T. Barnum's
famous midget troup, died at his home
In Dorchester today, aged 61 years. Sines
retiring, nineteen years ago, "Major" Nutt,
as he was known, had conducted a suc
cessful real estate business. He was a
brother of "Commodore" Nutt, with whom
he traveled under the auspices of Barn urn
and who died In UilL
Follow the Track and Keep
the Money, Carmen's Motto
"Bless you, I don't know where Fortieth
and Cuming is. I was told to take this
car out and I am taking It and following
the track. That's all."
This waa the reply given by one of the
new conductors to a young woman em
ployed in the city hall when she called at
tention to tha fact that the car she was
on was marked Fortieth and Cuming, and
tha car had turned west to go to Dundee.
Little attention la paid the awltches by
tha new men running the street cars and
they charge ahead on the same track trav
ersed by the preceding car, regardless of
the proper destination.
I. J. Dunn, assistant city attorney, left
for home on a west stde Hanscom park
car, but when tha car reached the Junc
tion ot tha two lines at Paciflo street and
Park avenue It proceeded on south on the
east aids. He hopped off and saw two
more cars take tha east aide route. He
then turned tha switch himself and the
next car went west. For an hour there
after all cars want west until A. S. Mid
lam, assistant manager of Armour's plant
In South Omaha, who Uvea on the east
side of tha park, turned tha switch tack.
SIXTY-THREE DIE
IN GULF STORM
Total Death List From Hurricane
Along Coast of Louisiana May
Reach One Hundred.
PROPERTY LOSS IS ENORMOUS
Miles of Territory Laid Waste and
Crops Ruined.
WIRES ARE STILL DOWN
Bridges and Tracks Washed Out and
Traffic is Delayed.
GREAT DAMAGE IN ISLANDS
Tidal Wares Sweep Clear Across
Home of Them and Destroy Crops
Inhabitants Heed Warslsg
and Make Their Escape.
XXTsUalOANB BSATX UIT.
Terrebonne Parish, X.
"few Orleans
r renter. La
Deaslr, Xa
Jackson, Kiss
Baton stouga, X.a
Mandarine, Za
Xast Pork, Kiss
Bay St. Lonls, Kins...
SonaldaonvUle, La....,
Qramercy, La
Paaa Xantohao, Miss..
Total
.8
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NEW OLEAN8, La., Sept. H-Gradually
New Orleans and the surrounding terri
tory Is recovering from the first effects
of the tropical hurricane which, starting
Sunday, continued throughout Monday and
Monday night. Sixty-three lives are now
positively known to have been lost, and
forty others are reported to have perished
in lower Terre Bonne parish, but as yet
this report has not been authenticated.
The property loss is far heavier than
was at first believed and instead of run
ning Into the hundreds of thousands will
extend well into the millions by the time
the final details are tallied.
Miles of territory have been lair waste,
an dcrops have been practically ruined.
New Orleans Is still sadly crippled In the
way of railroad facilities and telephone and
telegraph communication with the world.
It was not until tonight that tha Western
Union Telegraph company waa able to get
a working wire out of the city. For sev
eral daya tha clty'a only communication
waa over an Improvised long distance tele
phone circuit of the Associated Press.
Both tha Illinois Central and the Louis
ville & Nashville roads have suffered heavy
lueses, miles of track being washed away.
Trains are being deloured. It will ba sev
eral weeks before the Louisville 6 Nash
ville will be running trains over Its own
tracks. The other railroads are tonight
moving trains on achedule time, under cau
tion ordera.
It Is the territory surrounding New Or
leans, especially lower Terro Bonne parish,
which now commands the attention of re
lief parties which left here Tuesday and
today, and from whom the least bit of
news Is seised upon by the anxious people
who have friends and relatives in the
storm-viHited area.
From early today the death list in the
lower portion of Terrebonne parish in
creased as details were hourly received
until tonight It numbers twenty-nlna.
Fishermen are heavy sufferers. Shipping
of all kinds In the bayou Inlets was to
tally destroyed. Storehouses, sugar mills
and dwellings ot every character at Houma
and other villages suffered heavily and
scarcely a structure was untouched by the
hurricane.
Heavy Damage to Cropa.
The damage at Grand lsiand, Chien
lerne and Camlnada was very heavy, but
no lives were lost. The crops of these
islands were totally destroyed, as the
water swept across them two or three feet
deep, washing them away and the orange
groves were whipped clean of fruit and
foliage alike, hundreds of them being 'up
rooted. The first news from these islands waa
received today, when the mall steamer,
Grand Isle, commanded by Captain Mike
Sweeney, reached this city. It was feared
before the arrival of the boat that hun
dreds had lost their Uvea. In the tropical
storm of 18S3 no less than 1.500 people were
drowned In Chenlere and Camlnada.
Additional news pf the havoc of the
storm along the east gulf coast received
today Indicate that the damage was even
heavier than at first reported. A number
of places are yet to be heard from, but
it la not thought probable that any more
loss of life will bo reported.
Railroad Bridge Wrecked.
The railroad bridge at Bay St. Louis is
completely wrecked and It will be weeks
before it Is repaired. When the storm
struck this bridge, George Doherty, a
Western Union lineman working out of
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On a Twenty-fourth street car sixty-five
paasengers were counted, but only nine
fares had been rung up. Four more pas
sengers boarded the car and the new con
ductor waa asked to ring up the fares, as
the company must make a little money.
But the conductor looked at the register,
saw that nine fares had been rung up and
that tha additional four would make thir
teen. "I can't ring these up It would be un
lucky," he said and the four nickels were
pocketed as ha walked back to tlig rear
platform.
Councilman Davla from the Twelfth ward,
formerly in the employ of the company,
was in tha Ames avenue barn when a new
conductor turned In hla report for the day.
The report showed that he had nm ..J.
I1T, but tha pay envelope contained only
. ine loremanasked him to turn over
the rest of tha ntoney, but the conductor
refused.
"Do you think I am here for my health?"
he said. "If you don't want itki v.,
get I'll take It,- and ha grabbed tha en
velope containing ins a and left tha barn.
From the Washington Star.
LASTTRIBUTE TO GREAT MAN
Fifty Thousand Persons Pass Bier
of Governor Jdhnson.
FUNERAL SERVICES
TODAY
Body Will Be Taken to St. Peter on
Special Train, Where It
Will He Laid to
Item.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Pept. 22. More than
60,000 people. It Is estimated, viewed the
body of the late Governor John A. Johnson,
which lay In mate In the rotund of tho
Hate capltol nearly all day today and part
of the evening.
Hundreds were waiting when the capltol
doers were opened at 10 o'clock in the
morning and from that time until the doors
wpre closed at 9:30 o'clock a steady stream
of humanity, two abienst, filed through
one door, paid a lat client tribute to the
late governor and passed out on the other
side of the building. There Is no exngera
tlcn in the statement thnt never has the
city of St. Paul or indeed the state of
Minnesota, been so profoundly affected by
tha death of one man than In the passing
away of the late Governor Johnson.
Governor .Tchnson for the last time bo
longed to the public all day, save for one
brief hour, between 6 and 7 o'clock, when
the building was closed to everyone but
Mrs. Johnson and a few friends. Mrs
Johnson remained In the building a full
hour taking her last farewell. After she
had departed the doors were again flunK
open and the long file again bruan to move.
When the doors closed for tho night at
9:90 o'clock there were still hundreds out
side who had been unable to gain admit
tance. v Funeral at St. Peter Today.
Tho body of Governor Johnson will be
taken to St. Peter tomorrow in a special
train over the St. Paul road. The train
will leave St. Paul a: 10.30 o'clock and Is
due at St. Peter at 12:15 o'clock. The body
will continue to lie In state at the capltol
until It Is escorted to the train. This after
noon the public schools throughout the city
were closed and hundreds of pupils viewed
tho body of the dead governor. ('. O
Schultz, state FUperintendent of public In
struction, today ordered all schools of 111?
state closed tomorrow In honor of Gov
ernor Johnson. In most of the St. Paul
schools memorial services 1U be held, ac
cording to orders issued today by Superin
tendent L. Heter.
Throughout the entire state there will be
a cessation of business and manufacturing
from 3 to 3:06 o'clock In the afternoon.
Every wheel will cease turning and cars
will stop. The bells of all churcheis, public
and private Institutions, will toll from 9:55
to 10 a. m. and from 3 to 3.00 p. m.
List of Pall Bearers.
The active pallbearers have been selected
from among the governor's closest personal
friends. They are Frank A. Day, who was
hfs private secretary; F. H. Lynch, T. D.
O'Brien associate Justlco of the supreme
court; E. T. Toung, former attorney gen
eral; A. C. Weis.?. manager of the Duluth
Herald and John C. Wise of Mankato.
The honorary pallbearers Include the four
living ex-governors of the stute, L. E.
Hubbard, John Lind, Samuel R. Van Sunt
and Knute Nelson, with Governor A. O.
Eberhart, C. M. Start, Governor John Burk
of North Dakota and President Cyru
Northup of the University of Minnesota.
INTERNAL REVENUE
RECEIPTS ARE HIGHER
larreaae of Over Half Million Dollars
shown Over Corresponding;
Period for Tear Ago.
WASHINGTON. Sept. ZiTha revenues
of the government from internal commerce
are gaining steadily. The reports to the
Treasury department show that since the
close of the fiscal year on June 30 last,
the total receipts from Internal revenue
have been $..9'.2.819, an increase of 2 171.
524 over the corresponding period in 1!)8.
The total receipts from internal revenue
during the month of Septemb r up to and
Including Monday were 14.Sb;,a34. an In
crease of Scj&.4s7 over tha saiae period In
September, DOt,
SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES
"Bill" Macabee
of Constitution
Has Anniversary
Only Surviving Member of Crew of
Frigate Remembered by Many
on His 106th Birday.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23. William
Macabee, the only surviving member of the
crew of the old frigate Constitution, today
celebrated his lOtith birthday In the naval
home in this city. "Bill", as everybody
calls him, like the famous Bill Bowline,
"lies here a sheer hulk, but the darling of
his crew," for the old sailor will spend the
remainder of his life In a rolling chair.
"Bill's" log was broken last month, but
he retains a remarkable control over his
faculties. Many presents have been for
warded to the old sailor from persons in
all parts of the country. Half a dozen
pipes are Included, but "Bill" declines to
part with the Inch and half clay "hod"
with the wire wrapped stem.
End of the World
Comes on Friday
Latter Reign of Apostolic Church Be
lieves Crust Will Peel Off at
That Time.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 22.-True to
their belief that a great upheaval Is about
to occur, whereby the top crust of the
earth will 'pee' off, carrying the wicked to
destruction and leaving the "elect" In un
disputed possession of the world, several
Rhode Island families belonging to the
sect known as tho Latter Reign of the
Apostolic church, have gone to Duxbury,
Mass., an appointed rlace, to wait for the
cataclysm.
The time set for the triumph of the faith
ful Is Friday next, at 10 a. m. Leaders of
the sect throughout the country are now
at Duxbury. Many of them have disposed
of all their worldly goods and abandoned
their occupations.
PROMOTER OF BOISE, 0KL,
IS PLACED UNDER ARREST
Man Arensed by Postal Authorities of
Misrepresenting: Lots to Iowa
People Is Held.
GUTHRIE. Okl., Sept. 2t.-rpon his re
turn here todry from Illinois, J. K. Stan
ley, of the Southwestern Immigration and
Development company, was arrested under a
federal indictment recently returned, charg
ing him with fraudulent use of the mails.
Stanley Is a partner of A. J. Kline, who
was arrested last week for the same
charged offense.
The two men were associated In promot
ing the town of Boise. They sold more
than 3,000 town lots to persons In Iowa,
Texas and other states. Their literature,
according to postal authorities, misrepre
sented the natural resources of Boise and
Cimarron county, in which Boise Is sit
uated. An almost com
plete directory of
the various rooms
in Omaha will be
found in the want
ad pages of The
Bee.
The easiest way to find the
kind of a room that you want
is to glance through the large
list of rooms which are offered
for rent.
Have you read tba want ads,
yat, todaT
MORE TROUBLE FOR MA BRAY
State Grand Jury Returns Another
Batch of Indictments.
RUMORS OF OTHERS TO COME
Gossip Haa It That Over One Hand red
Bills May Be Returned and That
Some t'onnrll Blnffs and Omaha
Men May lie Indicted.
The district court Rrand Jury at Council
Bluffs reported six additional Indictments
yesterday afternoon and then adjourned
for the present term. The Indlctmenta
were not made public, but It Is understood
that five are against J. C. Mabray and
snverul of his alleged associates.
It is reported that the new mdlctments
axalnst Mabray are based on the alleged
"miking" of F. R. Marts or Polk City,
la.; E. G. Allspaugh of Terre Haute, Ind.;
C. A. Nelson of Alma, Mich., and a vlc
tlme from Port Royal. Canada. Larceny
and conspiracy are charged in tho Indict
ments. The grand Jury returned "no bills" In the
cases of Frank Pattee, charged with
malicious destruction of property, and H.
O. Davis, charged with assault with Intent
to commit murder.
Rumors of a most sensational character
In connection with the grand Jury's In
vestigation of the Mabray cases were
floating about tho federal building In Coun
cil Bluffs yesterday. It was rumored that
the Indictments which tho grand Jury is
expected to return some time today will
include as defendants every person known
or suspected of being connected with the
gang of "big store" swindlers In Council
Bluffs, Omaha and elsewhere.
One of the rumors floating around the
federal building was that several Council
Bluffs officials, alleged to have been cog
nizant of the operations of the gang, will
be included In the long list of Indicted per
sons. "The government Intends to probe to the
very bottom of this great swindle, no mat
ter whom It hits," declared a federal officer
yesterday afternoon.
It had been expected that the grand Jury
would have reported last evening, but when
It adjourned for the day there was still
i a number of witnesses to be examined and
(more are exnerted in urrtve tmim
Mnnr Witnesses On Hand.
One of the witnesses before the grand
Jury yesterday was O. U Cramer, who
came all the way from San Francisco. Mr.
Cramer Is a business man who is said to
have received a letter said to have been
sent by the Mabray gang to another man
of the same name. The letter was turned
over to the postal authorities by Mr.
Cramer. Another witness from Pan Fran
cisco Is Z. Plerpoint, who formerly lived
In Marysvllle, Mo. Plerpolnt dropi'l 12,100,
all the money he possessed at th, time on
a fake horse raoe in Council Bluffs. He
is now working In a box factory In San
Francis, o for $2.50 a day.
I'pwaids of fifty subpoenaes issued from
the office of the clerk of the United States
court in Omaha, and directed to witnesses
In attendance on the federal court in Coun
cil Bluffs, were placed in the hands of
I'nlted States District Attorney Temple yes
terday for service.
There are three omen among the wit
nesses in attendance at Council Bluffs.
They are Mrs. N". J. Glover of St. Joseph,
Mo., wife of a druggist who has a store fn
Princeton. Mo. Postoffice Inspector Swen
son is said to have evidence of correspond
ence between Glover and Mabray; tin
woman who was housekeeper at the May
bray residence In Little Rock at the tlmo
the house was raided and Mabray and his
associates arrested; and a woman clerk in
the office of the e'erk of the federal court
in Little Rock, who has with her some of
the court records.
J. E. Cavanaugh of McAllister. Okl.. who
is In Council Bluffs as a witness, holds the
record of the big army of "Mikes" for
the amount of money for which he v.a
"touched" by the Mabray gang C'avanaugli
went up apainst the game In New Orleans
and came out t37.00 loser, or $7,000 more
than the gang got blanker Bailew of Prince
ton. Mo., for.
It was reported yesterday around the
Council Bluffs federal building that a
blanket indictment, with the names of close
upon 100 defendants, had been drawn up by
Assistant foiled - States Attorney S. R.
Rush of Omaha, who haa been detailed to
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BRISK CAR RIOT:
ROY WOUNDED
South Omaha Lad Shot in Thigh Dur
ing Trouble Which Breaki Out
At Vinton Car Earn.
NUMBER RECEIVE MINOR HURTS
Police Hurry to Scene of Trouble in
Station Motor Car.
SOME OFFICERS RECEIVE BLOWS
Missiles Strike Bluecoats Engaged in
Quelling Trouble.
NO ARRESTS MADE AT SCENE
Other Parts of City qnlet and All
Pearefnl nt Quarters of Strike
breakers In Barn at Twen
tieth Street.
In a rlnt which occurred Inst night at
the Vinton street car barn. William Peirl
ceck. a hoy of V. was shot In the thigh
ami f. car operator whose name was not
learned was budly beaten about the head
and body.
Two c.irmen were struck In the abdomen
by flying brickbats and the services of a
physician were necessary. Another was
struck on the side of the head and a num
ber of others w el o hit on different parts
of the body. None of the members of the
mob is thought to have been Injured.
The trouble started when a fuse was
blown out of one of the cars as it was
backing Into the hsrn. The car stopped
on the curve and cuuld not be moved, thus
blocking six other cars. The carmen who
were In the barn thought that the csrs
were being attacked and ran out of tho
bain throwing brickbats, pieces of Iron,
bolts and such other missiles as they could
find. Hoodlums then bexan to stone the
carmen and the cacs. Tho windows were
broken and pi actl all of the carmen
were injured while'vfy were trying to
get the car into the bain.
Stones Thrown, at Cars.
Five other r. rs w eremeil between Six
teenth and Kieenii Vinton street. The
moh bewail thigafrfand the crews made
a hurried exit by running away. They
took a roundabout course and finally
found their way into the barn on Twenty
fourth street. The cars were, badly
wrecked. The windows, fei4e and seats
were broken. The cushionsen a number
of these cars were torn out and broken up
in the street.
A car was disabled on Thirteenth and
Vinton streets by the fuse blowing out. It
caiiKht on fire and was slightly damaged
before the flames were put out. Several
other cars were blockaded at this point
and a number of the windows broken by
flying eyjnes and other missiles,
A ilof call was sent Into tho police sta
tion when the trouble began and the po
lice dubbed out in automobiles. Sheriff
Brailey employed an automobile and an
swered the call with a number of men.
The police soon quelled tho mob on
Twenty-fourth street, which enabled tho
street car men to get the cars Into tho
burn. Tha street car men were said to be
fighting nmmiK themselves while the cars
were taken into the barn and It was re
ported that two of thoir number waB se
verely beaten by other car mon. The fight
took place lnsldo tho barn. Nothing waa
given out of the extent of tha trouble and
admission to the building denied reporters.
Police Rescue - Cars.
The police turned their attention to the
five cars that were deserted between Six
teenth and Eighteenth street, on Vinton,
after getting the other cars in the barn.
A crowd of more than BOO people had sur
rounded these -cars, but they were dis
persed by the officers. A number of Btreet
car men took the cars to the barn.
The cars were loaded with passengera
when thoy were attacked by the mob.
Nothing Is known of any of the passengera
being Injured. John Fltzpatrlck, a street
car man. protected one woman who waa
holding a child by bending over her while
the car was being stoned. A brick struck
him In the back, but ha waa not seriously
injured.
Commons Appeals for Peace.
Ben Commons, one of the officers of the
street cur men's organization, helped quell
the mob by talking to them. Ha got up
on a stand in the vacant tract in the
block south of tho barns and made an
appeal to the men to go to their homes
and not do anything that would Injure
the strikers' cause or chances of winning
the strike. The talk had Its effect and
a largo number of them left for their
homes Immediately. The strikers are not
thought to have taken any part lu the
trouble.
The working street car men attempted
on several occasions to break out of the
barn and attack the mob, but tha officers
drove them back with difficulty.
A mnll car loaded with police waa run
from the barn to South Omaha and back
to the city, but none of the members of
the mob attempted to stop It or hinder
its progress In any manner.
Mrs. Maggie May, Twentieth and Cuming
streets, was arrested for throwing bricks
at the street cars.
KKV IK A It Kit, BAYS WATT1.ES
Nraot latlons Hy Council Mar Result
tu Monie Good.
At the close of a long session of tha
board ot directors of the street railway
company, Wednesday, l'resldent Wattles
'said nothing definite had been arrived
at as a solution of the carmen's strike.
He said tho directors had nothing to sub
mit to ttie special committee of the city
council which culled him In consultation
and, as far as he knew, he would not meet
tlm committee again.
"Do you think the trouble Is any nearer
solution than it was yesterday?" he was
abki d.
"Yea, I think It I. The city council, t
think, took up the matter in good faith and
it may be that oui of ihe conference will
come some tangible solution which will
! end the trouble. I cunnot say now what
method will he puis.nd. All that Is pre-
; mature. I do not care to discuss tenta
tive propositions. I will wall for that until
something definite is agreed upon."
The board of directora will meet each
morning at 10 o'clock fur the present.
Street car service a us maintained until
8 o'clock last iilxhl. Spec'al police and
deputy sheriffs were siailoied on the cars
and on the streets to .; i.t tiouhle. Mr.
Wat ti s mll the company would en
deavor to improve the sei vice dally.
In the meantime President Ford of tha
Central Labor union baa called a meeting
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