i
The Omaha Daily Bee.
The Omaha Dee
f J ltL the ww,t- tauM it goes
to the honiM of poor and rich
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nebraska Fair and warmer.
For Iowa Fair.
For weather report feo rage 2.
VOL. XXXIX-XO. 219.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1910 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
SIXTY ARE DEAD
1 IN SNOWSLIDE
Two Monster Avalanches Sweep Down
Mountain, Burying Mace and
Burke, Idaho.
THIRTY BODIES ARE RECOVERED
iMany More Buried Under Debris of
Earth and Snow.
THOUSAND RESCUERS ATWORK
Every Available Man in District is
Rushed to Scene.
ALL WARNINGS GO UNHEEDED
Old Timers Predicted Catastrophe, bat
No Precautions Were Taken by
Overconfident Miners Mine
Superintendent I Killed.
f-TO KANE, Wash,'. Fet. 28.-Slxty live
were lost, It is feared. In two great ava
lanche! which swept down upon two min
ing towna of the rich Coeur d'Alene district
In northern Idaho.
At 10:35 o'clock last night a snowsllde
swept down the mountain side, striking the
llitla town of Mace and burying' twenty
five houses and their sleeping occupants
In a mass of snow, Ice and wreckage at the,
bottom of the canyon. At 6:30 a. m. an
other slide rushed down on the town of
Iiurke, crushing a Bcore of houses under
thousands of tons of earth and snow.
Fourteen bodies have been recovered al
ready from the ruins of Mace, sixteen have
been found at Burko, and how many are
still burled can only be guessed at.
Fifty or sixty dead Is believed to bo a
safe estimate.
There la fear that the number of dead
at Burke may be even larger than that at
Mace. Every man who can be spared from
the rescue work at Mace has been appealed
to. Poctors were rushed from Wallace on
special trains.
From the foot of Anchor mine plant to
the Catholic, church, about half a mile,
the slide Is thirty feet deep.
Hash far Safe Places.
V'hen the alarm spread through the mln
fnii camp that Mace had been almost
wiped out by a landslide, mothers, wives
and children of miners employed at the
llecla. Hercules, Anchor and caretakers at
the old Tlger-Poorman mine began to seek
places of safety.
Wives and families of miners who had
responded to appeals from Mace were un
able to move and these may have been
burled In the snow.
Because of the larger population of
Burke about BOO the houses are closer to
gether. Mother hauled their children to
the side hills; brothers literally dragged
little sister to places of safety, and when
the slide struck many of the homes were
deserted W fear-stricken -woinen' and"' chil
dren, while the bread providers were res
cuing Injured at the stricken sister town. .
Old-timers in the Coeur d'Alene district
have been sounding dally warnings to
Ms.ce, Burke end .Black Bear that because
of the record depths of the snow slides
were Imminent. For sixteen winters these
towns have escaped devastating slides and
so strong had the confidence of the miner
residents been that their homes and fami
lies were safe that no precautions had been
taken. ' 0' ; I 'l flfSSJ
1, 1st 01 itecoverea ueaa.
The bodies of the following have been re
covered by the 1,000 rescuers:
IRA 1IO HASCOB, son of Standard
mine superintendent.
EDDIE HASCOE.
INEZ HASCOE.
MRS. GEORGE FERNWET.li.
MRS. A. R. LEARD.
JOHN FENNELL.
MRS. ED KETTRELL and TWO CHIL
PREN. THOMPSON, section foreman of the
Oregon Railway and Navigation company,
burled under car In ten feet of water in
the river.
Many Resened Alive.
These have been rescued, some seriously
Injured: " '
Mr, and Mr. G. Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Barnett.
Mr. and Mr. William Brandt.
Mrs. Abe Kettrell and son.
Mr. George Hooper.
Mr. and Mr. Joseph Co tin.
Mr. I. H. Hascoe.
Tom Fianlgan.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edwards and four
children.
O. H. Hubble.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Champagne.
. Leroy Hooper.
Mrs. Carrie Hooper, reported dead at
first .
Thirty-five Italians, sleeping In an out
fit car on the Northern Pacific siding, who
were swept away with their car In the
bottom of the canyon, used the tools' In
their car to dig themselves out.
Superintendent and Mrs, I. H. Hascoe of
the Standard mine, in which property a
large majority of the male residents of
Mac are employed, were asleep when their
home was crtshed, two sous and a daughter
being instantly killed. Mr. Hascoe is miss
ing, but hi wlfo was rescued, slightly
Injured.
Hundred Reported Killed.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. 2S.-A
special from Wallace, Idaho, s.tys:
"With a furious blizzard blocking efforts
of rescuers prosre-ns In recovering those
burled In last night's avalanche Is almost
Impossible. Flva hundred men sent from
this city had recovered only twelve bodies
at I :& a- m. It Is virtually certain that
more than 100 persons have perished."
COOK STOVE EXPLODES AND
FATALLY BURNS IOWA MAN
W. It. Johns Probably Will Die from
Accident Following; Start,
lug of Fire.
IOWA FALLS. In.. Feb. 28. (Special Tele
gram.) W. L. Johns was probably fatally
burned this morning by the explosion that
followed the starting of a fire In his -ok
stove. Th room was enveloped In flames
and John rushed from the house calling for
iaelp. Neighbors soon smothered his bum
ling clothing, but not unttl on side of lis
body was almost burned to a crisp. Th
bous with Its contents Is practically a
total loss. Johns was taken to a hospital
And physicians say the chances are agtl-ut
his recovery.
PES MOINES, la.. Feb. S8.-A lighted
1 ahull ne stove which John Ratcltffe of
Parian $vs carrying Into th yard exploded
lu his Mini early today, lutcllff died
within a few minute from the Injuries, He
a pluu.ber, 46 year old
Mile of Southern
Pacific Railroad
Washed Away
Six Passenger Trains, with 1,600 Peo
ple Aboard, Are Tied Up at Bat-
tie Mountain, Nev.
RENO, Nev., Feb. 28. For a distance of
one mile the Southern Pacific railroad
near Battle Mountain, Nev., has been
washed away by a suden rise of the Reese
rlv . .ssenger trains No. 1, I. 8, 5, 6 and
d up at Battle Mountain for an
period and the population of that
C I has been sudendly Increased
V Z V people.
the stranded passenger are
fr ast and are seeing for the
fir he sights of a western town,
lnd r bucking faro and roulette
gan ' ,
Th -Iver Is still rising.
Frc "" Utah, east through Wyoming,
the I , clflc Is encountering one of
the w... ouzzards of the winter. Heavy
losses will be sustained by the live stork
men In the storm belt. A snow Btorm,
accompanied by a wind with a velocity
of sixty miles an hour, was reported today
at many points along the line.'
The Western Pacific line also has been
damaged east and west of Wlnnemucca,
and Its roadbed in places will require
rebuilding.
EVERETT, Wash., Feb., 28. Four hund
red men are striving to open the Great
Northern main line through the Cascade
mountains, and to release the last Im
prisoned train, a Spokane local, which has
been dead near Wellington, at the summit,
since February 24.
There are thirty passengers on the train,
which is equipped with a diner. Supplies
are taken to the passengers by work
trains as far as they can go, and hten are
carried on foot for the rest of the distance.
COLFAX, Wash., Feb. 28.-The Palouse
river has overflowed Us banks, flooding
the business and resident districts. Water
Is running several inches deep in many
houses and Is still rising.
Two Ncbraskans
Enter West Point
Roy M. Smyth and Thomas C. Lan
phier Among 27 Successful
Ones of 103.
WE8T POINT, N. Y., Feb. 2?. (Special
Telegram.-) Out of a class of 106 who re
ported here to be examined as to their
qualifications for admission to the Military
academy only twonty-seven passed suc
cessfully. The result of te examinations
was announced today. Among those who
passed are Roy M. Smyth and Thomas C.
Lanphter, an ex-cadct, both of Nebraska,
and Louis T. Byrne of .New York. The
successful twenty-seven, 'together with a
class of IPS examined' In January, WM be
admitted to the ocderoy tomorrow. Young
Byrne Is a brother of Cadet Eugene A.
Byrne, who met hi death In the foot ball
game with Harvard last autumn.
COMMISSION PLAN IN DAKOTA
Many Cities Rash to Adopt New
Method of Govern
neat,
PIERRE. S. D.. Feb. 2S.-(Spec1al.)-The
commission plan of government appears to
be a growing one in this state. While no
general movement has developed along
that line until this year since the law was
enacted, this spring has seen a strong
movement In that direction. Sinn u-.ii.
was the first to attempt It and failed on the
nrsi errort, cut won In the second That
was about as far as the movement went
until this winter, but It appeared to have
a general revival. Pierre, which defeated
the "plan" last year, has accented it hv
vote of more than three to one. Watertown
and Mitchell defeated It on the first effort,
but will probably try again next year.
Huron accepted It on the first effort In
that direction. Yankton has adopted It, as
has Dell Rapids. Fort Pierre will vote on
the adoption of the nlan on tha fir.t nf
March and Spearlfsh will vota on the propo
sition on the tenth. A petition Is be
ing extensively signed for a trial vote
at Rapid City, and that town will vote
some time In the coming month. It Is not
yet too late for other towns in the ata.ta
to try It out In time for the spring elec
tions, and other places are likely to get
Into the game before the time hu norrl
for trying It this year. If the plan -works
in tne smaller towns as well as It appar
ently has In Sioux Falls, another year
will show a general movement in tht
direction all over South Pukota.
ARMOURS WILL PAY TAX
Packing; Firm Will Not-Wl-- State
Assessment on Prudaru
in Kansas,
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. h. S. n.nr.
sentatlves of the Armour Packing com
pany notified the commissioners of Wyan
dotte county, Kansas, today that the com
pany would pay the state tax on Its fin
ished product on hand March 1 lqni th.
value of the product was given as 1597,700.
J lie tax will be about 112,000.
No Change In Tibet.
PEKING, Feb. 28.-Tho Chinese govern
ment has replied to an Inquiry by Great
Britain Betting forth its Intentions in Tibet
and tho reply Is regarded as eatlnfactory
by the British fornign office, China de
clares that the interior administration of
Tibet will not b changed.
Captain Jacobsen Will Take
Ogalallas to Hagenbach Show
Captain Adrian Jacobsen, European
ethnologist and scientific traveler of world
wide repute. Is at the Rome.
Captain Jacobsen Is the representative of
Carl Hagenbach, proprietor of the Tier
park, Slelllngen, Hamburg, Germany. HI
present visit to the United States Is with
a view to obtaining material for a wild
west show at Hagenbach' clrcue. He
has already engaged at the Pine Ridge
reservation a party of thirty-nine Indians
and is but waiting to secure the necessary
horses and mules to effect th purpose of
his voyage across the Atlantic. He ex
pects to pass through Omaha March 15,
and will sail from New York March 19 on
the President Grant with his collection.
The Indians, who belong to th Ogalalla
tribe of the Sioux nation, will return to
this country In October.
Born In ' Norway, Captain Jacobwn' fol
lowed for a number of year th life of th
COURT CLAIMS
JURISDICTION
Justice Wright Decides His Tribunal
Can Order Senator to Appear
Before It.
EXTENT OF JUDICIAL POWER
Quotation from Constitution Used at
Basis of Ruling.
USE OF WRIT OF MANDAMUS
It is Only Method of Compelling Per
formance of Public Duty.
TRIAL IS ORDERED TO PROCEED
Nothing; In Position of Senator to
Prevent Anyone from Laying;
Grievances Before Bar
of Jfistlce.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Justlce W:lgh
In the supreme court of the Pistrlct p
Columbia today decided that the tour:
acted within Its authority when It Issued the
writ of mandamus ordering the Joint coin
mittee on printing of congress to shov
cause why It should not consider the bit
of 'the Valley Paper company of Holyoke
Mass. This means that the senate member.'
of the committee will be compelled ti
appear In court either In person op b
counsel.
Justice Wright declared that to have re
fused to Issue the mandamus because some
of the persons sued occupied the exaltei;
position of senators "would have been t
betray the law."
"No man In this country Is so high tha
he Is higher than the law," declared JurHt
Wright. "What Is there In the exalted
position of a senator wliich prevents any
citizen from laying what he believes to
be an Injury before the bar of Justice?"
Jurisdiction of Court.
The Jurisdiction of the court. Justice
Wright declared, was generally recognized,
commonly understood and long cxerc.so.
and that Its Jurisdiction had been conferred
by various acts of congress. Referring ti
the absence of the senators, who declino
to appear In court or be represented, th
court said:
"The progress of the affairs of Justic.
in such cases is neither to be avoided noi
obstructed by the absence of respondents,
nor does any part of Its administration
depend upon their presence."
In differentiating between a case and
cause of action the court said that a case
had certainly been established and that a
cause of action yet remained to be found
The constitution specified that "the Judl
Clal DOWer Shall extend In nil ra. In Inn
and equity arising under the laws of tht
unuea Biaies, ana upon this the court
based Its Jurisdiction., ,, . '; i
Function ot Prlntlnn- Committee.
The court then nroceedpd tn n, min
whether the Joint nrlntlnor enmmltitea nf
corgrees was a part of the legislative body
and to dissect Its functions. All legisla
tive duties being conterred bv the in
stitution upon congress, tho court held thai
none or them could be delegated by con
gress to Its members. No power could be
vested In part of congress bv a law nf
congress Itself, Justice Wright maintained
That there was room to believe that the
opening and Inspection of bids for paper
was administrative duty the court ad
mitted, but he disclaimed any inference
that any member by so dolnsr held an Ad
ministrative office.
If that wero true, . however. Justice
Wright declared, the action of such a
member constituted nothing Jess than the
forfeiture of his seat under the provision
of the constitution which prohibited any
administrative officer of the government
from being a member of congress during
his term of office.
Conclusion of the Conrt.
The court's mandamus. Justice Wright
declared, was the only known procedure of
law to compel a neglected public duty.
After quoting at length decisions of the
supreme court and reviewing the duties of
the printing committee, Justice Wright con
cluded: "The court Is established In Its con
victions that it has been influenced by no
greater or less consideration for one of
Its Justices than It la accustomed to be
stow on the affairs of the most obscure
amongst the people when they attend its
Dar; that when the preservation of Its
right and liberties of the people call upon
and require It to vindicate its retention and
Its free exercise of the functions which in
the name of the people have been com
mlttd to its charge; that the maintenance
of those functions requires the formation
of this opinion and Is the Justification for
Its expression.
The court has come to meet a situation
where for the first tlm In Its affairs It
has been required to examine the conduct
of one of 1U Justices against a high and
dangerous charge of misuse of the pro
cesses of the law and on coming to an end
of that examination, the court embraces
the enduring hope that this, the first such
deprecable occasion, will as well be the
last."
In ordering the attorney for the paper
company to proceed the court expressed
the hope that If there should be at any
time during the proceedings any effort to
Infringe on the privilege of the members
of ocngress, the court would be the first
to uncover It
sea. When he became the head of the
Hagenbech's ethnological department. It
was only natural that he hould Introduce
the native of the far north of his own
country to the peoplo of Hamburg. From
this collection of Laplander whs evolved
the Idea, following out which the captain
made the trip to the United State this
year.
Annually Hagenbech make a feature of
having representative of some nation at
his how. Last year there were Arab
from the Red et littoral, and to procure
the collection for the year before Captain
Jacobsen made an expedition to the East
Indian archipelago and brought back with
him some of the Mongollan-Pyak folk who
Inhabit the Island of Celebes.
The party he will take with him will be
led by Chief American Hon and will be
made up of twenty-seven men, eight women
and four children.
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From the Washington -Herald.
BUDGE i FIRST; PEERS NEXT
Premier Asquith Announces Financial
Measures Will Take Precedence. .
WILL ASK EXCLUSION 0F LORDS
First Move In Flgrht on lrpper Body
Will Be to Eliminate Them from
Consideration ot Rev.
enue Measures.
LONPON,, Feb. 28. Financial business
first and the question of the House of
Lords second was the program laid down
by Premier Asquith. In a statement made
In the House of Commons, this . afternoon
in moving that government business have
precedence at every sitting' up to March 84.
When Parliament reassembled after- the
Easter recess th pr',tr'"sald','hat the
government would ppesertovresolatlon af
firming the necessity of : excluding the
House of Lords altogether from the domain
of finance -and -restricting Its power of
veto to other legislation.
To secure this, the government, he added,
would us all methods that seemed proper
and adequate within the limits of the con
stitution and upon Its successful accom
plishment the cabinet and liberal party
would stake not only the fortunes of the
ministry, but their very existence as a
party.
The exigencies of the financial situation
were such, the premier declared, that the
vote on the army and navy bills covering
the borrowings and other urgent demand
must occupy the whole time of the House
of Commons up to March 24, when ad
journment would be taken to March 29.
Attack on Peers Next.
Immediately Parliament was reassembled,
he said, the government would introduce
resolutions excluding the House of Lords
altogether from the domain of finance, and
declaring that In other legislation the
power of veto as at present posseesed by
the House of Lords should be limited so
as to secure a predominance for the House
of Commons during the lifetime of a single
Parliament.
Continuing, the prime minister said It
would be made plain that these changes
were without prejudice and that the gov
ernment contemplated in the subsequent
year the substitution in the second chamber
of a democratic for a hereditary basis.
A. J. Balfour, the opposition leader,
twitted the premier In the quick changes
in the government program. The premier's
only consideration, Mr. Balfour said, seemed
to be to keep the cabinet together.
John Redmond, the nationalist leader,
declared that If Mr. Asquith would give a
definite promise that In the event of the
House of Lords hanging up the resolutions
he would go to the king and ask for guar
antees and If refused, would resign, In
the meantime, suspending consideration of
the budget, tTle Irish nationalists would
support the resolutions. Otherwise the na
tionalists might vote against the premier's
motion.
Sir James H. Palzler, the radical, whose
hostile amendment disapproving any gov
ernment aiming at reform, was ruled out
of order, admitted In a brief speech that
Premier Asqulth's statement had done much
to meet the views of the radical "rebels."
I
New Dank at Onlda.
PIERRE, B. P., Feb. 28. (Special. )
Articles of Incorporation have been filed
with the secretary of state for tho Sully
County State bank at Onlda, the county
seat. It is capitalized at S12.000. The In
corporators are John J. Palton, Pierre;
Thomas J. Palton and R. J. Pougherty of
Onlda.
No matter what
your want may be.
Whether It is something you
want to buy or something you
want to aell or exchange.
Whether you want a job or
a man or a woman to fill a job,
you have done your best when
you put the ad in The Bee.
Gone, but Not Forgotten
man,, mmmaimAcyyA.. mmff
Sheriff Now Out
After Packers'
Trust Magnates
Capiases Issued for Arrest of Men
Indicted by New Jersey
Grand Jury.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Caplase.i for the
arrest of the indicted meat packers and
summoned for the six indicted meat cor
porations were ordered today by Prosecu
tor Garven of Newr Jersey, who will hand
them over to Sheriff Kelly for execution.
The sheriff will find out who of the In
dicted men are In his Jurisdiction. Mr.
Garven said:
"The defendants know, of the Indictments,
their lawyers have conferred about the
Indictments and, ja-oceedlngs will now take
their regular course. I cannot say now
Just what I will do after I receive the re
port of the sheriff. The logical thing for
the defendants to do Is to come Into court
and plead, but the attitude of their at
torneys does not indicate that they mean
to do that
"Some time this week, I will make appli
cation for the dissolution of the charters
of the Corporation Trust company and the
corporations named In this prosecution if
they fail to produce the minutes of their
annual meetings and other records as re
quired by the subpoenas."
Counsel for James E. Bathgate, Jr., one
of the New Jersey directors in the meat
combine, appeared before Judges Blair and
Carey today and bail for $2,500 was furn
isher for his appearance when wanted.
Mine Workers to
Decide on Strike
Special General Convention Called at
Cincinnati March 14 to Act
on Agreements.
INPIANAPOLIS, Feb. 28 A special gen
eral convention of the mine worker of
North America, to be held in Cincinnati
March 14, was called today from the head
quarters of the organization in this city.
The convention will act upon the conclus
ions of the Joint conference of the central
competitive field, to be held alsoln Cin
cinnati on March 8.
The Miners' National convention of In
dianapolis resolved that In no district In
the country should a new wage contract
be made until all tho districts were tn a
position to sign the uniform contract pro
posed by the miners. Therefore, whether
or not there Is to be a general strike of
bituminous coal miners, retrts upon the Joint
conference and the miners' convention In
Cincinnati this month.
THREE HUNDRED TRAVELING
MEN FR0N GERMANY iN CANADA
New German-Canadian Trade Treaty
Causes Influx of Commercial
Men from Continent.
WINNIPEO. Man., Feb. 2S. The new
German-Canadian trade treaty will take
effect tomorrow and the secretary of the
Canadian Commercial Travelers' associa
tion has received word that 300 German
travelers are on the way to Canada to
compete for the trade In western Canada
now controlled by United States firms. Last
year Germany bought SM.OOO.OOO worth of
western Canada grain or grain products.
Ten Dollars for Iowa Hog
Paid on Chicago Market
CHICAGO, Feb. 23 An Iowa farmer to
day obtained tho highest prtce paid locally
for live hoga since 1S70 when his porkers
brought him an even $10 a hundred at the
stock yards. Sixty-six head of hogs aver
aging 201 pounds each brought this top
price. The hogs were solid by II. L. Strohm
of Cunning. Ia. I'ork followed the had and
advanced 15c above the highest point
recorded, the top being 124.7 per barrel for
May delivery.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. JK.-Hogs on the
local market today sold at $9.66 a, hundred,
a record price here,
SIOUX CITY, la., Feb.-i8.-Hogs sold at
MM,0,.
HUNT BREAKS AIL RECORDS
Colonel Roosevelt and Hermit Xill
500 Large Animals for Science.
GIANT ELANDS MOST IMPORTANT
First Complete Specimens Ever Taken
Out of Africa Are Secured by
Ex-President Writing
Next Diversion.
GONPOKORO, Feb. 28. Colonel Roose
velt and the others of his Immediate party
sailed today for Khartoum, where they ex
pect to arrive March 15. With the de
parture the African scientific expedition,
under the auspices of the Smithsonian In
stitution of Washington and led by the
former - president, was, for all practical
purposes, brought' to a close.
Colonel Roosevelt considers that the kill
ing of tho giant elands In his recent ex
cursion along the upper reaches of the
Nile was a fitting ending of a marvelously
successful trip. The results generally,
from the standpoint of the hunter and the
scientist, have exceeded all expectations.
Colonel Roosevelt and his son, Kermlt,
have killed some 500 specimens of large
mammals. The bag Includes the following:
- Seventeen lions, 11 elephans, 10 buffaloes,
10 black rhinoceroses, 9 white rhinoceroses,
9 hippopotami, 9 giraffes, S leopards, 7
cheetahs, S giant elands, S sables, 1 slta
tunga and i bongoes.
All these were killed In the Interest of
science and the specimens will be disposed
of accordingly, the greater number going
to the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Roose
velt will retain not more than six trophies
for himself.
From the point of Importance the most
highly prized game may be rated as fol
lows: . First,' the giant elands, the first
complete specimens of which family are
now being taken from the country; second,
the white rhinoceroses; third, the bongos,
the first to be stalked and killed by a
white man, and, fourth, the sltatunga, a
species of antelope.
The naturalists secured a remarkabl se
lection, comprising many thousands of
birds and other mammals. The results In
this line have been most gratifying and
science will be enriched by several new
species and an enormous series of the
smaller mammals of Africa. The game
taken and the collections made constitute
a world's record for. a similar period of
hunting and scientific research In Afr'ea,
and the American museums will receive the
greatest collection of African fauna In ex
istence. All agree that too much pralsj
cannot be accorded R. J. Cunninghams, the
Englishman whose management of the ex
pedition was as nearly perfect as could be
conceived.
Colonel Roosevelt will now devote his
time to writing. Including the preparation
of the addresses which he Is to deliver in
Europe. He will do no more hunting, un
less during the trip down the Nile chance
throws In his way an opportunity to secure
some specimen.
SIXTY MINE BODIES FOUND
Bodies of Alt bat Seven of Victims- of
Primero Disaster A re
Taken Out.
TRINIPAP, Colo., Feb. 2S.-Workmen en
gaged in cleaning up the "main" Primero
mine. In which seventy-six miners lost
their lives In the explosion of January 81,
early today recovered the body of Fidel
Arguello.
This makes ninety-nine bodies that have
been removed from the mine.
$950 today, 15 cents over previous record.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 21-A new rec
ord price for hogs was made at tho Sjuth
St. Joseph market today when the top
was $9.65, which Is 15 cents higher thun
ever paid before In a carlot and 12V4 cents
higher than tho record top.
ST. LOUIS. Fob. 2.-llogs sold at the
block yards hi-re today for $D.iP a hundred,
10 cents higher than the previous record.
Hogs on the South Omaha market made
a new top record of $9.55 yesterday, tha
figure being 15 cents higher than the beet
figures ever paid for full loads In the his
tory of local trade.
ARRAYS FORCES
TO FIGHT RATES
Commercial Club Maps Oat Its Flan
of Warfare on Railroads
Raising Tariffs. .1
SEND GUILD AND M'VANN TO WAR
Commissions Both Men to Mobilize
Their Troops at Once.
ORDERS BIO GUNS TO SAVE TRADE
Views This Attack as Real Menace to
City's Commercial Life.
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TIME FOR BOLD, UNITED DEFENSS
If Railroads Will Not Listen to Ilea
son, Then Commercial Club Will
Appeal to the Interstate
Commerce Commission,
The Commercial club of Omaha has de
cided to take up the fight against tha
railroads which propose to raise the rata
on dressed occf from this city to Chicago
and thus discriminate Hgatnst Omaha In
tavor of Kansas City. This was decided
on at a special meeting ot the executive
committee Monday, when a line of action
was mapped out and the officers ot the
club authorized to proceed. They were In
structed by some stirring resolutions which
express the sentiment of the club.
By the first of these resolutions B. J.
McVann, traffic manager ot the club, was
instructed to get busy at once. He was
told to arrange for a meeting of the legal
and traffic representatives of the shippers,
stockmen and live stock Interests to de
cide what means are available from a legal
standpoint, or in any other way, to keen
the railroads from putting Omaha oft tha
commercial map.
The second resolution Instructed J. M.
Guild, commissioner of the club, to enlist
the support of the commercial clubs of
Sioux City, Sioux Falls, as well as other
commercial clubs and newspapers of Ne
braska and South Pakota and Wyoming;
and all the country from which Omaha
draws live stock, 1
In the third resolution the club sets
forth the great injustice which will fall
upon Omaha should the railroads put tha
rate Into effect and expressed the senti
ment that the Increase is unfair and In
advisable and unjustly discriminative. Tho
club decided to vise its every Influence to
secure a withdrawal of the Increase, and
if that failed, to prosecute the case befora
the Interstate Commerce commission.
Text of Big; Itesolntlon.
The rank Injustice of the move was set
forth In the following resolutions:
"Whereas, All ! of the railroads leading
eastward from Omaha and South Omaha
have, 'by agrtemont.V published and filed
schedules advancing -rrm-rates on meat
products, from South' Omaha to eastern
markets more than 25 per cent In spite of
the fact that a similar advance has not
been made from Kansas City, thus signify
ing their intention to igncre precedent, time
honored custom and plain principles ot
Justice and equity, all of which demand
that the two live stock markets, on account
of their well known . competition In tho
purchase of live Btock In a common terri
tory, and the shipments of the finished
product to the same eastern markets, must
enjoy equal freight advantages; and,
"Whereas, the prosent adjustment of
rates on live stock from the great agricul
tural section west of Omaha and South
Omaha is now generally favorable to the
well recognized desire of Hill, Vanderbllt
and Moore lines to compel the shipment of
all the products of the said country to
Chicago, so that they may get the long
haul and the most money; and,
Blow at the Home Market.
"Whereas, the proposed advance In rates
on said meat products from South Omaha
to eastern markets without a correspond
ing advance from Chicago and Kansas
City to said eastern markets, tends to
strengthen the scheme of said railroads and
by the samo grace weakens to the farmer
and stock raisers the value of his home
market, because shipping live stock mean
shrink and consequent loss; and.
"Whereas, In recognition of the economic
principle of saving this loss by converting
tho raw material Into finished product
near the base of supply, there has been
created at South Omaha at a cost of many
millions of dollars extensive system of
plants and equipment, employing thousands
of people who form a large part of the
population of this community, and through,
the distribution of their income and by tha
large expenditure In our midst for supplies,
building- material, etc., by the live stock
industry, and in the benefits that come to
every business Institution on account of
the circulation among us of the proceeds)
In the sale ot live stock; and
Injury to the Farmer.
"Whereas, the carrying out of tha
principle of 'long haul' will force to mora
distant markets the product of the great
agricultural and stock-raising section with,
which we are so closely allied, and for
which we furnish the natural and logical
market, would result In irreparable Injury
and Inevitably affect the prosperity of tha
farmer and stock raiser and this commun
ity generally so that such a blow aimed
at the chief Industry of this community
must be fully recognized,
"Be It therefore resolved, That this Com
mercial club does hereby express Its senti
ment that this Increase In rates Is unfair
and Inadvisable and unjustly discriminative,
and that our influence shall be used In
every lawful way to attempt to secure tho
withdrawal of paid increase by the said
railroads, and failing in this, that We pioie
cute such complaints before the Interstate
Commerce commlss;on and take such pru
ceedlngs in court as may speedily secure
Justice to this community and to the farmer
and stock raiser, and the reduction of any
rates which may be found excessive, as
well as the rrosecutlon of any parties re
sponsible for same, If their acts shall have
been In any way collusive and contrary
to law."
ST. JOB ALSO tXOCK THE BAN
Included in Rate DUorlralnatton,
l.eatlnsr Only Kansas City Free.
St. Joseph has been addod to the roll of
Missouri river eitloa that must pay higher
ratts on drtssed beef to Chicago, Kannaa
City now has a monopoly on the fivored
tariff that discriminates against Omaha,
Hloux City awl St. Joseph.
The last bomb In the moat rate fight
was thrown by the St. Joseph it Orand
Islund rallrjad in the announcement that
It would raise the rate to correspond with,
that of the other lines. The Orand Island.
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