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The Omaha
Bee.
'The omaha Dee
ta tb mot powerful buslneaa
fetter la the west, becaaan It roes
to the homes of poor . and rich.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nebraska Showers.
For Iowa llonrrnlly Inlr.
For weather report see pago 2.
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BRIBE CASE GETS
SECOND SETBACK
Illinois Scandal Hearing Jolted by
Bequest for Writ of Habeas
Corpus.
nssnsnennnn
LEE O'NEIL BROWHE APPLICANT
Matter Now Under Advisement by
Judge' Scanlan in Chicago.
ITCH LICENSE BILL AT CAPITAL
Turther Testimony Taken at Spring
- field on Alleged Bribery.
TRAUT ORDERED T OTELL STORY
Dmrtlitnni Man to Whom Fisher
man's fund Has Been Traced
Directed to Retnrn for
Farther Kismlsstlos.
CHICAGO, ' June . The trial of Lee
O'Nell Browne, Indicted on charges of brlb-
ry In connection with the election of
i United States senator William Lorlmer, was
Ket back another day by the arguments of
counsel on he plea for a writ of habeas
corpus today. Judge ftlckham Scanlan
t ok the question under advisement and will
give his decision at o'clock tomorrow
i morning;. . ,
While the arguments were being made
In Judge Scanlnn's court Judge McSurley
and 100 veniremen were waiting for the
case U) be brought to trial. Later court
was adjourned until tomorrow.
The main contention of the defense In Its
argument for a writ of habeas corpus was
that the slate courts had no jurisdiction
In the case. Former Judge Klbrldge Hun
ecy advanced the theory that while the
legislature was sitting as a joint assembly
to elect a. United States senator, the fed
eral courts were the only ones that had
jurisdiction.
Judge .Scanlan asked Messrs Wayman
and ilancey to meet "him In his chambers
and present citations In support of ' the
salient points of their arguments.
Judge Scanlan ordered a new bond of
115,000 for Browne.
Traat Urtm 'olcr.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 6. Progress
was slow today In the legislative Inquiry
now centered on the fishing license bill,
which, opposed by the big fishermen of the
lllmols : river, died In the closing hours of
tlie general assembly,
F. J. '.Kraut of Beardstown, to whom the
fishermen's fund to defeat the bill has
been traced, was directed to return tomor
row morning for futrher examination.
Traut's version of the fund as he told the
grand jury differed from that he gave
Saturday night to State's Attorney Burke,
when be , declur?d' aeenrding.. to -Burke,
that he kept tlie money'. To the grand
jurors he said he spent the money for the
-fishermen's lobby against the bill.
F. A.'; Hohweer of Beardstown. told the
jurors of bringing; the fund to Springfield
snd giving It to John Dixon who has al
ready declared he delivered It to Traut.
Schweer, said he knew nothing regarding
alleged payment of money to defeat the
bill.
Charles Grldley. attorney of Vliglnhi.
311., who represented the flsliers In the
Hprlncfleld lobby, was given a clean bill
by Mr. Burke, after he had testified before
the grand jury and had declared that his
Work was purely profeKSional.
According to State's Attorney Burke.
.Traut has declared that he kept the
- money which was given Into his possession
from the contributed fund. Traut today de
clared to different persons that he spent
the money In legitimate ways In connec
tion with the lobby against the bill.
. On the version he chooses to swear to
before the grand Jury, the ftrttrre . course
of the-Inquiry Into the alleged contrlbu
tlona to the "Jackpot," in a measure de
pends.
Democrats Hold
Custer Love Feast
Governor and State Chairman Among
Those at Session Held at
Broken Bow.
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BROKEN BOW. Neb., June 6. (Special
I Telegram.) The much heralded demo-
I cratic-popuUst love feast was given to
j rHght at one of the hotels here and was
attended bv about 100 guests.
Governor Shallenherger was the guest of
1 honor, and delivered three speeches during
' the day, one at the opening of the Junior
f Normal In the forenoon, another at the
I opera house In the a afternoon before
I democratic audience and the third at the
' close of the banquet.
Other out-of-town celebrities of the dem
ooratlc party attending were: W. B. Price
i of IJncoln, State Chairman J. C. Byrnes
"j Kenator OJlis. Leo Matthews and H. M
I'.x-Uovernor mias a. Hou-omn acted as
toaHtmaster. W. J. Taylor started the bal
. rolling by telling what insurgency was
Judge Dean followed with a response on
, "The Next Congress." G. I Shumway
could not attend and his address on "The
lst Chord, Sincerity," was read by H
M. Davis.
W. B. Prlee enlightened Ills hearers on
the "Payne-Aldrlch Bill" and Chairman
Byrnes told about 'Organlxatlon." ,
i Governor Shallenberger made the las
response of the evening and gave
lengthy talk on "Nebiaska Democracy.'
UDIES OF THE MACCABEES
Ksyrrwr Convention if the Order
Will Resin nl Aberdeen
Turin .
VbKRDKEN. S. V.. June . (Speclal.l-
Aberdeen will be the host on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week of the stale con
vention Of the I Allies of the Maccabees ,,f
the World, a woman's fraternal iniuiance
order.' About 100 delegates are m peeled
and a large number of visitors, bringing
the attendance up to two or TOO. Tlje mer
chants are planning to decorate the streets
and the buildings In the business district
with the order's colors, black, red and
, white. Mrs. 8. Nevada Hereford of Aber
' deeo Is the head of the order in this state.
Sa titn will be made iMihlle later by Kuhn
'-. ItWrn PnrKIn Itallnay Bands.
i IIN, June It was announced to
tr..At an International banking group
.TO take iriOuu.ouo of the bonds of the
! Vin Pacific railway. The terms fur
and company ul Niv luilu
Browne Habeas
Corpus Under
. Advisement
Judge Scanlan Will Decide Point of
Jurisdiction Raised by Plaintiff
Tuesday Morning.
CHICAGO. June S.-After several hour
of arguments today to Judge Scanlan, he
took the plea? for a writ of habeas corpus
for Lee O'Nell Browne under advisement
and he wilf, announce . his . decision at
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Browne, who is under Indictment chased
with bribery In connection with the elec
Vr ' t William Lorlmer to the United
senate was scheduled to appear be
Igo McHurley for trial this mnrnlnu
7-
" " cey. for the defense, occupied more
t. r e hours In presenting; his argu
i"i 1 ' defense's main contention a;
la
imuKiiun o- me siate courts.
Stat . C- 'ney Wayman made his reply In
less v j j hour and Mr. Hancey, con
cluded, , Nhort argument. Mr. Wayman
was ex, sarcastic at times.
SPRUV -- , III., June .-Frank J
Traut ot own, F. E. Schweis of
Beardstow ..'Attorney Charles GrUlley
of Virginia arrived In Springfield today in
response to summonses to appear before
the grand Jury. They will be questioned
regarding the fund contributed by the fish
ermen along the Illinois river for the de
feat of the fishing license bill.
Mr. Traut Is the last man to whom the
fund has been traced by the state's attor
ney. Traut says he did not give U to any
legislator, but spent It legitimately lobby
ing against the Mil.
Schmels Is said to have carried some of the
fund to Springfield. Grldley, while the
bill was being fought, was the head of the
lobby against It
The grand jury was directed to open Us
session this afternoon.
Colorado Special
in Collision Near
Gothenburg, Neb.
Fast Eastbound Train on Union Pa
cific Fireman Buick and Three
Greeks Killed.
I
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. June 6. The
Colorado express today collided with a
Union Pacific work train near Brady Isl
and.' The dead:
FIRKMAN BUICK of the express train.
THREE GREEK LABORERS.
Both engines, the baggage car of the
express train and several cars of the work
train wera demolished.,. One laborer died on
the way to the hospital.
The two trains met head-on ; and . both
engines were badly demolished as well as
the baggage car on the passenger train.
The -trains', were each Eunptiig at the-ate
of about fifteen miles an hour when they
came together. '.,
None of the passengers was Injured.
The track Was -cleared at noon.
The Union- Pacific made up a relief train
as quickly as possible at North Platte and
hastened to the scene of the wreck with a
hospital corps, including a number of phy
sicians. The engineer of the express train
was taken to the hospttsl at Kearney, ac
companied by Dr. J. T. Rosenberg of Lex-
lngton.
Fireman Bulck's home Is at Grand Isl
and. He was unmarried. '
Scare Among
Cotton Shorts
Rush to Cover Forces Price Up Two
Dollars a Bale on the New
York Exchange. "
NEW YORK, June A scare among
operators snort ior juiy ana .nugusi a-
livery of cotton In New York sent prices
up In a sensational manner during today's
early trading. July Cotton sold at Iu.jOo,
or $2 a bale above the closing figures of
last, week, while August sdvanced to 14.60c,
or SO points net higher, this big gain re
sulting In an excited market, with ad
vances ot from S t 4 points frequently
noted bet v eer, sales.
LOOKING INTO DEATH I
OF 0. C. RALSTON
Hrlatlves of Employe nt Cndahy
Company " Believe He Was
Killed by Accident.
DAN VIIJ.E, 1H.P June . Whether or not
D. C. Ralston, an Inventor of soap-making
machinery, employed by the Cudahy com
pany ot Omaha, committed suicide, was
under invest Igat ion by the coroner today:
Ralston's body was found In the Vermil -
lion river yesterday.' The legs wera broken
and his relatives here, whom he was visit
ing, said he must have been struck by a
train while walking on the track along the
river bank. '
Third victim ot Hlot Dead.
BLL'EFIKLDS, Ky.. June 6. Boudy
Shepard. deputy rherlff. died today, being
Die third victim of a riot In Pike county,
Ky., Sunday night. A Jesse James tent
show aas in full swing when-a gang of
rowdies were ejected from the tent and be
gan shooting. I'wo deputy sheriffs were
hot dead.
Groom Goes to Country,
Bride Tears Up License
Miss Florence Biiltan has written a letter
which purports to be an explanation ot why
he tore up her marriage license. A few
dus ago Alfred C. Krell reluctantly told
county officials that he could not return
the license 'because she tore it up." -.
Miss Biittan gathered thu fragments of
the permit and mailed them to the county
bureau with her note, a letter which does
not Indicate any heartbreak In the matter.
This letter reads as follows:
'Dear 8ir: Mr. . Furay. I notice In to
night's paper that my license la wanted.
I will return It to you at once as It Is of
no use to m at all. I don't care to have
anyone to blame for thia because he Is to
blame as he has no sense.
"I met him !o weeks sgo, and he
thought U was love at first sight. I told
WEATHER HURTS
GRAIN OP STATE
Dealers Canvass Nebraska and De
clare that Large Shortage is
Certain This Season.
WHEAT FORTY PER - CENT - OFF
Corn Being Replanted in Many. Sec
tions, Say Men Coming' In.
TWO CAUSES FOR CONDITION
Rain Did Not Fall at Proper Time to
Save Plants'
SOME DIED DURING WINTER
Condition tn Kausa and Missouri
Resemble Those In .Nebraska
: Oats Crop Alone Shows '
Hopefnt Prospect.
"' Estimates by. grain men throughout the
state Indicate that the wheat crop this
year will not be mre than 60 per cent as
large as last year. It Is estimated thai
the total yield for 1910. will not exceed
3u,000,000, while last year It was about
SC.000,001) bushels.
The reason for the expected shortage is
attributed to the lack ot rain at the time
It was needed and to the act that many
of the plants have been winter killed. An
other reason given Is that the warm
weather of March had a bad effect. Farm
ers who . have betn Interviewed by repre
sentatives of local elevator companies say
that the wheat did not "Btool" or thicken
properly because of the weather conditions.
This means that the straws will be short
and not as heavy as usual. - -
C. 8. Ralnbolt, a buyer for the Cavers'
Elevator company of this city, has Just re
turned from a trip, through the state, and
In speaking of conditions said: "I do not
believe the wheat crop In Nebraska for
1910 will be over SO per cent of last year's
yield. I looked at a large number of fields
in various sections on my recent trip and
In most every case the wneat has been win
ter killed. This was due, of course, to the
weather conditions that 'prevailed at the
time the wheat -needed the assistance ot
the growing elements.
'In some parts of the state the crop has
not been affected to any great extent. In
the vicnity of Genoa, Albion and Fullerton
6 per cent of the normal yield, while In the
vicinity of Wood River. Grand Island and
Hastings the crop should be about the
same as' usual.
'The. acreage of oats this year will be
greater than last on account ot the farm-
era resowlng where the winter wheat has
been killed out. Corn Is also being planted
under those conditions.
"The acreage pf corn will be about the
sutn as. last year, but In some communities
complaints of poor stands are heard and In
many cases corn la- being replanted. The
trouble with the corn seems to be poor
seed. The cool weather Is also favorable
to cutworms that have been getting In
their work. However, the ground Is In
fine condition and there is plenty of time
for the corn to come out In good shape."- -Mr.
Rainbolt also visited Kansas, and
Missouri and says that conditions there re
semble those to be found in Nebraska.
Senate Passes
Coal Lands Bill
Measure to Open to Settlement Sur
face of Large Areas Ready for
President's Signature.
WASHINGTON. June 6 The house bill
authorising the disposal of the surface of
coal lands for agricultural purposes was
passed by the senate today.' The measure,
which Is considered very Important, now
requires only the signature of the presi
dent to make it a law.
The bill will permit the settlement and
cultivation of vast areas of the public
lands which,' while they have been with
drawn on account of their coal deposits,
are still valuable for agriculture. Under
the terms ot. the bill, the government does
not part with Its control of the coal.
Alleged Joker in
v - Railroad Bill
Democrats Discover Clause Which
They Say Will Permit
Rebating.
1 WASHINGTON
June t. Democratic
leaders in the house claim they have dis
covered ,a "joker' In the senate amend
ments to the railroad bill which would en
able railroads to return to the practice of
rebating.
i i i i . . . . .
tn iiiuiiu in a i-iaupe esiaousning a
peuauy ior me misquo'lng of rates to
shippers. Several democrats who studied
the senate bill i. exerted that railroads might
even "confess damage." as the result of
a misquoted rate, and pay to the favored
shipper rebates under the guise of paying
damages."
him I would not marry him. but he dared
me to.
"He has left for the country with tears
in his eves. He thought he needed rest.
My hub has gone to the country. Hooray.'
"I hope this will wake him up some. I
guess this Is all.
"FLORENCE BRITTAN."
Mr.' Furay Jias pieced out the fragments
of the licence and pasted thero on a sheet
of stiff paper so that the license now lookvH
like a puxxle picture.
The episode recalled to Clyde Munbald.
clerk of county court, an incident some
years ago. when be w as Issuing a license.
A prospective bride and groom eame in to
gether and in the midst of the making out
ot the permit, the man suddenly excused
himself for a minute or two and left. Jur
did he aver come back. "'
CrrmMb. : ' mat i wmms
mmmm rrm.j
, "Harold, I
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THINK BRYAN WILL RUN
Such is Opinion of Omaha Men Who
Went T to Lincoln.
PETITIONS ARE ' CIRCULATED
Dnhlninn Kays Bryan's Friends Seem
lie' Mined tn Fnrcc Htm Into
r.'iiutorlal Race Fanning;
Say Pine Are Set.
Omaha democrats who attended the state
committee meeting at Lincoln have be
come convinced that Mr. Bryan will be a
candidate for United States senator.
"His friends seem, to me to be determined
to force Mr. Bryan Into the race. If there
Is any way to do It." said Mayor Dahlman.
"I learned petitions addressed to him per
sonally are being circulated very numer
ously, and on his return ,frbm abroad these
will be presented to him, slRned. The ar
gument will be made that he cannot Afford
to Ignore the petitions; and unless hi
friends who are active In the work are
overdrawing It, there will be a stack of
signatures big enough; to make opy man
pause before deciding- lo Ignore them."
Colonel Charles i E Fanning, who was
also at the Lincoln meeting, Is positive in
his declaration that he vhetleTos tfryan, will
be a candidate. "Of cotrrw- rie wlU et ln
the- race," says -Colonel, Panning. "Tho
pins are all aet up, right now, for that re
sult, and I do not believe Bryan Will upset
them. -And when he does enter It will
bring about a condition that will bo mighty
Interesting. -.With Congressman Hitchcock
and BIIP. Price already In, and' Judge
Willis Reed of Columbus ready to pay en
trance this week or next, you will see a
scrap for that toga sura to be memorable
In the political annals of Nebraska. Price
riay possibly pull out when Bryan gets In,
but the others will not; of that I feel cer
tain." -i
Of the decision to hold the state conven
tion at Grand Island, Colonel Fanning
says: "It suits Mayor Dahlman's friends
all right. We understand, while at Lin
coln! that C. W. Bryan had already en
gaged the. Auditorium In that city for the
convention, but the committeemen con
sidered It wiser and fairer to hold the
convention In a city where the delegates
can transaot their business without a
packed floor and gallery."
Some of Qovernor Shallenberger's Omaha
friends are a trifle sore that the committee
did not, at any time during Its session, In
vite the governor to make a talk. Holding
a proxy; Mayor Dahlman took an active
part In the deliberations, while the gover
nor sat the whole session through without
having an opportunity to express his views.
It Is learned, too, that C. W. Bryan has
not. ret abandoned hope of securing the
extra session. His faith Is now pinned to
the so-called Direct . Legislation league,
which he has selected to work on the re
publican senators; and it this group . of
boosters for the special session falls down,
and the governor still refuses to call the
session, the Dahlman men think a third
man will be put in the field for governor
on the Bryan county local option platform.
EIGHTY ARTILLERYMEN
- ATTEMPT TO DESERT
Prlratea- from Battery C. Second
Artillery, Eacane from Trans
. port I.ogan. ,
BAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June S.-A sen
sational dash for -liberty In which. It Is
said,- eighty men of Battery C. Second
field artillery, outward bound from Fort
D. A.- Russell, ,Vyo.. to Manila, on the
transport Logan today participated, la be
ing given a rigid Investigation by Captain
Francis W. Griffin, commanding the bat
tery. . Thirteen of the men, two having been
taken from the city prison, have been
placed In the transport Brig.
According to an official report almost
half of the battery. Just as dusk Saturday
night slipped from the ship without orders,
carrying arms and wearing cartridge belts,
scaled a high fence at the dock and scat
tered along the harbor front. Some who
were unable to elude the dock guard
dropped overboaid and swam ashore. It
was not until 3 o'clock yesterday morning
that the last of the truants was rounded up.
IOWA C0MMISI0N REPORTS
ON GREEN MOUNTAIN WRECK
Track Was In Poor Condition and
Train Improperly Made In,
. hat oboily la Censured.
DK8 MOINES, la., June .-The Iowa
board of railroad commissioners today filed
Its long expected report as to the cause of
the disastrous wreck, near Green Moun
tain, March 21. In which fifty-two passen
gers were killed. The commission finds
that the Great Western road, over which
the Rock Island train was detoured, was
In bad condition, that the train was made
up. w rong and should not have been running
with two engines moving backward, and
that two trains should not been made Into
one train, which was too heavy for safety
No personal liability Is fixed In the report
just know you will make a fine
Stock Market
Breaks Sharply
in Final Hour
Rumor that Visit of Railroad Men to
; White House Would Be Fruitless
Causes Tumble.
i
NEW TORK, June 6. There was another
abrupt and violent break in prices of stocks
in the last hour. This was after an early
period of strength and firmness ' which
gave the Impression that the liquidation
had spent Its force. There was no im
mediate news to account for the re
Sewed break but the conviction was pro
ieased about the stock exchange that no
settlement would be secured before the con
troversy over the rates between the gov
ernment and the western trunk line rail
roads as a -result of the conference be
tween President Taft and several railroad
presidents which was set for later ln-the
day. Stocks were' unloaded In heavy vol
ume and support seemed to be entirely
withdrawn. .
The burden of the selling converged on
a. few -ef the . most prominent stocks, St.
Paul running off rapidly &' below Satur
day's closing level, American Sugar, S; the
preferred. -J; . Rending, -l Union Pacific,
Vfc ,.Bok. Island,' &t American Car,- 24;
Southern Paolfic, S, and the active ' list,
generally between 1 and 3 points. -
Last prices showed recoveries of 1 to 3
points from the lowest, the latter in Union
Pacific on, hasty covering by the shorts. '
Bleaching Flour
Affects Its Odor
This is Testimony of Government Ex
perts in Kansas City
Hearing.
KANSAS CITT, June 6. Further evidence
in .the bleached flour cuse to support the
contention that the bleaching process in
jures flour was submitted by. the govern
ment In the federal court here today
The government will call
a number of
expert witnesses this week.
The millers
also have subpoenaed several experts,
Andrew 8. Mitchell of St. Paul, a chemist
In the employ of the government corrobo
rated the testimony of previous witnesses
to the effect that the process of bleaching
flour lessens the food value of the flour.
He said that bleaching affected the odor
of flour and that he could detect the dif-
ference between the bleached and un
bleached product by the odor.
On cross-examination he was asked to
smell a' sample ot flour and 'tell whether
It was bleached or unbleached. He refused
to submit to the test unless two samples,
one of bleached and the other of un
bleached flouii, were, given him at the
same time. This was not done and the
test was not made.
The witness admitted that there were ni
trates in the air anl that bread made from
unbleached flour ln(a kitchen where gas
or- coal was burned might absorb nitrates.
Dr. Hamilton P. Jones of New Orleans
and Dr. Harry ' Kempster of Milwaukee
are among the witnesses to be called by
the government.
WOLF CAUGHT WITH AUTO
Victor Warner of Korea City Rons
Down Animal nnd Kills It
with Wrench.
PIERRE. S. D., June 6 (Special.) Victor
Warner of Forest City while out. on the
prairie with his auto a few days saw a
wolf running uctoss the road and gave
n-.n!fe to tt.e animal After running It sev-
er.;l ' rfliiej thn wolf" leclded that he was
ji. equal to any further race with a
"';vil wagon" and )k' down on the prairie
aii'.t submitted to hav'ng his head pounded
wili a wrench. '
Chinese Merchants Demand
Convocation of Parliament
PEKING. June 6 On Wednesday next a
formal demand will bs made on the throne
for the Immediate convocation of a national
pailiament. The authors of the exsctlon to
be attempted are the delegates tu the
provincial assemblies, who have the sup.
port of organizations of merchants.
The recently issued Imperial dc:ee con
stituting the provincial assemblies set forth
that the way was being paved for a general
legislative body to bo summoned nine years
after the first meeting of the assemblies.
Today delegates to the provincial assem
blies are gathering here with the avowed
purpose cf exacting the Issuance of an
Imperial decree summoning a national par
liament forthwith. The delegates have de
termined not to leave the capital' until their
memorial Is granted. Klght of their num
ber are pledged to suicide In the event that
businessman!"
TRIPLE CRIME AT VAN CLEVE
fames Hardy, Wife and Son Mur
dered Sunday Night.
MOTIVE FOR DEED IS LACKING
Raymond Hardy, Only Surviving
Member of Family, la Under Ar
restDenies All Knoirl--edge
ot Crime. .
i MARSHALLTOWN, la., June (.(Special
Telegram.) James Hardy, a farmer 65
years ot age, his wife. Lavlna, 58, and son.
Earl, 28, were slain in their home five
miles south of Van Cleve, some time Sun
day night. The heads of the victims ere
beaten to a pulp with a piece of gas pipe
sharpened at end.
Raymond Hardy. 19, only surviving mem
ber ot the family, Is in jail. Ha says he
Is Innocent and had no knowledge of the
crime until he made discovery at 1 o'clock
this morning. Mrs. Hardy's body was lying
in the dining room, young Hardy on the
kitchen floor, and James Hardy In the
basement of the cow barn,
; The wounds on the heads are practl
cauy in the . same places. The motive
for the crime Is yet lacking Bureau draw
er ransacked -and pocket books onened
bu same time small sums of money found
on . the persons of both men, and watch
worn by young Hardy untouched." .
Hardy Calm Under Arrest. '
Raymond Hardy takes his arrest calmly.
No formal charges have yet been lodged
against . him. Sheriff Nicholson believes
Hardy guilty because of alleged suspicious
actions, since the murder was discovered.
A light colored, hat and overalls owned
by Hardy, the sheriff says, are spattered
with fresh blood stains.
He . declares Hardy made an effort to
hide the overalls In the house, but was
discovered and gave them up.
The suspected youth axys the blood stains
were made when he and his brother killed
a chicken last week.
j .Mabel Starness, a girl of U years, whom
Hardy was to wed next Wednesday, Is con
jfldent her lover Is Innocent. When seen
at her home In Jasper county she said
"r sweemean. was with her at her resl-
denee from 9 Sunday night to 12:30 Monday
morning,
A peculiar circumstance connected with
the crime, was the finding early Sunday
morning in. the Hardy barn by members of
the family, of one of the Hardy farm
' norses, caaaied and bridled. This horse
j had been prepared to ride during Saturday
night by sdme one, who as yet is unknown.
Justice W. H. Bollenbacher of Logan
township. Is lsklng charge of the Investi
gation In the absence of the coroner. The
hearing was set for today, but was eon
tlhued to eWdnesday morning at Mel
bourne. . ,
Fisheries Case
at The Hague
Proceedings Open with Presentation
of British Statement by Sir
Robert B. Finlay.
TUB HAGUE, June B.-The first business
session of the arbitration tribunal which is
to decide the Newfoundland fisheries oues
tlon between the United States and Great
Britain was held in Blnncnhoff today. The
president of the tou.t Is Prof. Hclnrlch
Lammasch 6f Austria.
The proceedings opened with the pren
tatlon of the British case by Sir Robert B
Finlay. Senator Ellhu Root htads the dele
gation of attorneys leptesenting the United
States
The international dispute grew out of op
posing interpieletlons of the Newfound
land fisheries treaty of 1&1&.
Prince Chung, the regent, decides to Hick
to his original program. The merchants
ere furtherlrg the alms ot the delegates
by refusing to pay the stamp tax. 1 ,e
presentation of the memorial is not likely
to call forth an early response. On the
contrary, It Is expected that Prince Chung
will delay Ms reply as long as possible.
It la learned from the leaders of the
movement that they do not Intend to use
drastic measures becsuse of the fear that
an antl-dynastlo revolution would only
serve to bring the armies of foreign, powers
Into China.
Palace rples ere watching delegates who
have arrived here from the Chinese colonies
In Australia, the Philippines and rlriewhere
and who aie believed to ' represent l:.e
revolutionary, element among the Chinese
abroad.
RAILROADS PULL
BACK HIGH RATES
Increased Schedules Withdrawn by
Railroad Presidents After Con
ference with President Taft.
AWAIT OPERATION OF NEW LAW
Chief Executive Agrees to Cancel
Injunction Suit.
SESSION LASTS FOUR HOURS
Attorney General Wickcrsham and
Cabinet Men Present.
SENATOR DEPEW COMMENTS
Xmyn He Una o Sympathy (r l.tnc,
ns They Khunlit Have Submitted
t hanae ' to Commerce
Commission.
WASHINGTON. June 6.-AI h four hours'
conference with President Taft the repre
sentatives of the Western Trunk Line cum-
mittee of railroads agreed to withdraw all
Increases In rates effective June 1 and after
to await the operation ot the new railroad
law. On this understanding President Taft
announced that the suit would be with
drawn when the new rate law goes Into
effect. ,
Presidents Ripley, Delano and Felton ar
rived at the White House executive offices
for the! rconference at S o'clock, accom
panied by Walter D. Hlnea of New York,
general counsel for the Santa Fe. Attorney
General WIckershHtn preceded the railroad
presidents by ffve minutes.
Shortly after the conference began Presi
dent Taft sent for Secretary of State Knox
and Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel. They soon reached the White Hou?e
and entered the conference,
Senntor Depenr Comments.
A number of senators snd representatives
In congress wjre with the president today
and It is understood most ot them talked
with him concernlhg the railroad situation.
Senator Depew of New 'York was one of
the few who consented to give his views.
"I do not sympathise with the railroads
in this Instance." he said. ''They snould
have submitted the proposed Increase in
rates to the Interstate Commerce commis
sion and sought a hearing before tnat body.
"They then could have presented their
csbb to the public and the chances are that
the rates would have been approved, in
part anyway, for there are very good
reasons why the railroads should increase
the rates.
i "The higher wages, the Increased cost of
materials and other considerations lire
making It necessary for the railroads lo
revise their tariffs. They went about thia
in the wrong way and at the wrong time.
I ibink the matte?'' will on adjusted, how
ever, and I hope the tailroads wiil sr-
their way clear to go back and follow the
course I have suggested."
C'hleano Board of Trade Acts.
CHICAGO, June 8. The Board of Trade
of this city today passed a resolution to
the effect that It was not opposed to an
advance in freight rales under certain con
ditions. The resolution follows:
B It resolved, That If It is necessary for
carriers to secure greater revenue for the
purpose of increasing their transportation
facilities, the Chicago Board of Trade is
not opposed to moderate advances In freight
rates on such commodities as do not now
bear a fair proportion of the total cost of
transportation; provided that such ad
vances, it any, will not result in discrimina
tion! between communities.
The resolution also suggests a conference
between representatives ot the railroads and
business Interests on the question ot ratet.
Legal representatives of twenty-five west
ern railroads met In the offices of Gardner
Latln-op, general solicitor ot the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fs railroad, today. The
meeting was called to devise a line ot de
fense against the recent action ot the gov
ernment In the matte rot rates and lo
choose special counsel to take charge ut
the proceedings.
.Net Kurullias Increase.
ST. PAUL. June . Then is every indica
tion that the Great Noi tlisiil Railw ay com
pany for the fiscal year ending June 30,
will be able to show an Increase In net
earnings, according to the showing made
for the first ten months of the fiscal year
In a statement Issued from the general
oi'f.ces today.
FORREST G. POOL MARRIED
BEFORE HOST OF WITNESSES
Justice l.eeder Stupe Coutetnpt Pro
ceeding to Officiate nt Anp
tlsl Ceremony,
With a couple of hundred persons In
terested in a hotly contested lawsuit as
witnesses, Forrest G. Pool of Rising City
and Miss Jennie D, Keuhlcr of Chuidan,
la., were married yesterday by Justice of
the Peace Ud Leeder, who ordered a re
cess of a contempt suit for the purpose.
Mr. Pool, who Is the Sou of a former
state senator, met his brido to be In
Omaha and as he was planning to take an
early train wcxt atitcd Julius H. Cooley tu
steer him up to a minister. The "Judge"
opined that Justice Leeder was tho neatest
man with marrying iiunllflcatlons ami
brought the willing bridegroom and the
blushinK bride Into tho Justice shop at
Washington hall, which happened to be
filled to overflowing with witnesses and
Interested parties to iv case wheie mem
bers t.f a fraternal organisation weie
charged Willi contempt in fulling to obey
an order that Cotistuble Simpson was try
ing to carry out.
Justice Leedei, when he learned w hai
was touKht. etayed the course of his
wrath against the defendants and mail"
them witness a marriage ceremony con
ducted in his best and mot winning style.
Mr. and Mrs. Pool left Itint evening foe
a honeymoon In California and will pos
sibly pay a visit to Alaska before Cieir
return to Pol It county.
W. D. ELLWELL IS KILLED
Prominent Iowa ProklbllloiiUt II un
Down While. Walking on Track
Near Marshalllon n. .
MARSHALLTOWN, la., June .. Special
Telegram.) W. D. Ellwell of Ames, f.irnnr
chairman of the state prohibition central
committee and widely known throughout
the state, was killed last evening licui l.i
Moille by a Northwestern passenger li .:n
while walking from this city tu l.a MoiMo.
He lived almovt naif rn hour, dying In.-u
before reselling the horplia). Mr. Klluell
wis a candidate for lieutenant govi rr.or on
the prohibition ticket at ilia latt neutral
elect lou.