Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1903, Page 1

¢ we must THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA, WEDNESDA ANUARY 14, 1 *AGES, SPRINGER ASKS UNITY Live Btock Association President Urges Members to :tand Together. CALLS FOR LEGISLATIVE PROTECTION @:rves Notice that Ranchers and Packers | Must B. Treated Alike SECRETARY SUPPORTS ANTI-SHODDY BILL Oonsumer and Wool @rower Both Need | Congressional Aid, KELLY FORESEES LOWER CATTLE PRICES Bays Animals W I Temporarily Se Lower, Though Eventually Amer- fea Wil Supply Whole p World with Meat. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 13.—John W. Epringer's attack upon the beef trust and the passage of memorials to congress ur ing laws for the betterment of the live stock industry were the features of the frst day's sesaion of the sixth apnual convention of the Natfonal Live Stock association. The president, after declaring That “the American stockman proposes to take care of himself,” served notice that those In- terests “must receive protection from the congress of the United States just as long as the finished products made from raw materials are heavily protected.” Ask Immediate Action. One memorial, which was telegraphed to Senator Frye tonight, was as follows: Your petitioners, the National Live Stock Aswocia; of the United States, repre- senti Lt ¢ feeders and handlers of live #tock In ‘the Tnited Btates, desire through 0u 6 eall the attention of the senate to ouse resolution 1592—a bill which pro- wides the secretary of agriculture with authority to prevent the spread of con- tagious diseases in the United States and o establish rules and regulations for the inspection of live stock 1o be transported through the United States, and your peti- tioners would respectfully represent that s an immediate and imperative ne- ity for the passage of this law. We would therefore urge the senate to con- sider this bill at as early a date as pos- #lble, and we respectfully request that the #aid 'bill be enacted into law. Another memorial was addressed to Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee of the house and urged that the Grosvenor anti-shoddy bill, now being held | in committee, be reported at once. Governor A. M. Dockery was to have ex- tended a welcome on behalf of the state, | but he was ill and unable to be present. Mayor James A. Reed took his place and, in an eloquent address, weicomed the dele- Bates, speaking for the city and state. - The response on behalt of the assocla- tion was made by Poter Jansen of Ne- braska, who spoke in glowing terms of the ‘work before the convention, and the fu- ture importance of the National Live Btock association. Then John W. Springer of Denver, presi- @ent of the association, delivered his an- differ _en politics and re- must stand together in a na- tlon If we would hold our own in the great commercial struggie now Boing on. To secure our well earnea profits tand shoulder to shouider for our mutual protection, for the legisiative chain Is no stronger than it weakest link, and it Is our business to remedy the weak points in“our allied industry. Let it be understood, here and now, that the American stockman proposes 1o tak care of himself and that Supplicant at the doors of the federal for any subsidy, for any bonus ©r jor any policy which seeks ‘forty and & mule.” But we do serve notice the vole-beseeching politician that the live stock interests must receive protec- from the congress of the United States Just as long as the finished products made {?‘our Faw ‘materials are heavily pro- ted. allied interests stand with American labor and together we hold the balance of wer in union. None of our great ol u&:nun-—l or_unreasonabie or on the subject of “tariff” or “tarift ton." We Know it has largely alded &m‘:ur patlon ‘great and it has American workingman to her level thau that occupied by any werker on this Folnd eurth: tarify not rfect and stockinen of the United States belleve there are many ts where the tariff could be reduced, and even ted entirely, for the best interests of the people as con- ai now exist. We belleve 1urthe & tarir must be retained on hides weel | meat animals in order that the ' fl“.~“ against. (\'m’ n°l..b." o~ L We must this @ad the Dext session of the' federal ‘congress thwart the highiy protecied manu- turers from qown east in their-selfish ffi’.... for free hides and free wool. Favor Anti-Shoddy Bf We are strongly urgi upon the pres sent WHYs and meabis committec fo report fa yerably the Grosvenor anti-shoddy biil and 10 force the manufacturers to plalaly mark euch plece of cloth as to Just what pro- portion s wool, shoddy, cotton, etc. in order that the man buying ciothing wili know what hefreceives. We cannot be too tent In our demand for this bill. The bill extending the shipping from twenty-elght to forty hours, which bas passed the use and is In the senate, is fully approved by all the vattle shippers. Our interests firmly and fully beileve in & reciprocity which reciprocates. We ad- Vocate a give and take policy such as the eat MckKinley uullmré dul only this, ut we dvocate that the congress of the United Stutes pass a bill directing the uelfiilnl, ‘whenever in his judgment it may necessary, to retaliate against auy forelgn 1“V¥mmvll( arbitrarily and un- Justly disciminating against. American Boods or products When' the same fs as Wholly unjustified as the proposed German tariff bill now under consideration in Ger- many, which, if passed. will exclude from that country 3 per cent of all our meat exports. The alleged excuse is that our canned meats, etc., are diseased and danger Ous te the heaith of the people of the fatherland, which we all know is false in every particular ‘We are also strenuously in favor of the proposed bill to amend the Interstate com: merce law, in order that.this commission bave asuthority of its own orders andl | decross. The | contessed idlocr0eTs Keeping up & high priced list of five inter state commerce commissioners who hear Gasea, Joak wise and secure no Tesuite b in keeping with & justice of the peace in Missouri declaring ‘a federal statute un. constitutional and calling on a Missouri constable to arrest the government. W hat we want is an effective tribunal where we can lay our complaints against overcharg: at stock yards, or terminal charges, on excessive raillway shipping rates, or unjust Qiscrimination for of against a'live stock market, and other things equally as seri- ous to our iuterest, and. that when we prove the charges. to have an interstete commerce commission which can enter up . and execute &n order to dis- continue the same or eend the perpelrators to the federal prison and fine them heavily beldes. It will only require an alopathic dose of the medicine and the balance will be good. Fight Against Olcomargarine BilL Half of the Judges of the supreme court of the United States upheld the position taken by the officers of the National Live Btock assoclation in our long fight sgainst the oleomargarine bill It will ultimately Kill itself as & law and our tion be sustained that it was class lesislation pure and elmple and aguinst the oest interests (Contiaued oa Second Page) o {13 stinl BLOCKADE IS TO CONTINUE Britain Confers with Allles, but Sees No Prospect of Remoing Ships. LONDON, Jan. 13.—President Castro's request that the powers raise the blockade under consideration. The Fere office is inclined to the belief that a pension of the blockade would reduce . ters to the same status that existed at the beginning of the dispute, and it appears probable that Great Britain will advocate a continuance of the blockade. BERLIN, Jan. 13.—The Foreign office of- ficlals here, commenting upon the state- | ment that Italy is supporting President Castro in his reported demand that the powers raise the blockade, say this is| quite incredible. LA YRA, Venezuela, Jan. 13.—The Russian bark Feodor, from Cardiff, with a cargo of coal for the La Guayra-Caracas rallroad, arrived during the mornifig and was notified to heave to. The bark, how- ever, continued heading for the port until | the British cruiser Tribune arrived, fired | two blank shots and siggelled to the boat Columbina to approach. Feodor them an- chored outside the port when the captain was allowed to land and communicate with | the consignees of the vessel's cargo. Peodor can ouly remain here five days, after which it must leave. The United States gunboat Marletta a rived today from Curacao, with malls of the Red D line steamer Zolia, which reached Willemstad on January 11. NEW YORK, Jan. 13—Vice Admiral | Lord Charles Beresford, who arrived from England today, said regarding the Venez- | uelan affair It will teach Great Britain the extreme | danger of international complications by allowing unlimited trade credit to a_bank- rupt and unscrupulous country like Vene: uela and then trying to collect bad d by coercion. 1, personally, am a stron vocate of the Monroe doctrine. ese South American republics,- however, will be a menace to the world's peace as long as they persist in their unscrupuious com- mercial dealings with fgreign countries, and it must be left to the United States to lift them from their present corrupt state or annex them entirely, The Hague court is the proper place to arbitgate the present dispute. PRUSSIAN DIET REOPENED | Speech from the Throme s Read by Jan. 13.—The Prussian Diet was reopened today. The chancellor, Count von Buelow, read the speech from the throne. No mention was made of foreign matters nor of the canal bill. The speech took a gloomy view df the finances of Prus- | fa. It said the accounts for 1801 closed with & deficit of 9,875,000 marks, a0d added that it was not anticipated that the ac- counts for 1902 would be appreciably more satisfactory. As for 1503, a demand would have to be ‘made on public credit for a considerable loan, in order to establish equilibrium be- tween the revenue and expenditure, as in consequence of the depression in egricul- ture, trade mnd Industry a farther de- preclation in the receipts of several of the Ive te would it Billls were ; fl'mlmu the Germanization of the Polish provinces of Prussia, for their econemic development and for increasing the salaries of officlals and teachers there. Measures to improve the administration of the railroads and for the extemsion of the state railroad system also were pro- posed. BATTLE BEGINS IN MOROCCO Fight is in Progress Between Troops of Sultan and the Pre- tend MADRID, Jan. 13.—Fighting is proceed- ing between the troops of the sultan of Morocco and the forces of the pretender to the throne, according to a dispatch re- celved by the Globo from Fes. The followers of the pretender are said to be overcoming the lmperial troops. The correspondent of the Globo adds that the inhabitants of Fes have risen against the sultan and that anxiety reigns at Rabat, where the Europeans are in fear of an immediate attack by the pretender's | forces. The sultan’s representative at Tangier has been ordered to seize cattle and to send reinforcements to the sultan's forces. LONDON, Jan. 13.—The latest advices re- ceived here from Fez say that with the ex- ception of the members of the staff of Gen- eral Bir Harry MacLean, commander of the sultan's bodyguard, the British residents, including women missionaries, left January 8, and have since arrived at the coast. POPE LEO WISHES PROGRESS Appeint t of New University Rector Viewed as Proof of Educational Enlighte: ROME, Jan. 13.—The appointment of Mgr. Dennis O'Connell as president of the Cath- olic university, is regarded in vatican cir- cles as confirmation of the pope's determi- nation to pursue a progressive line in edu- cational matters. | His holipess trusts that Mgr. O'Connell | will carry out the design of making tbe uni- versity a center qf distribution of educa- | tional deas. It is believed that the pur- | suance of this plan will have an immediate | effect on the clergy of the United States in accordance with the policy of rallylng all Catholics to the cordial suppert of the uni- | versity. It 1s expected that Mgr, O'Connell will choose & German to 1l the post of vice rector of the university, HONOLULU IMPORTS COREANS | Planters Trv Nationality Long Search for Sugar Laborers. New HONOLULU, Jan. 18 —The steamer Gaelic arrived here today from the Orlent, with 102 Coreans, including twenty-Sne women, who will be put to work on the sugar plantation with a view to testing their efficiency as laborers. It is thought they will accomplish more work than the average plantation laborer and are expected to prove much more valuable than the Porto Rican laborers brought here last year. Denled by the Princess. VIENNA, Jan. 13.—Countess Lonyay, the former Crown Princess Stephanie of Aus- tria-Hungary, who, It has been asserted in the nowspapers, had becn deserted by her husband, Count Elmer Lonyay, bas tele- graphed to the Neus Weiner Journal from Cape Martin, France, as folls “Stories untrue. Count bere. Deny Lmpertineat Fumors.” | means comniv | “for a period of one year," | and will be d COAL T0 GO ON FREE LIS 8 and Means Committee Bill Provides for a Rebate. W TO BE EQUAL TO THE PRESENT DUTY o Effect Upon Pa Be in Effect WASHING *9. 13.—The ways and + the house today de- cided to report w bill providing for a re- bate, equal to the duty now imposed, on all kinds of coal coming from all countries for a period of one year. This bill is & substitute for the one intro- duced by Representative Hill of Connecticut, which provided for a rebate until June 30 next. It {s expected the bill will be called up In the house at once The bill adopted provides: That the secretary of the treasury be and he is hereby authorized and required to make full rebates of auties imposed by law on coal of every form and description im- | ported Into the United States from foreign | countries for the period of one year from and after the passage of this act Representative Richardson (Tenn.) pro- posed an amendment striking out the words which was voted down. then proposed an amendment He | placing all coals on the free list, which was likewise voted down. The final vote on the adoption of the bill was unanimous. Representatives Payne, Dalzell and Gros- venor held a conference with the president this moraing relative to the action which bad been taken by the committee. The committee reported the bill, but will mot call it up in the house for considera- tion today, us originally contemplated, the decision having been reported to bring it up under a rule tomorrow. Purely Emergency Measure. The report of the committee, submitted to the house by Chairman Payne, after recommending the passage of the bill, says This is an emergency measure demanded because of the scarcity and high price of coal resulting from the recent prolonged strike in the anthracite coal mines. Precedents for such action are found in the Chicago fire and the fire at Eatsport, Me., in which cases congress gave rebates on the duties on lumber used in rebuilding the burned districts. Whether the legisla- tion will increase ghe importance or reduce the price of coal 1s a question on which men differ, but it is all congress can do in the premises and will satisfy the demand of many of our citizens. While there is a threatened coal famine in any part of the country, we cannot turn a deaf ear to the cries of the people. The committee did not consider it best to make any changes in the tariff on coal after the period of one year had expired, preferring to bring in this as a purely emergency measure and not desiring to go into ‘the ‘question of tariff revision, even Upon this one article. If any reliét can come,to the people trom such legislation it wi amply secured in the od pro- vided for in the bil - D Senate Will Also Act. After the adjournment of the senate to- day the republican members of the com- mittee on fuance held a conference of more than an hour's Guration and discussed the various ruggestions for the removal of the ‘They had before them the text of the house bill granting a rebate for twelve months and practically agreed to acept ft without elteration if the democratic com- mitteemen could be induced to allow it to be so reported without delay. The opinlon was unanimous that the sit- uation called for prompt action and the senate committee will be called together, perhaps tomorrow, immediately after the house passes the bill. At a meeting of the republican members of the committee, prior to the meeting of the full committee, McCall (Mass.) pro- posed that provision be made in the bill, subsequently adopted, that after the expir- ation of a year, during which a rebate is to be paid on all coal, that all coal com- 95 from countries which admit eur coal free of duty be admitted free into this country, Representative Tawney (Mian.) favored the proposition, but it was opposed by the remainder of the republican members on the ground that as a temporary measure was under consideration they should not adopt any permanent pollcy. Representative Dalzell, from the commit- tee on rules, reported a resolution provid- ing for the consideration of the coal re- bate bill in the house tomorrow, limifing debate to one hour, & vote then to be taken without Intervening motion. Chicago Will Import. CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—Mayor Harrison, speaking of the recommendation of the ways and means committee to gfant a rebate on coal importations, said: “The mowent that recommendation be- comes law this city will take immediate steps to bring in sufclent coal to bresk up the combination. “Coal will.be sold for cost plus the rail- road tariff and in that way the people will be able to get It at a fair prite. Canada will, of course, be the only available source of jmmediate supply, and from there we shall expect to get it.” A coal for Chicago's poor arrived here today ributed free by city wagon Mayor Harrison, In view of the prevail- ing distress having issued an order to that effect 8 Owing to the late arrival of the train only a few wagons were available this afternoon. They were those used to take the coal to the police stations, where those In pressing need may come and get it. Tomorrow 400 wagons, ordinarily occupled in removing | needy | garbage, homes. will move the fuel into The train came over the Illinois Central | from the coal region of central Illinois {and was given the right of way over all { but perishable freight. Indiana Legislature Moves. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 13.—The legis ture showed a determination today to re- lieve the situation brought about by the shortage of coal. In the senate a resolu- tion providing for the appointment of a special committee to mct in conjunction with the governor to take necessary aetion and report to the general assembly was adopted. In the house a bill was intro- duced to make it a misdemeanor to limit the output of coal or to fix or increase the price. Kansas Wants Legal Aetion. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 13.—No reliet from the present Kansas coal famine is in sight The raliroads are sending an abundance of cars into the coal district of the state, but the output is not mearly equal to the de- mand. Dealers are helpiess and the people are without coal. An effort will be made 1o have the legislature take action at once looking toward a correction of the evil CANTON, 0., Jan. 13.—The coal situation is becoming serious. Several shops have closed and the Canton-Akron electric rail- y has been obliged to run cars on half pehedule owing Lo the scarcity of fuskh traln of twenty-five cars containing | Spreading Rafls Kill En Injare Four Tralumen on Quiney Rodh, meer and ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 13—The St lington & Quipey, due in St. Louis at & p. m., and running Ay miles an bour to make up lost time, w88 wrecked this even- ing by spreading ralls five miles northeast of Alton, Ill., killing the engineer and in juring four trainmen. The engine was overturned, the bagsage. mail, express and one coach, four in all, | were thrown on their sides and the Pullman | sleepers and remaining oach left the rails, | but remained upright. No passengers were injured. | The dead | FRANK HORN, engineer, Beardstown, Il The injured G. L. Mitchell, mail elerk, Rock Island leg crushed | B W. Ebery, mail clerk, Winchester, 11 leg crushed. | Charles Pollard, baggageman, Rock Island, head cut i | A. H. Pollard, conductor, brotber of above, | Rock Island, bruised. | TRAINMEN FEEL CONFIDENT | Express Opinion that They Will Get| Increase in Wages of Twenty Per Cent. l e | ST. LOUIS, Jan. 13.—A conference with | reference to the demand of trainmen for higher pay is being beld in the general of- southern trunk limes, with headquarters here, and the representatives and commit- | { tees of tne Order of Rallway conductors and | the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen. The railroad men are still confident that they will receive the increase of 20 per cent | asked for December 20 last, although noth- | ing definite has been given out as to the resuit of the conference. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 13—The adjustment committees of the conductors’ and brak: men's organizations of the Santa Fe will ad- | | journ to Chicago in a few days. There they | will meet Third Vice President Kendrick | and discuss with him the wage scale. | LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 13.—The - ance committee of the Louisville & Nash- | ville engineers today presented a demand | for a 10 per cent increase in wages. NAME COADJUTOR BISHOP| | Catholic Prelates Meet | Select Three dntes. ST. LOUIS Mo., Jan. 18.~At the residence of Archbishop Kain the suffragan bishops | of the archdlocese of 8t. Louis met today | and selected three candidates for the posi- | tion of coadjutor bishop of St. Louls, with | right of succession to archbishop Kain. The bishops in attendance were: Bishop Fink of _eavenworth, Kan., Bishop Hen- nessey of Wichita, Kan., Bishop Cunning- ham of Concordia, Kan., and Bishop Glen- non of Kanusas City, feprebenting Bishop Hogan, who was too ifl w. attend. Bishop Burk of St. Louls was the only absentee. Blshop Glennon- has already been selected as one of three candidates by the pricsts of the dlocese. He was second om thelr list, Bishop Dunme of Dallas, Tex., being first and Bishop Messmer of Green Bay, Wi third. . DRUNKEN DANCERS DO MURDER Kill Marshal Deputy Whoe En. deavor to Keep Them Quiet. CAIRO, M, Jan. 13.—At a dance at Moorehouse, Mo., last night James and Dol- pheus Hill of Johnson county, Illinois, be- came Intoxicated. Marshal Dan Lance and | Deputy Marshal John Taylor were called in | to restore peace. Dolpbeus Hill shet and | Kkilled Lance, while James Hill fatally eut Taylor. The Hiil boys started to leave the house when Taylor shot and wounded one of them, but they made their escape. Search parties have been organized, but the mur- derers, ure still at liberty. PUSH TOBACCO TRUST FIGHT| Clgar Denlers Organize National Body in Chicago to War on Com St. Louis ne. CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—Independent cigar dealers from most of the large cities met here today to form a national organt: tion to fight the Tobacco trust, which is sald to have invadeti retail circles. I Latsar of the department of publicity of the Independent Cigar Dealers’ Assocla- tion of America addressed the gathering. He declared cfgar men to be “ploneers in ithe fight for Iiberty” and that the eyes of the nation were upon them. NO CRIME TO STEAL COAL | Pt d No More { Prosecutions Will Be Under- taken Tolcdo, ners Are Released TOLEDO, O, Jan. 13.—The ‘workhouse | board has issued an order setting at liberty | all prisoners held for stealing coal from the | rallway yards and tracks. The order includes directions to the su- | perintendent to recefve no mare prisoners | | trom any court sending them in for petty | coal thefts. It is sald that mo prosecutions for coal | thetts will be recognized by the board dur- | ing the coal famine DISCHARGED TROOPS ARRIVE| Eleven Hundred Soldiers Home for W Army Has No Use. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.—The trans- port Logan arrived here today from the | Philippines, with 1,164 discharged soldiers | on board. One-balf of the soldiers on | board were dishonorably discharged and | | the others, or most of them, were weeded | out of the service as yndesirable. In spite of the records of the men, perfect discipline was maintained during the trip. IDAHO ELECTS A SENATOR e Weld, Heyburn of Wallace is Man Favered by the Legislature. BOISE, ldabo, Jan. 13.—Judge Wi Heyburs of Wallace was elected States sepator by the Idabo legisisture | voday. i | Paul passenger train on the Chicago, Bur- | | | 1t wents this bill or not BURLINGTON TRAIN WRECKED|LEASING BILL IN SENATE Nebraska Delegation Fi Measure Effecting Grazing Land. IS PREPARED IN INTERIOR DEPARTMENT Representative Mondell Opposes Free Coal Bill, Asserting It Will ny the Industry 1 Wyoming. lly Agrees Upon corp INGL THREE C CONDITION OF THE WEATHER| Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Wednesday | and Thursday Temperat Hour. . 5om m. » ¢ om. » 7 e om. ». S aom. » 9w om. ». 10 a m. . 1A m. » 12 m. . » POLICEMAN MIXES IN HOLDUP | SPEAKER PAYS DEBTS Mockett Gives Out List of Members of the Oommittees of Lower House. | COMPETITORS IN RACE GET SMALL PLUM: Pretend Not to Be Surprised, but Some Boreness is Manifest. | MEMBERS FROM DOUGLAS FARE WELL (From a Staff Correspondent.) Py . o WASHINGTON, Jan, 13.—(Special Tele- |Takes & Shot at Robhers and Appear- | gaupders Introduces Bill to Ohange Date of gram.)—Senator Dietrich, who has been an ances dicate He Hit One Omaha 0‘v Bl jon, ardent and persisfent advocate of some of Them. pn land leasing measure, in view of constant —— friction between the government and cattle growers of Nebraska, loday submitted a The saloon of John Bush at 2601 South INJISTS THERE 1S NO POLITICS IN IT draft of & bill to his colleagues o° the*Ne- | Thirteenth street was held up last night braska delegation, which met with goneral |b¥ (Wo men, doubtless the same who | Koetter Has Bill Reducing Member- agpeoval yorked g0 suctesstully Sunday nigh, but | ship of Omaka Board of Baneatss: The bill which the senior semator pre- [ !his time & new element, Policeman Tom from ¥ sented to | the conference. he stated, | RInE and his revolver, entered the game e T e i was largely prepared by Assistant | ¥hem the holdup was just nicely started from Each Ward. Attorney General Vandevanter of the |snd saved S185) for (he Rouse and the TRtOMOF Gephrtiment | U oI - elme | BETSS SUISORTEE TR IDTIVIGEAR Who Twe e 0! om a Staff Correspondent.) particulars followed -th cey land leas- | Present ‘ g Fag Bl introduced at the Tast session. | (AL aD0ut 11 o'clock Bush, H. W. Roche of | LINCOLN, Jan. 18—(Special Telogram)— o e e smestat soc. | 1617 Cass street, Jumes Lynch, living at | Speaker Mockett finally announced his for- tions of the bill and urged upon the dele- | gation united action. In view of the im- poriance of the measure to Nebraska it was agreed that the bill should be sent to the president of the senate and speaker the house of Jrepresentatives of the Ne- braska legislature, members of the Ne- braska delegation in congress calling upon fices of the 'Frisco railroad between the | these gentlement to present the bill to their officials of the western, southwestern and | bodies and that in event of these bodies agreeing to the measure that they me- morialize congress to pass the measure. It was the consensus of opinion among those in attendance at the proyal of the secretery of the interfor and in view of this condition concerted action | was urged. Congressman Stark desired to insert into the bill a clause empowering the president to make proclamation of land to be set aside for grazing purposes, but when he found that the bill was wholly designed for Nebraska he withdrew his motion and stated that as the bill safeguarded the rights of homesteaders be would give the bill his support Congressman Shallenberger, who has in- sisted that thirty sections was too large a tract to lease to any one holder, as had been contemplated in former measures, presented to congress, expressed himselt as satisfied with the section limiting the | maximum of acres to be leased to any one person o twenty sections and he joiped Stark in seconding the motion to refer the bill to the legislature of Nebraska. After the conference, whish was most harmonious the Nebraska delegation has held in a long time and which was ettended by every member of the Nebraska delega- tion now in Washington, Senator Dietrich introduced the bill in the senate. Lease Twenty Sections, The text of the bill follows: That tae secretary of m;"uhnnr is auth- live annual rental, upon terms, with such re- strictions, not exceeding twenty eections In any single lcase and for such time not exceed{ng a period of ten years as to him shall seem reasonable, such of the yublic lands within the state' of Nebraeka as are in their natural condition valuavble bnly for live stock grazing purposes and are not capable of irrigation. Not more than one lease shall be, di- reetly or indirectly, made to or held by the same person, and no lease shall be trans. ferable, without the approval of the sec Tetary ‘of the interfor. As f possible bona fide settlers and owners’ of private lands shall have a preference in leasing the jolning lands and where two or more ch homestead settlers or private own- ers are desirous Jf leasing the same ad- Jjoining public lands, the latter shall be | equitably apportioned among them. So long as any lessee fully complies with the terms of his lease, but not be- yond the term for which the lease is given he may enclose the land embraced in his lense and shall be entitled to the exclusive use thereof for live stock grazing pur- poses, but the lands embraced in any lease shall ‘continue to te subject to settlement and acquisition by qualified perdons who in good faith, go upon such lands for the purpose of making actual settlement and pmaintaining actual residence thereupon, as Is required by sections 2289, 2290, 2291, 2304 and 2307 of the revised statutes of the United State Every lessce and transferee of any lease shall, as a condition precederdft to obtain- ing or holding such lease or transfer, be required to agree in writing that he ‘wiil not during the continuance of the lease in any manner, directly or indirectly, violate any of the provisions of the act of con- gress entitled “An act to prevent anlawful occupancy of the lands,” approved Feb- ruary 1886, The rentals of lands leased hereunder, after deducting the expense of. administer- ing_this act, shall*be annually disposed of under the direction of the secretary of the interior as follows: One-fourth shall be paid to the state of Nebraska; one-fourth shall be paid to the of conference that the | bill was the best that would meet the ‘ap- | Twelfth and Martha streets, and John Erv ing, from Twelfth and Bancroft streets were sitting at cards in a corner of the room. Joseph P, Wagner of 218 South Eleventh street had just dropped in to get & china pitcher filled with beer. Police- man Ring who with other officers had been detafled to work on the saloon holdups, was also in the room and armed He had been looking at the cards on the table and glancing up saw two men with white handkerchiefs on their faces on the polnt of entering the front door. Ring ran out the side entrance, followed Wagner. The policeman slipped around to the street entrance and, looking in, found | one of the men taking the money from the Ing about twenty feet. The man at the register either jumped or staggered and, dropping some silver, cried, “‘Back up!" { Ring then ran to the corner of the build- ing, where he had command of the two en- trances, and waited for a shot. At this moment he saw a man running across the street with something white in his hand | Thinking that he saw one of the holdup | men with the white mask in his hand, Ring | let fiy and dropped his man. It was W ner with his china pitcher. He was hit on the ankle joint, but the ball glanced without doing much damage. While this episode was beiny acted the | robbers ran out the side door and turning to the rear and not toward the street, ran, in the shadow of the building, through a and from there south to Twelfth street |k P. A. Bruechert of 2618 South Twelfth street, hearing ‘the shots, opened his door and saw two men running past. Just op- posite his house one of them fell, but, get- ting up again, ran on. The man at the register had already taken $33 when the policeman fired. He left $19.50. No stains of blood were discernible iu ‘the_ building, -bot caveful search fatlod to disclose any trace of the bullet. No ac- curate desgription was obtained of | men, but the police are satisfed that they were the, two men who perpetrated the former robberies. BOY RUN OVER BY HEAVY WAGON Lex ix Brokem and Little Fellow is Otherwise Injured as o . Result. | Himer Borg, the T-year-old son of Mrs. | Amanda Borg, a willow living at 2205 North Twenty-seventh avenue, was knocked down and run over at 3:10 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon at Twenty-sixth and Franklin, by a wagon driven by an unidentified person, probably a farmer. The right leg of the little fellow was broken and he suffered several unimportant brujses about the head. The driver did not stop when he saw that the child had been run down, but whipped up his horses, and disappeared along the street. Mrs. Brady, the teacher, and a party of school mates of the injured boy | saw the accident and did what they could for the sufferer. The janitor of the school put Elmer in & wheelbarrow and took him home. Dr, Ellis was called and is of tho opinfon that the bome 4% crushed. At the time of the, mecident the children were | just coming from school. They ran across the street in front of the rapidly approach- ing wagon' and Himer, who was the las of the party, was mot quick enough to es- cape the wheéel. The driver wore a long | beard and drove a white and & bay horse. rmmlyl in ’u!‘|llr‘h lr_w “lu.:‘-d‘ \a‘v:d I:;:F{ns:,rld'l et niten "Btstes o the reciamation| GRAND JURY INDICTS LESSER fund established under an act of congress — entitled “An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain states and territories to the cor struction of irrigation works for the re clamation of arld iands,” approved June 7, 1902. The purpose of this act s to provide for the economic use of public lands in the state of Nebraska which are adapted only {0 grazing purposes to encourage the im- provement, use and protection of the grass therein, and_ to determine by actuals ex periment and observation whether a sys of leasing public lands of this charac may be justly and advantageously in- augurated and maintained. Richards Not Sulted. Bartlett Richards, who has been in Cali- fornia for the past fortnight, arrived in Washington today direct from the Pacific coast and at once began @ canvass of the | Dietrich bill to me as & personal proposi- | the Nebraska legislature to say whether If Nebraska wants it, 1 want it, notwithstanding its terms but if the stock growers don't want i | then I will be against it.” It is suggested here that the Nebraska Stock Growers’ assoclation be at once con vened and after passing on the measure send their representatives, to Lincoln urge upon the legislaturethe importance of memorializing congress to pass the bill introduced today by Senator Dietrich and which bas the approval of Secretary Hitch- cock. t Fence Law Repealed. Two hundred small stock growers of Ne- braska living at Alllance, Hyanois, Box Butte, Antioch and other towns in the sand hill section of Nebraska and owsing ebout 60,000 head of cattle and sheep bave sent a petition to Senator Millard asking that B. | the fence law of 1885 be repealed and ask- ted | ing the passage of some act that will dis- to | | Twenty-Four Presentments All Told Returned, Most of Them for Bootlegxt: Among the indictments returned by the federal grand Jury Tuesday was against W. R. Lesser, former special agent of the Interior department, living at Tama Ia. Lesser is charged with defrauding the { government in the matter of expense mc- counts. Colonel Mosoy who was chiefly re- sponsjble for Lesser's losing his govern- ment position, charged that Lesser, while his duties should bave kept him in braska examining mto the suspicious land entries, was remaining quietly at home and one making regular reports from there. Lesser situation in regard to the proposed leasing | ot "8 SN Tl Tl T i thout the bill. When asked tonight how the MIHPHKII“'H foundstion and that he attended | suited him, Mr. Richards said: “Had the | 8 CE0 C0T M0 Fomeial duties socretary of the interior sumbitted the There were twenty-four indictments re- turned all told, sixteen of which were for tion, 1 would have refused to accept Il | oing jiquor to Indians. Oontrary to gen- but I was sent here by the Nebraska Stock | era) expectations, there were no indict- Growers' association (o urge upon cONETess | yoni, returned on account of the alleged the passage of some leasing measure. This | ¢y qylent widows' entries or the fencing {is the best bill, T belleve, we can get. It of public lands. is this bill or othing. It is mow up to New Rallroad for M JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 13.—A cer- | tificate authorising the St. Louis, Kansas | City & Colorado railway to extend its line to Kansas City was today | | i | trom Unton, Mo. by | the | Ne- | | ty-four house committees today. The lst differs in no material particulars from what was expected. The general verdict {s that | the ker did a good job toward discharg ing obligations and redeeming pledges made during his candidacy. Naturally some dis- appointment is felt and some sore spots | are evident just as they were before the an- | pouncement was made. The results of the contest for the speakerahlp have not been | obliterated, but there are no surprises | Of the men who aspired to the speakership | with Mr. Mockett, Rouse of Hall.is made chairman of the cemmittee on deficiencies; |Sears of Burt, committee on claims; Thompson, on apportionment; . Perry on | miscellaneous subjects; Sweezy, on constl- | cash register, while the other kept the | tutional amendment card players with thelr arms up. Taking| Considerable interest centers nd this deliberate aim Ring fired, the distance be- | feature of the appointmients. of the | Gefeated candidates said tomight he and the others had agreed to ask for nothing and therefore were unconcerned as to the result. Another sald that he would have preferred to have had no chairmanship, as | be wanted to be a free lance on the floor. | “But,” he added, conveying the spirit | of the others, “none of us has been bur- dened with important chairmanships, de- spite the suspicion that it might have been the program to give us duties that would | require our presence elsewhere than in the house at crucial times. For my part, I would rather be in my place than handi- | capped as speaker.” | Critiel % Finance Committee, In the course of his remarks this member small gate in the back into a blind alley | took occasion to eriticise the apopintment of the finance committee, which, he pointed (out, was composed of new members. He 1d: ‘I have no fault to find with the indi- vidual members of the committee, but I think that committee, above all others, | ought to be made up of old and experienced members."” | Douglas county, it will be seen, captured | five chairmanships—that of the | committee going to Nelson, corporations to | Shelly, labor to Koetter, cities and towns | to Gilbert and militia to Ten Byck. Menden- hall of Jefferson is chairman of the raflroads | committee, as was anticipated, and Warner of Lancaster of the important committee on revenue and taxation. One interesting fact to be noticed in con- | mection with these committees 18 that the | committee on telephone and telegraph now !!pefiflrl in its title other eleetric com- | panies, which, of course, takes in street | railway concerns. Considerable significance is attached to this in view of the recent contemplated suburban lines of eleetric railway and the notable interest these con- cerns are manifesting in the affairs of the present legislature. A flood of bills has broken loose in the house. The first measure was by Warner of Lancaster, appropriating $100,000 for the erection of a new state normal school to be situated wherever nine commissioners, for whose appointment six by the speaker of the house from the respective congres- siqnal districts and three by the lleutenant governor, from the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth congressional districts respectively, shall decide upon. Other important meas- ures carrying significant appropriations were by Sadler of Adams, $85,000 for a fireproof wing to the Hastl asylum Sweezy of Adams, $15,000 for a barn at the me place; Good of Nemaha, $75,000 for new library .and chapel at the Peru ate Normal, and Wilson, to provide for legislative expenses, $85,000. Bills Affect Omaka. | Koetter of Douglas is the author of & | bill to make the Omaha sehool board com- posed of one member from each ward in- | stead of a total membership of fifteen as i mow and pay each a salary of $50 a month. | Benator Saunders of Omaha today subd | mitted his bill to have the bity election | In Omaha put off from the first Tuesday In March till the first Tuesday in May. Stoutly denying a personal interest in the purpose of the bill, the senator, who is linked with an aspiration to be mayor of Omaha, af firmed that the measure was devold of politics and was designed to afford a better time, from & climatic standpoint, for hold- |ing the city elcetions. Delegation is Secretive, The Douglas county delegation means to guard sacredly its actlon on ths Real Ba- tate exchange proposition to give the tax commissioner of the city of Omaha power to assess the railroads within the corpora limits instead of uccepting the state's fig- | ures. At a meeting of the delegation to- night in room 11, Lindell botel, to consider this bill, reporters were given to under- stand emphbatically that this was & matter in which their papers and the public had no concern. One member, when ked by | another what statements should be made | to the press, said “Tell the press this is Bone of its bu ress.” p Representative Nelson returned and cour- teously informed the Omaha reporters that no decisive action could be taken, conse- quently no statement could be given out. granted by the secretary of state ——— ! PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE | Vessels Jan. 18, | At New York—Arrived: Vaderiand, from | COmmitice on Employes Makes Its Ro- | Antwerp. Sailed: Palatla, for Nuples and port o a it fs G jesperia, for Marseilles, tc At Byliney, N. 8. W.—Arrived; Previously, Adopted. Sierra, from San Francieco via Honolylu At Lond —Arrived Minnehaha, frdm New York 3 (From a Staff Correspondent.) AU Antwerp—Arrived: Kroonland, from | LINCOLN, Jan. 13—(Special)—In the '\;7 nr'if:en Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der | senate this afternoon Saunders of Douglas Grose, from New York introduced his bill to postpone the At MovillewAgrived: Bavarlan, from Bt. posne sity Johns and Halifax for Liverpool At PalermoSalled: Citto df Messina, for elections in cities of the metropolitan class until the first Tuesday in May, 1903. Sen- New York. < ator Saunders states emphatically there is Phae e e A crg, fenniand, fXOm | no politics in the bill and he desires the At i um.munfx-.,....-s Bavarian, from | passage of such an act simply because the 8i Jokms. N. B.. and Halfax for Liver- pool; Pomeroy, from Hoston for Glasgow At Naples—Arrived. Perugla, from Net York time of the year. “It puts the conyentions time of the election at present is the worst L-r»mn. he sid, “and makes the