Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1903, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MO DAY MORNING, FEBR UARY 2, 1908. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS, SENATEIS IN MUDDLE BLAME 'FRISCO FOR PLAGUE|W AR IS NOT 0UT OF QUESTION | romuus COMES JUST IN TIME| STRII\E CLOSES SNELTER |CONDITION OF THE WEATHER SLOW FREIGHT RUNS Quay's Insistence en Statehood Bill Makes Progmm Doubtfal. AMENDMENT MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER Move to Tack Disputed Measure on to Money Votes May Oause Treublo. SENATORS READY TO APPEAL FROM CHAIR Question May, However, Be Put Without Allewing President to Decide. * CULLOM PUSHES CUBAN TREATY FORWARD filinols Member Anxious to Obtain Reelproel(y Ratifica: ‘Wailt Decision as to Te riew’ Ultimate Fate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The omnibus statehood bill will continue to hold Its place for the present as the unfinished business on the senate calendar, but It seems quite probable that the debate wiil be transterred to the appropriation bills Senator Quay has entirely changed his tac- tics during the last week and afte. ‘~ving in vain to secure a quorum for night ». slons on two different occasions, ha: abandoned all efforts in that direction, leaving the senators who oppose the state- hood bill to take the respomsibility for de- | lay. He now apparently is the least con- cerned of all Lo secure late sessions. He makes no confidants, but it is cvi- dent that It 1s his purpose to make hia fight In connéction with the appropriation bills and to secure promises to vote for a statehiood rider to ome Or other of them. ‘Thus far there has not been delay on any supply measure on account of the state- Rood debates, but there will be a decided effort to attach the statehood amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. 1t is expected that the amendment will be ruled out of point of order, in which event there will be an appeal from the de- cision of the ehair. It {8 quite possible, however, that the question may be sub- mitted to the senate without a ruling by the chair. This plan has been pursued In other cases and has been found to work satistactorily. Benator Cullom will attempt to secure consideration of the Cuban treaty, but un- til the ‘statehood bill is disposed of al speculation w8 to what may be done with - other questions is fdle. TRUST BILL IS JEOPARDIZED May Go or Hoase TIIl Next Week Owing to Currency . Fob. 1.—The anti-trust scheduled for early consid- house thiy week, will not late week, 1t at -ll. ;u.mpu.‘ moa. ikely - come afte appropriation is o wm the anti-trust ould be ahut out this week. ts and republicans have been “about the lmit of the anti-trust ite, and A tentative agreement been reached to allow two days’ general s suspension day, and & num- matters which ordinarily by unanimous consent, but on of which is blocked by the Mr. Moon (Tenn.), to allow an; bill to receive unanimous consent until the Indian territory bill is considered will be wacted upon. 7 Tuesday has been set aside for consid- -lg:l of the thirteen claims bllls to which ‘Mr. Payne (N. Y. objected yeaterday. ALLEGED FORGER IS MISSING _ Deposits Government Draws Am. tating Sig: NEWARK, N. 1. tive oparimens of b Blecirc Mo ectric Motor and Equipment company, left here January 4, ostensibly on a business trip and notht since has been heard of him. His former is broken up and his wife and their two Mttle children have gone to her lm home at Battle Creek, Mich. MoAllister is charged with forgery by the United States Mortgage and Trust com- pany of New York, with whom he ' d posited a government check for $2,700. pay- #ble to the electric company, which had been recelved for work done in fitting up the cruisers Baltimore and Bostor with electrie devices. Later he pres: checks bearing all; the officers of the company and drew out most of the deposit. When the alleged for. gery became known a few days later the government canceled the check: MOVE MOUNTAINS OF FREIGHT Twenty Thousand Cars Leave Pitts- Burg Yards in Twe Daye. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 1.—Fully 20000 freight cars were moved on the Piitsburg division of the several railroads during | 1—Edwin J, M sign and decora- Saturday and Sunday, the majority of them | belog started today. The weather was favorable, and each line put forth spacial efforts to relieve the congested condition of the yards. Every engine that could be pressed into service was in use, and all the trainjen mad least one day, while large numbers were credited with two days before stoppin work, The yards are not entirely cleared, but ar¢ in much better -nu than for & long time past. The wovement by each md lollow- Pennsylvania in union station yards, 4,000 | cars; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, $,000; Panhandle, 2,000; Pittsburg & Leke Erle, 6,000, and Baltimore & Ohio, 5,000, BANDITS LOOT KANSAS BANK Blow Open Safe Secure Fifteem Hun- dred Dollars and Escape on Kan., Web, 1.—Three cracks- safe of the State Bank . and secured $1.600, without baving City thllowed the but without suc- xfenns Claim Dread Disease Imported to Mazatian from Caltforninan Port, Was MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1.—The government Investigation Into the jatroduciion of bu- bonte plague bas led to the beliof that the steamer Curazao, from San Franciico, car- bable that the foreign relations ¢ may make representations es in view of the great leading west c.ast MAZATLAN, .~There were two deaths from the e today. The people in the refugee shed number 190. There were 165 deaths in January from the plague. A member of the sanitary police took a guitar from the house of a plague patient aud is now gravely Il of the same dis- euse. According to the best information tainable at least 3,000 persons have Muazatlan since the appearance of plague. This number represents about sixth of the population of the city. STRIKES BLOW AT GERMANY New Russian Tariff Hits Fatherland Hard by Tax Its Prod- uets Migh, ob- left the one- ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1—The Novoe Vremya publishes an article in which it an- alyzes the new Russian custems farift | The increase in rates over the existing l tariff is 50 per cent for the great majority of imports and over 100 per gent for many important groubs, amo: the latter being delicatessen and various manufactures of wood, leather and metals, The tariff is characterized by a more detailed differen- tlation, whereby lower priced articles are taxed less than higher priced ones, metal- lurgieal products being particularly differ- entlated against. Differential treatment against imports overland compared to those brought by sea averages 20 per cent on coal, pig iron, steel plates and machines. The paper points out that all Germany's leading exports to Russia will be taxed under the new tariff 50 to 150 per cent over the treaty rates. FREE TRADE TO CURB TRUST Mexico Seeks Means to Stifie Evils MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1.—It Is rumored here that the Maszatlan government has contemplation the admission of Cuban sugar duty free to forestall the combine that purchased the product of three of the leading sugar states in southern Mex- ico. Since the deal was put through sugar has steadily advanced in price, causing loud complaints by consumers. It is belleved that If the price goes higher the govern- ment will use its power in behalf of the consumers, and put sugar on t\- free list, ..l_____ MYS .lLNER WILL RESIGI London Paper PIIII‘..I Illlanlll.‘ Story that Afriean High Com- missioner Seeks Rellef. LONDON, Feb. 2.—The Morning Adver- tiser learns that Lord Milner has asked to be relleved of his position as governor of the Transvaal and Orange River colonfes and high commissioner of South Africa, but at the des of the government he has consented to remain In South Africa uatil the end of July, when he will be of- fered a high position with the ‘ov.mmcnt of Indla. Numerous rumors had been eurrent in South Africa that Lord Miloer would re- sign, but hifherto these reports have al- ways been denled, and consequently little credence is placed on this last rumor, which appears. in & paper little likely to be the first to obtaln such information. SON OF HEAVEN IN JEOPARDY Chinese Reformers Import Arms and Ammunition with Which to Overthrow Emperor. HONOLULU, Feb. 1.—The Pacific - Mall steamship China, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, brings the news of large impor- tations of arms and ammunition being made by the Chinese, in violation of the agreement of the pow! Vessels disguised ab trading boats aze go- ing into the Interior laden with war me- terial. It is thought that these unusual importation: being made by the reform element, which is plotting to overthrow the Manchurian dynasty. There are many members of the reform party in Hawall who have contributed lib- erally for the support of the agitators in China, FEAR FAMINE IF WAR COMES » h Subjects Form Committee to o Go ment te Pro- teet Country. LONDON, Feb. 1.—The government hav- Ing frequently turned a deaf ear to par- Hamentary pleas for the appointment of a | royal commission to inquire into the se- curlty to Great Britain's food supply in | time of war, an Influential committee has been formed to keep the matter before the publie. Among those interested are the duke of Sutherland), Lord Sirathcona, Lord Charles Beresford, rd Hugh Ceell, Sir Conan | Doyle, & number of members of the House of Commons, forty admirals and other | prominent men. CRUEL SEAS ENGULF SAILORS Norweglan Steamer Goes Ashore o Danish Coast and Three Bodies Are Recovered. LONDDN, Feb. 1—-The Norwegian steamer Avona has been wrecked at Lemvig, Den- mark. Three boats and six corpses have been washed ashore. It is feared that the remainder of the crew were also drowned. LAVERPOOL, Feb. 1.—Lucania, which rived, today, reports baving encountered high seas and terrific weather in the At- lantic. Steamer Tickets Interchangeable. BERLIN, Feb, 1.—The Hamburg Boer- senhalie anncunces that the North Atlantie assoclation, including the Morgan ltnes, has effected an agreement with regard 10 mak- ing tickets valld mutually on all lines. United States May Be Involved in o Ranguinary” Struggle. . MONROE DOCTRINE MAY NEED DEFENCE Government at Washington Keenly Alive to Conditions and Ready to Act Prbmptly in Any Emergency. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. Tuesday last in a speech at Canten, O, Secretary Root, responding to the toast, “The Army,” sald: “Another war is sure to come, no matter how much we may long for peace.” This startling declaration from the head of the War department is but a reiteration of the utterances wlLich he has made on several occasjons within the last few years. No man understands better than Secretary Root how close the United States has come to war with a European power within the last few months. And yet the secretary of war with his col- leagues, the secretary of state, the secre- tary of the navy and the attorney gen- eral, ‘were most vehement in protesting against the acceptance of the position of arbitrator by the president only six weeks ago. On Tuesday before Christmas President Roosevelt recelved a request from Germany and Great Britain to act as a judge between those countries and Venezuela in the con- troversy between them. The presi- dent was somewhat elated the fact that the United bad been selected for this Important ‘post, and it was his purpose to promptly ac- cept the offer, but the four advisors above mentioned protested most vigorously and strenuously against ‘such a course. They | held that §t' was but a scheme on the part of the Biiropean powers to force the United States to become the sponsor for the debts of the South American republics. The president bimself is a man of conviction and earnestness and he did not hesitate to argue most vigorously in support of the position which he had then decided to-as- sume. There was a wordy war In the cabi- net. It lasted for several hours and finally the force of the arugents of Messrs. Root, Hay, Moody and Knox induced the president to abandon his position and to decline to fall into the trap which Germany had so skiltully laid for him. What the Fuss is About. The controversy in Venezuela, as is very well known, arises out of the disinelination of the Spanish-American people to pay thelr debts. It is a comparatively easy matter for any European or any American to secure from a South American republic concessions which are apparently of great value. Under such conditions as these rail road, telephone and telegraph lines have been constructed, harbors have been im- proved, breakwaters have been built, sew erage- systems been established in citles, mines have been opened and other improvements of a public or semi-pubife d‘fl ! good faith on the part of the pepubifcs Mu them, the foreigners ~vho have in- vested their money have been deprived of their right, just debte have been repudi- ated and just settlements have nearly al- ways falled to be brought about. Onm the other hand, there can be scarcely any question that these foreign concessionaires have in many instances fostered revolts against the existing governments, and it is charged in the case of Venesuela that ab- solute evidence ts that Germany has been party to the attempt on the part of the so-called revolutionists to overthrow the government of President Castro. Whether or not that harrassed gentleman was within his rights when he declined to pay the demands of Germany, Great Britain and Italy is an open question, but certainly the blockade of the ports of the republic was the result of his policy of delay when- ever a suggestion for: the ssttlement of financial obligations was proposed. The Monroe doctrine, so cafled, never contemplated for a moment that this coun- try should interfere to prevent any re- public on the American continent from chastisement in the event of its repudia- tion of its obligatio d so long as for- eign powers simply attempt to enforce the payment of debts due them or their people the United States cannot, under the Monroe doctrine, interfere, but whenever any of the European powers shall atterapt to ac- quire territory it will be the duty of the United States to prevent that acquisition, even though war aay ensue. 1t is very well understood in diplomatic (Continued - on Fifth Page.) Manufacturing Paid Sentiment Hartington Herald Gives Railroad Game Away. An Interesting Communicatio LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 23, 1903.—Editor Herald, Hartington, Neb.—Dear 8ir: I en- close herewith an article which I wish you would run in the local or editorial col- umns of the next lssue of your paper. I belleve the sentiment will meet with the approval of yourself and your readers and that local comment on the Omaha tax scheme would be in order. If you desire payment for the expense of putting this article in type and running it, send me bill, and I will send you check for same. There should be no delay In arousing public sentiment agalnst this Omaba movement. Please send me copy of your paper con- taining this article. Yours, F. A. HARRISON, The Article. As the people had been led to expect,* the eity of Omaha is arraylng itself against the rbral countles, school districts and vil- lages of the state in the matter of railroad taxation. The latest scheme is being ex- ploited b the legislature. The attempt is belng made to change the law 8o as to per- mit Omaha to assess the rallroad termiinal properties locally, instead of allowing the taxes to be distributed equally along the lines as at present. It is well known that the raliroads are interested in the upbullding of all parts of the state, and that thereby they bulld up their own business. The valuable railroad properties located in Omaha are not there for the sole bemefit of Omaba, but for the benefit of the whole system. The scheme has just been attempted in Illinols, where Chicago wanted to grab the rallroad taxes for local purposes. The at torney general stood fer the people of hl state, and declared that the scheme would result in a loss of at least 20 per cent in taxes in cach of the outside counties. The ease went Lo the courts, and & few days | 1.—(Special.)—On ' over States. TACOMA, Wash., 1—(8pecial Tele- gram.)—Plunged from 8 position of influ- ence and comfort t0 mbject poverty, in which they have struggled for several years, the family of W. A. Patierson, who is now in the Soldiers! home at Orting, & paralytic, will agals be placed in inde- pendent comforts, word having reached Ta- coma that an uncle of Mrs, Patterson has left $15,000 to each of the six children. Patterson, the father, came from Kansas in 1990, whete he was recognized as & man of ability, 1§ & lawyer by pro- ' fession, and at one tihe ran for lieuton- ant governor of Nebfsks, but was de- feated. He bad & time making competency for his family, and Lis aftairs went from bad to He loct his wife about three years aggishe dying in piti- tul poverty, and lea six helpless chil- dren to b rupported by triends and the county. Mrs. Pattersoni was well connected | In the east, belng the Mieco of Judge Sam- | uel Lord, formerly of e Minnesota suprema | bench, from whom the fortune left to ‘.ha! | children ana entesbiéd! father “has come. | Mrs. Patterson was al#h a relative of the Denemores, manuf of the iype- | writer of that name. r. Patterson was | a member of the SixthSowa infantry, and had never appied for & pension until he | was stricken with lysis & short time ago, and was cared for by the members of the local G. A. R. RED CROSS OFFICER REPLIES Expresses Right for ‘Includin fdent In Board of Con: tation. NBEW YORK, Feb. 1&Replying to the recent letter of the president's secretary, | saying: that the presidet and his cabinet cannot serve a boatdl of consultation to the Red Croes, Mias Clara Barton, presi- dent of the soclety, has addressed an ex- planatory letter to Presidont Roosevelt. Referring to the seetion of the constitu- tion of the Red Cross providing for a board of consultation bonsisting of the president and his cabimet, Miss Barton points out that this visfon was fully endorsed by President Arthur and accepted by succeeding administyations. Continuing, Miss Bai T recite these facts to uu, Mr. President, as an earnest that meither fon was racticed nor als Inten, in the of the constitu. Pres- wbmu LA fl'fion ‘Which Marriages Ave Set Aside. - BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 1. the cathedral on “Christ, the Only Endur- ing Name 'in History the Only True Reformer of Socfety,”” Cardinal Gibbons to- day sounded a note of warning in a discus- sion of the growing number of divorces. There is a social scourge more bligh ing and viore destructiva of family iife than Mormonism,” said he. "It iy the fear- throughout the United Stat like the mills of the gods, are slowly but surely grinding the domestic altan, of the nation. Husband and wife are separated one the most flimsy p nd as it the laws of the different states of the union were not sufficient in this respect, South Dakota has the distinction of granting a di- vorce for the mere asking of it on the con- of a brief sojourn within-its bor- OIL WELL’' SHOOTER KILLED Explodes Prematurely, Slays lously Injures Another and Wrecks Plant, PARKERSBURG, W."Va, Feb. 1.—Frank H. Sanderson, sn ofl well shooter, was killed by a premature explosion, of nitro- glycerine today and Fred Krebs was fatally injured. The engine house and rig were wrecked. sgo It was decided against Chicago and in favor of the rural counties. The Omaha real estate boomers desire to get around & decision llke “this by legislative enact- ment, and thus deprive the outside coun- tles and districts of Nebraska of from 25 to 76 per cent of the railroad taxes which they heretqfore have received. It s & £ time for members of the legislature from the interior of the state to be constantly on their guard against this dangerous movement, There will be no division of sentiment among those who inform themselves on the question. Omaha has bullt up its trade and galned its wealth because of the toil and prodvee of the rural communities. The grab game in the matter of railroad taxes looks like base ingratitude. It is Nke an attempt to kill the goose that laid the golden egg. It would seem to be in order for the con- stituency in the counties all over the state to notify thelr representatives in the legis- lature of their disapproval of the Omaha echeme. Open Letter to ¥. A. Har Dear Frank: 1 acknowledge recelpt of your favor of the 23d inst., and beg to reply that articles such as that enclosed are not admitted to the editorlal columns of the Hartington Herald in the way you suggest. Referring to the third paragraph of your letter, I beg to say ihat. thers is not money enough in the state of Nebraska to buy even one line of editorial comment in the Herald. Referring to the second :paragraph of your letter I regret o ay that the senti- ment of your article does not meet with my approval, and I doubt very much that 1t will meet with the approval of the Her- ald’'s readers. When I call to mind, dear Frank, that the Union Pacific is maintaining a lobby at Lincoln en a very extravagant scale, and that this Jobby is dolng everyihing pos. sible to cultivate s sentiment smong Lhe | ® ‘consequence ®olden Reward at D-ded 1dle and Mines Are Also Olosed. TROUBLE OVER DISCHARGE OF ONE MAN General Mansger Sald to Contemplate mtly Closing the Plant. DEADWOOD, 8. D., Feb. 1.—(Speclal Tel- egram.)—The employes of the Golden Re- ward smelter, the largest of its kind in the United States, struck last night, and as most 1,000 men are today out of employment and double that number have been affected by the strike. The trouble arose over the taking off'of one man from the charge floor of the smelter, and not on account of wages, the highest wages in the United States having been paid the men for that kind of work. The Deadwood Labor union is discussing the situation this evening, but should Gen- eral Manager Franklin, who is at the pres- ent time in the east, persist in his determ- ination, the emelter will not be blown In again, he having telegraphed today, after receiving word of the strike and the cause of it, to close thy smeltér down, pay off the men and call the miners from the mines of the company in the Bald Mountain and the Ruby Basin districts, leaving only enough to keep the timbering up and the workings free from water. Tt 1s sald that he will make arrangements while In the east with the railroad com- punies and after things have been settled begin shipping ore to the Omaha smelter. The Golden Reward treats 500 tons of ore daily when its smelter is running, besides 200 tons which is treated in the cyanide plant of the company in this eity. Next to the Homestake company, the Golden Re- ward is the largest employer of labor In the Black Hills and even should the mines be again started up It will be with a great reduction in the force of miners, while the 300 men who have been working In the smelter in this city will be out of employment. The men are doing little talking, many of them belleving that the strike was ill- advised, and that the men should have { awaited the arrival of Mr. Franklin from the east before going to extremes in the matter, and at least giverr him notice of their intentions and an opportunity to pass on thelr grievance |OFFERS TO BOW TO WHITES Booker T. W wii Engagement if People So Desire. Cancel GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 1.—Mayor received a telegram today from Booker T. Wasbington saying if the an- nouncement: that he would deliver an ad- dress during the jolut convention of super- hunmu of public instruction and the had. created dis- the white people he &flm as SRy nply Mayot Thomas vlnd that he had not sufficlently familiarized himself as ‘to the sentiment to express an opinion. CARS DIVE INTO RIVER ¥amily of Six Immigrants Said to Be Victims of Vicksburg Mishap. VICKSBURG, Miss., Feb. 1.—Two cars | from a westbound freight train broke away | on the incline of the Queen and Crescent rallway here tonight and, rushing down the grade, plunged into the rive One was & combination freight and immi- gration car and it is stated that it con- tained a family of six persons bound from ern Alabama to Arkansas, all of whom were drowned. Divers are searching for the bodies. BURNING TRAIN ROASTS MAN 'Frisco Frelght Destroyed by Flames Or Engineer, Meat and Floi PAOLA, Kan., Feb. 1.—Edwin C. Rags- dale of Kan: City, engineer of the St. Louis & San Francisco southbound freight train No. 165, was burned to death at Dana, six miles north of here, last night in the wreck of his tratn. Three cars of meat and six of flour were derailed and destroyed by fire. ature in line with that of your article, I am led to the bellef | that there is an African in the woodpile, | and that instead of trying to “arouse pub- ! e sentiment n the interest of the public™ | you are really trylng to earn your salary | by cleverly “working” the gulltble country editor 1o serve the interests and wishes of your employer, the Union Pacific, in the ! bellet that he is serving the people. The | present method of assessing the railroads | is undoubtedly a cleverly devised scheme | by the rallroads to shirk payment of their | fair proportion of taxes by taking advan- | tage of the lower tax levies of the rural | | | | members of the legis countles through which their lines run. ! The cities of Omaba, Liucoln aud perhaps other cities of the state im which ure lo- cated valuable terminal propertios are en. titled to the privilege of assessing these properties, and the present ystem of as- sessing railroad properties is & rank injus- | tice to those cities, they belng at enormous | expense for fire and police protection ‘and recelve practically nothing for it. No doubt, Frank, the present law gov- erning the assessment of rallroad property is largely responsible for the great inter- est the rallroads have been taking In the selection of candidaies for state officers by | both politieal parties. Then agaln, Prank, when the rallroads become 8o ‘‘magnanimous” as to spend money to arouse public sentiment in beha't of the dear people, our observation forces us to the conviction that it is time to look into the motive. In conclusion, dear Frank, permit me to say you are in mighty small business when you undertake to act as go-between in buy- ing up the Influence of the country press in behalf of the rallroads of this state, ana permit me to exhoil you to turn from the sitmy path of political and corporate cor- ruption before it is eternally too late. Fra ternally and sincerely you GECRGE L. NELSON. | while Jackson received & bullet | New York tonight and Foreeast for Nebraska—Falr ‘and_Colder Monday, Preceded by Snow in Southwest Portion; Tuesday Fair. Teémperature at Omaha Yesterday: De, crazuanE~ SOCIALISTS ARE oUHPRISED Omaha Members Did Not Expect Re- moval of National Headquar- ters ‘of Party. The removal of the soclalist rational headquarters to Omaha, as announced from St. Louls Saturday, came somewhat ds a surprise to the local members of the party. The government of the soclalist party 1Is pecullar (o itself. Unlike other political parties, it maintains a permanent national headquarters, in charge of a secretary, who at this time is Leon Greenbaum. To assist he secretary a committee of five, known as the local quorum, members of the national central commit- tee from among the membership of the party at large, the members of this com- mittee generally being chosen from the states contiguous to the national bead- quarters. The trouble at St. Louls seems to have been that the members of the old local quorum had endeavored to effect a fusion arrangement with another party, and when this was discovered by the national com- mittee they were removed and the head- quarters were takem from St. Louls, be. cause it was felt that the local quorum had aroused the frelings of the local soclalists in regard to the question of fusion. Omaha was selected on mccount of the eas which it can be reached from all parts ot the country. The Nebraska member of the central committee is Christ{an Christen. sen of Plattsmouth, who is now at St Louis. The committee met January 29 and will conclude its session today, it belng understood that at this session the time for the removal of the offices to Omaha will be set. It is not known locally whether Leon Greenbaum will be continued secs retary, but the Omaba members of the party say that they would not be surprised 1t some other person is elected to the office upon its removal to this city. Omaha soclalists are not united in opin- fon as to the effect \he location of the headquarters here will have upon the party in the city and state, and while the major- ity seem pleased with the selection of this clty, there are others who eay that main- tenance of national headquarters in Ne- braska will tend to decrease the activity of the local members, who will depend to a greater extent upon the work of the na- tional organization in gpreading the doc- trine. The soclalist party I8 the one which grew out of the work of Eugene V. Dabs and John A. Wayland, and is distinct from the sogialist labor party, which maintains headquarters in New York under the direc- tion d Dtl‘vn S'l'm W Men Alleged to Mave Used Revolvers in Shoe Dispute Must . Stand Trial LYNN, Mass., Feb, 1.—As a result of the investigation to the fight that occurred be- tween imported boot and shoe workers and Kpights of Labor sympathizers last night, the police today arrested two men, while a third was discovered at hls home suffering from an ugly bullet wound. The wounded man seems to have figured in the disturb- ance as an onlooker. Later Clement McMurnan, one of the men brought here from Cincinnati, who is sald to have done the shooting, was ar- rested. It is said he admitted to United States Marshal Burckes that he had used a 1evolve after which he threw it away. Edward Flynn, a laster and a member of the union, was the other man arrested to- day. He i charged with assault. Another Cincinnati cutter who was arrested was rec- ognized today as Jullus Bigan FIVE HURDERS IN WEEK Fifth TrlM' Oili- ed When Jeal, Husband Meets Wife's Lover. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 1.--The fifth mur- der within a week was committed today at the little settlement of Clairton, just above Pittsburg. Caught in company with John Jackson's wite, Willlhm Smith was shot and killed by the husband. When Juckson pulled his revolver Smith @id the same and in the fusilade that fol- lowed Smith wrs shot through the heart, in the abdomen which probably will prove fatal Both men are negro lnborers. SEEK TO BURN UTAH SCHOOL Inmates with Couspir ot & to Destroy Ogden Institution. OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 1.—An attempt was made tonight to burn the state reform sthool, which containe about 150 inmates. Shortly after 1 fire was discovered In both the boys’ and gitls' dormitories and for some time the flames threatened to destroy the whole building. The flames were got under control before much damage was done. It 1s charged that there was collueicn be tween the boys and girls to destroy the institutl HOBSON WILL LECTURE NOW Proposes Spend Three Pleading for Stronger , Navy, to Years Ky., Feb bson arrived here from ls the guest of Bishop Lewis W. Burtos, a relative. Asked as 10 his future plans he sald he would cortinue lecturing for at least three years, going as far west as the coast. His theme is & plea for & greater navy, one that shall claim rank above the grestest of LEXINGTON, Richmond P. ‘T West Indles cruf Olasgow: Phoen Hawailan, fur 8an Dicgo and San Franc At Liverpool. Arfl\ul Lucania, New York. Bafled: Livonian, from Glas- gow, for 8t Johns, N| F., Halifax, N. 8., end Phila At Gueen Ivernia, from Liverpool, for New York. At Gibraltar—Salled: Trave, from Genoa and Naples, for New York. is elected by the 1.—Captain | New Railrond, Polioy Which Has Set the Jobbers to Guessing. DELAY IN SERVICE TO LOCAL PQINTS Boxoars No Longer Bwoop Across Prairies on Bxpress Time SCHEDULE LONGER AND TRAINS HEAVIER Full Tonnage Must Be Taken on Before Start is Made CHANGE CALLED ECONOMY BY COMPANIES James J. HIIl Blamed for the Innovas tion Which Has Disrapted the Business Plans of o Territory. Recent changes tn rallroand methods are having an effect anything but pleasant on the jobbing business. For a number of years the territory served by Omaha job- bing houses has had the benefit of fast freight train service and under it the dealers have come (o depend on the celerity of the railroad service to a degree that is most exasperating just at present. Freight was handled with all due dispatch and until a ehort time ago trains were sent speeding across the prairies at a rate that was rqual to what was considersd a good #ait for an express train & few years back. Now this is all done away with. The new rule is heavy loads and elow time, and traine must be full trains when they pull out of division poiuts. If the cars for a full train are not ready, the traln waits for them. Shippers and buyers are patur- ally much discontented at the new order, and while they cannot In the very nature of things talk for publication over thelr names, ey are not at all backward § privatély” expressing thelr views of the situation. At the door of James J. Hill is l1ald the trouble. It is his policy, the shippers in- sist, to do the business of hi most economical manner possi ter what the public thinks of the service. The complaining patrons of the Hill lues agree that he is justified in his endeavor to make the road pay an income on the heavy capitalization due to his merger scheme, but insist that it is not just or fair to make the public bear the entire burden. It is contended that Mr. Hill's present economy is disrupting business and is not in any way satistactory to the pa- trons of his lines. On the other hand, the rallroad men sot up that it Is out of the quesfion to ralse the rates, and thut, as economy must be practiced, the only ave- nue open is lo curtall the fast traln serv- fee. Shippers Ave Mussled. Heavy shippers as a rule do not like to complain against railroads in a '-llla to a competitor, 't be on. good terms with the raflroads,” the policy of Mr. HNll in one particular at least has caused considerable dissatistac. tion and shippers are lalking amofig selves. The most objectionable feature of the new instructions sent out is that which urges upon those goveralng the running of freight trains the importanc securing full loads before the trains leave the sta- tion. This means that an engine which can haul fifty cars must not be sent out and that cars must be loaded to thelr full capacity. Sald one shipper: “The new rule affects shipments from the east in this manner: When the fast freight, which carries, say fifty cars, fis ready to leave the statfon and it is found that there are sixty cars for the t*ain, the additional ten carc are cut out and laid over until the next da Under the old policy forty cars of slow frelght would be added to the ten cars and the train sent out in two sections, It means that now there is a delay in delivery of additional cars for twenty-four hours. It does, not affect fll: much on dellvery of freight from the east, however, as upon shi 10 points in the Interior of the state.” Another ship) fact that the ca trains without full sigument arrives at @ fanction point, billed to sowe town on a branch, it waits there | until a load is made up for the train which s to carry it. This does not affect us so much on.the (hrough business as on the shipments to local potnt: Sald another shipper; “Hill is going to make trouble for more than one braska If he follows out the pelley he !\u fndicated. In my line we are not ship- ping heavily now, so we sre little affected at this time, but 1 am in a position to know that the policy of the Burlington has changed In an important particalar. Under the old management the Chicago office de- pended upon the Nebraska officers of the company, and business in this territory could be transacted at Omaba. Today questions which were (noe settled at | Omaha Leadquarters must be sent to Chi- | cago, ana the opinions of the Nebraska of- | ficers seem to have much less weight than | formerly. The Hill management also | curtailed the numbet of pas and amount of other free transportation issued to abip- | pers. . This may be ajl right, and 1 for one have no complaint to make about it, but I am certain that roads which do not follow this plan will get busi) which formerly | went to the Burlington. What Helps the Burlingt “The Burlington service is no worse than that of any other road,” said another shipper who patronizes several lines, “‘but that ts for a pecullar reason. The Bur- | lington engines are not large, and tha total | tonnage which they can haul singly s much Jess than that of thd engines of sev- eral of the other roads. While the pres. ent plan secms to be to get the full ton~ | nage out of each engine, trafic is so heavy [ that trains are running in a fairly satis- | factory manuer. If the engines of this road were ae hedvy as some of the freight engines used by other roads and the com- pany insisted upon the full tonnage before the train started there would be much more trouble, but as it is the greatest complaint comes from towns on branch lines, where helf of the trains have been taken off dur- | ing the last few morths.” Blames Jim H “Jim M is forcing his ideas of freight traffic onto the different roads doing busi- pess in this territory and in pursua of his policy the freight business will be han-