Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 20, 1903, Page 1

L ———— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1903—TEN PAGES, BINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. HARMONY IS GENUINE Repub'ica: Moeting in Washington Rall Proves s Vecitable Love Feast. OLD TIME RIVALS MEET FOR SAME CAUSE United Pu'l for Bacoess of Entire Ticke: Fext November. NOT A SINGLE DISCORDAN Big Orowd Enthusiasiica'ly Oheers Each One of the Bpeasers. END OF QUARRELS PLEASES RANK AND FILE OTE STRUCK Resplu Unanimously Adopted sing Entire Ticket and Roosevelt and Webster for Next Year, Whereas, Under the wise rule of Pres- féent Hoomeveit our nation s enjoying i €re of Unprecedented prosperiy com- enced unuer the Lemign rule of Our mar- Gies decder, Wilim ssciiniey; wid W nereas, oGvernor Mickey s conaucing Whereas, Governor Mickey is conduciiug the uffaus o1 the state of Nebraska in an houect, businessiike manner; and Whereas, The reuntuon. siate convention @nu the Tepubican juciclal and county conventions have put in ibe fleld a dcket composed of men of unquestioned abiity, jutegrity und republicunism; therefore, be Resolved, By the republican voters of the €ty uf Omaha, in mass Meelng as-emoied, under the auspices of the Mcsin.e that we point with pride Lo the admin’ Istration of President Roosevelt. Reso ved, That we heariliy endorse Gov- $inor M.ckey for his wise couduct of af- cluo, lesolved, That we ratify the nominations made by the repubidean conventioss, staie, uaiclal’and county. We a.sure Chairman ‘Gwell our hearty co-operation in his en- feavors 10 secure the election of the re- Publioan ticket and pleags our asel.tance keeping the republican party of Douglas County as it Is today, @n united party. Meetd. s Enthusinstic. n These resclutions express concretely the Bentiment of the meeting of republicans that taxed the seating capacity of Wash- ington hall last night. Loudly manifested enthusiasm groeted every reference to uni- fication, the state, Judicial and county tick- ets, the name of Jobu L. Websier preference of Nebruska for vice president, &nd repeated predictien for uiumph at the November election. As volced by a humber of speakers and by many in the Sudience, it was felt that riever before in the local history of the party had as many representative men of thought hpoken together from the same platform in the same cause. Eapeclally was the presencs of Mr. Webster honored. When i who will loek over the situation without blas and without prejudice will come to the conclusion thet the republicans of Dougias county have nominated a ticket of exceptional character and great ability. It s & ticket that is well balanced, is the re- Bult of & conssnsus of republican opinion throughout the county and ls well equipped | & to matters of nationality and the various Scotions ef the county.” Preaents Pleasant Site. He then named various members on the ficket to show the distribution ef na- tionalities and location of residence. After ten years in which nearly every man on the platform had gonme to defeat either before or after conventions, it ‘was & pleasing spectacie o see them all to- gether working for the goed of the ticket, #ald Mr. Jeffries. Mr Webster, Mr. Greene and Mr. Rosewatier had senatorial aspirations, he wsserted. Mr. Van Dusen had Jenged 1 be governor and Mr. Brome | o be county attorney, and like many, oth- ers they had been besten “Bui we are all In the same boat’ continued the te be the one man that can surmount factions and win in spite of them. How- ever, we believe we ape hope written over | the door of the future, &nd If we only continue to get along In peace no one knows the national possibilities that may lurk In the personalities here tonight." The McKinley Glee club sang two songs, “Marching with Roosevell and Webster to Victery.” and “Harmony,” both elicit- ing good netured applause. “I have not been s member of either faction,” declared Charles J. Greene, have been between the factious and I have not cared particulsriy for efther. 1 always considered that my self-respect and my love for party and country would help me do my duty. 1 do not belleve that & man who declines to belong to either the emocratic or republican parties has a r conception of his duty, and once & of & party it s his duty to stand AL As for the republican party, it boen ever devoted to principles and oa Becond Puge) MORLEY OUT FOR FREE TRADE Former Chief Seeretary for Ireland Favors ldeas of Bright and Cobden. ks 19—John Morley, M. P. ecretary for Ireland, who rement while writing sart Gladstone,” re- _ite tonight and # \ting line against the protectionist pdi. . 5f the present gov- ernment. In the histotic free trade hall at Manchester Mr. Morley addressing an au- dience which filled the large edifice to its full capacity, aroused immense enthusiasm by an eloquent and spirited attack on the new policy, against which he declared he was arrayed with the whole welght of authority, both practical and theoretical. 8o crude, raw and unthought-out were the proposals launched in this country that men of all parties, liberals and conserva- tives, were united in opposition to them. The country, centinued Mr. Morley, had been invited to put its ancestors, like Cob- den, Bright and Peel up to cheap auction, but when he thought how right Bright and Cobden had been as to free trade the French treaty of 189, the Crimean war and the American war, he apologize for them. BODY OF WOMAN IS FOUND Mystery of Missing London Femaie Doctor, However, Only Par- tially Solved. has Be his “Life < turned to at. took his place i LONDON, Oct. 19.—~The disappearance of | a woman doctor, Miss Hickman, which has been a wsensation here for the last two months, has been partially cleared up by the finding of her body in an unfrequented part of Richmond park. The remains were horribly decomposed, the head having been entirely separated from the body, apparently by the gnawing of rats. Miss Hickman, who was a fully qualified doctor of medicine, was perform- ing her duties at the Roval Free hospital on the afternoon of August 15, when she left the hospital. Since that time the police of the whole country have unavallingly searched for her. She was a healthy woman, 29 years of age, and took nothing with her except a few pounds sterling in cash. The reason for Miss Hickman's disappearance is a complete mystery. Owing to the decomposition of the body and the fact that it was badly gnawed by rats the remains were only identified by means of a medal which Miss flickman won in & swimming contest and by her ambulance cross. WRIGHT IS TO BE INDICTED Recorder in Charging Jury Recom- mends True Bill Agninst Lon- don Promoter. LONDON, Oct. 18.—The recorder, in |charging the grand jury at the Old Balley today advised find & true bill against ‘Whiteker Wright, the company promoter, who was extradited from New York, July 3, to anewer charges growing out of the fallure of the London and Globe Finance corporation, Mmited. * Commenting on the *wpble directorate,” including the late marquis of Duffert, also associated with Wright, the recorder said he hoped the facts which had been disclosed would serve as a “solemn warning to persons of high position againet lending thelr names to commercial enterprises of which they had no personal knowledge and in which they became the prey of wicked men, who, by menas of thelr rames, victimized the public. THEY MAY COME TO AMERICA Plan Sald to Be Foot to Inm Macedonian Refugees to Move. BOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 19.—One class of ‘Bulgarian reservists to the number of 5000 men is to be disbanded. If Turkey follows sult other classes will be disbanded. It is reported here that a plan is on foot to induce the Macedomian refugees to emigrate to the United States. SALONICA, Oct. 1. —Hilm! Pasha says that the leader of the insurrection band killed in a recent engagement near Florine was Stephen Petroff, not Boris BSarafoff. Petroff was the soul of the insurrection. Desperate Fight with Comviets. BERLIN, Oct. ¥.—Eight convicts who were in the insane ward of the control prison at Halle, Prussia, overpowered the guards on Saturday night, smothered one of them to death and badly wounded the other, took the keys and weapons and es- caped to a meighboring forest. The fugi- tives were eventually overtaken by their pursuers and after they had shot one guard they were finally captured In & nobleman's villa, in whivh they had sought refuge. British Battleship Needs Repairs. FERROL, Spain, Oct. 19—The British battleship, Prince George, which was towed here after having been in collision with the British battieship, Hannibal, during the naval maneuvers off Cape Finisterre, was found to be 8o extensively damaged by Hannibal's ram that it has been beached for temporary repairs, preparatory to being towed back to England, where it will be placed in dry dock. Prince George took in immense quantities of water, necessita- tng incessant pumplng. Decision to Be Formally Read. LONDON, Oct. 10.—The Alaskan boundary commission will have another meeting. It will be & public one and held at noon to- morrow at the Foreign office. At that time and place the arbitration decision, which was verbally agreed upon Baturday and cabled exclusively to the Assoclated Press at that time, will be read. No Change in Ocean Rates. HAMBURG, Oct. 19.—The mansgers of | the Hamburg-American and North German |Lioyd Steamship companies, &t & meeting | held here today, decided to adhere to the present agreement between the two com- | panles regarding ssloon rates. and Mrs. Carnegie Co: LIVERPOOL, steamer, Cedric, which 1s to sail from this | port October 2 for New York wiil take | among its passengers Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegle. Colered Man Shoots Stable Owmer. TOPEKA Kan. Oect. M-Thomas De- moss, & colored man, shot and wounded was not going to | Oct. 1¥.~The White Star, TWO TRUST COMPANIES FAIL Maryland Trust Company and Union Trust Oompany of Baltimore Suspend. FORMER BACKED MEXICAN RAILROADS Officers of Both Corperations that Business May Be Resumed ms Soom as Arrangements Can Be Made, BALTIMORE, Oct. 10.—The suspension of the Maryland Trust company today created intense excitement in financial and busi- ness circles and many people hurried to the offices of the company to verify the news. The excitement was greatly intensi- fied two hours afterward by the announce- ment that the Union Trust company had also falled. Bankers and financlers gen- erally, however, combined to allay what- ever of panicky feeling was made manifest by assurances that the troubles of the companies were only temporary. Allan McLane, third vice president of the Maryland Trust company, was appointed | receiver of that concern, giving a bond of $2,000,000, and Miles White, jr., vice presi- dent of the Union Trust company, was ap- pointed receiver of that corporation, his bond being placed at $1000,000. Receiver McLane promptly issued a general state- ment to the effect that the embarrassment of the Maryland compary was due to the heavy loans made to the Vera Cruz & Pa- cific Railroad company, aggregating 3,- 000,000 The Maryland Trust company was fiscal agent of the rallroad. It is officially an- nounced that the company's local invest- ments had nothing to do with its embar- rassment. The company arranged a loan of $2,000000 in London last week for the purpose of supplying the Vera Crut & Pa- | cific Raflroad company with needed cash in connection with construction, but before the money was turned to the fiscal agent the negotiations were broken off and this precipitated the suspension. Run om Union Trust Company. The suspension of the Union Trust com- pany was owing to a run made upon it by depositors in consequence of the announced failure of the Maryland company. Charles T. Crane, vice president of the Union Trust company, sald that the troubles of the company were only tem- perary. “We could not realize quickly on our securities and the run which followed the announcement of the recelvership of the Maryland Trust company caused the trouble,” he said. “It was therefore hur- riedly decided to apply for a receiver for our company. Mlles White, jr., vice presi- dent of the company, was appointed re- celver by common consent. A statement will be furnished the public later in the “)’mn White, jr., receiver for the Union Trust company, verified the statement of Vice President Crane, saying: After the announcement of the failure of the Maryland Trust company & run 2 ee:npuy was begun by its depositors. We feared that this would take on will b..;:ld iu ftull. So far as known there is no financial or business connection between the two sus- pended companes. Business was practically suspended on the Baltimore Stock, Exchange yo There was a large attendance at both calls, but brokers, realizing the nervousness in financial circles and the hopelessness of offering stocks and bonds, except at mate- rial reduction in prices, concluded not to force saules. Holders of securities were ad- vised by bankers and brokers not to sacri- fice their investments. Reasons fo Receiver McLane issued the foliowing signed statement this afternoon explana- tory of the failure of the company: The whole cause of the embarrassment of the company is the fact that it has loaned to the Vera Cruz & Pacific Rallroad company in Mexico & very large sum of money, as security for which it holds on geposit the entire issue of first morigage bonds, 5,000,000 preferred stock and 3. common stock of that road, and owing to the unfavoratle condition of the money market it has been unable to effect & satis- factory loan upon these securities. The Maryland Trust company has for some time been able to go along without serfous emharrassment in spite of having 80 much of its money tied up in the Vera Cruz & Pacific railroad and would un- doubtedly have been able to wait a longer time for & loan on or sale of those securi- ties were it not for the fact that in addi- tion it has a large line of demand deposits subject to withdrawal on call and that dur- ing the last week two large withdrawals were made upon it. This rendered it abso- jutely necessary for the conduct of the business upon an honorable basis to obtain a temporary Joan upon certain of the in- | vestments owned by the company. This latter Joan Was in process of nego- tiation with prospects of a favorable result when on SBaturday last the third vice presi- dent, who, owing to the iliness and absence for the past six weeks of the president and vice president, had been compelled to take up the entire management of the company, discovered that the obtaining of such & Joan was merely temporizing; that the ob- taining of such temporary loan, when taken in consideration with the proposed loan on the Vera Cruz & Pacific securities fell far short of enabling the company to continue to conduct business upon an honorabie basis. In short, that to obtain the tem- porary loan in question was only putting off the evil day upon the chance of effecting a sale of the Vera Cruz & Pacific railroad securities in order (o make itself absolutely solvent. First Failure. Committee Orders Suspension. 1n view of this condition of affairs I went to New York on Saturday night and with- drew the application for the temporary loan and called together the members of the executive committee who could be reached to meet me Sunday night upon my return from New York, at which meeting T laid before them the situation of the company, discovered by me for the first time the day previous, and toid them that in my opinion we could mot run the risk of waiting until Tuesday for action by the directors at their quarterly meeting, &s, shouid large withdrawals take place on Monday the company would manifestly be unable to meet them and we would have to n e committe spproved of this view and the same eveniug. at the same place, in conference With representatives of some of the largest and most responsible finan- clal institutions in this city, who had been invited to meet there, lald before them the entire state of the case. After a protracted conference lasting into Monday merning, it was unanimously decided by all present, with great regret, that there was nothing 10 do but follow ‘the course proposed. At this time. without & more accurate | examination of the books and exact know- ledge of the various figures 1 shall not attempt to give figures to the press, but will 80 at the earliest practicable op- portunity. In the meantime. prompt and earpest efforts will be made to advise with the leading creditors of the company with £ Ylew of making plans to reailse to the best advantage the various assets The Maryland Trust company was capit- alized st $213500 and in & recent report the surplus was said to be 2G50 end undivided profits 3567682 The deposits were $5.872.517. The company made an effort last week to float & loan of 2400000 in Lendon. {In W2 the company paid an ¥ per cent dividend. The Union Trust company bad on de- - Finh Page) STOCKHOLDERS = ARE ANGRY — Threaten te Semd OMicers of Defunct Banking Company to Stng Sing. 1 NEW YORK, Oct. MW—Stockholders of the New York Building and Loan com- pany, for which Charles M. Preston is temporary receiver, attgnded the meeting called at the offices of fhe company today 1o vote a stock assessmipnt of 20 per oent. Only 200 of the 400 or| 50 present could get into the room wi the meeting was beld. Those who ot in made such an uproar that one of the stockholders, ia policeman, telephoned the West Thir- tieth street station for the reserves. When Lawyer James P. Bustace tried to explain the purpose of %the call, the Pro- tective league of yn, representing thirty-six stockholders | took charge of the meeting and passed resolutions de- claring the call contempt of court and a violation of the injunclion of September |1, charging gross mismanagement by the | ofcers and directors, * demanding their resignation and denotihoing the state banking authorities far “sliowing an in- solvent banking concerfi to coutinue to do | business for years | Outeide the buliding Fifth avenue was | almost blocked with the overfiow, the fact | that some 4,000 of shareholders are { Italians being responsitfe for the presence | of hundreas of Italian women with many bank books in one hand and bables on the |other arm. A large cfowd, mostly poor | people, clamored for admission to the | building, packed the byways and con- demned the conduct of the officers and directors. When as many as possible had entered the room, J. P. Bustac of Mark Eustace, vice president of the company, declared that the charge of | Insolvency made against the company was | false. The remarks were followed by all parts of the room. The ensuing disorder resulted in the call of the police. Counsel for the Stockhold- ers'’ Protective league sald the company was in the hands of a recelver and that the officers had no legal right to call the meeting. The announcement was greeted with cries of *“Turn the robibers out,” “Make the officers pay the deficit * “Semd them to Sing Sing,” “Talk about Miller's syndl-" cate,” shouted one man, “why, it is a 1-2-3 proposition compared to this’ FEAR DRIVES TO SUICIDE | California Man, Implicated in Crime by Brother Con: Shoots Himuself. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.-Crazed by fear of arrest in connection with the rob- bery of the Manhattan hotel at Point Richmond last Ssturday night, George Nottingham, son of a wealthy resident of Walnut Creek, shot and killed himselt in the room of his divorced wife this morning. Nottingham, who was also known as Wikjam Wills, was a structural tron worker. Walter Nottingham, the younger of the brothers, was arrested at Martinez last night and made a complete confession of the robbery. The dead man {left & mote in which he wxonerated his brother of Intentional saylng thut he committed - the ' rime and forced his brother to participate After the robbery the two men escaped, going in the direction of West Berkeley. Deputy Sherifts . Maltoza and Lindley started in pursult. At the cormer of San Pablo and University avenues, in West | Berkeley, the two deputies met the brothers, George Nottingham jumped behind his brother, drew two revolvers and opened | fire. Maitosa pulled his gun and returned the fire. The brothers then retreated down University avenue, toward the West Berkeley station. Maitoza and Lindley, fol- lowing closely, kept up the fight. After the battle, which covered nearly two biocks, the men jumped bushes and made off in the darkness. SPENDS FORTUNE ON WOMAN Man Arrested in Sam Francisce on Charge of Stealing & Rank. OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 18.—City Marshal Rammage, of Hayward's, bas arres.ed Wil- liam Carthew in that place on a charge of being a defaulter in the sum of §100,00. The arrest was made on evidence sub- mitted by H. B. Erickson, of S8an Fran- cisco. It is sald that Carthew was & con- fidential clerk ip a bank in New York and while acting in that capacity stole $100,000, which was squandered on & woman. | It is claimed that he fied from New York and came to California. Erickson had done business with Carthew in New York and recognized him as the missing bank clerk. He 18 certain that this is the man who is wanted in New York and for whom & re- ward of 35,000 has been offered. Carthew has been lodged in the county Jall in this city on & charge of vagrancy until further particulars concerning him can be had from New York. Carthew first gave the name of George Henry Rowe and stated that hb had also been known as William Henry Dawes. He states that he { came here from Austrailia and was mever |in & bank In New York DOWIE ASKS FOR PRAYERS Will Be Near Wall Street May Need Help of Divime Hand. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—After attending an early service in Madison Square Garden, John Alexander Dowie's “Restoration Host,” numbering nearly 4,000, began today & house to house canvuss of the city. Before givipg them bis final instruc- tions Dr. Dowie said: 1 am going out to do s little restoration work mywelf and 1 won't be fur from Wall street y for me. The majority of the audiences at the early service was composed of Zionists No robes were worn. Dr. Dowie preached a sermon on “The Sin of Idolatry” with applications to present conditions. A “divine healing meeting” was held the garden from 103 & m. to noon, &t which Dr. Dowle delivered an address on “The Opening of the Beautiful Gate of Divine Healing." ONE FACTION NAMES HUNTER Bad Split Oceurs in Republican Con- gressional Convention is Kentucky. MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Oct. 18.—The re- publican district convention called to nomi- nate & successor to the late Congressmau | Boreing, divided sbout midnight on Satur- day when the Edwards faction declared en adjournment to meet at London today. The Hunter faction Temained in seseion and after midnight nominated Dr. W. God- frey Hunter whe reccived 346 votes 1o sixty-four for Ramsey. brother | threats against the officials shouted from | behind some | CRESCEUS STILL CHAMPION Ketcham's Btallion Lowers World's Tret- ting Reeord One-Quarter of Becond. RECOVERS OLD PLACE IN SHORT TiM Trotting Time Reduced on Second Attempt at Scoring and it is Ale leged but for Break Record e Lower, WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 19.—Cresceus broke the world's trutting record for a mile this afternoon, going the distance in 1:58%, beat- {1ng the previous record held by Lou Dillon | and Major Delmar by & quarter of a second. The day was ideal and the track could not have been better. Mr. Ketcham worked the horse out before the final test in 2:15 and then sent him for the record. He broke when he first scored for the record. but on the next attempt was seut off, going to the first quarter in :30 flat. There was a cheer when he reached the half in 8%, and when the three-quarters was passed | in 1:30 the cheer became an uproar. Just before he reached the wire Cresceus | broke and it is believed lost fully three- {quarters of a second. He caught handily | and flashed under the wire in 1:50%. wind shield was used. Cresceus was paced by Mike the Tramp. Buch an ovation as was given Cresceus when he trotted a mile in 1:5% today and | { made a new world's record has rarely been witnessed. The stallion was nearly smoth- ered, 8o eager were the people to pat him | or to get near enough to touch him. George H. Ketcham, who owns Cresceus | and drove him today, said: “The conditions | | were perfect. When 1 was here week before | last the track was wet, but 1 saw its ad- | vantages and determined to come bac | The result justiied my expectations. 1| knew before the race that the stallion would beat his record, but 1 did not antici- | pate a trilumph so complete. I shall go te | Oklahoma City and Fort Scott right away to keep engagements and that will be the | last time that Cresceus will appear in public. SCHEME TO MOVE THE CAPITAL tern Capitalists Present an Allur. ing Preposition to People of Wyom CHEYENNE, Wryo. Oct. 18.—(8pecial | Telegram.)—A syndicate of New Xork and Lopdon capitalists has launched a most daring scheme. Under the law the people must at the election in 194 vote for the permanent loeation of the state capital and other state institutions. The syndi- cate proposes to give the sites, erect and equip a new capitol building, state peni- tentiary, insane asylum and university without cost to the state providing the electors will choose a town on the Stll- water river, in central Wyoming. The capitalists have secured large tracts of land, together with coal deposits, oil | commanding | nature, the first CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr and Cooler in East Portion; Wednesday Fair, Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: r. Deg. Mo Des. T s w4 e wa ™ L k2] » m n THREATEN TO KILL FRED METZ Letter Writers Demand Momey Left Under Vimduct—Chief COalls it = m Threatening murder for noncompliance a letter was last evening received by Fred Metz of Metz Bro's Brewing company, that he place $2500 in gold coin under the Eleventh street viaduct at the disposal of the authors of the letter This letter is the sccond one of similar having been received by Mr. Metz last Friday and making the same demand under pain of blowing uF the brewery by dynamite Although a show at complying with the former demand was made, Mr. Metz lust night ignored the second letter, threaten- ing death, by going to the theater to enjoy the evening, rather than packing 32500 of his hard earned cash down to the Eleventh street viaduct “The whole thing is & bluff and work of some very coarse artisans,” sald Chief Donahue last night. “I think no one is very greatly disturbed over it unless it is the fellows who wrote the letters. We not only have very grave suspicions us 1o their identity, but have clues which ma lead to their arrest if they not more skillful than they appear to be “Mr. Metz nor anyone clsc took money to the spot designated first letter, but two sacks of rubbish were taken and the place carefully gua but the boid letter-writers did not show up. The fact that these fellows are so free with their @eadly threats is ample proof that they are blufiing. People intending to do what they say they are don't advertise the is the fact beforehand, so that their victim may | be fully prepared to meet the emergency The letter received last night went on to tell Mr. Metz that he left the bags at the spot designated in the former letter too early In the evening and that he had bet- ter do what was commanded ‘“this time" or he and the brewery would both be de- stroyed. BOY CONFESSES TO BURGLARY | Colered Youth Admits Breaking in Barber Shop and is Bound Over to District Court, Earl Pollard, a colored youth, pleaded gullty in police ourt to the charge of burglary. His crime was stealing chewing gum, candy and cigars from the barber shop of Frank Salisbury, 3% North Six- fleids, forests and farming lands and ex- pect to reap a rich profit. A railroad wil | be bullt from Casper to the proposed cap- | |1tal city amd branch would be |from the Umion Pacific and south from the Burlington. Aside from developing | what is now & wild country, the location the proposed capital city, 1t is held, would | be more central end would In time be | | more satisfactory than under present con- | | ditions. Willis George Emerson, author lof “Buell Hampton,” and a.conspicuous |figure in the western mining world, is| | at the head of the syndicate that is back | of the scheme. COURT-MARTIAL Objectl petency of Colorado Court Are Overruled. | IS AT WORK s of General Chase to Com- | Omicers Fahey and Dunn and Sergeant | DENVER, Oct. 13.—The court martial caflled by Governor Peabody to investigate the charges against the members of the National Guard of Colorado met in the sen- ate chamber at the capitol today. The en- | tion of the objections by counsel for Gen- eral Chase to the competency of the cour | In general, because of the inferiority of its { members in rank to General Chase and 1o two members on the additional grounds of lack of military experience, friendship fur the complaining witness, Adjutant General | Sherman Bell and personal animus against General Chase. In every case the objec- | tions were overruled. The court was then | ilworn in. Colonel Kenneth L. Fahnestock | | of Governor Peabody's staff is president of the court, BULLET IS CAUSE OF DEATH | Isane W. Morton, Prominent St. Louis Man, ix Accidentally Killed. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19.—The remains of Isaac W. Morton, member of the city council prominent club man and director of the | World's fair and numerous large corpora- | tions, whose death occurred yesterday at the Cuivre Hunting elub, in St Charies | county, was Teceived &t his home here| today. H Death was caused by a pistol shot in the heud, The coroner's jury, which viewed the | 1»«” before shipping it to St. Louis, ren- | Gered & verdict of death by accident. | Manager Beschman of the Cuivre club,i who was first to mee the body after the | fatal shot was fired, said it lay on the bed with & revolver having oue empty shell near the extended hand BROKERS LEAVE ST. LOUIS When Deputy Sheriff Calls with Sub- pocnas Office Doors Are Closed. ET. LOUIS, Oct. 1.—Acting under orders from Assistant Circuit Attorney Hancock | and at the request of the October grand | {Jury, Deputy Sherift Dickman called today | jat the ofice of the Merchants' Brokerage | Commission con pany with fifty blank sub- |poenas which he expected to serve. found the office closed. J. D. Hussey and | Charies Brooks. who conducted the con- | cern, are presumed to have left the city. Mice Start Costly Fire. —Mice gaining access to matches, which | were supposed to have been in & threshing | hand's vest which was hanging in the barn, is presumed to have caused & fire which destroyed the fine barn of A. Van- Naanen, & Brookings eounty farmer, to- gether with seven horses and their harness, ten head of hogs, about 30 bushels of oats and & quantity of hay. High wind was blowing &t the time and it was only sbout ten minutes untl the barn and coutents had gone up in smoke. The loss was total, s VinNeanern carried no lusurance. teenth street, where a side line of such articles is kept. The police have concluded that Pollard raided the shop three times to satisfy his | - appetite for sweets and tobucoo and erch time got away with an amount which ought to have been sufficient to meet the most extravagant requirements. Be- sides the sweets and tobacco several ragors | and 5 cents in cash also were taken. 1t is believed Pollard had companions in the crime. The first rald was made the night of the 1ith, the second the night of the 12th and the third Sunday night, when Pollard was caught in the act by the police. Unusual noises were heard in the direction of the barber shop Bunllay night and the clerk of the Royal hotel, who heard glass falling, telephoned the police station and Hayes responded in time to catch the col- ored youth “red-handed.” He had 17 cents and a few knick-knacks at the time. After pleading gullty Pollard was allowed the privilege of walving examination and court in the sum of $800. MAY ORDER ROLLING STOCK Unfom Pacific Officials Discuss Short d New Equipment Prob. ably Will Come. A meeting of the division superintendents jof the Union Pacific is being held at the | general offices. Among the business under | discussion is the shortage of equipment and | motive power. This is being given a thor- | ough investigation and probably will re- sult in a large order being pluced for enough rolling stock to take care of the business, which is this year larger than ever before. The new superintendents ure | being instructed regarding their new du- | ties and the guestion of a change in time for the winter months also is being talked sbout. The car shortage is the principal topie and plans are being laid to care for the heavy shipments of grain which are to come within the next two months. Those in the conference are H. G. Burt, president; E. E. Buckingham, superin- tendent of transportation: W. A. Deuel, superintendent of the Nebraska division; H. C, Ferris, superintendent of the Colo- rudo Bivision; W. L. Park, superintendent of the Wyoming division, and J. O. Brink- erhoff, superintendent of the Kansas di- vision. PACKING COMPANY OFFICERS | Independent Concern Meets at Denver to Decide Upom Policy of Management. DENVER, Oct. 18.—~The directors of the Independent Packing company met here today for the purpose of eclecting officers and outlining the future policy of the com- pany. Among those present were: B, F. Leathridge of Missouri, Paul Russell of Kansas, F. W. Flato, ir., of Texas and A. Watkins of Nebraska. The trust agreement by which 15 per cent of the stock ir 10 be held in escrow, was adopted and & trust company appointed. It |was decided to postpone the election of He | pregident until the meeting of the National | Live Btock agsociation at Portland, Ore., on January 12 next. T. F. Wilson of Texas was elected vice president, F. W. Flato of Missour! treasurer and C. F. Martin of depository for the company. The meeting will be in session tomorrow. when the polic of the company will be outlined. The cap- ital stock of the company Is %.000,000, incor- porated under the laws of Arizona. Denver Butcher Breaks Record. DENVER. Oect, 19 - ® 1L¥0. pound steer in three thirty- eight meconds. Jrcod, Teee. empiaved In n Jocal plant. has redueed the worid » record by twenty seconds sand incidents'ly n the wemtern champlonshin. The fes’ was in » contest heid at Broad- of Missouri, Noah | Newbanks of South Dakota, L. ¥. Wilson | | FOR A GRAIN MARKET President Btiokney Takes Another Step to Make it Possible. OMAHA GRAIN TERMINALS PROJECTED Purchases Land for Trackage and Elevator Plants. INCORPORATED TODAY Artioles Are Ready to File with the Gounty Olerk. WILL ASK OTHER ROADS TO COME IN COMPANY TO BE Scheme Comprehends Umlom Service | of Al Roads Wuiering Omaba \ So Far as Grain Handling is Comcermed. A movement which s fraught with great possibilities to the oity of Omaha was | launched last night by President Stickney | of the Great Western. The creation of a | grain market tn Omaha whoh shall be sec- ond to none in the west Is contemplated | under Mr. Btickney's lutest project which Is emhodied in & new corporation which s | to be officially known as the “Omaha Grain | Terminals.” | Omaha was not much of a live stock | center until the railroads got together and agreed on rates and terminal matters, and | now the city has its stock yards and pack- 1ng houses and ranks as the third great- | et live stock center in the world. At pres- ent there is 1o grain market here because the rallroads have not gotten together on certain vital and absolutely necessary pre- liminaries. Mr. Stickney's plan ocontem- | plates the unification of the several rail- | roads leading Into Omaha, upon the ques- tions of rates and terminal facilities, and he has formed a new company, to be kngwn a8 the “Omaha Grain Terminals’ with the one object In view of creating in this |clty one of the largest grain centers in the west Has Bought the Land. For some time Mr. Stickney, through his agents, has quietly been acquiring ttle ‘to a large tract of land in the city and now that he has secured the land he desired, | he 1s in & position where he ean announce | his plans. He has expended several hun- dred thousands of dollars in the olty of | Omaha within the last few weeks, all un- | known to the general public, and the full meaning of the project he has under way is hard to realize. | The land he has recently purchased is included within a strip beginning at the north limits of South Omaha, thence north to Martha street, and bounded by Unfon Pacific on the east and street on the west. This about 3500 feet jong and tract of land containing five acres. On this land poses to bulld a large ni sites o such persens as and erect bufldings at which Mr. Stickney | here. Mr. Stickney's plan provides that the | ruilroads shall huve the joint ownership and control, eventually, of these trackage facilities, 80 as to do away with switching |charges. In the event any railroad refuses to join in this move, It will necessarily be | compelled to pay for switching facilities in order to sustain a proper relation with the roads who will be parties to the agree- | ment and holders of stock. { Articles of Incorporation. ‘i Mr. Stickney has caused articles of in- corporation of the new concern to be | Juage Berka bound him over to the district | Ar2fted and will execute them today. The to | following 1 a copy of the articles of in- | eorporation The undersigned, for the - coming 4 railroad Gorporation And o8 Such e body corporate under and pursuant to the nv: ol‘hlhe';lll:,l:‘ of Nebraska. do hereby make the Bereby certify ae Tollows: enie and do name assumed by sald o It shall be known is Cinata Grain nals. The names of the places of the of sald road are as follows: A point in the city of Omaha and & t In the city of Bouth Omaha. both in las eounty. Ne- braska: and the county through the said road shall m‘ = the county of las, in the state of Nebraska. The amount of capital stock construct such road is $100.000. shares of I8 each. e object and pu of said - tion' i 10 construct, maintain A operate s {raflroad from & point in the said ‘ot |Omaha to a point in the said city of th Omaha, #nd to do the general business of & public railway o tion and the trams- rtation of frelght and passengers for the Ppublic The principal office of sald company and the ,..-I},m..i"‘,,:m ot “transacting 1ts” basi: ness shall be in the city of Omaha, county |and state aforesad. The affalrs of sald company shall be man- aged by & hoard Of seven Sirectors: 1o be | elected hy the stockholders from ameng | thelr number. The said board of directors shall elect one of their number for presi- dent and shall also appoint & and & treasurer of sald corporation, and the said board of directors shall prescribe the duties and compensation of '\l!gl officers. Willing te Push the Plan. Speaking of his new project last night Mr. Stickney said (hat if he is able to mate his plans the new movement will be one of the best things for the city of Omaha that could be devised. In support of this view he cites the fuct that before the en- trance of the Great Western into Kansas City there was but little doing in the grain business in that city, while today ft is one of the important grain ceoters of the United Btates. | Write Letter to Northers Pacific Company Making Demand for Meney. HELENA, Mont, Oct. 1.—According to | well authenticated reports the Northern | Pacific Rallway company is mot alane in its troubles with the dynamiters, though |1t has 5o far been the only sufferer. For several days there have been & pum- | ber of Great Northern secret service men In Helena and vicinity, and it has devel- oped that their mission is to try te loeate | the person who has sent the company & | Colorado secretary. The Continental Trust | letier levying blackmail SIOUX FALLS 8 D, Oct. 19 —(Special) | company of Denver was designated as the | The letter was malled at Cascade snd it (Gemanded the payment of §I5.00. The v | raliroad company was commanded to fiy & | wignal if it mcceded to the demand, and | was given untll Tuesday evening, Oectober |3, to comply. If it @id mot eomply then the amount of the blackmall would be raised to 330,000, and to show that busi- ness was meant dynamite would be used on the ralls. Instead of displaying the signal the rail- road company has sent its detectives to Montana to iry te fervet eut the wilter of the letier. 4