Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE & clean, relfable newspaper that s admitted to each and every home. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XXXIX—NO. 37, OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2!‘; lfitfii—fl‘-lx: I'AGV};S.V RIOTS IN SPAIN GROWING WORSE Alfonso's Government is Facing Serious Crisis in Affairs of Kingdom. MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED King and His Advisers Determine to Suppress Mobs. COUNTRY UNDER BAYONET RULE 4 Masses of 8% 3 People Conflie % % Morocco. Oppose Character Mutionary in MADRID, July 28.—The situation In Cata- lonia has reached a serious stage. There is much bloodshed and. artillery has been employed In the streets of Bar celona to quell the outbreaks. The city is terror-gtricken. The revolutionists are reported o be fighting desperately behind barricadey/liffhe troops include mounted artiliery, ‘And the defense of the rebels have been raked with shot. King Alfonso hastened back to Madrid from San Sebastian today, and at once fssued @ deeree proclaiming martial law and the suspension of constitutional guar- antees throughout Spain. Orders have been given to the governors of the prov- ince to crush the revolution at any cost, without hesitation and without pity. Today marks a black chapter in Spain's history, fot there was tragedy, both at home and abroad. Bloody Battle with Moors. The king reached here in time to learn that part of hls army at Mellilla had had a bloody, battle with the Moors, which, though the final vietory was won by the Spaniards, cost the lives of twenty-one officers and & total of 20 Spaniards killed or wounded. An exact estimate of the dead and wounded in the clashes between the troops and rebels in Catalonia is impossible, owing to the rigid cengorship, which prevents the sending of private dispatches, and the government h not fixed a total The government admits, however, that rioters have been killed and wounded in several clties and towns, including Barce- lona, Alcoy and Cahorra. Details of the latest disturbances at other points are either meager or lacking alto- gether, Rioting in Many Cities. There has heen rloting at Sarrazossa, Vendrill. Riojs, Port Bou and Llanson, and a generalstr tke was declared today At Biscay. At these places there been much destruction ef property. The .sagtes. ok, ABs rebeilion is Barce- lonm. o \WHYCH/plAc® the movernment Is Tushing extra troops. oA dispatch this morntng #4'd that the Barcelona revolu- tioniets had been defeated as a result of desperate charses by the troops, but a dlspatch at noon was that fighting had begun again, the artillery using heavy gune to demolish the barricades, The peaceful seetion of the population fled in fright to thelr homes and locked and barred themselves in. A military procla- mation has béen Jagued at that city that no life is safe and warning peaceful cit- izens to remain under cover. The greatest inquietude reigns in Madrid. King Alfoneo was closeted until a late hour with Premier Maurs, and an officlal note was (stued, saying that the situation is exceedingly grave and that the rebellion must be repressed with an iron hand as tho Catalonians were struggling to engulf all Spain (n & revolution. Summary of Disturbances. ‘The minister of the Interior tonight issued an officlal note, glving a summary of the latest events in Catalonfa. At Reus near Tarragona, serious disorders have occurred At Alcoy theré has been much rioting In the Mpyets, the gendarmes using their carbines And killing or wounding many of the manifebtants. Order was quickly establishad &t that place. At Calahorra, & place of 10,000 inhabitants, the populace Invaded the rallroad station, destroyed the #wltches and did other material damage, which resulted in the Llocking of the tralns transporting the troops. Soldlers opened fire on the rioters of whom some were killed. The troops suc- ceeded In re-cstablishing train communic tions. Mimillar incldents occurred at other localities, At ¥ondrell, u raliroad was torn up to pravent the passage of trains convey- ing soldiérs from Valencia to Barcelona. The nfi}t says: “The government has acquired proof that the egitators #eek at all cost to producé A seditious movement throughout Spatn of & character clearly revolutionary, with the oBject bf preventing the move- ment of troops And to block the action of the government especially so far as it con- cérns the camplign at Melill Advices recelved this morning Bareelona, after the re-es telegraph athte that fighting still coninves in the streets and because of this fact and the Apread of the movement the govern ment has ordered the governors of the Pprovinces concetnied to employ the most siritgent meaahd And to maintain order _ et any cost. 4 e NAETR lowéd by wid: o8 ressutment {i trom t War, which has been fol- disturbances, is based the nation has been plunged in & n war and that the netions sons Kre Being sacrificed mercly béchuse of oppositign to & private mining undertaking. The poorer classes from which the regiiétils are chiefly drawn, ars especially bittel complaining that the man who can pay is exempt from mil- fidry service. It I8 the poor therefore who are forced to §O 0 Africa to mee death. "Thie greatest &Btagonism has been arouséd by the bilization of the re- serves. Many of men In the reserve forces have large llies, without means to suppor ather what they themselves Acenes occurred when Were called to the col- distractedly about the their children, whom fin- forced to abandon. At the ever, the government de- the reserves In the home eharitable people came for- | has blishment of the | |Appeal McPherson | | Rate Decision to Supreme Court State of Missouri Will Have Two- Cent Fare and Freight Rate Case Reviewed. KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 28.—An appeal to the United States supreme caurt from the declsion of Judge Smith McPherson in the Missouri raflroad rate eases was filed by Sanford B. Ladd in the United States district today. In declared that the Missouri rallroad passen ger and freight rate law was confiscatory and unconstitutional. Mr. Ladd sald an effort would be made to put the case ahead for an early decision in the supreme court. The case selected for the appeal was that of the Burlington rallroad. This road has a trunk line across the state and Is re. garded as the best paying road in Missouri Together with the appeal Attorney Ladd presented a check for $4.700, covering the cost of transcribing the evidence. Marker Steals Enormous Sum Amount Taken by Assistant Cashier at Tipton at Least Hundred and Ten Thousand. court TIPTON, Ind., July 2.—An examination of the affairs of the First National bank of this city was begun today by Miller Welr, examiner at large for the treasury department, to determine the exact amount of the losses incurred in the institution of which Noah R. Marker was the assls tant cashier. Marker disappearcd last S urday. $60,000 in cash was missing afier Marker's departure. It has been known in the last few days that the books of the bank were in bad condition and that thousands of dollars had been taken from the bank’'s funds through a period of eighteen months. The total of this shortage, it was said today, would reach $0,000. Added to the loss of $60,000 in cash, the whole shortage in the bank's funds is $110,000 Until Mr. Welr makes his report it will not be known whether the bank will be re-opened or shall be placed In the hands of a recelver. Secret agents of the treasury department are Investigating Noah Marker's life here in the hope of discovering some clew that may lead to his apprehension. Democrats Try for Congress Hitchcock of Nebraska Member of Congressional Campaign Committee. WASHINGTON, July 25.~The demogratic congressional committee will soon begin its campaign work. Its effort will be to win a majority in the next congressional election. The committee has just been announced by Chairman Lloyd as follows: Rainey of Illinois; Finley of South Caro- lina; Johnson of Kentucky; Hitchcock of Nebraska and Palmer of Pennsylvania. WEALTHY NEW YORKER ELOPES Bride Is D ter of Former Miss Wagstatf of Paola, Kansas, PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 28.—Frank C Jones, jr., son of a wealthy New York manufacturer, and Miss Gladys Kemp, were married here last night at the par- sonage of St. Joseph's church. The affair is spoken of as an elopement. Miss Kemp is the daughter of Mrs. George Kemp, who was Miss Lily Torrey Wagstaff of Paola, Kan., prior to her mar- riage in Kansas City, Kan., in 188, AMERICAN WOMAN IN JAIL, Mrs. Thomas Appleton of Seattle Arrested in Switzerland for Hotel Debt. GENEVA, Switzerland, July 28.—Mrs. Thomas Appleton of Seattle, Wash., has been arrested on the complaint of the pro- prietor of a hotel here where she had been stopping since May last, for fallure to pa: a bill of $800. An American pustor here has assumed charge of Mrs. Appleton’s 19-year- 0ld son and 17-year-old daughter, pending thelr mother's release. Rural Mail Carriers Are Appointed for Routes in lowa = South Dakota. WASHINGTON, July 25.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Rural carriers appointed: Iow: Everly, route 2, Clarence A. Cranston, car- rler; Foster A. Cranston, substitute; West Side, route 1, Otto H. Brown, carrier; no representing the ~lBN-.| here | his decision Judge McPherson | WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL | THAW EVIDENTLY OF SOUND MIND Slayer of Stanford White Makes Fine | Impression on Witness Stand. PROVES MATCH FOR JEROME Answers All Questions Propounded | Readily and Intelligently. SAYS CRIME WAS WICKED ACT Shows Disposition to Protect Repu- tation of His Wife, BELIEVES IN HIS OWN SANITY| Legally Insane, How- He Fired Fatal Have Another Today. Thinks He W ever, When Shot—To Orde N. Y., July 8—Harry K. Thaw's fate lay in his own hands to- day For six hours he occupled the wit- ness stand while District Attorney Jerome, the man who twice tried to send him to prison and who once has thwarted an ef- fort to release him from a criminal insane asylum, delved into his life nistory. | Thaw emerged creditably from the ordeal. | Whatever Jerome and his alienists may make of the examination, to the eye and ear of the layman Stanford White's slayer showed no signs of Insanity on the stand today. Tonight Thaw, the members of his fam- ily and his retinue of attorneys and ex- perts were unanimous in their opinion that he has proved his fitness to be at large. But Thaw's ordeal is not over. He will| remain on the stand tomorrow and perhaps a day longer. The state's allenists believe that If he ls insane he will be more likely to betray himself toward the end when wearfed by Jerome's continued hammer- ing. WHITE PLAINS, Both Are Good-Natured. Neither Thaw nor the New York district attorney displayed anything but the utmost good nature today. Frequently the dialogue resembled the chat of friends at an after- noon tea. Sometimes Thaw thought he had scored a point and smiled with the keenest enjoyment The smile was always re-| flected on the face of his white-haired | mother, who sat in the court during the day with other members of the Thaw fam- ily. Before he took the stand Thaw kissed her on the cheek and frequently at critical points during the examination he shot & re- assuring glance in her directfon. Jerome today strove to establish Thaw's insanity mainly on Thaw's alleged treatment of young girls. Time and time again he asked the witness' own opinion of his mental state. Thaw's replies, in sub- stance, were: “I have always been sane, medically. When 1 killed White I may have been le- gally insane for a few minutes. I am sane now." Says Allenists Were Mi Thaw explained the evidence of his allen- Ists at the trial by saying that in declar- | g him insane they had been misled. “They were told,” he sald, “that the charges made against White were un- true and they Inferred that the charges must be delusions.” At times the witness scored on the dls- trict attorney so palpably that the whole court room joined in his smile of triumph. One charactertic episode occurred when Jerome asked Thaw to explain his hostility to Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton, one of the state’'s former allenists, Thaw sald he did not know exactly why he disliked Hamil- ton. “It was the case of Dr. Fell,”” he added. “Who is Fell?” inquired Jerome in- nocently. “Why don't you know?" exclaimed the witness in real or felgned surprise. Then he quoted the first two lines of the non- sense rhyme I do not like you, Dr. Fell, “The reason why, 1 cannot tell.” His Wife in Court. Tha mood was not always jovial. Questions that made the witness knit his brows had to do with his relations with Evelyn Nesbit before thelr marriage. Al- though it has been alleged that Thaw has broken with his wife and that she is aid- ing the opposition, he showed a strong desire today to shield her name. The young woman herself arrived In court during this part of the proceedings, and rewarded her husband's evident con- sideration of her feelings with several radiant smiles. At the same time Thaw showed strong reluctance to having his wife take the stand and had his attorney |invoke the privilege of confidential rela- tions to bar her, Ssan Merrill, who was the chief witness at Tuesday's session, was on hand today, but did not take the stand. Thaw swore that her most damaging statements against him were not true. She will probably take the stand again. The state expects to put on its three alfenists to tell their im- substitute. South Dakota, White Lake, | route, 2 Hoffman, |B. substitute. nest M. Hoffman, carrier; Ida ' pressions rogarding Thaw's mental condi- Allen a e people against the | | Scme commotion was caused in demo- |eratic circles at Lincoln Tuesday when Chairman Tommy Allen exhibited among delegates to the siate convention a tele- |gram signed “Norman Mack" stating that the sender of the message was enroute to the convention In an automobile. The telegram was sent to Tom Flynn, the Douglas county democratic boss, in care |of Chairman Allen, but Allen inadvertently |opened the yellow envelope and immediately | became greatly excited. He had no thought that Norman Mack of Butfalo, national chalrman of the democratic party, would attend the Nebraska convention, but when he eaw the telegram he proceeded to get busy. Steps were taken to prepare a ban- quet for the distingulshed guests and plans were making for & grand reception, when Tom Flynn gave the snap away Vince McDonough, one of the health in- spectors, is facetiously known by his friends as Norman Mack. This is because he at one time handled the money raised for & Jimoeratic pow wow. Norman Mack ‘u this Ume wes the democratic national fOrr;a_hva vJoke Gives Tom Ba_d Half Hour treasurer and McDonough was nicknamed “Norman Mack” on account of his treas- urership of the local Jim fund. The name has stuck to him since and few Jims now address the health inspector by his right name. McDonough was elected as & delegate to the state convention, but missed the Tues- day morning train by about two minutes. He feared that his presence might be | needed In the convention in the event the prohibition forces made any move and | therefore hired an automobile to take him to the convention city. But automobiles sometimes break down and fearing that an accident might befall and detatn him on the way the belated delegate wired Boss | Flynn: “Missed the train. Am comng in an au- tomoblle Hold the convention until I ar- rive. NORMAN MACK." As soon as Flynn saw the telegram he knew it was from Vince McDonough, but Tommy Allen did not know this and for an hour or more was in & fluster in ex- pecting the national chalrman, hallucinations regarding Standford White's | From the Minneapolis Journal. llllll'l.llll s feeieaes e | nnll" ¢ I"'_',.nu" MEN WANTED WALL STREET IS LOOKING UP Senator Guggenheim of Colorado Says the Tone is Improving. EAST WAITS ON THE WEST West Has the Crops Which Are Going to Ag: Pat Everything in the Bent Possible Condition. Senator Simon Guggenheim of Colorado passed through Omaha in his private car attached to Union Pacific train No. 3 yes- | terday atternoon en route to Denver from Elberton, N. J., where he and his family were enjoying an outing. Mrs. Guggenheim Washington making tariff legislation. He yesterday was accompanied by Mrs. Gug- genheim and their three daughters. Asked about the financial temperament of the east and the money conditions in New York, Senator Guggenheim said: “I wvisited New York and Wall street daily for the las: few weeks and I found the financlal conditions improving. They are now the best they have been since the | so-called panic of 1907. “There is In w York now what I |term a merchandise famine, which can be satisfied by the farmers of the west this year with big crops. New York and Wall street thls summer are more dependent upon the farmers than at any time for soveral years. “With big crops out here this summer the eastern financial conditions will be- | come the best in many years. As I under- stand the western prospects It appears that the east will be satisfied, for there is sure to be a bumper crop season in this section of the country. “There is no danger whatever of another panic in this country. As I said before, I was In the financial center of the coun- try every day for several weeks and I can state to you that the Untied States never was in ko little danger of @ money stringency or any other contingency that might lead to & panic like that of 1907, or anything worse. The east, with the excep- tion of the merchandise famine, never has seen a better summer for Wall street and the business interests. Crops Wil Fix it AlL “The west, I feel sure, will give the east the crops to wipe out the famine and then the country will enjoy its greatest year of prosperity in the history of the United States.” Senator Guggenhelm was asked regard- ing the tariff and said he was satisfied the country would come to realize that Senator Aldrich and the other senators are making the right kind of protection for the best interests of all the people. He said the conferees would be sure to fix up any places that were not right when the bill left the senate. He thought Sen- ator Aldrich had made the best kind of a tight. During the next month Senator Guggen- heim and his family will be in Colorado and Idaho, where they will continue their vacation trip. They were at Elberton on what Senator Guggenheim termed a “vacation jaunt,” and will continue it for another month in the west Call Douglas 238, the “Want-ad Number.” Ask for the Want-ad Depart- ment and your ad will be tak- en carefully and will appear in the next edition. Probably you have something you should advertise—a room or house for rent—need help—something to sell—something you want to buy. Do it now while you have it in mind. Telephone it, has been there since May 1 &nd part of | Insurance company. that time Senator Guggenhelm spent in |finances is given as the cause of the suicide. Hyde’s Secretary Kills Himself John H. Stuart, Witness Against Equitable Insurance Magnate, Commits Suicide. EVERETT, Wash., Stuart, confidential July 28.—John H. secretary of James Hazen Hyde, when the latter was presi- dent .of the Equitable Life Assurance soclety of New York, committed suicide yesterday a short distance from his cabin at Mukilteo by shooting himself in the body and head. Stuart was & witness against Hyde In the investigation that re- sulted In the latter losing control of the Despondency over Union Pacific Makes New Record Common Stock Goes Above Two Hun- dred Mark on New York Exchange, NEW YORK, July 28.—The feature of the stock market at was the advance of Union Pacific common to a new high record above the 200 mark. On sales of 5,000 shares at the opening the stock sold from 199% to 200% as against 199% at yesterday's close, United States Steel common's response to the increased dividend was an advance of point on sales of 1100 shares. The rest of the list was active and stron; LAHM WILL RETURN TO OMAHA Lieutenant Who Accompanied Orville Wright Tuesday Known in Omaha. . Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm who accom- panied one of the Wright Brothers in the successful flight in their areoplane at Fort Myer, Va., Tuesday, is the same who made the first flight with the Baldwin dirigible balloon at Fort Omaha several weeks ago. Lieutenant Lahm will re- turn to Fort Omaha shortly to assist in getting the dirigible into proper shape again for the experimental flights at the Des Moines military tournament. He will conduct other balloon experiments at Fort Omaha during the fall. The new spher- fcal destroye¢ during the flight by Chandler and Lieutenant Ware several months ago has not yet arrived at Fort Omaha, but It is patiently looked for. In the meanwhile nothing is doing In the balloon business at Fort Omaha. SOLON PINCHED BY DRY LAW Member of Misslanippt Charged with Violatin hibition Statute. WESSON ,Miss, July 28.—W. W. Robert- son of Wesson, a member of the state leg- islature, must face the courts on a charge of violating the state prohibition law. An affidavit filed against him late yesterday charged him with retalling intoxicating lquors. Captain the opening today balloon that was to replace the one| 1 | was WEATHER FORECAST, For Nebraska—Fair, For lowa—Generally fair, For weather report see page 3. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The Usual Shortage in the Northwestern Summer Resort PULLIAM ~ SHOOTS = HIMSELF President of National League Tries to End His Life. HIS RECOVERY IS DOUBTFUL Sight of Both Eyes ix Destroyed by Bullet Which Plerces Coating of Brain—No Explanation of Act. NEW YORK, July 2.—Harry C. Pull- lam, president of the National Base Ball Clubs attempted suicide tonight in his rooms on the third floof the New York Athletic club, Standing in the middie of the Mr. Pulliam held a revolver to his right temple. He fired only one shot. It went In at right temple and came out seven inches away on the left side. The bullet destroyed the right eye and passed through the upper part of the left. It is not be- lieved he can recover, although he con- tinued consclous for some time after the shooting. The mound of the pistol shot was not heard at any other part of the club house, but Mr. Pulllam in falling to the floor ap- parently dislodged the receiver of a tele- phone which was standing on a nearby. The operator on the ground floor, answering the signal, got on reply, and sent a bellboy to Mr. Pulllam’s room to find out what was the matter, unlocked and the boy, faillngto get any response to his knocks, opened it and walked in. Unable to Explain Act. Lying on the floor half clad, lay the base ball magnate. The boy rushed down stalrs and gave the alarm. Dr. the club physiclan, was hastily summoned and after making a hurried examination directed that the coroner be notified. Mr. Pulliam, although still conscious and able to speak, appeared to be too confused to answer the physiclan’s questions coher- ently. The wounds were carefully dressed, but the physician had little hope of saving Mr. Pulllam's lite. Coroner's Physiclan Shrady, who arrived about half an' hour after the shooting, assisted Dr. Higgins in attending to the wounded man's needs. Both of them at- tempted to get some explanation of the base ball president's attempt to kill him- | self, but he could not give Intelligible an swers. The coroner's physiclan, leaning close to Mr. Pulllam's ear, asked slowly “Why did you shoot yourself?'" There was no reply. He repeated the question. Mr. Pulllam roused himself con- fusedly and asked In a dazed manner: “Why, who's shot?" Again the question was asked, and this time all that the stricken president could answer was a muttered “What shot?" The physicians decided that any further questioning was likely to endanger Pul- llam's slim chances of recovery. Assisted by eclub employes, they placed him in bed and did everything ln their power to relieve his pain. Both Eyes Destroyed. The sight of both eyes was destroyed by the bullet, the physiclans said. Al- though the course of the bullet was not traced, it appeared it had entered at least the covering of the brain and it seemed (Continued from First Page.) Russian City in Panic Owing to Cholera Ravages ST. PETERSBURG, July 25.—Dispatches to cope with this situation there are only recelved here this morning from Polsk in| five doctors, who ai the government of Vitbesk, the only city | work that they in Russia aside from St. Petersburg where | services at the cholera has made much headway, say the city is in full panie owing to the in- efficlency of the sanitary administration and the shortage of physiclans. Forty ]au of cholera are reported daly and 80 overwhelmed with night. Heart-breaking scenes are witnessed at the physiclan's offices where relatives of the stricken fairly fight to secure attention. Many stores have been closed and all well-to-do persons are flee- ing ftrom the city League of | room, | table | The door | Higgins, | obliged to refuse their | 'CONFERENCE ON TARIFF AT END Advocates of Lower Duties Lose as to Rates on Gloves and Lumber, SLIGHT REDUCTIONS ARE MADE Coa! Duty is Reduced and Hides Go " on Free List. PRINT PAPER RATE CUT DOWN Probably Not Enough to Satisfy Some House Members, HARD FIGHT ON COAL DUTY Senators Who Favor High Protection Make Last Vain Plea—Bill Wil Probably Reach House Sut- urday of This Week. WASHINGTON, D. C., July B—After working for nearly three weeks at what proved to be one of the longest and most arduous tasks ever experienced in tariff building, the republican members conterence committee on the Pa rich bill brought their deliberations sudden close at 6 o'clock tonight Without a moment's delay, the senate and house leaders, whose names are car- ried by the bill, started away by automo- bile for Port Myer with the Intention of laying their report before President Taft, who had gone to see what had been in- tended to be the last officlal flight of the Wright brothers’ aeroplane. All day the conferees had struggled with the question of bringing down the house rates on gloves and the senate rates on lumber to figures they felt would meet with executlve approval. In this effort the conferees falled. Lumber Reduced But Little. Lumber was made dutiable at rates only a little below those named by the senate bill, and there was a slight shading from the house rates on gloves of good qual- ity. Although w a it was not admitted by the conferees, the general impression drawn from the hurried trip to Fort Myer was that Messrs. Aldrich and Payne had been authorized their colleagues to Incor- porate in the conference report such fig- urse as could be agreed upon withthe president, insofar as they came within range of what the leaders believe will be acceptable in the house and senate. Returning from the conference at Fort Myer, Messrs, Aldrich and Payne seemed to be entirely satisfied with the outcome of their mission, although nelther would discuss the conclusions reached. It was announced that the democratic members of the conference committee will be called linto sesston at 10 o'clock tomorrow. It | is statea also that the conference report will be presented ta the house probably at noon Friday, by Lumber Rates as Fixed. It required a roll call to fix the rates on lumber, which are as follows: Lumber, rough, $1.40 per 1000 feet. house rate was $1 and the senate $L50. The Dingley rate is $2. The senate differentials were adopted, making lumber planed on one side dutiable at $1.90; two sides, $2.15; three sides, $2.52%, and four sides, $2.90. | ‘The senate rates on | whieh ere higher were also adopted Votes were taken $1 nd at $1.50, | be reached, except at | rough, with the tinished lumber, The rate lath and shingles, than the house rates, on rough lumber at but no agreement could the $140 rate for senate differentials on Increase on Gloves Gloves were made dutiable at rates con- siderably in advance of the duties fixed | by the senate bill, which for the most part were the same as the Dingley rates. The conference rates are as follows: Women's and children’s gloves valued at not more than $4 a Cozen, $2.50 a dozen; valued at more than $4, but not more than $12:a dozen, $4 a dozen; valued at more than $12 a dozen, 2% per cent ad valorem. The Schmaschen glove of sheep origin, which 18 the cheapest skin glove manuafactured, | was made dutiable at $1 a dozen. This is |a heavy reduction from the house rates, which made ‘all gloves duitable at $ a | dozen, and is even less than the senate | rate at $1.25 and the Dingley rate of $L75 | per dozen. The conferees adopted an Amendment which cuts in half the cumulative duties to {m cents a dozen pairs provided by the Ding- ley law for gloves of certain stitching, or when lined, or when finished in a manner adding to the ordinary value. In connection with the adjustment of the glove rates, fcrmer Representative Lit- tauer of New York, the largest glove manu- facturer in this country was admitted to the conference chamber where he made an earnest appeal for the retention of the rates named by the house. Kenneth Barnhart, manager for Marshal Fleld and company, Chicago, the largest importers of gloves in this country, was also admitted. They are on opposite sides of the question and were admitted, one after the other to give their views. Lower Duty on Coal. Senator Elkins and Scott of West Vir- | ginia ana Clark of Wyoming endeavored to get the conferences to make the rate of 4 cents a ton on coal apply to the short ton, which It is sald, would make | & aifference of about five cents a ton |and operate to advance the rate to the i.xui\llem of B0 cents. | In support of the suggested change, it was argued that Canada's duty on coal applies to the short ton. The senators in- | terested in-‘getting all the protection pos- sible for coal were not successful in their mission Just before the close of the session to- day the print paper schedule was re- opened and the rate fixed at $37 a ton, This is only 25 cents less than the senate rate, and $L.76 more than the house rate, It is expected this rate will raise the fre of the members of the special com- mittee of the house which Investigated | the wood pulp and paper question espec- lally as the chairman, Representative Mann, (11.), has announced that he would not vote for the conference report unless the $2 rate was retained. The conference rate 1s 3225 a ton less than the existing rate. Hides on Free List. Hides were left on the free list, con- | tingent upon the adoption of th rule in | the house making the action of the con- ferees In golng below the house rates lu fixing the rates on lead 4