Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1910, Page 1

¢ THE OMAHA BEE 'm to the homes—is read by the women--sells goods for advertiser: e=t=== HE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska For lowa Partly cloudy. Snow flurries. For weather report see page 2 VOL. XXXIX-—NO, 183. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, l!l]();’i‘\\'l'll,\']‘l PAGES. EEMENTMADE AGR ’ WITH INDIANS L] Proposition of Winnebagoes Favor. ably Received in Certain Phases by Department in Charge. COMMUTATION OF ing Five T 1% “h MORE TIME FOR TH. %% ot e 4 2 Senator Conger's charges that at the pres- & | Extension of Limit to Esta 2% ent time he owed Benn Conger, os -x- |Attorneys for Plaintiffs Say They, v % ecutor of the estate of his brother, Frank, | Have Proved Their Case. dence to May 157 08 000 In adaition to. this sum, the two| — %% froton banks, which the Conger family | 2 : mtrol, hold Moe's notes for $3,000 |{W. H. REMICK ON STAND CONGRESSMAN MARTIN RE. When they had dragged from the witness 3 — this catalogue of his obligation to Allds' Dendwood Representative Says South |accuser, Allds' attorney announced thelr |Broker Who Negotiated the Dea Dakota Will Be for Taft—Cap- tain Sharp is Dead at Washington. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—(Special gram.)—Henry French, representing Winnebagoes of Thurston,oounty, and Mrs, | 8ide of the capitol last night to study Maggie Harding, interpreter, who have ! been in Washington some days, ANNUITIES 2RS | ligations to the Conger family. Witness Under Obligation to Allds’ Accuser Evident at Albany Discloses Moe Ha: Jwed Conger Money for Long Time. ALR/ Y., Feb. 10.—8ince 187 Hiram Moe, chief witness for Senator Berm ( .er In his efforts to prove that | Senato, otham P. Allds accepted a $1,000 bribe, ! been under heavy financial ob- He ad- | mitted today at the senate tnvestigation cf cross-examination was over. staff Immediately took the witness in hand Conger's legal Interests Tells of the | to offset the damaging etfect of his latest Pranstor, revelations. | For the first time since the Invesdgation began the testimony today showed decid- NEW YORK, Feb. 10—Counsel for thée Tele- | edly In Allds' favor. Moe was forced to | minority stockholders in the Ohlo and the | tell of a secret expedition to the assembly ) Indiana independent telephone compantes, | e Minority Interes HEARING ADJOURNS FOR WEEK| | President Vail of Big Corporation! WHAT |BELL COMPANY IS IN CONTROL in Independent Companies Diseuss Status of Ohio Litigation. | Will Be Examined Then. EVIDENCE SHOWS | with Morgan & Co. for Majority ayout of the assembly corridors and for the west after Imparting to the com- | the $1,000. mizsioner of Indian Affairs the desire of When Mr. Osborn took up Mo¥s re-iet om- left today | Mittee rooms where he sald he paii Allls control of which was recently sold to inter- | ests yet to be officiully identified, sald to- | night in the hearings held here they were | satisfied they had already proved the con- | trol has passed to the American Telephone | the Winnebagoegofor changes In the sy tem of leasing their lands, Particularly they wish to have more Independ:nce those matters. They belleve they have Was a Sunday school superintendent five reached the stage where they thould be | Years ago. { given an opportunity to manage th.ir own| Mr. Osborne produced the New York | affairs. They also want @ hospital at:drafts which originally represented the | Winnebago and a dcctor who shall devot his entire attention to treatment of sick | that they were Winnebagoes. The latter request vas granted and ® hospital will undoubtcdly be an accomplished fact In the near fu- ture. AS to the leasing proposition, this fs practically & matter for congressional | action, Money for Some Tribes. Agreements concluded with certain in | examinatlon he first brought out the fact , ! that the witness was still deacon snd trus- tes of a Baptist church In Groton whare he | because the and Telegraph company. Thesihearings | were adjourned until a week from today | western lawyers {hsisted on o | 95,00 allexed I cleared | here?" Littleton asked when he took the | | witness in hand after recess. “Senator Conger,” replied Moe. wnd - showed | on April 28, 1901, This was to prove Moe's assertion that he had been in Syracuse to cash them the day befora, “Who went with you this morning when you visited Mr. Conger's old apartments | ican Telephone and Telegraph company | next examining President Vail of the Amer- | |fcan Telephone and Telegraph company, | and he cannot appear before then. Before leaving for Cleveland tonight, H. B. McGiaw, one of the p for the minority stockholders, plaintiffs in the action, sald: ““Through President Vail and W. H. Rem- ick, the banker, who negotlated the deal we have already established that the Amer- loaned to Remick’s firm (R. L. Day @ Co. without security, $7,200,000 for the purpose | of buying these controlling shares in the | independent companies of Ohlo and Indiana, tribes of Indians for the commutation of their perpetual annuities under treaty stip- ulations were today transmitted by tha| president to congress, together with a| draft of a bill providing for (he ratif ca- |senarate envelopes. They had visited the | that the contracts, not only between the | tion of t ngreements and making the Nocessary appropriations. Those trans- mitted to congress today include the agree- ments with the Oneida tribe cf Indiana | and Wisconsin, the Sac and Fox of the| Mississippl tribe of Oklahoma and Towa, | the Pottawatomie tribe of Kansas and | Wisconsin and tho Pawnee tribe of Okla- | toma. | Capltalization of the perpetual annultles | o the tribes named on the basls of 5| por cent Interest and the depo:it of the funds In the treasury Is provided for in the agreements. The appropriations in the draft of the bill are $20,00 for the Oneidas, $20,000 for the 'Sac and Fox, §180,758 for the Potta- vatomigs and $608,000 for .the Pawnee | ribes. v Exteuston of Time Givenm. Regulations extending to May 15 the time | ‘ov homesteaders ' to establish residence | n lands in several western states were omulgated today by the Interior de- partment i accordance with an act re- | cently 'passed by congress. The.extension | refers 'to all entries, as well as soldiers’ | aratory statements, made In North Da- oty South Dakota, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming wnd New Mexico, after June 1, 1902 It any 1\\&)1\\-1\* are required, as In| sases where the lads were formerly within ndian reservations, the act operates to xtend the date the payment becomes due | ntll the entry is made. | A leave of absence of three months trom | January 23 last 1s permitted these home slead entrymen, but those who avail them- elves of this privilege cannot claim resi- jence during thelr absence from thel clalms, and the period of residence under | cither commutation or five-year proofs is not shortened by the act. | e Captain Sharp Dies, Caplain Alexander Sharp, president of | the navy lnspection board and recentiy | captain of the battleship Virginia, dled at the navy hospital in this city at 45| o'clock this morning atter about a monch's iliness from typhold fever. He was born in White Haven, Mo., in 1855 and entered naval® service as a midshipman in Representative E, W. wood, who recently returned from the| South Dakota republican meeting at Huron this morning, called upon the presi- dent and informed him that South Dakota is for him and will support his policies. ! P. J. Haerlson, registrar of the Univer- sity of Nebraska, was in Washington to- day enroute home from New York. He called upon Senators Burkett and Brown and members of the Nebraska delegation. E. L. Gustin of Fremont was in Wash- ington enroute home from Boston, where he has been the last week on business. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska— Hebron, route 1, Roy Brown carrler, lzetta Brown substitute, Iowa—Irwin, route Paul Kinkefus carrier, Leonard Klinkefus substitute, South Dakota-——Tulare, route 2, Herman Roeber carrier, no substitute. | JEFIES COMMISSION TO RUN ROAD ACCORDING TO LAW y for Rock Island Says Regu- lations Are So Cumbersome Rail- roads Cannot Follow Them. Martin of Dead- | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—"The Interstate Commerce commission |tself could not take control of any single line of rallroad in this country and run it according to the laws regulating railroads that are now lald down in this coun It would be impossible. The laws are so cumbersome and burdensome that it is a physical tm powsibllity for the railroads to obey them. Thus declared E. B. Plerce, general solic- itor tor the Rock Island, before the house committee on Interstate and forelgn com- merce at today's hearing on the adminis- tration railroad blll. Mr. Plerce declared that certaln sections of the measure Were impracticable, MONEY FOR EMBASSY HOMES Lowden Bill for $300,000 Annually for Ambgssadors’ Residences is Favored by Colmmittee, WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The holse committee on forelgn affairs today decided | carefully coached the | maxtmum amount By a rapld fire questioning Littleton en- deavored to show that Senator Conger had | witness regarding | this house where Moe testified he and | Conger_had sorted the $5,000 Into three place, Moe sald, between 10 and 11 o'clock | this morning. Mine Company Wishes to Settle Out of Court Widows of Cherry Victims with Six| Children or More Are Offered Twelve Hundred. CHERRY, IIl, Feb, 10.—Widows and other surviving relatives of the nearly 300 miners killed in the St. Paul mine to- | night are discussing an effort by the St. Paul Coal company to settle oug of court all damage suits resulting from last No- vember's mine fire. The proposal for set- tlements was brought to Cherry today by State's Attorney Eckert of Bureau county. It is proposed to pay a minimum sum of | $800 to relatives of unmarried men and a of $1,200 to widows with six or more children, It was announced that the company was not gullty of any criminal negligence; that as its capital was only $350,000 it could not be held for more than that amount, and that the present offer was made to avold the delay of futile litiga- tion 1t is planned by the company, it was announced, to mortgage the mine for $300,000 to pay the damages contemplated under the company's proposal of settle- ment. . A mass meeting of those concerned will probably be called. In addition to his offi- cial dutles Prosecutor Fekert is attorney for most of the Scotch widows in Cherry. After forty-elght hours' delay Miss Frances Wheeler, a nurse, who was stricken with diphtheria Tuesday, was finally quarantined today, Dr. L. D. Howe returned today from Chicago with a sup- | ply of anti-toxin. Talk [ Platform at Huron Meet Thirty South Dakota Progressives Dis- cuss Questions Involved in Coming Campaign. i HURON, 8. D, Feb. 10.—(Speclal Tele- | gram.)—Thirty or more progressive re- | publicans met here this afternoon to dis- | {cuss political conditions incident to the | | approaching campaign. The discussion was confined almast entirely to suggestions for the platform, but no direct recommenda- tions were made. The question of candi- dates was touched upon only incidentally. J. F. Shroder of Rapid City doubtless will be the choice of the progressives for congressman in place of Congressman Martin and Thomas Thorson of Canton is Iikely to be pitted against Mr. Burke as representative of the eastern portion of the state. No other names were mentioned for any position. A call will be issued for a gen- | MeGraw, Remick said it was in the Ameri- |ean Telephone an | the Kentucky assembly Number of Admissions, “They admit that the American company wanted the companles and provided the money to make the purchase. They admit American company and Remick's firm,, but between Remick and F. S. Bralley, Jr, who had the shares of stock to sell, were drawn in the American com- pany’s office and that Remick was acting for the American company. “Further, we have shown that the Amer- ican company asked J. P. Morgan & Co. to form a holding company for these Ohlo and Indlana companies and that when Morgan & Co. took the holdings over the American company released Remick from the option 80 that the transfer could be made to Mor- gan's firm, ““We belleve that this shows conclusively that the American Telephone and Tele- graph company, which owns the Central Usion eompany in Ohio and Indiana, has quieted all competition there." Remick, who testified today that his profit in the deel has been “about $60,000," exclusive of the brokerage on the telephone company at Huntington, W. Va., sails for Europe next Tuesday for a protracted vacation. Remick's Testimony. Mr. Remick testified today that he had telephoned to F. H. Goff at Cleveland to have the minority stockholders suit there delayed until he (Remick) could diepose of the majority shares here. He admitted that advice to get a delay In the Cleveland proceedings was given Lim by Chief Coun- sel Leverett of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. Remick declared that from the time he tirst recelved the offer from Morgan & Co. urtil after the deal was ended no one con- nected with the American Telephone and Telegraph company knew the identity of the prospective purchaser. He said he had nothing whatever to do with the adjust- ment of rates by the United States Tele- phone company following the sale by Goft and Bralley. ‘Soon after that sale the United States company ralsed its rates to those of the Central Union company, which is owned by the American Telephone and Telegraph company. In answer to a final question from Mr. Telegraph company's offices that he told Brailey that he was buying the stock for himself, and not for the American Telephone and Telegraph company or anyone else. 'KENTUCKY SENATE STIRRED BY GRAFT CHARGES BY DRIES Committee Begins Investigation of Aevusation Liguor Interests Are U Money. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 10.—The senate committee chosen to investigate the rumor given volce here before the State Anti- saloon league by Senator Watkins of Union county, “dry” leader'of the senate, that certain members of the upper branch of had been bribed by the liquor interests of the state began work this morning. The Investigation s supposed to provoke much bitterness and It is declared if Wat- kins falls to produce proof sufficlent to substantiate the charges alleged to have been made, his seat In tne senate will be declared vacant. Every newspaper man at the ecapital, to- gether with members of the s.mate and (! eral conference here March 1. summored to appear before the committee. A single word—the error of a stenog- rapher in Interpreting his shorthand notes —was In part responsible for the long liti- gation in the ranks of the Transcontinental Passenger assoclation over tourist rates to the Paciffe coast for 1910. ““We oppose last year's rat was th report recelved by the secretary of the passenger assoclation from one of the Omaha officlals. The passenger official had used the word “propose’’ Im dictating his letter. Following the receipt of the reports from 194 tavorably veport the Lowden bill pro- vidhig for the expenditure annually of a sulf not exceeding $500.00 for the erection of American enbassies abros* the various railroads, there followed nearly alx weeks of disagreement over rates to the coast. On two occasfons officlals of [the passenger department of the Union One Word is Responsible for Prolonged Rate Row Pacific raliroad were summoned to Chi- |cago tn conterénce over rates | It was generally known that the castern agents favored W. Goff and James | house and a number of outslders have been | EXTRA' MINE DISASTER EL PRIMERS coh 75 oean From the Cleveland Leader. A MINE p1sas S !fil;m 68 Kiae Zegq i ‘“Yes, Something Must Be Done.”’ |Senator Says Governor is Enemy of Income Tax. GIVING COMFORT TO OPPOSITION Addresses Senate on Brown Amend- ment, Declaring it is Constitu- tional and Expedient in Present Form. WASHINGTON, Feb, 10.—Senator Wil liam E. Borah of Idabo took occasion in the senate today to attack the position of those who oppose acceptance by the sev- eral states of the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States which would permit the levying of a tax on incomes without apportionment be- tween the states. Incidentally the senator paid his respects to Governor Hughes of New York, includ- ing him by Inference among those who profess to be in favor of an Income tax but oppose practical measures which would permit its enforcement. His allusion was, of course, to: Governor Hughes' annual message to the New York state legislature urging defeat f the'pheruied amendment on the ground that M# language might be so construed as to authorize congress to tax {ncomes derlved from state and municipal bonds. Senator Borah pictured the mind of the public as in a state of susplcion and dis- content toward the government and de- clared that the people could not much longer be withheld from radical action if taxation were continued in protection of wealth and in exemption of “incomes which sustaln luxury and breed Idleness and fdiocy.” The senator said in substance: Early Court Decislons. “The history of the income tax since 1504 has not been one which any citizen can recite with pride. For a hundred by the men who helped td write the con- stitution had recelved the approval of an undivided court time and time again. Dur- ing this period there sat upon the bench of the supreme court some of the greatest lawyers of that or any other period of this or any other country. During this period the wealth of this country had not become so domineering, so powerful, 80 determined to have its own way. During this periqd, therefore, we had under the constitution the right to impose a part of the tax upon wealth and a part upon consumption and we did so. “In 18% and 1895 these precedents were overturned; " this constitution Interpretation unknown to its makers. In the face of two most powerful dissenting opinions to which two other judges as- sented the humillating and astounding doc- trine was announced that the makers of the republic had hedged wealth about so tha't the taxing powers of the government could not reach it even In time of war; that the founders of a government based upon equality and justice had made it im- possible to divide the burdens of govern- ment between consumption and a large class of gathered wealth. Last session of this body we were called upon to ratify and declare by express act our assent (o that Interpretation. Under the rule of the majority we did so. We submitted this proposed amendment to remedy this sup- (Continued on Second Page.) Tailors are daily receiving pretty spring suiting pat- | terns. One must call early in thesea- son to get the pick of these. Order now while they are not rushed and you will be more sat- isfied with the work done. ralsing last year's rates approximately $2.50 from Chicago. Thelr On the want ad pages un- votes, however, were not sufficient to | swing the proposed higher schedule. One of the western roads was repre- |sented as favoriug the raise. This an- lnounu‘men( caused surprise. When the letter of one of the western men was (produced the correct attitude of that road was learned. “We favor the old rates,” exclaimed an ‘Gfllml. & mistake somewhere." The final vote was a victory' for the “We do not oppose them. There's der the clagsification ‘‘Tail- ors’’, is a complete list of Omaha’s representative tail- ors. Many are making special inducements for your early spring order. | western rallroads I maintaining the old rates to the coast. Hayve you read the want ads to- dav? years a rule of construction as established | recelved an | BORAHCALLS HUGHES TOTASK | T'aft to Confer with Party Men on the Situation New York Republicans Seek Candi- date for Governor Acceptable to President and Hughes. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.--President Taft's visit to New York on Saturday, it Is ex- pected, will be made the occasion of an important politieal conference regarding, New York state conditions.” This confer-| ence probably will take place at the home | of Lloyd C. Griscom, the new chairman of the New York county republican committee. Efforts will be made to have Governor Hughes attend the conference. The republicans are sald to be anxious to get a candidate for governor who will have the support both of President Taft and Governor Hughes. In View of thé many rumors of various sorts which have gained circulation in financial districts and elsewhere regarding the attitude of the administration, Presi- dent Taft's speech before the republican club of New York on Saturday night at the Lincoln day dinner will be followed with unusual interest. It wes sald today that the president will take advantage of this opportunity to say that the republican party went before the American people in 1%8 with certain well defined pledges In its platform. He will contend that these pledges must be carried out, in fact as well as in spirit, and that he will do all in his power to see that they are carrfed out. War Carried to ing toward Muymuy. This section is occu- pled largely by American-owned coffee plentations, which have been serlously damaged by the depredations of recruiting 1arties scnt out by the government. The donger to American Interests is doubled now that General Chamorro's forces are also in the district. Despite repeated protests made by the American consul, Olivares, American plan- tations have been raided and left bare of laborers, who have been drafted into the government army. As a result the coffee crop is In danger of being a total loss. 'FOWLER MAY SUCCEED ELLIS President Taft Leaves Appointment of Assistant to Wicker- sham. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—President Taft will leave to Attorney General Wickersham the selection of a successor to Wade H Ellls, the special assistant in charge of trust prosecutions, who resigned several days ago to enter politics in Ohio. It was sald today that Mr. Wickersham probably would name James A. Fowler of Tennes- now an assistant attorncy general in the Department of Justice. Several other names, however, are under consideration. see, | charges Six Hundred Dollars. C. C. DECK “COVERED” DURING JOB Man Living Near the Bank is Forced | to Sit Tdly By While Thieves Are Cracking Strong Box, MEMPHIS, Neb., Feb. 10.—(Speclal.)—~The Bank of Memphis was broken into robbed between 2 and 3 o'clock vesterda: morning. The robbers took a hammer and knocked the dlal to the safe off and In- Jected nitrogiycerine into the opening, five being given before the door About four ounces of nitro- glycerine in a bottle were left behind In the bank after the robbers completed the job. The safa contained $2,631.37, of which $1750 was in gold, $3%0 in silver and the yielded. balance fn paper money. The robbers broke | Into the Burlington ralliroad section tool house and took tools with which to effect an entrance through the front door of the bark. Graln doors were taken from the twp elevatoys and barrels from the stores ond used for barricades, There were four or five men on the job. Deck “Covered” by Gun. Charles C. Deck, who lives in a residence east of the bank, saw the robbers at work, but could not glve any warning, as two of them covered him with guns while the others put in the nitro-glycerine. Robert Skelton, section foreman of the Burlington, found $0 in damaged and partially bills about 200 yards east of the depot when he went to work this morning, which it 1s supposed the robbers purposely left SINGLE |HEARING i Conkling and Mr. == | considetation of Dr. NEMPHIS BANK SAFE BLO\\'N: Robbers Succeed in Getting Twenty- ana ! torn | COPY TWO CENTS. HYDE CHARGED - WITH MURDER Information Against Husband Colonel Swope's Niece Filed by John G. Paxton. of {WARRANT IS SWORN OUT | Jue— i Physician Comes to Prosecutor's Office, Where it is Served. AT INDEPENDENCE Bail is Fixed at $25,000 at Sugges- tion of State. GRAND JURY TO TAKE THE CASE Court Calls Specinl Venire to Make horough Investigation of the Whole Mystery of Deaths and Slekness. BU CITY, LETIN, Fob. 10.—Prosecutor Paxton reached Kansas jcity at 4 o'clock and found Dr. Hyde and the attorneys awaiting them In the prosecutor's office. The party at once | re red to the marshal's office. There the warrant was served upon Hyde. a few preliminaries the party started for Independence, where it was intended to |arraign Hyde tmmediately before Justice Loar and arrange the matter of bond. In Hyde's action in sur- rendering and the fact that the grand jury is to investigate Prosecutor Conkling agreed to fix the bond at $25000. s KANS latter's After KANSAS CITY, Feb. 10.—A climax in the Swope mystery came late this afternoon when John G. Paxton, the family coun- | sellor, filed an Information at the office of |the county prosecutor formally charging Dr. Bennett Clarke Hyde with murder in the first degree, holding him responsible for the death of Colonel Thomas H. Swope. A warrant for the arrest of Dr. B. C. Hyde, charged with the murder of Colonel Swope, was sworn to by Prosecutor Conk- ling at 3:15 o'clock, before Justice of the Peace W. F. Loar at Independence, It was | based upon intormation previously filed by |J. G. Paxton, charging murder In the fivst degroe. Mr. Conkling then immediately |started for Kansas City, ten miles away, { to serve the warrant. In the meantime Dr. Hyde and his attor- | neys started for the prosecutor's office to | it service. Bail had been arranged for by Hyde and it was considcred probable that he would be released promptly. Grand Jury is Called. Judge Ralph 5. Latschaw of the criminal court at noon today instructed the county marshal to empanel a special grand jury to convene Saturday morning at 10:30 o'elock to Investigate the deatl of Colonel Swope. The grand jury investigation will go into every phase of the Swope mystery. The inquiry will not be confined to the death of Colonel Swope, but the death of Chris- man Swope and the epidemic of lliness In | the Swope household will be the subjcts of an exhaustive Investigation. To thwart the efforts of the opposing at- | torneys to secure the deposition of Dr. B. C. Hyde, upon the order of his attorneys | for an order of dismissal today, the efrenit {court at Independence, Mo, today dis- {missed the suit brought by Dr. Hyde de- Whils it is not definitely known'which direction the robbers took after completing the job, it Is thought they were hended for Omaha, from the direction in which the damaged bille lay when found. A gang of 160 leo men came from Omaha to Mem- phis the night before to finish the flee harvest at Armour & Co.'s lake, but ten of thesc were laid off, as there was nht enough work for all, and it was at first| thought some of these men had a hand in the robbery, but the job looks like the work of professionals. The ®afe of the Ceresco State bank was cracked about fourteen months ago and over $2,000 was taken. Sheriff Dalley from Wahoo and detectives from Lincoln have been summoned and are working on the case. No DENIAL _FROM STORMS President of Iowa State College Will Not Talk of Reported Res- ignation. BOONE, Ta., Feb. 10.—(Special Telegram.) —Dr. A. B. Storms this morning, in an in- terview, refused to deny he will resign from the head of the Iowa State college at the end of the present year. He sald the educational board must give out any de- velopments In the college situation. Spitzer Says Su NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—"The sugar trust made a scapegoat of me. It deserted me absolutely. It hounded and ruined me after it falthfully for 1 served years.” Oliver Spitzer, twenty-nine former dock superintend- ent of the American Sugar Refining com- pany's plant at Willlamsburg, thus pressed himself, after he had heard a sen- tence of two years in the Atlanta prison imposed on him today by Justice Martin, Spitzer was convieted for conspiracy to de. fraud by underweighing sugar. In broken tones Spitzer bitterly ralgned the sugar trust, saying: “1 started with the compeny In 1556 a boy and by industry worked my way, step by step, until 1 became superintendent of docks at Willlamsburg. “It has heen reported that I was recelv- Ing blg pay from the trust. As & matter of | tact 1 got & salary of $5 @ week. The ex- penses of this trial have cut Into my savings and left me practically @ ruined nan. ex- ar- |1t and seemingly no one else except Parr gar Trust Made a Scapegoat of Him “Ine the alleged fraud prosecution the government cried for a victim and the sugar trust answered by sacrificing me and four $18 a week checkers. None of us | was guilty of any breach of the law, but somebody had to go to prison to save those ‘higher up.’ “They sad I had knowledge of the ma nipulation of the scales at the sugar docks I don't think I was in the scate iouse once during the last fifteen years. I had no occasion to enter them. As to the corset steel sald to have been discovered in a hole in & set of scales I know nothing about who clalms to have found it iater. “I am going to Atlanta today because I directed my counsel not to apply for a stay of execution. I aid not want to place my- self in the same sort of o position as Mr, Morse found himselt in. “I am not saying this bocapse I anticl- pate that my conviction will be upheld by the courts. On the contrary, on an appeal T expect the conviction to be reversed and & new trial ordered’ bohind to avold detection in attempting [ manding $660,000 trom Johu G. Paxton and 1 1 to vse any of the damaged bills later on, [other defendants for alleged libel. Dr. COffCC DIStrlCt as the bank was about to send them to|Hydo had been subpoenaed to give his ‘Washington for redemption. deponition In this suit today. The total loss to the bank, which fs . : : Next St Not A unced, American Plantations Are Subjected |iargeiy owned by Ashland capitalists, is R il s to Marauding Expedition in !:z_mo, while the bank had insurance| All persons connected with the case were Ni amcunting to $3500, ard rone of the de. | uUnwilling to be quoted on the probable ac- AORERgIN positors will lose from the robbery. The |tion that might be taken next. The dif- bank has lssued a reward of $2000 for the |ferent sets of attorneys spent MANAGUA, Feb. 10.—Matagalpa province | capture and conviction of any or all of /the morning ‘in secret | conferences. i8 overrun by revolutionists, who are mov- |the robbers. |At the offices of Virgll Conkling, | the county prosecutor, and Coroner Zwart, | also, the case was gone Into behind closed |doors. It was evident that some decisive | move was pending, but none in authority would vouchsafe a guess &t to what the | next step would be. The coroner, it was asserted, was plan- ning to hold the inquest over the body of Chrisman Swope as soon as the Chicago chemists finished their examination of the {organs of the nephew of Colonel Thomas | H. Swope. This second Inquest would be held, it | was waid, regardicss of what the prosecutor | mignt see fit to do. I |BELIEVED ROBNETT HAS | BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY ding in Court-Martial of Paymas- ter and Surgeon May Be An- nounced Today. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—It Is expected that Assistant Secretary Winthrop. will| to- | day dispose of the court-martial cased of | Paymaster George P. Auld and Surgeon | Ansey H. Robnett, recently tried at the | Charleston navy yard, Boston, on eharges | of conduct unbecoming an officer and a | gentleman in connection with an assault on Dr. Bdward Spéncer Cowles at & navy dance. While no official announcement has been made, naval officers in Washington are | practically unanimous in the opinion that the numbers which the court recommended should be lost in the case of Paymaster | Auld will be remitted. A severe reprimand, however, 1s looked for. It Is not belleved that the court hi found Surgeon Robnett gullty. |BILL TO ABOLISH ALL BUT ONE PENSION AGENCY | | | Approprintion nittee Matntaining Only Wanh, | ottice. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.~The abolish- { ment of seventeen out of elghteen pension | agencics in the country is recommended to | the house by the appropriations commit- {teo in the report on pension bill submitted i today. The only agency will be located at | Washington, lBiLLs FO | | Fin Cor Favo ton R CONGO REFORM Government Has Mennares for Relief of Condition of Negroe DRUSSILS, Feb. 10.~The government has elaborated a serles of measiires for reforms in the administration of the af- fairs of Helglan Congo. The question of |labor and the system of land taxation has | received special attentios