Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1910, Page 1

PART ONE ((\I EWS SECTION PFAGES ONE TO EIGHT. THE OMAHA XXXIX—-NO. 37. T VOL. OM AHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 'SAYS BALLINGER _DECEIVED TAFT Gifford Pinchot on Witness Stand Makes Bristling Charge Against Secretary of Interior, DAY REPLETE WITH SENSATIONS Unfaithful Public Servant, He Says, | P Endangered Its Property. DISLOYALTY Secretary Accused of Making Three | Statements Absolutely Uritrue. | PLEADS FOR CHANGES IN LAW Would Have Siatate Make Impowsible Smcrifice Publie Welfare as Charged in Past. Amended to WASHINGTON, Fev. 26.—~With Gitford 'Gompers Hostile AND FALSEHOOD | | measure, that It did not fulfill the purposes |of the republican platform on the injunec- {he sala, * | to Injunction Bill in House Labor Leader Says Moon Measure | Will Not Fill Requirements— | Hits Sherman Law. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Samuel Gomp- ers, president of the American Federation of Labor, told Attorney General Wicker- sham yesterday that the Moon bill, now under comsideration by the judiclary com- mittee of the house, was a ‘pro-injunction tion question and that it would give stat tory authority for the issuance of injunc- tions. The proposed bill, Mr. Gompers argued would take away the base on which the organized labor movement in America was | founded. The American labor movement, ( was constructive In character, based upon American ideals. “If our eonstructive and conservative labor movement is outlawed,” he sald, “It will give way to another movement, not constructive and not conservative in char- { acter. The labor movement is not a trust None of Its achlevements In behalf of its Pinchot on the witness stand, the Bal- JingerPinchot inquiry entered phase today. The dismissed chief forestar, before being sworn, dramatieally declared that when his story had been told the coun- try would demand a verdict Mh the general conviction that the sec- ym» of the Interfor has been unfaithful h to the public whose property he has endangered, and to the president, who he has deceived.” L. R. Glavis, the Cunningham coal claims and Attorney Brandels all stood aside to make roon for Mr. Pinchot, for Attorney Qrorge Wharton Papper, his personal counsel, and his story of Secretary Bal- lipger's dealings with the water power sites of the public domain, MF. Pinchot accused Becretary Ballinger of having made an explanation of his con- duct to the jresident that was ‘“essen- tially false.” He charged him with being & “dangerous enemy to conservation.” He charged him with baving made a state- ment shown by undisputed documentai evidence to he absolutely false in three e sential partioulars.” Hé charged him with having wilitully decelved 'the president and of being dis- loyal to the preésident. Dpy Replete with Sensations, M Pinchot's firet hours on the witness stand were as repiete with sensations as had been nromived and the crowd hung intently on every word that fell from his lips. A trifle nervsus at first, Mr. Pinchot #0on became accustomed to his surround- ings and maintalined a confident poise thereafter. His recital had not progressed very far, however, when there came an objection from Mr. Ballinger's attorney as to the witness repeating conversations with Pres- ident Taft. It was contended that the ro- lation of these conversations would put the president n an attitude where he would either have to remain silent or else appear before the committee as a witness, which it was declared would be undesirable. The question was argued for some time and during the course of his statement of the matter the attornsy for Mr. Pinchot ad- that President Taft, in a letter writtbn subsequent to the conversation, had Qeclared that his recollection of what transpired at the. ifitacview differed in some particulars from that of Mf. Pinchot. The matter was put over for consideration by the committee and It ls expected that a decision will be announced when the next sesslon is held Tuesday morning. Belleves in Glavis, Mr. Pinchot followed up the vigorous at- tack made upon Secretary Dallinger in his gpening statement by announcifg'that he fully belleved in Speclal Agent.Glavis and was convinced that all Glavis had sald was true. Hoe characterized Glavis as a faithful public servant,” and declared that the facts which he presented proved that Mr, Ballinger bad boen unfhithful to his trust as the guardian of public property of enormous value. The conversation on movemept began under the administration of President Roosevelt was progressing splendidly up to the time that President Taft and Secretary Ballinger came Into office, declared Mr. Pinchot. He declared that within a month thereafter Secretary Ballinger had practi- cally broken the backbone of the central Wdeq of the conservation movement by re- \qurlnx previously withdrawn waterpower sites to the public domain and laying them open to private appropriation and monopol- istie control. Orders Land Restored. Mr. Pinchot charged that when the restor- ations were made Mr. Ballinger gave no hint that he would re-withdraw he power #lies, and that, &s a matter of fact, he did nigt re-withdraw any of them until after ® Pluchot had gone to the president and made & vigorous protest. The restorations by Mr. Ballinger were made without any Investigation of the eub- Ject whatever, sald Mr. Pinchot, and Le charged the secretary with having d- :Mwr- ately ordered the officers of the reclama- tion service, against their will, jo recom- mend that some of the restoratidns should be made. Mr. Pinchot declared that Di- rector Newell of the reclamation service would be called as ane of his witnesses to prove his charges .gainst Secretity Ba linger. The former secretary of tne in- terior, James R. Garfleld, It was snhounsed would be one of Mr. Pinchot's backers. President s Involved. One of the most dramatic Incidents of the day was left for the last half hour of tie session, when Mr. Pinchot declared fiut there was no such declsion by the conipe troller of the treasury as had heen (ind by President Taft In his letter of Sop‘: ber 13, 19M, to Seoretary Ballingar, Alu- miasing the Glavis charges and authorl ing the removal of Glavis from he seryice of the United States. The president had contended tna: Fallinger had acted under a decision of the comptroller, which permitted of no ap- ppeal, when he had abrogated a co-ope ative agreement with the Agricultural de- partment whereby the fopest service w given control of the forest reserves on Ir- dlan lands. Mr. Pinchot admitted that there was an opinion by the comptroller which for- bade the detull pf a clerk from the forest service 16 the Indian officer, but he con- Aended that it had nothing to do with the k’;ru £ the forest service in the tleld Ir. Pinchot's implication that President Taft had either been misled or utterly mistaken brought out & rapid fire of Aty questions from Benators Root, Sutherland | and cther members of the committee. They read into, the record the various de- cisions of the comptroller, which (hey «3&“‘ on Second Page) its second | “in harmony | members and soclety at large can properly be confounded with the perniclous and | welfjsh activities of the fllegal trusts.” | The Sherman anti-trust law, Mr. Gomp- ors averred, should be ‘“amended or ended.” The relation between employers | and employes, he sald, could not be con | sidered as a property right unless it were | held that the employer had a vested right in the labor of a workman, Negro Confesses to Killing Four Is Then Secretly Arraigned, Sentenced ¥ to Life and Hurried to Prison, PITTSBURG, Kan., Feb. 26.—Gu# Thomas, allas Ba Young, a negro 26 yeats old, con- | fessed at Girard, near here, last ‘night, to! the murder of Willlam Bork, a white farmer, the latter’s wife and child and an- other negro. He was arralgned secretly last night, pleaded gullty, was sentenced to imprisonment for lite and was taken to | | the penitentiary at Lansing today. | Thomas implicated Ed Challes, another | { negro, who was arrested with him. Challes was hurried away to the jail at Fort Scott, Kan., for safe keeping. Besldes the four murders, Thomas con- fessed that he and Chailes had committed numerous highway robberies. Thomas and Challes were arrested in Girard last Thursday, but because of the feeling aroused by the crtmes with which they are charged, thelr arrest was kept a secret. 7 The crimes were the most brutal ever committed in this sectlon. The bodies of Willam Bork, his wife and child were found in a lonely reglon seven miles north of Pittsburg on November 2 last. The Borks had been on a visit to a nelghboring town and were returning home in a buggy when attacked. \Boy,Kidnaped on ' Railroad Speeder A. Baird of Aberdeen Finds Son in| Minnesota—Friend of Divorced | | Wife Suspected. / 1 ABERDEEN, 8. D, Feb, 26—(Special Telegram.)—A. Baird, whose 10-year-old son was kidnaped Thursday afternocon, re- turned this_ morning from Breckenridge, Minn.,, accompanied by the boy. The boy says & man called at the school house and told him he would take him to see his mother and brother. They walked out of town a and a half and then were given a ride on a rallroad speeder to Plana, 8. D, where they took the train to Breck- enridge. The man got away. Baird states the mau Is Henry Voghta, a former St. Paul motorman, who, he clalms, 1s the man who eloped with his divorced wife. Voghta told a merchant at Plana that he was a malil carrier in Chi- cagu, but formerly was a carrier at St Paul. He sald he Intended golng to Great Falls, Mont., to live on & claim. Baird of- fers a 8200 reward for Voghta's arras BELMONT GETS HIS LICENSE New York Milliongire Secures Permit to Wed Miss Robson Late Friday. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—It was learned to- day that the marriage license bureau in the city hall had been kept open after; hours last night for the lseuance of .a marriage lcense to August Belmont and Eleanor Elsle Robson, the actress, whose | engagement was recently announced. Mr. | Belmont made the arrangement by tele- | phone. In the application for the license Mr. Pelmont gave his age as 57 years, while Miss Robson's age was given as 8l \ Great Northern to Spend Six Million. ST. PAUL, Feb. 2%.—It was announced to- day ‘at héadquartcrs here that the Great, | Northern rallway has planned an expendi- DOUGLAS COUNTY | GROWING FAST Makes Rapid Expansion in Commer- cial and Financial Dealings, as Figures Show. SECRET HELD IN CORNERSTONE| Widely Varying Stories Told by Court House Depositories, HAVERLY'S REPORT INTERESTING | Shows $1,604,042 Paid Out During| the Last Year, ADMINISTRATION COSTS MORE | Comparison of Cost of Running County 1882 and 1009 Story of Development of Western Enterprise. Douglas county, in its commercial and financial dealings, is expanding very rap- ily. It has a payroll that indicates big business, makes purchases that run into money like the buying end of a wholesale house and gives out contracts enough to keep many hundreds of people busy all the year round, and to allow some profit to | the contractors. | The annual report of County Clerk D. M Haverly, now in the hands of the printer, makes a decldedly interesting showing. A copy of this report was deposited in the cornerstone of the new court house. Com- pared to the business done in 1882 when the cornerstone of the present structure was laid, commerélal 6r manufacturing institution. Amount Pald Out In 1909, The amount pald out by County Treas- urer Furay during 1909 for various purposes totaled $1,604,042.86, itemized as follows: State moneys . .$, 252,770.55 County general fund warrants .. 39,523 County road fund warrants County bridge, fund warrants ... County bond sink. fund warrants County soldlers’ relief warrants. County court house warrant Labor receipts . Permanent roads City and village orders . 22 Rzge sy s B S8 the report reads like the tabu- | inted statement of the growth of A great | 55 3 Special schoal district ord School bond and coupons. Protest taxes settled Refunds i . Appralsers’ fees acct. Inh. tax. Fees high school orders. School apportionment orders, Rederuptions . Balaries co. treas. office SEEBsSEERR! 8izhzesgroa8gsTd 2 EES gg £2 Total 3 ceierennn $1,004,062.86 Money to Start New Year. On January 5, this year, there was a balance in/the county treasury of $467,647.90. Of this amount $2,8217 was cash in the drawer; $101,112 was invested in county warrants; $02.353.64 wes In the new court house bullding fund; - $566.92 represented taxes pald under protest; $51,608.4 was In the bond sinking fund, and the. balance was oredited to foriv-six different funds. Avaflable {n principal funds for warrants were the following amounts: General fund, $111,721.44: road fund, $13.280.45; bridge fund, $6,466.30; soldiers’ relief, $4,784.9; permanent roads (Iinberitance tax), §i1.- 26311, During the vear claims were pald from the general fund to the amount of $394,- 848.97; from the road fund, $35317.05; from the bridge fund, ${2712.70; from the. bond sinking fund, $7.83.60; county hospital, $172,368.61; permanent roads, §74,84052. Total of claims pald during year from all funds, $866,693.92. Claims were rejeeted to the amount of $23.20L98, claims were pending January 1 to the amount of $3,220.59, and warrants had been issued for §797,171.35. Close of 1908, At the close of business for the year 1906 there was in the treasury $435,367.28, and tax collections Auring 118 were as follows: Collections School land . South Omaha Omaha elty tax. | Redemptions Miscellancous fees. Miscellaneous moneys. Taxes paid under protest. Docket fees, Omaha..... Total -$1,636,308.48 In the inheritance tax fund, which is de- voted exclusively to the improvement of permanent roads outside the limits of in- corporated ocitfes and towns, there was available January 1, 1903, $47,92.09. Collec- tions from estates probated during 199 amounted to §19,15372. The largest amount collected was from the estate of Herman Kountge, #880; sccond largest amount from the estate of Lew W. Hill £,1285% The smallest Inherftance tax pajd during the year was $44.%. Besides the amount paid out of this fund for actual road work, $977.18 went to appraisers of estates, leaving a balance available Jan- uary 6, 1910, of $11,266.11. Total Assessed Vuluation. 1 The total assessed valuation of Douglas county for 1909 was $35,768.843, based on one-fifth valuation, and the tax levies for varfous purposes were in the following i amounts: For state purposes, 5.5 mills, $196,728.54 of which $35763.84 went to the university. County levy, 15 mills, $536,532.64. School dlstrjet tax, $14,9147, of which $13,229.62 went into bond fund and $4,641.% as for free high school tax. Village tax, $24.538.41; Benson tops the ture of about $.000,000 this year for addi- | tional equipmen . (Continued on Second Page) ‘Auctioning Fire and Police Commissioner W. F. Wappieh is considering the acceptance of an offer to enter the ligt of auctioneers at the South Omaha stock yards. Commissioner Wappich officiated as auc- tioneer at the sale of nine condemned horses of the fire department) and some stbekmen who saw him in action were ex- ceodingly pleased with his methods of get- ting all that was'coming to the city. Some of the animals were ‘not In the best of physioal condition, yet Wappich strung the buyers along so well that he registered an average of $162 a head. The lowest pri recelve for any animal wes $130, and from this the prices ranged up to $200. ““That fellow can make good as an auc- tioneer anywhere,” sald an experienced stockman who attended the sale and se- cured two or thyea of the horses sold. “I don't tare it he is a lawyer. He can make better money sclling high grade stock. He has the proper vocabulary, knows how to | hit the right chord and can take money Wappi.ch Makes B'ig Hit Off Fire Steeds out of a fellow's pocket for something he may not exactly want better than many a man who is a professional auctioneer.” Some rather amusing incldents occurred after the sale of oériain of the old firc horses. They have been used to taking their exercise withima block or two of the stations, and those from the house at Eighteenth and Harney bave never gone beyond Seventeenth east and Nineteenth west on their exercise trips. When their new owners mounted them to take them | home two of the horses bucked when they had got beyond their ordinary points of travel, and it required §ood horsemanship to handle them and get them headed for the country, farmers being the purchasers, Others balked and expressed feelings of deep regret when they were being driven by their old quarters in the different fire houses, plainly indicating that Omaha looked %0 §ood (o them, especlally - the Omaha fire houses, they did not want to leave. | 27 1910—SEVEN SECTIONS-FORTY-FOUR SUNDAY B i g WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska— Fair. For lowa—Fair; colder, For weather report see page 2. PAGES. GLE COPY FIVE CENTS, “Yes, Tt From the Cleveland Leader. Tough Old Man, I've Had a Spell of It Myself.”’ RICHARDS LETTER FORGERY One in World-Herald Committing Fremonter to Prohibition Fraud. LETTER WAS ALSO SENT TO BEE Bditor of This Paper, Suspecting Fraud, Wrote to L. D, Richards— His Denumciation of the Forgery Followed. L. D. Richards of Fremont declares that the letter published in the World-Herald over his signature, committing him to the advocacy uf state-wide prohibitidn, 1s a “fraud and forgery from start to finish.” This letter quotes Mr. Richards as com- mending the stand of former Governor Sheldon in advocating state-wide prohibl- tion and saying that had elther he or Sheldon come out thus boldly for a dry policy when running for governor of Ne: braska he would have been elected. The World-Herald not oniy printed this forgery in its editorial columns, but made it the subject of its lead editorial for the day and the occasion for reading a char- acteristic curtain locture to. the republicans in general amd Sheldon and Richards in particular. But the editor of the World-Herald was not the only man to whom a copy of this spurious ‘letter was sent. The- editor of The Bee recelved one, as well. But the edi- tor of The Bee suspected on the face of the tiing that ft wayn fake and a forgery, ‘and occaston, before venturifiy to use it, to write Mr. Richardg and ask him if he had written and sent out such a letter, ? Fraud and Forgery. Here Is Mr sRichard's|answer: “FREMONT, Neb., Feb; 2, 1910.—Hon. Vie- tor Rosewater, Editor of The Bee, Omaha, Neb. Dedr Mr. Rosewater: I thank 'you for the courtesy 6f yoyr inquiry of the 4th inst. regarding the Ruthentlcity of a typewritten letter and t written signa- ture, and replying theretd would say that the whole thing {8 a fraud and forgery from start to finish. “I notice the World-Herald published the letter with editorfal comment and that it appeared also in the State Joummal without magnifying it very much, “I called up Mr. Newbranch and told him that I was going to write him and asked him if he would give my letter prom- inence on the editorial page. I am enclo ing you herewith carbon copy of the New- branch letter. “Again thanking you for your considera- tion, I am, Very truly yours, “L. D. RICHARDS."” Letter to World-Herald. Here is the copy of the letter Mr. Rich- lards sent to H. E. Newbradch, editor of the World-Herald, reference: to which he made “February 25, “Dear Mr. Newbranch: “The World-Herald In this morning's issue published a letter on its editorial page purporting to come from me, upon which you comment freely and apparently with some satisfaction. Is this a part of the political game? “I never saw this letter and know abso lutely nothing about it. It is a fraud and forgery from start to finish, and I am surprised that the World-Herald should be 80 unfair as to publish a typewritten letter with a typewritten signature without as certaining the facts. “I say typewritten, for Mr. Rosewater of The Hee received a similar letter and had the courtesy to write to me befors publishing, asking If the letter was au. thentie, “I cannot understand the motive that inspired the writer of the letter. I am try- ing to be respectable and lead the simple life, and to have such an Injustice perpe trated makes me feel that my efforts in that direction are vain. 1 do not mind saying, however, that I am not a prohibi- tloniét and never h: been. I belleve in the Slocumb law, yigidly . enforced, and in the republican 8 o'clock closing law *If you receive other letters in the fu- ture purporting to come from me, plcase remember that you have A telephone in the office, and it will cost you only %0 cents to verify." 1910, The thousands up- on thowusands, and thousands, who dive into the sea of Bee Want Ads. tomorrow morning from early candle light until late at night, represent every class, _They want something. ey will find it in The Bee, most likely. It you have an ad and can't get down to The Bee office, and have a 'phone, call Douglas 238 and it will be all right. But do it early, ispondence of Suit to Nullify Packing Trust’s Jersey Charter Prosecutor Garven Anounces He Will Start Action Next Week, Fol- lowing Indictments. NBW YORK, Feb. 2.—A petition to nullify the charter of the National Pack- ing company, one of the corporations in- dicted yesterday for conspirvey to raise the price of meat by the Hudson county, New Jersey, grand jury, will be filed next waek by Prosecutor Garven of Jersey City. I see that, according to dispatches from Chicago, the packers there regard this prosecution as a joke sald Prosecutor Garven of Hudson county, New Jersey, to- day, alluding to the Indictments of the companies and Individuals in the alleged beef trust, found by the grand jury In Jersey City yesterday. ‘“‘Well find out before we get through that this is & serious matter and the laugh will be on the beef barons and mot on me,” con- tinued the prosecutor. Mr. Garven declared ‘there would be further evidence ready for submission to the, grand fury when it meets on Wednes- day next. Taft's Message “Jrges Merger Bill President Presents Plan for Reduc- tion. of Ages' of Naval ; Officers. WASHINGTON, Feb. %.—President Taft today sent a speclal message to congress urging legislation for the improvement of the personnel of the nayy. The president's message outlines a bill préparéd by Secretary Meyer, which would reduce the ages of the senlor officers and reorganize the line. The president declares that the linp of the navy is In an abnormal condition be- cause of past legislation and that under the conditions existing young officers will have little opportunity for promotion for years to come. . The effect of the measure which Secre- tary Meyer has prepared and which the president approves would be to promoto officers to the grade of captaln at the average age of 46 or 47 years and to the grade of rear admiral at the age of 5 to 55 and make the average of all rear ad- mirdls about 058, Tsch;kovsky to Have Open Trial Government is Issuing Tickets of Admission to the Court Room. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.—The belief that the trial of Nicholas Vasillevitch Techaikovsky and Mme. Breshko-Breshkov- skaya would be open is confirmed. The court officlals are {ssulng admission tickets, as the court room s small. Mme. Breshkovskayi lawyer, Prince Erlstoff, says his client will not be pres- ent. The defense, while not denying revolu- tionary actlvity on her part, will mercly point out alleged errors in the indictment when she 1s called to plead. Florida Fruit Rates Lower., WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.—Rates on ship- ments of fruit and vegetables from Florida points to pointsin the north and west were today ordered reduced by the Interstate Commerce commlission. The reduction amounts approximately to & per cent. they will | klOTINC IN PHILADELPHIA | Passengers and Crews of Street Cars Attacked by Mobs. POLICEMAN BADLY BEATEN Man Who Was Oarrying Unconsclous Woman from Assnulted—— John J. Murphy Released on Bonds. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.—After a day of almost complete tranquility, several small riots broke out in Kensington late today, when young men attacked cars run by nonunion men. In one of the aifrays passengers were attacked by strike sym- pathizers. A motorman wad drégged from his car and badly beaten and several poiice- men were roughly handled, but no one seriously Injured. The most serious affalr oscurrad ulout 6 o'clock at Front street and Susquebunna | avenue. Front street, a business tho:ough- fare, Is always crowded Suiurdays with a holiday crowc. Toward evenlag the cfowd there was beyond the contrsl of he .ocal police force and stopped a car ut the iuter- seotlon of the streets. The crowd tried to reach the nonunion crew, and thougn the ‘lone policeman who was protacting the crew fought bravely, several meén dregged him irto the street, His revoiver was taken from his pocket, his club was wrested rom his hand and he wae given a severe beat- ing. The conductor managed to get away, but the motorman was not so fortunate He fired several shots from a revolver, but all went wild and he was pulied trom the car and also beaten. Other policemen waded intc the mob, but reluctdnt to draw their revolvers because of the women and chil- dren, caught in the crowd, fought with thelr clubs. “Here comes the state cops!” some ane velled and thero was a movement to break away. A halt dozen mounted police galloped alonk Front street and chargod intg the crowd. They drove up on the sidewalk, smashed right and left with their hickory sticks and gradually forced the mob back. Men, women and children were troated altke. No guns were drawn by the tropers, but they made good use of their riot sticks and the rloters realizing the troopers were not to be trifled with were soon on the run. Woman Struck with Brick. During the fight a woman passenger. Mrs, J. C. Ehler, was struck with a brick and rendered unconselous. Walter Graham, another passenger, who tried to carry her from the car, was attacked by the mob and roughly hagdled, but managed to carry the women intd a drug store. A half a dozen people were hurt by the policemen’s clubs and sent to hospitals to have thelr wounds dressed, after which they were taken Into custody, charged with rioting. The other disturbance in Kensing- ton was not serlous. The first trouble in the negro section oc- | curred today, where a crowd threw mis- siles at cars. Policemen quickly scattered the erowd. The arrest and arraignment of Jahn J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor union, on a charge of inciting to riot and the disorder noted marked the eighth day of the strike. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit company slightly increased the number of cars in operation and several lines in outlying sections were opened for the first time. An increased number of cars s in operation tanight. Whether or not a strike of all organized labor in Philadelphia will be called next week will probably be decided at tomor- row's maeeting of the Central Labor union, It is sald that the workingmen are not unanimoys on the proposition. President Murphy is in favor of a general walkout. Murphy Released on Bond. John J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor union, arrested last night, charged (Continued on Second Page.) Wour;acd Care Hut by Flicker of Candle NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26.—Staft corre- the Associated Press from Bluefielde under date of February 10, and recelved by mall steamer today, deseribes the condition of the wounded after the battle of Santa Clara. At 8 o'clogk at night a cattle ranch called Yalu was reached. There were two cots in the house. One of these the Amer- fcans. molicitously aided by Nicaraguan of ficers, secured for Colonel Gabriel Conrad of Louisiana, who had been wounded. The couches rested on bare ground. Pigs scurried out of doors, and a general air of the stable yard prevailed. A man shot | through the stomach groaned ceaselessly on the second cot. A native shot through the leg crawled under his cot and another beside It Just outside of the door an- other, With part of his face shot away, d For in Rude moaned (he name of a saint. Some of the native wounded had been brought along on native hammocks and others stolcally walked. On a crude bed, Dr. Castillo, working hy the light of a candle, dressed the wounds. Sam Drebbin of Philadelphia and Panama, a veteran of the Philippines and » highly capable forager, had lifted some one’ chicken dinner from the table as he passed through Puebla Viego. This now fur- nished a much needed broth for the wounded. It was not long before the doctor's can- dle had been exhausted and the crude house with its suffering men was left lin darkness, save for a flicker of light from the fire outside, where the broth had been warmed. All that medical aid could do under the circumstances had been done. FIRST STEP TO STOP BREF RATES Executive Committee of Live Stock Exchange Begins the Fight for the Omaha Market, APPEAL TO REASON OF RAILROADS Adopt Resolutions Showing the Inde- fensible Injustice of Move. WILL FOLLOW THIS UP IF IT FAILS Have Co-operation of Powerful Busi- ness Interests Affected. SIOUX CITY WILL ALSO JOIN IN Resolutions Addressed to the Burling- ton, Northwestern and Rock Ivland, in This Plot of Commercial Assassination, Chiet Conspirators Omaha, South Omaha and the immense live stock and packing interests of Ne- braska, took thelr, first step in p move- ment designed to restrain the detion of the rallroads in raising the rate on dressed beef between Omaha and Chicago, thus discriminating against this city and Sloux City in favor of Kansas City and St Joseph, yesterday afternoon by adapting a resolution amounting to an appeal to the reason of the raliroads, to thelr sense of judgment and fair play In behalf of these cities, this state, the tributary country and tho great husiness of llve stock pro- duction and fts kindred interests. The resolutions are addressed to the Bur- lington, Northwestern and Rock Island rallronds. If theso resolutions fall upon deaf ears, If these raflroads refuse to re- organize the tremndous Injury they are about to inflict upon people and Industries that have contributed so vastly to their enrichment and the enrichment of other rallroads, this step will be quickly followed by another, and If that falls by another, and so the campalgn of defense will be waged untll the victory is won and the offending rallroads brought into submis; slon. Strong Men Take the Lead. These resolutions were adopted by the executive committee ¢f the South Omaha Live Stock exchange, which met at the Commercial club. Represented in that meeting was the Cudahy Packing com- pany, the buyers, shippers and other large Interests. Thomas B. McPherson, president of the exchange; A. F. Stryker, secretary; Iverett Buckingham, general manager and J. A. McNaughton, traffic man of the Cud- ahy company, were active fn the meetin The situation was canvassed from every concelyable standpeint and some very em- phatic sentiments were expressed, all com- ing to thé common focus that the rall- roads hud Invited the biggest fight they ever had on thelr hands in this part of the west by planning this unwarranted dis- crimination on Omaha and Sioux City, . Tho resolutions adopted ring with dec- larations of the most vital concern. They show that the lonly poesible excuse the rallroads can of for their action 1s a selfish desire to. increase thelr already plethoric revenues. They show, -too, that this avarice is not restrained even by the tact that Omaha, Nebraska and tributary territory have contributed millions to the financlal prowess of these same rallroads, They show that the packers, live stock men and allied interssts have not only pald millions to the rallroads for ship- ment of live stock and dressed meat, but have poured other millions into their cof- fors for the 'transportation of materials and articles used In the maintenance and upkeep of these businesses. They show, 00, that if the rallroads carry out thelr dire threat the ultimate effect will be to deprive the stock ralser of this section of the Omaha market which has actually made his business for these years. Caretully Plauned Campaf, The campalgn of opposition ia carefully Tald out and will be systematically promul- gated as the attitude of the rallroads renders necessary., Sloux City, which Is a sufferer with Omaha, will lend its co- operation and every town In the state of Nebraska and adjacent country will fall in line. Here are the resolutions in full: “Whereas, The actlon of the Burlington, Northwestern and the Rock Island rafl- roads, in publishing their intention to ad- vAnce rates 5 cents per 100 pounds upra packing house products from South Omaha to Chicago, when destined east, notwich- standing the fact that the rates now ef- fective will still remain in force at Kansas City and St. Joseph, will cause many thou- sands of head of live stock which ars row, and will hereafter be raised and fed in ter- ritory clearly tributary to'South Omaba, to move to markets located on the lower river; and, ““Whereas, Much live stock will be forced to Chicago which should be slaughtered vr s0ld at Omaha, because uf the fact (nat the difference in freight rates betwesn (s cago and the eastern markets and Omaha and the eastern markets will be 23% cents per 100 pounds in favor of Chicago, aad the balance of the through rates from Omaha on practically all of the live stock origl- nating at points 200 miles or more west of Omaha 1s'not to exceed 17 cents per 100 pounds—this In face of the fact that Chi- cago today 18 but 18% cents per 100 pounds nearer the castern market than ls Omaha on packing house products; and, Cannot Be Justified, “Whereas, This discriminatory increase on packing house product rates cannot be upheld {f any just consideration is to be accorded the magnificent Intere at Omaha which can continge to exist only 80 long as the frelght adjustments betwcen this and other competitive points are based on fairness to our Industries; and, “Whereas, This ralse In rates seems to be the culmination of a carefully thought ont plan of the rallroads to force live stoek and kindred products from the territory west of the Missourl river to use the rall- roads serving this territory to the greatest extent possible, glving no conslderation whatever to the Interests of the took- ralser or feeder, or to the walfare and suc- cess of those who have made Omaha the market place of the entire west and nurth- west at the expense of milllons of Jollars invested In stock yards, packing houses, banks, ete.; and, “Whereas, The raflroads seem bent upen making this advance in rates, regurd'ers of the resulting Injury o Omaha, evii t) the posaible extent of crippling this mar- ket, which has done so much to enhance the value of every acre of land lying in territory Aributary to Omaha and which hae made possible the marketing of live stock