Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1910, Page 1

~ A ¢ 7 THE OMAHA BEE Is the most powerful getter in the west, beuuleb'l‘:':z to the homes of poor and rieh, VOL. XXXIX— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. NO. 219, WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska-—Fair and warmer, For lowa-—Fair, For weather report see page 2. OMAHA, TUESDAY SIXTY ARE DEAD ' AN SNOWSLIDE Two Monster Avalanches Sweep Down Mountain, Burying Mace and Burke, Idaho. THIRTY BODIES ARE RECOVERED ¢Many More Buried Under Debris of Earth and Bnow. THOUSAND RESCUERS AT WORK Every Available Man in District is Rushed to Scene. ALL WARNINGS GO UNHEEDED 014 Timers Predicted trophe, but No Preeautions Were Taken by Overconfident Miners—Mine Superintendent Is Killed. £POKANE, Wash/, Feb. 28.-Sixty lives were lost, it s feared, in two great ava- lanches which swept down upon two min- ing towns of the rich Coeur d’Alene district in northern Idaho. At 10:% o'clock last night a snowslide /& swept down the mountain side, striking the Muiie town of Mace and burying:twenty- five houses and their sleeping occupants in & mass of snow, lce and wreckage at the bottom of the canyon. At 6:0 a. m. an- other slide rushed down on the town of Burke, erushing & score of houses under thousands of tons of earth and snow. Fourteen bodles have been recovered al- ready from the ruins of Mace, sixteen have been found at Burke, and how many are still buried can only be guessed at. Fifty or sixty dead is belleved to be a safe estimate. There {8 fear that the number of dead at Burke may be even larger than that at Mace. Every man who can be spared from the rescue work at Mace has been appealed to. Doctors were rushed from Wallace on special trains. From the foot of Anchor mine plant to the Cathollc church, about half a mile, the slide is thirty feet deep. Rush for Safe Places. 7hen the alarm spread through the min- *‘ camp that Mace had been almost wiped out by a landslide, mothers, wives and children of miners employed at the Hecla, Hercules, Anchor and caretakers at the old Tiger-Poorman mine began to seck places of safety. Wives and familles of miners who had responded to appeals from Mace were un- able to move and these may have been burfed in the snow, Because of the larger population of Burke—about 800—the houses are closer to- gether. Mothers hauled their children to the side hills; brothers literally dragged little sisters to places of safety, and when the slide struck many of the homes were deserted By fénr:stricken wormen aha”chil- dren, while the bread providers were res- cuing Injured at the stricken sister town. Old-timers in the Coeur d'Alene district have been sounding daily warnings to Mice, Burke and Black Bear that because of the recofd Gepths of the snow slides were imminent. For sixteen winters these towns have escaped devastating slides and 80 strong had the confidence of the miner residents been that thelr homes and fami- lles were safe that no precautions had be taken. o M List of Recovered De: The bodies of the following have Been re- covered by the 1,000 rescuers: IRA HO HASCOE, son of Standard mine superintendent, BDDIE HASCOE, INEZ HABCOE. MRS, GEORGE FERNWELL. MRS. A. R. LEARD, JOHN FENNELL. MRS, ED KETTRELL and TWO CHIL- DREN. —— THOMPSON, section foreman of the Oregon Rallway and Navigation company, burled under car in ten feet of water in the river. Many Rescued Alive, These have been rescued, some seriously injured: Mr. and Mrs. G. Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Brandt. Mrs. Abe Kettrell and son, Mrs. George Hooper. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cohn. Mrs. I H. Hascoe. Tom Flanigan, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edwards and four children. ©. H. Hubble. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Champagne. Levoy. Hooper. WMrs, Carrie Hooper, first. Thitty-five Itallans, sleeping in an out- fit car on the Northern Pacific siding, who Weré swept away with thelr car in the bottom of the eanyon, used the tools in thelr car to dig themselves out. Superintendent and Mra, I H. Hascoe of the Standard mine, in which property a large majority of the male residents of Mace are employed, were asleep when their home was crished, two sons and & daughter being instantly killed. Mr. Hascoe is miss- ing, but his wife was rescued, slightly tnjured. Hundred Reported Killed. WALLA WALLA, Wash, Feb. speclal from Wallace, Idaho, says: “With a furious bliggard blocking efforts of rescuers prosress In recovering thos burfed in last night's avalanche is almost impossible. Five hundred men sent from this eity had recovered only twelve bodles at 30 a. m. It is virtually certain that more than 100 persons have perished.” 'cOOK STOVE EXPLODES AND TALLY BURNS I0WA MAN W. L. Johns Probably Will D Aceldent Following Start ing of Fire, IOWA FALLS, Ia, Feb, 28.—(Speclal Tele- gram)—W. L. Johns was probably fatally burned this morning by the explosion that followed fhe starting of a fire in his ¢nok stove, The room was enveloped Inflames snd John rushed from the hopse calling tor reported dead at 8—A aelp, Ni bors soon smothered his burn- , but not until one side of s ‘was almost burned to a crisp. The housé with its contents is practically a Ing clothl | Mile of Southern Pacific Railroad Washed Away Six Passenger Trains, with 1,600 Peo- ple Aboard, Are Tied Up at Bat- tle Mountain, Nev, RENO, Nev., Feb. 28.—For a distance of | one mile the Southern Pacific raflroad near Battle Mountain, Nev.,, has been washed away by a suden rise of the Reese | rive= \ssenger trains No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and d up at Battle Mountain for an period and the population of that \ has been sudendly increased ¥ people, the stranded passengers are sast and are wseeing for the he sights of a western town, 4 bucking faro and rouletts v river 1s still rising. Utah, east through Wyominsg, the T . pific 1s encountering one of the Wi 'uilszards of the winter. Heavy losses will be sustained by the live stock men in the storm belt. A snow storm, accompanied by a wind with a velocity of sixty mliles an hour, was reported today at many points along the line, The Western Pacific line also has been damaged east and west of Winnerhucca, and its roadbed in places will require rebullding. EVERETT, Wash., Feb,, 28.—Four hund- red men are striving to open the Great Northern main line through the Cascade mountains, and to release the last im- prisoned train, a Spokane local, which has been dead near Wellington, at the summit, since February 24. There are thirty passengers on the train, which 1s equipped with a diner. Supplies are taken to the passengers by work trains as far as they can go, and hten are carried on foot for the rest of the distance. COLFAX, Wash., Feb. %.—The Palouso river has overflowed Its banks, flooding the business and resldent districts. Water is running several inches deep in many houses and is still rising. Two Ncbraskans Enter West Point Roy M. Smyth and Thomas C. Lan- phier Among 27 Successful Ones of 108. WEST POINT, N. Y., Feb. 2% —(Speelal Telegram)—Out of a class of 108 who re- ported here to be examined as to thelr qualifications for admission to the Military academy only twenty-seven passed suc-' cessfully. The result of the examinations | was announced today. Among those who passed are Roy M. Smyth and Thomas C. Lanphier, an ex-cadet, both of Nebraska, and Louis T. Byrne of New York. The successful twenty-seven, ‘together with a class of 108 examined {n January, wil be admitted to the acdemy tomorrow. Young Byrne is a brother of Cadet Eugene A. Byrne, who met his death in the foot ball gamc with Harvard last autumn. ilabdesd s o i : CommisSIoN PLAN N DAKOTA Many Oities Rush to Adopt New Method of Govern- ment. PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. 2.—(Speclal.)—The commission plan of gevernment appears to be a growing one in this state. While no general movement has developed along that line until this year since the law was enacted, this spring has seen a strong movement in that direction. Sloux Falls Was the first to attempt it and falled on the first effort, but won in the seconds That was about as far as the movement went until this winter, but it appeared to have & general revival. Plerre, which defeated the “plan” last year, has accepted it by a Vvote of more than three to one. Watertown land Mitchell defeated it on the first effort, but will probably try again next year. Huron accepted it on the first effort in that direction. Yankton has adopted it, as has Dell Rapids. Fort Plerre will vote on the adoption of the plan on the first of March and Spearifsh will vote on the propo sition on the tenth. A petition s be- ing extensively signed for & trial vote At Rapld City, and that town will vote some time in the coming month. It fs not yet too late for other towns In the state to try it out in time for the spring elec- tions, and other places are likely to get into the game before the time has passed for trying it this year. If the plan works in the smaller towns well as it appar- ently has in Sloux Falls, another year will show a genéral movement in that direction all over South Lukota. ARMOURS WILL PAY TAX Packing Firm Will Not Wigtt State Assessment on Producd) in Kansas, KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 28—Repre- sentatives of the Armour Packing com- pany notified the commissioners of Wyan- dotte county, Kansas, today that the com- pany would pay the state tax on Its fin- ished product on hand March 1, 1909. The value of the product was given as $597,700. The tax will be about $12,000, ey No Change in Tibet. PEKING, Feb. %.—The Chinese govern- ment has replied to an Inquiry by Great Britain setting forth its intentions in Tibet and the reply is rded as satisfactory COURT CLAIMS JURISDICTION Justice Wright Decides His Tribun Can Order Senator to Appear Before It. EXTENT OF JUDICIAL POWER Quotation from Constitution Used ac Basis of Ruling. USE OF WRIT OF MANDAMUS It is Only Method of Compelling Per- formance of Public Duty. TRIAL IS ORDERED TO PROCEED Nothing in Position of Senator to Prevent Anyone from Laying Grievances Before Bar of mstice. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Justice W:igh in the supreme court of the District o Columbia today decided that the cour acted within its authority when it Issued the writ of mandamus ordering the joint com mittee on printing of congress to shov cause why it should not consider the bi( of 'the Valley Paper company of Holyoke Mass. This means that the senate member: of the committee will be compelled t appear in court either in person of by counsel. Justice Wright declared that to have re fused to lssus the mandamus because som. of the persons sued occupled the exaitec position of senators ‘“would have been tc betray the law." “No man in this country is so high tha he is higher than the law,” declared Justioc Wright. “What is there in' the exalted position of a senator which prevents any citizen from laying what he belleves to be an injury before the bar of justice?” Jurisdiction of Court. The jurisdiction of the court, Justice Wright declared, was generally recognized, commonly understood and long exerc.se and that its jurisdiction had been conferre: by varlous acts of congress. Referring t( the absence of the senators, who declinec to anpear fn court or be represented, th coprt sald: ““The progress of the affalrs of justic in such cases is neither to be avolded no: obstructed by the absence of respondents, nor does any part of its administration depend upon their presence.’ In differentiating between a case and cause of action the court sald that a casc had certainly been established and that a cause of action yet remained to be found The constitution specified that “the judi clal power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the laws of thc United States,” and upon this the court based its jurisdiction. P A Function of Printing Committee. The court - then proceeded to examine Whether the joint printing committee ot corgress was a part of the legislative hody and to dlssect Its functions. All legisla- tive dutles Lelng conterred by the con- stitution upon congress, the court held that none of them could be delegated by con- gress to Its members. No power could be veeted in a part of congress by a law of congress itself, Justice Wright maintained That there was room to belleve that the opening and Inspection of bids for paper was administrative duty the court ad- mitted, but he disclaimed any inference that any member by o0 doing held an ad- ministrative office. If that wero true, however, Justice Wright declared, the action of such a member constituted nothing Jess than the forfeiture of his seat under the provision of the constitution which prohibited any administrative officer of the government from being a member of congress during his term of office, Conclusion of the Court. The court's mahdamus, Justice Wright declared, was the only known procedure of law to compel a neglected public duty, After quoting at length decisions of the supreme court and reviewing the dutles of the printing committee, Justice Wright con- cluded: “The court is established in its con- victions that it has been influenced by no greater or less consideration for one of its justices than It is accustomed to be- stow on the affalrs of the most obscure amongst the people when they attend its bar; that when the preservation of fts rights and libertles of the people call upon and require it to vindicate its retention and its free exercise of the functions which In the name of the people have been com- mittd to its charge; that the maintenance of those functions requires the formation of this opinion and is the justification for its expression. ‘“The court has come to meet & situation where for the first time in its affairs it h of one of its justices agalnst a high ana dangerous charge of misuse of the pro- cesses of the law and on coming to an enq of that examination, the court embraces the enduring hope that this, the first such deprecable occasion, will as well be the last.’ In ordering the attorney for the paper company to proceed the court expressed the hope that If there should be at any time during the proceedings any effort to by the British (orl",n office. China de- ciares that the interlor administration of Tibet will not be changed. infringe on the privileges of the mehbers of oengress, the court would be the first to uncover it. Captain Jacobs Captain Adrlan Jacobsen, European ethnologist and solentiflc traveler of world- wide repute, is at the Rome. Captain Jacobsen is the representative of Carl Hagenbach, proprietor of the Tier- park, Stellingen, Hamburg, Germany. His present visit to the United States is with a view to obtaining material for a wild west show at Hagenbach's cirene. He has already engaged at the Pine Ridge reservation a party of thirty-nine Indians total loss. Johns was taken to a hospital mmu say the chances are agalast his - DES MOINES, Ia, Feb. 2%.-—A lighted stove whieh John Rateliffe of carrying Into the yard exploded early today. tow plumber, & years old , v Ratelitfe died minutes from the Injuries, He and is but walting to secure the necessary horses and mules to effect the purpose of his voyage across the Atlantic. He ex- pects to poss through Omaha March 15, and will sall from New York March 19 on the President Grant with his collection. The Indlans, who belong to the Ogalalla tribe of the Sloux nation, will return to this epuntry in October. Born in Norway, Captain Jacobsen® fol- lowed for & number of years the life of the en Will Take Ogalallas to Hagenbach Show sea. When he became the head of the Hagenbech's ethnologioal department, it was only natural that he should introduce the natives of the far morth of his own country to the people of Hamburg. From this collection of Laplanders was eovolyed the idea, following out which the captain made the trip to the United States this year. Annually Hagenbech makes a feature of having representatives of some nation at his show. Last year there were Arabs from the Red set littoral, and to procure the collection for the year before Captain Jacobsen made an expedition to the East Indlan archipelago and brought back with him some of the Mongolian-Dyak folk who inhabit the island of Celebes. The party he will take with him will be led by Chief American Horse and will be made up of twenty-seven men, elght women and four ehlldren. ‘ been required to examine the conduct | MORNING, MARCH ON PAGES SINGLE From the Washington Herald. BUDGE " FIRST; PZERS NEXT Premier Asquith Announoes Financial Measures Will Take Precedence. —— WILL ASK EXCLUSION “OF LORDS Mrst Move in Fight on Upper Body Will Be to Eliminate Them from Consideration of Rev- enue Measures. LONDON,, Feb. 2.—Financlal business first and the question of the House of Lords second was the program lald down by Premier Asquith in a statement made in the House of Commons. this afternoon in moving that government business have precedence at every slttingrup to March 34, When Parlfament reassembled after. the Baster recess the préi*.ér-said -that the government would prefens resolutions - af- firming the necessity of :excluding the House of Lords altogether from the domain of finance -and wrestrioting its power of veto to other legislation, To secure this, the government, he added, would use all methods that seemed proper and adequate within the limits of the con- stitution and upon Its successful accom- plishment the cabinet and liberal party would stake not only the fortunss of the mintstry, but thelr very existence as a party. The exigencies of the financial situation were such, the premlier declared, that the vote on the army and navy bills covering the borrowings and other urgent demands must occupy the whole time of the House of Commons up to March 24, when ad- journment would be taken to March 2. Attack on Peers Next. Immediately Parllament was reassembled, he sald, the government would introduce resolutions excluding the House of Lords altogether from the domain of finance, and declaring ‘that in other legislation the power of veto as at present possessed by the House of Lords should be limited so as to secure a prédominance for the House of Commons during the lifetime of a single Parliament. Continuing, the prime minister sald it would be made plain that these changes were without prejudice and that the gov- ernment contemplated in the subsequent year the substitution in the second chamber of a democratic for a hereditary basis. A. J. Balfour, the opposition leader, twitted the premier in the quick changes in the government program. The premier's only consideration, Mr. Balfour said, seemed to be to keep the cabinet together. John Redmond, the nationalist leader, declared that if Mr. Asquith would give a definite promise that in the event of the House of Lords hanging up the resolutions he would go to the king and ask for guar- antees and if refused, would resign, in the meantime, suspending consideration of the budget, the Irish nationalists would support the resolutions. Otherwise the na- tionalists might vote against the premier's motion, Sir James H. Dalzler, the radical, whose hostlle amendment disapproving any gov- [lernment alming at reform, was ruled out of order, admitted in o brief speech that Premier Asquith’s stalement had done much to meet the views of the radical ‘rebel New Bank at Onida, PIERRE, 8. D, Feb. 28—(Special.)— Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state for the Sully County State bank at Onida, the county seat. It is capitalized at $12,000. The in- corporators are John J. Dalton, Plerre; Thomas J. Dalton and R. J. Dougherty of Onida. No matter what your want may be. Whether it is something you want to buy or something you want to sell or exchange. ‘Whether you want a job or a man or a woman to fill a job, you have done your best when you put the ad in The Bee. Sheriff Now Out After Packers’ Trust Magnates Capiases Issued for Arrest of Men Indicted by New Jersey Grand Jury. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Caplases for the arrest of the indicted meat packers and summones for the six indicted meat cor- porations were ordered today by Prosecu- tor Garven of New Jersey, who will hand them over to Sheriff Kelly for execution. The sheriff will find out who of the in- dicted men are in his jurisdiction. Mr. Garven said: y ““The defendants know of the indictments, their lawyers have conferred about the Indictments and. proceedings will now take their regular course. I cannot say now just what I wili do after I receive the re- port of the sheriff. The logical thing for the defendants to do s to come Into court and plead, but the attitude of thelr at- torneys does not Indicate that they mean to do that. % “Some time this week, I will make appli- cation for the dissolution of the charters of the Corporation Trust company and the corporations named In this prosecution if they fall to produce the minutes of thelr annual meetings and other records as re- quired by the subpoenas.” Counsel for James E. Bathgate, Jr., one of the New Jersey directors in the meat combine, appeared before Judges Blair and Carey today and bail for $2500 was furn- isher for his appearance when wanted. Mine Workers to Decide on Strike Special General Convention Called at Cincinnati March 14 to Act on Agreements, INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 28.—A special gen- eral convention of the mine workers of North America, to be held in Cincinnati March 14, waé called today from the head- quarters 6f the organization in this city. The convention will act upon the conclus- lons of the joint conference of the central competitive field, to be held alsosin Cin- cinnati on March 8. The Miners' Natlonal convention of In- dianapolls resolved that in no district in the country should a new wage contract be made untl all the districts were in a position to sign the uniform contract pro- posed by the miners, Therefore, whether or not there Is to be a general strike of bituminous coal miners, rests upon the joint conference and the miners' convention In Cineinnat! this month THREE HUNDRED TRAVELING MEN FRON GERMANY iN CANADA New German-Canadian Trade Treaty Causes Influx of Commereial Men from Continent. WINNIPEG, Man, Feb, 2.—The new German-Canadian trade treaty will take effect tomorrow and the secretary of the Canadlan Commerclal Travelers' associa- tion has received word that 30 German travelers are on the way to Canada to compete for the trade In western Canada now. controlled by United States firms. Last year Germany bought $90,000,000 worth of western Canada grain or grain products, T BREAKS ALL RECORDS {Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit Kill 500 Large Animals for Science. GIANT ELANDS MOST IMPORTANT First Complete Specimens Ever Taken Out of Africa Are Secured by Ex-President — Writing Next Diversion, GONDOKORO, Feb. 28.—Colonel Ro velt and-the others of his immedlate party salled today for Khartoum, where they ex- pect to arrive March 15. With the Ce- parture the African sclentific expedition, under the auspices of the Smithsonian in- stitution of Washington and led by the president, was, for all practical purposes, brought to a close. Colonel Roosévelt ¢oneldeérs that the kill- Ing of the glant elands in his recent ex- cursion along the upper reaches of the Nile was a fitting ending of a marvelously successful trip. The results generally, rom the standpoint of the hunter and the sclentist, have exceeded all expectatlons, Colonel Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, have killed some 50 specimens of large mammals. The bag Includes the following: Seventeen llons, 11 elephans, 10 buffaloes, 10 black rhinoceroses, 9 white rhinoceroses, 9 hippopotami, 9 giraffes, 3 leopards, cheetahs, 3 glant elands, 3 sables, 1 sita- tunga and 2 bongoes. All these were killed In the interest of sclence and the specimens will be disposed of accordingly, the greater number going to the Smithsonian (nstitution. Mr. Roose- velt will retaln not more than six trophles for himself. From the point of importance the most highly prized game may be rated as fol- lows: First, the glant elands, the first complete specimens of which family are now being taken from the country; second, the white rhinoceroses; third, the bongos, the first to be stalked and killed by a specles of antelope. The naturalists secured a remarkable se- lectlon, comprising many thousands of birds and other mammals. The results in this line have been most gratifying and sclence will be enriched by several new species and an enormous serles of smaller mammals of Africa. The game taken and the collections made constitute a world’s record for a similar period of hunting and selentfic research in Africa, and the American museums will receive the greatest collection of African fauna in ex- istence. All agree that too much praiss cannot be accorded R. J. Cunninghame, the Englishman whose management of the ex- pedition was as nearly perfect as could be concelved. Colonel Roosevelt will now devote his time to writing, Including the preparation of the addresses which he is to deliver in Burope. He will do no more hunting, un- less during the trip down the Nile chance | throws in his way an opportunity to secure gome specimens. SIXTY MINE BODIES FOUND Bodies of All but Seven of Vietims of Primero Disaster Are Taken Out. TRINIDAD, Colo., Feb. 28.~Workmen en- gaged in cleaning up the “main” Primero mine, In which seventy-six miners lost thelr lives in the explosion of January 81, carly today recovered the body of Fidel Arguello. This makes ninety-nine bodles that have been removed from the mine. CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—~An lowa farmer to- day obtained the highest Price paid locally for live hogs since 1870 when his porkers brought him an even $10 a hundred at the estock yards. aging 24 pounds each brought this top price, The hogs were solld by B. L. Strohm of Cushing, Ia. Pork followed the lead and sdvanced 1s¢ above the highest point recorded, the top being $24.70 per barrel for May delivery. KANSAS CITY, Feb. ¥.—Hogs on the local market today sold at $9.65 a hundred, & record price here. | SIOUX CITY, la, Feb.~28.—Hogs sold at Ten Dollars for Iowa Hog Paid on Chicago Market Sixty-six head of hogs aver- | | .0 today, 15 cents over previous record. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 3.—A new rec- |ord price for hogs was made at the South St. Joseph market today when the top | was 30,65, which s 16 cents higher than ever pald before In a carlot and 124 cents higher than the record top. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2—Hogs sold at the stock yards here today for $9.8% & hundraq, 10 cents higher than the previous record | white man, and, fourth, the sitatunga, a the | COPY TWO CENTS ARRAYS FORCES TO FIGHT RATES Commercial Club Maps Out Its Plan of Warfare on Railroads Raising Tariffs, SEND GUILD AND M'VANN TO WAR Commissions Both Men to Mobilize Their Troops at Once. ORDERS BIG GUNS TO SAVE TRADE Views This Attack as Real Menace to City's Commercial Life, i TIME FOR BOLD, UNITED DEFENSR If Raflroads Will Not Listen to Reas son, Then Commereinl Ch Wi Appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission, The Commercial elub of Omaba has de- clded to take up the fight against the rallroads which propose to ralse the rate on dressed ocef from this ety to Chicage {and thus discriminate wgamst Omaha in tuvor of Kansas City. This was decided on at a speclal meeting of the executive | committee Monday, when a line of action was mapped out and the officers of the | club authorized to proceed. They were in- structed by some stirring resolutions which express the sentiment of the oclub. By the first of these resolutions B. J. McVann, traffic manager of the club, was instructed to get busy at once. He was told to arrange for a meeting of the legal and traffic represeniatives of the shippers, stockmen and live stock Interests to des clde what means are avallable trom a legal standpoint, or in any other way, to ke the rallroads from putting Omaha oft the commercial map. The second resolution instructed J. M. Gulld, commissioner of the club, to enlist the support of the commercial clubs of Sloux City, Sioux Falls, as well as other commerclal clubs and newspapers of Ne- braska and South Dakota and Wyoming and all the country from which Omaha draws live stock, In the third resolution the club sets forth the great infustice which will fall upon Omaha should the rallroads put the rate Into effect and expressed the senti- ment that the Increase is unfalr and in- advisable and unjustly discriminative, The club decided to use its every influence to secure a withdrawal of the increase, and if that falled, to prosecute the case before the Interstate Commerce commission. Text of Big Mesolution. The rank Injustice of the move was set forth in the following resolutions: “Whereas, All| of the railroads leading eastward from Omaha and South Omaha have, ‘by agrcemeont,’ . published and flled schedules advancimy on meat products. from South’ Omaha to eastern markets more than 2 per cent in epite of the fact that a similar advance has not been made from Kansas Clty, thus signify- ing their intention to igncre precedent, time- honored custom and plain principles of justice and equity, all of which demand that the two live stock markets, on account of thelr well known competition in the purchase of llve stock In a common terrl- tory, and the shipments of the finished product to the same eastern markets, must enjoy equal freight advantages; and, “Whereas, the present adjustment of rates on live stock from the great agricul- tural sectlon west of Omaha and South Omaha 1s now generally favorable to the well recognized desire of FIlll, Vanderbilt and Moore lines to compel the shipment of all the products of the sald country to Chicago, so that they may get the long haul and the most money; nd, | Blow at the Home Market. “Whereas, the proposed advance in rates on said meat products from South Omaha to eastern markets without a correspond- Ing advance from Chicago and Kansas City to said eastern markets, tends to strengthen the kcheme of sald rallroads and by the same grace weakens to the farmer and stock ralsers the valué of his home market, because shipping live stock means shrink and consequent loss; and. ““Whereas, In recognition of the economio principle of saving this loss by converting the raw material Into finished product near the base of supply, there Hhas been created at South Omaha at & cost of many milllons of dollars extensive system of plants and equipment, employihg thousands of people who form a large part of the population of this community, and through the distribution of their income and by the large expenditure in our midst for supphies, bullding materlal, etc, by the live stock Industry, and In the benefits that come to every business Institution on &ccount of the circulation among us of the proceeds in the sale of live stock; and Injury to the Farmer, “Whereas, the carrying out of the prineiple of ‘long haul' will force to more distant markets the product of the great agricultural and stock-raising sectlon with which we are so closely allied, and for which we furnish the natural and logical market, would result in irreparable injury and inevitably affect the prosperity of the tarmer and stock raiser and this eommun- ity generally so that such & blow aimed at the chief Industry of this community must be fully recognized, “Be it therefore resolved, That this Come merclal club does hereby express its sentl- ment that this Increase In rates is unfalr and Inadvisable and unjustly discriminative, and that our influence shall be used in every lawful way to attempt to secure the withdrawal of sald incrcase by the said rallroads, and failing in this, that we prese- cute such complaints before the Interstate Commerce commission and take such pros: ceedings in court as may speedlly secure Justice to this community and to the farmer and stock ralser, and the reduction of any rates which may be found excesslve, as well as the prosecution of any parties re- sponsible for same, It thelr acts shall have been in any way collusive and cobtrary to law." ST. JOE ALSO UNDER THE BAN Included in Rate Diserimination, Leaving Only Kansas Oity Free. S Joseph has been added to the roll of Missouri river cities that must pay higher rates on drossed besf to Chicago, Kansas City now has a monopoly on the favored tariff that discriminates against Omaha, Sloux City and St. Joseph, Hogs on the South Omaha market made & new top record of $9.55 yesterday, the figure being 15 cents higher than the best figures ever pald for full loads in the his- tory of Jocal trade, The last bomb in the meat rate fight was thrown by the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad In the announcement that it would raise the rate to correspond with that of the other lines. The Grand Istand .