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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01

day as a result of the bomb throw
ing. Crowds participated in the fes.
tivities hall heartily. King Alfonso
and attendants are to attend the
victims funerals.
The government now maintains
that IA are dead as a result Of the
bomb throwing and that Weller
was injured seriously,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01

HEARING
(Scripps News Association.>

N5CTIppS NeWS ABBuCIHtIOn.J
WASHINGTON. June 1.-The re.
lations of the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroads with
the coal industry were resumed
this morning by the interstate COM
merce commission.
President Cassatt's assistant,
IPostlewaite, denied owning any
coal mine stock. although he said
he had sold a large interest within
Che past two years. He developed
the Prick company that was spe-
'eially favored In the car supply.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
SUES FOR
$4,000

SALT LAKE. June 1.-Walter G.
Filler, filed a suit today against the
Bull Kimberly corporation and
Frank II. Buhl, to recover 100000
for services rendered in examining
and securing a franchise
for street railways in Manila. 1t
is alleged that after the deal was
contaminated they refused to pay.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
BOMB THR0WER
HAS CONFESSED

MADRID, June IA high police
official states that the bomb throw
er during the wedding procession,
who was arrested, has confessed
and Is now in the Madrid Jail. King
Alfonso was so close to death that
a ribbon on his coat was torn by
a splinter.
Queen Victoria is indisposed Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
PASS EMPLOYERS
LIABILITY BILL

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The
senate passed the employers liza
bility bill urged by organized labor.
1t compels employers to safeguard
the lives and health of employees
by the use OF safe machinery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
SAY Two ATTEMPTS
were MADE

LONDON, June Local anar-
chists state that two attempts were
made to assassinate King Alfonso
and HIS bride Thursday, the first
bomb failed to explode In tn
churA
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
He ADVERTISED
SPOKANE

r. c. Rohrbacher. head of the
publicity department of the cham
Der of commerce, has returned from
a trip to the east. While in the
east Mr.. Rohrabacher did good
deal of advertising for Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
(Scripps News Association,

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, June 1.
l.. Davenport, the negro
convicted Of the murder OF Willie
Thompson. another negro, was pub
licly hanged today in the county
jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
SEATTLE CANAL
BILL PASSES

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The
senate passed the bill granting the
right Of way for the construction of
ship canal from Lake Washing
ton to Puget sound.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
WILL SEND. REPORT
TO CONGRESS-
(Scripps News Associa tion.)

WASHINGTON, June lit is OF
flcially announced that the presi-
dent will send to congress the
Neill-Reynolds report OF the Chica.
% packing houses probably Mon.
ay,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
VOTE TO EXPEL
SENATOR SM00T

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The
senate committee on privileges and
elections by vote OF seven to five
declared Senator Smoot not en-
titled to a seat in the senate. Bur-
rows will report to the senate.
Votes were also taken whether
the committee should recommend
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
HILL CLEARED
BY COMMITTEE
(scripps News Association.)

ALBANY, June THE grievance
committee of the New York state
bar association cleared David b.
Hill of all blame in connection with
him being counsel for the Equitable
Life Assurance society, and said:
"I'othing improper or unprofession.
al was done by him."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
DEATHS

j. F. Tinsley, age q, died this
morning at Raitmer, near Medical
Lake, and the funeral will be held
Sunday at 10 a. m. lnterment will
be made at Deep Creek.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01

that the Senate exclude or expel
Senator Smoot. Exclusion was
voted down and the motion expel-
ling was divided evenly.
Bailey offered a resolution to the
committee for the expulsion of Sen
ator Burton Of Kansas and action
was postponed until next Tuesday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01

The management of Minnehaha
park announces that the new base
ball diamond Is finished and is as
good as any diamond in the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
ALFONSO
| IS NOT AFRAID
(Scripps News Association.)

L LONDON. June 1.-The Spanish
Embassy states that King Alfonso
|snd the queen drove unescorted
through Madrid streets today in an
automobile. Subjects and visitors
|,heered frantically. The queen is
pot seriously i'll as the result Of
'!he shock
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-01
ARREST FNGLISHMAN
FOR BOMB THROWING

(Scripps News Association.)
MADRID, June IAN English
man, Robert Hamilton, was arrest
ed as an accomplice and would be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
PLATFORM OR CANDIDATE,

The fact that the platforms upon
which the two opposing candidates for
mayor are seeking support are in all
but two or three particulars in practical
agreement ON all substantial questions
of municipal government has led to
charges and counter charges of theft
and plagiarism. The real question, how
ever. is not which candidate has stolen
the others platform, but which has a
platform that fits in with the candidate?
While during the primary campaign
The Bee declared itself out Of accord
with the Benson platform, so far as 1t
relates to stringent law enforcement
that platform has the merit of comport-
ing with the character OF the candidate
and the position assumed by him in
seeking the nomination. Republicans
who voted for Benson at the primary
knew exactly what policy he repre-
sented and he has since declared that
he stands now and will continue to
stand after election just where he stood
before nomination.
The platform on which Dahlman Is
seeking support, on the other hand, is in
all it's planks, with but one exception
entirely foreign to the man. Dahlman
got his nomination on the presumption
that he stood for policies radically differ
ent from those enunciated in the plat
form made to order for him afterward
and swallowed by him with his eyes
shut. High-sOunding phrases about cor
pOration control, municipal ownership
and political machine rule CRATE harshly
upon the career of the candidate and
his previous associations. In a word,
the democratic city platform reflects
sentiments of democrats who have moth
ing in common with Dahlman and was
intended simply to keep them in line for
the ticket.
Under such conditions the question as
to who stole the platform is. in legal
parlance. incompetent, irrelevant and
immaterial.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
BILLION DOLLARS FOR FARMERS.
American Food Products In the
Markets of the world.
D,rtlond

Unless there is an unexpected decrease
in the agricultural exports from the United
States for the remaining quarter Of the
current fiscal year the grand total for
the year ending June 80 will exceed $1,000,
000,0 and all existing records will be
broken by several million dollars. The De-
partment of Commerce and Labor has
just issued the statistics covering the
first eight months of the fiscal year and
for that period the agricultural exports
have reached the enormous total of $780,
695, 26O, an increase of more than 1882, O00, 900
over the corresponding period one year ago
It is difficult to realize the enormity of
these figures, but their Importance can
be better understood when It is noted that
between July l, 1885, and February Is, 1906
the foreigners paid us an average of APP
proximately S3,OOOOOO per day for farm prod
ucts alone.
The nearest approach to this remarkable
record was during the corresponding
months in 19OS-O4, when the total was
S65S 6i5,6 47. Ten years ago for the same
period the total was $4OS, 7S7, 4SO These
wonderful figures again call attention to
the overshadowing importance of the ag-
ricutural industry. Practically all this
gain over the previous years was in three
sions, which made up the bulk of the farm
products for which the foreigners have
been paying us about 100000 per day since
last July. But this big stream Of gold that
pours in from the old world only mildly
represents the true value to the country
Of that enormous traffic. The agricultural
Industry is the foundation for the pros
perity of nearly every railroad i'm the
United States The grain, cotton and provi-
sions for which the foreigners will this
year pay us $1,000. 10000 provided a traffic
for the railroads of such magnitude that
from the Atlantic to the Pacific there has
been a car shortage for months.
Out of this traffc the railroads have paid
good dividends and have placed more or
ders for rolling stock than have ever be-
fore been booked in this country The
prosperity which began on the farm and
cotton plantation has broadened out and
spread through all lines of industrial ac-
tivity. 1t has supplied work for more
warehousemen trainmen and freight hand
lers. II has resulted in additions 10 the
forces of operatives at the factories and
rolling mills. 1t has supplied freights
for the fleets of the world and in turn
have been enabled to bring return cargoes
at such low rates of freight that every CON
sumner I'm the United States has been a
gamer by the transaction. An especially
gratifying feature Of the last report OF the
bureau of statistics lies in the fact that,
while agricultural exports are running far
ahead Of all previous records, the same
pleasing showing is made in other lines.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

THE DISASTER AT SAN FRANCISCO
The disaster following in the wake Of
the earthquake at San Francisco appalls
the entire civilized world. It will prob
ably require several days to get suf-
ficient information to give a fair idea
Of the extent Of the havoc. but the re-
ports already at hand indicate ire
mendous loss OF life and property and
a blight upon the city Of San Francisco
from which it will take it years to re-
cover.
San Francisco's misfortune calls all
the more for sympathy because it Is
catastrophe which could not possibly be
foreseen or prevented. Although the
same locality has been subject to similar
earthquake shocks in the past, there was
nothing whatever to suggest TO the
people that repetition at this time was
imminent
San Francisco is too large a city, its
people too wealthy and enterprising and
the natural resources OF its harbor too
valuable to allow the earthquake ruins
to block the city's resurrection and re-
building. After the suffering have been
succored and relieved the work Of erect
ing new San Francisco is sure to be
American energy, which yields neither
to the obstacles set up by man nor to
the unexpected cataclysms of nature.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE L,

NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE Law.
The legislation recommended to con-
gress by the president in his message
relating to insurance would be expected
to be valuable chiefly for its moral and
exemplary effect. The bill which he
transmits with approval was drafted by
the Chicago convention of governors,
attorneys general and insurance commits
sioners 9s an object lesson OF what state
and national legislation on the subject
should be, guarding on the one hand
against the lately exposed abuses in the
administration OF life insurance, and on
the other hand against the rash and ex-
IRENE measures which the revulsion of
public opinion might precipitate.
1t is noteworthy that one of the most
salient features of the system thus
evolved by insurance experts is its pro-
visions for publicity. Among the most
important functions of the insurance
bureau in the Department OF Commerce
which the bill provides for is the secur-
ing of information by reports and exam
nations of all insurance companies
within its jurisdiction, and its use both
for the benefit OF the public and as a
basis of procedure against them for non.
compliance with the provisions of the
law which, as to expenses policy forms,
duties Of officers and agents, rights OF
pOlicyholders, political contributions,
etc, cover all the substantial points of
prudence which have lately been en-
forced upon the public mind. II is a
conspicuous acknowledgment Of the
value and potency Of compulsory pub
licity I'm the affairs Of all corporations
involving such trust as is committed to
insurance companies.
While the immediate scope Of the law
would be limited by being confined TO
companies doing business i'm the District
of Columbia, its indirect effect would he
far reaching and important. The recent
exhaustive report Of the house judiciary
committee. holding that under the con.
stitution and court decisions life insur.
ance is not interstate commerce and is
therefore beyond the legislative power
OF congress so far as the states are con
cened, is now generally accepted as the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

THE IOWA REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The PRONUNCIATION Of the call for the
Iowa republican state convention can
hardly add to the intensity of the contest
being waged for the nomination for gov
ernorship, but the date, August i, fixed
for the convention will give ample time
for trying out the contest to the utmost.
Though the opponents Of Governor Cum
minis. who is a candidate for a third
term, had absolute control Of the state
committee, the place of his residence,
Des Moines, was unanimously chosen for
the convention, it being agreed that the
mere meeting place of the delegates
could have little or no influence upon
the result of a fight of so sharp and
conclusive a character as is in progress
among the masses of the party in the
several counties and voting precincts.
By far the most noteworthy circum-
stance in arranging the convention pre-
liminaries is the influence upon the date
of the antl-pass law enacted a few
favored a convention in June, and other
wise such a date might have been Sc
lected, yet the fact that the anti-pass
law does not become operative till July
4 was conclusive against calling the
convention before that date The law
prohibits under heavy penalties the us
ing of railroad passes or the granting Of
them for such use by delegates to po-
litiCal conventions, members of political
committees, public officers, candidates
for office or aspirants for nomination
| therefor The action of the Iowa re-
publican committee in calling the con-
vention so as to bring It within the law
when it could easily have been held be-
fore the law could go into effect forcibly
suggests the temper of the people, which
the politicians Of all schools are bound
10 respect
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
Personal NOTES.

Henry H. Rogers is to give Fairhaven,
Mass, a modern FIRE department. He re.
CARDS the old hand engine as insufficient
Mrs. Edith Kingdom Gould, having estab-
lished her descent from the long Kyngdon
line, has a right to spell her first name
Edythe now.
Thomas A. Jaggar, jr., professor Of geol.
ogy at the Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology, has sailed for Naples to inves-
tigate the phenomena OF the eruption Of
Mount Vesuvius. He went to Martinique
on the Dixie when Mont Pelee became
active.
Andrew d. White, ambassador, educator
and author, declares: simply as a matter
of fact the United States Is among all civ
ilized nations of the world the country in
which the crime of murder is most fire.
quently committed and least frequently
punished"
New York naturally has more heavily
those men than any other city. Among
those with large policies are: James c.
Colgate, Sl,5OO,OOO; George w. Vanderbilt
81 10000; August Belmont, 100000; Richard
A. McCurdy, $4,000 and General Francis
" Greene, $4,000.
Judge A. A. Brooks of Kansas City, Kan,
has appealed to Governor Hoch to pardon
his son. Judge Brooks himself imposed
the sentence after the latter had been
arrested for absenting himself from school
and was charged with stealing cigars
Judge Brooks application is based on the
ground that when he pronounced sentence
he thought the reformatory was an in
dustrial school, not a penal institution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
RAILROAD AND coal COMPANIES

RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANIES.
The employment of Charles E. Hughes
of New York and Alexander Simpson of
Philadelphia as special counsel for the
government in prosecutions and suits
arising out of the relations between the
railroads and the coal industry will be
publicly interpreted as meaning that the
government is in dead earnest to punish
to the utmost this class of violations of
law. Mr.. Hughes in the memorable
Armstrong investigation of life insur-
ance companies has achieved a national
reputation as a lawyer of remarkable
abilities and an upright citizen, and his
direction Of prosecution Of illegal com
binations of great railroad and coal COM
panies is assurance that the work will
be thoroughly done.
An immense mass of discriminating
facts has been already developed by the
investigation now being conducted by
the Interstate Commerce commission I'M
der a Joint resolution Of congress, and
tue VI JusllCt
has collected much evidence indicating
extensive and systematic violations OF
the antitrust and interstate commerce
laws. The admissions of officials and
agents of railroad and coal companies
before the Interstate Commerce commits
sion establish the fact not only that
there have been wholesale rebates and
other unlawful determinations and
gross restraints of trade, but also that
such practices are actually going on
now. The government is resolved to
grapple with these wrongs with It's full
power.
Here again the Department of Justice
will be confronted with the Immunity"
problem, and not the least interesting
phase Of these prosecutions will be Mr..
Hughes task Of dealing with its diff
culties. President Roosevelt, when he
reluctantly signed the defective joint
resolution ordering the investigation,
pointed out the danger that would result
from comforting immunity upon guilty
| persons called as witnesses. But it is
presumable that the number who may
escape in this manner will be small in
comparison with those who may be
brought to book.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
The United states and Germany.

A profound impression seems to have
been produced in Germany by the speech
made by Mr. Roosevelt the other day to
German veterans in Washington, the speech
in the course of which he recognized the
sincere love Of peace attested by the Ger
man emperor through his representatives
at the Morocco conference. There is no
doubt that the presidents cordial and
laudatory words reflected the feeling of the
great body Of his countrymen, which has
undergone q signal change since events
have indicated that there is no reason to
impute schemes OF aggression and conquest
to the German sovereign.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

The republicans OF several counties
out in the state are seriously consider
ing the introduction of direct primary
nominations without waiting for the
legislature to enact law making direct
nominations compulsory upon them.
The strength Of the republican party in
the past has come largely from its read
mess to strike out and lead the way in
the direction Of reform. while the demo,
Gratis have Jagged behind. and in this
connection history is but repeating
itself.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

The Bee does not propose in the pres
ent campaign TO uphold or defend the
methods of the Fontanelle machine,
which it has repeatedly denounced as
unrepublican. The Bee believes that as
between the republican and democratic
city tickets the republican candidates
are on the whole better qualified and
more trustworthy than their democratic
opponents. We are willing to say with.
out fear of successful contradiction that,
of the two candidates for mayor Mr..
Benson is by far the better qualified TO
perform the duties Of the office and that
the election of man prominently iden-
titled with all the public enterprises of
the city for the last twenty years would
be more creditable TO the community
than the election of a man who has no
business interests here and who has
been identified with the city for only a
few years. We are willing TO say.
further, that we believe Mr.. Benson
when elected will fulfill his promises to
rise above the selfish factionalism Of the
Fontanelle club.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
Root Out the Cause.

1t is singular that the president should
have turned at this time to the evils of
inherited wealth, while the public Is be-
ing made to feel the pinch of high prices
for necessities because of the power of
Industrial combines and other active agen-
cies for the extraction of eXorbtant profits.
The high tariff still rears it's frowning
crest and no one at Washington dares to
make a determined attack upon its harm
full features. 1t seems rather absurd to
enter upon a discussion of the advisable
fly of taking money away from the heirs
of men who pile up great fortunes, while
the pressing need Is to cure injustices by
reason of which many Of those fortunes
are being piled up.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

should not be allowed to monopolize the
attention of the grand jury to the ex-
cluslon Of everything else. II any pub
lie officer either in the city hall or court
house is under suspicion OF crooked
work Of any kind the grand jury should
follow up every lead with a view to de-
termining whether bills of indictment
are justified. The grand jury can, II it
will, make a record for itself as a thor
ough-going inquisition, but to do so II
must not permit itself to be sidetracked
off the main line.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
LImIts of NATIONAL Power.

chicago ITlDunt.
There is no question that the law can
be changed so as to provide for the equal
division Of a mans estate among his heirs
instead of its being in his power to leave
the bulk of 1t to one There is no ques-
ton as to the authority of the national
government to impose Inheritance taxes.
They can be made so heavy as to swallow
up the greater part of swollen fortunes
and leave for the heirs what will seem to
them only a trihe. 1t is a different mat
ter to attempt to provide by law that the
owner of great fortune shall not hand
on more than a certain amount to any
one individual" The national government
has no power to do that.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
No Time for Partisans.


IoHIIIIIIUIt lAIIItIINdIIs
An effort to make a party question out
of the rate bill is doomed to a deserved
failure. In the first place, the question
is entirely too complicated to serve as a
rallying cry for partisans, and in the sec
Ond place, the broad-minded action OF the
president in enlistlnE the aid Of members
Of the opposing political party in the
formulation Of remedial legislation win
make any attempt to play politics with
the problem appear very pretty.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

The republican councilmanic nominee
from the Ninth ward. ]. c. Petersen,
is an old-time resident Of Omaha. bus
mess man who has successfully built
himself up from small beginnings The
reputation he has earned in business
makes IL certain that he viii be relied
upon as a member OF the city council to
look after the interests Of the public
faithfully,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19
General Bates as PeRcemaker.
Springfield Republican.

General Bates, who now retires from the
army, was the first American officer to
introduce Uncle Sam to the Moros. He
negotiated the famous Bates treaty, which
recognized slavery. 1t was his policy, die
tated from Washington, to keep the Moros
quiet at all costs, and he accomplished
it, at a time when the Tagalog insurrec-
ton farther north was at its height, by
meddling with the Moros and their Gus
toms as little as possible.