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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-27
RELIEF SHIP IN TROUBLE
Steamer from Seattle to San Francisco
Strikes Tidal Wave.
ERUPTION BLAMED FOR ROUGH WATER
wall of water Strikes ship, Throwing
Omcers from Their Feet and
ThreateninE to EnEuIf
Vessel.

SAN FRANCISCO. April &.--The steamer
Buckman of the Alaska line, in command
OF Captain e. B. Wood, arrived here late
last night, with volunteer physicians, Red
Cross nurses and a cargo Of 22OO tons of
provisions and supplies for the homeless
people of this city. The vessel made a rec
ord run from Seattle, but encountered
terrific sea on Cape Blanco, which crew
and passengers believe was caused by a
subterTanean eruption and which for a time
threatened to engulf the staunch ship on its
errand Of mercy
ON Cape Blanco yesterday the steamer
ran into rough weather and high seas. on
to the west passengers and crew saw
great wall. like a huge tidal wave Of seeth-
ing boiling water, running mountain high
approaching at great speed. 1t struck the
ship with terrific force. smashing two Of
the boats as if they were egg shells. Tons
Of water rolled over the decks OF the
steamer, which quivered from stem to
stern, and threatened every moment to
founder IT, Captain Wood. his first officer
and the chief engineer were swept from
their feet. 1t was little short of a miracle
that they were not washed overheard. The
wall Of water had all the appearance OF a
huge tidal wave and the seas continued
running high until late in the afternoon.
Captain Wood and the passengers are Of
the opinion that 1t was caused by some dis
turbance under the sea.
Loaded I'm short Time.
The Buckman was sent to San Fran
cisco by the chambers OF commerce of
Seattle and Tacoma to carry relief. A
large sum Of money was raised by the two
cities and no ship was ever loaed and put
out OF Pacific coast port in so short a
time as was the Buckman. The vessel
sailed from Seattle Sunday night and
made fast last night to the government
transport dock. where Secretary Sheffield,
of the Alaska club of Seattle, who is in
charge of the cargo Immediately turned It
over to the military authorities, who now
have charge OF the feeding of the home
less. The cargo brought by the Buckman
was carefully selected. 1t contains milk,
canned goods of every variety meats Of all
kinds. cereals, even tobacco matches and
corncob pipes. On the way down from Sc
attle the crew and passengers baked sew
eral thousands loaves of bread. to be
ready for immediate distribution upon ar
rival. The Buckman also brought 5000
blankets and 400 tents.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-27
All Wells Examined.

Every well and source of water supply
throughout the city is being examined by
competent inspectors to provide against any
possibility OF contamination and resulting
sickness. The garbage OF the city is being
taken out to sea on barges and all IN
sanitary camps have been removed and the
ground which they occupied quarantined.
The medical supplies Of the city have been
concentrated at the Preside general hos
pital. and from there distributed to the
various hospitals and relief stations. A
most rigid inspection Is maintained and any
case OF communicative disease promptly lso-
lated and quarantlned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-27

IcOnaAasd - sse0aa PaSsA
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
TELLS OF RECENT
RAILWAY REBATES

Philadelphia, Pa, May 1S.-That
gave rebates as recently as 1903, was
the charge made yesterday by Frank
3. Wigton, head Of the Morrisdale
Coal company, before the interstate
commerce commission. Mr.. Wigton' 8
statement caused something of a sen.
sation because of the fact that while
the commission was in session In
Baltimore, Vice President Thayer Of
the Pennsylvania railroad appeared
before the body and stated that the
company had made no allowances or
concessions since 1899. Mr.. Wigton
was the last witness calced yesterday.
He gave a detailed statement of
the conditions in the soft coal reg
ions and accused the Pennsylvania
Railroad company Of discrimination
in the allotment of coal cars, citing
cases to substantiate his charges.
He was asked by counsel for the
commission If he had any knowledge
Of relating by the railroad company.
He said in reply that since the re-
tirement of w. H. Joyce, general
lFdHc mdudSeT OIL Tue pennsylvania
railroad, there had been no rebating
so far as he knew. Within a few
months previous to the retirement Of
Mr.. Joyce, however, he said he had
received rebates amounting to from
$1,000 to $4,000 on tidewater ship
ments. Mr.. Joyce retired in June,
1903. Mr.. Wigton also named sew
eral other companies which, he said.
had received rebates
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
DECLINED CAMPAIGN FUND
MIR. HOSTS TESTIMONY PROVES
SENSATIONAL.
Insurance Commissioner Of Wiscon.
sin, on Witness Stand, Says BE
Refused to Change Decision.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the special in
surance Investigating committee Of the
Wisconsin legislature Insurance Com
missioner Host testified that on June
If, 1906, the day on which the hearing
In the case of the state Of Wisconsin
against the Equitable Life Assurance
society Of the United States for a
compulsory distribution of the sur
plus Of that company to Wisconsin
peiicyholders was to be held by him,
Secretary of State Walter L. Houser
entered the insurance commissioner s
Office and said that if Mr.. Host would
render a decision in accordance with
q slip handed by Mr.. Houser to Mr..
Host, which would have been a de-
cision favorable to the Equitable COM
pany, that the Equitable, Life Assur-
ance society would give $4,000 toward
a Campaign fund for a denomination
of the state officers in the next cam
paign.
Mr.. Host testified that he told Mr..
Houser that he would think the mat
ter over. His decision was against the
Equitable Life Assurance society.
Secretary of State Houser emphati-
cally denied that any mention was
made of a campaign contribution at
the time of his handing the slip of
paper on which the Equitable decision
was written, to the insurance commits
sioner.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
CRAPSEY HERESY VERDICT
Four Jurors Recommend Suspension
Until It Is Made Clear He Ac-
cepts Church Greed.

Rochester, N. Y.-The verdict in the
heresy trial of the Rev. DR.. Algernon
s. Crapsey, Episcopal rector of Ba-
tayia, was delivered to the accused
minister Tuesday. Four Of the jurors
w. C. Roberts, c. H. Boynton, G. s.
Burrows and John NJ. Gilbert-state
that In their opinion sentence should
be passed as follows:
} That the respondent should be
suspended from exercisirg the func.
lions Of the church until such time
as he shall satisfy the ecclesiastical
authorities of the diocese that his be-
lief and teaching conform to the doc.
trines of the apostles creed and the
Nicene creed as this church hath re.
ceived the same. However, we ex-
press the earnest hope and desire
that the respondent may see his way
clearly during the thirty days that
under the canons Of the church must
intervene before sentence can be pro.
nounced to the full satisfaction of the
ecclesiastical authorities Of such con.
tormity on his part"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
MURDER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
Admiral Is Stabbed by Workman,
While Police Captain Is Victim
Of Bomb Thrower.

st. Petersburg.-Vice Admiral Kuz.
mich, commander Of the port, who was
extremely unpopular with the work.
men, was assassinated here Monday by
workmen whose May demonstration
he had attempted to stop. The admiral
was killed at the new admiralty
works, government institution.
About $50 a. m. the admiral was
emerging from small shop in the
works when a workman, who had been
concealed around the corner Of the
building, leaped on Kuzmich from be.
hind and drove dagger into his back.
The assassin fed into a large forge,
where he was lost among the men EN-.
ployed there.
Warsaw.-While Police Captain Con.
stantinoff was standing with two po-
licemen and four soldiers, a young
man threw bomb into the group.
The explosion of the bomb literally
tore Capt. Constantinoff to pieces and
severely wounded policeman and six
other persons. The assassin tried to
escape and, firing his revolver, wound.
ed a soldier The other soldiers re.
piled with a volley, killing the assas.
sin and two other persons.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
DEATH OF CARL scHURz.
Noted Publicist Passes Away at H1s
Home In Esw York-His
Career.

New York.-Carl Schurz. widely
known as publicist, and former cab
met member, died at &:35 q. m. Mon.
day. Death was due to complication
Of diseases following an attack Of
stomach trouble. which became acute
on Thursday last. In spite of brief pc.
RODS Of seeming improvement, Mr..
Schurz slowly failed and Sunday sank
into a stage Of coma. which continued
until the end.
Carl Schurz was born at Libau,
Prussia, March z. 1929. He was well
educated, taking course Of studies
at the University of Bonn. He took
part in the revolution of 1s4S. and was
an adjutant in the army Of the insur-
rection, and after the surrender Of the
fortress of Rastadt. where his regi-
ment had been garrisoned, he escaped
to Switzerland. Schurz then spent some
time in Paris and Lor on, engaged
in writing for the press and In teach
ing, and in 1852 he came to the United
States. He lived three years at Phil.
adelphia, and then went to Watertown,
Wis, to live. During the presidential
campaign of 1856 he made his first en-.
try into American politics by making
speeches in the German language in
behalf of the Republican party.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
TO LOOT SUBTREASURY.
Attempt Said To Have Been Made
at San Francisco.

Attempt Said To Have Been Made
at San Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal, May 1S-A
daring attempt to loot the United
States subtreasury, located on Com.
mercial and Kearney streets. was
foiled by soldiers of Company G of
the Seventh infantry. The soldiers
were detailed to guard Uncle Sam s
treasure box and they claim that their
fire was returned by the men who
were attempting to loot the safes in
the building.
Six men from Company G were de.
tailed to guard the treasury, three
men being located on either side of
the place. At 1880 O'Clock, p. H.,
the men stationed On the Commercial
street side noticed a man attempting
to reach the entrance to the building.
He was ordered to halt, but instead
started to run, whereupon guard
fred at him. The bullet did not take
effect and two of the guards gave
chase, leaving their one companion
behind. Almost Immediately the SOL
diers on the Clay street side began
firing, and the one guard on CONNER.
ciaI street says he saw four men run
to the windows Of the upper story OF
the building.
Guard Hammond was on CONNER
cial street, and he says he opened
fire and the forms In the windows
replied with shots from their revol-
yers. Fully thirty shots were ex.
changed IN the fray.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18

Social wrongs are corrected not by
exposing their results, but by search
ing for and removing their cause. We
have preached against lynch law for a
decade, but 1t increases. says Atlantic.
The wisest OF American statesmen and
public men are to-day recognizing the
fact that this preaching law and order
will not make it, that there is no stop
ping this fever in our blood until re-
spect and love for law has taken the
place of apathy. Law to be respected,
must be made respectable. To get for
1t the active support Of moral men and
women, to make them willing to fight
to protect its dignity from outrage, it
must have yitality-must, as the OLD
deputy marshal said, have blood and
bones"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
COAL STOCK GIVEN GRATIS
Mining Shares Presented to Railroad
Officials to Secure Better
Facilities.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the interstate
commerce commission George W.
Creighton, general superintendent Of
the Pennsylvania division Of the Penn
sylvania railroad admitted that he
held stock in several coal companies
and that the stock had been presented
to him. John M. Jamison, Of Green's
burg, Pa, president Of the Jamison
Coal & Coke company, testified that
his company had presented Pennsyl-
vania road officials with stock in his
company with the object of securing
better treatment and facilities from
the corporation. He also said that
Robert Pitcairn, now assistant to
President Cassatt, had declined a
protfer of stock, saying that he pre-
ferred the money. Mr.. Jamison bought
the stock back from him for $4,000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
TRUE SOUTHERN cl4IvALRy
asntucky Colonel Didn't Apologize.
But He Came Very Near
Doing It

Many stories have been told of .ootb
ern chivalry, but the palm apears to 20
70 . story told by . former governor q
kentucky while visiting Philadelphia re.
According to the narrator. a genuine
Kentucky colonel boarded street cal
which was very crowded, and somehow
he stepped on the foot Of very pretty
woman. vi course, the woman expected
the colonel to apologize, Just o. did
everybody else who heard her give :
mouselike squeal when the coloneis foo;
came down.
And she looked as though che expected
an apology, but the colonel, divining her
thoaght, doffed his hat and said: "No
madam, I'm not going to apologize. When
the good Lord was so gracious as to
make women SO beautiful and charming
and with such wonderfully small feet
that man has to tramp on them 20 find
them, then don't think that an apol
sgy-'
The compliment was too graceful 70,
the woman to resist, and all that fol
lowed was a smiling acknowledgment Of
the colonePs gallant speech.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
TURKS EVACUATE TABAH,
Reply of the Porte to British Not En-.
tirely Satisfactory. But
Trouble Is Over.

Observation-Disclosures has been
evacuated by the Turkish troops by Or
der of the sultan.
The portes reply on Friday to the
British note agreed to the evacuation
Of Tabah and to the appointment of
commission for the delimitation of
the boundary, but 1t was couched In
such terms as to make 1t not accept,
able to Sir Nicholas O'Conor, the Brit
ish ambassador, and he has insisted
on complete satisfaction being given
before the expiration of the limit set
by the British note. 1t is fully expect.
ed that this will be accorded.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
GARFIELD REPORT
SENT TO SENATE
Commissioner Answers Com
ments of Railway
Men
AL EVIDENCE is GIVEN
Alleged discriminating Literature
Printed in Fuli-Detaiis of the
Secret Rebates for Standard Oil
and How Tricks We're Worked.

Washington, D. c., May 1S.-Presi
dent Roosevelt yesterday transmitted
TO congress the complete report Of
Commissioner Garfield on STANDARD
Oil, synopsis Of which was sent to
congress on May 4.
In sending the complete report to
the president, Mr.. Garfield took occa
sion TO answer the comments OF var
fous railway officers and others on
the statements he mad made in his
synopsis.
The report covers 500 printed
pages. In support of the various al
legations made by him, Mr.. Garfield
prints bodily in the report copies OF
way bills, letters OF railroad officials
bearing on transactions OF agents OF
the Standard Oil and independent
companies, special oil tariffs, blind
bills of lading and secret understand
ings and agreements of the several
railroad companies named with the
Standard Oil company. In many in
stances, according TO the copies OF
the way bills, the rate paid by the
Standard Oil company was only SO 1-3
per cent of the amount stated in the
bill.
The testimony OF employees of rail-
roads is given in confirmation Of the
bureaus charge that there was a
concealment of rates granted TO the
Standard Oil company, although it is
alleged in the case of the Chicago
& Alton railroad, the general tariff
officers admitted the existence of a
secret rate and the purpose was to
conceal 1t from other railroads, and
not from the shippers.
One of the leading freight clerks
of the Alton is quoted as testifying
that the secret rate was intended
only for the benefit of the Standard
Oil company, and that had any other
shipper inquired for rates, he would
not have been given the low rate
accorded the Standard Oil company.
The report further shows the es-
Enlistment of through rates from
small, inconseQuential and in many
instances obscure points near large
shipping centers, and the filing of the
tariffs with the interstate commerce
commission, as evidence that the
rates were not secret. But Mr.. Car
field maintains that by this arrange
ment the rates were effectively Sc
cret, because any shipper other than
the Standard Oil company, in apply
ing for rates, would be given the pub
lished rates from other places in the
vicinity OF the small points referred
to, which in every case were consid-
Low ;rh II hot la
railroads recognized the irregularity
of the arrangement, land that they
designed to hide the rate from all
shippers except the Standard Oil
company"
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts in
discussing the matter, said that he
was anxious to have the government
control the Standard Oil company,
which has the oil business of the
country by the throat"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
TRICKS OF STANDARD OIL.
Former Employees Tell Of Deceptio
Practiced by Concern to
Beat Rivals.

CllcagO.-An amazing story or Stan
dard Oil corruption and bribery, of The
systematic training of employees tt
commit deceitful practices. if not az,
tual crime; wholesale debauching G.
human character-a story that DIS.
closed business record SO black al
scarcely 10 be credible in the twentieth
cen.ury-such tale was told upon the
witness stand Saturday before the il.
terstate commerce commission.
The story was the climax of three
days investigation, during which for
Bler employees turned informers or
Standard Oil. 1t was the day of the
Independent dealer. and if the record
gees for anything 1t serves to even ny
long score in which the debit side
heretofore was largely in favor Of thu
Standard company.
After hearing the revelations Of ai.
legged crime committed to drive indie.
pendent dealers out of business, Of de-.
ceit practiced to convince dealers thai
there was no virtue save in Standard
OH products; OF mems honor purchased
by wholesale that Standard Oil monop.
ely might be strengthened and in.
creased, of well-kept school for crime
which was, perhaps, no better and nc
worse than that of the celebrated Fa.
gin of story book, the commission ad.
journed to meet again in Cleveland
May "a. In the latter city will be
heard the Independent refneries' side
of the Standards alleged oppress!a-
and sinister, if not illegal, methods en-
ployed In securing a firm grasp upon
the oil trade.
The commission also succeeded IN
securing the first evidence regarding
the secret and mysterious six-cent rate
which the Standard Oil company, ac-
cording to Commissioner Gartield's re-
port, enjoyed for years. Charles ].
Smith, assistant secretary of the ILL.,
nois railroad and warehouse commits
sion, declared that the rate had never
been on file. H. E. Blowney, rate man
for the Burlington. declared that his
company had filed an application sheet
with the Interstate commission stating
that Whiting took the Chicago rates.
New York.-The Standard Oil COM
pany Wednesday issued to its share
holders a statement in reply to the
special message recently sent to con-
gress by President Roosevelt and the
report on the country's oil industry by
Commissioner Garfield of the bureau
of corporations, which accompanied 1t.
The statement denies positively the
charge that the Standard Oil company
benefited by secret rates for the trans
portation Of its products.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
Engines Of Death,

Electrical cannon are now being
planned. A few years ago Prof. Birke-
land of Christiania experimental with
model electromagnetic guns, ana
Capt Spacil, an Austrian officer. Is
now dealing with the energy problem
He concludes that to impart muzzIe
velocity OF 800 meters a second to a
projectile to be shot from typical gun
would require 600 coils OF $4,000 yards
OF copper wire, weighing APO Kilograms,
and, at 1S1 volts coil, current ener-
gy Of $4,000 kilowatts. These are the
same figures that Birkeland gave for
his gun, which was to hurl projecttles
Of 1000 Kilograms with velocity OF
300 yards a second, for which he want
ed 100000 kilowatts at 1900 volts.
No power station in existence could
produce anything like this energy, but
considering that the energy would be
required for only a fraction of Sec
ond, special machines might be devised
for this purpose. Birkeland suggested
that the primary generator should con-
sist OF powerful electromagnetic which
was to be shot by explosive power
through coils wound round copper
tube. He thus proposed to start from
explosive energy in order to obtain
after three conversions, electro-nag
netic energy for the propulsion Of pro.
5ectiles. Spacn thinks that ways could
possibly be found to move large coils
ut high speeds In rectilinear paths sc
as to avoid troubles from centrifu gal
forces.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
Headless Body Found

Granite City, Ill.-The headless body
of man was found Wednesday in a
cesspool in the rear of Madison sa-
loon, not far from where John Hickey,
an overland traveller to Oklahoma, was
sandbagged and killed recently. The
body was brought to an undertaking
establishment here. The absence of
the head, it is believed, indicates that
The man was murdered by an injury
to the head, and that it was removed
to prevent Identification. No other
marks of violence were found on tn
body.