Omaha daily bee., 1907-10-12
LINCOLN GETS A HEARING
Complaint Of Discrimination to Be
Taken Up October %.
COMMOD1TY RATES AssAnED
Church Howe Sails in November for
His New Post as Consul at Man
chester, EnglRnd-MinOr
Matters at Capital.
tFrom q stan correspondentl

(From a Stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. oct. 11.-(special Tele-
gram,)-The complaint filed with the In
terstate Commerce commission against
the Rock Island Railway company by the
Lincoln Commercial club will be hoard ir
Lincoln October q, to be conducted by
Special Examiner Farrell The Lincoln
club complains Of unjust and dis
criminatory rates on various commodities
in favor Of Omaha and against Lincoln
Complainants assert that the Rock
Island railroad gave to Lincoln uni
form rate with Omaha, but in order to
prevent the operation OF classified rates
established by defendants through their
classification committee, said defendants
have created special commodity rates
wherein is given an unwarrantaole and
unreasonable preference in freight rates
to Omaha on coal, lumber, cement, lime,
plaster, brick, glassware, coal and other
commodities between the points on their
respective railroads in the state OF Kan
sas, Missouri Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas over the freisht
rates given by the same defendants from
the same points to Lincoln.
e is also asserted the cities Of Omaha
and Lincoln are large consumers of coal
from the mines at Carbon, Center, hume.
Rich Hill and Sprague, Mo, and from
Pittsburg Shipment OF this coal orisi-
mates on the road of the st. Louis san
Francisco, thence by way of Kansas City
and the Burlington to the cities of Lin
coin and Omaha In each instance Lin
coin complains Omaha is given a special
commodity rate preference over Lincoln.
In fact, Lincoln alleges that Omaha is
getting all the best OF 1t on rates and
calls for new deal
Howe Sails in November.
Hon. Church Howe of Nebraska, consul
TO Manchester, England, arrived in Wash
ington today from Atlanta, Ga, where he
had personal charge of the English dele
CATION in attendance upon the Interna-
tional Cotton Growers and Manufacturers
association, which met in that city. Mr.,
Howe, who has been consul general at
Montreal, Canada, for about a year and
half, is now transferred to one of the
biggest consulates in Europe, and which
ranks as a consul generalship, Manchester
being the most important point with which
the United States does business on cotton
lines and the selection OF Mr.. Howe to
that post is regarded as a signal honor
not only for Nebraska, but TO Mr.. Howe
himself.
Capital City Briefs.
After consultation with the state depart
ment officials Mr.. Howe will go to Mon
treal TO turn over the consulate general
headquarters there to his successor, w. X.
Bradley OF Illinois. Mr.. Howe will then
20 to New York and sail for his new post
early in November.
J.. c. Davis, George E. Hise,- A. A. Nc
Laughlin all of Des Moines have been
admitted to practice before the interior
department
George E. Harrison and Cornelius Multi
gan Of Cheyenne and Benigno Rodriguez
of Fort Mackenzie, Wyo, have been APP
pointed railway mail clerks.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Bronson, route 2, George G. Rowe, carrier
Kittie NJ Rowe, substitute; New Hampton.
route g. Reuben Bills. carrier; Elida B.
Bills, substitute.
John w. Gray has been appointed post
master at Gross. Boyd county, Neb., vice
J. N Fuller resigned.
Rate Complaint Dismissed.
The complaint of the Albany. Mo, Pro-
duce company against the Chicago. Burl-
ingtoa & Quincy Railway company alleg-
ing that the rate exacted by the company
! for transporting coal in carloads from
the Centerville district in Iowa to Albany
! is unreasona BILE and excessive, was dis
missed by the Interstate Commerce COM
mission today. The commission declares
that there is practically nothing to war
rant the finding Of unreasonable or exces-
| sive rates.