Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-12
RAILROAD LOBBY WORRIED
TOra1's Bill Fixing Minimum Speed Of
Stock Trains FavOrsbly Reported.
TWo-cENT FARE BILL EXPECTED TO PASS
On Top of All This the Commission II
Expected to Take UP the Freight
Schedules at Once and Re-
duce Many of Them.
prom a stan corresnonhsntl

(from Stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES Ia, Feb. 11.-(Special Tel
egram.)-Doran's bill providing for a min
imum speed for live stock trains was re-
ported out by the house committee on rail-
roads at the session of the house this
afternoon with the recommendation that
1t be amended and passed. The original
bill provided minimum average speed of
eighteen miles an hour The Amendments
provide that in trains of less than twenty
cars the minimum shall be twelve miles an
hour, and when forming parts of larger
trains, eighteen. If the road fails to move
the stock according to the law provision
is made for recovering damage for loss OF
time and market conditions with reason
able attorneys fees.
Railroad Lobbyists Downcast.
Railroad lobbyists are looking to tomor-
rows session of the house as a very cheer
less session for them. The 2-cent fare bill
is down for special order tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock and according to all APP
pearances the measure will be passed by
the house practically without debate and
be sent on to the senate. For four hours
last Friday the railroad lobbyists argued
to the railroads and commerce committee
of the house against the enactment of a 2
cent fare bill and the next morning the
committee reported the bill out and recon-
mended that II be passed. Legislators
laugh when anything is said about the wor-
ried feelings of the railroad lobbyists.
They say the railroads have for years been
saying that airy legislation would put them
into the hands of receivers till no one takes
them seriously any more. But the 2-cent
fare bill is only one measure. On the day
that the bill was reported for passage the
railroad commission opened up the entire
freight rate schedule and there is no ques-
ton what will be done with the schedule
before the commission gets through with
It, Furthermore the White reciprocal de-
murrage bill is to be taken up by the house
committee Thursday of this week and there
Is every indication that II will be reported
out, though possibly with some amend
ments, and the railroads are even more
afraid that the legislature will enact IT
into law.
Hardware Men Coming.
Des Moines will be the meeting place OF !
the Retail Hardware men, the Retailers
association and the Wholesale Grocers
next week. All three of the associations
will begin their meetings Monday to con-
tinue three days.
II Is expected that more than 800 dealers
in the different lines will be in Des Moines
for the meetings. in addition to a large
number of trade men who are expected
here, as the representatives of the manu- |
featuring companies.
Discuss Church Merger.
Ministers of the Congregational Meth |
odIst Protestant and United Brethren de-
nominations met in this city today and
lunched at the Plymouth congregational
church fora the purpose of discussing the
course of action to follow at the meeting |
in Chicago. next week.. when basis of
the organization of the three denominations |
into one will be decided upon. The con- |
solidation OF the three denominations has
been decided upon by the national bodies
of the three denominations. The plan has
yet to be devised. Today at the meeting |
of the Iowa ministers of the three denom-
nations it became apparent that some real
perplexing problems are in the road One |
of these is the question of the organiza- |
ton of the new denomination. The Meth |
odist Protestant and United Brethren have |
the bishop and presiding elder system, the |
Congregationalists the pure congregational |
form. Neither seems ready to abandon its |
form OF organization. The discussions here |
today further brought out the fact that the |
question of the management and support !
Of the educational institutions and the |
missionary activity of the various denom- |
nations is a grave problem and one that It I
will be difficult to dispose Of
Courts Decree Fortune.
decree of the supreme court made Sat
urday affirming the damage suit case from
woodbury. county meant a small fortune
to the family OF Charles Breasseau, all the /
members of which were down with small |
pox and the father injured so as to be
unable to work. Breasseau worked in the
Lower Brick company yards at Sioux City |
and was injured there. He sued the COM
pany and got a judgment for $3.50 During |
the entire winter thus far the family has |
been sick, each in turn having the small
pox. and thus all were kept in quarantine. |
Saturday the judgment for ST. was az |
irmed. Now the family Is enjoying the |
luxuries of life.
Two Miners Killed.
Andy F. Mccormick was killed this morn
ing by fall of slate In the Enterprise |
Coal company mine and Teddy Reese was
killed this afternoon In the Des Moines |
Coal company mine. Mccormick was
taken from the mine alive, but died soon
after reaching Mercy hospital. Reese was
wagon load OF coal.
Were Many "Baby Jims."
That every baby born at the West Ma
ternity Home is called Baby Jim" will be
part OF the defense Of Mrs. West. charged |
with the murder of an infant born there.
When the hearing in justice court pro-
ceeded today Miss Anna Beattie, head
nurse at the West Home testified that no |
laudanum was ever given TO any baby at
the institution. but that Flora Goble the !