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FLEET SAILS NORTH
BATTLESHIPS LEAVE 8AN FRAN
CISCO FOR PUQET SOUND.
Pacific Fleet of Cruisers Off for Santa
Barbara New Commander Makes
First Speech at Banquet Praises
Enlisted Men.
Tho Atlantic battleship Hoot, after 12
days of naval pagoantry and inorry
making at San Franclsoo, sallod for
Pugot sound. Tho float will nrrlvo off
Seattle on May 22. Ono-halt of tho
ships will dock at Bremorton navy
yard, whllo north, and tho others will
roturn to San Francisco for painting
beneath the water line. Play dayB In
Pugot sound will bo ovor before tho
ond of tho month and thoa the ofilccrs
and men will resume tho usual routine
of man-of-war life. Ordors call for
the reassembling of tho (loot In San
Frauclsco harbor not later than July 3.
On July 7 the fleet sails for Hono
lulu and after a weok's stay there,
goes dlroct to Auckland.
Tho Pacific fleet of armored' cruisers
under Admlrnl Dayton sailed south
and Rear Admiral Sperry, In com
mand of tho Atlantic fleet, hoisted
for tho first ttmo his commanding Hag
of blue. Delug junior In lineal rank to
Admiral Dayton, Admiral Sperry was
compelled by naval regulations to fly
a subordinate flag of red so long as
tho Pacific fleet remained at San Fran
cisco. The long Hue of armored cruis
ers which sailed for Santa Barbara
was headed by tho flagship West Vir
ginia, and included tho Colorado,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tonnossco,
Washington and California. Tho pro
tected cruiser Charleston, flagship of
Roar Admiral Swlnburno, also sailed
with tho fleet, but her destination is
Monterey.
Last of tho official entertainments
at San Francisco for tho Atlantic and
Pacific fleets was tho banquet tendered
at tho Fairmont hotel by San Francis
co Knights of Columbus to the petty
officers of tho two fleets. Admirals
Sperry and Thomas both spoko and
there wero in attendance Captains
Sutherland of the Now Jersoy and Nich
olson of the Nobraska. Admiral Sper
ry mado the first spoech slnco assum
ing command of the Atlantic floet. He
spoke directly and pointodly. Ho de
clared that the enlisted men of the
navy wero tho bulwarks In tho defense
of the navy.
"Their training," ho continued, "Is
entirely In tho hands of tho petty offi
cers, who stand botweon tho men and
tho commanding officers. Wo have
now In tho navy tho most splendid
body of young men that could bo se
lected in all tho world. Abovo every
thing else, they are American gentle
men and their training should always
bo along that line. And whon they
salute a superior offlcor they should'
remember It is no hard lino of caste
that Is drawn, but that It is meroly the
courtosy due, and tho salutation of
one gentleman to another. They aro
brave and true and I am proud to com
mand such a force."
DYNAMITE CLEVELAND CARS
Two Are Badly Damaged by Explo
sives on the Tracks.
A Broadway street car at Cleve
land, O., was partially destroyed by a
dynamite torpedo. While twenty-live
passengers were in tho car, no one
was seriously hurt. A panic followed
and a mad rush for 'the exits was
made. A West Madison street car
also was damaged by an explosion of
powdor on the track. Tho floor of the
car was broken through and one wom
an was severely Injured.
Trivial rioting, a deadlock In arbitra
tion proposals, car service largely re
stored' and the refusal of tho traction
authorities to do anything until disor
der and violence ceases, marked tho
third day of the strike of tho conduct
ors and motormen on tho Municipal
Street Railway company's lines. The
company succeeded in operating all
lines, with but a slightly impaired
service, considering tho difficulties.
In several instances car windows were
broken by stones, cars were stopped
and nonunion crews were assaulted.
DE DION AND ZUST QUIT RACE
American and German Autos Only
Ones Left in Contest.
Managers of the Now York-Paris auto
raco received from Milan the ofllclal
announcement from the Soclcta Motor!
Zust of the withdrawal of tholr car
from the race at Vladivostok. The
Marquis de Dion also has formally
withdrawn his car, leaving the Amer
ican Thomas car and the German
Protos car to complete the journey
from Vladivostok to Paris nlono. The
German car is forced by the regula
tion of tho race committee to allow
the Thomas car thirty days In the
crossing of Asia and Europe on ac
count of tho action of the German
crew In taking a train In America
from Pocatello, Ida., to Seattle, Wash.,
prior to sailing for Vladivostok.
COURT SUSTAIN PRESIDENT
Judge Hough, In New York, Holds He
Has Right to Discharge Soldier.
The right of President Roosevelt to
dismiss a uegro soldier of the Twenty
fifth Infantry for alleged participation
in the riot at Brownsville, Tex., was
sustained by Judge Hough In tho Unit
ed States court at New York. O, W
Reld, the soldlor, sued tho government
to recover $122, as wages from the
date of his dismissal to tbe explra
of his term of enlistment. District
Attorney Stimson contended' that tho
president had a right to dismiss' tho
soldier. Judge Hough sustained this
contention and dlrectod a Judgment in
favor of tho government.
60N KILLS FATHER, SUICIDES
Announcement That He Would Re
marry Caueee Deubte Tragedy.
A family estrangement culminated
In the murder of dooms F. Sperry, a
New York drug exporter, by his ion,
Gcorce F. Starry, Jr., and the suicide
of the latter. The elder Sterry was
shot dowu at the Pino street office of
Weaver & Sterry, where he had bocn
closeted for a few moments with the
murderer. The sou Immediately after
ward shot himself and' both men were
dead when others of tho firm hurried
Into tho room. The dotormlnatlou of
the father to remarry lod to the trag
edy. A letter left by the son made
plain that his acts wero deliberate
and the product of a deranged mind.
The senior Sterry was sovonty-two
years old and, In addition to his drug
Interests, was president of the Bloom
field Mills company and a director In
the Spring Coal company. Ho was
socinlly prominent and active In re
ligious affairs.
George F. Sterry, Jr., was forty
years old, and, with his wife, lived at
tho Manhattan Squaro hotel. Ills wlfo
had known of the unpleasantness in
the Sterry family, but had received no
intimation that her hUBbnnd's mind
had become unbalanced as a conse
quence. The murdered man was president of
tho firm of Weaver & Sterry, tho mur
derer was Its secretary, whllo William
Dcwitt Sterry, a second son, 13 tho
treasurer. John W. and James W.,
also sons of the elder man, are di
rectors. Mr. Sterry's wlfo died' four years
ago and last January ho announced
his Intention of marrying Miss Rachel
Blalkle, a public school teacher of
East Orango, N. J. The sons disap
proved of the proposed alliance, but
were unablo to Influence their father
against it.
PITTSBURG BANK 8U8PENDS
Allegheny National Closed After Cash
ler'o Arrest.
The closing of tho Allegheny Na
tional bank at Pittsburg, Pa., by tho
comptroller of tho currency was tho
direct causa of the falluro of Caroth
ers & Co., according to tho statoment
of the receiver for tho latter firm.
The decision of former Cashlor
William Montgomery, accused of
wrecking tho bank through tho oniboz
zlement of cash and securltlos, to
waive a preliminary hearing and to bo
held for tho grand' Jury Investigation,
prevented tho taking of any testimony
by Commissioner Lindsay and official
ly no now light was thrown upon ats
alleged pooulatlons. So far as tho
court records aro concornod, ho la
charged only with tho cmbozzlomont
of $468,000 cash and 9125,000 worth of
securities.
That tho bank has in Borne manner
sustained a much greater loss is ap
parent from all of its recont statoi
ments, showing that It could sustain a
loss approximating $2,000,000 without
impairment of its capital, and tho
statement mado to City Treasurer
Steel last weok, when ho made in
quiry as to tho city's deposit of $1,
56,953. Mr. Steel said ho was told
last week by Bank Examiner William
L. Folds and by officers of tho bank
thnt the alleged shortngo was about
$800,000 and that tho hank could pay
that out of its surplus and undivided
profits and continue business without
interruption. It was about this tlmo
that the directors and man Interested
Jn other financial Institutions had
agreed to put $500,000 cash into tho
bank to add to public confidence aud
meet possible emergencies. Later dis
coveries, Treasurer Stool is informed,
changed this situation.
TRADE REVIEW FOR THE WEEK
Retail and Jobbing Trade is of Fluc
tuating Character.
Bradstreet'ssays: Weather and trade
are Irregular, warm days alternating
with heavy rainstorms, and retail and
jobbing demand has been of a fluctuat
ing character. There Is evident, how
ever, a mensurable Improvement In
the tone of affairs, commercial and In
dustrial, a partial reflection, perhaps,
of tho better fooling In financial lines.
The most significant feature In actual
trado circles is perhaps tho wide ac
ceptance of the belief in tho cotton
goods trade that this branch of trado
has seen the bottom as to prices.
There are reports of a slight gain In
orders by woolen manufacturers and
largo auction sales of carpets and silk
ribbons have developed demand at a
price.
Best reports as to tho Improve
ment of fall buying come from tho
larger centers, like New York, Chi
cago and St. Louis, whllo current
trades are best in the southwest and
northwest. Dullness and slow collec
tions aro still the distinguishing feat
ures in southern reports.
EIGHT BISHOPS AGREED ON
General Conference of Methodists Has
Hot Debate,
The Methodist Episcopal general
conference at Baltimore, Md., was
thrown into a hot debate by the pre
sentation of the report of the commit
tee on tho episcopacy, which recom
mended that ten new bishops be elect
ed. Ultimately, tho conference de
cided that the number should be eight,
but this decision was arrived at only
after an hour and a half of discussion
of the report and amendments thereto
which wore offered. One of thoso was
to make tho number twelve and an
other aimed to make it six, as recom
mended in the address of the bishops,
hut the conclusion to elect eight was
finally arrived at. Tho report of tho
tommtttoo pronounced all the present
bishops affective, the only retirement
being that of Bishop J. M. Thoburn of
India, at hla own request.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
WORK FOR THE COMMISSION
Hearing on Railroad Freight Classifi
cations Up This Week.
Lincoln, May 18. This weok will
be n busy one for tho stato railway
commission A general hearing will
bo held tomorrow for the purpoao of
Tho railroads arc expected to bo rep
resented by some of their ablest men,
who will try to show tho board that
rates iuust not be reduced by changes
In classifications.
Tho request of railroad officers to
postpone the hearing of tho Grand Isl
and sugar rate has been consented to
by the complainants, Donnld & Porter
company, the Nebraska Mercuutllo
company. Tho latter Is a whole
snlo grocery house, in which A. E.
Cndy of St. Paul is Interested. Tho
complaint will bo heard June 2. Tho
railroads of tho west will tako up tho
sugar rnto at a meeting to bo held In
Chicago todny.
Tho much talked of hearing for rail
way employes will tnko place In Lin
coln May 28. Tho date was set by
tho commission. If necessary tho hear.
Ing will contlnuo two days. Tho em
ployes of tho Burlington will bo heard
first, then thoso of other railroad com
pnnlc8 and last will conic tho hearing
or representatives of n joint commit
too of railroad employes. Tho em
ployes deslro to protest against nny
reduction of freight rates in Nebraska.
Tho express companies which failed
to fllo Btatlon roports ns required by
tho Btnto railway commission have de
cided to obey tho order of tho com
mission. A telegram received by At
torney C. J. Grecuo Informed the board
that the required reportB will be filed.
LANE CUTT-OFF IS OPENED
Union Pacific Short Lino Dedicated by
Official Party Over It.
Omaha, May 18. "I now declaro tho
Lano cut-off officially opened." This
declaration was made by A. L. Mohler,
vice president and general manager of
tho Union Pacific, as tho special train
carrying tho heads of departments of
the Union Pacific completed the offl
clal tour of Inspection of tho ten-mllo
spur that reduces time, distance and
passenger rates.
At nn oxpense of $3,500,000 tho
Union Pacific Iiob built a now lino
which has attracted attention all over
the railroad world. That tho company
should go to such an expense to savo
nine miles seomed romarkablo, but for
tho Imraonse tonnago which the Union
Pacific hauls that nine miles means n
mint of money saved In the course of
a year.
RAY GREEN JURY DISAGREE8
Cannot Decide on Seventy Thousand
Dollar Damage Claim.
Omaha, May 15. The jury In tho
case of Raymond Green against tho
Burlington railroad for $70,000 dam
ages, after being out forty-eight hours,
failed to agree and was discharged by
Judge W. 11, Munger in tho United
States circuit court.
Green lost both legs whllo employed
as a switchman by tho Burlington at
Ashland on Aug. 1, 1907. He is other
wise permanently disabled, suffering
from epilepsy as a result of his mis
fortuno and 1b partially speechless. He
is only twenty-threo years of age.
Bryan Urges Instructed Delegates.
Lincoln, May 15. In the Commoner
todny, W. J. Bryan, under n glaring
caption, urges tho Instruction of dele
gates to the Democratic national con
vention. He says: "Instructions to
delegates are tho order of the day.
Nearly all the states which have held
Democratic conventions, so far, have In
structed. This Is aB it is should be;
instructions aro Democratic. Tho
people speak through Instructions
they cannot spenk In any other wny.
A failure to Instruct turns the dele
gates over to party bosses."
Gauging the Niobrara.
Lincoln, May 1C. State Engineer
Dobson has sent his assistant, Georgo
Bates, to Niobrara to establish the
elxth water gauging station In Ne
braska. The government pays half
the expenses of such stations Records
kept for a long period of years are
valuable to persons who desire to pro
mote Irrigation or water power proj
ects. For several years there has
been talk of a largo power plant at
tho mouth of the Niobrara river.
Hardware Men Rejoice.
Lincoln. May 1C Secretary J Frank
Bare of the Nebraska Retail Hardware
association has pronounced the obse
quies upon the parcels post in a cir
cular letter mailed' out to the mem
bers of tho organization. He congrat
ulates the members upon the work
done by their association and its re
lated bodies in other states against tho
"vicious scheme of the mall order
houses."
Bishop Bonacum Loses Suit.
Beatrice, Neb , May 18. In the dis
trict court Judge Pemberton handed
down his decision in the caso of Bish
op Bonacum against the heirs of tho
f.ynch estate. He sustained the de
murrer filed by the defendants, ruling
sgalnst the Lincoln bishop. The court
mled It had no jurisdiction in the case
und that the petition of tho plaintiff
did not state facts sufficient to consti
tute a cause of action in his favor.
Jury Finds Fee Is Guilty.
Omaha, May 16. The Jury In tho
case of James J. Fee, charged with at
tempted blackmail of Luther Drake of
tho Merchants' National bank by
threatening to blow up the bank with
n bottle of "nitroglycerine," which aft
erward proved to be colored water, re
turned a verdict of guilty.
LOW RATE8 ON COAL GRANTED
Burlington Road Reduces Charges
from Western States,
Lincoln, May 20. The Burlington
railroad, at tho suggestion of tho rail
way commission, has roducod coal
rates from Wyoming to Colorado to
meet the rates secured by tho commis
sion before the Interstate comtnerco
commission on the Union Pacific road.
In some Instanco tho Burlington rntoa
aro lowor than tho Union Pacific.
They are effecttvo June 1, and It la
i'Btlmatod will mako n saving of $75,
000 & year on the coal Bhlppud annual
ly into Nebraska over tho Burlington,
Tho commission gnvo official permis
sion for tho now rntcB to bo enforcod.
Tho $3.25 rnto from Sidney to Grand
Island Is to bo $3, maximum to Inter
medin to points from Colorado and
Sheridan, Wyo.
Beforo tho stato railway commission
tho representatives of the railroads
doing business In Nebraska emphatic
ally protested against nny reduction
in freight rntcs. Business conditions
did not justify such notion, they as
serted. The commission Is consider
ing tho general rate situation with a
vlow to cutting the schedules.
C. C. Wright for tho Northwcstorn
spoko beforu tho railway commission,
and assert od thnt his road could not
stand a reduction of class rates.
HAVOC WROUGHT BY TORNADO
Death List Not Quite So Largo as at
First Reported.
Omnhn, Mny 14. Recapitulation of
tho results of tho tornado which Bwopt
through CasB and Snrpy counties, leav
ing death and destruction In its path,
show that whllo tho death list 1b not
qulto so large aB at first reported', tho
property loss 1b far greater and cannot
bo fully estimated for tho prosant
Ed Miller reported dead at Richfield,
was not killed outright, but is probably
fatally Injured.
Tho funeral of Martin Tolg and his
son, killed near Papllllon, wbb hold to
day. Tho funeral of Elmer Leaders,
killed at Richfield, will bo hold tomor
row. Tho funeral arrangements for
llttlo Wayne Hester, killed at Loula-.
vlllo, have not yet been made.
Latest roports from the Injured aro
to the effect that Mrs. Ed' Hostor and
baby and Mrs. Joo Lyon, all of Louis
ville, cannot recovor. Mrs. Margaret,
McKlernnn of Bellovuo has a chauco
to get well.
JURY SAYS KENISON 18 GUILTY
Judge Sentences Him to 23 Years for
Killing Editor Cox.
Kimball, Nob,, May 19. Tho Jury in
the Konlson murder case returned a
verdict of murder In the second de
gree after being out threo hours.
Judgo Grimes sentenced KonlBon to
twenty-three yenrs' Imprisonment In
tho ponitontlary. Judgp Hamer made a
motion for a now trial, which was
overruled.
Ernest S. Kcnlson was charged with
killing Sam D. Cox at Minat&re In De
cember, 190G. Tho trial lasted four
days, with night sessions.
Taylor Again Escapes Officers.
Lincoln, May 19. Bert Taylor,
sought for tho murder of his slstcr-ln-law,
Pearl Tuylor, at Mlndcn, has es
caped the officers of tho law a second
time. He wrote a letter from Enid,
Okla., to tho sheriff at Mlndcn, and
the sheriff went to Enid, only to And
that Taylor had spent sorao tlmo thcro
loafing and drinking nnd had gone.
Tuylor was robbed of $350 while thcro.
One More Tornado Death.
Louisville, Neb., May 19. Tho llttlo
daughter of tho Hesters, who was In
jured in tho tornado, died of hor
wounds. There are six families whose
all was lost In tho tornado, who, up
to tho present, have been cared for by
neighbors. Assistance for these desti
tute people Is needed, and aid for
them should be sent to tho Louisville
Commercial club.
State May Aid Tornado Sufferers.
Lincoln, May 15. Acting Governor
Saunders has instructed Captain
Phelps of the adjutant general's office
to look Into the condition of tho Ne
braska tornado sufferers. If thoso
who have been made homeless aro
found to he in need of immediate as
sistance the state will tako steps to
supply them with tents and supplies.
Minister In Real Estate.
Osceola, Neb., May 20. The pas
toral relations between tho Methodist
Episcopal church of this city and Rev
L. F. Parker have been severed. The
trouble botween Rev, Mr. Parker and
the board of control In tho church has
been tho outgrowth of his absence In
Lincoln, where he is engaged in the
real estate business.
Do Good Business Under New Schedule
Lincoln, May 15. Lincoln saloon
men report thut they sold more liquor
under the daylight schedule than they
did a year ago undor tho old plan. At
present there Is a grand rush after
supper for Havelock, as that suburb
does not run its saloons on the day
light plan, although the question is
being agitated.
Wool Company Is Incorporated.
Omaha. May 19 The articles of In
corporation of the Omaha Wool and
Storage company wero filed with the
county clerk. The capital stock is
placed at $100,000 and the Incor
porators are Charles H. King, Dana C.
Bradford, Leslie L. King and H. C.
Brome.
Man Shot by Guard Dead.
Omaha, May 19. Delos J. Daley,
who was shot by Special Offlcor
Stephen Egan of the Armour plant in
South Omaha while resist!; arrest,
died in the South Omaha hospital.
Egan is still detained in Jail peudiug
the outcome of the inquest.