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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JU2?E 11), 1871. OMAHA, TIIUHSDAV IOKNI2fG, MAY 9, 1901 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COty E1VE CENTS. s K FEAR FOR SALISBURY Alarming Reports of Hit Condition Stir London Court Circlet. IS FAILING AT HIS RiyiERA RESIDENCE Debility Obitiuately Eesists Treatment and Etaches a Crisli. BALFOUR'S PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH KING Dnke of CiTonibira Ahead of Him for Premiership. RECONSTRUCTION OF MINISTRY LIKELY Chamberlain I Xow ltecoKiilr.nl to lie an Imiollilllty In the Spccula- tlon um ttl MlllM'I'KKOr of Snllnhiiry. (Copyright, 1901, by Trci-s Publishing Co.) LONDON, Mny 8. (Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Alarming re porta arc prevalent tonight respecting Lord Salisbury' condition. Th';re hail been com plete silence on tho subject (or the last three weeks', the ouly Indication that his recovery Is not progressing being afforded by the postponement o( his return (rom Ucaullcu. He was to have been In London today, but ho bus not yet loft his nlvlcra residence. The attack o( Influenza which bo had bc(oro Easter has led him ex tremely cn(eoblcd and tho latest news (rom Ilcnulleu received In London today 1b to tho effect that his debility Is ob stlnntcly resisting all treatment and has now reached a grave point. Tho World correspondent today atked Lord Hugh Cecil. M. I'., one o( Lord Salis bury's tons, whether It wan true that the premier Is seriously 111. Ho replied: "I know o( no ground (or such n statement." But Arthur Balfour had n prlvato audience with the king today which Is understood to havo been In relation to Lord Salisbury's health. Tho possibility o( Lord Sallnbury's retire ment Is (reely canvassed In political cir cles. Ills death would not dltsolvo Ihe min istry, but would lead to Us reconstruction. Tho World's correspondent hcarB that the king will. In the flrst Instanco. send (or the duko o( Devonshire to take the premiership. J( ho rc(UBCs, then Balfour will bo named. Chamberlain Is now rcgardfd as quite out of the running. ENGLISH MINERS NOT TO QUIT Conference Decide on Continuance of Work Under Preent" Condition. LONDON, May 8. Failing to reach a de cision at tho early session today on tho question of striking In protest against the government's proposal to Impose a tax on coal, the miners' conference took n recess "bnwoTinurirfff enable,. the -district- delega tions to caucus. Tho opinion Is growing that the confer ence wilt decide to hwatt tho result of the operation of the tax before ordering a stop page of work. ' The miners havo decided against a stop page of work. If tho owners should at tempt to rrdnco wages in any district con ventions would be called to consider the question. A resolution was adopted by the miners' conference ns follows: The miners, having been told by the chancellor of tho exchequer that the ex port tax on cool will bu paid by the for eign consumer, and that there tire no rea sons why It should affect tho workmen's wages, and believing this to be tho rcahon the House of Commons so strongly favored tho tax, this conference does not nee Its way to recommend general stoppage of work, but recommends that If any mining district Is asked to submit to u reduction of wages consequent on the tax u general conference be called to determlno whether the whole of the miners of the country should lie laid Ule until tho reduction Is withdrawn. The resolution further condemns the tax ind repudiates the alleged collusion be tween the miners nnd the owners to cause a general stoppage of work. ENDOWS OLD AGE INSTITUTE lrulhert Cooper of America llcmein hcrs HI Old VIIIrkc Home In Krlcalniid. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) HEBRENVEEN, Frlrstand. May 8. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Folbert Cooper of Slegel, Cooper & Co. of Chicago nnd New York was present at Akkrum, his nativa village, today to wit ness the formnl opening of the old age Institution which he endowed at a cost of $250,000. Mr. Cooper's real namo Is Fnlbcrt Kulper, but ho chnnged It ou ar riving in America. Almo.it every year be revisits Akkrum, where nls father, now P2 years old, still lives. At today's cere mony Mr. Cooper was accompanied by n large family clrclo, Including four sons and one daughter, and tho village was cn fete for the occasion, This institu tion Is only ono of Mr. Cooper's many gifts to Akkrum. In addition to being housed nnd (ed tho inmates will havo 6 shillings weekly pocket money. PYPI FIRING flN TIIR Cfin Hint the llrltUli Berlin Paper Hcelnrc llont'a Creiv iKiioreil Order to Unit. I1ERLIN, May S. Tho Berliner Post pub llslu's on Inspired statement regarding tho firing by Germans on tho llrltlsb tug Ego nt Tien Ttdn Saturday, According to this version of tho Incident tho boat belonged to a Drltlsh llterago company, but wax being used at the tlmo by tho Chinese. It fouled tho bridge over tho Pel Ho, which the Germans were guard ing. Tho German watch called a halt, but tho boatmen tried to escapo hastily, and as they disregarded tho third call to halt tho watch fired. Tho statement concludes by asserting that tho Incident was wholly without political significance. EMPEROR OF C0REA REFUSES Will Not i:mlore l.onn of Vim .nn Syndlcnte anil Mlilnter lteklicn. YOKOHAMA, May 8. Reports received hero from Seoul say tlu emperor of Corea refuses to endorse tlo loan of the Yun Nan syndicate and Minister Chopwongslk, tbo chief advocate of the loan, 1ms re signed. Heavy Drain on Japnn' llnnli. YOKOHAMA, May 8.Thero have been heavy runs ou the Kioto banks and ono of them has suspended, though aided to the ex tout of 300,000 yen. The Rank of Japan I coding 5,oyo,ooo yen to Kioto, HAVE ONLY THEIR ARMS LEFT -inlllr ProfcsNlonnl .Men Annum; It, "cLIiik Work liiNiirnncc vt i, - Vay Hnlf-Mlllion. : JACKSOi May 8. The (till 'suffering In y when It was meaning of tin. Jacksonville was rcai.. announced that in ono ot mecllugs that a great number o( men who had never been used to manual labor were clamoring (or work. Among them wero clerks, collectors, bookkeepers and even professional men, three young physicians especially declaring their condition destitute, as they had lost wnrdrobea, libraries, olllce fixtures and everything In the fire. Tho Department o( Labor has undertaken to give clerical em ployment to all o( these applicants. The executive committee of the Ilcllcf association arranged today to establish a sewing tent and twenty-five sewing machines wero ordered. This will enable tho seamstresses who have loU everything to get to work again and they will relievo the condition of tho Are sufferers who have lost all clothing but the clothes they arc wearing. A laundry also will be erected And the colored laundresses will be started In business again. Tho situation tonight In tho city ahows thnt all of tho departments have been ar ranged systematically and that tho people aro being cared for as well ns conditions will permit. Two carloads of clothing and provisions nnd ono carload of potatoes arrived this morning from New York, on tho New York Journal's special relief train, Tho arrival of tho goods greatly relieved the situation. Oood work is being done by tho Womcn'u Relief association nnd many ladles of the better class who had been hiding their des perato condition havo been relieved. Tho city Is still under martial law and COO men and forty-thrco officers aro In con trol. Over $500,000 worth of Insurance already has been paid by the adjusters nnd the pcoplo aro commencing tho erection of tem porary places of business and dwellings. A new Windsor hotel is to bo erected at n cost of $300,000 and work was commenced today clearing away tho debris for tho lay ing of tho foundation. Tho Gardner build ing also will be erected at once on tho old site. Today ono other body was found In the ruins, that of Mrs. Solon Robinson, whose lato husband was a member of tho staff of tho New York Tribune. Nothing re mained to tell the story o( her denth but a cupful o( bones which wore round in the debris of her late home on Church street. Relief Is coming In generously on overy trnln and tho subscription list to date amounts to $S5,0G0, with promises of aid from many other places. Commissaries havo been established nil over the city. WASHINGTON, May 8. The Treasury department has ordered that the dally ship ments of currency from New York to Now Orleans be lncrcasedfrom $250,000 to $500, 000 on account of the demand for currency by Jacksonville, Flo., made necessary on account of the Arc. NO 1 STARCH-MAKING THERE National Company' Factory nt In- allnnnpnllH to Tom, pornrlly Clor with the Other. INDIANA POLI8,--May S.-x-Ot&cHhtlxti been received at the twolvo to fifteen fao torlorf of the National Starch company, In eluding the factory In this city, to get ready to close down until tho corn market becomes settled again. Tho price of starch, It Is said, has not kept pace with the price of core and there is no prollt In buying corn at the present prico to make into starch at tho present price. Tho company stopped buying corn hero on May 1. Wll Ham K. I'lel, manager of the local plant, says that he understands that tho glucose manufacturers will also close their plants. CHICAGO, May 8. Regarding tho re ported shutdown of the factories of the National Starch company on account of tho high price of corn, Jay Morton, western agont of the company, tonight said: "There is only one factory near Chicago and that Is at Waukpgan, III. This plant will not shut down. Wo propose to keep It running right along." Regarding the other factories In the wet owned by the company, Mr. Morton de cllned to say a word. He would give no Intlmntion of the company's Intentions re garding any other factory than tho one nt Wnukegan. NEW YORK, May 8. Word was sent from the office of the National Starch Munufac turtng company In this city to the Olen Covo (L. 1.) starch factory that tho com pany will soon close Its factory there. No date was set. COPPER MINES' CASE GOES ON I'lnliitllT In Injunction Snlt Aicnlnnt AinnlKninnteit Company llcfimcd Further l'otioiieuiciit. NEW YORK, May S. Another hearing was given toduy by Chancellor Pitney In chancery chambers In Jersey City on tbo order to show cause why the Amalgamated Copper company should not be permanently enjoined from absorbing the Boston and Montana nnd Ilutto and Dos ton mining companies. Counsel for tho plaintiffs asked for a post poncmcnt In order that Investigation might bo inndo as to tho actual value of tho prop ertles concerned, but the request was de nled. Final argument ulll bo heard to morrow, Before adjourning the case this ndcr- noon the vice chancellor said that tempo rary Injunctions were already In use In suits against this de(end.mt company In nvr ui rv nuu ik .uifiib tuouj nt' bv ii 1,ow 'ho Injunctions might bo used to tho injury or tno uetenunni. ite wouiu not oe cldo tho question of good faith, but It seemed as If a man wb6 would buy 100 shares of stock, knowing that ho must spend its vnluo In litigation, might havo some object which was not apparent. Ho told tho lawyers they need not prepare long arguments for tho final bearing to morrow. RATS MUSTALL GO FIRST Cape Colony Medical Olllcer Sa 1'litKiie Will Muy nn l.oiiff a letn Do, CAPETOWN. May 8.-Mr. Gregory, the principal medical officer of C.po Colony, cays he cannot eradicate the bubonic plague until the rats in tho colony are extinct. Hundreds of rats are still dying dally. Three colored persons nnd three Eu ropeans nre reported with the plague to day. One colored person nnd one European have died. PROF. GILBERT IS REMOVED CIiIcbko Seminary Director Aert III I'lihllnheil TeaehliiK Are Heretical. CHICAGO, May i. Dr. George II. Gilbert, professor of Now Testament llteraturo and Interpretation In Chicago Theological sem inary, has been removed from his position by the directors, who today "found that Dr. Ullbcrt's published teachings are heretical." FURTHER DESIGNS ON OMAHA Now It Ii Bt. Lonii that Gotets Army Headqutrtan. DELEGATION FROM MISSOURI WILL ATTACK CoimreKNinnii llnrtltoldt Make the l'lny lit Hope of 1'ersonnl lieneftt nt the cxt lllcctlon. WASHINGTON, May 8. (Special Tele gram.) There Is a movement on foot to move tho headquarters of the Department of tho Missouri from Omaha to St. Louis. 'or years St. Louis has resented the rnnsfcr of the headquarters to Omaha and the delegation In congress from Missouri Is united, republicans and democrats alike, to bring nbout a now condition of affairs. Congressman Ilartholdt hB presented the claims of St. I -on Is for the location of tho Department of tho Missouri to officials o( tho War department, and In tho strongest possible vray urged a truns(cr ,from Omaha. u the Fifty-seventh congress the MUsourl delegation stands thirteen democrats and two republicans, a small percentage of tho ower of the dominant party, but a con certed effort has been agreed upon to harass Omaha. Ono thing conceded In Washington Is that Omaha commands tho situation as tho rational headquarters for tho Department of tho Missouri, and it "111 tako unusual pressuro to bring nbout any change, al though it Is admitted that If serious pres sure la brought to bear Omaha will have to fight. Ilartholdt, it Is believed, has little hope of accomplishing tho chango suggested, but hopes to benefit by this action in making' himself strong for ro-elcctlon, ns he plays politics from one term to another. Xortliweterner In WiihIiIukIoii. Gcnernt C. F. Manderson Is in tho city o argue a enso before Assistant Secretary Vondeventor of tho Interior department to morrow. Tho case Involves a grant of land to a Michigan railroad. R. M Stono of Omaha la registered at tho Raleigh. Frank C. Kanouft of Mitchell, S. D., has been appointed railway mull clerk. Theso changes wero niado in presidential postmasters' salaries today In Iowa: Glld- den, increased $200; Ames, Davenport, Glad- brook, Gowrlo nnd Grand Junction, In creased $100 each. II. S. Ream was appointed postmaster at Fnlrvlcw, Jones county, Iown. The Commercial National bank of Essex, la., has been authorized to begin business with a enpltnl of $50,000. A postofllce Is established at Underwood, Laramlo county, Wyoming, with Joseph C. Underwood as postuinstcr. Contracts for supplies for tho Nebraska City (Neb.) public building for tho next fiscal year were awarded today: R. E. Haw ley, ico; William Blschoff, miscellaneous. ENGLISH AND SPANIARDS TRY Total of Seven Itiwiilrcil Competitor. . Ittcl.idlnu Women, In Civil Service Kxnmliiiitlon, WASHINGTON. May 8. Lato mall ad vices from Manila glvo Interesting details concerning tho recent civil service exam inations hold in that city. Nearly 700 English and Spanish-speaking competitors mado application for examination. One of tho salient differences between tho Philip pines civil f.crvlce and that of the United States Is that tho former provides for pro motion from tho Junior grades to the high est positions. Another feature quite novel to tho Filipinos was tho nllownnco mndo for femalo employes. Thero was about n dozen Filipino women who applied for po sitions as clerks. The positions chiefly sought were those of postofllce clerks, Junior clerk, bookkeeper, under clerk, Monographer and typewriter. CADETS TRY THE REAL THING IluttlcKhlp Imllnnn 'I'nke 1!I7 Ahnurtl lit Aimiipoll for Severn! .Mouth' Cm Inc. PHILADELPHIA. May 8. The United States battleship Indiana, which has been nt tho Leaguo Island navy yard for several months undergoing overhauling preparatory to n cruise of several months with tho Annapolis naval cadets, left today for Annapolis, where cudets to the number of 137 will bo taken nn board. The othor half o( the graduating class will go board the sailing vessel Chesapeake. From Annapol'ls tho Indiana steams to .Newport Nows, where tho cadets will spend several dayc thoroughly Inspecting tho ship building plants. They will then proceed to Now York, where tho young sailors will In spect tho Brooklyn navy yard. From thero they will steam to Gardiner's bay, whole (or ono week tho cadets will bo instructed In target practice. The Indiana will then cruise slowly to Newport Hnd to Orient Point, where It will meet the Chesapeako with tho other cadots ou board. At thts point tho endcts who havo been Instructed on board tho bat tleship will be transferred to tho Chesa peake, to glvo them an Idea of tho sailing marine, and those on tho Chesapeako will board tho Indiana. Tho battleship will then proceed to Portland, Me., from there to Halifax and then to New London, whero It will stay several days; thence proceeding to Gardiner's bay, to Newport News, to n Annapolis, arriving nt tho academy August 18. TO TEST COLORADO TAX LAW Jmlue Hnllett ApiiIIcn for Injunction to Prevent Collection of Levy on I'erMonnl Property. DENVER, May 8. Judge Mohes Hallett of tho United States district court today applied to the state district court for an Injunction to preenl tho county from col lecting taxes on $100,000 worth of personal property with which ho Is charged by the assessor. Judge Hallott holds that tho state law making real estato mortgages taxablo Is unconstitutional. The county will make this a test case. MAGIC LANTERN TOO MAGICAL Kxnloilcn While llntertnliimciit I hi ProRre, I njiir lute Mnuy I'cr miiu mill the HuIIiIIiiht. LUDINOTON. Mich., May 8. A gas ex- plosion In an Amber township school room tonight during an entertainment resulted In a fatal Injury to ono person and scrloai In jury to several others. August Cramer a giving a magic lantern exhibition when the gasoline tank exploded, damaging tho In terior of tho school house and blowing out tho windows. Cramer was fatally Injured by pieces of a flying stove and one of his legs had to be amputntt'.d, William Hanna wa struck by the stove and Is still un conscious and may die. Many other attend log tho exhibition were hurt. SEEMS TO BE POLLOCK'S BODY .Mnu round Uenil In Scnttle Hotel l'rnhnhly Mlxnliiff Hunk President of ClevelnAd. SEATTLE, May 8. A man believed to be R. N. Pollock, the missing bank president from Cleveland, O., ended his life hero today in tho Hotel York by sending n bul let through his brain. A razor, a two-ounco box of rough on rnts, and a phial contain ing 100 tablets of aconite were found at hand. All papers belonging to the man bad been burned before be committed the deed, He arrived hero Monday nnd registered ns James Fisher, lie failed to appear during tho next day and his roam was tlnally broken Into. Lying In n reclining position was found tho body. The coroner was called In. Tho deceased had not ap parently stirred uftcr firing the fatal shot. No clue could bo obtained In tho room and the nnmo of R. N. Pollock was found sewed on the Inside of his coat, placed there by a Cleveland (O.) tailor. Pollock apper.red well dressed, had $30 In money In his pockets. Ho appeared to havo been .to yenrs o( ngc, with a light complexion and wearing u small brown mustache. ' CLEVELAND, O., May 8, R, N. Pollock, who is reported to havo killed himself In Seattle today, wus president o( tho Cuya hoga Savings and Dunking company of this city. Ho was 38 years old, married and had three children. Ho was tho promoter of tho bank which closed Its doors Inst Monday. Pollock disappeared ten days ago and bad not been detlnltety placed until news of his reported self-destruction reached this city" this evening. Tho condition of tho bank la yet n mat ter of conjecture, Its books being in tho hands of n receiver, who Is making nn ex amination, and whoso, report Is expected In n day or two. The bank had deposits to the extent ot $340,000. This sum of monoy wns not In the bank's possession at the time of tho suspension. When rumors of Its weakness wero feared, to avoid tho inevita ble outcome of a posslblo ltnmcdlato de mand for such n largo sum of money, tho directors decided to suspend business and a receiver was appointed. Other Cleveland bankers, It Is said, would have gone to tho assistance of the Cuyahoga, Savings bank had It been asked for. The, bank was not prominent In the city's financial Institu tions, being located In the; residence dis trict nnd Its deposits being (or small sums. Tho receiver o( tho bank stated tonight that Pollock did not tnko tho money that was In tho bank nt the time of his leav ing the city, nnd It Is believed that, know ing a crisis was near, Pollock sought safety In flight. Pollock Is said to have been tho backer, with tbo bank's monoy, of ono or more Industrial concerns which were not successful. CANNOT WORK AT I0LA Imported Itnllnii I. n borer Driven Out liy StrlLlnir Cement 'Sinkers After a. llnttle. 10LA, Kan., May 8. Itallitn laborers who camo hero to take tho places .of striking cement workers were assaulted tonight by strikers and sympathizers ii.d driven to the railroad station for dc;; inXivVork- men from tho snicltcrtt Jpirv jllvSvork men from tho lola cement piWnt to run the Italians out of town, For some time thero has beeu troublo between the men employed at tho cement plant and Homo of the workmen. To All the vacancies caused by strikes and dis agreements a carload of Italians wnc shipped hero from Kansas City Tuesday night. Tho Italians wero twenty-two in number nnd were divided In two shifts. half working Wednesday and tho other half working that night. About t) o'clpek tho old workmen, augmented by men from tho smelters, surrounded tho lltlo camp of tents on the creek bank near the fac tory and demanded that tho men coma out. Tho Itnllans answered by firing sev cral shots, nnd the crowd outside Imme diately replied. It Is said three lola men were slightly wounded nnd ono Italian shot In tho back. Tho Italians broke from tho tents without hats or coats and took to the woods, but wero quickly captured Ono wns clubbed from n tree, whero he had crawled for, safety, and foil In tho water, whero ho floundered out on tho other bank, only to ho again taken. When tho whole crowd was captured they were lined up nnd marched to tho Santn Fo station, whero they arc being held until tho northbound passenger train ar rives, when It Is Intended to put them aboard by forco and ship them out. Tho rest of tho Italians, tho leaders say, will bo solzcd tomorrow, as well as a carload which Is expected to nrrlve tonight. EASTMAN IS CONTRADICTORY Admit In Cro-HTiiminntlnu Hint Hi Slorlc of C'amhrlilKe .Murder Huve Vnrleil. CAM I1RIDGE, Mass., May 8. For two hours this forenoon tho Eastman trial was marked by tho rigorous cross-examination of tho defendant by tho attorney general. With tho stenographic report of other pro ceedings In the case In his hands tho prosecuting officer hurled a number of ques tions at the Harvard Instructor with tho evident Intention of Bhowlng many dis crepancies. Eastman admitted somo Inac curacies and statements at variance with his testimony glvon before tho grand Jury. Nothing that the nttorney general could say, howover, could make Eastman waver in his statomont thnt the shooting was nn accident and that until tho government pro duced tho centor-flro bullot he had always bolloved that Grogan had been killed with a bullot from tho old rlm-flro revolver. Interest In the trial waned after Eastman hnd finished his testimony, tho remainder of tho day being given up entirely to ox ports on cartridges and revolvers. JURORS USE FISTS FREELY Twelve (inoil Men nnd True ill .Muncle l'lnd Neiv Wny of KihIIuk Their Wnlt. MUNCIE, Ind., May 8. While trying to night to como to a conclusion as to tho guilt or Innocence o( Henry Warenal, on trial (or enuslng a disturbance on an lnterurban car, tho Jury camo to blows and the locked door had to be broken open before tho frco-for-nll fight which raged Insldo could be stopped. Tho trial ended without a ver dict. COOK KILLS THE BAD MAN Oklahoma Chef Put Freil Smith nnd III Kentlve l-'lrenrm tint of HiiHlne. WICHITA, Kan., May 8. Fred Smith, son of ex-JudgA Smith of Osborne county, Kan baa, was shot and instantly killed at Cleo, Okl tonight, lie began shooting up the town In n restaurant filled with women and children nnd Cook Snoddy, wno was eating bin supper pulled a pistol Tho duel was terrific, but Smith fell from Snoddy's third shot. DENVER PROPOSES DENVER Sn j guts Itself ai Proper Eat f Waiters Freight Batei. COMPLAINS OF PRESENT DISCRIMINATION . I). Griffith ttrniln Chnmher of Com merce Aililre to ImliiMtrliil Cnni iitlkMon In WnhliiKtou When Cnllcd nn a Willie, WASHINGTON, May S. This afternoon tho Industrial commission listened to a statement from C. D. Griffith of tho Denver Chamber of Commerce, who read a docu ment prepared by tho chamber, complain ing of freight-rate discrimination ngatnst tho city on the part of tho railroad com panies. It was represented that this prac tlco grown largely out of the fact that tho Missouri river Is made the base of western rates. The opinion wns expressed that 'this base should bo moved westward to tho longitude of Denver. The Cham ber of Commerce alao made complaint of Instability of railroad rates, and a plea was mado for uulform nnd stnblo charges. Mr. Griffith said that the rato from Now York nnd Chicago to Denver Is nbout the samo ns tho rate from those cities to San Fran cisco and that tho rato from Denver to San Francisco Is no lower thnn that from New York nnd Chicago to San Francisco. Ho also said that notwithstanding tho fnct that Denver Is 600 miles nearer Idaho nnd Montana than Missouri river points, Denver freight rules to thoso states is. ouly one-fifth less. Also It was truo that goods could bo shipped to San Francisco and back to Utah nt a lower freight rato than tho same goods could bo shipped 'to Denver nnd then rc-shlpped to Utnh. Cincinnati' Plnlut. E. P. Wilson, secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers and various other trade organizations of Cincinnati, tes tified beforo the Industrial commission to day concerning railroad freight rates from tho Ohio river southward. Ho said that Cincinnati nnd other western cities bad suffered slnco H79 from discrimination on the part of the railroads in tho carrying of merchandise nnd manufactured articles In tho interest of tho eastern seaboard. Tho case had, ho said, been presented to tho Intcrstato Commerce commission, but whllo tho commission had recognized the injustice of It nnd hnd issued nn order for the discontinuance of tho practice, no at tention hud been paid to It. Mr. Wilson said that tho discrimination against Ohio rlvor points is the result of nn agreement which was entered Into al most n quarter of n century ago between tho Atlantic coast roads running south nnd tho roads running south from tho river. In accordance with that agremont the Ohio rlvor roads had advanced the price of manufactured articles and had kept them so high as to practically exclude the manu factured articles of tho west from that market, notwithstanding the manufacturing .center In that tlmo had moved rapidly westward. So great had this profcrence been that many westorn manufacturers had found It profitable to establish warehouses In Atlantlo seaboard cities for tho dTs trlhutlon of their wares through tho oouth, rnthcr than to attempt to get them Into that territory through tho natural chan nels, which wero tho westwurd roads run ning (.outhward. Often the rates, ho said irom uincinnati to souiucrn points wero greater than from New York, notwlthstand Ing tho distance Is only nbout half so great. STOP FRAUDULENT CLAIMS Order to He Ankeil from Pontofllce De partment AKiilnxt ImpoMnr In Durkee tunc. WASHINGTON. Muy S.-The Treasury department Is preparing n letter to thn Postofllce department nuking. that n fraud order bo Issued ugulnst parties represent Iiik themselvcH ns interested In tho Durkeo claim. Thin rlalm Is im old one, dating buck to Pactllc railroad days, Durkeo nt ono tlmo being governor of Utnh territory. Tho original amount wns $tJI,00O,onO. Tho enso has been in the supreme court nnd was recently In tho superior court of tho District of Columbia and rejected. Yesterday u lawyer called on Spcretnry Gage with two witnesses nnd made n de mand for $79,000,000. "1 refuse to pay It," asserted the secretary, "for the reason that I would be subject to Immediate punish ment nnd Imprisonment." 'Very well," retorted the lawyer, "I have wltncsHcH to your refusal." It Is stntod ut tho treasury that ninny persons have, been Induced to buy stock In tho Durkeo claim nnd for that reason It Is proposed to ask for the Issuo of tho fraud order. TrenNiiry IluyliiK llonil. WASHINGTON, May 8. Tho secretory of tho treasury today bought $89,000 short- term 4 per cent bonds at 113.64, Secretary Gage lato this afternoon pur chased $75,000 short term 4 per cent bonds at 113.65. Ho also purchased $30,000 short term 4 per cent bonds nt 113.65. ST. LOUIS FAIR BOARDS Director Adopt HylnvfM 1'rovldlnK Severnl to He Ailopteil by the President. ST. LOUIS, Muy 8. The second meeting ot tho board of directors of the World's Fair company was held toduy. The bylaws, which wero adopted, provide among other things that tho president shall appoint, subject to tho approval of tho board, committees on finance, ways and means, concessions, transportation, press nnd publicity, foreign relations, sup plies, sanitation, police. Insurance, cero monles, grounds atid buildings, legislation, agriculture, flno arts, mines nnd mining, state nn.l territorial exhibits, manufactures and machinery, electricity und electrical ap pliances, fish and fisheries, education and on othnology, nnd shall doslgnate the char acter of each. CENTRAL ENGINEER KILLED llurney Keenan Wornt Injured Victim of llllnol Central Wreck nt Kuttniva, Ivy. PADUCAH, Ky., May 8. Tho Illinois Central fast passenger trnln No. 102, from Memphis to Louisville, wns wrecked at Kuttawa this afternoon. Tho engine Jumped tho track and all but one car was turned over. Engineer Ilarney Kcegan and Fireman Robert Stlft of thts city wero fatally hurt, tho engineer living but a short tlmo. Dag gugenutn D. M. Taylor of Louisville and Mail Agent Charles Young of Kuttawa wero badly hurt and soveral passengers ro celved painful Injuries. Tho wrockage caught fire and two coaches woro destroyed. Fast running to makn up time Is supposed to havo caused the wreck. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebrnskn-Fnlr Thursday nnd lTiuay; warmer in Eastern foruon Thursday; Southeasterly Winds. Temiierntitre nt llmnhn Yewterdnyi Hour. lieu. Hour. licit. ." ii. m Ill 1 p. m n. in no U p. m .Ml 7 n. m nn ii ii. m s n. I Ill ! i. m un n a. it no r p. m ifj 10 a. in r,i n p. m i:t 11 ii. m r2 t p. m . . . . ti ll! in h p. m no u p. i r.s PRESIDENT CANNON'S WILL IiiKtriimc nt DImionIuk "f Mormon Lender' Mllllon-llollnr Hlute to He I'rohnteil Today. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May S.--The will of tho late dcorgo (. Cnnnon will be filed for probate tomorrow. This will dis poses of an estnlo approximating $1,0'JO,000. Tho estnto Is divided into Jwo parts, the first part consisting of glltcdgo securities worth $200,000, This is to remain in trust until Ocorgo Q. C.innon's youngest child, now u yeuis of nge, Httnlns his majority. All of tho thlrty-threo children o( President Cnnnon aro given nn acre o( land (rom the Cannon (aim and $J,000 In cash on attain ing majority or nt marriage, tho balance o( the $200,000 to bo divided among tho children when tho youngest child becomes o( ngc. While polygumy wns recognized by tho Mormon church Mr. Cnnnon bad (our wives. To these aro willed their homes, provision nlso being mnde (or their malntennuco during life. The remainder of President Cnnnon's es tate, valued nt $SOO,000 nnd consisting of 33,000 acres of farm land, Interest In flour mills, Irrigation companies and stock In banks, etc.. passes Into possession of tho George Q. Cnnnon association, of which President Cannon's children nnd his nephew, John M. Cnnnon, aro stockholders, to bo held in trust until tho youngest child is 40 years of age, AUGUSTA FIRE QUITS EARLY Illnr.e (lull Threntcneil to Sweep the ticoi'Kltt City SiieeiimliH at Whittle)' Wurchniic. AUGUSTA, On., May 8. A llro which at ono tlmo threatened to he n great disaster broke out In n storugo compartment of tho Union Compress compnny building nt 1 o'clock tills afternoon. Tho blazo had gained sufficient headwny to cover the roof o( tho building tbc(oro tho alarm could bo responded to. Au alloy separates tho Compress build ing' nnd Phynzy & Co.'s warehouse. A stiff breezo In n short time swept the 'flames over tho heads of tho firemen to this building, lu which wns stored 1,200 bales of cotton. From here tho fire wns blown to Whitney & Co.'s warehouse and seemed beyond the control of tho department. In tho Whitney warehouse there wero 2.C00 hales of cotton stored and soon it was burning. The walls of this structuro were the only ones not to glvo wny. Had It not beeu for this tho llro department could not havo stopped tho fire where they did. Tho losses on cotton aro as follow: Whitney & Co., $103,000; Phynzy & Co., O,'100rC0ttiprcs-cdmrifiny, $4.00.0.- Tho loss on buildings Is about $10,000. Tho cotton Is fully insured. KEARNS WOULD DRAW NO LINE Returned dull Senator AVnnt Mor mon-Gentile DlaciiNNlon Dropped in IntcrcHtn of All. NEW YORK, Muy 8. Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah, who has been nbroad since March lit, returned this evening on the steamship Majestic. The senator vls ited Naples, Hamburg, Flotcnce uud Eng land. His family, who went over with him, will remain abroad three months longer. Speaking of his plans the senator said that ho expected lo remain hero for a few- days and then go to Chicago. Later ho would go to Salt Lake City, whero ho will meet President McKlnley on tho 29th. When nsked ns to the report thnt tho Mormons wero going to sccuro control of tho state ho said: "That kind of tnlk has been going on over slnco I wont out there. I was olected by the legislature, and I am n Gentile. Another Ucntllo was also elected and an other Is n congressman. Tho Mormons aro liberal, especially thu young genera tion. Tho time has como when there should be no lines, Mormon or Gentile, but all should work for the development of tho state." BRIDEGROOM'S FIFTH WEDDING S. Ilndeii of ehriika City Murrlr .Mr. A. Sl.tipp of O in u In . CHLLICOTHE, Mo May 8. (Special Telegram.) H. S. Hayden of Nebraska City, Nob., and Mrs. A. Shupp of Omaha wero married at thn Luclla hotel in this city today. The bridegroom la 85 years old and this is his fifth marriage. Tho brldn Is 60 yenrs of ugo and this Is her second matrimonial venture. Mr. Hayden is reputed to bo worth nearly $1,000,000 In property nnd monoy. Tho couple aro visit ing relatives here. DEERE OF M0LINE IS SLATED Plowmiiker' Combine Mny Merno with Implement .Maker nnd Klcet 1 1 1 in President. CHICAGO, May 8. W. H. I'rlnton, presi dent of the Peru Plow and Wheel works of Poru, III., to night said: "Tho plow com blno is likely to bo merge'd Into n great trust of all tho Implement makers ot tbo United States, iNlnety per cent of them are now represented In n conference at New- York. Tho cupltal of the new trust will bo ns much ns $50,000,000 and may nmount to $75,000,000. Charles II. Deero of tho Mollno Plow works will In all probability bo mado president of tho trust." REVISE LAWS OF THE ORDER Woodmen of World to Kllmlniite Claiiae Itcliillutr to Cure ot Sick mill limnne. COLUMI1US, O., MBy 8. Tho committee nppolnted by the sovereign camp, Wood men of the World, to revise tho lawn qf tho order today decided to eliminate from the constitution all tho sections relating to tho care of the sick nnd Insane, Under tho sections thero was a great deal of imposition on tho sovereign camp and somo radical changes wero deemed ncces sary. Entirely now sections will bo drafted to cover these subjects and bo adopted by tho local camps. Frleo' Hunker .loin Striker. MAN FRANCISCO. Mnv 8. Two hundred union bakcrH utruck In Hymputhy with tho cooks nnd wnltem' Htrlkn, which has been on for several ilayn. Four hundred car rlago wnrkors hnv.ti also quit work heciuse tnc'r cmpioers navo ruiutteu to sign union agreement. MAY BLOCK BIG DEAL Tumnltuoni Proceedings Wall Street Affect Fendla; Burlington Merger. UNION PACIFIC 1$ PROTECTING ITSELF Purchase of Northern Paciflo Bbarn 'is to Prevent Riral's Benefiting. KUHN-L0EB WILL NOW HAVE A VOICE Maj liient to Triangular Arrangement with the Northerner!. CORNER IN SHARES UNPRECEDENTED Keenc Credited with HnvitiK Per cclieil Whnt Wnt. lo lleult ou the Mnrl.et nml .Mnilc the .Moot of It, NEW YORK, May S. The Evening Post, In discussing tho Northern Pnclflo situa tion, says: Kuhn, Loch & Co., It wns cred itably stated today, havo acquired suffi cient Northern Pacific stock to prevent, It they desire, tho approval of tho Ilurllngton purchaso by Northern Pacific shareholders. Their purchases for tho most part havo been made within n week. Some compro mise will bo made, as tho parties In con flict nre so Important, nnd Union Pnclllc Interests, which the management of that property felt wero threatened by the ag gressive policy of (ho Northorn Pacific, will bo protected by agreement or by Mr. Harrlmnn and perhaps other Union Paciflo dlroctora going Into tho Northern Paciflo board. Theso arc matters which necessarily are still unsettled, but Kuhn, Loeb & Co. now havo virtually tho power to determine whether tho Northern Pnclflu will secure tho Ilurllngton, nnd whether assurances given that their Union Pnclflo Interests will bo fully protected. It nppenred today taht they would not push their advantage so far ns to stop tho merger proposed by Mr. Hill. I'lilon PiicIIIc'n Hurl IiikIoii Corner. NEW YORK, May 8. Denllug with tho relation of things In tho turmoil of Wall street today tho flnnnclnl writer of ths Evening Post, In n news lender In Its last edition this evening, nays: Tho funda mental fact In the Northern Paciflo situa tion was that tho Ilurllngton deal Is placed In Jeopardy, as matters Htnnd nt ptcscnt. Union Pacific Interests, who wero alarmed nt tho danger to their property, lying In tho control of tho Burlington by tho northern trnnscontlnentnl line, havo bought the ratification of tho Burlington purchase by the Northern Pnclflo shareholders, unless somo ngroement Is mado with them which will protoct .their Interests sufficiently. Tho corner In the j'.hareAw.aa unprece dented: '"That" dovclopmeflt-'rewdiAjn said, from Mr. Keono's clover 'apjil-eclatlM'n of tho Bltuntlon In tho atock, tho Icgklaiato demand for which had heavily reduced tbo floating supply The corner Is n. secondary aspect, though tho moro spectacular ono to the public, In a movement of far-reaching consequences, possibly putting u stop to tho plans for tho greatest of railroad mergers, upsetting President Hill's auda cious plan to havo tho Northorn Pacific con trol Rurllngton's operations. Tho policy of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. has been essentially ono of self-protection, nnd Ijelng now In u dominant pusltlon whoro the "bal ance of power" In the western railway sltuntlon, so rucfely disturbed by Mr. Hill's Ilurllngton deal, has beon restored, they will content themselves. Rather than creato lasting hostilities among tho grent western railroads which would follow tho abandon ment of tho Ilurllngton deal, there probably will now bo made n triangular arrangemont. with tho Union Pnclllc sharing tho control ns well ns tho Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, under a modlllcatlon of tho burden of tho guaranty. Whnt Mn.le it Polhle, Tho conditions under which Kuhn, Loeb & Co. wero nblo to win their advantage wero that the Hill-Morgan Interests In the Northern Paciflo hold nbout 400,000 shares of Northern Pacific as a preliminary In vestment which was practically off the market. In nddltlon about 200,000 shares wero held nbroad, nnd a good deal of this passed to tho Union raclflo Interests. This left virtually but 200,000 shares of thn 800,000 shares of common stock outstanding available lu tho Now York market. While thero havo been heavy sales of Northern Pacific by insiders the stock held for con trol has not been sold, nnd It Is not likely that Insiders went short of tho market as has been Intimated. Tho corner In tho stock was not looked for by the serious buyers of Northern Pacific, who had practi cally accomplished their purchases beforo Monday's sharp rise. Tho pyrotechnics In tho shares aro nttrlbutcd to Mr. Koene, who, comprehending what wan actually go ing on In tho stock and understanding tho lnrgo thort Interest of speculators, went Into the mnrket and effected the corner. Mr. 11111, It was authoritatively stated to day, has not sold nny of his Northern Pa cific slock. His largo Interest was acquired last Bummer around &o, when tho stock hroko on tho reduction of tho common dlvl-" dend and the seemingly poor traffic pros pects, lcsultlng from tho failure ot tho spring wheat harvest. Ho nald today: "I havo not bought a share of Northern Pacific In alx months," and In reforenco to tho re ported difficulties botweon the Harrlraan syndicate nnd tho Morgan-Hill Interests, he Bald: "That has been magnified a thou sand times." Interi'Ntrd Pnrlie Confer. There was talk in the street ot a great fight (or control between tho Morgan-Hill Interests on tho ono side and tho Harrl-man-Kuhn-Loob-Htandard Oil people on tho other, but nothing deflnlto could bo learned o( It, In Borne parU o( tho street tho talk o( a fight nnd o( a groat clash botweon tho Bovcral InterestH Is credited. In other parts It Is ridiculed, Ono Btory has It that over 100,000 (ilia res ranrq than tho actual capi tal Btock of tho rompnny have beon bought by thu opposing syndicates, nnd that It Is as yet uncertain where control lies, How ever, whatever tho situation, Hevornl con ferences wore hold today in regard to tho Northern Paciflo stock situation, wh'lrh were participated in by James Stlllmun, Kuhn,, Loeb & Co, and E. H. Harrlman on tho ono, side, nnd Daniel Lamnut, James J, Hill and Mr. Bacon of J, I', Morgan & Co., on tho othor. It is also understood that Goorge S. Baker and toino representative of tho Van derbllt lnteri.'fita wore nhn present during a portion of tho lust conference. No decision was arrived nt, but it Is understood that Mr. Morgan hud been appealed to In cabin dispatches and that matters wero loft in their present state pending tbo recolpt ot