WE OMAHA DAILY I1EE: TUESDAY. AFRIL 25. 1003.
Tel. CM.
Bee, April 21, ,05
"Take from men Mm
hltton and vanity
and yon will kiTe
nrlthrr hrrnra
nor patriot."
New Wash Goods
Variegated Voiles, 27 inches
wide; New Suiting Mixtures,
plain or checks at 10c per yard.
Arnold's Mohair . Lustres, now printed
materials wltt" the crisp finish of mohair,
yet soft and pllahie. New and choice stylet
at Joe per yard.
New Organdies, 30 Inches wide, In tht
latest floral designs In elaborate color ef
fects at 2Sc per yard.
Irish Dimities The best Imported "Mr
Bride" quality. None better made, 30
nrhes wide In the new crossbar weave,
printed In dainty Dresden designs, 25c
per yard.
Plain colored mercerized Eoliennes. The
new popular weave at 18c. 20c, 25c per yard.
"Bolsettes." Very popular mercerlied
material. Splendid wash material 30 Inches
wide, at 2fc per yard, all colors and black.
New Klmona materials In the latest
Japanese designt at 10c, 15c, 20c per yard.
TH0HP3 ON. PELD EN &f iQ
Y. M. C A. Building, Corner Sixteenth and Douglas Streets
IIINES TALKS TO SENATORS
nt th opvia rannlrltia timilar auallfl-
I . -J . -J . , iwwi A a
rations. rialary, i.i arm i."v. " '
limit, 20 years or over. As the commis
sion ha experienced considerable difficulty
In er-nrtn allrlhloa for these positions.
Former Lmploye of LouisTille and flash- S
.'11. TJ . t n n J.-- I ru f u1 a r nntra nra mm 1ft Hf
vine ueiure commerce lommiueo, i : trnn in th
itiJty ii r hi i ut "i"itni -- - -
rronflmnn'i hrtrtit al ul VnJh XU t Oil, I. C
Balurit Vjaf. r,Ae ar,t.i,m A IT A limit. 20 VearS
LATf i or over.
Mnv 17 Vnr thA nmilflnn or iphuiik rn
-ay. that ,nte,.,.,e Conferee Com- J;
mission llaa All the I'oitfr
.Necessary to Provide Fair
DEFENDS PRESENT C0MVISSI0N
per annum, according to qualifications 81
vacancies are to he linen in mesc
Ago limit, 20 year or over.
Freight Kales.
MILLION AND A HALF
(Continued from First Puge.)
venting the departure of any membert of
the crew.
The neutrality Incident Is officially consid
ered closed. M. Delcasse'a not accompany
ing M. Loubet to Bordeaux la due to the
unsettled status of the Moroccan question
and the possibility of futher complications
over neutrality.
A telegram from Toulon says It la ru
mored there that orders have been re
ceived to dispatch the French armored
cruisers Klenber and Desaix to the far
east and to hold the thlrd-clasi cruisers
Caasurd and Alger In readiness to put to
tea.
Rojestvensky Lrsrei ttie Coast.
8AIGON, April 24. According to the last
newt received here the Russian squadron
was fifteen miles from the const. The
vessels were steering northward.
BIRTHDAY OF ODD FELLOWS
blglity-Slxth Anniversary of the
Order Celebrated by State
Lodge.
State lodge No. 10, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, gave a very enjoyable
entertainment at Odd Fellows' hall last
night In commemoration of the eighty-sixth
anniversary of the founding of the Order
of Odd Fellowship In the United States.
There was a large attendance from other
Odd Fellow lodges In this city and South
Omaha, and members of the Encampment
end Patriarchs, as well as from tho Daugh
ters of Rcbckah.
A. E. Cooper, noble grand of State lodge
No. 10, presided as master of ceremonies.
The program began With the singing of
the opening ode of the subordinate lodges,
followed' with prayer by the chaplain.
The address 'of welcome was delivered
by Ensign E. M. Coffin on behalf of No.
10, and Wat fallowed by .'R. B. Wilson in
a very eloquent address, giving a brief
history of Odd Fellowship and the story
of Its achievements through the subor
dinate lodges.
A musical number then followed by the
orchestra, after which Miss - Pearl Coffin
gave a pretty piano solo. ."The Encamp
ment" waa the subject of a. short and in
structive address by Colonel N. B. Heln
of that order, giving a history of its pur
poses and the relation that It bore to the
subordinate lodges. Another musical num
ber, a piano duet, by Misses Pearl Coffin
and Pauline Whttesell, waa then nicely
given, which was succeeded by a comic
song by Mr. Francis, with Mr. Mercer as
piano accompanist. Miss Leyn Sutherland
read an excellently prepared paper on the
Kebekah 'degree, giving the ttory of Itt
origin In the early Ms and Itt subsequent
growth. Miss , Bertha -.Elite sang very
prettily a soprano solo, "Forevermore,"
with Miss Hattle Carberry as accom
panist, the program concluding with a
piano solo by H. D. Miller.
The1 remainder of the evening was given
over to the discussion of substantial re
freshments, prepared by the Rebekahs, and
then came an enjoyable season of dancing
and social diversions, which continued un
til a lata hour.
Clifton Hill, and also as to the manner
In which tlie grounds of the school houso
at Forty-second and Corby streets are
being used by disreputable people at night,
and the complaint was referred to Chief of
Police Donahue.
The commission authorized the submis
sion of a request for bids to Omaha wagon
builders for the repair of the patrol
wagons, this to Include furnishing rubber
tires for the wagons.
Chief of Police Donahue stated that he
had instructed all police officers to ar
rest all "street walkers," the purpose be
ing to drive this class of disreputable per
sons from the city, or at least from the
practice of street solicitation.
FIRE AND POLICE MATTERS
City Attorney Brern Supplies Com
mission with aa Opinion as to Ita
Towers and Limitations.
City Attorney Breen. In answer to a
question raised by the Fire and Police
commission hat replied In a formal
opinion to the effect that no change hat
been made In the new charter In respect
to the powera and dutlet of the commit
tlonen The opinion, which wae received
by the commission at Its meeting last even
ing. Included also the views of Mr. Breen
at to the extent and limitations of tho
powers of the commission.
The commission adopted a resolution Instructing-
the members of the fire depart
ment, in cooperation with , the fire and
police commission and the chief of the fire
department, to proceed at once for the
proper organization of said department,
for the creation of a relief fund as pro
vided by the provisions of the charter,
and to report the " proceedings to the
board. ( -'
A complaint.' was read from C. Cheney
of the Clifton Hill club as to the rapid
running -of automobiles on the avenue at
MBW THOUGHTS.
Are 700 growing more attractive aa 70a
advance in life?
"Girt a healthy body," stye Dr. R. V.
.' Pierce, the special-
. itt in woman's dit
. . ease, of Buffalo,
k a. N. Y., "and a
I everyone can culti-
-'. VAta ud eninv hon.
pineta.
we must eat
properly and di
real well to be
beautiful. It it a
fact that any form
. of dyspepsia may
. in 1 few dayt trans
form a clear, white
akin into a tnasa of
pimplea and black
pots. A beautiful
woman haa the
beauty of her stom
ach. Dr. Pierce 'a
Golden Medical
Discover main-
tains penon'e nutrition by enabling one
to eat, retain, digest and assimilate the
proper nutritious food. It overcomes the
gastric irritability and symptom of indi
fettioa, and that the person it saved from
those aymptome of fever, night-sweats,
headache, etc., which are to common. A
tonic made . up largely of alcohol will
shrink the corpaaclet of the blood and
make them weaker for resistance. .
T1i is is to certify that I have rnrd Doctor
Vieres't Ootdea Medical Discovery, think it's
tb grsndaM medicine la the world, writ Mra
V. M- Young, of Weir, W. Vs. I hd dyspepsia
la it wont fas. 1 decided to try your med
ietas. I used ave bottle, aod now I am doing
my owa housework. A number of my frloado
also are using Dr. Pierce's medicine tad they
recommend iT highly, May God blest yoa in
four grand work.'
Dr. Pierce believes that a tonic made with
alcohol will shrink the red blood corpuscles
and make the system weak for resistance;
that it why ht avoided the nse of any alco
hol or narcotic in bit 'Medical Discovery,
which contains the pure extract from route
and herbs without a particle of alcohol.
Accept no substitute for Golden Medical
Discovery. There it nothing jut aa
good for dyspepsia or debility.
Biliousness U cured by the M pf Dr.
Pierce's JTlcaaaat Pellet.
MASCONOMO'S EASTER BALL
Swell Colored Men's CInb Carries
ThronRh Most Successfully a
Splendid Event.
The Auditorium last evening was tho
scene of a blaze of light and a kaleido
scopic blending of pretty gowns when tho
grand march of the Masconomo Mutual
club's Easter ball was started at the stroke
of 10. The event was a success In every
way and an occasion to which the officers
of the club, the leading colored organiza
tion of Omaha, may point with pride for
some time to come. John Pegg waa master
of ceremonies and acquitted himself with
becoming grace. After being escorted to
the stage by the members of the Mas
conomo club, Mr. Pegg delivered an ad
dress of welcome which bristled with
thoughtful sentiments, many , of which
brought forth applause from the large
gathering present. In the course of his
remarks Presiding Officer Pegg referred to
the alms and purposes of the club and of
the progress of the colored race.
Speaker Pegg reached his peroration, by
saying that In President Theodore Roose
velt the colored people saw a true sponsor
and a man who could measure arms with
any man. He recalled the names of famous
leaders of the race and eulogized Booker
T. Washington as being the true leader of
the race at the present time. "We realize
that organization la the timekeeper of
progress. It records the advancement and
stimulates the energy, enterprise and In
tellect and quickens the genius of the
American people," declared Mr. Pegg. The
speaker took his seat amid thunderous ap
plause. Ho was Introduced by Richard
Booker.
Last evening's ball and cakewalk waa
given for the tick and invalid .mentbers
of the club and for the bene'nt Of those
who may need assistance In time to come.
A neat turn was netted for this Worthy
purpose.
Afer the grand maroh, led by Richard
Booker and Georgia Galbreth, was finished
the piece de resistance of the evening, the
cakewalk, waa given. The cakewalk waa
certainly one of the best seen in these
parts for many moons. This typical Amer
ican Institution was given In all its glory
and scope by some of the best exponents
of the art. One dozen couples vied for the
coveted prizes and so closely did the con
testants dance to the standard set by the
prize winners that the Judges were almost
In a deadlock as to who should have the
awards. After forty minutes of cake,
walking Miss Fay Shepherd and Walter
Bell were awarded the first prize of IM,
while Miss Laura Pennls and John Mar
shall received the second prize, a nno cake.
John Pegg made the presentations. Jor
dan Bell and Prof. Williams directed the
cakewalk.
After the cakewalk, at 11:30, the dance
program of thirty numbers was started.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, the ball waa well attended, many
occupying seats at spectators. To the fol
lowing officers of the Masconomo Mutual
club it due the auccess of last evening's
ball: Captain T. P. Robertson, president;
u. Blmpson, vice president and treasurer
H. V. Plummer, secretary; William Size
more, assistant secretary; E. Brown, man
ager.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The senate
committee on interstate commerce today re
sumed the hearing of the railroad rate
question Walker 1). Hlnes formerly of conrerpncp w(th th( ,eadln)f bankers of
i.ie juiswiib nasnviue iiaurouu cum- Cnlcag0 ,, New York. Three Chicago
piny, appeared before the committee and bHtlker8-PreRldent J. U Forgan of the
said in part: Flrst Nn.ftnn, hBw. m-son Smith of the
Zi'i1ite.r",,,?,Tom,."pr,'e..act B" Btp,r.e!le"H Merchants' Loan and Trust company and
very unjustly discriminatory rate. The I -rnsi A- .riammiu 01 me torn ivxchhuso
nterstate Commerce coininisHlnn may ii- National bank, three of the leading flnan
r,'PJ?'r.?.w'Jn.l!,iH,ol,cernl118 a"y clal Institutions of Chicago- came to Mil
uj 1 'urn 14 tiuiDiiuii ui iiitj mn, 1 . 1
It it nnds anv rate to be unreasonable or wauaee on an early train ana wem uuu
njustly dlwrlinatory. the carrier must be rvmf.rn- th nrentntlves of the
Vcharge0 fhaTrut' "m co"U"U'nB Flrt National bank. Over $1,000,000 was
If the carrier does not comply with such sent to Milwaukee by Chicago 10 rewen mo
order the comnilsxlon or any person Inter- city before the news of the defalcation waa
sted may bring su t, and It becomes me .,,,kii 0i v,ni1ra1 thousand
uty of the circuit court to afford a speedy mRde Public. Several hundred thousand
hearing and to make and enforce a de- dollars In gold was transren-ea to tne
cree compelling obedience to the commis- I First Nnflnnnl hv local banks, ao that ln-
rawnful0rd,!r' 'f thlU ri'er 13 'Und t0 be "tltutlon was prepared for the run that
On any such hearing the commission's was expected.
everv Hi t fn111.il tlmt tlie iireHiimtitlon nnn Iiea-ins in Aiiernoon
Is always In favor of the commission's I Every precaution has been taken to keep
oraer. I thn fart of the ohnrtAtre from the rubllo
An appeal lies to the supreme court from . .. . . K.
i.m .lei-ree nf a . ii-. iiii -curt In anv such until the affairs of the bank could be put
case, but contrary to the general impres- In condition to meet any emergency that
sion this appeal cannot suspend or postpone roigjjt arise. When the bank closed It!
me lulling filed 01 me uuci t-c 01 int- in - i . tv . 9 ivm ,a
cult court. If the circuit court derees dr!l h.s afternoon more than 2,000 de-
ohedlene to the commission's order, the car- I cosltors were clambrlng for their money.
tier must at once obey it. notwithstanding Nearly 1,000,000 had been paid out In the
any appt-al, unless the circuit court itself . ,. , DH k. . mn ,wr.
M nf 111., nn n im Mm! 1nl i-e lipmilllllM lllHt. I vi.uic vi i. itiuic c,.v. ......... .
t should Hu.snend the liberation of Ita de- I centage of the customers demanding the
cree pending tne appeal ana so oraers, ana dosing of their accounts had been served.
ii ii no orueis ii can iiiiuomv bucu iriiiia ni i . ... Hnm xj, v-r,v n
It Fees fit unon tho currier as to giving Money is on the way from New "iork to
bond or otherwise. I strengthen the resources of the bank and
Klklns I.nv Assists.
-C ar i -V
FOUR PLAYS ARE WELL DONE
Panlls of Boyd School of Actio
Give Their Third Pnblle
Appearance.
At the Boyd theater last night the third
public appearance of the pupils of the
Boyd School of. Acting drew out a large.
anenaance. in the four one-act plays
given, those taking part showed everv evi
dence of their progress, in the art under
tne tutelage of Mlaa Fitch, who has dlree
tlon of the school... Rabbi Cohn made. .
short address explanatory of tho Browning
iiumoer, in a iiaicony," which was very
wen uone. i ne , plays and those repre
Dealing ine cnaracters were
. .. . . '. '"JUDITH."'
juoitn Brldalne Mite Hazel Brown
Mudam Fontenelle Mlw. Mary Wallace
o.;.Vi,r.' ""'"'"'nr. Mtjt Hell fch
v" Miss Alice Wknsnea
iriKj WUMl, '
Old Maids
Mlsa Cornelia Van Renssalaer...
Miss Millieent VAn' Rensiuiaer. . MdenU
XfiMM .illfl. 111.
Jessica Harcourt (a new maid)
Wise Helen Empten
Mr. Andrew Sparrow.... Mr. George Llnneu
iio u iv new., mr. nullum SUIlmH
M ......... Ml
.$ l.Boo.ono.oo
5uu.0n0.00
642,33.10
350,000.00
. 16.574,948.34
tho directors expect to meet all demands
A distinct and very Imbortant procedure nromntlv. Thev claim that the actual
Is provided by the Klklns act, whereby, as I , nf s.nk hB. not bprn lm.
paired by the defalcation.
out any formal hearing or order, may Tne statement of the condition of the
bring suit In the circuit court to enjoin a . . -, . . .
continuance of the discrimination. This bank March Bnd wn,cn 18 tne la8t Bta,e-
avokls all the delay incident to a formal ment formally imuea, is a strong one. it
hearing before the commission. Although j8 ag follows:
the applicability of this procedure to unjust tc-aoi'rr-ira
discrimination in tariff rates even between T itr.ULru.M.
different localities was more than two Ji08"". V"".;: i,,,'SA2
years ago expressly declared by the su- V,nltff SBtea bonds. 'S?"?'
preme court to exist under the Klklns act. Premium on IT. S bonds 0?5'IS2'?
and although It Is evidently a convenient Investment securities 8i?'S?iJ
and speedy way of preventing unjust dis- el estate w.vii.us
crlmlnnVion, it has never been resorted to t.Q,,h a,ltl duo from banks B.lu, 210.03
in a single Instance. ..... r.., .,0071
runs there is in tne present law aennite iumi
provision for the correction by the courts LIABILITIES.
of every unreasonable or unjustly dlscrimi- Capital
natory rate, with Bpcclal provision for tho Surplus
speedy disposition of all such cases and Undivided prollts
with special provision to prevent any delay Circulation
on account of appeals by the carrier. Deposits
1 nereiore inw wiueiy in e v uuiug iiiii'iciwn
that under the present law carriers may at Total $19,567,271.44
their pleasure ana wunoui coniroi cnargo A formnI statement was Issued by Mr.
unreasonably high rates Is thoroughly er- . . n,..
roneous. Oh tho otner nana, every raie "" .
charged by a carrier Is subject to tne ui-t 1. nave no excuses to mnKe. I 00 not
reet nnd effective control cf the courts of care to sneak of motives which I had. and
the t'nlted States to prevent such rate from had no right to have. The big men among
violating the interstate commerce law in tne directors or tne nann nave come tor
any respect. It Is the courts and not, as I ward in a way that should give absolute
frequently claimed, ine carriers, 1 commence 10 ine coiiiiiiuiui , hiiu iiie.v ui
the Judges of what Is reasonable and Just I deserving of the highest praise. There
under the law. are no better men in any community and
This preventive method or oeanng wun no stronger men nnanciany. 1 ne nann
unlawful rates was deliberately adopted will be better and stronger than ever. My
by congress, but has never been found family has been kept In Ignorance of the
Insufficient In a single case; and It Is conditions, and their method of living la
therefore an unwarranted attack upon the not to be laid up against them,
law to assume, without any facts to "up- today the directors Issued the fol
port the argument, that this remedy is
worthless, especially when the nature of lowing statement.
the remedy and the experience under it go W'hile the directors of the bank can say
to show that it is substantial ana enecuve. 1 no word or assurance so rar a ine personal
rnn.mi.ainn Fiinli aspect of this unfortunate case goes, they
Commission it at rami. 1 e . . H, i, .
Thn numerous failures of the commission I (n....i,u n.rorn. riitu, ir,i.r...i
In litigation have not been due to any de- to assure tne public that the First Na-
fect in tho law, but have been due n- t, , b k , , absolutely solvent
variably either to the commissions adop- con(iiion . ., .
tlon. of illegal methods or to the commis- ,., V Btatt.mont because there
sion's mlsiiiken condemnation of practices
not prohibited by law.
An additional remedy or consiaeraDie nn-
is a possibility that many people may
thoughtlessly con round wnai is a personal
matter with tne utanaing or tne oanK
R0"'" .ThI'.? .1 which I." on. nf tie ' great"flnknc.al
time and which doubtless could be exer
clsed much more freely if its use were
encouraged, Is that whereby tne commis
stltutions of the northwest
The board of directors of the bank de
sion mav award reparation to any person piert that nn sttemnt should be made to
aggrieved oy me carrier, cnarg.ng any u.i- .hM(, tho chlef defaulter and' his asso.
u 11 nil ritTA 1
Notwithstanding the Interstate commerce ciates in me crime irom meir iuu niennuro
act provides a definite and practical Df nunlshment, and thoy will be prosecuted
IllKlIlOU Ul CUIICWllllB Bll uiuamui mira, , lh , n the law
lhr, Is umlmihteillv n somewhst areneral tO the full extent Ot tne law.
Impression that the act is absolutely worth- At 9 o'clock tonight everything was
less ana it is necessary to a compieie quIet in the vicinity of the bank.
UiiU'i oluiiiiiiik ui int; Duujuvi i o iu 1
The plan to give the commission the RETAILERS TO HAVE PAPER
raie-mitKing power is a rauicm uvpuriuie
11UII1 III" iiiiiiuiiiic 111 11113 I'lrotiu ian, 1 - .
necessiirllv will onerate to denrlve rail- tacal Organlaatlont to Kstabllsh an
roads of any1 voice in the niunagement of Organ that Will Represent
railroad truffle for which the commission I Their Interests,
makes rates, and practically but within the I
absolute control of the committee the The Omaha Retail Grocers' association
right to arbitrarily interfere with the free and the Omaha Retalt Butchers' Protective
movement of commodities from one local- , .. ,,, . . wl. . ,
Ity to another. association will Jointly publish a paper In
There is Htnple power under the present this city. It Is to be called The Retail
law to cjrrect every unlawful rate. Grocers' and Butchers' Journal, and the
It Is claimed that for ten years the . , , '
commission exere led wlthowt question this nr8t lsl,ue wl" be out as soon after May 1
rate-making pov. tv and the results were at possible. The new trade paper will
benenclai ana not injurious to me ran- com6 out on the first and third Mondays
roads. President Roosevelt assumed this . . w . . .
to be true In his message in 1901, but the ot each month and will be devoted to mat
fact Is. continuously from the outset both ters of particular Interest to the trades
carriers and the courts disputed the pos- publishing It. It will contain the lists
Pfoniuii ui nun miwci J me LuiiiiiiiBaiuii, - , . .
By far the moat potent influence In be- f officers and space for Items of each as
half of the rate-making power is the al- soclatlon, such as notices of meetings, dis
most universal belief that power Is neces- cugaion of various firms and conditions, in
sary to cure secret rebutes which have . . ... ,.,, . . .
by all odds the greatest cause of dissat- fact- a11 tne Intimate news of the busl-
lsfactlon with rullroad management In ness which It not touched by the dally
th s country. lnis is tne omy specino papers. Tnere will be free want ad de-
evll referred to by the president in his ' . . . . . . .. .
message to congress last winter and the partments, restricted- to the grocery and
Townseml bill has been spoken of In the meat businesses. There will also be a
press as ''the anti-rebate rD'''-" yf nle'thr department of news from other cities, and
the rate-muking power nor anything in the , ... ... . ,. '
Townsend bill has anv connection what- the advertising will be limited to mer-
ever with preventing rebates. Rates made chandlse sold through legitimate channels
by a commission coma ana would oe ,n Gmaha and no foreign concern will
rates made by the carrier. be given space. There will be no market
The present law Is ample to stop rebates I reports. The Journal will Btart out with
and nothing wnatever in me rate-making twelve pages.
Much stress Is also placed on' the com- J- B- Cunningham will have the manage
mlssion's report, which showed an in ment of the paper and will look after the
crease or revenue or iw.,uw,ow. 'I his re- edtorlal and business affairs of the sheet
f till l I giuroij ,i,i, . u. cii.i uiiitiii. il
roores Imbortant reductions In rates, uses
Incorrect and misleading statistics and ftllTQinFRQ WANT THF I IfJUTC
makes wholly untrue statements regarding uu wlUtnO if Mil I lilt UlUrllO
traffic conditions.
MAY WHEAT GOES LOWER
Farther Deoline of Beren tod One-Half
Centi on This Option at Chicago,
ARMOURS ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT PRICES
Their Efforts Viewed with Suspicion
and Millions of llnshela Are
Thrown on Market, Already
Hlnklna Rapidly.
CHICAGO, April 24.-Remoants of the
famous Gates line of May 'wheat were
thrown upon an unsupported market In
the Board of Trade here today adding a
further decline of "4 cents to the sensa
tional HH-cent break of Saturday. This
recession from the dollar mark, the last
price of the previous session, was rapid
and spectacular and was accompanied by
demonstrations In the pit almost equal
to those of Saturday. When the final bell
closed the operations May was being offered
at 93 cents, a net loss of 7 cents on tbe
dny's trading. First trades on the May
option today ranged from 96 cents to 98
cents. P. A. Valentine of Armour &
Co. was seemingly giving the market he
role support. Ills best efforts, however,
availed little In the way of a rally, the
only effect being a temporary check to
the downward plunge of prices. The trade
appeared to suspect Armour of wishing
to bolster up prices In order to make a
market for the remainder of the Gates
line of May wheat. From all sides wheat
was offered In overwhelming volumes.
Price Drops Itnpldly.
When It was found that support .was
useless, "clique" houses unloaded on the
sinking market holdings estimated at sev
eral million bushels. The price was ham
mered to 95 cents within the first hour.
Before midday 93V4 cents was reached.
Meantime a new fear had taken possession
of traders In general. May operators had
bought largely of July wheat because Ar
mour was said to have taken 6,000,000 bush
els of that delivery during the stirring
days of last week. These operators, to
all appearances, suddenly detected a move
on the part of the bull leaders to get out
of the July option. The result of this
suspicion was a bear raid on the more
distant options, followed by a 2-cent de
cline, the price of July dropping from
cents to 84 cents.
This weakening In July was regarded
with more concern by a large element
In the trade than was the day's crash
in ftiriy values.
During the last hour of trading the mar
ket held comparatively steudy, demand be
lng of a general character. Armour & Co.
were credited with heavy purchases of
both May and July wheat. Pit traders in
general also bought freely, the opinion
being quite universally expressed that the
price of the May delivery had now reached
a firm footing. The market closed steady
with May at 93 cents. Final quotations
on July were at 84 and 84 cents, at net
loss of 2 cents.
Wheat In Sew York,
NEW YORK, April 24. May wheat con
tinned Its downward movement todiy fus
tatnlng losses of more than 3 cents per
bushel In the market. Many who had ben
forced out of May, with big losses bought
later months, hoping to regain some of
their money. From the high point of the
season today's prices represent a Iocs of
about 29 cents on the May option.
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STOCK MARKET IS I'N SETTLED
Oenrators Are Contused and Find
Difficulty In Getting; Ilenrlnc.
NEW YORK, April 24. Violent and
feverish fluctuations In prices of stocka
this morning Indicated the unsettled state
of the speculation. Operators were con
fused In the Interpretation of acute weak
ness with which the market closed on
Thursday ' last before the holidays. The
return to the stock exchange list of North
ern Paclflo was another confusing ele
ment. To these were added the slump !n
wheat of Saturday, Indicating the collapse
of the corner and the flurry In the call
money market on Thursday.
The early losses had been substantially
repaired and some considerable gains estab
lished when the market was unsettled again
by the news of the Milwaukee bank de-
falactlon. Louisville & Nashville had been
advanced over 7 points, Atlantic Coast Line
over 6 and Nashville, Chattanooga & St
Louis 614. These stocks reacted 2 and the
general market on an average of about a
point. The market became quiet without
receding to the nearly low point.
The Omaha Woman's club celebrated the
twelfth anniversary of lis organization
iterday afternoon with a recent Ion that
was one of the most elaborate affairs ever
ven by the club. The birthday party Is
i annual affair and one of the red letter
caslons of the club year, but this year
w-ns held In conjunction with the union
vil service reform nroerum and the mem
bers of the Federated Clubs of Omaha
id the Century club of South Omaha
?re guests of the afternoon. Tho re-
ptlon followed the program and was
'id in the club parlors between 4 and
i ock. The parlors were trimmed with
lnis and flowers, giving the effect of a
rden nnd distributed about were tents
nd small tables, from which the refresh
es were served. In tho receiving line
re: Minis. Mary G. Andrews, H. M.
snnell of Lincoln. F. H. Cnlo M .T
Monnette, II. J. Penfold. Edward Johnson,
Draper Smith and W. fTnncneU Mr.
Hurbert M. Buahncll, president of the Ne
braska Federation, was the guest of honor
ine arternoon. The arrangements were
charge of the house nnd home com.
mlttee of the club, under the chairmanship
Mrs. Arthur 13. Brandels and Mrs. C.
Townsend.
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HOME FOR JUVENILE COURT
Board of Visitor, County Commit-
loners and Judge Day Con
sult on Plana.
" -v ..miiiio ttuwiey I ... ,
ij a mifYivv " I county commissioners
T?," Queen Mlsa Fanny Dletrlck
Constance Miss Marv wiinol
rorbert Mr. Geor R hi.
"A FAIR ROI'fBTiivMK?u
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Lord Loftut Mi- r:-, .. u
Charles Kinghorna..., Mr. George B. Phelns
"ty Mits Haiel Livingston
North aiders Think Downtown DI
trlct It Already Well 'Enough
Provided For.
The North Omaha Improvement club fceld
t largely attended meeting last evening. A
resolution waa adopted letting forth the
tense of the club thut the business section
The Juvenile court committee, consisting of the city wae already well enough lighted
of Mrs. Draper Smith, Miss Margaret Mc- and that any new lights should be appor
Carthy. H. W. Pennock and Rome Miller, tloned to the outlying districts. Another
met yesterday afternoon with the county resolution was adopted endorsing the cre-
commissloners to talk over the home of atlon of a new ward, to be bounded on the
detention required by the new law for I east,' north and west by the city limits, and
derelict juveniles. Meeting with the com- I on the south by Pratt street and the tec-
mlssloners and committee were Judge Day (tlon line east of Twenty-fourth and west
of the Juvenile court and Probation Officer of Twenty-sixth
Bernstein. The matter of a detention I The renomlnatlon of J .Y. Craig at a
home was discussed at tome length by all I member of the park board was also en
concerned, the final result being that the I domed
authorized the
Juvenile court committee to arrange fori Gift 'to Kansas College,
. ..Miss Mary Wallace I the preliminaries Incident to the opening M'PHERBON. Kan., April 24 Andrew
of the home and report results later to the t-arnegie n" given 10 mu.n ""V""
MmniminniM I collrge of Mcpherson 110,000 for a library
ine committee is aesirout or engaging
ENGINE HOUSE FOR FIFTH WARD
M. E. Mamea Atke Council to Locate
It Kear Twentieth and Lake
Streets.
Matthew E. Muxen appeared before the
general council committee yesterday after
noon and advocated the location of the new
fire engine house near Twentieth and Lake
streets. lie declared a tile In the vicinity
would be of greater value to a large resi
dence and business district than the one
on Sixteenth street. Moat of the council
men teemed to tgree with him. but no
action wat taken. Mr. Muxen atated that
two lots, one held at !3,ouO and the other
at ta.eoo, were available In U)e neighbor
hood, and porbup others alto.
the services of a couple, one .to act at
matron of the Institution and the other
aa tuperintendent, a couple that can offer
a seven to nine-room furnished house
being prefetred. One of the couple must
be able to instruct the Juveniles la the
rudlmenti at taught In the public achoolt
up to the eighth grade Inclusive. All ap
plications must first be In writing and aent
to room 620, New York Life building, and
addressed "Juvenile Court Committee."
This action It declared to be one of the
most Important steps toward putting Into
full operation the new Juvenile court and
probation law.
Civil Service Kiama.
The Vnlted States Civil Service commis
sion announces ine inuowing examina
tions to secure eitglblet to Mil existing vacancies:
Auril 26. 27. 28 For three vacancies In the
position of mechanical draughtsman In, the
ordnance uvisarimetit at lurte. and va
cancies aa Uiey may occur in any branch
Dr. Lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Cleanses and beautifies tho
teeth and purifies the breath.
Used by people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century.
Very convenient for tourists.
GREAT STORM IN THE WEST
Heavy Know and Rain Reported In
Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico
and Arlsona.
DENVER, Colo., April 24. In the rain
and snow storm that began early Sunday
and continued until noon today Colorado
Wyoming and New Mexico received a far
greater precipitation of moisture than Is
usual at this season of the year. The pre
clpitailon at Denver during the twenty
four hours ending today registered 2.30
Inches. This record has been exceeded only
four times since 1876. In Pueblo the pre
clpltatlon for the same period was 1.7
Inches. Miles of telegraph and telephone
wires were prostrated by the heavy snow
and communication with many points was
interrupted. For safety trains were . run
slowly.
The damage to trees and shrubbery in
this city was heavy and In some districts
fruit trees and early crops were dam
aged.
Train service on practically all the roads
In Colorado Is delayed by the storm.
landslide In the Royal Gorge on the Rio
Grande covered the track and delayed
traffic for several hours. In the Cripple
Creek district the snowfall was extremely
heavy and trains were operated with great
difficulty.
The storm extended from the Panhandle
of Texas to central Wyoming. Live stock
on the ranges is In good condition, and
aa the temperature was not low, there
will be little loss. The benefit to grasses
on the range will be incalculable. Even If
the storm Is followed by frost, aa Is usua
In April In Colorado, the fruit trees are
safe, for the cool weather of the last two
weeks has kept thi buds from opening.
Little damage to far It reported to rail
roadt.
Trinidad reports a dangerous rise In the
Purgatolre river, which last fall went on
a rampage and wanned out all the bridges
for miles up and down the stream. Pueblo
Is looking for a rise In the Arkansas.
The storm had abated by noon and the
snow melted repldly.
PREPARED BY
TRINITY CATHEDRAL ELECTS
All of the Old Vestrymen Are Chosen
to Serve Aaother
Year.
Trinity catherdal held Ita annual election
of vestrymen last evening, and all the old
vestrymen were re-elected, as follows:
Senior warden, Henry W. Yates; Junio
warden. E. Wakeley; J. M. Woolworth, F
H. Davis, R. S. Hall, Guy C. Barton, F. H
Huller, G. H. Thummel, C. Z. Gould.
Reports from all the various church to
flatlet thowed an encouraging and prosper
out condition.
WOMAN IN CLUB AN CHAR IT
Miss Mngee, city missionary, hopes to
continue the playground adjacent to the
City Mission at Tenth and Capitol avenue
nis summer and will need some assistance
In securing the necessary equipment. While
the proposed new up-town playground will
meet a need that It was impossible for the
Mission to supply, there nre still many
small children In the vicinity of the Mis
sion that will be dependent upon that
ground. In speaking of this Mr. Frnnlt
Heller, chairman of the playground com
mittee of the Civic Improvement league.
said: "It Is not our desire to crowd out
that work and we will do nil we can to
encourage and help Miss Mngee In her
worn in the lower end of town."
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The clubs of Council Bluffs will he well
represented at the biennial convention nf
tho Iowa Federation of women's clubs to
held at Waterloo May 10-12. Mrs. C.
Saunders will serve as deleente nt
rs. Clem L. Kimball as nlternniA (nf
the Council Bluffs Woman's club and
rs. Walter I. Smith has been annolnted
president's representative. Mrs. P. J.
ontgomery and Mrs. E. A. Woodford am
fully accredited delegates by virtue of
neir offices as chairmen of standing com
nlttecs in the state organization Tho
Ideal club will be represented by Mrs.
Louis Cutler, appointed by the president,
and Mrs. P. J. Organ and Mrs. W. II.
Dudley as delegate and alternate. In ad
dition to these clubs the Every Thursday,
University and Oakland Avenue clubs are
entitled to representation, as t-hev hold
m-mbership In the state organization, but
ineir representatives have not yet been
amen.
The) steadily increasing popularity of
women's clubs was shown at the recent
meeting of the National Council of women
held at Washington D. C, In the reports
of Increased membership in all the or
ganizations affiliated. Among those that
have made the greatest gain In member
ship are the National Council of Jewish
women which has Increased from 1.300 to
9,000 In the past ten years. The National
Catholic Benevolent association haa ex
tended Into twenty-eight states with a
membership of 100,111 women, while tho
National Association of Colored Women
Is represented In thirty-one states by 20,nno
educated colored women. The General Fed
eration of clubs, the Daughters of the
American Revolution,' the' National Woman
Suffrage association and the various other
women's organizations have also made
large gains In membership while the re
cent organization of women Into labor un
ions demonstrates "that women are
realizing more and more the advantage
of organized effort.
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DEMANDS SHARE M SIKPLW ,-V
Maryland Policyholder Files Suit for Re
ceiver for Equitable Life Society.
SAYS OFFICERS DISREGARDED THEIR TRUST
several Hundred Philadelphia (of
tract Holders Will File Inter- '
vrntlona In This Salt
Today.
BOYCOTT THATD0ESN'T HURT
Womnn'a Clnh Ttesolntlon Iteaardlno;
the Treatment of Horses by
Retailers.
The Woman's club has started a mild and
lady-like form of boycott on certain re
tall establishments In the city. The in
dictment Is left blank, and to qualify the
Arm must be found guilty of abusing Its
horses. Beautifully engrossed copies of a
resolution passed by the club some weeks
ago were posted yesterday In downtown
windows. They are the work of Miss
Beda Justine Johnson and are signed by
Mary Oarard Andrews, president of the
club, and Maude Morrill Johnson, Its re
cording secretary. The resolution follows:
Whereas. The members of this club
sympathize with the work of the Nebraska
Humane society in the prevention of cruelty
to animals,
Resolved, That as Individuals we shall
hereafter confine our patronage to the
stores In Omaha which, In our Judgment,
show a Just regnrd for their horses and
withdraw our favor from such as overload.
overdrive, overwork or 111 treat them In any
way.
It Is understood that pome difficulty has
already appeared In the enforcement of this
ordinance. The resolution was scarcely
dry on the books before a fashionable
grocer was reported to be Ul treating one
of his horses within the meaning of the
resolution. The matter was promptly re
ported, but when the time for action came,
It was discovered that some of the member
high In authority of the club were custom
ers of the merchant and felt that it would
be Impossible and raise no end of diffi
culties If anything were done about It.
NEW YORK, April 24. Receivership pro
ceedings today were Instituted against the
Equitable Life Assurance society by J.
Wilcox Brown of Maryland, a policyholder.
In the I'nlted Staten circuit court he filed
an action against the society asking the
appointment of a receiver for the surplus
fund; an accounting for the benefit of him
self anil other policyholders that may Join
with him In the proceedings, and an Injunc
tion to prevent the society holding the sur
plus. Brown alleges that the society'! offi
cials have disregarded their trust and hava
not paid him his proportion of the net sur
plus. His counsel have Issued a statement
saying that the huge surplusf the society
Is not legally retained from the. policy
holders, nor lawfully used by the society,
and that the profits due the policyholders,
except the 7 per cent devldends, are now at
tempted to be swept aside by the stock
holders' claims.
Two other phases of the Equitable con
troversy were In court today. Justice Mc
Lean In the supreme court reserved decls
soclety, and Franklin H. Lord, a policy
holder, who applied for an Injunction re
straining the society's officers from taking
any further proceedings to obtain an
amended charter for the society.
Mr. Tull's counsel attacked the proposed
charter as "blind." which really gave the
Stockholders nothing.
Counsel for Vice President Hyde of the
society, and Franklin B. Lord, a policy
holder, appeared liefore Justice Maddox 111
the supreme court at Brooklyn to oppose a
petition by President Alexander to strike
out certain references to Mr. Alexander
from the petition in which Mr. Hyde Inter
vened In Mr. Lord's Injunction proceedings
against the proposed mutunlizatlon plan.
There was no hearing, however, as the
court had not yet received the Alexander
petition. ,
tins Is of the Suit.
Battle & Mashall, the attorneys for Mr.-,,
Brown, Issued the following statement to
day: This Is an ordinary policyholder's suit.
The plaintiff. Colonel Wilcox Brown, a
citizen of Maryland, consulted us Inst
autumn concerning his policy In the
Equltnble society. He had a policy for
6.(ii), taken out In 1MS7, changed as to
terms In 1K72. He had elected to have his
share In the surplus of the society supplied
In reduction of premiums, in the earlier
stages of his connection with the society
these reductions had been very consider- '.
able, but although the business of the so
cletv enormously Increased there was no
niat'erlnl further reduction in premium.
On application to the society be had ben
told the usual story that all of this waa
due to a lowering of prollts on Invest
ments caused hv the fact that rates of
Interest In later days were much lower
than in H67.
We were obliged to advise Mr. Brown
when he first consulted us thnt we saw
no basis for a suit. There was no proof
then in our possession that the portion of
the surplus properly applicable to dimin
ishing his premiums was misappropriated
by the society. ,'.,.
Recent events have shown clearly that
the huge surplus accumulated by the society
Is not legallv retained from the policy
holders nor lawfully used by it. The old
charter of the society providing that the
company shall be a mutual company and
that all of the prollts shall be apportioned
equitably omong the policyholders except
a dividend of 7 per cent to the stockhold
ers '- now atrempieo to ne sweiu nnm uy
the prest-nt claims of tho stockholders of
the society. , ' . I'.' '
We have tnereiore nrivisen mr. miinn.
In the light of these facts, thnt he and all
other policyholders huve a Just and clear
right to this fund.
More Policyholders to Sue.
PHILADELPHIA, April 21. -Joseph De
F. Junkln of this city. Who Is one of the
attorneys in the suit Instituted In New
York today asking tor a receiver for the
Equitable Life Assurance society, said to
night that he represents n number of Phil
adelphlans who are heavy policyholders In
the Equitable. He said that Interventions
will be filed In New York tomorrow hy
several hundred other policyholders resid
ing In this city. Their names, ho eald,
will be made public at the time of filing
the papers.
FUNERAL 0FLATE MRS. FINK
Many Friends Attend the Rervlcra
' Held at Home of the Coonty
Treaanrer.
The funeral of Villa Cushman Fink, wife
of County Treasurer Fink and who died
last Friday at her home, 3948 North
Twenty-eighth avenue, was held this after
noon at the family residence. Rev. John
Randolph Smith, pastor of Trinity Meth
odist Episcopal church, conducted the ser
vice. Besides many friends of the de
parted wife and mother there were a num
ber of county officials and a goodly rep
resentatlon of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, of which society Mrs.
Fink was a member. The floral tributes
were numerous and beautiful. Serving at
pallbearers were: M. i. Kennard, Charles
W. Haller, H. C. Brome, F. 8. McLafferty,
E. D. Pratt and John McDonald. The In
terment wat mads at Forest Lawn cemetery.
A Skin of Beauty la a Joy Foravor.
iR. T. Fallx Oouraud'a Orlantal
Oreem or Magioal Baeuxiner.
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FrecklM, Moth P.tchei,
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flee reed's Cretin' M tb Itott bonuful of til lot
tola Br.psrotioni.'' F t ! I t oil dnjuirt. ond Fnc.
(ioodt Uttl.r Is lot 1'Lll.d blowo, Coootlo od Europ.
fEBOJiHOPUIIS, Pre, 17 6-it Jodm Strctt. InrTtti
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SOOTHif'Q SYRUP
hat been need by Million! of Mothnrt. for their
oulldren w title Teuun ror oror niw iwro.
It oootbet tb child, toTtens tho gumi, aUoro
all polo, earns wind ootid, and It la twal
lmedy for dlarrhcna.
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Coming, "THE VIRGINIAN."
Boyd's Theater
Wodnosday. April 26, 1805
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Box office open Satur
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Every Night Matinee Thurtday, Saturday
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Barbaretto. Harry Jackson 4 Mabel Bar.
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Prices ISc, 25c. 50c, T6c. .
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