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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1905 TWELVE PAGES.
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STRIKE SEARS EM
Employers and Teamster Agree Upon All
roinu except une.
EXPRESS COMPANIES HOLD THE KEY
They Be fuse to Take Baok Men on Bymj
thetio Strike.
DEMANDS OF THE TEAMSTERS' COUr .
or
They Tasist That Twenty Per Cen
Strikers Be Reinstated '
QUESTION REFERRED TO NEW YORK 0 1.
Ko Actios Relative to Calling Off the
Strike Mill Be Taken Intll
The? Are Heard
From.
BOMB FALLS IN WARSAW
tumble ,Of Mai farr) Inn- Infernal
Machine t eases Death of
Several.
CHANCES IN THE CABINET
CHICAGO. May SO. Upon the shoulder
t the manager of the express companies,
resident In New York Cltf. rests the pos
sible settlement of the teamsters' strike In
this city.
After a night spent In conference the
members of the Employers' association and
the executive commi'tce of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters reached
an agreement on all points except the rein
statement of the driver of several express
compunleo. Y.'ien the men went out they
were warned Ljr the local managers of the
express companies that If they went on
atrlke without grievances of their own that
not one of them would ever be employed by
the express companies.
Terms of Proposition.
Tonight, t.fter extended conferences be
tween tin two sides, the fallowing term
were announced bv the rmployers' asso
ciation, and with the exception of that re
lating to the ez-pres drivers, accepted by
the teamsters:
That the teamsters should recognize the
integrity and permanency of the Employers'
Teaming company, which is to employ non
union men and remain pledged to the policy
of the open tthop.
That the drivers for the express com
panies should abide by the declaration of
the companies of the forfeiture of their
positions when they struck
That all desirable nonunion men shall be
retained and that no discrimination shall
be practiced against union men in filling
the vacancies, save that men who h.ive
been guilty of lawlessness during the strike
shall not be re-employed.
These terms were conveyed to the mem-
bers of the teamsters' executive committee
at an early hour this raornlng. A vigorous
protest was made against the attitude of
the express companies and the teamsters
proposed that 20 per cent of the express
drivers should be taken back, the managers
of the company to pick the men.
Express Companies Refuse to Yield.
The express companies absolutely refused
to accept the modllied proposition, declar
ing that they would not recede from the
position that not one of their drivers who
truck without a grievance of his own shall
ever be re-employed. The teamsters exec
utlve committee after receiving and deliberating-ever'
this report aH morning de
clared that the strike would not be called
oft unless something was done for the ex
press drivers. The managers of the express
companies said that they would do nothing
beyond referring the matter to the general
managers of their respective companies for
a reply.
It was decided by the teamsters to await
this reply before taking any action and the
settlement of the strike or continuance
waa held In abeyance until some time to-
day.
Floor Famine Threatened.
A serious Hour famine threatens Chicago,
aa the result of the spreading of the strike,
to Include the wholsale flour manufacturers
and dealers. Predictions were adopted to
day that unless peace intervened, the de
livery of flour to retail merchants would
be tied up within the next twelve hours.
The flour manufacturers and dealers were
aid to be acting in concert and intended
to lockout union drivers, aa soon as the
drivers refused to haul goods to any of
ths boycotted firms. Pleeer. Livingstone
at Co., today ordered flour taken to a
boycotted house. When the driver refused
to make the delivery, twenty-eight union
drivers were told their services were not
needed any longer. It was said each of ths
manufacturers and dealers, who supply the
bulk of the retail trade In the city would
take similar action whenever drivers re
fused to make deliveries.
Shea Is Boastful.
President Shea of the teamsters declared
to the Liverymen's association that he
"had more power than the mayor of Chi
cago and .had enough men to go up State
street and ciean out the district to the
lake." according to the testimony of Fran
Amberg, before Master In Chancery Bher
tan today. Amberg Is president of the
West Hide Liverymen's association. "The
last time I saw Shea," said the witness.
at the Brine house Tuesday at a
Waierence. When we asked him If he
wonld allow us to deliver passengers to
the boycotted stores he said he could not
possibly allow It. He said If we at
tempted to do it he would put fifteen of
Ms best men along State street and take
the names of all who hauled people to the
stores and he would get them where he
wanted them."
Then the witness told of Shea'a threat
to "clean out" part of the city.
"I told Shea he ought to have been
run out of town long ago. I thought my
self that It would be better to hang him
'to a lamp post."
Strike Breakers at Cheyenne,
CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 19. 8peclal.)
There is little change In the carpenter
strike situation, except that a few strike
breaker have been brought In. This morn
lug Morrison Bros., the Colorado Springs
contractors, who are building the Chey
enne theater, brought In a force of non
union tarpeutera. A few daya ago B. IL
Sage brought in a nonunion carpenter, but
ths strikers prevailed upon him to go away
the union buying transportation for him
elf and wife to Douglas, Wyo., where he
secured work.
WARSAW, Russian Poland, May 19 -A
workman who was trying to avoid the
observation of two detectives on Mlodowa
Teet at noon today stumbled on the curb
f the sidewalk and a bomb which he was
E arrylng In his pocket exploded, killing the
.workman, both the detectives and some
Jj ersons who were pawning. It is believed
a ;he bomb was Intended for Governor Gen
Sjj eral Maxlmovitch, who was expected to
- paps the spot on his way to the cathedral
to attend the services In honor of the
czar's birthday. The bodies of the victims
. were literally blown to pieces. A cafe near
the scene of the explosion was entirely
demolished, all of the windows In the neigh
borhood were smashed anil a lamp post
was torn out of the ground.
When a correspondent of the Associated
Press reached the scene the mutilated .
mains were still lying In the roadway, por
tions of them being on the sidewalks
twenty yards distant. The roadway was
covered with debris.
The authorities are convinced that the
bomb was Intended for the governor gen
eral. It now develops that he was at
tending the services at the cathedral, which
is situated a few yards from the scene of
the explosion All -the high ofllclals and
members of the Russian society here also
were present. The governor general had
recently ben threatened with a bomb at
tack, particularly since the May day dis
turbances. The police accordingly exor
cise the greatest vigilance whenever he
leaves the castle. Aftei the officials had
entei-.-d the cathedral detectives observed a
poorly .'.ressed man loitering near by.
When the hhii saw the detectives he ran
toward the entrance of a confectioner's
store, where he either tripped or threw
tho tomb backwards at the detectives. The
explosion occurred only a minute oefore
the people began to pour out of the cathe
dral. Three minutes later the governor
general would have pt.jsed the spot. Cos
sacks, who were hastily summoned, soon
cleared the streets, and the governor gen
eral drove by on the route to the castle.
In all nine persons were injured.
The number Injured by the explosion Is
twenty-three, lnchiding three women, one
student and two school boys.
The man who was carrying the bomb
has been Identified as a Polish shoemaker,
named Dobrowolskl, a member of the vio
lent section of the -socialists.
Illness of Secretary Metcalfe Causes a
Remal of the Talk,
SEVERAL CERTAIN TO GO WITH THE YEAR
flatus Choate Slated for Secretary of
State on the Retirement of Sec
retory Hay Work Starts
on Irrigation Carnal.
VETERANS FINISH THEIR WORK
Election of Officer of Organisation
nd Compare Coaclndce
Business.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. May 19-lSpeelal Tele
gram.) The report of the Illness of Secre
tary Metcalf of the Department of Com
merce and Labor In Atlanta has revived
discussion here of impending changes in
the cabinet, Mr. Metcalf being among the
latest of those of the president's official
family rumored to go in the fall. It now
seems certain that Attorney' General
Moody, Secretary of the Navy Morton and
possibly Mr. Metcalf will be out of the cabi
net before the end of the year.
Postmaster Oeneral Cortelyou may con
clude to accept the presidency of the Equit
able, which would leave only three men of
the present cabinet. Cortelyou's retirement
is not expected, however.
There is much talk of the successors of
the men who are to quit. It Is generally
bejleved that Mr. Cortelyou will take the
treaaury when Mr. Shaw retires and that
Mr. Taft will succeed Attorney General
Moody. The best opinion Is that Mr. Choate
will go In the cabinet as secretary of state
when Mr. Hay quits. Commissioner Gar
field or Elmer Dover of Ohio is said to be
slated for Mr. Metcalf 's place.
The Pacific const is generally slated for
the War or Navy department, while Penn
sylvania or Maryland will, it Is believed.
get either the postmaster generalship or the
other fighting department, the remaining
place going to the middle west.
GENERAL WOOD ENDS CAMPAIGN
Retnrna to Zamboanaa from "Hike"
After Moro Pirates.
MANILA, May 19 The Moro outlaws,
against whom General Leonard Wood hut
been campaigning, have been killed In ac
tion with all the principals. The outlaws
were supporters and followers of the sultan
of Sulu. The large tribes of the Island of
Jolo were not involved. The outbreak was
purely on the part of an aggregation of
piratical outlaws and disorderly characters
of Sulu and the other islands stretching
down to Borneo.
The position selected by the outlaws for
the defense was in almost Impenetrable
Jungles and exceedingly strong, prohibiting
the use of artillery and necessitating close
contact and an assault in two instances,
General Wood's forces sustained a lost of
nine killed and twenty-one wounded, all of
whom are doing well. The constabulary
had two killed. The latter were highly
praised by General Wood, who said: "The
troops behaved splendidly and performed
this difficult service in a highly creditable
manner." General Wood has returned to
Zamboanga with the troops.
Klsg Edward Holds Levee.
LONDON, May 19.-King Edward held a
levee in the throne room of St. James' pal
ace today. Ambassador Choate presented
Lewis E. Einstein, the new third secretary
of the American embassy. The only other
American presented was Francis H. Leg-
gett of New York.
(Governor Appoints Staff.
PIERltE. S. D.. May 1 (Special.) Th
following appointments have been made as
colonel and aides-de-camp on the staff of
Governor El rod; Captain George B. Guyer,
V. B. A., Brookings; A. T. Abbott, Vermll
ion; C. M. Daley, Huron; Christopher Men
tor, Faulk toa; Maurice A, Hockman, How
ard Case. W. H. Btoks, Jr., WaUrtown;
William Wallace, Aberdeen; T. C. Mo
Namee, Brookings; Carl D. Johnson,
Charles Carpenter. Water-town.
Denies Holstlnec of Flag.
SHANGHAI, May 19.-The German ad
mlral In command at Tslngtau says the
rumors of the hoisting of the German flag
at Halchou are absolutely groundless.
LABOR UNIONS IN POLITICS
Omaha Organisations Vote to Enter as a
Nonpartisan Element
Work on Belle Fourche Project.
Coi.jtructlon work on the Belle Fourche
project has commenced in earnest, two
camps having been established, one at the
head of the Inlet canal for work on that
canal and one at the Owl Creek reservoir
site for work on the dam and first section
of the outlet canal.
Bids have been requested for the con
structlon of a double circuit telephone line
connecting each of these headquarter camps
with the town of Belle Fourche. The suc
cessful bidder for the construction of the
inlet canal has begun work and 1,000 bar
rels of cement have been received and
tested. The final location of six and a half
miles of canal hns been completed and con
siderable surveying and other preliminary
work accomplished.
The party situated at the dam site ha.
made a general reconnaissance of the area
around the dam and about lflO holes have
been bored to obtain Information as to the
location of material and the amount of
same. One gravel bed containing 15.000 cubic
yards of gravel was located for use in con
struction work.
Postal Matters.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska Ne-
llgh, route 2, Earl B. Davis carrier, Ed
ward Dewey substitute. Iowa Douds, route
X, Ernest T. Greenfield carrier, Guy Oreen-
shields substitute; Grundy Center, route S,
David W. Reld carrier, George E. Can field
substitute; Haifa, route 1, Charles E. Jef-
fers carrier, Charles M. Bines substitute;
Lemars, route 1, C. C. WoOdke carrier,
Charles Woodke substitute; McGregor,
route 2, Morton Fox carrier. Earl Fox sub
stitute; Stuart, route 3, Ira E. Morrical
carrier, Charles Lovell substitute; West
Bend, route!, Louis Thomas carrier, Charles
W. Spencer substitute.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. May 19.-(Special
Telegram.) The Grand Army completed Its
business by electing the following council
of administration: Blythestone of Lincoln,
Warren of Red Cloud, Payne bf Hastings,
Hickman of Fremont and Crelgb of Omaha.
The ladles of the Grand Army of the Re
public elected the following officers: Mrs.
Camilla Elliott of Omaha, president; Mrs.
Lou Hoaglnnd of Loup City, senior vice
president; Mrs. May Nay of Ord, Junior
vice president; Mrs. Gertrude Johnson of
Crete, treasurer; Miss Susan W. Fields of
Lincoln, chaplain; council of administra
tion, Mrs. Mary Chldre of Beatrice, Mrs.
Laura R. Kidder of Scrlbner, Mrs. Christian
Hoge of Kearney; delegates to the national
encampment, Mrs. Wllda Nichols of Scrlb
ner, Mrs. Etta Tyler of Arapahoe, Mrs.
Mary ?. C. Matthews of Lincoln and Mr.
Anna Thompson of Hastings.
The Women's Relief corps completed it
election today as follow: Mrs. Randall,
Junior vice commander; Mrs. VanBuren,
chaplain; Miss Etta Brooks, treasurer, and
the following member of the executive
board: Mrs. W. Kemp, chairman; Mrs.
Alexander, Mrs. Ackerman, Mis Minnie
William, Mrs. Laura Reynold.
The t.icampment closed tonight with a
campflro, at which General Blackmar. com-
mander-lii-chief, spoke.
In his annual address Commander Bross
gives the membership of the Grand Army
in N broska, a 4,797, at present. Bay the
report:
It Is gratifying to mote that while two
posts have felt obliged, during the year, to
surrender their charters after a long and
heroic struggle to maintain their work,
four posts have ueen reinstated. Instead,
therefore, of a distinct loss, many of us
feared, we enter upon the work of tho
year 1906 with two more posts. While
the memorial pages show a loss by death
of 14a, there has been sufficient gain by
muster so that the actual loss of mem
bers is only 124. If we could only succeed
In enlisting in our comradeship all ex
soldiers and sailors in our state who are
still measureablv active in life's work, our
reports might show a gain instead of a
loss.
Concerning the soldiers' and sailors'
homes of the state the report say:
No one Interest comes closer to the hearts
of Grand Army men than our soldiers' and
sailors' homes. And tills is an interest
that will press more and more closely upon
us for at least the next ten years. Many
of our comrades who have been resolute
about caring for themselves are finding,
and will find more and more, that with
broken homes and falling strength they
are compelled to seek this refuge, provided
by the patriotic people of" the state and
nation. To care properly for these worthy
veterans their few remaining years must
be the responsibility of the state and na
tion. I am confident that the two homes
of Nebraska have never been better
equipped and better manned than now. A
full dav. ruiHNid in each one of these
homes has given me information at first
hand. I speak with unqualified approba
tion or tne present condition anu niiw.
ment Tt us do whatever la nossible to
strengthen the hand of those who are in
chars e.
The report review the various feature
of the Grand Army work, recommend
district reunions, congratulated and
thanked the member of the legislature,
especially for the law making sports on
Memorial day illegal, commented upon and
recommended changes in the council of
administration, it at proeent being un
wieldy, and remarked U-u growing disposi
tion to commemorate the old soldier and
his service In Memorial day observation
as well aa in the erection of statutes.
BREWERY WORKERS AND THE FIREMEN
Old Dispute for Control tomes Tp In
a New Form and a Committee
Is Named to Adjnst the
Matter.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Snturilny and Warmer in West
Portion. Sander Shower.
Temperatnr at Omaha Yesterday I
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MRS. JCNAS L BRANDEIS DEAD
The referendum vote of the organisa
tion composing the Central Labor union I
on the question of the extent and character I
of the Interest that shall be taken in poll- '
tics was reported, with the exception of a
few organisations whose votes have not
the
Passes Away Inst Evening at
Home of Her Dean titer,
Mrs. H. robs.
Mrs. Jonas L. Brandels, widow of the late
yet been received, at the meeting of the Jonas L. Hrandels, died last evening at 9:30
Central Labor union held last evening in arter a long illness.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. H. Conn, 116 South Thirty
second street.
In the death of Mrs. Brandels more than
Labor Temple. Two questions were sub
mitted, as follows:
1. Shall we exercise our political power
as a nonpartisan unit?
2. If so, shall the Omaha Central Labor
ratification of the Central union whereby one of Omaha charitable organisation
labor may act as a unit and become a bal- loses a substantial though unostentatious
orgaXtUmT ttdeSent'o'J tf. "d , . te-y Identified with Wise
parties and without the formation of a new :miiitii iiunpuai ana nan served as presi
parur? dent of its board of director ever since Its
The vote waa overwhelmingly in favor I organisation. She was one of the prime
of both propositions, being aout 4 to 1.1 movers in its founding and has ever since
Bo far as the report have been received I given liberally of her time, her mean and
the vote stands L866 to 216. The waiters, her effort to bring the Institution to the
the brewery workmen and the boot and I standard that her ambition had set for it.
shoemaker voted against both proposals. Since the death of her husband, two years
The votes yet to be received will not ma
terially change the result as indicated.
Brewery Workers' Trookle.
New complications have arisen in the
old struggle of the Brewery WorkerV
ago, Mrs. Brandels has devoted herself to
the hospital more closely than ever and as
long as her health permitted she visited It
dally regardless of weather or other duties.
A few weeks ago, when she realised that
union to bring under the control of that Bhe mUBt Klve her work into other hands,
union all brewery workers, especially the
engineers, firemen and teamsters. These
have separate organisations and do not
want to lose their identity a labor organ
isation. The question was before the
she tendered her resignation as president
of the board, but her associates in tho
work refused to accept it. She whs also a
member of the Creche board for a time,
Coming to Omaha at the age of 22, having
TACTICS OF RUSSIANS
Disappearance of Eastern Fleet Eioitea
Much Speculation at Fans,
BELIEF THAT BATTLE IS IMMINENT
One Theory is that Fart of Squadron Will
Qo West pf Formosa.
LINEVITCH REPORTS ANOTHER SKIRMISH
Russian Oeneral Tells of a Small Engage
ment with the Japanese.
RUSSIAN COLLIERS UNDER FRENCH GUNS
Ships with Supplies for Rojestrenskn
Off Chinese Const and Admiral
Has Left for Other
daartera.
American Federation of Labor at its last I been married six years, Mrs. Brandels at
convention in San Francisco and it was once manifested her great concern and
decided that the engineers, firemen and benevolence for others. She organised a
teamsters employed at breweries shall sewing class among the Russians residing
maintain their separate organizations, and in Omaha and so Intense and constant was
providing a plan by which they may act her interest in this work that she main-
harmoniously with the Brewery Workers' talned it uninterruptedly throughout her
union in all questions affecting them in life. She had wrought great good in this
common. The Omaha Central Labor union one channel alone and from it diverged
recently appointed a committee to deter- other sources of beneficence, which she
mine the status of the dispute between the directed with that unfailing motherly care
Brewery Workers' union and the engineers and affection that waa the crowning virtue
and firemen. It appearing that the first of her sweet and useful life. Even In her
named union wanted to act for ail in mak- declining davs. after the bund rf .mutton
CLEMENTS REPLIES TO CRITICS
He Tell Senate Committee that "Wit
nease Are Trying; to Discredit
Commerce Commission.
WASHINGTON, May 19. Both side of
the rate hearing question were represented
at the session today of the senate com
mittee on interstate commerce. Interstate
Commerce Commlsisoner Judson C. Clem
ents waa the star witness, detailing tho
difficulties that confronted the commission
In its work and repudiating attacks made
on that body, particularly answering a
number of criticisms by James J. Hill. Sat
isfaction with the present conditions was
attested by the following speaker: Fred
erick L. Lyster of Fredonia. Kan.; E. T,
Koch, Cedar Rapids, la.; Archibald Mc
Gregor, Springfield, Mo., and others.
Commissioner Clement spoke sarcastic
ally of the claim that traffic men only have
BLAIR CASES AT AN END
Salts Growing; Oat of Salelde of it,
Louis Mnn Are Dismissed.
8T. LOUTS. May 19. The euit of the
Mutual Life Insurance company of New
York against Mr. Apolllne M. Blair, widow
of the late James L. Blair, and otiier heirs
of Blair, to cancel Insurance policies on
Blair life aggregating $200,000 which the
Mutual company alleged were obtained ! the knowledge necessary to make rates and
under false representations has been dU- declared that In the hearings an effort had
missed. At the same time 1 dismissed also teen made to turn the Investigation Into a
the suit of Mrs. Blair against tho Mutual 1 criticism of the commission. Mr. Clements
Life Insurance company to recover $10,0M). 83 IJ that It wo not intended in the pro-
the first anuul payment on the $2O0,0Oi in
surance policies Involved In the former case.
The announcement came to the federal
court here today from Judge John P. Pol
lock of the United States district court
of Kansas, now In Topeka, containing his
decision sustaining motion for the dismis
sal of these suits.
It had been known in St. Louts prior
to this announcement that such motions
had been filed and this disposition of the
suit 1 believed to Indicate that a settle
ment between Mrs. Blair and the Mutual
Life Insurance company has been reached
out of court
lng the contract with the Brewers' associa
tion, while the engineers and firemen
wanted to have their own contract. Be
fore this committee could discharge its
duty the Brewery Workers' union made a
contract with the Association of Brewers
on behalf not only of themselves, but also
on behalf of the engineers and firemen.
The engineer and firemen, through C. L.
Shamp, international secretary of the fire
men, protested against this proceeding, and
last evening secured the adoption of a
resolution by the Central Labor union au
thorlzlng the appointment of a representa--
tlve of the central union to Join with a
committee of the firemen and explain the
decision of the American Federation of
Labor to the Brewer' association and to
1 aid the firemen in their efforts to secure a
separate contract with the association,
Fight-Hoar Day Involved.
Grent Northern Agent Busy.
DAKOTA CITY, Neb.. May 19.-(Bpeoial.)
The three abstract firms of this place are
now buslnly engaged with an extra force
of help making abstracts of title to all
town lots and property traversed by the re
cent survey of the proposed Great North
ern railway the connecting link between
the Great Northern railway in this county
and the B. & M. at Ashland. A special
right-of-way agent has been in this coun'.y
the last week interviewing the farmers
between this place and Homer as to the
possible damages that will be asked by
them in connection with the building of
the road through their premise. From the
point the road leave the Great Northern
It runs triangular through all the farms
clear to Homer, putting them up badly. A
number of the farmers were willing to set
tle on a basis of $160 per acre for the land
taken, providing a loading station was lo
cated near a point midway between thl
place and Homer. As the agent had no
authority to make settlements on this basis,
no land was purchased, but the agent prom
ised to take the matter up at once with
the higher authorities and report within
a couple of days. The special agent said it
waa the desire of the Great Northern to
secure a tract of right-of-way at once so
a gang of graders could immediately be put
to work (n this county.
had laid its weight upon her, Mrs. Brandels
kept ever fresh her Interest In this work. It
was not strange, therefore, that the scores
of people, many less fortunate in material
things than she, adhered to her with an af
fection like that of kinsfolk. Her name
will long be loved and cherished by those
who knew her.
For more than a year she has been a suf
ferer from the malady that resulted In her
death and when a few months ago she be
came bedridden she was removed to the in
stitution that has claimed so large a share
of her interest. There she remained until a
few weeks ago, when she was taken to
Chicago for further treatment, but examl
nation by eminent specialists revealed the
extreme seriousness of her condition, and
she was brought back to Omaha to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. H. Cohn.
Mrs. Brandels was but little nt hr
jar. onamp maue a irumi puim. ui prime, having reached her 60th year May 1.
Previous to her marriage to Mr. Brandels
she was Miss Fannie Teweles of Manitowoc,
Wis. She was born In Austria and came to
Milwaukee with her parents when 15 years
of age. She was married at 16 and came to
Omaha at 22.
She is survived by four children, Arthur
C, Emil and Hugo Brandels, and Mrs. H.
Cohn, all of whom reside In Omaha.
Catholic Priests Sleet.
HURON. 8. D., May 19. (Siwclal.) An
Interesting gathering of Catholic priests
wa held with Dean D. F. Desmond of this j property ef competitors. He said that In
city at St. Martin's church here today. It j the press and colleges were found the ad-
was me semi-annual conference or those v orates of superiority of vested rla-hts
posed legislation to confer general rate
making power on the commission, and in
answering a question by Senator Dolllver,
declaring that the decision In the maximum
rate case which held that the power at
tempted to be exercised would give author
ity to fix rate went too far. The com
mittee, he said, would deal with complaints
a they were made.
Commissioner Clements, in referring to
statements of Prof. Meyer of Chicago uni
versity, whom he called a "doctrinaire,"
suggested that there was an "aristocracy
of wealth which could hire men to advocate
the theory of vested rights against indi
viduals." and asserted that the "patron
aalnt of the institution to which Prof.
Meyer belongs," had a colossal fortune built
up by rebates, enabling him to obtain the
in charge of parishes in this part of the
state and was for the purpose of discussing
matters directly affecting the reBpectlvo
charges represented. Some of those pres
ent were Fathers Riley of Orient, O'Farrell
of Cavour, Stenzel of Pierre, MacConnachla
of Redtleld. Bublck of Haven, Bannetee of
Clark and Meyer of Zell.
Skootlnc Scrape Over Woman.
8HERIDAN. Wyo.. May IS. tSpecial Tel
egram.) This afternoon Shorty Win ton
Pukeshlre shot J. H. McKliinie in the right
shoulder with a shotgun, intlicting serious
but nut fatal injuries. The two had been
quarreling. Alice Gordon, a questionable
character waa the cause.
Northern Pnclflc OOtrrrs.
NEW YORK. May 19 -The new board of
directors of the Northern Railway com
pany organised today by re-electing the re
tiring offlwrs. The new executive com
mittee consists of Robert Bacon, George
miner, vtiiuam rt. v lougu, j. jj. mu
John a Kennedy and President Elliott, ex
ofnclo. Passena-er Hirt In Wreck.
LOWELL. Ind., May 19.-The fan east
bound mall train No. SI on the Morion route
struck a broken rail uear here today. The
Indianapolis sleeper, which contained about
ten passengers, was aeranen. conductor
Bhlslds. in charge of the train, reported
that seven persons were injured, but none
seriously.
wltehmen Star at Baffalo.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May 1.-An ef
fort to bring about the removal o( the
national headquarters of the Switchmen
Union of North America from Buffalo to
Omaha failed at the convention today.
Mrs. Llvermore lii.
MELROSE. Mass. May IS -Mr. Mary
A. Livernu.re. well knoern reformer, is crit
ically ill at her home here wicn heart
trouble. Owtng tc inrm. Livermore's age,
M year, it is feared ah may not recover.
. Woman Returns to Home.
BEATRICE, Neb., May 19 (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Fred Ortman, who left the
city the other day In company with Frank
Hanscom, who is charged with deserting
his wife and family, returned home this
morning rather unexpectedly. Sheriff Trude
followed Hanscom to Topeka, Kan., and
thence to Belleville, Kan., but did not suc
ceed In locating his man. Hanscom leaves
a wife and seven children in poor circum
stances and the officer are anxious to lo
cate him.
fact that the brewery worker' contract
called for a twelve-hour day and said that
the firemen had succeeded in winning a
fight in South Omaha for an eight-hour
day. and that if the contract recently en
tered into with the Brewers' association by
the brewery workers was allowed to stand
It would probably result in the firemen in
the brewery In South Omaha losing the
benefits of the fight they had won only a
short time ago, and would give the eight-
hour movement a setback. A the matter
now stands the Central Labor union will
aid the firemen and engineers in making a
separate contract with the brewers. This
contract provides for $16 per week for eight
hours' work, with 36 cent an hour for
overtime.
Samuel Gompers. president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, is expected in
Omaha May 2S, and Washington hall has
been secured for a place of meeting. An
"PROFESSOR" FARR IN PRISON
Frnnd Exposed In Omaha by The Bee
1 Convicted and Sentenced
In Tennessee.
"Professor" William Farr ha at last been
run to the penitentiary. Rev. William A
Dletrlck of the Highland Congregational
church, Cleveland, O., took the trail after
th A "nrAfwonnr" smA aim. m . j.
appeal for aid In tho defense of Chicago ,:; ; , ;. Z"7 .V .. . .
..Jo! v.- v, o,.. .k. let "P unU1 h hal 'e smooth deceiver
present strike was received and $10 was
subscribed.
FREE HAND F0R CONGRESS
President and Secretary Taft Will
Not Stock I'p with Panama
Material.
E. H uary, chairman of the board of
directors of the United States Steel cor
poration, F. J. Hearne, president of the
Colorado Fuel A Iron company, J. K. Krutt
schnttt, vice president of the Southern
Pacific and other, appeared before the
senate committee on Interstate commerce at
a session held lost night. Judge Gary told
the committee that In some Instances the
teel corporation sold it products abroad
cheaper than in this country. The last
sale of steel rails In Canada was made at
t per ton less than the price in the United
States. Judge Gary said products were
sold abroad at cost or lea in order to
keep mills running to their full capacity.
and this cheapens the cost to the domestic
buyer.
Mr. Pearce declared rebates and discrimi
nations had stopped since the passage of
the Elklns law. He was opposed to con
ferring rate making powers on the Inter
state Commerce commission.
Mr. Heame denied that any rebates were
granted his company by the Santa Fe road
and said that his company received only
the price of coal after freight charges had
been deducted by the Santa Fe.
T. M. Miller, president of the Commercial
club: H. B. Topping, president of the Im
plement Manufacturing Co., and W. P.
Tucket t. traffic manager of the Merchants'
association of Kansas City, expressed their
satisfaction with existing railway rales.
MR. BRYAN ASKED TO APPEAR
Mra. Bennett Wishes Him to Be In
Conrt When His Report Cornea
I'p for Approval.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 19. A request
was made to Judge Cleaveland of the pro
bate court today by Judge Henry Stod
dard, counsel for Mrs. Bennett, that Wil
liam J. Bryan be asked to be present in
court when the hearing is held on his ap
plication for approval of his account as
administrator of the estate of the late
Phllo & Bennett of this city and New
York. There was no objection from Mr.
Bryan' counsel and it was agreed that
the hearing should be held when Mr.
Bryan can come here from Lincoln, Neb.
At the time Mr. Bryan personally filed his
application for approval of the account
he Informed the court that the item of
tS.600 entered for service, If allowed, would
be devoted to lectures such a were to have
been provided for by the bequest contained
in the "sealed letter" which the court re
jected as part of the will-
LINCOLN. May 19. W. J. Bryan aaid to
night he had received a summon from
the attorney for the Bennett estate at
New Haven, Conn., and would leave for
there om day next week. '
convicted of using the mails to defraud.
Farr will be. n.n,orn)u.ru,i in
the good lookljig, smooth talking liar who
opened up a Idlploma factory in Omaha
about five year ago and got all ready to
turn out lawyers and other things from tho
"Omaha : School of Law." He succeeded In
getting together quite a faculty of Omaha
attorney, who thoughtlessly allowed them
selves to be beguiled by the confidential
wiimiwnTnv Mv to aT.inr T.ft chftts of the "professor" and let him use
v,0. hm. nni t huv .nv i hu, their names in connection with his scheme.
ships at present nor to purchase abroad T!le Bee took an ,nt,""-''t In his case, and
anv material for the Panama canal con- '"veaugaiion, exposea the fraud
.tmeiion hevnnd that needed for immorti ' or 1 moment or two some very indignan
attorneys condemned The Bee for injustice
Thi .wiuion rtnes not mn th.t h aone ,0 a dignified member of an honorabl
president and Secretary Taft have In any Profe8'n. but Farr confessed his guilt by
denee changed the Dollcv recentlv an- removln n,B DOX ot law book, and hi
a .h. -i truckload of charter, to Nashville. Tenn
work, it being exnlalned that thev do not Wnere h UP hl" "college of law" and
w .H-.rl th. r..t began to grind out D. D.s and LL. D
situation by stocking up heavily In material fa",e' tnan a" he otn'r Institutions of
, , !.,... learning combined. It took from four to
legislation by congress at It. next session. e'Bht We?k" ,eou.re the deree r
t law. in the professor', college, and he
CUnDT I IMC Tfl Ciinilx PITY hu(1 em con'lnK and going all the time.
bnUKI LIIMt IU OIUUA UN I one man who is so illiterate that ho can
. . . .. . . barely write his own name secured the
Off from Tekamah to
Dakota City,
TRAVELERS G0T0 BUFFALO
W. R. Johnson of Tennessee Elected
President of the National Pro
tective Association,
degree .ought in eight week.. The Post
office department was Interested in his case
by Rev. Mr. Dletrlck and now the "profes
sor s now or diplomas Is temporarily
CHICAGO, 111., May 19.-(8peclal Tele- chck'd while he is serving a term In
riml-Vhll James J. Hill la connecting ! P"Son
his Great Northern and the Burlington
roads, the Northwestern win construct a
cut-off between Tekamah and Dakota City
on the Omaha line, which will make a
saving of thirty miles between Omaha and
Sioux City. This cut-off will practically
parallel the proposed Hill line. President
r..,l T I , , cr li ( t ,i f IhA nrf hv.alarn mnA
a party of officials are In the west and SAVANNAH. Oa.. May 19The next an
. ' ,h , ,h. ,.., I nual convention of tbe Travelers' Protec-
cut-off. They announce that the work of tive association will be held in Buffalo.
W. R. Johnson of Tennessee was elected
president. Among the officers choser was
8. H. Harolson of Oklahoma, elected fourth
vice president.
The final session will be held tomorrow
Arrangements nave oeen made for a trm
to Havana and other point in Cuba by
nemDer of the convention.
PARIS. May 19. The apparently com
plete disappearance of the Russian far
eastern fleet leads to the belief either that
a battle is Imminent or that Admiral Ro
Jestvensky ha succeeded In establishing a
naval base. On the other hand, it 1 pointed
out here that the position of the fleet May
18. in latitude 13.30 and longitude 111. SO. in
dicated that it might have been decided to
follow a course north of Luzon into the
Pacific, Instead of going through the strait
of Formosa, where Admiral Togo is be
lieved to be awaiting Admiral Rojestven
sky. It is maintained the Japanese diffi
culties have been Increased by their in
ability to determine whether the Russian,
are proceeding unitedly or have divided
their fleet Into two squadrons. Some ex
perts maintain that the fleet has been
divided for the purpose of permitting one
division to reach Vladivostok, while th
other occupies the attention of Admiral
Togo. Naval circle here are disposed to
criticise the Japanese tactic in falling to
harass Rojent vensky' transport during
the lengthy period of taking on supplies.
The results of Rojestvensky's movement
are being awaited with intense interest In
official quarters.
New Commander for Ksvy,
ST. PETERSBURG. May 20.-2:10 a. m.
Vice Admiral Blrileff, who has been named
for the supreme naval command in tho
Pacific, will leave for Vladivostok May 2S to
assume charge there and make prepara
tions for repairing and refitting the vessel.
of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet when
it arrives.
By Imperial command Vice Admiral Blrl-'
left" will have all the rights and power, of
a commander of the army, and the com
mander of the Vladivostok gnrrlson will be
subject to his orders, thereby avoiding the
possibility of any conflict of -authority in
case of a siege, as at Port Arthur.
I have no Intention of relieving Vice Ad
miral Rojnstvensky of the command of the
fleet If he Is well and able to perform hi.
duties on his arrival at Vladivostok," said
the admiral, who is small of stature and
scant of hair, but keen and alert In bear
ing. "I have high respect for hi qualifi
cation a a fleet commander and there
will be plenty for us both to do."
Llnevltch Reports Skirmish.
Russian newspapers call attention to th
Indifference with which the power contem
plate the danger involved In navigating far
eastern water, owing to the Japanese float
ing mines, contrasting this with the harsh
criticism earlier in the war when the Rus
sians planted mines outside of Port Ar
thur. The Xovoe Vremya nays: "Although
seven ships were blown up during the last
fortnight, the British .press, so vigilant
wherever the seas are concerned, does not
utter a word of reproach against its ally.
A dispatch from General Llnevltch, dated
May 18, says that a small detachment of
the enemy May 111 occupied Yandl Paaa, oa.
the front of the armies. The Japanese also
attempted to occupy Shahotse, but were
repulsed and retired southward. The same
day the Japanese approached Honukhu,
about six miles south of Taul, but were
forced to retire.
Russian Colliers Under French Gana.
SAIGON, French Cochln-Chlna, May 19.
Forty-three colliers, mostly Russian and
German, are anchored off Nha Be under the
supervision of the French gunboat Caron
ade. Twenty similar .hip. are off Cape
St. James, near here, under the super
vision ot the French cruiser D' Aaaa. The
Russian transport Kleff 1 .till In the
commercial port of Saigon.
No more direct new. of the Russian fleet
Is expected here beyond what might be
received from refugees, should fighting
occur in the neighborhood of the Pescadora
Islands.
Expect Japanese Advance.
GUNSHU PASlS, Manchuria, May 19. Th
weather has cleared and the roads washed
out by the recent rains are Impassable
quagmires, but they will soon dry.
The present truce is expected to be
broken by the Japanese. They are show
ing every evidence of preparation to as
sume the offensive, constantly shifting po
sitions and pressing the Russian left.
where the cavalry forces are dally exchang
ing shots. The demonstration on the Rus
sian left, however, is probably only a feint
to cover the real stroke at the right. This
is thought more probable because of the
care with which the Japanese are screen
ing the movements on their right, using
Chinese bandit freely for thl. purpose.
The attempts of the Russian scout, to
pierce the curtain have not been successful.
construction will begin within a few days.
The survey for this line was made several
years azo.
DEATH SENTENCE FOR HOCH
"Bluebeard" is Convicted ( Mnrder
In First Degree hjr Chi.
eago Jorr.
CHICAGO. May 19.-Th Jury In th
Hoch case has found a verdict of guilt
-nd be has been sentenoed to death
BEEF WITNESSES GIVE BOND
Chicago Grand Jury Make Sure of
Attendance of Three Men at
Jaly Term of Conrt.
CHICAGO. May 19.-The grand Jury
which hati been Investigating the beef In
dustry adjourned thi. evening after being
In session for exactly three months. It will
reconvene on June T to vote the Indictment,
which in the meantime may be prepared
by the office of the United State, district
attorney. Jesse P. Lyman, former presi
dent of the National Packing company
Hector Streyckmans, former confidential
stenographer for Armour A Co., and Gus-
tave Freunda. former head of the Aetna
Trading company, were placed under bond
to assure their attendance as witness, at
th Jul term of court.
Movements of Ocean Vessels, May 19.
At New York Arr ved: Italia, fmn.
Naples. Sailed: Cedrlc. for Liverpool.
ai .-sapies Arrrvea: isapoutan, from New
York.
At Bremen Arrived: Main, from Balti
more.
At Movllle Palled: Tunisian, from Mont
real
At Plymouth Arrived: Bluecher. from
New York
At yueenstown Arrived: Cymric, from
Boston
At Dover Sailed: Hamburg, for New
York v!a rherbourg.
At Ponta lel a da Arrived: Canoplca,
from Boston.
At Liverpool Balled: Celtic, fur New
York.
ax Osnoa Sailed; CrUo, for Nsw York
ROW OVER PUGJJOG IS FATAL
Young Men Who Formerly Lived In
Omaha Are the Far.
ttclpants,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. May 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Ollle Brown, a young man M year,
of age, was stabbed in the abdomen with a
pocket knife In the hands of Clifton Brown,
in front of the Everett hotel at l:4o o'clock
thl. afternoon and was taken to th St.
Joseph hospital, where he died a few hour
later. The tragedy was the result of an
altercation between the boy. over th treat
ment of a pug dog.
The young men formerly lived in Omaha.
Wood Enters Plea of Gnllty.
BOMMEKVILLK. N. J.. May 19 George
H. Wood of New York today pleaded guilty
of murder in the second degree in shooting
George Williams, a grocer of Watcliung,
on February 2. Wood was sentenced to
thirty years In prison.
At the opening of th trial h had
pleaded not guilty of murder in the first
offer by tiie prosecution to accept a plea of
guilty of murder In a lusser degree. That
dogree and his counsel bad declined an
pla was withdrawn soon after court
opened today and the plea of guilty substituted.
Victim Die.
Pa., May i. Another
W reck
HARRI8BI ltd.
victim has been ad'd to tne list ot those
who lost their lives In the recunt South
Harrisl.urg disaster, making the number of
dead twenty-three. Ths latest victim Is J.
1 W. Anderson of Pittsburg, who died today.
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