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    THE' OMAHA DAILY HEE: BUND AY. MAY 21. 1903.
Telephone 4.
Bee, May 21. 116.
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to the man nho lins a,
ft-rtnf worth
Corsets
HEDFE15N A Corset for the average form made of soft,
silky batiste models to suit all figures, extreme in length over
the hips or very short all have hose supporters attached, which
helps to mold the form into stylish outline.
Corsets flttern in attendance to hrlp you choose the model bout suited to your
figure. rrlces, U 00 to 16.75 each.
Silk Waists
and Suits
In Bhlrt Walnts we are showing all the
late novelties In aurpllre styles, dotted and
figured Bwlcs and lingerie effects.
Surplice Waists of fine lawn, embroidery
trimmed, nt $3.75, $4. 50 and I5.no.
Dainty Lawn Waists, buttoned In back,
$125, M SO, $ft.TO and $A.75.
Handkerchief Linen Waists, cluny lace
and hand embroidery trimmed, $7.50, $9.0i,
-.It. 00 and '$10.50.
Dotted Swiss Waists. $1.80, $2.25. $3.00, $3.75,
$4 50 and tfi.Ort.
IJnen Waists, plain tucked and em
broidered, at $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $2.75 up
to $no each.
Tucked I.lnen Waists. $3.00, $3.25, $4.50.
filack Silk Taffeta Waists, at $5.00, $6.60,
$7.50 and $X.50
Colored SIlK Taffeta Waists, In tans,
light blue, navy, green, brown and white.
Prices, $5.00, $6.50, $fl 75. $7 50. $12 50.
DEAl'TIFUL NOVELTIES IN SILK
SHinT WAIST SUITS-Hundreds of pretty
styles to select from. Prices, $15.50. $19.75,
$20.00, $21.50, H2.50, $25.00, $27.50 and $30.00.
Tn0nP5ONfiELPEN&f,a
Y. M. C A. Building, Corner Sixteenth and Douglas Streets
fatally wounded, many others were hurt
and' six were arrested.
The injured are:
Ernest Enstrand, union man; will die.
John Entails, negro; nonunion teamster
from Kansiis t'lty.
George Williams, nonunion teamster,
peter Nolan, policeman.
William Green, negro; nonunion teamster.
Charles Allison, nonunion teamster.
PLAN 10 R0B TAXPAYERS
ii Franrliro Paper Alleges riot on
Pnrl of Tax Collector
t and Others.
SAN FRANCISCU, May 20. -The Chror.lclo
today says that a scheme which has been In
operation In the tax collector's office for
months, has Just been uncovered by which
nearly $1,000,000 worth of property has been
secured for little more than $.00,000. The
victims are the city's tax payers who are
charged. In nome Instance It ap
pears wrongly, with delinquencies. The
profits have gone to a ring of tax scalpers,
who were assisted In every possible way
by the alleged defaulting Tax Collector
Smith, and his subordinates In office.
Records have been manipulated to keep
the truth from coming out, and many
people have had the title to their homes
placed In Jeopardy, without so much as
knowing that shortage Is charged against
them.
A thorough Investigation will be made at
once Into the matter to develop If possible,
the extent to which these Irregularities
have been carried on.
TAFT . TO HEAR TESTIMONY
Secretary of War Will Consider
LoomU-Bowts Blatter at
Further LeoaTtu.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-Presldent
Roosevelt and Stcretary Taft had a con
ference today regarding the Loomls-Bowen
case. At the conclusion Secretary Taft
said that no decision yet had been reached.
His Intention is tc call other witnesses
who have been Indicated to him and hear
their testimony before he makes a formal
statement concerning the case to the president.
KXAPP BEFORE COMMITTEE
A
MARVELOUS
PIANO
AT
HOSPE'S
Just arrived and now on exhibi
tion, the most wonderful musical
creation, a perfect piano which is
played either by hand in the usual
way or by foot with perforated
paper rolls. A child can play this
Instrument as well as a man. A
combination piano with player, not
the kind that grinds out the music
like a machine, but artistic pinno
music such as is ever welcome. To
fully appreciate this instrument it
must be seen, heard and tried.
The public is invited to call and
make the music, as no instructions
are required, no outside motor
power needed. It is always ready
to piny as soon as your feet are
applied to the pedals.
MANY PIANO
BARGAINS
for this week at the A. Hospe Co.
Square pianos of reliable makes
which have cost big money will be
old for from $20 to $40 on 50c
weekly payments.
Some used and second-hand up
right pianos $.15, floO and $125, on
weekly payments of $1 per week.
A few high grade bargains in
Knabe, Ktinball, Mathushek, Hallet
Davis and Hospe pianos, nearly
new, at from'f 1,90, $225 and up, on
monthly payments.
New upright piano at $155 and
op, on $5 monthly payments.
Knabe, Kranlch & Bach, Kimball
and Hallet Davis grand pianos, the
finest In the world, at reasonable
prices.
Big organ sale on for this week
$15 up on small payments.
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 Douglas Street
Chairman of Interstate Commerca Commis
. sion Discusss Railway Bates.
ELLIOTT OPPOSES REGULATION OF TARIFFS
President of the Northern Pacific
Says Present Laws Are Sufficient
to Prevent I'njnst Discrimination.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-Chalrman Mar
tin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce
commission was heard by the senate com
mittee on Interstate commerce today. Ho
did not favor a radical departure from the
present wise and beneficial law, but de
sired to have its detects corrected and Its
weak points strengthened. Discrimination
against a community on account of a
smaller charge for a longer haul than for
a shorter haul could be corrected under
the present law and some Increase of re
straint should be provided. Commissioner
Knapp did not believe that there was
danger of Inflexibility of rates or fixed
mtleege rates In case the proposed legisla
tion was adopted, as seemed to be feared
by the railroad men Notwithstanding the
fluctuations In the price of cotton there
had been no change In transportation rates
In ten years Mr. Knapp cited this as an
answer to the assertion that the rates
must constantly change to meet changed
conditions.
Something should be done, Mr. Knapp
thought, toward compelling carriers hav
ing short line connections to unite In mak
ing through rai.es.
Mr. Knapp did not regard the courts as
the best remedy for unreasonable rates.
President Elliott Testifies.
Howard Elliott, president of the Northern
Pacific railroad, told the committee that
he agreed with the president when he said
the great highways of the country should
be kept open on equal terms to all and
that rebates should cease. He opposed
giving any government commission power
to fix rates. He asserted that the present
laws are sufficient to properly regulate
the railroads. Discrimination between lo
calities will always exist because of geo
graphical conditions. He advocated cut
ting off free transportation and half rate
tickets to government and state officials
and others. Mr. Elliott was asked about
the Spokane, Wash., situation, where
higher rates are charged than to Puget
sound points and he replied that It was
a very difficult case and the railroads were
trying to effect an adjustment.
Mr. Clements of the Interstate Commerce
commission was again heard today. He be
lieved that terminal and other abuses have
grown up stnee the passage of the Elklns
law in attempts to evade that law. He had
never advocated a minimum rate regula
tion. Denver Alleges Discrimination.
William H. Hover, representing the Den
ver Traffic commission and the Chamber of
Commerce of that city, wanted the com
mission to correct what he called gross
and unfair discrimination agalnrt Denver
In favor of Missouri river and Pacific coast
cities. He consulted tables of rates to
prove his contention. He aaid Ave men
practically control transportation west of
the Missouri river.
Russell B. Stevens of Sacramento, Cal..
horticulturist, criticised the Armour car
lines. He said be represented 96 per cent
of the fruit growers of California. He as
serted that, there was a combination be
tween the shippers and the car line com
pany which resulted In an Injustice to the
growers.
H. B. Browne, attorney for the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe, denied that an official
of that road had acknowledged giving re-
Dates.
PRESIDENT ASKED TO PROBE
Poller Holder of 1.1 fe Insurance Com
panics Wants a Government
Investigation.
NEW YORK. May 20.-President Roose
velt has been requested to take cognisance
of the situation that has been brought
about by the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety trouble, and to Institute a national
Investigation of the Insurance business as
It Is now conducted. The Inquiry Into the
Beef trust and the present Standard Oil
investigation are quoted as precedents.
This request was made by W. F. King,
former president of the Merchants' asso
elation of this city, who has written the
president as a policy holder In several
companies, asking that such an Investiga
tion be made under the Interstate com
merce law; that, should this course be
deemned not practicable, Mr. King asks
the president to appoint a national com
mlttee on the lines of the coat commission
that settled the anthracite strike, to make
an Inquiry and report.
"In case the president decides that he
has no Jurisdiction," said Mr. King todav,
"It Is my purpiae to n.rm a committee
prior to the convening of congress in the
autumn, to start an agitation In every
state in tne union, by sending out litera
ture to every merchant and manufacturing
concern to the number of 161,000, having a
mercantile rating of 160,000 and above.
will ask these men not only to Interest
themselves, but their employes In petition
lag their members of congress and sena
tore, provldtng the president has not the
power to make a thorough investigation.
and put these great Insurance corporations
under government control.
Blc Price for Montana Weil,
MI1.K3 CITY. Mont.. May 2D.-The high
est prico received for a wool clip in llun
tana In twenty-live years Is reported hen-
Hunter A Anderson sold IGO.uU) pounds to
Bilvermao Urge, of Chicago for m vents a
t una.
PRESBYTERIANS FOR UNION
Vote of General Assembly for Consolidation
with Cumberland Branch 194 to 39.
ROUTINE BUSINESS ALL CLEARED UP
oa-eeatlon that tbe Cnnreh Should
Have l.arsjer Representation
Among aval Chaplains.
WINONA LAKE, Ind., May 20.-In the
ndeavor to clear away tho preliminary
work of the convention, expediting action
upon the more Important questions which
will be disposed of within the next two
wet ks the delegates to the general as-
emhly of the Presbyterian church today
disposed of nearly all the routine business
leaving an unburdened calendar for next
Monday, at which time the proposed union
with the Cumberland Presbyterian church
will be called as a special order of business.
The vote on the proposed consolidation
with the Cumberland branch was 194 to 39
In favor of the union.
The appointment of a special committee
on evangelical work to devise plans for a
general evangelical campaign which has
proven so successful in Denver and other
western cities was a feature of tho day
essions today.
Following the adoption of the recommen
dations of tho relief committee, tho report
on Christian work among seamen was
taken up and discussed. Justice John M.
Harlan of the United States supreme court
spoke at length In support of a suggestion
that President Roosevelt be petitioned for
larger representation of the Presbyterian
church In the appointment of naval chaplains.
The committee on bills and overtures,
In reporting to the assembly today, made
no mention of the question raised by the
Nassau presbytery In an overture asking
the substitution of a brief statement of
ilth for the Westminster confession. Sev-
ral days will have elapsed before the work
of this committee is completed, because of
the number of questions it has under con-
lderation.
Tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock the as
sembly will observe the 40th anniversary of
John Knox, the Scotch reformer. The ses
sion of the assembly will resume at 9:45
MondRy morning.
Baptist Historical Society Meets.
ST. LOUIS, May 20. The meeting of the
American Baptist Historical society tonight
brought to a close the . first week of the
sessions of the national Baptist anniver
saries in progress at the Third Baptist
church.
The report of the president stated that
400 bound volumes and 3,000 pamphlets had
been added to the library of the society
(luring the last year and recommended the
Increase of the endowment fund which at
present Is lo.OOO.
The annual election of officers resulted
as follows: President, Rev. Dr. B. L. Whit
man, Pennsylvania; vico president, Dr. E.
B. Hulbert, Illinois; recording secretary,
Rev. Dr. Bernard MacMacklln, Pennsyl
vania; corresponding secretary, Dr. A. L,
Vail, Pennsylvania; treasurer, Arthur Mal
com, Pennsylvania.
Reports of committees and miscellaneous
business occupied the opening hours of to
day's session of the American Baptist Mis
sionary union. Prior to the beginning of
today's session a number of delegates nade
a trip to Pattonvllle, on the outskirts of
St. Louis, to visit the Free Baptist church.
the oldest Protestant house of worship west
of the Mississippi river.
Announcement was made that Henry W.
Peabody of Boston, who was on the pro
gram as a speaker, was unable to be
present because of the death of his wife,
which occurred last Wednesday, coinci
dental about the time of the sudden
death by apoplexy here of Rev. Dr. J. N.
Cushlng, president of Rangoon college.
Burmah, during the convention. A com
mittee was appointed to present resolu
tions In memorial of both deaths, to be
adopted by the convention.
Mrs. Gratton Guinness, who, with her
husband, Is at the head of the Baptist
Missionary college in the east and of
London, England, made a. brief address
and extended an Invitation to the conven
tion to visit the college during the con--entloi
of the Baptists of the world In
London next July.
The report of the financial committee
was adopted. The report states that the
Missionary union commits Itself to the
resolute effort to raise, during the coming
year, In offerings to churches, for the reg
ular current work of the union, not less
than 1000,000.
The balance of the forenoon session was
occupied with addresses upon the mission
ary work In British India and the Congo
Free State, Africa.
The final session was held In the after
noon and was devoted to addresses on the
work of mlslsonaries and the outlook in
Japan and tho Philippines.
Southern Presbyterians.
FORT WORTH, Tex., May 20. Commit
tee reports were continued by the general
assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
church when the commissioners were
railed to order today. While it cannot
now be definitely ascertained, it Is believed
that the special committee to whom was
referred tho report on church federation,
which was made to the assembly yester
day, will make Its report early next week.
The question of how the governing body
will dispose of the matter Is a mooted one
a quite a number of commissioners are
inclined to the belief that It Is the first
step to final organic union with 'the north
ern branch of the Presbyterian church. If
these delegates can be convinced that the
movement for closer co-operation Is- wise
the vote will probably be In favor of fed
eration, but otherwise opposition will prob
ably be developed strong enough to defeat
the measure.
Reform Church Considers Mission.
ALLENTOWN. Pa., May Foreign
missions attracted the attention of the gen
eral synod of the Reformed church today.
D. B. Schneder of Japan quoted Japan's
prime minister as telling him that Japan
has no aggressive movements In view at
the close of the present war; that her aim
is self-preservation and the peace of the
orient. She Is ready, he said, to join all
clvlllied nations In any movement to ad
vance the progress of humanity.
I'nlted Brethren Befnse Report,
TOPEKA. Kan., May 20. Four years ago
the general conference of the I'nlted
Brethren church adopted a new system of
bookkeeping, placing Dr. McKee of Day
ton. O., as treasurer. In charge. Today a
committee officially refused to accept Dr.
McKee's report. The committee does not
Intimate that Dr. McKee Is dishonest, but
asserts that the bad system of bookkeeping
has mixed up the accounts. The commit
tee declared for a more modern method of
handling funds. Dr. McKee, It is said, will
resign.
The committees report that a member
should be over fourteen years of age be
fore having a vote In the church councils
was voted down.
The committee on church government
recommended In favor of cutting down the
number of delegates to general confer
ences and corresponding Increasing mem
bers to be elected delegates. This would
have made a change of 2 to 256 delegates.
The conference will adjourn May 23.
Will Vae Instrumental Masle.
NKW YORK, May 20. After an agita
tion lasting for several years the general
synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church
J decided, today that iMtruuiental ruiinlc
might be used In the sen-Ices of churclw
of the denomination. The new moderator,
Rev. Samuel Pamsey of Los Angeles,
Cel., presided. Each church Is to settle
the matter for Its own people.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
tianarlnsr Stations on Rivers In Thin
District to De Added to as
Demands Warrant.
(From a Staft correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. May 20. (Special Tele
gram.) From the last appropriation by
congress for gauging the streams of the
I'nlted States a liberal amount has been
allotted for the continuance and extension
of this work In the Denver district. Dur
ing 190B flfty-nlne rlvr stations have been
maintained In Colorado; fifteen In South
Dakota, eleven In Nebraska, fifteen In Kan
sas and twelve In Wyoming. It Is pro
posed to maintain during 1900 the river sta
tions already In operation and to estab
lish others as demands warrant. On or
more states in this district co-ocerate In
this work. Many private parties assist
materially in collection of data. "Work
In this district Is under the local charge
of N. C. Hlnderllder. with offices In Den
ver. He Is assisted by Adna Dobson, state
engineer of Nebraska; F. Walter, W. O.
Russell and others.
W. A. Richards, commissioner general of
the land office, left Washington today for
Red Bank, Wyo., to visit his daughter.
Mr. Richards will probably be absent from
Washington Several weeks.
Senator Warren was In town today. He
left for New York tonight.
J0HANN H0CH COLLAPSES
ConTlcted Wife Murderer Spends Ills
Time Weeplnn; Over His Fate
and Railing; Courts.
CHICAGO, Map 22. Johann Hoeh has col
lapsed. The convicted wife poisoner, who
all through his trial seemed to regard the
charge against him as a Joke and Its pos
sible outcome a matter of no consequence,
Boemed today to realize for the first time
the situation In which he Is placed.
He spent the greater part of today In his
cell weeping and at times his sobs were
audible throughout the greater part of the
Jail. Ills lamentations brought scanty sym
pathy from his fellow prisoners, who Jeered
at him and constantly urged him to "brace
up and die like a man."
Several prisoners called during the day,
but Hoch would not talk to them for more
than a minute at a time. He walked con
stantly up and down his cell heaping male
dictions upon courts. Juries and the police.
When he ceased this he would sit down,
bury his face In his hands and weep.
TEXAS BANKERS INDICTED
Three Officials at Abilene Accused of
I at no- Institutions' Funds In
Speculation.
DALLAS. Texas, May 20. J. G. Lowdon.
Otto Steffen and W. J. Thompson, officials
of the American National bank at Abilene,
Texas, have been Indicted by a special fed
eral grand Jury charged with violating the
United States banking laws. One count
charges Steffens with taking money . from
the bank to use In cotton speculating.
BARK APACHEIS SIGHTED
One of Contestants for Emperor's Cup
la Seen 1'nder Full
Sail.
NEW YORK, May 20. The American
bark ligKed yacht Apache, one of the con
testants In the race. for the emperor's cup,
wns sight by the steamer Princess Alice
yesterday about sixty miles east of Nan
tucket lighthouse c'..ip. At that time the
Apache was running due east with every
stitch of canvas set;
PLANS FOR ROYAL WEDDING
Four Dji Will Be Devoted to the
Festivities in Berlin,
PUBLIC CELEBRATION ON BRIDE'S ARRIVAL
By Order of the Merman Emperor the
Services Will Bo Simple
and the Wedding;
Private.
BERLIN, May 20. The entertainments
In Celebration of the wedding of Crown
Prince Frederick William and the Duchess
Cecelia of Merklenburg-Schwerin will last
four days, beginning Saturday, June S, the
day the bride and her family arrive here
from Schwerln and take up their residence
In the Bellvuo palace. The duchess will
be received at the Brandenburg gate by
the chief burgomaster and the city fathers
and by 100 young women of known families,
who have been drawn by lot from several
hundred candidates, and who will present
flowers to their future empress. The girls
will be dressed alike. In Oretchen cos
tumes, with their hair In braids down the
back. Behind the crown prince and his
bride will ride the butchers, postmen and
deputations from other trades and occupa
tions, according to Immemorial custom,
Those chosen to form the cavalcade are
now In training at the garrison riding
schools.
The emperor has commanded that this
entrance Into the city, which will be the
only public celebration, shall be simple and,
If possible, beautiful. The three-quarters
of a mile of Unter Den Linden from the
Brandenburg gate to the palace, where the
emperor and empress will await the
Duchess Cecelia, will be hung with gar
lands of roses. Artificial ones naturally
will be the only sort used, as they will
have to stand four days' exposure. Eighty
thousand garlands have been ordered.
Seats and windows along Unter den Lin
den have been selling for from $7.50 for the
former to $125 for the latter.
Services Will Be Private.
Except for the numerous court equipages
and uniforms which will be seen In the
streets and the princes coming and go
ing from every hotel, there will not be
anything for the public to see, for the
services will be private and only members
of royal families, ambassadors and a few
other Important personages and government
officials will take part In them. The chapel
of the palace, where the wedding will take
place, enly holds about 300 persons, but
there will be a service at the cathedral on
Sunday and a dinner at which the Hohen
sollern and Mecklenburg-Schwerln families
and the visiting princes, of whom there
are fifty or sixty, wll be present. There
are so many princes coming, each of
whom must be treated ceremoniously, that
the Imperial court marshal's office Is per
plexed over questions of princely prece
dence. The ambassadors probably will bo
Invited to only one or two functions, so as
to avoid placing them below members of
small German houses.
The wedding gifts will be presented In
the palace on Monday morning, June 6,
when deputations with congratulations will
be received. Later there will be a numer
ously attended breakfast and the state
dinner will be served at 6:30 In the after
noon, so as to be ended In time to permit
of the punctual appearance of all the
guests at a gala performance at the opera
the same evening. The civil ceremony of
the wedding Tuesday (June 6) will be per
formed by House Minister von Wcdel and
the" religious rite will be celebrated by Dr.
Dryander, the court chaplain, Jn the pal
ace chapel. The procedure to be obsorved
In the wedding of the crown prince fills 113
pages of the "Book of Ceremonies of the
House of Hohenzollern."
DEATH RECORD.
Mrs. Mary Mahoney.
Mrs. Mary Mahonoy, wife of Jeremiah
Mahoney, died at the family home, 2214
South Tenth street, at 9 a. m., Saturday,
aged 73. The funeral will be held from
the residence at 9 a. m., Monday. The
detailed plans are not yet made. Mrs.
Mahoney leaves her husband and ten chil
dren, all of whom were at the bedside
when the final summons camo. All but
two of these children were born In
Omaha, the family being one of the oid
families of this city. With her husband,
to whom she was married fifty-three years
ago last Monday, Mrs. Mahoney came to
Omaha from Indianapolis, Ind., April 12,
1857. She and Mr. Mahoney took great
pride In the steady growth and advance
ment of the place which when they first
saw it was a mere village. Beside her
large family Mrs. Mahoney leaves a vary
wide circle of devoted friends. She had a
loving personality The surviving chll-
aren are: i. tx. ana jere or. tne united
States local quartermaster's department;
bavid, formerly agent at South Omaha
for the Union Pacific, how at Beatrice;
Edward, traveling passenger agent for the
Milwaukee railroad; Frank, In the county
assessor's office; John, formerly superin
tendent of the Douglas county hospital;
Mrs. Richard Collins, Sadie and Lizzie Ma
honey of Omaha; Mrs. T. C. Douglas of
Butte, Mont.
Elisabeth Hale Slacashan
Instead of the news that she would soon
be ablL to come home and again be with
her young friends, among whom she was
so popular, the Bad message of the death
of Miss Elizabeth Hale Macashan yesterday
came as a terrible shock to her associates
In Omaha. The young woman's mother,
Mrs. Sarah Mucashan, 212 South Twenty
fifth street, though overwhelmed by the
death of her daughter, was not as sur
prised, for she had received a forewarning
of the fear that death was not far off.
The girl died at the home of an uncle at
Topeka, Kan., yesterday morning of ty
phoid fever. She had gone to Topeka be
cause her health had not been the best,
and it was thought possibly a change would
benefit her. In, her less robust condition
the disease found her not a difficult sub
ject and the young life paid the price of
fralllty. The stricken mother has gone to
Topeka to accompany the body to Fort
Madison, la., where burial will take place.
QUILLIAM TALKS OF BALKANS
Shlek-I'l-Ialom of Britain Soys Effort
la Made to Injure
Turkey.
LIVERPOOL, May 20.-(Speclal Cable
gram to The Bee.) W. H. Qullllam Bey
Effendl, Shelk-ul-Islam of the British, Isles,
returned home to Liverpool this week after
a three months' Inquiry on behalf of the
sultan Into the state of the Balkans.
Interviewed on the subject, the sheik de
clared he was satisfied that a conspiracy
existed to drive Turkey out of the Balkans,
and ultimately out of Europe. Bulgarian
revolutionaries were armed with Mauser
and Mannllcher rifles, which had been
bought, he asserted, by the Insurgents with
money raised by the Balkan committee In
this country from people some of whom
were prejudiced agalr.st the sultan on re
ligious grounds,, while others were misled
by lying reports of certain agents Of the
Balkan committee.
The following statement was made by the
sheik on the Balkan question:
"If left alone by the European powers
the sultan would be able to Keep the peace
between the various nationalities and
creeds In tho Balkans. As It Is, the vast
mass of the people are loyal to him. There
are some few disloyalists, as there are
even In our own land.
'I warn the British public that If these
Intrigues succeed the last state of the
near east will be worse than the present.
"The dismemberment of the Turkish em
pire would revive the eastern question,
that spark In a powder magazine. There
would be an European Imbroglio. The
question of the near east would become
anarchic. Therefore, I say, cease meddling
with Turkey; let the powers give It com
plete control of Its subjects. Christian as
well as Mussulman; stop these Bulgarian
raids and massacres and peace and con
tentment will reign in the Balkans once
more."
Prominent Kentucklan Killed.
GLASGOW. Ky., May 80 News has Just
reached here of the murder and robbery
near burksville of James Skinner, one of
the most prominent men In Cumberland
county. His body was found In a lane.
There was a bullet hole In his temple
and three in his breast. His watch, a
bill case, carrying $2,ooo In currency, and
a sack of silver he had with him when
he loft town and 4 bundle of legal papers
are gone.
Feel Well Fed
AH day when
you eat
Grape-Nuts
FACT!
TRY THEM!
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Reliable Lawn Mowers
Tho only kind we wll. Print
the lowest, (larland and
Fairviow Mowers as
low as
(IKAHtf CATCH
2.95
Garden Tools
Steel Ranges
Majestic, Quick Menl and
Puritan. Largest variety of
reliable IJanges at QOQ
lowest prices, up from $0
Refrigerator Headquarters
MILTON ROGERS & SONS CO.
14th and Farnam Streets
Hakes 25o
Spades and Shovels. .65c
Harden Hoes 20c
Itubbcr Hose, per foot. 7c
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ElliXtOtB'flC $EB3iSC
0P1 FY JEWELER
$5.50
Thin week I trill sell as long as tlioy last, a nunv
bor of 7-lnrta Cut Glass Horry Bowls of the cele
brated Hawks' make. A varlHy of patterns richly
cut and KAC11 branded with llnwks' Trade Mark.
bine machinery Intended for one of the
new battleships to be built In the govern
ment dock yards. The specifications de
mand that the engines develop 23,000-horsa
power.
SARAFOFF TO JOIN CHIKA
Albanian Pretender Says Hf Will Be
Aided by the Macedonian
Insurgent.
BUCHAREST, May 20.-(Speclal Cable
gram to The Bee.) Prince Chlka Is here to
arrange for a rising, to secure the Alban
ian throne. Boris Sarafoff, the Mace
donian Insurgent, has, he says, promised to
make common cause with him, and
Ficletti QaiibaKdl has promised 10.000 Italian
volunteers.
The prince declares that all the powers
whose capitals he recently visited, with the
exception of Austria-Hungary, approve his
project.
Albanians Threaten Servians.
VIENNA, May 20-It Is reported from
Bclgtade, Servla, that 2.000 Albanians have
surrounded the town of Gulllane, Albania,
and are threatening to massacre the Serv
ian population of that place. There are
800 Turkish troops at Gulllane and rein
forcements are expected from L'skub.
British Bnttlesliip i.annehed.
LONDON, May 20. The first-class battle
ship Africa of K3G0 tons was launched at
Chatham dock yard today. It Is of the
King Edward VII type.
IIOVS DECIDE FOR OPEX SHOP
Omaha and Blnlr IIIkIi Schools Settle
Topical Labor Problem.
BLAIR. Neb., May 20.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The opera house was crowded to
the doors tonight to hear the Omnha-Blair
debate, being a discussion by representa
tives of the Omaha High school and Blair
High school of the question:
Resolved, That for tho present tho labor
unions of America are Justified In opposing
the movement of the employers for the
open shop.
Affirmative: Omaha, Oeorge Wallace, Car
roll Belden and John Latenser, with George
Wallace closing.
Negative: Ulalr, Howard Dixon, Grover
Aker and O. Conner Hmith, with Grover
Akor closing.
The program was opened lth a vocal
solo by Miss Gertrude Mend and was
closed by a vocal solo, "The Creole Lovers,"
sung by Miss W. H. Seber. The partici
pants on both sides carried their part of
the debate with much honor to thnmielvea.
The decision was In favor of the ntnir High
school boys by a vote of 1 to 1. The judges
were: H. E. Colby of Council UlufTs, J. H.
Beverldge of Missouri Valley n'ld Prof. F.
Wallace of Fremont. The mem'iers of tho
Blair High school had decorated the stnga
In an elegant manner and the urge nuOI
ence showed Its appreciation for the schrol
boys' efforts by sounds of approval and applause.
HIGH WATER IN WYOMING
Canons Are Fall and Flood la It ash
ing; Toward the Missouri
Hiver.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 20. The streams
of Wyoming are carrying a larger volume
of water down Into the Missouri, through
the Platte, Laramie, Big Horn, Shoshone
and other waterways than at any time In
the recollection of the earllcBt settler.
Es-ery stream Is out of Its banks, while dry
creeks and canons that have not contained
running water for many years are torrents.-
Many bridges have been carried out and
most of the fords are unsafe. Some stock
has been lost and hay meadows have been
AnrnrrA Tn.n tlusa hnv ku. In.t n
count of the high water.
NASHVILLE NEGROES EXCITED
Halse Fnnds to Prosecute Policemen
Who Shoot Other Vtirnri "
Recklessly. '
NASHVILLE. Tenn., May 20.-The no-
groes nere are consmeraniy wrought up
over what they term the reckless shooting
During the last two weeks three negroes
have been shot by officers, two of whom
havt died.
At a mass meeting of negroes a leaguo
was formed for the purpose of raising
money to prosecute the policemen charged
with killing the negroes.
t'arneaMe Aids Wellesley.
WELLES LEY. Mass., May 20. President
Caroline Wellesley of Wellesley college at
rhapel today confirmed an unofficial ro-
college $12f).0u) to be used In the erection
of a library. The gift Is conditional on
the college raising a like sum. Already
iin.000 has been subscribed and It Is ex
pected that the remainder will soon ba
offered by students and graduates.
WHITES 0BJECJT0 SAMOANS
Europeans on Island Allege that the
natives Are Becoming; Too
' Arrosrant.
HONOLULU. May 20. (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.) Word has been re
ceived from Samoa to the effect that a
petition has been sent from those Islands
by some of the white residents there to
the German government asking protection
against the growing arrogance of the
Samoans, their growing contempt of Ger
man authority. They ask that dangers of
a native uprising may be prevented and
urge that protection be given by the per
manent garrisoning of Asia by German
troops. German men-of-war are urged to
call more frequently at the Islands by way
of Impressing on the Samoans the power
of the German government.
It Is believed that the petition and the
fear that prompted It grew out of the
Incident of a number, of chiefs from Mulinu
breaking out of a jail at Apia and releasing
therefrom two other chiefs whom they be
lieved were being unjustly Imprisoned. The
rescuing party was very promptly shown
the error of its way and the seriousness
of the offense It had committed, begged
pardon of the' governor and brought the
two chiefs bark to prison. Those who
signed the petition are mostly settlers who
recently arrived in Samoa. Few of those
who by reaaon of a long residence are ac
quainted with the Samoan character have
Joined In the oetltlon.
British to I'se Turbines.
GLA8GOW. May 20. The British admir
alty has invited engineering firms here to
mk tenders for the construction of tur-
r
asnsfpn
Mat
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A (Mew Region
For a
Summer's Outing.
Between Cody, Wyoming, and Yellowstone Park,
reached by the Burlington's northwest line into the
Big Horn Batiin.
Log Cabin Inns: Wapiti Wickiup at Elk
Fork, 38 miles from Cody.
Pahaska Tepee at Middle
Fork, 40 miles from Cody.
These are new stopping places in the mountains
in the midst of a fine game and fishing country.
Yellowstone Park: Beyond Fahaska to the
Lake Hotel, Yellowstone Park, is a 32 mile ride over
Sylvian Pass. There is no scenery in the Park
grander than the scenery along this new route.
Cody, Wyoming; is the headquarters for out
fitting, regular stages, special teams, guides, horses
and equipment for any kind of an expedition into
this sportsman's country.
Very Low Rates: A special daily rate of one
fare plus $2.00 to Cody and return will be in effect
all summer, commencing June 1st
Beyond Cody very reasonable rates for transpor
tation by regular or special teams, also at the Log
Cabin Inns. Inquiries are invited; . address D.
Franklin Powell. Irma Hotel, Cody, Wyo., or Aaron
Holm, Special Guide and Outfitter for Camping and
Hunting Parties, Cody, Wyo.
Special Folder: A new leaflet for visitors to
the region beyond Cody will b olf the press and
ready for the public in a few days.
Apply to the undersigned for rates,
information, folder, etc.
J. 0. ReynoldsTicket Agt..1 502 Farnam St.,0maha.
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