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JURY FOR DEXXISOX
Good Progress Made on First Day at. Tied
Oak in Famons Case.
V
NEVADA BANK CLOSES DOORS
Tnfnlr-Onf Dollars In Cash Fooad
in Bank After the
Kail a re.
LAWYERS OUTLINE THE TEST
Defendant Accused of Planning tht
bery of liamond Broker.
LETTERS TO SHERCLIFFE READ TO THE
Attorney for Dennison States Evidenee
Will Bhow a Conspiracy.
AIMED TO RUIN DENNISON FINANCIALLY
Vollock, the Man Who Was Robbed,
sa Flrat Witness and Tells
Story of Tii kin a; of the
Diamond.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
RED OAK. Ia., May 18. (Special Tele
gram.) After a preliminary battle lasting
over a year, the case of Tom Dennison.
charged with receiving stolen property was
finally railed for hearing before Judge
Oreen, In the district court here thin morn
ing. Dennlsjn Is charged with having dis
posed of 118.000 worth of diamonds which
IVank Bhcrcllffe stole from W. G. Pollock.
on a train between Omaha and Missouri
Valley pn the night of November 4, 1W2.
The proceedings today Included the selec
tion of a Jury, the statements to the jury
by the prosecution and the defense, and
the taking of the testimony of W. a. Pol
lork. who was robbed.
The selection of the Jury was concluded
t 2:45 o'clock. The Jury Is composed of
these men: 8. D. Holiday, Carpenter; J. L.
Llndgreen. farmer; L. A. Wolfe, farmer;
I. L. Fox, collector; F. B. Jump, farmer;
Beorge Cooper, farmer; George Andrews,
laborer! J. W. Luppold. tinner; Gus Isold,
blacksmith; W. H. Barnes, woodmaker; S.
B. Embree, farmer; J. H. Moore, farmer.
When the rennlson case was called this
rnornlng very few people were In the
court room except the witnesses and the
peclal venire of talesmen from whom the
Jury was to be selected. Among the spec
tators was Mrs. Dennison, her daughter
and Mrs. Edwards of Omaha, who came
In shortly after the proceedings began.
Frank Shercliffe, with Ills brother. Homer
Morris, was In and out of the room sev
eral times. As the day progressed, how
ever, the court room became crowded,
many women being present.
Without any preliminaries the selection
Cf a Jury began and slow progress was
made until after dinner. Several of those
examined expressed a prejudice against
gambling and gamblers and said It would
take strong evidence to overcome that
prejudice. It was 2:46 o'clock, after both
the state and the defense had exhausted
tbelr six peremptory challenges, that the
Jury was completed.
State Outlines Its Case.
Congressman Walter I. Smith of Council
fluffs at once began his statement to the
Jury for the prosecution. He recited that
Pennison was accused of receiving 118,000
worth of diamonds which had been stolen
by Frank Shercliffe from W. O. Pollock, a
diamond salesman out of New York, on a
train between Omaha and Missouri Valley
bn the night of November 4, 1892. He said
the state would be able to prove Its charge
by the statements of Shercliffe, which
would be corroborated In every particular.
Jle then described graphically the robbery
and shooting of Pollock, already familiar
and ancient history; the long chase ,and
llnal capture and conviction of Shercliffe
and hla sentence to the Iowa state prison
Tor a term of seventeen yeara. He said
the state would be able to prove that Den
nison spent money like water to secure the
release of Shercliffe on parole; that he
pent him money to get him out of trouble
In Seattle and sent him money In Cali
fornia; that Shercliffe had come to Dcnnl
aon In Salt Lake City with a letter from a
convict In the Utah penitentiary and that
the acquaintance between the two was
only casual. This he said he would prove
In order to show that It could not be merely
a friendly Interest In Shercliffe that caused
Dennison to work so hard to secure his re
lease. False evidence, he charged, was
plied up mountain high to secure the re
lease of Shercliffe and that It was finally
accomplished after the latter had served
Seven years of his term.
Someone Mast Be Accomplice.
He said Shercliffe had not been In the
Bonnenberg Jewelry store when Pollock an
nounced his intentions to go to Sioux City
the night the robbery occurred and there
fore soma one must have told him.
He charged that Dennison and Shercliffe
bad corresponded through Shercllffe's
brother and that Dennison, under an as
sumed name, had visited Shercliffe In
prison and left him money. This he said
would be proven by evidence. This state
ment of Shercliffe alone, he said, probably
bs himself would not be taken, but that
all of It could be corroborated. He then
Introduced the famous "financial state
ment." Attorney Connell objected to this because
be said the letter may not be legally used
as evidence and that It should not be given
to the Jury at this time without an ex
planation. This was overruled and the
statement was read, together with two
other letters Dennison was alleired to have
OOLDFIELD. Ncv , May 23.-The Gold
field Hank and Trust company, with liabili
ties of tTR.X'T. has failed. The assets so far
discovered are 11, Wl, nf which J1.S00 Is In
notes. There was tlfi In the vault and a
five-dollar gold pleci whs found under the
counter. Tin most disorganized state of
affairs seems to exist In the books of the
bank. J. H. Young, president of the bank.
Is also president of the GoldficJ-Llda In
vestment company. Two checks, drawn
on the John Conk bank here by W. R.
Hale of San Francisco, each for tS.OOO, In
favor of Francis I. Burton, promoter of
the Goldfleld-Llda Investment company,
were recently paid by the Insolvent bank.
One of these checks was dated May 23 and
was paid May 20. It was evidently pre
sented at the Cook bank by the Goldfleld
Bank and Trust company, as It la stamped
"no funds," W. R. Hale having no account
there.
The bank has two cashier debit slips,
one for 6,300, and another for $7,200, ac
count stocks and bonds as collateral.
Cashier James R. Boals was found at
Hawthorne late last night. A telegram
has been received from Burton In San
Francisco denying that he has anything
to do with the failure and stating that
President Young is there with the bank's
collateral endeavoring to get assistance.
Goldfleld Is a new mining town In the
heart of the newly discovered gold country
of southwestern Nevada.
Warrants have been Issued for the ar
rest of J. Young, president, and James
R. Boals, cashier, charged with embezle
ment, and for Francis A. Burton, a pro
moter, charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses. Boals tin not arrested
In Hawthorne, as reported previously.
All day long the street has been crowded
with angry depositors. Mrs. Burton, a
confirmed Invalid, denies absolutely any
connection of her husband with the bank,
other than a depositor. Depositors have
been found today who placed approxi
mately $.ViO in the bank Saturday, and
the examination Monday showed 1H5.05 In
nickels and dimes and a 15 gold piece.
The stockholders committee finds that
no balance had been taken In the bank
for six weeks. On May 18 funds were
removed aggregating S43,5n0 with absolutely
nothing to show for 11.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-J. B. Young,
president of the Goldfleld Bank and Trust
company, declared that he had nothing to
do with bringing about the crisis In the
bank's affairs. He declared that he was
opposed to the manner In which the bank
was conducted by its cashier and directors.
According to Young, he sold his stock
In the bank, and denies that he fled from
Goldfleld. On the contrary, he says he
came to San Francisco for a brief trip, and
that he Intends to return to the mining
town as soon as possible.
Young does not believe that the liabilities
of the bank will exceed $100,000 and he
says that It should have assets enough to
meet this amount.
NEW YORK COMPANY FAILS
Doors of Merchants' Trust Company ire
Closed by State Examiner.
ITS SECURITIES DECREASE IN VALUE
With Capital Mock of Halt Million
and Surplus of Twice that
Amount, Concern Be
comes Insolvent.
HIRED THUGS ARE INDICTED
Officers of Chicago Ijibor Vnion
Charared with Employing slug
gers to Beat Xonunlonlsts.
CHICAGO, May 13 The grand Jury today
Indicted twelve men In connection with the
death of Charles Carlstrom, the member of
the Carriage Makers' union, who died as the
result of a beating he received at the hands
of thugs, hired by the officials of the union,
according to their own story.
The Indicted men are George Meller, for
merly president of the union; Henry J.
Neuman, secretary; Charles J. Casey, busi
ness agent; six members of the executive
committee of the union, and Charles GU
hooley, Marcus Looney and Edward Felley,
the three men who were hired by the offi
cials of the union to beat men who did not
go on strike or who attempted to take the
strikers' places. The Indictments charge
manslaughter and conspiracy to commit
great bodily injury, the autopsy having
shown that the death of Carlstrom was
due directly to pneumonia. The physicians
declared that the disease was probably the
result of the injuries he received, but It
was still the direct cause of death, and the
men could not, therefore, be charged with
murder.
FATHER DOES NOT GET SON
Man Falls to Recover Possession of
Little Child He Deserted
with Wife.
Judge Kennedy devoted Tuesday after
coon to hearing evidence In a habeas cor
pus case in which Joseph Hajek, living
on South Fourteenth street, sought to
recover possession of hla fc-year-old son,
Frank. Mr. and Mrs. John Terry of Ra
venna, Neb., now have the boy and have
raised him since his mother, Mrs. Terry's
sister, died several years ago. The court,
after listening to the testimony, gave pos
session of the child to the Terry's, who
are well-to-do people.
It was brought out that Hajek had left
his wife and child some years ago, or the
couple had separated. He sold a farm he
owned In Buffalo county and went west.
No one of the wife's family heard from
him by way of Inquiry after the welfare
of the mother of the child. Recently he
NEW YORK, May 23. The Merchants'
Trust company of the city was closed today
by the order of the state superintendent of
banks because it had made loans amount
ing to about $1,2",010 upon which It had not
been able to realize a sufficient sum to pay
depositors and save the capital of the com
pany from Impairment. Upon the applica
tion of the state attorney general, Douglas
Robinson, a brother-in-law, of President
Roosevelt, was appointed one of the re
ceivers of the company. The company's
collateral for loans, which had no market
value, were about tsjO.OOO In securities of
the Hudson Valley Railway company of
Glens Falls, N. Y., which Is a consolidation
of trolley lines In the vicinity of Albany,
Troy, Saratoga and Lake George, and
nearly $400, 000 of the Rutland (Vt.) Street
Railway company and the Chittenden De
velopment company of Rutland.
The trust company owes depositors about
$2,200,000 and, according to the state bank
examiner, has available assets other than
in the Hudson Railway company and the
Rutland companies of nearly $1,300,000, so
that it will be necessary to realize $9o0,000
to pay depositors.
The stockholders are liable to the extent
of 1500,000. With that amount the state
bank examiner said today that a sufficient
sum should certainly be realized to pay de
positors in full.
Securities Decrease In Value.
An examination of the company's affairs
was made by the state banking depart
ment on December 23 last. The report of
the state banking department showed that
the company's book surplus of $1,198,737 had
been reduced by the examiners to $1,074,548,
while the examiners had increased the
value of some of the securities held by the
company, they threw out some others as
valueless and reduced the valuation of
others. The company is trustee of a $4.0u0,
COO consolidated mortgage on the property
of the Hudson Valley Railway company,
which Is a consolidation of trolley lines
around Albany, Troy, Saratoga and Lake
George. The bank examiners accepted the
company's valuation of the securities of
the Hudson Valley Railway company held
by It. The company was organized in 1899.
The doors were closed by order of E. D.
KUburn, state superintendent of banks, a
notice to that effect being posted on the
doors.
Reports that the company would be
obliged to discontinue business were circu
lated In Wall street yesterday and affected
the stock market In the late dealings yes
terday afternoon.
Statement by Counsel.
Samuel Vntermyer, counsel for Jacob L.
Phllllpps, president of the Merchants Trust
company, gave out the following formal
statement:
"In view of the publicity that has been
given to the efforts of the company to In
crease Its cash resources and to the tin
marketable character of certain of the se
curities which It holds as collateral for
large loans, I have advised the president
to recommend the suspension of business
so as to prevent a run on the Institution.
"Mr. Phillips has been president for only
a few months. The loans that have crip
pled the cash resources were not made un
der his administration and he has no re
sponsibility for them. Ever since Mr. Phil
lips assumed office his efforts have been
directed toward inducing those under
whose administration the loans were made
to take them out of the Institution. This
has not yet been done.
"The president will probably make a
statement later."
The officers of the trust company are as
follows: President, Jacob L. Phillips; vice
president, Casslus W. Wicker; secretary
and treasurer, Frederick P. Davis; assist,
ant secretary and assistant treasurer, Jacob
C. Coyne.
One of the directors was Dr. John P.
Munn, physician to the Gould family.
On January 1, the company's stock and
bond investments amounted to $1,471,312, In
cluding the following: Hudson Valley rail
way syndicate participation, Ii33.5n0; I'nlted
States Cotton Duck stock, $100,000; $10,00
Vlrglna Passenger & Power company first
bonds; $200,000 of the Chittenden Power
company first bonds; and $5(4,000 of the
bonds of the city of New York.
There was no excitement about the bank
today. A group of twenty persons sought
admission to the offices, but when they
found the doors closed and the notice
posted, they went away.
CHIEF TALKS OF ACCIDENT
J. J. Donahue Slightly Injured and
Will Star In Washington to
Mirw Bruises.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May 23. (Special Tele
gram.) Chief of Police J. J. Donahue of
Omaha was congratulating his lucky star
this morning as he recounted the accident
to the automobile In which he was riding
last night and which dashed over a thirty-
foot embankment, completely upsetting and
throwing Its occupants In all directions.
The chief said that he suffered Intense pain
in his legs, which are badly bruised. He
Is also complaining of pain In his breast,
but believes that is due to assisting In
lifting the machine, which weighed 16,000
pounds, off the body of Chief Mllllken of
Cincinnati.
Had the machine deviated six Inches
either way In Its flight over the embank
ment, nothing possibly could have saved
the occupants of the automobile. Donohue
was thrown twenty feet Into mud and sand.
and was a sight when he got back to the
Shoreham hotel, where he and Mrs. Dono
hue are stopping.
The accident was due to the machinery
In the big touring car falling to respond to
the efforts of their chauffeur. Seeing that
he had lost all control over the auto the
driver became excited and suddenly
twisted the steering apparatus, which sent
the car crashing over the embankment.
Chief Donohue stated he would remain
in Washington foi several days after the
adjournment of the police convention nurs
ing his bruises.
Nebraska was represented today in the
capital city by a Jolly crowd of tourists
returning from the sixteenth annual session
of the National Travelers Protective as
sociation, recently held at Savannah, Ga
They wanted to see everything and went
everywhere. Washington was a Jewel to
them, and the traveling men and their
wives have been teaching this city how
things are done west of the Missouri. In
the party which came from Savannah are
C. O. Lenke and wife, Fremont; A. C.
Chase and wife, R. F. Hogln and wife,
R, F. Bacon, J. B. Cunningham, and F.
F. Foshorn. Omaha; and A. P. Stafford,
Nebraska City. The party will leave for
Nebraska tomorrow.
E. Y, NASH AT DEATH'S DOOR
Suddenly Stricken with Faralysis While at
the Dinner Table.
NOW LYING IN COMATOSE CONDITION
Doctors Have Not Abandoned All
Hope, but State C hances of Ills
Recovery Are Decidedly
Poor,
A. W. MACHEN PLEADS GUILTY
Man Vndrr Sentence for Postal Fraud
Admits Connection with
Other Crime.
WASHINGTON, May 23. August W.
Machen, the former general superintendent
of the free delivery service of the Post
office department, was taken back to the
Moundsvllle, W. Va., penitentiary tonight
after being sentenced today to another term
of two years, following his plea of guilty
under his Joint Indictment with W. G.
Crawford of this city and George E. Lorenx
of Toledo, O., for conspiracy to defraud
the government. Machen will not be prose
cuted on any of the remaining eleven in
dictments. Including his present two years' term
and his sentence today, and making allow
ance for commutation for good behavior,
he has two years and eight months yet to
serve In the penitentiary." "
A Jury for the trial of Crawford was se
cured and after the attorney's opening
statement the court adjourned until tomorrow.
OHIO REPUBL'CANS TO MEET
.".." 4lT w I
Mailt He fore the Convention Remark,
ably Quiet Secretary Taft
Will Preside.
was married again and Instituted tho
written, in which Shercliffe, through Homer "ul1 to get control of the son he had never
Morris. Ms brother, was urged to do less ! seen since he was an Infant and who did
talking to thieves. The financial statement, not know his father when the latter went
whlch Is already familiar. Is as follows: ! on the witness stand.
Financial Statement.
Fall lv2 Cash
Fall li Trial
To Prince
lo riooger 2;.j.uu
Attorney Hamilton to go to Marshal
town 5ti .00
Watch with diamond In to Homer.. 50 .00 I
bilk dre.n and shoes and other goods
to Homer's wife 25 00
Jlomer and mother to come to expo
sition to Omaha 15.00
Expense going to meet Hlpwell at
Dee Moines rive times, railroad fare
and hotel bills 125 00
Two trips mull John Baldwin and
Boh Clancy, railroad fare and hotel
bills WOO
Two trips with Martin White and
Bob Clancy MOO
One trip to meet Tom MeGuire SI 00
Two trips to Sioux City to get case
record of trial record of trial 20.00
Getting letter from county attorney
at Logan and trips up there 1ST 00
Attorney 8 H Cochran 12-mO
Expense to go and see Gov. Jackson 355
In seven years made ten trip to Fort
Madison S63.00
Paid C. H. Hlpwell ,7 uO
6lx years Inter t on $2.0n0 I bor
rowed In lenver 1.200.00
Interest to John Dennison for five
y.ars on ll.tvo WO.oo
Cash to give to some woman in Fort
Madison 25 00
P&hI the Omaha Savings hank In
terest for four years on money bor
rowed In Iks;' 4V.no
Warden Jones' brother, a trip to
Omaha to "0
Money sent by me to Fort Madison
in seven )rs 350 00
I'aid John Baldwin to abstract case
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Complete Rurnl Delivery Established
In Keokuk County,
Iowa,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May 23.- Special Tele
gram.) Complete rural delivery service has
been ordered established August t In
Keokuk county, Iowa, making the total
number of routes in the county thirty
eight. Nebraska postmasters appointed: Al
merla, Loup county, Charles E. Strong,
vice Jennie Cummlngs, resigned; Kent,
Loup county, John C. Dlnnell, vice G. J.
Long, resigned.
SIMMAKY OF CROP CONDITIONS
(Continued en Second Page.)
COH'MBFS. O., May 23. Seldom In the
history of Ohio republicanism has there
been a quieter night before the convention
than tonight. The uncontested renomina
tion of candidates for all offices save lieu
tenant governor has been assured for sev
eral weeks.
Secretary of War Taft, who Is to be tem
porary chairman of the convention, is not
expected until tomorrow, and Governor
Herrick Is due home from Ylcksburg at tho
same time. Secretary Taft will be a guest
at the home of Governor Herrick. who has
also arranged for a public reception at the
state house on Wednesday evening In his
honor.
It Is believed at this time that the tem
porary organization will he mad per
n.aner and that the work on Thursday
ill be completed in one comparatively
brief session.
FARMERS FIGHT OFFICERS
Pitched Battle Near Waverly, 111., In
Which Two Men Are Killed
and One Wounded.
SPRINGFIELD, May 2S-In a battle be
tween W. W. Paul and his sons, Wllford
and Albert, on the one hand, and three
deputy sheriffs on the other, near Waverly,
about twenty miles southwest of this city,
tonight W. W. Paul and Wllford Paul were
killed.
Constable Roundtree of Franklin at
tempted to serve a writ of replevin on the
Pauls for a mare and colt claimed by John I
W'ntimM-pr lint th rnnla dr,w ..A..,. I
on Roundtree and he drove back to
Waverly and secured a states warrant
against them, charging them with resist
ing an officer.
Deputy Sheriff H. L. Turner and Special
Deputies Rohert Breeding and James CJan
fleld overtook the Pauls one mile east of
Waverly and the lattle ensued. Deputy
Breeding was shot In the shoulder. Albert
Paul was arrested.
Wyoming; Convicts Sentenced.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. May 23. (Special.)
J. B. Jackson, sentenced to one year and
one day In the state penitentiary' for rob
bing the Almy postoffce. was taken to the
penitentiary today by Deputy United States
Marshal Joe LaFors William I'lrich, the
Puf bio street car conductor who was con
victed of embezzlement, committed while
postmaster at Ranchester. Wyo.. and sen-
I tenced to one year and one day in the nrn.
Herniary, was today taken to that Insti
tution. Bom Pueblo friends were here and
bade Ulrlch bood-bye.
Weather Generally Favorable Except
In Ipper Hirer Regions.
WASHINGTON, D. C AUy 23. The
weather bureau's weekly bulletin sum
marizes crop conditions as follows:
The weather conditions of the week end
ing May 22 have been generally unfavor
able. Among tne exceptions are Lpper
Mississippi and Missouri valleys, m
soutnern Rticay .Mountain region and
California. Heavy rams have delayed
worn oa tne norm i-acinc coast, but mi
proved the conditions of grain and uratea
while cool nights and cloudy weather liavu
retarded germination and growth in
nearly all districts. Frosts, more or less
damaging, occurred in the northern
1ock mountain region, in Oregon ami
ashlngton.
Much replanting or corn is necessary In
Iowa and Nebraska. Planting is nearly
completed in Souilieru Missouri and three
fourths of the area is planted in Iowa and
iiurtnern .Missouri, mostly nmsiieu in .Ne
braska. On dry, warm soils in Iowa
germination is fairly good, but corn needs
warmth ana sunsnine to insure sutis
factory growth. w inter wheat generally
continues promising, although complaints
oi rust are rwivra irom .Missouri, oKuv-
homa and Texas. The crop is beginning
to head in Southern Nebraska. Winter
wheat is Uoing well in caillornia, heading
freely In Oregon and looking well, but
making Blow progress In Washington
owing to neavy irosis, wnicn cut uown
some grain in low valleys.
More favorable weather conditions dur
ing the latter part of the week have
caused spring wheat to lmprovo rapidly
and tills crop is now making satisfactory
progress, except on lowlands in North
Ili.k,itu where it Is Hllulltlv ridm,ir,.,4 hi.
late sown are thin in South Dakota.
Spring wheat Is advancing satisfactorily
In Oregon, and though heavy frosts
caused some damage In low valleys In
Washington the crop will recover and is
looking well.
The general condition of oats Is satis
factory. The crop as a whole has made
good growth, although scattered fleids are
thin in Nebraska and South Dakota and
considerable rust is reported from North
ern Texas.
Less favorable reports are received re
garding apples. Prospects for this crop
are deteriorating in Missouri. All reports
Indicate that a good crop of hay Is prom
ised Haying is now in progress In Cali
fornia with a heavy crop of excellent qual
ity. No More Convict Labor.
WASHINGTON. May 23 -The president
has i.isued an order prohibiting the em
ployment of convict labor on government
works.
Edward W. Nash, president of the Ameri
can Smelting and Refining company, while
at the dinner table Monday evening at the
resilience of Herman Kountze, Forest Hill,
suffered a stroke of paralysis and sank Into
a comatose condition. Drs. Crummer.
Bridges and Allison were called and they
pronounced the attack as being of the
gravest character. All efforts to restore
Mr. Nash to consciousness appear to have
been unsuccessful, although several times
it was thought he was momentarily con
scious, but the evidences were so slight
and continued for so short a time that the
physicians were not certain. Theso mo
mentary apparent flashes of intelligence ex
cited hope that further efforts may prove
more successful, although the general con
dition of Mr. Nash's health had been so
enfeebled by the strain of his long con
tinued and close application to the affairs
of the company of which he has been the
leading spirit that it Is feared he will not
revive from so severe an attack. The stroke
is the result of cerebral hemorrhage, or
as more commonly understood, the bursting
of a blood vessel In the brain. Dr. Hugh
Patrick of Chicago was summoned and ar
rived at 11 o'clock last night. After con
sultation with the other physicians and a
prolonged examination of the patient he
agreed with them that Mr. Nash had very
slight chance of recovery, although It is
hoped that the renewed efforts to restore
him to consciousness will prove successful,
even though this may be for only a short
time.
Comes While at Dinner.
Soon after Mr. Nash sat down to dinner
Monday evening he complained that he was
experiencing strange and unusual sensa
tions, and remarked that he could not move
his left hand. A few minutes later he tried
to take a drink of water with his right
hand, but the movements of his arm were
so erratic that he overturned the glass. He
then said:
"I feel so strange In my left side; my
hands feel numb; I cannot move."
Mr. Nash was aided from the table and
it became necessary to almost carry him
to bed. He continued to grow worse until
complete paralysis ensued, this being fol
lowed about 11 o'clock Monday night by
complete unconsciousness. His condition
from that time has remained substantially
unchanged. Prompt and continued remedies
huve not produced responsive symptoms
that afford an assuring basis for -hope that
he will emerge from a comatose condition,
although death may not ensue for several
days. Nevertheless, everything that science
and skill can suggest or do Is being done
with the utmost care and persistence, and
the best that the physicians will say is that
there Is a bare possibility Mr. Nash may
revive.
Mrs. Kountze is the mother of Mrs. Fred
Nash 2nd. formerly Miss . Cotton, the
late husband of whom was the son of E.
W. Nash. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nash came
out from New York some two weeks ago
on one of their periodical visits to their
old home, Omaha. The affliction or sir.
Nash was a great shock to his relatives
and friends in Omaha-
Man of Larue Affairs.
E. W. Nash has been onu of the large
figures in the world of business for the
last few years, his duties as executive head
of the American Smelting and Refining
company having laid upon him an im
mense amount of work which he cheerfully
undertook and successfully carried through.
He came to Omaha In isti9 and he.s since
been a resident of this city, working his
way up from a freight trucker to a con
nection with the Omaha & Gratfit Smelting
and Refining company, and actively en
gaged In mining and smelting. When the
smelling interests of the country were
united in 1SS9 under the name or the Amer
ican Smelting and Refining company, Mr.
Nash was made president, and on the for
mation of the newer combination, the
American Smelter's Exploration company,
he was again elected president, thus adding
much to his activities. While he has re
tained his residence in Omaha, much of his
time has been spent in New York during
the last few years, owing to his business
connections. His wealth is variously esti
mated, but is known to run high Into the
millions.
The death of two of his children, Mrs.
Harry Cartan and Fred Nash, Jr., had a
very depressing effect on him and affected
his general health to an extent that was
not admitted either by himself or his nearer
friends. It is now confessed that he has
not been a strong man for a considerable
time, and when he came to Omaha from
New York a couple of weeks ago it was to
enjoy a season of ubsolute re,st.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Showers and Thunderstorms Wednes
day and In Cast Portion Thursday.
Temperature at Omnha Vesterdayi
flour. Ilea. Hour. Dear.
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M a. m . All 4 p. m ?A
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11 a. m iin T p. m 7:1
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ALGOES UP TO A NEW TRICK
Relatives In llasrlfon. Pa., Try to
Help Out with a Fake Tele.
g ra m In Place of Money.
That the Algoes. being held In Jail as
blackmailers, are clever criminals was il
lustrated again yesterday by a trick they
attempted to turn. The woman received a
telegram in response to one she had sent
to a sister In Hazelton, Pa. The message
read in substance:
HAZELTON, Pa.. May 23. Mrs. Lillian
Algoe, ninnhn: Cannot send money. Father
deHd. Mother erv III Come at once.
MRS. GEORGE HARRINGTON.
The telegram had such a suspicious ap
pears n re that Acting Chief of Police
Mostyn Immediately saw In It either a ruse
to create sympathy or an excuse for asking
release on a nominal bond, and so he Im
mediately communicated with the police
officials at Hazelton. with the receipt of
the following answer last night:
HAZELTON, Pa.. Mav 23,-Chlef of
Police, timaha: Mrs. L. S. Algoes father
died years ago. Mother well enough to
talk to me on the street.
JOHN R. SERRY,
Chief of Police.
The preliminary hearing In police court
on the blackmail charges against the two
Algoes Is set for this morning.
WILL FIGHT IT OUT
Negotiations Looking to End of Chicago
Strike Declared Off.
EXPRESS COMPANIES REFUSE CONCESSIONS
Men Demand that They Be Allowed to
Keturn to Work in a Body,
TROUBLE WILL NOW SPREAD RAPIDLY
RATE HEARING AT AN END
Senate Committee Mill Spend Heat
of the Week In Formulating;
a Plan of Report.
WASHINGTON. May 23-The senate
committee on Interstate commerce today
closed the hearings upon the regulation of
railway rates, but will devote the re
mainder of the week to consideration of
a plan of report and other suggestions to
facilitate proceedings when congress re
assembles. Samuel Spencer, president of the South
ern Railway, today made a brief oral
statement to be supplemented by another
which will be filed by the committee. Re
ferring to testimony of the Interstate
commerce commissioners Mr. Spencer said
that the agreement of the southern rail
roads in 1W2 was dissolved after the Trans
Missouri decision. It was not now In ef
ffect In any sense, he added, although
there was an association composed of rail
road men who met and discussed affairs,
but made no agreement as to division of
territory and rates.
A. A. Urion, general counsel for the
Armour car lines, made an argument
against legislation which would place the
prlvato car lines under control of the
Interstate commerce regulations. He de
clared the exclusive contracts; which he
claimed were In the Interest of the fruit
growers and other users of refrigerator
cars.
EMBEZZLER GIVES HIMSELF UP
Man Who Confesses to Robbing K m -ployer
at Crete Makes Volun
tary Surrender.
ST. LOt'lS, May 23 (Special Telegram.)
Something unusual occurred In police
l eadquarters, when a man giving his name
as G. R. Smith of Crete Neb., surrendered
himself in East St. Louis, and said that
in April, 1F98, he embezzled $100 from his
employers, the Fuller & Bryant Lumber
company of Crete and fled.
He declared thrjt his conscience had
trouble him so that he would bo willing to
return to Nebraska and pay the penalty of
his crime. Smith was locked up at tho
station until the authorities at Crete could
be heard from.
CRETE, Neb., May 23.-(SpecIal Tele
gram.) H. 8. Fuller, who was senior part
ner of the former firm of Fuller & Bryant,
does not recall that Smith was ever em
ployed by the firm. He had, however, given
a chattel mortgage In payment of a small
debt and afterward disposed of the mort
gaged property, but the sum was so small
that no prosecution was attempted.
Mr. Fuller knows nothing more of the
case and awaits further particulars before
Walkout of Lumber Drirers Will Inrohi
Carpenters and Masons,
SHERIFF WILL CALL FOR TROOPS
Local Officials Inable to Control
Trouble. Which Now F.stends
Over District Mted for
Disorderly Mobs,
CHICAGO, May 23.-AI1 prospects of
peace In the teamsters' strike have dis
appoared and it will be open war from
this time on. Tho last conference looking
toward a peaceable adjustment was held
at 6 o'clock tonight between James B.
Barry, business agent of the express
drivers' union, and the local managers of
the seven express companies. The con
ference had been set for an early hour
in the afternoon, but owing to the failure
of Mr. Barry to receive proper notice It
was postponed until this evening. When
the meeting finally took place the con
versation was brief and pointed. Business
Agent Barry opened the negotiations by
saying:
Our position is this: I want all the
men reinstated except those who have
been guilty of violence. 1 cannot do any-
thing different. That Is what the local
union wants and that is what the local
officers have told ine to demanir. That Is
all 1 can do. The men told me that they
all want to go back In a body or they
won't go back at all; that Is the position
oi the union and the union officials.
The reply of the representatives of the
express companies was brief. It was:
Our opposition to the reinstatement of
the men will be the same four years from
now as It is today. We will not take them
back under any circumstances.
This brought the conference to a close
and all parties concerned In It Imme
diately left the city hall.
Lumber Drivers Qolt.
The spread of the strike today was not
as large as was anticipated. It being un
derstood in many quarters that there still
Is a chance of peace being reached. Four
hundred and sixty-two drivers employed
by twenty-eight firms belonging to the
Lumbermen's association went out today.
In each case the men were ordered to
make deliveries to boycotted houses and
the usual strike followed. Other firms to
the number of fifty-five belonging to tha
Lumbermens' exchange will make similar
requests of their men tomorrow and by
night it is expected that the full number
of 2,000 drivers employed by these lumber
concerns will be on strike.
A meeting of the United Employers as
sociation of wood Industries, which Is
composed of five associations, embracing
135 firms owning lumber yards, planing
mills, sash and door factories, etc., was
held today and It was decided to call upon
their drivers to make deliveries. This
will force out 1.S00 additional men.
"Not Looking for Peace."
Edward Hines, president of the Associa
tion of Wood Industries, said tonight that
the members of the organization proposed
to stand together, and when asked if peace
was in sight replied:
Peace. I am not looking for peace. I
am in this thing now to light it out. We
may just as well have It over once for all.
The Employers' Association of Wood In
dustries is affiliated with the Chicago Em
nlovera' association, which has been fight
ing the strike thus far, and, of course, we
will work in conjunction with them. The
reason that more men did not go out today
was because some of the orders to the
hovcotted houses had to bo taken In rota
tion and It so happened that most of the
orders tod.iv were for firms not Involved
in the strike. The orders that were given
for deliveries to strike-bound houses were
met by the teamsters with refusal to do
the work and the men were immediately
discharged. 0
Mr. Hines said he would start to haul
lumber In the yards the first thing tomor
row morning, but as soon as it was neces
sary to make outside deliveries he would
lead the caravan of wagons In person.
Trouble Will Spread Rapidly.
With the union drivers employed by tha
Lumbermen's association on strike It will
be only a matter of a short time until out
side unions will become Involved In the
replying to a telegram asking if he wished j trouble. Just as soon as the building ma
Smith returned to the state for trial
NEWS FROM RACING YACHTS
Sunbeam Passed Over Elaht Hundred
Miles from Sandy Hook by
Inward Bound Steamer,
Burllnatoa Coudactor Killed.
ST JOSEPH. May 23 J. W. Mitt, a well
known Burlington railway conductor, was
killed Id South St. Joseph tixiay by falling
from a moving train. His home la I
tears htt beta in CiUJlcvUtt, MJt
nn Sets Shawl on Fire,
GRAND ISLAND. Neb . May 23. (Spe
cial.) A very unusual Incident occurred at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Halnline in this
Highest Price for Wool. i city. Mrs. Hainline was sitting near a
Bl'FFAlXl, Wyo.. May 23. (Special.) window through which the sun shone
The highest price ever paid for Wyoming
wool has been received by Wacgle & Hib
bard of this place, whose clip, aggregating
ini.OOO pounds, was sold In Chicago a few
das ago for 2S'-j cents per pound, netting
the owners over JS cents. This verifies the
prediction made some time ago that un
secured Wyoming wool would go to 25 cents
befors Ui present season closed.
bright and clear Between the woman and
the window there stood a flshbowl. Sud
denly the si awl she had loosely thrown
around her Winlted and was soon ablase.
A careful investigation was made and the
only possible theory of the affair is. that
the window and glass fishbowl so con
verged the r'.js of tha sua toat combus
tion folluwcd.
NEW TORK. May 23. Lord Brassey's
yacht Sunbeam, a contestant In the trans
atlantic cup race, was passed yesterday
by the steamer Kron Irinx Wilhelm, bound
for this port, $17 miles from Sandy Hook.
The following dispatch to that effect has
been received by the Associated Press:
Steamship Kron liinz Wilhelm (Via I
Marconi Wireless Station at Siasconset,
Mass, May 23.) Passed on the 2.l of .May
at 1:4V) a. m.. in lattitude 39 north,
longitude 53.55 west, 817 miles east of .Sandy
Hook, light vessel, the English yacht Sun
beam. NEW YORK. May 23 Captain Nlerich of
the North German Lloyd steamer Bremen,
which arrived today from Bremen, believes
he sighted the Atlantic, which Is supposed
to be at least among the leaders, on Sun
day morning, May 21. The yacht was then
KANSAS MAN GETS PLACE
O. L. Moore of Abilene Appointed
Judae Advocate General of
National Grand Army.
PARSONS, Kan., May 23-Judge O. I
Moore of Abilene, Kan., was today ap
pointed Judge advocate general of the na-
! tlonal department of the Grand Army of
the Republic. The appointment was made
by National Commander W. W. Blackmar.
General Blackmar and Judge Moore were
soldiers together under General Custer.
Judge Moore Is appointed to take the place
made vacant by the death of Judge Amos
; Thayer, late of the I'nlted States circuit
court of appeals at St. Louis.
FIVE OMAHA MEN ARRESTED
Charged with Robbing Colon ParlUc
Freight Car at Egbert,
Wyoming.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. May 23.-(Speelal
Telegram.)-John Fox. Harry Brown, Rob
ert Williams, Samuel Park and Guy par
sons, all young men under the age of 21
years and residents of Omaha, were ar.
! rested here today charged with breaking
' Into a Union Pacific boxcar at Egbert
&27 miles from Sandy Hook, more than hi) 1 Wyo., and stealing a quantity of shoes,
miles farther east than when sighted the
day previous by three liners.
Switchmen Elect Officers.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 23 -Frank T.
Hawley of Buffalo. N. Y.. was today re
elected grand master of the Switchmen's
I nlon of North America. All of the other 1
oid officers of the lodge were elected with !
tne exception 01 iivki anq iruro vice graml ' nesia.
master, o. c. oi-ri iuik oi nunaiu ana a. men.
clothing and other goods.
The young men were en
Portland exposition.
route to the
Movements of Ocean Vessels May 23.
At New York Sailed: Ptinzessln Alice,
for Bremen: Slavonla, for Naples; Devlc,
for Liverpool; Gallia, for Antwerp. Ar
rived: Prince Adeloert. from Naoles: Fur.
from Glasgow; Bremen, from Bre-
Hurshburger or tittsmirg being chosen to
fill these offices The former will havo
headquarters in the west. Detroit, it Is be
lieved, will secure tne next convention.
Railroad Wreck In Tennessee.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. May 13 -It is re
ported that a Ixiulsville j Nashville pas
senger tmln was derailed tod.iy near Co
lumbia, Tenn., and that fourteen persona
were Injured.
Stock i rowers' rw secretary.
DENVER. May 23.-T. W. Tomllnson of
Chicago, Iihs been made secretary of ths
American Stock Growers' association ef
fective. June L Uu Lcud4uarieia At
Dsuvtr.
At Glasgow Arrived: Astoria, from New
York: Corinthian, from Montreal.
At Iy.ndon Arrived: Minneapolis, from
New York.
At Antwerp Arrived: Finland, from New
Yor!;.
At Cherbourg-Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm
II. from New York
At Naples Sail.-d- Germanla. for New
York. Arrived: Prlnz Oskar, from New
York.
At Christian!.-! Sailed: Oscar II, for New
York.
At Havre Sailed : Burdlnlan, for Mon
treal. At Liverpool Palled: Carthagenlan, for
Philadelphia: Ivernla. for Host in.
At i'otita Ltlsidu Sailed; ltuuianlc, for
Lvsloa.
terlal on hand now has been used up and
an attempt Is made to make deliveries with
nonunion drivers the other labor unions
employed on the work will ordsr their
men to refuse to hnndle nonunion material.
I'nless the strike is Bettled within a short
time the carpenters, stone masons and other
affiliated organizations are bound to be
come involved In the difficulty.
The possibilities for increased rioting are
vastly enlarged by the spread of the strike
to the lumber district. The territory which
generally goes under this designation ex
tends along the river from east to west,
about three and a half miles, and probably
a mile to the north and south of the stream.
Will Call for Troops.
Sheriff Barrett said today;
At the first outbreak of trouble which 1st
any way approaches the rioting we have
had I shall call lor troops. I will do every
thing in my power to maintain order, but
the minute it gets beyond me I will appeal
to the governor.
Every preparation has been made for a
prompt response by the National Guard
and a large consignment of riot cartridges
has been received. These differ from the
ordinary rlrle bullet In that they contain
three buckst.ot each Instead of the sliit.lt
bullet. Adjutant General Scott was In
Chicago for a few hours tonight, looking
over the situation, but left for Rockford on
a late train to attend the encampment of
tne state Grsnd Army of the P.epubllc.
Strikers Must Answer Questions.
Judge Kohlsaat of the I'nlted States dis
trict court ruled this afternoon that Cor
nelius P. Shea, president of the Teamsters'
union; James B. Barry, business agent for
the Express Drivers' union; Adolph F'fell, a
striking express driver; John II. Donahue,
a striking express driver, and Bernard Mul
ligan, president of the Express Drivers'
union, answer the questions put to them
In the hearing before Master In Chancery
Sherman. The argument as to whether or
not the men should answer certain ques
tions after they had claimed the constitu
tional right to refuse to answer on the
ground of possible Incrimination lasted
from 10 o'clock in the morning until S In
the afternoon. Each question was brought
up In turn and the court passed upon lis
admissibility.
In addition to ordering that the five men
should answer the questions put to them
Judge Kohlsaat ordered that thirty-seven
men be called Into court to show reason
why they should not lw, punished for con
tempt la VlvUUii,- tLo InJiutvUoa itt tM