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'FRISCO SiRIKE ENDS
Telegraph Operator! Accept Terms
Offered by Companies.
- "WILL RETURN TO WORK AT ONCE
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Differences Are to Be Submitted to
Arbitration.
STATEMENT BY WESTERN UNION
It Says the Company Did Not Hake
Any Concession.
CLOWRY DISCUSSES SITUATION
tie Kara All Efficient Men Will Be
Relnstuted on Their Personal
Application at Former
Tern a.
OAKLAND, Cal.. July 19. At a meeting
held In. Oakland today the telegraphers'
union voted unanimously to accept the
terms of settlement proposed by the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph companies.
According to the terms of compromise the
telegraphers will return to work and then
the telegraph corn ponies will receive a
committee of arbitration to discuss and
settle matters affecting the telegraphers.
BAN FRANCISCO, July 19 Superintend
ent Storer of the Postal Telegraph com
pany and Manager O'Brien of the Western
Union declared today that their companies
had made no agreement with the operators
n regard to an increase of wages. The
men will be taken back on precisely the
same terms that applied when the strike
was called.
Statement hr dowry ,
NEW YORK. July M.-Colonel Robert C.
Clowry, president and general manager of
the Western Union Telegraph company,
this afternoon Issued the following:
"1ho differences between the Western
Union Telegraph company and Ita former
employes at Ban Francisco and Oakland
have been settled. On June Si a portion of
the Western tJtilon operators at Ban Fran
cisco and Oakland quit -work without no-
tire. About one-third of the force remained
on duty and eleven of thoae who quit were
reinstated on their Individual applications
at their former compensation. Additions
were i ily made to the force Ironv
ft hi r . .ind, except for a short period,
the : f the company has been moved
promt . . The company will reinstate all
tellable and efficient operators who left the
service on their Individual applications and
at the salaries paid when they quit work.
BOARD HOLDS UP FRANCHISE
Cos
im lea toners to Act on
Say'
I anour Park Pro
July SI.
Park Proposition
After listening for two hours to argu
tnents for and against the proposition, the
county board yesterday afternoon postponed
action on the granting of a franchise to
Bhliner & Chase for a street railway to
Seymour park until July Jl. when It will be
taken up again. The meeting yesterday re
sulted In some mutual concessions, which
i may lead to an agreement on the terms of
) the franchise.
The principal debate was as to the method
o f'.iaurlng the road would be built If the
franchise were granted. Some of the mem
bers of the board feared the franchise
'might be used for speculative purposes or to
keep some other syndicate from construe
lug a street railway along this road. John
C. Wharton, who said he represented largo
commercial Interests In the city, asked
ithat Shinier & Chase be required to put up
, a bond to construct the road within a cer
tain time. James H. Adams said this would
not be feasable, but he proposed to Include
. a provision to the effect that If any other
i person asked for a franchise over the same
: road and would put up a bond to build
i within a reasonable time. Bhlmer St Chase,
In order to hold the franchise, should be
, required to put up aa large a bond.
I After Mr. Wharton had finished speaking
Air. Adams demanded to know who he rep
resented. In reply Mr. Wharton demande
to know the names of 'the men who were
lending financial backing to the plan to de
I velop Beymour park. None of the In forma
tlon demanded was given. At the auggestton
.of Mr. Kennard a provision will probably
ite added to the franchise requiring the op
;rators of the road to permit other roads
i to use Ita tracka for a resonable compensa
tlon. Mr. Kennard also spoke In favor of
a twenty-five-year franchise Insteady of
: nny-year term. This, however, waa not
satisfactory to Shimer St Chase. W.
Klerstead again appeared and spoke against
granting the franchises unlesa a bond waa
given that the road would be built and the
i county road along which It rune properly
protected. In hla address Mr. Adams hinted
jat a olty of from 60.000 to 78.000 InhabitanU
at Seymour park, but ha aald the road
,wotua noi no a paying propoaltiun for
Iriumber of years. Ha said It was not In
(tended aa a money-making proposition In
(Itself, but was merely subeldlery to the de
velopment of Beymour park.
fR.VATE 'PHONES FOR COUNTY
Qoaaaelesloners Thinking of Having
Independent lnltckkou4 at
to art Hmm.
The county board la considering putting
a. private telephone exohange In the court
house to connect all of the offices with a
central swltcoboard and with the Bell
telephone system. Guy IL Pratt of the
Nebraska Telephone company appeared be
fore the board yesterday afternoon and
submitted a proposition by which the sys
tem could be Installed at cost not to
exceed the amount the county la now
paying for telephone. Tha system Would
Include the 'phones In the county store,
the county attorney's office and the jail,
which are outside the court house.
The county is now paying 171.40 for the
fifteen telephone Inoolved in the proposed
change. The company would Install the
system with provision for twenty-one In
struments for 136 a month, leaving IST.60
a month out of which the operator could
be employed. Mr. Pratt promised to sup
ply a trained operator tor $ a month.
' The advantages) of the eytera would be
to provide a central station to answer all
calls and to connect Inquirers with the
offices they want, doing away with the oon
f uslua resulting for . the calling of the
wrong offices and providing greater effi
ciency of service. The system would per
mit eight persons' to talk through the cen
tral at the same time. The board took
the proposition under advisement.
Lonlsvlll Imia Convention.
BT. JOSKPH. Mo.. July l.-Lou1sv1lle
cured the next biennial convention of the
Hetetl Gierke lateruaUnJ PreiovUva -
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DOMESTIC.
Detective McPartland appeared In the
court room at the Boise trial Friday, at
tracted by the argument. Page a
Wind and flood at St. Joseph did great
damage to the city. Page 1
Recent decision of the supreme court in
Kentucky has caused a sweeping revolu
tion in the municipal government of
Louisville, all the old regime of officers
being turned out for new ones. Page 1
William January, pardoned by President
Roosevelt, was given his releaso from
prison at Leavenworth. Page 1
Benjamin Meyerson is making a trip
rum Russia to his parents In Omaha la
belled like an express package. 'age 1
T. B. Mcpherson of Omaha was elected
president of the National Live Stock ex
change at Kansas City. Page 1
Closing session of the Elks' grand lodge
waa held. Page 1
Homer B. Hurlburt, long In educational
work in Corea, declares that the Japanese
have debauched and outraged the Coroan
nation. Pag a
Midshipman James T. Cruse died at
Boston, making the tenth victim of the
explosion on the Georgia. He will bo
burled in Arlington cemetery on Sunday.
Page 1
Striking telegraphers accept the terms
of the telegraph companies at San Fran
cisco and will submit to arbitration with
an increase of wages. Page 1
JTOBBXOH
Coreans are greatly enraged at what
they claim la the action of the Japanese
in causing their ruler to abdicate. Page a
Relatives of Karl Hau and hi sdead wlfa
testify In the murdor trial, endeavoring
to prove that he had previously sought to
kUl Frau Molitor. Purs 1
vWXBnASsTA,
State Board of Equalization likely to
raise assessments of both LancaMcr and
Douglas counties. Railway commission
outlining what it wants in the annual le-
ports of the railroads to the commission.
Pag 3
X.OOAX.
Omaha men who Invested money In tha
Vnole Sam Oil company and other kindred
concerns of the man Tucker In Kansas
are making strenuous efforts to regain
their cash.
Wallls Nash, president of the Portland
Board of Trade, says people of Oregon
approve of government land proeecutiona,
but sympathise with certain individual
like late Senator Mitchell, Who were dupod
by designing ones. Page 8
Local politics has begun to boll ana
many republicans have filed for places tn
the county primary ballot, but few demo
crats. 11
Board fit Education certifies to city
council a school levy of 14 mills, adopt
ing the bond proposition for new school
buildings. 9
Freight Traffic Manager Monroe or
Union Pacific appeals to people to order
coal while cars are available and avoid a
shortage later. 8
BSOTXUEKTS) OP OCEAN STEAMS. IPS.
Fort. Arrived. Sailed.
KEW YORK Koanlaan Luis. ..La Draurna.
NEW YORK Fred. Dar OroawOdrlo.
NEW YORK Teutonic uroufr nurrum.
NEW YORK Lithuania Amertka.
NEW YORK Dtutachlant BlaroulS.
LIVERPOOL ....Baionla
HAVRU La ProTsoce
MARBKILLBS ...Oallla
ANTWERP ManomlOM
NAPLES Madonna
NAPLES Molts
NAPLES iarpalhta
BOSTON lrnl ....
QfEtNSTOWN .
Ql'EENSTOWM .
.Pannonla
Republic.
Noordlaad.
HALIFAX -CUT of Bombay.
CHURCH PEOPLE HAVE PICNIC
Two Handred from Hirst Memorial
Spend the Day at
Blanawa,
The Hirst Memorial church held Its an
nual outing at Lake Manawa Thursday,
about 100 members participating. During
the afternoon there was a big program
of racing contests and at S o'clock supper
was served, after which the park's attrac
tions were patronised. The following were
the winners in the racing contests:
Rnva' race. Robert Winters: girls' raoe.
Helen Spencer i boys' creeping race. Ray
Flynn; gins creeping race, ivine nou-
orth; boys nnnaroio race, usvioe noun-
bluin: girls' blindfold race, Ula Hrewcr;
boys' relay raoe, Leslie Rice; girls' relay
race, Edith Rooney; mixed race for marrlud
women, Mrs, i. aimer; ooja owucib rawo,
Albert Larson; girls' race. May Buckamp;
base ball contest for boys, Paul Gilbert;
baaa ball contest for girls. Freda ChrUhorn;
ball throw for married women, Mrs. .arey;
race for women over SI, Vlda Hayes; three
legged race, Dick Pearmond.
EXAMINERS MAKE REPORT
Delay Flarebark Was Cases of Explo
sion on Board Battleship
Georgia.
WASHINGTON, July IS. A telegram re
ceived at the Navy department tbla aftor
noon from Admiral Thomas, commanding
the second division of the Atlantic fleet,
gives the conclusions of the board of ex
amination which caused the Investigation
cf the cause of the explosion on the bat
tleship Georgia. The board finds that the
charge of powder waa Ignited by a delay
fiarebark, which was apparently caused
by tha shutting of the air blast too soon,
with a light wind blowing Into tfce muszle
of the gun. The first section of the charge
in the second leader's arms was "first
ignited.
Fm4 Men tcieot Oaneora. ,
NORFOLK. Va.. July 11 The convention
of the stale and national food and dairy
depart menis al the Jamestown exposition
yesterday elected the following officers.
President, E. T. Ladd, food commissioner
of North Dakota; vice presidents, K. W.
Purke. food commissioner of Iowa, H. R.
Bhukrecht of Chicago and Chief Chemist
H. M. McOruder of Richmond, Va.; seore
tary, R. M. Allen of Lexington, Ky.;
treasurer. T. K. Bruner of North Carolina;
state board executive committee. E. F.
1-eid of North Dakota. A. C. Baird of
Michigan. F. J. Kracke of New York and
R M. Allen of Kentucky.
Sault Sie. Marie. Vlica wag aeaactad
(iK Uia Mt) CusveaUutji
OLD OFFICERS TURNED OUT
Sweeping Changes Made in Louisville,
Ky., by Court
NEW MUNICIPAL BOARDS NAMED
Governor Beckham Charged with
Daty of Naming Leading MtM
Great Political Fight In
Prospect.
LOUISVILLE, K., July 19. -With the
appointment by Governor Beckham of com
plete new boards of councilmen and alder
men In a day or two, Louisville will have
will have reached the culmination of a
political revolution which In extent and
effect has only been paralleled by one or
two other cltlea of the first class in the his
tory of the United Slates.
The upheaval Is the result of the recent
decision of the Kentucky court of appeals
overturning the municipal election of "'5.
On tho face of the returns ns counted on
election day the democratio ticket for city on, 'nati had killed her mother in
and county officers (Jefferson county) had , Vs',s-r throw suspicion on her husband,
been declared elected, but a contest in the fMrs. Una Admits Theory,
courts was Instituted by representatives p. fell to the lieutenant to explain to
the fusion ticket, the only one in the vT.is sister all the circumstances cf the case
against the democrats. A
The court of appeal In tho flna s ig
of the case decided that "gross fra . ' in
the matter of repeating. Illegal voting, In
timidation of votera and falsification of
the count had prevailed to such an extent
as to render the election Invalid.
Sweeping Chancre In Unices.
Under the terms of the court's mandate
it bocame Incumbent on Governor Beckham
to appoint boards of council and aldermen
and a mayor for the city of Louisville and
a county Judge for Jefferson county. The
mayor and county Judge were under the
law empowered to fill all the remalnng
county and city offices made vacant by the j
decision. All the appointees under the de-
clslon hold office until a special election Is J
held In November of this year to fill the
offices until 19C9. Governor Beckham ap
pointed Robert. W. Bingham mayor. Wal
ter P. Lincoln was appointed county Judge.
The new mayor and county Judge pro
ceeded forthwith to make practically a
clean aweep of all the minor officers, such
as city treasurer, county sheriff, etc., to
the number of eighteen. Only two, or pos
sibly three, of those holding office under
the 1805 election have been or will be al
lowed to hold until November. Contrari
wise, none of the unsuccessful fusion can
didates has been appointed to any vacant
place, but one prominent fusion leader was
appointed sheriff. The mayor also ap
pointed new boards Of safety and public
works. The Board of Works Is reported to
be contemplating a general clean-up of
those holding positions In that department
on the ground that In common with a
number of members of the police and fire
departments, their chief work has been in
the nature of that organized intimidation
and conniving at election frauds which
caused the overturning of the 1905 election.
Chief of Police Resigns.
The Board of Safety has already made a
start by securing the resignation of Chief
of Police Gunther and the reduction of As
sistant Chief Ridge and six captains, all
of the officers of the police department to
the rank of patrolmen. Similar sweeping
changes are expected to be made in the
personnel of the fire department, although.
Mayor Bingham announced last night that
he would retain the chief, Fillmore Tyson.
One of the results thus far of the changes
had the putting of the lid down tight on
saloons and gambling and the general exo
dus, of small gamblers and tenderloin hab
itues and "suspects" of all kinds. Last
Sunday Louisville was absolutely "dry"
from midnight Saturday until 6 o'clock
a. in. Monday.
The situation seems to be shaping Itself
toward one of the fiercest struggles ever
known in Louisville politics the coming
autumn, when the recently ousted officials
and their following hope, through the pri
maries and election, to regain control.
ARGUMENT OVER EVIDENCE
Attorney Delmas Contends thnt Acts
of llalaey Coolrt Mot
Bind Glaas.
BAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-When court
was called to order in the Louis Glass
Delmas continued his argument as to ; ' KansVa City, developed today and grew
the admissibility of certain evidence. ! ot fiction over utterera nee. o f Presl
w. ennt.nd. th.t .vidnne tn,1In. ... i dent Swift, who had criticised the action
show that corrupt
relation. existed
between T. V. Halsey, former agent for
the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph
company, and Supervisor Lonergan Is not
admissible. Inasmuch as Mr. Glass could
not be held responsible for the actions of
Halsey.
REQUISITION PAPERS ISSUED
Governor Gillette Signs Documents
Permitting Removal of the
MaGtlls te Clinton.
BAN FRANCISCO. July 19.-A special
from Sacramento to the Bulletin says:
Governor Otllette today Issued papers of
requlsltlon for Fred and Fay MaGill, now;" w WooiBey .tarted for Kinsley. Kan., ' splraey." Further heai.ng.was postponea
confined In the county Jail at Baa Diego , mornlng t0 bring back Blmon Hudson, j until July It. In order to give the gov
and wanted in Clinton. III., on the charge the desp,raao wn0 forged checks here and , ernment an opportunity to produce test)-
of poisoning MaGIU's first wife. The pa
pers charge that the woman was poisoned
with strychnine, alleged to have been placed
In a glaas of bees by the defendants.
Freight Agent Caught Under Engine.
KEMMERER. Wye, July 19.-(Speclal.)
Caught under an engine which had left
the rails and rolled down a steep em
bankment, and scalded to death by es
caping steam waa the fate of R. B.
Donough, traveling freight agent of the
Oregon Short Line and one of the best
known railroad men In the west.
Donough and Archibald Lake , of Salt
Lake City, with the engine crew of the
switch engine, were riding from Kemmerer
to North Kemmerer, where a car of wool
wo to bt loal, who ma engine, from
some unknown cause, became derailed and
rolled down the side of the grade.
Donough was pinned beneath the engine
and the steam escaping through a pipe
that burst allied him before he could be
released. A wrecking train was rushed to
the scene and the big engine lifted from the
body of the railroad man, which was Im
mediately placed on a train for Bait Lake.
It Is believed by the Oregon Short Line
officials that a broken rail caused the de
railment of the engine. An Investigation la
now being made.-
Engineer Killed In Wreck.
MARSHA LLTOWN, la. July IS -In a
rear end collision on the Chicago .1 North
western railway at Belle Plain, la., today
Engineer E. W. Elliott was killed and a
fireman was aetiousx hurt,
DRAMATIC SCENES IN COURT
Relatives of Fran Moll tor Tell of
Deed of Karl llaa la
Murder Trial.
KARIJWHR. July 19.-The third day of
the trial of Karl llau, who Is accustd of
the murder of his mothew-ln-law. Frau
Molitor, at Baden Baden, last November,
brought a climax of dramatic Interest.
Testimony was given by the sisters and
brother of Hau's wife, who committed sui
cide since the Infarct ration of her husband,
and the letters she wrote Just befyre taking
her life, together with the statement made
by Hau after his last Interview with his
wife in IhII nn June 7. were rend In rnurt.
Lieutenant Molitor, who Is stationed at j
Motz, swore he suspected Hsu from the i
first. His explanation cf the dispatch sent
to Frau Molitor by Hau from Paris was 1
that his mother, as he knew, was easily
agitated and excited over bad news. The
accused, therefore, sent the message saying
her daughter Olga was dangerously 111, In
the hope that Its receipt would cause a
stroke of apoplexy. Describing his talks
with the late Mrs. Hau. his sister, after
hit ret from London, the lieutenant
said -2.-'s first theory was that some
pointing to the guilt of her husband, and
this recital, he said, finally convinced her
that Karl was the murderer. She broke
down and groveled on the floor in tho
struggle against conviction, but finally
yielded to the evidence. At her request, I
the lieutenant cabled to Washington nsk-
Ing If his sister's patrimony of $15,000 was ,
siiti in me I. nion lrusi compnny. i ne hh-
wer he received was that Hau had with
drawn all this money. Mrs. Hau said her
husband had repeatedly assured her thnt
this money was still Intact In the trust
company.
Herr Dletx. counsel for Hau, read a letter
which Mrs. Hau had written him from
Zurich regarding her last Interview With
her husband, which took place In prison,
June 7. Mrs. Hau wrote this Interview was
rather unsatisfactory nnd exciting.
Tells Why Wife Killed lleraelf.
At this point Itnu arose and asked per
mission of the court to make a statement.
Speaking slowly in a very low voice, the
prisoner SHld his wife had told him at this
Interview that she Intended to commit sui
cide because she was unable to hear all
her family matters discussed before the
public.
He tried to persuade her to desist from
this purpose, as it would create an Im
pression that he was guilty. After she
left the Jnll he had a telephone messago
sent to Herr Diets telling him to prevent
Mrs. Hau from taking her life. Hau made
this statement without any emotion, and
during the entire pathetic recital of hla
wife's death his composure was complete.
WOMAN IS BURNED TO DEATH
topped at Klsson, Cal., nnd Was
Caught In Fire at the
Depot.
TREK A. Cal., July 19. The depot and
depot hotel at Slsson were burned to the
ground at an early hour tbjs morning an
the result of the explosion of a lamp. Miss
Laura Soxie, ft school teacher who had
Just arrived there from New York, waa
burned to death. The water aupply was
defective and no effort could be made to
control the flames.
Miss Saxle had come to meet friends and
climb Mount Shasta. Several others were
badly burned. Miss Saxle had Intended to
leave the train at Shasta Springs to meet
friends, but the conductor, learning that
she Intended to climb Mount Shasta, told
her Slsson was the place to stop. When
the fire broke out she attempted to Jump.M
from the front porch, but turned back Into
the house. Her body was found In the do
brls where the charred remains of her bed
lay. The financial loss Is $20,000.
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OMAHA MAN rUtt rnColUC.ni I
T. B. McPhereon In Race to Succeed
Swift nt lire Stock
Convention.
KANSAS CITY, July 19 Upon recom
mendation of the convention of the Na
tlonul Live Stock Exchange association.
President James C. Swift today appointed
a commute .of five to make a report on
tuberculosis In cattle. The time of the con
vention today waa taken up in the election
of officers and the discussion of papers.
A contest for the election of a new
president
to succeed James C. Swift
OI lne t""
With tne pacKerH lunm unit; agu un uic
post-mortem rule fight. T. B. McPherson
of Omaha. Is a candidate for the office and
the St. Joseph delegatea threaten to with
draw from the association if Swift la re
elected. Frlenda of Swift assert that the
packers also are opposed to Swift.
HUDSON CAUGHT IN KANSAS
Deaper.d. Who Shot Sheriff Miner of
Johnson County Located
at Kinsley.
n-Trm-MaTrw Neb.. July 19fSnecial Tel-
.m WSheriff H. U. Miner and Deputy
shot the ehfrlff when he atempted to ar
rest hira. A telegram came from J. A.
Shaffer, sheriff at Casper, Wyo.. that Hud
son was at Kinsley and requesting the offi
cers to oome for him. Two hundred dollars
reward was offered. County Attorney J. C.
Moore has gone to Lincoln to get requisi
tion papers.
Engine Carries Horse on Pilot.
OXFORD. Neb.. July 19. (Speclal.)
Passenger train No. 6 last night ran into
a team and carriage at a crossing, two
miles east of town, killing the horses and
damaging the vehicle slightly. One of the
horses waa carried on the pilot almost a
mile before the train was stopped. When
it was backed Hp to the scene of the ac
cident the driver could not be found, and
as the rig was found to be the property of
Liveryman MeCarl of Orleans it waa sup
posed that he had boarded train No 14
at the Junction and returned home. The
man must have been asleep at the time,
elnce the track In that vicinity la straight
and the roadbed level.
Deny Story of Maaanere.
BT. PETERSBURG. July Ja Nothing Is
known here of the report published tn
London newspapers yesterday in the shape
of a dispatch from Vienna, and also ca
bled to tho United States, that a whole
sale massacre ot Jews occurred at Bkonits,
in Russian Poland, near the Austrian fron
tier. In reply to a question the corre
spondent at Warsaw of the Russian Tele
graph agency declares that there bas been
no sntt-jewish outbreak In ths Polish luv-
inuea ox luuslt
WIND AND FLOOD AT ST, JOE
Tremendous Rain Does Heavy Dam
age in That City.
HOUSES TORN OFF FOUNDATIONS
1 Street Hallway Tracka Wnahed Out-
Excesstve I.oas Heanlts from
IllSta Water Missouri
Higher.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 19 A tornado .
nd tremendous rain did heavy damage In
St. Joseph and vicinity last night. Houses
were wrecked, street railway tracks torn
out and cellars flooded. The family of
Daniel Rlordan, one mile east of the city,
had a miraculous escape from death. The
residence, two stories In height, was torn
from the foundation and completely de
molished. Rlordan, his wire ana tnree
children had taken refuge in the basement.
They were burled under debris, but the
wind lifted the house bodily from the foun
dation and the heavy timbers fell on them.
Scores of houses were washed from their
foundations In the city by the rain which
amounted to a cloudburst. St. Joseph
nestles In hills and the force of the tornado
was broken. Sewers could not carry off the
water and raging torrents flowed through
the outlying parts of the city. Adam
Zlhowsky attempted to wade one of these
torrents. He was swept from his feet and
cnrrled towards the Missouri river, two
blocks distant. He caught a telephone p"'o
d nH rlnnv thftm twentv minutes until res-
c(ifd a of m,n wltn ropei. jn
BrookaaI a ,ow.,yng suburb, a score of
families were driven from their homes by
water which reached the windows on the
first floor. A doxon residences were struck
by lightning, but no fatalities are reported.
The home of Fred Shomaker, where a
funeral party was caught by the storm was
struck by lightning twice and several per
sons stunned. Reports from farming seo
tlons east of the city say crops were levelled
In the path of the storm and the kiss will
be heavy.
Missouri Higher at Kaneaa City.
KANSAS CITY, July 19.-Further heavy
rains north of here last night caused the
Missouri rtver at Kansas City to rise a lit
tle higher and as a result the cellers in two
dozen wholesale houses in the west bottoms
were partially flooded this morning. Stocks
had been removed to places of safety and
the damage, in this direction was slight.
Truck gardens at Qulndaro, on the out
skirts of Kansas City, Kan., along the Mis
souri river have been flooded, causing dam
age estimated at $30,000, and several truck
farmers with their families are moving to
higher ground. The stag of the Missouri
this morning was 23 feet, and with the addi
tional volume of water above here. Wea
ther Observer Connor said today that the
river probably would rise gradually until
tomorrow night. If there are no further
rains in the west and northwest for several
days the Missouri will still be low enough
to take care of flood waters without dan
ger of a serious overflow, Mr. Connor says.
The Kaw Is rising slowly also.
RECOVER FROM PROSTRATIONS
None of Vlaltlnar Elks at Phtlndelphln
Are In 1. 1st of Serious
Cases.
PHILADELPHIA. Juiy IS. Of the thou
sands of persons overcome by the heat,
while watching the Elks parade yesterday,
about 100 spent the night in hospitals.
Mar.y of them were discharged today.
Tha dead and those still in a sertoug
condition are all Phlladelphlans. The fact
that the death list was small Is principally
ji. vA n,Amnt relief oiven by the
hospital authorities and emergency medical
corps.
The big feature of Elks week being over,
thousand departed today.
Beginning at 11 o'clock tonight tne ren
and Pencil club entertained visiting Elk
nt a "Night In Bohemia." The records
' "how 79.000 persons registered at the bureau
provded for members and their women.
The grand lodge held a session ujuty
and a resolution waa reported favoring
a special committee for the preservatlot
cf the elk and doing away with the teeti
of the animal as an emblem of the order
Past Exalted Ruler Melvln of Callfornit
in a spirited speech favored the forma
tlon of the committee. Daniel J. Sheehan,
past exalted ruler of Philadelphia lodgn
on. behalf of the members, presented
Henry A. Melvln with a magnificent paint.
Ing of himself. Installation of officers fol
lowed.
NO EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY
Commissioner Blood good at Mil
waukee Rules Against Govern
ment Prosecutors.
MILWAUKEE. July 19. United States
Commissioner Bloodgood today In the
case of Guy D. Goff and six other promi
nent Milwaukee men. indicted by the fed
eral grand Jury of Colorado tn connec
tion with the alleged coal land conaplraoy
caee. ruled that "thla indictment is not
crima facie evidence of a renewed con
i splracy." aa held by tne government. u,
I . . v - wKaII, m'l.il tiArjauae. aa
11 cannov u. " - - -
laid here, It la such evidenoe ot the
original conspiracy as may be followed
with lndepenoeni iei.mo..y v-.... w
show a renewal of this original con-
mony.
Capture Leader of Thieves.
SUNDANCE, Wyo., July 19. (Special.)
Thomss Nelson, for ten years sought after
with $l,0u0 reward hanging over his head,
has been captured east of here by Sheriff
Motes of Pelle .Fourche, S. D., and Joe
Farrell of this city. Nelson has been taken
to Deadwood to answer to a charge of
horse stealing. The captive Is alleged to
be the bead of a large gang of horse thieves
which has been operating between Bello
Fourche and this place for many years.
This gang has been responsible for count
less cattle and horse raids made In this
section.
Expense of Knufmann Trial.
BIOUX FALLS, S. D., July 19.-Speetal.)
The authorities of Moody and Mtnnehsha
counties have effected a settlement In the
matter of the expense of the trial of Mrs.
Emma Kaufmann of this city in the stats
circuit court of this (Minnehaha) county,
on tha charge of causing the death of
Agnes Polrels. The expenses of ths trial
aggregate the sum of S6.SftO.6a. The fees
cf the Jurors aggregated Sl.iX.M. The wit
ness fees exclusive of the medical experts
were $746 0. The expense of the trial, of
course, la borne by thla county, where the
caae originated.
Wheeler thief Examiner.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia July 1. W. D
Wheeler of Minneapolis was today ap
pointed chief engineer of the Iowa Ceil
tral and Minneapolis aV Be Louis raiUoads
Jueuaeuln, XL (A, KsU
ORDER OF RELEASE GIVEN
William Jaannry la Permitted to
Walk Oat of Port Leaven
worth Prison.
FORT LEAVENWORTH. Kan . July 19
William January, alias Charles V. Ander
son, for whose pardon a petition contain
ing the signatures of tfi.i persons was
presented to President Roosevelt, three
months ago, was r leased from tho federal
prison here today. Anderson will return to
Kansas City, where he will engage In bus
iness. He denies a report that he Intends
to operate a pool hall.
Anderson was convicted eleven years ago
of robhlng an Oklahoma postofflce and
sentenced to the penitentiary for three
years. He escaped two years later and
went to -Kansas City, assumed the name
of Anderson and married. In April, this
year, an ex-convict, who had known Jan
uary In the penitentiary, notified the war
den of the man's whereabouts snd he was
rearrested and taken back to Leavenworth.
Owing to the exemplary life Anderson had
led In Kansas City, his neighbors started a
movement for his release. The newspapers
took up the case, with the result that a
petition, which Is said to have contained
the largest number of signatures ever ap
pended to an appeal for a pardon, was for
warded to Washington. President Roose
velt reviewed the case and upon recom
mendation of Attorney General Honapartc
granted a pardon, effective at the expira
tion of three months from the time of his
rearrest. Januat has proved a model
prisoner. He says he will seek to have
hls citizenship restored and if successful ,.m 0f the St. Joseph commission nnn
will then ask the courts to change his for agreeing to a compromise with th.
name to Anderson for the protection of : packers of the post-mortem inspection of
his wife and child. Hhe stock. It is also charged that the
KANSAS CITY, July 19.-Charles W. An- piu.,,.rg or Omaha, St. Joseph und Other
derson reached Kansas City this inorning cities opposed the re-election of Mr. Swift
a few hours after his release from the f()r the same reason.
penitentiary at I,eavenworth, nnd went di- Upon recommendation of the convention
rectly to his home, where a family re- of the National Live Stock Exchange asso
unlon was held. Ijiter when n newspaper j elation. President James C. Swift today
man called he found the little group
radiant with happiness. 1
With his 4-year-old child upon his knee,
Anderson talked of himself.
"I have no plans for the future," said
he, "save that I will remain In Kansas
City. I am Just glad to get back to my
wife and my baby"
"We're going to build that swing this
afternoon, aren't we, daddy," interrupted
the child, and Anderson smiled and said
"You bet we are."
"The wife and the baby are so glad to
see me back and It's like betting acquainted
again," said he to the reporter.
Asked about the report, that he would
engage In the pool hall business. Ander
son said It was without foundation. "I
would not," said he, "be so ungrateful to
the many who signed for me."
NEBRASKA BOY iS HONORED
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Prof. R. W. Thatcher Made Head of j
Experiment Station Work
In Washington.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 19. (Special.)
Prof. Roscoe W. Thatcher, a graduate of
the University of Nebraska, where he was
Identified with the chemistry department
of the experimental Btatlon, has been ap
pointed director of the experimental sta
tion of the Washington State college at
Pullman, south of Spokane. This inqludes
the management of all the experiment
station work In the state under the direc
tion of the coirege, of which Dr. A. E.
Bryan is president. Prof. Thatcher is a
young man of ability; his rapid rise has
been almost phenomenal and this Is largely
due to untiring energy and close applica
tion to his work.
Prof. Thatcher secured his B. 8. C. de
gree In 1898 and his M. A. degree tn 1901 at
the University of Nebraska. Graduating
in 1S9S, ha was made assistant chemist of
Its experiment station. He came to the
Washington State college in 1901 to take
the position of assistant chemist to the
experiment station, which he occupied until
, i&uj, when he was made experiment station
I chemist. Two years later he was made
I associate professor of chemistry for the
conege, in addition to his other position.
At a recent meeting cf the board of re-
gents he was appointed director of the
experiment station, which Is the highest
position tn the college, next to the presi
dent OFFICERS
STOP
LYNCHING
Peaceable Dispersal of Mob of Three
Hundred Saves Italians'
. Lives.
NEW ORLEANS, July IS. With the
peaceable dispersal sarly today of a posse
of 300 men who had formed at Gretna, La.,
to lynch the Italians convicted last night of
the Lamana murder the acute crisis In the
kidnaping and murder incident is believed
to have safely passed.
The posse was the last of several small
mobs which formed at widely separated
points and threatened hanging the Italians
It favorable opportunity presented. Gov
ernor Blanchard's prompt action In order
ing out two companies of state mUltla
within two hours after the verdict Is be
lieved to hava saved the Italians' lives. The
soldiers arrived at Hahnvllle Jail, where the
prisoners were confined, shortly before
midnight. In time to forestall plans whkh
were on foot to take posses thither from
New Orleans. Nearly 100 soldiers guard
ths lonely and exposed Hahnvllle Jail to
day and it may be neceasary to keep theui
there until the Italians are removed to a
safer place. The prisoners must first be
sentenced.
Indignation over the Jury's mild verdict
has grown considerably and many of the
reports of the court proceedings, while
they show a fair trial comment to the ef
fect that several of the Jurymen are large
employers of Italian labor, which aug
ments the resentment.
CRUSE DIES IN HOSPITAL
. . . ,
Makes Tenth A letlm of Explosion In
. .. B . V. BMW UWBm.rvM.Jp I
Georgia.
BOSTON. July 19. Midshipman James F. j
Cruse of the battleship Georgia died today I
at the naval hospital In Chelsea. He Is
the tenth man to die as a result of the
powder explosion in tne after turret or tne
Georgia aurtng target practice in f,ape f ou
bay last Monday.
The body of Midshipman Cruse will leavo
for Washington at o cioca tonigiii. ah
the injured were reported this afternoon
as having shown a slight improvement.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-The body of
Midshipman Cruse will be Interred In
Arlington cemetery Sunday. Major Cruse,
the young man's father, has asked the
Navy department that Midshipmen R. T.
B. Lowell, J. W. W. Cummlngs and Kufua
King and three other classmates be di
rected to act as pallbearers
Major Swobe, acting chief quartermaster
at the local army headquarters, received
a telegram about S o'clock Friday after
noon from Major Cruse, advising him of
ths death of his son and statrng be
Jjrotald be buWd Buadsj at AjlUijtun,
OMAHA MAX HONORED
T. B. McFherson Elected President 01
National live Stock Exchange.
FIGHT IS MADE UPON SWIF1
Opposition to His Re-election Lead bj
St. Joe Men.
ECHO OF POST-MORTEM AFFAIR
Objection to Caustic Criticism ol
Surrender to Packers.
SEVERAL PAPERS DISCUSSEJJ
Committee of Five Is Appointed
to Investigate and It e port on
TobrrrnlnaU mnnif
Cattle.
KANSAS CITY, July 19. T. B. MePhcr
on of Omaha was this afternoon eli-ctej
president of the National Live Stock ex
change. The members of the Pi. Joseph
Live Stock exchange led the flht BKainst
the re-election of President J. C. Swift of
Kansas City, because of his canst Ic crltl-
appointed n committee of five to make a
report on tuberculosis in cattle. The time
of tho convention today was taken up In
the election of officers and the uMcui'
of papers.
WYOMING'S KNOTTY PROBLEM
Some Question How Land Can
Reconvened to the General
Government.
Be
(From a Staff CTespondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Under dnte of June 10, Miss Grace
Raymond Hebard, secretary of the board
of trustees of the University of Wyoming,
addressed a communication to the secre
tary of the interior Inclosing a copy of an
opinion rendered by the attorney general
nt th atntA of Wvimlnir a few Hnvfl hefore
requesting Information as to the form of
deed and parties by whom such deed
.hould be executed in reconvevlng to the
United States lands heretofore selected by
the state. In answer to the communication,
Acting Commissioner Dennett, In addition
to other questions, called attention to sec
tion 1, artlclo 18, of the constitution of
Wyoming, which provides that lands
granted to Wyoming by the government
shall be disposed of only at public auction
at $10 per acre, and inquiries, whether
under said constitutional provision the state
of Wyoming Is able to give the TTnltrd
States title in fen to the land. Acting com
missioner suggests the land office desires
to hear from the attorney general of
Wyoming or other state representatives
any argument that may be submitted, bear
ing on the form of deeds, party by whom
executed and the kuthorlty of the state to
reconvey the land to the government so aa
to vest In the government upon acceptance
of such deeds by the secretary of the In
terior a fee stmplo title. The acting com
missioner further assures Miss Hebard
that tho land office desires to co-operate to
the fullest extent with the state authorities
i In the matter of carrying into effect the
j provisions of an act of March 1, 1907.
John A Kulin of the Updike Grain com-
pany of Omaha, was In Washington today,
and was entertained by Justice Harlan. Mr.
Kulin leaves tonight for home.
The application of F. W. Paulger. O. R.
Dayton, Leo H. Paulger, E. E, Newton
and George S. Mornin to organize Uie
Security Nationnl bank of Cedar Falls. Ia.,
wit li $r,0,000 capital has been approved by
the comptroller of the currency.
Iowa postmasters apixdnted: Abingdon,
Jefferson county, Washington W. Knox,
j vice M. W. Best, resigned; Carrvlllo, Floyd
county. Vera Johnson, vice S. Helgcn, re
signed.
Postofflces established: Nebraska, Frank,
Blaine county, Nanmle Thompson, post
master. South Dakota, Alaska, Walworth
county, Flavlus F. Haynes, postmaster;
Lowry, Walworth county, John W. McGU-
Vrey, postmaster.
MAN SWINGS AT HIS IMAGE
Sees Reflection In Mirror While Chas
tising Wife and aniuaaes
the Glass.
Pets Hansen of Seventh and Leavenworth
streets, started In to chastise his wife
Thursday evening and while swinging his
fists wildly In the air was suddenly con
fronted by his own Image In a mirror.
"Whst bellicose person is this Interfer
ing in my affairs," he thought, and
promptly let fly at the scowling Image.
Tevcral arteries were cut In his arm
when the glass broke and he waa soon
sobered by loss of blood. Drs. Fltzglbbons
and Arnout bound up his wounds and
warned him to desist from battling with
the phantoms.
WINDOW BLOWN IN BY WIND
Palace Clothing Company, jfoui.
teenth nud Douglas, the
Sufferer.
Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning a
rain, accompanied by an exceptionally
! heavy high wind, struck Omaha. The raln-
, wag , ,14.avy t(jt con,uerabla damu(9
was done by the wind to shadt-trees and
small buildings. The most serious loss re
ported was the blowing In of a large plate
eiHsa window tn the west front nt t h. tul-
j a(.e clo.nltlg. cornpany., ,toro. Fourteenth
end rjOUglas. In addition to the value of
tf)e wlnrtow ,,, losil includes damage to
goods which were on display.
The front of William Millers suluon,
Bouth Thirteenth, was blown In bv tha
wn(j.
Hail It u Ins Crops.
PIERRE. 8. D July 19.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) A terrific hailstorm swept a strip
of country two miles wide and four milts
long In Bully county, aliout thirty mlloa
north of here, last evening, rutting down
the grain and corn on the Hurlow, Stull,
Lytle and pltllck snd other furms. The
damage was severe at all these places.
fctrveni with ew Iluven.
NEW HAVEN, t'oiiii.. July 11 St
announced tunny t.y president M.iln i f
the New York, New Haven A Hart fold
railroad that John F. Stevens had beet
appointed a vice prevalent of the ro J
And will have i-limiia tit a 11 mulI tun ue.-
JjaaUutf to onaraUun,
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