Ncubcrrj s llnrdunrc 1 stnMlshment. 1 HE President of Columbia Univer sity Talks to Pedagogues. TEACHERS GET DOWN TO WORK Members of National Educational As sociation Hold Three Important Meetings at Minneapolis President Beardchear III Treasurer's Report. Minneapolis, July 0. FIftoon thou sand or moro delegates to tho Na tional Educational association's con vention nro now in Minneapolis, and it is prcdlctod that by tonight tho number will reach 20,000. Tho meet ings yesterday wore confined to tin) national council, tho Indian depart ment and tho general session. Today tho real work In detail will com mence. Tho rank and file of tho visit ors were later in arriving than was expected, duo in a large measure to tho fact that many stopped on tho way to visit pointB of interest nlong tho route. Addresses of Welcome. Tho first gencrnl sosslou of tho as sociation was hold at tho exposition building, tho featuro bolng tho ad dresses of welcome and tho responses. But by far tho greatost address of tho day was that delivered by Dr. Cyrua Northrup, president of tho stato uni versity, whoso witty and eloquent (speech captivated his nudlonco. President Beardshcar lus been taken to tho hospital, suffering from an at tack of uorvouB prostration, and was unablo to deliver tho presidential address last evening. Treasurer's Report. Tho roport of Chnrlos II. Keyes showed rccolpts of $32,2GG and dis bursements of $20,979, which, with last year'a balance, leaves $8,174 on band. Tho disbursements Includo $10,000 transferred to tho permanent fund for Investment. Tho trustees reported 598,000 In thlB fund, of which $84,000 Is invested in mortgages and munic ipal and Bchool bonds. Tho American Socioty of Religious Education pre sented a petition, nsklng to bo taken Into affiliation, but It wns laid on tho table. Butler TaIKo of Pressing Problems. Dr. Nicholas Murray Uutlcr, presi dent of Columbia university, Bpoke of "Some Pressing Problems," and for noarly nn hour addrossed tho 7.0C0 educators. Ills speech sounded the Itcynato of tho purposes nnd alms or tho convention and of tho profession of teaching in gonoral, and was really the address that marlcod tho regular oponlng of the convention proper. Dr. 13. A. ldorman, president of Tul lane university, New Orleans, also spoke at length. Today will bo one of hard work for everybody. Besides tho session at tho exposition building this evening, thoro will ho fourteon other meetings of tho various departments. Tho national council finished its work yesterday and tho Indian depart ment will hold its last session today. Race for Presidency. Gossip Is already rifo ns to tho next president of tho association. But two names aro yet mentioned, that of President Charles Eliot of Harvard and Superintendent James A. Foshny of Los Angeles. Tho cities In tho raco Tor tho npxt convention so far aro Boston, Portland, Mo.; tho north Pa cific coast cities, which are working together, and Niagara Falls, N. Y. IN FAVOR OF HOMESTEADERS. 'Judge Shlras Renders Decision In O'Brien County Land Cases. Sioux City, July 9. Tho famous O'Brien county land cases havo been decided by Judgo O. P. Shlras of tho federal court In favor of tho home steaders. Tho cases havo been in tho courts for years. Tho Sioux City nnd St. Paul railroad claimed title to vast tracts of land which tho government had dedicated to home stead purposes. Tho suits wero be tween the homesteaders and persons who had purchased land from tho railroad company. Tho department of the Interior some time ago ruled In favor of the purchasers. Judgo Shlras reverses tho department. Twenty-five thousand acres are Involved In his decision and forty lawsuits are af fected. Burgess for Supreme Judge. Springfield, Mo July 9. Tho Denv ocratic Judicial convention, to nomi nate threo Judges of tho state su premo court for ten-year terms, met here yesterday. Resolutions wero adopted Indorsing tho Kansas City platform. At midnight balloting on tho names of tho twelve candidates was in progress and as each delegate votes on threo names, tho voting Is quite tedious. Gavon D. Burgess was nominated for supremo Judge. Judge Dismisses the Jury. Detroit, July 9. Judge Alfred J. Murphy of the recorder's court cre ated a sensation in the trial ot Frank C. Andrews, former vice president ot tho wrecked City Savings bank, which began yesterday, by dismissing tho entire panel of Jurors drawn for the July term or court. It has been ru mored that several of tho men on the Jury were very friendly with some of Frank C. Andrews' close political as sociates. Eleven Die of the Heat. Pittsburg, July 9. There are no indications ot an early abatement of the hot wave. Eleven deaths and six serious cases of prostration have been reported within the last twenty-four hours. II EM I Refuse to Aid Chicago Freight Handlers in Their Strike. REASONS GIVEN IN STATEMENT Committee of Strikers to Confer Willi Railroad Managers Today and Pres ident Currtn Predicts Amicable Ad justment of Trouble. Chicago, July 9. Through tho cr fortB of Chairman Job of tho stato ar bitration committee, a Borios of meet ings have been nrranged for today be tween tho general munagerB of each of thd roads and a committee of five men from tho striking freight hand lers of tho snmo line. Chairman Job wont to each railroad separately and askod the general man ngor If ho would receive a commltteo of the strikers. In every instance he was Informed that tho commltteo would bo received, if it was under stood that it camo from the employes of tho road and not from tho freight handlers' union. Then Mr. Job re ported to tho men his success with tho railroads and secured their con sent to tho meetings. It was ar ranged that each committee should consist of flvo strikers. Theso com mittees will not of themselves bo em powered to settle tho strike, and k nny ngreoment 1b made at tho meet ingB it will be reported back to tho union this afternoon for approval and no action will bo taken until It has tho sanction of tho officers of tho union. Chairman Job said that ho hnd In serted the entering wedge for tho set tlement of tho Btrlko. President Curran of tho Freight Handlers union said: "I feel ns Burod that tho difficulty will bo amica bly adjusted before night." Teamsters Not to Aid. Yesterdny nfternoon tho teamsters decided not to aid in tho strike They lssuod tho following: "Tho Teamsters' National union stnted over tho signature of the sec retary, E. L. Hurley, that undor their agreements now existing with tho tenm owners of Chlcngo they cannot take part In the present Btrlko of the trolght handlers nnd that they arc powerless to assist in any manner "a tho Btrlko. Tho, TcifmstorB National union will carry out to tho fullest ex tent tho orders thoy receive from thoir employers an to the handling of freight and the delivering of tho same. They cannot afford to violate tho ex isting agreements nnd conditions, Tho freight handlers cannot consist ently call upon them for assistance In this matter, ns without consultation or with advice from tho Teani3tcrB' National union thoy called this strike." NATIONAL FUND TO AID MINERS. Organized Labor and General Public Will Be Asked to Assist Strikers. Wllkesbarre, Pa July 9. A na tional defense fund, to which all or ganized labor and tho public in gen eral will be asked to contribute, is tho latest proposition placed on foot to help the striking anthracite coal strikers, If thoy need assistance .n their struggle for hlghor wages and n Bhorter work day. Harry White o( Now York, secretary of tho National Garment Workers, and member of the conciliation commltteo of tho Na tional Civic Federation, had a long conforenco with President Mitchell, during which the plan was approved by the miners' chief, and Mr. White will at onco begin preparations to carry out tho plan. Mr. Mitchell wants it understood, however, that the miners union will accept no aid until their own resources are ex hausted. The National Civic Federation, which tried so hard to prevent the strike, has not exhausted all Its means in an effort to bring about peaco in tho anthracite coal fields, Tho Investigation, which was started soon after tho miners laid down their picks, Is still In progress and It is understood the federal government, through tho department of labor, Is assisting in this work. Trouble Feared at Denver. Denver, July 9. Tho situation at the local Union Pacific shops is more critical than at any time since the strike was begun. A force or Pinker ton men has been put In charge ot tho shops, and the city has supplied four policemen for protection. Since one of the workmen was assaulted on Sunday night the crowd that gathers at night has been continually on the increase. Tho strikers now assert that they have all the experienced ma chinists out but three, and that all of tho boilermakers, blacksmiths and coppersmiths have stopped work. Tho Btrlkers continue to patrol the grounds outside of the Plnkerton lines. No Change In Machinists' Strike. Omaha, July 9. President James O'Connell of the International Asso ciation of Machinists and President Burt of the Union Pacific held a con ference yesterday over the shopmen b strike. A very pleasant feeling pre vailed at the meeting, but no change in the strike situation resulted. Each Bide was convinced of tho Justice ot its position and nothing was done to alter these convictions. Linden Tree Is Dead. Beatrice, Neb., July 9, Linden Tree, tho celebrated Arabian stallion given by the sultan of Turkey to General Grant, and by him given to General L. W. Colby, died last night ot old age. He was thirty years of ago. MISS MORRISON SENTENCED. is Qlven Twenty-five Years In tho Penitentiary. Eldorado. Kan., July 9. Jessie Mor rison, convicted Juno 28 or inurdor m tho second degreo for killing MIfs Ollu Cnstlc, at tho lattar's homo hero in Juno, 1900, by cutting her throat with a razor, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial, a motion in nrrest of Judgment and a plea that santonco ho postponed wcro ovei ruled. Sentence was then pronounce.l upon Miss Morrison, who sat down without saying a word or shedding a tear. Slio was cool and Belf-poa-scssod. After tho Judge had given tho attorneyo fifty days in which to file a hill of exceptions, Miss Morrison arose and followed tho sheriff to nor cell, accompanied by her father nnd brother. Miss Morrison said: "Tho J ml go has been ngalnst mo from tho first nnd waB bound to convict me. I expected no mercy from him and dlJ not get nny mercy. I don't consider I had a fair trial and bcllevo the su premo court will again reverso tho case." Miss Morrison's three trials havo cost the county $12,000. GAS EXPLODES IN A HOTEL. Rushes Into Hall From Room of Man Who kills Himself and Is Ignited. Chicago, July 9. A peculiar acci dent occurred yesterday in which one man nearly lost his life in a vnln en deavor to saivo a friend from death. John Gunderson, who lived at n boarding house on Washington boule vard, committed suicide by turning on tho gas in his bedroom. Hiram 8tovcr, who occupied the adjacent room to Gunderson, wns awakened by tho odor of gas, and rushing into the hall, decided the gas eamo from his friend's room. Ho knocked, but re ceived no responso and broke In tho door. Tho gas which rushed out of tho bedroom was Ignited by the hall light nnd a terrific explosion followed, n which Stover wns severely Injured Gunderson wns dead when found. FOUR PERSONS MURDERED. Oklahoma Robbers Strip and Muti late Overland Travelers. Guthrie, Okla., July 9. On account of Prudence being without telegraph or railroad connections, It Is difficult to secure Information rogardlr.s tho finding or tho mutilated bodies of four persons near that town yester day. Advices received hero stato that It Is Impossible to Identify the bodies by anything yet found in the vicinity. Thoy weie louml near tho Cimarron river, nnd supposedly wore n party of movers, who had camped for the niijht when attacked and killed by unknown persons. Sheriffs from Garfield, Woods, Blaine nnd King fisher counties aro reported on the trail of oviduuee that will solve the mystery. Prudence occupies a point whore tho four countioB named come together. Ames Is Acquitted. Minneapolis, July 9. Tho Jury In tho case of Superintendent of Police Fred W. Ames, charged with accept ing a bribe, returned a verdict of not guilty yesterday, after being om eighteen hours. The grand Jury last evening returned seven bills bearing on tho bribery and corruption pool. It Is understood that tho Indictments wero voted on the testimony of mor than forty witnesses, who recited methods of lovylng tribute on down town resorts. Grain Rates to Be Restored. Chicago, July 9. As a result of thj conference of the traffic men of the western roads, held In Chicago yester day, the grain rates from Kansas City to Chicago, which have been In a de moralized condition for some time, will probably be restored. All the western roads aro apparently now In 01 frame of mind favorable to restor ing the old rate before the heavy ship ments of the new crop. Tho old ratcj, It 1b expected, will be restored by Aug. 1. Jury Falls to Reach Verdict. Winfleld, Kan., July 8. The Jury In tho ense of O. W. Coffelt, on trial for tho murder In October, 1901, of George C. Montgomery, the Santa Fe detec tive, wei . discharged yesterday, hav ing failed to reach a verdict. They had been out since last Friday. The case was set for trial next March. George W. Miller, principal owner of tho famous ranch "No. 101," on which Coffelt was employed, will next be tried on the same charge. Republlean River Four Miles Wide. Concordia, Kan., July 9. Tho Re publican river is one foot higher than high water mark and Is four miles wldo in some places. Many farmers havo been compelled to leave their farms for safety, while many head of live stock have been drowned. Corn and wheat is greatly damaged. A half mile of tho Prosser railroad tracK has been washed out near here. Rostand Withdraws Petition. Chicago, July 9. The petition filed in M. Rostand's namo last week by Attorney William Burry, by which leave was asked to reopen the Gross Mansfield case, Involving the author ship of "Cyrano do Bergerac," was withdrawn yesterday, and thus tho case which has attracted so much at tention in the local federal court for several years was finally closed. Killed by Lightning Bolt. Mitchell, S. D July 9. 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