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Wallaces Transfer Line Household goods moved promptly and transfer work solicited. Phone 1 Frank Wallace, Prop'r i addressmf it Depart- ' .; Star.Uecatt, w Nebraska j TWO BISHOPS NAMED DEADLOCK IN METHODIST CON' FERENCE IS BROKEN. Popular Chicago Pastor Elected on Tenth Ballot and Editor of Pittsburg Christian Advocate Wins Out on the Twelfth. Baltimore, May 26. Rev. Dr. Will lain A. Quayle, pastor of St. James church, Chicago, and a lecturer and author ot wido repute, was elected bishop on the tenth ballot at the gen eral contereuco of the Methodist Epis copal church, thus breaking tho dead lock which had existed since tho sec ond ballot. There was no elootlon ot a bishop on the eleventh ballot. The twelfth ballot resulted In tho election of Dr. C. W. Smith, editor of tho Pittsburg Christian Advocate. A mattor of importance, and In which there Is widespread Interest, will bo laid beforo tho conforonce by the court of last appeal In tho Metho dlst Episcopal church In a roport of the Judiciary committee, sustaining Professor Klnkloy O. Mltcholl, who was declarod a heretic by tho Central New York conference, of which he was a member and who was for somo rea son deposed from the chair of Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis in tho Boston University School of Theology somo time ago. Professor Mitchell ranks high among Hebrew scholars and his trial on charges of heresy was a noted one. Tho chargos grew out of certain published writings of his, more particularly in his book, "The World Before Abraham." A commltteo of tho Central New York conference Investi gated the charges, reported Professor Mltcholl guilty and the report was adopted by tho conference without, it is said, the accused having been given an opportunity to defend himself. Prom this action ot his conference, President Mitchell appealod to tho ju diciary commltteo of the general con ference, the reports of which will sus tain him on points of law (and not up on matters of orthodoxy), the commit tee Is competent to pass. The thirteenth ballot is reported to have resulted In no election. New episcopal rosldences aro to bo established, if a recommendation of the committee on tho episcopacy Is adopted, in Peking, China; a city of Oklahoma, New Orleans, Omaha and Detroit, and that In Minneapolis will be discontinued'. Two bishops will be assigned to China and tho next foreign bishop will be placed In Franco. The commltteo on revision has de cided' to recommend tho elimination from the baptismal service of tho dec laratlon that all men aro conceived and born In sin. SEEK PRESBYTERIAN UNION General Assembly at Kansas City In vites Church Co-Operation. Closer relations, leading ultimate ly to union with other churches of the Presbyterian faith, tho duty of tho church to the negro and religious edu cation were tho Important subjects considered by the general assembly of the Presybyterlan church at Kansas City. Rev. Dr. William H, Roberts of Phil adelphia, in reading the roport of the committee on church co-operutlon and union, submittod resolutions, which wore adopted, recommondlng the heartiest response to any movement Inviting union with tho Reformed church in America, tho Presbyterian church in tho Unitod States, tho Unit ed Presbyterian and other churches of the faith. The assembly was told by the roport of tho fraternal relations which already exist between Its church and every other Prosbyterlan church, and the resolutions of tho commltteo called for action which will Induce closer relations. A message of fra ternal greeting was sent to the gen eral synod of tho Reformed church in the United States, in session now at York, Pa., "inviting action with a view to further consideration of the subject of closer relations between the two denominations." BAPTISTS ELECT OFFICERS Harry Pratt Judson Unanimously Chosen President of Convention. Election of officers, receiving of re ports from tho committee of reference, the commltteo of seven and the com mltteo of brotherhood constituted tho moRt Important session of tho North ern Baptist convention ut Oklahoma City. President Harry Pratt Judson of Chicago university waa unanimously elected president of tho convention, to succeed Governor Charlo3 E. Hughes of New York, whoso election was made permanent last week, while the other officers selected by tho delegates are: Vice presidents, Corwln S. Shank of Seattle, Rev. Dr. S. H. Green of Washington, Fred Branted of Okla homa City; corresponding socretary, Rev. Dr. W. C. Bitting of St. Louis; recording secretary, G. W. Coleman of Boston; treasurer, W. E. Lincoln of Pittsburg. The question of. future relations of the various organizations to the con vention was considered. Tho commit tee recommended that "at the earliest practicable date there should be an or ganic union between the various de nominational societies and the North ern Baptist convention, to the end that the denomination, through tho conven tion, may be able to dotermlne a suit able related policy for all goncral ac tivities, may provide adequate funds ond to the lurther end that lt may be possible to put the various agencies out of debt and thereafter to keep them out of debt." THREE KILLED, FIFTY INJURED' Fatal Collision Between Trolley Cam In Philadelphia. Threo persons wero killed and flvo others wero so badly Injured that there Is no hope for their recovory nnd forty-fivo wero seriously hurt In a collision between trolley care on Oermantown avenue, near Chestnut Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia. The bodies of au unidentified wom an and an unidentified man aro In a hospital near tho sccno ot tho accident. Forty-five porsoiiB wero tnkon to tho Chestnut Hill and Gortuantown hos pitals, each of which is sovcral miles from the scone of the accident and many wero tnkon nwny In automobiles by tho wealthy residents of tho exclu sive Chestnut Hill district They wero treutod by private physicians and In coti8cquonco nbsoluto details an to tho Injured cannot be obtained. Among those who wore seriously In jured were Georgo Wagner, whoso wife was killed, and Alexander McKay, who has a woodon leg. Tho artificial mem ber was jammed up into his body and he cannot live, lt is said. The nccldent was caused by a car running north Jumping a track whllo going down a stoop grado not far from Chestnut Hill. Tho car swung across tho southbound' track nnd was struck by a car on that track. Both cars wero filled with passengers. AIRSHIP VICTIMS ARE IMPROVING None of the Seven Men Injured at Berkeley Will Die. Tho soven men injured in tho air ship ncldont at Borkoloy, Cal., aro do ing well at tho Roosevelt hospital. None of thorn will dlo. L. V. Rodgors, one of tho assistant engineers in tho crew of fourtcon that went up In tho huge dlrlgiblo balloon, who was be lieved to bo fatally injured, will re cover. J. A, Morell, tho Inventor, and Captain Ponfold, tho Australian aero naut, who stowed away In tho air craft after ho had boon ordored oft and had both legs broken, aro both much Im proved. The accident was a most spectacu lar ono. A great crowd had gathered about a vacant lot, where tho big gas bag bad boen inflatod. RlBlug slowly under tho power from flvo gasoline on glncs, tho great airship lifted to a height ot probably 300 foot. Suddenly there was a ripping, roaring sound, nnd tho forward end of tho airship tilted downward and lt began to set tle slowly to tho ground. When tho falling ship had reached within seven-ty-flvo foot of tho ground the remaining gns was lot out with a rush, and tho wholo machine, thousands of pounds in woight, collapsed with terrific force. RAILROADS ISSUE NEW RULE Shipments in Less Than Carload Lots Must Be Plainly Marked. AU roads east of tho Mississippi river In tho territory covered by tho "official classification," after July 1 next, wilt refuse to recelvo all shipments in less thnn carload lofs which are not mnrkod plainly with 'tho name of tho consignee's station, city and stato of destination. Four bundled and sixteen railroads will participate in tho now rule. For many years past it has been cus tomary for a largo number of shippers to mark their package with an Initial or somo hieroglyphic, the key to which would bo on tho bill of lading. It waa the theory that this saved tlmo and also provented competitors from ob serving tho names of a shipper's cus tomers on tho outsldo of the package. Tho railroad companies claim that great abuses have resultod from tills practice and that It has been the prin cipal causo of heavy losses to the rail roads on claims duo to losses in truus IL CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Features of the 'Day's Trading and Closing Quotations. Chicago, May 25. Damago roports from tho southwest wero chiefly re sponsible today for u. firm tone in tho local wheat market. At the closo tho July delivery was up c Com was c higher. Oats wero 0Vic up. Pro visions wero unchanged to a shade higher. Closing prices: Wheat Mny, $1.02; July, 91091&. Corn May, 74yic; July, CfiVic. Oats May, 54?4c; July. 47'4047c. Pork May, $13.4216; July, $13.57tf. Lard May, $8.35; July, $8.42',6. Ribs May, $7.22'.; July, $7.35. Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard wheat, aaiHc$l.04; No. 3 corn, 73" 74c; No. 3 white oatH, 52,6054 lie South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, May 25. Cattle Re ceipts, 2.C00; steady to 10c higher; na tive steers, $4.7507.00; cows und heif ers, $3,000)5.75; western steers, $3.50 5.80; Texas steers, $3.0005.25; can nors, $2.2503.50; stockers and f coders, $3.0005.25; calves. $3.2500.50; hulls, Btags, etc., $3.0005.40. Hogs Re ceipts, 7.200; 10c lower; heavy, $5.13 05 2216; mixed, $5.121605.15; light, $6 105.17',6; Piss, $4.5005.00; bulk ijf sales. $5.1265.15. Sheep Ro relpts, 800; steady; yearllngB, $5,250 tfiO; wethers, $5.0005.15; owes, $4.50 tj&OO; lambs. $5.7500.50. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, May 25. Cuttle-r-Recolpts, 1C.000; firm; steers, $5.0007.30; cows, $3 7505.75; heifers, $3 5000.25; bulls. $4 0005.75; calves. $2.5000.50; stock ers and feedors, $3 2505 40. Hogs Receipts, 05,000; 15020c lower; choice heavy shipping, $5 4005.50; butchers, $5.4005 50. light mixed, $5.3005.35; tholco light. $5.4005.45; packing, $5.00 05 35; pigs, $4.1505.25; hulk of sules, J5 3005.40. Rhnep Receipts, 20,000; steady to 10c lower; sheep, $4 000 5 00; lambs, $5 2500 CO; yearlings, 14 50Q5 25 NEWS OF NEBRASKA. RUSHWG CORN TO CHICAGO Railway Officials Deny They Are Try ing to Break -Corner. Omaha, Mny 23. Corn 1b bolng niBhod to Omaha nowadays at tho rato of 250 to 300 cars a day, and Is being hurried on to Chicago to get tho bono fit ot the prevailing high prices being paid In tho city. James L. Patten of Chicago Is Bald to control tho corn market nnd to have a comer, keeping the prlco up to 75 cents a bushel. Tho farmers of tho west aro getting tho advantago of this high markot, and although lt -was reported that a greater part of the grain had been Bhlpped from tho Btate, tho farmers aro finding time between tlmo ot planting corn, to haul load after load to the country elevntors. It Is then Bhlppod into Omaha and hurried on to Chicago to get tho benefit ot tho pro vnlllng high prices. Tho farmer was tho wlso ono who refused to let all his corn go Inst fall at tho low prices which then exlstod, but held back some of lt, until now ho Id getting from CO to C5 cents deliv ered at tho country olovator. Railroad men deny that they aro In any way assisting to break tho corner In corn. They Bay tho corn 1b coming in nnd has been for a wcok nnd that they arc making as quick delivery to Chicago as possible. They do this, not to break any comer, but to render as good service to shippers ns possible. GRIEVING FATHER L0SE8 MIND Custer County Man, Sorrowing Over Daughter's Death, Goen Insane. Broken Bow, Neb., May 25. Martin Elllngson, a prominent farrnor residing eighteen mllos northeast of hero, was brought from his homo by Shorlff Kennedy for tho purposo of being ex amined by tho board ot insanity. Mrs. Elllngson said she was In fear of her llfo and that her husband had mada an attack on her with a shovel. Slnco tho death of his daughter, six weoks ago, Mr. ElllngBon's mind haB seemed unbalanced at tlmos, during which ho threatened bodily Injury to mombors of the family. After an examination tho bonrd decided to send him to tho asylum, but William Elllngson, a brother residing In another part of tho county, offered to tako the unfor tunate man to his own home, and if ho failed to get bettor In a few weeks, have him placed In somo sanitarium or hospital. FATAL WRECK NEAR WYMORE Burlington Freight and Passenger Trains Collide Head-On. Wymoro, Neb., May 25. Burlington trains Nos. G5 and 14, freight and pas senger respectively, collldod hoad-on at Reynolds, a small station west of hero, and Eugineer Leonard Flnley was so badly hurt that ho died. Engi neer Daniel O'Donnell was probably fatally hurt, being bruised about the head and scalded. Fireman James Hull was also seriously hurt, having a leg broken and sustaining internal In juries. Tho' baggageman und mall clerk on tho passenger train wero also hurt. Both engines wero overturned and Engineer Finloy lay under his engine two hours beforo ho could bo taken out. Misunderstanding of orders on the part of Freight Engineer O'Donnell is given as tho cause of the wreck. MANIAC THREATENS MOTHER Bert Gue, Who Escaped from Asylum, Is Arrested With Gun In Hand. Bentrlco, Nob., May 25. Brandish ing a revolver and threatening to kill his mother, Bert Gue, a young man who escaped from tho asylum at Lin coln last February, was taLen Into cus tody by tho officers. As they np proached tho house of Eugene Muck, where Mrs. Quo has apartmeuts, Guo made threats that ho would kill them if they entered tho house. Ho was disarmed with difficulty and lodged In jail. He was taken to Lincoln by Dep uty Sheriff Burko and Officer Ellis. BOY SHOOTS HIS PLAYMATE Son of Shirley Houghtaling Killed by Bullet Sent Through Window. Oxford, May 25. An accidental shooting affair occurred' at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Hough taling, residing east of town, whereby their flvo-year-old son lost his life. He was standing outside the house, looking in through a window, when a companion, who had been playing with a 22-cnIlbor rllle, pointed tho weapon at him und fired through the glass. The bullet took effect, making a mortal wound, which caused tho victim's death in less than a half hour. Farmers Come Back Again. Lincoln, May 25. Tho petitions of railway employes to tho state railway commission not to reduce freight rates has met with a counter movement. Fifty petitioners living at Monroe, half of whom nro farmers, filed a pe tition with the commission, asking for a reduction on tho ground that charges aro now out of proportion to the earnings of persons engaged In other pursuits, especially on fuel, farm products and other necessaries, amounting In many casos to practical confiscation of a great part of hard earned products. E. A. Gorrard, editor and farmer, heads tho list. Divorces Due to Bad Cooking. Lincoln. May 23. Dr. W. H. Wiley, chief of tho government bureau of chemistry at Washington, In an ad dress to the students of tho University of Nebraska, said that 75 per cent of the divorces was due' to bad cooking. His address was a plea for the observ ance of the pure food laws of the country. KELBY HA3 SIBLEY ON 8TAND Burlington General Solicitor Cross- Examines Lincoln County Senator. Lincoln, Mny 20. Senator C. A. Sibley, complainant in tho grain rato enso against the Burlington road, was cross-examined by General Solicitor J. E. Kelby, who sought to show that the complainant had novor shipped grain over any railroad and Is there fore not entitled under tho Aldrlch bill to complain as an Interested party. The witness said ho novor shipped, but sold grain to local elevators. Tho railroad attorney showed that grain at Senator Slbloy's homo was 1.0 cents lower ten days after tho Aldrlch bill reducing freight rates 15 per cent went In offoct. it was alleged by the roads that lt tho complaint asking for another re duction of 15 per cent is sustained grain rates will bo lower In Nebraska thnn In Kansas. Senator Slbloy snld ho thought tho rates ought to bo about tho Bnmo in these Btntcs, but possibly wheat rates In Nebraska ought to bo n llttlo lower thnn In Kansas. Tho wltnoss (Tented that any member of tho commission had requested him to fllo tho com plaint. Commissioner Williams Informed Slbloy that no apology was nccossary for making somo effort to represent tho peoplo. UTICA MEN MUST FACE TRIAL Grand Jury Indicts Three Accused of Assaulting Preacher. Sownrd, Neb., Mny 22. Somo of tho citizens of Utlca who participated In tho assault upon Evangelist Miller, March 21, must answer In court. At tho tlmo lt was Bald prosocutton would bo Instituted, but no ono mado formal complaint and tho county at torney took no action on his own no count. When tho case was prosentod to tho grand Jury tho Indictments wero not slow in issuing. Thoso indicted aro Messrs. Dayton, Ragan and ErneBt HurlburL Mr. Mlllor was assaulted for remarks mado about Utlca women at a kenslngton. Tho investigation of tho death of Mrs. Frank Smith, near Mllford, is Btlll before tho grand Jury. CHURCHMEN FAVOR NEW ORDER Congrcgatlonallsts of Omaha District Indorse Consolidation. Springfield, Nob., May 21. Congre gatlonnllBts of tho Omaha association concluded their session hero after de ciding to follow out tho rocommenda tlons ot tho national council and tako steps for Incorporating and consolidat ing tho vnrlous district sessions In Ne braska. A meeting for thlB purposo will bo hold in October, to which Rev. L. O. Balrd of Omaha was elected min isterial delcgato and G. L. Loomls of Fremont lay dolcgato. The treasurer elected was Rov. J. E. Storm of Irvlngton, nnd tho scribe, Rov. Frank Mills of Omaha. Tho Oma ha association voted to donato $300 to tho Weeping Water academy. Saloonkeeper Shot by Robbor. South Omaha, May 23. John Wrode, aged fifty-three years, a saloonkeeper at Twenty-fourth and F stroots, was shot and mortally wounded by two men Intending robbery of his saloon last night. Four bullets took effect In his body and tho doctors Bay ho can Ilvo but a short time. Though wound ed, Wredo grappled with tho men and managed to shut ono of them in a closet, where the police later arrested him. He gives his name as Gerald Smith. Tho other man escaped. Shercllff Under Arrest. Omaha, May 21. Chief Donahue has received word from tho chlot of police at Lansing, Mich., that Frank Shercllff has been arrested thoro on tho chargo of highway robbery and wants information about him. Shercllff was tho man convicted of tho theft of the Pollock jewels In 1892, receiving a sentence In the penitentiary of sev enteen years nnd later was tho star wltnoss for the state In the trial of Tom Dennlson, charged with being his accomplice In tho robbery. Letter Carriers' Convention. Lincoln, May 2C Saturday tho Stato Association of Letters Carriers will meet In annual convention in Lincoln. Not only will there he a lnrgo number of letter carriers In attendance, but tho postmasters presiding ovor letter carrier offices will also bo here In force. Bryan Returns to Lincoln. Lincoln, Mny 20. W. J. Bryan, it was announced, will remain at Fair view for a considerable tlmo. Aftor his tour of northorn Nebraska, which begins May 29 and ends June 4, ho will remain at his farm, filling a few speak ing dates In towns adjacent to Lin coln. Ask Ruling of Washington. Lincoln, May 22. Owing to a num ber of complaints recently filed against tho refusal of railroads to fill inter state shipments for less than 100 pounds, tho Nebraska railway com mission will ask tho intorstuto com merce commission for a ruling In tho matter. Doctors Elect Shaw President. Lincoln, May 22. Dr. L. M. Shaw of Osceola was elected president of tho State Medical association. Drs. Brash of Beatrice, McConaughey ot York and Mulrhead of Omaha are recommended for the stato board of health. Schavland Secretary of State Board. Lincoln, May 22. Chrfs Schavland' of Madlbon was elected secretary of the state board of equalization. Schav land has been county clerk and county treasurer of Madison county.