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I.GREGG
Branch Stations Throughout the Coun
try, Employing Sixty-Seven Thou
sand Persons, Suspend Work Dur
ing Funeral of First Vice president
of the Company In New York John
D. Rockeller Unable to Attend.
New York, Mny 22. Tho funorul of.
Henry 11. Rogers, president of tho
Amalgamated Copper company and ac
tive head of tho Standard Oil com
pany, brought together many men
prominent In tho business and finan
cial districts of this city. Although
attendance at tho Borvlco In tho
Church of tho Messiah at 10 n. in. was
limited to Intimate business associates
and personal friends, these Included
bo many of tho leaders of tho New
Vork business ami financial world that
their nbsenco from their usual activ
ities had a noticeable effect upon tho
business of the financial district.
Throughout tho country wherever tho
Standard Oil company had a station or
a branch thoro wns a pauso during tho
hours of tho funeral to mark tho pass
ing of tho first vlco president of tho
company nnd one of tho men who had
helped materially to make It a great
organization. Orders had been issued
that all operations of tho company
should cease between 10 nnd 12 o'clock
and theso applied' to everyone of tho
C7.000 employees a condition which
hnd not existed In tho giant corpora
tion Binco its foundation 'more than
thlrty-ilvo years ago.
John D. Rockofoiier could not at
tend the funeral, as ho is in Hot
Springs, Vn., with Mrs. Rockefeller,
whoso convalescence from a severe ill
ness would not permit hjm to leavo
her. Ho sent', however, a long tele
gram to Mrs. Rogers expressing his
grief.
CRISIS IN CALHOUN CASE
GOTCH DEFEATS OLSEN
Champion Will Rettre From Mat to
Undergo Operation,
Omnhn, May 25. Frank Gotch,
world's champion wrestlor, defeated
Charles Olson of St. Louis at tho Aud
itorium in straight rails. Tho first fall
wont 21:40 nnd tho socohd 15 minutes
flat. Olson surprised tho big wrestler
sovcrnl times, but was no match In
sizo and strength for him.
Gotch has cnncelled hjs match wltli
Hnckensehmldt in Melbourne. Aus
tralia, for next January, and will quit
tho wrestling game nfter Juno 11, at
least temporarily. Gotch gavo out an
interview In which ho stntod that ho
would undergo an operation on tho
nose about tho middle of Juno to re
move a growth which resulted from
an Injury rocoived many years .ago
while playing ball. Tho injury Ihib
been aggravated tho past two years
by n catarrhal affection, which become
almost ncuto during his trip to En
glnnd. lie has consulted physicians,
who have advised him to havo nn op
eration performed on his noso boforo
tho troublo boconics more serious.
Lnngford Knocks Out Hague.
London, May 25. Sam Lnngford,
the colored heavyweight of Doston,
knocked out Inn Hague, tho heavy
weight chnmplon of England, in tho
fourth round at tho National Sport
ing club hero. The fight, wltfch wns
for a purse of $9,000 and tho cham
pionship, wns scheduled to go twonty
rounds.
NEBRASKA NEWS
Charged With Murder of Police
man Lowery at South Omaha.
JURY BEING DRAWN SLOWLY,
ERSKINE HEAD8 TRAVELERS
Heney Will Ask Permission to Open
Packages Seized In Raid.
San Francisco, May 22. Patrick
Calhoun's trial on a bribery charge
ended the most important week of its
fivo months' session with the adjourn
ment of court. Rudolph Spreckels,
wno financed the ptosecutlon, nnd De
'.cctlve John Helms alternated as wit
leases and Jt was evident that a crisis
n tho case hnd been reached. Assist
ant District Attomoy Honey, Ignoring
two restraining orders issued by a
court of similar Jurisdiction, announc
ed that he would ask Judge Lawlor's
permission to open sealed packages
seized In the raid upon tho offices of
WJIHnm M. Abbott, general counsel
for tho United Railroads, and alleged
to contain documents stolen from tno
office of William J. Burns, head of tho
prosecution's corps of detectives.
Arguments on this issue were de
ferred until Monday, when tho proso
cutlon will attempt to Biipport tho
charge mado by Detective Helms
against Abbott, under whose direc
tion ho claims to havo operated.
HONOR BRITISH FLAG
Millions of Children Celebrate Empire
Day in Great Britain.
London, May 25. Empire day,
which comes on the nnnlvorsary of
tho birth of the lato Queen Victoria,
was more gouornlly observed than
since Kb inauguration. Tho day hnd
been selected as tho occasion upon
which tho children of tho omplro
should honor the flng, and It was cele
brated in overy part of Great Dritalu.
It is estimated that nil told not fower
than 15,000,000 saluted tho national
emblem, and In tho United Kingdom
alone close to 4,000,000 children took
part in tho demonstration. For tho
first time London had an organized
celebration. Five thousand uniformed
school hoys marched through the
main streets of the capital to Hydd
pnrk. Hero all tho children gathered
and saluted the nntlonal flag as well
as tho emblem of ilfty-slx dominions
nnd colonics.
FREE LUMBER LOSES
DEFENSE IN MADDEN TRIAL
Defendants Deny Any Extortions for
Settling Strikes.
Chicago, May 22. The defense in
tho trial of Martin B. (Skinny) Mad
den, president of the Assented Build
ing trades ot Chicago, and his associ
ates, F. A. PcY.cfcct and M. J. Boyle,
who are charged with betraying union
labor by accepting gralt money in set
tling "lako" strikes, put hi tho main
part of their case.
In building up a defense Madden's
lawyers took those lines; Broadly,
that union labor was being persecuted
by tho Chicago employers' associa
tion; specifically, that the Btrikes con
cerning which tho state Introduced
payment of money testimony wore le
gitimate strikes; that $1,000 was not
received by Madden or any of his rep
resentatives in settlement of tho
strike In tho Josoph KlJcka plant.
Senator McCumber's Amendment Is
Defeated by a Big Vote.
Washington, May ZZ.-r:o lu-.T:er
wns handed a knockout In Iho sennto,
McCumber's t .lendmcnt to tl.o tariff
bill placing LiTbor on t" fr"o list
being defeated lv n vote of 25 to 50.
Seuntor Dollivcr r-"l Senator Cum
mins parted company on tariff re
vision. Their ways separated when tho
lumber schedule wns reached. Sena
tor Dolllver spoko against free lum
ber and voted against it. Senntor
Cummins, who In a speech somo days
ago supported free lumber, voted for
it when opportunity was presented in
tho McCumber freo lumber amend
mcnL In the house, tho Philippine tariff
bill was passed; tho president's Porto
Rlcan message wns referred to tho
committee on ways nnd mentis, and
tho bill amending tho Fornker net re
garding Porto Rlcd was discussed.
Record Price- for Wheat.
St. Louis, Mny 25. The highest
prlco for cash wheat In tho St. Louis
grain market was reached when No. 2
red was $1.58 a bushel.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Talesmen Are Prejudiced Against Cap
ital Punishment and Many Aro Ex
cused Crime of John Masaurcdia
Started Riots In Which Greeks Were
Attacked and Driven Out of Town
and Much Property Destroyed.
Omaha, May 25. Tho trial of John
Masnurcdls, charged with the murder
of Policeman Edward Lowery at South
Omaha, Fob. 19 luBt, was begun boforo
Judgo Sutton In tho district court. Tho
killing of Ixiwory caused tho rlotB in
South Omaha during which much
proporty was destroyed, several per
sons wcro Injured nnd all tho Greek
residents ot tho town driven away.
Masauredis was taken to tho peniten
tiary at Lincoln for fear ot au attempt
ed lynching.
Lowery had arrested Masauredis on
a vagrancy chnrgo and whllo being
tnkon to tho station tho Grook drow a
rovolvor and a duel followod, In which
tho officer wns killed. MuBaurodis
claims that ho Intended to throw tho
gun away to avoid a chnrgo of carry
lug concealed weapons and that tho
policeman mistook his intention nnd
bogan shooting, after which ho flrod In
self defenso.
With tho talesmen oxnmlned snylng
they had overwhelming projudlco
against capital puulshmont, tho proc
ess of getting a Jury Is prococdlug
Blowly.
BANKER QUITS CITY JOB
Alfred Millard Refuses to Serve Long
er as Omaha's poundmaster.
Omaha, May 22. Alfred Millard,
vlco president ot tho United StntcB
Notional bank, who for threo years
has held tho position of poundmaster,
has handed his resignation to Mayor
Dahlman. The banker hnB never ridden
on tho box of tho dog catcher's wagon,
but has Instituted many reforms In
tho mannor of caring for Impounded
animals. Speaking of tho matter, Mr.
Millard said:
"Whllo I havo been reasonably suc
cessful In securing reform In tho enro
af dumb brutoB tnkon up by the pound
master nnd consider my efforts and
time not Illy spent, tho position has
brought many annoyances that havo
Interfered with my business, to say
nothing of my peace of mind, I have
been ahlo to establish somo now hu
manitarian methods, which, however,
havo fully ropnid mo for tho troublo
to which I havo boon put."
Norfotk Man Chosen Grand Counsellor.
Omaha Gets Next Meeting,
Columbus, Nob., May 24. Thu pr
radu was one ot tho features of tin
closing day of tho meeting of tho
grand council of tho United Commer
cial Travelers of Nebraska, and wad
composed of tho travoltng mon In at
tundnnco at tho convention nnd tho
Norfolk nnd Grand island bauds. In
tho evening thoro was a banquet at
tho Mnonuorchor hall, which was at
tended by tho traveling mon nnd tholr
wives, and also many prominent altt
zoiin of Columbus, nnd (ho ovEinlng
was concluded with a grand bnll at
the Orpheus hall, at which time beau
tiful souvenirs wero proaonted to
each woman.
Tho election of ofllcera resulted nu
follows; Grand counsellor, Snmusl F.
Erskluo of Norfolk; past grand coun
sellor, W. A. Sain of Beatrice; grand
Junior counsellor, O. W. Hlnzlo of.
Omaha; grand secrotnry, Fred W.
Hawkeu of Fremont; grand treasurer,
Henry Fritz of Columbus; grand con
ductor, P. B. Truoblood of Grand' Isl
and; grand page, It. D. McFaddcn of
HnBtlngs; grand sontlnol, W, II. Bonoy
Of Lincoln; grand oxeeutlvo commit
tee, P. M. Pnttorson ot Chndron, R. W.
Bock of Grand Ifllnnd, Elmor E. Ab
bott of Beatrice, E. A. Plummor ot
HnBtlngs. Omnha wan selected as tho
placo for tho next grand council moot
ing. NO TRACE OF TRAIN BANDITS
Mon
ED R. SHAW DIES OF INJURIES
Shea Kills Woman.
Chicago, May 22. Cornelius P.
Shea, who was arrested in New York
for stabbing and killing a woman, was
formerly president of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters. Ho engi
neered tho great teamsters' strike la
this city four years ugo.
Scared to Death by Searchlight,
Foroche, La., May 22. Adeline
Hawkins, a negross, was literally
frightened to death by the powerful
soarchllght of tho battleship Missis
sippi on Its way up tho river to
Natchez. "It's the Judgment light,"
she exclaimed, and then fell doau.
Paris Strike Ended.
Paris, May 22. Tho curtain was
rung down upon the goneral strike
amid recriminations by thu leaders
who tried to throw tho responsibility
for tho failure upon oach other and
the dofoated postal employees.
Meredith's Body Cremated.
London, May 22. The body of
George Merodlth, the English novelist,
who died May 18, was cromated at
Dorking In tho prosonce of a few
members of his family.
Good Roads Convention.
Baltimore, May 22. A general dis
cussion of the objects of the associa
tion occupied the greater part of the
sosslon of the national good roads convention.
Features of the Day'c Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, May 24. New high record
marks for the season wero established
for tho lending grain on tho bonrd of
trado today during a session marked
by excitement extremely bullish.
Wheat for May delivery scored' a gain
of nearly 2c, compared with tho pre
vious best mnrkot, tho top today bo
Ing reached at $1.34:).i. Corn for May
delivery Bold up to 74c and tho samo
delivery of oats touched C2$ic Pro
visions also made sharp gains. Clos
ing prices:
Wheat May, 1.34; July, $1.18'i 0
1,18; Sept., $1.11',.
Corn May 74c; July, 7O07Oc.
Oats May, G2jc; July, 554c
Pork May, $18.52; July, $18.55.
Lard Mny, $10.72; July, $10.72.
Ribs May, $10.20; July, $10.25.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, May 24. Cattle Re
ceipts, 2,300; steady to strong; native
BtoorB, $5.0007.00; cows nnd holfers,
$3.50(QG.25; western steers, $3.75
0,15; stockers and feeders, $3,000
5.50; calves, $3.2507.25; bulls and'
stags, $3.0005.50. Hogs Rocelpts, 4,
800; steady to a shade lower; heavy,
$7.1007.25; mixed, $6.9007.10; light,
$0.7007,10; rigs. $4.750G.25; bulk or
sales, $G.8O07.U). Sheep Rcolpts,
3,000; 10020c higher; yearlings, $5.85
0G.S5; wethers, $5.4000.50; owes,
$5.0000.25; lambs, $7.1008.10.
Omaha Man Struck by Charles Doyle
Lives Only Short Time.
Omaha, Muy 25. Ed II. Shaw, a
broker, died of concussion and hem
orrhage of tho brain at thu Goneral
hospital. Ills injuries wcro caused
by a blow dealt by Charles Doylo In
an altercation at Fifteenth nnd' Jack
son Btrects. Doylo hit Shaw and Shaw
fell, his head striking on tho curb.
Ho was taken to tho hospital, whero
the doctors gavo no hopo of his recov
ery, but performed an operation to re
move tho blood clot on the brain.
Doyle is locked up as a suspicious
character at the police station. He ml
mits ho struck Shaw, but asserts that
Shaw was intoxicated at tho time and
the fall, not tho blow, fractured his
skull and cnusod tho other injuries.
Pcllco Unable to Get Clue of
Who Looted Mall Car.
Omnhn, Mny 25. In splto of tho
vigorous Bonrch for tho Lnno cut-oft
train robbers tho authorities havo as
yet secured no tangible clues. John
P. Mnurer of Now York city, a passen
ger, had not rctlrud when tho train
was Btapped. Expecting that tho rob
boiB would go through tho cars and rob
tho passengers, Mr. Mnurer Jumped to
tho ground and hid in the weed's by
tho side of the track. Ho witnessed
tho robbory of tho mall car. Ho ro
mnlned In the weeds until a sheriff's
posso reached tho placo aftor daylight.
Mr. Maurer heard an automobllo soon
aftor the robbers disappeared, but did
not see It. Ho supposed it belonged
to tho robbers, but this theory Is not
now accepted' by the authorities, who
belle vo it was tho one in which tho-.
police mndo their first search for tho
bnndils. i
John Fnvolle, an employee of a
stovo fnctory at Ralston, was walking
to his homo in South Omaha and
about midnight was pnssod by four
mon in nh express wagon, headed for
South Omaha, and driving rapidly.. It
Is tho general belief thnt they, wero
tho train robbers.
BARTON LAYS DOWN THE LAW
JURY FIXING IS ALLEGED
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, May 24. Cattle Rocelpts,
20,000; stoady to strong; Btoers, $5.50
7.25; cows, $4.0005.75; heifers, $3.00
6.75; bulls, $4.25(0)7.75; stockers and
fooders, $3.30(05.05. Hogs Receipts,
46,000; stonily to 5c lower; heavy,
$7.4007.45; butchers, $7.3507.45;
light mixed, $7.0507.10; choico light,
$7.1007.20; packing, $7.2507.35; pigs,
$5.2500.75; bulk of sales, $7.1507.40.
Sheep Receipts. 12,000; 15050c high
er; Bheep. $3.7506.00; lambB, $6,250
9.75; yearlings, $6.5007.75.
Judge Munger of Lincoln Is Told ot
Telephone Attempt.
Lincoln, Mny 22. Growing out of a
reported conversation over n tele
phone, It is very likely a sensation
will shortly be mining In the federal
court nt this place. The allegation 1b
thnt somo lawyers Interested In litiga
tion In the federal court had endeav
ored to Influence mombers of tho Jury,
other than by evidence nnd argument
In court.
It Is reported to Judgo Munger that
one lawyer In ono county callod up a
lawyer In another county over the tele
phono and requested him to see cer
tain members of the jury in ills neigh
borhood ami put In some good words
for IiIb sido of tho controversy.
Buckeye Ranch Changes Hands.
Omaha. May 22. The Walker-Beck
or company and Brndloy & Mathleson
have Just completed a $150,000 deal for
a pieco of lund In Castor county
which will be put on the market as
soon ns It can be surveyed oft Into
farms. The land Is what Is known ns
tho Buckeye ranch, on Deod creek, ton
miles south of Broken Bow, nnd was
bought from tho Buckoye Land and
Cattle company of Ohio. It comprises
5,400 ocros of arable land.
Mall Sacks Destroyed.
York, Nob., Mny 24. Two sacks of
mall rolled under tho cars and tho
wheels of tho Burlington through pas
senger ground' tho letters and sacks
to tho flnonoas of powder. A part of
tho mall was recovored and, although
torn and discolored, somo of It will
roach its destination.
Mrs. Catherine A. Turman Dead.
Table Rock. Neb., May 25. Word
was received hero of the death in
Denver of Mra. Cathorine A. Turman,
wjdow of Rev. L. B. Turman, one of
the pioneur ministers of the Methodist
EpIscop.il church In southeastern Ne
braska. Interment will be In Table
Rock.
State Auditor Bars Special Contracts
and Other Things.
Lincoln, Mny 24.Stnto Auditor Bar
ton has made sovernl definite and cer
tain rulings for thu conduct of llro
Insurance companies doing business In
Nebraska and ho expects every ono of
theso rulings to bo observed by every
company to which ho issues a license.
Mr. Bnrton Insists thoro shall bo no
Bpoclal contracts In policies In No
brasku; ho lns'.Bts that hu will not per-'
mlt any insurance company to claim
that tho stnto guarantees tho policy;
ho holds that no ngeut wjll bo permit
ted to offer any estimates of earnings,
In selling policies, other than is mudo
by tho officers of tho company and Is
made a part of the policy.
Charged With Fleecing Widow.
Lincoln, May 24. Tho Lincoln po
lice department has received advices
from Seattle of the enpturo at that
placo of Josoph Stoors, alias J. II.
McCarthy, for whom a vigorous cIiubo
una been mndo for over a month, ex
tending almost across tho continent.
McCarthy, as ho Is known in Lincoln,
Jn charged with absconding with $10,
000 of tho cstato of Mrs. Mellln Horn,
a wealthy widow, now dead, of which
he wns administrator. A telegram
from Seattle Bays McCarthy has con
sented to return without a requisition
and will stnrt today. A bonding com
pany of Omnha has paid tho expenses
of tho pursuit.
Boy Goes to Penitentiary,
Omnha, May 25. Homer Morris,
charged in tho United States district
court with participating in tho rob
bery of the postofllco at Walthlll laBt
September, whereby about $25 in gov
ernment funds wore obtnlned, entored
n plea of guilty before Judgo W. II.
Munger and' was sentenced to eight
een months lu the United Stntes peni
tentiary at Leavenworth and to pay
a fine of $5 J. Morris Is but nineteen
years of age.
Arthur Mullen Very III.
Lincoln, May 25. Arthur Mullen,
state oil Inspector, who has been af
flicted with "pinkeye," Is now at his
homo in O'Neill, and the report
raachod tho stato house from a rela
tive that Mr. Mullen was sorlously 111.
The oil Inspector is suffering from tno '
much work and worry, it Is said', In
cidental to liis work of the winter nnd
during tho Inst campaign.
Adopt Schedule 44.
Lincoln, May 24. Aftor considering
tho matter for a numbor of montns
nnd after ropcatod hearings tho state '
railway commission has adopted suhed-"
ulo No. 44, preparbd by tho Western;).
Traffic association, with some- rapdlflTti'f
cations. Somo Items, wqro. tnkoOjflut,
of ono class and pu In npotlmbjUt; j(
only a limited numbor oVngeb j'
made. . .
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Travelers atiCoIumbua. Id jnat ni
Columbus. ?i?bjv MBSWSa.-yfl'liaiNejtt i
braska grandcoimclj, UnUd Qwmnetftfl ,.
clal Travelers of America, met in this
1 city today.