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The Omaha Daily Bee. (XMAII.A, TJIUKSDAY 3klOHNI3fO, MAY 10, 1901 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY ELVE CKNTS. i Complaining rxd Def 'V Facticm Each Hare a relegate c Jr.j, '. TO TELL THEIR TROUBLES AT Yf . . 'ON Fotltion Aikinr, Hawaiian QoTeraor's nival Is to Bt Pretantod. REPUBLICANS UNITE IN HIS DEFENSE Eand an Indoriemiut Contradicting Heme Rulers' Charjei. SENSATIONAL SPEECH IN THE HOUSE Rnirrnrntnllvr Iliniiicluth Purer the Iue !) IixIiiIkIiik In h Tirade Wlirn L,rKllntnrr In In Slirrlnl Srlon. HONOLULU. May S. Via Sm Francisco. May 15. lly the steamer Marlposn today Home Utile Hopresentntlvc F. W. Ileckloy. Hon. Samuel Parker? Delegate It. W. Wil cox leave for San Francisco. Ileckloy goes to lay beforo I'resldent McKlnley a homo rulo resolution passed In tho houso anil enato asking for tho removal of Governor Dole. Parker has a memorial unanimously Indorsed by tho republican members of both houses nnd by tho territorial 'republican central committee replying to the homo rulo charges against Uole. Wilcox Ip on his way back to Washington nnd says be lias noth ing to do with the fight. In the houso this morning Representa tive Kmmeluth, homo rule, made n sensa tional speech ngalnst tho governor. The legislature had been railed In special session for appropriation blllH and had Just completed Its organization when Emmeluth Introduced a resolution to provide for tho sending of Ileckloy to San Francisco. In support of It ho declared that the conditions that had led to tho revolt In 1893 bad developed again, with Dole now the usurper of power Instead of the ex-queen. It wns Intended by tho home rulers to havo tho resolution to send Hockley concurrent, but tbu senato ad journed for tho day too early, and, as tho steamer was leaving thlH afternoon, tho hoiiHo passed it as n house resolution. Doth houses orgnnlzcd for business and re-elected most of their former organiza tions, llrptihlleiinn All llncW lllm. Tho republican members of tho legisla ture and tho members of tho central com mittee and tho Joint caucus have endorsed tho action of Govornor Dole In refusing to extend the session of tho legislature, and after the adoption of tho homo rulo rcsolu tlon of last week making charges against tho governor, asking for his removal and declaring that ho was responsible for tho (allurn of tho legislature to do any consid erable amount of business, the republicans prepared n statement In reply which Sam Ul Parker Jakes with him. , Tho reply states that tho homo rule party, having control of tho legislature, blocked evory effort at substantial leglsla tlon; that bills wcro so llloglcnlly put to Kcther that It was Impossible to do any thing with them; that the homo rulo party was continually hampered with petty Jcal ousles, and that theso party bickerings caused the president of the senate, himself i member of tho home rule party, to re sign In disgust. Tho reply states further that one of tho causes of the failure of the inemhors of the home rulo party to attain their objects, nnd which prevented the legislature from accomplishing more wan the lnslstoncn by tho homo rulo mem. bors upon the use of tho Hawaiian Ian. (uago In tho legislative proceedings, not. withstanding the organic act provides that "All legislative proceedings shall bo con ducted In tho English language." They elected Interpreters nnd required Intorpre tatlon of nil hills, resolutions, motions am debates. Tho reply admits n lack of harmony be tween tho legtslaturo and tho governor. but states that tho legislature did no deal with tho governor In a broad spirit. nd that past Influences wero permitted to Interfere with tho conduct of the legis lature. Continuing, tho reply Bnys: "In refusing to extend tho session of the legis lature, the governor actod with tho con currence of the republican mombors of tha lame." This memorial Is signed by all tho re publican members of the legtslaturo and by members of the executive committee of tho republican pnrty. Among them nro mem bers of tho party who, during the cam paign and since, have differed with Gover nor Dole upon matters affecting party pol icy, but who now appreciate that tho gov ernor Is in harmony with tho pnrty or Ranltatlnn as demonstrated hy his public appointments. MRS. BLOW IS ENR0UTE HOME Colorado Womuii Who Dial luuiilxhoil llrrnelf In llniltii Work In llnu liinit llritrlif t'lilcimo. CHICAGO. May Ui.-Mrs. Jennie Goodell HIow, who originated the hospltr.l ship idea for thu British In South Africa, arrived hero tonight, enroute from Kurope to her homo In Colorado. While in P.ngliind Mrs. lllow wns the recipient of high honors, both from Queen Victoria and Klmr Mil- ward VII. When she returned from South Africa King Edward. In recognition of her untiring zeal In lifting o.it the hospital tdiln Maine nnd n fin lit hospital In the Transvaal, appointed her Ludy of Grnco of the Orilur of St. John of Jerusalem. Mrs. Hlow, accompanied by her fnther, Colonel Goodell, left for Denver on the Hurlliigtoii limited tonight nt 11 o'clock They reached Chicago early In the evening from New York over the Lake Shore road. With the jmrtv Is ex-Governor Grant of Colorndo nnd his wile, who Is n sinter of Mrs. lllow. The two ulsters were formerly of Chicago. ORDERS GAYN0RS TO GEORGIA JiiiIkp llrouii UniicN .Mniidnlr for He inoviil of lleK-it (niter l'iinilrntor. NEW YORK, May 13. Judge Drown In the Vnltrd StntcB district court Issued nn order today for tho removal of Captalu Ilenjamln D Greene, John H William T. nnd Edward H. Gaynor to Savannah, On., where they have bcon Indicted for conspir acy In connection with O, M, Carter, for merly captain of the United States engineer corp In the matter of appointments in southern harbors, Tho Judge nays; "Tho defondants should be ordered removed for trial or glvo ball (or tulr appearand)." WOULD SET UP NEW EMPIRE Sft rnlv iiiotiMiiiit Ilriicl llrriiinlnir MIxIkIIiiiiiIimI nl Viihk M" Tln. VANCOUVER, n. C, May 15. According to Shanghai papers brought today by the steamship Kmpress of India, Wang Lu llflan, Chi LI province! where Miss Stone house was killed, has recently been tho scene of bloody ronlllcis with tho con- 'strts. Twelve hundred Iloxers nro eald to attacked thi converts and slaughtered a native Christians by scores. Tho .Mercury says that peace reigns only within range of the rifles of tho rallies, foreign hatred being as strong as etfor. There Is a report from Tlcn Tsln that 70. 000 Insurgents have assembled at Vans Liu Trlng and that they are indulging iu nil kinds of excesses, assaulting women, robbing housoH. plundering tax collectors mid ileclarliiK their Intention of sotting up new empire. These Insurgents aro said to Include people who havo lost their homes and possession! In the course of tho mili tary operations in Chi I.I. URULI.V. May 15. Tho War oWcc lias received tho following from the German headq'unrtern at I'ckltr "General Mils' troops nttacked and scattered 1.000 Hoxcrs forty-five kilometers south of Pao Ting Fu." BANISHED MARQUIS RETURNS NuiiiU l.eltrr to l'rrlil-n t of I'rcneh MMinli! Willed Tinmen Much I'.M'lti'iiM'iit. I'AIllb. Mny 15. Another convocation of the French Senato as the high court ot Franco is promised by the unexpected re turn to thl.4 country of Marquis do Leur Caluccs, tho well known royalist nnd former member of tho Chamber of Deputies who, In January, 1900, at the time of tho conspiracy trials, was condemned In de fault of appearance to ten years banish ment for treason. The president of the Senate, M. Fnlllcres, received a letter today In which tho marquis says: "At tho pres ent moment, when the government of tho republic Is striving desperately to ruin In dustry and commerce, paralyzing nil work, disorganizing tho army and to destroy religious faith in a word, to utterly do- stroy the fatherland Itself I intend to provoke unother public discussion beforo the high court, on the question of who nro tho real authors of tho conspiracy threaten ing tho existence of Franco. I bold my self at your disposition." Tho letter caused much stir In tho lobbies of the Senate. Marquis Caluccs Bought rcfugo In Bel- glum, where he was closely watched by tho police, whom he succeeded in eluding and returned to his mansion In Paris a few days ago. MORGAN IS NOT NEEDED Kltuiitlnii In Ainrrlen Slllllirn Itnelf Mi t lilt t Hp t'un I" I ll I nil 1'ur I'lllll Cure. (Copyright, 1W1, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. May IE. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) J. rierpont Morgan returned to Paris tonight from Loudon. Ho yesterday canceled his en gagement of passage from Llvorpool to New York nboard tho steamship Teutonic. To tho World corresppndent Mr. Morgan said tonight: "The situation has shaped Itself so that my presence in America Is unnecessary. My plans aro unsettled. I may romaln hero or go to finish tho cure nt Alx les IlalnB." CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK Itnlliui Town Wrecked mill ll in lie r of People, Are Killed. t.iimc ROME, Mny 15. Most of the houses ot the village of Acercnza, near Potonza, havo been sweet nwny by tho fall of nn Immense rock. Troops have been dispatched to tho scene of tho disaster. Thus far flftoen bodies havo been recovered. Ilrltlnh Hint .lliekd Shoot Well. HAMILTON', Bermuda, May 16. The ex periments with tho old coast defense Iron clad Scorpion as a target, for sea firing, began yesterday. Tho first-class cruiser Crescent used Its thrce-pounder and slx pnundcr quick-firing guns at 1,000 yards. Then, steaming at full speed, It oponed fire on tbo Scorpion with Its six-Inch guns nt 6,000 to 3,000 yards. Tho shooting was accurnto and tho operations wero satis factory. II Hi Not Sold tlx Northern ln rifle. BERLIN, Mny 15. II is authoritatively confirmed that the Dcutscho bank has not sold Its holdings of Northern Pacific to Kuhn, Locb & Co. ISrriuuu HelelixtiiK I'roromird, P.KRLIN, May 15. Tho Itelchstag today, after disposing of the remaining business, was prorogued until November. NEW ORDER OF SALOON MEN "KnlKlit" I'MiU'llO" (irowi Out of illt-l i In llii (iiielniiu tl GiitherliiK. CINCINNATI. May 15. The two factions of the supreme lodge of the Royal Arch, a national order of saloon keepers, wero In Hopnrato session until late this evening. At 5 p. m. many delegates at the Grand hotel convention, which was headed by Su premo Organizer C. S. Rogers of Hot Springs, Ark., bolted and procoeded to Robinson's opera house, whoro tho opposing faction was In session. This faction, which was headed by John Hay of Chicago, today organized nn entirely now order, to bo known as tho Knights of Fidelity. Joe Miller of Cincinnati was elected valiant commnnder of the now organization. This fnctlon Is dissatisfied with tho officers of tho order, who have thrco more years to serve. ILLINOIS VETERANS CONVENE liriind Ami) Hue iiniiiiiirnt IIpkIiin lit 1'iMirlii outi-M fur State Coin lllllllll IT. PEORIA. III., MnyH-Tho state Grand Army enenmpment began hero this morn ing IntoreBt centers in tho contest for stnto conunandot and Indications point to the election tomorrow morning of Captain M. II. Ttlstloviod, mayor of Cairo. Tho other candidates nro Major F. N. lloyer of Qulncy and Judgo Harvey M. Trimble of Princeton. The next convention will prob ably go to Rock Island, although Rockfoid and Springfield both want It. Wit 1 VlSOS !4VI"'vnU MnT'if, Thi J lornlng Senator's . Stokes pleadeir'not me guilty" to the indictment licensing him nt the muruer 01 iiev u . .1 ivnn. 11 i"renv terlnn minister, hero last November. To nlaht the Jury relumed n verdict of pot guilty nnd Senator Stokes Is again free. IloileiirriiTM Win StrlUe. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 15. -The Imd carriers of this elty svon their rtrlke to day and gained an advance of 2'3 cents an hour, tho agreed rnto from now oir being 27' a route All the hodcarriurs In tho city, 3W In number, had struck. KEEP CAVALRY ESCORT BUSY Albany Strikers Harait Guard of Imported Street Car Operatori. SQUAD HAS TO GO THROUGH GALLOPING Hrlted Thiiiiniiuil Ovoreiinif Poller: mill Miruc About Wimon Cini t ii 1 ii t ii Mr the imv .Men, Mirny of Whom llexcrt. ALBANY. N. Y.. May 15. So sorlous Is the situation hero tonight over tho Trac tion company strlko that Governor Odell postponed n trip to the stnto institutions which he hnd undertaken and returned to tho executive mansion. Two thousand armed soldiers nro within the city limits, moro nro coming and 600 are In readiness to movo from Troy when Governor Odell so orders. Tho streets nre thronged with ex cited men nnd women nnd tho otherwise quiet day terminated in bloodshed. A dramatic clement wns added to tho day's features by the sudden death of Ad Jutant General Hoffman. As long ns the Traction company does not attempt to movo cars or bring In non union men tho crowds on tho street re- nirtln good-natured, except for taunting tho soldiers and police, but tho instant nn nttempt Is mnde to work on the lines or bring non-union men In tho crowd becomes frenzied and bloodshed results. Citizens, sahcr-slashed, non-union men with broken limbs nnd bloody fnecs, women nnd children trampled under foot, soldiers maimed with dying missiles nnd leaders In the crowd beaten with muskets wore some of the re sults of tho day. Moll mid .Mllltlil CltDh. Mob nnd militia closed In combat thla afternoon, but by the accident of fortune, there wero no serious casualties. It was tho Introduction of moro non-union men to take the places of striking traction em ployes that produced tho violence. Seventy llvo non-union men reachod tho union depot shortly beforo G o'clock and their delivery nt the Quail street barn, a mtlo nnd n half away, was made with a dash, under cavnlry escort, with mob reslstenco In al most every block. Frenzied men Bwarmed through tho police lines, surged around tho fast-moving cavalrymen and fought to get at tho cowed non-union men Inside tho circle of galloping horses. The rays of the seettlng sun gave glint to busy sabers, but tho long blades, wloldcd by forbearing hands, seldom descended In serious blows. Several of the mob wcro knocked down by cornered cnvnlrymen, but tho record does not ohow the score of a single fatality. In tbo passage through tho streets few of tho non-unlonlsts escaped the flying bricks and stones that were hurled at them, but less than a dozen wcro badly hurt. Tho courage of nearly a dozen of tho non-union men failed them In the opening spurt through tho crowds nnd they sprang from tho wagons that carried them to minglo with and bo lost In tho crowd. Tho ride of tho non-union men through tho city was the dramatic spectnele of the day. At 5 o'clock tho Third Slgnnl corps, mounted and armed ns cavalrymen, formed a hdllow- squnro around the non-uulon men who had JiiBt nrrived at tfio d'epcrf. Five thousand men tagged nt their heels and Jammed In around thorn and thousnnds moro crowded Into the intersecting streets. Non-I'n IoiiIhIn IIiivp to Hurry. Fifty pollcomen formed In cordon about tho waiting dragoons nnd tried to force the crowd back. The street was cleared, but the walls of humanity on tho sidewalks hold firm and could not bo niovedt A broken alleyway that run3 nlong the 2011th side of tho Union depot was the stago of tho open ing scene. Into It wcro driven four fiat topped open trucks. Tho crowd recognized them as tho same vehicles that had car ried tho first batch of strike-breakers, and greeted them with groans. Suddenly a side door of tho depot was thrown open nnd up tho nlloyway toward tho wnitlng teams marched tho non-union men. Onco they wsro nil aboard tho drivers brought tholr temiH out into tho street, the cavalry closed In around them nnd the rnco was on. Tho police threw themselves across tho street In solid phalanx, but the crowd, roaring Its thrents against tho new men, swept over tho pollco and took up the chase. Ahead wcro thousunds moro and with no fenr for either heels of horses or blades of steel thoy closed In around tho cavalrymen. Soon there camo a volley of bricks and three of tho strike-breakers sprang from the rear wagon and wero lost In the crowd DiinIi of the I'MytiiK Column. Tho flying column dashed Into Stnto street for tho run up tho hill past the eapltol. Here the crowd was as dense nnd as desperato as tho other and men plunged In around tho galloping horses. One rldor, cut off from the crowd, brought his saber down on the face of one of his antagonists and a line of blood marked whore it struck. Two blocks up Statu street a clever ruse blocked tho downtown mob. Two com panies of the Tenth battalion wero con cenled In Chapel street nnd when the cnvalry escort dashed past thoy ran across State street and faced tho crowd with fixed bayonets. The new line wavered and broko on one flank, but In tho main the move ment wnb successful. Rut tho strike-breakers were not yet free. Smaller crowds had gathered at various points along tho route to tho-barn and thoy threw stones when the non-union men rushed past. There was another wild scono nt tho barn, whero thousands more had assembled. The infantry lepeatcdly charged Into tho crowd, substituting butt for bayonet, and nttor much effort n passago was opened for the scunylng cavalcado and It was safe lnsldo the enclosure. Sixteen Injured, r.lKhti'en Ilpiert, Sixteen c.f tho strike-breakers wero In jured during the ride nnd many of them, stunned, weak nnd scared, had to bo helped from the wagons. Of the sixteen injured men only ono wns sent to tho hospital. Ho was injured In tho arm nnd head nnd tho surgeons say ho was shot. Tho strikers say that eighteen strike-breakers deserted during the ride and that less than fifty wero safely landed In the barn. In n hollow squnro of Infnntry. protected by lines of pickets that reached Into tvery bisecting street nnd an outer skirmish lino In circular form thnt encompassed all, tbo traction tower wagon was moved out of tho barn this afternoon and two hours were spent In repairing trolley wires. Tho heavy foreo of guardsmen and the stringency of the protective measures seemed to nwe the crowds that surged around tho outer sklr raUh llne aml ,here Wa8 "s "8or(ler- Tho flol,llcrs wcro JeorC(1 an(1 erltleci. but no one offered them violence. The city Is quint ut midnight. Iloth the strikers and the railroad people clulra there has beeu no further attempt nt a settlement. The com pany claims It will proceed tomorrow to move cnrH under tho protection of the troops, Marshall, tho non-union motorman, who wns Injured yesterday by the mob, Is very low, and will probably die beforo morning. ELEVEN MINERS SUFFER FOR IT Six Killed mill 1'lvc Fntitll)- Injured llremise of line Vlolntlon of Utile. FAIRMONT. W. Vn., May 15. Six miners lost their lives, five wcro fatally Injured nnd three seriously burned In an explo sion at the shaft of tho Georges Creek Coal nnd Iron company nt Farnilngton, seven miles west of this city on the main line of tho Haltlmoro & Ohio railroad this morning. The dend arc: MAYNARD I1KATY of Mnnnlngton. JOK NICHOLS of Lonaconlng, Md. J. H. KVKRSON of Everson, W. Va. HAN ALFKRREI, of Farnilngton. JOK DOMINICK, Italian. ANTONIO PHILLIPPI, Italian. The Injured: Charles Carpenter, fatally. Carl Hunter, fatally. Hcrshcl Everson, fatally. Joseph Hlancy, fatally. Italian, fatally. Jefferson Fast, badly burned. Thcmns Unlnbrldgc, burned and bruised. Italian, burned nnd bruised. The (Icorgea Creek company, n Balti more corporation, had Invested fully $1,000, 000 In tho mine, which 1b one of thu best equipped In the Fairmont coal region. The mine was only recently "put Into operation and nbout 125 men were employed, only forty of this number underground. Of these fifteen were In n portion of tho mines that has not been worked for somo time nnd the remainder were working on headings quite a distance away. Otic ot tho men In the rooms, it Is alleged, had Muugglcd a torch Into the mines, as torches glvo a better light than the safety lamps prescribed by tho company. At !):15 tin? miner fired n shot and the smoke, which wns very dense, cnught fire from the torch and spread to cither tho gas or dust and tht) explosion resulted, Fortunately tho mine did not catch lire to any e..tcnt. Tho explosion vented Itself through the nlr shaft and almost demolished the building on tho Biirfaco In which tbo fan wns lo cated. The men In the headings did not know there had been nn explosion until notified. The nlr wns soon turned In nnd In a short time tho headings were cleared of foul gases nnd the work of rescuing tho unfortunates commenced. It was 5 o'clock before the work was concluded. ST. L0UI? FEARS THE STRIKE WnlW Hut of MnrhlnlntK MlKht Crip ple I'ronrciip) of l-'ulr'-. CouMruet Ion ST. LOUIS, May 15. J. P. O'Connor, sec retary of tho Metal Trades' council of St Louis and vicinity, sntd today regarding the threatened strlko of machinists and allied trades Ma 20: "Committees representing tho Metal Trades' council and the Metal Trades' as sociation, composed of manufacturers, havo been in dally conference for spveral days over tho proposed agreement. "Wo hope to havo a definite reply to our demands by Saturday night and we sin cerely hope that thnre will be no strike. St. Loula especially 1b anxious to avoid a strike, on the cvo of tho world's fair build ing boom." Mr. O'Connor says there arc 12,000 men In St. Louis who wouldby affected by a general strike order lsiie'd next Monday. In enso tho St. Louts unions succeed In getting the local manufacturers to adopt the now agreement tt Is possible u strlko may still bo ordered, as It Is desired to secure concessions from manufacturers all over the country nt tho same time. There are nbout forty concerns in St. Louis which employ men which would be affected by tho strike if ono is ordered. Some of tho locnl manufacturers, Mr. O'Connor says, have oxpressed a willing noss to grnnt the nino-hour day, with ten hours' pay, but thoy will be governod by tho decision of their associates, tt is thought. CHURCHES, TOO, FORM TRUSTS lOvniiKellcnl Deiioiiiluiitloux in Toledo Deelilo to Cn-Oprr-nti. TOLKDO. O., .May 15. -Toledo evangelical churches are to form 11 trust. Tho 1 Ian has been approved by the Pastors' union and will bo submitted to the vnrlous con gregations next Sunday. The object Is to concentrato force, econo mize effort nnd afford a solid front against municipal, public nnd private evil. Thore nro in the city ins religious gathering places for a population of 143,000. The elec tion of unnecessary churches will bo op posed. Whero a neighborhood hns sufficient church accommodations, of whntever de nomination, tho federation will stand against tho erection of other ch'jrches. Whero It Is conceded that a neighborhood needs a church n ennvnss of tho peoplo will be nimlo and the denomination possess ing tho most adherents will bo nlded by the other denominations In tho erection of a suitable edifice. A principal Idea of the federation will lie to stund iih a unit for Sunday observance nnd for tho abolition of gnmbllng nnd otbor evils. The opinion now Is that every evan gelical church In the city will enter tho federation. OHIO RIVER TOW BOAT BURNS Four Men ,oe Their I.Ivpk Fire Stiirtn nt M stlit When Hunt l Tlt-d I P. UVANSVII.LK, Ind., May 15. Tho Owens boro, a tow boat owned by the Green River Coal Transportation company of this city, was burned to the water's edge at Calhoun, Ky., last night and four lives wero lost. Tho boat was without a watchman and had tied up nt Calhoun. Flr broko out nbout 11 p. in. and spread with great rapidity. Captain Eastman and Knglneer Robinson of this city had narrow escapes. Tho two firemen, named Crcnshnw and Ilrlnkman, both of Hvansvllle, together with two roustabouts, wcro lost with the boat. A lurgo tow of lumber was attached to the boat, but was cut loose and saved. Tho boat Is n comploto loss and was valued at 8,000. NO INTENTION OF RETIRING I'lintninMtRi' (I'diPi-ul Nmltli I'ii t m 11 (liilt'tu on ( iililnet (iuinge lliiiuorN, SAN FRANCIfeCO, May 15. Telegraphic reports have been received here of a rumor current In the enst that Postmaster General Charles Kmory Smith contemplates retiring from the cabinet and that II. Clay Evans, I United States commissioner of pensions, Is scheduled to succeed him. Tho postmaster general was asked concerning the truth of the rumor. "Thore is n. irutn in me report," he said. "I have not even considered such a step. I think 1. probablo tho report arose from the fact that upon tho expiration of tho lease upon tho houso I occupy In Wash ington I did not renew It, for the reason that I wished to make a change, of residence, but not leave wasniugton. CHICKEN FOR THE CLERGY Epiicepal Dicceie of Nebratka Hai Itt An naal Eanqutt. SALLIES OF WIT SPICE THE TOASTS Clinnerllor Woolwortli Introduce Co- iidJutor-Hliliiili WIIII111111 11 ml Other olnlilen Dinuliii I". Hone l'i In It It me. Tho timo-honored nninlty between tho preacher and thq spring chicken was ex emplified nt the banquet given at the Mil lard hotel Inst night by tho churchmen of Omaha to the clergy and lay delegates of the thirty-fourth annual council of tho Episcopal diocese of Nebraska. Ono hun dred covers were laid and the "chicken" wns beautifully served. It appeared on tho menu as "roast spring chicken deml glnee," with sorbet excelsior and Roquefort cheese upon either side of It. The tnblo was taste fully decorated with asparagus ferns nnd bouquets ot roses. The toasts, of which eight wcro re sponded to, were all germane to tho work of tho church, but wcro sprightly nnd spiced with sallies of wit. Variety was added to this part of the program by two solos, one sung by Jules Lumbnrd and one by James Darton. Hon. Jnmes M. Woolwortli, I). C. L., chan cellor of tho diocese, wns toastmnstcr. Ho introduced first lit. Rev. A. L. Williams, coadjutor bishop, who responded to tho toast, "Tho Diocese." Tho bishop con gratulated Chancellor Woolwortli upon his skill as a toastmnstcr, nnd remarked In this connection thnt tho functions of u 1 toastmnstcr wcro llko those of a set o( artificial teeth to fill In the gaps between the Jaws. Ho then relnttd several nnec dotcs drawn from personal experiences In connection with his office in Nebraska, and set the ball rolling on the word "coadjutor" (which all the churchmen were careful to accent on the penult) nnd thereafter nearly every speaker took his turn at punning on tho word. Henry W. Yates said It meant one who agitates; n coadjutator. After each name on tho printed list of toasts appeared an appropriate sentiment from some author, which ntforded tho speakers Inspiration for various Impromptu sallies. To Henry W. Yntes, who was as signed to "Onr ntshnps," tho editor of tho program had given this line from Shakes peare: "The gentleman Is learned and a most rare speaker." Mr. Yntes thought this was an oblique reference to his being an underdone orator. ApontlcM I 11 pop ul nr. Ho compared tho western union with the early apostles, and said that both sowed tho seed of tho church In virgin soli. "The apostles weren't popular," said he. "No one over heard of their attracting vast con gregations nnd holding them spellbound by the force of their .eloquence. Yet they changed tho religion of tho world. Tho bishop of tho church Is a knight-errant. Ho is not only a commander-ln-chlof, ho Is also a Btandnrd-boarer, charged with tho mis sionary spirit, zeal, energy and faith." Jules Lumbard sang "I nm a Child of tho King" and.. responded toan encore, .with "Loch "Lomond' singing It wlthout'on' ao- companlment. John D. Stlrcs could not he present to respond to the toast, "Country Parsons so Hon. Edgar Howard took his place. "My Ideal country priest," said he, "Is one who will so make his llfo conform to the lives of1 thoso to whom he ministers thnt every day they can touch his hand ono who gives his people to understand that he Is there not In tho nnmo of Rector So-nnd-So but In tho name of tho Master. Then will ho preach a gospel that tho peoplo will be lieve, whether they will or no." I.oytil t'ountrj- I, Hymen, Charles J. Phelps of Columbus responded to tho toast, "Country Laymen." lie said they were as a class firm In tholr al legiance to tho church, caring not so much about mysticism nnd ritualism. They up held tho hands of the rector and made his efforts bear fruit. Joseph Harton sang a baritone solo, with a refrain, "Oh, It's always fair weather when tho good fellows get togothcr." In rcsponso to a hearty encore he sang the ballad. "I Think I'll lie a Soldier." To Rev. I. P. Johnson of South Omaha had been assigned tho toast "Annexation." He said he didn't know what It was he was expected to annex, certainly not Iowa or Kansas, as they would eventually bo added to the dioceso of Nebraska by benovolcnt assimilation. The best ho could make out ot tho subject was that It Imposed upon hlni a sort of lnterurban problem, which he dls posed of metrically, thus: South Oinnhii'n Apostrophe. In IS40, Omaha Wns lust a lino location. Whero antelopes nnd buffaloes invert on tne vegctntion. Here camped tho dusky Indian, Tho lord of all creation. That scalped tho luckless trapper, who Disturbed inn meditation. In 1S50, Omaha Was lust a situation. Whero forty-niners stopped to drink A bibulous libation. Here trailed tho prnlrlo schooner, oh, In ennstnnt perturbation, I.eht these same dusky Indians rinouiu cause annihilation. In ISM, Omaha Whs lust a blc blnntntton Whero clolm clubs proved their lawful right liy musKei condemnation To everything there was in sight Belonging to tho nation To live upon n miction was A super-cro-gatlon. In 1S70, Omaha WnH tust a railroad station Where wheels of one George Francis Train Megan tneir nrst gyration, Where barroom toughs nnd section hands Without exaggeration. Would mako night hideous with the sound Of noisy altercation. In 1S80, Omaha Began that great Inflation A boom, which proved, alas, to bo A boom-er-raiiB dilation; When men believed that buying land Was their distinct vocation, Hut found, to try nnd sell tho same, Another occupation. In 1!W. Omaha, By some prevarication, Became a great metropolis, or mighty population; While to tho south a little town Of little expectation Hegnn to be and then became A despised poor relation. In ISM, Omaha, To her exasperation, Somehow or other didn't grow She lacked equivocation. And wore It not for this Mime town Of mighty aspiration I surely feel thnt Omaha Would lose her reputation. In 1010, dear Omaha Mny need some Inspiration I)y which to mnite the census show A proper augmentation, in such n case npply to us ' For your resuscitation Weil promise then to tnke you In Hy coercive annexation. Church of Omnhn. On the subject of "Tho Church o Omaha" John S. Knox said: "I believe It to bo the mind of men toda (Continued on Second Page.) CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska -Showers Thursday; Cooler In Western, Warmer In Kastern Portion; Friday Probably Showers; South easterly Winds. Temperature nt U11111I111 vnlrriln) : Hour. lien. 1 1 11 nr. lieu. n, 111 .... . tt n. 111 7 n. til .... . N n. in II 11. Ill 10 11. Ill It II. 11 I- til r.s ro 110 on os 1 p. tl :t n! 1 i .-. 11, O i s ii O l on mi 07 07 07 OO Oil 111 . 1 111 . . TEACHERS' FARE TO DETROIT I'siiiiI Bute of Our I'll re I'luo 'I'hii In is t 1 1 Ii Intension 1'rli lleno. Dol- WINONA, Minn., May 1".. The executive committee ot the National Educational as sociation will Issue tomorrow the ollkiul progrnm and bulletin of rates of the fourth annual convention of tho National Educa tional association to be held In Detroit, Mich., July S-12. 1!0I. The usunl rate of one fnro plus $2 mem bership fee for the round trip is granted from all parts of tho United States and Canada, with provision for extension of tickets for return until September 1. Side trips, after the convention, nro offered to various vacation resorts of the Great Lakes and Canada at 0110 fnro for the round trip, tickets good for return until September I. The programs of the genernl sessions nnd the eighteen departments ale exten sive. During tho five days of the conven tlon fifty-one separate sessions will bo held, tho programs comprising nbout 150 pre pared papers by prominent educators, be sides numerous discussions, rounn mines, conferences nnd committee reports. Detroit's local executive committee is preparing to entertain 20,000 guests. CORN REACHES SIXTY CENTS rlee Mid I'n h HlKlient I'liee l.stl'J. Phillip Since CHICAGO, 111., May 15. Georgo H. Phil lips, who has tho supply of corn deliver- bio on contracts this month cornered, oday bid tho price up to COc from tho opening, which wns olc. ThlB is tho high est prlco since May 31, 1892, when tho Coster-Martin deal reachod Us climax, com selling at $1. The total amount bought by Phillips during tho forenoon did not run over 120,000 bushels, which was sold, mostly In small lots, by people who claimed to have com to deliver. It was reported that wo housen who were short an aggregate of fiOO.000 bushels, sottled privately with 'hllllps for this quantity at COc per bushel. The nvorago prtce the corn king paid for this was 15c, which would Indicate a profit ot 175,000 on his sales today. OMAHA WEDDING POSTPONED Court Wclhcrel llrenUn 11 l.rg 011 live of Vliiri'illKe to Kll.nlx't ll Cnmpliell. CANON CITY, Colo., May 15. (Special Telegram.) I. Court Wctherel was last night thrown frotrj his horse near Canon CltySirid r lay -Ml 'night- stiff ef lite Intensely until aid reached him this morning. His leg was broken and when found ho was In comatose condition. Ho was riding to his ranch when the accident occurred. Mr. Watherel wnB to start tomorrow for Omaha to be married to .Miss Elizabeth Campbell of that city, but will not be up again for several weeks. He Is n graduate of Yale and secrotary and treasurer of tho Sterling Cattle company. His undo Is IT. C. Wetherel of tho Wothercl smelter of Canon City. MISS HARMON SECRETLY WEDS UniiKhter of o-.ttorn'y (Jeneiul Mnrrlci Without I'll renin' Knott leiln". CINCINNATI, Mny 15. Announcement was made today that Miss Mnrjorlc liar mon, daughter of Judson Harmon, ex attorney general of the United States, was secretly married Monday afternoon to George Heckle, n civil engineer of Boston. Tho engagement had been announced and tho wedding sot for Juno, but owing to Miss Harmon's youthfulncss hor parents favored a postponement. Mr. Hocklc came hero Sunday nnd Monday afternoon ho and Miss Harmon visited the residence of nearby rector and wero married In tho presence of two friends ot the brldu. JACKSONVILLE BARS REOPEN ;eeutlv- Committer Deride Hint Ac tion Sh 0 ul. I lli Taken While Troop ,ri' Thrrr. JACKSONVILLE, Flu., Mny 15. It wbb determined at n meeting of the executive committee today that tho saloons be oponed tomorrow. Colonel Lovell, who Is iu com mand of tho troops, stated to tho com mittee thnt perfect order prevailed nnd that It was advisable that tho saloons bo opened whllo the troops nro horc, In ordor that any possible ensuing disorder might bo checked. The total of cash receipts of tho Relief association to date Is $108,045. Tho num ber of peoplo fed yesterday was 3,168. ALGER STARTS TO CARLSBAD Former Srnirrlnr- of Wnr 11 nil Wife Will Tnki' tho Water i ntll AiikiimI. Ill NEW YORK. May 15. Russell A. Alger, former secretary of war, and Mrs. Alger sailed for Europo today on tho St. Louis. "1 nm going over for my health," said General Alger, "as I havo not had a rest since the campaign ot 1880. I am going to Carlsbad and I shall remain there somo time, returning In August." GEN. HOFFMAN DROPS DEAD Suddenly lixplrr While In i 11 kh 1 1 -tlon Tilth Major tienrrnl Itoe nt AII11111). ALBANY, N. Y., Mny 15. Adjutant Gen eral Hoffman of tho National guard dropped dead today whllo in consultation with Major General Roe. Jlnveinrnt of lli'i-mi Vrrl, ."tiny l!. At New York Arrlved-OceHitlc, from Liverpool; Hohtiizobcrn. from' Naples. Salled-St. Louie, for Southampton; Ma jestic, for Liverpool; Southwark, for Ant- WAtP Hong Kong Arrlved-Hergenhuus, from San Francisco and San Diego via "AtSt. Vincent (Capo de Verdc)-Arrlved Wllholrnlnu via Portland, Ore., for Naples At Southampton Arrlved-St. Paul, from New York. Salled-Kalser Wllholm rter Clrosse, for Hremen via Cherbourg. At Kobe-Snlled-Plng Buoy, from Hong Kong, for Senttle. At Liverpool Balled Nomadic, for New York; Siberian, for St. Johns, N. F.; and Halifax. At Cherbourg Sailed-Knlser Wllholm der Grouse, from llremon and Southampton, fur New York U Movllle Arrived -Sicilian, from New Yurlt, for Glasgow, una proceeded. IS DESPERATELY ILL Mrs, UcKinlsj's Ccndltltn Ditotwid to Justify the GraTtit Alarm. PRESIDE TS HOPE NOW IS TO GET HOME Abindcus All Plans for Holding Lctcii on Ilia Return Trip. IS ALMOST CONSTANTLY AT THE BEDSIDE His DivotionSuob that It 8eriuilj Taxes His Strength. CHEERLESS CEREMONY AT OAKLAND (.'iililnet .Member Attend Uultaralt)- lleeeptlon, hut (iliioin In All l're tntllnu Third .Spcolnllt Culled Into Coimult iitlou. SAN FRANCISCO. May 15. At 11 o'clock Secretnry Cortebou, In reply to a request for a bulletin on Mrs. McKlnloy's condi tion, sent word that thore was nothing to glvo out. Her condition wns unchanged. Tho house Is qulot within. Outside ouly the pollco detail nnd representatives of tht press nro on gtiurd. At 11 p. ui. Dr. Hlrschfoldcr left tht Scott residence At that tlmo Mrs, Mc Klnlcy was reported to bo slightly bettor. A few moments later Dr. Rlxey, who had been In constaut attendance for ovot twenty-four hours, lay down to get n llttlo rest. SAN KRANCISCO, Mny 15. The members of the cabinet aro very npprehenslvo thnt Mrs. McKtnloy will not rally. Her physi cians have not yet boon able to check the bowel trouble and her enfeebled condition militates ngulnBt her. At the Scott resl denco nt this hour It was stated that there was no Immediate danger, although a change for tho worse would not bo unex pected. After the consultutloli tonight Dr. Rlxey nnd Dr. Hlrschfelder romalucd lu attend ance. Scirctary and Mrs. Hny Joined the president at 9:30 o'clock. When tho mom bors ot tho Uohemlan club learned tonight of the nlorinlng nature of Mrs. McKlnley's lllnesB tho olnborato entertalnmbnt thnt hnd been planned was abandoned out ot respect to tho president. Secretary Cortelyou at 0 o'clock tonight gavo tho following bulletin to tho Asso ciated Press: "Tho physicians report nn Improvement iu Mrs. McKlnley's condition slnca noon today.' ' After dinner tonight the mombors of thu cabinet called at tho Scott residence. They reported Mrs; McKlnley's condition un changed. When sho Is conscious she recog nizes the president and asks for him. Shu Is not regarded us in Immediate danger 01 dissolution. Thore Is no abandonment 1.. hope that Bhe will rally, but In her wenk eued condition thero could not fall to bo apprehension lest the spark of llfo might go out. K&trruie WciikuenH I Alit I'liilnu. SAN" FRANCISCO, Muy 15. At 7 o'clock tonight Mis. McKlnley was no better. Sho has taken nothing but liquid nourishment for several days and her extrenio weakness excites much appiehonslou. Tho attend ing physicians arc to hold another con sultation about IU o'clock. The members of tho caoinet who wire to have attended thu entertainment given by tho Ilobomlau club tonight sunt their regrets. Tho president Into this afternoon canceled his engage ment tor the banquet which wob to havo been tendered lu his honor tomorrow night by the Ohio society of California. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. Owing to tho very serious character of Mrs. McKlnley Illness the president this morning defi nitely decided to abandon his contomplated northwestern tour and to return to Wash ington diroct as soon as Mr. McKlnley U ablo to stand tho journey. Tho gravity of Mrs. McKlnloy's condition had boon known to tho members of tbo president's Immcdlato parjy for several days, but had been concealed in the belief that sho would rally, as sho bad so fie qucntly in tho past when suftorlug from ono of her periods of depression, nnd with a fow days of absolute quiet and rest be re stored to normal condition. Rut her pros ont illness hns been attended with entirely now complications, which have not ytalded to trcatftiont, and the president concluded thin morning thnt It was time tho public should bo apprised of the true situation. Ho wns also anxious that, the citizens of tho cities nnd towns along tho planned routo of his return trip who havo made such ex tcnBlvo preparations for his visit should receive prompt notification of tho circum stances which conipellod his decision. Aluinilomneiit of the Trip. Tho bulletin which Secretury Cortelyou gave to tho Astoclated Press this morning announcing tho abandonment of the trip, coupled with another announcement that Mrs. McKlnley's condition last night was bettor In somo respects, but worio In others, prepared the wny for the bulletin issued two hours lator that Dr. Henry Gib bons, a eelobrnted physician of San Ftnn elsco, had been called In consultation with Dr. Hlrschfelder and Dr. RUey. Dr. Gib bons has n reputation hero for IiIh Hklll In tho treatment of bowol disorders. It was tho president's own wish that another phy stclan bo called In consultation, not be cause ho did not havo contldonco in Drs. Hlrschfelder and Rixoy, but because ho de sired thnt nothing that sclcnco could do should bo left undone. Ho was especially anxious that the diagnosis of the attend ing physicians should agree Ever slnco Mrs. McKlnley arrived at thn Scott residence she has been desperately 111. Her extrotim weakness hns been tho moBt alarming feature ot her condtllou. Her vitality has been at low ebb and she has seldom spoUi.ii to those about hor. The president bus been continually at her bedsldo since their arrival here Sunday night, savo th few hours Monday after noon when he left her to go to San Josu, and the three hours ho spent yesterdny In the parado. Fortunately, Mrs. McKlnley slept through his absence on both theso occasions. Thn i.traln which (ho president himself han undergone during tho post fow days has been very great. It hns been a personal sacrifice for him to carry out bit engagements hero In order not to disap point the ptuplc, but ho bus mudo It un-