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The Omaha" Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY 31 (MINING, , MAY 3, 190'2-TAVELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPV FIVE CENTS. I t I FIXING UP A TICKET Delegates to General Federation Are Baij Over Their Election Plana, TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES RETIRE jttrs. uecier, jjenrer, ana ttrs. Jiobert car- dette Announce Their Withdrawal. TORMER MAY BE INDUCED TO RE-ENTER Indication! Point to Election of Mrs. Den ison, New York, at President NEBRASKA WOMEN OPPOSE TRADING Color Question Falls to Get a Hearing; go Far and Its Sappresstoa Is '; Regarded as Completely UlVjjs Forestalled. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LOS ANGELES. Mar 2. (Special Tele- (ram.) The arrangement of a ticket for tha coming election baa been of chief in terest to the middle west delegation, today genuine disappointment being expressed In the refusal of Mrs. Decker of Denver to run for president. It Is believed, however, that If her nomination comes from an other than her own state abe will ac cept. In which esse her success seems as sured. It Is probable that Nebraska will sup port Miss Margaret Evans of Minnesota for re-electio- to tha second vice presi dency. Mrs. Van Vechten of Iowa will ac cept a recomlnatlon for treasurer, owing to tha Intention of the general federation of requiring bonds of the next Incumbent of that office, which might occasion some embarrassment to a newly-elected woman, At a meeting or the Nebraska delegation l today strong condemnation waa expressed I cr the methods of trading support of can- dldates. Mrs. Draper Smith waa elected to serve on the nominating committee, I but waa given no instruction. Strong opposition has arisen among east- trn delegations today against the hall of philanthropy proposed by the Missouri fed- I ration as tne Louisiana purchase me-1 xnorlal. which shall also represent the en tire general federation. The feeling Is that the recently proposed plan gives too ranch to Missouri. The report of the Nebraska federation at the afternoon session compared favora- I bly with the beat and occasioned generous I applause. Mrs. Bardetta Withdraws. The political feature of the club women's convention U the withdrawal tonight of Mrs. Robert J. Burdette of California from the presidential race. This assures the lection ot Mrs. Denlson of New Tork to that office, with Mrs. Burdette's chances for the first vice presidency excellent. Following the morning session, when an attempt made by a Massachusetts delegate to precipitate the color suestlon fell flat. I th club women took a recess to view the I sower parsae. jnra. iowe roaa in a vie fort, decorated hv 4ha Frtdav Metro In i..h with i nno ntnk rnaM .mn.pi.rt I by Mies. Jessie Fremont, daughter of ,h. t.hnnH.r and attended h alrht outriders ill white flannel.. The women were attired h" ""rived at Guerra, near Santo Domingo. In gray and carried paraaole of the same th capital. The fall of the Jlmlnei gov--v.j. I ernment Is expected today or tomorrow. Th. .rt.rn,n session waa devoted to I i,,,- , .. m-.airi.nt. Do told ot the practical work ot their federations R..rh .nnnnnr.m.pt. .. tha establish. f onn f. ,..iin. iihr.ri in Ohio and the opening of twenty rest rooms BAN DOMINGO, Republic of Santo Do lor farmera wives In Texas precipitated mlnK- ADr11 29A revolution headed by o much applause that the presiding officer Vlce-Preslde.t Horace Vasquex has broken staked that It be suppressed In order to out- The revolutionists In strong force are aava time marching on this city, the capital. The .,.-. w . . I " ' I i A feature not down on the program was I the attendance of Mrs. Charlotte Ives Klrby I to report for Utah. The prealdent of Utah I waa not preaent and Mr. Klrby announced I that she waa to represent her. Mrs. E. K. ,Hoyle Ot Salt Lake City, honorary vice! Jprealdsnt of the general federation, was .sitting on tne platform and crawled on jber knees to the president a chair In order 1 (not to attract the audience and begged I that the speaker be stopped, for the was I Stalking about herself Instead ot making a I Report, and the whole heuae waa In a titter, 1 Mrs. Klrby was allowed to proceed, how-1 .over, and when the two minutes were up jgnd (he had been called down twice, she 'began to repeat, "Let us then be up and NSnlne whan tha audience beaan to mar vand ended the farce. , The Utah delegates arose and said Mrs. ttlrby waa not even a member of tha I'tah delegation, and that It denounced her. Mrs. ,Klrby, who had In the meantime sauntered S to the press tent to give out her speech. aid she bad been aent by the governor of Utah. I'tah Haa Its Woea. Utah thlnka she haa had more than ber bare of troubles. Inasmuch as tbe rumor is broad that Mrs. Roberta, wife of the Mor lnoa leader, has come to push her claims as a delegate. As a balm tor lta Injured eelinge Vtan wanta to claim tne omce oil recording secretary. The second day of the club womeo'e eon- mention empnaaizea two important points In that the race for the presidency and the color question promise to be mild Issues. The biennial baa a fiesta flavor In fact, and delegates Instead of being serious all the! time are content to alt under tbe palms and! swap stories. After two years of agitation the color question Is quiescent. Some of tbe leaders expressed the belief that It would not come before the convention at all. It Is not scheduled, at any rate, though It la likely some delegate will attempt to Introduce U at the flrat business saaalon on Monday, The Massarhusetta crowd is not aggressive on the subject, and. of course, tbe south Is glad enough that It be left alone. This disposition hss precipitated a report that Mrs. Ruffln of Boston, being apprized tof tbe color apathy, is sending on a rep reeentattve. "If this la so." said Miss Anna D. West, a prominent Boston dele gate, "Massachusetts knows nothing about It and has nothing to do with It" first of Boalaeee Session. The business session at 81mpeo Audi torium opened this morning with a brilliant array of women on the rostrum. Including lira. Alice Bradford Wtlee of Chicago, who has figured ooniplcuously In ths recent ua- pleaaaataeaa la tbe Chicago Woman's club, and whom Mra. Lowe haa honored by aak tag bar to sit on the platform during the .convention. This meeting waa given to Important re ports and greetings from torslga elube. Mra. Denlson. first viae sresldent. called the convention to order today with moat ot I wponae were enormous and la many in fos delegates present. There waa aa evt- I ataacea It waa found actually Impossible - I to anawer ipecifio qusaUona tf approxl- Iwoaucued, eg gecead Page.) . OFFICERS NOT INTOXICATED Released Members of Crew of tlilraae Resent Aceuantloa of Drnakeauese. VENICE. May .srdon granted by Ing Victor Knr ,." jfflrers of tha Dlted Slates rw.. ' ."''ty n,T -en Imprleoned here, a., 'v '.'''ng id the prisoners will be Tv ''' Kl Id bee nrl lha nrlinnari will ha w deiey. jiurr inp arni-niiii upsetting- m a inui. In a cafe by myself and a companion at U o'clock at night we wer followed and at- tacked by a mob and two municipal po i llremen appeared on the scene. I, with my open hand, motioned to the crowd to keep off. The police then aelxed ua, but the mob I became so threatening that our brother officers and a marine who happened to be on the piazza ran to our rescue. We acted only in eeir-oerense ant RgHinst a large, hoatlle crowd. We did not strike the po ;; 1SllJ2,";,,SiSSd,SdSf wiK the trouble. We nave been allowed to re main together In prison, but the room In which we have been confined swarmed with Insects. WASHINGTON, May I. Secretary Moody has received the following cablegram from Captain Dayton of the Chicago, dated Venice, today: 'Tarty released on pardon from king and re on board." In an Interview with a representative of the Associated Press the Imprisoned officers warmly repudiated the reports from Rome thit they were un(Jer the ,nfluenc, of at the time of the trouble, and said that, on the contrary, they were absolutely sober. HOWARD MAY BE PARDONED Alleged Deserter If Convicted May Be Set Free for Services Rendered to Government. MANILA, May 2. The trial by court- martial of Arthur Howard, alias Waller, a deserter from the I'nlUd States army, who waa captured In August last by Lieutenant Hsxzard of the Third cavalry, waa con- eluded today. Howard s trial em the charge 0f desertion waa delayed, owing to his being used as a civilian scout under Cea- eral J. Franklin Bell In the letter's cam- palgn agalnat tha Insurgents In Balangas province. It la believed that If Howard (8 convicted he will be pardoned because of tne ,ervlce he rendered to the govern- ment. but he will probably be rearrested by the civil authorities on the charge of murder. Howard denied that he was ever an Amer lean soldier and claimed that he was born In Spain, of English and Spanish parentage He aeaerted that he cast his lot with Agulnaldo at the time of the rupture with the Americans and that he brought In six- teen American prisoners under a flag ot truce at Angelea, Pampanga province, in September, 18R9. Among other charges brought against Howard was that he commanded the Fili pino force at Ban Mateo, which killed Oen. eral Henry W. Law ton, December 18, 1899. This the prisoner denied. LIFE OF REPUBLIC IN PERIL to Domingo Threatened by Insur - rretletm Led by" Y'Ue Presl- vVnt vsuejaes, CAPB HAYTIEN. Haytl, May 2. Vice President Vesquet of Santo Domingo leader e revolution against rrmraeni jira-uns At Porto Plata, the principal port of Santo Domingo, large bodies of govern mnt ,roP been concentrated, and tBejr r" supported by Dominican war ves- The governor of Porto Plata. Des Chsmps, haa decided to defend the.place, government Is taking serious steps to de- fend the city. Telegraphic communication with the in- terlor has been cut. No further news 's obtainable. The capital Is quiet while awaiting events. Ha from Tonlon Monday. PARIS, May J. It has been decided that the battleship Gaulois. which Is to leave Toulon Monday next, having on board the French mission, bound for Washington to attend the unveiling of the Rochambeau monument. May 24. will go first to Annap oils, where It la due to arrive about May 21 it will stay there three or four days and I thence will go to New Tork, where It will I remain four daya. From New York the I Gaulois will go to Boston. Battle Between Rival Chief a, CONSTANTINOPLE. May 2. The die I putes of two rival Albanian chiefs. Rita Bey I and Balram Burah, resulted In a battle be- tween tbelr partisans at Dlakova on April SO. The two partlea ultimately withdrew to their towera, whence they bombarded each other. The Inhabitants of the town were panic-stricken. WMhelaalna Rapidly Convalescing. THE HAGUE. May J. The bulletin posted at Castle Loo this morning an nnunfixl that One.n IVtthelmlna. ilnl I ,.,, v ,Mf rt -,.. contlnuea to be satisfactory ROOT WRITES TO CULBERSON I Answers Charges Against War De partment that It la Suppressing laferaaatloa. WASHINGTON, May 1. Secretary Root 1 writing to Senator Culberson an expla 1 nation of tha reason why the War depart I ment thus far haa made no response to the aenate resolution adopted April 17 calling for exact and detailed atatementa of the cost of tbe war in the Philippines. This la In anawer to criticism made by certain I senators to the effect that the depart men I waa purposely suppressing Information on this subject The secretary will show that from the moment the resolution was received every one of the supply bureaua of the supply department haa been busy collecting ma terlal for the anawer. Tbe secretary had explained to Senator Culberson, as he thought, the great difficulty connected with the collection ot tbe Information he de- aired, and as Its compilation would require tbe service ot a large part of the clerks in the department for a considerable time, the secretary did not feel Justified In di verting them from their neceesary regular employment on the request ot a single sen a tor, As soon as the United Bute senate- by resolution called for Information the ea tire machinery of the department was put la motion to meet the demand. The dlffl I llee l of making a jatUfaciory I mate statements. GET AFTER THE TRUNK LINES Interstate Commerce Commissioners Inves tigate Violations bj Immigrant Bureau. TRAFFIC MEN SAY LAW IS OBSERVED Declare that Jelat Contracts Rrtwers Steamship and Railroad Corn, panle Operate to Advan tage of Immigrants. NEW YORK. May 2. The Interstate Commerce commission met here today to Investigate charges that the Immigrant bureau maintained In New York City by trunk line railroads is operated In viola tion of the United States laws. Judson C. Clements. A. Prouty and J. D. Yeomans were the commissioners present. Mr. Clements acted as chslrman. Edward E. McLeod. chairman of the Western Traffic association, waa asked to lve a copy of the agreement constituting that association, with the namea of the fficera who signed It. He said be would procure a copy and send It to the com mission in Washington. Mr. McLeod explained that the establish ment of the bureau in this city haa bene fited the Immigrants as well as the rail roads. He ssld that previous to the or ganization cf the bureau the middleman made large profits at the expense of the immigrants. "Under present arrangements," he went on, ' the steamship companies made con tracta with the Immigrants at the port of sailing. If an Immigrant desires to go from Denmark, say, to North Dakota, he buys a through in Denmark. He ia landed at Ellis Island, passed by the United Statea authorities, where his railroad ticket Is upplied him at the tllet office main tained at the Island under lease from the federal authorities. Direct to Hla Destination. "He Is brought. Immediately after be Is released, to the barge office, and forwarded to bis destination. No hardship is worked to the immigrant. He may, If he chooses, select his own line of travel, but few of the Immigrants know any thing of the geography of the country and our bureau trtea as far as possible to divide: the busi ness among the roads west of Chicago. Rates are cheaper since the establish' ment of the bureau lc 1894 than before. n 1893 the fare to San Francisco from New York waa 164.25. Today it is 147.45." The association waa formed to maintain rates, waa It not?" "One of lta purposes, yes." "And you maintain rates by destroying competition?" "Well, I would not say that. Before the organization ot the bureau there waa much demoralization and cutting ot rates." "If the Immigration bureau was dls solved, would It result In a cutting ot rates among tbe western roads?" "I think It would result in demoraliza tion." BOTTOM LAND FOR TERMINAL Tract Believed to Have Brea Boaght by the Chicago, Mllwaakee A St. rani. KANSAS CITY, May 2. Bottom land In the vicinity of the stock yards valued at $200,000 was sold here todsy and It Is be lleved It was purchased In the Interests of the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul rail way, upon which to build freight houses and yards. The purchase was made In the name of Carl S. Jefferson of Cook county Illinois. Mr. Jefferson declines to glvs the identity of the purchasera or state for what use the land la intended. The Milwaukee railroad began early in 1900 to perfect plans for entering into com petition for Ksnsas City-Chicago passenger and freight traffic, when aurveys were made for a cut-off between Ottumwa and Daven port, la., to shorten Its line between those cities, and it ia asserted that today'a pur cbaae la another step in the move for this business. TO STEM TIDE OF RATE WAR Westera Railroad Prealdeata asd Bob, ordinate Ofllrlala Will Meet to Dlacnas Remedy. CHICAGO, May 2. Next Tuesday a meet ing of the presidents and executive off! cers of all the western roads will be held In Chicago to consider the freight rate situation, whlob haa become so precarious that a general rate war ia threatened. No secret rate-cutting has been prac ticed since the United States courts have Issued temporary Injunctions restraining tbe roads from cutting rates or paying re bates, but ao many Instances have oc curred where rcada have made low rates by filing notice with the Interstate Com merce commission that business in some lines of freight haa become unprofitable. How to stop the practice will be the prob lent to be solved at tbe meeting. Iowa Central's New OSnee Opea. PEORIA. III., May 2. The general office of tbe freight department of tbe Iowa Cen tral railroad were opened In the Niagara building In tbls city today in charge of Aa slstant General Freight Agent H. F. Marsh and the entire force from Marshalltown. Ia. will be Installed here by tbe end of tbe week. A well defined report states that C. W. Huntington, who has been general auperlntendent of the Iowa Central for years paat, haa received an appointment as general superintendent of the Central Rati road of New Jersey- New Santa Ko Road: SANTA FE. N. M.. Msy 1. A force of men and teama commenced grading today at Kennedy for the Santa Fe Central rail way, which la to be completed from Santa Fe to Torrance, 11 miles, by October 1 The new line will form a link between tb Rock Island and the Denver Rio Grande systems. Pittsburg, Pa., capitalists are building the road. The road la to be ex tended later to Roawell and Albuquerque. STEAMER WRECKED ON REEF Caerlboa Is All g Total Less, a Board Arc Saved. ha SAN FRANCISCO. May 2. The large steamer Cberlbon. flying the Chilean flag and commanded by Captain W. T. Pitt, waa totally wrecked on the morning ot April 11 on Remedlos reef, near Acajutlan Salvador, and about twenty-five mllea north of the apot where the Pacific mall steamer Baa Bias waa wrecked a tew months ago. Nswa of the loaa of the Cberlbon waa brought by the steamer San Joae, reach log port yesterday from Panama. On the evening of April 11 the Ban Joae passed the Cherlboa and the following day learned that It had gone to nieces ea the rest. Ail hands wars saved. . PUTS IRONY IN HIS QUERIES eaator t'nlberson Qaeatlans Mif.tr- thnr as to Fundamental Rlghta of Filipinos. WASHINGTON. May 2 General Mac rtbur was questioned today by Senator Culberson of Texas In a rather Ironical vein t the bearing before the Philippine com mittee. The general had referred to the advantages of Implanting republican tnstl tutlous In tbe islands. Mr. Culberson asked If the declaration ot Independence and the constitution were not the fcundstlon of our republican Institu tions. General MacArthur answered that the whole constitutional history of the country, with the preceding English his tory, together with tbe declaration of In dependence and the constitution, had to be considered. Mr. Culberson took up each of tbe prln- Iples of republican Institutions, free peech, free press, self-governmept, trial by Jury, and. aaked how far these had been Implanted In tbe Islands. As to free speech, General MacArthur said he had told the Filipinos that If they would glvo him their guns they could have a mass meeting on every corner. He eald oldlers were quartered la private houses as an incident to war. Senator Culberson went thrmiKh most of the bill of rlghta, his questions seeking to develop that the fundamental rlghta bad not been Implanted In the Islands. General MacArthur maintained, however, that all ot the fundamental rights except the trial by Jury and the right to bear arms were In operation aa far as conditions would permit. Tbe committee reconsidered Its action of esterday In deciding to ask the war de partment to have Major Cornelius Gardener brought from the Philippines to Washing ton In advance ot his regiment in order to testify before tbe committee. It was stated that at laat accounts Major Gardener bad not filed the specifications to sustain ths charge made by blm aa governor of Taya bas province aa directed by the secretary of war, and that It was not considered de' slrsble to bring him from the Islands be fore that order bad been compiled with. It was further stated that inquiry as to the status of tbls matter had been made by cable and It was decided to suspend ac tlon until a response could be secured. ST. LOUIS FAIR POSTPONED secretary Hay Sends Letter to Senate Stating Nexeaaitr for Year's Delay. WASHINGTON, May 2. Secretary Hay today sent to the senate a letter stating the necessity for postponing the Louisiana Purchase exposition from 1903 to 1904. Enclosed with it waa a letter from Chair man Carter of the government commission and a telegram from President Francis ot the exposition company, showing the ne cessity for the postponement. Senator Cockrell had the letter read In the senate and then offered an amendment to the aundry civil appropriation bill, now pending in the senate, providing for tha postponement of the expoal'io" In accord anee .with the request.-- ?-f Tbe postponement amendment - provides for the dedication of the; buildings of the exposition April 30, 1(03, for the opening of the exposition to- visitors on May 1, 1)04, and for its closing not later than December 1, following. The coinage of $250,000 In gold dollars pieces to be used as a souvenir coin is also authorized, the money thus provided to be a part of the 25,000,000 appropriated by congress for tbe aid of tbe fair. The telegram from David R. Francis president of the exposition company, is dated at St. Louis, May 1, and Is addressed to T. H. Carter, president of tbe National Louisiana Purchase Exposition commission. RUINED BY SPECULATION Ceaaaa Office Disbursing Clerk Admits a Shortage In His Ac con n t a. WASHINGTON, May 2. H. A. Barros disbursing clerk of the United States cen sus office, hss been summarily removed aa the result ot the discovery of a shortage In the accounts of bis office. Two experts from the Treasury depart' ment have begun an investigation of the accounts and aa soon as their report It made the exact amouat of the shortage will be made known. Mr. Barros was subjected to rigid exam Inattona today by Director Merriam and Chief Clerk McCauley and in the course of them he gave the amount of hla dlacrep ancy aa 27,400 and credited the trouble to speculation. The government Is amply secured from loss by bonds aggregating almost $300,000 so that there will be no loaa to the United States. Mr. Barros wss formerly an em ploys of the treasury in the office ot th auditor. He lives at Berwyn, Md., and has a wife and seven children. HAS HIS EYE ON BETTER JOB Ambassador Meyer Will Retara front Rome, Presamahly to Get Moody's Place. WASHINGTON. Mar 2. At hla own ro queat Ambassador Meyer haa been granted a leave of abtence of sixty days from his poet at Rome. Mr. Meyer la coming borne according to the understanding here, to contest for the republican nomination for the vacancy In tbe Massachusetts con greaslonal delegation caused by Mr. Moody' appointment as secretary of the navy. It is understood that Mr. Gardiner, the son-in-law of Senator Lodge, la also candidate for the nomination. If Mr. Meyer succeeds in his canvass ot course he will not return to Rome, and the prest dent will be free to carry out certain diplomatic changes In Europe, one of the first of which contemplatea tbe promotion of Mr. White, at preaent Brat secretary at London, to tbe embassy at Rome. JUSTICES ARE NOMINATED Reed of Iowa aad Sloaa of Kansas Members of Co art of Load Clalme. WASHINGTON, May 2 The president today sent tbe following nominations to the senate: Joaeph R. Reed. Iowa, chief Justice, and Henry C. Sluss. Kansas; William W. Mur ray, Tennessee; Wilbur F. Stone, Colo rado, and Frank I. Osborne, North Caro lina, associate Juattces of the court of pri vate land claims. Navy Assistant surgeons to be passed assistant surgeons: A. G. Ounwell. C. D. Langhorne, F. L Bentcn, W. H. Bell. Famed aselstant Surgeons: William C. Bralsted, to be surgeon; R. E. Hoyt. New I Hampshire, aad Joseph P. Traynor, Maine, I assistant Burgeons. Guaatri Charles Hor I gag to bs chief suamor, , vENNARD CASE GOES OVER 8npreme Court to Hear Ko Mors Argu ments During the Present Term. DIETRICH OUT .FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS atrodaeea Bills to Parrhase Sites aad Erect Poetofflcea at Urand Island aad York Land l.eaae BUI Dead. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 2. (Special Tele gram.) The case . of Kennard against the 8tate of Nebreska wss not reached today and as the supreme court suspended hear- ng arguments In cases until next term the case went over. Attorney General Froul and Meters. Tlbbetts and Allen left for New Ycrk this afternoon. Senator Dietrich Introduced bills today for public buildings at Grand Island and York, Neb. In the former case hla bill ap propriates $100,000 for the purchase of a Ito and building, and In the latter XT5.ooo is appropriated. Speaking of these bills, he said: "I am extremely Interested In hav ing public buildings at these places. While don't know what the policy of the puollc buildings and grounds committee may be In relation to tbe omnibua building bill passed by the house ss to additions to that meaa ure, I do know that I will put forth every effort to aecure consideration for Grand aland and York." General Grosvenor'a antl-lnjunctlon bill passed tbe house todiy, In very large meas ure due to the activity of Speaker Hender son, who from the moment of Its Introduc tion became one of Its warmest supporters. The varloua organizations of railroad men hrougfaout the west, and particularly as sociations having headquarters at Omaha, Sioux City, Council Bluffs. Des Moines. Boone, Cedar Rapids, Eagle Grove. Plans- mouth, Creston, Dubuque and Burlington, have urged not only the speaker, but their representatives in congress to favor this measure. There was not a dissenting vote against It when the bill was called up to day and It passed without division. Cbaaee for Free Homes. Senators Gamble and Klttredge of South Dakota were elated today over the result of the vote on striking out tbe free homes feature of the Rosebud treaty bill. Senato: Piatt of Connecticut led the fight against the tree homes cisuse and had the earnest support ot Senator Cockrell of Missouri, Eenator Quarles, Senator Stewart, chairman of tbe Indian committee, and several dem ocrats. The vote, however, showed that the eenate Is overwhelmingly In favor of tbe free homes Idea, as on roll call the rote siooa a to IV. senator Allison was among the republicans who voted for Ben- ator Piatt's amendment striking the free homes idea from the bill. The bill was not completed, owing to lack of time, other bills having precedence. It la thought, how ever, that the bill will be completed to morrow and that Senator Teller's amend ment prohibiting commutation and compell ing settlers to live upon the land five years oerore patents issue will be adopted. The" conference committee of the two houses having under consideration the nvef and harbor bill ia seriously tied up on account of the many items added to the bill by tbe senate. As s matter of fact the aenate added nearly 210,000,000 to the measure and thia haa ao incensed the house members that the conferees are having an old-fashioned row over several Items. The bouse bill appropriated 280.000 for the Missouri river, the senate raiaed the amount to $400,000, and the bouse mem bers are mad clean through because ot this Increase. The senate conferees had yielded many items, but they are holding out tenaciously for others, and It Is doubt ful whether the conferees can meet upon some common ground for days to come. Judge Reed Reappointed. Joseph R. Reed of Council Bluffs, once on the supreme bench of Iowa, and who has been for the last ten yeara chief Justice of the court of private land claims, was reappointed today by the president, tbe entire Iowa delegation Joining In his In teres t. District Attorney W. S. Summers, who reached Washington yesterday afternoon had a conference with Attorney General Knox tbla morning on matters connected with hit office. He left for the west this evening, having completed the business which brought him here. It waa thought that Mr. Summers came to Washington for tbe purpose ot talking over tbe distric attorneyship matter with Senatore Millard and Dietrich, but this was denied by those gentlemen, who stated I bat Mr. Summers' presence here waa purely one of business connected with the attorney's office. Charles Rlgg of Beatrice la in the city on a visit. He says bia visit to Wash ington is not political. , Ir. N. B. S. Odcll and wife of Fullerton Neb., are here on a pleasure tour. Congressman Thomas of the Sioux City district stated that he would In all proba blllty go to Iowa tbe last of next week for the purpose of visiting the district be fore the meeting of the congressional con ventlon, which bas been called for May 21. Ko Chanee for Leasing BUI. As a result of ths visit of representative! of the Stock Growers' association of Ne braska to Washington it is understood they have requested that nothing be done with Senator Millard's grazing bill, which was prepared by Colonel John P. Irish and In troduced by Senator Millard at tbe re quest of the livestock Interests. There Is but one deduction to make from this ac tlon, and that It that no land-leasing bill is expected to get through congress at tbls session, and that the fences that have been erected on the public domain will have to come down during the summer, Postal Matters. Postmasters appointed: Iowa, Robert Orris, Brushy, Webster county, vice M. A Martin, removed; South Dakota, J. N. Btin son, Hanson, Yankton county, vies H. E, Hanson, resigned. Rural free delivery routes will bs estab lished In Iowa on July 1, as follows: Con way, Taylor county, two routea; area cov ered, forty-nine square miles; population tt9. At Kellerton. Ringgold county, three routes; area, sixty-seven square miles; pop ulatlon, 1.319. Tbe postofflce at Wanamaker will bo dls continued. Hugh B. Campbell of Clay Center, Neb. has been appointed a railway mall clerk SAVAGE WILL BE PRESEN Governor of Xrbrasha Is to Attea Laying of Keel of State's Kamesako Ship. SEATTLE. Wash.. May 2. Oovernor 8a v ago of Nebraska baa accepted the Invlta tlon to be present at tbe laying of the keel of the battleship Nebraska at tbe Moran shipyard. July 4. Oovernor Henry McBride of Washington will welcome ths governor of Nebraska, and bs also hss ac ceptsd ths iBvltaUoa, CONDITION 0FJHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Showers and Cooler. Temperature st Omaha Yesterdnyi Hoar. Dev. llonr. He a K a. m . . A a. m . , 1 p. tn. 2 p. m. S l. m. p. tit. .1 p. m . 11 p. tn . T p. m. a p. m i B p. in . Ki St fT T fMI S4 M 11 T a. m . , til H a. m H.I O a. m Tt O a. m TH I a. ra T 2 m M DENVER CONCERN IN STRAITS aa and Klrrtrlo Company Passes into ' the Hnnds of a Re ceiver. DENVER. May 2 Henry U Doherty bas been appointed receiver of the Denver Gas nd Electric company on application or Dennis Sullivan, who brought tuit against the company on a promissory note for $15,- 000, to which the company contested Judg ment. The receiver's bond was fixed at 100.000. Receiver Doherty bas been president of the Denver Gsa and Electric company since May, 1901. and was acting president from the preceding October until that date. Ex tensive addition have been made to plants nd aervlce of the company during his In cumbency and the default In payment of obligations. It Is said. Is due to the fact that bonds of the company bearing 5 per sent Interest have commanded only 72 per cent of face value In the market and the officers of the company have not felt Juet!- fled in floating (hem at that price to meet the current construction expenditures, which have amounted to $25,000 per month. The utborized capital stock of the company Is $3,500,000, of which $2,650,000 has been Is sued. The company waa formed by a consolida tion of the Denver Consolidated Gas com pany and the Denver Consolidated Electtlc company and the bonded Indebtedness of these two and of tbe present company la $4,770,000. The company's liabilities, netde from this, are given at approximately $o00, 000, with available assets ot $250,000. WORK ALMOST COMPLETED Only Minor Officer Yet to- Be Elected by Amalgamated Asso ciation. WHEELING, W. Va., May 2. The Amal gamated association thia morning is tn gaged in electing the district vice presidents and other minor officers, and It Is expected adjournment will occur during the day. The re-election of Preeldent Theodore Shaffer can be considered the greatest vic tory ever gained by an Amalgamated ex ecutlve. When the convention opened thera was much opposition to hint. His scheme of signing of the scales In ad vance and . the settlement or the strlks caused much feeling against him, and when the delegates came many were Instructed to compel him to give reasons for every one of his seta. That Mr. Shatter waa amply supplied with reasons Is proved by tbe re suit ot the election. The position of organizer, st preaent held by John Pierce, it tppomtlve st the gift of the president. Tbe Incumbent will be re sppolnted. NO RAIN IN OVER THREE YEARS Prolonged Drouth Produces Famine aad Scores of People Are Dead. SAN FRANCISCO. May 2. The steamer Curacao from Mexican ports brings a tale of want and famine in the town of San Juan de Cabo, situated near Cape Sau Luca. For three and a half years no rain has fallen near the city and for aa many years the crops have utterly failed. The cattle Industry, at one time tbe mainstay of the region, has fallen Into decay. Tbe animals, for want of food, hare died by the thousands. The condition of the people haa become desperate.. 8cores of cases of death from starvation and neglect have been reported, The people are now rapidly moving awa from tbe Impoverished district. Curacao on ltt northward trip brought forty peo pie from San Juan de Cabo. It la aald tbat other ateamers are performing the same mission. GAS INJURES FIVE PERSONS Explosion of Chemicals la Stereop tleoa Show Doee Serleas Damage. DENVER, May 2. Five persons were severely Injured on a vacant lot in thia city today bv the explosion of a tank of chemicals with which they were generating gas to be used In exhibiting etereoptlcon views: The Injured: Dr. Perry Pratt, hands and face badly burned, legs lacerated, thigh seriously In Jured; may lose hla oyetlght. Rev. George E. Tuttle, lege, hands snd face bsdly burned. F. M. Lowe, right leg burned snd cut face and neck bruised. N. Paul Schleman, face badly burned, one eye injured. Dr. A. Little, face and hands burned and lacerated. AMOS J. CUMMINGS IS DEAD Coagressmaa from New York aad Vet eras Editor Passes Away at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, May 2. Congreesraa Amos J. Cummtngs died at 10:16 o'clock tonight. Jnha Barrowmaa, PITTSBURG. Kan., May 2 John Bar rowman, one of the most prominent mln superintendents tn tbls state, died at bit borne bere today, aged 68 yeara. He lo cated In Pennsylvania when a young ma and later came west. He wss for twent years superintendent of mines for ths Kansas Texas company snd was per eonally known by every coal operator west of the Mississippi. Two Deaths at Elkhora. ELKHORN. Neb.. Msy 2 (Special.) Bsrney Callely. an old settler of this county, died Thursday morning tt bit home four miles east of here. He leavea a widow, three daughters and two sons. Irene, the -year-old daughter of Prof. W. W. Elliott, principal of tbe High school, died Tburs dsy morning from sn sttsck of wboopln cough. Prlare William George Eraest. BERLIN. May I. Prince William Ceorge Ernest of Prussia died her this Ovsnlag. He was bora at Pusseldorf la ISzt, BAD STORMS IN IOWA wo Tornadoes, Hundred and Tifty Miles Apart, Do Extensive Damage, NO DEATHS, BUT SIX PERSONS INJURED Bajard, Weldon and Van Wert Ait Soenea of the Wont Disasters. ROPERTY LOSS FIFTY THOUSAND ath of the Storm at Bayard is Only One Hundred Feet in Width. OCCUPIES BUT A MOMENT IN PASSING raldes the Fall-Fledged Tornadoes Destructive Winds of Leas Mag nitude Strike la other Places la State. DES MOINES, Ia., May 1 Six persons injured snd 250,000 In damsges to property was the result of the work of two tornadoes hst struck the state of Iowa last night. The storms were 150 mllea apart, one trlklng at Bayard, a town of 600 la Guthrie county, and tbe other at the towns of Wel don and Van Wert, In Decatur county, a wealthy farming neighborhood. The Injured re: David Harden of Bayard, face and banda. erlous. Hazel Williams of Weldon, Internal in- urles, will die. Louise Williams of Weldon, Internally, will die. Mra. O'Hars or Weldon, not serious. Two O'Hara children, will recover. The Bayard storm seems to bars left he ground after passing through tbe town and traveled fifteen miles without doing further damage, wben it struck a farming neighborhood north of Rlppey and there de molished a school house and many barns DUaater at Hazard. A tornado struck Bayard, fifty miles north- west of here, at 7:45 last night and demol ished property to tbe value of 220,000. The storm path was 100 yards In width and a dozen bouses were badly damaged, ths smaller ones being badly broken up and ths larger ones were wrecked and twisted. The Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul depot waa almost totally destroyed and two large elevators stsnding alongside the Milwaukee tracks were unroofed. At Coon Rapids, ten miles west, there waa no wind. The storm teemed to swoop down on bayard, where It spent Its force. there being no reports of damage east of tbat point. David Hardin was caught in the path of the storm and fifteen minutes after It bad passed was found hanging to a' tree. He waa unconscious all night and thlt morning cannot recall what happened to him. It Is thought that he was struck with flying debris. Eye witnesses sty that the tornado did not occupy more than one minute In pass ing through 'The town. Ths direction was from west to estt. Wires ot all kinds ere'- down In the neighborhood of Bayard aad -communication with tho town is almost impossible. , Another severe wind storm Is reported to have tsken place five mllea north of Rlp pey, Green county, snd fifteen miles from Bayard. The school house was destroyed, while the barns of C. T. Fleetwood, John Montgomery and J. N. Morse were carried s distance of a mile and then ground Into kindling wood. Damage In Drrsur County. Additional particulars from the cyclone tbat visited Decatur county last night state that It started six mllea south of Van Wert and moved In a northeasterly direction, passing one mile east of tbe town. A dozen farm houses In Its path, 100 yards wide, ' were wrecked and three members of one family residing eaat of Van Wert sustained broken limbs. Three sons of J. If. Wil liams, a farmer residing northwest ot Wel don, are reported missing this morning. The storm blew with terrific force snd had It struck a more thickly settled neighbor hood would have wrought great havoo. Five people were hurt in bouses wrecked by a tornado between Van Wert aad Wel don, fifty miles south of here, at o'clock ' last evening. Tbe storm strnck a mile east of Van Wert and traveled In a north easterly direction, Just missing Welden. Tbe Injured people were members ot farm ers' families. Two houses are reported blown to pieces. In one of these Louise snd Hszel Williams were pinioned la the wrecked building snd were hurt by flying timbers. Tbey will probably die. Two women and s child by ths name of O'Hars were hurt in s similar manner In another house a short distance from ths Williams' home, but the destruction of the building was not so complete snd ths occu pants escaped with less serious injuries. From Weldon tbe storm continued la a northeasterly direction and struck Wood burn, a small town on tbe Chicago, Bur llagton Quincy railroad, where five bouses were blown down or off their foundations. No lives were lost st tbls place snd no one was Injured. Third Wlthla aa Hoar. Six were Injured, one fatally, In a eyckms thst struck near Lohrvllle, 100 mllea north west ot here, last evening the third cy clone thua far known to have taken place within an hour in aa many different sections of the stste. Tbe residence of a farmer, J. W. Munlrlnl, was In tbe pstb of the storm st Lohrvllle. snd ths father, mother and four children sustained serious Injuries. The mother's skull waa fractured and she will die. The house aad outbuildings were com pletely demolished. A school house wss torn to pieces snd other buildings in ths neighborhood were wrecked. The cyclone was followed by a terrific hailstorm that broke windows In many houaes. Ths fourth cyclone reported in Iowa last night occurred nesr Hlteman, wrecking sev eral farm houaes snd killing twenty csttle. The course of the funnel-shaped cloud snd the ruin It csused were witnessed by tbe entire population of Hltemsn. From Adaza, Green county, comes tbs report that Mrs. Harvey Miner snd two children were seriously Injured snd will dls ss s result of the tornado in thst Tillage last Bight, Farnhamvllle, In tbs same county, ia aald to have suffered severely, not a building in tbe place escaping Injury. It Is almost Impossible to get the facts ss tbe town Is oft from tbe railroad and tbe telephone wirea are down. At Hlteman, In Monroe county, two farmhouses were de stroyed sod several head of cattle axs re ported to have been killed by falling tim bers la barna. rioadbnrst at Jefereoa. JEFFERSON. Ia.. May 2 Special Tele gram.) A severe storm struck this part of Iowa last evening, shortly after ( o'clock, aomlng from almost g westerly direction. At Adas, la this csmtft ia. tuaael - 5
