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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOHNING, MAY 7, 1002 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. MEAT CASE IN COURT Suit Against Beef Paokers Opm in Supreme Tribunal of Missouri. fiO ALLEGED TRUST MAGNATES PRESENT Counsel for Packers Says Proceedings Are Unfair to His Clients, UTTER NOT ALLOWED WITNESSES Attempt of Attorney General Grow is Called a Fishing Exhibition. TESTIMONY OF STATE IS ADMITTED Witness from St. Joseph "nya Four Packing (ompiilfi Control the Beef Market In that City and Increase Prlcea. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May '.--None of the officials of wholesale packing houses In St. Louie, St. Joseph and Kansas City ap peared before Judge Burfees of the su preme court this morning In the Inquiry begun by Attorney General E. C. Crow Into the allnged beef trust. Charles B. Armour of the Klrkland B. Armour estate of Kan sas City end O. W. Waller of St. Joseph, the last named as agent for Swift and Com pany, were represented by Attorneys Frank llagerman and Alexander New. In the absence of the big packers, fit. Joseph retail butchers, some of them former managers and salesmen for Armour, Swift, Nelson Morris, Cudahy and Hammond, told Of trust methods In St. Joseph. The testimony at the morning session was to the effect that damaged and partly polled meat Is sold to the butcher at a reduced price for sale to restaurants and boarding houses after a concession has been granted to the wholesaler by the arbitrator representing the other firms; that an ar bitrator fixes the prloe of meat for all the packers and Imposes lines, and that rebates are paid retailers by the packers. Kiprdi Move Wltneaaea. At the afternoon session Charles Wlss tnath, Jr., and Thomas Kroeger of St. Louts and four Kansas City retailers testified. Attorney General Crow expects that more witnesses will arrive tonight and that the Inquiry will last through Wednesday. He aid: The packers who have declared that there was no trust have been srtven an onpor- tunlty to show the fact, and have tailed to appear. I think they cnuld be com- appear. I think they could be com plied to attend, but I do not know that peuea to auena, out i uc that will be attempted The proceeding la merely an Inquiry, pre liminary to possible prosecution. The facts brought out this morning demonstrate that an Ironclad agreement exists In St. Joseph. "We represent," said Mr. Hagerman, "the concerns which Attorney General Crow charges with unlawful combination. "Our clients on our advice are not present The present campaign is an unfair one to them, as they have aot been allowed to summon witnesses. "We wish to proceed by an application for a writ of prohibition for a certiorari," aald Mr. Hagerman. "We wish to bring the law - before, th supreme court, to be passed upon as to Its constitutionality. This proceeding Is merely a fishing expedi tion on the part of the attorney general." Attorney General E. C. Crow replied. Stating that the inquiry had been called for the purpose of learning whether pro ceedings should be commenced to prevent them from doing business In this state. "The attorneys In the absence of the packers have no right here, but I will ex tend the courtesies of the court and allow them to cross-examine my witnesses." No Report of Service. Attorney Oeneral Crow has received no report of service of the subpoenas on the Armours or on O. W. Waller of Swift and Company of St. Joseph. Most of the men on whom service waa obtained are retail dealers of St. Joseph, Mo. The Judge ruled that the Inquiry should proceed and Frank Btaudenraus, a St. Jo seph retailer, was called as the first wit ness. He was questioned by Attoney Gen eral Crow concerning the coolers main tained In St. Joseph by Morris, Cudahy, Armour and Hammond. "The coolers are near together," said the witness, "they do not do a retail busi ness, but they sell to large customers on ths quiet." The witness said that, the St Joseph butchers' union, of which be Is president, was organized for the purpose of protect ing retailers from the competition of wholesalers by "sales on the quiet." In response to numerous questions, the witness testified that It was customary for the packing companies to notify thrlr best customers In advance of a raise in the price or dressed meats to give them the benefit of buying before the advance; that rebates were paid by packers and that he bad re ceived such rebates from both Armour Co. and Cudahy ft Co. John Wood, a St. Joseph retailer, testi fied that four packing companies controlled the beef in St Joseph. Wood said that the price of meat had Increased four or five times since January I. ANTI-BEEF EAtInG LEAGUE Organisation ta Betas; Formed Anions Five Thoneaad New England Employee. LYNN. Mass.. May . An antl-beef-eat-ing league is being organised among the 8,000 employes of the General Electric com pany here. Between 1.500 and l.TM names havs been secured, representing a, BOO con sumers. Local dealers complain that the consumption of meats Is falling off rapidly. KNOCKS OUT LOTTERY AGENTS Jed- Adams Says Gambling- Promo tera Mast Ceaae Operations in at. Louie. ST. LOl'IS, May Notice has been served by Judge Elmer B. Adams of the lulled States district court, that lottery agents must leave St. Louis. The order went into efiert today and the first one to feel its effect la Samuel J. Ten nam, who was fined 12.500, and sentenced to six months' In jail for selling lottery tickets. Teunant, It Is charged, had not only misused the malls, but to evade this violation or tbe statute, went from place to place with the tickets, thus acting as a common carrier and Infringing on the In terstate commerce commission. He pleaded guilty. Five Haadred Men Strike. DENVER. May --Four hundred wood workers in the live largest mills of Denver atruek today to enfor. their demands for an alln-h ur day. They are supported by every building trde la the rlty and unle-a the strike ta settled within forty-etrht hours building operations may be entirely stopped. TWO SIDES TO CONTROVERSY Private letter from Rome Give fereat Complexion to Arrrat of Officers. Hlf- LONDON, May . Private letters re ceived here from Rome give a very different complexion to the arrest of tbe American naval officers at Venice. They say that Instead of thanking the king of Italy for clemency In pardoning the Americans, the United States should demand an apology, and assert that the members of the Ameri , colony were too eager to take the Its.' A'-t w of the sltu- ation and believed A.. papers said. A correspondent of tht wHes that when tbe Unit bassador first heard the news be) v dined to let Justice follow Its course, on second thought be was touched by probable ruin of the future career of American officers and, therefore. th the ap proached tbe foreign minister to arrange matters If possible." The action of the American consul at Venice, Henry A. Johnson, was much criticised by some people, as showing "want of tact," but. according to reports which have now arrived, he acted In a moat ener getic manner and with proper backing would have had the officers returned to their ship. A correspondent writes that when the consul was summoned In a hurry after the fight he energetically protested acalnst the arrest of the officers and de manded their Immediate removal on board the Chicago. The Italian authorities, however, would not yield the point. The consul's failure to exercise "tact" seems, according to the correspondence from Rome, to have been failure to "offer Immediately adequate pe cuniary compensation for the damage done and to those who were wounded la the fight" WAR OPERATIONS CONTINUED Peace Nesrotlatlons In Trnnavaal Not Interfere with Military Movements. Do LONDON, May . Lord Kitchener's weekly report, dated from Pretoria, yester day, shows that the peace movement Is aot allowed to Interfere with military opera tions except so far as to permit of un restrained meetings between the leaders and their various commandoes. The week's Boer casualties were ten men killed and 122 made prisoners. - General Bruce Hamilton's columns captured eighty seven men on the Hellbron (Orange River Colony) line. Colonel Enbrander has resumed operations In the northern part of the Transvaal against Commandant Byers, whose forcas have been considerably reduced, and Gen eral Ian Hamilton has cleared a large dis trict of Klerksdorp, southwestern Trans vaal. CAPETOWN, May 6. The O'Oklep. West ern Cape Colony, relief column has occu pied Btelnkopt, to the north of O'Oklep, which was strongly held by the Boers, after fighting April 27 and 28. The British lost six men killed and bad eight wounded. The Boer losses are said to have been heavy. The Boers asked for British medical assist ance. HORATIO VAZQUEZ SUPREME Leader of Rebellion Will Continue in Power I'ntll Elections Are Held. MONTE CRIBTI, Santo Domingo, May 6. News has reached here from Santo Do mingo City that the provisional government established by Horatio Vazquei will con tinue In power until electlone are hold. Vazquez was formely vice president of the Dominican republic. He led a success ful revolution against President Jlmlnez and the forces under hie command took possession of Santo Domingo City laat week after the capital of the Dominican republic had capitulated. Peace has been fully re-established In the southern part of the republic. An order for tbe suspension of hostilities between the revolutionary and government forces has Just been signed and the terms of surrender are to be discussed. DANGER OF A REVOLUTION News . of Most Disquieting; Char acter Cornea from ' Portoaral. LONDON. May 6. A dispatch to a news agency from Madrid says news has been received from Portugal Indicating there is danger of an actual revolution In that coun try. Considerable apprehension Is felt la offi cial quarters as to the attitude of the Portuguese troops. The Sixth Infantry, stationed at Oporto, has been disarmed and disbanded for fear tbe soldiers would Join the rioters. The military and naval officers are advo cating that King Charles establish a dicta torship. RATIFICATION jJS DELAYED Laadethln- Instate Inhabitants of Daaiak Ialaads Mnet Eapreaa View a on Sal. COPENHAGEN. May 6. At a secret see slon today the Landstbing (upper house) decided to adhere to the resolution pre viously passed, namely, to defer ratifica tion of the treaty providing for the sale of the Danish West Indies until after a lim ited vots of ths population of the Islands. This undoubtedly will be confirmed In open session tomorrow. The minority will then move the appointment of a committee, which probably will be accepted by the ma jority. rii LONDON, May I. "Ping pong ankle" Is the latest companion to "tennis elbow." Ths medical name Is tenosynovitis, and It hurts much. An account of a case of "ping pong ankle" la given prominence in the British Medical Journal. The patient had , considerable swelling of the left leg above the ankl. Tbe swelling aubsldsd after a day passed in bed. An examination showed acute inflammation of the sheaths of ten dons connected with tbe muscles around the shin. The attendant physician ascer tained that the suffered waa an ardent plug pong player and he wrote to tbe medi cal Journal warning players that the gams Involves a great strain on the shin bone muscles, and ttat until a costume and fool gear appropriate to the popular sport Is evolved the disease is likely to frequently occur. Karthqaake Shocks ta Prance. PARIS. May I. Violent earthquake shocks, which occurred at I o'clock this mornlag, are reported from Bordeaux. Bayonoe, Pau and other places In the asms region. They lasted fifteen seconds. The reports do aot mention any damage. MRS, DECKER IN THE LEAD Denver Candidate for President of Genera Federation Develops Strength. DAY OF DEFEAT FOR MASSACHUSETTS Bay State Delegates Bow to Loaa Their Three Chrrlahcd PropoaU tlona, of Which Colored Question la First. of (From a Staff Correspondent.) LOS ANGELES. May 6. (Special Tele gram.) The political situation Is easily 'be lead of everything else today, the un dented, the disappointed, the obacure .rlct and the permanent ones all being ; gaged In a scramble for office until all the proposed tickets are upset and the dark horses number legion. Mrs. .Decker of Denver seems the one candidate for president who can muster more than a local support, a member of the executive board being responsible for the statement that In case ber chances wane the Influence of that body mill be exerted In behalf of Mrs. Emma Fox, now recording secretary. The action of Minnesota in pushing Lydla Williams for president promises to cost them the almost assured re-election of Miss Margaret Evans as second vice presi dent. The re-election of Mrs. Vanvechten of Iowa as treasurer is meeting little oppo sition. There promises to be no effort to push the Louisiana Purchase memorial plan presented by Mrs. Philip Moore of St. Louis and tabled by the convention owing to the strong eastern opposition to the establish ment of a General Federation clubhouse In the middle west, but the middle west will retaliate by opposing the plan to locate It In Washington. D. C, aa provided In the new charter. A resolution was Introduced by Mrs. Clara Berwick Colby, formerly of Nebraska, asking that Arbor Day be recognized as a memorial day to J. Sterling Morton by the forestry department, of the General Fed eration. This was referred to the commit-' tee on resolution. Maaaachnnctta Sees a Waterloo. Today may be chronicled as the day when Massachusetts club women saw all their pet plans, for which they have been fighting two years, go down before the vote of tbe convention. The nnal defeat was given to the admission of colored women's clubs, the efforts to down the Individual club, as a step toward reorganization through state federations only, failed and the plan to re duce the per capita from 10 to 5 cents was snowed under. Massachusetts was first obliged to bow to adverse fate when It was discovered that Its cherished series of amendments were Il legal, In that they disfranchised members already in. Tbey were therefore stricken from the lists. The convention then turned Its attention to compromise smendments. considering section 9 of article I. After several efforts to change It was accepted as proposed y the compromise commit tee In the following: Amendment aa Accepted. Each federated club, national society or kindred orguniaatlon of Mfty members or less shall be entitled to m represented by one delegate. For a membership of be tween fifty and 100 by two delegates and for each additional 100 members one addi tional delegate. Kach state or territorial federation of Iwenty-flvo clubs or less shall be entitled to be represented by Ave delegates. Each state or territorial federation shall be en titled to one additional delegate for every additional twenty-live clubs. Then came consideration of section S of article 11. the second feature In the color matter. This section belongs to the pres ent by-laws and when Miss Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago, offered to amend it Mrs. Lowe, notwithstanding tbe usual sixty days' notice had not been given, so graciously gave Indulgence to Miss Addams as to call forth warm applause and the ap preciative acknowledgment from Miss Ad dams won a like tribute from the audience. Miss Addams, who believes In the ad mission of colored clubs, wished this sec tion amended so that two instead of one vote of the membership committee of five would be necessary to keep an unwelcome club out. Miss Addams made a worthy plea, but the amendment went down before a large vote. Per Capita Tax. The last question considered related to the reduction of per capita tax from 10 to 6 cents, which Induced Mrs. Lydla Williams of Minnesota to speak scornfully of the federation "doing business on tbe nickel basis." Mrs. Lowe also made pertinent remarks against reduction. The decision to adopt the parliamentary manual of Mrs. Emma Fox, the present re cording secretary,' as authority for the fed eration led Mrs. Vrquhart Lee to urge the acceptance of some manual written by a man. Consolation came to Mrs. Fox In the ultimate support of tbe convention. Then came a friendly contest for tbe en tertainment of the next biennial. Mrs. Williams, who spoke for Minneapolis, ssld the Commercial club bad pledged the money and promised to do all the work and tried to Impress the delegates that there would be taxation without representation. Mrs. Shields of Missouri, backed with Invita tions from men In high positions, extended a slmlar courtesy from St Louis. At the suggestion of Mrs. Lowe a tele gram was ordered sent to Mrs. Potter Palmer In her bereavement. PROPERTY ISSWEPT AWAY Honaea, Barn a, Pcnees and Other Strnetnroe Carried on Crest of Flood. MOUNTAIN VIEW. Ok!.. May . Ths water from the waterspout that burst near Foas swept through the Washita valley for miles, carrying on Its crest the wreck age of houses, barns, fences and tons of logs and drift. Bridges were swept before the flood, the tons of heavy timbers serving as a battering ram. At Mountain View the water formed a river that reached from ridge to ridge for miles. From all reports It Is the worst flood In the history of the Washita bottoms. Chief of Police Burcbett and the Indian police rode over ths bot toms in the vicinity of tbe Indian agency, warning the people toy move to high ground. THOUSANDS OFJHEEP DYING Herds Are Wiped Oni hr Droath Be. Sinning; Latter Part of ' Hank. 8ANTA FE. N. M.. May (.Reports con tinue to come In that thousands of sheep are dying In every part of the territory on account of ths drouth, which has been un broken alnee the latter part of Marcl. Tbe number of lambs saved will be only IS per cent, against SO per cent last year. Crass hoppers, too, are continuing their ravages In the upper Rio Grand and Its tributary valleys. LIST OF THE CASUALTIES General ChaSTee Cables Xamea of the Killed and Wounded In Mlndnnao. WASHINGTON. May . General Chaffee has cabled the War department the follow Ing ltst of casualties at the battle of Bayan Mindanao, wblrh was described In his dispatches made public yesterday. Killed: First Lieutenant Thomas Vlckers, Twenty-seventh I'nlted States Infantry; Privates James J. McGrath, Company E, Twenty seventh Infantry; William E. Lore n re, Charles Reynolds and John Langdon, Com pany O, Twenty-seventh Infantry; Alfred J. Callahan. Frederick Cornell and Corporal Golden. Wqunded: R. 8. Pheler, major and surgeon, wounded In thigh, serious; Captain James T. Moore, wounded In head, serious; Second Lieu tenant Albert Johnsman, lung, severe; First Lieutenant H. 8. Wasner, leg and wounded In abdomen, serious; Sergeant John Wheaton, Company E, Twenty-seventh in fantry, wounded in thigh, serious; Sergeant E. L. McCarthy, Injured In thigh, serious; Corporal Harry Remington, Blightly; Frank A. Perry, lung, severe; Arthur Smith, lung, severe; Walter F. Cammers, arm, severe; E. E. Ma.-wball, wo'unded In leg above knee, moderate; Charles Collins, wounded in arm, serious; Floyd Croft, wounded In leg above knee, moderate; R. McCormarck, severely; John O'Donell, shoulder and wounded In thigh, serious; Quartermaster Sergeant George Beckley, Company E, Twenty seventh Infantry, cheek, slight; William H. Brogal, wounded In thigh, serious; William Brown, wounded In leg above knee, serious; George A. Derar, wounded In leg above knee, serious; John Sullivan, wounded in hand, slight; William H. Wlnl, wounded In arm, moderate; Joseph A. Adams, face, slight; Battalion Sergeant Major A. II. Ingold, serious; O. A. Avlck, band, mod erate; Claude Damon, wounded In leg above knee, moderate; Walter H. Eldrlge, wounded in foot, slight; James P. Smith, wounded in back, slight; Fred Cross, wounded In hand, moderate; John Daley, wounded In arm, serious; Herman Viola, wounded in hand, serious; Peter Sullivan, Company B, Twenty-aeveuth Infantry, wounded In leg above knee, serious; Joseph Jones, wounded in shoulder, serious; James J. Haley, mortally wounded, since died; Herbert Chatterton, leg above knee, alight, and six other enlisted men wounded, names not verified. Later news: Brigadier General George W. Davis says Lieutenant Wagner's stomach may not be penetrated and Captain Moore very close call, bullet cutting scalp. Captain James Moore, who waa wounded seriously In the head, was appointed to the military academy from Michigan In 1888. He was born In Connecticut. First Lieutenant H. 8. Wagner, who re ceived serious wounds in the leg and ab domen. Is an aide on the staff of General Davis. He la a son of General Louis Wagner of Philadelphia and an officer of the Third National bank of that city. Major P. 8. Porter, who was serlousty wounded In the thigh, entered the volunteer service at first lieutenant and surgeon of the Second Illinois infantry In 1898. He was appointed afterward first lieutenant and assistant surgeon of the Thirty-first United States voluntei-r"1oUntrr and later rose to his present rank'.'- CHARGES ARE MADE PUBLIC Cublearram front Chaffee Contnlns tbe Alienations Made by Major - . Gardener. WASHINGTON, May 6. When the Philip- pine committee met today Senator Lodge presented a cable from General Chaffee giving tho charges and specifications -of Major Gardener relative to tbe Tayabas province. These consisted of allegations that troops bad burned prisoners, ill-treatment of natives by Lieutenant George D. E. G. Catlin and assault on four women by soldiers. Senator Lodge stated to the com mittee that Catlin had been under treat ment for deranged mind. The witness before the committee todaf was R. V. Hughes of Philadelphia, formerly a private of Company H, Ninth Infantry. He saw the water cure administered once to a native when the troops were search ing for Information. He sIbo saw one na tive knocked down twice by order of Lieu tenant Merchant and another beaten on the cbest with a stick to make him divulge In formation. The Insurgents engaged In similar work and ths witness gave an Instance of an American soldier being cut to pieces with bolos. He testified that the native prisoners were well treated, the sick cared for and the food furnished very nearly the same as that furnished the American troops. MANDAMUS AGAINST PAYNE Order leaned hr District Snpreme Conrt Affectlnsr Seeond-Clnas Mall Matter. WASHINGTON, May (.Justice Bradley of the district supreme court today Issued a mandamus against the postmaster gen eral directing him to restore to the second class malls the following publications; The Official Railway Guide of New Tork. the Pocket List of Railway Officials of New York and the Monthly Official Railway List of Chlcsgo. The court also Issued an In junction against the postmaster general enjoining him from excluding these publi cations from the second-class mall priv ilege. These cases were brought In the equity court as test cases. Involving the policy of the Postoffice department in Its new second-class mail regulations. The court In Its opinion said that the postmas ter general has read Into ths Isw a provi sion which be had no authority to make In thus framing the regulations. The decision will havs an Important bearing on the right of a large number of publications which recently have been barred from the second class mall and made to pay tbe higher third-class rates. MONEY CASES NOLLE PROSSED Proceedings Between the Mlaalaalppl Senator and Cnr Coadnctor Are Ahnndoned. W4SHINQTOV. May S Th cases of al leged assault against Senator Money of Mississippi, Orpha H. Shaner, a street car conductor, and Joseph E. Hooper, a truck foreman In the fire department, all growing out of a street car altercation about ten days ago. were noils prossed and formally abandoned In the police court today, after a vigorous contest between cuunel. The only lasus which the court permitted to be argued was as to tbe right of the asslv.ant district attorney to nolle protee a case without the conser t of the court, which Judge Kimball fina'ly sustained. . PREPARING THE CUBAN BILL Senator Piatt Bays Effort Will Be to Frame Measure Acceptable to Republicans. TWO APPROPRIATION BILLS FOR OMAHA Senator Millard Introdneea One for Money to Finish Poatotllce and Committee Reporta One for Commissary Depot. (From a Staff Corte-HTndent.) WASHINGTON. May . (Special Tele gram.) Senator Piatt of Connecticut, chair man of the committee on relations with Cuba, said today that It waa the purpose of his committee to frame a measure con templating reciprocity with Cuba that would be acceptable to all the republican members of the senate, falling In which the majority of the members of the com mittee would abandon any Cuban relief measure rather than depend upon demo crats to carry the bill through. Senator Piatt baa been a most earnest advocate of the reciprocity measure with Cuba and Insists that the republican party Is bound to work out some measure of relief, as re flected by previous enactments, and he proposes, according to his statement to night, to bring in a bill from his com mittee that all republicans can consistently stand upon. Just what form that bill takes Is still the subject for consideration. It is Senator Piatt's wish that tbe hearing in regard to the sugar question shall take the widest possible latitude, and he Is sum moning all witnesses desired by the demo crats to appear before the committee, so as to arrive at some equitable conclusion that will be satisfactory to all Interests. The senator stated that he believed a reci procity bill would be passed at tbe present session of congress. Introdneea Federal Court Bill. A bill reorganizing the Judicial districts of the United States, Increasing their num ber from nine to fifteen, with a view to relieving the existing congestion of busi ness, due to an ln'ufBrlant number of Judges, was today Introduced by Senator Turner of Washington. Under the terms of this bill Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas make up the thirteenth cir cuit; Utah. California and Nevada the four teenth, and Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Montana the fifteenth, with terms of court to be held respectively at Omaha, San Franrlsco and Spokane. Judge B. S. Baker of the territorial court of New Mexico, accompanied by O. N. Marlon, Dr. J. F. Pearce and Captain W. E. Dame, are in Washington for the pur pose of securing a permanent military post at Albuquerque. Incidentally they will see their friends In the house In relation to the omnibus territory admission bill, which is expected to be reached tomorrow. Judge Baker apeaka enthusiastically of the terri tory with which he has but recently be come connected. Judge Baker experts to visit Omaha be fore he returns to New Mexico. Willis Moore, chief of the Weather bu reau service, has notified Senator Millard of the acceptance of the new quarters for the use of the local observer at Valentine, In Fraternal hall. . ; Senator Millard Tijooramnndsd today A- exander J. . McDougall for postmaster at Oconee, Platte county. Mrs. Elizabeth Lowrey and Miss Lowrey, wife and daugber of the president of Omaha Theological seminary, ' are In Washington on their way to Philadelphia. Senator Dolllver has Introduced an amendment to the omnibus public building bill. Increasing tbe amount for purchase of a new lte for the new public building at Des Moines to (165,000 and reducing the space to be occupied by 10,000 square feet, making the site have not less than 70,000 square feet. Representative Conner of the Tenth Iowa district will leave for home Thursday to be in attendance upon the congressional convention, which meets on the 13th Inst, at Denlson. Reduces Price of Land. The bill relative to commutation of home stead entries on the Big Sioux reservation In South Dakota, passed the senate today with an amendment which provides that settlers shall pay to the government the price per acre for which the land was sold by the Indians. Tbe bill has already passed the house and now goes .to the president for signature. The committee on military affairs of the house today unanimously agreed to report Mercer's bill appropriating (75,000 for a quartermaster's supply depot at Omaha. It Is held that this amount Is needed for a new building at tbe government corral. Senator Millard will ask the committee on public buildings and grounds of tbe sen ate to add to the omnibus public building bill (50,000 additional for the completion of tbe Omaha postoffice and custom house, so that the Seventeenth street side of the structure may conform to the Sixteenth street side. There has been a great deal of pulling and hauling over this matter. At one time Supervising Architect Taylor stated he had money enough to complete the structure according to the wishes of the people of Omaha, but when he came to figure closely, deducting from the amount remaining S per cent for th drawing of tbe plans and preparing specifications for the building he found that he was short and ac cordingly notified the senators that an ad ditional appropriation would be necessary to complete the Seventeenth street aide. Senator Millard will ask that (50.000 be appropriated, although be believes there Is enough money remaining from the original appropriation for the government building at Omaha to complete the structure with out recourse to congress. Postnl Affairs. South Dakota postmasters appointed: John 8adt. Scott. Douglas county; Fanny Cromuck. Willow Lake, Clark county. These Iowa rural free delivery routes will be established July 1: Belknap. Davis county, one route; area covered, thirty squsre miles; population. 681. Holsteln. Ida county, four additional routes; area, ninety-one square miles; population, 1,265. Marcus, Cherokee county, two additional routes; area, fifty-five square miles; popu lation, 8. Merlden, Cherokee county, one route; area, thirty-six square miles; popu lation. 600. Washta, Cherokee county, two routes; area, sixty-four square miles; pop latlon, 930. Under tbe annual adjustment of presi dential postmasters' salaries these addi tional change in Iowa were announced to day: Lisbon. Increased (300; Iowa Falls, (200; Albla, Dubuque. Glldden, Grlswoid, Hamburg. Ha warden, Hedrlck, Iowa City, Jewell, Keota, Klngsley, Lemara, Leon, McGregor, Madrid, Malvern, Manchester, Manning, Mapleton, Mason City, Maxwell, (100 each; Manila, Marathon and Marcus, decreased (100 each. Ths postofflc st Byron, Red Willow county. Neb., was ordere.1 discontinued after May SI. Tbe contract for fuel for th public build- (Continued oa Second Page.) CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair and Slightly Cooler. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour lira. in nt m rvj ni ft.t m (in m n-i m HI m ..... . .VJ .......... fit Hour. Den. 5 U 7 ft lO It lis R.1 ni M 111 ttt tM MT fiU .1 p. m . . m , m . FORMER OMAHA MAN IS GONE Abe flecker Mlsalna; from I anal llannta in Denver, but Dehta Remain. DENVER, Colo.. May 6. (Special Tele gram.) Abe Becker, well known In Den ver, hns not been seen on the streets for several days. He la said to owe (200,000. Some of this money Is due to the bank and the rest Is owed to stockmen. Mr. Becker came from Omaha. The firm was known as R. Becker St Degen, the "R." standing for Rebecca, the mother of Mr. Becker. In 1900 the firm opened a live stock commission business here. The firm had been known in South Omaha and was so successful that the local stock yards people offered them (25,000 to enter Into business here. Abe Becker was put In charge. He was a high roller and lived at tbe Brown Pal ace hotel. During bis first year he lost (50,000 for the company which he repre sented. He was laet seen here last Thurs day. About two months ago he published a notice that he bad bourht out Degan. The firm of R. Becker & Degan of South Omaha Is now composed of George Becker, the father of Abe Becker. Sol Degen and Samuel Wertheimer. Sol Degen Is now In Denver, but his brother, Dave Degen of 415 South Twcnty-elRhth street, says that be has bad nothing to do with the Denver business since last January. "My brother had an interest In the Den ver business, but he disposed of It to Abe Becker lust January nnd Becker has been alone there ever since. We hoard in South Omaha several days ago that Mr. Becker had disappeared from Denver, but we have received none of the particulars and can not understand what Is the matter. My brother left for Denver last night to look Into the matter. The business In Denver was not run In the firm name of R. Becker A Degen. Mr. be Becker has no connec tion whatever with the South Omaha busi ness." FIVE MEN BOILED TO DEATH Fall In Fiery Pit at Steel Worki nnd Die In Terrible Aitn. HARRISBl'RG. Pa.. May 6. Five men dead and three seriously Injured Is the awful record of an accident last night at the open hearth steel department of the Pennsylvania Steel worka at Steelton. The disaster was caused by the boiling over of a ladle of hot stag at a furnace. Its fiery contents engulfing eight men in a pit whence they were powerless to escape. The vistlms were all Austrian laborers. The casualties are: YAKO MOROVICH, entire body burned to a crisp; died almost Instantly. MIKE MUZA, almost entire body burned; died while being placed on a cot at (he Harrleburg hospital. ALEXO ARKENOVICH, fatal burns about legs and abdomen; died early this morning at the hospital. JEREMIAH JERUVICE. burned over en tire body except face and hips; died at hospital. UNIDENTIFIED AUSTRIAN, burned on arms, cbest and legs; died early this morn ing at the hospital. injured: Marton Persln, severe burns on arm and feet; will probably recover. Pavano Raryfatum, severe burns on the face and arms. Parto Harshum, burns on face, arms and feet; will recover. HIGH WATER IN OKLAHOMA At Stlllwnter Precipitation 'Within a Few Days is Five Inchea. STILLWATER, Okl., May . Numerous culverts and bridges In Oklahoma have been washed out by the heavy rain of the last three days. The rain here stopped last night, after having fallen Incessantly since Sunday afternoon. The precipitation In that time Is estimated at five Inches. But little damage to crops will result. At Ripley, Okl., the high water has de stroyed two wagon bridges across the Clra maron river and the streets were flooded until the water In the atores was a foot deep. The grade of the Eastern Oklahoma railway, now building from Ripley to Cush Ing, baa been damaged badly. WORMS DAMAGING THE FRUIT Applea, Peaches nnd Cherries in Por tions of Missouri Practically Ruined. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May (.(Special Tel, gram.) Fruit growers In northern Mis souri are much alarmed over tbe ravages of the canker worm. Apple, peach and cherry trees In many counties have been entirely denuded of foliage by the worms and in consequence the fruit crop Is de stroyed. The ordinary solutions of part green and water and of copper sulphate do not. In every Instance, destroy the pest. One orchard near Armour, where th crop of apples for many years has sold for $10, 000, will yield nothing this year. LE RCUX MAKES A DENIAL French lecturer Kara He Did Not Mention Dreyfaa or Give Ont Interview. NEW YORK. May (.Hughes LeRoux, the French lecturer, In a dispatch to the Associated Press denies that while tn Chi cago a few days since he stated that Can tain Dreyfus had confessed bis guilt. Mr. LeRoux says that he did not make any reference to Dreyfus In th lecture referred to and that the Interview widely published throughout the country was a pure Inven tion. Funeral of Amos J. l'amiulaae. NEW YORK. May The funeral of A mo J. Cummlngs. late representative In congress from the Twelfth New York dis trict, took place tod.iv from the Cummlnga home In this city. The services were con ducted by Kev. W. 8. Crowe of the Uni versalis! church of the Eternal Home The honorary pallbearers were: I-ei Ninon. Cheater 8. Uurd. Frederick 8. Glbbs. Joseph Howard, Jr.. John '. tiherman, Arthur L. Williams Willis IIollv, Justice Leonard A. '"JleictrU'h. K. U- Front. William Cul'en Bryant. Owen J. Kind-. on of Typographical Union No. . William Taylor of the Ltlar Curriers aiwoclatlon and Major M. Veal of the lavton 4 Honor. DEATH OF SAMPSON End of Bear Admiral's Loug Illness Caused by Cerebral Hemorrhage, DIES AT HIS HOME IN WASHINGTON Wife, Children, Bister, Physician and Norses Are at the Bedside, MRS. SAMPSON BREAKS UNDER STRAIN Secretary Moody and Others Prominent in Official Life Send Condolence, PLANS FOR THE FUNERAL INCOMPLETE Captains In Santlaao Campaign Will Act na Pnllhenrera and Burial Place May Re at Annnpolla. WASHINGTON, May . Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, retired, died at bis home In this city st 6 o'clock this after noon. The Immediate cause of death was a severe cerebral hemorrhage.' He had been In a semi-conscious condition for sev eral days and this forenoon suffered a se vere cerebral hemorrhage. . At tbe bedside when tbe admiral breathed his last were Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Lieuten ant Cluverlus. ths admiral's married daugh ter; Admiral Sampson's two young sons, Ralph and Harold Sampson; Dr. Dixon, the attending physician, and nurses and attend ants. Mrs. Sampson has broken down under the severe strain and was quite HI all during the day. Hut for the critical condition cf the admiral she would have been confined to her hed. The arrangements for the funeral of Ad miral Sampson will not be completed until tomorrow. It hns been suggested to Mrs. Sampson that the Naval cemetery at An napolis would be a proper place for the last resting place of the remains, while other friends have represented to her that he should be hurled In Arlington cemetery, near this city. Will Decide Today Admiral Sampson resided In Annapolis eight years, during four years of which he was superintendent of the academy there. Mrs. Sampson prefers Annapolis, hut the matter will not be definitely de cided until tomorrow. The pallbearers have not yet been se lected, but they will Include among them some of the raptalns of the ships of the fleet which engaged In the Santiago cam paign. Mrs. Sampson suffered a slight accident four days ago while attending to the wants of the admiral and haa been tn bed since. She probably will not be able to attend tba funeral services. A number of telegrams and messages of condolence already have been received at the house, among them one from Secretary Moodv. The death of Admiral Sampson, occurring late In the day, there has been no opportunity for any action by the Navy department for participation In the funeral nervces. Suitable representation, how ever, will be made. Including a detachment of blue jackets and marines. ketch of Ilia l ife. Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson was born In Palmyra, N. Y., February 3840, being the son of 'James and Hanna Walker Sampson. He entered the naval academy In 1857 and graduated first la bis class In 1861, at the time when tbe gov ernment waa grappling with the taak of equipping a navy to cope with the rebel lion. At the opening of hostilities he was not old enough to attain a command, but before the close of his first year In active service his pluck and gallantry as master of the frigate Potomac won his promotion to the rank of second lieutenant. While holding this commission be served on the practice ship John Adams, on the Patapsco, of the South Atlantlo blockading squadron and on the steam frigate Colorado, flagship of the European aquadron. On January 16, 1865. Lieutenant Sampson, being executive officer of the Ironclad Pa tapsco, was ordered by the admiral of the fleet to enter Charleston harbor, before which the union ships were doing blocks 1 duty, and remove or destroy all submarine mines and torpedoee with which the city was protected from Invasion. Th task; was a most dangerous 'one, aa for many days th enemy had given all their time and labor to stocking ths water with explosives in order to repel advance. Th little Ironclad had only entered the harbor when tte bul lets from the rifles of tbe sharpshooter rained upon It. Lieutenant Sampson, stand ing on the bridge In the most exposed posi tion, saw his men fall before the fjre with which they were well in range. The situa tion wss a test of bravery from which th young officer did not flinch, as he stood a target for many hundred marksmen. Or derlng his men below he kept bis place. Presently there was waa an ominous cessa tion of firing and silence tor a few momenta, during which time Patapsco moved de liberately forward In Its quest. Then cam a mighty explosion a the boat waa lifted Into the air by a terrific force from be neath. Surounded by burling mass of water and sheets of flame other explosions quickly followed, after which the shattered ironclad settled down beneath the waves. Youngr OlMcrr Rcacucd. Tbe young officer was rescued about 100 feet from the sunken wreck, where he had been blown. Twenty-five of bis crew war being saved at the same time, but seventy men met their death in the sunken Iron clad. Admiral Sampson was promoted to lieu tenant commander In 1866, while on Colo rado. He waa at tbe naval academy from 1868 to 1871 and on Congress In 1873-71. Having been made commander In 1874, be was assigned to Alert and from early In 1876 to tbe end of 1878 he was again at tbe naval academy, rjuring the last twenty years he ha held various responsible po sitions, the last being captain of tbe battle ship Iowa, which he relinquished to take command of the fleet at Key West, In 1191. Captain Sampson was an ordnance expert of tbe first order, having mads executive work and the study of naval science th absorbing objects of his career. His knowl edge of modern armor and armament bas been laboriously acquired, was extensive, thorough and of great service to his country, equally with bis profound comprehension of the use and comparative value of explo sives, which knowledge represented years of bard study and dangerous experiment. In handling big guna he was In bis element. While captain of Iowa, off the Virginia capes, duriDg target practice, Cap;aln Samp son appesred to be the only one on board who thoroughly enjoyed the performance, which is not relished by most naval people, and to tbe peaceable laymen, with his cotton-stuffs! cars, U something thai
