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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED .TUXE 10, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOUSING, JUNE 28, 1902 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. KING OUT OF DANGER Physician Report That He it How Prac tically 8ure of Beooyery. LATEST BULLETINS SHOW NO ANXIETY Tsmperatnre is Uormal, Hii Appetite Im preyes and Wound Healing. THOUSANDS CHEER AT THE GOOD NEWS Popular Comment ii that the Lait Bulletin ii the Etit of All. NOW LITTLE DOUBT OF HIS RECOVERY Liverpool U lllimliittl In Becog Bltlon of the Olad Tiding Which Have Come from Back Ingham Palace. LONDON, June 28. King Edward's Im provement was maintained at 1 o'clock this morning. The Dally Mall this morning says that Hll King Edward's functions are working admirably. The drainage pipe has not yet been removed, but the king's general prog ress is very sure and steady. His diet already Includes soup, fish and baked apples. It Is probable that next week the number of dally bulletins will be dimin ished. It baa been informally settled, says the paper, that as soon as It la safe to do so bis majesty will be moved to Cowes and be placed on board the royal yacht for his period of convalescence. LONDON, June 27. "It's the best yet," was the popular comment with which the bulletin posted at Buckingham palace at 11 o'clock tonight waa greeted. A small erowd waited before the palace until tbo bulletin was brought out and when the good news became known there were cries "Hear! Hear!" and cheers. Lord Churchill, the acting lord chamber lain, drove up to the palace Just as the bulletin was Issued, and he expressed his keen pleasure at the doctor's report of the king's condition. After learning the contents of the bulletin the crowd at the palace quickly dispersed and the rejoicing which waa already apparent In the crowded streets Increased with the terms of the latest report. The 11 o'clock bulletin waa: "His majesty's condition is In all re ppeuts Batisfactory. The king has had a comfortable day and has made substantial Improvement. TREVES, "LAKINO, "BARLOW." The prince and princess of Wales dined t Buckingham palace tonight In company with several other royal personsgea. All the diners returned early to their homes. The unanimity among prominent physi cians In expressing their opinions as to Ihe caas of the king l quite remarkable, all the professional opinions gathered are listlnctly favorable and hopeful. The doc tor regard the danger of perityphlitis as . tow. almost paat and believe bla majesty's recovery to be entirely probable. Liverpool was .Illuminated tonight Is reo kgnltlon of the good. news. The king of Denmark, who Intended com ing to London today has been dissuaded from so doing by Queen Alexandra, who telegraphed her father that King Edward la making good progress. Talk of Festivities. The prospect of the king's rapid recovery pas led to a revival of the projects tor festivities. It has practically been decided that the Indian and Colonial troops here (hall be reviewed next Tuesday or Wednes- 8ay by the prince and princess of Wales en the Horse Guards parade. Queen Alex andra attending to take the salute on be half of the king as she did recently at Aldershot. This Idea was warmly advo cated by the colonial premiers In London ftnd It has been approved by Joseph Cham berlain, th colonial secretary. It Is likely that as soon as his majesty Is pronounced to be out of danger London arlll indulge In a general Illumination. Very few of the Illumination devices In the City have been disturbed, their owners awaiting the decision of the prince ot Wales In ths matter. The prince has not yet or Acred the removal of the devices from Marl borough bouse. It' ta not Impossible that the abandon ment of the naval review set for June 18 will be reconsidered in the interests of the colonial and Indian visitors, who are greatly disappointed at missing this sight, Other entertainments for the nation's col onial and Ipdian guests are also being ar ranged. Thus, It there la no setback In bis majesty's progress, there will be a partial revival ot the interrupted festivities. Practically Oat of Dancer. It Is said that after the Issue of this toomlng bulletin Lord Marcu Beresford asked Lord Lister how the king was pro gresslng and that Lord Litter replied: "His majesty Is practically out of danger.' The prince of Wales and the duke of Con- kaught called early at Buckingham palace, Lord Lister and his colleagues were In lunsultation for a quarter of an hour prior ! Issuing the bulletin posted at 10:15. The announcement of a more comfortable ttats of the king's wound and his having se fured natural sleep is followed by an Indl ration of Increasing assurance In the minds tf those responsible for ths official report It Is contained in the last sentence, which indicates that everything Is going aa well as Can reasonably be expected. As the time approached for the posting f the mornlug bulletin the erowd about the palace of the king Increased appreciably. (Vben the better tenor ot the new contained by the slip of paper attached to the b&tte tovered board became known something like I cheer broke forth from the assembled people. Prince Henry of Prussia and other foreign representatives were among the earlier In quirers at Buckingham palace. Postponement ('ri Troable. That many persons unreasonably felt ag grieved by the postponement ot the corona tion festivities is shown by the fart that llstuibance have occurred in different arts of England. A crowd gathered In the itreets at Watford and windows In the house f the chairman ot the council were imashed, together with those of other mem bers of the town coronation committee. Mounted police charged the erowd. Considerable rioting was Indulged In at Dunstable. A protest meeting wss held and tb crowd afterward proceeded to the rest- lencee of the mayor and rector, where, amid much hooting, windows were smashed. A move waa then mad to the Chlltern bills, where a great coronation bonfire waa lighted cootra-y to orders. A riot also occurred la He mm el Hamp Head owing to th derision ot the corona lion committee to sell the beef and pro- (Continued on Secood Pag ) BRING UP HIMBERT CASE M. Mlrman. Socialist, Aiika Rome Prr tlneat Qorstlona Concerning Noted Purls Affair. PARIS, June 27. The Humbert case was, brought up In the Chamber of Deputies to day, when M. Mlrman (solcalist) Inter pellated the government on the subject. M. Mlrman said he wanted to know why the then minister of Justice, M. Monis, had not Intervened until May 8; why measures had not been taken to arrest the authors of the swindle and why the then mlnlBter of finance, M. Caillaux, had not given orders to collect the 10,000,000 franca succession duty to which the state had " right to claim on the heritage. He '' 1 that Senator Valle, the presen. "' A. of why the duties were not colleC M. Valle could not acknowledge a . functionary who had failed to do his dut). because he would be accused ot personal spite. But M. Valle should now tell all he knew about the affair and the vote of the chamber would protect him. M. Firman Fauer (nationalist) attacked Attorney General Bulot. After several other deputies had spoken, M. Valle arose and declared that the attitude of Attorney General Bulot had been Irreproachable. He, M. Valle, was confident that Mme. Hum bert would bo arrested and when the rase was tried there would be many surprises and lovers of scandal would have ample sat isfaction. The affair, however, had no po litical character and was purely judicial. The minister then asked the chamber to say If It retained confidence in him. The min ister's remark was greeted with cheers and the chamber, 493 to 74 votes, passed a motion of confidence In the government, in the following terms: The chamber expresses confidence that the government will prosecute energetically all the culprits In the Humbert affair and give It the purely judicial consequence in volved therein." While the debate was proceeding in tbo chamber a crowd of several thousand per sons waa witnessing the removal ot the famous safe from the Humbert residence to an auction room. Legal functionaries watchet! the. lowering of the safe by pul leys from the upper story. It weighs 6,000 pounds. BEGIN TO TIRE OF SIBERIA Return Movement to European Bai aln Much Stronger Than It Waa In 1900. 8T. PETERSBURG, Thursday. June 12. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Official figures showlug the emigration to Siberia and the return of former immigrants to European Russia for the year 1901 are published. The total movement to Siberia Is given roundly as 128,700, comprising 94,700 emi grants, 25,000 pioneers or intending emi grants and 9,000 peasants seeking work. There returned 55,000 persons. Including 81,000 emigrants, 18,000 pioneers and 6,000 working men. The return movement Is stronger than It was in 1900. The greatest emigration waa from Poltava and other thickly populated central provinces, where the land allotments made after tb emancipation were most un favorable to th peasants. FRENCH GENERAL EXECUTOR Estate of Late Midi All Will Be Handled by Him for ' Young Mohammed. TUNIS, June 27. A deoree has been pub lished in the Gazette to the effect that the personal fortunes and estates of Mohammed, bey of Tunis, and his family, as well as the crown property, will hereafter be managed by the French resident general, M. Plchon. No expenditures by the member of the royal family will henceforward be legal unless authorized by the resident general. Bid! All, formerly bey ot Tunis, died there June 11. His son Mohammed was proclaimed bey the same afternoon. EXONERATES THE CADETS Committee to Investigate Sandhurst Military College Fire Reports Students Not Responsible LONDON, June 27. It Is understood that the committee appointed to Inquire Into the origin ot the suspicious fires and the Sandhurst Military college in Its report exonerates the cadets from suspicion of in cendiarism and says the disturbances were due to resentment ot the cadets at being accused of being connected with th fires which have occurred at Intervals in their quarters since April, and which caused a stoppage of the leave ot all the cadet. NO TROUBLE IN SANTIAGO Report that There Waa Great Agita tion Among th Negroes Unfounded. SANTIAGO, Jun 27. Th reports circu lated In the United States by a news agency ot great agitation here among the negro element, who were said to be demanding that the revolutionary army be paid and approving of General Bandera' plan ot taking to th woods, are Incorrect. The city and the province of Santiago are absolutely quiet. The press of both psrtles advocates paying the soldiers, but there Is little discussion ot the matter. African Ksplorers Are Safe. LONDON. June 27. Advices received her from Adls Abeba, capital of Abyssinia, an nounce th safe arrival there of Fttzhugh Whltehouse of Newport. R. I., and Lord Hindltp, who started from England Febru ary" 1 on an exploring trip to tb Upper Nile. Both ot th travelers were well and had thua far enjoyed a successful trip. They were cordially welcomed by Ktng Menellk. The explorer were to continue their travels round Lake Rudolf and home by way ot Massowah, where the) expect to arrive in September. Count Is Not n Loser. VIENNA, June 27. The report circulated in the United States that Count Rudolf Potockl, an aide de camp to th czar, loat zaoo.ooo at naccarat in tnree nours at a club in Warsaw Wednesday night, and afterward attempted to commit suicide, originated in an obscure and unreliable puper of Cracow and Is generally regarded here as being entirely unfounded. Must Comply with the Uw, PARIS, June 27. At a cabinet meeting held at the Elysee palace this morning M. Lojbet signed a decree closing ths religious listitutloD which bav not complied with the provisions of tb law of association. Ons hundred and thirty stabllshmnta ars Involved. Instructions on the subject wers eat to tb various prefecture this after noon. AMNESTY FOR FILIPINOS Cabinet Decides to Issue General Proclama tion of Pardon on July 4. AGUINALD0 AND OTHERS BENEFITED Desire I to Restore Peace la Arrhl pelaao and Substitute at CItII for a Military Administration. WASHINGTON, June 27. At the meet ing ot the cabinet today the terras of an amnesty proclamation to the Filipinos, which It Is contemplated to Issue on the ,.v,.m . T . , I .. .. . twa B'"" u"""' - liana l r-njk n Im a , ,.. '' "" ........ 'cr consideration the draft of a and has found it necessary number of changes In Its text. to . - In Its Jlfled state It was agreed to by the cabinet today and Secretary Root will cable It to Acting Governor Wrtght for his Inspection. If It meets the tatter's approval nothing will remain but for the president, if the Philippine civil government bill Is a law on that day, as la now expected It will be, to Issue on Independence day a formal proclamation setting forth terms of amnesty for all political offenders In tho islands including Agulnaldo and those held at Guam. The proclamation Is based upon the gen eral objects of the Philippine government bill, namely to restore peace in the archi pelago and substitute a civil for a military administration. That is now in conference and the proclamation will not be Issued until the Philippine government measure has been agreed upon by both houses and the president has affixed his signature to It. Teat of the Proclamation. The proclamation will declare that a state of peace now exists In the Philippine Islands save in the parts ot the Archipelago where the Mindanao or pagan tribes are giving the United States a great amount of trouble and will declare In effect that with the trans fer of the government of the archipelago from a military to a civil status all those arrested and held for political offenses shall be restored to liberty, granted full amnesty and allowed to participate in the civil government that is to be Inaugurated in the islands. .While' the proclamation la subject to changes In text, the general' language ot the document Is pretty well mapped out. There was a general dlscueslon today of the treatment that should be accorded the political prisoners of the Islands. There Is no Intention, It is stated, to release those convicted of other than political offenses. the benefits of tbs amnesty being limited to those In custody as a result of breaches of military law, leaving criminal offenders to the action of the proper authorities under th coming civil government. The purpose Is to demonstrate that motives of humanity and generosity dictate our course toward the Philippines. When the Islands are turned over to the civil authorities they will not be left without adequate military protection, as no more troops will be or dered home for the present, and every pre caution will be taken tor the military safe guarding of the Islands under th new civil administration. Purchase of Frlara Lands. Another subject under consideration at the cabinet meeting today was the nego tiations for the purchase of the friars' lands in the Philippines. Secretary Root took with him to the meeting all the correspond ence which haa passed between himself ant Governor Taft while the latter has been carrying on his negotiations at Rome. It is understood that Secretary Root feels great confidence in a successful outcome of Governor Taft's efforts The cabinet also took, up the question of naming the naval vessels provided for In the naval appropriation bill and, It is as serted, a decision was reached in that case. but it is desired not to make the names public until the vessels are. actually author Ized. The cabinet meeting waa held In the president's temporary quarters on Lafayette square and was the first time in eighty eight years that a regular session of the cabinet bad been held outside the White House, PRESIDENT RETURNS HOME Trip Mack to the National Capital Devoid ot Noteworthy Incidents. WASHINGTON, June 27. President Roosevelt and party arrived in Washington on a special train over the Pennsylvania railroad at 10:35 this morning. The president' special train traveled as the second section of the Federal express There wers no noteworthy Incidents during th morning journey. Th president wss In fine humor. He walked briskly down the station platform on reaching Washington and had almost reached the gates when be recollected that be bad not bade adieu to the engine crew, his Invariable practice on returning from a trip. Quickly retracing his step, he reached the sld of the engine that had pulled blm from Philadelphia and vigorously shook the hsnd ot the .engineer, fireman and another trainman who bad climbed Into the cab to share the honors. Ah he turned toward the gates a 'man roughly .brushed against him seized his band and exclaimed that b was from Long Island. "Glad to see you," said the president and be wrenched his hand away and joined Sec retary Cortelyou. The Whit House car rlage waa In waiting and the president drove directly to his nsw temporary official quarters. ESTABLISHES ARMY COLLEGE Secretary of War Direct Prepara tion of General Order for Estab lishment at Washington. WASHINGTON. June 27. The sec reiary or war has directed tbs preparation of a general order for the es tabllsbment at Washington barracks In this city of an army war college for the most advanced instruction of army officers. Tb proposed college will be under the Imme diate direction of a board of fiv officer detailed from th army at large, and, ex- officio, the chief of engineers, the chief ot artillery, th superintendent of the mili tary academy and the commanding officer of tb general set .Ice and staff college. Major General 8. B. M. Young was de tailed today aa president of the college and General William H. Carter and General Tasker H. Bliss ' v been selected aa mem bers of the general bord, leaving only two more members to be selscted from th army at largs. Until th buildings contemplated at Wash ington barracks for th us of th college are erected and ready for occupancy tb college will occupy temporary quarter la a privet building. CAPTAIN STEELE ON STAND Tells What He Knows rt Board Rel ative to Alleged Cruelty In rhlllpplnea. MANILA. June 27. Captain M. W. Steele, of the Sixth cavalry testified today before the board which Is Inquiring Into the charges of cruelty, etc., brought by Major Cornelius Gardener, governor of Taybns province egalnst American officers and soldiers. He said he left Taybas In 1301, at which time be did not consider the province psclfled or tranquilizer. The witness was in Major Gardener's regl- ttent, the Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry. At that time no American dared go through the town unguarded. He said that acting under Major Gardener's orders and after protesting, he placed the principal residents of Lucban under guard during the vote for the local president and that they com plained bitterly of the action taken. Wit ness left them and when he returned he found tbey had voted for a criminal who waa in jail. He told them they must elect another man. The witness believed they voted for the men they moat hated. The man elected president protested and re quested to be relieved, but wss compelled under threat of being put In the guard house to accept the office. Continuing Cap tain Steele said that among his brother officers Major Newberry, formerly of the Thirtieth Volunteer regiment, who testified before the board on Wednesday was reputed to have used a perfectly unscrupulous method of obtaining In'ormatlon from na tives. Once the witness asked him if he had killed five natives with his own hand and got the understanding that be bad killed several men with his Mauser pistol. Wit ness did not ask the reason for this and was not prepared to say that Newberry had actually killed them, but That waa wit ness' Impression. He thought It was Major Gardener's policy to get a form of govern ment that the province waa not ready for It. Major Gardener then testified as to his policy In dealing with the natives of Taya bas, saying it was what he understood was Wsr ktfl.Jicomlw HR DRD LD D DDDDL desired by the authorities at Washington, namely to erase from the minds of the peacefully Inclined the fears they enter tained of soldiers and to show them where they were wrong. In the meanwhile pursu ing the hostile natives vrth relentless ac tivity. The major Introduced documents. Includ ing a report of General Theodore Schwan, commanding him (Gardener) and the Thir tieth regiment of Volunteers. ROANOKE BACK FROM NOME Bring Back Gold Dost, but No New of the Missing Steamer Portland. SEATTLE, Wash., Jun 27. The steam ship Roanoke, under command of Captain Weaver, arrived from Nome this morning. Roanoke left Nome on the afternoon of June IS. At that ttme no tidings had been received of the steamer Portland or Jeanle, and both vessel are now believed to be lost. At Norn It Is generally ac cepted that Portland has been swept far Into the Arctic sea. Captatn Weaver reports that nothing bad been heard from the rcvij , cutter Thetis when he left Nome. That vessel had at that time been two weeks in pursuit of Portland. The vessels In .port when Roanoke left were: Valencia, Indiana, Centennial, Gar- onna, EUhu Thompson, Newsboy and Ore gon. The1 steamship Senator was still in quarantine. The steamer Dora of the North ern Commercial company which returned to Nome June 17, having given up all hop of finding the unfortunate vessels. Roanoke brought down 1100,000 in gold dust and reported a pleasant voyage. ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE Annual Convention of American Alio. elation Begin Session at Carnegie Institute. PITTSBURG. June 27. The annual con vention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science began its sessions at Carnegie institute today. Most of the delegates have arrived and by tomorrow upward of 1,000 visitors will be here. The convention will adjourn on July 8, but the delegates will remain over the Fourth in order to take part in the recep tion to President Roosevelt on that day. ' After the usual address of welcome to day' session waa devoted to the reports of officers and the reading of papers by Robert Fletcher, director of the Thayer school of civil engineering, Dartmouth college; N. Clifford Rlcker, dean ot the college of en gineering. University of Illinois; Charles F. Burgess, assistant professor ot electrical en gineering. University ot Wisconsin, and others. NOT SHORT 0F THE STOCK Chairman of Colorado Fnel and Iron Company Makes n State, ment. DENVER. June 7. J. C. Osgood, chair man of the board of directors of the Colo rado Fuel and Iron company, today made the following statement for publication: In view of the false and malicious state ments which have recently been publiHhed to the effect that I am "short" of Colorado Fuel and Iron common stork and have ad vocated the suspension of dividends for stork Jobbing purpnHes I state most em phatically that 1 have not sold a share of stork short. I have not directly or indi rectly sold a share of stock for the last sixty days and the stork I sold prior to that time was for the purpose of reinvest ing In the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany'! per cent debentures. The atatement that there was a "gentle men's" or any other kind of agreement to pay dividends for another year is as false as It Is ridiculous. I have purposely re strained from discussing the matter of pay ment or nonpayment of the common stork dividend, leaving It for discussion and ac tion by the board of directors. RIVAL FOR STEEL" TRUST Certlncute of Incorporation for Amer ican Steel Fonndrles I Filed. TRENTON. N. J . Jun 7 A r.rll,.i. of incorporation was filed her today for tb following: The American Steel Foundries, capital $40,000,000, of which $20,000,000 Is preferred, drawing f per cent cumulative dividends. The concern is authorized to manufacture 1 Iron, steel and manganese and .other ma terials and all articles partially consisting ot th same. Incorporators: Howard F. Wood, K. K. McLaren and Donald H. Mann, all of Jersey City. Dlplomatle Relations He-Established. ROME, Jun tf. Mgr. R. Sam de Sam per, th member of th pope' household who was sent to Mexico three months sgo with instructions to endeavor to re-establish diplomatic relations between that re public and th Vatican, report that hs has been successful In bis mission. COMES AS FRIEND OF COURT Attorney Baldwin Filei Brief in Railroad Assessment Mandamus Case. EXPLAINS ABOUT THE TWO ANSWERS "ays First Waa Made In Good Faith and Attorneys Who Made It Did Not Appreciate Ita Legal Effect. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 27. (Special Telegram.) John N. Baldwin, Union Pacific attorney, late this afternoon filed In the supreme court an extensive brief in the mandamus rase of The Bee Building company against the State Board of Equalization. Explain ing his appearance, Mr. Baldwin says: "The undersigned, an attorney-at-IaV gratefully appreciating the permission of this court to be heard with reference to the questions Involved in this cause, files this brief a a friend of the court." The document is In response to the brief filed recently by E. W. Slmeral for The Bee Building company. In commenting on the two answers of the board It Is urged that the first answer was undoubtedly made In good faith, "but without a clear under standing of the legal effect," and that it stated conclusions merely1 and not the facts. Mr. Baldwin next attacks the character of the relator's brief and Insists that It should receive the condemnation of the court, the objection being to Mr. Slmeral's discussion of the board's two answers. It Is alleged that in asesslng the railroad property the board necessarily assessed both the tangible and intangible. It ia also contended that the mandamus will not lie In this case because the Board of Equal ization is clothed with discretionary and quasi judicial powers and has already acted. CANNOT TAX GOOD WILL Indiana Court Hold This la Not Part of Taxable Property In Case of Indianapolis News. INDIANAPOLIS, June 27. The good will of a business cannot be taxed under the Indiana law, according to the decision of the supreme court today, in the Indianapolis News case. The valuation of tangible prop erty as returned for taxation had not been questioned, but the state board having added a large sum for good will and for value of the Associated Press franchise. When the paper refused . to pay, the state board sued, .through a state auditor, to collect While the complaint alleged that the additional assessment was against the good will of the property and the Asso ciated Press franchise, it did not specify how much either was valued at. Attorneys for the newspaper showed that the In diana law did not provide a method, nor attempt to provide one for taxing good will and that no other newspaper or other property had been so taxed. The lower court found In favor of the New and the higher court sustained the opinion. It Is said that good will is not property and doe not com within the ststut providing for taxation and th assessment of taxes. The Associated Press franchise, , it said, should be taxed at what It may be worth, but that had not been clearly set out in the complaint and the court could. not consider It. N . The attorneys for the newspaper bad held that the Associated Press was not an asset, but an expense. CONTROL MISSOURI MINES Claim Made that Morgan Syndicate Is About to Absorb Coal Mines of State. KANSAS CITY. June 27. The Star ssys: All the big coal mines in Missouri are to be absorbed by a syndicate controlled by J. Pierpont Morgan, according t R. O. Rom bauer of Klrksvllle, Mo., a coal operator. "An effort was made about a year ago by Mr. Morgan's Chicago representative to or ganize a syndicate in Missouri," said Mr. Rombauer. "The negotiation were not suc cessful, but a new plan of absorbing the Missouri mines has recently been proposed. and th Indications now are favorable for the consolidation of the most important mines in Missouri. "The Missouri operators have had so much trouble with labor unions and with railroads that many good mines can be nougnt tor reasonsoie prices. - Mr. Rombauer asserted that th plan to consolidate Missouri mines by eastern cap italists waa only part of a plan to form a trust to control the coal output of the United States. CHOOSE TYLEfl PRESIDENT Denver Man at Head of International Sunday School Association ' Neat Tear. DENVER, June 27. The tenth triennial convention of - the International Sunday 8chool convention elected Rev. B. B. Tyler, past,or of the South Broadway Christian church of Denver, president for the ensuing trlennium. The reports ot .th general secretary showed a flourishing condition. The convention Is making an effort to In crease the contributions to $25,000 annually, and $15,000 was pledged this afternoon. The field workers conference elected the following officers: President, E. Morris Ferguson, New Jer sey; vice president tor northeast, H. 8 Conant, Boston; vice president for south, George O. Bacbman, Nashville; vice presl dent for west, W. E. Merrltt, Tacoma, Wash.; vice president for central states W. C. Pearce. Chicago; vie president for Canada, A. W. Halpenny; secretary, E. E. Fox, Kentucky. LAWYER HAS TRAGIC END James E. Pearson After Writing Con fession of Defalcation and Theft Inhales Gas. NEW YORK, June 27. James E. Pearson 5 years of age, a well known lawyer, whose home is at Hempstead, L. I., and who bad an office In Brooklyn, waa found dead in bis office today. He bad killed himself by in haling illuminating gas. In bis hand was the photograph of a woman. He left a letter. In which he said: "It is of no use. I bav prayed for death and It does not come. Opportunity is given m for tb first time In three weeks and I am alons In th office. I must not miss this opportunity,' sod my family will b better off without me. Ruined, dis graced and unfit to live, all good by, you will all despis me when all is known. "I am a defaulter and tblef, and where all the money is gone. I cannot tell. My wlf and children are left pern'Uas." Pearson bad six children. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER "Forecast for Nebraska Showers Saturday and iTobaniy Sunday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour, Deg. Hoar. I p. m . 3 P. til. n p. m. 4 p. nt . 5 p. m . II p. m . T p. sn . R p. m . t p. m. Dm. n a. m . . . . H a. in T a. tn ..... . H a. m n a. m. . . . . . H 44 I til M.t U'l I5 III tt:l 12 BT ft. Kt R7 HI U1 in a. m 11 a. m ..... . 12 m PICKLING MEN TO COMBINE Incorporation of Manufacturers and Distributors of Fond Products Said to Be First Step. CAMDEN. N. J.. June 27. Articles of In corporation were filed today by the Asso ciation of Manufacturers and Distributors of Food Product, with no capital. The cap ital of the firms incorporated is $30,000,000. The incorporation today is said to be pre liminary to the organization of a combina tion to embrace a number of the largest pickling and preserve establlsments throughout the country. A meeting of the officials of these companies will be held In New York June 29. The firms members of the association are: Max Ames, New York; A. A. Knight A Sons, Boston: Terfectlou Jar Closure company, Philadelphia; Curtis Bros., Rochester, N. Y.; Crulkshank Bros., Allegheny City, Pa.; Oeorge K. McMechan, Wheeling, W. Va.; Anderson Food company and the Campbell Preserve company, Cam den, N. J.; Logan A Johnson, Boston; J. Weller company, Cincinnati; Exley, Wat kins ft Co., Wheeling W. Va.; Williams ft Bro., Detroit; Rltter Conserve company, Philadelphia. The officers of the new corporation are: President, William B. McMechan, Wheel ing; vice presidents, L. M. Friley, Camden; Frank Crulckshank, Allegheny City; W. H. Rltter, Philadelphia; secretary, W. A. Wil liams, Detroit. JUSTICE CHARLES LONG DEAD Veteran Member of Michigan Supreme Bench Die After Long Illness. DETROIT, June 27. Justice of the State Supreme Court Charles D. Long died here this afternoon after a long Illness. Justice Long was a native of Michigan and was In hi 61st year. He had been on the state supreme bench since 1S87. He served in the civil war as a private In the Eighth Michigan infantry. In the bat tle Of Wilmington Island, April 18, 1862, be received wounds which rendered blm sn Invalid for life. A shot shattered his left arm, which had to be amputated above the elbow. At nearly the same time a bullet pierced his hip. This bullet It proved Impossible to remove and to the hour of hi death this never-healing wound, which had to be dressed every day, caused him untold suffering and discomfort. Judge Long was well known by reason of his suit against Pension Commissioner Locb- ren, which be carried to the United State supreme court to compel the commissioner to restore his pension to $72 per month. It bad been reduced on the ground that Judge Long was not totally disabled. TEXAS DROUGHT IS BROKEN Heavy Rains Fall from Dallas South to Gulf and In Other Pnrta of State. DALLAS, Tex., June 27. The long drought prevailing in Texas was quite generally re lieved today. Heavy ralna are reported from Dallas south to the gulf and many sections north, east and west have received por tions of the downpour. The corn crop Is said to be beyond redemption, but cotton will be saved. There was considerable alarm for the safety of Galveston through out the day, as a severe gale was reported raging there early this morning and tele graphic communication was entirely inter rupted during the day. It was later learned, however, that no damage had been sus tained and that the water waa but slightly above normal. At Houston a high wind prevailed and a heavy rain fell throughout the day. Trees were uprooted and car traffic was suspended In a portion of the city, but no serious damage waa done. At Grand Saline th gale was very strong and the water broke over the river banks. No great damage la reported there. MOB MURDERS MISSIONARY American and British Mission Build ings at Tien Ku Chao Destroyed. PEKIN, June 27. The viceroy of the province of Szeb Chuan bss notified the government that the American and British mission buildings at Tien Ku Chao have been destroyed by a mob and that a mis sionary ha been murdered. HI name and nationality was not reported. An Imperial edict has just been issued depriving the local magistrate of Tien Ku Chao of hi rank and order the extermina tion of the rioters. Several of the leaders of the outbreak are reported to have been beheaded. Evi dently this was an anti-Indemnity rising, Ilk thos which bav occurred, elsewhere in China. DR. A. C. HIRST CRITICALLY ILL Pastor of First Methodist Church of Omaha Lie Dangerously Sick In May wood. 111. CHICAGO, June 27. (Special Telegram.) Dr. A, C. Hirst, former pastor of Cente nary Methodist church, now pastor of the First Methodist church ot Omaha, la crit ically 111 at the bom of bis daughter, Mrs. Bennett, of Maywood, 111. The doctors de clare It due to overwork. Dr. Hirst has filled some of the best pul pits In the country. Including Christ church, Pittsburg; Towns Street church, Columbus, O., and Simpson Memorial church, San Francisco, besides th Chicago and Omaha churches. BOY CONFESSES TO MURDER Seventeen-rear-Old Lad at St. Joseph Says He Killed His Mother Some Tim Ago. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Jun 27. William Coats, aged 17, was arrested her today on suspicion of being the murderer ot bis mother, whose partially decomposed body was found In her home, on a farm south of this city, yesterdsy. Coats, after a brief "sweating" at nolle headquarter mad a full confession. Implicating his father. James Coats, who soon afterwards waa taken into custody. Tb parents have been missing for several months. Th son says b cboksd hi mother to death when no on km around. MACHINISTS LET OUT TJnien Facifio Discharges Another Big Portion of Its Workmen. OVER HUNDRED AND FIFTY GIVEN CHECKS Aotion Complicates Troable Between Rail road Company and Shopmen. THOUSAND DROPPED FROM PAYROLL Mach nists Present Demands Again and Will Meet Officials Today. WILL STRIKE UNLESS COMPANY YIELDS Car Builders and Union PoclSo Reach Mutually Satisfactory Terms After Continuous Con ferences Lasting Five Daya. One hundred and thirty-seven machinists and helpers were discharged by ths Union Pacific from Its Omaha shops Friday even ing, and about twenty-five from the shop at Armstrong, Kan. One hour and a half before these men were Informed that they need not report for work this morning tho company reached tho amicable term with its csr builders, with whom officials hav been In conference for fiv days. Scarcely ha1 the car builders commute left the private office of Superintendent of Motive Power McKean. perfectly satisfied with their settlement, than th committee from the machinists' union entered, was formally received, presented Ita grievances and were told to call at the office this morning at 10 o'clock for a conference with the official. These sre the most recent developments in the Union Pacific labor situation. The company now seems to b the aggressor. Within the last week It baa discharged over 1,000 men from various shops on Its system and still maintains that It can continue the operation ot Its shops with the minimum force left. Car Bulldrra Beach Settlement. The car builders and the company effected a settlement with which both sides affirm their euttre satisfaction. Th agreement It in the form of a compromise, the company acceding to part of th advance In wages by the car builders. The agreement wss signed by the officials and th member of the committee and the men returned to their home and today will return to their work. This element of discord at least Is eliminated from th threatened labor war. The machinists are still the pivot of. the situation. If the company can arrange ' terms with tbem the whole strlk may b brought to an abrupt end; it not a general strike. Including possibly every mechanical department of the Union Pacific, system, will be declared, according to the statement of the mechanics. Immediately. The pros pects of a settlement with the machlulsts upon the basis of their present demands is, to aay th least, remote. Tb demands are those which hsve ones been re-Jutted by the company and from Interviews with some of the officials It doe not appear that there Is any more disposition upon the company'! part now to grant these demands than there was In the first place. Willing to Hear Men. However, tho officials aasert their will ingness to accord a fair and thorough hear lng and It is barely possible soma kind ot a settlement can be made whereby a strike can be averted. The machinists declare they will not yield one lota from their present position, but In the face of tble declaration they assert their anxiety te make peaceable terms and avert a strike. The machinists still lay great emphasis upon their ability to endure a prolonged battle if necessary. They have espoused the cause of the bollermakers and both organi zations have the co-operation ot their na tional bodies. Two ot the machinists' na tional leaders, R. W. Roderick and T. L. Wilson of Chicago and St. Paul, respec tlvely, are on the ground, ready to lend a hand In the direction of the fight. NO move will be made, however, until after the conference which the machinists begin this morning with the official at headquarters. Unionists Inspect to Win. The machinists and bollermakers look upon th action of the company In discharg ing Its men as a mean of winning tb fight. They believe there Is some effort at Intimidation and persist In the state ment that the company has chosen a very Ineffective course to pursue. They main tain that It Is utter folly for the company to think It can get along without machinists and bollermaksrs In Its shops and that un less matters 'are brought to a settlement by other mean within a very short time the company will be forced to yield In order to carry on its business. According to a statement mado Union Pacific official, those men who were let out yesterday were given regular discharge checks and how long they will remain out of the employ of the company I a ques tion. It ls urged by the company that their discharge Is not a stroke of retaliation at the workmen or unions, but due to a lack of work., Since the strike of tb boiler makers, which was followed by th heavy reduction of th general force a week ago today, the shops have been generally de moralized and the work necessarily don with very little system. The officials sum up the situation now by saying that the men yesterday were let out simply because there was no work for them to do. Tbey do not pretend to say bow long they will be idle, but volunteer the statement that so far as matters now exist they may be taken back In the employ of the company If they want to return when normal condi tions are established. Only Handful of Men Left. There are left In the machinists' depart ment of the Omaha shops about twenty, five men, barely enough, the official aay, to carry on th work alone. They main tain that their affairs wers in such good shape when the trouble aros that they are not in need of many men. Asked If a set tlement Is effected between the machinists and Ister with the bollermakers normal conditions would be restored at the shops, a representative of the company last night said tbey would not. Normal conditions, be said, would not be restored until tb de mands f th company's business war ranted it. The general Impression among tbo men Is that ths situation has been greatly com plicated by th action of th company and thy consider this action Injurious to th company's sld of th controversy. The bollermakers ars quietly awaiting th outcome of tb machinists' conference with ths officials. As these two union bav allied their Interests, an ultimatum to on will mean to both, and If tb machin ist fall In their effort with UM company