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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1903-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
STRIKES WILL PASS
Carroll D. Wright Cain Labor Diiputei
Mare Hcetiag Bicni of Progresg.
QUIESCENCE IS RESULT OF IGNORANCE
Partial Knowing Brings About Work
men's Corflcti with Captal
FURTHER EVOLUTION MUST MEAN PEACE
Conditions EstV:r Understood Will Lead to
Cassation of Indui.riai War.
ed.
CONVENTION OPPOSES UNITED BARGAINS
Maaufnrturer Declare for Employer'
Federation and Organisation of
Nonunion Men and Drlie Po
sition on Organisation.
NEW ORLEANS, April 16. Interest in
today's session of the National Asexctetlon
of Manufacturers centered in the report of
the committee en resolutions, which was
expected to result In a di finite understand
ing as to the attitude the association will
take toward organized labor.
The report was not ready tilt the after
noon, when reeolutlocs were Introduced and
adopted declaring for Individual contests
between laborer and employer, providing
for the formation of ' an employers' fed
eration and endorsing the rrported move
ment for a free tabor organization.
When the forenoon session was called to
order Carroll D. Wright was Introduced and
given a hearty reception.
. President Roosevelt had been Invited to
M!'end and in declining named Mr. Wright
to represent him.
Mr. Wright In part:
Combination Helpa All.
The combination hna In it all the ele
ments of the corporation, for It Is simply
an enlarged corporation, embracing more
elements, more factors and, therefore, it Is
moro powerful for good or evil than the
corporation or a quarter 01 a century ago
Put It recoirnlses in its development an
effort to democratise lndustryi Like a great
Kpartment store. It democratisee tne
handling of goods and enables the pur
chaser to secure in one place all that he
puiy need in his shopping tour.
The great combination enables society to
secure Its commodities on a more stable
basis than under the previous methods. Its
evils are those of management and not of
constitution. These evils ma v be handled
by law and by society. We need not fear
them, for when the combination does not
seek the common good and does not ac
complish by It methods and Its machinery
of production and distribution the welfare
of society, society Itself will take care of
the matter. It is the result of the develop
ment of the idea of associated force ana,
therefore, under it Industry has secured
greater fower man u nas ever received.
Development of the Corporation.
ALGIERS IS JN GAY ATTIRE
African City Taa Great Homage to
the President of
France.
ALGIERS. April 15. Algler was In gala
attire in honor of tr' -nlng of President
Loubet. the firsts ''''i)ti . atate since
Emperor Napoleon I ft,, ''H . 'he French
Norm Arrlcan possessions. ' .
The streets were elaborate..'
Vast crowds filled the streets'..
Arabs in quaint, costumes mingled wiv,
throngs which awaited the arrival of t.
great white sultan, as the French ruler is
known among the natives.
In the harbor were the Russian, British
and Italian squadrons sent to extend greet
ings to the president, also the French
cruiser Du Challa, having on board the
Moroccan mlBslons and the Spanish battle
ship Pclayo, with the special envoy of
Spain on board. Throughout the morning
there was a continuous cannonading from
the warships and forts.
At 10 o'clock the semaphore signaled
the approach of the French squadron es
corting President Loubet. The warships
advanced In perfect order, with the nrmored
cruiser Jeanne d" Are, bearing the presi
dent ahead, followed by the battleship
St. Louis, with Marine Minister Helletan
on board, and the battleships and cruiser
Charlemagne, Gaulols, Lona and Bouvet
and a flotilla of smaller craft.
It was an Imposing naval spectacle, the
beauty cf which was enchanged by brilliant
sunshine.
ENSIGN IS COURT-MARTIALED
Kills Private Mho Did Not Salute
Him lav the Proper
War.
BERLIN. April 15. A court martial has
been ordered to try Ensign Hussner of the
German navy, who, on Good Friday, killed
an artilleryman named Hartmann, with his
jword at Essen for not saluting him prop
erly. According to Hussner'a verelon of the
affair, Hartmann was a former schoolmate
of Hussner and the latter avers that the
artilleryman attempted gross familiarity
In trying to shake hands with him after
he, Hussner, had arrested Hartmann for
the Informality of hla aalute. Then, Huss
ner adds, Hartman started to run and the
ensign thrust him through the back with
his sword, after wardB saying: "When I
draw my sword blood must flow."
Hussner has written to Hartmann's
mother saying it was hard that hla "duty
as a Prussian officer" required him to act
as he did.
In Hussner'a notebook were the names
of several privates who have been reported
by the ensign for not saluting him as re
spectfully as he desired.
CLERKE IS PASSED OYER
Payne Appoints Wisconsin Man Bnpsrin
tendent sf Western Division.
AGUINALDO ORDERS OTIS KILLED
Docament Fonad In War Department
Proves to Be Commission to Two
Filipinos to Slay Amer.
lean General.
(From a 8taff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aprli 15. (Special Tele
gram.) Postmaster General Payne today
designated J. P. Walker of Wisconsin for
appointment to the position of superin
tendent of the western division of rural
free delivery, vacated by the death of W.
E. Annln of Denver. Harry A. Clerke, who
has been acting superintendent during the
illness and since the death of Mr. Annln,
waa recommended for promotion by Super
intendent Machin of the free delivery ser
vice, but Walker was supported, by Senators
Spooner and Quarles of Wisconsin. Walker
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Raral Bootes Established and Unmoor
of Mall Carrier Are
' Appointed.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
AVA8HINGTON, April 10. (Special Tele
gram.) Elvlnua Peterson has been appoint
ed postmaster at Lone Tree Lake, Deuel
county, S. D., vice C. H. Roe, resigned.
These Iowa rural letter carriers were
appointed today: Beacon, regular, Leonard
A. Dixon; substitute, Ella M. Dixon. North
wood, regular, John Berg; substitute, Ida
Berg. Ottosen, regular. Carl A. Underburg;
substitute, John Houahen, Washington,
regulars. Eu.ene M. Anderson. Noah U
Hancock: substitutes, William F.
Devern Booth. . '. ..
A post office has been ordered established
at Hunter, Sioux county. Neb., and Ctarlsa
A. Hagerman commissioned postmaster.
George E. Hlmes of DeS Moines, la., was
today appointed a tagger in connection with
the bureau of animal Industry.
Alfred Parsons of Davenport, la., and John
Grant of North Platte, Neb., were today ad
mitted to practice before Interior department.
George W. Best was today designated aa
LINEMEN DECIDE TO STRIKE
Over One Hundred and Fifty Men Eady to
Quit Their Work.
DEMAND FULL RECOGNITION OF UNION
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair
ghower at Night or Friday,
Men on Lines of Nebraska Telephone,
Western I'nlon and Postal Tele
graph Companies 1st the
Fight.
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Is special agent In the rural free delivery j member of civil service board for the Web-
Convernely. the slna-le working-man. work
lng by ths side of his employer, waa his
employer's personal associate, but as the
employer developed Into the Arm. and the
nrm Into tne corporation, ana tne corpora
t'on Into the combination, the single work
lnaman has developed alone; similar lines.
He became the employe of the nrm with a
larger number of fellow workmen. Then he
became the employe or tne corporation and
the iwrwofia4-rektttrm-That previously ex.
' Isled wus weakened" or severed.
Now he i grouped as the fellow employe
, cf thousands and thousands under the great
combination, where la Is still farther re
moved in a personal N way from his em
ployer. Does this mean harm or does It mean
good? The answer to this question de
pends entirely upon the attitude of the two
parties In the new relation.
Capital may receive now and then an ex
r.rbltant Increase, in the way of profits or of
IntereKt, and wages may be raised or de
preHKed artificially, but under all normal
conditions the profits to capital and the re
muneration to labor will be regulated by
positive economic laws, but these laws are
more, clastic than natural laws, and hence
dlaturbarres, misunderstanding and bltter
liesit arise. On the whole, however, the re
muneration to capital is constantly de
creasing and that to labor constantly in
creasing. -
Ilesolt of Aeeomnlated Wealth.
I'This in the result, so far as capital is
A concerned, of the accumulation of wealth
f which may be turned Into active and pro
ductive capacity and, so far as wages are
concerned, to the Increased standard of liv
ing resulting from education and culture
m Mh follows It.
The growth of sentiment underlying the
principles of Justice outlined belongs more
thoroughly to the present than to any pre
ceding age and will overcome the labor
difficulties which harrase the public. Injure
the workman and damage capital. With
the ethical spirit finding a lodgment, the
antagonisms and the animosities will be
, softened, if not removed. The worklngman
hum risen from Ignorance to Intelligence
ki'.d as he haa reached intelligence he haa
tHotna a greater or lees complication In In-
dustrtal affair. In his Ignorance he did not
rtrlke; In his Intelligence tie does strike,
The next step In the development of his In
telligence will be that he will not strike;
IhHt he will be able to accommodate him
self to conditions because he will know
thtm and understand them better.
Ho will recognise his rights In relation to
ths rights of others and to know fully what
Is necessary for successful production.
wnere now ne understands only a part.
This means .of course, the organisation, the
continuance, tne perfection of laoor unions,
Burns of the method of the labor union
are to be condemned. Bo are some of the
methods of the capitalistic organisation to
t condemned, but because they cannot get
on together does not mean that elthe. or
both should be destroyed.
They must get on together. That Is th'
necessity of the time, and It Is to the lr.-
telllgenc of the leaders of both Interests
that society at large looks for the develop
ment of Industry on a basis of social
progress.
Resoaltlon Committee Reports.
At noon the resolution committee an
nounced that their report was ready. The
labor question came to the .'root in the
shape of a resolution embodying a declara
tion of principles, declaring against boy
cotts and lockouts, recognliing the right
of labor to organise, but "without Inter
ference with Jhe liberty of employers and
employes," denying the right of unions to
fix wages and pledging the association to
oppose all legislation not in accord with
the foregoing principles.
A motion to adopt the resolution brought
a protest from James T. Taloy of Clncin
natl, who demanded that the resolution be
printed and held over until tomorrow. Mr,
Taloy was supported by Mayor Jones of
Toledo, U., and a rising vote was de
manded. The motion to defer action was
lost by a heavy vote and the resolutions j
were adopted as follows:
We, the members of the National Afso
elatlon of Manufacturers. 1'nlted Stales of
America, In convention assembled In Nw
Vir leans, oo nereoy- ucmre tne following
principles which shall govern this associa
tion in Its work In connection with prob
lems of labor,
Fairness Fundamental Principle.
1. Fslr dealing Is the fundament! i and
basic principle oO which relations between
employes hi. a employers eno.nj rem.
i. The National Aiwoclatlon of Manufac
turers Is not opposed to organisations of
labor as such, but it Is rppiae to boy
cotts biHdlUts and other illegal acta of
Interference lth the personal liberty of
employer uivd employe.
3. Nu perton should be refused employ
ment or in any way discriminated again'm
14n acroimt of mmbvrlilp or mnmrniter
shlpaliln In any labor organisation and
Ihtre should be no (.Incrimination azaint
or liiterttrence wiih any employe ho la
nut a memtx-r of a labor oiganliatluu by
nitmbers of such oigunisatlun.
4, With due regard to contracts. It la the
PERSHING'S JTR00PS SICK
Cholera Breaks Ont Amen Brilliant
Captain Insular Command.
MANILA. April. IS. The campaign
against' bandita In the province of Albay
has proved unsuccessful,, the, leader of the
ladrones, - named Toledo, , evading a light
with the American forces.
- Three hundred and fifty scouts and con
stabulary are now following Toledo's band
nd it is Intended to increase this force.
The concentration system In central Albay
la still effective.
Cholera has attacked Captain Pershing's
troops, who are operating against the
Moros in Mindanao. Five cases and many
suspected cases are reported. It is sup
posed the disease was contracted near
Bacolod. The sick have been aent to the
hospital at Camp Vicars.
The government will award a contract
to furnish 10,000 caraboa to restock tho
plantations. It Intends to sell these ani
mals to the planters at cost price and to
expend half the gift of $3,000,000 voted by
congress for restocking the farms.
OPPOSE IRISH LAND BILL
Farmers' and Landlords' I'nlon De
clare- Most Existing" Condi
Hons Equitable.
BELFAST, April 15. A largely attended
convention, held under the auspices of the
Farmers' and Landlords' union to consider
the Irlah land bill, today adopted the report
of its executive committee, criticising cer
tain provisions of the act.
A resolution was also passed opposing in
terference with the existing system of Ax
ing fair rents, declaring that the financial
arrangement as tbey affected the tenants
were Inadequate and demanding' the adop
tion of drastic measures to secure a per
manent supply of laborers in the agricul
tural districts.
SOLDIER IS TO BE SHOT
Sentence of Death for gentry Who
Mortally Woaaded Hes
sian Consnl.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 15. Th Al
banian soldier who shot M. Scherblna, the
Russian consul at Mltrovltca, Inflicting
wound from which the latter died, haa
been sentenced to death, the Russian era
bassy here having demanded a revision of
the previous sentence of fifteen years' Im
prisonment.
MAY NOT RATIFY TREATY
Prlvnte Advices from Colombia lndl
cat that - Canal May
Yet Fall.
LONDON. April 15. A private dispatch
from Bogota, Columbia, received here to
day, says that the ratification of the United
States-Columbia canal treaty is extremely
doubtful.
(Continued on Second Page.)
Ocean Liner Collide In Mersey.
LIVERPOOL, April 15. The White Star
line steamer, Celtic, and the British
steamer Heathmoor. collided in the Mer
sey today. Celtic was damaged amidships,
but it is expected that it will be able to
sail to New York tomorrow, a scheduled.
service In the middle division.
Senator Warren today designated for
examination for appointment aa naval cadet
at Annapolis, John Carlcton Seymons of
Laramie. He named as alternates J. B.
Howoll and John A. Smith of Wyoming.
Examination will be held at Cheyenne,
April 21 under the direction of the civil
service commission.
Bids were opened at the treasury today
for sites and public buildings at Mason
City and Webster City, la. At the former
eight bids were received at the price fixed
by congress, $8,000, and for the latter eight
ranging from $1,000 to $8,000.
Aarnlnaldo Order Otta Itilled.
While examining an Immense quantity of
papers captured from the Filipino Insur
gents, Captain John R. M. Taylor of the
Fourteenth Infantry a few days aBo dls
eovered a r"rosrkhte document endorsed
on the back with a direction to kill General
Otis. That endorsement Captain Taylor In
sists is In the handwriting of Auglnaldo,
the insurgent chief. A translation of the
document is as follows:
Our honorable president: We, th sign
ers, who subscribe the declaration ap
pended, by these presents protest against
the American proclamation: we recognlae
no authority but that of God and the revo
lutionary government, ana we oner our
lives and property for the Independence of
our country.
Manila, ban Miguel, Jan. 12 1S99.
FELICIANO CRUZ.
Twenty-five other signature follow.
On the back written In the handwriting
of E. Agulnaldo, appear the words:
Leberlno Kotionko, Feliclano De Crua, to
kill General Otis. Commissioned.
Captain Taylor has called the attention
of the chief of the' bureau of Insular af
fair to this document.
Decide Kevr Pension Point.
Commissioner of Pension Ware today Is
sued an order Interpreting the act of March
2, 1903, concerning cases of those who
have lost limbs in the service. The ruling
says:
Th said act contains the worda "or where
the same Is in such .a condition as to, pre
vent the ure of an artirtctarnmrK"- -The
word "use" is not to be need aa equivalent
of the word "wear." - A person may be able
to wear an artificial limb when it would be
of no use.
The words in fact above quoted only ap
ply to Instances where the amputation is
below the middle, in. length, of the bone,
but above the Joint. In such case where
the condition la such as to prevent the use
of an artificial limb, the Increased pension
will be (runted.
Where the amputation la made at the
middle or above there can be no use of
artificial limbs.
Postal Inquiry Kept Secret.
Fresh charge are being received con
atantly at the Postofflce department In
connection with the investigation now in
progress, but their . nature Is being with
held from the public. Postmaster General
Payne said the correspondence In the case
of Assistant Attorney General Tyner will
be made publlo later on. Mr. Tyner's res
lgnation takes effect on May 15. No sue
cessor has yet been chosen, although t
number of candidates are in the field.
Approve Contlnentnl Railway.
Henry L. Wilson,' United States minister
to Chile, In a communication to the 8tate
department, saya the projected Pan-American
railway haa been the chief topic of
public discussion, and adds:
I find the currents of public opinion most
favorable and a disposition on all hands to
consider the purposes and policy of the
United States, generally believed to be
financially connected with the project, fairly
and even generously.
Sunday' School Committee Meets,
The Sunday school lesson committee ap
pointed by the International 8unday school
convention at Denver last summer began it
initial meeting today. The committee Ira
mediately took up the work of revising
the Sunday school lessons for 1905 and of
outlining plans for tbe five years from 190
to 1911.
A topically arranged two years' course
for children from 2 to I years was also
determined upon. It will be a permanent
institution and will apply to tbe Sunday
schools of tbe United State and Canada.
Dr. John Potts of Toronto and A. F.
SchaufBer of New York were selected aa
delegates to the centenary of the Sunday
school Union of England and Wales, to be
held In London from July 4 to 11 next.
The most important work of the1 meeting
waa to arrange the plan for the six years'
lessons from 1901 to 1911 Inclusive. As
finally determined upon it will be:
January, 1906-June. 19t7 The life and char
acter of Jesus in Matthew, Mark and Luke
(or studies in the synoptic gnitpelK).
July-December, llMi-June, 1UW Studies in
the Old Testament.
June-December, 19U7 Stories of the patri
archs. January-June, llMlfi The making of Israel
(or from Moses to Samuel).
July-December. 19K The words and work
or Jesus tor stunie in Jofini.
January-December 19US The expansion of
the early rhurch (or atudiea in the Acta
and the Epistles).
January-December, 1910 The g'ory and de
cline of Israel (or from Samuel to Isaiah).
January-June, 1311 The Bon of Man (or
Studies in Luke).
July-December, 1911 The captivity and re
turn of Israel (or from Inalah to Malachl).
Taft Stands Trip Well.
Secretary Root today received the fol
lowing cable from Governor Taft, who re
cently went from Manila to Benguet to
recover bis benlth:
ster City, la., postofflce,
James J. Miles has been appointed sub
stitute letter carrier at Hastings and Mat
thew Newhelper appointed a aubstl-
tnte clerk in the Grand Island. Neb., post-
office.
The First National bank of Omaha haa
been approved as a reserve agent for th
National bank of Pawnee City, Neb.
These rural free delivery "routes will be
established July 1: Nebraska,. Ohlowa,
Fillmore county, two routes, area covered
nlnety-flve square miles, population served
945; Orleans, Harlan county, two routes,
area sixty-flve miles, population 750; Os
mond, Pierce county, one route, area thirty
three square miles, population 5"0; Pierce,
Pierce county, one route, area thirty-one
square miles, population AbO; Ptiger, Stan-
on county, one route, area twenty-nine
square ml lea, population 136;.' Plainview,
Pierce county, two additional, routes,-' area
flfty-slx square miles, population 8(0; Fly
mouth, Jefferson county, two routes, area
fifty-seven square miles, population 975;
Powell, Jefferson county, one, route, area
thirty-seven square miles, papulation 400;
Red Cloud, Webster county, lour. terriers,
area 115 square miles, population' 1,700;
Reynolds, Jefferson county, one rout, area
thirty-seven square mPes, population -410;
Rising City, Butler county, three routes,
area seventy square miles, population 1,
325; Ruskir., Nuckolls county,, one route.
area twenty-five square miles,, population
400. Iowa, Plymouth, Cerro Gordo county,
one route, area eighteen , square miles,
population 600. ' , .
On hundred and fifty Nebraska Tele-
Jacoba, I phone company linemen and the linemen
on th Western Union and Postal Telegraph
companies' pay rolls will go out on a atrike
this morning unlesa their demands for
recognition of their union, more pay and
less work ar met by their employers.
The strike will Include the linemen and
Inspectors not only In Omaha, but In Lin
coln and other towna of tbe state, all the
linemen in Nebraska, In fact, according
to E. J. Stark, business agent of the union.
"We Informed tbe companies that unless
our demands were met by 12 o'clock to
night we would call the strike," said Mr.
Stark at 11 o'clock last night, "and we will
be a good aa our word. We want a nine-
hour day in the cities at $2.75 a day and
full recognition of the union. We are now
getting $2.60 for ten houra in tbe cltiea
and from $25 to $45 a moth in the coun
trr."
E. M. Morsman, secretary and treasurer
of the Nebraska Telephone company, was
asked earlier last night about tbe po
sition of his company In the controversy,
but beyond admitting that the men had
made these demands he preferred not to
talk until he had heard definitely and finally
from the linemen.
The linemen at work for the electric light
companies will not strike, aa those com
panle are unionized,' having fully recog
nised the organization. There Is, there
fore, no grievance against them. This
trouble Is but the continuation of a con
troversy which arose last summer when
the linemen threatened to atrike and were
deterred from so doing when the Nebraska
Telephone company voluntarily raised their
wages. But tho failure of tbe company
then to recognize the union aerved to sus
tain the old grievance, hence this outbreak,
SHOOTS HIS SUPPOSED. WIFE
Dei Moines Man Then Tint "Revolver
on Himself and f1 1 -
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DES MOINE8, April 15. Arthur Perry., a
rook, chot his - supposed Uln, knewn aa
Louise Brunce, three times and then sent a
bullet through hla own brain at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. ! ' . '. .- -'":'"
The sheeting occurred ) fho Ideal -chop
house, to which place-rerii had traced the
woman In a search of several days. ' Hla In
tended victim, though seriously Injured, will
recover.
She left Perry twa week ago and he has
put in most of hla time trying 4o locate her.
He found her trunk at a depot today and
then. traced her to the restaurant, where
she had gone for lunch.
The shooting waa witnessed by a large
crowd and caused a panic. . ,.
At the hospital late this afternoon it
was said the woman was In a critical con
dltlon. But two bullet had taken effect,
one lodging In her arm, the other entering
the mouth and emerging from the back of
her neck. The woman say that she came
from Stoux City two years ago., and waa the
wife of W. C. Bruce, from whom she was
separated. She and Perry had been living
together.
Later It was ascertained that tbe woman
was originally Louise Richter and - was
married to William Bruce, a traveling man.
In Omaha about four years ago, but he
procured a divorce there nearly twelve
months ago,' and she waa to have married
Jack Karns, a printer, whom she had met
In Sioux City.
EXTENDS NEBRASKA LINES
Report that Mlasonrl Pacific Railroad
Intenda to Do Soma
Bnlldlngr.
BEATRICE, Neb., April 15. The
boldest stroke In railroad construction
in the history of Nebraska haa just been
decided upon by the Gould interests, as
represented in the Missouri Pacific railroad
system.
; The plan la tbe construction of three
trunk lines, in aa many , different direc
tions, across th state of Nebraska.
The starting point will be Virginia, Neb
This la a little town of 150 inhabitant out
On the prairie In the southeastern part
of the state. It la one of the present ter
tnlnnla of the Missouri Pacific railroad in
The construe Jon- of a line from Virginia
to ' Beatrice is now under way.' The title
of the road as incorporated under tho law
of Nebraska is the Kansas City, Beatrice
& Northwestern. Beatrice is the first
junction point of the new trunk lines. One
line will be built due west to Denver.
The northwest branches will be built from
Beatrice. A junction Is to be made at a
new town near Plato, In Saline county. The
site for the town has not yet been selected
from tne new town one branch will go
north into tbe northern Nebraska and Da
kota wheat fields.
The other branch will go northwest either
through Grand Island - or Proaser, Neb,
Prosser at present Is a terminal on the Mis
sourl Pacific. The Denver branch will be
built straight west through the larger towns
of southern Nebraska.
NEW YORK, April 15. The report from
Beatrice was shown to George Gould to
day. After reading it he said: ,
"There la nothing In It, nothing at all."
American Boat la Earepean Water.
NICE, France, April 15. The American
EX-SENATOR TELLS JURY ALL
Mlasonrl Boodle Inquiry Now i.lkoly
to Lead to Indictment Aaralnat
Legislators.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. April 15. Lieu
tenant Governor John A. Le, the star wit
ness in the legislative boodle inquiry, was
too ill to go before tbe grand jury until
late thia evening, when bia examination
only lasted ten minutes.
Lieutenant Governor Lee and Attorney
General Crow held a long conference last
night at the latter'a office in the supreme
court building. It was past midnight
when they separated. The nervous strain
consequent upon this examination I
thought to have brought the lieutenant
governor's present Indisposition.
ST. LOUIS, April 15. The examination of
witnesses by tbe St. Louis grand jury that
la primarily Investigating charges of
boodilng in connection with baking powder
legislation in the Missouri general assem
bly, waa resumed today under the direction
of Circuit Attorney Folk.
Among those summoned to testify are
Rev. Crayton Brooks of Jefferson City,
Arthur Chapman, representative from Kan
sas City; Fred Essen and Samuel O'Fallen,
representatives from Holt county; ex-Senator
James Orchard, Senator William P.
Sullivan of Christian county, and Speaksr
Whltecotton of the lower house.
Ex-Senator James Orchard la said to have
divulged everything he knew and aeveral
state senators and representatives may be
indicted for perjury.
WELCOME TO SUFFRAGISTS
Largely Attended Conference In Ses
sion at Tecnmseh Henrs Some
Addresses.
TECTJMSEH, Neb.. April 15. (Special
Telegram.) The woman suffrage confer
ence opened this afternoon with a good
attendance. The address of welcome waa
given by Rev. Blakemore, who said that
be felt it a duty to ask for equal right
for women in tbe church, in society. In
the ownership of property aa well as in
politics. This was followed by an address
by the state orgsnlzer,' Miss Laura
Gregg, on .woman's right versus woman
duty.. She concluded by answering a Ion
list of questions which are an Important
feature of the conference. The event of
the evening waa the address by Miss Gall
Laughlln of New York on the "Progress
of Government." Miss Laughlln said that
the greatest trouble with the government
today Is that it Is a motherless govern
ment, as Illustrated In the management of
prisons and asylums, in the epidemics of
typhoid fever from nad aewerage, and In
the losa of life in the army from the want
of proper food and care. Mies Laughlln is
the most logical and eloquent speaker
whom the suffragists have yet brought to
Nebraska.
Thursday;
Temperatnre at Omaha Yeterdayi
HAS THE NECESSARY PETITION
Sonthweat Improvement Clnh gee a res
Preliminary Plan for Gradlasj
Twenty. Fonrth Street.
At the meeting of the Southwest Im
provement club last night th committee
on grading Twenty-fourth street reported
that the necessary signature had been se
cured and that the resolution would soon
be Introduced In the council. Not enough
Ignaturea are yet secured for the grading
of Twenty-third atreet. but arrangements
will be made for these signatures during
the week.
J. Stevan, 8. Q. Landgren and Ferdinand
Haarman were appointed to secure a aide-
walk along the Union Paclflo tracks, south
of the Twenty-fourth street viaduct, and
a number of crosswalks In the same neighborhood.
Upon motion of G. M. Nattlnger a motion
protesting to tbe mayor and board of publlo
works against j the laying of cinder walks
waa adopted.
Th Southwest Improvement club la not
in politics and when a number of demo
cratlo candidate presented themselves, the
club adjourned for thirty minutes to let
them talk. Th candidates present were
E. E. Howell, Ernest Stuht, E. P. Berry-
man, C. O. Lobeck, V. F. Kuncl, Charles
Schnauber, George Smith, E. L. Robert
son.
After the meeting reassembled Abraham
Waggonor said that he hoped that Gover
nor Mickey would follow the action of the
governor of Colorado, who haa Investigated
the fir and polico commissioners of Den
ver and temoved them. He said he had no
use for such boards appointed by any au
thorlty outside of the city, but so long as
they muit exist the governor should de
mand from his appointee their resigna
tion at the time they are appointed so he
could make them do their duty or select
their successors without trouble. He said
that he thought the improvement club
should take the matter up. He closed with
a plea for the consolidation of Omaha and
South Omaha. Tbe club adjourned for two
weeks. "
TO MERGE BOOK CONCERNS
One Pnbllahlna; Honae and One Acent
to Do Work for tho
Methodist.
CINCINNATI. April 15. About 800,000
supplement were Issued today with all the
Methodist weeklies published in different
parts of the country, for an informal re
ferendum on the proposition for a merger
of be Methodist book eoncerns aa outlined
on Monday , night. -
It 18 proposed not only to- have the
publishing houses In New York, Cincinnati
and Chicago merged, but also only one
general agent instead of four as at present,
If the merger it made there will be
conteat at th coming general conference
in Los Angeles for the location of the big
publishing establishment as well as for the
general agency and other positions involved
Including tbe editors.
The principal depositories in any event
will remain at New York, Chicago, Clncin
natl, Boston, San Franciso, Pittsburg, De
trolt and Kansas City.
PRESIDENT GUARDED WELL
Intruder I Mnrched to Camp
Month of Soldier's
PlatoL
JUDGE LYNCU WINS
Jopl n Mob Hang Negro in Spits of Strang
Uppoanion by Towmfolk.
UG OF WAR PRECEDES EXECUTION
After Eope ia Adjusted friandg of Law
Struggle to BaTfl Viotim.
BLACK QUARTER IS STONED AND BURNED
Whitei Baid Afrioan Housaa, Driving Col
ored Men from City.
MAYOR STRIVES TO QUELL GRAVE RIOT
Make Many Speeches Which Frensled
Crowd Cheer, bnt Fall to Stop
Stern Work of Yen-seance.
JOPLIN. Mo.. April 15. An Infuriated
mob took an unknown tramp negro from
the city jail this evening and hanged him
to a telegraph pnl The negro was charged
with murdering Police Officer C. Lesll last
night. News of the capture late this after
noon spread rapidly and the jail was
speedily surrounded by hundreds of peo
ple. City Attorney a. h. Decker mounted
the jail steps and made a strong plea for
law and order. This temporarily stayed
the mob, but did no; appease it and a short
time after it started to batter in a sec
tion of the jail wall. Every effort was
mad to prevent the entrance of the mob,
but without avail and within fifteen min
utes the infuriated men had gained en
trance and secured the trembling negro.
Aa he waa dragged forth Mr. Decker
again Interfered and urged that the negro
be given a trial. For half an hour he
talked and the mob listened with th ne
gro in their custody. At one time it seemed
aa if he would win, aa members of th mob
began to disperse. The ringleaders, how
ever, would not be withheld and rushed
their prisoner to a telegraph pole.
Faction Flarht for Negro.
After the rope had been thrown over th
crossbar s. icore of men attempted to pull
the negro from the ground and aa many
more seized him and pulled to prevent him
being longed. For some momenta it waa
a veritable tug of war, but reinforce
ments on the free end of the rope proved
the - stronger and the negro, despite his
protestation of Innocence, waa finally
awung into the air and strangled to death
amid shout of satisfaction from the mob.
The lynching served only to temporarily
satisfy the Indignation of th mob, and
later tonight hundreds of men again as
sembled and raided the negro quarters.
burning houses, stoning negroes, and finally
driving every black man from the confines
of the city.
Immediately after hanging the negro the
mob demanded the release of a local char
acter known as '"Hickory Bill," who waa
under arrest on' the chsrg of atsaultlng
a negro. In the hope that. UU' would ap- .
pease the mob the prisoner waa aet free.
- But the crowd did not disperse. ' Instead
a rush was made through Main street and
every negro fled in affright to the negro
quarters. In thia way the blarka were
drlvcu from all parte of the city to the
negro section.' Then tbe mob charged
down on them. Stonea were thrown, doors
and windows broken In nnd finally several
houses were fired end the mob endeavored
to prevent the fire department from ex
tinguishing the Dames and wero partially
successful.
All the officers of tbe city, township and
county were called out, but the mob awept
them aside and proceeded with the riot.
Mayor Trigg ran from corner to corner
and mounting boxes made earnest appeals
for peace, but only obtained cheer for hla
pains.
8tood trip well. Rode horseback twenty
five miles to t.OTiO feet altitude Hoie
dynentary cured. Gteat prov nc. Thia only
1W) nines irora nanus, wtin air as Itght
squsaron consisting oi ins cruiser I nicago, i as Adirondack or Murray bay. Only pine
Albany and Cincinnati, and th gunboat I nd grasa lands. Temperature thia hottest
Macblas arrived
:lnnatl. and the gunboat i nd grasa lands. Temperature thti
todav at Villa v..aIu I month In the Phlllrplnea, In my
today at Villa Franco. ch at , ,n th a;,ernoon e.
i rranclsco, Buffalo and necesary night and morning.
The cruiser San Francisco, Buffalo
Raleigh ar expected there soon.
timber to Succeed tattle.
TOPEKA, April 15. Tbe announcement is
made today of the appointment of J. W.
Gruber to succeed H. 8. Cable a general
superintendent of the Rock Island road at
this point. . Mr. Gruber was formerly as
sistant general superintendent of the east,
crn division of to Great Northern road,
with headquarters at St, Paul.
cottatie
Fire are
necessary night and morning.
Root Move Home Troop.
The secretary of war has directed the
transfer of Company I, Thirteenth infantry,
from the department of California to ths
department of Columbia for station at Fort
Liscura, Alssks, relieving the Thirty-second
company of coast artillery, which Is
transferred from th department of the
Columbia to the department of California
tor station at Fort Bakervlll. CaL
TWO YOUNG MEN MISSING
Charter
li
Boat
th
for a Sail
I.aat Seen
Them.
and
of
thnt
NEW HAVEN. Conn., April 15. Nothing
has been heard of Lester C. Barton of Chi
cago, tbe Yale freshman who baa been miss
ing sine Monday afternoon, when he went
with a friend for a aall In the harbor.
It haa been learned that Barton's com
panion was probably William Maaon Dun
can of Russellvllle, Ky. Friends of Duncan
say he talked of going for a sail on Mon
day and hla description answers that of th
young man who hired the boat with Bar
ton. This afternoon a party of atudents char
tered a tug and started on a trip toward
the west end of Iong Island Bound with tbe
intention vt searching for the missing boat
along Long Uland short. Careful Inquiry
by telephone at point along th Connect!
cut shore has failed to disclose any trace
of the boat or its occupants.
THIRTEEN SECURE LICENSES
Another Meeting- Necessary to Settle
All of the Fight at
Hastings.
HASTINGS. Neb.. April 15. (Special Tel
egram.) At a special meeting of the city
council tonight licenses were granted to
thirteen saloon Remonstrances against
Mucbow and Schlssler are still hanging
fire, as no definite understanding can be
made with the Ministerial' association.
Chances are favorable for another special
meeting of the council this week providing
a definite understanding can be reached
with the Ministerial association.
COLORADO FACULTY RESIGNS
Alt ant One of School of Mln
Professor 4 Barrel with
President.
GOLDEN, Colo., April IS. All but on of
th fifteen members of the faculty of the
State School of Mines have presented their
resignation, to take effect next September.
This step has been taken in consequence
of friction between the faculty and the
president, Charles 8. Palmer. The profei
sors allege that the president's policy, rela
tive to scbelarsbip, is lowering th stand
lng of the acbooL
CINNABAR, Mont., April 15. President
Roosevelt is somewhere In Yellowstone
park between Soda Butte and Yancey. He
probably will arrive in the latter place
this evening and tomorrow evening will
come into the post. Xn employe of the
Yellowstone Park Transportation company
was discovered today by a member of the
Third cavalry about five miles from where
the president mad hla camp. The man waa
probably there on business, but the soldiers
asked no questions and would l'sten to no
explanation. Tbey placed the employe
under arrest and marched him to the post
headquarter at tbe point of a pistol.
There the man disclosed hia identity and
waa released.
ALARM TERRIFIES BURGLARS
Those Knter Denver Bank, bnt Flee
Before Forcing; Booty-Laden
Safe.
DENVER, April 15. Burglara forced an
entrance Into the Daniels bank on Sixteenth
street early this morning, but were .light
ened by a burglar alarm before they could
attack the safe, which contained $100,000.
This was the first attempt ever made in
Denver to rob a bank safe.
SISTERS ESPOUSE BROTHERS
Nevada Senator' Daughter Both
Seek Hnahand In Same
Family.
NEW YORK, April 15. Janet Newlands,
second daughter of tbe Nevada senator, Is
engaged to marry Dr. William Johnston, a
brother of the man her sister married yes
terday. Movement of Ocean Vessel April 13.
At New York Arrived Rhynland. fro-n
Antwerp; BarbarO"fa, from Bremen. S llel
New York, for Southampton; I'oUdarn.
for Rotterdam and Boulogne; Teutonic, for
Llverpool.
At Genoa Sailed Lombardla, for New
YAt'1 Southampton Sailed Kaiser Wllhelm
II. from Bremen, for New York, via Cher
bourg. '
At Brow Head Paased 8axonla, from
Bnaton, for Liverpool.
At Liverpool Arrived Bavarian, from
St John. N. B . and Halifax; Michigan,
from Boston; Norseman, from Portland;
Oceanic, from New York.
At Queenstown Sailed Auranla, from
Liverpool, for New York.
At the Si'lUy Inlands Paased Deutsch
land, from New York, for Plymouth, Cher
bourg and Hamburg.
At Cherbourg Arrived Oraf von Walder
see. from New York, via Plymouth, for
Hambutg. and proceeded.
At Havre-Arrived LAqultalne, from
New York.
At Plymouth Arrived Oraf von Walder
eee, from New York; Deutschland, from
New York, for Cherbourg and Hamburg,
and prooeded.
At Hong Kong Arrived Empress of In
dia, from Vancouver, B. C, via Yokohama,
lilogo and Shanghai.
At Yokohama Hailed Oanfa. from Liver
pool, via Hlnapore, Hung Kong anil Bhang
, bal, fur Tacoma,
WITNESS ACCUSES TAYLOR
Saya that the Former Governor Of
fered to Pay for Mnrder
of Gocbrl.
I
FRANKFORT, Ky.f April 15. Frank Cecil,
who haa been away from Kentucky since
his indictment last year as accessory to tho
murder of Governor William Goebel, and
who recently surrendered, gave leasational
testimony in the trial of James Howard
today.
'Cecil corroborated Culton, Broughton.
Golden and others as to the alleged con
spiracy. He also Laid thst Caleb Power
told him that a man bad been aecured to
come from tbe mountains to kill Goebel.
If this man failed to arrive, Powera told
him he (Cecil) would be paid $2,600 if he
would fire the shot- Cecil suya h de
clined. Governor W. 8. Taylor, he testified, called
him Into his private office and told him the
same thing. Governor Taylor aaid he saved
(2,500 from his campaign fund and that he
would pay Immediately. Governor Taylor
also mentioned Youtsey to th witness and
referred the witness to him.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 15. Ex-Governor
Taylor thia afternoon characterised
the story that he had offered Frank Cecil
$2,500 to shoot Goebel as "Infamously false."
He did not know Cecil, be said, and had
never seen him that he knew of.
EIGHT MAFIA MEMBERS HELD
Police Arrest Italians In Connection
with Kew York Bnrrel
Mystery.
NEW YORK, April 15.-Elght Italians,
whom the police assert are both members
of the Mafia and of a big counterfeiting
gang, were arrested tonight iu connection
with the murder of the man whose body
was found crowded In a barrel yesterday.
Inspector McClusky had for month been
keeping tbi gang under surveillance.
Three of. I he secret aervlce men declare
that on Monday night they aaw the mur
dered man in company with three of the
prisoner In a butcher shop In Stanton
street.
Inspector Schmlttberger said th mur
dered man's Identity soon would b dls
clored, and that he baa Information which
makes it almost certain that hs man wss
decoyed her and murdered to prevent hi
betraying secrets of tb Mafia.
MILITARY USE AEROGRAMS
Station I Constructed to Connect De.
fenae on Loaf laland
Round,
NEW YORK, April 15. Preparations ar
being mad at Fort Schuyler, on Long
Island Bound, to build a wireless telegraph
station to communicate with the defsnoe
t the eastern entrance of tb sound, 100
mile away.