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jMnSKstXa vaOTsPCZa The Omaha Daily PART I. g PAGES I TO 8. KSTAULISIIED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOHNINU, MAY 2, 1003 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY Til 11 EE CENTS. Bee. DIPLOMATS AT FAiutILIPIN FA- ""UR.? I'artr of Volantrrri Make Bias, tbe Foreign Nations Join in Eejoicingi at Louisiana Parchase Celebration. FRENCH AMBASSADOR RECALLS CESSION Juuerand Declare! Treaty Wat Mark of Countries' Lasting Friendship. EARLY PIONEERS ARE BROUGHT TO MIND Minister Sums Up Work Done by Those Who Found the Land. SPANISH REPRESENTATIVE ADDS HIS WORD . Exploring Dona aalil to Hara Pointed tha May America Haa ao In dustriously and locc.ai. fnlljr Followed. g 8T. LOCI8, May 1. St. Loula awoke at an arly hour. Though the dedication cersmonica of yeaterday were ao prolonged that It waa 2 o'clock In the morning before the thousanda of people were able to reach their homes. On the official program today was desig nated as "International day," it being set side for the dedication of tho foreign buildings. The members of the diplomatic corpa, representatives of foreign govern ments and other official guests assembled at the St. Louis club at 10:30 a. m. and were driven thence to the exposition grounds. Spends Five Honrs at Kansaa City. V The carriages during the drive were ar Ariged in atrlct accordance' with the rules f of diplomatic precedence and once the line was formed the carriages escorted by four troops of regular cavalry were driven rap Idly toward the fair grounds, where a break fast was served upon their arrival at 12:16 o'clock. Tho Now York provisional regi ment, resplendent in new dress uniforms, was drawn up In Forest Park, and as the line of carriages passed along the troops were reviewed by Governor Odell. v Although the hour set for the commence- ment of the day's exercises was 12 o'clock. It was long past that time when the I diplomats and their escort arrived at the Liberal Arts building. Fifteen minutes later than the time set for the beginning of the program the diplomats, foreign re pre sentatlves and distinguished guests were preparing to sit down to breakfast a mile away from the Liberal Arts building. This delay In the proceedings did not eause discomfort to many people, for the crowd showed no great Interest in the official program. It was late when the assembly was called to order by Corwln H. Spencer, chairman of the exposition committee on ceremonies. Former Senator Tharston Presides. After the invocation by Rev. Carl Swensson of St. Louis, Mr. Spencer ln , traduced aa president of the day John M. Thurston, who spoke in part as follows: We are here to welcome the ambassador ministers and representatives of friendly foreign rations, we are gathered to com memorate an event which changed the his tory of Americ an event of more Import ance than almost any other event In our history. This event gave to. us a conti nental habitation. Today, after 100 years, we come to cele brate a great event In a magnificent ex position. It Is not an exposition of a city, or a state or of the United States, It Is an exposition of the world. Our visitors and our friends In the temple of peace, dedicated to the progress of men, are significant to us of the friendliness of the nations. May we not hope that in the splendor of the twentieth century there may be an exampliflcatlon of the words of the Master, "Peace on earth, good will toward men." Mr. Spencer then Introduced President Francis of the exposition, who extended the greeting of the exposition to the repre sentative's of foreign countries. 1 French Ambassador Speaks. After a selection by the marine band of Washington the French ambassador, M. Jean A. A. J. Jusscrand, the ambassador of France to tha United States, replied to President Francis as follows: When the treaty signed In Paris 100 years ago by which the area of the United States was more than doubled stood for ratifica tion before congress there were protracted vnrusslons anil objections or many sorts. ""me thought that tne title was not Kiim- n-iit: til tiers were anxious on arrnunt or t magnitude of the new territories. Senator Jackson of Georgia rose. and. turning toward one of the hostile party, said: "In a century, sir, we shall be well populated, and Instead of the description given of It by the honorable gentlemnn. Instead or a nuwnng wilderness where no civilised foot shall ever tread, If we could return at the proper period, we should tlnd it the seat of science and civilisation. " Senator Jackson's time has come, the very year he named: one century has Just elapsed since he spoke. If he could return among us he would see one of the most brilliant gatherings which this country has ever beheld. Sanguine as he was. Senator Jackson could scarcely believe his eyes and ears If he saw the matchless sight we presently behold and the preparation for the Impending exhibition of all the produce ail the discoveries, all the art of the wide earth. Remembers French Pioneers. In thla triumphal day it is only natural that we carry our look backward to the past, and have a thought for the lonely pioneers of long ago. who came, one by one, to this then unknown land, and tried among Incredible difficulties lo make It l-a unknown, to make It more productive and easier to reclaim for you, their distant inheritors. No one, I am sure, will think It amiss that I. a compatriot of theirs ami a representative of their country, recall at this day their effort and Mrtss totlav's gratitude for yesterday's work. For thoy were hsrdy men, those children of distant France: they were plucky, enterprising and courageous; they led strenuous lives In- in- deed; all iiualltlts for which you ever bad a special regard, lo say that they did not fear danger Is to slander them; they loved It. Soldiers, missionaries, governors of cities explorers, came year after year, from the time of Louis XIV, attracted by the chances or the beauty of the unknown, the opportunity of increasing their country's dominion, or of becoming famous, or of Instructing souls, and of dying. If death wss to be met, bravely and honorably. Very French they were, with all the qualities of their race. This Father Marquette, who, with Juliet, first beheld the magnificent river that washes yojr Wilis and who explored It down to the country of tha Arkansas; this Kobert Cavalier Kleur de La Salle, w ho had. long before our diys, our days' notion of a tne importance oi ins great commercial r , il.. ufhiuiA filirnnSM S'JIM Ilk nnn tnm In t'tiina,' across this continent, at the very pp't wnere your nortnern lines or railways have opened theirs. Ixing Is tbe roll and great were the hard shtiui. The exploration of the coasts had been romoantllvely easy and thousands had altemitd It. S tt lers . from France were the nrst to try their chance Inland; they traveled nn tha huge continent more unknown then than was In our times the Africa of Uvinaaton and Stanley. The new-iomera soon discovered that the region wjs not the metallic Kldora.lo they iod heard of In t.'urope, but a matchless '. rlcultural country, and they Ukau cut l . .)- lb" trees and tilling ths ground with lit ne of the modern Implements and helps, no harvesting machines, no hora, . no horned cattle. They led Indeed, not In fic tion, but In truth, and long before the famous "Mariner of York'' was wrecked (Continued tva Fourth, fags.) Noted Outlaw, a Prisoner la I.uson. MANILA, Majr 1. Governor Callles of Lagtina province and party of volunteer yesterday captured Rio, the fanatical Filipino leader, ip that part of the Uland of Luzon. Rlos was formerly a blacksmith of Taya baa and claimed to be of divine origin. Ha attracted many followers and atarted an Insurrection which the constabulary sup pressed. He fled to the mountains, and claimed the title of 'Tope 'of Luzon" and also averted he waa a prophet. j Governor rallies captured Rloa In the i dlsgulse the latter had worn when appear- "le-ht. " at th laying of the corner In as a -prophet." Ho Is said to be ! tone of the new railroad Young Men a uilty of many crimes and probably will . . j j . e tried for murder. I be A fanatical Moro attacked an outpost company near Vicars Island of Mindanao yeaterday, and wounded three soldiers be fore he w killed. Captain Perishing, in command at Camp Vicars, Is preparing , to lead a column around the east shore of Lake Lanao. The Insurgent movement at Misamis, Mindanao, has collapsed. About 200 of the most active rebels have surrendered and the people are returning to the towns. RUSSIAN EXILE GIVEN AID Goes on Ship aa stowaway, bnt Pae sengers Purchase First-Class Ticket for Him. HONOLULU, May 1. 'By Pacific Cable.) The Japanese liner Nlpon Maru, which arrived from the Orient today, had among its passengers a Russian exile named Ivan von Bonlnikl, recently escaped from Faghalln Island. He boarded the vessel at Yokohama as a stowaway. When discovered he said that he was the son of a wealthy resident of St. Peters burg. While at military college he was convicted of rioting and with a number of others was sent to Saghalin islands. Here two of them had died before Von Bonlnskl, with another student, made his escape. On hearing his story, the passengers on the Nipnn Maru purchased a first-class passage for him to this port. He will Join the Russian colony near Hllo. MAY LEAD J0 MASSACRES State at Siege at Salonlca and Ex traordinary Prerantlona Being- Taken. CONSTANTINOPLE. May I. A sUte of siege has been proclaimed at Salonlca and extraordinary military precautions have been ordered everywhere la the empire, as it is anticipated that outrages similar to those perpetrated here yesterday may be attempted at Constantinople and else where. The action of the Macedonian committee In directing attacks on foreign property was evidently with the view of provoking tha intervention of the powers. It is feared) the outrages may lead to massacres 'of Macedonians aad Bulgarians by Mussulmans who are in a atate of dangerous excitement. AMERICAN CONSUL SENTENCED German Judge Holds Official Guilty of Disorderly Con duct. SOLINQEN, Rhenish Prussia, May 1. United States Consul Landger was fined SO marks today by the Judge of a local court for disorderly conduct in the courtroom, where he was present as a witness. Mr. Landger protested that he was a United States official and could not be fined in that manner, whereupon the Judge sentenced him to three days' imprisonment for continued disorderly behavior. The consul left the courtroom without being arrested. JUBILEE GIFT REACHES ROME Hoosevelt's Present and Golden Scroll Cross Atlantic In Safety. ROME, May L Cardinal Rampolla today received Father Francis J. Van Antwerp of Detroit, Mich., and John Bodlnelll, the bearers of President Roosevelt's Jubilee gift to the pope. They will also present his holiness with a golden scroll on which are 25,000 signa tures of persons who have subscribed $2,600 for the purpose of providing literature for the Inmates of hospitals and prisons. Hoinca Fetes Marconi. ROME. May 1. Slgnor Marconi arrived this evening and was recetved at the sta tion by tho mayor, members of the ministry and a crowd of several hundred persons, accompanied by a band. Many flags were displayed. The crowd detached the horses from Slgnor Marconi's carriage and dragged btm to bis hotel. Find Clews, bnt Not Men. HONO KONG, May 1. The United States gunboat Callao, which was dispatched to the nearest point up the river from Can ton, to aid the engineers recently attacked by a mob, reports having found the broken Instruments and the books belonging to the engineers and the empty drifting bouse boat. To Sail for Salpnlra. NAPLES, May 1. An Italian naval divi sion has been ordered to sail Immediately i - . ! Ior oa'onica. JUDGES' ORDERS CONFLICTING Federal Court fsaaea Writ of Habeas Corpus, but State Jurist Com mands Men Held. CHARLESTON, W. Va., May l.-A con flict of authority between state and federal courts has arisen as a result of the writ of habeas corpua granted yesterday on petition of John Lalng and John Hurt, ludlcted for killing the striking miner! John Harless. Tho writ, placed In the hands of deputy marshals, was served nn Sheriff n.. . Cork, but Judge Sanders of the state court Instructed him to keep the men In rustn.1v until next Thursday, when he will finally decide tne matter. The refusal to obey his writ was conveyed to Judge Keller to day. The writ was granted by Judge Keller ou the ground that Lalng and Hurt be longed to a posse that was engaged In an effort to serve a process of the f.xWal court, and that as long as they acted prop erly in making that effort they were out aide the Jurisdiction of the state court. Falls Dows Klrtatorv Shale. NEW YORK May 1. artist, was killed toda J. Chnmpeny. the iv bv falling down ua (osurUa Aoog, an sit valor ah&fi from PRESIDENT LAUDS Y. M. C. A. Ends Busy Day with Two Speeches to To peka Convention. SPENDS FIVE HOURS IN KANSAS CITY Christian Organisation Declared to Promote Brotherly Love and Thoa Aaalat Beat and Only Real Type of t Itlsenshlp. TOPEKA, Kan., May 1. President Roose velt made two addresses In Topeka to- " , V . "7, uu"u,u "uu lu" at the Auditorium, ... . . " , . After laying the cornerstone the presl dent was conducted to the governor's resi dence, where he wss entertained at dinner. His last address was given at 9:30. The crowd was large, but so excellent were the police regulations that there was little or no confusion. The work of putting up decorations began early today. Flags were displayed In great numbers on the store fronts. The en trances to buildings were draped with red, white and blue bunting. Many private residences put out flags and other decora tions. The Harvard colors could be seen in many places along with the red, white and blue. Arrives an llonr Late. President Roosevelt's train arrived In Topeka an hour late. Over 12,000 people assembled at the alte of the new Young Men's Christian association building to wel come him. The delay only served to adil to the crowd. At 8:55 the booming of can non announced the arrival of tne presi dent's train north of the river and it was switched from the Union Pacific to the Missouri Pacific tracks and run down to the new building. Escorted by a local cavalry company and a squad of mounted police, the president was conducted to a platform. He made a short address and then laid the cornerstone. General Manager Mudge of the Santa Fe presided at the exercises. He, presented to the president a silver trowel which had been contributed by the road, and with this the president placed the mortar in poeltion. In his address Presjdent Roosevelt ex pressed his pleasure at being In the geo graphical center of the United States. He congratulated the delegates to the Young Men's Christian association convention on coming to Kansas for their great meeting. The president characterized the railroad Young Men'a Christian association as one of the most potent agencies for good in tha country in that it tended to make better men of railroad employes, upon whom ao much depended. Dlnra at Govtrsor's Hons. The ceremonies occupied twenty minutes Thn the resident and his party were es corted to their carriages and driven rapidly to the Copoland hotel. Fourteen carriages were in the procession. Company a oi me Kansaa National Guards acted aa guards. a number of the party atopped at the Cope- land, where they were entertained at din ner hv the Youna Men'a cnnstiap aesocie tlob but the president was taken to the residence of Governor Bailey, where ha dined. As tht party passed tne state nouse a number of old soldiers who were-drawn up n tha east entrance of the building saluted the president. Ha returned the salute with dignity. Those present at the governor'a dinner weri: The president, Ellhu Root, secretary of war- Assistant Becretary Barnes, Surgeon i..nsr.i nivav nr Butler. Judge W. C. Hook of the federal bench. Chief Justl-e W A. Johnson of the Kansaa supreme oourt. Morton Albaugh, chairman of the iini.iifun tte central committee; JJ. W MrHvane, republican national committee man; Senator J. R. Burton, Senator Chester I. Long, in. tt. jyoomis oi me t-ni.Mi i i M 1..I.AV of the Rock island, H. J. Hone, secretary to the gov?rnor; William Allen White of the Kmporla Gasette, i.. W Howe of the Atchison Globe. Among toose p-esent at tha dinner at the hotel were: r- t r Jliinn treasurer of the Van rf.li. M V Burt. nreHident of the Union Pacific; B F. Yoakum, president of the Frisco; C. A. Wtckersham. president of th Atlanta West Point: L. J. Peck, president of the Gulf, Colorado & Sants. Fe; J. T. Nlcholl, New York; H. A. Parker. St. Louis; Colonel John J. McCook, New York. After dinner the presidential party pro ceeded to the Auditorium, where tha presi dent delivered an address to the Young Man's Christian association delegates. The large building was Jammed with people and there were thousanda who could not get In. President Lands V. M. C. A. The president spoke for about forty-five minutes and afterward held a short recep tion. At 11 the entire party was driven back to the station, where the night will be spent on the train. At t tomorrow morning the trip will be resumed through western Kansas by way of the Union Pa cific. The president devoted most of his speech to the good work accomplished by the Young Men's Christian association, saying that such organisations developed the two necessary qualities of work and brotherly love. "Nothing can ba dona with a man who will not work," ha aald. "We have In our scheme of government no room for the man who does not wish to pay bis way through life by what he does. A rich man Is bound to work In some way that will make the community better for his exis tence. The capacity for work Is abso- lutely necessary and no man can be said to live In the true sense of the word it be does not work. If a man Is utterly disre gardful of the rights of others. If he works simply for the sake of ministering to his own baae passions, If be works simply to gratify himself, small is his good in the community. He is of no resl use unless together with the quality which enables him to work he has the quality which en ables him to love his fellows, to work with them for the common good of all." During the trip to the governor's resi dence this evening a man named Murphy attempted to get onto the president's car riage. He waa knocked off by a mounted policeman. He then Jumped upon one cf the steps with the remark: "I guess I'll ride here." One of the secret service men In the carriage, by a well-aimed blow, sent him rolling in tbe gutter, and he was afterward arrested. The fellow was un- armcci ana am not contemplate any as sault, but tried to enter the carriage out ! ' m"re ,plrlt of br,vado- Tne incident greeny smu..u i f'"1"" One of the president's guards here to night was Patrolman Mcintosh, who was a member of Mr. Roosevelt's command at Santiago. Mcintosh 'was recognized by tbe president. Diplomats Carrfally Arrnnaicil. KANSAS CITY, May 1. President Roose teit spent five hours In Kansas City. Mo., todsy, and later was the guest of Kansas City, Kau., Jusi across the state line, fir two hours, leaving for the west at 4 o'clock In the afternoon. la tbe two cities the president was driven (Coatlauad ea Second Page.) FROST DAMAGES MUCH FRUIT toorado Spring Slays Boris aad atroya Garden Track In Ar kansas Valley. I)e- FLORENCE. Colo., May l.Frult and garden truck In the Arkansas valley hsve been seriously damaged by the heavy frosts of the last two nights. The loss will be heavy. TISHOMINGO, 1. T.. May 1. Frost last night badly dsmaged growing cotton and corn In the Chickasaw nation and crops will necessarily have to be replanted. Cot ton vSs well u and corn was a foot high. Farmers today are purchasing seed and the crops will be Immediately replanted. Similar conditions exist in Oklahoma and reports from there are that not only have crops of all kinds been greatly damaged. but young live stock has also suffered seri- j ously. BLOOMINGTON, III., May 1. Frost last night damaged early vegetables and fruits in An,..., , , , , , In central Illluols. CINCINNATI, Msy 1. A heavy frost was general Inst night over Ohio, Indiana, Ken tucky and West Vlre .The damage to small fruits and ey .etables will be heavy. The lowes J?. .erature reported In Indiana was 20 ? i, at Auburn. CARBONDALE p day 1. A damaging frost last nigh.' , Pd the entire fruit belt of south K 'lllnols. Grapes are thought to b i, while CO per cent of the strawbr and garden vegetables has been ,' Tree fruit Is believed to have e WESTER". MATTERS AT CAPITAL Only Two Bidders for Construction of Bulldlnsja at Rapid City In dlrtn School. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 1 (Special Tele gram.) At the opening of bids at the In terior department today for the erection of employes' quarters, addition to laundry and dormitory for the Rapid City, 6. D.t Indian school, but two bids were recelvca. They were Mullen A Munn of Peadwood, S. D., $21,330; H. & F. Roltger of Fountain City, Wis., $21,350. Benton T. Wood waa today appointed regular and Mabel H. Wood eubstltute rural letter carriers at Cherokee, la. The comptroller of the currency today authorized the City National bank of Tip ton, la., to commence bualneas with $:0,oo0 capital. These postofflce appointments were made today: Henry H. Huler, substitute clerk at Hastings; William N. Lyon and Clarence H. Freeland, substitute clerks at Omaha; Matthew Cowder, substitute larrlr at Cedar Rapids and Ed L. Mouch, substitute carrier at Creston, la. The Bankers' National hank of Chicago and Citizens' National of Des Moines were today approved as reserve agents for tho First National of Prairie City, la. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska John A. Naugent, Cams, Keys Paha county, vice C. P. Brede, resigned; Oeorga W. Hicks, Easton, Garfield county, vies M. Warren, teslgned. South ; Dakota O. E. Clark, Saint Mary'a, Miner county; Olat Olseth, Vernon, Roberts county.-" SECRETARY L0EB IS ILL Lasrca Presidential Party and Will Remain In St. Louis for Few Days. KANSAS CITY, May 1. Secretary to the President Loeb did not accompany the presidential party to Kansaa City He has been feverish for the last week and haa kept to his bed most of the time. When the party reached St. Loula he was removed to the Southern hotel and his physician thought it bent that he remain for a day or two. Mr. Loeb's condition is not considered at all aerious and It is expected that he will Join the party at Sharon Springs, Kan., Sunday next. ST. LOUIS, May 1. It waa at first feared that William Loeb, secretary to the presi dent, who is ill at ths Southern hotel, was threatened with typhoid fever, but Dr. Behrens, the house physician, says the pa tient will be able to leave Sunday for Alburquerque, N. M., to rejoin President Roosevelt. The secretary was ill when the presi dent's special arrived in St. Louis Wednes- day afternoon. He was taken to the Southern hotel and remained in bed Dedica tion day, aa he had considerable fever. "I am better now," stated Mr. Loeb. "The fever Is all gone and I expect to be up by tomorrow. During the stay In tha moun tains I caught the mountain fever. I re covered In good shape, but went back to work too aoon." MAYOR AMES TRIAL BEGINS Medical Student Goea on Stand and Tells How He Acted aa Go-Between. MINNEAPOLIS. May 1. Tha trial of former Mayor Alanzo A. Ames, charged with bribery, began today, tha Jury having been secured after four days' of ateady work. County Attorney F. H. Boardman, in his opening address, declared that the state would prove that Mayor Amea had insti tuted a system of "graft," using as the go- ' between Irwin A. Gardner, a medical atu- dent, whereby he collected "protection" money from keepers of resorts outside the "red light" district. At the conclusion of Boardman's address, Gardner was put on the stand. He told a frank and complete story of the manner In which the money was extorted from the women every two weeka, of how he bad the aid of the police force assigned by the mayor for that purpose, and how the money thus obtained was dlstr'buted. Gardner had previously been convicted of bribery, but secured a new trial from tbe supreme court and has now decided to make a clean breast of the operations so far as he knew them. OKLAHOMA FIGHTS BAD MEAT Live Stork Sanitary Board log aesta Official Inspection on Foot. CUTHRIE, Okla.. Mav 1. Radical action was taken today by the Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary board against packers who ship meat Into the territory for consump tion. Complaints hsve been made to the board of meat. In bad condition and the matter has been referred to tbe State Board of Me., in ror imraea.sie .ciiuc, ,n.i owiy De- Inn ..I..I . n ....ant furfnr .V.I nni.nl . r -"- - - - dretsed meat Into Oklahoma. The board went on record todsy favoring tbe inspec tion on foot of all meat consumed o the territory. Prosecutions - to follow. STRIKE FEVER SPREADING Nearly Sixty-Fire Thousand Worken Quit Jobs on May Day. NEW YORK LEADS WITH 31,000 OUT Omaha Cornea Second In List Which Inclndea Representatives of Many Trades and Cltlsena of Fourteen Cities. Dny'a Strike Statistics. No. Out 31,001 h.irnO 7.ol 4.H ii.5"-l !i.:i J,2il 1.0 M 7oi Rim 2.'i liM New York Philadelphia ... Newark, N. J.. India mi polls ... Baltimore i;," '1.0 Breton Pittsburg ... (Cincinnati .. Akr.m. O pcranton. Pa. Pueblo, Colo Huntington, W. Va Total S3, 820 NEW YORK, May 1. The expected May day strikes did not materialize to the ex tent anticipated, although a great many men. Including 30,000 Italian exca vatora, are on strike. The agreement reached last night by the steamboat officials and the marine engineers to submit their difference to arbitration put a stop to the general tleup of all freight steamers In this vicinity. Freight continues to move ag usual, but the demands of the engineers has tempo rarily demoralized the movement of craft which depend on tugboats. A number of demands of the engineers and tied their the ownera of tugboats decided to resist the boats up, while In other cases the engineers left their posts. Some of the companies were successful In securing nonunion men to take charge of their engine rooms. The situation la not nearly so serious as had been looked for. The only serious aspects are In con nection with the movement of bargea which bring New York's ice supply and the dock ing and taking to sea of the big ocean liners. The Teamsters' strike has not yet reached any proportions. The orders were Issued to 4,000 members, but not one-fourth of these quit work. Some 30,000 Italian excavators and rock men engaged on the subway answered the call for a strike by their leader today. They ask $2 a day for all men, experienced and Inexperienced, while the contractors say they can pay thla to experienced men only. The strikers paraded the atreets, each waving an American flag. This strike prac tically put a stop to work on the subway and also on excavations for new buildings. The strike of tbe boiler makers was set tled last night and the ship yarda today are operating with full forces. Another strike settled today waa that on the Musca toot darn, tbe 300 men returning to work. In the building trades thera ia not a strike to Interfere with work, the only trouble being that occasioned by tha dif ferences between the Amalgamated and Brotherhood carpenters. Thousanda Strike at Baltimore. BALTIMORE. May 1. A general atrlke of union workmen in the building trades went into effect today. Over 4,000 men are out. ' BOSTON, May 1. Many adjustments were reached in the city during the day, and reports received by labor officials Indi cate that not more than 1,200 actually quit work. These included 300 lathers, 600 ar tificial stone and asphalt workers and 300 bakers. GRAND FORKS, N. D., May 1. It la said the conductors and trainmen of the North ern and Dakota divisions of the Great Northern are voting practically unani mously in favor of a atrlke. INDIANAPOLIS. May 1. There were several strikes in Indianapolis today. At the Bedford quarries and mills the men struck and all closed' down. Five thou sand men are out. They are demanding an equalization of the wage scale for the different branches of work. Laundry Workers on Strike. CHICAGO, May 1. Two thousand five hundred members of the Laundry Workers' union quit work today, precipitating a famine of clean linen upon Chicago and Its suburbs. There are 5,000 of these workers including laundry wagon drivers and less than one-fifth of the number are men, Chinese lauudrles, of which it is esti mated there are nearly 1,000 In Chicago, are to be involved In this war, which Is being waged by organized labor against em ployers in this city. BLOOMINGTON, III., May 1. Blooming- ton witnessed the most extensive strike among trades uulons today that has been inaugurated in many years. Every mem ber of the carpenters' union, horseshoers' union and several other minor organiza tions laid down their tools this morning when the bosses refused to sign the new scale of increased wages, SCRANTON, Pa., May 1. All tbe union Journeymen plumbers, about 300, went on atrlke today and there Is an entire cessa tion of building operations where plumbing la essential. Colorado Bridge Workers Out. PUEBLO, Colo.. May 1. Two hundred and twenty atructural iron workers emDloved 1 at the Mlnnequa Steel plant by the Amrri. can bridge company and the Ritter-Connelly company went on strike today. They de- I mand an right-hour day and 60 cents sn ! hour. They have been working nine hours i a day at 40 cents an hour, j HUNTINGTON. W. Va., May 1. One hundred girls employed In a cigar factory ! here were discharged today because thev formed a union. Half the number were tsken back upon withdrawing from mem- Dersnip. Forty Thousand Mar Quit. PHILADELPHIA. May I.-More than 7,000 men In the building trades struck to day for an increase in wages. This action directly affects 1,000 additional workmen, and should the strike continue a week building operations will cease and over 40,000 men will be rendered Idle. PITTSBl'RG, May 1 Six hundred boiler makers and 400 helpers, besides archi tectural housesmiths and stationary hoist ing engineers in Pittsburg and Allegheny, quit work today. fteven Thousand at .Newark. NEWARK. ,N. J.. May 1. Two thousand masons and 5.000 laborers struck today for i . . . I ... , , . '"?.NT.I1 iT0-'.: t0 I h shB Ukran asn & " crmrm , t i .. . UC UUliriing ITSdeS council and the Contractors association of , clncDn, Bbout 700 ,dte t ' ' TDe oinetences are over the demand of th, meters for their men to agree not to Join sypathetic strikes. AKRON. ().. May 1 Five hundred rsr- peoters struck today to enforce their de mand for an eight-hour day aad mora fay. THE BEE BULLETIN Forecast for Nebraska Ratn Saturday. Sunday, ralr. uml Colder 1. Dedication of Fair Rnlldlnsta. President Tnnrs In Knnsas. Knatern Mrll.es Sot Serlona. Many Omaha Laborers on Strike. 2. Coal Mines Par Rial Profits.. Men II I Forty Feet for 1,1 fe. a. Sews From Nebraska Towns. 4. British FIuk Flics In Paris. Stream Saves Man From Fire. Man Found with Skull Crashed. B. Twenty-Nine are Made Doctors. Affairs In South Omaha. O. Council BlniTa and lows News. T. rrngreaa of the City Campaign. 8. 1 nclc Sam's I'ntsle Ksperts. Plan Skyscraper School Houses. O. Itnasla Presses rLlns Hard. Payne Takes Ip Postal Scandal. Bishop Spaltllnsr Talka on UUor. 10. Bursting of the Yerkra Bubble. Story, "A Pair of Fairs." 11. Sporting; F.vente of tho Day. linn's Review of Trade. 11. Affairs at South Omaha. Kails Some Campaign l.les. Fire Wipes Out Several Towns. 12. F.dltorlnl. 1. Mayor W ill Command Pollco Now. Temperature at Omaha yeaterdayi Hour. Dcat. Hour. Desi. B a. in ..... a 1 p. m 52 H a. ni .11 - 1". a Bt 7 a. in 3T ;t p. m B7 H . m 4ft 4 p. m..N... BH O a. m 4.1 ' R p. m Bf lO a. m..... . 4R A p. m BH It a. m 4 ' T p. m BT lilm BU R p. m Bl 0 p. m B.1 POLICE GET BEST OF DEAL si riMnirn Get the Small End of Broatch'a New Salary Schedule. The action of the Board of Fire and Po lice commissioners in raising the salary of the police captains from $90 to $110 a month, or the maximum amount mowed by the new .law, while a service scale has been arranged for the fire captains,, haa caused considerable adverse comment. The board adopted a resolution making tho pay of fire captalna in the service less than five years $U0 a month, more than five and less than ten years, $100 a month. and more than ten years, $110 a month All previously have been paid. $85. An inspection of the payroll for April shows that there Is not a alngle fire captain who will draw more than the m'.nlmum of '-0. "I don't understand why police captalna in the service only a few montha rhould get more than fire captalna who have risked their lives for years," said Councilman Zlmman yesterday. "I don't suppose the council can do anything as the police beard has the right to fix the salaries within ths limits ret by the law, but some force ought to be exerted to make tha com mlssloners change thla ruling." WAGES OF CITY LABORERS Comptroller West berg- Says He' Will Hot Sign Warrants for Pub lic Works Men. Men who worked for the city during the month of April may have to resort to court procedure to get their pay if City Comp troller Westberg keeps bis word. He i-ald yesterday that he would refuse to sign a single warrant for a Board of Works em ploye, because tbelr names and compen sation bad not been submitted to the coun- ell for approval Immediately after the I charter amendments went Into effect. No time Bheet for the employes was submitted to the comptroller by tbe board to be included in the April appropriation ordinance. The long alcknesa of Chairman Rosewater of the board and the failure of the council to meet for several weeka have contributed to delaying the aendlng in of the lists to the council. Although Westberg declares he will rot sign the warrants, all lawyers about tbe city ball, including Judge Hascall, say that the men who worked are entitled to Mielr money and cannot be prevented from re ceiving it. Most of them already have as signed tbelr wages and if any one ia tha loser It will ba the loan agents. MISSOURI WHEAT IS DAMAGED Strawberries Also Injured, but Apples Escape with Slight Loss. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., May 1. Special Tele gram.) Damage to the wheat crop In north ern Missouri by frosts of the last three n'ghts Is not .so alarming as at first Indi cated. Large growers of wheat today say the crop In the uplands la not badly In jured, but on the low sections and river bottoms the yield will be very small, owing to the heavy frosts. A few fields are killed, other fields are set back so much that continued wet weather will totally de stroy them. Strawberry growers are heavy sufferers, many acres , of berries being killed. Tha apple yield will not materially be affected, according to horticulturists. SNOW HALTS FOREST FIRES Flames at Length Stayed In Adlron dacka After Hag-Ins for Week. PLATTSBURG, N. Y., May 1. A heavy snowstorm set In over the Adlronacka to- day practically checking tne fierce forest " . fires that bave spread rapidly In the laat week. The temperature has dropped about 50 degrees. Meager reports Indicate that the Loon lake house and the White Face inn are safe. though possibly damaged by smoke. Movementa of Ocean Vessels May 1. At New York Arrived Deutschltnd, from Hamburg; Auguste Victoria, from Ham burg; Trojan Prince, from (lenoa, Naples, etc.; Pretoria, from Hamburg. At Movllle Sailed loiia. from Liverpool, for Montreal; Anchorla, from Glasgow, for New York. At Avonmouth Sailed Monteag e, for Montreal At Oenoa Balled Sardegna. from New York, for Naples. At Vopenhagen Sailed Island, for New At the Lizard Passed La Champagne, from New York, for Havre: Htatendam, from New York, for Rotterdam. At Malln Head Passed Livonia, from Boston, for Glasgow; Anchorla. from Cllis gow and Movllle, for New York. At Liverpool Arrived Germanic, from New York. Sailed t'evlc. for New York. At London Hailed Philadelphia!!, .or Boston. At Halifax Arrived SllvertHn. Irom Liverpool, via St. Johns, and cleared for Phllidelphia. At Uueenstown Hulled New Kngland, from Ilvernol, for lsnion. At Antwerp Arrived-tiwiticrland, from Philadelphia. At Cherbourg 8aUl Furst Bismarck, for New York. BIG STRIKE NOW ON Mayor Issues Proclamation Advising Against Violence or Inciting Trouble. TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED MEN ARE IDLE Teamiters and Restau.ra.Dt Employes Com prise Larger Portion. SEVERAL EATING PLACES ARE CLOSED Neither Bid Expected to Make Any Fur ther Moves Until Monday. OPINION CONTEST WILL BE SH0R1 ONE Several of the nlone Involved Say Settlement of Differences Is Probable No Violence Ip to Date. PROCLAMATION OF MAYOR To all Mrniliora of Labor Or piuizatloiis In the city of Omalm. nil WorkliiRnifU nml Friends of I.nbor. and to Kinploj-ern of Lnlxii': In view of the tuiMottltHl dtfrVr eiu'pg lietvvopu employers and tvnge-workers, and between capitnl and labor, I ndiiionlnh nil mem bers of lnbor oi'Kftulzationh In the city of Onmlia and all wmklnftnieu und friends of Inlior to exercise the utmost good Judgment and cau tion in all their delil rutluus and nttlous to the cud that tfood order may be maintained In our city und satisfactory and peaceable results may follow the ixlstliijf serious and complicated differences be tween employers uud employes. It Is only by a strict observance of the law Hud the maintenance of peace and good order that the J pympathy and good will of the peo 4 pie, ao essential to success of any muse, .can oe secured and main tained. The good unme of our city and the well-en rued reputation of the working-men nud wage-workers of Omalirt for fairness and good or der must be maintained. I call on every worklugnian and wage worker of Omaha to see to It that no act of violence or act which would be unworthy of the cause of labor Is permitted to be done. , I also admonish nil employers of labor to refrain from doing any uct or making any publication or statement which might in any manner tend to excite or aggra vate the unfortunate conditions ex isting In our city. I further admonish all of you both employers aud employee, as good citizens, to use every effort to peacefully settle ou the basis 4 or fairness and right all differences which now exist between you. FRANK E, MOOKES. Mayor. No material breaks have transpired in the strikes which were declared yesterday and the end of the week finds an army of about 2,300 Idle men In the city. This number Includes approximately 250 Union Pacific shopmen, whose strike began nearly a year ago; 250 carpenters, 850 teamsters, 600 restaurant and cafe workers, 300 hod carries and forty leather workers. These figures are said to be conservative. In no case is the full quota of the respective unions included. Many of the Union Pa cific strikers have left the city. Of tbe 400 union carpenters at least 160 are said to be at work for contractora who algned the scale. About 150 or 200 restaurant and cafe workera are still busy and eighty of the 120 leather workera have not as yet struck, while a few of the hod carriers ore at work. Notwithstanding the lattltude of . tbe atrlke, it did not reach tbe proportlona feared. This waa due to the partial settle ments Indicated, tho complete settlements of the brewery workers and the failure of the freight handlers to arrive at definite results. While there Is no indication of an immediate disintegration, soma nego tiations are pending which In all probability will result In a reduction of the number of Idle men. Present signs point to a stubborn fight as long as tt lasts, but tha general Impression on both sldea seem to be that the affair will not oe long drawn out, affording one grounds of consolation at least, If this Impression ba correct. Central Ilody lieepa Out. Central Labor Union which met last night was supposed to . dip its oar Into the strike situation In seme w:iy or other, but did nbt. Certain phases of the sit uation were broached once or twice, .as all tho urilons Involved had their regular del egatea at the meeting, but absolutely noth ing was done that in any way tore on tha strike. Tbe central body some time ago placed at tha disposal of all of the unions an arbitration committee, but It has not yet been called Into service. The present strike hinges largely on the course of the tearaaters. While they have no sort of dirct control over the restaurant men or any other union t.ngaged in th fight, they are by all odds the largest or ganization and their action affects more different lines of industry and It Is thought and even said by many of the employers that if matters could be adjusted with the teamsters the rest of the problem would j be easy to solve. Nexf In Importance com. ! 4U .A.iaiipant mn who nhvlnunlv f.irni ths restaurant men, wno oDviousiy rorni a very potent factor. Settlement In View. The leatherworkers believe they have good prospects of settling. Two of their firms already- are said to hsve expressed their willingness to sign the scale and it Is hoped the other two will fall into line wlthtout much more difficulty. The car penters likewise bave some things In their favor. In the first place, according to their president, George W. Miles, almost 50 per cent of them are now at work, meaning that a number of contractors have algned tbe acale and Mr. Miles looks for further concessions. He has been told by oas large contractor that he Is ready to sign up. All the work on the public buildings that are being erected or completed, tha Krug theater, market bouso, postofflce and the auditorium can proceed, as the con tractors having charge of these buildings have signed the scale. With the carpen ters and leatherworkers eliminated the situation would be materially Improved as It would leave the employers to deal with practically none but the teamsters and restaurant men, as the bod carriers are not being dealt with much as It is thought best to defer action with tbem until the tesmsters ran be disposed of. When this Is dona It la believed tbe smploysra will
