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ESTABLISHED JUKE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOHNING, MAY 5, 1003 TEX PAGES.
SINGE E COPY THHEi: CENTS.
CHIEF IN COLORADO
Dearer Warmly Welcomes Touring Preii
, dent to Frontier Oitj.
BADGES OF GOLD AND SILVER GIVEN
Eooi.telt 6eti 8:riking Memento of Two
and a Half H;un' Stay.
CRUISER'S NEW BELL IS SHOWN HIM
Children Present Eouque i, While Cheers
and VLai.o Kesonnd.
HUGO PROVIDES COWBOY BREAKFAST
Baage Rider Krert Teat and Serve
Executive, Afterward selling
Wildly llli Train Pull.
Out for Wtit
DENVER, May 4. Thi Is president's
day Id Colorado, and at every (topping
place on President Roosevelt's Itinerary It
ha been observed in Fourth of July (Bull
ion. Tha nation's chief executive was the
guest of the city of Denver fur two and
one-half hours, and the people, regardless
of political affiliations, greeted him with
a warmth and heartiness of welcome not
exceeded on bis transcontinental tour. Tha
city's ordinary population of 175,000, with
thousands of visitors from other parts of
the state, was massed along the streets
and avenues of the line of march.
At the state capltol grounds and In City
park every man, woman and child In the
city had an opportunity of getting a good
look nt this distinguished guest during bis
drive over a route of about six mrles in
V length, which was tha principal feature
of the program for the day.
- The mayor had proclaimed a holiday,
schools were closed, business houses were
closed and beautiful decorations were dis
played on the capltol and many business
buildings and residences in the streets
traversed by the procession.
The president made but one speech .in
this city, and that was delivered In the
open air on the capltol grounds, where no
less inHU .
yl The sun sb
dent's visit
I occurred to
V sion (or Mr
less than 25,000 peoplo were assembled.
The sun shone brightly during the presl-
vislt, and no incident or accident
to mar the pleasure of the occa-
ir. Roosevelt.
Cron.a I.I
Early In Day.
The presidential train crossed the state
line from Kansas early this morning, and,
at Hugo, Governor James H. Peabody, re
turning from St. Louis, Joined the presi
dent and welcomed htm to the Centennial
stato. The governor remained with the
-president during the entire day and will
accompany him as far as the southern state
line tonight.
A military escort was in waiting at the
Union depot to receive President Roosevelt
on his arrival In this city at 10:30 a. m.
Mayor R. R. Wright, Jr.. and the members
of tha reception committee appointed by
him greeted tha presldenltal party when
they allghtjd from the train, accompanied
by Governor Peabody and staff.
The mayor presented the president with a
neat morocco bound program of his tour
through the city and a magnificent gold
badge, bearing the state crest and an ap
propriate inscription.. Similar badges
wrought in silver were presented to the
other members of the party. As the presi
dent, with his escort, passed through the
Sally port, a troop of cavalry, drawn up In
line, presented arms and Sntrlano's band
played "The President's March." When
the procession of carriages started up
Seventeenth street the troops again saluted,
the band playing "Hail Columbia." General
Irving Hale was grand marshal of tho
parade.
March Throve, tha Streets.
In tha first carriage with President
Roosevelt were his secretary. Governor
Peabody and Mayor Wright. Among the
iscort in the twenty carriages following
Fwsra United States Senators nenry
Tfllor and Thomas Patterson. Congressman
nhn F. Shafroth and H. m. mors, ex
Governor Charles S. Thomas and David H.
Moffatt. , .
The United States army was represented
by General Baldwin and the official staff
of the Department of Colorado. The
military escort consisted of a troop of th?
Fourteenth United States cavalry from Fort
Logan. Troop. B and C; First squadron
cavalry N. O C. and the mounted signal
1 corps N. O. C, with tho George W. Cools
Inrumeorps. Two mounted policemen rodo
V each side of the president's carriage.
At the capltol the following organisations
were drawn up to receive the president's
tarty and escort: Chaffee Light artillery.
National Guard Colorado: First regiment
Infantry, National Guard Colorado; High
School cadets. Grand Army of the Republic
and Confederate Veterans, service .men of
the Spanish-American war, Army of the
Philippines. Sons and Daughters of the
American Revolution, Sons and Daughters
of th Revolution.
While the president was passing through
the lines all armed bodies saluted and the
unarmed organlratlons uncovered. Slegel's
First Regiment band playing "The Presi
dent's March" with trumpets alone, fol
lowed by "Columbia."
Rirortril Through Capltol.
President Roosevelt was escorted through
the main corridor of the capltol, which was
beautifully decorated, and after spending a
few minutes in the executive chamber
passed under ah arch of silk national col
ors, asparagus ferns and carnations to a
stand erected on the west front of the capl
tol, while the band played "Hall to the
Chief" and "8tar Spsngled Banner." A
vast multitude crowding the spacious capl
tol grounds and adjacent streets sent up
cheer after cheer as the president came In
view. President Roosevelt was Introduced
by Governor Peabody and he spoko for fif
teen minutes, his remarks being frequently
interrupted by erplause.
To the Tune of "Ulsle."
To thi tune of "Dixie" the president's
party withdrew from the speaker's stand
and. re-entering the carriages, drove to
City park. The route lay through the Cap
itol Hill residence section and during the
entire drive tha president was busily en
gaged In acknowledging the kindly greet
ings given him. After entering the park
(the carriages passed bei
children, who waved
oircd the enthusiasm
lege of seeing the firs
the carriages passed between rows of school
raved flags and loudly
evoked by the prlvl-
ftrst rltisen of the re
public. A beautiful bouquet was bunded to
th president by Miss Kathleen Carroll, the
ll-yisr-oli daughter or John F. Carroll, a
well known newspaper cdltcr.
Admire Silver Bell.
. In the park also the 400-pound sliver bell,
y)loon to be presented to the cruiser Denver.
f ai shown to President Roosevelt, who ex
ra:uioed it closely and admired It greatly.
ICaotlaued oa Second Page.)
KING BIDS LOUBET FAREWELL
Kdvrard Complete Vlalt In France
ad Spend Mailt on Royal
Yacht.
PARI3, May 4 Klr.g Edward left the
Invalldes railroad station on his way to
Cherbourg .before noon today amid the
booming o '"O cannon and the acclama
tions of p - "-dus crowd of people. The
ceremony '"parture were on th
same elnlioi.. eetaeular scale as
on his arrival f.,. .
President Loubrf, . -oach. called
at the British embassy , with the
king through the avenue ... t sides
of which troops and large k '.j' were
massed. The king wore the unli rm of a
British admiral. In a carriage following
that of the king and the president were
Premier Combes and Foreign Minister Del
caese, the latter wearing for the first time
tho grand cross of the Victorian order,
bestowed upon him yesterday by King
Edward.
There was a continuous roar of "Viva
le rol!" along the route through the Avenue
de Marlgny, over the pont Alexandre to the
Esplanade do Invalldes.
The station was sumptuously decorated
with crimson and gold hangings and tha
British and French colors. The band of the
Republican guard played "God Save the
King" at the moment of tho British sov
ereign's departure. The final adieus were
extremely cordial, the king and President
Loubet holding a long and intimate fare
well conversation.
Then the king saluted the officers, bowed
and smiled to the crowd, entered the trnln
and departed for Cherbourg, where a French
squadron Is waiting to render him tire
well honors
CHERBOURG, May 4 Th royal train
if
arrived at 6 this evening and was greeted
with a salute of 101 guns by the fort.
Crowds gathered to cheer the king at all
towns through which he passed.
The king was met by Admiral Couchard
ond other local officials, with whom he ex
changed a few words. He embarked on
a maritime launch and was convoyed to
Victoria and Albert, the royal yacht.
The king will spend tho night on board
the royal yacht, which will not sail for
England until tomorrow morning.
ARGENTINE IN GOOD SHAPE
Presidential Message at the Opening
of Congress Is Optimistic
Document.
BUENOS ATRES, May 4. The presiden
tial message which will be read at the
opening of the Argentine ' congress today
will be entirely optimistic. It congratu
late congress on th fact that "no danger
at home or abroad threatens Argentine,
whose credit. Is re-established on the Euro
pean markets and whose trade Is notably
reviving in every direction."
The message refert to the note sent to
the government, of the United States in
consequence of the attitude of some of
the European powers toward Venezuela and
says:
Europe now understands that the ob
ject thereof wai not to ask protection for
the republic, but merely to aet forth the
danger to which American nations were
exposed by the doctrine underlying the
debt collecting expedition against tVenn
uelu.-
The revenues from posts and telegraphs
for 1903 is established at $1,500,000 In the
message, which says the estimated deficit
of about $5,000,000 in the budget for 1902
has been covered by economy and good
administration.
TO COMBINE LONDON MILLS
Make of Floor to Go Into
Deal with Capital of
12,500,000.
LONDON. May 4. An investigation of the
report that negotiations are on foot for
a combination of the London flour mills,
with a capital of 112,500,000, with the ob
ject of driving American flour out of the
market shows the Corn exchange does not
look upon it seriously and believes the
combination is impossible of accomplish
ment. The negotiations are being engineered by
mall millers and it Is Bald that the big
millers will not entertain the proposal to
form a combination.
A corn broker said today: "Even If the
combination is effected It could not drive
out the Americans, who have much greater
milling capacities than the British millers
and who have a lurjte surplus, which they
could afford to ship here at any price tbey
could get."
BOTH SIDES SUFFER LOSS
Sharp Conflict Take Place Between
Turkish Troop and Revo
lutionists. 8ALONICA, European Turkey, May 4.
An engagement between Turkish troops
and a band of revolutionists Is reported to
have taken place In the Monasttr district
of European Turkey.
Both sides suffered considerable loss. Ten
Turkish officers are said to have been
killed. Ambulances are being hurried to
Monastlr.
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 4 There was
another bomb explosion st Sslonlca yester
day, but apparently no damage was done.
MAY SEEK POUR EXPLORERS
Sweden Grow Alarmed Over Nor
denskjolil Expedition Lost In
Antarctic Sea.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. May 4. Anxiety
is felt here that nothing has been heard
from the Nordcnskjold Antarctic expedi
tion for several months. Preparations are
being made to send a relief expedition out
In September If no news is reached by
that time.
The expedition is on the steamer Ant
arctic, which left on September 16, 1901
and was reported as having returned to the
Falkland Island on July 4, 1902.
TWO SEEK BUFFALO DIOCESE
Friend Urge Vicar General and Com.
plicate Matter In
Rome.
ROME. May 4 While Rev. Charles H
Colton, rector of St. Stephen's church, New
York, Is favored by a majority of the' car
dinals of the congregation of the props
F?nda s bishop of Buffalo, urgent pressure
Is being brought to bear from Buffalo in
favor of Very Rev. M. Connery, vicar gen
eral of the Buffalo dlocess. Nothing Is
sure in the mstter of this appoint men,
until the pope gives his decision.
Kloplug Princes Bear Daughter.
LINDA V. Bavaria. May 4 Princess
Louise of Saxony has fiven birth to a
daughter.
BEAR'S DENIAL IS FALSE
Foil Text of Manchurian Demands Bhow
Forecast Practioally Accurate.
WASHINGTON HOLDS SITUATION IMPROVED
Insula la Now Bettered to Hare
Given Up Intended Con and
to Be Preparing for
Evaeoatlon.
PEKING, May 4. Minister Conger, Mr.
Townley, the British charge, and M. Uchida,
the Japanese minister, have had several
Interviews lately with Grand Secretary
Ching on the Russian-Msnchurlan negotia
tions. Prince Chmg at first was reserved,
but subsequently discussed the question
with greater freedom.
The document embodying the Russian
demands Is lengthy and certain portions
are vague.
Instead of absolutely prohibiting the
Chinese from opening the new ports and
admitting foreign consuls, it makes Rus
sia's consent to such steps obligatory,
which the Interested parties construe as
meaning the ame thing.
The Russian ambassador's assurances to
Lord Lansdowne that the negotiations con
cern Manchuria alone are confuted by
the text, which admits that the administra
tion of Mongolia la to remain unchanged
and says Russian interests are paramount
in North China and that only Russians
should be employed there.
The clause particularly distasteful to the
representatives of the Interested powers is
the prohibition against concessions or
leases of land in the valley of the Liau
river to other powers, which, it is asserted,
Russia would take extreme measures to
prevent. '
The scheme for the sanitary commission
for New Chwang provides that the Russian
consul and the Russian customs officials
shall be members, but does not refer to
'other consuls. t
Think RsmIs Ha Barked Down.
WASHINGTON, May 4. The Chinese
minister discussed the Manchurian situa
tion with Secretary Hay. There Is good
reason to believe that the negotiations
have taken a more favorable turn and that
the Russian coup which was expected has
been either abandoned or indefinitely post
poned. It Is understood that this Involved
no retreat on the part of the Russian gov
ernment from any position officially taken.
Certain Inquiries were addressed by M.
Plancon, t"he Russian charge at Peking, to
the Chinese government respecting the
Chinese purpose as to Manchuria. The
Russians hold that these were erroneously
taken to be set of demands. As a mat
ter of fact, they were nothing but In
quiries and, the Chinese answers being
taken as satisfactory, the Russian govern
ment has decided to carry out its original
program for the evacuation of Manchuria.
MURDERED GIRL IS BURIED
Brother of Tonng Woman, Assisted
by Fourteen Priest, Conducts
errlre.
LORAIN, O.. May 4. The funeral of Miss
Agatha Relchlln, murdered - here Friday
morning at the parsonage of St. Josephs
Catholic church, was largely attended today.
The services were conducted by Father
Relchlln, assisted by fourteen visiting
priests.
At the conclusion of the services the
remains were placed aboard an electrlo
funeral car and taken to the Catholic cem
etery at Elyrla for Interment.
The detectives were hard at work on the
case today, endeavoring to vertlfy reports
to the effect that two men were seen on the
night of the murder carrying a ladder near
the rear of the parsonage. '
The officers are also Investigating the
report that two residences near the
Relchlln home were visited on the night
before the murder by burglars, who were
frightened away.
Detective Kilbride of Cleveland ex
pressed the belief that It will be Impossible
to prove that Father Walaer committed
the crime.
It is generally believed . that unless ad
ditional evidence against Rev. Walser is
obtained he will be released when his pre
liminary hearing takes place.
The prosecuting attorney, Mrt Stroup,
said in this connection:
"It Is well known that the law holds a
county liable for any harm that may come
to a person at the hands of a mob, henna
our action In placing Father Walaer under
arrest was, perfectly Justifiable, even If his
guilt cannot be proved."
The Inquest will be held tomorrow and
It Is probable Father Walser will be ar
raigned Immediately after. .
MADMAN TERRORIZES TOWN
After Threatening People In Street
Takea Itefuge In the Belfry
of Church.
LOCKPORT. N. Y., May 4. The village
of Pekin, near Ransomvllle, has been
terrorized by a man who gave his name as
Joseph King of Scranton, Pa.
He ran through the streets, armed with
two coupling pins, threatening all whom he
met. An attempt was made to arrest him,
but he charged through a crowd of people
and dashed Into the Mothodlst church door.
He fortined himself In the church belfry.
Two deputy sheriffs were summoned and
found the madman still holding the church
steeple.
One deputy went up the tower steps and
dragged bis man down by one leg and
disarmed him. The man was held for
examination as to his sanity.
HELD FOR MENACING TOWN
Indiana Veteran Charged with Try
ing to Blnrkmatl
Entire City.
WASHINGTON. Ind . May 4 A warrant
has been Issued for the arrest of Edward
S. Bingham of Montgomery, charging an
attempt to blackmail George B. Brown
and the citizens of that town by writing
them threatening letters saying that un
less J2.500 was forthcoming he would de
stroy the town with fire and dynamite.
Mr. Bingham served two years in the
army, going to the Philippines.
MRS. KEMP SEEKSblVORCE
Slater of Reginald Vanderbllt'a Wife
Would Bo Freed From
Husband.
NEWPORT, R. I., May 4 Mrs. Belle
Neilson Kemp, sister of Mrs. Reginald C.
Vanderbllt, has petitioned for a divorce.
The rase will come up during th session
of court convening next week.
POLICEMEN PRESERVE PEACE
Italian Book Driller and nigger lu
ew York Threaten Trouble
for Time.
NEW TORK. lay 4 The strike of
Italian rock drillers and diggers took a
more serious turn In th Bronx today and
fifty policemen were sent to keep order
along the excavation for water mains where
men are working In the strikers' places.
A rumor wss circulated among the 1,200
men rt work that S.0O0 strikers would
march out today and try to Induce them
to quit. The police are picketed along the
excavation and all persons near It and
not working were ordered to move.
Bands of Italians, however, marched by
and shouted harshly at the men in their
places. Agent Landeau et the Italian labor
union said there were 85,000 men on atrike
la the city and that all work in the Bronx
would soon beNitopped.
A box of explosives which wss in a
shanty" for excavating work in the Bronx
was ordered burled by the police and two
guards were stationed aear to watch it.
Encouraged by the action of the Central
Federated union In endorsing their de
mands, the laborers employed on the sub
way remained on strike today and the
tleup of work was as complete as on Sat
urday. CHICAGO, May 4 The strike move
ment of the laundry workers was
augmented today by the closing down of
five steam laundries in Evanston. All the
laundries In the city remained closed today
and restaurant proprietors have begun is
suing printed apologies for the noticeable
absence of napkins and for the. decidedly
soiled table cloths.,- The - strikers are
making great, efforts to Induce the Chinese
laundries to Join them.
ANDERSON, Ind., May 4 The Tin Plate
Workers' International Protective asso
ciation is engaged today on the new wage
schedule, which may be finished by to
morrow afternoon. President Howell and
Secretary-Treasurer Taylor will be re
elected without opposition.
READING, Pa., May 4 About 200 hat
finishers employed at the four wool fac
tories In this city failed to report for work
today because of a disagreement over
wages.
MAY LOSE A RICH GIFT
Lacll of Harmony Among Engineers
May Cnase Carnegie to With
draw Offer.
NEW TORK, May 4. Lack of harmony
among the associations of engineers in this
county may nullify an offer of Andrew
Carnegie to give $1,000,000 or more with
which to establish a national center for
engineering interests In this city. Rivalry
exists among the various bodies of the
engineering profession and a high official
in one of the bodies said it is doubtful if
all can live In peace in. ons room.
Not until very recently was it known to
three' or four men whom Mr. Carnegie con
sulted that he intended to found an
institution which would be unique both in
this country and in Europe. ,- Ha Intended
that his gift should be used-' to erect a
magnificent building at a monument of bis
gratitude to the business . 'profession to
which tin success war lit gely indebted.
The building would -not cost less than
$1,000,000, exclusive of the cost of the site.
It would contain a perfectly appointed
club to take place of engineers' clubs now
located on Flth avenue, an auditorium
with a seating capacity for 2,000 persons
separate apartments for the engineering
bodies which would constitute the union
and libraries which would be unsurpassed
in the engineering field.
Mr. Carnegie has put his proposal in
writing and as tho matter now stands it
needs only the harmonious action of the
councils of the concerns interested, a meet
ing of which will be held Thursday, tc
utilize his gift.
DREAM PRODUCTS SELL FREELY
Xew
York Men Dispose of Share
in Mythical Diamond
Mine.
NEW YORK, May 4 Central office de
tectives and postoffice Inspectors toflsy
raided the handsome offices of the "British
African Financial company" In Wall street
and arrested John J. Prince, his son, Joseph
Prince, and Horace Blackmur on charges
of grand larceny and tho fraudulent use of
the mails.
The three men are said to have victimized
many persons by the sale of bonds an 1
stock of the Nnkanna Co., Limited, which
they claimed owned extensive diamond
fields In South Africa, which, with tho
company, are said to be purely mythical.
According to the circulars Issued titled
men figure among the officers. The board
of directors being given as Sir Frederick
Cammington, chairman; SIgmund Roth
child, J. Cammeron Rogers. Thomas Kanny
Brown, Baron Heinrirh Von Trail. Hon.
Edmund L. Wallen and Sir C'hnrles Noblo.
According to Sir IVrcy Sanderson, Brit
ish consul general, all those aro purely
fictitious personages, like the British batik
vof South Africa, which the prisoners ire
said to have given as n reference.
SHERIFF IS ON THE TRAIL
Will Kndenvor to Arrest Member of
Molt Who Killed Officer and
Prisoner.
CARUTHERSVILLE. Mo., May 4. A
posse of citizens headed by Sheriff Frank
lin started this morning for Wardoll, where
constable W. J. Moneyhon and Rev. K. M.
Malone, his prisoner, were killed late Sat
urday night by a mob.
Although the members of the mob were
disguised Sheriff Franklin says be has
evidence of the Identity of some of Its
members and that they will be arrested
if he can find them.
He recogr.lzes the difficulty of reaching
them, as the country Is wild snd they
may be easily secreted by their friends.
Mrs, Mary Frill, for whom Rev.' Malone.
Is It charged, deserted his wife, and with
whom he traveled about the country hold
ing meetings, is In Jail here. She has not
yet recovered from the fright the mob gave
her. Many marvel that she escaped Its
vengeance.
WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER
Mrs. Minnie Cummings of St, I.oula
I Charged with Kllllag First
Husband.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. May 4. A warrant was
issued today, charging Mrs. Minnie Cum
mings with killing her first husband, F. M
Harris, October 4, 1301. The charge Is mur
der in the second degree.
Mrs. Cummings is now In Jail awaiting
trial on charges of murder In the second
degree as the result of the shooting of her
busoacd. Dennis Cummings, April 1$, a
rooming bouse here. She aliens that
shooting was in self-defense.
STRIKERS MAKE GOOD CAINS
Many Teanrters Join Union and Oo with
Their Brothers.
DAY'S EVENTS STRENGTHEN THE MEN
Teamster Gain Accession, Walter
Secure Support and Bakers and
Electrlo Workera Get Sew
Scale Signed.
Still holding the key to the complex local
strike situation, the teamsters have forti
fied their position by tho addition to their
union of 100 new members and the formal
co-operation of the horseshoers, who met
Ia3 night and decided not to shoe the
horses of any firm or company involved In
the present strike. This, with the signing
of the union scale by practically all the
mister bakers that were affected, prepara
tions to open a new union restaurant this
morning, the agreement of the Omaha Elec
trical company and F. M. Russell to meet
the demands of the Inside electrical work
ers, formed vital incidents In the strike
yesterday.
This being election day no material prog
ress In affairs Is looked for. but by Wednes
day both sides expect changes that may
ultimately lead to a settlement of the
whole controversy. The tietip In certain
lines of business is too effective, it is held
to be long survived.
Trnmater Hold Big Meeting.
The teamsters continue to occupy the
center of the stage in the present struggle
They held a meeting at Labor Temple last
night and Initiated 100 new members,
drivers from various places over the city
who had never belonged to a union before.
This brings the Team Drivers' jinlon No.
71 up to a membership of about 1,500 and
tightens the teamsters' grip on the present
situation, as well as fortifying them for
future difficulty. Aside from this new ele
ment of strength the teamsters have the
steadfast support of the Horseshoers No. 19
which also met st Labor Temple last night
and voted unanimously to stand by the
teamsters by refusing to shoe any horses
of any "unfair" firms. The action carries
with It an order to strike If urged to do
this work. This is regarded by the team
sters as a Btrong means of defense, yet the
horseshoers do not apprehend the necessity
of being compelled to use It.
The teamsters' fortifications are not only
beneficial to .themselves, but to other
unions engaged In the strike as well. Tho
waiters have begun to see elements of
strehgth In It for them. Yesterday the Ice
wagon drivers, who are union men, whose
employers have signed the scale, refused
to leave Ice at certain hotels with bar
annexes, that are Involved In the strike.
All these places are kept under close sur
veillance by the strikers' rickets and
things came to a Bhow -down yesterday.
In addition to this some of the brewery
wagon drivers have refused to deliver beer
to these places and the proprietors have
been compelled to send private wagons for
their beer. Down in the wholesale districts
things are badly tied up. Most of these
concerns do their teaming through the va
rious transfer companies. Some are do
ing a little hauling at night with small
private conveyances to avoid trouble.
Condition In Jobbing District.
With some of the large wholesale grocery
houses conditions are serious and indica
tions are not encouraging with commission
men who handle large supplies of ergs,
poultry and t'uch goods. They fear that
goods may be brought to them by non
union drivers and that union freight hand
lers may refuse to handle them, thus en
tailing heavy losses. Dry goods whole
salers are not suffering from the present
strike as their spring trade Is all out and
they sre now looking forward to their plans
for the fall.
It is conceded that present conditions
cannot be endured and that some changes
must be brought about that will enable
the large Jobbers whose freights are con
gested to move them. Some of these firms
are urging the transfer companies to open
up negotiations for settlement with the
drivers. Two have threatened to cut loose
from the transfer companies, sign the scale
and buy their own teams If the transfer
companies will not take the initiative.
Coal dealers are experiencing a practical
stagnation In business because of the
teamBters' strike and with all these con
ditions confronting them it Is believed that
the employers of team drivers will start
the ball rolling toward a settlement to
morrow after the excitement of election I?
over. One wholesale dealer yesterday said
that such is contemplated as the result of
conferences between the transfer men and
their patrons.
Striker Make Demonstration,
The storm center of the teamsters' strlko
wbs moved to Tenth street for a couple of
hours yesterday afternoon because of an
attempt on the part of H. G. Strelght &
Co. to send a wag'mload of fruit to the Bur
lington freight depot. After an hour and
a half of indecision and Interruption the
driver succeeded In delivering the fruit
with the assistance of the patrol wagon
and a dozen policemen. ;
Early In the afternoon a man was started
cut from the commission house In a light
delivery wagon filled with crates of fruit.
On reaching Tenth street he was stopped
by the teamsters' pickets and after being
argued with and harangued he turned back
and a second wagon driven by a colored
man was sent by the company down How
ard street as s blind while the original
wagon was started dewn Jackson ttreet
again.
The ruse failed and the fruit was held up
again and the pickets telephoned up town
and all of the striking teamsters were
gathered togethered in the attempt to frus
trate the delivery of the fruit. They ar
gud, they pleaded and shook their fists
at the driver with many imprecations and
threats. Officer Harris was there alone and
telephoned tho station of the state of af
fairs, after which he advised tho man to
return to the commission house, which he
did. The crowd had grown until there were
several thousand, and they followed the
wagon, hooting,
clapping. Just
backed up In
Btore the patrol
with officers and
Jeerlnr, cheering and
as the wagon had
the rear of the
wagon arrived loaded
the crowd was cleared
away and the wagrn started down the al
ley under the convoy of the officers and
followed by the patrol wagon. At the
freight depot a cordon of police was formed
and the crowd kept back while the man
unleaded hi wagon and then returned,
while tha crowd Jeered and shouted "scab"
after him. As the crowd surged toward
town they stopped and argued with tho va
rious nonunion drivers that they met on
the streets.
Souir Similar Experience.
Another similar demonsiralion pecured
at Sixteenth and Davenport streets yester-
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Showers Tuesday
and Wednesday.
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EXPEDITE MERGER APPEAL
Securities Company, While Professing
Not to Worry, Seek End
of Lltluatlou.
ST. PAUL, May 4 The Northern Securi
ties company will do all possible to ex
pedite its appeal from the circuit court de
cision, according to a statement received
here with dividend checks today, dated
May 4, and signed by J. J. Hill. After re
ferring to past dividend, the circular says:
The trial of the suit brought by the at
torney general against your company in the
circuit, court of the United Stales In March.
l!n2, has resulted In a decree against your
company's holding the stock of the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern Railroad
companies, and restraining the two railwav
companies from permitting your company
to vote upon the shares, and from paying
to It dividends thereou.
So much of the decree a restrains the
payment of dividends has been suspended
bv the court during the appeal of the case
to the supreme court of the United States.
This appeal has been taken by your com
pany and will be urged as promptly as
possible.
The suits brought againet your company
by the states of Minnesota and WashinK
ton. respectively, have not yet been tried.
The enrnlnes of vour properties have, since
their purchase, largely Increased, and their
actual value has been materially enhanced
and cannot be Impaired, even though the
decisions In any of theee suits should be
adverse to your company.
SUGAR DUTIES ARE UNJUST
Court Hold Collector Tet Wrong
and May Deprive Treasury of
Many Million.
NEW TORK, May 4. An Important de
cision was handed down today by United
States Ctrcuit Judge Townsend, which if
confirmed by United States circuit court of
appeals will cost the government many
hundreds of thousands of dollars In re
bates, paid to sugar Importers.
In 1898 the American Sugar Refining com
nanv and other concerns appealed from the
collector of tho port in assessing outy on nad Drougnt a sman nag wnicn no nssoe i
a certain test of sugars Imported, the as- biKh abovo the mass.
eessment being made under the cfilcUl The rame manifestation was repeatel
polarlBCopIc teat returned by the appraiser. I twice during the evening when Mayor
The importers protested to the general ! Moores stepped forward to speak and when
board of appraisers, claiming that the test j he flnlchnd. They were scenes seldom wit
was erroneous and excessive owing to an I nessed except in the midst of some con
alleged Incorrect method of testing as pre- ventlon or assembly where the feelings of
rrlhed hv the Treasury department. The ! the participants and auditors have been
board confirmed the collectors rating and
the Importera brought suit.
FRANCHISE SOLD AT AUCTION
Bidders Appear Before Los Angeles
Conncll to Conisttt for Street
- Ball way, .
LOS ANGELES, May 4. A street railway
franchise covering slightly over two miles
on Sixth street from Flguoroa to the west
ern limits of the city was sold to G. C.
Johnson today in the city council tor $110,
000 after some lively bidding between
Johnson, the Los Angeles Railway company
and the traction company.
Johnson declined to divulge his backing,
but it is commonly presumed that he was
acting for the ho-called Clark-Harrlman
syndicate who are supposed to be behind
the blanket franchise application. The
franchise Just acquired Is a valuable one,
but would not be worth the price paid ex
cept aa a nucleus for a new system.
THOUSANDS OF CATTLE DIE
Kansas Stockmen Lose More In Last
Storm Than In All Prevlou
Winter.
SHARON 6PRING8, Kan., May 4. Snow
In the valleys yet tells of the severity of
the past week's storm In western Kansas,
Farmers are coming In with reports of
serious cattle losses. It is probable that
more cattle have been killed than In all
other storms of the winter combined.
In Wallace county alone the losses will
amount to 600 head, while other counties
have equal losses, Owing to tho stock drift
ing against the barb wire fences. Several
thousand head will only approximate the
losses In western Kansas and eastern Colo
rado. AID FOR UNION PACIFIC MEN
Southern Pacific Boiler Maker lie.
ride on Sympathy Strike, Com
mencing Nest Friday.
BAKE RSFI ELD, Cel.. May 4 The South-
! ern Pacific bollerraakers employed at
Hakersfleld have voted to strike on Friday
' In sympathy with the Union Pacific strikers
! unless the latter strike Is settled before that
j time.
I It is learned on good authority that the
I men at Oakland and Iob Angeles have voted
! not to strike, and at Sacramento the force
; Is evenly divided on the question. At San
; Francisco and Tucson tho men will go out.
KANSAS MAN IS A .SUICIDE
i,
Though Weulthy and Honored. Well,
I (., lnt-nti.1 v.-,iH 4
I'.nll Life.
. . I marshal a political machine of 2,000 vote
WELLINGTON, Kan., May 4 Tharles J. I o be arrayed at any time against munlcl
Hurrphrey, aged 40, shot and killed himself I pal candidates in fuvor of equal taxatlou.
j today.
! Humphrey was worth 160,000 and held
many local public positions of trust. Ho
I was a graduate of Amherst college. It Is
I supposed Ul health was the cause of his
suieiue.
Movrment of Ocean Vessel May 4.
At New York Arrived: Minneapolis, from
I Iynl(iii; Kroonlnnd, from Antwerp; l
tnrlan, from Liverpool; C'ymrli
from
Liverpool; L'AnultHlne, from llHvre.
At Naples Arrived : Nupulltan, from
New York via Ht. Michne'.s
At Palermo elled: Sicilian Prince, for
New York.
At Glasgow Snileii: Kastslia, for Mon
treal; I'ardlrlan, for Montreal.
At Bi-llly Paed: Bulgaria, from Haiti
more, tor Hamburg.
At H ii mliurw Arrived: Augutte Victoria,
from New York vIk Plymouth and Cher
bourg. At Marseilles Arrived: Perugia, from
New York.
At ( 'heiimurg Arrived : Harhiirossa. from
I New York via Plymouth, for Pr men, h'i.I
proceeded. Sal'eci: FrU-drlek der Urose,
j from Kremeri, tor ioik.
I At jiieentown Hilled: Ivernla, from
Liverpool, for New York.
I At Plymouth Arrived : Knlier Wllhelm
III. from New York, for C'h. rbourg and
Lrenicn, and proceeded.
CITY CAMPAIGN ENDS
Republican! Finish Their Work with Hom
ing Meetini at Bchlitt Hall.
MAYOR MOORES RECEIVES AN OVATION
Pecidedly Most Enthnoiaatio Gathering
Dur.ng Municipal Contest.
CORNISH POINTEDLY STATES ISSUES
It ii Moorei and the People or Eowell and
Corporations.
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS MEANS HOME RULE
Climax of tha Meeting Come Whr
Mayor Moore Enter nnl
Take Platform Tr
Last Shot,
ELECTION DAY WEATHER- ShoWets In
eastern Nebraska.
I'UL.LS REMAIN OPEN from 8 o'clock In
the morning till 6 o'clock lu the evening.
VuliMi 1-i.ACES Ust oi l.icallon by
districts given Hi another column.
AiAlolt, CAN Ul DATES uto Frank
E. kioores, regular repuuiican nominee;
Edwai-u hj. lloweil, democrat; Ernatus A.
liention, pupuust and muepcuaeni; jt-orie
. iMooio, socialist.
TO VO'IE rt'l KAIuii'l' TICKET put cri.r
mark In party circle at lop vt buuot.
One thousand men, with all the approving
explosion of sound capable by buuiHU vocal
organs, testified what they thought of
Frank E. Moores at Schlitx hall last night.
The meeting, which was the climax of the
republican campatgu, began with a cheer
for Moores, proceeded with cheers fof
Moores at every suspicion of the mention
of his namo and ended with three rousing
cheers for the mayor that put all previous
efforts to shame. It was a grand ovation
to the man, a tribute that was spontaneous
and heartfelt and Illustrated to a degree thi
wondeiful love that the people have for bis
personality.
E. J. Cornish wns talking to the sea ol
faces when the mayor entered. Mr. Cor
nish himself had beep announced by a wavi
of loud cheering, but the appearance of the
mayoralty nominee In tall hat and long
frock coat was the signal for two-thirds of
the assembly to rise to their feet and rend
the air with a prolonged roar. Hats were
waved, men stood on chairs and one patriot
I worked upon by conflicting forces. Hardly
at a political meeting, even on the last
nlrht befnru the election, are such out
breaks of approval, regard and sentiment
witnessed In a rliy no matter how large.
George F. Munro addressed the meeting
while It was watting for the announced
speakers. He urged the republican voters
to exert themselves at the polls to lnsun
nu roaist election anfl a ' fair, count, rle
claiirg tfcat information positive in charac
ter had ben received that the corporations
would try to vote men at $1 a head. "f
there was ever a time when the party
should be vigilant It should be at this elec
tion," asserted the speaker, who ppeale'
for coolness snd the allaying of any pas
sion or excitement that might appear.
Tersely States Issues.
"I believe that the people understand
what are the real Issues in this campaign,"
sild E. J. Cornish. ' If they do they will
elect Frank E. Moores mayor. If Frank E
Moores is defeated tomorrow equal taxa
tion will not be known In this city until
soma man Is elected mayor whom the rail
roads and the corporations fight. If Frank
E. Moores la defeated tomorrow home rule
will not be known In this city until some
man Is elected mayor whom the governor
appointed police board will fight. If Frank
E. Moores Is not elected mayor tomorrow
you will se A combination of the corporate
Interests In this city and the saloon and
gambling Interests In this city to work to-
i gether to 'rule over us In a compact or-
, ganlzatloni BBd tne ma of tnxpa7eru wU,
j never eallllliIl ,he)r rille untt, lt can agm,
become the issue as It Is In this campaign
The real question that confronts us Is
whether the people will elect Frank E.
Moores mayor or the railroads will elect
Edward E. Howell mayor. As to Ersstui
A. Benson, he cannot possibly be elected.
"What are the virtues of the Benson sr
gument?" queried the speaker. "It Is
certain that there can be no moral Uprising
on the part of men who plead the reason
for It that they had bought the votes of
some delegates but didn't get them. Dur
ing the last week we have heard small
reference to this feature of the original
argument for the bolt, but these men found
that thsy could not ask support for a man
while reverting In the same breath to an
unsuccessful attempt to corrupt the con
vention delegates.
. "When Mr. Benson asked for the nomi
nation from the republican convention, all
fair minded men tnut agree that, he by
Implication made an agreement that If ho
did not get the nomination he would sur
render It like a man to whomsoever did
get It." s
Cheer for Mayor' Stand,
The recent decision of the supreme court
In tho fire snd police board case and the
effect the democrats believe it will have
on the vote for Howell came in for a long
portion of Mr. Cornlsh'a speech. He
j duwcw uuw uric politics areyruiea oy
railroads and how tho governor must sc-
I Hif m-B ill lutr winiies ul me raliroaoS in
! appointing the Omaha Fire and Pollca com-
mission, which In turn had the power to
I Ue rea(1 the mayor s recent instructions to
I Chief of Police Donahue, announcing that
j hereafter the chief executive of the city
will command and that the arbitrary acts
of Individuals on the police board must
cease. The document was greeted With
long cheering. "That Is the law as It Is,"
declared Mr. Cornish. "There can be no
question but that the board acts as a board
only wheu in session, and that when not
i In session no member of the board has any
moro power than you or I. This action by
the mayor means much to the people. It
means that as long as he Is mayor thero
will be no secret meetings of th board
where orders will be framed to suit cor
porate Interests snd never heard ol by
the people until they are executed. It
r.ieanj ihat all orders will be transmitted
to thn police through the mayor, and no
matter though the majority may bold th
position f the policemen anl firemen In
their biiiids it will be ImiKisflble. to build
u; and control Ibe rallroad-ialo jn-gamb-ling
machine that we fear. That is the
law and we have recently found In con
vention, and you will also find in the gov
ernment of the city, that when people tuva