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i The Omaha Sunday Bee. 3 PART I. i ft PAGES 1 TO 8. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 17, 1903-TII1RTY-TWO TAGES. SINGLE COrY FIVE CENTS. ESTIHATEOF A KING T. P. O'Conner, M. P., Writes Entertain ingly of the British Sovereign. POINTS OUT ADVANTAGES HE ENJOYS Comes to Hi Position Mature in Tears, with Broad Experience. AS PRINCE OF WALES MEETS MANY MEN Acquires Thereby Broad Knowledge of the World's Affairs. MEASURING UP TO HIS OrPORTUNITIES natural Disposition as m Conciliator Ieaaa Ulna to Tako a Raad la Transvaal and Irish questions. (Copyright, 1903. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, May IB. (New York World Cablegram Bpeclal Telegram.) T. P. O'Connor, Irleh member of Parliament and writer, leads the number of hi a "M. A. P." (Mainly About People) with a significant article on "The King- as a New Force," signing It with hla Initials, "T. P.," that there should be no mistake about authorship. In this article he says: "The world Is beginning to realise the king. It took some time to do so. The king as prince of Wales had a freedom which he could never have enjoyed if he had come to the throne at an earlier age. Indeed, many of the qualities which he has exhibited since he came to the throne have ben made possible only by the fact that he was so long prince of Wales. In that position, exalted and yet private, tbe Icing had tho right to go among all sorts and conditions of men. The position was. In some degree, a private position, free from the responsibilities, the terrific etiquette and the numberless restrictions which still surround and - embarrass the occupant of a throne. And thus It came to pass that when the prince of Wales be came king he had had an experience wider. more instructive, ana, in a sense, more deroocratlo than If he had, like so many other monarchs, been brought up solely In the stiff, enervating and narrow atmos phere of courts. "At the council board of the hospital, at the public dinner or charity, at the basaar, on the race course, In the theater, the king has mixed with men as a man, and hence It is that whatever faults could be urged against him nobody could ever say that he had anything ot the 'side' which, even In monarchical circles, sometimes distin guishes the king who Is a rounder from the king who Is i gentleman. Indeed, one of the things about the king, as to which everybody is agreed, Is his perfect manners. This I one of the secrets of his great success i. . s . M ? Immense Opportunities. ill, "A'Vft.jfci' SXeat advantage of the freedom of thvy f as prince of Wales Is that he has, "-(jolf to travel so much, and, when men of all parties and. creed. Just think what all this must havejneant during the thirty to forty years the king' was prom inent as prince of Wales. It meant that he had the opportunity of making the personal acquaintance of every political and social personage of every country on the continent. "Ministries come and go, but the monarch remains', holding In bis hands the threads of a hundred different negotiations, situa tions, difficulties, and any foreign minister who has the advantage of audi knowledge and such counsel would be foolish If he neglected to take full advantage of It, "One ot the advantages the king has had In dealing with foreign statesmen and monarchs Is his very fine gift as a linguist. Three languages are perfectly familiar to him his own, of course, and French and r.erman which to him ark almost mother tongues. f "There are some other things about the klng which make me think this will be a memorable reign. He has a desire, it might almost be said a passion, for composing dirnoultles. Indeed, sometimes during his days as prince of Wales he went very near getting himself in difficulties by his well meant efforts to bring about reconciliation between his friends who were estranged. ,"I attribute the position which he la aid to have taken . up with regard both ii to the Transvaal war and the Irish land tqumlon to his desire to find a means ot reconciliation where other men would be too careless or too cynical to Interfere. And add to this that the king la, according to all appearances, an ambitious man ambitious In the good sense of the word." CARNEGIE FLAYS SMART SET Tells Londoners that Americans Do Not Tako Its Members Serlonsly. (Copyright. 1908, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. May 18. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Andrew Ctrnegie left for Bkibo Friday. He filled from three to four public engagements every day of his thirteen days' stay In London, and. frail aa he looks, seemingly was none the worse for the exertion. Nothing seems to have roused him while here so much as a suggestion that he be longed to the "smart set" In America. "Do you think we belnog to the 'smart set?' he exclaimed. "Do you think I would belong to It? No man of real In fluence In America takes those people seriously. All that Raw Pork. Jr.. nH it. 'smart set' achieve Is to make themselves ridiculous by playing at caste and 1 Drill 2 the European arlatncrav v merely laugh at them. They count abso lutely lor Homing in tne lire of our na tion. "In America more than anywhere else it Is 'three venerations from ihlrtftiAA.-.. . shirtsleeves.' There Is no alnala kam ... fortune In America which Is not being spin up. Aristocracy cannot exist without primogeniture and entail, and our laws snow neunrr. LIKE THE AMERICAN SAILORS Merchants In French City Final Them fiood t'astoraers for Their Wares. (Copyright. 1H. by Press Publishing Co.) FAR1S. May 16-(New York World Cablegram-Special Telegram.) The American squadron, which has been lying; off Vllle Pram-he, became so popular that the mer n ekjunts and boatmen petitioned the minima VJlf marine to allow the squadron to anchor ci.er in snore, as me crews were splendid customers, but were reached nlth dliticulty reach weather. SCHWAB IS BUYING AUTOS Clves aa Order to Parla Concern for Two Machines, Furnishing; Tart of Design. (Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Msy IS. (New York World Cablegram Bpeclal Telegram.) "MonBleur Charley," the manager of the Mercedes automobile concern In Paris, said yester day to the World correspondent: 'I have two orders from Charles M. Bchwab, and have Just received a cable dispatch directing that the sixty-horsepower automobile ordered be ready June . I have also another order for one nlnety-horse-power machine similar to that made for the king of the Belgians. The report that a 120-horse-power machine has been ordered Is untrue. None such ex ists. 'The nlnety-horse-power machine will be capable of making great speed. I have not the details, but I know the frame of the machine will be on lines designed by Mr. Schwab himself. As to comfort, arrange ments of seats, etc. the motor Is the same as that of the king of the Belgians. There Is nothing particularly remarkable about the machine unless It be the details of the frame, which I have not at hand, but which will be especially novel. This ma chine will not be ready for four months. The Mercedes company Is arranging to build a mammoth hotel on Rue de Fres bourg, between Avenues Kleber and Victor Hugo, to competo with the Elysee Palace hotel. The chauffeur of W. K. Vanderbllt, Jr., was fined $2 this week for running an au tomobile at excessive speed. This Is the esse In which W. K. Vanderbllt, sr., was sentenced to prison for three days In de fault of his appearance In court. The elder Vanderbllt afterward satisfied the court that he was not in the automobile at alt. and the sentence of Imprisonment was re scinded. The outing arranged by the Automobile club for the circulation committee of the Paris municipal council, was a great suc cess. The chauffeurs demonstrated be yond doubt that they had perfect control of their machines. Automobiles running beside, carriages, going at preci-inly the same speed furnished the illusion that they were going much more rapidly than the carriages. When the signal to stop was given an automobile always took much loss space than a carriage In which to come to a standstill. Dummy figures thrown be fore the automobiles were easily avoided and a wonderful display of skill and con trol was given. One result of the experiments will he that automoblllsts well receive permis sion to run electric auto'a In the Allee da Accaclas, In the afternoon and circulate In the Bols de Boulogne at a speed of fifteen miles an hour. The only thing that marred the day was an accident in the evening resulting In the death of Rene Piault. the vice president of the municipal council, who fell through an open trap while Inspecting the roof of the Folies Marlgny music haH, a distance of thirty five feet POPE BLESSES YOUNG COUPLE Thinks Italian Prlnoe PI Well In . Selecting? an Americas Bride. (Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) KUMJi, May. is. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) An audi. ence of more than common interest to Americans took place in tbe pope's pri vate apartments on Sunday, when he re- revelved Prince Cammlllo Roapigllosl; the commander of the Noble Guard, who was accompanied by hla son, Don Giovanni Roapigllosl. and the latter'a fiancee. Rthei Bronaon, an American girl. The pope welcomed the visitors ennUniiv and bestowed a special blessing upon tbe couple. Intimating an intention of pre senting to the bride a wedding gift. -rne richest dowry your American could possibly bring you." Leo remarked tn k. young prince, "could be some of that activity and determination to which her country owes its greatness and pros perity." The pope is strongly in favor f sons of the Roman nobility marrying American or English airls. not Anlv AM account of the financial advantages, but pecausa he is convinced that the some what torpid nature of the Roman aris tocracy must derive -treat benefit rrm . strain of more energetic blood. Miss Bronson had the misfortune to in. her mother last year tn Rome and since then she has been living In the P. ,. Borgheae, where aha occupies a magnificent apartment with her chaperone. Miss Win gate. Prince Giovanni la a nenhew e Gulseppe Rosplgliosl. whose marriage to the divorced Mrs. Parkhurts excited so much interest. Hitherto he has been re garded as a confirmed bachelor, and his uncle's heir presumptive, but Prince Giuseppe's maniaae and the hirtk . child put an end to bis hopes, so be came to tne conclusion tnat the best thing to do was to marry an American heiress him self. The wedding will take place June . SCORES THE CHIEF OF POLICE Attempts to Shield Officers and Gets Himself lata. Tronhle. (Copyright. 1903. by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. May 16 (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Chief of Po lice Leflne, who has been popular. Is as sailed on all sides today because of the ac tion of the Agents des Moeurs (morality of ficers) who arrested a sister and the fiancee of the editor of the Lanterne, a paper favorable1 to the government. Though it was an outrageous case. Chief Leflne at firat tried to screen hla officers, but In the face of public clamor he was obliged to dismiss then, from the force. The whole system of such agents Is de cried and some newspapers advise cltl sens to treat them like mad dogs, shooting them down whenever necessary to protect their wivea and daughters. FRENCH SAVANTS ARE TO TOUR Series of Lectures to Be Delivered hy Them la Sooth Amer. lean Cities. (Copyright. 1903. by Preoa Publishing Co.) PARIS. May 16-New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. Anatole France, the novelist, accompanied by M. Jaures. deputy of Carmeaux, la to make a tour In South America soon by Invitation of the University of Buenos Ayres. Each la to deliver a series of lectures there. M. France will speak on the Influence of literature and art, on the development of society, and M. Jaures on social phu. osophy. M. France Is now In Rome, where a dinner haa been given lu hi'. honor by Count PiimolL DUMONT l!v 110PEFUL Believes Airships Will Some Day Be as Common as Carriages Are Now. HAS A COLLECTION OK THE MACHINES Inventor Takes Almost Daily Spins in His Email Rut-a-Bout SPEAKS ENCOURAGINGLY OF LEBAUDY Hopes to Be Able to Make Forty Miles Per Hour or Better. OTHER SCIENTISTS NOT SO CONFIDENT Lebaudy Drothera Make Several Successful Trips During; tho Past Month nnd n Hnlf. (Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, May 15. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The World correspondent sat for an hour last evening with Santos Dumont on tho balcony or his handsome entresol at 114 Champs Eljsecs, at a time when the avenue was swarming with the finest array of equipages In the world, returning from the Bole de Polgne. Santos was Just back from an afternoon's outing in his 3tt-horse power runabout air ship, known as No. 9, and the conversation was about the Lebaudy balloon trial and the possibilities of the future. No petty Jealousy of rivals is haroored by Santos Dumont. "I was delighted with the outcome of the Lebaudy trial," he said. "Anything to ad vance the cause of ballooning Is heartily welcomed by me. I only wish that over head there was a parade of eteerablo balloons like this procession of carriages rolling by below. And I believe the time will come when there will be. "I am going to try my No. 7 soon, mak ing upward of forty miles an hour. The advocates of flying machines without bal loon attachments 'assert that any such speed will shatter a balloon. I will show them the contrary. "Tho machines are heavier than air, and, while I believe navigation possible without balloons, it will always be limited to two or three persons In a car; whereas my confidence in No. 10, which can take up twelve people besides the engineer. Is unlimited. The success of the Lebaudy trial bears out my optlmistio predictions. I saw the big Deutsch balloon Inflated at Saint Cloud today for the first time and shall await tbe experiments with it in terestedly. Beats the Eagle. "The reason I think flying machines pos sible is because we hate a motor which can generate one-horse power for every six pounds in weight, which is even more than the wonderful American eagle ca do, not to mention the turkey, which can't fly at all, and both weigh muoh more than six pounds. Yet I believe the conquest of this .problem, will be achieved by steerable balloons capable of carrying many per sons." ' - " ' - Emmanuel Alme, formerly Santos Du roont's factotum and secretary, told the World correspondent that in his opinion both Lebaudy and Santos are on the wrong track. He thinks balloons will never con trol the air, even with motors capable ot making headway against strong currents, for much resistance would shatter balloons. Such attempts he deems Interesting as ex periments, but practically useless. He is himself working incessantly at Nanterre on a flying machine without balloon. He believes It will raise his 9-year-old son and maintain Its equilibrium at a height of several yards and that when this is ac complished all will be possible. . M. Calletet, a member of the institute and of its committee oa aerostatics, agrees with M. Alme that the conquest of this problem can be achieved only by a machine heavier than the air and that the future Dying machine will no more resemble a bird than the Deutchland resembles a whale. The Lebaudy airship Is 170 feet long, 30 in breadth and haa a capacity of 3,588,000 cubic feet. Ex-Queen Nattalte of Servla visited San tos Dumont's aerodrome last Tuesday, as the guest of Mrs. William A. Slater, and was greatly Interested in the airship she saw there. Lebandys Are Confident. The Lebaudy brothers are greatly en couraged by the recent trials of their ma chine, the "Steerablo Yellow." They have had It under cover at Moisson during a period ot bad weather. In which the San tos Dumont's apparatus sustained consid erable Injury, and they have taken ad vantage of the time to make extensive im provements both In the machine and In the shelter in which It is stabled. Formerly It took seventy men to take the alrahip from the barn to prepare It for flight. Now it is set on a cradle which moves along a track laid In a deep trench from the barn to the point of flight. The crew has been drilled in handling the ship. At tbe word of command each springs to his station, and. instead of a slow and tedious operation, the ship is moved to Its starting point in two or tnree minutes. Among the changes in the ship Itself is the reinforcing of tbe ropes sewn to the envelope to strengthen It. These now make the entire circuit of the balloon, and their number has been Increased both at the head and at the rudder post. In tbe lat ter case the lines are carried from the platform to the extreme stem of the ship. Ths rudder, though seemingly of small dimensions for a balloon of auch volume really exerts great force through a special grouping of vertical and horliontal vanes arranged on the plan of an arrow. These vanes create currents of air which strike full on the rudder and increase Its sensi tiveness. Finally, the taper of the stern of the balloon has been fined down. A basket capable of holding two carrier pigeons has been attached, so that the pas sengers can. In case of need, communicate with the home station. Man Several Trials. The shelter for the ship has also been Improved. It now presents the appear ance of a well equipped work shop. All needed parts for the airship are made on the premises and a powerful Are apparatus has been Installed. During April the 'Steerable Yellow" was out four times with M. Juchmes acting aa pilot. On April 1. In rather a light wind. It made a circuit of eighteen kilometers (about eleven miles). On April 11, In a considerably fresher breese. It went eleven kilometers (nearly seven miles). On April 13. with a pretty stiff breese blowing during the return It covered about sixteen kilometers (about ten miles). On April 30 it msde a circuit from Moisson to LaProche Ouyon to Freneuse and return, a purabo- Continued oa Second Page.) AMERICAN GOSSIP IN LONDON O. Roberts' Wedding the Most Interesting Topic nt Present. (Copyright, 19iiJ, by Press Publishing Co.) IixnnM xf.v iis-.nw Vnrk World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) The wedding of Lieutenant Marshal O. Roberts and Miss Irene Murray has been fixed for June 22 and will be in the Guards chapel. It Is remarkable that tho bridegroom, a former Mew Yorker. hn never hm been naturalised as a British subject, should have been granted a commission In the Scots Guards, but Influence can do any thing with the War office. Miss Van Wart and Miss Huntingdon dined with hla mother. Mrs T?alnh Vivian. Thursday night, to meet the brldo-clect. in addition to a ten-horse Panhard auto mobile. Lieutenant Roberts has given to his fiancee a . magnlflclent pearl and dia mond tiara. " Chicago" Smith is due In London Mav 25. He has taken a large suite ot rooms at ciaridge and will bring with him a party of Americans, mostly women. He means to drive them In a coach to the Derby, give them an insight Into English modes and customs for three weeks, then take them to Scotland and cross to Dublin to see the automobile race. F.ourke Cockran also is pfimlnB to T.nn. don for the Derby. Ha ham been tnkinir excellent care of himself n. Rome. During iwng Mwaroi visit p . not accept any of the invitations ' i on him from members of the la erlcan colony, uuw resiuenis in tne v.- i uity. The I nnmiir', T' nAH 1. They will have Isitors from New iora, coming on v. , and they will also make a party f .aces. Foxhall Ke tother sportsman who will drive a to Epsom, laden with transatlantj ' ..s. The tWOi ' " sistera ninriva ana Aii. drey, have tSi London society by storm wnii ineir oeauty ana accomplishments. Mrs. Deacon has come over from Paris and taken No. S John street, Mayfair, for the season. Gladys went to Mrs. Adair's great ball as a Pompeian flute player and was greatly admired. She presented a striking contrast to her younger sister. Audrey, who appeared as a Greek flower s-lrl. the riraner. les Swathed tightly across her body, dis playing her magnificent figure to perfec tion. Everybody wondered who waa ah with such a Spanish look in her deep-set. aarx eyes that sweep about in the most searching wtv. Mar pnmni..Un - beautiful imaginablecreamy white, with voi mine cneenB, run red lips, revealing per fect teeth. She Is the Sam, bela-ht na Gladys, but not so thin, and Is quite as wen iniormea on all subjects. Audrey was at the same convent as her aiat.r ,...4 . , .uvnni the same line of knowledge, attended courses or lectures at the Sorbonne in Paris on the most obstruse subjects, and in con versation can control any question that arises. Gladys Deacon., who looks aarfini thin, Is very popular here and will gcfcut little more than her sister, who has not yet been presented at court. Mrs. Deacon herself is a most heniiHrnl woman. looks astonishingly youthful, dresses exquisitely and has a reserved, dig nified manner. m4. 111. - Tat.t. ...T . f. r- xiauie dame than the y, modern mother of two un,. ne servants-m their lltle Mavfatr hni IMA safaa mil TJ.. 1. and were brought over' from their Versailles uome. The girls will be chaoeroneH n.lnnl..n.. by some of their many married friends. "" -"nora or chudlelgh. will tako Gladys everywhere, aa she has dnn. e. . Af Lady Warwick's big party on Thursday -n was a gTeat success. She showed herself to be crack bridge player and an expert with in oii.iara cuo. she was easily the best looking girl present and was surrounded by all the 'smartest" mn .w. son of the house, Lord Brooke. DEFENDER FOR AUTO TROPHY Owner of Sew Machine Expects to Ran One Hundred Miles t nn Honr. (Copyright. 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) IX3NDON. Mav 18. iN'ew v,-i, ir u - It utm Cablegram Special Telegram.) 8. P. Edge, the present holder of the Gordon Bc-nnet International automobile trophy, is having a muior car duiu tor tne coming contest which, he asserts, will attain 100 miles an hour by means of Its lCO-harse- power engine. He says: "By means of a new contrlvan,. t start the car at top speed or stop It with. out resort to intermediate speed levers. On a course like that for the Gordon Bennett race, where one must make from thirty to forty stops in 360 miles, the ability to Jump off at once Into full pace will be a great advantage, as I hope to demon strate." The body of the car will not uiffei greatly from the accepted type. There will be one seat for the driver and a perch for the chauffeur fixed below the dash board. The weight of the car will be just under a ton, and the wheel base will he rather longer than usual eight feet six inches by four feet eight Inches, to pre vent skidding when traveling at top speed. The weight of the engine has been placed right over the back wheels. Mr. Edge expects to have his "defender" out for a trial spin within a fortnight UNABLE TO SELL PLUNDER Thieves Cat Vp Valuable Tapestries In Order to Avoid De. teetlon. (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, May 18. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Splendid Aubusson tapestries of the seventeenth century, stolen from the cathedral of Tours proved so difficult to dispose of that the thieves. Just caught, were obliged to cut them to pieces. Three were thus destroyed aud sold in small medallions for chair covers. The thieves, three men and two women were positively Identified by a piece ot tapestry they had thrown across tho floor of one of their apartments. This repre sented the Msgll kings. The fought des perately when taken. CHAMPAGNE CROP ESTIMATE Over One-third of tho Katlrt Crop Is Seat to the t ailed tales. (Copyright, 19u3. by Press Publishing Co) PARIS. May l.-(New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The an nual report of the Chamber of Commerce of Reims, the champagne center, places the champagne production of the paat year at 32.u00.0iO bottles, of which two-thirds was sent abroad. Twelve million bottles went U tho United Butaa. Arbitration Seem Assured Between Unions and Allied Employers. STRIKERS' RANKS SWELLED IN MORNING Over Two Thousand More Workmen Quit on Committee's Order. BIBLE BINDERS DEMAND HIGHER PAY Philadelphia Publisher Left with Half Finished Holy Books. ITALIANS RIOT AGAIN ON THE BRONX Chicago Has a Fresh lltapote, Mon treal Teamsters Settle, While Klse ntaere Conditions Remain tho Same na Before. DEN.VER, May 16. Although the number of strikers was increased to nearly 6,000 to day and many branches ot business are seriously crippled, the labor situation has changed for tho better, Inasmuch as there are now Indications that arbitration will be agreed upon. The general executive committee of organized labor today ac cepted the offices of the State Board of Arbitration, subject to the following stipu lations: 1. That all employes now locked out by the Candy Manufacturers' ansoriation and the Transfer Men's association be allowed to return to work by members of such employers' associations. 2. That the differences between employers and the grocery clerks, van drivers, bakers and other crafts having differences be sub mitted to your board lor arbitration. 3. ThRt on the acceptance of this proposi tion by the employers concerned In the differences we will Immediately order back to work each und every other workman now out, under contracts now in existence. Committees of the Chamber of Com merce and of the Allied Printing Trades council are also working to bring about a settlement of the existing difficulties. Earlier In the day more than 2,000 addi tional men were brought out. The Citizens' Alliance later rejected the arbitration proposition on the ground that the unions have refused to recognise the alliance. Several, other arbitration proposals have been aubmltted by those who are trying to bring the two sides together, and it is hoped some tangible result may soon be reached. New Strike In Chicago. CHICAGO, May 16. A strike of butchers and clerks to enforce their demands for a ten-hour day began today, when the em ployes of a number ot shops walked out. About GOO men are affected. The first pronounced break in the laundry strike camo today, when fifty-four girls re turned to work at the Quick Service laun dry, tore up their union cards and threw the pieces at a business agent when he threatened to fine them $25 each for dis obeying the strikers. The girls, pressed by sixteen days of Idleness, pleaded that they resumed work out of necessity. -..TlgrnBler Klect jOnles's.,. ST. LOUIS, May 1.-The Order of Rail way Telegraphers elected officers and ad journed sine die tonight. The officers are: Grand chief, II. B. Perham, St. Louis; grand secretary, L. W. Quick. St. Louis; first vice president. L. H. Newman, St. Louis; second vice president, T. M. Pier son, Indianapolis; third vice president, E. C. Campbell, Canada; board of directors, L. L. Tanquary of Denver, L. K. Marro of Phil adelphia, G. C. Forbes ot Prince Edwards Island, and A. O. Sinks of St. Louis. Riot In New Vork. NEW YORK, May 16. There was a clash between Italian strikers and nonunion men in the Bronx today in which several per sons were injured. Strikers attacked a number of men who had been engaged to take their places. A lively fight was in progress when the police arrived and dis persed the rioters. Strike in Bible Hons. PHILADELPHIA. May 16.-A strike haa been Inaugurated in the Bible Printing es tablishment of the National Publishing company in this city. Sixty-five members of the book binders' union struck because of the refusal of the company to pay ths union scale. More than eighty girls are Idle as a result of the book binders' strike. Freight Handlers Go Ont. ST. LOUIS, May 16.-About 700 freight handlers employed at Cupples Station struck today for higher pay, seriously impairing the handling of freight. Practically all the wholesale grocery, woodenware, hardware and implement companies are affected. It Is believed the differences will be adjusted before Monday morning. One Strike Ended. MONTREAL. May 16. The strike of the teamsters was called off today. The rail road officials announce that they are now prepared to handle all kinds of freight con signed to Montreal. STEAMER BLOWS UP AT SEA Bulgarian Incendiary Brings Abont Explosion nnd Is Hnnged for His Pains. MARSEILLES, May l.-Ortegal ot the Messagerles Marltlmea line has arrived here. Among its passengers are forty-nine of the crew of Guadalquiver of the same line, which was burned on April 28 off 8a lonlca. Ths passengers declare an explosion oc curred tn the center of the ship by which five firemen were killed, the vessel taking fire and the flames spreading rapidly owing to inflammable material which had been distributed in various parts of the steamer. A Bulgarian named Zorghlmlnoff, the sup posed author of the explosion, was, the passengers say, taken to Salonlca and hanged. POSTAL CLERKSJ BIG CLAIM Demand 14.000,000 for Expenses Al leged to Have Been With, held. TUSCALOOSA, Ala., May 16.-D. D. Ntcolson, postal clerk, says tbe postal clerks of the United States have a unique claim agalnat the Post office department for actual expenses while on duty on each of their respective runs and that no clerk In service haa ever been paid for these expenaes. The claim is being pushed by a law firm In Kanaas City and will be tried before the Untied States court ot claims at Wash Ington. i The claim will amount to something Lke 111,000,000 THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Showers Sunday and Monday; Cooler Monday. Page. Local Strike Sltaatlon. 1 O'Connor Writes Aoont a King. Dnmont Sangnlno of Sneeess. Five Thoasand Strike la Denver. Croak Postpones His Trip. SJ Local Labor Sltaatlon. Prealdent Kneonntera Snowstorm. 4 Past Week la Omnha Soelety. America Cnnnot Help Jews. 5 Collegiate Track Events. Condition of Omnha's Trade. Council BlnsTs and Iowa Hows. 7 Sporting; Events of tho Day. S B Wal B'RIth Convention. AeTnlrs at Sonth Omaha. V. p. Confarence la ew York. 9 Orent Strnaglo of Labor. Omaha Society In a Novel. Teachers' Plana fer Uoston. 10 Amnsemcnts aad Masle. 11 Weekly Review of Sports. 13 Editorial. 13 Commercial and Financial. Work for tho Presbyterians. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdnyi Honr. Deo;. Hoar. Deir. 8 n. m J3 1 p. at TT u a II p. m 78 T n. m tia 9. m 78 "a U4I A v. m Hi) a. a TO S p. m Tl 10 n. m Ta tt p. m...... TS It n. m...... 74 7 p. m 77 la m.. 70 BISHOPS TALK OF THEIR WORK Travel Thonsnnds of Miles to Preside at Sonth American Con ference. Two eminent and traveled bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church are In tbe city to be precent at the Jubilee day of the First church. Bishop Joyce is general president of the Epwortk league and his presence here on the league day Is very pleasing to the members of the local society. He will speak this afternoon on the league, giving statistics for number of chapters and mem bers, and will explain the new work which was taken up in Philadelphia. "I have been back in the country but a short time," said the bishop, "having spent five months In South America, aucreeriinv Bishop McCabe and visiting the two Metho- ai.ii episcopal conferences. I sailed from New York for Colon, then crossed to Pa nama and went down the wnat rnnat tn Valparaiso, 5.000 miles from New Tork. I visited all the cities at which the steamer called, Concepclon, Chili, where the confer ence met; San Diego and Valparaiso. Wo have four colleges on this coast. We crossed the Andes, going forty miles by coach, and visited Buenos Avrea. and afterward Ttn. sarlo, Montevideo and other cities, presid ing at the conference In Rorario. On the 106th duy out from New York I set salt from Buenos Avrea. anendlnar flftv-nna l,v. In covering the 7,000 miles ot sea. Including ail my side trips I covered 16,000 miles. I found the work crowlnr ranidlv and tha schools too small for the students snd the churches too small for the congregations." Bishop McCabe: "I was In South Amer ica last year and then went to Europe, where I visited north and south Germany, Switzerland. Denmark. . Sweden. Vnrwav and Fluland, "presiding at conferences of the church. Since coming to this countrv 1 have been traveling about, dedicating churches and raising money to defray the expenaes of my South American and Mex ican trips, which amounted to S30,00u. , I have Just come from Mitchell, 8. D., where we succeeded In raising 115.000 for the Da. kota university; and Monday I will start for Chilleothe. O., to attend the Ohio cen tennial celebration, which will last for two davs and which it is estimated that 40.000 will attend. Governor Nosh will make the first speech and Senators Foraker and Hanna will ta'.k. I will sneak on "Tha T?. llglous Influences Which Have Helped to Make Ohio," and while I mean to give due credit to all denominations, I have given the pslm to Methodism, which, through Its Itinerant preachers, was able to send men to that new country without waiting for tha communities to get strong enough to make a call. 1 should like to be In Omaha all mv ima but unfortunately my colleagues have the authority to send me where thev nleaaa and for six months last year my diocese took tn the Magellan Straits and the Arctic Circle. On the whole I can report the nut. look very encouraging; everywhere the reign of Ignorance and superstition is pass ing away. We find ourselves In our minis trations of Christ welcomed with ilnmlar cordiality in these foreign countries. In Europe the halls are too small to hold the congregations which assemble at our con ferences. My hopes are brighter than ever for conquest of the whole world for Christ." MEN'S WEAR TRUST THE LATEST . Ronoy of Omaha Mado Director of Slew? Combine Formed at Mllwnnkee, MILWAUKEE, May 16. An organisation which alms to take In all the manufactur ers and wholesale dealers of men's furnish ing goods In the west, northwest and middle west was formed today at the Hotel PAs ter. Ths Western Association of Manufactur ers and Jobbers of Men's Wear, as the new organization is called, claims to Intend merely to foster and maintain intimate re lations among large concerns. It is said. however, by others that the new move looks like one to form a combination to control the price of furnishing goods. - W. C. Tubhs of Minneapolis was elected president and tha following directors were chosen: W. B. Roney of Omaha, David R. Jonos of Dubuque, W. A. Otto of St. Paul and H. H. Schwartlng of Milwaukee. Nearly every city of Importance In the west and middle west is represented. Movements of Ocean Vessels May Jtt, At New York Arrived: Cedric. from Liverpool; Island, from Copenhagen; Ar cadia, from Hamburg. Sailed: Minnehaha, for London; Ivernia, for Liverpool; Graf Waldersee. for Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Zeelaud, for Antwerp; Lahn, for Naples and Genoa; Calabria, for Genoa; Anchor-la, for Glasgow. At Crook Haven Passed : Umbria, for Liverpool. At Browhead Passed: Cymric, from New York, for Queenstnwn and IJverpooi. At Queenatown Sailed: Celtic, for New York. At Boulogne Arrived: Noordani, from New York, for Rotterdam. At Liverpool Sailed: Campania, for New York. At Rotterdam Balled: Ryndam, for New York. At Havre 8alled: La Gascogne, for New York. At Cherbourg flailed: New York, from Southampton, for New York. At NupU-a Arrived: Weimar, from New York, for Genoa. At Yokohama Arrived: Athenla from Vancouver, for Hong Kong; Hong Kong nini, irora nan rrancisoo via Honolulu for Hong Kong. At Bremen Sailed: Grosser Kurfurst, lor .lew I un via. boui nampion. At Moville Sailed: Columbia, for Ni Tork. At London oailed; Minnetonka, for New or a. CRONK TURNS BACK Grand Exalted Baler of the Dks Postpones Bis Eastern Trip. BUT CORA L0THR0P PATTERSON GOES Collision of Two Women at Council Ehffi Interrupts Excursion. WIFE RESENTS INTRUSION OF DIVORCEE Intrigue is Baid to Have Been in Progress Many Months. PARTIES PROMINENT IN OMAHA CIRCLES Sensational Ontcomo of a Society Scandal that Han Been Quietly Browing; la Hlh-lp Places, People who were on the put form at the Northwestern depot in Council Bluffs were treated to the novel sight of seeing ono" well dressed, handsome woman take a genuine Jeffries poks at the fuoe of an other well dressed, handsome woman. The first woman was Mrs. George P. Cronk of this olty, wife of tha grand ex alted ruler of the Elks, and the second was Mrs. Cora Lothrop Patterson, who very recently figured in a sensational di vorce suit In Omaha. In the party tho most Interested spectator was torge P. Cronk. Mr. Cronk had started for the east on the night flyer over the Northwestern. leaving the Omaha depot at 8:16 p. rru Mrs. Cronk, whose suspicions had been aroused, insisted on accompanying her husband as ' far as Council Bluffs. On the platform at the uptown depot was Mrs. Patterson, ac companied by her little son end usual lug gage, all ready to board the train. No preliminary sparring was Indulged In. As soon as Mrs. Cronk saw the woman who has come between her and her hus band she struck at her, and it was all oft. Mr. Cronk disappeared In the darkness; Mrs. Patterson was assisted on board the train and proceeded east, and Mrs. Cronk was taken by frleSds to the Grand hotel, where she was In i state bordering on col lapse for some hours. During her hyster ical moments Mrs. Cronk said several times: "He told me he would deride tonight be tween that woman and me." She was unable then to make a con nected statement of the affair, and the friends who were with her refused to allow her to talK more than was absolutely necessary. About 11 o'clock Mrs. Cronk is brought back to Omaha, accompanied by W. A. Maurer and William Moor. Neither of these gentlemen would say a word for publication. . , ' t Mrs. Patterson's Maneuvers. Mrs. Patterson and her son have been staying at tfie Grand for about three weeks. At 8:16 last night she paid her bill, and sailing a carriage, was driven to the depot. intending to tako thetraln.aDurlng he time she was 'staying at CouncH Bluffs Mrs. Patterson has met with Mr. Cronk almost dally in Omaha, the pair going to gether quite publicly to a fashionable restaurant to take luncheon. This In timacy has been much remarked, as both parties to It are so well known in Omaha. Mrs. Patterson first broke Into publlo notice In Omaha about two years sgo, when she came here from Richmond. Va., to an swer a suit for divorce brought by her hus- band, who charged her with Infidelity and named a traveling salesman as co-respondent. She filed a cross-bill and set up charges of extreme cruelty, alleging among other things that his father, who Is a mil lionaire tobacco manufacturer, had bribed his son to bring the suit for divorce. Mrs. Patterson, who is a prepossessing blonde, with a fine carriage and good address, and who admits that she was once on the atage. succeeded In obtaining the entree to a cir cle of Omaha not the most exclusive, but certainly not the most open. She could sing, and did sing In some of the fashion able churches, and succeeded In working up quite a following of admirers locally. When after many legal maneuvers her case was finally settled, and she was granted a divorce, together with the custody of the child and a certain sum of money for ali mony, she dropped from tho social circle In which she had been shining with a more or .less uncertain light and left the city. She has been here off and on since then, but has not been prominent In any degree. Positions of the Pnrtles. Efforts to locate Mr. Cronk last night were vain. He returned to the city after the scene In Council Bluffs, and Is presumed to be at one of tbe hotels. He Is well known, and his election at the Salt Laka convention by the Elks to be the head of their order was looked upon as a most popular move. He was starting lust night on a trip to Virginia, where he was to ac cept on the part of the order the national home which is to be dedicated next Sunday, Locally he was prominent In social affairs. being a member of the Omaha club and the Country club. In business ho was con nected with a coal company. It Is a matter of common report that he and Mrs. Patter son had been on other trips together and that their intrigue had extended over a year or mora Late In the evening, when The Bee re porter called at the Cronk residence at 2C08 Dewey avenue, Mrs. Cronk was found In neglige and hysterical. At first she would say nothing, and the maid would not open the door more than a crack, while Mrs, Cronk stood back In the hall sobbing. In answer to questions, she said that her hus band was In the city, but she did not know where. He had not returned home since changing his mind about leaving. "Yes," she said, "ha waa going to the Elka' home In Virginia, and I was only going with him as far aa Council Bluffs. I did not know he waa not going alone until Mra Patterson stepped on the train there." "Will he come back here, home? No. I wish with all my heart, though, that he would. I love the very ground he walks on, but be treats me like a dog and spends his time and runs around with that other woman." She would say nothing more. The door was closed and the blinds drawn down. Mr. and Mrs. Cronk have been living to gether in a flat at &j08 Dewey avenue. They have two children, both girls, aged about 10 and 8 years. GUGGENHE1MS BUY GOLD MINE Valuable Mexlraa Property Changes Hnnds for Seventeen and One-Halt Millions. EL PASO, Tex., May lti.-it Is reported that the Dolores gold mine of Chihuahua has been bought by the Ventura syndicate and the Guggenheim Exploration compug for 817,600,000.