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Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOItNINGl MAY 19, 1903 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. I HE OMAH WOMEN DRAW KNIVES Strike fljaifathiserB Attack Working Men on Hew York Bubway. THROW STONES AND FLASH STILETTOS Folios Arreit Fsur Amisons, Two Carrying Murderous Looking Daggers FEW BRIDGEPORT CARS ARE RUNNING Sunday Biot Ltadi Company to Use Cau tion in Resuming Traffio. MOBILE MEN AGREE TO INJUNCTION Railroaders' Counsel Submits Text, Admitting? Co art Most Issue Order According to Freeedeat la Debs Case. irish Dispute uver king Free Fight laterrupia Meeting Wku Maada Gonne Demands Saab) for1 England, DUBLIN, Mar. ',', Scenes of extreme disorder were wltt. r night In support of tf NEW YORK, May The police were called out today to quell a riot at Broad way and Sixty-eighth street, where several Italian women, evidently strike sympath izers, had been intimidating tne men at work on the subway. Stones were thrown indiscriminately and the women Hashed huge stilettos. Four uf the women were arrested. Two of them had stilettos, on of which waa two feet long. The police In the Bronx borough who were on the lookout for any disturbance. arrested two batches of ltllan strikers early today. The men. twenty-one in num ber, who were arrested, were loitering along the excavation. One of them had a loaded revolver in his pocket. , The Central Federated union has decided unanimously to stand by and aid with money the subway strikers in their demands upon the contractors for a work day of eight hours and i a day. The twenty-one men arrested ' In the Bronx were later arraigned in court. One man who carried a stiletto waa held In 1,000 ball for trial. The others were fined small amount each for disorderly conduct. NO Attempt to Start Cars. BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. May IS. Id view of yesterday's serious Jrlotlng, the officials ' of the Connecticut Railway as Lighting company mad no effort to start cars on its lines m the early hours this morn lug, preferring to wait until the mutter of protection waa decided. To consider this matter a meeting of the police commissioner waa held this morn ing. Major MuIvlhlU'a alleged Interference with two deputy sheriffs, who were trying to arrest a stone thrower was denounced by Sheriff Uawley, Who Informed the po lice commissioners that unless the pollc were able to cop with th situation he - would t&ke the reins of authority today and summon statu aid without further parley. All waa uulft about the city early laie morning. At U o'clock th company started cars on V'th line to Stratford but did not Attempt 10 open any ptnr jme. 11 was Announced, ,fr.ftow wve r: Jtmfcabe. JBayaum mwmi 44n. ion which the rioting occurred yesterday, would b reopened for buslnesa later. Sheriff " Uawley swore In ; 100 extra deputies during th day. ' In the court to day two of the man arrested yesterday were held In 1100 each for the superior court. When th pollc commissioners' confer ence adjourned it was announced that Mayor Mulvlhlll had agreed to not Inter fere with their conduct during the strike, and that Superintendent Birmingham of the police and Sheriff Hawley would be allowed to work together unhampered for the pres ervation of order. Coart Grants Injunction. JACKSON, Tenn., May 18. When th fed eral court met here today to hear the ar guments In the Induction proceedings gainst the striking employes of the Mobile1 A Ohio railroad. Judge W. T. Irwin of Springfield, Mo., spoke for th strikers. He t said on the face of the bill any Judge would have to grant th restraining order issued by Judge Hammond, as It was th samo as that approved by th supreme court in th Debs case, and that the strlk ers In this case had no Intention and never had any desire to do any of th things prohibited by th restraining order and they reserved their defense for th hearing. Judge Irwin, on behalf of th strikers, then J' submitted to an order for a temporary in J junction until th final hearing, to be In 1 the same language aa th restraining order. " The Inference Is general that this indi cates a speedy settlement of the strlk. The form of order for Injunction was agreed upon by th lawyers and court ad Journed. Press Operators on Itrlke. SCHENECTADY. N. Y.. May 18-Two hundred punch press operators of the Oenersl ElectrlO works, went on strlk to day demanding the reinstatement of several of th leading members of th union who, It Is declared by th men were discharged. because of their agresslveness. Th men assert that the company is trying to dls- integrate their union. The 100 men in the night gang. It was asserted, will also rsfuse to work. There is a strong probability that th moulders In ths employ of th company will strike tomorrow to enforce their demand for a 10 per cent increase in wages. Strive (or Settlement. DENVER. Colo.. May 18. Th Stat Board of Arbitration and commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce and th Allied Printing trades continued their efforts to bring about an agreement between th Cltiiens' alliance and th labor unions. but apparently with little prospects of ad Justing matters, aa the general committee of organised labor adheres to Its determ ination not to recognise th alliance. The numbor of strikers today la estimated to be S.430 by th labor committee. The labor committee estimates that 26 per cent of th 4.000 men affiliated with the Lullding Trades council are Idle today. The cause Is lack of material. The lumber yards are tied up and unions refuse to handle the little material that is delivered by nonunion teamsters. Th commltte estimates that 80 per cent, or 8,300 building laborers will b out tomorrow. At noon to day there were 8.065 people on strike or locked out. Kohlaaot'a Mea Strike. CHICAGO. May U.-By their action in voting to strike in sympathy with the colored waiters of th same firm, th bakers In the wholesale plant of H. H. Kohlaaat A Co.. have precipitated a lockout The bakery and the on remaining restaurant war closed today for an Inde- nnite ierioa. wore taan tw employes are thrown out of work. CHICAGO. May It-Five hundred blacksmiths' helpers struck today to com pel lhlr employers to accept a wage scale. after refusing to accept a rooommendatlon by a committee of their number to submit their differences to arbitration. Nearly as many blacksmiths are also said to hav followed la a aynvpatbaUo aula. V t a meeting to , .parliamentary fund. Members of the v- f, 'eugue who were opposed to giving '-Iward a friendly welcome on his co. 'sit to Ireland precipitated the dlsorov Timothy Harrington, lord mayot ib- lWn. was In the chair. While John. ted- mond was addressing the meeting Mrs. Mc- Bride, formerly Mies Maude Uonne, ad vanced to tho platform and Interrupted th proceeding by asking Mr. Harrington whether he Intended, as head of the mu nicipality, to oppose the presentation of an address of welcome to the king. Mr. Har rington replied evasively. Mrs. McBrfrle Insisted on a direct answer, whereupon wild disorder ensued and Mr. Redmond waa un able to continue his speech. The members of the Gaelic league tried to storm the platform amid cries of "Put them out!" Fierce collisions between the Gaelic leaguers and other members of the assembly were common. Chairs were hurled to and from the platform and many persons were injured In the desperate efforts made to eject th disturbers and restore order. John O'Donnell, member of Parliament for South Mayo, was badly injured In th bead during the scuffle. Many person fled terror-stricken from the hall. John Redmond persevered in continuing his speech and presently a semblance of order was re stored, and a resolution In accordance with the feeling of the meeting was carried. CHINA REFUSES TREATY PORTS Tells lulled States aud Japan Rus slau Opposition. Is Too Strongs. PEKING, May 18.-s-Chlna. in reply to further representations of the United States and Japanese ministers has again pointed out the impossibility of Including In th commercial treaties new treaty ports because of Russian opposition. The Ameri can minister proposea thai China open Mukden Harbin and a small port at the mouth of th Yalu river. ' C. C. Baldwin of New York, a representa tive of the Southern Cotton Mills, who has been Investigating the trade conditions in Manchuria, reports that the American cot ton trade was increasing enormously until recently, when the Russians began to exert pressure upon th Chinese, amounting to coercion, for second orders for Russian firms, amounting to 800,000 bales of goods, otherwise would have gone to America Mr. Baldwin says the foreign firms com plain bitterly of the difficulty of conduct ing business under the Russian admin Istratlon, and he believes that unless the Russian absorption of Manchuria - is checked the United States will be deprived of a most promising market for cotton goods within a few years. 10PE CHAMBERLAIN WILL GO German Ministers See Trouble Ahead as Essnlt of Protection Bpeech. MODERATE PAPER CRITICISM ADVISED Editors Given Hint Not to Incense Great Britain and Tho Precipi tate Tariff War Till Balfonr Acts. BERLIN, May 18. The possibility of trade hostilities with Great Britain pre sented to Germany by Mr. Chamborlaln In his recent speech at Hlrmlngham comes at an opportune time. For Count von Bue- low a fresh and Incalculable problem arisen, while the reconstruction of the commercial treaties with other countries was proceeding on well-understood condi tions. The members of the ministry hope that Premier Balfour and the majority of the cabinet will decline to follow Mr. Cham berlain's suggestion and he will be obliged to leave tho cabinet. So far as any reply can be made to Mr. Chamberlain's auggested British attitude toward . German interstate relations and Germany's treatment of Canu.1t. es though the latter was not part of the Urltlsh tin plre, It Is said Canada Is an Independent state In commercial relations. The newspaper here, wolch are usually ready to avail thema;i'scs of any oppor tunity to attack -Jr.j-it BrlUln or Mr. Chamberlain, either way nothing oil II, b subject or use moderate Ikiucuak In con tending that Germnny can inji're l'ntish trade more than Groat lirttaln can Injur Germany's. A hint hems to have Knn cut from the Foreign oflci f th- editors to say nothing which might irritate the Hrit Ish, but to simply wait and see what hap pens in the British cabinet Some of the papers declare Great Britain will be Initiating a tariff war ot all ex porting countries. Including the United States, If it supports its colonies ty Im posing a preferential lariff. GREAT SINGER IS BURIED rjaneral. of ybl ''r,r'". t'jpr!" marked by Profusion, of Flowers. PARIS, May 18.-Th funeral of Sybil Sanderson took place today at th church of St. Honor d'Eylau and was largely attended by representatives of the operatlo and theatrical world, including M. Mou Herat, M. Delmaa, Mile. Jeanne Granler and M. Egura Mandlck. operatlo artists Sir Henry Austin Lee of the British em bassy; M. and Mme. Joan Qulperea, representatives of the United States embassy, and many members of the Ameri can colony. The floral offerings were so numerous that the casket waa burled In flowers and the hearse was transformed Into a floral chariot. The surpllced choir was augmented by an archestra and several prominent singers. M. Tlsserand, the tenor, sang the "De Profundi" and M. Reder, the baritone, rendered "Ego Bum." Crowds surrounding the church and many persons were unable to gain entrance to th building. COLOR NO BAR IN AFRICA Lord MUner Declares Civilised Ni tlves Entitled to Whit Man's Privileges. JOHANNESBURG, May 18-Lord Milner, high commissioner of South Africa ad dressing a meeting today on the native question, contended that natives who raised themselves to a level with the whites were entitled to equal privileges. Ho sympathized, he said, with th feeling in South Africa against an Influx of Aslastic's, but that Influx should be re sisted on economic grounds, and not on th score of color. ASKS MEDALS FOR MOTHERS French Senator Proposea to Deeorat Wives with Large Families. PARIS. May IS.-Benator Plot has written to Premier Comb proposing that th gov ernment accord decoratlona to mothers of families. The aenator says th present depopula tlon Is a serious menace and urges tha mothers of large families ara entitled to equal consideration with firemen, gymnasts and others who recently hav been dec orated. . Drives BERKNDA. Cat.. May 18. President Roose velt broke all road records for Yosemlte park travel today when his coach came from Yosemlte to Raymond, where his train awaited. In ten hours of actual travel. The distance Is stxtytnlne miles. The president passe last night In camp t Bridal Veil Falls, a few miles from the postofflc at YosemltA He slept soundly. and when he awoke this morning declured he had never felt better In his life. He has lost all appearance of being tired and his eyes are brlffht. The members of his party who had passed Saturday after noon and Sunday at Jfnsemlte, Joined the president at the falls. Here he bade good by to his guides, Lydid" and Leonard, and mounted to his seat on the coach beside the driver. The morning was coof lend clear and the dust was not as bothersome as on the trip Into the valley. rV No Incident occurred1. to mar the pleasure of the drive and th coach rolled Into Wawona shortly before-ll. Here luncheon was taken and at 12 tf th trip to Ray mond was begun. Th$ driver of the presi dent's coach waa on his mettle and he put his horses to their best paces. When Awah nee was reached the! party alighted and light refreshments weje served. The run from Awahioe to Raymond was the dustiest of the trip rxnd the president and his traveling companions were badly In need of baths whea they reached their train. An escort of 'cavalry from Fort Wood, which Is situated at Wawona, ac companied - the president to ' Raymond. When Bcrenda waa ranched the president found a large crowd gathered to greet him. A special train from Fresno brought members of the Chamber of Commerce and their friends, who warmly greeted the president as he appeared on the platform of his car. He made a brief address, thanking the people for coming to nee him. ALFONSO 0PENSTHE CORTES Asks Aid to Revivify Nation He So Lately Cam to Halo Over. MADRID, May 18 Th Cortes reas sembled today. In the speech from the throne. King -Alfonso expressed confidence that Parliament would do Its utmost to help him at tha beginning of his re git to revivify the life of th nation, improve the laws, strengthen the credit of th coun try and develop the national resources and general liberty and well being of the peo ple- He referred to th ties of love and flillal respect which bound the people and ex pressed the hop that th negotiations for remodelling the concordat would nd satis factorily. . Th king concluded with reference to the cordial relations existing , between Spain and other countries, which he . empltned by th situation in Morocco. 'All Euro pean governments, h asserted, ', agreed that' apafn1 Should .maintain th integrity of th sultan of Morocco. RUSSIA KEEPS TARTARS HOME Refnaea Passports to Youths Ap proaching Military Age Who Wish to Kmlgrate. ST. PETERSBURG, Friday. May 18. Th workmen's troubles anticipated for the Russian May day. May 14, have only been postponed until May 29, the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of St. Peters burg, when great demonstrations may be expected. The governor of Taurlan has written to the police forbidding the further Issue of passports to young Tartars approaching the military age. The government points out that the large exodus of Tartars to Turkey Indicates a desire to evade military service The Tartars, however, aver they are em! grating to the Crimea because of the 111 treatment they hav been subjected to. ALBANIANS ARE HUMBLED Telegraph Snltan that They Are Ready to Accept Necessary Mens, area for Peace. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 18. The Turk Ish officials observed much reserve re garding the details of the fighting which occurred during the advance of the Turkish troops In Ipek, Albania, which waa occu pled May IS- Several hundred Albanians are reported to have been killed or wounded. The Albanians, It Is declared have :elegraphed to the sultan announcing fidelity and readlnees to accept the meas ures necessary for the pacification of their submission and expressing their Albania. PRESIDENT TRAVELS FAST ty-Klnej Miles In dj Resumes Slxt Honrs Ten Journey. OMAHA BIDDERS INCREASE lluoh in Evidence in Opening o.' Bids fcr Supplies for Indians. MATHEWS0N HAS A TALK WITH JONES Commissioner of Indian Affairs Says He Does Kot Know Whether Winnebago Agent Will May In Service. WILL TALK OF EXPORT RATES Western aud Trunk: Line Representa tive Will Discuss Official Publication. NA8HVILLB. Ind., May 18. Executive officials of western railroads today ap pointed a committee of seven to meet the trunk line representatives to try to reach an agreement regarding the publication of import and export rates. It has been ascertained that tha Inter state Commerce commjaslon will be satis fled with either the publication of through rates from the point f origin in Europe to the point of destination In -this country and vice versa, or of the Inland proportion of the Import and export rates. The solution favoredf by many of the traffic men Is an agreement regarding fixed differentials below Nett York on both im ports and exports whicfc can be allowed all other ports from Montreal -to Galveston. WESTERN U-PACICICL. ASSURED New Railroad Between San Fraaelseo and Salt Lake Certain to Be Built. V BAN FRANCISCO, May 18.-W. J. Bart- nett, who went east a month ago to in terest capitalists In the proposed Western Pacific railroad from this city to Salt Lake, has returned and says "the road is now an absolute certainty; It will be completed from Salt Lake to the coast as expedi tiously as possible. "The rumor that the Western Pacific Is Interested in the construction of the Mid land Pacific from Bakersfleld to the ocean Is a matter I will neither deny or affirm." It has been rumored that George Gould Is behind the Western Pacific project, but Mr. Bartnett would not discuss this mat ter. New Bulgarian Cabinet. SOFIA, May 18. Owing to the failure of M. Petkoff, leader of the Btambuloff party to form a new cabinet. Prince Ferdinand called upon the former premier. General Petroff. The latter today Informed the prince that he had succeeded In the task. In th new ministry General Petroff Is premier and foreign minister; M. Petkoff Is minister of the Interior, and all the other ministers are of the Btambuloff party. CAPUCHINS DECLINE TO PAY Fined (or Resisting Exile Refuse to Satisfy Judgment of Court. PARIS. May 18 Many religious dis turbances occurred today. At Marseilles, th capuchins, who wer recently deposed after having barricaded their convent, were tried and condemned to pay a fine of 83 each. The father superior doc la red the fine would not be paid, whereupon a crowd of about 8.000 persons made a demonstration and a num ber of arrests resulted. SPAIN SHIPS GUNS HOME Removes Obsolete Porto Rlean Ord nance I'nlted State Refused to Buy. SAN JUAN. P. R . May 18.-81X old Span ish guns of the forts of San Juan, which th United States refused to buy, are being hauled to the quartermaster's dock for shipment to Spain. Klght new guns have been shipped by thi United States War department, the am munition for which has already arrived. Four of tne guns will be placed at 1 Motto, and four at Baa Cristobal I'mbrla Is Searched. LIVERPOOL, May 18 When the Cunard line steamer Umbrla arrived here It was searched by detectives, but no arrests were made. Its passengers were not aware of the dynamite affair until they reached Queenstown. Rae Leads to Duel Challenge. PARIS. May 18 M. Charron, a promi nent sportsman, has challenged M. Marg hllman to fight a duel, as the result of a controversy over a race at Chantllly. Striker Accept Terms. MELBOURNE. May 18 Th railroad strikers by ballot decided today by an over whelming majority to resume work on th government's terms. WOODMEN TAKE IN MINERS Sailors aud Bituminous Coal Workers May Now Join Fraternal Order. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. May 18-Th Wood men of the World convention today took a new departure In adding to Its eligible list, bituminous coal miners and seafar ing men employed on lakes and r.vera. Heretofore both of the i la sei ere pro hlblted from membership. Th question of taking In saloon keeper was debated st length but It wai finally decided to continue to bar this cki from membership. Tho same action waa taken with regard to saudalon cu tiara. i HARRIMAN S RECOVERING Southern Paclflo President Is Able to Sit t'p and Notice Things. NEW YORK, May 18. E. H. Harrlman, who Is Buffering from a slight attack of appendicitis, sat up today and appeared to be much Improved. His physicians expect that he will be able to go out In a few days, and May 26 be entirely well so he can take the European trip he has been contem plating. BURLINGTON BALKS BLACKMAIL Asked for Cash I Oder Threat to Dynamite Train, Deposits Rocks and Arrests Suspect. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 18 An effort has been made to extort $5,000 from the Bur lington officials here under a threat to dynamite one of the fast mall trains be tween Kansas City and Omaha. A decoy in the form of a bag filled with rock waa placed at a spot designated by the robbers, near the town of Watson, Mo. At midnight last night a man was seen to approach the bag but rapidly disap peared on discovering a posse lying In wait. He was captured by the officers and proved to be J. H. Franklin, a young farmer. He declines to give the names of others who are supposed to be with him In the plot. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska- Fair Tuesday and Cooler In East Portion; Wednesday Fair and Warmer. Temperature at Omaha Yesterrtoyi Hour. Drg. Hour. Den. A a. m u.l 1 p. m T.I u. m till a p. m ..... . TU T n. m till ft p. m TM a a. m H7 4 p. m...;.. TU U a. m A n p. m TH 1' a. m TO l p. m TT 11 a. ni Til T p. m Tfl lH in T Hp. m T4 t p. m T5i SHOOTING AT A R0ADH0USE SEARCH F0RJJNC0LN GIRL Disappears la Chicago and Fears Eu. tertalued She May Have Been Killed. From a Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, May 18.-v8pectal Tele gram.) W. A. Jones, commissioner of In dian affairs, has returned to Washington from Chicago, where he has spent the past four weeks superintending the opening of bids for Indian supplies for the use of his department during the coming fiscal year. Mr. Jones said today that the bids received were more numerous than during former years and also that prices were consider ably lower upon a number of staple articles. He stated that there were more Omaha bidders than ever before In the history of the service. "As you probably know." said Commis sioner Jones, "the government buys for the Indians almost everything from needles to threshing machines, and you can see what a multiplicity of material I have to pass upon. While In Chicago Agent Mathewson came to Bee me and we had a long talk. I do not know whether Mathewson will be retained In an official position after July 1 or not. He may be continued as superin tendent of schools, which Is a position In the classified service, but really I do not now have any definite Information as to what will be done In his case." Commissioner Jones leaves Washington tonight for New York to be present at the opening of bids for supplies of clothing for the Indian service during the coming fiscal year, which will commence May 19 at t o'clock. Mr. Jones will practically be ab sent from his desk during the greater por tion of the coming three weeks overseeing th opening of bids In New York. Routine of Departments. Petr L. Connelly of Tiffin was today awarded tha contract for carrying mail from Tiffin to Curtis, la. Under annual readjustment of presiden tial postmasters' salaries th salaries of th postmasters at Lake Park, Linevllle, Lohrville and North English, la., - will be Increased $100 each after July 1 next. B. T. Van Cleave was today appointed regular and Jesse Van Cleave substitute rural free delivery letter carrier at Well man, la, The Iowa National bank of Des Moines was today approved as reserve agent for the First National bank of Emmons, Minn. F. S. Dotson of Lincoln, Neb., waa today appointed an engineer's aid In the geo logical survey. A postofflc has been ordered established at North View, Converse county, Wyo., with Florence I. Clark as postmaster. , Head O Mall Clerks' Claim. .- Second , Assistant Foatmaatse . .General Shallenbarger today directed that Svend Schlbsby, a railway postal clerk at Kan sas City, show cause why he should not be dismissed for promoting suits against tha government for traveling expenses of postal employes. There are 9,000 railway mall clerks in the country and the purpose Is to prevent a widespread movement to prosecute a claim which the department regards as preposterous. The position of the Postofflc department Is that the designated headquarters of these clerks Is the route on which their runs are made, and not the city or town where they may happen to live. Press Work on Coaling Station. The United States Is going ahead steadily with plans to acquire th naval base at Guantanamo, and has taken steps to have the land surveyed and channels marked. This work. In advance of the approval by the Cuban government of the formal treaty, proceeds with the sanction of the Cuban government, although the treaty proper cannot b finally disposed of before next year. Root Order Court-Martial. 1 Secretary Root today ordered a court- martial on Second Lieutenant Oliver P Robinson, Thirtieth Infantry, on charges of being short In his accounts of canteen money. A board of survey was appointed to examine th shortage and exonerated Robinson, but the findings were disap proved by General Davis, commanding In the Philippines. Cuba Claims Spanish Guns. Secretary Hay had a conference at th War department with Secretary Root to day regarding the disposition of ordnance In Cuba which formerly belonged to Spain. The property not having been taken away during the American occupation. It Is now claimed by Cuba, but Cuba does not want to purchase and pay for It. The two secre taries and soma army officers went over the matter today and the matter will be fur ther reported by General Crozler, chief of ordnance. Weetera Colon Most Pay. The. supreme court today affirmed a Judgment of the supreme court of Mis souri upholding th validity of taxes levied by Jackson county, Missouri, against the Western Union Telegraph company. Manila Walls to Staad. A delegation Interested In preserving the walls of Manila today protested to Secre tary Root against the removal of any portion of the wall. The secretary said only a small portion of the wall along the river front was to be removed and the ex planation was entirely satisfactory. William Desmond Wounded In Left Breast In Scuffle with Mrs. K in ni a Metcalfe. Th troubles of Mrs. Emma Metcalfe and her former husband, William Desmond Cul minated last night a few minutes before midnight In a shooting. Dexmond re ceiving a bullet wound In the breast. The couple have had a stormy married career which has landed the injured man in the police station a number of times and about eight months ago she secured divorce from him. Desmond returned to the Omaha side of the river and re sumed his occupation of tending bar and Mlrs. Metcalfe continued to conduct a road house near th east and of the Doug las street bridge. It Is stated that Desmond has been at tho house for several days prior to th shooting and caused some trouble there Sunday, but nothing serious. Last night. shortly before midnight, Mrs. Metcalfe stated Desmond demanded money which she refused to give him and Desmond pro ceeded to take It. He threw her down and took what money she had on her person, but this waa not enough to satisfy his desires and drawing his revolver demanded more and threatened to shoot In case the demand was not compiled with. A scuffle ensued during which Desmond was shot in th left breast. Th Council Bluffs police were summoned and a doctor notified to be In waiting to care for the In jured man but up to 1:30 In th morning he waa still waiting. Instead of taking Desmond up town In Council Bluffs, as had been expected, ha was brought to Clarkson hospital In this city. Inquiry at th hospital brought th following response: "Desmond will not die tonight." Efforts to secure further Information failed, tha hospital attendants being un willing to venture an opinion as to how serious his injuries are. No arrests wer mad. FIX RAILROAD VALUE Btate Board of Assessment Completes Its Labors and Adjourns. SLIGHT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR Over Half the Amount Tacked on is Made Up of Hew Mileage. SEVENTY-THREE MILES ADDED LAST YEAR Major Portion of This is th Verdigre Extension of Elkcorn. BURLINGTON GETS SLIGHT REDUCTION Inloa Paclue Is Increased One Hun dred Dollars Per Mile on Mala Line and Other Chaages Slight. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. May 18.-(8peolal.)-llie as sessed valuation of th railroads of Ne braska is i.'7.077,35S.60. so fixed by the Bute Board of Assessment, which concluded Its business this morning and adjourned. Th total assessed valuation last year was SIS, 6l,e2.70. th Increase, therefore, being 84S8.740.80. And the people asked for an assessment of $50,000,000. The cause of the Increase made by th board, to a great extent, was the fact that th mileage of the roads had been Increased seventy-three, miles since the meeting of th last board. Of this Increase thirteen miles and a fran tlon belongs to the Union Pacific and alxty miles to the Elkhorn. Had this seventy three miles been assessed at Sti.HM and odd cents per mile, It would have made up the total increase on all the roads, and would have left the assessment aa It waa last year. As It wss not so assessed tha total Increase figured on the same mileage aa last year Is 8230,000. Here are the figures returned by th board: This Year's Assessment. SHOWS PROPOSED WARD LINES Affidavit of Andrew Rosewnter Also Dhows Inequality of Hascall's Divisions. The affidavit of Andrew Rosewater waa filed Monday afternoon In the case of Victor Bosewater and W. G. Shrlver against th mayor and city council to restrain them from passing th gerrymander ordinance. Th affidavit shows th present ward lines of ' thally-.and. th lines of th proposed wards, with the residences of th council men elected and those who desire to hold Over, together with an estimate of the voting population of the various wards under the proposed change. This estimate shows ' that the voting population varies from 6S3 In the proposed Tenth ward to 2,009 in the Second ward. There would be four wards with less than 1,000 voters in each the Sixth, with 834; the Tenth, with 683: th Eleventh, with 961, and th Thir teenth, with 666. The revised First ward would contain 1,382 votes; the Second, 3,009; th Third. 1,808; the Fourth, 2.0O8; the Fifth, 1,616; the revised Seventh, 1,190; the Eighth, 1,607; the revised Ninth, 1,310, and the Twelfth, 1.827. The effort to retain Councilman Karr In tha body Is shown by the line dividing the Sixth and Twelfth wards where It has been dropped two blocks south at Twenty-fourth streets and runs east to the Fifth ward line along Willis avenue. Mr. Karr lives south of the line and Mr. Evans across the street north of the line. Had th dividing line been extended east along Lake street, where It runs from the western limits of the city to Twenty-fourth street, both Mr. Evans and Mr. Karr would have been In the new Twelfth ward. On peculiar feature of the new map, which waa remarked by several persons who saw It, la that th ward designed for Councilman Hascall, the new Tenth, Is In the shape of a bottle, with Its base resting upon the river and th neck outlined by the angle of Vinton street on the north, the slope of tha Southern boundary Una of the city on th Other side. Name of Road. A. & N B. & M Chi., Neb. & Kan... G. I. ft W. C K. C. & O L. & B. H Neb. railway , Neb. A Colo J Neb., Wyo. & Wrn. umana N. P Omaha & S. W Oxford & Kansas... Rep. Valley R. V. K. A 8. W R. V. A Wyoming... Lincoln & is. vv Neb. Dlv C. A N. W.. 1.070.08 Chi., St. P., M. A O... C. R. I. A P St. Joe branch Nelson branch Missouri Paclflo Belt Lin Weeping Water Br... Lincoln Branch . ..I.. 8. & P. Branch Crete Branch Pac R. R. In Neb.,.. K. C. & N. W... O. N.. W. A. S. F..,. St. Jo & G. I Union Pacific O. tt R. V. Branch.... Kearney dt B. H Val. Total No. of Per Val- Mlles. Mile, uatlon. , HW.04 t 6,7i) 8 616,S!8 . 181.61 10.600 2,011,015 6.1'8 3.&K) 19,(rti . 352.44 3,700 l,3O4,0-8 . WS.08 3,2(10 17,8f)iJ . 17H.61 3.200 6B.1W . 136.74 4,60 elffl.Oot . 430.71 3,260 1,399.SH7 . 140.78 2,61X1 361,960 . 80.69 6.000 4112.060 61.78 6.600 836,636 . 69.61 3.2 1S0.7W . 652.18 4,600 I.4M.810 8.60 8.100 26.360 . 49.17 S.OrtO 147,610 73.49 S.6O0 267.215 3.660 3.906M 271.141 6.500 1.491.SM 124.27 6,000 746 620 69.78 4,700 327.96 61.63 3.800 1 95,814 02.26 6,000 663.500 16.64 10,000 1H6.40U 64.88 4.000 359.620 46.89 S.S00 240.667 7.8S 2,5f 19,700 68.18 4.000 2:C72fl 71.22 -3.i 236.0,'n f0 10 8,500 --: 70.360 129.16 ' 8.000 8H7.4SO 112.81 5,0nh 51.6M 467.38 9.M10 4,627.063 428. SO 1.100 1,499.060 65.74 8.009 197.220 1 uiaiB LastYear's 6,777.01 827.077.363 Valuation. ' Assessed Val'n. No. of Per Miles. Mile. Total. 191 .61 810.680 f 2,027,233 CHICAGO. May 18. (Special Telegram.) The police have been asked to search for Miss Ma Allep. 18 years old, who Is re ported to have disappeared In Chicago eight months ago. Detective Sergeant Hefter Is working on tha case, but so far his efforts to trac th young woman have been In vain. The pollc began their search for Miss Allen at th request of the sisters of the Holy Cross convent of Lincoln, Neb., where she waa a pupil prior to coming to Chicago. The sisters fear some evil has befallen their former pupil. TWO SLEEPERSARE ROASTED Fire Catches Log Hat, Slaying a Couple and Injuring Many More. HUNTINGTON. W. Va., May 18. Howard Polette and Wilbur Cheatman were burned to death at Campu, Wymlng cunty, to day and several other companions mere so badly injured that they may die. The men were asleep In the second story of a log building and all escape waa cut off wha tn fir brok out. RAIN AND SNOW AID GRASS States of I'tah and Montana Are Both Benedted by Heavy Storms. SALT LAKE CITT. Utah, May lS.-Heavy rain and snowstorms are prevailing throughout the lnter-mountain region. The snowfall at some points Is the heaviest recorded for so late In the year, Helena, Mont, reporting a fall of six Inches and Butte nearly a foot. The precipitation Is gereral over all the grazing country, and much benefit will result. BUTTE, Mont.. May 18 Advices from northern and southern sections of the state tell of extremely heavy losses among the lambs as a result of the snowstorm which prevailed yesterday and last night. Dillon report say tens of thousands of roung lambs have fallen under the heaviest May bllxsurd In the history of this section. A Great Falls special says H. H. Wilson, a sheep herder on the range near Portase has been lout snd undoubtedly frozen to death. - Wilson's horse waa found wander ing In deep drifts. Ranchers about Fort Benton, Cascade and Grlser hav suffered heavily and reports of losses com in from every aid, t EASTMAN SUCCEEDS DEMPSTER Kodak Company Takes Charge of the Photographic Supply House nt Once. The Eastman Kodak company Is th new proprietor of the camera supply house at 1216 Farnam street, heretofore owned by the Robert Dempster company. The doors wer closed yesterday to permit of In voicing, and Mr. Robert Dempster will re tire shortly from a business that he has spent more, than twenty years in building. The sale has been pending since February and Is assumed to be a part of th general consolidation In progress by Eastman of Rochester. The terms of the sale are un derstood to be the Invoice value of the goods on hand plus th probable profits Mr. Dempster would hav secured by an other year in business. SCHLEY GETS BIG OVATION Americans In Mexico tulle In Paying Honor to the Famoua Admiral. EL PASO. Tex.. May 18-Admlral Schley arrived tonight from Mexico. His tilp through the republic was one continuous ovation on the part of th Americans In the cities through which he passed. Movement of Ocean Vessels May 18. At New York Arrived: Staatendam, rrom rioiieraam; Armenia, rrom Liverpool At The I.iZitrd Passed: Kroonlund, from New York, for Antwerp; Minneapolis, from New York, for Ixindon; ilnenioio, from Boston, for Antwerp; L'Aqultalne, from New York, ror Muvre. At Cherbourg Arrived: Kron Prlni Wll helm. from New York via Plymouth, for Hrenien (and proceeded). At Plymouth Sailed: Patricia, from Hamburg and Boulogne. At Naples Sailed: Vauoouver, from Ge new. for Boston. At LondonSailed: Manltou, for New York. At KlnMKle Head Passed; Devonian, from Botton to Liverpool. At InrtlHtrahull Passed: Corinthian, from MontreHl for Liverpool. At IJverpool Arrived: RavxrUn, from Montreal; Cymric, from New York. At (iilraltar Arrived : KoenlK Altert. from New York for Naples and Genoa (and pr.x-eerierii. Sailed: liohensollern, from New York. At Hamburg Arrived: Isls, from Ssn : Francisco via Valparaiso, Montevideo, to, 60.88 136.74 73.49 430.71 1.2 467. : 414.44 193 68 92.26 66.18 71.22 T.88 112 81 24.96 9-S3.96 271.14 140.78 124.27 8.50 852 .44 W.69 176.61 59.61 KV74 49.17 69.78 51 63 64 88 45 39 6.500 4.600 4,600 4.600 8,600 3,450 3,600 9,800 3.5O0 8.8O0 6,000 8.600 S.300 3,000 6,000 4,000 8.600 6.M0 2,200 6.000 S.100 8,400 6,000 S.M0 8.600 8.000 8,000 4.600 4.000 4 5O0 5.800 16.64 10,000 129.14 20.10 8.000 3.160 330,720 629.004 3.484,810 41)6,964 257.218 1,485,949 19,008 4.580, 3.'4 1,460.640 736.604 653,500 209,448 236,026 3.640 661.650 107,800 8.642.2.0 1.410.032 309.716 745,620 26.350 1,198.206 402,950 630.K94 214,696 197.220 147,510 314.010 206.120 291.960 240.667 166.400 87,4S0 63.316 Name of Road. B. A M Omaha tt Southw'n.. Nebraska Republican Valley.... Atchison & Neb Lincoln & Northw'n.. Nebraska A Colo Chi., Neb. & Kan Union Pacific Omaha A Rep. Val.. K. C. A Omaha Missouri Pacific Mo. Pac, Crete Br.. Pac. Ry. Co. In Neb.. Mo. Pac, Springfield A Papilllon Hrs St. Joe A G. I C. A N. W F. . K. A M. V C. 8t. P.. M. A O.... Neb., Wyo. A West n. C, R. I. A P Rep. Val.. K A S G. I. A Wyo. Cen.... Omaha A N. Platte.. Lin. A BlacK Hills., Oxford A Kansas..., Kearney A B. Mills., Rep. Val. A Wyo C. A K. . bi. J. or., C. A R. I. Nelson Br Mo. Pac w. w. nr. Mo. Pac Lincoln Br. Omaha Belt Line Wllmar A Bloux Fall Br. O. Northern..., K. C. A Northw'n..., Totlils 5.703.82 S2,6k8,612 Th B. ft M. main lino waa reduced 880 on the mile, th Union Paclflo main line was Increased $100 per mile, th Grand Island ft Wyoming Central was Increased 8300 per mile, the Omaha Belt lln was left the same, the Kansas City A Omaha was reduced nJi-OO a mile, th Lincoln ft Black Hills increased 840 and the Nebraska ft Colorado was Increased $200. Board Is Vnanlmous. Th board Is well pleased with tta action and the findings a reported were the unanimous findings of the members. Gov ernor Mickey ald th Iward considered In its deliberations all railroad property, In cluding the earnings and everything. Of course this means th improvements made since 1882, and the valuable ' terminals erected in Omaha since that time. Th board believes that it has assessed th roads on from one-seventh to one-tenth of their value. It get at th Idea that It has done the right thing by th taxpayers of the state In the fact that the returns made by the country assessors shows no material Increase in assessment on lands. The board found that In the east and in the west portions of th atsta land was assessed at a much higher valuation than In the central portion. It took this Into consideration and th assessment of stock and everything else In th stat In order to do Justice to the people and to th rail roads and in order to do Injustlc to no one. It was on these land returns that the board figured that It has assessed th railroads at from one-seventh to one-tentb of their value. The board made Its returns and is well pleased with Itself In spit of th fact that tha people of the stat wer demand ing that the railroad assessment b doubled or at least be Increased to $50,000,000. This Is all expected to be remedied, however. In the September meeting of th board when the new revenue law goes Into effect. Then the board believe It will get a whack at th lands and everything else. Including railroads, and expect to start thing doing. National Gaard Elections. Adjutant General Culver has ordered elections In Company F. First regiment to fill the place of first lieutenant, which will beeom vacant June 8. by tho expiration of the term of Jacob Henderson. In Com-' pany L Second regiment to fill th vacancy occasioned by th expiration of Ui una ot Secn4 LiuUoaat C. M