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Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING J MAY 23, 1903 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. Omaha I a. V X ( MS FAITH IN RUSSIA Ambassador McCormick Bay the Manohu riaa Situation ii Hot Serious. OPEN DOOR POLICY TO BE MAINTAINED Ciari GoTernmeut Declare it Ha Hover Had As 7 Other Purpose, FINANCE MINISTER ITS FIRM ADVOCATE Mabtainanoe of that Po ioy to the Interest of Eniia. HOPE TO MAKE SIBERIAN RAILROAD PAY This Caa Oaly Be Aociapllihrd by laereaslaa- th Cvaaerei ot the Ctiatrr Tkrouk Wklch It Bui, LONDON, May 22. Ambassador McCor mlck la her (or a fsw daya on hla way from St. Petersburg to America. Ha sails on the Kron Prln Wllhelm, Wednesday next, with his wife and Miss Patterson. The St. James Oasetta today prints an in terview with him, in which ha la quoted as sayings I One of hit last official art Wnr lvln. St Petersburg was to interrogate the Rus- T government on Its policy toward Man- destr to See the M.nphurlan nrtrta fluanri lxciudDlted 8t"e' or tu hav' ,u con,u" The Rualsn government was emphatic In declaring that It was at one with America In the ipen door policy in China and what applies to ths United States , must apply to every other power. Your government also received ana accepted similar assur ances, I know M. Wllte Is a firm advocate of the i,pen door and 1 have every reason to believe that Russia is quite sincere In tha matter. It points out that tt Is to Its own Interests to support that policy and I think that la the case. Tha Rusnian statesmen are verv anxloua that the rilbcrlan railroad shall be a Buccvsa, snd to be no it must get freight In large quantities Russia cannot of Itself supply sufficient to make tha railway the Sltaatlea la Not terlons. "Ton do not then consider that the situa tion In the far east Is In any vtay serious on account of Russia's policy In Man- churls T "I do not" replied Mr. McCormlck. "I can See nothing at present that need alarm the United State or any other country." Mr. McCormlck added that the relations between tha United State and Russia at the presnt moment was of a most friendly character. . "Do you think the United States will view Mr. Chamberlain' policy In regard to pro tection with disfavor!" was the reporter's uaxt question. 'I do not see why It hould," answered I Mr. McCormlck. "We hare set you the I example. The auggeetlon that you give preferential treatment of tho colonies Is your I own affair. Canada may one day be able I to give you all the wheat you want but not for some time. In the United States, w" are jrrowlnjr. JmMorj nnd wa are ' 'consuming more of our own products. I be lisve the United State will not alway send I Its raw material In cotton to England, but I wui oner ycu tne finished article." I ARE TAKING DDWIM TUP PfH I n.tu i nnuiu isijiimi i nt ruir3 l Pennsylvania Railroad Employs Re nt o via a; Westers Union Lines Along the Railroad. NEW TORK, May 22. Investigation shows that notwithstanding the destruc tion of It line along the Pennsylvania railroad,' the business of the Western Union Telegraph company Is moved with practically no delay. All message for dee-1 tlnatlona on the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad arc being delivered with usual promptness. The cutting of Western Union pole as a result of the decision of Judge Bufflnsrton will not be carried into Jersey City. The decision cover only a part of New Jersey, the southern part, ana the pole are being out on the West jersey s seashore railroad in that section. Judge John F. Dillon, chief counsel fori the Western Union, said today: "The right of the parties arc In course of adjudication In the court. The supreme cour wiu uiuiDaieijr juu,. mm w ine ngnui oi ia ooropnny ana ii uion ngnia are eo - ww...,.., ..... " Its right on the Pennsylvania railroad and compensated for all damage to It property and business." PHILADELPHIA. May 22. Announce ment wa made today at the office of the Pennsylvania company that the company would not permit the Postal Telegraph company or any other corporation to own the pole for telegraph service which are to be erected along the line of the rail road. According to an official of the com pany. It Is the Intention to replace the poles of the Western Union with poles which will be owned by the Pennsylvania railroad. BALTIMORE, May 23. The Northern Central Railroad company, which I a brCh ?! P,enn,y,,v,anU' ,touJ - cutting the Western Union wire, from .11 f " w, "" IT A r V X, B '1 f u n M . w- T, , . 1 force of men 1 engaged In removing the pole of th Weatern Union Telegraph company along the Cumberland Valley railroad, which belong to th Pennsyl vania system. FIENDISH ACTS OF A NEGRO Waylays Maa aad Girl, Kaoeks Former Beaelea, Assaalts Girl aad Throw Body la Crook. LAWRENCEBURG. Ind., May 12. Posses with bloodhounds tonight are scouring the country around Manchester for a negro who waylaid and assaulted Martin Kaiser and his daughter Rose, aged IT years, near Manchester last night Kaiser waa found near the Big Four tracks sarly this morning In an uncon scious condition. After regaining oon aclousness Kaiser said that a negro had assaulted him with a club and carried hla daughter Into the woods nearby. Tha girl's hat and umbrella were found near Tanner's creek and It la believed her body was thrown Into ths creek by tha negro after he had murdered ber. Kaiser, who Is TO years old. is In a critical condition and Is not expected to live. - Kaiser and his daughter had bejn to the boycott of the labor unions on a lumber Cathollo church at Yorkvllla to attend yard In Brooklyn the Lumber Trades aaso Ascension day services. They passed elation has decided to close all the yarda through Manchester shortly after T o'clock last evening and the attack must have taken place shortly alter. A negro sera near Manchester yesterdey afternoon Is suspected. Excitement is st fever heat and if tha "guilty man is apprehended he probably wlU 1 h li tw-hed, TO STUDY THE SEA OF ARAL cteatUta Will Endeavor to Discover Caase of Cllnr'tle Cksit la thaf -I- ''-,. ST. PETERSBURG. B. ' . ay (Correspondence of the Assoc. 0 '""-) Paul Milukov, former professor " at Moscow and Sofia and the buIk "Sketches of Russian History," will lca, here for Chicago within a week. Ha was elected by Charles Crana a year ago to liver twelve lectures at the University of Chicago this spring. Raphael Pumpelly, who has been charged by the Carnegie Institution with the ex ploration of Russian Turkestan, haa ar rived here with hla son, R. W. Pumpelly, to procure the necessary permission. They will Join Prof W. H. Davis and Ellsworth Huntington of Harvard and Prof. Richard Norton, dlrectoi of the American School of Classical Students of Rome, at Baku. The party will search for remnants of the once flourishing civilisation In the baaln of tha sea of Aral, will Investigate the climatic changes that have taken place there In historical times and will aeek to discover whether such changes have been sufficient to cause the decline of thla region and whether euual. If not creater. ImDortance I should not be attributed to economic and political changes, such aa tha interruption of the old caravan route by the Arabs and Turks, the devastation of the country, the settlement of a population unused to earl- culture and the discovery of the Cape of vood Hope route to India. Th Prty wl" remain several months and perhaps longer, future work being de- termlned by tha present reconnolasance. DEATH TO BE THE PENALTY First Conviction Inder the Row Coda la Territory of Porto Hlee. SAN JUAN. P. R-, May Jt-In the Humaoao district court of First degree today Pedro Dlas waa convicted of murder during a political riot at Humacao last Auguat In killing a boy named Octavlo Reyes. Dlaa will be sentenced tomorrow to be hanged sixty days later. This is the first conviction tinder the new coda and the hanging will be the first to occur In Porto Rico. It is certain the gov ernor will not Interfere. THIRTY-ONE LOSE THEIR LIVES I lid la Water Jap a. YOKOHAMA, May 4. CVIa San Fran- clsco. May 21 - Correspondence of the Aa- I soclated Press.) The steamer Hayamla I Maru was run into and sunk by the Korean I Maru In Tsurujlma straits. Inland May 1. Of seventy-two persons on board forty-one were saved. The British war ship Albion, Vlos Admin Grenfell left Japan on May 4 for Welpal Wet, owing to a death by plague on board. A, Chlneee servant waa the victim. KV"tetl Without Opposition. , ..DUBLIN," Way ' ?3.renn!K Kilbride, for merly nationalist member of Parliament for North Oalway and who was recently re- leased from prison, where he had been sent I for Inciting the murder of a landlord. Major General Mearea, haa been elected without I oppoaltlon as member of South Klldaxs, In ,ucceMUm to Matthew J. Mlnch. nationalist who resigned May . The local branch of the Irish league had Invited Mr. Kilbride, as "being the latest victim of Jury pack ing," to contest the . seat as . "a protest against thla Iniquitous system." Brilttah' Stoanaers Admitted. GUAYAQUIL, Bcquador, May 22. The British steamer Taboga and Manul, from I Panama, have been admitted to thl port after several days' quarantine because they I have quantities of lice and flour on board I deatlned for Guayaquil. The American I minister haa requested the authorities to I admit steamer from San Francisco, as I there are no cases of the nlinn h. I Nothing, however, ha yet been decided. I The port continues closed to vessels from I Peru, Mexico, India and San Francisco. I w" wouoi noiea in Heart. UFA, European Russia, May 22. The I murderers of the governor of Bus-damitch. I who waa shot an killed Tuesdav. hav not yet been arrested. The noat mortem i examination or the governor' body showed 1 there were two bullet hole In his heart I i our in xno lungs, IWO in tna liver inJ one through his hand. ...... ... cia. THE HAGUE, May 22. The decision of the government of The Netherlands t station a war ship permanently in the Dutch West Indies Is regarded as dlspos- Ing of the recurring rumors of the intended sale of the Island of Curaooa to the United Btatea. n. miaa .... PARIS. May L The report circulated by tne Morning Aavarnser or London to- Am-m that Mma. Melha. the Auatr.ll... . m I. in in thi. -it. " ;7k. rtm. ' -d fh.V . -Z "LZ had been summoned from London to attend J ncorrect. Mme Melba was never 1 1 k.ii hulth. British Commissioner la Caracas. CARACAS, May 21-Mr. Harrison, the Ttrituh commissioner of tha mixed tribunal which is to pass on the claims against of postmasters these Increases In South Da Vanesuela. haa arrived here. Herr Ooetsch wer announced today: Pierre, tit 'I . v. I J T J M -1 .t I the German commissioner, ana Comte Fer- re,t,,I1ROCC'therrenchconi'm,'",oner' nava niau imucu v.wH, Ordered to Stop Insurrection. PEKING. May 21 An Imperial edict Just Issued., rnnouncing that the rebels have captured the prefecture! city of Lin An Fu. province of Yun Nan, orders that the vice- i-oy of Yun Nan suppreaa the insurrection Immediately. GLASGOW, May 22. Sir Thomas Llpton'a I aquadron of four vessels will sail for the United State May 28. two daya ahead of time. Sir Thomas himself will sail for New York between Juue lb and June 30. TIE UP LUMBER MARKETS Boycott la Broohlya May Berloasly Interfere with Indnstrlal Conditions. I NEW YORK. May 22. In return for In Brooklyn and Queen, which, with thoa now closed In this city, will practically tls up the lumber market. As a far greater business Is don at th yarda In Brooklyn than In thla city, th latest move shows th Intention of ths deal ers to defest ths Material Drivers' union. even at (real pecuniary lose t OMAHA FOR HEADQUARTERS Bund Delivery Diriiion to Eo Moved from Dearer on Jaly 1. MILLARD MAKES DEPARTMENT ROUNDS llmlaary Plaaa for Lineal a Post. , ett.ee Arc Ready and Bids Likely to Bo Invited Wlthla Two Months. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 82. (Special Tela, gram.) Senator Millard, - who arrived In Washington last night from New York, returned to Gotham tonight and after transacting some private business there expects to alart for Omaha Monday. Tha aenator haa spent a busy day, having vis ited nearly all the departments upon vari ous matters. His moat Important accom plishment, however, was the securing of a promise from tha postmaster general that the headquarters of the western division of the rural frea delivery service shall go to Omaha. Thla was practically decided during the last session of congress. Sen ators Allison and Dolllver have each wired atrong plcaa that when the removal from Inver occurs Dee Moines shall be the c,t to have the headquarters. The change w"1 made ,u'y 1 nd Postmaster Oen- ral Pvn Informed Senator Millard that he would adhere to hla former promises and make Omaha the new division head quarters. It appears that work haa been quietly going on In the Omaha public building pre paring rooms-., for the accommodation of officials attached to the rural free delivery western headquarters, and Senator Millard said tonight that already 8,000 has bren spent In fitting up quarters in the Omaha postofflce. Senator Millard called upon W. A. Rich ards, commissioner of the land office, upon a purely personal matter and Incidentally they had a chat regarding the work of two special agents looking Into matters regard ing the alleged Illegal - fencing of public domain by cattlemen. Though Mr. Rich ards said the work being done was satis factory to the department, he did not go Into detail ae to 1'Jst what ia Wing done. CraMs Gives Satisfaction.. Aa Commissioner Jons is out of the city, the Matthews sn rase waa not referred to h Senator M'llard In hla tint to the Interior department Mr. . Millard also called upon Secretary Shaw to aea If the conduct of A. R. Cruson of Curtis, Neb., who was appointed collector of customs for Porto Rico upon recommendatln of the senator, met with approval at headquar ters. He waa Informed that Mr. Cruson's course meets with the entire approval of the authorities here. This, of course, waa gratifying to the senator. ; . Nothing New la Attorneyship. The War department and Department ef Juetloe were also visited. Mr. Millard at the Department of Justice sought to team If there wa any new as to who will be chosen. United States district -at torney, bat tie learned nothing, aa tha at torney general was out at the time. The senator Is Inclined to think If tha matter ware- left to. the attorney general 8ummers would be reappointed, but as- the matter la entirely la the president' hands. It is of a considerable gamble a- what the outcome may be. At the War department the aenator wa Informed be has a cadet at both Annapolis I and West Point to name; The young men whom he will select for Annapolis, princi pal and three alternate, must, be named soon, aa examlhatlons take place June 1C Mr. Millard will make his selections shortly after hla return home next week. The cadet to West Point and alternates will not be compelled go take examinations Un til Jnn 20 next year, so there is not much need for haste In that case. The attorney general today made a favor able report upon the property offered the government for a postofflce site at Pierre; 8. D., and a treasury warrant will be taauqd In a few day In payment Thl property Is located at the northeaat corner of Retreat and Huson streets, . offered by Charles I Hyde at i,wu. ' ' Mncola Plaas Ready, I Secretary Shaw today approved sketch I plan prepared by the supervising archl I tent for tha new public building to be I erected at Lincoln. The plana arc now to be I auhmltted to other members of the cabinet ird. namalv. tha secretary of the Interior and nostmaater general. The plana will doubtless meet with the approval of the postmaster general and Secretary Hitch . nnn their annroval tha architect I win commence to make plans and specifics tlons and make public advertisement for UroDosal to do th constructive work Architect Taylor ald today he thought he would be ready to advertise Tor proposals I for construction of the Lincoln building wltbln two months. The new building Is fo be constructed of stone, three storls In height classlo In design and will be 6e- i .ined to accommodate bes'de the nost- Mi.atnma nfllrllals and ITnltjMt I . . . t-i nuiwn ii.wi- nr nuttlnn- un the new bulldlna. I Roatla of Deportments. I I The rural carriers were appointed todayi Nebrsska-Wlsner. Frank Dew.y Cregulart. Kate R. Dewey (substitute), Iowa-Bedford. George D.' Walker (regular). I France m. waiaer lauOTin-jiej; jeiie Plains, Martin Foots (regular), Adam K. I Smith (substitute); Britt, Han P. Larson (regular). Maggie E. Larson (Bubatitutc). 1 Under th annual readjustment of salaries rarssion, ivapiu v-nj, r.itm, Spcarflsh, Bturgls, WW eacn. Homer Hall of Weat Point haa been swarded the contract for carrying the mall from Weat Point to Fort Madison, In, Ths National Live Stock bank of Chirage haa been approved aa reserve agent for the I Grundy County National of Ori ndy Center, Ia. Free delivery service will be established In Iowa on June 1, aa follows: Ames, with Benjamin A. Kelter, Racine IX Qoble, Ben ton Btull aa carriers, and Edwin L. E'J'a as substitute; Osage, with Harold B. Cut- 1 ler, Albert F. Hussellman is carriers, jid George K. McCollough as substitute. W. R. Jameson has been appointed a sub- stftute letter carrier at low Talle and A. L. B. Shea as substitute In the postofilce at Lead. 8. D. . Watson To III to Talk. CHICAGO, May 2 Jamea B. Watson. president of the Porter Brothers Fruit company, arrived at Chicago from , San Kranclsco looay, uui posiponeu meeting th receivers whom Judge Kohlsaat ap pointed In Mr. Watson'a absence to take churn ot tha company. "Wa have been tola. ' aaia Mr. J. B. De attorney for the nreatilent. "Mutt by his doctor's orders Mr. Wataon will rest st his home and mret us tomorrow." Thla was confirmed at Mr. Watson s house, where it waa said tonight that po explana tion would be given until tomorrow ninm Ina. hla condition making rest imperative. Ths company I bring conducted without rhang In Its oiganllallon. No adjudica tion of bankruptcy has been made, but It ! declared by iHwyer for the receiver that Mr. YYataea wlil hot ooatest Ut ycUUuo. RUMOR OF STIJKE SETTLEMENT laloa PaelSe Crciala and (employee la Conference, and Report ol Agreement Remits, 4 NEW TORK, Mf 21 While no Informa tion Is given out. it is understood here that the conferences between the Union reclflo officials ami the representatives of ths striking boiler makers 'have led to an amicable settlement. The representatives of the machinists conferred with the ffflclals today and It la understood they have reached a settle, ment KANSAS CITY, Stay 22. An Injunction waa granted today by 'Judge Philip of the federal court against the Industrial council and moat of the labor organisations In Kansas City reft ruining the defendants from Interfering with the employee of two restaurants, from posting the name of customers eating at these restaurants and from doing other tMngs calculated to In jure the business of the restaurants. The fnjunctlon ia the most sweeping in 'char acter than haa ever ben granted by the federal court against the labor unions In this city. ' The cooks snd waiters were en joined sometime ago fcofn pacing back and forth In front of nonunion restaurants and shouting to people to boycott such places. After that tha union men watched the people who ate In the prstauranta and had their names printed on cards as being un friendly to working people, after which the cards were scattered broadcast. The In junction granted today forbids this. BEDFORD, Ind., May 22. As a result Of a failure to reach a compromise or meet the demand of the new. wage seals -asked by the stone sawyers, who hare been Idle for a number of weeks, the Perry-Mat- thew-Busklrk stone quarry, one of the largest In the district, haa closed.' It Is expected that the closing of this quarry will be followed by the closing of others In a short time. Many building contracts throughout the middle states would be affected by a general shutdown. NEW YORK, May 22. The first shot In the fight of the Building Trade' Employer' association waa fired tonight when the Iron league, the Employers' Association of Architectural Iron Workers and the Asso ciation of Wire Work Manufacturers of New York Issued this deft to the labor or gaiusaiiuua: The undersigned, on investigation, find that the wages paid to ornamental Iron worker In Greater New York are from 10 to 20 per cent higher than paid in other cities, whose manufacturers compete with ue In this city. We, therefore, cannot con sider any advance Irt wages, and have de cided to post the following notice ol the various planta: J - - Thla shop will be open May 26. Men desiring to return to work must apply for their old positions before June 1 or other men will be employed to take their place." .' '..'' ' ' Addition are being m-1e to the Employ ers' association, the Master Truckmen being the latest to enter. AMENDMENT IS, APPROVED Presbyterian at Lea Angel Adopt Sew negrnlatlna a to t'oafes- LOS : ANGELES, May. 21 The second day' session of the Presbyterian General Aaaembly was devoted entirely to the hear ing of report by special committees- ap pointed by the last General Assembly. -Tha most Important of these report is that-of the committee on evangellstio work. The afternoon was given to hearing the report and listening to addresses by several of thoee engaged In evangellstio work. The report had not been disposed of when the assembly adjourned to t o'clock; tomorrow morning, at which time there will be fur ther discussion. Late thla afternoon the commissioners and their friend were ten dered a reception at the Chamber of Com' merce building and tonight a mass meeting in the interest of the Sunday school move ment wa largely attended at Emmanuel church. The aeasions today were more of a bust' nes character than on the opening day and had little of the attractiveness of yester day' proceedings, though there wo no abatement of interest Moderator Coyle called the assembly to order and after music and prayer stated the regular order of the assembly to be the re port of Stated Clerk Roberts of the vote of the Presbyteries on the amatidments to the confession of faith. Dr. Roberta announced that the amendments to the confession of faith had been adopted by th Presbyteries by an almost unanimous vote. Not a single overture received less than 196 affirmative vote nor more than I negative votea. A soon a Dr. Robert had finished read ing the report Dr. Van Dyke was on his feet and moved Its adoption, A second a a promptly forthcoming and before any one had thought of discussing the report it had been adopted. Moderator Coyle then appointed a com mittee of five to canvass the vote of the Presbyteries on this important question and Instructed them to relort to the General Assembly next Thursday morning, it ia a foregone conclusion that revision will be adopted. Having temporarily disposed of th con fession of faith question the assembly lis tened to an earnest appeal by Rev. Dr. Fox of Brooklyn, secretary of the Amer ican Bible aoclety. In behalf of that so ciety's needs In the way of funds for ths distribution of Bibles In foreign lands. Rev. Dr. Mateer, the venerable missionary, also spoke on tljis point. He waa warmly greeted and llstenTO to with close attention. Dr. Fox'a appeal waa referred to the commltt-se on bllla and overture. The report of the committee on Sabbath observance, of which James Yeranca of New York I chairman, waa read.' The report is a atrong appeal for Sabbath observance and contained atrong arguments agalnat "sev enth day Journalism." Dr. I. W. Hathaway of New York and Rev. Dr. Ramsdell or Washington mads stirring addresses In favor of ths commit tee's recommendations. TAKE PENNSYLVANIA STOCK New York Banklngr Firm Agrees to Bay All Not Parchased by Present Stockholders. PHILADELPHIA, May 22,-Preaident Cossett said today that Messrs. Kuhn, Lneb A Co. and Bpeyer ft Co. of New York had agreed to take and pay for at KU per ahar all Pennsylvania railroad stocks not taken by ths shareholders. This arrangement, hs said, had commended Itself to the manage ment of ths company and Insure th toady prosecution of the Improvement and additions now being made to enable th company to take tare of Its Increasing traffic. The price of the new stock to sharehold er wss $ for each shsre of a par value of ifo. Aa the shares ar quoted oa tha New York exchange on tha basis of lluo par tha Nw York quotation on th new slock wa 120. TORNADO AT BL00M1NGI0N One Panon Known to Bo Tilled hud Eaten Beriouly Injured. BUILDINGS IN ITS PATH ARE WRECKED Passes Throagh Farming Section and It Is Fearod Caaaalty Mat Will Bo Larger When All See. tloaa Report. BLOOMINGTON, Neb., May 22.-(Speclal Telegram.) About :5 p. m. a cyclone went through about four mile west. It took a northeast course and awept everything in It paths. House and barns were wrecked. Thu fsr five farm houses are known to have been wrecked. The large new house and barn on the alfalfa ranch, one mile east of Naponee, waa blown down. The casualty list thus far known Is: Killed: MRS. GI8H. Injured: Mr. Glsh, sr., badly hurt J. J. Glsh and Charlea Gish, badly hurt. Mr. and Mrs. John Weed, badly bruised. Mrs. Hall, shoulder broken. Mr. Hall, badly bruised. Doctors have gone to the seen and aom of the wounded have been brought to town. Or account of the remoteness of some of the farms, news Is coming In slowly. . Ths tornado waa watched from this town and presented . a fearful sight It is raining here now. FRANKLIN, Neb.. May 22:-(Speclal Tel egram.) A tornado passed about eight miles west of here thle evening at 6:30, do ing great damage to farm houses and other buildings In lta path. It could be seen plainly from here and for a while looked as though It might come this way. Sev eral people were badly hurt, but so far no deaths are reported. Doctor from here and Bloomington have gone out to attend the wants of . the sufferers. Damage at Sattoa. BUTTON. Neb.l May 22.-(8pecial.)-A tornado, accompanied by a cloudburst and electrlo storm, struck Sutton last evening at 11 o'clock. It wrecked the tower on Dr. Clark's residence, demolishing two chim neys and outbuildings. About the same amount of damage was done to more than twenty other places in town. The storm bounded along as It moved, crushing barns, outbuildings and fencea wherever it touched the earth. Windows were burst outwardly and against the prevailing wind in tha track of the storm, showing vacuum over head. WEST POINT, Neb., May 22. (Special.)- The heaviest rainstorm of the season, ac companied by a severe electrical discharge, occurred here during the whole of last night. . Corn planting, which was neartng completion, was somewhat de'ayed, but will be finished by Monday at latest ' ' FREMONT, Neb., May 22.-(SpeclaL)-A very heavy shower fell here last night. The streets In the lower part of the city were filled with water and much of It waa left standing In low places. The mall sec tion of No. I on the Union Pacific ran Into Omaha On the Northweatera tracks, leav ing here about 1 a. nt.-and was closely .fol lowed by Noa. 12 and 4, aU using tho same tracks. This morning all tho' Union Fa- clflo trains came In over the Northwestern and wero transferred here, as -were- also the eastbound trains. Some o'f the country roads are reported In bad condition' and much flams Re it Is expected will result to country bridges. Farm work of all kinds Is much delayed. ' EXETER, Neb., fay 22.-T-(Ppeclal.)-Thts vicinity waa visited by ancther tremendous wind and rainstorm last evening. It broke about ? o'clock, making In all three hard storms this week, with a rainfall of 4.5 inches. Although the day has begun fine the weather is considered very unsettled ana a sudden storm would not be a sur prise. The unfavorable weather is very discouraging to the farmers, some of whom have not begun to plant their corn, many are only half through and very few have finished. The outlook for the oat crop is air ana wneat is looking fine. . Plattsmoath Aetata Flooded. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. May l2.-(8pe cmi. Anomer severe electrical storm visited Plattsmouth and vicinity last night, In fact more water fell than during tha previous night, and the cellar of the stores on the porth. ' side of Main street were again filled to their capacity, and in some instances the water rushed through the buildings on the main floor,' but not so much damage was done as by previous floods, a the goods had been removed from the basements. The books, chairs, desks, eic, mai were swimming around In six feet of water In the office of Judge W. H Newell and 8. H. Atwood were fished out and removed' to the Waterman building. ana me contents or the barber shop of M. 8. Briggs,. which wss alao under the Bank of Cnss county was removed to the Boeck building. In the Burlington yards the water waa reported to have been four feet deep, and all the boya are busy today removing the mud from the floors of "the plaining mill, pattern, blacksmith, tank and the machine shops, which is reported to have been more than at any previous flood. Lightning struck the high school building, but did not do much damage. Two or three bridges are reported washed out near Rock Bluffs, south of Plattsmouth. The farmers report that In some fields, which were recently planted, the corn was washed out of the ground and will have to be replanted. NEBRASKA CITY. May E.-fRpertnl Telegram.) A severe storm passed over this city last night snd another tonight. No damage was done with exception of broken windows and two houses being struck by lightning. HUMBOLDT, . May . 22.-(Bpeclal.)-Thls section was visited last evening by a a drenching rain which continued through most of the night the rainfall amounting to over two Inches. The rain waa accom panied at first by a hall storm, which cut the gardens up somewhat but did no material damage. The long continued wet spell has Interfered greatly with the spring planting and farmers will find It difficult to keep ahead of the weeds. KANSAS SWEPTJY CYCLONES Two Children Killed aad Many Per sons Injared at Clay Center aad Balldlngra Wrecked. CLAY CENTER, Kan., May 23. -A sever cyclone passed over Cloy county thla after noon, striking the southeast part of the county, going Just east of Brouuhton rnd west of Oateavllle, Kan. A far known no one wa killed In Cley count v. but st Bala, 'a little town In llllev county, two little girls named Daub wer killed and a number of person Injured. Five houses were blown away at Bnla and many cattle killed. The storm cleared a path forty rods wide. Assistance waa railed from Clay Center nnl tnrre doctots Went down t- Bala. The Union Pacini train nar- (Contlnued oa Second Page.) CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Showers and Cooler Saturday; Fair and Warmer Sunday. Temperature at Omaha festerdayi Hoar. Desi. S a. m ..... , T a. m...... T a. m im 8 a. n Tt w a. m Ta to a. ni T4 11 a. m.a.t TT ia m. . ...... , T9 Hoar. 1 I P. R p. i. . i, 1 1 1 1 1 Ml Hit MS M fUt Ol T1 6H TO 4 - H p. nt...... a p. m T p. n...... n, p. m ..... . p. m ..... . TO OUST COMMISSION MEN Plate Glass Mnnafactnrer and Job. bcrs Plaa to Cartall the Price Chtters. CLEVELAND, O., May 22.-The plate glHsa manufacturers and Jobbers continued their conference here today, the chief mat ter under discussion being a proposition to eliminate what' are known aa commission men. The latter buy from the manufac turer and sell whenever . possible, and, tt Is said, ar a demoralising factor In the maintenance of prices. ' Prominent Jobbers state that the commission man Is sure to be "fro ten out" as a result of the present meeting. .... The window glass Jobbers havs practically agreed to take 200,000 boxes of goods from the jobbers at an advance of t per cent over the old price list, provided the manu facturers will agree to protect ' them and maintain prices until August 1. The lat ter point will be definitely decided at a committee meeting to be held between now and Monday CINCINNATI, O.. May 22,-The dlHtrlct managers of the National Metal Trades association, who are In session In this city today, declied to nationalise the labor employment bureau by organising local bureau In alt the district of the asso ciation. The head of this movement will be In this city and Ernest F. Dubrul, com missioner, and Robert F. Wuerst, secretary of the Metal Trade association, will di rect the work. Bureaus will be orgsnlsed In New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Rochester, N. Y., Dayton, O.. Cleveland, Detroit In dianapolis. Chicago, St. Louis. Minneapolis, Denver, Toronto snd Milwaukee. When these various locale are once thor oughly established a labor department of tho National Metal Trades association will be formed. . MANY AWARDSWON BY OMAHA Local Merchant Will Famish More Than fiittO.OOO Worth of Indian Supplies. More than 2M,000 worth of Indian Bup- plles will be furnished by Omaha firms dur ing the next year. This is three times as much merchandise aa local merchant hav ever supplied In any single year of the past, and means that the local dealer underbid those of Chicago and other larger cities. . The awards Include 270,000 worth ot meat, lard, And pepsin to the Cudahy Packing company; Armour . A Co., 117,000 worth of bacon;;, Faxton' & Gallagher, IfiO.OOO worth of sugui: Midland ulu and Paint company 16,000 worth of oils; filch rd Drug company, Porter-Ryerson-Hoobler company and E. B, Bruco ft Co., 27,000 worth of medicines; Twombley Son, part of grain: Omaha Tent A Awnlhg company all of wagon covers: National Roofing company, blind ing, papery tar, pitch, etc., and Orchard- Wllhelm company, furniture. N. W. Wells 'of Schualer was the uc oessful bidder for all of the cornmeal. valued at about 17.000. The successful bidding by Omaha mer chant may hav an effect toward mak ing Omaha the principle Indian supply depot instead of Chicago. HUSBAND ANDM0NEY MISSING Nebraska Girl Left la Denver With. '. oat Cash or Cloth. V DENVER, May !2. (Special Telegram.) Haa Fred Burns taken hla wife's $1,000, her household goods and even her clothea and bestowed them on another woman, or ha he merely gone to work and had no opportunity to communicate with herT Which ever may be the case he has lost his bride, for Mrs. Cora Burns leavea to day for the home of her parents at Minden, Neb.. Less than three months ago Cora Peterson, an unsophisticated little country girl, ; was wooed and won by Burns, who was a detective In the employ of the Union Pacific railroad. The girl' grandmother made her a wedding present of 11,000. All this she placed In the keeping of her hus band. After leaving Minden she came to Denver. . The husband has been missing since lart Tuesday afternoon. CONDEMN SYMPATHY STRIKES Swltchmea Go oa Record Against This Form of Aiding; Fellow Worklnsjmea. INDIANAPOLIS, May 22. At today' session of the meeting of the Switchmen' union It wss decided to reduce the number of vice grand masters from five to three and to divide the country into three dis tricts, each district to be In charge of a district organiser. One of the most warmly applauded reso lutions adopted condemned sympathetic strikes and embodied the expression that the organization believes In strikes only as a last resort. Talk of Jewish Udnt-ntlon. PITTSBURG. May 22 -The Federation of American Zionists will hold their sixth annual convention In this city from June I to I Inclusive. One sedition of the convention will b devoted almost exclu slvely to a discussion of the Jewish edu cation Question, This Is an Innovation in Zionist conventions. Some of the leading Jewixh scholars In the country will tllscuos the question before the convention. Movements of Ocean Vessels May 82. At tha Lizard Passed: Rhvn.lami a.. werp for Philadelphia. Lancastrian, Boston lur xoiiuou. At Rotterdam New York for Rotterdam At Olbraltar faaned: Nnrd America New York for Naples and Genoa. At Movllle Sailed: Astoria, from Glas gow, New York. Pretorlan, from Liverpool. Montreal. At Klnsale Passed: Sylvanla, New York for Liverpool. At Cherbourg Arrived: Kuerst Bismarck. New York, via Plymouth for Hamburg and proceeded. At Naples Sailed: Palatla. New York. Weimar (from Genoa), New York. Arrived: Phoenicia. New York for Oenoa. At Queenstown Railed: Commonwealth, from Liverpool, Boston. At Southampton Sailed: Deutchland, from Hamburg. New York, via Cherbourg. At Glasgow Arrived: Buenos Ayrean, Boston. Billcla, Montreal via Liverpool. At Liverpool Arrived: Victorian. New York. Silled: C'estrlan, Boston; Cymric. New York. At Havre Arrived: Ibretagne, Nsw York. At Genus Arrived: Konlg, Albert, New York via Naples, At New York Balled: Cedrln. Liverpool. Lachampagne, Hagre, Oerla, Bremen. SIGNS CUBAN TREATY Island Government and United Bute Conclude Compact SIGNATURES ARE PLACED TO DOCUMENT All ProTiiiont of Flatt Amendment Aro Incorporated. OBJECTIONS MADE ARE ALL OVERCOME Standing cf New Bepublio ii Vow Fall Eeoogniied, WASHINGTON'S POSITION IS SUSTAINED Segetlatlea Pens' lag tinea Adoption, of Piatt Anteadment Arc Closed Satisfactorily by Acnloseeac f Palma'a froverameat. HAVANNA. My 22. -The permanent treaty between the United States and Cuba. In which la Incorporated all tha provision of the Piatt amendment wa signed thl afternoon. The act of signing the treaty took place . at 4:10 thla arternoon at the office of th secretary of state. The signers were Sec retary of State Zaldo and United State Minister Squlers. who constituted special plenipotentiaries for that purpose. Sen or Zaldo and Mr. Squlers simply met accom panied by their secretaries, and th sign ing was accomplished and copies ot th treaty exchanged within a fow minute. The permanent treaty contain no pro vision for Its abrogation and no extraneous conditions of any kind. It almply Incor porates the entire Piatt amendment Into the form of a treaty. The length of time consumed by the negotiations wa prin cipally due to the fact that the Cuban government desired to Include In th treaty varloua extraneous conditions,' especially one to the effect that there should be no Intervention into Cubsn affair by th United States, except through th inter vention Of tit Xj ruled otaie. All kheao conditions were rejected. The Associated Press's correspondent saw a number of senators with respect to th ratification of the naval stations treaties during this session of congress, but they were not inclined to be communicative. It remains evident that there I a tendency to allow th treaties to go over this ses sion. An urgent messags from President Palma. which will accompany the Bending of to day' treaty to the senate, will hav a strong effect. Senor Sangullly, the most active opponent of the treaties with the United States, said he would oppose the permanent treaty, be cause under It the United States, being the stronger power, could Itself decide when Intervention wna desirable, regardless of the wishes of Cuba. Other senators say that the paragraph relating to the Isle of. Pines should have been eliminated. ' It la now expected that , an agreement covering the details of .the United State naval station will be reached by President Palma and United State Minister Squlers within three weeks. , , ' What the Treaty Coatafa. WASHINGTON. May 22.-Mlnlster Squler has. been at work for several months In the negotiations with the Cuban government which were concluded today by tha sljrnlng of the permanent treaty, which Includes word for word the provisions of the Piatt amendment. This amendment was made a ' part of the army appropriation feet of the second session of the fifty-sixth congress. Later It was adopted by the Cubans aa an appendix to the constitution adopted by them. Its Incorporation Into the form of treaty Is In accordance with provision eight of the amendment whloh specified that by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the fore going provisions into a permanent treaty with the United States." Those provisions, succinctly stated, are! "Cuba la never to enter Into any treaty nr other compact with any foreign power which will Impair or tend to impair It Independence, The government I not to assume nor contract any publio debt to pay the interest upon which and to make reasonable sinking fund provision for the ultimate payment Of which the revenues of the Island, after paying the government expenses, shall be Inadequate. , . " 'Cuba consents that the United State may Intervene for the preservation of the Cuban Independence. Cuba ratifies all act of the . United State In Cuba during th military occupation. Cuba will mak pro- - vision for the sanitation of the cities of the island to ths end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented." . . While the permanent treaty mentioned by Minister Squlera contains the provision of the Piatt amendment regarding the Isl ' of Pines, the acquisition of coaling sta tions by the United Statea, the final set tlement of these questions which will In volve the ownership of the Isle of Pine and the specific location of the coaling sta tion will be made the subject of a special treaty or treatle between the United Statea and Cuba. KILLED BY FALLING ELEVATOR One' Mnn 'and Thre Women Crashed - Beyond Reeosrnttloa and oral Others Hart. PITTSBURG. May 22. On man and three women were killed and live or six Injured tonight at 1026 Fifth avenue, a building occupied by a dancing academy. The breaking of a wire cable caused the elevator cage to drop fifty feet. Th dead are bo bodly disfigured that Identification has been Impossible up to midnight On the body of one of the victim wag found a railroad ticket bearing th name "Catherine Curtln." Among the injured are: Harry Llpaon. aged 12,' hurt Internally. Miss Kate Flanlgan, 27, suffering from shock. Albert Meyers, 20, fractured leg. Mra. Lulu Postllwalte, scalp wound and body bruised. Albert Meyers wss held a prisoner for more than an hour. While firemen and volunteer rescuers were preparing rigging to lift the machine he lay pinioned under the wreckage. A fireman endangered hie Ufa by dropping Into tha maaa of wreckage and holding the Injured man's head. When the accident occurred over 40$ men, women and children were on the dancing floor. Soorea of policemen were present and ordered all persona In the building to remain quiet. In thla way the peopl were allowed to pass from the building by re lays, avoiding a panic Moaltor Arkansas Depart. CAIRO. III.. May f! Th monitor Arksn sas departrd from New Orleans at 2 p. m, tixiay. Carrie V will lead tl. way and so cial Arkansas aa far down a Mcmpkl.