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Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1903-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. The ( ( I ( OMAHA PILED Illinois' Central Express to Chicago Meet Piuitar While Growing Iowa, TIN LOSE THEIR tlVES IN COLLISION rire Waterloo Hen An Among Trow Slain in Wreck. PASSENGER CRASHES INTO FREIGHT CARS Miiondmtood Orden Flaoo Two Trains on Blngle Trick. RAYMOND IS SCENE OF MORNING SMASH Pmllaaaas aavo Mur front Doth, Being rincea In Center, Thna Shielding the Weaker Bailt Coaches. CEDAR FALLS, la., June II (Speclal.) Tan people ware killed and two seriously wounded In a headend collision one mils weat Of Raymond on the Illinois Central at 2:40 thla morning. The eaatbound lim ited, due at Cedar Falls at 2:16, crashed Into the westbound freight. The killed: JOHN R. GRIFFIN, passenger engineer. Waterloo. D. J. BANTZ, passenger fireman Water loo. FRED BTONEMAN, freight engineer, Waterloo. C. P. STICKNET, freight brakeman. Waterloo. I. C. MILLER, freight Araman. Waterloo. T. L. OROOM, Dubuque, skull fractured died In hospital at Waterloo shortly after rmoval ther. THREE UNIDENTIFIED TRAMP8. ONE UNIDENTIFIED EMIGRANT. The Injured: Charles Morran, Independence, stealing ride on freight. George Hurd, negro. Independence, steal ing ride on the passenger. The collision was due to a misunderstand ing of the orders given the freight crew at Waterloo, and which were misread by them. The passenger was aeven minutes late out of Cedar Falls, but made up the time. Neither crew sawthe other until they were but a few rods apart The wreck occurred In a deep cut on what Is known aa Raymond hill, both trains running at a high rate of speed at the time the collision occurred. Passenger No. 2, which Is due to lea re Waterloo at 2:33 a. in., pulled out of the station on time according to the report of the train crew at the depot. A relief train was din patched to the scene of the wreck from this city a little after I o'clock, returning about S o'clock with seven bodies, three bodies were still burled under the wreck at the time tha relief train made the second trip. The wreck occurred Just aa the passenger train dropped over the brow of the hill, tha deep cut and a curve shutting off tha view of th approaching trains. Both en gine ereWa were killed at their posts. The dead and wounded were brought to this city. Where an Inquest will be held thla afternoon. Tha baggage and mall cars and seventeen freight cars are. piled .p to tha height tf tha telegraph wires. Both engines were completely demolished. WAITERS SETTLE ONCE MORE Again Deeide to Resame Work 1 Chicago, Leaving Some Matters Arbitration. In CHICAGO, June 1. The strike of waiters and cooks Is a thing of tha past and the majority of the men wilt return to work to morrow. The settlement was reached to night after a meeting which had lasted for the greater part of the day. It waa agreed that 76 per cent of the strikers shall resume their old places In the morning and the remainder within ten dayi. On the question of absolute recount tlon of the union, on which the strikers FLJfER Ihava been so obdurate, the agreement pro vide for freedom on both sldea. The hotel A and restaurant proprietors are to have the right to employ what help they choose, no matter whether. It belongs to the union or not. Tne employee have the right to lol the Union or remain out of It, aa they choose, and there Is to be no discrimination against either union or nonunion men. The decision on this point is a substantial vie Tory r or tha proprietors. Th question of an Increase In 'wages was m open xor settlement and If not ar ranged by July Is to go to a board of ar bitrates Tha union heretofore has re fused to arbitrate anything. VICTORIA.. B. C. June 11 Tha coal strike on Vancouver Island, In consequence of which the mines at Lady-smith and Como have been getting ut a very small amount of coal and steamers have had to bring coal from Newcastlo and Japan to supply the coast market held by tha Vancouver Island colliery, la now at an end. Yesterday the striking miners petitioned Mr. Dunsraulr, head of the mining com pany, to be allowed to return to work. Mr. Dunsmulr will meet the miners at Lady smith today. FIGHT ON A FREIGHT TRAIN Tin White Men Shot by Two Negroes Wha Effect Their Escape. HUTCHINSON, Kan.. June .-John Newbury, a bridge carpenter of West Plains, Mo., waa shot and killed and Rob ert Oroas. a bridge carpenter of the same place, was shot and seriously wounded by two negroes on a Santa Fa freight train early today. The white men had Just quit a bridge gang and were making their way to the harvest fields. The negroes attempted to hold them up and a light followed. The negroes escaped. The sheriff and a posse Is searching for them and they will be summarily dealt with If caught GAPING WOUNDS IN HEADS Mysterloas Attempt Made to Harder Woman aa Her Two Chlldrea. ST. LOUIS. June 19. Lying unconscious and with gaping wounds In their heads. Mrs. Sam Bailey and her son, Gua. and daughter, Eliza, were found early today along the tracks of the Big Four railroad, near East Alton, III. Apparently an attempt to murder them had been made and It la believed they can not recover. The assailant or reason for the prorAble murders la not known. The victims are la very humble circum stances, having been driven from their home ra the river bottoms near East Alton bj the flood. RUSSIAN COURT IN MOURNING Csar Orders Vsaal Trlbat of Respect Be Paid Late Ralers f Servln. ST. PETERSBURG, June . The Rus sian court has gone ..Into mourning for twenty-four days fe e late King Alex ander and Queen ? . ONDON, June ', he House of Lords today Lord L 't.t announced that tha British minister ' . had been nstructed to withdraw fro. , -te and n the meanwhile to do nothln. ould be construed aa a recognition u emment. " The foreign minister added that n posal had been received for concerted v tlon towards Servla by tha powers, but tha British government had no Intention of maintaining ordinary relations with the persons concerned in the massacres. BERLIN, June It. Germany Is support ing Russia's demand for the punishment of the Servian regicides. BEIXJRADE, June It. A deputation to meet King Peter suited this morning for Geneva. Three sisters of the late Queen Drags also departed from Belgrade for Vienna. The provisional government has offered the diplomatic corps places at the mllroad station on the occasion of the reception of King Peter also expressing the desire that they appear In uniform. The diplomats have not reDlled. Bending the receipt of Instructions from their re spective governments. The provisional government Is very short of funds and has been unable thua far to raise money In consequence of Its status no-, being legalised. The following notification waa e-asetted today: The Russian miniate fc h.. t.,r the minister of foreign affairs that he will enter Into negotiations with the Servian government today, as the cxar had been pleased to recognise Prince Peter Kara georgevitch ss king of Servla. As Foreign Minister Kalvetch officially visited the Russian legation today the for mal relations appear to have been already The streets of Belgrade are beginning to wear a gay aspect. They are deenratnt with flags, and Venetian masts have been erected from the palace to the railroad sta tion. The position of the regicides under the new king Is freely discussed and It Is gen erally expected that they will be promoted and pensioned and then gradually removed. Any slight to them, however, would be hotly resented by the army, which Is mas ter of the situation. The newspaper correspondents who came here from Sofia have been recalled. They say there are indication of serious trouble In Bulgaria. BERLIN, June 19. The Geneva corre spondent of the Frankfurter Zeltung Inter viewed King Peter today on the Russian note calling for the punishment of the regicides. The new king said It should not be for gotten that the Skuptsthlna had sustained the deed committed by the army. CHAMBERLAIN IS - INSISTENT Expresses No Donbt of the I'ltlmate Trlamph of His Tariff Policy. LONDON. June It. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain delivered a. -speech tonight at a banquet given by the Corona club. In which, without throwing new light on the government position, he left no doubt of his own conviction of the ultimate triumph of his own program. Mr. Chamberlain dwelt In a Jesting spirit with the now frequently printed and spoken prophesies of hla being crushed Into oblivion beneath the soil vereln millstone, and said that threatened men live long. Whatever might be his personal fate he would look back with pride and satisfaction on the great Im perial policy with which he had been per mitted to be associated In some degree In common with many members of the club. He said he was sorry that he had not been able to visit all the colonies while in office, but he hoped that his successor would be able to complete the whole round, as they couia not take a more educative Journey, PUNISH FOREIGN AGITATORS Canadlaas Think Their Owa People Caa Stir I'p Faongh Tronble. OTTAWA, Ont, June It. A Senate sab committee on Senator Lougheed's bill to shut out foreign labor agitators was re- ported at the Senate committee today. redraft or the bill makes it criminal for any foreigner to urge a strike or lockout In this country, but specifies that this Is not to interfere with officials of Interna tional unions coming here to settle labor disputes. The bill waa also widened to prevent officials of Intenatlonal associa tlona from stirring up strikes and troubles, JAPAN MAKES A DEMAND Waats Two More Cities Ja Opened to Foreign Trade. Chlaa YOKOHAMA. June 1 J The Japanese minister at Peking haa filed a formal de mand on the Chinese Foreign office for the opening of Mukden and Tal Tung Chou to foreign trade. The officials replied that they were not favorable to the opening of tha cities mentioned. The American and British representatives are supporting Japan's demands. Minister Conger Is also demanding the opening ot Harbin, Manchuria. WELSH FEEL EARTH SHAKE Shocks Aro Very Distinct, hat No Damage to Booses Is Reported. LONDON, June 19. The storm off Carna von, Wales, today was accompanied by two strong earth shocks. The Inhabitants were alarmed by the rocking of their houses, but no damage was reported. The earth shocks were so severe at Ban gor. North Wales, that the patients were carried out of the hospital Into tha grounds and the congregation, badly frightened, evacuated the cathedral. SAY HARRIMAN OWNS HALF Railroad Mea Dray Seaator Clark's Assertion Concerning; Ian Pedro Road. LOS ANGELES. June 19 Despite tha de nials of Senator Clark that E. H. Haniman has any Interest In the San Pedro, Los Angeles A Salt Lake road. It la positively stated by prominent railroad officials here that tha latter at the present time owns an absolute half In tha new road, and this fact will appear In proper-time. NAVAL CADETS PLENTIFUL Clui Which Enters 5ext Tall Larger Than Three Other Combined. PAYNE HOLDS OUT NO HOPE TO METCALFE Postmaster Ueaeral Says Man's Own Statements Were the 1'aaae of His Dismissal from Service. (From a Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, June 19. (Special Tele gram.) Officials of the Navy department are deeply Interested In the result of ex aminations In progress at the Naval acad emy to provide next year's fourth class at that Institution. It will be the largest class ever admitted to Annapolis, larger In fact than the remaining three clashes com blned, and for its composition the depart ment has insued no less than fat permits to principals and alternates, who were des ignated by senators and representatives under the new law allotting two cadets to each. Nearly 400 of these candidates have reported at Annapolia in the last few days and it Is expected that most of the three hundred and some vacancies In the clays will be filled. The failures will pro vide vacancies, to fill which senators and representatives may make appointments next year. An effort may be made to have the next congress amend the law so as to allow the president to All vacancies for which congressmen have made no designa tion or when the principals and alternates fall to qualify. First Lieutenant John L. Roberts, Jr., artillery corps, Is detailed for general re cruiting service, with appointment to Omaha, In time to assume charge of the recruiting station corner Sixteenth and Dodge streets in that city on or before September 10, relieving Second Lieutenant Benjamin II. Kerfoot, artillery corps. Roatlne of Departments. Dr. E. A. Crelghton has been appointed pension examining surgeon at Red Cloud, Neb. The abstract of tha condition of the Des Moines national banks at the close of busi ness Juno 9 shows loans and discounts de creased from $5,453,096 on April t to J5.354,- 374, gold coin tell from $223,138 to $217,5:B1 lawful money reserve decreased from $883, 439 to 1766,831, Individual deposits Increased from $3,016,330 to $3,167,285r and average re serve held at Z4.SU per cent. The banks of Cedar Rapids show loans and discounts Increased from $2,441,219 to $2,568,523, gold coin from $90,495 to $103,810, lawful money reserve fell from $441,192 to $360,889. Individual deposits decreased from $1,270,422 to $1,219,825, and average reserve held at 23.53 per cent. The banks of Dubuque' show loans and discounts decreased from $2,143,435 to $2, 002,498, gold "coin increased from $116,060 to $127,071, lawful money reserve Increased from $276,712 to $216,657, Individual deporita decreased from $1,666,130 to $1,646,519, and average reserve held at 26 per cent. Little Hop for Metcalfe. Postmaster General' Payne haa received a report from Assistant .Attorney Gen eral Robb in reply to the former's request for a -statement whether the decision ' of the Poatoffice de partment in the . Ryan Turf- Investment company, sighed by former Acting Assist ant Attorney General Chrtstlancy', la In accordance with the law and the facta. Mr. Payna Is not ready to make the report public. Mr. Chrtstlancy Is still under suspicion. Postal officials are in touch with him and It la believed that final disposition cf his case la delayed with a view to securing further Information from him concerning the administration of his office. Postmaster General Payne haa not an nounced his final action on the appeal of former Superintendent Metcalfe of the money order system for a suspension of the order of dismissal, but the disposition of the appeal Is foreshadowed by a sugges tion from Mr. Payne that Mr. Metcalfe was convicted on his own statement at a full hearing. General Yof Chief of Staff. Secretary Root today Issued an order assigning Major General S. B. M. Toung aa chief of staff, with Major General Cor bln and Brigadier General W. H. Carter aa the other general staff officers. Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss la to become presi dent of the War college. The order will take effect August 16. Announcement was made at the State de partment of these consular appointments: John G. Foster, Vermont, consul gen eral at Ottawa; Robert Woods Bliss, con sul at Vienna; James V. Long, Pennsyl vania, consul at Patras; Edward Higglna, Massachusetts, consul at Berne. GIRL TRIES T0EAT SNAKES Copies Circus Performer and May Die as Result of Experi ment. LOOAN8PORT, Ind., Juna 19. Alice Fair- child, 12 years old, tried to eat a doxen live snakes In emulation of a circus per former, and tonight Is In a precarious con dition. Last week Alice was taken by her par ents to see a snake-eater who appeared In Logansport at a carnival. On Thursday Alice's brother caught a dosen amall snakes and last night the girl tried to eat them. She waa found In convulsions with the snakes wriggling about her body. SAENGERFESTCOMES TO END Two Concerts In Day Conclude Suc cessful Masleal Festival at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, June 19. Tha National Baen gerfest ended tonight with the fourth con cert of a successful series. The closing day was festival day for St. Louis. Two concerts were given, one In the afternoon and one tonight. The afternoon concert was devoted to solo work. Interspersed with the chorus of 4,000 chil dren of the St. Louis public schools. The night concert was solely devoted to choral work, not one of the soloists appearing. DICE GAME CMJSES TRAGEDY One Maa Dead and Aaothcr Dying as the Resalt of a Xtaarrel. ATCHISON. Kan.. June 19 -Nlck Belrlch, a German, aged 40 years, proprietor of a saloon on Eighth street, waa shot and killed by Theodore McKlm. McKIm waa mortally wounded later in an exchange of shots with two officers at tracted to the scene. At the hospital Mc KIm admitted the killing and aald they fought over a game of dice. MORE BOODLE STORIES TOLD Mlssoarl Combine Demands f 40,000 la Connection with Insnraaec Ills. ST. LOCI8, Jane lt.-Aceordlng to Jnmee A. Vaterworth. anlnsurance expert of St. Louis, the refusal of Insurance companies to put up money, for boodlers In the legis lative m-ssion oV.UW was responsible for the passage or the bills abolishing rating boards In the cities and co-Insurance. Before entering the grand Jury room he snld a bill was4 Introduced abolishing the underwriting boards Ir. the large cities. This wn followed by another prohibiting co-Insurance. A representative of the com bine demanded $40,000 to prevent the pas sage ot th bills. The Insurance companies would or could not produce the money. The bills were then passed. At the session two years ago repeal bills were Introduced. At first the old figure, $40,000. wss demanded for passage. This was sfterward reduced to $26,000. The com panies refused to pay the money and the bills were killed in committee. This year the business men ot the cities united In an effort to get the bills through. Delegations visited the capltot. The Insur ance companies did not lobby for the meas ures at all. only the -co-insurance dih passed. Meantime the boodlers had asked from the companies that $25,000 be put up to pass all three of the bills Introduced at the Instance of the St. Louis Business Men's league and other commercial bodies of the state. Louis B. Snow of St. Louts confirmed part of the statement. SCRANTON. Pa., June 19. W. E. Evans, select councilman of the Fourth ward, was arrested tonight for soliciting bribes. In the se'.ect council meeting last night Se lectman John P. Qulnn wanted an Investi gation of an allegation that eight council men had banded .together and solicited $400 each for voting for the Dalton street rail way franchise. George E. Stevenson, a promoter of the franchise, made a statement today directly accusing Evans of having demanded the money on Juna 9, under threat that the ordinance would be sidetracked that night and not allowed to corae forward again for less than $1,000 a vote. W. P. Bound, another of the promoters, said two other councllmen had made similar demands on him and that he would tell of their solici tations to the Investigating committee. NOT GUILTY IS THE VERDICT Mrs. Agatha Stall Barton la De clared Insane hy Wyomiaat Jary. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 19.-(8peclal Telegram.) At Sheridan last night Mrs. Agatha. Stull Barton waa acquitted of the charge of murder. Bne shot and killed her father-in-law last fall. The defense was emotional Insanity. She will be sent to the Nebraska Insane asylum. The state attempted to show that the murder was premeditated, several wit nesses testifying that Mrs. Barton had mcde threats upon tha life of Barton and that several months before the shooting she purchased a revolver and aald it was for the purpose) 4f killing Barton. The defense pleaded temporary Insanity. The testimony of physicians and experts was to the effect that while suffering from se vere tllnons and laboring under .domestic difficulties, as she did. the deTandanf would be apU-and no doubt, Was, temporarily In sane at the time the -Wiling occurred. Tha case baa attracted' widespread at tention throughout northern Wyoming and western. Nebraska, where the Bartons and Stulla re well known. The court room was crowded during the trial and last'nlght the streets In the vicinity of the courthouse were filled with people who were anxiously waiting for a verdict. ALBUQUERQUE IS IN DANGER People, ta Constant Fenr of Being; Overwhelmed with Water from Rio Grnnde. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., June 19. Tha people of thla city are Hying In constant fear of being overwhelmed by the flood from the Rio Grande river. The braaka In the dike and tha Alameda acequta, - ten miles above the city, aent down a tremendoua volume of water against the Llghtfoot acequta embankment, a mile above the city. .The water waa near the top of the em bankment when the alarm waa given and several hundred cltlrens rushed to the ace- qula and begun the work of strengthen ing It with aacks of sand. They worked throughout the night and managed to prevent the flood waters com ing down upon the city. ST. LOUIS, June 19. The water Is reced ing rapidly from the flooded districts in East St. Louis and vicinity and business Is approaching Its normal status. Latest estimates now show that the flood, directly or Indirectly, caused the death 'of seventeen persons In East St. Louis and vicinity. Fourteen were drowned and three were shot for river thieves. BURSTING BOMB MAIMS SCORE Maa Inserts Match to Sea Fireworks Bad May Die as a Result. CHICAGO, June 19. Twenty persons were Injured, seven of them severely, and the front of a building destroyed by the ex plosion of a bomb In front of Fred Cum- mlngs' saloon, 954 Clybourne avenue, to night. John Laxner, who found the bomb, was arrested. A wagonload of the bombs was unloaded at the city dump. Western avenue and Addison street, today by a strange team ster. Laxner, an employe of the dump, on hla way home found one of the missiles at Western and Melrose avenue, where It had been dropped from the wagon. He carried It to Cummlngs' saloon, where he told John McNally to give a fireworks display. McNally drilled a hole In the bomb. In serted a. match and the fireworks arrived at once. McNally last an eye and waa burned so badly that he may die. ESTEE IS NOT A CANDIDATE Present Judge (ln tho Hnwallaa Bads Woald Not Accept Goveraorshlp Ial- HONOLULU. June 12.-(Vla San Fran cisco, June 19.) M. M. Estee, United States Judge, who was mentioned for governor of Hawaii, In a recent Interview has made a statement to the effect that he Is not a candidate and would not accept the office. The Rev. Father Libert, provicar of the Hawaiian Islands, has received his appoint ment as Catholic bishop of the Island. His consecration will take place In San Fran cisco, or possibly In Baltimore, where Car dinal Gibbons may conduct the ceremony. An order haa been received by Collector Stackle abolishing Lahaina, Maul, aa a port of entry. LARGEST IN ITS HISTORY I Omaha High School Graduate Its Banner Olasi Numerically. ( EXERCISES SIMPLE AND APPROPRIATE Crelghton Theater Parked with People to Wltaess the Closing Scene ot Its Loenl School Career. Cherishing a particular flush of exhulta tlon because It waa the largest class In his tory, 159 students were graduated from the Omaha High school last night. The final exercises were held at the Crelghton thea ter and the conclusion of their first ed ucatlonal epoch was observed In orthodox manner with the girls In white and the boys In black in tiers upon the stage, a limited numbei of orations by members of the class, musical numbers by the gradu ates and well-sea-oned addresses of presen tatlon by the gentlemen who have been In authority. No stiffness and only con venient formality marked the proceedings, The audience was as big as the theater would hold and the applause from loving hands as frequent as propriety would per mit. Exuberance of the younger class men spent Itself In a few good-natured yells. The decorations were confined to a few palms and roses and carnations on the stage and the bright drapery of the boxes. The affair was well appointed and well handled and pleasing to the eye and the ear. A rather pronounced characteristic of three orations of the six was their per sonal tendency, local men and local condi tions finding favor with Mr. August Swen- son and Mr. Roy Sunderland, while Mr. Sidney Singer defended the Jew with the right of one of that race. Mr. Sunderland's oration on "The Future of Labor Unions awaited with, interest by the stage hands, who Were rather lax In their at tention to the remainder of the program. In the Boxes. The boxes Were filled with past and pres ent students of the school. Boxes A and adorned with yards of crimson and white, held many of the '02 class; boxes E and F, draped In pink and white, members of the Browning society; box C, In blue and purple, membera of the defunct P. L. 8. society; box D, a bower of gold and white and garlands of daisies, the Alice Carey Literary society, and boxes O and H, crowned with green and gold, the members of the Junior class. Rev. John Ross offered the Invocation. The officers of the cadet battalion, In white duck trousers, belts and sashes, then filed upon the stage and received certificates of proficiency In tactics and the manual of arms from Superintendent C. G. Pearce, who made a brief address. The officers were: Captains: Hugh E. Wallace, Eugene Harris, James Fair, Leslie A. HIgglns, Ernest Kelly, Herbert W. Chaffee and Al bert Falrbrother. First lieutenants: John R. Dumont, also adjutant; Frank R. Creo don, also quartermaster; Ralph S. Hart, also medical aide; Edward M. Meyer, also of the signal corpa; Byron K. Eaton, Stan ley M. Kosewater, Morris Taylor, Roy Sunderland. Adolph Sachs, Claud H. Rob ertson. George E. Clark, Ralph Coher. Second Ttentsnants: Frank C. Neal, Denton Slaughter; Richard L. Ivina.-Oonftld C. Bal lard and Roy H. Flndley. Ob Manlclpal Government. "Polltlca In Municipal Government," was the theme of the opening oration by Mr. August Swenson. Mr. Swenson used the term "politics" to apply to national poll tics, which he urged should be separated entirely from local affairs. He argued that the Intrusion of national party lines Into municipal affairs cannot be but baneful. It la used as a lusty campaign cry, he said. to blind the vital Issues and causes the needs of the city to be forgotten. Knowl edge and experience should be the criterion In selecting men for office and the terms should be no longer. The system, according to the speaker, should be arranged so that a man might devote his entire life to studying and practicing the science of municipal government. He pointed to cer tain eventsln the last campaign in Omaha aa a hopeful Indication In the right direc tion. Miss Cora Evans played on the piano "Recollections of Home," by MIUs. Miss Ellen True In her oration dealt with "The Women of History." She handled the toplo In a general way, using a few ex amples, but taking a broad view. She pointed to the significant fact that the most highly developed nations are those In which women Kave been held In the highest es teem, contrasting the west with the east. The dereat or Persia at the hands of Greece in the olden days she attributed to the Inspiration of women and their tutelage aa mothers. As long aa China keeps women In bondage she will remain under a cloud. In Miss True's opinion, who Inferred thla Is the sole reason for China's backward ness. miss mmuy Uleve's violin solo, "Hejra Katl," by Hubay, waa encored and she was forced to respond with another selec tion. In Defense of tho Jaws. "I speak to Justify the wrongs and to de troy the prejudices against a race of which I am proud to be a member," announced Mr. Siuncy Singer, as he began his oration on "The Jew" amid a burst of applause He showed how in ancient civilization the Jewish nation had been the equal of any, mentioned names of the philosophers, poets, musicians and writers the race has pro duced to destroy the assertion that the Jew la not Intellectual, and declared that as scholars membera of the race rank with any. For consistency of religion the Jews have been persecuted In every land for 2.500 years, yet they have aurvived, the very persecution being their salt of preservation There has been no deterioration in the race according to Mr. Singer, because the Jew cannot be crushed. The reputed avarice of the Jew Is a thing of the past, he declared and asked If there were any more liberal contributors to all kinds of public and prl vate Institutions than the Jewa In Justin cation for his assertion. "Judge the Jew as you would the people of America. Ena ana or any otner nation," aald the speaker in closing. Harriet Bccchcr Stowc's Influence, Great beauty of elocution marked Miss Madeline Hlllls oration on "Uncle Tom Cabin." Her effort was a tender and beautiful tribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose spirit, she declared, Uvea todav a Inspiration to the oppressed and a mar veloua educational force with the oiprt. aors. Mrs. Stowe's genuls was of the heart rather than or the mind, she said of good neas, not of greatness. Mr. Byron fc-alon dlrecteo himself to arousing young men In hla oration on 'The Young Man; a Factor In Our National Greatness." Upon the young men, he said, Ilea the duty of the progressive republic and they should prepare to solve the ques tions of the future by studying those of (Continued on Second Page.) condition ofthe weather Forecast for Nebraoka-Falr Saturday, Cooler In South Portion; Bunday rair. Temperatare at Omaha Yesterdoyl Hoar, Dear. Hoar. Pea. S a. m W a. in T a. m N a. m t n. m ..... . to a. m 11 a. m ..... 12 ra. 1 p. n. a p. . a p. 4 p. m. 5 p. n. 6 p. m. T P. . a p. m, O p. n, 7T Tfl TH HO 79 T8 TT TO 75 M ti.1 TX T3 T5 RURAL MAIL CARRIERS PLAN Convention at Lincoln to Form State Assoclatloa aad Llstea to Addresses. The rural letter carriers of Nebraska are taking steps to form a state association, and for that purpose have called a state convention to be held at IJncoln on July 4. Several prominent, speakers have been asked to address the assemblage on that day. Among those who have tacitly con sented to be present are Edward Rose- water. Hon. G. M. Hitchcock, Hon. E. J. Burkett. E. R. Sixer of Lincoln and prob ably Hon. W. J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan prom ises to attend if his own picnic will permit him to do so. Following Is the text of the call: SOUTH OMAHA. June 17. 1903. To the Ttnr.,1 letter Carriers of the State of Ne braska: Believing that the interests ot the rural letter carriers of this state demand nn nrEiinizntinn wherebv Its members my. with unity, co-ojierote with tho department for the benefit and further development of the service i1iik the lines adopted by It. and realinlng tliut nearly every other dim of government employes enjoy the protec tion of thnlr various organizations, we, the undersigned rural letter carriers of the state of Nebraska, having been requested by the several county associations to take the initial step, earnestly asa every rurti letter carrier to be present at IJncoln July 4 ftp the postoflloe at l't a. m. for the pur m' nTmtnff s state orif animation. As we will have a holiday on July 4. by order of the department, and can secure hair raws on an ranroaas. iei every nuimj represented at this, our nrsi meeunn- fniintv Frank H. Cunnlnennm, South Omaha, president; John L. Teager, Valley, vice president; tnaries w. v.unun, Benson, secretary; A. m. loiraan, nrnmu treasurer. Vnri, r'rtiintv jonn ri . i.vie. v ani. ihv-i, t m Carv York, vice president ; H. L. Charlton, York, secretary; uan virt, Benedict, treasurer. ROB AND BEAT AN OMAHA MAN ntleed to 'a Lonely Spot by Three Men Who Pretend to Be Lodge Brothers. CHICAGO. June 19. (Special Telegram.) Enticed to a lonely spot along the lake- shore on the North Side by three men wno said they were lodge brothers, J. A. Ahl wood, a railroad engineer living In Omaha, was knocked down and robbed of J16 ana gold watch and chain. The assailants severely beat their victim when he attempted to escape, and threat ened him with severe injury If he reported the matter to the police. Ahlwood refused to obey the order and shortly after s o'clock he appeared at the East Chicago avenue police station and asked Inspector Campbell to make a search ror his assail ants. The Inspector, with Sergeant Mi chael Sullivan, arrested a number of men, but as they could not be Identified by Ahl wood they were released. According to the etory of Ahlwood. he met three men at the Grand Opera House building lasi even- -ir and after visiting a number of saloons .Is new friends told him they would take blm to see a friend on the North Side. Na such person as J. A. Ahlwood Is men tioned in the Omaha directory. WOODMEN ACCEPT IOWA PLAN Flood Bnfferers Aro Aided and Mil waukee Selected for Next Convention. INDIANAPOLIS, June 19.-The Wood- men'a convention decided to meet in June, 1906. at Milwaukee. A resolution was unanimously adopted appropriating $50,000 for the aid of the flood sufferera in Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Oregon, most of which Is to go to Kansas and Missouri. The money will be taken from the general fund and will be available Immediately. It Waa past midnight before the con ventlon agreed to the Idwa plan for re adjustment of rates. This provides for a graded Increase ranging from S5 per cent to 100 per cent. The vote was 215V4 to 1B6. Thla action was taken after the conven tion had voted down. 2S0 to 171, a com blnatlon plan offered by Mr. Young of Ohio and said to have the approval of the gen eral officers. The Young plan provided for a level rate, a step rate, a 25 per cent In crease on the old rates, or a continuance of the old rates, at the option of members TALK MUNICIPAL FINANCES Connell aad Heada of Departments Vaable to Suggest Means for Relief. Discussion of the clty'a extremely low finances and how to relieve them occupied three hours' time of the council and heads of municipal departments yesterday after- noon. All concerned took a hand and all concerned admitted that Omaha Is "up against It" In street parllanoa. City En gineer Rosewater pointed out that the gen eral fund Is now practically 222,000 over drawn. Whether there Is a way of getting money to tide the city over the last few months of this year was a question that none present cared to try to confidently answer. City Treasurer Hennlngs came the nearest to It, and he was Instructed to proceed and determine If his plan would work. Movements of Oceaa Vessels June 19. At Now York Arrived Phoenlca. from Naples; Philadelphia, from Southampton and Cherbourg toff Nantucket); Algeria, from Naples, etc. Sailed Cedric, for Liver pool; Menominee, for London. At Liverpool Arrived Carpathian, from New York; tfouthwurk, from Montreal and Quebec. Sailed Cymric, for New York, via Queenstown. At fjneenstown Arrived Lucanla, from New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded; New England, from Boston, for Llverpl, and proceeded. Sailed Commonwealth, for Boston. At Southampton Sailed Deutschland, from New York, via Cherbourg. At Movllle Sailed Furnessta, for New York; Parisian, for Montreal. At Cherbourg Arrived Kuerst Bismarck, from Nf York, via Plymouth, for Ham burg, and proceeded. Balled Deutsehland, from Hamburg and Southampton, for New York. At Genoa Arrived Hoheniollern. from New York, via Gibraltar and Naples. At Havre Arrived Ia Hretagne, from New York. At Glasgow Arrived City of Bombav, from Philadelphia, via St. Johns, N. F. ; Pomeranian, from Montreal. At Port Arthur Arrived Elm Branch, from Portland, Ore. At Astorlu Sailed Alster'ntxle, for Kia Chau. San rYanclsco Arrived Gaelic, from Hjng Kong. Sailed Ixx-h Oarve, for Queenstown; Korea, Icr liong Ktng. BIG FIRE-SMALL LOSS About Fortj Thousand Dollars of Damag, at Avery Building. RACINE WAGON COMPANY HEAVIEST LOSER Stock of Buggies on Fifth Floor Qoei Up in Smoke. LITTLE DAMAGE TO IMPLEMENT STOCK Br Heroio Work Firemen Confine Flamei to Top of Building. FIREMAN M'CLURE HAS HANDS BURNED Big Crowds Rather on Tooth and Eleventh Streot Vladacta to Wit Bess tho Spectacle Bad Folleo Ha v Trouble. A big blaae but amall loss characterised a spectacular fire In the Avery Implement warehouse, facing tho Tenth street vladtict yesterday. At 2:46 a tall column of fire shot up from this building with spectacular effect, burn ing for about an hour. The flames were visible from almost every part of the city and thousands of people watched from windows, housetops and streets. Thanks to effective work of the fire department the surrounding buildings and viaduct structure were saved Intact and the fire extinguished in a remarkably short period. The burned building waa occupied by the Racine Wagon and Carriage company and the Avery Manufacturing company. The estimated damage la (15,000 to the stock of the Racine company and $20,000 to the building and not over 115,000 to the Avery stock. The local manager of the Avery company refused to make an esti mate of his company's loss, but It amounts to about 25 per cent of the value of tha stock, which he also refused to make pub lie. With Melkle & Dodson the company carried $10,000 Insurance on the stock On the building the firm carries $35,000 In seven companies. Brennan & Love carry $19,000 on the Racine atock. The fire broke out In the north end of the fifth story of the building, near the elevator shaft, and spread rapidly. An alarm was at once turned in but by the time the department arrived tha flames had completely enveloped everything on the fifth floor and were bursting out of the roof and windows on the north and south sides. A string of freight cars which were on the track to the north of the building Interfered seriously with the fire men for several minutes when ' minutes counted. An engine waa aoon coupled to the cars and they were removed. By thla ,1lme the flames had burned through the fifth floor Into the story below. One Boar of Flames. By ' the time the water tower waa In working order the flames were leaping to a spectacular height, and both the Tenth and the Eleventh atreet viaducts were crowded with people. It took just one hour from the time the alarm was turned In until the firemen were preparing- to de part from tho building. By tho most heroic work they had succeeded in confin ing the flames to the fifth story. Though' the fire burned through the floor It did not burn anything In the fourth atory. On several occasion It looked as though the building would be destroyed. Fre quently the flames were apparently sub dued only to break out with renewed fury. At all times the Bushman warehouse which joins the Avery building waa In great danger, but thla was not damaged by either fire, water or amoke. While the firemen were making the run to the Avery building a spark from a pass ing engine set fire to the vacant frane house belonging to Charles Connoyer, 908 South Eleventh atreet The hoae company from Pierce street shot a stream over from the viaduct and extinguished this with probably $26 damage done. The fifth story or me A very nunmng was filled with buggies In cratea and these were all destroyed. The fourth floor and part of the third contained Implementa of the Racine company and the other floors contained the implement stock of the Avery company. Several desks, office fixture! and other goods were taken out of the burning building and carried onto the viaduct. S. T. Yont, the local manager of the Ra cine company, was unable to say what his company's loss would be, but an Insurance man who Investigated estimated It at $20,000. Origin la a Mystery., How tha fire originated Is not known. From the statement of Homer Shonfleld, who, with Robert Marshall and Robert Coe, employes of the Racine company, dis covered It, evidently It had been burning some time before It was noticed. These men had gone to the fifth floor to get a buggy for shipment, remained there a few -minutes and then went out. When they returned a little later the Are waa burning near the elevatpr shaft. Almost Instantly, Shonfeld said, the entire room waa envel oped. They quickly gave the alarm. Neither Mr. Yont or Mr. States knew any thing of how the Are originated. The new Avery building waa erected about four years ago and ta constructed of pressed brick. It IS valued at $85,000. The entire roof of the building and tha fifth floor were destroyed, but It Is believed that the walls are Intact and will not have tq be rebuilt. The building Is located along the west side of the Tenth street viaduct and the fifth floor, where the Are atarted, is about even with the floor pf the big steel structure. Four stories of the build ing are below the viaduct and below there are railroad tracks on two aides of the building. The entire fire department was at work on the flames and though It was a most dangerous fire to fight, only one man was Injured. He was Frank McClure of No. S engine house. McClure, with Charles Peterson, were stationed on the fourth floor In the elevator shaft In pulling himself onto the fifth floor McClure caught hold of a hot iron and had both hands badly burned. He was relieved and had his burns attended by a physician of that neighborhood. Pollcomaa Eseitos Crowd. As en Incident to the Are at the Avery building Policeman Lesch had a bad fifteen minutes, and It the promises of a number of Indignant citizens are realized he will have to answer charges filed with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. The trouble came through the efforts of the officer to keep the crowd from blocking the sidewalks on the viaduct and a number of people from standing against the viaduct rulllng near the fire. Lesch had been on duty from the time the crowd collected and had not been successful In keeping the wilk open, although he used every means at bla command. John W. Meary, a lame man, who had been released from the city jail Thursdsy refused to move when the offi cer motioned the crc wd back. Lesch caught
