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DEBATE OVER AMENDMENT TO LAWS
proepects irt There WU1 Be little
Contest Over tJie Principal Office
el th Fedrntlon aad Bona
Will Be I'nnnlmone.
ST. LOUIS. May 24--(Special Telegram.)
Jk. second sens. Ion waa sprung upon the
eventh biennial convention ot the Gen
eral Federation of Woman's Club at the
close of thla morning' aeaalon, when .the
women waked up to the fact that tbey had
unwittingly acceded to a scheme to depose
an honorary president ot the general fed
eration. A motion waa made at the dose
of the nominating easlo thla morning by
Mr. Ellen M. Henrotln of Chicago that
the action of the Denver biennial bU years
go making all --residents of tha general
federation who had served two terms hon
orary presidents of the organisation be
rescinded and that the convention In the
future elect women to that office If It waa
desired. It waa generally aupposed that
the action waa Intended to admit of con
ferring the honor on Mrs. Denlson, the
present president, who has served but one
term and who declines to aerve again, and
the motion waa unanimously paased with
out discussion. Later It developed that
the motion was an Ingenious means of elim
inating from the honorary roll the name
Of Mrs. Rebecca Douglua Lowe, paat pres
ident of the general federation, who In
her recent marriage with Charles Ounton,
late Of New York, now of Washington, D.
C, a divorcee under sensational circum
stances, the women feet haa violated eome
of the highest standards of their great or
ganisatlon. By rescinding; the action of the
Denver meeting the office of honorary
president Is abolished. Blnce the organisa
tion of the federation, in 1890, there have
been but four president. Mrs. C. E. Brown
of New Jersey, now deceased; Mrs. Hen-
potln of Chicago, Mrs. Lowe or ueorgia
and Mrs. Denlson. and.thi action deposes
Mr. Henrotln aa well as Mrs. Lowe. It is
the Intention of Mrs. Henrotln' friends to
at once re-elect nor honorary president, i
Mrs. Denlson will be offered a like honor,
but haa expressed her intention of declin
ing It, thus establishing a precedent that
will retain the office to one woman at a
time. .
Decorations for Merit.
' ... . A. resolution regarding- 'which there Is
' much' "feeling? Will be iiresented tomorrow
through the resolutions- committee provld-
"x-"lng for the establishment by the general
federation Of an order of decoration tor
women of some ' recognised accomplish
ment, a limited number of decoration to
be conferred each year.
. Still further agitation of the Mormon
question arcs at today' session of the
.legislative conference. Incidentally Mor
monism we brought up and over an hour
was given to It discussion and the pre
sentation of the Utah problem by two
pnnmaent women of the state. It Is known
that there are two polygamous wives In
the Utah delegation.
A resolution will be presented the con
vention Wednesday recommending that the
federation endorse the pending action of
congress and urge speedy enactment.
The nomination of Mra. Belle M. Stout
enborough aa a director was a distinct
compliment to Nebraska, particularly a
It received no opposition in the nominating
Committee. The delegation 1 confident of
her election.
An effort ia being' msde to abolish The
Club Woman as the official organ of the
general' federation, and it Is thought the
Massachusetts Bulletin will be substituted
tor It. ,
Nebraska Womti Bosored.
The report of the nominating committee
was presented by the chairman. Forty
even state and territories were repre
sented on the committee. The report follows:
President, Mrs. Borah Piatt Decker, Den
ver; first vice president, Mr. Philip N.
Moore, St. Louis; second vice president.
May Alden Ward, Boston; recording eeo
retary, Mr. John D. Sherman, Chicago;
corresponding secretary. ' Miss Louisa B.
poppenhelm, Charleston, B. C, treasurer,
Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker, Austin, Tex.;
auditor, Dr. Sarah H. Kendall, Washing
ton; director, Mrs. Charles A, Parkin ot
Tennessee, Mr. Lydla P. William of Min
nesota, Mia Bell M. Stoutenburough of
Nebraska, Mr. Charle Yardley of New
Jersey, Mrs. Joalah Eoola of California.
Mrs. William P. Orr of Ohio. Mr. Msry
X. Wood of New Hampshire, Mr. Edward
L. Johnson of Rhode Island.
' Immediately after the adoption of the
report of the nominating oommttte. the
following nomination were mad from th
floor I Recording aeoretary, Mra. William
T. Coad Of Minnesota; director, Mra. H.
C Qarrey ot Kansas, Mrs. Lawrence
Haines ef Florida, Mr. J. W. Smith of
Indiana, Mr. A. C. Scott of Indian Ter
ritory, Mr. J, Lindsay Johnson of Georgia
and Mr. Mary Lockwood of th District
of Columbia. Th nominations were then
declared closed and th official ballot or
dered printed.
Th only candidate for re-election are
Ids Poppenhelm and Mra Coad, th
former not having any opposition.
With tha exception ot th director, little
Interest attache to th election, owing to
the fact that there wa only on candidate
for each of th three principal office.
By th provisions of a constitutional
amendment adopted at thla convention, the
method ef election has been changed, and
Instead of the ballots being sent to th
platform to be counted by the teller there,
ballot boxes were used. The poll wer
open from I until I p. m.
i
Debate Amendment.
Th remainder of th business session
waa ' devoted to consideration of amend
ment to th constitution. Considerable
discussion waa aroused by the proposed
amendment providing for a new apportion
ment of duea to be paid by the cluba form
ing the federation. It waa defeated by a
harrow margin.
The action taken at former biennial,
providing that former presidents of th
federation who had served for two terms
should become honorary presidents, and
oreatliig those poaltlnna, waa evoked by
th unanimous vote of the convention.
A substltut waa adopted, providing that
PRESIDENT ISAT GR0T0N
Com to Muwliilti School to At
tend the Prise Dr
Exercises.
OROTON, Moan., May 24.-Presldent
"ooaevelt. who has made tha trip from
sshlngton to be present at tha Groton
nnl Imlav mnA n.rllcln In the annual
a day azerclaea, arrived at Qroton at
o'clock this forenoon. Ha waa met
-. station by Rev Dr. Endicot, Pea-
principal of the Institution, at which
f th president' son, Theodore, Jr.,
"t- rmlt, are preparing for college, and
5 V ven to the school. The presidents
m Washington waa accomplished
TVi special Incident savs that at a
n 'ti' f stations which were passed after
dt today the cttisens, and In some
cat ..3 school children, assembled to
greet the chief executive.
The students, anticipating the arrival of
the nation's chief executive, were gathered
at the main hall. Aa the carriage appeared
In the grounds the school yell, given with
all the enthualasm which the occasion
prompted, greeted the president. The car
riage stopped at the residence of Dr. Pea
body and the president quickly walked over
to the hall, where the atudenta had eseem
bled to return their greetings. He said that
he was exceedingly glad to meet and greet
then? and provoked a laugh by saying:
"I deeply sympathise with tha two un
fortunates among you who have a presi
dential father."
The president then returned to the Pea
body residence, where he remained until
11:30, whn the exercises of prise day were
scheduled to begin In the -main hall.
There waa some delay In beginning the
exercises, due principally to th desire to
await th arrival of parenta and friend of
the students.
Dr. Peabody made a brief address; Intro
ducing the president. In which he said:
"We ilk him aa a parent, we admire him
aa a president and love him aa a man."
In bis retnars tha president said that If
a boy had not pluck, common sense and
decency he was a pretty bad sort and a
man without these qualities waa even
worae. He admonished them that they
must not in any degree become "prig"
and urged them to be strong, to be decent!
and to be resourceful. "Boy and men,"
he said, "will not be snobs."
"There sre In our civic and social ltfe
worse creature than snobs, but no creat
ure la more contemptible."
The president referred to the ad van tags
of training in public schools, which train
ing, he believed, to be most beneficial.
The president alluded to the athletics of
modern school life, saying that he believed
In athletics and sports and In the spirit
which Is back of them. At the conclu
sion of the address he shook hands with
each one and presented th prlsea
President Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb
left for Washington on his special train at
6:23 this evening.' The train will make the
return trip by way of Worcester and
Sprrngfleld to the Poughkeepsle bridge and
over the Pennsylvania road to Washington.
CINCINNATI DAY AT THE FAIR
Delegation of Bosineae Men from Ohio
TV" Maureh Thronajh he
: -.,.. Cronndn, -,...
ST. LOUIS. May 24. a large delegation
of Cincinnati business men arrived at the
World' fair' today to observe "Cincinnati
day." Th party marched in . a body
through the grounds, paying a visit to th
Ohio building on the Plateau of State,
which will be formally open to them
throughout their visit. A meeting wa held
In Festival hall and a number of speeches
were made by member of the party and I
official of the exposition. The delegation
will depart tomorrow night for Springfield,
111.
The Virginia state building, a replica of
Montlcello, the home of Thomas Jefferson,
Iras been opened to th public. Although
the interior I not yet finished, so many
visitors have called and sought admittance
that it was finally decided to throw the
door open. Mis Jean Caroline Mercer,
secretary of the state commission, is In
charge as acting hostess.
Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma, hi wife
and member of hi staff, departed for
horn today. Prior to departure a general
reception wa tendered tha governor, at
which exposition officials and foreign dig
nitaries were present. Governor Ferguson
and his staff will not return to the expo
sition until "Oklahoma day," in September.
Masanao Hanlhara, secretary of the Japa
nese legation at Washington, haa arrived
to make arrangement for tha reception
of Kogoro Takahlra, minister from Japan
to the United States, who is expected tha
latter part ot the week. The "minister will
not be accompanied by any members of the
legation. Ha will remain until after the
dedication and formal opening of th
Japanese pavilion, on June L taking part
In tha ceremonies. Member of th Japa
nese colony at th exposition are arranging
for several entertainment In hi honor
during hi visit
THREATENS LIFE OF OFFICER
Lawye for
Police
Pool Boons gay
Captain Hay Be
not.
that
NEW YORK. May 24. Threat of bodily
harm to a police captain who took part in
th general pool room raids of yesterday
in event of continued urvelllancc In the
manner In which It has been conducted
were made by an attorney in open court
today when aonie of the raid prisoner
wer arraigned.
Lawyer Stephen O'Hora, who represented
three men arrested in the raid on an al
leged pool room on Eaat Thirty-second
street, bitterly sttacked Police Captain
Shir, when hi client wer arraigned In
th Yorkville police court. H charged
that tha captuln had unlawfully raided the
plac at varloua time.. "I warn th cap.
tain now," aald Lawyer O'Hara, "that If
he ever goes there again he will be shot."
Captain Shire then made a formal com
plaint againat the men and th meeting
wa adjourned until tomorrow.
MACHINISTS ON A STRIKE
Chicago Men Aak tor Rale and later,
day Half Holiday Darin th
Somsuer Month.
CHICAGO, May K-Five hundred ma
chinists struck today whan th Qoa Print
ing Pros company and th Charles P, Dim
Engineering company refused to lgn th
agreement prepared by the International
Association ot Machinist. . The greement
aska 81 and IT cent per hour and Saturday
half holiday In the summer ntontha Th
last offer of th employer was from SO to
85 cent per hour for a nine-hour day, with
no mention of a Saturday half holiday, and
asked abeatuto freedom to ouuUpy. uuaaliled
VIOLENT DEBATE EXPECTED
Valiou OontroTsnj Will B FreitnUd to
Chamber of Deputies
GOVERNMENT EXPECTS RADICAL ACTION
Anticipated that Effort a Will Be
Made to Abolish th French
Enshnaay to the Holy
See.
PARIS. May 24. The government haa
decided to fully present the Vatican con
troversy to the Chamber of Deputies. A
violent debate Is expected and the govern
ment Is preparing Itself for more radlcsl
action than that heretofor etaken, since
It Is anticipated that an effort will be
made to abolish the French embassy to the
holy see.
Foreign Minister Deloasse will present the
diplomatic negotiations with the Vatican
and Premier Combes will set forth' the
attitude and Intentions Of the government.
The officials express the belief that the
embassy will not be auppresseJ, but they
ay the present feeling may lead to that
reeault when the application for sustaining
the embassy comes before the chamber a
month hence, at which time the budget for
foreign affair will be considered. But
some psrlamentary elements are seeking
the Immediate consideration of the matter
With the view of abolishing the embassy.
The official here do not credit the re
port that King Alfonao haa definitely post
poned hie proposed visit to President IjOU
bet In order to avoid friction with the pope.
The Spanish king's visit to M. Loubet has
been settled upon In principle, but th days
have not yet been considered.
Members of the diplomatic corps fty It
I definitely settled that the protest to
which France took exception was addressed
by the Vatican to Spain. Hhls waa the
only protest contains; the' clause Intimating
that the papal nuncio could be withdrawn
If other and similar visits were made to
King Victor Emmanuel.
The corespondent of the Temps at Rome
telegraphs on the authority of the Vatican
that the relation relative to the withdrawal
went to only one nation.
Klngrs Visit Kot Abandoned.
The Madrid correspondent of the Figaro
says that the rumors to ths effect that
King Alfonso intends to abandon his pro
posed visit to President Loubet In order
to avoid friction with tha pope, are un
founded. The visit haa been officially de
cided upon and will certainly take place.
All Spanish statesmen, the correspondent
says', desire that his majesty shall visit
France, as they are anxious for a rap
proachment with that country. '
Tnrklsh Officers Are Banished.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Mondsy, May Ji
Kemal Pash. the sultan's son-in-law, and
other high official have been arrested and
sent Into exile in consequence of the dis
covery of a secret correspondence between
Kernel Pasha and Princess Khadidje,
daughter of the imprisoned ex-sultan.
Kamal Paaha, who I a son of th lata
Demon Ghaxi Pasha, 1 a general m tha
Turkish army and aid-d-camp to th But
ton.. ,..- a -V V- ' "'
France Reeavlla Representative.
PARIS, May 2i. The council of minister
has considered th. Vatican controversy,
and in an official note says: '
Ths government 1 satisfied with tha
authenticity of the reported protest sent
by the Vatican to the powera and therefore
haa decided to recall M. Nlaard, leaving
routine business In the hands of the third
secretary ot the Vatican embassy.
MORSE AMONG THE IMMORTALS
President Hacker of the postal
Praises Mnn Who Made Thought
Ctrcl the World. .
NEW YORK. May 24. Clarence H. Mac
kay, prealdent of the Postal Telegraph
Cable company, gave a dinner this evening
to the heads of his organisation In com
memoration of the sixtieth anniversary of
the first telegraphic message sent between
Baltimore and Waahlngton and the tenth
anniversary of the opening of the Postal
building. The guests included all of th
general and many of the assistant superin
tendents, from all sections of the United
States, including; even California and Texaa.
The only other guests present were the offi
cials of the company.
Mr. Mackay made an address, In which
he said :
In October, 18S2, when Prof. Morse wa
crossing on tha packet ahlp Sully, the con
versation one evening turned upon recent
dlHcoverlee in electro-magnetism. Dr. Jack
son, who waa present, answered that elec
tricity passea Instantaneously over any
known length of wire.
The Idea took root in Prof. Morse' brain,
and going up on deck he paced up and
down until tha early hour of the morn
ing. "If the park.M he reasoned, "will go ten
miles without stopping, I can make it go
around the globe."
How true this unconscious prophecy
proved you will all remember when on the
Fourth of July last year Prealdent Roose
velt sent a message on the completion of
the Pacific cable, containing thirty-one
words, which traversed around the globe,
28.97 miles of wire. In twelve mlnutea at
the. rate of ICS mflea per minute. My
answer to the prealdent of forty-two worda
occupied exactly nine mlnutea over the
same distance, or S,H miles per minute.
Gentlemen, let ua bow to the memory
and genius of Prof. Morse, whose name In
the annals of thla country haa found Ita
rightful place among thoae of the Im
mortals. STEVENS' BODY IN AMERICA
Omaha Boy
Moros
Wa Waa Killed by
Will Host at
Heme,
NEW YORK. May 24. Special Telegram.)
Among aixty-four dead bodies of soldiers
brought from the Philippines yesterday by
the United State transport Kllpatrlck was
that of D. J. Stevens of Omaha and Charles
Ooll and Elmer L. Burke, said to be Ne
braska ns. The latter bodies were shipped
to Fort Leavenworth.
The bodies were all -hermetically sealed In
metallio cases and ahlpped by express to
their former home last night by request of
relative. 1
Twenty-one bodie will be sent to th Na
tional cemetery at Arlington. National
honor were paid th dead after the bodies
wer placed on th pier by firing guns of
th transport.
COLOMBIA WANTS NO MINISTER
Tells United states Rot to tend Diplo
ma tie Renroaentetlv Until
Pnrther Net tee.
NEW YORK, May 24. Late advice from
Bogota, forwarded by th Herald' corre.
pondent at Colon, are to the effect that
the Colombian government haa notified
Alban O. Snyder, United Btatea charge
d'affaires, to cable hla government not to
end Minister Rusaell or any ovher diplo
matic representative to Bogota until fur-
STRANGE COMBINE JN OHIO
Tons Johnaon and Former Enenslee
Unit to Defeat the Hearst
Men.
COLUMBUS, O., May 24. The prelim
inary meeting of the democratic state
convention were unusually animated, owing
to contests from tha large conventions, in
volving 200 delegates and nine members
of the committees that air selected by
twenty-one congressional districts. ,
The convention proper does not convene
until tomorrow, but Its control waa de
termined at the meetings today, especially
by the meetings of members at the district
gatherings. When the state central com
mittee was selected last year at the con
vention that nominated Mayor Tom L.
Johnson of Cleveland for governor It was
composed largely of "Johnson men," but
recently this committee acted so independ
ently that there waa great doubt today
aa to what it would do with the unusually
large number of contested seats. At a re
cent meeting this committee selected R. L.
Starr of Bryan for , temporary chairman
of the convention and other Hearst men
for temporary officers, although Mayor
Johnson waa opposed to Hearst. Even the
two atate committeemen from Cleveland
at a previous meeting1 .voted against Chair
man Starr and th rvst ot tha Hearst or
ganization, and they4: were reported today
as not in accord with their former chief,
Johnson. The anomaly was presented of
the friend ot McLeYji, James Kllbourne
and Tom L. Johnson,, th last three demo
cratic candidates fof governor in Ohio,
who have never oo-Bporated before, com
bining against the recent organisation of
Hearst men in this state.
Both the sadlcals and the conservative
are claiming the stat committee, 11 to 10,
neither having more than one ma
jority on their clalma. . Th result Is not
only close, but tha feeling 1 very bitter,
with all sort of chsrges of fraud in tha
contest cases and even of "dark deals" in
securing votes. Mayor Johnson was the
last of tha voters to arrive. It Is gen
erally believed that the conservatives of
fered Johnson the naming of two delegate-at-large,
but the indication are that John
son la standing by his telegram to t?e dele
Kates, in which he said:
"The story tnat I am with the reorganis
es is absolutely without foundation. In
their struggle to regain control of the party
they have no warrant to claim my friend
ship." At the same tlm Johnaon is not with the
radicals for Hearst, but 1 advocating Folk
of Missouri, and- the proposition to let
Johnaon name two of the delegatee-at-large
is considered very significant. Johnson Is
himself a district delegate to St. Louis,
and it is said that he had half a dosen
other district delegates with htm for Folk,
if they are not shut out by the unit rule
on which the conservatives are Insisting.
Tha announcement thl afternoon by Tem
porary. Chairman Starr that he could not
furnish copies of his keynote speech until
tonight waa accepted a an indication that
th Hearst men still expected to win at
the preliminary meetinga tonight and con
trol the convention tomorrow,. Mr. Starr
la olasaed a a Hearst man. .
The KBernarC delegate ' from Cincinnati
to th atate ooareutlrA star e4d by the
democratic atate central committee -11 te
T, one not voting. The successful delega
tion la antl-Hsarat,
WOULD FORECLOSE MORTGAGE
Bondholders of PBTer nnd Bonth
western Propose Hew Reer- .
cnnlaatlon Plan for Road.
NEW YORK. May 24.-It ha been de
cided by the reorganisation committee of
the Denver' & Southwestern railroad, ac
cording to tha Herald, to abandon the plan
proposed last October. Today a 'circular
will be d'atributed to yeneral mortgage
bondholders authorising an amended plan.
This amendment 1 severe and Is In reality
a foreclosure of the general mortgage, al
though on account ot the character of th
pledge it will be unnecessary to appoint a
reoetver for the property or go Into court
to bring about the foreclosure. The pro
posed plan completely wipes out the present
stock of the company and gives tha united
security to the general mortgage bond
holder. A new company will be incor
porated, with no funded debt, and it atock,
amrregatlng $6,500,000, will be given . pro
rata to the present holders of general mort
gage bonda, who assent to . the plan. Of
the present general mortgage bonda there
are outstanding M,b56,00a
The original plan in order to becom op
erative required the assent of all the out
standing bonda All but 1)24,000 wer de
posited with th committee.
Owing to the fact that the general mort
gage 1 in reality a collateral trust mort
gage the inatrument can be foreclosed with
out recourse to the courts. Instead of
treading the customary legal path the trus
tee of th general mortgage will simply
offer for sale at auction the stock and
bond depoalted a security for th general
meeting bonds. .
These securttl compos the unit which
were welded together In order to form th
Denver di Southwestern In 1890, which con
trolled all th outlaya from tha gold Held
of Cripple Creek until th Colorado Spring
and Cripple Creek district railroad waa or
ganised by mine owners. Tbey have a par
value of ti.s2B.000.
Th reorganisation plan, according to th
circular to be Issued today, provide for
th purchase ot tbes, securities by tha
committee In behalf of the bondholders.
The plan further provide that the board
ot director for th first year shall be ap
pointed by th reorganization oummltte.
TRUST WILL SHARE PROFITS
American Smeltlna; nnd Refslsg Com
pany Will Divide Hundred Thou
sand with Employes.
NEW YORK, May M.-Offlccr of th
American Smelting and Refining company
will within a few daya divide tMO.000 In cash
among their employe In accordance with
the profit-sharing scheme announced two
year ago. Arrangements are now being
made to divide the caab In proportion to
the amount of earnlnga. Manager, super
intendents, assistant manager and assist
ant superintendents, together with foremen
and assistant foremen, chemists, essayists
and a number of others wilt participate In
the fund,
Walter T. Page, manager for th Ameri
can Smelting and Refining company In thl
city, when asked concerning th report,
aald:
"It Is In subatano true. W have heard
something of It of lata, but do not, know
Just when the division la to be made or
how, nor do w know how much money is
to be divided. The profit-sharing plan waa
adopted some two years ago, but tha details
of tha plan I would not care to have mad
public. I could not say Just who th bene,
fltlaries of th division will be. About tha
only thing I would care to say about U la
PRESIDENT BAER TESTIFIES
Explain Frinoiplt of Optratiij Coal
Kins gad Frioes.
BEFORE THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION
Say the Lord Wa Responsible Last
Winter for the Cnnsnnl Short-
of Anthracite
ConL
NEW YORK, May JC The Interstate
Commerce commission today renewed It
inquiry Into the anthracite coal trad based
on th complaint of W. R. Hearst against
th Philadelphia dt Reading; Railroad com
pany and other coal carriers, which was
continued from last September. Th first
witness called waa President Baer of th
Philadelphia 4 Reading.
On April 4 th aupreme court of th
United State decided that Hearst's at
torney, Clarence J. Shearn, had th right
to demand answers to his questions relating
to the contract between the railroad and
the operator by which contracts. It I al
leged, the coal trust would be established
a a fact and would be proved to exist in
violation of th Sherman anti-trust law.
In Ita decision the supreme court directed
E. B. Thomas, president of the Lehigh Val
ley railroad, and W. H. Trueedale of the
Delaware It Lackawanna to answer ques
tion regarding the fixing of coal rate at
tidewater, transportation to tidewater, and
the manner of preparing price circulars.
The decision also compels th Temple Iron
company and other operating companies to
produce in open court their contract with
th carrier.
Mr. Baer wa asked to produce the con
tract between the Temple Iron company
and Simpson A Watklns of Scranton. dated
February 27. 1899. This th witness did, to
gbther with cople of other contract. The
copies were filed aa evidence. ,
Coat ot Mtalnar Coal.
Prior to the Temple Iron company agree
ment Simpson & Watklns, said Mr. Baer,
operated the mines on lease. The mine
were owned, the witness thought, by th
railroads that carried the coal. He said
the Temple Iron company directly sells no
coal, except locally at the mines. The coal
la brought to tidewater by the railroads
connecting with the collieries.
Mr. Baer could not recall the present cost
per ton of mining coal. He said the cost
varied from month to month and year to
year, but had been higher since the strike
commission decision than before that time.
Meanwhile bituminous prices have de
creased and anthracite prices had to be re
duced to meet it. Bteam size of coal had
decreased In cost to the consumer, but
steam sixes are the smaller percentage of
the anthracite output as compared with the
prepared output.
Mr. Walter, former president of the Le
high Valley, wa called to the stand by
Mr. Shearn. Preliminary to questioning
him Mr. Shearn read from a statement pre
viously admitted in evidence and prepared
by the Ontario & Western railroad ahowlng
that the published freight tariff from Jan
uary. ,1897, to August, 1903, wa higher than
the freight tariff actually received by th
carrier. " . ' . " - '
Cost of Cnrrytngr Fuel.
Mr. Walter said he was'presldent of th
Lehigh Valley Coal company while, h waa
president of the railroad company. For
tidewater coal the railroad paid the coal
company from 60 to 66 per cent of . tide
water price. Th coal company' produc
tion cost was on a basl of 60 per cent to
the miner and 40 per cent to the company,
the witness said, and In 1901 th proportion
was changed to 65 and 25 per cent.
Mr. Shearn sought to show by the wit
ness that the Lehigh Valley railroad re
bted to the Lehigh Valley Coal company
and practically greatly reduced the carry
ing rate, but Mr. Walter' memory wa at
fault aa to details. He made th general
assertion that the coal company paid the
published tariff rates. Mr. Shearn asked
if It was not true that If th published
rate wer paid th Lehigh Valloy Cool
company would have lost money. Mr.
Walter answered affirmatively and aald the
coal company borrowed from th railroad
company.
Mr.' Walter said that considering th rail
road company owned practically the coal
company stock, th former company
profited or lost finally and not the coal
company, where profit wa affected by
freight tariff adjustment He said the
Lehigh Valley company, and he presumed
the other carrier aa well, entered Into ths
Temple Iron company agreement as pro
tection against the proposed so-called Inde
pendent railroad that was being planned
by the Independent operator.
Kara th Lord 1 Reaponaible.
Mr. Baer was recalled later in the after
noon. '
"On a 4 per cent basl th Reading ought
to make 16,000,000 .a year," aald Mr. Baer,
"and until it doe reach that figure I will
not agree that the price of coal Is too
high."
He said In answer to Commissioner
Prouty that reduction in freight tariff
would not necessarily mean lower prices
for coal to the consumer If the operator
thought they should get mors for their
product Th allegation that th carrier
purposely tied up coal trafflo In winter or
failed to furnish cars to collieries has no
foundation in fact, said Mr. Baer. There
was freight congestion laat winter to a de
gree not known in many year and ws
due to physical condition. He continued:
"The Lord, though It may shock you. Mr.
Shearn, waa responsible for that. It wa
one of the thing over which w had no
control."
PRINTERS' VOTE IS CLOSE
1,-fnoh la President and B ram wood
toeretnry, bat Other Officers '
Are Hot Annonnoed.
INDIANAPOLIS. May M It waa an
nounced from International Typographical
union headquarter that return from vote
by union already secured Insur th elec
tion of Prealdent Lynch over Mr. Hawkea
by 7,000, Secretary Bramwood la sleeted
over Oraham by from 22,000 to 23,000. Five
hundred and sixty unions, easting 82, Of
yote. bar been heard from. The total
vote will be about 14,000. The vote for
delegate to thev American Federation of
Labor and trustee of the home I very
clqye. It will be known Jan 2.
TERRIFIC STORM IN IOWA
Man Reported Killed nnd Hack
Danvaa-e by Wind nnd DelnsTO
of Ravin at Tnrn.
PES MOINES, May 24. On unidentified
man la reported killed a a result of a ter
rific windstorm accompanied by a deluge
of rain which visited tha town of Tare thla
afternoon. Th wires are down and details
are lacking. A number of buildings wer
blown down end nine Illinois Central box
Xouh w.pt bloAva Mroed U Biaia line track.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Rain nnd Mnch Colder Wednesday)
Thnredny Fnlr.
Tsmperatar at Omnhn Yesterday!
Bonr. Den. Honr. Dea.
B n. m ...... (in 1 p. na ...... M
a. m A4 9 i. m AT
Tn. m no il p, n HM
I a. an 4 n. m tT
n, m 64 B p. m fui
1 n. tm 64 6 p. m .S3
11 n. an T4 T p. m 8a
Vi m......... r0 8 p. m...... TM
O p. m ..... . T3
MUST SEND WORD TO MANN
Newpnpera Dralrlna; Repreaentntlvea
Sented nt Democratic Convention
Mnat Make Application.
8T. LOUIS, May St. The subcommittee
of the democratic national committee at a
seaalon here haa adopted a tesolutlon pro
viding "that all applications for press tick
ets from newspapers for the democratlo
national convention shall be made by and
In the name of the publishers or managing
editor of the newspapers and must be
filed with Mr. Charles H. Mann, press gal
lery, house of representatives, Washington,
D. C, on or before June 8. Applications
for press tickets from person other thsn
tho lndtcated above will not be recognized.
A total of 70S seats will be provided for
press worker. Of that number 152 seats
are for correspondents or local newspaper
workers. These will have tables. The re
maining 880 seat will be reserved for rep
tesentallvea of th weekly press and pub
lishers who do not erd telcgraphto matter,
but write new letters.
SULLY SCHEDULE FILED
Show the Firm' Liabilities na
fSves, Ofi-fl, with Asserts Amoait.
tag to f4,l 19,4127.
NEW YORK. May 24. Th schedules filed
by Sully & Co. In th United State dis
trict court today show firm liabilities of
t3.668.9SC and assets of (441S.627. Of the In
debtedness H,869,463 Is Unsecured. The
schedule mention 150,000 ot Indebtedness
which it 1 said should be paid by other
parties. Ths' same 150,000 is mentioned
In the assets aa bills and note held by
the firm.
Ther la due Sully A. Co in open account
168,334. It haa, the schedule state, stocks
and bonds margined In th amount of
$29,100 and unliquidated claims to the
amount of $1,128,295. and $2,167,490. Depoalted
in bank the firm has $436,848 and three
memberships in tha Cotton exchange of
New York valued at $45,175. Bully personally
haa an lndebtednesa of $344,139 and assets
of $2,074,429. Ot the former $256,732 are un
secured. STONE TAKES APPLICATIONS
Press Seats at Republican Convention
Will Be Limited to Three
Hundred.
(CHICAGO, May S4.-Scrgeant-at-Arma W.
F, fltone of the republican national con
vention, who I n .Chicago, to. remain un
til. ftr UU convention, wa busy today
disc unel ng arrangement and perfecting
plans. Mr. Stone staled today that all ap
plication for prers Seats should be directed
to 111 office in the Auditorium Annex. He
aid no change had been made In the allot
ment of press seats tor the convention, and
that if any change Is to be made it will
not be until after a meeting of the sub
committee on arrangements, to be held in
Chicago on or about June L According to
piesent arrangements, approximately 300
seats will be provided fof the press, a
Jarger proportion In comparison with the
seating capacity of the coliseum than was
the case at the last republican na'Jonal
convention In Philadelphia.'
STONE FOR CHIEF ENGINEER
Expected that He Will Be Elected by
th Brotherhood at Los
Ansielea.
LOS ANGELES, May 24. The convention
of tha Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers resumed consideration of Its In
surance report at today's session. It Is
hoped by the delegates to reach the work
of electing grand officers within the next
two or thre daya According to the state
ment of several of the brotherhood leader
Grand Chief Engineer W. S. Stone, will be
elected to fill the position which he now
holds by reason of the death of P. M.
Arthur.
' There are. two othor candidatea promi
nently mentioned for the place D: L. Wills
and Matt H. Shany. For assistant grand
chief engineer F. S. Inaraham has no op
position. For the office of grand guide
there appeara to be but one name before
th convention, that of R, W. Kelly of Los
Angeles.
MURDER MYSTIFIES POLICE
Grace Bnttorf Released from Oustod?
nt'Cnnton for Lack ot SnAclent
Evidence.
CANTON, O., May 24 The authorities,
after a conference today, decided that there
waa not aufficlent evidence to warrant the
holding of Grace Battorf for th murder of
George H. Taylor, who wa ahot and killed
at bla place of business early Sunday morn
ing laat and her release was ordered.
Effort to solve the mystery surrounding
the case are now proceeding almost en
tirely upon a robbery and burglary theory.
Three more arrest have been made on
suspicion. ,'
BERKELEY PROFESSOR KILLED
Fret Rplnello, French and Italian In
structor Fntnlly Crashed by
Trolley Cnrs.
BERKELEY. Cai.. May 24. While at
tempting to board an elect rlo train en route
from Berkeley station to San Francisco to
day, Prof. Marcus J. Bplnello, Instructor
of French and Italian at the University of
California, wa thrown under the wheel
of a moving car and received Injuries from
which he died soon afterward. Prof. Bpl
nello wa graduated at Yale In 1896.
See Steamer Reported sut Lost
SEATTLE. Wssh.. May 24 The steamer
Cettnge City, from Lynn canal, reports
rslug the Nome steamer Cor win. May
between Ketchlkitn and Wrangul Nar
rows. This Information disproves tb re
port to the afflict that tha Corwin was lost
on tha Vancouver coast. So far a th
Cottuge City offlm rs could observe the Cor
win was In no trouble whatever.
Eleotrle Light Association Meets.
FJGETOX. May ft. All aeetiona of tha
country are rtresnt.d In the convention
of the National Klextrto Light association
which was npeni'd tndny In this city. The
deliberative pncee.dings mill eitend through
Thursday, the I olio win day being de
voted to excursions to various puiut of
COAL IS PORT ARTHUR
Japan Dtnnb4 to Tak id Knitiau
Stronghold at Any Pott.
CONCENTRATING A BIG ARMY THERE
Etrenuoui Bombardment to Prrda
Storming- of Work
RUSSIANS HOLD THEM IN CHECK NOW
Both Ftrtieg Fifhting Dwprt!y . for
Evr Ijioh of Ground,
KOUROPATKIN FORTIFYING UA0 YANG
Evident Intention of Rnealnn Cont.
mnnder to Flht thn Main Rattle
of tho Campaign nt that
Point.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
LONDON, May .-( New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to Th Bee.)
Th Dally Mall' Shimonocekl correspond
ent telegrapha on Tuesday:
Active preparation are now In progress
for the reduction of Port Arthur. It la
understood that th plac will be attacked
by a portion of th Firth division, forming
part of th third army.
The force haa' been carefully chosen, ua
It consists mainly of veteran drawn from
the YaraagUchl prefecture who bav had
experience in th Chlna-Japaneae war and
have served tha longest possible period
with the colors. . '
Very heavy artillery la being landed on
the Llao Yang peninsula and wjille th
Japanese are determined on a redaction of
th fortress by storm,' no mattsf what th
cot in life, much preliminary work will
be don by the artillery and tb ngtneer.
Th sflcond army will not take part In
the operation against Port Arthur, but will
Join the flrst army, which 1 now march
ing toward Harbin. '
Hold Japanese Back.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
NEW CHWANG tVln Tien Tain,, May
NEW. CHWANG (Via T.en Tsln), May
Telegram to The Bee.) Th Japanese land
operation directed agulnut Port Arthur
are meeting with little success. General
Stoeasel and Fock continue to make well
directed and desperate aorti against tb
advance of the Japanese, who are lighting
with a tubborn determination almout
unknown in history. Sever hundred hv
been killed during the laat few day.
Japanese reinforcement ar arriving dally
at Pitzewo and Uoluuidon, "
A Russian torpedo flotilla l cruising off
Port Arthur. . .- ;.., ;... '.-.
It is th Uiientio-n-of th Japanese to re
duce the Russian lortresa at all coats be- .
fore undertaking a gsnarat advance bo"
Llao Yang, wher tb Russian army 1 con
centrated. ,' - ,
The weit wall of Llao Yang ha been
pulled down and the material utilised in '
construction of a covered trench and forti
fications, extending' from the mountain on
the Feng Wang Cheng road to the Llao
rlvr. . .
Thousands of Chines anchor hav been
conveyed to Llao Yang to be used in an
choring pontoon bridge. Probably the
greatest battle of the war will be fought in
tho vicinity of Liao Yung, whsr Owneral
Kouropatltln is determined to check the
Japanese advance. Tha morale of the Rus
sian troops ia said to be greatly Improving
sine th enemy retired toward Feng Wang
Cheng.
Bandit Growing Bolder.
The Chunchuses ar getting bolder and
hav attacked Russian aooutlng parties,
which repulsed th brigand with consider
able loss.
New Chwang remain quiet. Mor Rus
sian troops hav entered and th Ruseo
Chines bank ha resumed business.' Sev
eral steamer are loading at the port. Th
Russians declare that no fight is expected
there, as it Is their Intention to withdraw
before the Japanese advance. Reaidenta,
however, fear trouble during the Interreg
num. During the contemplated Russian evacua
tion on May 8 the Chiinchuses Immediately
advsnced and attempted to commit rob
beries In the outskirts of the city. About
Dfty shot wer exchanged within hearing
distance of tb foreign settlement. The na
tives fought the Chunchuses, killing three
of them. Th brigand were under the Im
pression that the Russian had evaouatad
the place during th night. Thl strength
en the belief that further attack may b
mad should th port be unprotected.
According to Japanese report f,000 Japa
nese troop are forty mile southeast of
Taahlchao, occupying th walled city of
Tang Chal. No tralna are running from
Taabl Chal to the south.
Walt on Port Arthor.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 24. Th pre
vailing opinion at th headquarter of th
general staff Is that th withdrawal of th
Japanese upon Feng Wang Cheng mean
Uat the enemy ha decided to devot Itself
primarily to operatlona againat Port Ar
thur and that th preaent object of Oertora!
Kurokl with the flrst army, supported by
General Nadya, with th third army, now
landing near Taku Shan, 1 to watch Gen
eral Kouropatkln and prevent a move
southward, which would take th second
army, on th Llao Tung peninsula. In th
rear.
A direct attack upon General Kouropat
kin'a main force apparently Is not oonsld
ered to be Impending. Nothing more than
outpost affairs are anticipated, although
.ma of these may be sanguinary. Tb
Russian scouts are keeping In constant
touch with th enemy and thus far tb
minor ahlftlt.ga of tho. enemy' de.tachreknta
west of tha Tayang river and northward
of Mo! Ting Ling are considered to be In
the nature of serosa.
If the two armies of th Russian commander-in-chief
ar trying to work a force
around in th rear of General Kurokl or
are planning a surprise, of oours th fact
I sedulously concealed here. Uneasiness I
displayed at the near approach of the rainy
season, which will retard, If not completely
atop, field operation, although thl pl.t)
directly Into th Russian' hand a.
flosalnns Will Bold Chvraa.
Tha Russian a111 oontlau t held New
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