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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, APIUL 11, 1905 TEN FAOKS.
SINGLE COrY TIIKEE CENTS.
Mjfrteriona Move in Beef Trust Inquiry at
Chicago Attracts Attention.
STRONG BOXES FOUND IN SAFETY V
They Are Located by Secret 8emce f
and Taken to Jury Boom. j
SECRETARY OF COMPANY REFUSES TOT
He Bays Trunks Were Deposited by Lar
Well Dressed Man March 23.
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MANDATE IN CASE IS ISSUED
Inprfmr Court Order Modifies the In
junction Aftlait Parkers, bat
Will Hot Interfere .with
Investigations.
CHICAGO, April 10. The contents of
eight mysterious trunks unearthed by gov
ernment secret service men In the vaults of
the National 8afo Deposit company, occu
pied the attention today of the federal
grand Jury, which Is Investigating the busi
ness affairs Of the so-called Beef trust, A
subpoena duces tecum for Daniel Peckham,
secretary of the safe drposlt company, was
Issued by Judge Lsndls to force the com
pany to produce the trunks In the Jury
room. The trunks were taken to the office
of District Attorney Morrison, where It Is
raid they were opened and their contents
examined.
As to what the trunks contain and what
their connection with the present Investiga
tion rray be. Is unknown to those outside
of the Jury room, as the government offi
cials absolutely refused to discuss the mat
ter, declining either to deny or confirm tho
explanation current that tho trunks might
belong to the packers.
Secretary Is Ignorant.
"I don't know a thing about these
trunks." snld Secretary Peckham, after
having been served with the subpoena. "I
was served with a subpoena to deliver
them to the government officials at onc
and Of course did so. I cannot say who
deposited the trunks In the vaults here be
cause that would be violating business
ethics and nit In keeping with our policy.
All that I know Is that I was served with
a subpoena by a deputy marshal and I did
what I was commanded to do. All that I
can say is that a large well-dressed man
with a smooth shaven face on March "J3
appeared at our place and deposited the
trunks with us."
Beef Trnst Mandate Filed.
The mandate of the United States su
preme court In the case against the meat
packers has been filed In the federal circuit
court here. The mandate modifies the In
junction Issued by the circuit court.
In the opinion of the federal authorities
here the mandate will not hamper the
present grand Jury In the work of Investi
gating the charges against the alleged
Beef trust,
GARFIELD BEADY TO HKGIX WOHK
Investigation of Kansas Oil Mtnatlon
.. Will ronmfnrc at Once.
TOPBKA, Kan., April 10. Commissioner
of Corporations Garfield announced tonight
that the investigation of the Standard Oil
company In Kansas would be started at
once. The hearings will all be secret, and
no Intimation of the commissioners' work
wjll be made public until the report is
given out by President Roosevelt. Com
missioner Garfield today held conferences
with Governor Hoch, Attorney General
Coleman and United States District At
torney Dean. All the information gained
by these officials was placed before him
and he regards It as sufficient to start to
work on.
: In reply to a question Commissioner Oar
field Bald that he had been working on the
oil situation for several months, lie snld:
The early agitation In Kansas Interested
me, as It Is practically a repetition of what
we went through In Ohio several years ago.
The relations of the production of crude
oil to demand Is naturally a very Important
matter In this investigation. The Standard
Oil company seems to have raised the cry
of over-production as a defense agnlnst the
charges and this claim Is one of the things
that we will go Into very carefully.
There Is one thing In connection with an
investigation of this character that the
public seems to overlook. The fact that
the profits resulting from a price fixed
through an agreement are small Is not
material. The mere fixing of any price or
the attempt to fix any price through agree
ment Is In violation of the anti-trust law.
In the Reef trust inquiry the Martin reso
lution directed the department to make an
Investigation regarding the profits of the
packers. This was only a part of the
ground covered by the campaign and the
proof, or lack of proof, has no relation to a
charge of violation of the law. The same
things could be true In the case of tho
Standard.
Mr. Garfield Intends visiting the oil fields
In Oklahoma. Texas. Colorado and Cali
fornia before he makes his report.
SMELTER COMPANY ORGANIZES
E. W. Nash la Elected President of
tho New Exploration
Syndicate.
NEW YORK, April 10-Ths American
Smelters Exploration company, organized
and Incorporate In New Jersey a few
weeks ago. elected a board of directors and
other officers today. The boards are com
posed of men connected with the American
Smelting and Refining company and with
the United I.esd company. K. W. Nash,
president of the Smelter's company, la
resident of the new company, and Barton
Sewsll, president of the United Lead com
pany, which is largely controlled by the
Smelter's company, vice president. The
board of directors elected consisted of
Daniel Guggenheim. E. W. Nash, Barton
Sewell, Murray Guggenheim. Isaac Guggen
heim, A. Kllers, E. R. Guggenheim. Simon
Guggenheim, Edward Thrush, E. L. New
houe. Karl Ellers. S. W. Kccles, M. R.
Guggenheim, J. R. Orunt, Dennis Sheedy,
F. Gulterman and W. B. Morse.
MRS. NATION TO OKLAHOMA
Smasher Will Make Effort to Place
Prohibition Clause In Constitu
tion of Kew Mate.
WICHITA. Kan., April 10-Mrs. Carrie
Nation, who Is in Jail here, today signed
deeds conveying her Topeka property to
private persons and announced lier Inten
tion, after serving out her Juil sentence,
of 'eavlng Kansas and settling in Okla
homa, whero she will devote her attention
to efforts to have a prohibition clause in
the constitution when Oklahoma secures
statehood. Mrs Nation Is in prison await
ing the decision of an appeal to the dis
trict court for "Joint" smashing. The
property sld was that which the Woman's
Christian Temperance union at the state
convention here last October refused to
Accent aa a sift from lira. NaUua.
BRITAIN HOPES FOR SURPLUS
Chancellor of Kxcheqnrr uys Ktl
nated Receipts Exceed Estimated
Expenditures for Tno Years.
I3NDON. April 10. Budg t day attracted
a large crowd of members of Parliament
and visitors to the House of Commons to
day and when the chancellor of the ex
chequer, Austen Chamberlain, rose to make
his annual statement the house was well
filled In all parts.
At the outset Mr. Chamberlain put his
hearers in a good humor by announcing
that the revenue of the year Just closed
exceeded his estimate by nearly $lfOno,tf A),
showing that the trade of the country had
turned the corner and whereas a year ago
there was a heavy deficit there had now
een established something more than
iquillbruin between the revenue and ex
penditure. Mr. Chamberlain estimated the expendi
ture for 19"6-06 at t:f,lj0 and the reve
nue on the existing basis of taxation at
$720,020,000, leaving a surplus of $14,S6,000.
The tea tax Is reduced by 4 cents from
July 1, the date on which the existing
duty expires. There Is no reduction In
the Income tax.
Although loot legnn badly, said the chan
cellor of the exchequer, a bountiful crop
of cotton had revived the Lancashire In
dustries, shipbuilding showed signs of re
covery and the Iron and steel industries
had slightly Improved. Nevertheless, while
the country was on the path of moderate
but steady recovery. It could be said that
1904-05 had been wholly satisfactory from
the viewpoint of commerce and finance.
There had been much pauperism and dis
tress. Mentioning the Items of revenue, Mr.
Chamberlain said the sugar duty promised
to prove an expanding revenue nnd tea
fell short of the estimates, mostly during
the last quarter of the year, so perhaps
this was attributable to holding shipments
on the chance of a reduction In the duty.
The exports of coal marked a record, but
the decline In the excise duties on spirits
which commenced In 1900 continued. The
consumption of beer and spirits was less
in 19u4 than In any of the preceding fifteen
years. In fact, said Mr. Chamberlain, the
habits of the people are changing and this
must be taken Into account In considering
the financial situation. The majority of
the people are finding other employment
for the money they used to spend In public
houses. Outdoor recreation and excursions
are becoming more popular.
Turning fo the expenditure of 1901-05, Mr.
Chamberlain said It had been below the
estimates and the actual realized surplus
for the year was $7,070,000. The national
debt had been reduced by $37,790,000 and at
the close of the year stood at $3,775,360,000.
Dealing with the finances of the new year,
Mr. Chamberlain estimated the expenditure
for 1806-06 Rt $706,160,000 and the revenue In
the existing basis of taxation at $720,020,000,
leaving a surplus of $14,860,000. Tho surplus
at his disposal from last year, Mr. Cham
berlain said, was small, but he had no
doubt regarding what had been the first
claim on the country's resources. The
first thing to do was to restore the na
tional credit, lie proposed that $5,000,000
should be added to the fixed debt charge to
create a sinking fund for the $50,000,000 In
treasury bonds falling due In December
and which ho proposed to reissue aa new
bonds with the condition that one-tenth
be drawn and repaid each year.
AMERICAN RECEIVED DV THE POPE
Provincial of C 'onarren-atlnn of the
Holy Cross Takes Money to Home.
ROME, April 10. The pope today re
ceived In private audience Very Rev. John
A. Zahm ef Notre Dame, Ind., provincial
of the Congregation of the Holy Cross In
the United States, who presented an offer
ing of $1,000 from the University of Notre
Dame.
The pontiff thanked him most warmly
and engaged In a long conversation with
Father Zahm, showing great Interest in his
educational projects in the United States.
The pope approved of Father Zahm's work
In assisting the members of religious orders
expelled from France. Father Zahm will
go to Paris Tuesday to look after the In
terests of the Holy Cross community and
make provision for several hundred ex
pelled persons.
LORD Cl'RZO TKLLS OF DEATHS
Viceroy Reports Fatalities to Eoro
peans from Earthquake.
LONDON, April 10. Indian Secretary
Broderick received a dlspntch today from
Lord Curxon of Kedleston, the viceroy of
India, giving a complete list of the Euro
pean casualties from the recent earth
quake, aa follows:
Dharmsala, thirteen dead and two se
riously Injured; Kangro, seven dead, nearly
all the native clcrkn perished; Palanpur,
two dead and one serlou.sly Injured: the
Palanpur Hat, the viceroy adds, la probably
awieciivu.
European casualties are also reported to
have occurred at Kulu and Punjab.
SPAIN HAS ITS LABOR TROIBLES
Police and Workmen Clash In Madrid
1 nnd Andaluslans are Turbulent.
MADRID, April 10. A collision between
workmen and polloe occurred today on
the Calle San Bernardo. The police charged
the workmen several times and numbers
of the latter were injured.
Delegates from Andalusia, where the dis
tress due to the drouth has reached an
acute stage, have arrived here to confer
with the government as to the best means
of rendering assistance to the sufferers.
There have been unln port ant labor dis
turbances at some points In Andalusia,
but the people for the most part are calm.
r'lghtlusr In Morocco.
PARIS, April 10. A dispatch to the Tempi
from Algiers Maya It is reported there that
a bloody encounter took place Sunday be
tween the troops of the sultan of Morocco
and the rebels supporting the pretender.
The latter planned taking the strategic
town of Oujila, and the sultan's forces
were driven back and a serious rout threat
ened, when Lieutenant Mongin, command
ing the French frontier forces in that vi
cinity, opened Are with a battery of urtll
lery, checking the rebel advance and per
mitting the sultan's forces to retire in
order.
Artist Destroys Portrait.
PARIS. April lO.-Theobus Charltan, the
famous artist, describing his recent visit
to the United States, says a prominent
American ordered a portrait of his wife, to
cost $5,000, and when It was completed the
American praised the artistic beauty of the
work, but said it was not a correct por
trait of his wife. Charltan says he sus
pected a plan to secure a reduction In the
price, whereupon he took a palette knife,
gave the portrait two cross silts, com
pletely destroying it, and remarked: "That
Is the way I settle small differences."
TEAMSTERS' STRIKE STILL ON
No Indication of Peaceable Settlement of
Boycott in Chicago Mail House,
POLICEMEN ESCORT WAGONS AND VANS
Officers Forcibly Ilrenk a dumber of
Blockades Employers' Asaocla
tlon Issues n Statement
to Strikers.
CHICAGO. April 10. There was nothing
In today's developments that would Indi
cate that there is to be a peaceable set
tlement of the strike Inaugurated by the
teamsters against the mall order house of
Montgomery Ward A Co.
Wagons and vans of the big store
manned by nonunion men made several
turbulent trips today delivering goods to
railroad freight houses. Although big and
noisy crowds followed the caravans and
the police were forced to break a number
of blockades, deliveries to the railroads
were declared by the officials of the store
to have been a great deal more successful
than last week's efforts.
Forty members of the Emplpyers' asso
ciation at a meeting today. Issued a state
ment to the teamsters, asking them to put
a stop to the sympathetic strike. In the
resolution adopted by the employers It
also declared that under no circumstances
will they allow the teamsters to Interfere
with the carrying on of legitimate business,
aa will be the case should the strike be
extended to other concerns In order to
bring Montgomery Ward & Co. to terms.
The teamsters for the past two days have
been threatening to declare a sympathetic
strike In other parts of the city unless a
speedy settlement of the present struggle
is reached. Today's meeting of tho Em
ployers' association was for the purpose
of considering ways and means to meet
such a contingency.
Freight Handlers Qolet.
For a time today it appeared as If the
freight handlers at the railroad freight
houses would become Involved In the dif
ficulty. Fifty of these men employed by
the Illinois Central quit work because two
of their members had been arrested for in
terfering with the delivery of goods by
nonunion men. After being out for half
an hour, however, they returned to work
on the promise of the police that their com
panions would be released.
There are prospects that railway express
drivers will be drawn into the struggle
as a body, although as yet only scattering
members of the union are affected. Should
these men declare a general strike, It is
said that federal injunctions will be ap
plied for by the express companies to pre
vent the drivers from Interfering with
nonunion drivers that may be employed
by the companies to take the places of
the. strikers.
Clnbs Are I'sed.
Scenes of violence marked the first at
tempt to move freight from the Mont
gomery Ward building. The police were
compelled to use their clubs freely. Three
wagons headed by two patrol wagons and
accompanied by seventy-fHe policemen
started for the Rock Island freight sheds
at Polk and Sherman streets. The caravan
was followed by nearly 1,000 persons.
Numerous missiles' were thrown by strike
sympathizers ulong the line of march. The
police had a serious time at the Lake Shore
freight house, where wagons were loaded
with merchandise consigned to Montgomery
Ward & Co. Teamsters friendly to the
strikers formed a blockade at Polk and
La Salle streets, 100 teams being in the
jam. The police, after clubbing teamsters
and horses for nearly an hour, gave up
the attempt to clear a passage and decided
to take the freight-filled trucks by a differ
ent route. A wagon, with the name of the
firm to which It belonged covered, at
tempted to deliver four large packing cases
to the proscribed firm, but was Interrupted
by pickets at Jackson boulevard and
Wabash avenue. The wagon was tipped
over and the nonunion driver chased for
several blocks.
EQUITABLE SUIT CONTINUES
Vice President Hyde and Mclntyre
Given I. care to Intervene
In Lord Case.
NEW YORK, April 10.The hearing In
the application of Franklin R. I,ord, a
stockholder of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, for an Injunction to restrain the
officers and directors of the society from
carrying through lh mtitualization plan,
was resumed today before Justice Maddox
In the supreme court, Brooklyn. At the
opening of the hearing Samuel Cntermeyer.
acting aa attorney for James H. Hyde and
W. II. Mclntyre, respectively first and
fourth vice president of the society, asked
leave to Intervene In the proceedings. He
said the Interests of his clients were vitally
Involved and that they should have oppor
tunity to present their side of the case be
fore the court should reach a decision. Jus
tice Maddox granted two days for Mr. I'n
termeyer to file a brief or appear again In
person to argue his motion to Intervene.
Edward M. Shepnrd. attorney for Mr.
Lord, then addressed the court, setting
forth that Mr. Lord's Interests would be
prejudicially affected If the mutuallzation
plan tiecame effective, and arguing that the
omcers of the society should be enjoined
from putting the plan into operation
ALBANY, N. Y.. April 20.Attoiney Gen
eral Mayor will not pass upon the amended
charter of the Equitable Life Assurance
society until the issues have been passed
upon by Jut tlce Maddox in the action
brought In the supreme court at Brooklyn
by Franklin B. Ixird, as an individual
stockholder. It Is believed here that Mr.
Lord's proceeding Is Independent of either
the so-called Alexander or Hyde factions
In the Equitable matter. Further, the ac
tion of Mr. Lord Is regarded here as in
dicating a movement on the part of the
stockholders, as such, to conserve what
they regard as their interest In the surplus
of the Equitable as distinguished from
questions of control of the society, through
majority stock ownership, as In Mr. Hyde's
case, of government by the policy holders.
PLATT AND BLACK COMBINE
Senator and Former Governor of CTr
York Join Forces to Con
trol State.
NEW YORK, April 10. The New York
Sun, which for years has been friendly
to Senator Thomas C. Piatt nnd bus sup
ported him in his efforts to lead the re
publican party In the state, says today that
an offensive and defensive alliance has
ben entered into between the senator and
former Governor Frank S. Black. The Sun
ays:
"Senator Piatt and ex-Governor Frank
8. Black had a long and very satisfactory
talk at the Fifth Avenue hotel. The meet
ing between them took place on Wednesday
evening. Every effort was made to keep
secret the fact that they met and talked
over the republican sltuutlon in the state
of New York. The news came out yester
day, and William Barnes, Jr., chairman of
the executive committee of the republican
committee; George Dunn, chairman of the
state committee; William Ward, republican
national committeeman for the state, and
Representative John D. Wight of Dryden
are aware that Mr. Plntt and Mr. Black
have come to a sullafactory understand
ing."
The Sun further says that Mr. Piatt and
Mr. Black agreed to enter into an alliance
and to invite other leaders throughout the
state to join them, with the abject of con
testing the control of the party at the next
state convention.
The machinery of the party In this state
Is generally conceded to be In control of
former Governor B. B. Odell, Jr., who la
chairman of the state committee. Mr.
Odell at present Is in Europe.
ANOTHER ROCKEFELLER GIFT
Oil King Gives Hundred Thonsaud to
Baptist Society for Mission Build
ings In Foreign Lands.
BOSTON. April 10. A gift of $300,000 from
John D. Rockefeller to the American Bap
tist Missionary union was announced today
by Treasurer C. W. Perkins at a meeting
of the executive committee.
One-half of the amount was received last
Friday and the receipt of fhe donation was
made publlo at that time. At the meeting
today Treasurer Perkins said that an addi
tional $100,000 from the same source was at
Its disposal to be used exclusively for the
construction of mission buildings In foreign
lands.
Mr. Perkins made the following statement
after the meeting:
No action Is ever taken In regard to the
acceptance of gifts and the usual course
has been adopted in this Instance. No one
suggested that the gift ought not to be ac
cepted. Every one seems grateful for such
a generous contribution, it Is not likely
that the money for building purposes wiil
be called for Immediately. We shall ask
for It as we need It.
NEW YORK. April 10-At the New York
Methodist conference today Congressman
elect John E. Ajidrus of Yonkers, treasurer
of ahe conference endowment fund, made
reference to "tainted money" In the presen
tation of his report as treasurer. He said:
It Is bad policy to apply a microscope to
benevolent gifts, as there Is no telling where
such a policy would lead to. I might Just
as well sulphurize the honey gathered by
my bees through fear that thev hail
gathered the honey In fields purchased by
tainted money as to attempt to question
where money for benevolences hns been.
Let this conference not ba anything but
sensible In these matters.
MAYOR
MAY WHEAT CORNER TOTTERS
It amor that Eastern Syndicate Manip
ulating; Market Will Lose Thirty
Cents a Bushel.
Strike Over Chock WelahmMu.
SHARON, l a.. April 10 On account of I
a dispute over the a piMiliitment of a chek '
welghman at the Slippery Hoik ccal mints, I
owned by the United Slates Steel corpora
tlon, a strikn has been declared. Svveial
bundled turners tus afletUd, '
DUNNE INAUGURATED
Sew Chief Executive of Chicago Be
gins Term After Short Ad
dress to Council.
CHICAGO, April 10.-Edward F. Dunne
was Inaugurated mayor of! Chicago tonight
In the simplest manner. When he and Car
ter H. Harrison, the retiring mayor, en
tered the council chamber they wera
greeted with applause from the aldermen
and a crowd that filled the galleries. There
is not much space for visitors In the coun
cil chambers and the police had stringent
orders to admit none who lacked a ticket
calling for a seat. There wers no flowers
In evidence, for a rul passed some time
ago by the council prohibiting the pres
ence of floral tributes In the council cham
ber was strictly enforced.
Mayor Harrison In a few words pre
sented Judge Dunns to the members of the
council. The mayor-elect then took the
oath of office, thanked the aldermen for the
cordial manner In which they had received
him and expressed the hope that he would
! able to fill the executive chair as capably
as had Mayor Harrison. He made no In
augural address and the regular business of
tbs council was then taken up.
CHICAGO, April ln.-May wheat, which
Is said to be cornered by eastern specula
tors, was In a tottering condition on the
Chicago Board of Trade today. The price
fell to $1.14, a decline of 2 cents from Sat
urday's close. The eastern holders of the
cereal apparently did not make much effort
to bolster the market, and offerings from
smaller holders who have become fright
ened over the talk that the deal would
find its way Into the courts If the eastern
clique persisted In maintaining the corner,
proved a too heavy load on tho price. The
selling was scattered, but In the aggregate
was heavy. There was a small rally near
the end. the price for May at the close
was $1.14.
Rumors of all kinds were in circulation
concerning the possible outcome of tho
deal. Some of the traders were predict
ing that there will be a sensational finish
with the price ranging much higher than
ut present. Others declared the eastern
people would have to take a loss of 30 cents
a bushel on their May holdings before they
get through with the denl.
Should this be tho case, It Is said that
It will mean a loss of $3,0111,000 for those
who It Is asserted now control the market
for the May kind.
POLICE STOP THE LAWYERS
Russian Attorneys' Meeting is Disrupted
by St, Petersburg Authorities.
MEMBERS DECLARE THE ACT ILLEGAL
After Declaring In Favor of n Demo
cratlc Constitution People Are
Driven from the Building;
by Force.
ST. PETERSBURG, April lO.-The first
Pan-Russinn Congress of Attorneys took
place today In the hall of the Imperial Eco
nomic society. There were ISO delegates
present. The police, however, entered the
hall and dispersed the delegates, as the
meeting had not been authorised to assem
ble. Before the police actunlly Interfered
the congress ndopted resolutions providing
for the formation of an association to fos
ter social and professional Intercourse and
to strive for the political freedom of Rus
sia on the basis of a democratic constitu
tion, and also to combine with other asso
ciations having the same alms. As soon as
the resolutions were passed, amid tremen
dous enthusiasm, the president, M. Taurchl-
noff, announced that the chief of police re
quired the meeting to disperse as It had not
been sanctioned by the authorities. The
delegates refused to leave the hall except
under physical force, and the chief of police
entered the hall with 200 men. The dele
gates protested that the order to disperse
was verbal and therefore illegal, and that
moreover, It was contrary to the terms of
the Imperial rescript of March 3, but the
delegates eventually left the building, hoot
Ing defiance. Mounted troops were posted
as sentries at the entrances to the hall.
Destroys Csar's Portrait.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 10. During
morning prayers today at the high school
of Romny, government of Poltava, a por
trait of Emperor Nicholas was destroyed
by an explosive which was let off behind
the picture. Four pupils were Injured.
Nine shots were fired at the governor of
the prison at Llbau last night as he was
returning to his residence outside the town.
The governor was not hurt. His assailants
esca ped.
Several cases of destruction of portraits
of Emperor Nicholas, following the example
of the students of St. Petersburg, have been
reported recently. The latest of these was
ut the high school In Romny, as related In
the Associated Press dispatches from Mos
cow.
Revolutionary Leaflet Circulated.
A revolutionary leaflet, entitled "The Peo
ple's Journal," distributed by thousands
among the working classes of Moscow and
the peasants of that vicinity, appears to be
a counter blast, to alleged attempts to in
cite the proletariat against the educated
classes. Reviewing the grievances of the
lower classes It declares that the "intellee
tuals" were (he first to understand tho
cause and enlist In defense of tho people,
and It Indirectly commends barn burning,
bread riots and terrorism; pillories M. de
Witte, with Von Plehvc, Grand Duke
Alexleff, M. Bezobrazoff and the dowager
empress for causing the war; praises "the
brave Japanese" and demands the Instant
termination of the war nnd the summoning
of a constituent assembly
LODZ, April lO.-James Radcllffe, a Brit
Ish subject and manager of Posenauski's
cotton mill, was stabbed today while re
turning from a mass celebated to commem
orate the end of the strike. His assailant
escaped. 'Two workmen were found stabbed
to death yesterday. It Is - supposed they
were nonstrlkers and that they were mur
dered by strikers.
German Ship on Fire.
KOBE, Jnpan, April 10. The German
steamer Germanlcus, from Samarang, Java,
for Mojl, Japan, and San Francisco, has
arrived here on fire.
SMITHS GO BACK TO NEW YORK
Relatives of Nan Patterson Waive Ex
tradition Proceedings on Prom
ise from District Attorney.
STRATT0N ESTATE WINS CASE
t'nlted gtntes Supreme Court Decides
Against Venture Company's
Suit for Damages.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., April 10.
Counsel for the St rat ton estate has re
ceived word that the United States su
preme court had declined the request of
the Venture corporation of London, Eng
land, for a writ of certiorari in the suit
against the St rat ton estate. ' The action
was first brought In the United States cir
cuit court claiming $fi,noo,0iio damages for
alleged salting of the Independence mine.
At the trial a verdict was given the Strat
ton side and the Venture company appealed
to the United States court of appeals. Here
another victory was scored for the Strat
ton estate, and the Venture attorney sought
to carry the case Into the United States
supreme court, but the denial of the ap
peal has finally settled tho case In favOr
of the estate.
LAND FRAUDS IN MONTANA
Trial of Fifty-Three Persons Charged
with Perjury Set for June 6
by Judge Hunt.
HELENA. Mont.. April lO.-Unlted States
Judge Hunt today set for trial on June 6
the cases against R. M. Cobban and fifty
three others on charges of perjury and
subornation of perjury In connection with
extensive western .Montana land frauds.
The government Hlleges that Cobban in
duced the Indicted person to take up lands
and turn them over to him and that he In
turn as an agent transferred them to Sena
tor W. A. Clark. The government has a mo
sued Senator Clark, for rtxowry vf the
land.
CINCINNATI, April lO.-When the habeas
corpus hearing was called this afternocn
Attorney Cogan, partner of Thomas F.
Shay, who has heretofore acted for the
Smiths, appeared before Judge Spiegel and
announced that J. Morgan Smith and his
wife were perfectly willing to return to
New York without further opposition to
the extradition proceedings, If proper as
surances were given that their presence
there had only to do with the Indictment
for conspiracy and that they would not
while In New York be called on to an
swer or appear In any other case. This
promise was made by Assistant District
Attorney Garvin and the habeas corpus
proceedings was at once dropped,
J. Morgan Smith and wife, in charge of
Assistant District Attorney Garvin and
Detectives McNaught, Qulnn and Ward
left here for New York over the Big Four
at B:30 tonight.
NEW YORK. April 10. The trial of Nan
Patterson tin tho charge of killing Caesar
l Young, which was to have begun before
Recorder Goff in the court of general ses
sions today, was postponed one week upon
request of the prosecution. '
The postponement was granted on ac
count of the tight against extradition being
made by J. Morgan Smith and his wife,
who are now under arrest in Cincinnati,
charged with conspiracy with Nan Patter
son In connection with the Y'oung case.
The Smiths are wanted here particularly
to be witnesses at the murder trial.
The motion for a delay was strongly op
posed by Abraham Levy, chief counsel for
the defendant. In granting the postpone
ment Recorder Goff said he did not think
that tho Interestr of the defendant or of
public Justice would be Interfered with be
cause of a week's dalay. Miss Patterson
was not taken tc court today.
J. H. CUDAHY BADLY HURT
Manaa-cr of Kansas City Packing;
Plant Is Struck In Face with
Mallet While Playing Polo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 10.-J. 11. Cud
ahy, general manager of the Cudahy Pack
ing company is suffering from severe In
Juries received while playing polo. He was
struck In the face by a mallet swung with
great force. The blow cut entirely through
Mr. Cudahy's upper lip, making a very
painful wound. Six stitches were necessary
to close the wound.
HEAVY STORMJN OKLAHOMA
Wind and Italn Wreck Rome Tents,
but Does Not Reach
President.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair in East, now or Rain In Ex
treme West Portion Tuesday Fair
and Warmer Wednesday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. Dear. Hour. He a,
A a. m 4li 1 p. m 4A
a. m 411 a p. m 411
T a. m 4U a p. m 4.1
N a. ni 4fl 4 p. m 4l
t a. in 4n n p. in 47
l a. in 5 II p. in 4
11 n. m 4.1 7 p. m 4M
I ni 45 n p. m 47
It p. in 4tt
WRECK ON JHE SANTA FE
California Limited linns Into Hear of
Chicago Express at Klngalry,
Kirn.-Twenty Injured.
LAWTON, Okl., April 10.-A heavy wind
and rain storm prevailed at Frederick.
Okl., during the night, partially wrecking
some tents and causing other minor dam
age. No one was injured. Only a slight
shower fell at the president's camp, fur
ther Into th territory.
KINSLEY. Kus., April 10,-Twenty or
more passengers were injured, but none
killed by a collision of the Chicago Ex
press and California Limited trains on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
way at 10 o'clock tonight. Both trains
were east bound. No. 8, the Chicago ex
press, was standing at the station, the.
rear of the train about 200 feet west of
the building, when No. 4, the limited,
crashed Into It at a high speed.
The engine of the second train plowed
Into the last Pullman sleeper of the other
train, demolishing It. The cars In front
also were badly damaged, ami the limited'
locomotive and part of that train was
wrecked. The names of the Injured can
not be learned tonight. The railroad of
ficials put them all In a cur and took them
to the west end of the ynrds. The rear
car on No. 8 was a dead head chair car.
This was cut through from end to end
by the heavy engine, and the Pullman
ahead of this was thrown off the track.
Both Immediately took fire and with tho
chair car and mall cars were entirely con
sumed. The engineer of No. 4 Is uninjured,
but the fireman Is seriously hurt, as Is
also u porter on No. 8 and a cook on the
limited. The collision was caused by the
rear brakeman of No. 8 not going back to
flag No. 4.
QUENEMO, Kas., April 10. Santa Fc
passenger train No. 7 was derailed here
this afternoon. Five cars. Including the
two Pullmans, were ditched and badly
smashed up. Three passengers, names un
known, were Injured, but not serlouBly.
They were taken from here to Emporia.
HARPER REACHES CHICAGO
President of I nlverslty Hopes to Re
turn to Work In Short
Time.
CHICAGO, April 10. rresldent William
R. Harper of the University of Chicago ar
rived from New York today and went di
rect to his home. He was accompanied by
specialists and surgeons who have been
treating him. He was met by a few mem
bers of the faculty and his Immediate fam
ily, but at Dr Harper's request there was
no demonstration.
President Harper will return to his uni
versity labors as soon as possible.
The following statement was Issued this
afternoon by President Harper's secretary:
In the four weeks of President Harper's
absence he has regained a large amount of
his physical strength. He will be unable to
take up "'I of his duties, but will under
take as much of his work as his strength
will permit. Ho will continue the X-ray
treatment which was begun In the Presby
terian hosplal and which he has been re
ceiving during his absence. The physi
cians are agreed that the X-ray treatment
has thus far proved very beneficial.
PRESIDENT'S WOLF HUNT
Three Animals Killed Before Dinner
Banquet at Frederick on
Wednesday Mglit.
FREDERICK, Okl., April 10. President
Roosevelt's wolf hunt began early this
morning at Camp Roosevelt, eighteen miles
southeast of here. A pack of forty dogs,
under direction of John Abernathy, a cele
brated wolf hunter, chased the game.
Three wolves were killed before dinner, the
president being always at the lead of the
procession of riders. The hunt was re
sumed at 1 p. m., with the parly of riders
reduced to ten. No guns were used. Gov
ernork Thomas B. Ferguson will be here
Wednesday to greet the president. It Is
expected lhat President Roosevelt and
Governor Ferguson will attend a banquet
given by tho business men of Frederick
Wednesday night.
LONG SKIRTS SCATTER GERMS
New York Physician Creates Sensa
tion nt Meeting of Society of
Medical Jurisprudence.
NEW YORK, April 10,-Prof. H. W.
Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry,
department of agriculture, spoke tonight
at the 189th regular meeting of the society
of Medical Jurisprudence. The discussion
turned on the crusade of the New York
Board of Health against spitting. Dr. L.
Wolf caused something of a sensation by
declaring that the real cause of Uie spread
of germs was not spitting, but the wear
lng of long dresses by women. He charac
terized the' prohibition of spitting In street
cars and on the sidewalks as nonsense
pure and simple. He advocated a law pro
hibiting the wearing of long dresses by
women.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Number of Postmasters Appointed In
Nebraska, Iowa and
Other States.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, April 10.-(Kpccial Tele
gram.) Postmasters appointed: Nebraska,
Scotia, Greeley county, T. W. Cook, vice
H. S. Sprecher, resigned; Sholes, Wayne
county, Harry W. Painter, vice G. D. Knee-
land, resigned. Iowa, Belfast, Lee county,
C. B. Monks, vice James P. Starr, dead.
Wyoming, Rock River, Albany county.
Grant Klsor, vice G. M. Klpka, removed.
South Dakota. Fairfield, Gregory county,
Erlck Olson, vice Orion Porter, resigned.
The First National bank of Lawrence,
la., has been authorized to begin business
with $.10,000 capital. W. G. Cottrell Is pres
ident and M. B. Cottrell, cashier.
Movements of Ocean Vessels, April 10.
At New York Arrived: Aiti.rlu tr,.m
Glasgow; Minneapolis, from Ionduii:
t-tiemiiltz, rrom Bremen.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Canoplc, from
Roston.
At LI vernool Arrived: Trltonia. frnm at
John, N. B.
At Palermo Sailed: Narjolltan Prln.-e
for New York.
At Glasgow Sailed: Carthasenlu tt.r
Philadelphia
At I-onilon Hailed: Columbia, for Bos
ton.
At Boulogne Skilled: Pennsylvania, for
isew J org.
At Singapore Arrived: Chlng Wo, from
Glaxgow.
At lmver Arrived : Kroonland, from
N, w York.
At Plymouth Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm
del' Grouse, from New York.
RUMOR OF BIG FIGHT
Unconfirmed Report of Naval Battle Net
Singapore Monday Morning.
REPORT IS NOT GENERALLY CREDITED
It States that Japanese Squadron Lost Fira
of Its Vessols.
SENTIMENT IN RUSSIA IS DIVIDED
Liberal Element Hopes that RojestYensky
Will Not Defeat the Japanese
ADMIRALTY ENJOINS ORDER OF SECRECY
Russian Officials Are Instructed to
Make Public Sothlna; Contained
In Reports Received
from the Fleet.
CHICAGO, April 10.-A special to th
I 'ally News from Hong Kong says that
It Is reported here that two sections of'
the rival fleets clashed near Singapore this
morning and that Togo lost five vessels.
The rumor Is not given much credence.
Japs Headed for Singapore.
MANILA. April 10. Tho German steamer
Struve. from Saigon, report that yes
day (Sunday) it sighted two Japanese
cruisers In the China sea headed for Sing
apore. Little evrs at St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERS HfIia. April 11.-2:47 a. m.
Russia's information regarding Rojestven
sky's fleet, its location, destination and In
tentions, is based solely on foreign dis
patches, which nre all too meager to pre
vent a quick ripening crop of rumors, ac
cording to oiip of which the adverse fiesta
have already Joined In battle.
Other dispatches are trying to locate the
battleship division of the squadron. The
admiralty steadfastly professes Its Inability
to Impart any light or clarify the situation,
and there is reason to believe the profes
sion is made In good faith, at least as
applies to nil except the very highest
officers.
The admiralty informed the Associated
Press today that the report received yes
terday was not from the commander of the
squadn n. but from the captain of a mer
chant ship who had encountered the fleet
and reported to the Russian consulate at
Singapore.
Some naval officers conjecture the four
battleships nre delaying In order to effect
a Junction with Vli Admiral NebogatofT's
division, hut generally credence is given
to the report that the battleships are tak
ing a southern route through the Sunda
straits, the selection of the Singapore
route being regarded as In the nature of a
feint and to minimize the danger of a
torpedo boat attack on tho mainstays of
the fleet.
Liberal Presa Mot Enthusiastic.
The' enthusiasm aroused in military
and naval circles at the prospect of a sea
fight, which may change the whole com
plexion of the war, finds no echo In the
liberal press, which views with something
akin to alarm eeen the remote possibility
of a turn of fortune which would
strengthen the government at home. The
chauvinistic organs, however, arc filled
with long articles discussing Admiral
RoJestvensky's chances, hut they are all
bused on the theory that the whole squad
ron has reached tho China sea. The Novoa
Vremya highly commends the admiral for
having safely accomplished the difficult
feat of bringing the squadron through,
declaring the die is now cast. The Bourse
Gazette manifests undisguised pleasure at
the scare in Hrltiah shipping circles and
tho flurry In insurance rates produced by
the sudden appearance of the Russian
squadron off Singapore after the British
had convinced themselves that the squad
ron would never go to the fnr east.
"Japan," says the Bourse Gazette, "now
stands to lose the mastery of the sea, to
gether with the fruits of all Its successes
on land."
Other papers express doubt as to whether
a sea fight Is Imminent, expressing th
opinion that Rojestvensky Is likely to await
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, and that Ad
miral Togo will retire closer to his base
before accepting battle.
Stricter orders have been Issued to the
officers on duty at the admiralty not to
make public any portion of the long re
port which arrived here yesterday from
Singapore.
Ko News at Batavl&.
AMSTERDAM, April if. A telegram
from Batavla, Island of Jnva, aays noth
ing has been heard there of the Japanese
squadron. The Dutch East Indies squadron
is now at Tujo Island, near Singapore.
The battleship Hertog Hendrlk of that
squadron Is at Singapore.
A dispatch to the Handelsblad from Ba
tavla, Island of Java, says that a Rus
sian squadron is near Muntok and that it
Is expected to arrive at Batavla today.
Tter rr two Muntoks in tb ) Fast Inl
dies, one comparatively near Batavla and
the other far diBtant from that port. To
reach either of them It would seem that
the squadron referred to may have en
tered the Java sea through the straits of
Sunda, though it is possible that part of
the Russian squadron which passed Sing
apore Saturday may hava turned south
when out of tlga n Knd and have reached
Muntok, on the Island of Banka off the
(southeast coast of the Island of Sumatra
and some 250 miles from Batavla. The
second Muntok Is situated at the extreme
northeastern part of the Island of Celebes
and Is tno far uway to enable a squadron
there lo reach Batavla under about live
days.
Kndunlst In Command.
SINGAPORE, Straits Settlements, April
10. The latest Information in regard to
the Russian squadron commanded by Rear
Admiral Kndqulst, which passed here Sat
urday afternoon, was brought hers today
by the British. steamer Gregory Apcar.
The latter yesterday sighted the Russian
ships twenty miles northeast of Mankl,
one of the island of the Anambis group,
about VA miles north northeast of Singa
pore. The Russians were at anchor when
the Gregory Apcar passed them.
Information has also lieen received hers
to the effect that four warships, appsreritly
Japanese, were off Cape St. James, near
Saigon, April 7.
Conditions on Land.
HARBIN, April 10. Information rtretved
at the Russian headquarters seems to
definitely establish the fct that only
Chlrese bandits, jnder the lead of Japa
nese officers, together with some Japanese
cavilry, are operating westward toward
Tsltslhar, their object evidently being to
raid the railroad communications. There
Is. however, a real turning movement east
ward of Klrln, said to lie under the com
mand of General Oku.
The roads have grown desperately bad.
(in the flat ground there are seas of mud.
Jupuncfce proclamations have been Iasue4
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