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PEOPLE, ARE NOW KNOWN BY THE PAPERS THEY READ The Omaha ' Daily Bee. BEST PEOPLE READ THE BEE BECAUSE IT IS BEST ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, MONDAY MOKNINO, MAY 1, 1903. SINGLE COPY Till! EE CENTS. 1 T 11 U Presldoot and Governor Asked to In?esti gate Chicago Strike Conditions. GETS BRIDE IN ST. LOUIS Mr. Thonina C'reiah of' Omaha and HID fter(rnde O'Kell Wre Mar ried Saturday Afternoon. PEACE CONFERENCE COMES TO NAUGHT Employers Firm in Their Demand That De liveries Be Made to Boycotted Firms. TROUBLE WILL SFRtAU FURTHER TODAY Where Men Are Discharged All Other Em ployes Will "Walk Cut. V.OB ' RAIDS JEERS' STABLES Animal Are fldcmndnl and Men Im plicated Mill lie Prectd .fof Violating Injunction I Two Men shot. ST. LOUIS A home w of M.ss Oft Creigh of t 4:30 o'clock 1 at tlio horn C. A. ONe Tho house blossoms, III and white t her brother, her uwsy. i white mouss gnrjiltiire ot transparent ! deep berthn X CHICAGO, ' April ). -Anticipating that today's peace conferences In Miiyor Dunne's office would be futile, the Chicago Federa lion of Labor, without waiting for an nouncement of the result of the negotia tlons, appealed to President Roosevelt and Governor Deneen for assistance in the teamsters' strike. Fearing thiit troops may be sent to Chi cago to preserve order during tho strike, the above organization has asked both the president uiui th governor to investigate he situation In Chicago before taking, any action. To facilitate the matter a com mutes was appointed with ordets to com municate with both the president and Gov ernor Deneen, President Roosevelt will visit Chicago May 8. but It Is the intention of the labor body to get In communication with him Immediately. . , A determined effort on the part of Mayor Dunne and h! peace committee, composed of five cltizeru., one of whom was a woman, to bring about an amicable settlement of the strike was an absolute failure, and all peace negotiations for the present, at least, ' have been dechired oft. The Indications tonight are that the strike Is bound to spread to other firms. Both sides seem determined in the stand they hav taken. All members of the Em ployers" association will Insist on all of their union tenmsters making deliveries to , the concerns already Involved in the strike. A refusal on the part of any driver ( to comply with this request, the employers declare, will be met with Instant dis missal. The Teamsters' union has declared that in every Instsnea where a union teamster is discharged for this reason, every union driver employed by the firm making the dismissal will be ordered on strike. With both sides In this frame of mind there seems to be nothing which can prevent a rapid spread of the strike. ' Laying In Supplies. Chicago had on Us working clothes today, and to anyone without a knowledge of the fight going on here between capital and la bor, an examination of the calendar waa - necessary, to. rna,ke. certain that It was Sun day. From "daylight this morning until dark tonight the downtown streets were ' crowded with heavily laden wagons and trucks, giving the city a weekday appear ance that waa never witnessed here before on the first day of the week. Believing that the fight now going on for supremacy between the Employers' as sociation of Chicago and the union team sters, Is to be a protracted one, the busi ness 'men of the city took advantage of the suspension of regulaT business today to procure an extra supply of material and supplies. Every available team and evan one-horse vehicles were brought Into use during the day for the purpose of re plenishing coal bins a,nd to obtain other material necessary to the transaction of business. Tomorrow being the flrst of May, which la moving day In Chicago, the furniture' vans In the rcsldonce districts added to the week day appearance of the city. Fearing that the furniture drivers might become Involved In the difficulty, the majority of those who under normal conditions would have sought their new homes tomorrow, decided to take no chances and made the change today. While all these preparations were going on for an emergency?- efforts were being made in Mayor Dunne's office at the city kali to bring about a possible adjustment of the strike. Early In the day representa tives of the Employers made a peace com mission consisting of Bishop C. P. Ander son of the Episcopal church, Jenkln LloSM Jones or Ail houis' cnurrn, nr. tmn u. iHlrseh of Banal temple Miss June Addams Hull house, and Dr. Cornelia DeBey of ..Neighborhood house. At the end of this conference a committee representing the unions met the citizens' committee and went .over the entire strike situation in an effort to devise means to bring about a peaceable ending of the controversy. Federation Adopts Resolutions. The Chicago Federation of Labor was also busy considering the strike situation, but no action was taken to spread the strike to the affiliated unions. Believing that tho Teamsters are Justified in the fight they arc making the federation passed the following resolutions: Whereas, the Employers' association and its allies of thin city have declared their deliberate Intention to crush out of ex lsteuie oil - labor organisations and. whereas, in pursuance of this policy, said Employers' association and its allies me resorting to every scheino of misrepre sentation for the purpose of misleading the pumic ana, Wlu-ieas. the said sssoclatlon hss deter mined at least to refuse all overtures for arbitration, causing tho pre-seiit unusual ramlltiona. therefore be it. Keaotvrd. Thai we request President Roosevelt, Governor De neu and Mayor Dunne, to Investigate the exn-tlng condi tions in Chicago before i comolymn with any request mude for the use of militia In the city during the present ditticulty and h It further. Resolved. That the president of this or ganisation be instructed to appoint a mm ' mine to lav the facts before President Roosevelt. Governor Deneen and Mayor Imnne. and take such other stein aa may be necessary to give effect to these reso lutions. Conference Cornea to Kaaaht, The conference in Mayor Dunne's office lasted six hours and the peace commission appointed by the mayor yesterday failed utterly It.- Its efforts to bring about a set tlemsnt of the strike. The plan for an armistice of forty-eight hours was rejected by both sides early in the conference, a was also an offer later made by the repre sentatives Of the labor men. who asked that a committee of five cltlsens be ap pointed to arbitrate the matter. I After tho conferences, which were held In secret, the peace commission issued. (h following statement: . The members of this commission, actin urxm retiurst of Mayor Dunne, raitrrt Inform the public that after having heard representatives of both parties to the con troversy today no plun was found accept ahle to bring about a adjustment of th imirultr. The representatives of the employers re fused to accept any commwsion or mean ' of arbitration which was suggested, whtl the laboring men declared their readinevs Anrll 30. (Sppcliil Telegram.) I on Baturday was that a O Neil nnd Mr. Thomas z who were married at . Father Francis Gllnllnn ft tho bride's mother, Mrs. 4470 Westminster Place, decorated with spring the volley, Easter lilies 1 The bride entered with David O'Nell, who gave ore a beautiful gown of satin train, with a rich point lace, used as a fie and defined with a The tulle veil fell to the end of the train, being held in place with a spray of lilies of the valley. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and roses. A suit of pearls accompanied the toilet. Miss Edith O'Nell, as mold of honor, was girlishly dresBed In white chiffon taffeta silk, with soft plisses of chiffon and a garniture of lace. Mrs. Allen Caldwell, as matron of honor, v.-as gowned In an all- white toilet of silk and chiffon, and Miss McCluney, the remaining bridesmaid, also was all in white. They all carried white sweet peas arranged In showers. Mr, Charles Pratt of Kansas City Vas best man for the groom and Messrs. Charles Young of Chicago and Allen Caldwell were groomsmen. A large reception followed the, ceremony between the hours of S and 7 o'clock, after which the bride nnd groom left for honeymoon tour, which will Include a visit to Yellowstone park and points of Interest In the Cascade and Rocky mountains. They will make their home in Omaha, where Mr. Crelgh lias n pretty new home pre pared for his bride. SON KILLS HIS FATHER ohn D. Osborn Fays With His Life for Bad Temper. SHOTGUN STOPS STONE-THROWING GAME Leo Osborn, Twenty Years Old, Leaps Oat of Red and , Kills His Father to Protect Ilia Mother. KING EDWARD VISITS PARIS Ilauqnet nt Elysse Palace In Honor of the Distinguished Guest. PARIS. April 30. The exchange of offi cial visits between King Edward and President Loubet this afternoon waa marked with the utmost cordiality, the con versations on each occasion lasting twenty minutes. President Loubet previously had received Foreign Minister Delcasse, to whom King Edward afterwards accorded a long audience. President Loubet's dinner in honor of King Edward at the Palace of the Elysce this evening was a brilliant function, en tlrely non-political in character. There were 120 guests and nearly the entire diplomatic cots were present, lncludln the British, American, German, Italian, Riasian, Spanish and Austrian ambassa dors, whilst Mm. Rouvler, Etienne, Bertaux, Delcasse and Thomson repre sented, the French Cabinet. At King Ed ward's right sat Mme. Loubet; Count Tounlelll, the Italian ambassador; Lady Bertie, wife of the British ambassador, and Prince Radolln, the German ambassa dor. At his left sat Marquise Del Muni .wife of the Spanish ambassador; General Horace Porter, .the retiring American am bassador; Mme. Rouvier and M. Neltdorff, the Russian ambassador. At President Loubet's right were Countess Torhlelll and Count Khevenh'iller-Metsch, the ambassa dor for Austria-Hungary, and at the pres ident's left Princess Radolln, Marquis Del Muni, Mme. Delcasse and Sir Francis Ber tie. No speeches were delivered. MORE SUITS AGAINST TRUSTS Attorney General of Missouri Will ' Bring; Salt to Annul Charters of Several Alleged Combines. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 30.-Herbert S. Hadley, attorney general of Missouri, announced today that in addition to tho suit filed in the supreme court of tha state to annul the charters in Missouri of the Standard Oil company and the Republic Oil company, he has investigations under way hlvh will probably result in suits being brought to annul the charters of half a dozen other alleged trusts wnich are do ing business In the state. What these al leged trusts are Mr. Hadley said it would not be advisable at present to announce, but It Is believed that the packing com panies and Insurance concerns will receive share of the attorney general's attention. Mr. Hadley said: "Since the suits have been begun against the oil trust I have ben besieged with requests from business men from all parts of the state that the other companies be Inquired into. I have Inquiries now under way touching about half a dozen such trusts, and if the neces sary evidence can be secured to warrant, the suits will be filed against them In due Urns." iContlnued on Becond Page LAREDO AGAIN ON THE MAP Communication Established with tbe Storm-Stricken City Debrla Is Partly Cleared Away, LAREDO, Tex., April 30.-Thls city Is again beginning to assume its customary appearance despite the great havoc wrought by the storm of Friday evening last. Large forces of laborers have been busily .en gaged in clearing away the debris which filled the streets, and It is now possible to drive to any portion of the city. Tho Western Union Telegraph company has, re-established communication with Ban Antonio, and the city is now partly lighted. The incoming passengers from Mexico state that the storm was very severe in the neighborhood of Lampasas, but no loss of life resulted. Telegraphic communication with Mexico Is still cut off as Is also communication to the lower country over the military line. While it is estimated that fully a hundred persons were Injured, it is not expected that any more deaths will result. STILL CONSIDER MACEDONIA negotiations Between the Powers May Yet Result In lout Plan of Action. VIENNA. April SO. (Special Cablegram to The Bee) Negotiations between the powers respecting the arrangement of a reform program for Macedonia continue. England recommends that the control to be estab lished over tha finances shall be exercised not alone by the two entente powers, Rus sia and Austria, but by all the powers. This scheme is founded upon the circum stance that all the powers are actively in terested in the financial condition of Tur key and that the dette publlqua is an in tr national institution, Russia alone not being represented on it. It Is argued that the control of Mace donian finances must be exercised In any caae by all the powers, and It is believed that neither Austria nor Russia would ob ject to Ibis International coutrol, While his mother was dodging a shower of bricks rained at her through doors and windows by an Infuriated husband Sunday morning. Leo Osborn leaped from his bed to protect her and emptied a charge from shotgun Into the head of his father, John D. Osborn. Tbe old man dropped In his tracks without a word and after a few convulsive movements of the limbs there was no action to tell whether or not life was extinct. ' The wife, running to where her hus band lay, saw that he was yet breathing and tried vainly to call him back to life, while the boy, dased by the awful conse quences of his deed, sat on the bed as one bereft of reason. Neighbors who heard the shot rushed in to assist Mrs. Osborn and others tele phoned to the police station. The wounded man was removed to Clarkson hospital, where he died two hours after the shooting without having regained consciousness. The shooting was done at 7 o'clock at the home of the Osborns. 1403 Brown street. The story In detail, as told by Mrs. Osborn, Is that she had risen at the usual hour and was preparing breakfast. Her son Frank, a 16-year-old boy, sat in the kitchen with her. Leo was asleep in the next room, while her husband and three daughters were asleep in other parts of the house. She had put. the potatoes on to fry and vas cutting some meat. Feared Her Husband's Temper. "We will bb real quiet and get our breakfast before your father gets up," she said to Frank. "You know he is al ways crosser on Sunday mornings than any other time. Then we will not have to stay In the house while he eats, and maybe he will go out to hoe in the garden without getting angry." Even as she said this the man came from his sleeping room and began to look about the kitchen. He found fault with various things and said he did not like the meat she Intended having for breakfast.' It was meat for boiling and he didn't want it fried, neither did he like the size of the slices she was cutting. He went from the house, slamming the door and cursing her. Proceeding to the garden he took the hoe and made a furrow in which to plant peas. Then he came back toward the house with hi left arm full of brick bats. About thirty feet away he stopped and began a bombardment of the kitchen. One brick crashed through the window and landed among the dlBhes on the table, an other shattered a panel in the door. Through the hole two others . came, one knocking down the stove pipe, the second smashing into a tank which sat on top of the stove. , - - - - - - - - - '., Son Shoots the Father. Mrs. Osborn, ,i who always went to her boy Leo for protection in times of danger, dodged the missiles and ran frantically back aud forth between his room and the kitchen. Frank sat in one corner, where he would not be struck and the girls had not appeared yet. When the stovepipe went down Leo hurried into his clothes and Btepped into the kitchen with a shot gun In his nana. As he came before the shattered door he saw his father in the yard in the act of throwing. He raised the run and fired. The flrst neighbor to appear on the scene was Robert Williams. He heard the report and made she remark that some one had shot a cat. Nevertheless he went to Investigate, and looking over toward the Osborps' house he saw Osborn lying on the ground and his wife running to him. He hurried to help her and together they raised the wounded man's head and shoul ders and placed him on pillows. After a few minutes Leo' collected himself suf ficiently to come out with Frank. The girls, who had risen now, were crying around the fallen form of their father. Mrs. Osborn sat on the ground and rocked herself back and forth in grief, repeating all the time: , "Oh John, If you will only come to life again I will go away from you and you will not be tempted to abuse me any more." The police ambulance came on the run at the first reports, and In about a half hour Osborn waa being taken to the Clark son hospital. He died there at 9:06. . Dased by Ills Deed. For fear that Leo Osborn might resist arrest rive officers were sent to set Seigeant Cook, Detectives Baldwin and Home and Officers Vanuus and McCarthy. J Tliey met with no resistance, for the boy won iihu one in a aream. in the spot where he had pulled the trigger he stopd before the broken door, passing his hands across his dazed head and looking out into the garden where bis father had fallen. By bis side, against the wall, stood the shotgun. He suffered himself to be led away to the patrol wagon without a struggle. At the station he was lodged in a cell for several hours and then brought into the office of Captain Mostyn. At first he was sullen and would not look at the cap tain, but latur he spoke a few sentences. "You shot your father?" queried Captain Mostyn. "Yes," was the answer. '"Did you know that he would probably oier "I thought so." "He is dead now," said the captain. There was no answer. "Why did you do it?" "I never saw him when I shot. I did it to scare him." The prisoner is 20 years old. He worked for the Omaha Packing company at 1502 Cuming street. According to his mother, ha is not in the best of health, but Is troubled with SL Vitus' dance. Married Life a Long; Wrangle. Mrs. Osborn said she married her hus band twenty-four years ago in Kentucky, TRAGEDY AT ARMY POST Captain Italhourn Shoots I.leotenant Point at Fort Douglas and Then Kills Himself. SALT LAKE CITY", Utah, April 30 Cap tain W. A. Raibourn, Twenty-ninth in fantry, U. S. N., committed sutcldo at Fort Douglas early today after making a mur derous asxault on Lieutenant William H. Point, also of the Twenty-ninth Infantry. Point was shot twice by his superior oftl cer, one bullet penetrating his left thigh and another inflicting a deep flesh wound In his right leg. After Lieutenant Point had fallen. Captain Raibourn turued his revolver upon himself, sending a bullet into his head about three Inches behind his right ear. He died almost instantly. Captain Raibourn bad been drinking heavily, and the tragedy was the out growth of his arrest on Tuesday last on a charge of drunkenness. On Tuesday of Inst week Captain Rai bourn was appointed officer of the day at Fort Douglas, but in I led to report for duty and waa absent In the. city twenty hours without leave. He was arrested the fol lowing day, but was given the privileges of the fort under orders not to leave the grounds. On Saturday evening Captain Raibourn broke the parole and came to the city. Lieutenant Point, who was sent after him with an ambulance, found him In a Main street saloon and, he was returned to Fort Douglas under arrest. He was ordered to remain in his quarters. Lieutenant Point's quarters are about two doors from those which Captain Raibourn occupied. The lieutenant had Just stepped out of doors early today, when Captain Raibourn appeared, carrying a heavy 45 callbre revolver. His manner was threat ening and Point said: "Now, captain, don't do anything foolish." Raibourn made no reply, but immediately began shooting. When other officers and soldiers ran out after hearing the shots, Captain Raibourn lay dead and Lieutenant Point lay in front of his quarters. He is said to be resting well. Raibourn's body was embalmed at the post hospital and tomorrow it will be shipped to Oakland City, Ind., where his mother and two sisters reside. He has a brother in Chicago. v Captain Raibourn had sought to avoid a court-martial and had forwarded to Wash ington his resignation from the army. It had not been aocepled and It was supposed that a trial by court-martial awaited him. Worry over the probability of a dishonorable discharge from the army and dissipation are believed to have un balanced his mind. Captain Raibourn, who was 35 years old and unmarried, enlisted in the army In 1891 as a private and had worked his way up from the ranks. Cap tain Raibourn and Lieutenant Point had served together in the Philippines and were firm friends. Lieutenant Point entered the army as captain of the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers and later was appointed to the regular service. He has passed the examination and qualified for promotion to a captaincy. Captain Raibourn formerly was regarded as an efficient officer, but recently he had been drinking hard and could not be relied upon for duty. . ROCKED MAT. THREE LOST Willard Johnson, George Teats and Carl Lindqnist Are Drowned. SKIFF TIPPED OVER IN CUT-OFF LAKE Lindqnist, Said to Hare Cansed the Accident, Is Given Credit tor Try Ins to Save n Sinking; Companion. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi RUSSIANS OFF ANAH Hour. Dm. Hoar. Drsr. fi a. m 44 1 p. m RD Ha. m ..... . 43 S p. m . , . . , KI 7 mi 4:1 8 p. nt . . . . . Ml 8 n. m 41 4 p. m 4M f a. m 4T ft p. m i ID i, m 4 l p. m Ut 1 1 a. m fill 7 p. m ...... Uil 12 m Ml N p. m ' 0 p. in S7 Rojestvensty's Tqnadron is in Kongkoh Bay Freraring for Bea. FIFTY MILES NORTH OF KAMRANH BAY FUNERAL OF JOE JEFFERSON Forty Vessels Sighted Thursday Afternoon by Steamer Stettin. FUNERAL OF GENERAL Services Will Be ton Today and tne Body Will Be Taken to Richmond. LEE HtU at Masblnsr- WASHINQTON, April 30. Brief funeral services over the remains of General Fltz- hugh Lee, who died Friday night, will be held tomorrow morning at the Church of the Epiphany. They will consist of the ritualistic EplscopVservlce for the dead and will be conduli'ed by Rev. Randolph H. Mo Kim, rector of the church, who was an officer of General Lee's regiment and Is chaplain of the Confederate Veterans' association. Following this the body will be removed ut noon to the Pennsylvania railroad station and with civil and mili tary escort will leave here In a special train for Richmond, where the burial will take place In Hollywood cemetery, accord ing to the present arrangements, on Thurs day. The body of General Lee was removed today from the Providence hospital, where he died, to the Church of the Epiphany. A committee of officers of tho regular army. including Major General Gillespie', Briga dier General Burton, Major Kean and Cap tain Michle, today arranged a program for the conduct of the remains from the church to the railroad station. The escort will consist of several military organizations. The funeral train Is scheduled to reach Richmond at 5 o'clock. At Richmond full honors will be paid to the memory of General Lee by the municipality and the state. The body will lie in state in the city hall. A military escort will be pro vided on the day of the funeral. The services at Richmond will be held in St. Paul's Fvilscopal church and Bishop Ran dolph of Virginia has been asked to of ficiate. It. is said it was General Lee's wish that his body might be interred In Hollywood and the site has been selected there overlooking the James river. Willard Johnson, uged IS, of 3716 North Thirtieth street; George Teats, aged 20, of Seventeenth and, Cass streets, and Carl Llndquist, aged 20,- of Thirty-fourth and Spauldlng streets, were drowned in Cut Off lake at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Willie Johnston, aged 18, of 8714 North Thirtieth street, and Rollio Alsman, aged 'J, of Thirty-first and Plnkney streets, were with the party and narrowly escaped drowning. The bodies of the drowned men were recovered and were taken In charge by Coroner Brailey. ' The young men were in a skiff about midway between Swift's Ice house and Courtland Beach. The wind was blowing hard at the time. Llndquist, in a spirit of bravado, was rocking the skiff. He was sitting In the stern and' rose to his feet and continued to rock the boat. A sud den lurch caused him to lose, his balance and he fell across the gunwale. The others became alarmed and in the struggle for safety the skiff was upset, throwing all of them into the water. Drowned Men Tried to Swim. The three who were drowned started to swim to the shore. Willie Johnston and Rollie Alsman clung to the skiff. It ap pears that at this moment the young men were not much alarmed, for Willie John ston says he heard Llndquist cry out that he would beat the others swimming to the shore. The wind was blowing so hard that the waves interfered with the struggles of the young men, and this, with the effects of the sudden plunge Into the ice cold water, soon weakened them and they be gan to cry for help. The two boys who had clung to the boat were doing all they could to attract help from the shore. In a few minutes se-veral skiffs put out from Courtland beach, but before they could reach the struggling men Teats had gone down. Harry Favey of 2610 South Fifteenth street, who was fishing on the pier at Swift's ice house, said that after one of the men had disappeared, the other two seemed to be struggling together, and one had his arms around the other's neck. While struggling together they both sank. It is believed that it was Llndquist who made the effort to save Johnson. The boys who were on the boat did not see this struggle, but the boy Favey thinks it was the same man who was rocking the boat that tried to save Johnson. Swam for Ten Mlnntes, The men were in the water about ten minutes before the three had disappeared The two boys on the skiff were rescued and taken to the Swift boarding house on the north side of the lake. Aside from a thor ough ducking and a bad fright they were unharmed. They were soon afterwards brought. to the city by J. B. Johnston, the father of .Willie Johnston Rescuing parties by this time were at work dragging for the bodies of the three who had drowned. Anton Mork and ' C. Christaffersoh of 1630 South Tenth street soon recovered one body. It was Identified by papers as that of Llndquist. The body of Johnson was recovered by Frank Brown and James Oakley of Courtland beach. The body of Teats was the last . recovered, a man named Tom Pollard being the finder. Some effort was, made to resuscitate John son, as it appeared that life was not ex tinct. But it was not successful. The po lice were promptly notified and Emergency Officer Baldwin, accompanied by the cor oner, 'went to tha scene and took charge of the bodies as they were recovered. Had Been Drinking:. According to Willie Johnston, the boat had been hired by Teats and Llndquist. They picked up Johnson at some point and after wards rowed towhere Willie Johnston and Alsman were fishing. They landed the boat and Llndquist proposed that one of the party go for a bucket of beer. This was done, and, after drinking It, a second and third bucketful was bought and drank. Willie Johnston says that after drinking a little beer from the first bucket he went a short distance away from the party and i began says Body of Venerable Actor Laid to Itest After Impressive and Siuirle Service. BUZZARDS BAY, Mass., April 30.-Fol-lowlng sen-Ices that were Impressive In their simplicity and . suggestive of the character of the distinguished actor, the body of Joseph Jefferson was today laid away at the Bay View cemetery in Sand wich, within walking distance of the cot tages of many of his Cape Cod friends. Mr. Jefferson's five sons, a score of In timate friends and 100 or more villagers gathered about the open grave while tho commitment service was read, then all withdrew with the exception of Charles B. Jefferson, who watched the casket as it was lowered to its final resting place. Tonight a police officer remained at the grave and this guard will be continued for several days. At 11 o'clock this morning a brief ser vice was held at "Crows Nest," the Jeffer-' son summer cottage here. Only Immediate relatives and intimate friends were pres ent. The morning train from Boston brought many friends In addition to those who were already here. The former in cluded Richard Watson Glider, editor of the Century, and E. A. Taft of Boston, president of the New York and Boston Despatch; Former President Grover Cleve land was unable to be here. The casket had been placed In the library and was banked on all sides with flowers. There were pieces from the Play Players' club of New York, and the Bohemian club of San FranclBCO, the Old Colony club of Sandwich, of which Mr. Jefferson was long the president, and from well known actors and actresses In all parts of the country. The services opened with the reading by Dr. Edward A. Horton of BoBton, chaplain of the state senate, of Mr. Jef ferson's favorite poem, Tennyson's "Cross ing tne war." witnout attempting a euology, Dr. Horton then referred brlelly to the simple life and kindly deeds of the actor. A prayer concluded the ser vice and the casket was immediately placed in a funeral carriage preparatory to its removal to Bay View cemetery at Sandwich, a distance of eight miles. While the procession was on its way, a public memorial meeting was held In the Sandwich town hall, at which all the clergymen of the town participated. GENERAL LINEVITCH REPORTS FIGHT Japanese Advanoe Guard Driven from Tina Positions Friday. HONOR TOR NIPPONESE HEROES KNOWLES ATTACKS TARBELL Former Equitable Agest Says Vice President Granted Rebatea to Get Contracts. NHW-TOPK, -April SO.-In - long state ment issued today, H. H. Knowles, former superintendent of agencies of the Equitable Assurance society, gave! his version of al leged rebate transactions made by second Vice President Tarbell, while the latter was connected "with the Chicago agency of the concern. Mr. Knowles' statement follows several others which he has made since the pres ent controversy was raised, Hi says tonight that Mr. Tarbell granted large rebates in Chicago, on policies which he secured there while he was manager. and while he was a partner in the firm of Crane & Tarbell. He alleges that Mr, Tarbell in four cases In Chicago granted rebates of 95 per cent on four 1100,000 poll cies, besides other rebates on big policies ranging from 50 to 83 per cent. In rela tlon to his own suspension, Mr. Knowles says he considered this equivalent to dl missal. Referring to the letter passed by the executive and Frlck committee sealing the lips of all employes, Mr. Knowles say he never received a copy, and he does not know what those committees have under investigation. This statement Is in reply to one saying that he had discussed Equit able matters after the Frlck resolution was passed. Ho continues: As to whether or not, as stated In the n fishing. Emergency Officer Baldwin ' Papers, Mr. Hyde voted for my dismissal one of the young men had a bottle Sav-MnVM or wnisay, anu inai bcchi ui Lutrui maim in anj, way iniereui me. i Know Mr. Hyd from It after the beer was disposed of. ! to be , honorable man and will do what hi ' ., . . , . i considers to be his duty to the great bo Soon afterwards the entire party got Into j clety foun(ied by his fatLr" Irrfwttve BOWEN IS READY TO RETURN Minister to Venesuela Will Probably Start for Washington Next Week. CARACAS, April SO. American Minister Herbert W.' liowen has been recalled to Washington and will leave Caracas prob ably on Monday. WASHINGTON. April SO. Secretary Taft today heard from L'nlted States Minister Herbert W. Bowen at Caracas in response the Bklff and started for another part of the lake, where they Intended to continue fishing. It was after they had reached the middle of the lake that Llndquist upset the skiff. Willard Johnson was a butter maker, and worked for Andrew Wood & Co. George Teats was a sign painter. Ills parents are dead. They at one time owned a tract of land that is now known as Teats' park. Carl Llndquist waa a tailor. An Inquest will be held on the bodies at 9 o'clock this morning. CAUSE OF INDJAN EARTHQUAKE British ' Scientist Says Himalyan Mountains Are Growing: In a "Peculiar Manner. LONDON. April 30. (Special Cablegram to The Bee) Prof. Milne, the eminent seis mologist, tells an Interesting story, de scribing how and why the Lahore earth- to the secretary's dispatch directing him I Q.ua'te occurred recently. It took place. to come to the l'nlted States in connection I ne says, on the southern side of the lilma with the oharges affecting Assistant Secre- j layas and was due to the continued growth wh-m it may hit. He also denies that ha was Insubordinate while superintendent of agencies, amea of Over Thirty Thousand Sol diers and Sailors to be En shrlned In Spokonsha Tem ple This Week. HONG KONG, April 30. The steamer Stettin, which hue arrived here, sighted from thirty to forty vessels of the Rus sian second Pacific squadron in Hongkohe bay, Anam, about fifty miles north of Kamranh bay, Thursday afternoon. Two cruisers which had their decks stacked with coal slgnuled the Btettin to atop and questioned it. The fleet was pre paring for sea. Kojestvennky and Kebogatoff Meet, May 1. It is reported tnat the Russian second Pacific squaaron, together with the Russian third Pacific squadron are near tile island of Hainan. Will Effect Junction May 5. LONDON, May 1. Tbe Telegraph's Toklo correspondent says: It is stated here that the whole of the second aud third Russian Pacific squadrons will Join forces on the morning of May 1. The fifth native loan ($50,000,000) haa been over-subscribed five times and the financial position now permits of a resumption of he railway through Japan, which was stopped at the beginning of tbe war." Llnevltch Heports a Fight. ST. PETERSBURG, April 30. General Llnevltch In a message to Emperor Nich olas says: Two Russian forces on tho night of April 29 simultaneously attacked the Japa nese near the town of Tunghuslang, driv ing them from flvo consecutive positions and occupying Tunghuslang." Honors for Japanese Heroes. TOKIO, April 80. With elaborate cere mony, beginning Wednesday and ending Friday, the names of 30.SWS soldiers ana sailors of Japan, killed prior to the battle of Mukden, will be enshrined In the Spokonsha temple. Many kinsmen and kinswomen of the victims of the war are assembling In Toklo to participate in tha ceremony and are being shown special con sideration. They will be the special guests of the government. The flag of the Rus sian cruiser Varlag, which was gunk In the first naval battle of tha war, and i Stan lard capt ured at Mukden are on ex hibition :n tho temple. The emperor and empress of Japan will attend the cere mony on Thursday and the crown prince and princess will be present on Friday. The ceremony is based on the national belief of tho immortality of the soul and the homage due to ancestors. Second Enster In the Field. GUNSHU PAeiS, April J. The Russian army here celebrated its second Easter in the field with the traditional religious services and observances. Special Easter feasts were prepared for the soldiers, giv ing them a respite from their usual duties wherever possible. Information obtained from prisoners and captured mail .shows that the disposition of the Japanese armies is as follows; Gen eral Nidzu, the region between Tie Pass and Kal Yuan; General Oku from Tie Pass westward of the railway; General Kuroki from Tie Pass eastward of the railway; General Nogi, from Fakoman to Changtufu; Kawamura, northeast of Mukden. The weakest forces of the Japanese ate In the region about Mukden, while the prin cipal concentration is In the region of Tie Pass. The flanks are guarded by mixed bands of Japanese and Chinese bandits. tary Loo ml a, which were reported to the State department in a personal letter to Mr. Bowen. The minister acknowledged his willingness to come to the United States immediately, sailing tomorrow, but pre ferred that he be permitted to delay his departure from Caracas until the Monday following, so that he may have time to settle some mattera before leaving. This arrangement will be satisfactory to Sec retary Taft and permission was given the minister to delay his departure, as re quested, Mr. of these mountains. The Himalayas are formed of stratified materials, which were once beneath the sea, and these materials are being crumpled up In much the same way as one might make folds in a table cover by rubbing a hand along Its surface. In this process the strata are bent upward, an when overbendlng .lakes place there la a fracture. The fracture is accompanied by a Jar or series of Jars and vibrations, which constitute the earthquake. "We shall no doubt hear later," says tha very mucn against the wishes nt h.r family, who refused to hava mvihin, . state, left Washington today for New do with her after the marriage. They j Yorit t0 be b,ent untU the middle of came to Omaha sixteen years ago and have next week. lived in the house at 1403 Brown street for eleven year. Her husband was 47 years old. He was once a conductor on the Mis souri Pacific railroad, but lately has been working as a Janitor at Bennett's store. Besides Leo and Frank, ha had another son, John Osborn, who worked five years in Cudahy'a packing plant at South Omaha, but who went to Kansas City last Septem ber, driven awsy from homo,, his mother says, by the fathers harshness. Three little girls are atteudlf school at St, Rose's convent. Mrs. Osborn says her husbana has al- , professor, "something more about the mag- Loomls, who is acting secretary of I nltude of this fracture, as it is called. It extended many miles, with the result that the work of the trlgnometrlcal survey will rquire rectification. (Continued on Becood Pagi Wreck on the Santa Fe. v BEAUMONT, Tex.. April 80. A double header fast freight train on the Santa Fc railroad struck a washout near Oilman siiiiiig, 125 mlies north of Beaumont, today, overturning both engine; and piling live stock in tlie dilch. KrR.neer D. D. Bar field and Fireman E. W. i;roker, both of Beaumont, were killed and U. W. Mitchell, engineer, and A. J. Connelly, fireman, aifeo of this city, are thought to be fatally In jured. Fifty head of cattle were killed. Paderewskl Is Better. BOSTON, April SO. Ignace Paderewskl, who is suffering from n.rvous prostration. was reported as much improved tonight, it is npwtHi that be will be able to pro atx.ll Uimorrow to New York, umu tLut DOES NOT KNOWi MISS WOOD secretary i.oeo Bare He Never Saw the Woman and Doea Not' Want to See Her. GLENWOOD SPRINGS. Colo., April SO "Why, I never saw the woman In my me nor ao i want to see her," said Wil liam Loeb, Jr., secretary to the president when he was shown a dispatch concerning the BUlt filed in Omaha by Miss Mae Wood asking 135,000 Jointly of Mr. Loeb, former Postmaster General Wynne and J. Marti Miller, a Newark, N. J., newspuper ma who was recently appointed to a position in the consular service. When the morning newspapers arrived, giving a detailed account of the filing of the damage, suit. Mr. Loeb read the story carefully and remarked: "It is Just as I thought. I will have to get a bill of particulars to teli how I am connected with the case. Mr. Loeb said today: The only knowledge I have of Miss Wood is in relation to r,er position In the postoffice department and the notoriety she brought to herself Just prior to the mar riage of Senator i'lutt of New York, biie called up the White House and asked If she rould see me. Assistant Secretary Barnes talked wlih her and as her busi ness did not seem to be important I de clined to see her. That Is all I know personally of the woman. I am at a loss to see where she gets my name into the action for dam- NEW YORK, April 80,-J. Martin Miller wai a:en in inis city tontgnt and was asked concerning the suit alleged to have been filed In Omaha by Miss Wood. "I have nothing to say," said Dr. Miller, "for there is nothing to talk about." THIRTEEN MINERS ENTOMBED Accident In Coal Mine at Wilbnrton, Okln., Will Probably Cause the Death of All Men Below. WILBCRTON, Okla., April 30.-Thlrteen miners were entombed and probably killed by an explosion at 1:20 this morning in the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Coal company's mine No. 19, four miles west of here. There is little prospect of their bodies being recovered for several days. The men entombed are: B. F. Stelner, foreman; Mlko Wynn, Ralph Fisher, Ben Smith, William Atkinson, O. Golden, Jose Morino, all white; Gus Phillips, Knox Lynch, J. D. Byrd. Mike Duvall, R. V. Cales, William Edwards, colored. The men went Into the shaft at midnight. Foreman William Ray of the shift that left the mine at that hour states that the mine was In good condition and a gaa explosion was hardly probable. His shift left a shot hanging, wtich the new shift may have tired. It is suggested, from the force of the explosion, which could be heard for miles around und which toro heavy timbers aside and piled tons of dirt Into the shaft, that a bad shot had set off some dynamite which ua- been stored conveniently for work In pushing the entries. The shaft is 360 feet deep and' It was &X) fict to the plane where the men were working. The mine Is a newly opened one, operated by Deglun & McConnell. It io the only snaft mine in tho Wilburton district. The entries were being opened rapidly. Three shifts of men had been working continu ously ani hud not been puehed far enough to necessitate the Installation of air shafts. The entombed men were nearly all married. DEATH RECORD. Samuel Manning. BEWARD, Neb., April So. (Special.) Samuel Manning, one of tbe oldest citizens of Seward, died at bis home Thursday. He was S3 years of age. He lived in Seward for 20 years. The funeral services were held from his NEARLY WENT TO LONG SLEEP Charles O'Dunnell Left Gaa Barela and Waa Discovered Just In Time. I Charles O'Donnell, who rooms at 1623 ; Dodge -street, came near being suffocated by gas last evening. He went to bis room : at 7:.'i0 o'clock and lightning the gaa lay down on the bed to rest a few minutes. CHICAGO, many yeara from Illinois, diaease. . Uye home today, holnaa Gahan. -rll SO. Thomas Gahan. for democratic committeeman Led tonight from Bright' Movement of Ocean VeaaeU April SO. At New York Arrived: Campania, from Liverpool; Caledonia, from Glasgow; Ba'tlc from Liverpool; Cltla Dl Miilto, iio..i Genca. Balled: Mongolian, for Glasgow. ai uverpooi Arrived : York. At Movllle Arrived: New York. Sailed: Astoria, for New York. roomer. amelled escaping gus and iDvestl- NVw xunuoma. rrom ; Batlon lo O Donnsii a room. At Southampton Arrived: St. Louis, from I w& turtu! on and O Donneli was In an Nwolk: a ,, , , . unconscious condition. Police Surgeon, AirtCMVA was called aud re-uacftaied him. for New York. after conslderabla trouble. OTxinaell aal4 At London-Rilled: OnUrlart, for Quebec. I ,llHt tu wa- burning waea he Us At c-ueenatowa-Saileat; (Jmbria. for New t tearic, rrom rsew j Unexpectedly he went to sleep. Columbia. from About half un hour afterwards other The gaa