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TnE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. 1605. TELEPHONE 94.' BEE, MAY t, WOS. -Knrr not the p Ies ranee of lisppl. ess la any man for then kaowest hot Kia secret crittB." Women's Neckwear. men on the wagon. In a rew minute tone and clubs began to fly and an at tempt was made to drag Guyles and Hai tian to the ground. Ouylrs drew a revolver and flred Into the air. Thin had no effect In cherklng the mob and at the atone were coming faster and faster he fired directly Into the crowd. The bullet atruck Lyde Mc Dowell of H17 Wert Harrison In the left hip. The crowd broke and fled, leaving McDowell lying on the ground, and the r ln.. flllr1 nHth now nnvfltiPH In OUT neckwedf depart- agon drove on. merit. tVCntUine irom lue prutlJ, utrmtiic, ouii. uiuv w -v- klPd a ma tvrcRi ranldly around the heavy linen tailored stocks are here. Chlfton Stocks made with Persian ap plique Jn white, light blue and pink. Frlccs $1.78. 12.00 and up to 13.75 each. Dainty Lace Stocks made with pretty In sertion and plaited ruffle 11.00 each. Embroidered Tailored Stwks, white with white and colored Embroidery, made with Vmg and short tabs. Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00, 11 M ud to $2 SO each. Plain 'and figured plqua Chemisettes, cuffs to match. 60c each. Fancy Chemisettes made with lace and Embroidery Insertion, also pretty, dainty mull chemisettes. Prices 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.75 up to $5.00 each. Thou P3 on. FteLD en Lf-Q Y, E C A. Building, Corner Sixteenth and Douglas Streets row wagons oWned by the different express companies and manned by nonunion men. This necessitated a call for the awearing In of 1,000 additional policemen, but after the conference at the Union League club the employers modified "their plans, and In formed the city hall officials that they would only Increase very slightly the num ber of wagons over that In service today. Although tHe plans have teen changed us to the moving of the wagons, the new men will be added to the police force tomorrow and will be put on strike duty as rapidly as they are needed. Nine hundred of them will be placed on State street alone. The large retail establishments have announced that they will make deliveries. There have been numerous complaints of the Interfer ence by the strikers with women shoppers and the authorities have determined to put an effectual stop to all such practices. Judge C. C. Kohlsnat of the United States circuit court, at the request of the at torneys representing the seven express com panies, today Issued a temporary Injunc tion restraining all persona from Interfer ing with the wagons of the petitioners or the men employed upon them. Dead and Injured, As far as known but one man was killed during the day. The list of injured Is much greater than that which It Is possible to ob tain. In many cases the nounlon men swung their clubs with great effect, knock ing men from their wagons headlong Into the street; In other Instances, when as sailed by mobs, they fired point blank Into the crowds, and It is difficult to see how the members of the mob could escape many broken heads or how all the bullets fired during the day should have gone wild. The dead: CHARLES BEARD, struck on the fore head In the fight near' the Auditorium ho tel. He died of a fractured skull at the Mercy hospital, where he had been taken. The Injured; Bruno Germain, New York City; head cut. Charles Moody, beaten on the head with canes by strikers; serious. John Blum, nonunion driver, struck In the side with a brick, one rib broken. William Miles, colored, waiter, head cut with billy and tramped on. Police Sergeant Barron, thrown from pa trol wagon while .responding to riot call; leg badly wrenched. Martin Qarray, nonunion man, head badly out by billies In the hands of strikers. W, N.' Brown, nonunion teamster, struck by a bucket of cement thrown from twelfth story of building at Adams and State Street; leg broken. Policeman Edward Campion, struck on head with a' brick; severely cut. ' ftev. w. K. Wheeler, face' and head cut by strikers. Henry Shults, shot In left tide by non union teamster; not serious. . Daniel , Cghen. noniyilon, man, struck on hand 'with a club. . ........ William: Burke, . right . hand lacerated' by a. brick. William Hill, head and left shoulder out by stone. . , A. B. Smith, nonunlod man, face cut with a stone. , -," Frank Emerson, nonunion . man, . right hand Smashed by heavy stone. James Smith, nonunion man, struck In the back with a stone: Injuries are severe. Albert Mcllvaloe, shot In the back; not expected to live. ' . - Lyde McDowell, shot' In left hip. William Baas, shot In, left leg below the knee. .' J. Erfcksori, shot In the. 'right arm above the elbow. . . ' '. . : Louis Elirman, colored, struck on head with a brick in a fight at Jackson boule vard and lla.le.tead street.. William Davis, colored, nonunion driver, head cut. in same fight. " James Butler., colored, nonunion driver, arm broken In same fight. Andrew Scott, colored, nonunion driver, head cut In same fight. William Rlggs. colored, nonunion driver, head cut in same fight. Frank Curry, leader of nonunion men, struck In Head by a stone while conduct ing wagons along Franklin street. A. 8. Utley, floor manager for Montgom ery Ward A Co., attacked by sluggers on Onkenwalrt avenue. Ouy Dittlnger, police officer, knocked down with a revolver and half of his tpth kicked out. policeman John Howe, knocked down by a striker with a duo. rieorae Jordan, colored, nonunion man, from Bt. Iouls. badly beaten by mob, at State street and Peck court. Tony Renbberg, union teamster, taken frr nonunion man. struck on head with itone and knocked insensible; Injuries seri ous Leonard Webber, struck In the head by fivlna bullet, sllgntiy injured. Mr. Utley, Who has been acting In the interests of Ward A Co. since the com mencement of the strike,, was attacked hv three men. who he thinks have been following him for several days, while pass ing a vacant lot In Oaken wald avenue, be tween Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets, The men knocked him down and kicked him In a terrible manner about the heud and face. He knocked one of them down with a billy and the others ran. Think ing he had killed his assailant Utley went to call an ambulance, but when it ar rived the man had either recovered and a-nne swav or had been carried off by his companions. Drivers Not Armed with Rifles, Although it was announced last night that the teams of the express' companies and of tho Employers' association would be handled by men armed with rifles to day nothing of the kind was attempted, save in the case of the fifteen drivers em ployed by the Scott Transfer oompany. Mayor Dunne and Chief of Police O'Nell made every effort to prevent the carrying of .rifles and Superintendent Held of the teamlne association informed tnem mat he had not contemplated arming his men as Btated. Scott men carried rifles throughout the day and none of them were molested. The strike today did not spread In any degree. No more men were called out and from present appearances there is no Im mediate prospect that any more teamsters will strike. An exception to the general attitude cf tnat McNamara was one neighborhood and by the time the wagon hnd reached Madison street and Oakley avenue the crowd again closed In, pelted the men With stones and attempted again to pull them down. Ouyle again drew his revolver and opened fire on the crowd. His first shot struck Albert Mcllvalne in the back. Inflicting a wound which may prove fatal. William Bass of 675 Warren avenue was shot In the left leg below the knee and J. Erlckron of 178 Loomls street was shot In the right arm above the elbow. All of the men, with the exception of Mcllvalne, were taken to the County hospital, where It Is thought they will recover. Ouyles and Bastlan were arrested shortly after the shooting by Captain Collins and Sergeant Marsh of the police force. While holding the men under custody an enormous crowd gathered and was deter mined, apparently, to assassinate the two prisoners. The two officers drew their re volvers and with great difficulty managed to keep back the crowd until the arrival of the patrol wngnn, which took Guyles and Bastlan to the police station. Hints Last an Hoar. Du lug a riot tonight at Halatead and Erie streets which lasted for an hour, and in which fully 1,000 people were engaged, three policemen and three nonunion men were In jured and twice as many rioters were clubbed. The riot commenced when four wagons of the Peabody Coal company, manned with nonunion men, left the Rlch ler picture frame factory, 42 Huron street,' after delivering coal. The wagons went south along Halstead street, and their ap pearance on that thoroughfare was the sig nal for the formation of a mob which pressed closely around them, threatening the drivers. The escort of police was com pelled several times to charge Into the crowd and .une their clubs. There were re peated fights between the police and the mob, but the storm of mlasdles grew fiercer as the crowd Increased In numbers, and finally the police and the drivers were com pelled to draw their revolvers. The crowd paid no attention to this and finally Ser geant Sullivan, In command of the detail, ordered his men and the nonunion drivers to Are over the heads of the crowd. This, when done several times In rapid succes sion, compelled the crowds to give way and the police finally dispersed It. During the fighting Officers John Wiley, John Lorch and Thomas Keenan were Injured by stones. nd Harry Williams, John Johnson and Andrew Jackson, nonunion drivers, were cut and bruised by the missiles hurled by the crowd. Shortly before midnight Michael McNa mara, a union teamster, was shot twice in the leg by F. K. Buckmlnster, a chief of detectives, employed by the Employers' Teaming company. Buckmlnster, and sev eral men who were with him, declared of a crowd of RAND ENDS HIS ADDRESS Okie of Nun Patterson . Will Go to tha Jar this Morning;. t SCATHING ARRAIGNMENT OF DEFENDANT District Attorney lays that Her sil ence la this Trial la Equal to a Confession of Unlit. the team owners was made oy mo ien- strikers that attacked them. Buckmlnstor tral Supply association, a large concern, had $1,500 in his hands which he was taking which employs 380 teams. The officers of td the barns of the company to pay off his men, ana ne tnougnt tne attack was made STOP, WOMAN! AND CONSIDER TUB ALL IMPORTANT FACT Si-;. 3 l"V i m0 That in addressing- Mr. Pink ham you are con- fiding-your private Ilia to s, woman a woman whose experi ence . with women' diseases cover a great many years. You. can talk freely to a woman when it la revolting to relate your, private trou ble to a man besides a man does not under, stand simply be cause he is a man Many women suffer in ailence and drift alonir from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assist anoe, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing them selves to the questions and probably examinations of even their ' family physician. It is unnecessary, Without money or price you can consult a wo man whose knowledge from actual ex perienoe Is great. Mrs. Plnkham'a Standing Invitation, Women, suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mwl AH letters are received, opened, read and answered by women oaly. A .woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman ; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she ha to draw from, it ia more than possible that she has f lined tha very knowledge that will elp yonr case. She asks nothing in return except your good will, and her advice has relieved thousands. (Surely . aay woman, rich or poor, is very foolish If the doet not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. - If you are 111, don't hesitate' to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound at once, and write Mrs, Pink ham, Lynn. Mass., for special advice. When a medicine has been successful In restoring to health so many women, you cannot well aay, without trying it, I do not belittva it will help ow." this company declared that they wouia make deliveries whenever their contracts called for them irrespective ot strike con dltions. , Committee to Bee Deafen President Charles Dold of the Chicago Federation of Labor today appointed two committees, one to call on President Roose velt ahd the other on Governor Deneen and ask the two executives 'not to order troops to Chicago without first making a 'personal canvass of the situation. The committee which is -to make the request of the presi dent is composed of the following men Identified with the present struggle: Charles -Dold. president of the Chicago Federation or L.aoor. Cornel us P. Bhea. president or tne inter nxtlnnnl Brotherhood of Teamsters. Thomas J. Rlekert. president or . tne United Garment -Workers of America. J. F. O Nell, president . or tne. rreigm Handlers' union and member of the Chi min Feneration or I.aDor. T. f. uuinn, presiaeni or xne ianvasser union. The men will await President Roosevelt's arrival in Chicago and then will present Its request to the chief executive. The committee which 1s to call on Gov ernor Deneen leaves tonight for Sprlngfleld and will talk with the governor at a spe cially appointed conference tomorrow. Members of the State Board of Arbitra tion are in Chicago. They are to conduct an Investigation of tha strike by order of Oovernor Deneen. Interfere with Wtnt Shoppers. The cordons .of union pickets stationed on the curbing in State street and Wa bash avenue have been supplemented greatly in numbers with the result that, in spite of the vigilance of the police, car riages and hacks are stopped and drivers and their fares warned against attempting to carry purchases home from the boy cotted stores. Store employes burdened with bundles are stopped and their parcels taken from them, and torn open and searched by the pickets and union sympathisers to see if they are attempting to deliver goods to with the Intention of securing the money. McNamara declares that he and his friends were walking along the streets when Buck mlnster shot without provocation. His wounds are serious, but not fatal. SW0B0DA FINDS BIG BILLS New Conntr- Physician Thinks Hos pital Expenses Have Been ' In necessarily Large. - ( While Dr. Louis Swoboda has only been In office as county, physician for a day or two, as a practical druggist with many years' experience, he already has gained some notion from the county expense bills for drugs which undoubtedly will result In a material reduction of the item in the county budget. A passing glance, for Instance, Informed the doctor that some very expensive pur chases have been made not only for the county proper, but also for the Associated rVl 1 rltln. TldA ran. n . RA V, ' v. doctor thinks are rather luxurious for any person, no matter what his station in life, Pepto-mangan :s likewise in the class of medical luxuries, especially when a dozen to twenty bottles a month appear to have been used at times. The very hefty and surprising whisky bill already haa been gone over, and there are so many similar Instances of poor Judgment or mistakes In selecting and buy ing supplies for, the big cash consumer known as the county hospital that Dr. Swoboda la thoroughly alert as to the need for going carefully and with circumspec tion In the matter of executing the drug contract. 'As I have not yet had an opportunity to examine with care into the county hos pita I bills for drugs, or Into the outside orders for charity patients, there is not much I can say," Dr. Swoboda said In reply to a question as to the policy he will follow. "My experience as a drug- customers or carrying their own property I gist some years ago leads me to believe, NEW YORK, May 2.-Th fate of Nan Patterson In her third trial for the mur der of "Caesar" Young, will be in the hands of the Jury early tomorrow. Aa sistant District Attorney Rand completed the closing argument for the prosecution shortly before 6 o'clock this afternoon, and the court adjourned for the day. Re corder Ooft announced that he would Aot charge the jury until the opening Of court tomorrow. It Is not believed that his In structions will be lengthy and probably before the noon hour the Jury will have retired to consider a verdict. At the close of the argument today, after Prosecutor Rand had arraigned her In the most scathing terms, had asserted that her silence In this trial was a con fession of her guilt,' had declared that her sister had lied on the stand and that her counsel had based his plea for her ! life on a foundation of fabrications. Nan Patterson said she still felt confident the Jury wfll bring in an early verdict of acuulttal. 'Mr. Rand is a fine orator," she de clared, "but I know those twelve men will not hang a girl on oratory." Mr. Rand consumed practically the en tire day. He devoted a large part of his speech to a defense ot himself and his methods In the present trial. He declared the charges made against him by Abraham Levy, attorney for the defense, were un just and misleading. He denied that he had been guilty -ot suppressing uvldtnce that might have helped tha Patterson girl. Many Visitors Exeladea. Moved by the scene of yesterday, when it became necessary for a court officer to request several women to leave the court room, Recorder Go ft today directed that only those having a direct interest in the case be permitted to be present at the closing hours ot the trial. To carry out the recorder's order the force of officers on . duty In the - 'criminal court 'building was greatly in creased. Prospective spectators began to gather around the building early in the day Among them were many women, some of whom had followed the trial from the time the first witness was put on the stand. Today, however, they were not permitted even to approach the outer door to the court room. Only those able to prove their right to enter or who had friends among the court officials or attorneys were suc cessful In getting into the court room. Every seat was taken, however, when the proceedings were resumed. As soon as the prisoner had been brought in, Recorder Ooft ordered that the doors of the court room be locked and that no one be permitted to enter or leave beforo the recess for luncheon. In beginning his closing argument for the state Assistant District Attorney Rand said: "This trial has been s hard experience for you, but I venture to say it is one to which you would not look back to with regret, it would be ungrateful too. If I did not also make my acknowledgement to the court and It would be ungenerous of me, roundly as I was abused yesterday, to your faces. If I took. off emc what the counsel on the other side In i"L injeies of a lost and rot ten cause, waJrompel)ed to, say. He accused me of evy crime on the calendar and put me on trial at this bar for high crimes committed as a public officer. He told you that I thirsted for blood and had bounded Mrs. Smith. You observed my examination of Mrs, Smith. Did I auk her an impolitic question? Did I not treat her throughout us a lady? -I would not make myself an Issue here If I had not been Injected as an Issue In the case by the defendant's counnel. It Is not an issue at all. I might be all that Levy said, In the cha- frln of a lost cause, and It would not affect his question. I want and must have your confidence. If I could sway the Judgement of men and paint the fair face of truth with a sweet cosmetic, you would uoi listen to a word from me. If I could do these things there would be but one place for me and that would be at this woman's side, a fit object of contempt. As to Evidence. Continuing Mr. Hand said: face to answer his questions. Have I tried to drag this defenrtunt through the mire and, covering her with stench, asked you to convict? Have I not treated her with the utmost consideration. Hut Ivy well knew that he had to win but one Juror to his side, while I must convince you all. No Intention of Snlclde. Mr. Rand then reviewed the evldenoe In the case. He declared that it had been proved by the prosecution that Young never owned a revolver and that even If he had one It would have been a physical Impossibility for him to have Inflicted upon himself such a wound as caused his death. He called the attention of the Jury to the preparations made by Young for his European trip, and told them that it alone proved beyond question that the bookmaker had no Intention of taking hi life. The contention of the defense that It was Young who opposed breaking the relations between him and Miss Patterson, he claimed, was proven untenable by the evidence which, he said, showed that Young had kept away from her during the Whole month Just preceding his death. Of the souvenir postal card bearing Miss Patterson's name and an address in Young's handwriting which was found In the young woman's handbag at the time of her arrest, Mr. Rand said he had a different theory than the one advanced by the defense. They had suggested that It was put there by Young for the purpose of identification In event of a murder and suicide. He believed, however, that It was Young's Intention to send the card back from the steamer by the pilot to show that he was on the sea. When Assistant District Attorney Rand concluded his closing argument late this afternoon the court adjourned until to morrow. Recorder Ooft will deliver the charge to the Jury at the opening of court tomorrow. FINK STILL jiEING PURSUED Conntr Treasurer Becomes Object of New , Attack by Some Ag grieved Neighbors. There Is a rather grievous misapprehen sion, yet withal a laughable one, abroad and being circulated by people of small un derstanding as to the very rich 'Takeoff" which County Treasurer Fink is to get as a result of the combination of the city treasurer's office with his own. It should be understood right from the start that the only Increase of emolument ' to Mr. Fink Is $1,000 a year, making his salary $4,000, where !t was $3,000. With this understood, the fact remains that there will be a saving of about $16,000 a year In the expense of collecting the city and the county taxes. The con venience to the public, at first planned through a consolidation of the offices, was lost In the demands of certain Interests, whloh demand they had enacted Into the law, that the method and time of collecting the taxes remains practically the same. The simplification of fiscal bookkeeping of the two tax divisions must await another session of the legislature. The county treasurer's office gets 2 per cent of alt money collected, as fees, 'and from this all the expenses of the office. In cluding Mr. Fink's salary, are paid. Unde the new city charter he is to collect 1 per cent as fees, but this charter provision does not supersede or take the place of the revenue law of the state. One pet cent on $1,000,000, which la the city's limit on tax levy, would make $10,000; If collected on $1,600,000 It would of course be $16,000. Adding this to the 2 per cent on county collections, would not reach by a good man ythouaands the startling figures put out In a late "aggrieved publication" to show that County Treasurer Fink was to get enormously rich in the remaining time ne is to be in office. Cvallablo Supply nf Craln. NEW YORK. Mav I. Hneclnl enblo an telegraphic communications received - by Bradstreet's show the following changes In the available supplies as compared with last account: VV heat United States and PnnnHa at Rockies, decreased 2,lD8,OiiO bushels; afloat lor and In Eurone. Increased N).fl ninth. els; total supply, decreased 1,858,000 bushels. corn united mates and Canada, east Kocxies, decreased 2.140.000 bushels. Oats united States and Canada, east KocKles. decreased 766.000. The leading Increases reported this week are: One hundred and twentv-two thousand bushels at the Chicago Drlvate elevators and 87,000 bushels 'at East St. Louis. 1 he leading decreases are: Two hundred and slxtv thousand bushels In Manitoba and 110,000 bushels at Louia- vuie. to their homes. After assuring the pickets that the contents of the bundles belong ta them they are not disturbed further. in one instance a hired carriage was stopped In Wabash avenue and the occu pant, a woman shopper, compelled to get out and walk. Another woman, with both arms full of bundles, was stopped as she was about to step Into a cab In Stat atreet. The cab driver was warned not to nowever, that a very material reduction In the yearly drug and medicine bill can be effected without seriously cramping the efficiency of the service. The matter will have my early and careful attention, to the end that the county shall get its money's wort,h, whether goods be secured from the regular contractors or from out side concerns. "First, of course. I will have to know take her as a fare, fndauted the shopper I how many- patients are on our hands for treatment and Just what their aliments and their needs are. Then we will be hi to lay down a plan to follow that I am In hopes will be satisfactory to the board ana the public, as first entitled to consld crttlon, then to the unfortunates In the care of the county, so that all the sea sonable demands of advanced humanltar ianlam shall be complied with." walked on another corner, where she hailed second cab. Again she was stopped by the union sympathisers. ' Finally she boarded a street car. . Only, a tew hacks or cabs venture to drive up to the entrances to any ot the State street stores. In most cases the drivers request their passengers to alight on the opposite side, of , the street and walk over, to their , destination: Packers to Help Out. The attitude of .tne packers, which has been involved In Some doubt, is now de cided to be opposed to the extension of the strike to their teamsters. "Armour & Co., have made no sgreement Whatever that would Imperil the delivery of meat supplies," suld Manager Connor of that company, today. "Our company 1 not a party to any agreement concerning deliveries," said Edward Swift, of Swift nd company. In general, it was stated, the various packing companies will pursue their prac tice of conveying meat to their own distrib uting stations by union teamsters and selling from these stations to the boycotted firms ss to any other customer. The boycotted firms will be promptly served provided the packing companies are not asked to make direct deliveries. Fonr Men Shot by' Kiprrssmaa. Four men were shot late this afternoon st Polk street snd California avenue as the result ot sn attempt of an express wagon can be repaired. to deliver goods on the fsr West side with- about $700. out police protection. I . Beet Sngar Factory The wagon was sent from the downtown MINNEAPOLIS, May 2. Late this after barns guarded by officers, but they left it noon the plant of the beet sugar factory st palsied street, one mile west ot the I at St. Louis park, valued at $0,000. was Business section. The wsgon, which was in charge of Burt Ouy Las and Burt Bas tlan, proceeded to Polk street and Cali fornia avenue tlthout-JiUerruptlon, A halt was made here and ' Crowd quickly gathered, threatening ud cursing the two Mr. Levy has accused me of suppressing evidence and other things, but are those charges true? I wonder If you are such men to be swayed from your duty for such a shabby outworn device aa trying to attack the prosecutor. Levy did not mane a point yesterday that was not based on a He. He told you that Young wanted not a sever ance but a continuance of the disgraceful alliance. Assuming that his logic Is sound regarding the Cogglns letter, where are the facts? ' Now with regard to Mrs. Bmltn s tesll mony and my hounding her. Mr. Levy says I tried to make you nenev tnat tnes pawn tickets bore data of June S. 1 did not say that the tickets represented articles pawned on June 3 because I knew they were dated ucioocr. i uia ssk mrm. onuin if they were renewal tickets for articles pawned on June 3 and her answer was a lie. She also lied when she said she could not remember which of the bracelets given her by her mother were pawned in mern s Dy her husband, J. Morgan Smith. I knew that if I put Levy in a position he would help me get tne pawn iicKeis in evidence, in a t of forcetfulness he did the trick. In a moment of forgetfulnes he put before you gentlemen a piece of truth. Then ne says I nave conceaiea mmeriui evidence. That would be a wrong thing for nie to do In a murder case when a woman's life was at stake. I wonder If, when he was mnklnar that charge of concealing evidence his thoughts were wandering along the Can adian border to Toronto. Ana i wonuer u, when he was charging unfair methods, he was thinking of the articles which kept the J. Morgan Smith ana nis wue away irgm the first trial. ... ,. Since when has Levy me ngnt io ten me to be a gentleman? lie swore to me to bring the blush to . Mrs. Young's honest FIRERECORD. Nine Carload of Ties. FREMONT, Neb., May I.-(Speclal Tele gram.) A. fire broke out In the Northwest ern supply yards. Just eaat of the city lim its, this afternoon and had spread to sone large piles of ties before it was discovered. Owing to the strong south wind it was a nsra blase to control and all that could ba done was to keep it from spreading. About nine carloads of ties were burned. Tha Ore is supposed to hsve csught from a pas senger engine which was passing. Depot at Brraenae. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., May l-(Spe-clal.) The Burlington depot at' Syracuse. Neb., was partially destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The fire was caused by a spark from an engine setting fire to the platform, which com municated to the building. The fire de partment extinguished the flames before the walls were damaged, and the building The loss will amount to entirely destroyed by fire. Corey Goes to Europe. NEW YORK. May 2-Presldent W. E Corev of the t'nitrd Bmtea Siael rnr. poTBtlon. sailed for Eutop today on the Awiinui nuiifiui, I DIRE DISTRESS is Near At Hand to Hundreds ot Omaha Readers. Don't neglect an aching back. Backache ia the kidney's cry for help. Neglect hurrying to their aid Means that Urinary troublea follow quickly, - Dire disaster, Diabetes, Bright dis ease. , : Profit by a citizen' experience. Mr. F. B. Klngsbery of 1823 Dorca street, carpenter by trade, say: "Doan'a Kidney Pill are a good medicine and I ran recommend them. I bad aq, attack of kidney trouble for two month, and for two weeks before I got Doan'i Kid ney Pllla I could not work on account of my back. I commenced using the rem edy and aoon noticed It beneficial effect The pain In my back left me and the ir regularity of the kidney secretion waa corrected. I consider Doan' Kidney Pill the bet kidney and urinary medi cine I aver used." Far sale by all dealers. Trie 50 cent. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, X. Y.. sole agenta for the United State. Remember the uame, Dwan'a, and take no other. MAKING OF RAILWAY RATES Senate Committee Hears Opinion of Robert Mather of Bock Island Sjitem. SAYS THERE'S NO REASON FOR MORE LAWS Rates, He Bays, Are Not Too lllb. and that There Is Ko Lonaer Any Discrimination. WASHINGTON, May i Robert Mather, chairman of the executive committee of the Chicago. Rock Island A Parlnc Rail road company, who testified before the senate committee on Interstate commerce today, declared government regulation of common carriers so;i,ht to accomplish two purposes first, the establishment and main tenance of reasonable rates, and, second, the prohibition of discrimination. In the present dlcusslon he maintained that two propoRitlons might be considered as set tledfirst, that . the railway rates In the United States are not in themselves unrea sonable, and, second, that discriminations which result from secret rate making and rebate giving and other like devices have been done away with under the existing law. The evils of secret rebates were ended by th; passage of the Elklns act in 19o3. Little Legislation Needed. The only evil demanding additional legis lation was preference between localities, and the question under consideration then resolves itself into this: Is It necessary or desirable that the Interstate Commerce con mlslfin should be given the rate making power In order that preferences between localities shall cease. That there was a public clamor for giving the rate making power to the commission, he averred, could not be denied, but that It was a misled clamor was plainly apparent. If the Esch-Townsend bill, or anything like it, becomes law the entire power to make all rates Is confided to the commission and withdrawn from the railroads. This is a result which there Is no evidence that the people desire and which the presldi-nt him self does not want. The making of rates Is a matter no one traffic manager can determine to the Issue for himself. It is not only the rate that he. can afford to give 'to the shipper on his own rails that he must consider, but the rates that other railways can and. do give to the competitors of his shipper. It Is a result which no one mind and no one set of cir cumstances does or can control. A commission of limited number would be unable Intelligently to make rates which the railways make. Thinks Preeedent Itsil. Another point which must be considered, he said, was that the proposed legislation sets a precedent for the regulation by con gress of all transactions In Interstate com merce, Including all contracts for the pur chase and sale of commodities moving from state to state. He declared It Is Impossible to say when a public demand would raise for regulation of the prices of the commodities that form the great bulk of the commerce of the country, but if the present demand was yielded to there would be an unanswerable precederit for the others when it came. During his statement Mr. Mather alluded to the assertion that if the government did not take control of rate making there would be 'a demand for government ownership of railways. "It may be," he continued, "policy for the republicans to try and steal Mr. Bryan's platform from under him, but I very much doubt It." ' . The Commission adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a. n: " the re-organlsatlon of the various depart ment of the armies. , Staff Csptnfn Phubersky, w.ho has re turned here, aTtrr mftklnff a reConnalssnc on the Mongolian frontier, reports "that thousands of Chinese bandits, under Japanese leaders, are moving beyond the border. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Anstln. FRANKLIN, Neb.. May 1. (Special Tel. egram.) Orandma Austin, one of the old est residents of tHls city, died last night She was only sick two days and her sud den death was a surprise. She settled In this county in 1872 -and was 0 years old. She Is tho mother of Postmaster W. II. Austin. Funeral will be tomorrow. Mrs. Nettle Cravrens. WASHINGTON, la May 1-Mrs. Nettle Cravens, who claimed to be the common law wife of Senator Fair of California; Is dead at Mount Pleasant hospital. She was brought to the hoepital recently from Turlington. deranged mentally. Mrs. Cravens, leaves several sisters and brother. Telephone Linemen May strike. CHEYENNE. May l.-(8peclal.)-A strike Is threatened among the linemen of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company In Wyoming. The linemen are out In Utah and It Is feared here that orders will be received for the local men to go out unless the company accedes to the demands of the Utah strikers. A strike at this time would badly cripple the telephone company, for It has not yet recovered from the effects of the recent severe snowstorm, which prostrated Its poles and wires In and about tho city. Over 150 city telephones Were rendered useless by the storm and many of these have not yet been repaired. SIXTY-TWO ARE DEAD (Continued from First Page.) ' Inspect San Francisco Railways. SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.-B. S. and Robert Guinness, James uuane, Patrick Calhoun and representing tne ownersh of the majority stock of the United Rail roads, are In Ban Francisco for the pur pose of Inspecting the street railway sys tem and its suburban branch, with a view Of deciding upon extensive Improvements. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Rain In Nebraska Today-Mack Colder In South Portion Tomor row Fair and Warmer. WASHINGTON. May 2. Forecast of the weather for Wednesday and Thursday: For Nebraska Rain Wednesday; much colder In south portion; Thursday, fair and warmer. For Iowa Showers and thunderstorms and colder Wednesday and Thursday. For Wyoming Rain or snow and con tinued cold Wednesday; Thursday, fair and warmer. For South Dakota Rain Wednesday; Thursday, fulr and warmer. Loral Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, May 2. Official record of tem perature and precipitation, compared with the corresponding day of the last three years. 1906. 1904. 1M. 1902. Maximum temperature... 80 72 62 8 Minimum temperature ... 60 62 41 68 Mean temperature 70 Hi 41 73 Precipitation T .00 . 37 .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and comparisons with th last two years: Normal temperature 64 Excess for the day ; 15 Total excess since March 1 i 314 Normal precipitation IS Inch Deficiency for the day 13 Inch Total since March 1 4.13 Inches Deficiency since March 1 7 inc h Deficiency for cor. period, WA 37 Inch Deftclencw for cor. period, 1(3.... 1.93 Inches Reports from Stations at T P. M. Station and State Tem. Max. Kaln- of Weather. 1 pm Bismarck, raining 60 Cheyenne, raining 42 Chicago, part cloudy 74 Davenport, part cloudy 16 Denver, cloudy SO Havre, part cloudy to Helena, cloudy 44 Huron, raining 48 Kansas City, clear 78 North Platte, cloudy 64 Omaha, part cloudy 77 Rapid City, rsinlng 88 Bt. Louis, clear 76 St. Paul, cloudy 64 Bait Dake City, cloudy 42 Valentine, cloudy 4 Willlatnn. t'toudv 66 T Indicates trace of precipitation. U A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. Record for April. The meteorological summary for April shows that the month was rather a gloomy one, there having been only eight clear days. Twelve days were cloudy and ten partly cloudy. The highest lemperatr nn i he Sth rtav. when It leached 80 de grees; snd the lowest was on the 14th, when It dropped to 24 degrees. On April 7 h, variation of temoerature covered a range of M degrees. The least dally rang was 6 degrees on April 10. in mean tem perature for th month w4s 60 degrees. Last year it was 4i. The mean for April for thirty-five years was 62; the absolute max imum for thlrlv-flve years was 92. 1902. snd the absolut minimum for thirty-five years was f degrees in im. 1 ne toiai preripna i.. 14S and the snowfall 1.1. The av erage precipitation for April for thirty-five years was 1.04. There waa a Utile hall, some frost and the prevailing direction of the wind was north. Lem. fall. 66 .02 68 .64 SO .00 78 .00 68 T 60 .00 44 .14 60 .64 80 T 70 .00 80 T 44 .88 82 .00 W .01 62 .62 60 .12 60 .00 subject that "everything remains aa be fore," this is doubly significant. Supplementary reports of the rioting yes terday Just received confirm the earlier Warsaw advices of the revolting cruelty of the Cossacks and other troops. People were driven Into court yards and beaten with the butts of rifles, some of them into Insensibility. The limbs of some of the victims were broken. The bomb thrown Into a Cossack patrol near the Vienna sta tion, Warsaw, struck the head of a Cos Sack's horse, literally blowing the horse and rider to atoms and killing two other Cossacks and. two women. In Zombakoff street Hussars fired two volleys in the crowd. At I.odi a woman who waa looking out of a window was shot by a Cossack. While practically there were no disturb ances in the jewisn cities on tne Foilsh border ot southwestern Russia, dispatches this morning say that the people are In a stale of panic. The streets are filled with moving patrols. The mill owners at Byelostok, southwest ern Russia, fled In fear of their lives. The situation is especially strained at Borlsoff and Gomel, southwestern Russia. Anti-Semitic Starts Paper. KISH1NEFE, Russia, May 2. The Droug (meaning "Mend"), a newspaper of M. Kroushevan, the former editor of the Bessarabyets, has appeared here. Krous hevan was editor of the anti-Semitic organ In Kishlneff, the Bessarabyets, urticles in hlch it has beerf charged, were largely refcponslblo for the massacre of Jews in Kishlneff, in 1903. Lluevltch Kisses Soldiers. GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, May 2. A touching Incident occurred during tne Easter celebration here. 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