OAKS CROW FROM ACORNS -BEE ADS BUILD BUSINESS The Omaha; Daily Bee. BEST PEOPLE READ THE BEE BECAUSE IT IS BEST ESTABLISHED JUKE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOUSING, MAY 13, 190.'. KINOLE TOl'Y Til II EE CENTS MAY DAY IS QUIET Widely Heralded Demonstrations in St. Petersburg Ara a Complete Failure. COSSACKS DISPERSE TWO SMALL CROWDS Workingmen Generally Eemain Away from Advertised Meetings. PRESTIGE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SUFFER Father Gapon Tartly Blamed for Failun -the Movement. NO REPORTS OF DISORDER ELSEWHERE Jf-n Disorder at Warsaw, ICasan, Saratof, tronstadt, Kleff, Vol ga 4a, Rostov or Tomak. 8T. PETERSBURG, May 15.-1:30 a. m. The widely heralded May day demonstra tions In St. Petersburg were a complete fiasco and reports from Moscow and the provinces Indicate that order reigned on Sunday generally throughout the entire ex tent of KusHia. Minor disorders are re ported at Reva!. Klchlnef and one or two cither places, but up to midnight no re ports of serious tumults or loss of life have been reported, nor the attempts of the several societies or Uia socialists to signal ize May day by great anti-government demonstrations appear to have been a thorough failure. Dispatches from Kazan, Tlfils, Saratof, Cronstadt, Rostov-on-Don,' Kleff, Vologda, Tomsk and other cities, say the workmen observed the day as a holiday, that the shops were closed and that quiet was not disturbed. Workingmen Remain Away. In St. Petersburg the day was passed In almost perfect quiet and happily without a drop of blood being shed. The revolution arles found it impossible to execute the program of demonstrations and bomb throwing which they do widely advertised, the workingmen declining to sacrifice them selves to advance the propaganda of their lelf-constltuted leaders and the advertised meetings were attended chiefly by spec tators. Governor General Trepoft handled the situation firmly, but with a view to avoiding collisions and made his dlsposl tlons skilfully. Squads of Cossacks pa trolled the streets, reserves being held out of sight In courtyards and the guard regi ments were retained under arms in their barracks, but there was no occasion to call out either. The Associated Press correspondent, who rode through all sections of the city and suburbs, found the streets perhaps less thronged than usual. More or less tension and agitation were apparent in the in dustrial quarters among workmen prom enading under the eyes of Cossacks with whips in their hands, but otherwise the city wore almost a normal appearance. The weather was cold and raw, which perhaps, acted as a deterrent of trouble, us Russians dislike physical discomfort. I'viiscki Disperse Crowds. At the Freobrajennky cemetery, where the principal meeting, in honor of '"The January Martyrs," as the victims of "Red Bunduy" are popularly called, had been ad vertised, a Bcanty crowd, largely composed of curiosity seekers, assembled. Cossacks dispersed the crowd, the more aggressive of whom sang the "Marseillaise," as they were crossing the fields. This defiance was met by a charge of Cossacks, who used their whips freely, inflicting many nasty Injuries. There was a similar incident on Vnssill Island, where a dozen students, mainly girls, sang the "Marseillaise," and gathered a crowo. Cossacks cantered up apd dispersing the crowd with whip, seem ing to take pleasure in slashing the girl Students with their whips, but the latter evidently w?re anxious to pose as martyr and deliberately provoked attack by sing Ing revolutionary songs. The affair gave rise to rumors that a number of persons had ueen killed, but in the incident which happened undt-r the eyes of the Associated Press correspondent, sabres were not even drawn, and nobody was seriously hurt. The day wound up by a tumult in one of the people's parks where, while merry makers were dancing Russian national dances, agitators scattered proclamations among tho crowd and drove a scanty guard of police Into a shallow artificial lake. Cos sacks came up at a gallop, wielding their whips, rescued the police and made Humor ous arrests. l'rcstlae of Socialists Suffers. The prestige of the social democrats and revolutionists has suffered greatly by Sat urday's occurrences, but they were trying last night to retrieve It by issuing a mani festo carrying out the plan to carry a manifesto to the emperor, and proclaiming u Btrlke today. The leaders were so confident of success that they prepared a number of bandage stations in the neighborhood of the various advertised meetings to ren der service to the victims of the expected rioting, l'art of the onus of their failure rests upon Father Gapon, who sent a mes sage from abroad to tho leaders of his old organization, saying: ' 1X nothing until 1 return." Jlo Disturbance In Warsaw. WARSAW. May i4.C.UIdnlght.)-Sunday passed quietly at Lodz and In Warsaw. Strong forces of troops guarded the Jewish district through the day. The socialists are reported to be trying their utmost to create new strikes, but the workmen are disiuclliied to engage in tuoli b conflict. J a pun C harjm Had l'uilh. TOKIO, Hay 14. Detailed conlli matory Information concerning Vice Admiral Ho Jestvensky's use of lndo-China wit turn has reached the Japanese government from a variety of .sources, both otfkial and private. A high Japanese oltio'ul today sketched to the Associated Press the Important acts of the Russian fleet since Frunco was first moved to preserve neutrality. Me said: The Kovrnur gem-i-al of Iiido-Clilna of ficially iIHrts that the Russian fleet had departed from Kamrann on April 2i'. but on April -.1 there still remained in the bay one cruiser, one torpedo boat destrover and fifteen transports ul the Russian fleet, tin April 24 tho entire Russian fleet re entered Kaiuranh bay slid rode at anchor until April SW. when a majority of the warships sailed, leaving behind four Con Verted cruisers and one torpedo boat de stroyer. These Utter vessels took supplies of coal and provisions, on April 6. tuwuid evening, these vessels stopped and ex amined the German steamer Loosock and the Norwegian steamer Providence, which passed ouulde of the bay. On April 17 moi? than thirty1 Russian vessels were anchored at Honkohc and at & o'clock in the afternoon they stopind and cxanilin.J the loilluti steau.er teietiln, whicii was p ass'.rx. According to the French official report, Vice Admiral Rojestv ciibky promised Ad miral ! e Jn.'iii"ies tLat he would h ave HotiKuhe on May 11. It is evident that the Russians were anchored at iionkohe on May The latest telegrams Indicate the prefeence ul Houkohe on May 1:1 of seven l.usstan battleships, seven cruisers, two POLICE AFTER HIRED THUGS On of Men Accnscd of Monlrr of nn. anion Men Confesses Officers Get Far-Itcachlns; (lues. f , iflO. May 14. The extent find tneth ot C' professional slugging Is expected b police to be the result of the revela- ' connected with the murder of Charles xlstrom, a wagon worker, for which men are now under arrest. llowlng tho confession of Business ;nt Charles Casey and Secretary Henry Newman of the Carriage and Wagon orkers' union No. 4, Charles Ollhooly, .leged leader of tho men who beat Carl trom, broke and told his part In that and other cases. According to the admissions, the greater part of which Inspector 1 .a vine declines to make public at present, tho police gleaned Information which set them to work on plots in strikes in other In dustries. Men to the number of fourteen have been intimidated or Injured by gangs of "slug gers" working for striking unions. Each case Is being Investigated by Inspector Irvine's detectives and additional arrests are expected at any moment. "Wo have discovered clues leading us in a number of directions to cases of profes sional slugging done by gangs hired not only by the wagon workers, hut by other unions, including the woodworkers," said Inspector La vine tonight. We will not stop until we get to the bottom of the system and break It up." Two more arrests In connection with the wogan workers' troubles were made to night, they are Frank Novak and John Heiden, members of the executive commit tee of the union. WASHOUTS DELAY TRAINS VEILED MURDERESS IS DEAD Woman Who Spent Fifty-Two Tears In Prison Dies Without He. veallng; Her Identify. Nebraska Trafflo Interrupted by Heavy Eains and Swollen Streams. CLOUDBURSTS PLAY HAVOC WITH SCHEDULE Extensive Washouts Keported on the Inlon Pacific and Sinclair Branch of the North western. NEWBliRG, N. V., May 14.-Mrs. lien rletta Robinson, 89 years old, who was known as the veiled murderess, died at the Mattewan State hospital today. She was convicted of the murder of Timothy l.anagan and Catherine Lubeo in Troy, in 1SS3. During the trial she woro a heavy veil and said that she would rather have any verdict pronounced than to remove it. At tho close of the trlnl she drew tho veil for an instant and smiling to the Jury again drew It. She was sentenced to ba hanged on June 19, 1R53. Her sentence was afterward commuted. She was sent to the Auburn state hospital for tho insane in 1873, and later transferred to Mattewan. When a few days ugo It was certain she must die the physicians endeavored to have her reveal her identity, which she had kept hidden since her commitment. She refused, saying that she had kept the secret for fifty years and might as well let It die with her. Only once in her long confinement did sho ever reveal anything about herself, and then she told a physi cian that she came from the English royal family. Sho refused to say anything further. JESSIE BARTLETT DAVIS DEAD Well Known Actress Passes Away Suddenly at Her Home In Chicago. CHICAGO, May 14. Jessie Bartlett Davis, the well known actress, died suddenly at her home in this city today. The cause of her death was heart disease produced by nephritis. She was taken ill on Friday and on Saturday morning became uncon scious, from which condition she never re covered. When her physicians first di agnosed her illness as nephritis on Friday no alarming symptoms were apparent, but on Saturday morning she grew suddenly worse and continued to sink until 6:30 this morning, when she died. Mrs. Davis first became prominent on tho stage while, she was connected with the Bostonlans. Her first engagement was in the role of "Ruttercip" in "Pinafore," twenty-six years ago. After being connected with the Rostonlans for nearly ten years, Mrs. Davis severed her connection with that organization in 1301, when she entered vaudeville. Her last regular engagement in opera was with Francis Wilson s company, in 'Ermlnie" last year. Mrs. Davis was the wife of Will J. Davis, the well known theatrical manager of this city. She was 46 years old. GLADDEN TO UNITED BRETHREN Question of Inlon with Congrcga tlonalists and Methodist Protest ants Conies I'p Today, TOPEKA. Kan., May 14-Tho United Brethren conference was addressed this morning by Itlshop J. 8. Mills of Ann- ville. Pa. In the afternoon Colonel Robert Cowden, general Sunday school secretary, conducted the Sunday school rally. Tonight the missionary anniversary was in charge of Dr. W. M. Bell. Addresses were made by Dr. W. R. Funk of Dayton, O., Rev. Alford T. Howard, superintendent of missions in Japan, Rev. John R. King, superintendent of African mission work, and Mrs. 8. 11. King, missionary to Africa. Dr. Washington Gladden, moderator of the Congregational council preached twice today at Congregational churches. H will address the I'nlted Brethren confer ence tomorrow In favor of adoption of the report providing for a union of tho congregational, Methodist Protestant and I'nlted Brethren churches. Cloudbursts and heavy rains have been playing havoo with railroad schedules In Nebraska for the last two or three days and the prospects are that the trouble is not all settled this morning. Saturday morning at about 6:30 the worst storm in years broke over the country sur rounding Kearney. For ft space of about twenty minutes hall and rain came down in torrents. At Elm Creek station, where the Union Pacific crosses Elm creek the water washed out about 1,400 feet of the Union Pacific track. Superintendent Ware had gone to Kear ney Saturday morning and set a large force to work to repair the track which Is the main line of the Union Pacific. Iirge numbers of ties were used and the washout was temporarily rebuilt with cribbing senf fold, so that at 9 o'clock Sunday morning trains were run across. ' Five trains were blocked to the west of the washout and six to the east and these were gradually worked across the washout and started on their Journey, the first reaching Omaha abolit twenty-one hours late. Two of the fast trains were run back to Grand Island and sent over the Burlington to Denver. Trains due In this city from the west Saturday evening and Sunday morning arrived here last night from 6 to 11. There has been no train through from Montana and the' Black Hills on the Bur lington since Friday and there are still several washouts ahead of the first train that is working its way eastward. Burling ton officials say that they expect the first train from the Black Hills to reach Lincoln about 4 o'clock Monday morning. Whether this train will be able to reach Omaha the officials say they do not know, as the Platte river Is about three miles wide at Ashland. The washouts on tho Burlington are between Ravenna and Grand Island. Three washouts had been repaired before midnight Sunday night and there were more to be encountered. Hi-Kvy rains north of Columbus are re sponsible for the swollen condition of the Platte, as well as the storm around Kearney. It Is reported from Norfolk that over a mile of Union Pacific track was washed away near Madison. Half of the temporary wagon bridge across the Platte river near Fremont was carried away by a torrent which today came down that stream from the west, flooding the lowlands west of town. The Burlington has a bad washout of track on Its line between Grand Island and Cairo, and the southbound Pacific coast express was delayed there nearly eight hours. There was a heavy rain tonight In Lin coln and southeast Nebraska. Floods in North Nebraska. NORFOLK, Neb., May 14. (Special Tele gram.) The Elkhorn river tonight is the highest for fifteen years and is still rising. This morning the dike near here sprung several small leaks and an alarm was sounded. By quick work the citizens pre vented the destruction of the levee by use of sandbags. The water and electric light plants are having trouble keeping the water pumped out of their fire pits and should the river go much higher the city will be without water or light. About 1,000 feet of track on the Scribner and Oakdale branch of the Northwestern railway 's washed out near Albion and traffic is practically suspended. The dam at West Point is said to be In danger. Filled to overflowing by the continued heavy rains of all last week, to say noth ing of the entire month of May, the rivers and creeks of north Nebraska are tonight more than bankfull and are threatening trouble in many portions of the section. Tho Elkhorn has not been so high In years as it is now, having flooded over its chan nel in many places and inundated hun dreds of acres of ground. Mills in places have been forced to stop running and dams are endangered. Bridges are threatened and the water has cut around them In some places. At Battle Creek a big wagon bridge, Just recently repaired. Is again in danger and is being carefully guarded. Fields between the Rosebud reservation and Norfolk and between Sioux City and Norfolk and between Long Pine and Nor folk are transformed Into lakes in many low spots. South of Atkinson the farmers have given up all thought of planting crops this season. Considerable damage was done in Norfolk's residence portion by the overflow of a gulch leading into tho city from northwest hills. Pretty lawns wero made patches of mud, sidewalks were floated away and cellars under many homes are filled to the brim with dirty, slimy water. Heavy Rains at Wayne. WAYNE, Neb., May 14. (Special Tele gramsThe heaviest rain known here for years fell yesterday and last night, flooding the streets. Logan , creek, Just south of the city, overflowed and the lowland ad jacent whs covered with water all along the valley, doing consldurahle damage. A portion of the railroad truck In the valley east of Wayne was washed out and, as a result, the Norfolk passenger ran to Wayne this afternoon and returned to Nor- RACING AUTO BOATS LOST All Vessels Participating in Second Stage of the Contest Dis abled or Lost. TOULON, May 11 The nutnhnat race from Algiers to Toulon has ended unfor tunately, all of the boats participating in the second stage of the run from Port Mahon to this port being either sunk or disabled owing to a heavy storm when still many miles from the finish. Tho ar rangements for escorting the craft, how ever, were efficiently organized and so far as known there has been no loss of life. The seven racers left Fort Mahon Saturday morning at 4 o'clock for Toulon. A tor pedo boat destroyer accompanied each auto boat, whllo two cruisers followed. Tho sea was somewhat rough at the start and soon became worse. The "competing boats were unahle to withstand the violence of the storm nnd requested the warships to tow them. Shortly afterward the Mercedes C. P. sank, men from the torpedo boat de stroyer Hallehardo rescuing its crew. The cruiser La Hire hoisted the flat and Its crew aboard. The Camllle was abnndoned, the destroyer Dard saving Its crew. The Hercules II is adrift, but Its crew is on board the destroyer Barbncane. The Malgre tout sank and Its cre'w wns taken on board the destroyer Carabine. The Mercedes had to be abandoned, the destroyer Pertrusane saving the orew. There is no news con cerning the Quand-Meme, about which there is considerable anxiety. Its crew consisted of eleven . men, including the Duke de Cases. The' cruisers Desatx and Kleber are searching for the vessel. Duchess de Cases is reported to have re ceived Inte tonight a telephone message from Toulon statins; that her husband's autobORt, the QOand-Meme, has been sighted in tow of the destroyer Arbalete. This report, however, has not been confirmed. RAILWAY VISITORS ON TOUR Delegates to International Congress to In spect American Roads and Terminals. PASSES RESOLUTION ON RATE QUESTION Says Tariffs Should He nased on Tout merclal Principles and All Ship pers Should lie Treated Alike. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday nnd Inrniln), Temperature nt Oninha Yesterday t CONGER AT SAN FRANCISCO Iowa Man is Enronte from China to His New Post in Mexico. SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.-E. E. Conger, former American minister to China, arrived here today from the orient on tho steamer Siberia. Mr. Conger Is accom panied by his wife, v It is Mr. Conger's Intention to proceed almost immediately to Mexico, unless he receives orders to the contrary, but Mrs. Conger will first return tocher home at Des Moines, la. Mr. Conger said that diplo matic matters in China are In a satisfac tory condition. As to China's neutrality In the Russo-Japanese war he said: China has been always disposed to mnln tain the strictest neutrality between the warring nations, and although there has been much criticism, I believe the Chi nese government has never shown par tiality one wav or the other, but has al ways adhered to the, requirements of the international law. Mr. Conger was asked concerning the periodical rumors of Boxer uprising and replied: There Is absolutely no truth In such re ports. There Is no danger of another Boxer outbreak. Of course there are oc casional troubles In the Interior, but they arise from purely lool causes which have no hearing on the presence of foreigners. There Is no organized movement in China against the foreign people. There never hss been a time wlyv the Chinese gov ernment was better p;i pared to put dow-1 any organized effort against any foreigner. FOUR WORE DEAD AT SNYDER Number of Fatalities Now 11.7 Sev eral Yet Missing and More of Injured Will Die. SNYDER, Okl., May 14. Four more of the persons injured in Wednesday's nlght'3 tornado died today, M.'ss Mize, Mr. Paul son, John McCart, Miss Buser, bringing tne total number of ntad to 117. A num ber of persons are missing and several of the Injured are In a critical condition. Sightseers made trouble for the guards and nurses today. Much more welcome were 150 men, who curat from Hobart, with tools and building material, and gave their free Bervlce to putting partially wrecked houses into habitable condition. Relief Is coming from many quarters money, bedding, clothing and food. This assist ance is urgently needed and supplies arc being distributed Judiciously. There was no rain today, and conditions are more cheerful. A pocketbeok containing $32 was picked up today nineteen miles from Snyder. It belonged to Mrs. James, who was killed, and it was carried twenty three miles in the storm. A heavy wind and rainstorm visited Oluste, Okl., yesterday. An elevator was blown across the railroad track, and a few small buildings wero damaged, but no person was injured. WASHINGTON. May ll.-Two rnrties of foreign delegates to the International Rail way congress, which closed its seventh session here yesterday, left Washington tonight on tours of the United States. The parties include about 300 delegates and occupy four special trains. One party will reach New York on May 23. after having visited Altoona. Pittsburg, Cleveland, Buf falo, Niagara Falls, Schenectady and Bos ton. The other Is due In New York on May 27, stopping at Altoona, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, Niagara Falls, Montreal, Saratoga, Schenectady and Albany. The foreign delegates, who in clude representatives of many European and other governments and railways, were traveling in the United States as guests of tho American Railway association. Resolution on Tariffs. The conclusions adopted by the Inter national Railway congress, which closed Its seventh session hero yesterday, were offi cially announced today. The most Interest ing of the conclusions related to railway rates, on which alter a prolonged discus sion In which every country In which rail ways are operated was represented, the congress unanimously expressed Its con clusions as follows: Tariffs should bo based on commercial principles, taking Into account the special conditions which bear upon the commercial values of the services rendered. With the reservation that rates shall be charged without arbitrary discrimination to all ship pers alike, under like conditions, the limit ing of rates should as far as possible have all tho elasticity necessary to penult the development of the traffic and to produce the greatest results to tha public and to the railroads themselves. These conclusions were ratified at the close of the session, after President Roose velt's speeches had been a topic of discus sion and two days after Secretary Tuft's address on freight rates at the banquet of the congress. Regarding methods of treat ing railway sleepers, chemically or other wise, to protect them against deterioration by wear and by the elements and In that way to lessen the demands upon the coun try's forest supply, It was determined that some method of preserving sleepers is desirable, and it was urged that careful records of experiments should ho kept. With regard to locomotives, the conclus ion was that "the power of locomotives is more limited in Europe than in America owing to the lower allowance of weight per axle. European engineers generally agree In thinking that compounding the construction of engines gives maximum of power und economy." There Is a tendency to extend the use of Bteamhenting in many countries, tho con gress found. To obtain sufficient heat for long trains when the temperature is par ticularly low, it was deemed advisable to uso special pipes or to mix compressed air with the steam. Development of Ilrancb Honda, Light railways (branch roads) merit in the highest degree the attention of public authorities. The report concludes: "Their construction makes it possible to encour age the developments in districts which have previously remained In the back ground, and It Is accordingly not only the Interest hut the duty of tho govern ments to assist them. It is desirable, therefore, not to adhere to old types and old methods of construction, operation and regulation, but to Introduce every fa cility possible, adaptable to local needs and available resources. It is also desir able that state government and local au thorities should accord to light railways, either under the form of subsidies relaxa tion of requirements, or other methods of assistance, the support which they need for construction and for operation, so that all parts of the country may be adequately served." The congress expressed the wish that the present tendency of legislation to estab lish more liberal regulations for lines with small traffic, and light trains may become more general and that the efforts of the managements to equip their light traffic lines with a more economical organiza tion which promise to give remarkable re sults, be continued. Ilonr. Dear. n a. tn rV4 O a. m nt T a. ni nt M a. ni Till It a. ni Ml 10 . in r.u 11 a. m Ul lit in 415 llonr. I l- a i. !l p. 4 P. o p. I p. 7 P. N p. l p. le. . . ! . , IM . , Til . . TO . . Tl . . T il . . 72 . . m . . rt MAY SETTLE STRIKE Team Owners' Association Gives Men An other Day to Consider Ultimatum. COUNCIL WILL MEET AGAIN TONIGHT PALLIUM FOR GLENNON Insignia of Ills Office Itestowed I'pon New Arch bishop of St. Louis by Cardinal Gibbous. ST, LOUIS, May 14. In the presence of one of the most notable gatherings of Catholic church dignitaries in the history of St. Louis, the pallium, the official ln- slgitm of an archbishop, was today be stowed upon John Joseph Ulennon, arch bishop of the archdiocese of St. Ixuis. The ceremony took plnce In tho old cathedral. Preceded by six quaintly at tired pages, the ecclesiastic procession en tered the cathedral by the main door and down the center aisle to the sanctuary, to the light of which was the red throne for Cardinal Gibbons, and opposite was the purple, white and gold throne occupied by Archbishop Glennon. Tho mass was cele brated by Archbishop Glennon, and Im mediately after the communion the pallium was bestowed by Cardinal Ulblmns, Arch bishop Glennon repeating tho oath of ofllce In Latin. Archbishop Glennon then pro nounced the benediction and tho sermon was preached by Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul. Among the visiting prelates who took part In the ceremony were Archbishop Quigley of Chicago, Archbishop Faley of Detroit, Bishop Shanley of Fargo, Rlshop Lellls of Leavenworth, Rlshop Hennessey of Wichita. Rlshop Lurk of St. Joseph, Rlshop Horstman of Cleveland, Rlshop Allen of Mobile and Rlshop Dun no of Dallas. The announcement was made tonight at a reception in honor of Archbishop Glen non that funds aggregating $."".UX had been secured toward the erection of a new cathedral to cost, when completed, more than $l,o00,ouo. . CROKER'S BODY SENT EAST Brother Identifies lothlnK as that Worn by Youna; Man When He Left New York. NEWTON, Kan., May 14. Richard Croker, Jr., arrived from New York today and was at once taken to tho undertaking parlors in which tho body of his brother Herbert has been lying. He identified the body as that of his brother and gave direc tions to have it prepared for shipment once. The body was shipped to the New Y'ork homo on the Santa Fe train at mid night. KANSAS CITY, May 14. The police have completed their investigation of the visit of Herbert V. Croker, son of Richard Croker, the ex-Tammany leader, to an opium den and the north end saloons of this city which resulted In his death on a Santa Fe train near Newton, Kan., Friday morning, and unless the relatives, of young Croker request It no further action in the case will be taken by the local police. Charles Wilson, the negro porter at the Coates hotel, who accompanied Croker on his visit to tho opium den and later put him on u trnin at the depot was released today. Ah Lee and Ghee Kee, the Chinese proprietors of the opium den, are being held and will he prosecuted In police court for conducting an Illegal business. Another Session of the Exeoutive Body Will Considor the Situation. CAB DRIVERS WILL STRIKE TODAY Men Refuse to Carry Patrons to Boyootted Department Stores. TRACT SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY t.enernl O. O. Howard One of the Speakers at Klwhtieth Annual Medina; at New York. NEW YORK. May 14-The eightieth an niversary of the American Tract society was observed at the Rroadway tabernacle here tonight. Addresses were delivered by General O. O. Howard, president of the ! society: Rev. Dr. James L. Barton and Rev. Dr. Georgo L. Shearer. The latter suggested that the name of the society be changed to that of the American Chris tian Literary society. Dr. Shearer said the - work of the society was gruatly hampered ' by the la.k of funds. BURGLAR KILLS POLICEMAN Sergeant James Ilia-gins of Frie, Pa., Murdered by Man He Attempted to Arrest. ERIE, Pa., May 14. Police Sergeant James Higglns, who has been service twenty-two years, was murderef aliout 2 o'clock this morning, whllo arresting a burglar who was coming out of the Central school building. He had been sent aloirs to Investigate a report that a suspicious man had been prowling around residences. He told the burglar that he would not hurt him, but the stranger drew a revolver and fired three times, every shot of which took effect. Higglns died In about un hour I after telling how he had torn the overcoat i ...t... l... ,.,,in a-H il.. rvvinir t,. V. 1 , r folk at night; no train arrived from the ' . ' . I. ",l r he had been shot. Mayor Saltzman has Cyclone Near Kalis City. FALLS CITY, Neb., May 14. (Special ) A small cyclone formed about four miles southeast of Falls City shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday evening and, taking a northeasterly direction, destroyed a num ber of outbuildings In that neighborhood Lakeside schoolhouse was badly wrecked. Patrick Murphy's barn and corncrlb were demolished; W. W. Brown's sheds and orchard were destroyed. No one was in jured and the storm only traveled a few miles when It disappeared. AMERICAN METHODS SUCCEED (Continued on Second Page.) WOMAN SHOOTS HOLDUP MAN j British Builders Will Adopt Yankee Idea of llapld Construction of Houses. s Chicago Concert Hluger Kills II lull, waymau Who Attempts to Rob Her. CHICAGO. May It-Eve Dakln, a con cert hull singer, shot and killed one of two men who attacked her today and tried to rob her. The man she killed was rtcog. nlsed later by .1etM'tlves ns Charles llen mtt. The woman was locked up pendii.g an investigation. The police sey witness s have lieen found who corroborate the wom an's story. Bennett's companion h Lccn found. ' offered a personal reward of and 'to this amount the city and county will add J2.OU0 tomorrow. Reports from Glrard, where the burglar Is said to have Jumped off a fast train after making his oscupe, Indicate that he had an accomplice who waited for him in an automobile. The murder has excited the city, following as it does a series of most daring burglaries of residences. THIRTY-FOUR IN HOSPITAL None of Victims of Harrlshurs; Wreck Able to Leave Thiee In Crit ical Condition. AWFUL CHARGE MADE BY GIRL Chicago Man Accused of Poorlng Kerosene Over Wirepins; Wife and Child and Setting it Afire. I CHICAGO, May 14 Accused by his 7- LIVERPOOL, May H.-(Special Cable gram to The Rce.) The successful Intro duction into this country of American methods of rapid construction bids fair to entirely revolutionize the building trade. An Illustration supporting this vliw Is to hand In the fact that the contract for the erection of the new Liverpool C"t-.m ex change hns l)en placed in the har-U of the Waring-White Building coniptu..-, which has Just completed the magnificent wr.ne structure in London for the Interiiaji.ll Mercantile Marine company In the :-u ; l.ot time of nine months, and is also em ..god t vpon the new Kltz hotel In Piccadilly, HARRISBURG, Pa., May ll None of tho thirty-four victims of the South Har rlsburg railway disaster was able to leave the Hartisburg hospital today. With the exception of Georgo Loeffler of Pittsburg, Miss Anton Pller of Cleveland and Harold Elfreth of Philadelphia, all aro believed to be out of danger. Loeffler Is In a crit ical condition and may not live. The other two are expected to recover. Colonel H. B. Rope of Pittsburg, another victim, who was staying at the residence of a friend near tho hospital, left this afternoon for his home in a private car. J. W. Anderson of Pittsburg, whose son died last night, is In a serious condition and was unable to go homo with the body. Mr. Anderson was badly burned and cut about the face, head and legs. The rail road officials say the report of the death of a Mr. Shaw of Pittsburg was Incorrect and was due to u mistake of a Ilarrlsburg physician In reporting the death of an other victim. This makes the number of deaths twenty-two Instead of twenty-three. The company can find no trace of E. D. Edson, the New York lawyer, whoso body is thought to have been burned to ashes in the wreckage. FIERCE BATTLE IN JOLO General Wood Attacks Outlaw Moro Chief, Killing; Four Hundred of Ills Men. MANILA, May 15. Fierce fighting hne been going on the last two weeks on the Island of Jolo, between the outlaw Moro chief,, Pala, with rj0 well armed followers, and troops under tho personal command of Major General Leonard Wood. Pala's forces lost 4o) killed, while the losses of General Wood are seven killed and nine teen wounded. Pala and his remaining fol lowers, in accordance with Moro tradition, prefer death to capture. General Wood, with ' detachments from the Fourteenth cavalry, the Seventeenth, the Twenty-second, the Thirty-third In fantries and tho constabulary scouts, have chased Tala and his followers Into a swamp which Is surrounded. Pala was a noted slave trader and warrior when tho Amer icans occnpled the island of Tula S kar near Borneo. One of Pala's leaders de serted and took refuge In the British set tlement at Lahad. Pala landed with a fol lowing and demanded of the British mag istrate that he turn the deserter over to him. The demand was not compiled with and Pala ordered a massacre. Twenty-five persons, Including several British, were killed. Pala escaped to the Island of Jolo and organized the present uprising. It Is reported that the Borneo authorities re quested General Wood to apprehend Pala, dead or alive, nnd turn him over to them. HOME MISSIONARY WORK Report of I nlted Presbyterian Hoard for Year Makes a Visiter. inT Show Ins;. PITTSBURG, May 14.-Rev. Dr. Alexan der Gilchrist, secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the United Presbyterian year-old stepdaughter of having killed his J church in America, leaves tomcrrol: yarn ing ior irawioruwviiie, m., to atieno" the wife and Infant child by pouring kerosoiie over their bodies as they lay aBleep and then setting fire to the bed clothing, Joseph Leldlng was arrested here today and is be ing held while an Investigation of the af fair is leing made. I'l.llng, who is a brass finisher by trade, dt-nles the story of the child and declares that his wife's drejs ciught on fire while she was using ki-ro-bene to start a fire in the kitchen stovo. As soon as she anw her dress In flames. she ran to the bedroom and tried to smother the fire In the bedclothes. She was unsuccess ful, however, and both she and her babe wero burned so badly thst they died a few hours later In tiie hospital. meeting of the commission on missions of the general assembly of the church this week. The general assembly convenes next week. A large delegation of local clergy men and laymen will leave for the as sembly Tuesday. The report of the secretary of the home board for the last year Is flattering. The membership of missions there was a total Increase of 3(i4S. accessions by profession were 1.708 and the net gain 1!.1J.', or 1.' per cent. This la the iiest showing made by the board in one year. During Ki7 new missions were established and eighteen congret&tlous btcaum self-supporting. COMBINATION AGAINST HOLMES Lancaster County Congressional fan . dldate Is Kuclna- a Possible Alli ance that Means Defeat. (From a Stuff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 14 (.Spccial.)-Elrst dis trict politicians are turning their attention to the congressional contest which will come to a focus ut Falls City, June 1. A very large percentage of Inncaster county republicans believe that Judgo E. I'. Holmes can be nominated because of the numerical preponderance of this county, but there are already disconcerting rumors of an alliance between Cass, Otoe, Nemaha and Richardson counties. In that event Johnson and Pawnee counties would have tho balance of power. Representative Wilson Is slated to have the Tawnee county delegation, and the governor's private secretary, A. B. Allen will have his home county. As a result of the critical places occupied by their delegations in the convention, these gentle men are believed to have fairly good pros pects, although a story current at the present time is to the effect that Allen has his eyes fixed on the gubernatorial man sion. This he denies with much emphasis. Movements of Ocenn Vessels May 14. At New York Arrived: Columbia, from Olesgow; Slavonla, from Trieste; Sicilian Prince, from Naples. At Liverpool Arrived: Campania, New York; Celtic, from New York At Genoa Arrived: Cretic, from York. At Southampton Arrived : St. Paul W 1 OIK. At Plymouth Arrived: Rarbarosna, from New York. At Boulogne (May 13) Sailed: Noordam, for Nev. York. At CherlMiurg Sailed: Rrenu-n, for New Yoi k. A i (Jucenstown Sailed.- Etrurla, for New York. from New from UNIONS MARCH WITH DRAPED BANNERS Strikers Make Knneral of Member Killed by Depnty herlff tha Occasion of a Peaceful Demonstration. CHICAGO, May 14. Unless compromises are offer 'd by all the opixising Interests In the light now ill progress in Chicago between capital and labor, the teamsters strike will spread many fold during the next forty-eight hours. The refusal of the Teamsters' Joint council, representing .15.000 union drivers, to nccedo to the demands of tho Chicago Ten m Owners' association to handle merchandise for all houses hnv Ing contracts with the members of the owners' association, without discriminat ing against the firms involved in the pres. ent strike, has brought the controversy to a point whim a speedy settlement will have to be made to prevent an extension of tho trouble. There Is a probability, however, thnt the whole trouble may be satisfactorily ad Justed without resorting to such drastlo measures. After receiving tho announce ment of the Teamsters' Joint council re fusing to obey the ultimatum of the Team Owners' r.ssoclntion, a meeting of tho lat ter organization was held and It wns de cided to give the teamsters more tlmn to consider the proposition. At first It wns tli intention of the team owners to put their ultimatum Into effect tomorrow morning, but, believing that tho teamsters could be Induced to change their minds, they were given until Tuesday to make final answer to tho proposition. Teamsters Meet Tonight. Information which the team owners say they received today that the Teamsters" Joint council was not a unit last night. In its determination to fight the owners, was given by the owners ns the reason for the postponement of the enforcement of the ultimatum until Tuesdny. That last night's decision of the teamBters will b reconsidered was evidenced tonight when a call was sent out for another meeting of the Teamster's Joint council for tomorrow night. In addition to this meeting of the officials of tho Teamsters' union, another call wns Issued today for a meeting on Tuesday of the executive committee of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. This committee is the controlling body of the teamsters' organization and it Is this body of officials that orders, or has tha final word In the settlement of a strike of their members. Cab Drivers Will Strike Today. The Chicago Joint Liverymen's associa tion has become involved In the trouble and a strike of the 2,000 drivers employed by this organization Is Imminent. The trouble was brought about by the union carriage drivers refusing to carry patrons of the nssorlatlori to the strike bound de partment stoi'es. A statement was given out by the as sociation tonight that commencing tomor row tho men would bo compelled to carry all patrons to their destination and that a refusal meant Immediate discharge. The officials of the Cab Drivers' union declared tonight that their men would all be ordered on strike If but even one member of their union was discharged for refusing to obey tho command of tho association. Should this strike bo called it will involve the hearso drivers, and, it was said tonight, would necessitate the use of mounted guards to escort funerals to outlying ceme teries, should It be necessary to use non union drivers. Another Victim of Strike.. Another death was added to the list of strike victims today. In a controversy arising out of the strike between John Cahlll and two companions, with James Jennings, colored, the latter was shot in the head and killed. Cahlll, who did the shooting and who is under arrest, declares that he killad the negro in self-defense. While arguing over the merits of the strikers and the strike breakers, Cahlll says, Jennings rushed at him with a club ami knocked hlni down. Cahlll says tha negro was about to strike him again when he drew a revolver from his pocket and fired. Tho bullet struck Jennings in tha face and he died instantly. P. Iagrogoiis, owner of a lunch wagon. In front of which the shooting took place, was attacked by rrlonds of Jennings later in the day and beaten until he was un conscious. Lagrogoris' condition, is serious -and ho will probably die. March with. Draped Banners. Marching with draped banners and muf fled drums over 2,uoi union men followed the remains of Strike Victim Georgo 8. Pierce from Ids late home to the Union station here today. Thu body was taken over the Pennsylvania railroad to Louis ville, Ky., for burial. No funeral services were held hero, but tli escorting of the bmiy to the station was iiiado the occuslou of a labor demon stration In which not only the Teamsters' union, but organised labor generally par ticipated. The progress of the cortege was without incident. Thu men marching sol emnly four abreast, each on his coat lapel a white button with tho Inscription in black "We inourii the loss of a murdered brother." Even the spectuclo of three coal wagons niunned by nonunion negroes near the Union station elicited no moro than mut terings as the columns tiled by. The ouJy break in the serious mien of tho men oc curred when a patrol wagon, called In an ticipation of trouble by two policemen in charge of the coal wagons, galloped onto the scene. Three cheers and handclapping mingled with shouts f derision broke out along the line for a block. But there was no work for the police. ' 1 ii lou Olllclala Attend. The procession formed in thu vicinity of the Pierce home, IHO South Cuntral avenue, at H o'clock In the morning. Immediately following the caniui;e bearing the aged mother, ulslur and two brothers of the de ceased came thirty (,irriugen occupied by union lalmr officials. In the first was Inter national Prisldi-ut C. P. Shen of the Team steis' union, with Vice Presidents John Sheil. htu and E. J. Mullen. Tho succeeding carriages contained olliiials of the various locals of the Teamsters' union and other affiliated unions. At Intervals along tha lino were the bunneis of the diflsrsnt loosUs