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The Omaha Daily Bee.
CLEAN AND CONSERVATIVE
THE BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 111, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOUNINTJ,
MAY 22. 1905.
SINGLE COPY THUEE CENTS
Cavalry Activoly leeli he Japanese
Position in Mi r ria.
TWO SEPARATE ATTACH f I OUTPOSTS
Tskio Eeports Both of Were Ee-
pnlsed After Sharp iting.
SCOUTS CONSTANTLY
COLLISION
None of the Engagement never, of a
Serious Nature.
NO TRUTH IN STOhf u COREAN LMPERCR
'tpnnrse Say lliey Have No Inten
tion of Hrmotiun Hint and
llomora Are Bet Afloat bjr
Their Earmlti.
TOKIO, May il.t:tu p. in. The following
official report U publisiieu: "in the direc
ticn of Wei Vu.ui I'aomen, on the morning
of May 19, the enemy, with two companies
of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry,
again attacked Chlcngizu, but was repulse,!
ut 1 o'cIock In the afternoon. amiu,
taneously the enemy, with one regiment
of Infantry and live squadrons of cavalry,
actively uttacaed China Yung Pao, but was
entirely repulsed at o'clock in the evening.
"There hug been no malertal change at
Chantu except collisions with scouts since
wo repulsed the enemy on May IS. Un tne
right bank of the Llao river the enemy's
cavalry Is concentrating, its main strength
being at Kung Chullang, eight miles west
of Kakumaii. At noon of .May 1!) they at
tempted to threaten the rear of our camps
by niukiug a southwestern turn, but our
strong guards uishcarlened them and they
retreated far in a northwestern direction
without attaining their object."
. it is officially announced that "the press
report circulated In Europe about the re
moval by Japan of the Coiean emperor to
Japan has absolutely no foundation, such
an ldoa having never occurred to the Jap
anese government. The report must lie
taken to be a malicious falsification circu
lated to do mischief to Japan."
Flans for Defense of Umpire.
BT. PETERSBURG, May 22. The first
Etep towards tiie institution of the long
contemplated council of national defense,
to co-ordinate the activities of the military
and naval administrations, has been taken
In an imperial manifesto creating a special
preliminary commission under the presi
dency of Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholaie
vltcn. The manifesto is preceded by a rescript
which Emperor Nicholas has addressed to
the grand duke, in which his majesty says:
In order to Insure the development of the
empire's fighting force In a manner cor
lesponding to tne needs and resources of
the slate and uniformity of the duties of
the naval and military administration and
to harmonise them with those of tne other
government inxtltutions In questions affect
ing the safety of the slate, 1 have deemed
It necessary to establish a permanent statu
defense council. 1 cnarge tne special com
mission, consisting of members appointed
by me under the presidency of our imperial
highness, to lira up according to my di
rect suggestion a law relating to jhhj in
buiuiion. ,
The rescript concludes with the expres
sion of the convlotion that the commission
will carry out the task confided to It with
out delay and with the care and undivided
attention which the high importance of the
now institution demands. The formation
of the council and the assumption by it of
control of the war is expected to ensua
shortly, as the main details have already
been worked out. The dispatch of Grand
Puke Nicholas Nlcholalevltch, who is des
. Ignated as the president of the permanent
Stale defense council, to Manchuria to as
sume direct command of the Imperial
forces there, has been several times seri
ously considered, and he has served re
peatedly of late as representative of the
emperor on commissions dealing with vital
questions of the war.
Abolishes Old Council.
The existing council of war, which has
proved unsatisfactory, will be superseded
by the new body. The step is an extremely
Important one, for which the events of the
war In the far east have shown the neces
sity, the two departments falling to work
together to the best advantage, even when
actuated by the most harmonious feelings,
- and friction has been often manifested.
Many opportunities fur helpful co-operation
between the two arras of the service
are constantly arising, and If Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky succeeds in reaching Vladivo
stok and shaking the Japanese mastery of
the sea the council will play a very weighty
role. At the same time the council la
created not for the present war, but as a
permanent organism of the state, subordi
nating the War and Navy departments and
even overshadowing the other ministries.
It Is understood the formation of the new
council means the definite abandonment of
the plan of sending Grand Duke Nicholas
Nlcholalevltch to the far east to assume su
preme command on land and sea. General
Linevltch and Vice Admiral BlrllefT will be
left unhampered except as to the grand
outlines of strategy.
Gieatly Increased activity Is obserable In
the dispatch of troops to the far east from
Poland. Recently picked drafts from
various regiments were sent from Warsaw,
Lodz and other places.
sklrmlabln la Constant.
HARBIN, Manchuria, May 21, An officer
who baa returned from the extreme left
of the Russian army says the Yalu de
tachment is constantly skirmishing with
the Japanese, with whom are 6,000 Chinese
bandits armed with captured Russian rifles
and officered by Japanese. A strong wind
la drying the roads southward.
PARIS. May 22.-Advlces from Hong
Kong report that an enormous fleet of Col
liers for the, Russian Paolrio fleet is off the
Mekong delta and along the whole coast
aa far as Cape St. James, where forty col
liers are flying the German flag and a score
of others show British, Norwegian, Rus
sian and French flags.
INDIA A SERIOUS PROBLEM
Member of British I'arllament Wlio
lias la vent lasted 'I alas of
L I latin t ondlttous.
Japan to Push Trad.
T8INOTAU. May 21.-The newspapers
aay that Japan will establish a consulate
at the Shantung treaty port of Wei using
and push Japanese trade In the province of
Shantung. Welhsing is the most Important
city In Shantung. It Is situated In the
midst of a plain separating the two moun
tain systems of the province, on both
banks ot the Pelland river, which empties
Into the Gulf of PechllL twenty-five mlies
northward.
Hoamanla Demands Reparation.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 21. Roumanla
InslDts upon reparation for the act of the
vali of Yanlna in arresting several Rouma
nian school Inspectors In spite of the priv
ileges oonferred upon them by the porte.
The Roumanian government declares that
unless the demand for reparation is com
piled with relatioua with Turkey will be
broke, a off.
LONDON, May 21. (Special Cablegram to
The tsee; Samuel Smilu, M. P., tne on,y
lirillsn member who allenucd Uio ji.Ui.ui
National toneless In Bombay lust Decem
ber, believes various serious prouieins con
front Gleat Llilalu on the government ui
that country.
lu tiie couise of an interview this week
Mr. Smith Mild:
The mass u. our people know almost
nothing aoout the internal stale of India.
Veiy lew iiiemheis ol tai liainenl visit i.ie
countiy ana bluuy earnestly me conut
tlou ol tne people. jvlost of our parly
leaUcis On bom allies are coionsany igno
rant of India. '1 ne secretary lor iiiuiu is
usually one who has nuvel Keen tiie coun
try ne aclii.lnibiei a, ami ins adviseis aiu
reiireu olliclals, wno reluct Kriusn views,
not loose ol inuian.i. inc lesuit Is mat
Bie.it mistakes h.ie been inaile and will bu
made in the future winch might be pre
vented by lull Parliamentary uiscussluii.
It is now almost imposHinle to obtain
this, as party interests und parly in
trigues monopolize the lime of the House
of Commons, ami India does not lend It
self to such treatment.
While in India last December I waj
much impressed jy tne growing discontent
of the Indian people at the neglect of their
affairs by parliament. They have wh.il.
they believe to be serious grievances; tliey
are ruled entirely by a foreign bureaucracy
nnd they feel that they am entitled to
lay their complaints before Pal liainenl, In
whose Justice they mill believe, were it
but possible to put their rase before It.
Higher education has made wonderful
process lu India. Many Indians, who are
to be met In the llelils of learning, com
lin rce or politics, can fully hold their
own with us. Their w.talninents are on a
level with those of the average member
of Parliament. They naturally auk that
they should have a fair share in the gov
ernment of their own country. We pay
over jr.in.0nO.nnn annually to British admin
istrator) In salaries nnd pensions, and
Rome JKIWO.WO to a far greater niunher of
Indians, nearly nil In the lower grades of
the service, and I fwl thnt the time has
mine when a larger use must be made of
Indian agency In the higher service of
their country.
There Is no desire to get rid of the Rrl
Ish government. All educated Indians know
well that their country cannot stand alone,
In the world. They know thnt the strong
arm of Great, Britain secures them from
foreign aggression and anarchy at home,
hut they hold thnt the time la coming
when India should p-ct n place In some de
grees corresponding to the colonies thnt is,
that It should have a voice In the govern
ment. It rolonlnl policy and Its domestic,
legislation : thnt the time hns Arrived when
we should take the ablest of Its sons Into
partnership with ourselves and construct
a government not wholly British, bnt truly
Anglo-Indian.
TALES OF RUSSIAN CRUELTY
Japanese Government Tries to Stop
Publication for Fear of In.
citing; Reprisals.
TOKIO, May 21. (Special Cablegram to
The Uee.) Reports continue to come in ot
Russian outrages, though, as a general
thing, the Japanese government will not
permit the Japanese newspapers to publish
these statements, fearing that the effect will
bo to cause retaliation on the part of Japa
nese scouts and the more scattered bodies
of Japanese soldiers. For the main bodies
of the troops, where the commanding offi
cers hold things with a lirm rein, little fear
is expressed.
Several instances of Russian ill-treatment
of Japanese have leaked out, in spite of
the efforts of the government to frown
down the publishing of anything of this na
ture. One instance happen! at -Mukden
on February 2. In the battle of Haikoutnai,
where again the Russians had been guilty
of slaughtering Japanese wounded and mu
tilating Japanese dead, the Russians took
160) prisoners, including two officers. These
they carried by train to Mukden at 10:30
In the morning, from which time until past
sunset they marched them around every
part of the city, compelling them to move
with extreme slowness and repeatedly in
viting the citizens to note this evidence of
Russian prowess, a prowess which even
in feudal Japan was reserved for the worst
kind of malefactors, and which bears that
character today in eastern eyes. By tho
Japanese soldier death would be preferred
to such Indignity.
In a dispatch written after the battle
of Helkautai a dispatch whose kind pur
pose was to convey to the Russians infor
mation about some of their officers who
had fallen Into Japanese hands General
Oku "reluctantly" called the attention of
General Kaulbars to the fact that the body
of a Japanese major had been shockingly
mutilated and a number of wounded Japa
nese mercilessly treated by Russian sol
diers. Oku did not allow this to impair
his courtesy to Kaulbars or affect his de
sire to spare the Russian officers all anx
iety concerning their captured comrades,
the Russian officers by whom that shame
ful procession had been marshaled and con
ducted through tho Manchurlan capital.
BERLIN IN BLAZE OF GLORY
City Will Spend k2,MM In 11 1 ami na
tion of Streets for Crown
Prince's Wedding Day.
BERLIN, May a. (.Siwcial Cablegram to
The lies.) The city council has voted $32,500
to defray tho expenses of decorating the
streets through which the crown prince will
conduct his bride, when he brings her to his
father's palace. The chief energies of the
special commission appointed by the coun
cil to carry out their wishes, will be de
voted to the Patlser Platz, Just inside the
Brandenberger gate, where tho chief
Burgomaster will welcome the bride in the
name of the city. With the huge columns
of the gate as entrance, a species of temple
will be formed, und in it the princess will
be awaited by a group of maids of honor,
dressed in white, with chapluls of red
roses in their hair. The tribunes on either
side will be occupied to a large extent by
children clad in white, also with wreaths
of red roses around their heads, and carry
ing bunches of red roses. llelilnd the
tribunes will rise rows of columns, crowned
with gilded bears strewing flowers. The
bear is prominent on the Berlin coat of
arms, as emblem of the city, and will be
a special feature of the decorations. If this
Ingenious Idea is carried out, a triumphal
arch will constitute the remaining end of
the temple, and will be so constructed that
a visits of the double line of linden trees,
between whlcu the procession posae. will
be obtained.
The entire route from the Btdlevue palace
to the Royal palace In the city wUl be
festooned and Intertwined with the Prus
sian and Mecklenburg colors. Prince Al
brecht. Regent of Brunswick has composed
a torch dance for the crown prince's wed
ding. The music has been given to the
corps of trumpeters of the Brunswick Hus
sars, who will come to Berlin to play it on
the wedding day.
COLONEL TAYLOR WOUNDED
Omaha Mao a Victim of Conflict with Ban
dits in the Philippines.
INJURY SAID TO BE OF SERIOUS NATURE
One Private Killed and Ten Wounded
In the Same Engagement and
Many of the Bandits Are
Also Killed.
MANILA, May 21. Colonel Wallace Tay
lor of the constabulary was severely
wounded in an engagement wllh the Pula
Janes, May IT, at Magtaon, on the coast
of Sumar. One private was killed and ten
wounded. Many Pulajanes wero killed. Aid
lias been requested. Two companies of the
Twenty-first Infantry will leave Catbalogan
to reinforce the constabulary.
Desultory lighting continues In the isl
ands south of Jolo.
Major General Leonard Wood, who re
cently conducted a campaign against Muro
outlaws, has arrived at Manila.
Colonel Wallace Taylor is the- son of
Cadet Taylor of this illy, lie entered the
Spanish-American war as captain of Com
pany I. of tlm First Nebraska. He served
throughout the Philippine campaign with
the regiment with great credit, coming
home with a major's commission. On the
mustering out of the First Nebraska he
wa commissioned major In tho Thirtieth
regiment, 1'nited States volunteers and In
this capacity udded still further to his
laurels.
On the musti ring out of tho volunteers he
Was offered his choice of a commission as
first lieutenant In the regular army or one
of lieutenant colonel in the Philippine con
stabulary. He chose the latter and has
since been promoted to be colonel in tho
constabulary force.
Ho has participated In the activities of
theses forces against the bandits In tho
Philippines, having achieved conspicuous
success anil being repeatedly commended
by the government for his work.
Wallace, or "Buck" Taylor, as he Is fa
miliarly known In Omaha, has had a host
of friends here. He was popular with his
men during the service and also with the
people of Omaha who certainly cherish the
hope that his injuries may not prove dangerous.
JAI'AXUSE LA HOIt BUS ON STH1KK
Become Violent and Militia Sent to
the Scene.
HONOLULU, May a. Most of the white
population at Ijihlna. In the island of
Maul, including the military, are prisoners
In the courthouse, surrounded by striking
Japanese laborers. One Japanese was killed
and two wounded by the plantation police
during an attack on a plantation mill. Tho
entire 2,300 Japanese laborers on the island
are now on strike and are showing a vio
lent mood.
The steamer Klnnu left Honolulu this
afternoon, taking National Guard Company
F, consisting of thirty men, commanded by
Captain Johnson, and forty armed Hono
lulu native police, to the scene. The strike
started a week ago on the Wailuku planta
tion on the other sldo of Maul from lthlna.
The Japanese made a number of demands,
among them tho .discharge of the hemi o-r-seer.
The demands were rejected. On
Friday the strike spread to the Pioneer
plantation. The plantation Immediately
began paying off the striking Japanese,
who then commenced to stone the mill and
resisted all efforts of the mounted police
to drive them away. The Maul mllltla,
which was called out, restored order tem
porarily. Everything was peaceful late
Saturday when the island steamer Claudlne
left, but soon after the steamer's departure
a clash between the Japanese and planta
tion police occurred. In which shooting
took place. It resulted in a general out
break and the imprisonment of the whites
and the mllltla in the courthouse by the
Japanese.
Wireless messages were sent to Honolulu
asking for aid. A tug was also sent through
fear that the wireless telegraph was not
working. The secretary of the Japanese
consulate accompanied the steamer Kinau.
He will try to pacify the strikers. The
entire remaining police force of Honolulu
Is on duty at the station tonight under
Deputy Sheriff Rawlins, although there are
no signs of trouble on this Island. .
CTBAJI LIBERALS ADOPT PLATFORM
General Jose Gomes Probable Candi
date .for President,
HAVANA, May 21. Tho national conven
tion of the liberal party today adopted a
few additions to the platform, including a
proposition for , establishing a national
mllltla and changing the provisions cover
Ing the functions of cabinet officers. A
secret session will be held tomorrow to
consider campaign plans.
It 13 expected that a presidential candi
date will be nominated tomorrow night.
General Masso has telegraphed to the east
ern delegates not to present his name and
to support Jose Miguel Gomez. The only
other candidate who is now being consid
ered is Governor Nunex of the province of
Havana. Gomel's nomination appears to
be certain, with Nunes or Senator Zayas
as vice president.
DOW IK BUYING LAND IJ MEXICO
Arrangements Bring Made to Katab
Ilsh Colony.
CITT OF MEXICO, May 21. Gladstone
Dowio, son of the Zlon prophet, John Alex
ander Dowle. and Judge Barnes, a legal ad
viser, are in the city completing detal.8 for
the taking over of a large tract of land
for the purpose of establishing a colony in
Mexico similar to that at Zlon City, 111. In
an Interview today Mr. Dowls said:
"We have secured an option on one of
the Gonzales haciendas, embracing 700,000
ucres of territory in the state of Tamullpus.
We are also negotiating for farming lands,
totalling 1,000.000 acres. The pupers closing
the deal have been signed Ty the Zlon
agents and Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Gon
zales, owner of the hacienda, and in a few
weeks we, will bejrin the work of estab.
llshlng our colony."
Progress of Stoeasel Inquiry.
BT. PETERSBURG. May a.-f:06 a. m.
The commission investigating the surrender
of Port Arthur hus finished the first half
of Its labors. The Investigation of the
documentary evidence presented by Gen
eral Stoessel In his own defense tended to
show that the fortress at the outbreak of
the war was nearly dcfenscKts without
supplies of cash.
FIGHTISG OX GRECIAX FROSTIER
Eleven laanrg-euta and Fifty Turks
Are Killed.
ATHENS, May 21. An encounter between
Graeco-Macedonlan bands and a strong
Turkish detachment Is reported to have oc
curred In the district of Tangadlna, in
Macedonia. Eleven Insurgents and fltty
Turks are reported to have been killed.
Spanish raiser for av,
PORTSMOUTH. N. H., May 21.-The
cruiser Reina Mercedes, captured at San
tiago during the war with Spain, sailed
today for Newport, It.. I., after having
been remodelled us a receiving ship. The
cruiser has been undergoing repairs for
nearly five ears r.nd is said now to be
one of the Lt equipped receiving shia In
the navy.
PROVIDING F0R KANSAS OIL ! MJ BOOST UNION PACIFIC
Completion of Pipe Line Pats
Standard on Market for All
of the Product.
KANSAS CITT, May 21.-W. F. Gates of
Independence, Kan., superintendent of all
of tho pipe lines of tho Standard Oil com
pany In Kansas, Missouri, Indian Territory
and Oklahoma, said today:
"We are preparing to take rare of all the
oil production In the Kansas-Indian Terri
tory field. The Whiting, Ind., pipe lino will
bo completed in a few days and then wo
can handle all the oil produced west of the
Mississippi river.
"The Standard's pipe line to Whiting from
its Sugur Creek refinery, recently estab
lished on tho outskirts of Kansas City, will
be completed next Friday, according to offi
cials who have Just visited the local plant.
The Whiting line, the construction of which
was begun last September, is to supply an
outlet for 6,000,000 barrels of oil stored by
the company at Humboldt, Caney, Raniona
and Neodesha, Kiln. At Whiting the pipe
line will connect with the company's line!
to Bayonne, N. J., thus completing a line
that will reach half-way across the con
tinent. "The effect of the completion of the Hns
to Whiting will be that the Standard Oil
company will be able to handle 75.000 bar
rels of oil a day."
Already the pipe 'line superintendents of
the company are laying out new lines In
anticipation of tire qoinpletlon of the Whit
ing lino. Ono of these lines will run from
Panla to Rantoul. The construction forces
of the company are nlso working on an
rrder recently is.,ued for the construction
of 150 tanks of 35,000 barrels' capacity each.
Mr. Gates said he was unnble to state Just
where these tanks would bo located.
SEVERE STORMAT FORT WORTH
Passenger Station la Wrecked
and One Person is
Killed.
FORT WORTH, Tex., May 21.-A heavy
windstorm, blowing nt the rate of seventy
miles an hour, struck this city from the
southwest at 6:30 tonight. Part of tho
west wall of the Texas & Pacific passenger
station was blown In and John Young, a
train dispatcher, killed. The storm was
most severe west of the city and nil tele
phone and telegraph wires in that direction
are down.
A passenger on a Texas & Pacific train
from the west reports that the town of
Mineral Wells was partly blown away. Ono
church building, belonging to the African
Methodist Episcopal congregation here, was
demolished.
Many business buildings lost their roofs,
including the First National bank building,
a seven-story structure.
The Baptist nnd Episcopalian churches
In North Fort Worth were badly wrocked
while the roofs of tho Grand hotel In East
Weatherford street and tho Johnson house
in West Bluff street were torn away.
Fifty dwellings In various parts of tho
city wore damaged. The Second ward
school building was partially wrecked. The
storm extended aa far east as Terrell, but
did no particular damage at that point.
Handler, seven mlies east of here, suf
fered much property damage. It Is not
learned at this time if anyone was kiled
outside of Fort Wn -,, .
LITTLE GIRL MURDERS A BABY
Wanted to Steal Its Baggy and In.
fant Was in the
War.
TORONTO, Ont., May 21.-Josoph!ne Carr.
a 13-year-old girl, has confessed to the
murder of William Murray, a 9-months-oId
infant. It is claimed of the Carr girl that
she ha been in the habit of stealing baby
carriages from tho front of a department
store while the parents were inside shop
ping. The police have recovered several
of these carriages, which had been sold to
neighbors.
Last Friday the girl went to a depart
ment store and found a baby in each car
riage in front of the store. So sho picked
out the best looking baby carriage of tho
lot, which contained the Murray child, and
made off with It. She took the child to the
woods near her homo at the east end of the
city and, stripping it of Its clothing, threw
it over an embankment and caused its
death. Later she placed the body in a cul
vert and burned the clothing. On Saturday
sho mado the announcement thnt she had
"discovered" the child's body in the cul
vert. Suspicion Immediately fell upon the
girl amd when accused of the crime she
made a confession. The girl claimed that
she got the plan of killing the child from
seeing a play at a local theater.
BARGES FOR CANAL FREIGHT
Philadelphia Shipping Men Propose
to Help Out the Govern,
me nt.
PHILADELPHIA. May 21,-In view of
the possible difficulty of the national gov
ernment In obtaining vessels to carry sup
plies and machinery to Panama to be used
In the building of the canal there, barso
owners of this city will make an effort lo
get the business. One barge company has
already sent proposals to the secretary of
war offering to carry the government's
freight to Colon. Shipping men say tho
scheme is practicable, although no cargoei
have ever been sent to Colon In bargeo.
The company that has already made an
offer owns a fleet of ocean-going tugs and
barges which is regularly engaged in tho
southern lumber frado. After discharging
the government freight at Colon, it Is
claimed .they could get a return cargo by
stopping at Florida ports for lumber for
the northern market. This would dispose
of tho objections raised to carrying canal
supplies in foreign bottoms.
FELTNER WANJSTHE TROOPS
Fears He Will He Assaaslnated for
Testimony In the Hargls
Case.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. May a.-In answer to
the letter and telegram of M. B. Feltner
appealing for his recommendation to the
governor that troops be sent with him to
Jackson, Ky Judge Rlddell today com
municated with Feltner s attorney and ex
tended the time for Feltner's appearanca
at Jackson from Monday until Thursday
The extension was allowed that he might
Investigate the alleged need of military pro
tection. In his communication to Governor
Beckham and the circuit Judge Feltner ex
pressed fear that he would be assassinated
because of his evidence in the trial of Judge
James Hargls on the charge of conspiracy
In the murder of James Cockrlll. The gov
ernor agreed to send troops If recommended
by Judgedddell.
Feltner will appear Thursday to answer
to an indictment charging hlm with the
murder of Jesse Fields and a motion for a
change of veaus will then b entered.
Inirease in Value of Stock May Be Re
flected in the Assessment.
BURLINGTON VALUATION A FACTOR
Opinion Kxpressed that W. K. Fowler
Will Me Elected Principal of Kear
ney Xorinai at Meeting; of
Iluard Tonight.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, May id. (Special.) A major
ity of the members of the State Board of
Equalization and Assessment lean towards
the view that the 30 per cent Increase In
the market value of the capital stock of
the I'nlon Pacific ought to be reflected in
the assessment which Is soon to be made,
despite the talk of R. J. Clancy us to the
immunity of interstate commerce from tax
ation. The one stumbling block In tho way
of such an increase Is the demand for a
similar addition to the assessment ot tho
Burlington, which, nccordlng to several
members of the board, was assessed at tho
right figure last year. One member of the
board has stated recently that any increase,
in the. ono must be followed by an Increase
in the other. He suggested that an in
crease In both might do no harm.
One tiling is certain, that the board has
much more fnith in tiie market value of
stocks and bonds nnd net earnings as eii
teiions of assessable valuation than It has
ever had heretofore. First came Attorney
General Norris Brown with his champion
ship of those bases In tho railway Injunc
tion cases. But two years before his former
chief, F. N. Prout, In the case brought by
the Bee Building company, opposed the
theory, in tho face of supreme court pre
cedents. Another thing which hns dono
much to bring tho board to a willingness
to adopt this basis is the attitude of Treas
urer Mortensen and Governor Mickey, both
of whom. In an endeavor to get at the truo
biiRls, devoted much time to studying the
question from a business man's point of
view. Then there is tho influence of the
stand taken by Tax Commissioner Hlghley
man of the Missouri Pacific in saying that
the theory must be accepted because It has
been enunciated by tho authority of the
United States supreme court Finally, there
is tho consistent and energetio campaign
waged in the public press.
Principals Want Larger Salaries.
A movement Is on foot among the prin
cipals in the Lincoln schools to secure
higher salaries. The average now Is pretty
close to $100, and last year a $5 Increase
was given to tho board. Tho principals
will present statistics at the next meeting
of the board In an effort to prove that Lin
coln offers less than other cities of tho
samo sire.
Fowler Likely to Win.
The announcement of L. p' Luddon that
he stands by W. K, Fowler in the hitter's
candidacy for the headship of the new
western normal school has created the Im
pression that the election will bo consum
mated tomorrow evening when the State
Board of Education will meet, for the third
time to ballot on a principal. A story is
current that C. H. Gregg of Kearney will
break away from A. O. Thomas, for whom
he voted at the past meetings. While
Gregji hau beiHi opposed t. Fow W, edu
cators who claim to have an insight into
the situation say that it was largely due
to the coaching of Tom Majors, who has
a strong dislike for tho former superin
tendent, since he procured the establish
ment of a rival to Peru. The only per
sonal grievance which Gregg had against
Fowler arose from a slight difference as
to the equipment needed at the Kearney
institution. It is pointed out that it will
be to the advantage of Gregg to cut loose
from Majors at this stage of the game in
order that the western school may have
the hearty friendship of the majority of the
board. In the event that Fowler with
draws before the balloting Dean Fordyce
of Wesleyan may be chosen.
While the continual wrangle among the
members of the board has been charged
up to Majors, majority members of the
board profess to believe that the interests
of Peru will be properly cared for, since
it would not do to injure the school in or
der to punish him. During the heat of
the recent controversy several of the edu
cators concerned had suggested that the
eventual result would be the consolidation
of the two institutions at Kearney. It is
now said that there Is plenty of work for
both institutions to do at the present time
if any considerable fraction of the teachers
in the 7,0o0 districts are to be given the
advantages of normal training. It is
claimed that within a few years It may
be found desirable to establish another
such institution in the northern part of the
state.
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Trouble Over Sunday Ball.
FREMONT, Nob., May 21. (Special.)
The Sunday base ball question has come
to the front this season. Yesterday a peti
tion signed by a number of prominent cit
izens was given to Mayor Wolz, praying
that the police be directed to prevent Sun
day games. The mayor declined to take
any action whatever unless the petitioners
would file complaints in police court. The
matter was also brought before County
Attorney Graham. The Fremont team went
to Columbus to play today, but should
there be a game sheduled for next Sunday
there will probably be some trouble. The
base ball people say that If Sunday games
are stopped the bakeries, drug stores, cigar
and confectionery stores will also be
closed, the mayor's store as well as tho
others. The ball park Is outside the city
limits, so that if the playing is stopped It
will devolve upon the county authorities to
do it.
Ilia: Bridge is Rebuilt.
BRIDGEPORT, Neb., May 21. (Special
Telegram.) The Burlington's Platte river
bridge, Just north of here, that was de
stroyed by fire several days ago and which
seriously Impeded traffic to Denver and the
southwest, will be opened again tomorrow
morning. The accomplishing of this result
so soon Is not only a great convenience to
the traveling public, but a remarkable
bridge building feat as well, for in less
than three days 640 feet of this bridge was
practically rebuilt, with no material on the
spot to begin with.
JAPANESE ARTAT LIBRARY
Collertlon of Photo. Drswlnas and
Prints Dlaplajed In Chil
dren's Room.
A new feature of Interest in tho chil
dren's room in the public library Is a col
lection of pictures from Japan. The
collection, whii li at Intervals will be sup
plemented by additional photographs and
sketches illustrative ,,f Japanese life, was
received by Miss Edith Tobltt, the librarian,
from A. M. Knshiwa of New York. Ho
has been vl.-Jtlng various parts of the
country, and l Interesting hiins-if mainly
In the public and other libraries, through
which he Is endeavoring to arouse Interest
In the less familiar features of the life of
the so-called "nnkeea of the east."
The collection Includes many photo
graphs, woodcuts nnd a number of highly
colored and, according to American stan
dards, extravagantly drawn, pictures of the
naval buttles of the present w.ir, the latter
having been Issued In Jnpiin by the news
papers. Mom of the photographs Illustrate
the silk industry. The woodcuts are in
tended to picture Jnpnnese costumes.
Miss Tobltt thinks the pictures can bo
made very useful In aiding tho young peo
ple In acquiring accurate knowledge of
somo features of Japanese lifo and can be
elalMirated on by Informal talks and de
scriptions. Tills work has been assigned
to Miss Kate Swartzlander of tho library
force, and Miss Swartzlander is now en
gaged in collecting Information that will
enable her to enlarge on and more fully
explain all thnt tho photographs and other
pictures suggest. It Is thought that In this
way the collection will be of real and con
tinuing valuo and Interest to tho young
people nnd that In this manner practical
knowledge of the Japanese people may bo
gained In a way much more attractive to
young minds than by merely the reading
of books. Miss Swnrtzlanders talks will
be of a diameter that will stimulate in
terest and niry leRd many to view with
deeper and livelier interest the national
life of a people who have earned the close
attention of the world during the great
contest that Is now in progress.
"Mr. Kashlwa whs in Omaha a short
time ago," said Miss Tobltt, "and In dis
cussing Japanosn art, said that tho exhibit
at tho St. Louis fair was not truly repre
sentative of Japan, as the selection of the
articles exhibited was to a great extent
determined by what the American people
had shown most Interest in. This interest
seemed to be In the direction of the curious
and unusual rather than what the Japanese
regard as their real works of art. Ho
hopes by means of the pictures which ho
Is distributing to. In some measure, Inspire
a more discriminating interest in tho higher
examples of Japanese art, or what the Jap.
s.ueso rc;,v k ti c Uhi.-'.l d-vVIW"nt of
their skill and genius. Bui ihtcoi.ecilons
of pictures sent here are intended to do
more than attract attention to novel and
Interesting phases of Japanese life. It Is
contemplated that they will, by the addi
tion of informing talks, enlarge In an ac
curate way knowledge of the Japanese peo
ple and what they stand for as one of tho
great powers of tho world."
OMAHA MANJS RECOGNIZED
Simon Bloom Member Court of
Appeals Independent Order
B'Xat B'Hlth.
MILWAUKEE, May 2L The thirty-seventh
annual convention of the district
grand lodge No. 20, Independent Order of
li'Nai B'Rlth, embracing eight states, op
ened a two days' session at the Planklnton
house in Milwaukee today. Among tho
officers .elected was Slmcn Bloom of Omaha,
to be a member of the court of appeals.
President Adolf Kraus, In his annual mes
sage, reported a gain in membership during
the year of 670, making the total member
ship on April 1 last 2,687. Among the rec
ommendations advocated by President
Kraus were for the consolidation of lodges
in large cities Instead of Inoreasing the
number; the discontinuance of endowment
membership; and protection against the
persecution of Immigrants in large cities.
BOSTON, May 21. The nineteenth annual
convention of the Independent Order B'Rlth
Abraham began a four days' session In Odd
Fellows' hall today. The 600 delegates pres
ent represented a membership In the order
of nearly 80,000.
CINCINNATI, May 2L-The fifty-third
grand lodge convention of tho second dis
trict of B'nal B'rlth, the Jewish benevolent
order, opened at the Grand hotel here
today. Seventy-five delegates are In at
tendance. Grand Master Leon Bloch of
Kansas City read? his annual message. The
chief feature of the day was the recom
mendation that a new asylum be Instituted
at Kansas City.
There is said to be opposition among the
delegates to the establishment of the
asylum at Kansas City, as It Is thought
that It Is better to give stipends to deserv
ing children and allow. them to be kept by
their mothers or relatives than to put them
In an Institution.
WOODMEN UNVEIL MONUMENT
Erected in Memory of Brothers Who
Perished in Galveston
Flood.
Alleged Forger taught.
SIDNEY. Nob.. May 21.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Sheriff Will Lee returned today
with C. D. Romero, whom he arrested In
Buffalo, N. Y., for forgery. Romero cashed
a forged draft on the Bank of Bridgeport
on March 2 amounting to $1,100, and after
vigilant search by the officers was caught
at Buffalo, but none of tho stolen money
was found In his possession.
GALVESTON. Tex.. Mav ?1 Win,
presslve ceremonies the monumunf
i by the Woodmen of the WnrM n ih.
, - .u t,., iiiein-
j ory of Galveston Woodmen who perished
In tho tidal wave of 1900 was unveiled today
j at Lnkevlew cemetery, according to the
I ritual of the Woodmen. An address was
maae ny Congressamn Morris Sheppa
sovereign Ganger, and response by 8
erelgn George C. Colhv. On the ,.,,.
are the names of twenty-four Woodmen
wno pensneu. Among those who partici
pated in the ceremony were J. C. Root,
sovereign commander, Omaha; Congress
man Morris Bheppard. sovereign banker,
Texarkana; John T. Yates, sovereign clerk,'
Omaha.
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No Bond for Huddis,
BROKEN BOW, Neb., May 21. -(Special
Telegram.) The case of Scott Haddlx, who
is charged Vlth the murder of Melvln But
ler, Is continued until the next term of the
district court. Haddlx will remain In Jail,
Judge Ilostetler refusing to accept bond
Movements of Ocean Vessels May JM.
At Liverpool Arrived: Bovlc, from New
York; Lnibrla, from New York, via Queen's
Moxil'le QueenBtown' trom Montreal, vii.
At Palermo-Sailed: Cretlc. from Genoa,
for New York, via Naples.
At Queeristown-Sailed: Campania, from
Liverpool, for New York.
At Dover Sailed: Pennsylvania, from
Hamburg, for New York.
At New York Arrived: I.a Bretagne.
from Havre; Numldtan, from Olasgow, via
Halifax; Giula, from Trieste, Naples and
Palermo,
FEAR GENERAL TIEUP
Present Indications Aro for Big Labor
Upheaval in Chicago.
LUMBER TEAMSTERS NEXT TO GO OUT
This is Exported to Involve Gsnernl Stop
page in Building Tragus.
STATEMENT BY EIV1L0YERS' ASSOCIATION
Sheriff and Mayor in Conference Froparing
for Enirrgeccy.
INDICATIONS TROOfS MAY BE CALLED
Blot Results In Heath of One Whit
Man anil One etro, with
dumber of Others Injured.
CHICAGO, lliy 21. -Sunday brought no
change in the altitude ot both Hides of tlm
labor controversy now lu progress In Chi
cago .nnd everything tonight points loward
an extension of the te.unatets' strike It
many other business honneg during tho
wei k. Tho ottiiials of the seven express
companies, whose icfusnl lo reinstate nnv
of their striking employes, caused the col
lapse of the settlement of the trouble last
nig lit. still adhere to their determi
nation not to give employment to any of
their former employes, and the other flriaM
Involved In the difficulty declared tonight
that they would stand by the express com
jvmles In the light. The Teamsters' union
has taken Just as tlrm a stand as tho em
ployer and It was stated by President
Shea tonight that the union would never
call off the strike until the express com
panies came to terms.
The first npread of the strike is expected
to come tomorrow morning. when lhJ
Lumbermen's association, nn organization
employing 2.400 teamsters, Issues an order
to their men to make deliveries to all busi
ness houses regardless of whether they aro
involved In the strike or not. In anticipa
tion of such an older tho teamsters met
this afternoon and voted to go on strike
should any teamster bo discharged for ic
fuslng to obey the order of the association.
With nonunion drivers mnking deliveries
for the lumbermen the trouble will un
doubtedly spread to nftillated Industries, as
the union men employed on building will
refuse to handle material delivered by non
union labor. Should this strike bo called
tomorrow, and there Is lit t lo tonight that
would Indicate how It ran be avoided, there
seems to be nothing that can prevent a
general Industrial upheaval throughout the
city unless something unforeseen happens
to bring about a settlement of the team
sters' strike.
Statement by Employers.
Levy Mayer, chief counsel for the Em
ployers' association, gave out a statement
tonight in which he said:
The employers propose to do business and
will continue to invoke every legal avenue
for tiie protection ol their men and prop
erty. That the employers urn right in tho
attitude they have assumed In the contro
versy was demonstrated by the fact that
every term and condition they Insisted upon
was nrivrt to by Hti i nd his comu P.tne.
Notwi'nt.i--A.di'ig:i Si llU1 .fltto. r'oe.
liihl.-Us that the express eini.paniH.i !r:U
be boycotted by us In order to bring about
a settlement of the strike. Tills we will
never do, and even If we were willing to
comply with the demands of Shea, to tako
such action would be a crime which no law
abiding person would countenance. The
teamsters struck against the express com
panies In violation of the. letter of their
agreement, despite the fact that the men
were told that If they struck they would
not be re-employed. The Employers' as
sociation to a man holleves that the seven
express companies are justified in the stand
they have taken and our organization will
use every endeavor to assist the express
companies in maintaining the decision they
have reached. Of course, this decision
means that there will be no settlement of
the strike unless tho union withdraws Its
demand, but It Is the only thing left for us
to do.
Alonro Wygant, general agent of tho
United States Express company, said to
night that so far as a settlement of the
strlko was concerned tho only way that It
could be ended would be for the teamsters
to surrender.
"Our men were told before they struck,"
said Mr. Wygant, "that If they went out
in sympathy with others they could not
hope for reinstatement and I cannot now
see any contingency that would change our
decision In the matter."
Conference with Mayor.
Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Thomas E. Bar
rett spent the day In trying to ascertain
if there was going to be a spread of the
strike tomorrow. During the afternoon a
conference was held in the mayor's office.
President Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor was Invited to attend
the meeting.
After talking over the situation with
Mayor Dunno and Sheriff Barrett, Mr. Gom
pers withdrew from the conference to hava
a consultation with I'resident Shea of the
Teamsters' union.
"I have been discussing the outlook with
Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Barrett," said
Mr. Gompers. "They asked me to use my
Influence and to do everything I possibly
could to prevent the extension of the strike.
I told them that I had not yet been told
of the intention of Mr. Shea and his col
leagues, but that I would try and co-operate
with the mayor and the sheriff and
endeavor to carry out their suggestions. 1
told them that I understood that Mr. Shea
end his associates did not feel that they
could agree to the victimization and black
listing of the express drivers, but that I
was willing to do everything I could In an
advisory capacity to bring about peace."
At the end of tho confen nee Mayor
Dunne said that Its purpose had been to
discover whether It was necessary to In
crease tho police protection tomorrow.
"Sheriff Barrett and I are trying to find
out whether there Is to he a spread of tha
strike In order to tako such steps as may
be necessary to protect life and property
In the city," said Mayor Dunne. Continuing,
he said: "Should there be an extension of
the strike and the rioting of two weeks ago
resumed there is a probability that troops
may be called upon to maintain order."
Sheriff Barrett said tonight that he would
continue swearing in deputies tomorrow
and would mako special efforts to Increase
the number. "The mayor and I are de
termined." he said, "that the peace of tha
city shall be maintained. I have never
stopped swearing In deputies, and I will
make a special effort tomorrow to see
that Ihe number Is Increased, y'e hava
already 3.100 acting as deputies and I will
Increase the number as rapidly as there are
calls for more men."
Tvro Killed In Riot.
In a riot tonight between white residents
and a crowd of negroes In tho neighborhood
whero Enoch Carlson, an 8-year-old hoy,
was killed by a negro last week, one whlta
man and a colored nrm were killed.
Another exhibition of the feeling existing
between the whites and the blacks was
given late tonight when Charles Poske was
shut In the shoulder by a colored man, at
whom he hud been shooting, during a dU-