CHEAPEST BECAUSE BEST THE BEL 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. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Showers and Thunderstorms and Cooler Mnnitn?. Titesdn; Fair ami W armer In eat Portion. Tern pern to re nt Omnha Venter Hour. fl a. l a. T a. in . M a. m . , ( a, m . , a . m . , Id 11 a 12 m in , DeH. . . r,.s . . BT . . ft- . . ti2 . . till . It4 . . TO , . 72 llnnr. ilnii De m . ni . p. I p. O p, m . T:i Tl 7 71 7.i 7:t 7;i 71 II. H 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. Im- ed rd, lov- nt 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-