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For News Quality and Quantity The Bee Greatly Excels. The Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha's Preferred Advertising Medium is The Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMALIA, TUESDAY MOUSING, MAY 23, 1905 TEN 1'AdES. SINdLE COPY THKEE CENTS RUSSIANS OFF LUZON Rumor that Ciar't Fleet May Bendeirooa in American Waters. ROJESTVENSKY IS MOVING WEST Eumor That He Ii Making Wide Detour 1 Atoid Torpedo Attatk. MOVE MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFL : Uuit ?au Fear Japanese Naral Bae Northern fart of Tonnoea. MAY VIOLATE NEUTRALITY OF UNCLE St French Officials View with Interest the Probable Action af the tnlted states la TbU Contingency. INDIAN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS Canton Man Sfrorm Contract for Buildings at t hamber. lain. PARIS. May 11. The reports In circula tion here to the effect that colliers belong ing to the Russian fleet Intend to rendex vous at the Babuyan Islands, north of the Island o( Luxon. Philippine Inlands, are not based on precise Information, but are the results o: figuring on the latitude and longl.ude where a portion of the fleet was last observed. T.ils course, If continued, It Is pointed out could tike the ships into the Bal.lngtang channel, near which the Babuyan Islands are situated. It Is there fore Inferred that the Russians will rendez vous In that locality for the purpose of coaling. Much attention Is given here to Vice Ad miral Rojestvensky's probablo passage Into the Pacific north ot the Island of Luzon, and suggestions are made that the reported intentions of the Russians to rendezvous at the Island of Babuyan will give the Amer ican authorities in the Philippines the same difficulties In preserving remote points again: the Incursions of Admiral Rojest vensky that the French authorities experi enced Jn the waters of Indo-Chlna. The naval expert of the Temps lengthily points out that the Information brought by vari ous steamers to Chinese ports confirms the previous view that Rojestvensky Is skirting the north of the Philippines into the Pa cific. It Is maintained that the strategic object thus accomplished Is avoiding Japa nese torpedo attacks and the mines In the Straits of Formosa and the subsequent concentration of the Japanese fleet In the Btralts of Corea, leaving Rojestvensky free to .make a long detour and reach Vladi vostok through one of the northern straits of Japan. However, It Is pointed out that the presence of the Russian fleet north of the Philippines places the Russians only a few hundred miles from the Japanese naval base at Kelung, In the northern part of the Island of Formosa, and that a fight Is still possible before the detour commences. Japan Holds Hospital Ship. CHE FOO, Muy Si.-Travelers who ar rived here today from Port Arthur say that a Japanese armed force of 100 men boarded the Russian steamer Kaxan on Saturday in Port Arthur harbor on receipt of. a dispatch from Tokio announcing that the Japanese government had decided to retain It as a prise on the ground that it Is a war vessel. The Russians used the Kaxan as a hospital ship during the siege. The V.st of the Russian wounded at Port Arthur will lcavo there tomorrow. Bara shoff Langa, the superintendent of the Rus sian Red Cross at Port Arthur, will depart from y.ere ten days hence. The next party of Russians to leave Port Arthur for Che Fbo will include forty In sane sailors and soldiers, who will be taken on board the British steamer Whampoa, now here. The Whampoa has been fitted up especially to transport the lunatics from Che Foo to Odessa. It will not take any other passengers. Russians In Hainan Stralta. HONG KONQ, May 22. The latest steamer to arrive here reports sighting a Russian volunteer fleet steamer, accom panied by a large transport, in the Hainan Btralts on the morning of May 20. They were steaming west. French Admiral Returns. SAIGON, May 22. Admiral Ie Jonquierts, the French naval commander, returned here today after an Inspection of the Annemese coast He reports that no belligerent ships have returned to French territorial waters since May 14. Russians Dislodge Japanese. 8f. PETERSBURG, May 22. General Llnevltch in a dispatch from the front dated May 21, announces that two Russian detachments occupied the valleys of the Kaak and K hands rivers, westward of Kanshentsl, on the Mandarin road, after dislodging forces of Japanese cavalry and Infantry. The dispatch adds that General Marty no ff s detachment from Taylu also drove back the Japanese advanced cavalry out posts. General Llnevltch also reported fighting near Bhahots May 18, but did not give the result. He said a Russian detachment east of the railroad approached the village of Shaliotx and was attacked by a consid erable force of Japanese from the coal mines south of that place. St. Petersburg Anxious, There Is an air of expectancy at the Ad miralty which Indicates that news of Im portance regarding Admiral RoJestvensky's fleet Is awaited at any moment. Officially no Information regarding the admiral's whereabouts is volunteered, the officers making no concealment ot the fact that they are not In the secret of RoJestven sky's plans, but the majority entertain no doubt that the Russian fleet Is now steam Ins; toward Its ultimate destination. ( While there is no official confirmation of the Hong Kong report that the fleet has passed through the Bashee channel, H Is credited by those who have Insisted from I the beginning that RoJestveiiBky will give the Island of Formosa a wide berth ot the I westward. The admiral. It Is claimed here, has had ample tune to reach the Puclflc 1 since he left the waters of Indo-Chlna. The dispatches received from the front ere meager, but there are some Indications that General Llnevltch has taken a leaf out of Field Marshal Oysma s book at the I Shakhft river and at Mukden and that he Is about to advance himself and undertake a counter offensive, meeting the Japanese pressure against his left by advancing his right. It Is too early, however, to deter mine whether the moves thus far are more than feints. WASHINGTON. May 22-(Speclnl Tele gram.) Rasmus K. Hafsos of Canton, 8. D., was today awarded the contract for the construction of three buildings at the niberlain S. D.) Indian school and roving the water and sewerage system . lis bid of $11,548. Hafsos agrees to coin e the work within Ave months from e 1. 1!. He will build a brick hospital 15.778, frame cottnge for employes at 12. work shop at and lnntall the :er and sewerage system for 72. ?sse Benson of Iowa and William Bur . of Michigan have received appolnt nts as engineering aids in the reclam tlon service and will report at Cody, to., for duty on the Rhoshone Irrigation Vject. w. J. Kettlewell of Iowa City, la., has been appointed engineering aid In the reclamation service and Instructed to pro ceed to Glendive. Mont., for duty. Plans have been prepared for Wahpeton. N. D., and advertisements probably will shortly Issue for two dormatorles, mess hall, school building, water sewer and elec tric light systems at a probablo cost of 170,000. Senator MeCumber at the last ses sion of congress secured an appropriation of 1100,000 for an agricultural school at that place. The site has been selected for the school, and deeds approved by de partment. W. K. Turner and wife. Mitchell, S. D., and William Gordon of Sioux City are in Washington. HEAR FIFER AND COCKRELL Interstate Commerce Commissioners Appear Before Beaate Committee. SAY RAILWAYS SHOULD ORIGINATE RATES Commission to Hate Power to Ion. demn or Revise Them, Subject to Appeal to the Courts. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Rural Carriers and Postmasters Named by Pctofllee De partment. From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 22. (Special Tele gram. ) Rural carriers appointed: Ne braska Indlanolo. routes 2 and 3. Joseph F. Rollins carrier, George W. Rollins substi tute. Iowa Ixine Rock, route 1, Wilhelm Kraus carrier. William Kruger substitute; Macksburg. route 1, Charles Simmons car rier, Thomas R. Lake substitute; Patterson, route 1. Rol!and H. Scott carrier, K. 11. Webb substitute; Whittemore, route 1. James F. Weir carrier, George A. Weir substitute; Wlnterset, route 3. Dayton Krell carrier, John Krell substitute. South Dakota Fulton, route 1, Richard Creek carrier, Eric. Nelson substitute; Spencer, route 2, Arthur K. Masters carrier, Cluude Masters substitute. Postmasters appointed: Iowa Cromwell, t'nlon county, Frank J. Stevens, vice Free- I man R. Davison, resigned; Robins, Linn county, Solomon J. Stamy, vice W. A. Robins, resigned. POMCB CHlEr'S IX SKSSIOX Papers Read by William A. Pinker- ton mil Alonso W. Corey. WASHINGTON. May 22.-The address and annual report of Major Richard Syl vester of Washington, D. C, the president, and papers by William A. Plnkerton and Chief Alonzo W. Corey of Brookllno, Mass., were the features of the first day's meeting of the twelfth annual convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Po lice. Mr. Plnkerton's paper was on the subject of "Forgers and Their Fate." He said: We have practically rut the old time pro fessional forger out of business until today there are only occasional forgeries, mostly by amateurs nnd for small amounts. In the pust twenty-nine years we have had to do with the conviction of possibly 500 forgers, and today I do not Know of a single one of them out of prison who has ny money. Chief Alonxo W. Corey of Brookllne, Mass., read a paper entitled. "Obstruction of Justice." He declared that the consti tutional requirement giving the accused a speedy trial has become mere legal Action subject to the caprices of the persecution or the obstructive methods of the defend ant's counsel. He asserted that lynchlngs are the natural and logical outcome of a system of cumbersome Jurisprudence. Tonight the chiefs visited the congres lonal library. WASHINGTON, May 22,-Interstate Com merce Commissioners Francis M. Cockrell and Joseph W. Flfer were among the witnesses today before the senate com mittee on Interstate commerce, whose In vestigation of railroad rates has almost drawn to a close. Commissioner Flfer spoke ot rebates and rate cutting and said they were Induced by railroad men distrusting each other. Rates, he Bald, should be made by the railroads In the first place, but should be subject to re vision. He said that the commission would adjust a rate complained of In accordance with rates on like commodities In other sections under like conditions. He thought the adjustment of the long and short haul difficulties should be left to the com mission. He believed that the power of rate regulation If given to the commission would not be exercised very often, as the toads would be careful not to get Into trouble with the commission when chang ing rates. The commission, he added, would have power to lower or raise rates cr prevent discriminations. Commissioner Flfer spoke of the danger of government ownership unless there were Just laws Justly administered. Former I'nited States Senator Cockrell of Missouri, now a member of the commis sion, said he would leave the origination of rates to railroads, giving the commis sion power to condemn a rate found to be unreasonable and to fix another rate In Its place, to take effect Immediately. The rail roads, he contended, should have the right of appeal to the courts, and the latter should determine whether the railroad rate was unreasonable or the commission' rate unreasonable. If congress should en act a law to this effect, he said, the courts Would take Jurisdiction of rates to the ex tent of deciding such questions. He would make the railroads responsible for Icing and other charges of private car lines. Commissioner Cockrell cited a number of cases where decisions of lower courts sustaining the commission In rate matters had been reversed by the supreme court. He did tYils to 'show that the Judiciary was divided on these rate cases. In one case he pointed out that Secretary Tnft was a member of the court of appeals which sustained the commission. S. H. Cownn. representing the live stock shippers of the southwest, also appeared today. He controverted statements by other witnesses as to the satisfactory rate conditions and claimed that the cattle rates were too high. He asserted that the railroads bad used diligence to bring men here to testify to satisfaction with rates. He charged that these witnesses may have come on passes and that It was possible thnt an Intimation was given them that It was better for them to come. Chairman Elklns remarked that the committee had summoned all the men whose names had been furnished by Mr. Bacon In1 the interest of the proposed legislation, and thnt expenses and per diem had been allowed all who appeared. Mr. Cowan maintained that live stock transportation was the most profitable rail road business In the south. He character ized the Esch-Townsend bill as worse than no legislation. The committee will bold an executive meeting tomorrow morning to determine whether to close the hearings. NSANE NEGRODEFIES POSSE Man at Walt man, Kr., Barricades Himself In House Kills One Wounds Seren. OWENPBORO, Ky.. May 22 Bob Shay, a negro, supposedly Insane, has killed one man and wounded seven In the past wenty-four hours, near Waitman. The body of the dead man lies In front of Shaw's hwuse and the negro continues to defy the Officers who are seeking to arrest him. The dead: WILLIAM C. BROWN, a deputy sheriff. Wounded: Deputy Marshal John J. Jackson. Dr. G. H. Pint. Town Marshal t alson. James Ford. John Robinson Frank Howard. Watson Pelly. Yesterday afternoon Shaw was terroris ing the community around Wattman, and an appeal was sent to this city for help. A posse was at once funned, but as soon as they approach-id the madman's house he opened tire. Marshal Watson was shot In the face and Deputy Marshal Jackson In the back. Others wounded were Dr. G. H. Hilt on the hand; a boy named Howard and a boy named Pelly, In the lens. This morning a posse, headed by Sheriff Kelly, went from Iewisport to Waitman and found Shaw sitting on his front porch. Shaw quickly barricaded himself In his house. The posse tiled to storm the house, but the negro opened lire, wounding James Ford and John Robinson. He apparently had only small shot, which saved the lives of those he aimed at. Shaw was shot at twice. He had two revolvers, but announced that ho would save them for work at close range. A great crowd gathered around the house, keeping at a safe distance. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Will C. Brown, a deputy sheriff of Hancock county, volunteered to go to the house and take Shaw. When Ithln fifteen feet of Shaw the craxy man EXTRA SESSIONJJF CONGRESS President Reiterates Intention to Call On to Meet Oc tober lu. HAIGHT & FREESE WIN ONCE Attorney General of Pennsylvania Will Not Interfere with Over. ntlon of Company. PHILADELPHIA, May 22. Attorney Gen eral Carson today decided not to Issue an Injunction to restrain the Halght & Freest) company, brokers, from doing business In this stats. He also refused to appoint a receiver. The petftlon for an Injunction and receiver was presented to the attorney general on Saturday by counsel for Ridge way Bowker who charged that the com pany had swindled him out of $o,0ou. Coun sel for Bowker was granted permission to apply for quo warranta proceedings. The receiver appointed by Judge, McPher son of the United States district court still has charge fo the company. Judge McPherson, in the United Slates district court, today handed down an opinion deciding that the Hulght & Freeoo company shall file a bund of JlJ.uuO In tho court to cover the olalm of Rldgway Bowker, and on doing so the temporary re straining order granted a few days ago shall be dissolved and the order appointing a temporary receiver be vacated. The counsel for the company stated that the H0.0OU bond would be filed on Wednes day. This, It is said, will terminate the receivership proceedings against the com pany In this state. MAY CORN PRICE ADVANCES stampede Heads Option lu sis Cents nnd Wheat Advances Four Cents. CHICAGO, May 22. A stampede of shorts today advanced the price of corn for May delivery precisely 6 cents a bushel. It was current gossip that the May option U prac tically cornered by a ew prominent trad ers. A desire to avoid possibly greater loss than already Incurred was the cause of the urgent demand today from those who were on the wrong aide of the market. The May delivery opened at 53 cents. The price quickly Jumped up to 59 cents a bushel. Realising sales caused a reaction to 57H cents. , A somewhat similar situation developed In the wheat pit. On an active demand from shorts the price of wheat for May delivery was forced up 4 cents a bushel. Much of the gain was subsequently lost on profit taking. May wheat opened at bS cents. After advancing to tlftj the price dropped to II Oli,. After the early bulge the market quieted down considerably. Under continued profit taking tne price of May corn fell off to f6 cents. The wheat market alio lost much of Its bullishness. Final quotations on May wheat mere at $1.01, a net advance for the day of t cents. May com dosed at WASHINGTON. May President Roosevelt today reiterated hie Intention to call congTesa in extra aeaslon October 11 lui to consider railroad rale legislation, T ccuut a fain of tie cents. V NEW RATES 0N CRUDE OIL Santa Fe Rallirsy Promlsea Kansas Producers Figures That Will En able Them to Bench Market. TOPE K A, Kan., May 22. The Sante Fe will meet the oil producers of Kansas and rearrange the freight rates on oil. Generul Freight Agent Kortx today made the fol lowing announcement of the company's In tention: "The rates will be brought out a a conference doubtless to be held within a week or ten days. At the preliminary con ference with the oil men the producers were asked to prepare a statement showing wha markets they wish to reach. The producers have been busy recently preparing this statement. We cannot intelligently promul gate a tariff bill till we learn what points the producers will want to reach with crude oil shipment. "In the meantime we have been going over the situation and have prepared fig ures so that at the coming conference we should be able to tell the producers what can be done for them as soon as they make known to us what markets they want to reach." INDEPENDENCE, Kan., May 22,-In an Interview today Superintendent W. F Gates of the Prairie Oil and Gas company stuted that notwithstanding recent publi cations concerning enlargement of the company's facilities, conditions In the oil fields remain practically unchanged. Tho rmlrle Oil and Gas company Is running ubout 22,iO) barrels of oil a day in Kansas and the Indian Territory, and storage tanks, material for which has been on the ground for some time, continue 1 to be erected in the territory. Drilling operations are almost at a standstill In Kansas and becoming less In the Indian Territory. CUMBERLANDS ARE VOTED IN i Nebraska weather forecast Pretbjterian Church of United States Takes notion in General Assembly. NO VOTE OF DISSENT IS RECORDEI Action May Bring Ilnck to Parent Organisation m Part Which Has Been Out for i Over a Century. WINONA LAKE, Ind., May 22.-Amid a storm of applause, without debate or a dis senting voice, the general assembly of the Presbyterian church today voted to re unite with the Cumberland Presbyterian body, which withdrew from the original denomination February 4, 1M0, thereby, In effect, bringing together the two largest branches of the Presbyterian faith. By the adoption In Its entirety of the re port of the special canvassing committee the assembly ordered that the question as it now stands be referred to the committee on co-operation, the membership of which was Increased to twenty-one, with the pro vision that It have power to confer with a committee from the Cumberland body to the end that the details of the consolida tion may be worked out In a report to the next general assembly. The committee will consider the .corporate and legal rights of both bodies, keeping the consolidation within the legal limits, thereby avoiding civil suits and injunctions. The special committee In Its reports on the question of consolidation canvassed the vote by presbyteries, showing 144 yeas and 39 nays. Two presbyteries took no uctoln, one gave conditional assent and five made no report. The dissenters from the cast and south, who apparently made no concerted effort, Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature at Omaha Veaterdari Hours. o n. H n. 7 n. a. l a. 1 n. 11 a. Dea. , . (Ml , . ft , . m i . Ht , . tut , . Til , . T.I is m 74 Hoars. 1 P. a p. 3 p. 4 p. R p. p. T P. H p. n p. lr:. . . Td . . Tt . . tH outside of secret committee meetings, to fired, blowing Brown s head completely off. defeat consolidation, tonight declare that Tho body now lies at trie door oi tne nouse and cannot be recovered. About 8 o'clock tonight a mob of men nnd boys surrounded his house and set it on fire. Shaw remained in the burning house as long as he could stand the heat and finally leaped out and tried to escape. Nearly 100 show were tired and Shaw's body was riddled with bullets. MINISTERS IN GAS FIGHT Hundred Methodist Divines Call on Mayor of Philadelphia and As sore Him of Support. PHILADELPHIA, May 22. Citizens of this city witnessed nn unusual spectacle today when more than MO ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church solemnly marched to city hall to express to Mayor Weaver their protest against the pending gas lease and to congratulate him on the stand he has taken upon the question. The decision to call on the mayor was made at the morning session of the weekly meet ing of the Methodist Episcopal Ministers' association Rfter resolutions commending the mayor and counctlmen who had voted against the lease had been adopted. The ministers assembled at the Methodist book room at 2:30 p. in. and prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Garbutt Reed, president of the association, In which he asked that the "cit might be delivered from harm and injury 'nnd from evil de signs of evil men." Tho march to the city hall was then begun. The mayor met the clergymen In his large reception room. Tho resolutions were delivered to him by Dr. Reed In a brief speech and remarks were also made by several other clergymen, all in protest of the pending lease. The mayor. In replying, paid that he would do everything In his power to pre vent the consummation of the proposed lease, but declined to outline his plans. Two ward meetings were held tonight at which addresses against the pending lease were made. At the regular meeting of the Methodist Ministers' Social union held tonight the discussion of the gas lease took up the greater part of the session. The committee of seventy has planned a mass meeting to be hold In the bourse tomorrow night and another mass meet ing agalnBt the lease will be held during the week. SENATORS WANT NO TRIAL Attorneys for Accused Missouri Men Allege Defect In Indictment for Bribery. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., May 22.-Attor-neys for Senators Frank Farrls and C. A. Smith today tiled a motion In the circuit court to quash the indictments against them for briliery because they allege that the Indictments were returned without proper evidence to support them and be cause there were pending Indictments for the same offense in Marlon county on a change of venue from Cole county and had not been dismissed when these Indictments were returned. Counsel for former Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee filed a motion today for a change of venue from Cole county In the trial of the perjury charge against the de fendant and the examination of witnesses was begun In support of It. After the testimony of thirty residents of Cole county, a large majority of whom stated thaa no prejudice existed against the former lieutenant governor. Judge Martin overruled tr. motion for a change of venue. Attorneys for Lee Immediately filed a demurrer to the Indictment on the ground that there was not aufficlent evidence pre sented to the grand Jury to a true bill. Judge Martin took the motion under ad- DISQUIETING TALK ON 'CHANGE l nlon Pacific and Other Northwestern Stocka Chow Effect of Weak Market. NEW YORK. May ?2.-There was an abrupt transition In speculative sentiment on the stock market today from consider able strength during the morning to ex treme weakness in the afternoon. The re newal of liquidation In large force caused the suspicion thnt prices had been lifted early to afford a better basis for selling. The source of the selling was somewhat mysterious, but the definite absence of be lief In any successful plan of harmony in the northwestern railroad situation was given much importance. It was believed that there was Important liquidation In duced by this cause. Such breaks as li In Northern Pacific, over 10 points In Great Northern preferred, 4 points In Northwest ern and 2 points or over In Union Pacific and St. Paul were the Immediate evidence of this feeling. Uneasiness over the Iron and steel outlook was a definite Influence, United States Steel preferred breaking over 2 points. Some importance was attached to a renewal of a speculative campaign by an advertisement which centered particular attention on Amalgamated Copper. That stock was forced 3 points under Saturday. The pressure to sell spent Its force before the closing of the market and there were some recoveries, with a quieter tone. Another case of weakness In the last hour of trading was the circulation of a report that a trust company of this city had ap pealed to other institutions for help and that after an examination of the trust company's uffalrs assistance had been refused. I vUcinent. WIND AND RAIN IN TEXAS Many Houses Blown Down and a . umber of Peraona Killed and Injured, DALLAS. Tex., May 22 Several lives were lost and serious damage was done to crops in many sections of Texas last night by the tcrrltflc wind and rain storm that prevailed in many sections. Streams are out of banks and bridges have been washed away. In the northwest pan of Haskell county fourteen houses were destroyed, the two children of Will Townds, near Marcy, were killed and Mrs. Townds a as found un conscious and will die. Mr. Townds escaped with slight bruises. At Malone the Christian and Baptist churches and several buildings were wrecked. At Temple Bertha Henley, a 12 year-old colored girl, was killed by lightning. Con siderable damage was done at Waco, MV the general assembly opened the avenue to defeat hy referring to a committee the work of arranging the details of consolida tion. It is Intimated that the opposition will take the question back to the presby teries of the Cumberland church and ask that It be reconsidered before the commit tee on co-operation makes Its report In 19ud. Several of the eastern dissenters de clare that the action of tho general as sembly was jierfecUy lti accord with the wishes of the opposition. The proposed union with the Reformed church general synod was discussed, but no action was taken pending action by that body, which Is In session at New York. The resolutions incorporated in the report of the committee on marriage and divorce, which, among other things, prohibit the re marriage of an Innocent party to a divorce until after one year has elapsed, were adopted. earo Question Discussed. The negro, his racial rights and alleged criminality were subjects of discussion by several speakers following the report of the Board of Missions for Freedmen, which was submitted by Dr. R. J. Inglis of New ark, N. J. Dr. D. R. Breed of Philadelphia, speak ing to the report, declared the negro ques tion a result of the fact that the colored man was content to be an appendage to the white race. Rev. W. A. Alexander, Breaking of the alleged criminality of the negro, attributed this charge to the migra tory element of the south, who, he said, were responsible for the disturbances. Justice John M. Harlan, who followed, con cluded a brief talk with the words: Let us find now where In the reports or delllieration of the general assembly any thing Is said of tho criminality of the negro. The resolutions of the committee were adopted without reference to the criminal ity of the colored race. They provide for the creation of separate presbyteries for negroes and foreigners. So anxious were the thirty colored com missioners to speak to the report that Moderator Moffatt was compelled to limit the speeches and but three or four were given an opportunity. At a popular meet ing held tonight In tho Interest of freed men several of the commissioners availed themselves of the opportunity to continue the discussion. The general assemhly today voted to se lect a special committee to arrange for a celebration during May of next year of the 2orith anniversary of the formation of the first presbytery In Philadelphia. It Is the general understanding that this celebration will be held In Philadelphia. The general evangelistic committee or ganized today by electing John H. Con verse, Philadelphia, president; Dr. Wilbur Chapman. New York, recording score tary. and Parley Zartman, treasurer. Head quarters will be opened In New York Oc tober 1. The committee has accepted In vltatlons to hold revivals In San Fran clsco, St. Paul and Minneapolis. An ad visory committee of thirty-two ministers and laymen from northern cities has been named to support the committee In its efforts. Warm Debate In Cumberland Body, FRESNO. Cal., May 22.-The Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly Is in tho midst pf a warm debate on the union question. Two reports were presented to it this afternoon. A majority report, signed by Drs. Templeton and Wlgginton and Judge Beard, gave a complete list of the presbyteries which had voted and de clared that the union had been constitu tionally agreed to by the Cumberland Presbyterian church and the basis adopted. Elders McClelland and Young submitted a minority report. This agreed with the majority with reference to the facts of the vote except one presbytery, but claimed that the church has no constitutional right to unite with another church and that, therefore, the union has not been constitu tionally agreed to. It further affirms that the Presbyterian church has not compiled to the terms of agreement with reference to separate presbyteries. At this point an oftlclal telegram was received announc ing that the northern assembly had de clared the union proposition carried In that church and all the conditions complied with. A memler then read a personal tele gram from Dr. W Chicago contradicting the first and de claring that the Presbyterian assembly had Indefinitely postponed the subject. Both messages were received with great applause. On a motion to substitute the minority for the majority report. Dr. Templeton of Texas opened the discussion. Ho was fol lowed by other speakers, the debate lasting until a late hour. It Is expected to con tinue throughout most of the day tomor row. The unionists see no need of discus sing the matter at all, but have acceded to the demands of the opposition that there shall be a full debate. Hapttsts Denounce Mormonlam. ST. IXUI8. Mny 22 Interest In tonight's meeting of the American Baptise Publica tion society as part of the National Bap tist anniversary centered In the report of the committee on resolutions, which sub mitted a strongly worded resolution de nouncing Mormonism and asking for the UNITED VERDE MINE CAVES IN Great Copper Mine Daniaaed Many Thousand of Itollnra nnd May Have to lie Abandoned. PRHSCOTT, Ariz., May 21-Mllllons of tons of rock and earth caved In at noon today lu Senator Clark's United Verde cop per mine at Jerome, Arlx., the ground dropping over the surface to the 7-foot level. Cracking tlmlx'rs gave the alarm and 300 miners fled for thdr Uvea and escaped uninjured. For several days the ground had been settling and timbers creaking. Today with a mighty crash the earth caved, carrying with it the new shaft, levels, drifts and s1ohs. From Assures on the surface conies clouds of sulphur smoke from that part of the mine which has been on fire for several years. The extent of the damage cannot as vet be ascertained, but if It Is as bail as feared the great property will be closed and the existence uf Jerome will bo doomed. The hoisting works, which are over the mine, have settled and the machinery can not be worked. The smelting plant has also been shut down and all activity ceased. The officials of the company take on optimistic view of the situation nnd say j the damage is not irreparable and that the smelter will be working again within a month. XEW MOVE FOR PEACE Agents for Chicago Employers and Btrikfrs In Conference Several Hours. ANOTHER SETTLEMENT IS IN SIGHT Bay the End oi the Trouble Will Coma in . Foriy-Eight Hours. EXPRESS COMPANIES CONCEDE POINT Will Mot Keep Blacklist of Men Who Went on 6tnke. LUMBER DEALERS VOTE LOCK OUT All Men Who Refuse to Make Deliv eries to Boycotted Ileuses Will Be Discharged at Once. CASE AGAINST BEEF TRUST Fifty More Wltnesaea to Re Presented to the Federal Grand Jnry. Some fifty or more additional subpoenas have been issued for witnesses in the Beef trust Investigations before the federal grand Jury and the deputy marshals were hurried out Monday afternoon and evening to serve the necessary papers. A number have been subpoenaed from Council Bluffs and In Omaha, as well as a big additional delegation from South Omaha. These wit nesses are cited to appear at 9:30 this morning before the grand Jury. All of the present week will be devoted to the Beet trust cases and from the number of witnesses summoned It Is probable that the Investigations will run well over Into next month. But little was done Mondny afternoon along the lines of the Beef trust investi gations, the Jury being engaged In the hearing of violations of the Interstate commerce law as applied to the Illegal shipment of game out of this state. Chief Deputy Game Warden George L. Carter of Lincoln and John E. Ketchmark were before the grand Jury Monday afternoon to testify regarding the Illegal shipment of game out of tho state. CHIEF DONAHUE INJURED Omaha Officer Sllahtly Hurt hy Hun array Automobile While lo;ht eeelnar In Washington, WASHINGTON. May 22.-Pollee Chiefs Paul Milllken of Cincinnati and J. J. Dona hue of Omaha were bruised, the former quite painfully; the chief of police of El mira, N. Y., and Frank K. Raymond, presi dent of the Business Men's association of Washington, were given a severe shaking up in an nutomobllo accident about 6 o'clock tonight. The four men had been making a tour of the suburbs. The ma chine got beyond control of the chnuffeur, swerved from the road nnd turned over, throwing the occupants out. The car fell on Mr. Milllken, who received Injuries about the head. Mr. Donahue was bruised about one of his legs, but did, not find It necessary to take to his bed. Neither of the other two occupants of the car was hurt. FAIRBANKS GOES BY NORTH Vice President Cannot Stop In Omaha as He Takes Another Route. Vice President Fairbanks will not pass through Omaha on his way to Portland, where he will represent the president at the opening of the Lewis and Clark ex position. He conveys this Information In I liveries which the teamsters of the Rttlea this telegram received In answer to one , house company had refused to make. CHICAGO, May 22. After a conference lasting for three hours, representatives of the Teamsters' union and tho employers declared at midnight that the prospects lo the settlement of the strike are excellent and that the cud of the trouble may be looked for at any ilmo within the next forty-eight hours. The stumbling block In the negotiation Is the declaration by the express comtuiilcs that none of their striking drivers will be taken back under any circumstances. All other terms submitted by tho employers to the strikers have been accepted. The managers of the express companies de clared late this afternoon that while they would ro-cmploy none of their drivers they had no Intention of keeping a blacklist and there would te no objection to any driver who secured a position with somd express company other than the one by which he was employed at the time he struck. He would be given a position, It was asserted, If a vacancy existed at the time of his application. This phase uf the strike was the only matter discussed at the conference tonight, and In the opinion of all present It opened a way for a set tlement and tho negotiations will be con fined tomorrow. President Shea of the teamsters said to night after leaving the conference that he considered the chances good for a settle ment of the strike, and Attorney Mayer for tho employers expressed a similar views. lltlinatnm from 1-nmher Dealers. Despite this move for peace the Lumber men's association Is preparing for an ex tension of the strike. At a meeting ot this organization tonight It was decided that tomorrow morning all teamsters employed by the sixty-five Arms composing the asso ciation would bo compelled to make deliveries of consignments to etrlke-bound houses. Twelve of these firms enforced the order today and between 2o0 and 300 of the drivers quit work. Indirectly dependent on the building ma terial teamstors It was estimated today hung the employment of nearly 100,000 men In yards., mills, factories and on construc tion worH. It was not believed the drivers' strike would afreet tho, wood Industries or building construction work generally at first. If, however, the walk out should go along the lines threatened today to do all the lumber yards of Chicago would be tied up. The same program was seemingly In store for the stone and the Industrial en terprises deiendent on them. The planing mills, the sash and door factories, the box factories and kindred plants would also face soon a shortage of lumber supplies, which would necessitate closing down. Action Considered Decisive. Action by tho teamsters today was de cisive. In a few moments the first forty recruits to the strike had been increased to an even 100. Seventy pf tho total were employes of the Edward Hines Lumber company, at the head of which was former President Hines of the Lumber Dealers' association. Mr. Hines had been particu larly prominent among tho employers la the recent negotiations for a settlement. Asido from hlB firm the Tlttenhouse ft Em bree Lumber company was the first to feel the spread of the strike today. Thirty teamsters employed by Rlttenhouse & Era bree quit. The full force In each case struck. The cause, as heretofore, was an order to deliver material to firms boycotted by the teamsters In the course of the long hostilities growing out of the strike of a small number of garment workers month ago. As the day advanced the strike gradually spread. Twenty-five teamsters employed by the T. Wilee Lumber company struck. The men had been ordered to make the de- sent by Mr. Rosewater Inviting him to stop off here for luncheon: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 22: Ed ward Rosewater, Omaha, Neb. I heartily thank you for your kind Invitation. I would gladly stop at Omaha as you sug gest, but have already arranged to go by the Great Northern route. Will probably return by way of Omaha, but whether I could stop then am unable to say now, as I am obliged to be In Flint, Mich., on the Tth. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS. CATTLEMEN COMING TO COURT Men Charged with Illegally Fencing; Public Domain Are to Be Tried. The first of the land fencing cases will be brought to trial before Judge Munger In the United 8tates district court early next week, beginning with the trial of the John and Herman Krause cases on three Indictments. it Is also learned that additional Indict ments have been found against Bartlett RIchardB, Comstock and others, and that the hearing of these cases will follow the disposition of the Krause cases. Theso trials are expected to occupy ten or fif teen days, and deputy marshals lmv .!. Dumber Bryan of I rearty dispatched to the northwestern part of the state to summon witnesses In the cases. erai houses txslog unroofed. tCoutlaueJ a Second, t'a. Movements of Ocean Vessels May 22. At New York Arrived Republlca from Naplea (Nantucket); Mlnnetonka from 1ondon: Kroonland from Antwerp; Noor dam from Rotterdam. At Glasgow Arrived Cnrean from Bos ton. Sailed Cart hagenlan for St. Johns, N. F.; Mongolian for Quebec. At Palermo Sailed f'antionla for Ne l orx. At IJverpool Arrived Cymric Boston. At Rotterdam Arrived Ryndam New York. At Bremen Arrived Gnelsenau New York. Railed Barbarossa for York. At Dover Arrived Finland from York. At Movllle Arrived Astoria from New York. At Plymouth Arrived Kaiser Wilhelm II from New York. At Genoa Arrived Weimar from New York. At Yokohama Sailed Empress of Japan for Vancouver. B. ('. At Gibraltar tiallcd Prtnxcss Irene for JN'ew York, w from from from New New The delivery was to have been made to a large department store, but the Wllce company encountered precisely the earn actlca as the Btrikers had employed on other firms ottempting to do business with concerns that were strike-bound. An in cendiary fire at the yards of the Rltten house ft Embree Lumber company Is sus pected by that firm to have a connection with the strike. Iist night fire was dis covered In three different parts of the yards and before the flames were extin guished several thousand dollars worth of maple flooring had been destroyed. The pollen declare they have a clue to the Incendiaries and expect to make arrests. Children's Prosecution fanaes Anger. The arrest and prosecution of parents and children connected with school strikes following the use of colored nonunion teamsters In delivering coal at publM schools has aroused bitter feeling among members of labor unions. The Federation of 1-abor has adopted resolutions as fol lows: Resolved. That the federation pledges It self to stand by these children and, If necessary for their vindication, to hold ourselves ready to withdraw all our chil dren from coiMtratlon controlled schools. Resolved. That If these vic tims of servile and misdirected real are not Immediately released we pledge the services of this organisation to boih children and parents who have been arres;ed or prosecuted by officials, who are so easily blinded to the doings of sweat shops and trust factorlea, but who are ready to cast a stigma on the highest type of childhood today, and we promise to secure their freedom and their rights. ev( n if It be necessary to go t the supreme court of Illinois to accomplish It. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the president of the federa tion, with power to take such steps as may ! necessary, to give effect to these resolu tions. The lumber dealers were said to be operating under an agreement by which members undertook to make no deliveries for any "struck" firm. Would Stop All I nlon Teamsters. E E. Hooper, aerretary of the Bash Door and Blind association, suld today: "We do not propose to permit a part of the teamsters' umon to work and support the part on strike. It Is a case of fight now. Everything points to a complete tleup of every branch of building In Chicago until we ran get nonunion drivers to do this jturk. This will mean llte prelection fog
