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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. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORXIXO, MAY 24. lWo TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS c1 JURY FOR DEXXISOX Good Progress Made on First Day at. Tied Oak in Famons Case. V NEVADA BANK CLOSES DOORS Tnfnlr-Onf Dollars In Cash Fooad in Bank After the Kail a re. LAWYERS OUTLINE THE TEST Defendant Accused of Planning tht bery of liamond Broker. LETTERS TO SHERCLIFFE READ TO THE Attorney for Dennison States Evidenee Will Bhow a Conspiracy. AIMED TO RUIN DENNISON FINANCIALLY Vollock, the Man Who Was Robbed, sa Flrat Witness and Tells Story of Tii kin a; of the Diamond. (From a Staff Correspondent.) RED OAK. Ia., May 18. (Special Tele gram.) After a preliminary battle lasting over a year, the case of Tom Dennison. charged with receiving stolen property was finally railed for hearing before Judge Oreen, In the district court here thin morn ing. Dennlsjn Is charged with having dis posed of 118.000 worth of diamonds which IVank Bhcrcllffe stole from W. G. Pollock. on a train between Omaha and Missouri Valley pn the night of November 4, 1W2. The proceedings today Included the selec tion of a Jury, the statements to the jury by the prosecution and the defense, and the taking of the testimony of W. a. Pol lork. who was robbed. The selection of the Jury was concluded t 2:45 o'clock. The Jury Is composed of these men: 8. D. Holiday, Carpenter; J. L. Llndgreen. farmer; L. A. Wolfe, farmer; I. L. Fox, collector; F. B. Jump, farmer; Beorge Cooper, farmer; George Andrews, laborer! J. W. Luppold. tinner; Gus Isold, blacksmith; W. H. Barnes, woodmaker; S. B. Embree, farmer; J. H. Moore, farmer. When the rennlson case was called this rnornlng very few people were In the court room except the witnesses and the peclal venire of talesmen from whom the Jury was to be selected. Among the spec tators was Mrs. Dennison, her daughter and Mrs. Edwards of Omaha, who came In shortly after the proceedings began. Frank Shercliffe, with Ills brother. Homer Morris, was In and out of the room sev eral times. As the day progressed, how ever, the court room became crowded, many women being present. Without any preliminaries the selection Cf a Jury began and slow progress was made until after dinner. Several of those examined expressed a prejudice against gambling and gamblers and said It would take strong evidence to overcome that prejudice. It was 2:46 o'clock, after both the state and the defense had exhausted tbelr six peremptory challenges, that the Jury was completed. State Outlines Its Case. Congressman Walter I. Smith of Council fluffs at once began his statement to the Jury for the prosecution. He recited that Pennison was accused of receiving 118,000 worth of diamonds which had been stolen by Frank Shercliffe from W. O. Pollock, a diamond salesman out of New York, on a train between Omaha and Missouri Valley bn the night of November 4, 1892. He said the state would be able to prove Its charge by the statements of Shercliffe, which would be corroborated In every particular. Jle then described graphically the robbery and shooting of Pollock, already familiar and ancient history; the long chase ,and llnal capture and conviction of Shercliffe and hla sentence to the Iowa state prison Tor a term of seventeen yeara. He said the state would be able to prove that Den nison spent money like water to secure the release of Shercliffe on parole; that he pent him money to get him out of trouble In Seattle and sent him money In Cali fornia; that Shercliffe had come to Dcnnl aon In Salt Lake City with a letter from a convict In the Utah penitentiary and that the acquaintance between the two was only casual. This he said he would prove In order to show that It could not be merely a friendly Interest In Shercliffe that caused Dennison to work so hard to secure his re lease. False evidence, he charged, was plied up mountain high to secure the re lease of Shercliffe and that It was finally accomplished after the latter had served Seven years of his term. Someone Mast Be Accomplice. He said Shercliffe had not been In the Bonnenberg Jewelry store when Pollock an nounced his intentions to go to Sioux City the night the robbery occurred and there fore soma one must have told him. He charged that Dennison and Shercliffe bad corresponded through Shercllffe's brother and that Dennison, under an as sumed name, had visited Shercliffe In prison and left him money. This he said would be proven by evidence. This state ment of Shercliffe alone, he said, probably bs himself would not be taken, but that all of It could be corroborated. He then Introduced the famous "financial state ment." Attorney Connell objected to this because be said the letter may not be legally used as evidence and that It should not be given to the Jury at this time without an ex planation. This was overruled and the statement was read, together with two other letters Dennison was alleired to have OOLDFIELD. Ncv , May 23.-The Gold field Hank and Trust company, with liabili ties of tTR.X'T. has failed. The assets so far discovered are 11, Wl, nf which J1.S00 Is In notes. There was tlfi In the vault and a five-dollar gold pleci whs found under the counter. Tin most disorganized state of affairs seems to exist In the books of the bank. J. H. Young, president of the bank. Is also president of the GoldficJ-Llda In vestment company. Two checks, drawn on the John Conk bank here by W. R. Hale of San Francisco, each for tS.OOO, In favor of Francis I. Burton, promoter of the Goldfleld-Llda Investment company, were recently paid by the Insolvent bank. One of these checks was dated May 23 and was paid May 20. It was evidently pre sented at the Cook bank by the Goldfleld Bank and Trust company, as It la stamped "no funds," W. R. Hale having no account there. The bank has two cashier debit slips, one for 6,300, and another for $7,200, ac count stocks and bonds as collateral. Cashier James R. Boals was found at Hawthorne late last night. A telegram has been received from Burton In San Francisco denying that he has anything to do with the failure and stating that President Young is there with the bank's collateral endeavoring to get assistance. Goldfleld Is a new mining town In the heart of the newly discovered gold country of southwestern Nevada. Warrants have been Issued for the ar rest of J. Young, president, and James R. Boals, cashier, charged with embezle ment, and for Francis A. Burton, a pro moter, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Boals tin not arrested In Hawthorne, as reported previously. All day long the street has been crowded with angry depositors. Mrs. Burton, a confirmed Invalid, denies absolutely any connection of her husband with the bank, other than a depositor. Depositors have been found today who placed approxi mately $.ViO in the bank Saturday, and the examination Monday showed 1H5.05 In nickels and dimes and a 15 gold piece. The stockholders committee finds that no balance had been taken In the bank for six weeks. On May 18 funds were removed aggregating S43,5n0 with absolutely nothing to show for 11. SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-J. B. Young, president of the Goldfleld Bank and Trust company, declared that he had nothing to do with bringing about the crisis In the bank's affairs. He declared that he was opposed to the manner In which the bank was conducted by its cashier and directors. According to Young, he sold his stock In the bank, and denies that he fled from Goldfleld. On the contrary, he says he came to San Francisco for a brief trip, and that he Intends to return to the mining town as soon as possible. Young does not believe that the liabilities of the bank will exceed $100,000 and he says that It should have assets enough to meet this amount. NEW YORK COMPANY FAILS Doors of Merchants' Trust Company ire Closed by State Examiner. ITS SECURITIES DECREASE IN VALUE With Capital Mock of Halt Million and Surplus of Twice that Amount, Concern Be comes Insolvent. HIRED THUGS ARE INDICTED Officers of Chicago Ijibor Vnion Charared with Employing slug gers to Beat Xonunlonlsts. CHICAGO, May 13 The grand Jury today Indicted twelve men In connection with the death of Charles Carlstrom, the member of the Carriage Makers' union, who died as the result of a beating he received at the hands of thugs, hired by the officials of the union, according to their own story. The Indicted men are George Meller, for merly president of the union; Henry J. Neuman, secretary; Charles J. Casey, busi ness agent; six members of the executive committee of the union, and Charles GU hooley, Marcus Looney and Edward Felley, the three men who were hired by the offi cials of the union to beat men who did not go on strike or who attempted to take the strikers' places. The Indictments charge manslaughter and conspiracy to commit great bodily injury, the autopsy having shown that the death of Carlstrom was due directly to pneumonia. The physicians declared that the disease was probably the result of the injuries he received, but It was still the direct cause of death, and the men could not, therefore, be charged with murder. FATHER DOES NOT GET SON Man Falls to Recover Possession of Little Child He Deserted with Wife. Judge Kennedy devoted Tuesday after coon to hearing evidence In a habeas cor pus case in which Joseph Hajek, living on South Fourteenth street, sought to recover possession of hla fc-year-old son, Frank. Mr. and Mrs. John Terry of Ra venna, Neb., now have the boy and have raised him since his mother, Mrs. Terry's sister, died several years ago. The court, after listening to the testimony, gave pos session of the child to the Terry's, who are well-to-do people. It was brought out that Hajek had left his wife and child some years ago, or the couple had separated. He sold a farm he owned In Buffalo county and went west. No one of the wife's family heard from him by way of Inquiry after the welfare of the mother of the child. Recently he NEW YORK, May 23. The Merchants' Trust company of the city was closed today by the order of the state superintendent of banks because it had made loans amount ing to about $1,2",010 upon which It had not been able to realize a sufficient sum to pay depositors and save the capital of the com pany from Impairment. Upon the applica tion of the state attorney general, Douglas Robinson, a brother-in-law, of President Roosevelt, was appointed one of the re ceivers of the company. The company's collateral for loans, which had no market value, were about tsjO.OOO In securities of the Hudson Valley Railway company of Glens Falls, N. Y., which Is a consolidation of trolley lines In the vicinity of Albany, Troy, Saratoga and Lake George, and nearly $400, 000 of the Rutland (Vt.) Street Railway company and the Chittenden De velopment company of Rutland. The trust company owes depositors about $2,200,000 and, according to the state bank examiner, has available assets other than in the Hudson Railway company and the Rutland companies of nearly $1,300,000, so that it will be necessary to realize $9o0,000 to pay depositors. The stockholders are liable to the extent of 1500,000. With that amount the state bank examiner said today that a sufficient sum should certainly be realized to pay de positors in full. Securities Decrease In Value. An examination of the company's affairs was made by the state banking depart ment on December 23 last. The report of the state banking department showed that the company's book surplus of $1,198,737 had been reduced by the examiners to $1,074,548, while the examiners had increased the value of some of the securities held by the company, they threw out some others as valueless and reduced the valuation of others. The company is trustee of a $4.0u0, COO consolidated mortgage on the property of the Hudson Valley Railway company, which Is a consolidation of trolley lines around Albany, Troy, Saratoga and Lake George. The bank examiners accepted the company's valuation of the securities of the Hudson Valley Railway company held by It. The company was organized in 1899. The doors were closed by order of E. D. KUburn, state superintendent of banks, a notice to that effect being posted on the doors. Reports that the company would be obliged to discontinue business were circu lated In Wall street yesterday and affected the stock market In the late dealings yes terday afternoon. Statement by Counsel. Samuel Vntermyer, counsel for Jacob L. Phllllpps, president of the Merchants Trust company, gave out the following formal statement: "In view of the publicity that has been given to the efforts of the company to In crease Its cash resources and to the tin marketable character of certain of the se curities which It holds as collateral for large loans, I have advised the president to recommend the suspension of business so as to prevent a run on the Institution. "Mr. Phillips has been president for only a few months. The loans that have crip pled the cash resources were not made un der his administration and he has no re sponsibility for them. Ever since Mr. Phil lips assumed office his efforts have been directed toward inducing those under whose administration the loans were made to take them out of the Institution. This has not yet been done. "The president will probably make a statement later." The officers of the trust company are as follows: President, Jacob L. Phillips; vice president, Casslus W. Wicker; secretary and treasurer, Frederick P. Davis; assist, ant secretary and assistant treasurer, Jacob C. Coyne. One of the directors was Dr. John P. Munn, physician to the Gould family. On January 1, the company's stock and bond investments amounted to $1,471,312, In cluding the following: Hudson Valley rail way syndicate participation, Ii33.5n0; I'nlted States Cotton Duck stock, $100,000; $10,00 Vlrglna Passenger & Power company first bonds; $200,000 of the Chittenden Power company first bonds; and $5(4,000 of the bonds of the city of New York. There was no excitement about the bank today. A group of twenty persons sought admission to the offices, but when they found the doors closed and the notice posted, they went away. CHIEF TALKS OF ACCIDENT J. J. Donahue Slightly Injured and Will Star In Washington to Mirw Bruises. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 23. (Special Tele gram.) Chief of Police J. J. Donahue of Omaha was congratulating his lucky star this morning as he recounted the accident to the automobile In which he was riding last night and which dashed over a thirty- foot embankment, completely upsetting and throwing Its occupants In all directions. The chief said that he suffered Intense pain in his legs, which are badly bruised. He Is also complaining of pain In his breast, but believes that is due to assisting In lifting the machine, which weighed 16,000 pounds, off the body of Chief Mllllken of Cincinnati. Had the machine deviated six Inches either way In Its flight over the embank ment, nothing possibly could have saved the occupants of the automobile. Donohue was thrown twenty feet Into mud and sand. and was a sight when he got back to the Shoreham hotel, where he and Mrs. Dono hue are stopping. The accident was due to the machinery In the big touring car falling to respond to the efforts of their chauffeur. Seeing that he had lost all control over the auto the driver became excited and suddenly twisted the steering apparatus, which sent the car crashing over the embankment. Chief Donohue stated he would remain in Washington foi several days after the adjournment of the police convention nurs ing his bruises. Nebraska was represented today in the capital city by a Jolly crowd of tourists returning from the sixteenth annual session of the National Travelers Protective as sociation, recently held at Savannah, Ga They wanted to see everything and went everywhere. Washington was a Jewel to them, and the traveling men and their wives have been teaching this city how things are done west of the Missouri. In the party which came from Savannah are C. O. Lenke and wife, Fremont; A. C. Chase and wife, R. F. Hogln and wife, R, F. Bacon, J. B. Cunningham, and F. F. Foshorn. Omaha; and A. P. Stafford, Nebraska City. The party will leave for Nebraska tomorrow. E. Y, NASH AT DEATH'S DOOR Suddenly Stricken with Faralysis While at the Dinner Table. NOW LYING IN COMATOSE CONDITION Doctors Have Not Abandoned All Hope, but State C hances of Ills Recovery Are Decidedly Poor, A. W. MACHEN PLEADS GUILTY Man Vndrr Sentence for Postal Fraud Admits Connection with Other Crime. WASHINGTON, May 23. August W. Machen, the former general superintendent of the free delivery service of the Post office department, was taken back to the Moundsvllle, W. Va., penitentiary tonight after being sentenced today to another term of two years, following his plea of guilty under his Joint Indictment with W. G. Crawford of this city and George E. Lorenx of Toledo, O., for conspiracy to defraud the government. Machen will not be prose cuted on any of the remaining eleven in dictments. Including his present two years' term and his sentence today, and making allow ance for commutation for good behavior, he has two years and eight months yet to serve In the penitentiary." " A Jury for the trial of Crawford was se cured and after the attorney's opening statement the court adjourned until tomorrow. OHIO REPUBL'CANS TO MEET .".." 4lT w I Mailt He fore the Convention Remark, ably Quiet Secretary Taft Will Preside. was married again and Instituted tho written, in which Shercliffe, through Homer "ul1 to get control of the son he had never Morris. Ms brother, was urged to do less ! seen since he was an Infant and who did talking to thieves. The financial statement, not know his father when the latter went whlch Is already familiar. Is as follows: ! on the witness stand. Financial Statement. Fall lv2 Cash Fall li Trial To Prince lo riooger 2;.j.uu Attorney Hamilton to go to Marshal town 5ti .00 Watch with diamond In to Homer.. 50 .00 I bilk dre.n and shoes and other goods to Homer's wife 25 00 Jlomer and mother to come to expo sition to Omaha 15.00 Expense going to meet Hlpwell at Dee Moines rive times, railroad fare and hotel bills 125 00 Two trips mull John Baldwin and Boh Clancy, railroad fare and hotel bills WOO Two trips with Martin White and Bob Clancy MOO One trip to meet Tom MeGuire SI 00 Two trips to Sioux City to get case record of trial record of trial 20.00 Getting letter from county attorney at Logan and trips up there 1ST 00 Attorney 8 H Cochran 12-mO Expense to go and see Gov. Jackson 355 In seven years made ten trip to Fort Madison S63.00 Paid C. H. Hlpwell ,7 uO 6lx years Inter t on $2.0n0 I bor rowed In lenver 1.200.00 Interest to John Dennison for five y.ars on ll.tvo WO.oo Cash to give to some woman in Fort Madison 25 00 P&hI the Omaha Savings hank In terest for four years on money bor rowed In Iks;' 4V.no Warden Jones' brother, a trip to Omaha to "0 Money sent by me to Fort Madison in seven )rs 350 00 I'aid John Baldwin to abstract case WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Complete Rurnl Delivery Established In Keokuk County, Iowa, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 23.- Special Tele gram.) Complete rural delivery service has been ordered established August t In Keokuk county, Iowa, making the total number of routes in the county thirty eight. Nebraska postmasters appointed: Al merla, Loup county, Charles E. Strong, vice Jennie Cummlngs, resigned; Kent, Loup county, John C. Dlnnell, vice G. J. Long, resigned. SIMMAKY OF CROP CONDITIONS (Continued en Second Page.) COH'MBFS. O., May 23. Seldom In the history of Ohio republicanism has there been a quieter night before the convention than tonight. The uncontested renomina tion of candidates for all offices save lieu tenant governor has been assured for sev eral weeks. Secretary of War Taft, who Is to be tem porary chairman of the convention, is not expected until tomorrow, and Governor Herrick Is due home from Ylcksburg at tho same time. Secretary Taft will be a guest at the home of Governor Herrick. who has also arranged for a public reception at the state house on Wednesday evening In his honor. It Is believed at this time that the tem porary organization will he mad per n.aner and that the work on Thursday ill be completed in one comparatively brief session. FARMERS FIGHT OFFICERS Pitched Battle Near Waverly, 111., In Which Two Men Are Killed and One Wounded. SPRINGFIELD, May 2S-In a battle be tween W. W. Paul and his sons, Wllford and Albert, on the one hand, and three deputy sheriffs on the other, near Waverly, about twenty miles southwest of this city, tonight W. W. Paul and Wllford Paul were killed. Constable Roundtree of Franklin at tempted to serve a writ of replevin on the Pauls for a mare and colt claimed by John I W'ntimM-pr lint th rnnla dr,w ..A..,. I on Roundtree and he drove back to Waverly and secured a states warrant against them, charging them with resist ing an officer. Deputy Sheriff H. L. Turner and Special Deputies Rohert Breeding and James CJan fleld overtook the Pauls one mile east of Waverly and the lattle ensued. Deputy Breeding was shot In the shoulder. Albert Paul was arrested. Wyoming; Convicts Sentenced. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. May 23. (Special.) J. B. Jackson, sentenced to one year and one day In the state penitentiary' for rob bing the Almy postoffce. was taken to the penitentiary today by Deputy United States Marshal Joe LaFors William I'lrich, the Puf bio street car conductor who was con victed of embezzlement, committed while postmaster at Ranchester. Wyo.. and sen- I tenced to one year and one day in the nrn. Herniary, was today taken to that Insti tution. Bom Pueblo friends were here and bade Ulrlch bood-bye. Weather Generally Favorable Except In Ipper Hirer Regions. WASHINGTON, D. C AUy 23. The weather bureau's weekly bulletin sum marizes crop conditions as follows: The weather conditions of the week end ing May 22 have been generally unfavor able. Among tne exceptions are Lpper Mississippi and Missouri valleys, m soutnern Rticay .Mountain region and California. Heavy rams have delayed worn oa tne norm i-acinc coast, but mi proved the conditions of grain and uratea while cool nights and cloudy weather liavu retarded germination and growth in nearly all districts. Frosts, more or less damaging, occurred in the northern 1ock mountain region, in Oregon ami ashlngton. Much replanting or corn is necessary In Iowa and Nebraska. Planting is nearly completed in Souilieru Missouri and three fourths of the area is planted in Iowa and iiurtnern .Missouri, mostly nmsiieu in .Ne braska. On dry, warm soils in Iowa germination is fairly good, but corn needs warmth ana sunsnine to insure sutis factory growth. w inter wheat generally continues promising, although complaints oi rust are rwivra irom .Missouri, oKuv- homa and Texas. The crop is beginning to head in Southern Nebraska. Winter wheat is Uoing well in caillornia, heading freely In Oregon and looking well, but making Blow progress In Washington owing to neavy irosis, wnicn cut uown some grain in low valleys. More favorable weather conditions dur ing the latter part of the week have caused spring wheat to lmprovo rapidly and tills crop is now making satisfactory progress, except on lowlands in North Ili.k,itu where it Is Hllulltlv ridm,ir,.,4 hi. late sown are thin in South Dakota. Spring wheat Is advancing satisfactorily In Oregon, and though heavy frosts caused some damage In low valleys In Washington the crop will recover and is looking well. The general condition of oats Is satis factory. The crop as a whole has made good growth, although scattered fleids are thin in Nebraska and South Dakota and considerable rust is reported from North ern Texas. Less favorable reports are received re garding apples. Prospects for this crop are deteriorating in Missouri. All reports Indicate that a good crop of hay Is prom ised Haying is now in progress In Cali fornia with a heavy crop of excellent qual ity. No More Convict Labor. WASHINGTON. May 23 -The president has i.isued an order prohibiting the em ployment of convict labor on government works. Edward W. Nash, president of the Ameri can Smelting and Refining company, while at the dinner table Monday evening at the resilience of Herman Kountze, Forest Hill, suffered a stroke of paralysis and sank Into a comatose condition. Drs. Crummer. Bridges and Allison were called and they pronounced the attack as being of the gravest character. All efforts to restore Mr. Nash to consciousness appear to have been unsuccessful, although several times it was thought he was momentarily con scious, but the evidences were so slight and continued for so short a time that the physicians were not certain. Theso mo mentary apparent flashes of intelligence ex cited hope that further efforts may prove more successful, although the general con dition of Mr. Nash's health had been so enfeebled by the strain of his long con tinued and close application to the affairs of the company of which he has been the leading spirit that it Is feared he will not revive from so severe an attack. The stroke is the result of cerebral hemorrhage, or as more commonly understood, the bursting of a blood vessel In the brain. Dr. Hugh Patrick of Chicago was summoned and ar rived at 11 o'clock last night. After con sultation with the other physicians and a prolonged examination of the patient he agreed with them that Mr. Nash had very slight chance of recovery, although It is hoped that the renewed efforts to restore him to consciousness will prove successful, even though this may be for only a short time. Comes While at Dinner. Soon after Mr. Nash sat down to dinner Monday evening he complained that he was experiencing strange and unusual sensa tions, and remarked that he could not move his left hand. A few minutes later he tried to take a drink of water with his right hand, but the movements of his arm were so erratic that he overturned the glass. He then said: "I feel so strange In my left side; my hands feel numb; I cannot move." Mr. Nash was aided from the table and it became necessary to almost carry him to bed. He continued to grow worse until complete paralysis ensued, this being fol lowed about 11 o'clock Monday night by complete unconsciousness. His condition from that time has remained substantially unchanged. Prompt and continued remedies huve not produced responsive symptoms that afford an assuring basis for -hope that he will emerge from a comatose condition, although death may not ensue for several days. Nevertheless, everything that science and skill can suggest or do Is being done with the utmost care and persistence, and the best that the physicians will say is that there Is a bare possibility Mr. Nash may revive. Mrs. Kountze is the mother of Mrs. Fred Nash 2nd. formerly Miss . Cotton, the late husband of whom was the son of E. W. Nash. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nash came out from New York some two weeks ago on one of their periodical visits to their old home, Omaha. The affliction or sir. Nash was a great shock to his relatives and friends in Omaha- Man of Larue Affairs. E. W. Nash has been onu of the large figures in the world of business for the last few years, his duties as executive head of the American Smelting and Refining company having laid upon him an im mense amount of work which he cheerfully undertook and successfully carried through. He came to Omaha In isti9 and he.s since been a resident of this city, working his way up from a freight trucker to a con nection with the Omaha & Gratfit Smelting and Refining company, and actively en gaged In mining and smelting. When the smelling interests of the country were united in 1SS9 under the name or the Amer ican Smelting and Refining company, Mr. Nash was made president, and on the for mation of the newer combination, the American Smelter's Exploration company, he was again elected president, thus adding much to his activities. While he has re tained his residence in Omaha, much of his time has been spent in New York during the last few years, owing to his business connections. His wealth is variously esti mated, but is known to run high Into the millions. The death of two of his children, Mrs. Harry Cartan and Fred Nash, Jr., had a very depressing effect on him and affected his general health to an extent that was not admitted either by himself or his nearer friends. It is now confessed that he has not been a strong man for a considerable time, and when he came to Omaha from New York a couple of weeks ago it was to enjoy a season of ubsolute re,st. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Showers and Thunderstorms Wednes day and In Cast Portion Thursday. Temperature at Omnha Vesterdayi flour. Ilea. Hour. Dear. A a. m...... Ail 1 p. m...... TJ I a. n AA a p. m T3 T a. m All l p. m TA M a. m . All 4 p. m ?A I a. m tU A p. ra T to a. m A tl p. in TA 11 a. m iin T p. m 7:1 13 id TO S p. in TO O p. m t)7 ALGOES UP TO A NEW TRICK Relatives In llasrlfon. Pa., Try to Help Out with a Fake Tele. g ra m In Place of Money. That the Algoes. being held In Jail as blackmailers, are clever criminals was il lustrated again yesterday by a trick they attempted to turn. The woman received a telegram in response to one she had sent to a sister In Hazelton, Pa. The message read in substance: HAZELTON, Pa.. May 23. Mrs. Lillian Algoe, ninnhn: Cannot send money. Father deHd. Mother erv III Come at once. MRS. GEORGE HARRINGTON. The telegram had such a suspicious ap pears n re that Acting Chief of Police Mostyn Immediately saw In It either a ruse to create sympathy or an excuse for asking release on a nominal bond, and so he Im mediately communicated with the police officials at Hazelton. with the receipt of the following answer last night: HAZELTON, Pa.. Mav 23,-Chlef of Police, timaha: Mrs. L. S. Algoes father died years ago. Mother well enough to talk to me on the street. JOHN R. SERRY, Chief of Police. The preliminary hearing In police court on the blackmail charges against the two Algoes Is set for this morning. WILL FIGHT IT OUT Negotiations Looking to End of Chicago Strike Declared Off. EXPRESS COMPANIES REFUSE CONCESSIONS Men Demand that They Be Allowed to Keturn to Work in a Body, TROUBLE WILL NOW SPREAD RAPIDLY RATE HEARING AT AN END Senate Committee Mill Spend Heat of the Week In Formulating; a Plan of Report. WASHINGTON. May 23-The senate committee on Interstate commerce today closed the hearings upon the regulation of railway rates, but will devote the re mainder of the week to consideration of a plan of report and other suggestions to facilitate proceedings when congress re assembles. Samuel Spencer, president of the South ern Railway, today made a brief oral statement to be supplemented by another which will be filed by the committee. Re ferring to testimony of the Interstate commerce commissioners Mr. Spencer said that the agreement of the southern rail roads in 1W2 was dissolved after the Trans Missouri decision. It was not now In ef ffect In any sense, he added, although there was an association composed of rail road men who met and discussed affairs, but made no agreement as to division of territory and rates. A. A. Urion, general counsel for the Armour car lines, made an argument against legislation which would place the prlvato car lines under control of the Interstate commerce regulations. He de clared the exclusive contracts; which he claimed were In the Interest of the fruit growers and other users of refrigerator cars. EMBEZZLER GIVES HIMSELF UP Man Who Confesses to Robbing K m -ployer at Crete Makes Volun tary Surrender. ST. LOt'lS, May 23 (Special Telegram.) Something unusual occurred In police l eadquarters, when a man giving his name as G. R. Smith of Crete Neb., surrendered himself in East St. Louis, and said that in April, 1F98, he embezzled $100 from his employers, the Fuller & Bryant Lumber company of Crete and fled. He declared thrjt his conscience had trouble him so that he would bo willing to return to Nebraska and pay the penalty of his crime. Smith was locked up at tho station until the authorities at Crete could be heard from. CRETE, Neb., May 23.-(SpecIal Tele gram.) H. 8. Fuller, who was senior part ner of the former firm of Fuller & Bryant, does not recall that Smith was ever em ployed by the firm. He had, however, given a chattel mortgage In payment of a small debt and afterward disposed of the mort gaged property, but the sum was so small that no prosecution was attempted. Mr. Fuller knows nothing more of the case and awaits further particulars before Walkout of Lumber Drirers Will Inrohi Carpenters and Masons, SHERIFF WILL CALL FOR TROOPS Local Officials Inable to Control Trouble. Which Now F.stends Over District Mted for Disorderly Mobs, CHICAGO, May 23.-AI1 prospects of peace In the teamsters' strike have dis appoared and it will be open war from this time on. Tho last conference looking toward a peaceable adjustment was held at 6 o'clock tonight between James B. Barry, business agent of the express drivers' union, and the local managers of the seven express companies. The con ference had been set for an early hour in the afternoon, but owing to the failure of Mr. Barry to receive proper notice It was postponed until this evening. When the meeting finally took place the con versation was brief and pointed. Business Agent Barry opened the negotiations by saying: Our position is this: I want all the men reinstated except those who have been guilty of violence. 1 cannot do any- thing different. That Is what the local union wants and that is what the local officers have told ine to demanir. That Is all 1 can do. The men told me that they all want to go back In a body or they won't go back at all; that Is the position oi the union and the union officials. The reply of the representatives of the express companies was brief. It was: Our opposition to the reinstatement of the men will be the same four years from now as It is today. We will not take them back under any circumstances. This brought the conference to a close and all parties concerned In It Imme diately left the city hall. Lumber Drivers Qolt. The spread of the strike today was not as large as was anticipated. It being un derstood in many quarters that there still Is a chance of peace being reached. Four hundred and sixty-two drivers employed by twenty-eight firms belonging to the Lumbermen's association went out today. In each case the men were ordered to make deliveries to boycotted houses and the usual strike followed. Other firms to the number of fifty-five belonging to tha Lumbermens' exchange will make similar requests of their men tomorrow and by night it is expected that the full number of 2,000 drivers employed by these lumber concerns will be on strike. A meeting of the United Employers as sociation of wood Industries, which Is composed of five associations, embracing 135 firms owning lumber yards, planing mills, sash and door factories, etc., was held today and It was decided to call upon their drivers to make deliveries. This will force out 1.S00 additional men. "Not Looking for Peace." Edward Hines, president of the Associa tion of Wood Industries, said tonight that the members of the organization proposed to stand together, and when asked if peace was in sight replied: Peace. I am not looking for peace. I am in this thing now to light it out. We may just as well have It over once for all. The Employers' Association of Wood In dustries is affiliated with the Chicago Em nlovera' association, which has been fight ing the strike thus far, and, of course, we will work in conjunction with them. The reason that more men did not go out today was because some of the orders to the hovcotted houses had to bo taken In rota tion and It so happened that most of the orders tod.iv were for firms not Involved in the strike. The orders that were given for deliveries to strike-bound houses were met by the teamsters with refusal to do the work and the men were immediately discharged. 0 Mr. Hines said he would start to haul lumber In the yards the first thing tomor row morning, but as soon as it was neces sary to make outside deliveries he would lead the caravan of wagons In person. Trouble Will Spread Rapidly. With the union drivers employed by tha Lumbermen's association on strike It will be only a matter of a short time until out side unions will become Involved In the replying to a telegram asking if he wished j trouble. Just as soon as the building ma Smith returned to the state for trial NEWS FROM RACING YACHTS Sunbeam Passed Over Elaht Hundred Miles from Sandy Hook by Inward Bound Steamer, Burllnatoa Coudactor Killed. ST JOSEPH. May 23 J. W. Mitt, a well known Burlington railway conductor, was killed Id South St. Joseph tixiay by falling from a moving train. His home la I tears htt beta in CiUJlcvUtt, MJt nn Sets Shawl on Fire, GRAND ISLAND. Neb . May 23. (Spe cial.) A very unusual Incident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Halnline in this Highest Price for Wool. i city. Mrs. Hainline was sitting near a Bl'FFAlXl, Wyo.. May 23. (Special.) window through which the sun shone The highest price ever paid for Wyoming wool has been received by Wacgle & Hib bard of this place, whose clip, aggregating ini.OOO pounds, was sold In Chicago a few das ago for 2S'-j cents per pound, netting the owners over JS cents. This verifies the prediction made some time ago that un secured Wyoming wool would go to 25 cents befors Ui present season closed. bright and clear Between the woman and the window there stood a flshbowl. Sud denly the si awl she had loosely thrown around her Winlted and was soon ablase. A careful investigation was made and the only possible theory of the affair is. that the window and glass fishbowl so con verged the r'.js of tha sua toat combus tion folluwcd. NEW TORK. May 23. Lord Brassey's yacht Sunbeam, a contestant In the trans atlantic cup race, was passed yesterday by the steamer Kron Irinx Wilhelm, bound for this port, $17 miles from Sandy Hook. The following dispatch to that effect has been received by the Associated Press: Steamship Kron liinz Wilhelm (Via I Marconi Wireless Station at Siasconset, Mass, May 23.) Passed on the 2.l of .May at 1:4V) a. m.. in lattitude 39 north, longitude 53.55 west, 817 miles east of .Sandy Hook, light vessel, the English yacht Sun beam. NEW YORK. May 23 Captain Nlerich of the North German Lloyd steamer Bremen, which arrived today from Bremen, believes he sighted the Atlantic, which Is supposed to be at least among the leaders, on Sun day morning, May 21. The yacht was then KANSAS MAN GETS PLACE O. L. Moore of Abilene Appointed Judae Advocate General of National Grand Army. PARSONS, Kan., May 23-Judge O. I Moore of Abilene, Kan., was today ap pointed Judge advocate general of the na- ! tlonal department of the Grand Army of the Republic. The appointment was made by National Commander W. W. Blackmar. General Blackmar and Judge Moore were soldiers together under General Custer. Judge Moore Is appointed to take the place made vacant by the death of Judge Amos ; Thayer, late of the I'nlted States circuit court of appeals at St. Louis. FIVE OMAHA MEN ARRESTED Charged with Robbing Colon ParlUc Freight Car at Egbert, Wyoming. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. May 23.-(Speelal Telegram.)-John Fox. Harry Brown, Rob ert Williams, Samuel Park and Guy par sons, all young men under the age of 21 years and residents of Omaha, were ar. ! rested here today charged with breaking ' Into a Union Pacific boxcar at Egbert &27 miles from Sandy Hook, more than hi) 1 Wyo., and stealing a quantity of shoes, miles farther east than when sighted the day previous by three liners. Switchmen Elect Officers. INDIANAPOLIS, May 23 -Frank T. Hawley of Buffalo. N. Y.. was today re elected grand master of the Switchmen's I nlon of North America. All of the other 1 oid officers of the lodge were elected with ! tne exception 01 iivki anq iruro vice graml ' nesia. master, o. c. oi-ri iuik oi nunaiu ana a. men. clothing and other goods. The young men were en Portland exposition. route to the Movements of Ocean Vessels May 23. At New York Sailed: Ptinzessln Alice, for Bremen: Slavonla, for Naples; Devlc, for Liverpool; Gallia, for Antwerp. Ar rived: Prince Adeloert. from Naoles: Fur. from Glasgow; Bremen, from Bre- Hurshburger or tittsmirg being chosen to fill these offices The former will havo headquarters in the west. Detroit, it Is be lieved, will secure tne next convention. Railroad Wreck In Tennessee. NASHVILLE. Tenn.. May 13 -It is re ported that a Ixiulsville j Nashville pas senger tmln was derailed tod.iy near Co lumbia, Tenn., and that fourteen persona were Injured. Stock i rowers' rw secretary. DENVER. May 23.-T. W. Tomllnson of Chicago, Iihs been made secretary of ths American Stock Growers' association ef fective. June L Uu Lcud4uarieia At Dsuvtr. At Glasgow Arrived: Astoria, from New York: Corinthian, from Montreal. At Iy.ndon Arrived: Minneapolis, from New York. At Antwerp Arrived: Finland, from New Yor!;. At Cherbourg-Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm II. from New York At Naples Sail.-d- Germanla. for New York. Arrived: Prlnz Oskar, from New York. At Christian!.-! Sailed: Oscar II, for New York. At Havre Sailed : Burdlnlan, for Mon treal. At Liverpool Palled: Carthagenlan, for Philadelphia: Ivernla. for Host in. At i'otita Ltlsidu Sailed; ltuuianlc, for Lvsloa. terlal on hand now has been used up and an attempt Is made to make deliveries with nonunion drivers the other labor unions employed on the work will ordsr their men to refuse to hnndle nonunion material. I'nless the strike is Bettled within a short time the carpenters, stone masons and other affiliated organizations are bound to be come involved In the difficulty. The possibilities for increased rioting are vastly enlarged by the spread of the strike to the lumber district. The territory which generally goes under this designation ex tends along the river from east to west, about three and a half miles, and probably a mile to the north and south of the stream. Will Call for Troops. Sheriff Barrett said today; At the first outbreak of trouble which 1st any way approaches the rioting we have had I shall call lor troops. I will do every thing in my power to maintain order, but the minute it gets beyond me I will appeal to the governor. Every preparation has been made for a prompt response by the National Guard and a large consignment of riot cartridges has been received. These differ from the ordinary rlrle bullet In that they contain three buckst.ot each Instead of the sliit.lt bullet. Adjutant General Scott was In Chicago for a few hours tonight, looking over the situation, but left for Rockford on a late train to attend the encampment of tne state Grsnd Army of the P.epubllc. Strikers Must Answer Questions. Judge Kohlsaat of the I'nlted States dis trict court ruled this afternoon that Cor nelius P. Shea, president of the Teamsters' union; James B. Barry, business agent for the Express Drivers' union; Adolph F'fell, a striking express driver; John II. Donahue, a striking express driver, and Bernard Mul ligan, president of the Express Drivers' union, answer the questions put to them In the hearing before Master In Chancery Sherman. The argument as to whether or not the men should answer certain ques tions after they had claimed the constitu tional right to refuse to answer on the ground of possible Incrimination lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning until S In the afternoon. Each question was brought up In turn and the court passed upon lis admissibility. In addition to ordering that the five men should answer the questions put to them Judge Kohlsaat ordered that thirty-seven men be called Into court to show reason why they should not lw, punished for con tempt la VlvUUii,- tLo InJiutvUoa itt tM