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SIIERCL1FFE ON STAM
Former Iowa Confict Telli Hii Etorj of
Pollock Diamond Eokbery.
SAYS DENNISON SUGGESTED THE Z
Telli of Trouble! Getting Back to 0
and Bodging Detectives.
TESTIFIES TO MEETING WITH DENN
Oeta Into Trouble on Pacifio Coast
Bobber.
JUMPS BAIL TO GET OUT OF LAW'S CLUTCH
Other Crime Commuted by Witness
Testified to Cause UpputlnK At
torneya to Get luto a
Wrangle.
BAN PUT ON POLITICAL TALKS
Zematvos nnd Dnnnm Mar Rot rul-
tlon Throne on Mutters of
Statecraft.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
RED OAK, la., May IA. (Special Tele
gram.) Tho prosecution in the Dennison
case played Its strongest card today when
it placed Frank BhercllfTe on the stand. It
was upon an affidavit by ShercIilTo that
Dennison was indicted and his story of
DenniBon's alleged connection with the Pol
lock robbery was a repetition, with some
added details, of his own career and of that
alTldavlt. lie detailed with apparent satis
faction his robbery of I'ollock and seemed
to delight In telling; of other crimes which
lis had committed. He was cool through
out the direct examination, but during the
cross-examination by Attorney Connnell he
frequently showed heat, welshed every
question before answering and showed evl
dence of expecting the explosion of u mine
at every question. Not Infrequently he In
terrogatcd the attorney.- He was on the
stand when court adjourned and the cross
examination seemed only fairly begun. I
was during the cross-examination that At
torney Connell sprung something like a
? sensation, after the defense hud objected
repeatedly to hint asking about Sherollffe's
crimes.
"I expect to show that ShercllfTe turned
money over to Hooker and that this money
was used In his defense, livery cent of It
was BhercllfTe's own money, and that In
cludes the $6,700 referred to in that financial
statement. I want to show by these ques
tions Just where Shercltffe got this money,
and I promise to show that not one dollar
was spent by Dennison."
The Hooker referred to was a friend of
Shercllffe whom the latter testified had
called upon him while In the penitentiary.
Pollock Is Recalled.
The defense secured some satisfaction out
of the cross-examination of Pollock this
morning In that the witness contradicted In
several Instances his testimony of yester
day. Then he swore that he had not seen
BhercllfTe In Bonrienberg's store, and today
also contradicted his statement of yester
he testified that he had seen him there. He
flay that he had before sworn that he had
told Dennison and Bonnenberg that he was
going to Sioux City the night of the rob-
berjr. , . ,
It was matinee day at the courthouse and
the women were out In droves. Every seat
and all the available standing room was
occupied, even Inside of the railing, the
space reserved for the attorneys.
Every movement made by Shercllffe or
Dennison was closely watched, and gaily
bedecked hats were being constantly
nodded In their direction.
Shercllffe Tells Story.
Frank BhercllfTe, In the presence of a
crowd that filled the court room, began
his story of the alleged connection of Tom
Dennison with the Pollock diamond rob
bery, shortly after 10 o'clock this morning.
He was examined by Elmer E. Thomas,
and the Interruptions and objections were
frequent.
In answer to questions BhercllfTe told
the following story:
"My namo Is Sherman W. Morris, and I
waa born In Des Moines. I am 36 years
old. I left home In 1886 and went west. I
waa first convicted by a court when I was
16 years old. Later I served time In the
Utah penitentiary."
He waa then asked If he knew Tom Den
nison. "Know him? Veil, I think I do. Yes, I
am certain I know him."
Of his connection with Dennison he said,
prompted by questions from Thomas:
"I met him In the spring of 1892 at Bait
Lake City, having a letter of Introduction
to him from a convict In the rtah peniten
tiary. At that time Dennison was Inter
ested in a gambling house, owned by one
Illnea, Charles Ixomts had given me the
I letter to him. Before getting acquainted
I srlth him I had seen him visiting with
I Looirls at the prison. After about two
months Dennison moved to Omaha, and
again I met him there. He came to mo
ft a hotel near the Union depot, and In a
, rery excited manner he told me that Pol
lock carried between $75,W0 and $100,000
Aorth of diamonds, and he wanted me to
.ob him. He said that will make us both
rl:h, and you can retire. Ho Instructed
me to go out and buy some cloth and shot.
and make a billy. He told me what train
Pollock was going to leave Omaha on and
that I hnd better take along a lead pipe
to hit him with."
Cucape from Scene of (rime.
BhercllfTe then went on to testify that he
did as directed, went to the depot, spotted
rllock and robbed him. He went Into
the details of the robbery and then told
a most harrowing tale of his escape
through a cornfield Into the night. That
he borrowed a horse and got lost.
"1 then mude my way back to the river,"
he said, "and, It being dark, 1 put my
hand In the running water to see where
I was. I stayed there all night and then
started out in the direction of Council
Bluffs. I was hungry, having hud nothing
for two days except two ears uf corn and
tome water."
Then he told of burying the diamonds
near a school house hear Missouri Valley
nnd finally, after .nany hatr-breudth es
capes, of getting to Omaha.
"I went to the home of John Dennison,"
he said, "over a livery barn run by See
man. There I met Dennison. John and
Pat Dennison, the wives of the two latter,
u sister of one of them and a young man.
He said Dennison warned him to be care
ful, that there were six Plnkertons In
town. The next day he said Dennison gave
L Dim $250 and instructed him to go to Des
f Molnea. while Dennison went after the
diamonds. BhercllfTe havlufc told him
where they were burled. Dennison, he
.mid. was to telegraph him "O. K." when
he got the diamonds. Later he said he got
the telegram and came back to Omaha
and Dennison gave htm $250 more. He said
Dennison came to the dejot when he
' started to leave and said two Plnkertons
m had gone to Council Bluffs to watch the
train and ha wanted BhercllfTe to go over
on the street car. 8hercliffe said:
"I said, for Qod's sake you keep away
ST. PETER SntTtO, May 24.-The govern
ment has now taken formal measures to
prevent the aemstvos, doumas and other
provincial and district Institutions from In
dulging In unrestrained debate and adopt
ing resolutions on the subject of the
change of form of . government. Minister
Boullgin has issued a circular declaring
that such discussions do not come within
the scope of the Imperial ukase issued
March 3, granting the people freedom to
pet tlon the emperor through the commit
tee of ministers on all matters relating to
their general welfare. The ruling In effect
Is that this privilege only applies to the
people as Individuals nnd that organized
Institutions must confine, themselves to
questions within their Jurisdiction. The
duty of enforcing this Inhibition Is Im
posed on the presiding officer, who will he
amendable to prosecution for permitting
Infractions. The circular was plainly de
signed to put an end to the political aglta
tlou which has been openly in progress In
the zemstvos and doumas throughout the
empire.
The Moscow Oazette, the leading reao
tlonnry organ in Kussla, has begun a bit
ter war against religious toleration, argu
ing that It will wipe out orthodoxy In the
nonorthodox sections of the country. The
paper declares that 4&0.000 Russians In
Poland will come under the Influence of
Roman Catholicism If the Catholics are
permitted to proselyte.
"The ukase hns already had a deplorable
effect on the Russian mujlks," says the
Gazette, "among whom stories are current
that the emperor Is under the Influence
of the pope. It Is even said that the em
peror will become a Catholic, and that the
mujlks who do not desire to be converted
to Catholicism, wiH be transported and
compelled to live In three provinces."
The paper continues, "This Is not a re.
Unions war but a Russo-Pollsh national
battle."
The Novoe Vremya this morning attacks
what It terms the "Insatiable demands of
the Jews," who the paper declares are
"exploiting Russia for the benefit of their
pockets, but do not show a particle of
patriotism, being the real Instigators of
the revolutionary movement."
WARSAW, Russian Poland, May 24.
The chief of police of Sledlee, capital ot
the government of that name, was se
verely Injured by the explosion of a bomb
at midnight. He was sitting on the veran
da of a club when an unknown man ap
proached and hurled a bomb at him. The
missile, however, fell short, but exploded
near enough to the chief of police for
fragments to Injure him seriously. Three
persons were also Injured. The man who
threw the bomb escaped.
RUMOR OF NAVAL CONFLICT
Unconfirmed Eeport that Russian and Jap
Fleets Meet Off Formosa,
SAYS ADMIRAL TOGO IS DEFEATED
Story Comes from Manila and Is
Without Details or Corrobora
tion Its Orlaln Is Jfot
Known.
MANILA, May 24. There Is an uncon
firmed rumor here that the Russian and
Japanese fleets have met south of Formosa
and that the Japanese were defeated.
Hussinns All In Hetrrat.
INCOME TAX IS SOW PROPOSED
Commission Decides on Taxation lis
Means of I'aylnsr War Expenses.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 24.-The com
mission, appointed under the presidency of
M. Kutler, assistant 'minister of the In
terior, to decide on the measures to adopt
In order to Increase the revenues of the
empire has determined to recommend In
creased taxation of the amount necessary
to meet the additional expenses on account
of the war and Is considering the question
of an Income tax, from which the commis
sion desires to raise 125,000,000.
RCSSIAS GOVERNOR IS KILLED
of
Prince Nnkaehldia, Executive
nkn, Blown I'p by Bomb.
BAKU, Caucasia, May 24 The governor
of Baku, Prince Nakachldza was assasl-
nated at 3 p. m. today by a bomb which
was thrown at his carriage. A lieutenant
who was accompanying the governor and
a bystander, was also killed by the explo
sion and the coachman Is believed to have
been fatally injured.
MAGOON REACHES THE ISTHMIS
Sew
Is
Governor of Canal Zone
Colon on Way to Panama.
COI,ON, May 24-Charles E. Magoon.
governor of the Panama canal zone, and
John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the
canal, arrived here todny on a steamer
from New York and started for Panama
at once.
TOKIO, May 24. (10:15 a. m. Imperial
army headquarters made the following an
nouncement toduy:
On the afternoon of May 21 a battalion
of Russian infantry and six squadrons of
cavalry attacked the northern heights at
t'hlnyungpao, ten miles north of Wesyuau
paomeii, out were repulsed.
On the morning ot .May 22 a battalion of
Russian Infantry and three troops of cav
alry advanced ulong the Klrin-Taolu roads
toward Chlenclicntiu, and one company of
infantry gained the wet-tern heights near
the village, but were then repulsed.
The Russian cavalry on the right bank ot
the Liao river commenced a retreat on the
morning of May 22 and at 6 o'clock In the
afternoon the enemy had reached a point
south of Talun, which lies seventeen miles
of Kakumen.
With the exception of small collisions
there Is otherwise no change In the situation.
OUKSHL' PASS, Manchuria. May 24. The
rultuation is very tense and the rival com
manders are watching each other like
hawks. Field Marshal Oyama has made
no decisive move. Lieutenant General
Rennenkampff, however, made a bold re
connaissance at the cost of several hun
dred casualties, but the correspondent of
the Associated Press la not allowed to tele
itraoh the results. It Is possible that It
I was RennenkamplT's cavalry which pene
trated southwest of Fakoman.
NEW YORK, May 24. A dispatch from
Toklo, May 22, suld:
a i,ndv ot' the enemvs cavalry, dls
mounted, attacked Tangshed, on the right
bank of the Uau river, thirteen miles
southwest of Fakoman, on the morning of
Muv an After an enituecment lHStlng two
hours the enemy retreated In disorder
toward the southwest, abandoning M
killed or wounded.
Telegraph Line Still Working.
ST. PETERSBURG, May M. The author
lties here have no contlrmation of the re
port telegraphed from Toklo to the London
Daily Telegraph to the effec that Japanese
have cut the railroad to ladivostok and
Isolated that fortress.
LONDON, May 24. The Great Northern
Telegraph company's office in London has
received no Intimation tending to confirm
the statement cabled by the Toklo corre
spondent of the London Dally Telegraph
that the line to Vladivostok has been out
by the Japanese with the result thut the
fortress Is isolated.
Later in the day replies were received
from Harbin saying that both the railroad
and the telegraph lines to Vladivostok were
working and the Associated Press was au
thorlzed to deny the report of the fortress
isolation.
Llnevlte.li Reporte Success.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 24. General
Llnevltch under date of May 23, reports
that a Russian detachment' successfully at
tacked the Japanese trenches on the heights
north of the station of Chengtufu, May a.
forcing the Japanese to evacuate their
trenches.
I'rltUh Steamer Released.
NAGASAKI, May 24. HI a. m.) The
British steamer Lincluden, which was
seized by the Japanese south of Corea on
May 15, was released by the naval prize
court at Sasebo yesterday. The French
steamer Quang-Nam, which was seized on
the same date near the Pescadores islands,
has arrived at Sasebo.
Demands Recall of Kouropatkln,
LONDON. May 24. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times says that Llea
tenant General Llnevltch has demanded the
recall of General Kouropatkln.
PENSIONS F0R MINISTERS
Presbyterians Agree to Raise Ten
Million Dollars' Endowment
Fond for This Pnrpeae,
WINONA LAKE. I ND., May 24. -The gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian church
today heard, discussed und approved the
recommendations Incorporated In the re
ports of the committees on foreign mis
sions and Sabbath school work; appointed
a committee to Investigate and report on
the feasibility of the plan of Justice
Harlan of the United States supreme
court for the erection of a central Fresby
terlan cathedral at the national capital,
and endorsed a project which proposes the
collection of a permanent fund of $10,000,000,
the Income from which is to be expended
In annuities, for aged ministers of the
Presbyterian church and their families.
The committee on sustenance was com
missioned to undertake the work of estab
lishing this fund.
The committee now has a permanent fund
f nearly $l,6oO,000 with which to begin
operations. The remainder Is to be raised
among congregational contributions, gifts
and an insurance scheme by which a mln
lster may, by paying about $24 a year for
thirty years, draw an annuity of $.VjO. Be
fore the thirty years have elapsed, it Is
estimated the permanent fund will bo suf
ficient to Increase the annuity to $1,000.
There are S20 ministers entitled to share In
this annuity plan.
After falling for three years to carry out
the direction of the general assembly to
print Presbyterian literature In foreign
languages, the Board of Publication and
Sunday School Work In Its report today
agreed to produce literature In Bohemian
Slavic and French for the miners of west'
ern Pennsylvania, and for foreigners In
Chicago, New York. Philadelphia and
other large cities. The committee which
has been endeavoring to establish summer
preaching stations for American tourists
In Europe, reported today that It had such
station in Frankford-on-the-Maln, Ger
many, and proposes to establish others at
Berlin, Paris, Lelpslc and other centers.
The assembly continued the committee for
another year.
The assembly will probably vote tomor
row on the next place or meeting, over
which there Is a sharp contest. Philadel
phia practically gave up Its efforts this
afternoon and the contest Is now confined
to Columbus, O., and Des Moines, la., with
most, if not all the western commissioners
favoring Des Moines.
The assembly will undertake to get con
trol of Its people by transferring them
from the Jurisdiction of the Christian En
deavor union to the direct care of the
Presbyterian church. This, It is expected,
will be the most Important business before
the assembly tomorrow.
WILLIAM ZEIGLER IS DEAD
Capitalist and Promoter of A ret to
Exploration Passes Away at
Home In Connecticut.
NEW YORK. May 24.-WIUiam Zelgler,
the capitalist and promoter of Arctic ex
plorations, died this morning at his coun
try home near Noroton, Conn. He was un
conscious all of last night. The funeral
will be held Saturday at noon.
Mr. Zelgler was born in Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, September 1, 1K13. He was
educated in the public schools of Iowa and
later learned the printer's trade In the
office of the Muscatine Journal. He went
Into the baking powder business In 1870 and
made a largo fortune. During the lutter
years of his life he operated In Brooklyn
und other Long Island real estate to the ex
tent of millions of dollars. He led the
fight against the purchase by the city of
Brooklyn of the Long Islund Water Supply
company, the prevention of this purchase
resulting in a large saving to the city.
DAVENPORT. Ia., May 24-The aire.l
mother of William Zelgler was prostrated
todMy by news of his death. This vicinity,
j where Zelgler spent his early life, Is dotted
by memorial chapels and other evidences
of his munificence. Some curn ago he
bought his purents one of the finest homes
! in Davenport, where he frequently visited
them.
(.Continued on Second. Page.
OKLAHOMA BANK CLOSES DOOR
President of First atlonal Hank nt
l.exlnttton Says Suspension
Is Temporary.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Salaries of Iowa Postmasters Read
justed for the Coming
Year.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. May 24iSpeclal Tele
gram.) Complete county rural free delivery
service has been ordered established August
1 as follows: Nebraska Butler county
total number of routes, 21. Iowa Ply
mouth county, number of routes, 38.
Under the twenty-second annual read
justment of postmasters' salaries these
changes are announced today in Iowa: In
creuse, Fairfield, $2,300 to $2,400. Decrease,
Cedar Falls, $2,500 to $2,400; Charlton, $2,
to $2,lu0; Cherokee, $2,3o0 to $2,2u0; Corning
$1,900 to $1,600; Dallas Center, $1,200 to $l,luo,
Dexter, $1,500 to $1,400; Earlham and Glad
brook, $1,4U0 to $1,300; Emmctsburg, $2,100
to $2,000; Exlra, $1,300 to $1,200; Garner,
$1,600 to $1,500.
Rural routes have been ordered estab
lished August 1: Nebraska Amherst, Buf
falo county, route 2; population, 440; houses,
87. McCook, Red Willow county, route 2;
population, 441. houses, 98. South Dakota
Salem, McCook county, route 2; popula
tion, 500; houses, 100.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Albert City, route 2; Ofcar M. Farb, car
rier; Edwin L. Farb, substitute. Route 3;
Austin A Muth, carrier; Ernest Chaub,
substitute. Belinda, route 1; Thomas C.
Benthuysen, carrier; Vergil N. Foot, sub
stitute. Lake Park, route 3; David J. Flint,
carrier; Fred W. Flint, substitute. Wheat
land, route 1; Allert Waner, carrier; John
11. Kinsmeler, substitute.
TAFT SOUNDS THE KEY NOTES
Secretary of War Preside! at Session of
Ohio Republican Ooavantion.
PLATFORM COMMITTEE MEETS IN EVENING
Administrations of President Moose
velt and Governor Herrlck En
dorsed I. It tie Contest for
Nominations,
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair nnd Cooler Thursday. Friday
Fair nnd Warmer In West Portion.
Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday!
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MEDAL FOR DES MOINES GIRL
MAN EXTERMINATES FAMILY
San Frnnclnco Snlesman Shoots Wife
and Five Children and Com
mits Suicide.
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., May 24.-Wllllam
Stephins, who lived at Rose Valley, Mar
lon county, early today murdered his wife.
shot his five children, three of whom died
Instantly, attempted to murder a passing
milkman, and then ended his own life.
Stephins was 35 years old, was formerly
a book agent but latterly was said to be
connected with a rubber goods house of
San Francisco. The family also conducted
chicken ranch at their home in Ross
Valley. Early today Stephins emerged
from his house, revolver In hand, and fired
upon a passing milkman. The milkman
whipped up his horHes and Stephins pur
sued him for two hundred yards, firing as
he ran. Stephins then halted in the road
way, placed the revolver to his breast and
discharged the weapon. The bullet did not
end his life and he sent a second fatal
bullet through his brain.
When neighbors and oflk-ers entered the
house of Stephins they came upon a shock
lng scene. The members of the family,
each with a revolver wound In the head,
were found In their beds. The wife and
three of the children were dead and it is
believed that the two surviving children
cannot live. The children ranged from one
to eleven years In age.
There is at present no known reason for
the tragedy, but the theory is advanced
that Stephins became suddenly Insane.
The two wounded Stephins children died
at a hospital this afternoon.
BUTTE, Mont., May 24. Michael Hag
gerty, a miner, shot and probably fatally
wounded his wife, shot their 14-year-old
son and then killed himself. The boy was
not seriously Injured. Jealousy of the wife
Is the supposed motive.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl.. May 24-The
First National bank at Lexington, Okl.,
failed to ojien its doors today. Vice Presi
dent Lawrence Voltx says that he found
t hero was not sufficient cash on hand for
his needs and he concluded to close the
bank temporarily. He Is confident that the
bank will be closed only a few days. The
failure is aue to inauiuty to realise on I
collateral. I
MINER KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Mtroalycerla Ends Life of Maa la
Denver Vnder Peculiar Clr.
cumstanres.
DENVER. May VtM. S. Walley was
killed today by an explosion of nitro
glycerin on a vacant lot In this city.
Whether it was suicide or an accident has
not been determined. Fragments of the
body were found three snuarei distant
from the scene of the explosion.
Walley waa a union miner who fornitiiy
Hved at Cripple Creek.
LABOR UNI0NS RESTRAINED
Hat Makers Would stop Callforuians
from Insisting: on lae
of Label.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 24. Judge Mor
row of the United States circuit court has
granted a restraining order against the
California Federation of Labor and the
local labor unions from boycotting a firm
of hat manufacturers of Danbury, Conn
It Is said In the complaint that the ac
tion of the labor unions In Instructing re
tallers to handle union-made hats exclu
slvely has caused a cessation In the de
mands of the eastern hats on this coast.
PRESIDENT IS ASKED TO ACT
Clarence Whitman of New York
Desires It I in to Investigate
Equitable Life.
WASHINGTON, May 24.' An effort was
made today to Induce the president to take
an active Interest In the complications
which have arisen In the affairs of the
Equitable Life Assurance society. Clarence
Whitman, president of the Merchants' as
sociation of New York, had a conference
with the president on the subject. Details
of the conference were not to be obtained.
but it is believed that Mr. Whitman urged
the president to take up the subject with a
view either to ordering a government In
vestlgatlon or to making recommendations
to congress on the subject of Insurance
legislation.
NEW YORK. May 24.-Vill!am F. King,
former president of the New York Mer
chants' association, has received a reply
from President Roosevelt to Mr. King's
suggestion that a national commission be
nHined to Investigate the affairs of the
Equitable Life Assuranc. esoclety. Mr. King
regards the reply us favorable. One para
graph from the president's letter was aa
follows:
The Department of Commerce and Labor
Is now carefully going into the matter, to
see whether the government has any power
or not.
BUNCOE MAN IS CONVICTED
Indiana Ofllclals Cinch Grafter Who
Once Worked Omaha
Man.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 24. (Special
Telegram.) Thomas Clarlt, wanted In
twelve stales, who swindled Hamilton Hell
of Omaha out of $5,0u0, was convicted this
afternoon of buncoing Henry Crofuol ot
I boutn Bead out of tha same amoua'
CASH CORN IS SOARING
Advance of Mne and One-Fourth Over
Close Tuesday Is Recorded
at Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 24-Corn for delivery
during the month of May sold here today
for 66c a bUBhel, an advance of 74c from
yesterday's closing quotations. The sensa
tlonal upward Jump in the price of that
option was due to a stampede among
shorts, who were filled with fresh alarm
at the prospects of a continuance of an
aggressive bull campaign In the May de
livery. The maiket was comparatively
quiet at the opening, with May up hS4;
at 5fj5!1.4c. An advance of nearly 2c oc
curred early In the session on moderate
buying by shorts. Toward the noon hour.
however, tha price made a violent leap up'
ward, ending at tioc.
Late in the session the price made an
other upward hound to 66 cents. The close
was at cents, final uuotaiious showing
a net galu of 9i cent
COLUMBUS, O., May 24. Although the
opening session of the republican state con
vention was of a very routine character,
consisting chiefly of the announcement of
the committees arid state committeemen
whom the district delegations had chosen
earlier in tho day, the fact that Secretary
of War W. H. Taft, tho temporary chair
man, was to make his debut In his native
state as a state convention orator served to
draw a large and very attentive audience.
His appearance In the hall was the signal
for applause and when he was Introduced
ns the temporary presiding officer the ap
plause was long continued. During the
reading of his speech hearty applause was
given to the mention of President Roose
velt and to the president's actions or policy,
while occasionally a turn of expression
caught the crowd and brought out cheers.
The chairman's plain statement of his
opinion as to certain state questions con
cerning which there had been much ad
verse criticism was the occasion for some
of the heartiest cheering of the day. The
various committees were reported from the
twenty-one district delegations and read by
the clerk. Adjournment was then taken
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the
committees were called to take up the work
for which they had been appointed.
President Roosevelt Endorsed.
The committee on resolutions met after
the adjournment of the convention, selected
Senator Dick as chairman and listened to
the reading of the draft of the platform
which endorsed President Roosevelt and
his policies. A slightly modified railroad
rate plank was understood to be acceptable
to Mr. Taft as the person having closest
knowledge of the views of the presldnit.
A most emphatic endorsement of Governor
Herrlck's administration is said to be as
sured. Tonight for an hour and a half the
executive offices were the scene of a gen
eral reception to Secretary Taft and Sena
tor Dick.
The new state central committee met
and perfected its organization by re-elect
lng Chairman Orln B. Gould, of Wellston
and Secretary Waltet F. Brown of Toledo.
Governor Herrlck, Justice of the Su
preme Court Davis, Attorney General El
lis. State Treasurer McKlnnon and Mem
ber of the Board of Public Works Kirtley
will be re-nomlnated at tomorrow s ses
sion without opposition, while the oppo
sition to the nomination of General A. L.
Harris for lieutenant governor may be
wholly withdrawn before the opening of
the second day's session.
Secretary Taft Sounds Keynote.
The preliminaries of tha organization
were speedily gone through, John R. Mai
loy being chosen temporary secretary and
William F. Goss sargeant-at-arms.
Secretary Tal t uaid In part:
Fellow Republicans of Ohio: ' I congratu
late you on uie prosperous political calm
in wulutt you meet. The tremendous vic
tory ot last fall so stunned our ancient
enemy, the democracy, mat as a puny it
is nuidly even now snowing any sign of
life. W hen a President like Tneodore
Roosevelt, a consistent and orthouux re
publican. Is weicouiuo wuu buisid ot en
inusiasm and admiration t:i Texas, in Uie
democratic Iroquois cluu of Cincugo, we
may well linen uie present to the era of
political goou leeiing wulcu prevailed early
in the last century.
The secretary rapidly sketched the atll
tude of the republican party on the cur
rency question since IKH, referred to the
Spanish war and its results.
The secretary said that the Interstate
commerce law had accomplished much, but
that Inequality and Injustice remained,
Discussing the proposed remedial bill as it
passed the house of representatives, the
secretary suld It "attempts to give mure
power to the railroad commission so that
Its orders when made shall be effective
until Bet aside by Judicial hearing. It does
not as yet," ho said, "provide for a gen
eral fixing of a table of rates by the com
mission, but only calls for a fixing ot
maximum rate upon complaint with re
spect to a speclllc Instance of injustice,
It seems a moderate measure, calculated to
give the added power to the commission
necessary to effectiveness to remedying
specific wrongs In rates without creating
an all-powerful tribunal which shall in ad
vance take away from railways the power
of rate making and of elastlcally respond
lng to varying conditions. It will not thus
paralyze individual effort In meeting the
changing demands of trade. We can cer
tainly trust our law givers to respond to
the popular demand and to regulate the
railways bo far as they ought to be regu
lated, without Interfering with that con
trol over their own property and with that
motive for efficiency and economic man
agement which are still required to make
successful the enormous business of rail
way transportation In America.
Must Provide Income.
Secretary Taft discussed the deficit
the revenues and said the republicans
must provide a suitable means of avoidlu
a real and permanent shortage of cash
next year witnesses a repetition of the de
flcit. In this connection he said:
A congress of the United States ha
been elected which will meet regularly the
1st of December, lsslbly earlier by the
tall uf ttie president, before which the Is
sue of regulation of railroad rates and
the method of meeting the deficit must
come for decision.
We have been fortunate In having In
the gubernatorial chair In Ohio In the last
two ears a clear-heailed business man.
who has not hesitated to cut down the ap
propriations presented to him In order that
the credit or me state ungni De preserved.
He has been attacked with bitterness by
well meaning men, who have differed with
him In respect to his course upon the li
quor question. If I understand the situa
tion aright, today the Ohio liquor law is the
Ust measure In the United States.
It Is a law which leaves to the people
living In a community of residences the
right to exclude an objectionable saloon
from close proximity to them, whether In
the country or in residential parts of a
large city. It is moderate, It Is Just, It Is
elfectlve.
Continuing, Secretary Taft said Governor
Derrick bad made few. If any, mistakes
In his exercise of the veto power. He re
grttted that the state, county and munici
pal patronage had not been put on a civil
Bel vice basis.
Inn Ijtvlnla Steele Awarded farnrale
Trophy for Saving; bite of
Dronnlnn Man.
PITTSBURG. May 24 At the May meet-
ng of the Carnegie hero fund commission,
which was held In the board rooms of the
arneglo Steel company this afternoon, the
Initial awards were made. Nine cases
ere acted favorably upon. Three silver
medals and six bronze medals were
warded. Three widows whose husbands
lost their lives In the performance of acts
of heroism were cared for by the commls-
ion, and In one case a money grant was
made to a heroine for educational purposes.
The commission made a grant of $10,000 for
the general fund for the relief of depend-
nts upon the victims of tho Brockton,
Mass disaster, which occurred March 20,
1905. A total amount of $12,200 was dis
bursed by the commission.
Since the establishment of the fund on
April 15, 1904, to May 15, 1905, a total of
407 cases have been received; of this 239
have been refused as not within the scope
of the fund, 159 are awaiting Investigation
and nine have been granted. Among those
o receive awards was ijivlnla Steele, aged
27, a library cataloguer of Des Moines, la.
who, on December 9, 1904, saved the life of
George E. Hill, a law student at Iowa City
by skating to where Hill had broken
through the Ice and dragging him to safety.
Miss Steele was awarded a bronze medal.
BOTH SIDES WAITING
No Nw Move for Peaoe in Labor War ia
Chicago.
EXPRESS COMPANIES STAND PAT
Refusal to Take Back Any of the Strikan
Officially Announced.
LUMBER USTRICT PRACTICALLY TIED UP
HILL AND HARRIMAN AGREE
Forces of the Two Railway Magnates
Will Henceforth Work In
Harmony,
NEW YORK, May 21. Announcement
was made from an omeiai Bource tonay
that a final settlement of all of the difflcul-
les growing out of the old corner In North
ern Paclllc stock had been reacnea ana
that henceforth there would be harmony
between the Hill and Harrlman forces.
It Is said the details of the harmony
agreement were worked out at a confer
ence between representatives of the vari
ous Interests Involved and which also some
of the principals, Including E. H. Harrl
man, were present.
The deal Is said to be In the form of a
Joint agreement between the Union Pacific
and Northern Pacific for the Joint con
struction of a connection between the
roads in the Clearwater district to be
opened Jointly by the two companies.
There was a pronounced advance In the
Northern securities group of stocks to
day as well as a reoovery In the Union
Pacific and tnher Harrlman stocks.
FATAL FIGHT OVER WORK
Members of Rlvnl I nlons Come to
Battle Over Job of Vnload
insc Ship.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 24 Three
sailors are missing and six wounded as the
result of a pitched battle growing out of a
dispute between the Sailors' union and the
Longshoremen's union over Jurisdiction in
loading the lumber schooner Shasta at the
E. K. Wood Lumber company's dock here
last night. Some of the wounded are shot
and others are badly cut about the head,
though none. It Is believed, is fatally in
jured. Three sailors belonging to the
Shatta were thrown overboard during the
melee.
Later today C. Eck. J. Hansen and E.
Jackson, the sailors who had been missing
and were supposed to have been drowned,
turned up safely. After being thrown
overboard they Bwam ashore and went into
hiding.
In
COLONEL TAYLOR RECOVERING
Cables His Father that Wounds Re
ceived In Recent Fight Are
Not Serious.
Cadet Taylor last evening received a
cablegram from his son. Colonel Wallace
Taylor, stating that the colonel's injuries
are not serious and that he is getting
along all right. The cablegram is dated
at Cebu, Philippine Islands.
Colonel Taylor, who holds a command
In the Philippine scouts, was wounded re
cently In a light with outlaws. The of
cently In a tight with outlaws. The first
cablegram gave no particulars of his In
juries, more than to say that they were
serious, though later advices to Senator
Millard stated that he was shot In the Jaw.
The receipt of the last cablegram Is a
great relief, not only to the colonel's
parents, but to his many friends In this
city.
HEAVY RAINS IN KANSAS
Mile and Half of Truck. Washed Out
Nenr Clay Center Tralllc Inter
rupted In Many Places.
TOPEKA, Kan., May 24. Heavy rains
throughout Knnsas did much damage to
night to railroads. At Hroughton. the first
station east of Clay Center, on tho Rock
Island, more than a mile and a half of
track was washed out. Tho Denver main
line of the Rock Island Is tied up and will
not be open before tomorrow. The Con
cordia branch of the Union Pacific was put
out of business by several Bmall washouts.
The Santa Ke reported heavy rains east
and north of here. No serious damage was
done to the tracks of the road. All streams
are full. Wheat In central Kansas needed
rain and will be greatly helped by tonight's
downpour.
FLEUR DE LIS IN THE LEAD
Atlantic Following Closely, with the
Valhalla Thlrty-even Miles
In the Rear.
NEW YORK. May 24. The steamer
Minnehaha reported tonight through
steamer Teutonic and the Marconi station
at Sagaponark that at 9:40 p. m. on May
22, It sighted the Valhalla In latitude 40
north, longitude 53 west In a moderate
nreexe. At midnight It sighted the
Kleur de Lis and Atlantic thirty-seven
miles ahead of the Valhalla, with the
Fleur da Lis In tha lead
Movements of Ocean Vessels May 24.
At New York Arrived : Armenia, from
Liverpool. Balled: Potsdam, for Rotterdam;
i'jiltlc, for Liverpool; Slcine, for Genoa;
I nlted States for Copenhagen.
At Genoa Arrived: Prinz Oskar, from
New York.
At Naples Ba lied : Cretlc, from Genoa and
Palermo for New York.
At Liverpool Sailed : Noordland, for Nw
York; Oceanic, for New lork. Arrived:
Welshman, from Portland; Iberian, from
Boston.
At Q'leenstown Arrived : Haverford, from
Philadelphia; Majestic, from New York.
Sailed: Ivernla. for Boston.
At Southampton Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm
der tiros. le, for New York.
At Bremen Arrived : Kaiser Wilhelm II
from New York.
At Copenhagen Arrived: Ilelllg Olav,
from Ne- 1 nrk.
At li-ng Kong Arrived : Empress of
China from Vancouver.
At Dovvr A.iriveu; Patricia, lioiu New
lurk.
No Attempt to Move Wagons Until Protec
tion it Furnished.
MORE POLICE AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS
I'nlon Ofllclals Who Refuse to Anaweg
questions In Injunction Pro
cerdluRa May he Punished
for Contempt.
CHICAGO, May 24,-Klnal rejection of
union demands, especially those of the ex
press drivers, was officially announced to
day by the employers. They demanded
practically unconditional surrender. Neither
side In tho strike mndc a direct step
towards pence and each wns apparently
waiting the next move of its opponent. Tho
employers sent their goods all over the city
under police protection without encounter
ing violence. There was one peace effort
today and It was enveloped In mystery. It
was said that "a prominent business man"
was making efforts to Induce the managers
of the express companies to make terms
satisfactory to tho striking drivers, and
that he had promised them "good news."
Nothing came of the attempt, however, and
there wns no good news tonight for either
side.
Strike Spreads Rapidly.
The strike In the lumber district spread
today with great rapidity and practically
all business of that kind Is at a standstill.
Some few lumber yards are still In .opera
tion, but their volumo of business Is so
small as to amount to practically nothing.
A number of planing mills und sash and
door factories were compelled to shorten
operations todny, and by Friday, at least,
will be compelled to close entirely if the
supply of lumber Is not largely increased.
The lumber yards made little effort to
transact business today and were waiting
for drivers to be sent them by the Employ
ers' Teaming company. A number of these,
It is expected, will be at work tomorrow,
and It Is expected business will be resumed
in a small degree at least.
One cause for the lack of energy on the
part of the employers In the lumber dis
trict today was that the city was not able
to afford the police protection. Mayor
Dunne provided against this contingency
tonight by issuing a call for 1,000 extra po
licemen, who will be sworn In as rapidly
as applications are filed by suitable men.
This will be the second 1,000 of extra po
licemen sworn In since the commencement
of the strike. Sheriff Barrett today swore
In several hundred deputies, the largest
number at any time slnoe the beginning of
the trouble.
I'nlon Ofllclnls In Court.
President Shea of the Teamstera' union,
James B. Barry, business agent of the Ex
press Drivers' union; Bernard Mulligan,
president of tho Express Drivers' union,
and John H. Donahue, a member of the
same union, will appear before Judge
Kohlsaat in tho United States court tomor
row. Attorney Mayer, asking for the
Employers' association, will ask that the
men be sent to Jail on a charge of con
tempt of court In refusing to answer ques
tions before Master In Chancery Sherman,
which questions they hm1 been previously
ordered to answer by the court.
The men were ordered to make answer
on Monday, although they claim a per
sonal privilege In refusing. Today they
were asked the same questions and when
they again refused to reply Attorney
Mayer announced that he would make a
motion that they bo arrested for contempt
of court.
Will File Writs of Habeas Corpus.
While the attorneys for the plaintiff la
the Injunction proceedings have every
thing prepared awaiting an order of com
mittment from Judge Kohlsaat the legal
advisers of the men have been equally
busy and are ready to file writs of habeas
corpus before another federal Judge If the
men are committed to Jull. The writs of
habeas corpus will. In all probability, be
heard before Judge Landls.
United States deputy marshals today
commenced serving notices on the sixty
teamsters who have been cited for con
tempt of court In violating the Injunctions
of Judge Kohlsaat, prohibiting them from
Interfering with the wagons of the seraa
express companies and of the Employers'
teaming company. The men are cited to
show cause on May 31 nt 10 o'clock why
they should not be punished for con
tempt.
Shea Will Defy Court.
International President Shea of the
teamsters' union announced his Intention
today to defy Federal Judge Kohlsaat and
Master In Chancery Sherman by persisting
lr refusing to answer questions at the re
sumption of the hearing of alleged viola
tions of strike injunctions. President Shea
based his determination upon the fact that
to answer might tend to Incriminate him.
The strike leader declared that he would
suffer himself to be sent to Jail for con
tempt rather than answer the questions.
Relative to the prospective calling out of
state troops Mr. Shea said:
"Let them call the troops. That will not
alter tho situation so far as the teamstera
are concerned. The teamsters are not In
terfering with the operations of wagons on
the streets and neither will the strike ho
spread to any great extent. We are u.sln
our best efforts to keep It within Its present
limits."
In announcing his refusal to be ques
tioned by the master In chancery Biiea
said: "I think they intend to send me to
Jail. Any way. I am not going to answer
the questions before the master. I will
do my own thinking. The law gives me
that right. I honestly believe the ques
tions would tend to Incriminate me and I
may as well go to Jail for contempt as for
conspiracy. I can run the strike from a
Jail
Continuing, Mr. Shea said: "Soldiers
will not affect the strike In any way. Our
men keep the peace. The troops won't act
as strike breakers. It would seem to mo
that the business men of Chicago would
not want the soldiers here. With a lot of
young men, unaccustomed to scenes of ex
citement, armed with deadly weapons, Ufa
will be In danger. At any rate, thousand
of lienple Intending to come ti Chlcngo to
buy goods will be frightened away and
the effect will be serious to many business
men. But, jiersonnlly, I have nothing to
say against the soldiers coming."
The planing mills felt the effect of tha
lumber shortage today, aome of them being
compelled to shut down. Bash and door
i factories are almost at a standstill and ctu