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The Omaha Daily Bee. Pv. i ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORXINTJ, MAY 21, 1900. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 4 v jk i i P-ILMA IS SWORy N i "?' - Start on 8oond Term u Prtident Cuban Bapublie. c GREAT DEMONSTRATION BY SUPPORTt CbTiof Outtida Practically Dtowdi Ouy 8paeou of Pmident. LIBERALS REMAIN AWAY FROM CEREMONY Mttmbon of the Diplomatic Cor pi Attend Fxerciiet ia a Body. SPANISH AMBASSADOR MAKES SPEECH HIM f rar Cinoo Wishes at All Forelga HAVANA. May JO. Preeldent Palm wan Inaugurated at noon today in the presence of th diplomatic corps In full uniform. cihnt nfHrere, senators, congressmen. Judges, hesds of depsrtments and the rep resentative of economic, agricultural and commer-rlal aaeoctatlon. None of the lib eral member of congress attended. The, Insiiguratlnn ceremony took place In the Red salon of the palace. The oath of offlnt was administered by the chief Justice of the anprema court In front of a data on which were seated eight supreme court Judge and court ofHrlala. Over the central portion of the dala u suspended a red canopy on which wm the Cuban coat of arm. President Palma entered the salon a the bell of the palace waa atrlklnir the noon hour. The ajune of the Cabana for tress pealed forth a noisy welcome to the Incoming administration and thla waa rein forced by the screeching of many whistles, cheera from the crowd outeld the palace and th craeh of banda playing; the Cuban national anthem. Accompanied by Vloa President Capote and the mnmhera of hla cabinet, Preeldent Palma advanced down the alale, flanked on either aide by member of the diplomatic eorpa. Judges of the local court, congrcss men and guests. When he reached the dat the chlaf Justice spoke briefly of the sig nificance of the occasion. During- the ad ministration of the oath the voice of the president and the chief Juatlea were barely audible above the nolaa of the celebration Outalde. Following- the administration of the oath Preeldent Palma apok briefly and thanked thoa who participated In the In auguration. Benor Qaytan de Ayala. th Spanish min ister, who la now dean of th diplomatic eorpa. then advanced and read an addraaa In behalf of all the membera of th diplo matic eorpa. felicitating Preeldent Palma on assuming an fllco worthily bestowed and thanking blni especially for hla efforts to Increase friendly relatione between Cuba and other countries. The address assured tha president of the perfect confidence of all tha powers represented at Havana. Observance at Washing-ton. WAsUIlNGTON. May. -Tto fourth an nrversnry Of th Independence of Cuba waa . celebrated at a banquet given by Minister Quesada at the Cuban legation today. The guests Included Secretary Root. Senator Foraker, Admiral Schley, General J. Frank lin Bell, chief of ataff, V. S. A., and the diplomatic representatives of the various American republics. Minister Queaada In a brief speech told of the aervlcea rendered by the I'nlted Statea to Olua and of the latter' recog nltlon of what this government had done for th Inland and It people. He spoke especially of the friendship uf President Roosevelt and Secretary Root In response Secretary Root recalled the doubt which once were heard whether th Cuban republic would last more than a few months and expressed the satisfaction of tli American people at the success of the Cuban government and the progress and prosperity of the Cuban people. Secre tary Root also discussed the coming pan-Amt't'li-an conference at Rio Janeiro and hi ' prospective visit to South America. Primarily, lie said, It was to enable him to get better acquainted with those coun tries and he hoped that It would result in a better understanding by them of the United States and by the United Slates Of them. Secretary Root said the I'nlted Statea had no desire tor one lucli uf the territory of any of them and the example of the policy carried out 'oward Cula. he thought, should be taken as evidenc of this government's disinterested policy in desiring to promote better relations with all-the Latin AineiU-au countries and to help them In their progress. The remarks of Secretary Huot wrrr re dived with enthiMiasm by the representa tives uf the Ivatin American countries. A message of greeting was sent lu Prt-si-delil Palma and on motion of Senor Julio l arrlnaga, commissioner of Porto Rico In emigres, a message of congratulation was alao addressed to President 'Roosevelt for "his noble participation in helping to ascur tha independence and contributing to th prosperity of Cuba." Minister Quesada also add-d a persoual message of greeting to the president. Halaaa Represses Thaaka. The president, responding, said thnt he appreciated deeply the honor tendered Mm at such a moment. "Thla nation," he Cuntnued. "feels encour aged and strengthened by such, manifa?lu. lions made In tho name of the representa tives of so many friendly nations. I con sider your word a happy augury for the new presidential period initiated today. The gratitude I owe you will be seen to bear fiult In a constant effort to further strengthen the relations, th cordial un derstandings and the bonds of sincere friendship fortunately uniting Cuba with th.natkm you represent. I raise my most fervent prayer t heaven for the happi of all of you. and especially, air. for thO prosperity of Spain and the Individual felicity of your august sovereign ' President Palma went out on the balcony and repeatedly saluted the crowd in the plasa and watched th troops file past. Later he gav a lunc heon to ghe members of the cabinet, and throughout the sftev nuoa held a general reception. The celebration rf Independence day was . swthusiasUr, tut frequent heavy showers srtug the afternoon marred the accasion. fatter Kwlarlsn Waafclaarfna. UONTION. Mar Bishop Potter of New York prearhea at All Saint's church. Oars lbs. wkmm mffnliiieabiirs. whna It In nmiuul Washington, an ancestor ef Orerf Wash ington. Bishop rVtter'a aicn drew a caenpartao of Kaaosann. Wantrurtnn and Washington and axtlogrhnd. Wanhtrurton. wham aaas. end. was w9Hand rn Ei- P aad tnr who nwitssry ft was in- tended tn raatnr th netar1al an4 prranc- Bata a great a anas and tin. DETAILS OF THELAND FRAUDS Many rnli Mm on Pirllr Inast 4r IrnoltM la la t karti. PORTLAND. Ore., May '.'. Details of the ; in irsun inoiotmenis returned ny cn ' eral grand Jury April $ sml inxolvlng -j nlnent men of I- Angeles. San Fran- una souinwesiern Oregon, were m today by t'nited 8!ata District At- It A n.;...i ... r. im iu.ri. i he property alleged to have been ftaudu- lently secured lies on the banks of Lob ster and Bin her crrek. In southwestern Curry county, Oregon, and consists of K.oiiO , ncre. practically sit in one tract of fine timber land. ' The Indictment charges conspiracy to de fraud the government of timber land by securing entrynien to fife upon the land with the Intention of disposing of it to alleged conspirators. Richard D. Jones and William 11. Smith of San Franrlsco; Jere miah Humely. formerly I'nlted Slates com missioner in tarry county, iiregnn; a. r. Johnston, formerly a deputy county clerk of Curry county. Oregon: William T. Kerr of Coquille, Ore.; John R. Miller of Tort Oxford. Ore.; Warren Glllelen and R. W. Kenny, respectively president and cashier of the Broadway Rank and Truat company of los Angeles; O. L. 8tearns. formerly president, and Jacob C. Cross, director, of the Pacific Furniture and Lumber com pany of Ixis Angeles; David M. Goodwin, M. D., adn A. II. Hedderly. M. D.. of I.os Angeles; Richard Hynes. M. M. Riley and Lee R. Ayers, stock brokers of IjOS An geles; W. D. Oould. attorney of I-ns An geles, and F. W. Dennis, broker and real estate dealer of 8an Francisco. The Indictment assert that the Paeltlc Furniture and Lumber company have been the active agency through which the al leged conspiracy was perfected. The In dictments declare thnt 8mith, Jones and Dennis conducted the Ban FranciHco end of the alleged scheme. As a blind, according to the Indictment, the Paciflc Furniture and Lumber company established and operated sawmills at Kureka. Cal.. Port Oxford and Frankfort. Ore. It was their scheme, says the indictment, to send to Nebraska, Kan sas. California and parts of Oregon and Induce men to come to place at which their mills were In operation under the pretense that there was an opportunity of employment In the mills. It la charged that when these men arrived they were told that there was no work for them and when they Anally became penniless and reckless of the consequence, the Paciflc Furniture and Lumber company caused them to be approached and Induced to fraudulently file on timber land desired by. the company. The Broadway Bank and Trust company la charged with having advanced money to further the ends of the alleged echeme and Huntly and Johnson are charged with knowing that the entries were made with fraudulent intent at the time. The indict ment contains none of the names of the entrymen. KRlfG PARK'S FIRST SUNDAY Twt Lara- Crawds Visit Reaart aaa - Enjey Caacerts aa Otker Attractions. I Thousands of people, enthusiastic and ap preciative, thronged Krug Park 'yesterday, the first Sunday of the season, and It waa evident that many of the- great assemblage were In attendance especially to welcome back to Omaha the Royal Canadian band, th splendid musical success of last season, re-engaged for the present season. The band ia larger in number and stronger In Its ensemble than last year, and Band master John M. Finn, a veteran In band directorship, says he never had a more per fect organisation of Its else than tha one of which he Is now the head, he audi ences paid close attention to the program and encores followed every selection, the repeated requests being most obligingly Ac ceeded to, so that the band did double work at both the afternoon and evening concerts. For Iowa Showers and thunderstorms The selections Included . composition of Rossini. Victor Herbert, Suppe, Oounod, Muscagnl. Tit 1 and others. Th Sunday crowd waa very fond of music of the "rag time" order, and the program abounded with favorites by Harry Von Tilaer. Van Alstyne and others. "The St. Louis Tickle." "Walt Till the Sun Shines. Nellie, and "Rufus Raatus Johnson Brown," three of the most popular selections lu that line in the country today, were loudly ap plauded. "Th Wellington March." for five trumpets and three trombones, was an especial favorite, and the instraiuentaliats stepped to the front., did their stunt and told their little funny atory, they were up roarlously applauded. The balloonist, John Ward, and his piinci : P"' aeronaut, succeeded in getting away in their big airship Just before o'clock and the Immense evening crowd was delighted with Hie night ascension. The great at tendance waa especially noticeable for the good order maintained and the politeness everywhere evident. STREET CAR CUTS OFF FINGERS James Msrtits Falls While Allahtia from a Muvlaar Karaaaa Car. John Morton, colored, ' aged "M years, liv ing at WS North Twenty-eight avenue. lot tap nngt-ra of the left hand and received several cuts about the head as the result of an attempt to alight from a Farnam street car at Pariiain and Twenty-seventh streets before it hud come to a stop at t.2Z o'clock Sunday night. Morton, wiio Is a driver for Rose's art store, was on his way home and stepped off the front end of the car, stlil retaining his hold on the hand rail. This threw htm off hts feet, so that he was dragged a short distance, when he fell. Ills left hand getting under the wheels. Moiorman F.lkir.s, who was In charge of the car with Conductor Dud ley, applied tiie brakes Immediately, and the Injured man wa.4 taken, aboard and a swift r in was made to if Myden s drug store at Twenty-ninth avenue. The police were notified sud a suigou sent to attend Morton. After his wounds were tem porarily dressed he was removed to the Claikfon hospital In the patrol , wagon. The ends of the flngeis were amputated to the second Joint. CRUISER FOR SANTO DOMINGO Take Is Hand real Marian Harry Orders t that PHILADELPHIA, May .-Th cruiser Columbia Is being hastily prepured at Inuiu Island for m and wfll leave 'or Sant Piraingo tomorrow wfth M rr. rinen I'niier harry nfm from the Nary aeoaf tn real eta-htntrrs of martnea from gunMan. ln-nnklrn. Washington sml Norfolk arnvml bar during th day and ar n knaard laa Coluiuiua. . ;(7AR SNUBS DEPUTATION I I Practically Refuses Audience to Preteot i Eeplj to the 8peech from Throne. INSTRUCTED TO PRESENT IT TO MINISTERS Constitutional Democrats Hold laarai and Leaders Have Difficulty I Pre tty Radicals, 8T. PKTKH9BCRU. May 20 A bomb was thrown into the Parliamentary camp this afternoon by a note received by Pres ident Mo'iromtsefT of the lower house from Peterhoff. which. Instead of making an appointment for an audience, at which he and the. deputation could present the ad dress In reply to the speech from the throne, contained the Information that Emperor Nicholas would not receive the deputation and that the address must be presented thrcugh th ministry of tho court. Disconcerted utterly at this unexpected development, the leader of the majority In the House hastily summoned a caucus of the constitutional democratic deputies. President Mouromtseff. Instead of sending the address to Faron Fredericks, minister of the Imperial house. Immediately Issued a call for a meeting of Parliament at 11 o'clock tomorrow, at which he well report the occurrence and ask for further In structions. A most heated meeting Is In prospect. The first disposition of the caucus of con stitutional democrats, which was In session all the afternoon and evening and at mid night had not been concluded, was to re- gsrd th refusal to receive the deputation as a challenge and an open sffront. which was only answersble by a counter declara tion of war. The. deputies were red with rage, but after ihe first passion had cooled, the leaders realised the danger of too pre cipitate action and set for themselves the task of hrirglng their enraged followers under control. Outsiders were not affmttted to the cau cus, but through the glsss doors of the great hall of the constitutional club where the session was held It could be seen that Prof. Milukoff. Prince Peter Dolgoroukoff and other were on their feet time and again pleading with and commanding their auditors to act deliberately and firmly and not ruin all by unreasoning passion. Th cooler councils seemed ultimately to be prevailing, but It Is almost certain that the radical group, accompanied by a por tion of th peasants, will break away to morrow and endeavor to force the House into some fiery declaration against the em peror and the government which might compel an immediate rupture, entail disso lution and civil war. An interesting constitutional point Is In volved In the refusal of a personal au dience by the emperor. According to the Parliamentary law "the president submits to the consideration of tha emperor the tranaactlons of the lower house," but It la not stated whether he does so personally and a. deputation Is nowhere authorised. Th Associated Press 1 Informed by a member of th ministry to say that F.m peror Nicholas n willing to receive Presi dent MoaromtasfT, bift""that' t!u - action of the hous tn appointing ay -deleaTation to accompany htm was regarded as a danger ous precedent, capable of being stretched to Include a deputation of any else even the whole membership of the house. This minister Intimated that if the leader of the house desired to avoid a rupture they could do so 'either by accepting th In structions to present the address through the ministry of the court as a proper and justifiable matter of routine or could by keeping within the limlta of the constitu tional provision direct the president of tie house to apply alone for an audience. It waa pointed out that no distinction had been made between the lower house and the council of the empire and that the laat named body has also been Instructed to present Its address through the same chan nel. President Mouromtseff again went to Peterhof thi evening In order to he pre sented to the empress, who had no op portunity of meeting him during the cere monies there Saturday. He did not see the emperor. Coaslder I'arllaaaeat Dead. LONDON. May a. The Dally Telegraph's St Petersburg correspondent declares that the days of the Russian Parliament are numbered. He aaya: "In the eye uf the court party the Parliament la already dead. the only question not solved la how ami when to arrange for a decent burial. My belief la that the crown will dessolve the Parliament, promulgate a narrow electoral law and order new elections, which will ult in the return of Its own partisans." The Tribunals St. Petersburg correspon dent asserts that he has obtained Informa tion of a plot that has been elaborated at large meetings of military officer to sur round the Tauride palace, arrest all mem bers of the Parliament and proclaim Gen eral Trepoff military dictator 1b th event of tynpsror Nicholas falling to abolish the Parliament. PROTECTING POUCY HOLDERS t lasnraae Department teaas Rlaaket Sntlce of ltaa la Com panies. SAN FRANCISCO, May 30-lri behalf of a great mass or policyholders who lojt property in the fire and as a precautlotiui y measure agalnat the possible contention be ing made that some persons failed to send notices of loss as required by law, Insur ance Commissioner Myron Wolf has ecnt word to all Insurance companies that a large portion of San Fiancisco has been de stroyed. The object of sending out the circular is to protect those policyholders who may have failed to gi notlve of their losses. Borne of these liave lout their policies and do not know where they are Insured, and an Insurance corporation disposed to re sort to legal quibhles and technicalities might raise the point that It waa not noti fied of raretaln losses. i OBSERVE MICKLENBURG DAY (One Nandred Thirty. Flrat Aanl j vrraary af Dei-la rattoa tn B Observed. CHARI.OTTE. N. C. May .-Beginning Monday night and continuing until Thurs day night th city of Charlotte and people ' from all sections from this and other states will begin an extensive celebration of th j 131st anniversary of the signing of th ! Mecklenburg declaration of independence, ! promuUratnd here rn May . ITS. I It Is expected that great crvnds will prwsrnt. Th principal oracnr wfll be j Hon. Champ Clark of VTsnanri Fr th j flret lim rh presMani has extended official I rncogyiruon hy nrderTng sere far the . -essoin naratry. Inf.1ni.r7, mannas and lia j Marina band. , WREST FIRESSEEM TO BE OUT Deal run Inn to Property Folly I Deatrarilna ta Praaerty Fall? as (reat as the Earlier festive tea. MI1.WA1KEE. Wis. May W -A staff correspondent of the fetirinel. who today made a tour of the dteHrlct Sn the upper peninsula of Michigan covered by the forest flres in a special train, the first train to go through the district since the ratnst rnphe, telcgrsplis tluit the fire ap pears to be prartii-ll.v out in all the dis trict. The fire raged for a distance of I sixty-four miles alnnR t e Urea of the , Ksranaba Ikc- Superior railroad and j for thirty miles beyond Cliannlug, the western terminus of the road. If seems certain now that !.non persons are homeless in that district and that l.mo sre left deso late at Qlnnessee. The Qninnessee fire, however, was of different origin from the Kseansba fire, having started In a field where men were pulling stumps and burn ing debris. This fire spread Into the city, wiped out all the buildings except three residences and the paper mills. Then the Are spread Int othe timber and running north forty miles finally joined 'he flames sweeping east on Ksosnsba. It was also learned today that Woodlawn and Klngsley, on the Esranabs. ft l.ke Superior line, and Perkins, nn the North western road, were destroyed. The, strip burned along the Fjwansha Ijke Superior road appears to be thirty miles wide and the alarming nature of the earlier reports of the fire aeem to he thoroughly verified. Stories of heroic battles Against the flsme are numerous. Dosens of towns mere saved only by the most desperate battle with the flames, orthland, a town of l.ntiO Inhab itants, was three time ' threatened. The fire was checked each time at a distance of only ten yards from the houses on the outskirts. One man who carried the coffin with the corpse of his dead babe thirty miles to Escanaba In his escape from the lire, went back on tjie special train and found hla home gone, but the picket fence surrounding the house . untouched. The ashes of his home had been blown away by the gale' and, the fence was Uie only evidence of human habitation. The reat of the town had been swept away. A remarkable feature of the fire is the fact that nearly all the refugees sre not disheartened, but are determined to re turn and begin over. They have only the clothes they wear, but say this Is the for tune of the frontiersman' and that if their homes are lost at legist the fire has cleared the land for them and thla much labor la saved. MENOMINEB. Mich, May 3f. The town of Soperton, Mich., owned by the Bay Shore Lumber company, suffered a heavy loss from the forest Area. All that saved the town and people from complete annihila tion was a shifting of the wind. ANOTHER CRISIS IN HUNGARY Refusal of separate Tariff for Haaararr Cans f the) Latest Disagreement. VIENNA, May JO. A new Hungarian crisis Is Imminent, owing to th refusal of Emperor Francis Joseph to approve the Hungarian cabinet's demand for an autonomous Hungarian tariff. Tha Aus trian premier hold '..it an Independent tariff is Incompatible with the common Auatro-Hungaiiaa,- customs, arrangement. Dr. Wekerle, th Hungarian premier, baa been to Vienna, twice In audlen with his majesty, but the crown and th council of minister have decided against the Hungarian demands. BLUFFS BANK BRANCHING OUT In Conjunction with St. I.onis Inatlta tlon Bays Oat a floax Falls Bank. SIOCX FALLS. S. D., May . (Special.) After negotiations continuing over several weeka the First National bank of Council Bluffs, la., and the National Bank of Com merce of St. Louis have purchased a con- : trolling Interest in the Stat Banking Trust company of Sioux Falls. It waa the original Intention of the Council Bluffs and St. Iiouls banks, which are closely allied, to establish an entirely new bank In Sioux Falls and a location had been decided upon, when steps were taken to purchase a con trolling interest In the Stat Banking Trust company. The purchasers will as sume control on July 1. next, when th capital stock of th bank will be increased to 150.i00. C. A. Wiley, who up to the present lime haa been assistant cashier of the First National bank of Council Bluffs, will be cashier of the Sioux Falls bank after July 1 and will therefore become a permanent resident of Sioux Falls. STALWARTS ISSUE STATEMENT Insist' They Have Seven Hnndred Fifty-Mine Delegates In I ni ventlnn. 8IOIX PALI.8, 8. D.. May ' (Special Telegram.) After a conference of stalwart leaders In this city today to discuss th result of last Tuesday's caucuses, the fol lowing statement was issued by Frank Crane, chairman of the republican stat committee: The stalwarts hsve b Votes in the con vention, with probably sixty-seven ad ditional, and not counting Roberts county s forty-four delegates, contested Other gain sre likely to be made. The insurgent re ports sre without foundation anil are cir culated to deceive ami mislead the county conventions. Aged Mau Missing. BIOL'X FALLS. 8. D., Miiy tSpeolal I Andrew Rekdahl. an aged resident of Brule township. Brule county, disappeared from his home several days ago, since which time not the slightest trace of him ha been found. The miSFing man is Si year of age and has been quite feeble for some time before his disappearance. Search ing arties have been cut in all directions, but thus far have been unable to find the slightest trace of hlni. There is no reason to believe he was the victim cf foul play and the only explanation of his prolonged absence is thst he Is lost In the timber along the Missouri river near his home or wandered over the river bank in his feeble condition and was drowned. 1 I Sheep Herder Is Rebhed. ROCK RIVER. Wyo.. May Hi. tSperlal.t 'One of the sheenherders si the ranch ef j John McGill of McGIU postofllce. sbout (twenty miles east of here, was assaulted ; by someone Friday night last, bound. , gagged and left la this condition am hla sheep driven aw sr. Twenty dollars In I gold was taken from his pocket and other valuable removed from th wagvn. To I wsrd morning the herder manarad ts slip ! hts hands froia 1 be ofndisg, untied his ' feet snd wart to the ranch house, where ' the alarm ws given McGtTl. In enmpany ' with two men. stsrrnd an th trail north. , hut as yet mahinaj has baan ki-axd from I tli am. VISITORS OCCUPY PULPITS j . Nearlj One Hundred Bennon Preached by Preebjterieni in Dee Moine, MODERATOR SPEAKS ON CHINA MISSIONS Formation of Men's orletlce anajert tn I Be Taken Ip Snon Senti ment Israel) Favors the Motturnl. DF.8 MOINKfl. May i -The pulpit of t every evangelical church In Pes Moines ', was occupied by some one of the hundreds ' of Presbyterian clergymen who are in the j city in attendance on the sessions of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Pres byterian general assembly, and nearly Km sermons were preached by Pres byterian ministers at the morning and even ing services. Chief interest centered in the sermons of the moderator. Rev. Dr. Hunter Corbett, af the Auditorium: Dr. Henry Van Dernn of Princeton and Rev. Dr. 8. Jack son of Washington. All were greeted with large audiences, The moderator's sermon was devoted to a review of missionary work In China. The assembly held no sessions today, hut a number of popular meetings were held, notably a mass meeting for wotklngmen this sfternoon, addressed! by Rev. Charles Stelsle; another this evening In the Inter est of Sabbath observance and a third, also this evening. In the Interest of colleges, addressed by Dr. Iterrirk Johnson of Chi cago and Rev. W. H. Roberts, president of Washington and Jefferson college. One of the early and most Important mat ters of business to be considered by the as sembly wilt be the report on men's socle ties. There Is an overwhelming sentiment In fsvor of the formation of a Presbyterian brotherhood, devoted to ' the purpose of bringing men everywhere more actively Into the church work, especially the work of evangelization. GREENVILLE. B. C. May 20.-The min ister of the Presbyterian general assembly tonight filled the pulpits of Greenville churches and those of surrounding towns. They also occupied those of several negro churches. Thla sfternoon a special service at the First Presbyterian church waa largely at tended. fnlon of Baptist C'harches. DATTON. O., May . Definite steps to bring about the union of the Baptist and Free Baptists were taken hy the American Baptist Home Mission society In session here today. The committee appointed last year to consider a plan for co-operation and possible union reported that after con ference a Joint committee of Baptists and Free Baptists unanimously agreed that since the two denominations are closely re lated and the original cause of separation has disappeared the committee should rec ommend a free Interchange of member and ministers and the extension of a cor dial Invitation to the Free Baptists to co operate in. evangelistic, educational, mis sionary and all other denominational work In the hope that a complete organic union of these bodies might be consummated In due time. This recommendation wasr unan imously adopted by the Home Missionary society, which declared its readiness, to -cooperate In It work with the- Pre Baptist wherever It can legally b done. Th Home Mission soolety In view of the vote to raise $171,00 to help rebuild the wrecked and burned churches In California will begin a vigorous campaign throughout the north and northwest. The reports show th greatest year In Its history, with re ceipts of over $800,000 and 1,642 missionaries employed. Two missionaries from Porto Rico and Cuba report good progress In th Islands, where In th past Ave years over fifty churches have been established with mora than 3,000 members. The annual ser mon was preached by Dr. W. C. Bitting of St. Louis. Nine great evangelistic meeting were held thi evening in different parts of the city. VOLIVA CUTS DOWN EXPENSES Financial Department Costs Scarcely One-Third as Mark as Formerly. CHICAGO. May W.-W. G Vollva. the present head of the Christian Catholic church, announced to his followers In Zlon City today that between January IS and May 19 he had( reduced expense In th financial department of the church from $.a00 per month to $3,832 per month. This saving, he said, had been brought about by a reduction of the working force and a cut In the salaries of those retained. In the sam manlier, he said, a saving had been made In tha ecclesiastical department that would amount to ITO.trt) annually Overs, -era who had been receiving $300 per month were reduced to i0. The pay of others was cut In proportion. Ills own compensation tinder the - new adjustment. oliva aaid. was lino per month. These facts, he aaid, were some of the details of a report which he made yesterday to a committee appointed by Federal Judgvt 1-andfs to investigate th condition of th lndustr.es In Zlou City. Voliva announced the resignation of John G. Excell from the office of genarai ec clesiastical secretary owing to lack of sym pathy with some of the doctrines of tha church. NO TROUBLE ANTICIPATED Operators Kape.l to Start Mlaea la the Vlrlally of Stealten vllle. CLEVELAND. O., May 20. Operators in this city who are interested In the re opening of the mines In Jefferson county and other points in the vicinity of Steuben vllle declared tonight their belief that the mines will be pet in operation tomorrow without the expected clash between the strikers ami detectives and other non union employes of the operators. President T. E. Young of the Ohio oper store of the Pittsburg vein said tonight that reports concerning a possible con flict between the miners' organisation and the employe of the operators had been exaggerated and f.irtber that many of th miners have been anxious to accept the offer of the operators, but have been pre vented by Preside nt Mitchell of the Cnltrd Mine Workers from doing so. "The mines will be operated." said Mr. Toung. ' and I feel confident there will be no trouble. Wc are not looking for trouble and I don't think the miners arc. either. Tilts is no occasion for it." faster Want Snaday Mall. CASPER. Wye., Mar J .SpecUl.l-Th Commercial eluh of ibis dry have taken ap w!b the PontoffW at Washington th matter of placing m the Norrhwaatnro toad wnss of Cliiiago a Sunday mall. At the prune lit time tin t.rwn rnewtvea mall only six day In th week and it I th desire tu have a daily mail snoio. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Scattered ih.nrn and ThnnHeratnrm , ea1lered Shoirer and Tknarieratnrma Moaday, with Cooler In West Par. I tti. Tuesday Fair. I empernlnre a Omaha Iratrrilavi Hour. near. Honr. Ilea. I a. m 2 I p. m T "a. m 2 t. m TT fa. m fin A p. m T a . m no 4 n. tn Tn a. m Alt a, jt. nt nil III a. ia (Ut H ft. m KO 11 a. m To T n. ni TH lit m 72 .a p, in...... 7!l p. m Til INDICATIONS OF A MURDER Body Fnnnd Beside Railroad Track , tn Leave Impression Killed hy Cars. PLEASANT HILT.. Mo.. May 2n -Th body of a man about X years of age. at first supposed to have been killed by a j train, was found yesterday morning near . a Missouri Tarlflc hrids." a short distance west of this eltv. Before the coroner's ' Jury Dr. Prentiss, a local surgeon for the Missouri Pacific, after having thoroughly examined the nature of the wounds on the ' body, gave It ss his opinion that it was a j case of murder. The verdict of the Jury has been withheld pending further Investi gation. I There was nothing on the body to aid in 1 Identification except a Pacific Express com- psny receipt for a grip sent from Sedalla to ; Knnsss City. Issued to "John Walker." The ! grip was sent down from Kansas City and opened before the ppronei, hut It contained nothing that would help In Identifying the body. The dead man was well dressed, of good appearsnce. five feet nine inches tall. A figure of a woman was tattooed on the right forearm. There werp five long, deep wounds on the bark of the head, any one of which, say Dr. Prentiss, might hnve caused death. The present rase is one of three or four of similar character that have been re corded here within the last three, years. It Is believed to he a caae of cold blooded murder. FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT One Woman Killed and Three Other Oernpanta Are Severely Injtired. ERIE. Pa.. May 20. On woman Is killed and thre other persons are In the hospital here In a serious condition as a result of an automobile accident on the lake road shortly after midnight thla morning, near Girard, thi county. Teh party had left Cleveland early in th evening to make the run to Erie with the Intention of going on to Buffalo thi morning. In turning a aharp curve at high apeend the machine crashed Into a telegraph pole, throwing th occupants out and tho machine turned over on top of them. Mrs. Julia Toung, 2S years old, wife ol A. W. Toung of Cleveland, la th name of th dead woman. She waa killed almost Instantly by being dashed against the tele graph pole and auatalntng a fracture of the skull. The Injured are: Carl E. Shurmer, Cleveland; both lega broken. W. H. Shurmer, father of Carl; right shouMef broken and sustained bruise. A. W. Toung, husband of the woman who was killed, waa badly bruised. Mrs. W. H. Shurmer and E. C. Miller, the chauffeur, escaped with but slight in juries. TRADE WITH AUSTRALASIA I'nlted States Leads All Countries Except the British F.mnlr. WASHINGTON, May 10. A report mado public today by the Department of Com merce and Labor says: Trade between tha United State and British Australasia In the fiscal year 1906 segregated $38. 000,000. agalnat $34,100,000 In the preoedlng year, and $14,000,000 In 1S96. Imports from British Australasia have grown from $4.6&,O0 tn ltm to $12,000,000 In 1906 and exports thereto In th same period from $,00,00i) to $3,000, 000. While the imports into British Australasia from th United States for 1904 are but about one-fifth as great as those from the t'nited Kingdom, they are far greater than those of any other country, ' and. In fact, practically equal the combined Imports Into Australia from all countries, exclusive of the British empire. The United Statea Is credited with having supplied $2i,OU0.0DO of the direct imports into British Australia, compared with $110,000,000 from the I'nlted Kingdom. POPE IS SOMEWHAT BETTER Desired to Get Oat of Bed, hat the Doctor A a vis Agalnat It. ROME. May . Dr. Ipponul visited Pops Plus thre times today. The tempera ture of his holiness during th day was somewhat over 99 degree, but tonight be had no frr. The pains Incident to the attack have somewhat diminished and movement of the limbs is easier. The pa tient wished to rise thla afternoon, but Dr. Lappunnl advised him not to do so and hia holiness acquiesced. Dr. Iipponnl considers his patient to be progressing sat isfactorily snd dopes the attack will soon ba over. There wa another beailticailon in St. Pe- j ler'a today thai of the martyrs of the 1 Dominican order killed lu Touquln, French j lndo-Chlna, buj much interest In Ihe cere mony to a majority uf thoso present was lost by th Inability of the pop to attend. Hill SHOOTS ROAD OVKRsr.KIl Reaalt of Dlaaot liter Pabllc Highway. BROKEN BOW, Neb.. May au. (Special Telegrsm.) A meseage received here to day stated that Road Overseer George Mor rison had leen shot to death by Charier Dennis, near Aetna. In this county. Sheriff Richardson started for the scene at t o'clock this morning. Proeecutor Johnson and Coroner Morrow followed two hours later. The distance Is fifty mile an all day's drive. A Ister mesage to the sheriff's office ststes thst the party who did th shooting Is sn 11-year-old boy and the affair took place over a disputed right-of-way. Morrison was shot with s rifle Friday afternoon and died from the effects last night. The sheriff arrived at the scene of th crime at noon and Intends bringing In th boy some time during the night. Ther has been muc h feeling among certain farmers It) regatrd to county roads running through their properties. (mat Van Honored. J MINN EA I OU1. Minn.. May 2b -Sp-! c-ial Telestram. 1 Mai lm L Sugarman of 1 Omaha was t-dsy elected to th oflV of district UOrt Of aDDla of illatrirt arrand t ion- no. 1 u Hdl rnh lav aanxaia HI IQV TIMF I IIOI'SF laejIL iil llllJL j Five Conference Fcpom to Come Dp ! Turin: the frent Week. Also Be Frontrht Up. FILIBUSTERS LIKELY TO DELAY BUSINESS ToraXfr Amendment Fror-abiT the Btait for th, AtTf-fUient. 1 NO REGULAR PROGRAM IN THE SENATE Reply of the faar of Rnasla tn the rtdress nf Parliament Watched for rtlth tVrrat Interest. WASHINGTON. May 2n.'-Th railroad rate hill, the statehood bill, the diplomatic and consular appropriation hill, the natu lallxatlnu bill, the pure food bill, confer ence reports on the armv and Indian appro priation bills are all possibilities of consid eration in the national house of repre sentatives this week The certainties In this calendar of business sre that Mon day will be devoted to the passage of minor bills urder suspension of the rules. With the filibuster of the democrats to promote the statehood bill, the result will he comparatively smsll In the number of measures passed. The diplomatic nd consular appropria tion bill will be called up Tuesday, accord ing to the present program. The diplo matic bill Is a small measure and will re quire but a day or two at most In con sideration, unless It I to be mad the vehicle for set speeches. The rate bill Is likely to be made the subject of more or less discussion when the motion I made to send It to conference. Just what will be the character of this discussion or the length of time It will occupy cannot be ascertained with any deflnlteness. Th conferees on the statehood bill Indioate that a preliminary report to the two houses Is a possibility for the not distant future. While nothing definite can be said as to the character of this report, It Is believed It will Include a compromise on the basis of the Foraker amendment per mitting the people of Arizona and New Mexico to vote separately on tha subject of Joint ststehood. The pure food bill will bet called up In the house at all time when the appro priation bill or other privileged measures aro not under consideration. Ko Program In Menate, The senate will resume business Mondsy by taking up th legislative, executive snd Judicial appropriation bill snd when that I , passed will probably enter upon the consideration of the immigration bill. Sen ators have been so engrossed with the rate bill during tha laat few month that they have given very little attention to other question. Consequently there Is no well defined progran for future legislation and no one haa definite authority to stat what course will be pursued. But th Immigra tion bill I so generally favored by th republican leaders that ther is no doubt it will be given the next place of prefer ence on th senate calendar. There will not, however, be any further effort at legis lation aside from appropriation bills until the republican steering committee can got together and decide upon a program, which will probably be some time during ' the week. The general disposition Is to con fine business to the supply bills aa much aa possible, but there la considerable di vision of opinion with reference to the Panama canal bill and also on th question of the discharge of the Philippine commis sion from the further consideration of the Philippine tariff bill. There la strong pres sure to secure consideration of the canal bill this session, while the preponderance of sentiment on the Philippine question ap pears tn be agalnat reopening of th sub ject. The conference report on tha Indian appropriation bill will be presented during the week snd will be taken up for con sideration as soon ss It Is presented. The report on the nostofflce appropriation bill will be made late In th week and it too will receive early attention. Rnssla Center of Iatrt. For all who hav followed th progress of Ruaala'a atruggle for governmental re form this week will hold great Interest, as it ia expected that the answer to the ad dresses adopted by the nw Parliament In reply to the speech from th throne will be made today or tomorrow. Dispatches from St. Peterscburg Indlcat that the emperor does not consider th address of the lower house as being an ultimatum beyond the demand for amnesty, which will take first place In hi reply. It la also evident that much disappointment Is feJt In Russia that tha emperor did not make his birthday the occasion for granting am nesty. The other nlns damand of the address to the throne will be taken up in turn, bnt It doe not appear, aeoerdJngj to advices from Russia, that they will b con sidered a more than suggestions for the emperor's consideration. The annual regatta of th American ; Rowing association, often called the Amer ican Hsnley, will take plac on the Schuyl kill river at Philadelphia May M. The crews of the principal colleges of the roun try have beeu entered and some tirriog j contest are promised. I The cup offered by Sir Thomas Upton I will be tha prize for the winner of th . ocean yacht race to Bermuda, which will ! be started under the auspices of the Brooklyn Yacht dub. May ,. The race is i for small yachts of not less than thirty II eight or more than fifty feel. The national convention of the Ameri can Physicians' and Sanctons' association i will be held In Chicago May ii-U. GAINS FOR FRENCH MINISTRY second Ballntlaa! Shows fisallar Reaalts to the Series. First PARTS May JO. -Vottne on th Second ballot for members f th Chamber of. Deputies took place today. The rarrentlal ' tain stopped demonstration Th gvrr.- mem everywhere continue fi gain, and ' m to th prewent time has secured twenty I five arsis. Anion those elected ar Maltra lcbori. the famous advocate; former Min ister of Commerce Siegfried and M. Bierty, ; leader or tu moderate labor party. Among : Mm who h;ive been defeated are Paul - De itoiilede. the founder of t.he ag,ia of r"airiois. Colonel Marchaod. wtia ra I on the "anti-blue" ticket; M ftiiast. sot:. ' In-law ef Houlanger; Yves Guvot farmer I minister of public workr. snd M. evtl I Neuve. who exposed th aysiasa at sarins" Lla ah arm's, -- - -.. - t 1 f 7. I r