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o The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXV-NO. 295. OMAIIA, TUESDAY MORNINO, MAY 20, 1906-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. r LULL BEFORE STORM No Echo of Saturday! Diittubanco in Bnssian Parliament GREAT CROWD BEFORE PALACE Psopla Gather Ezpoctinr Sensational Sequel to Defiance of Osar. ROUTINE BUSINESS OCCUPIES THE HOUSE Moat of Day Bpent in Debating Personal i Liberty BilL " COUNT WITTE AND WIFE 60 ABROAD rsrattr Promt Will Hike am Ei tea Stay I Geraaaay- and Belglnna Takes Peaslsatstle View ( Bltaatloa. IT. PETERSBURG, May 28. There was no direct echo at today's session of the lower house of Parliament of the decisive struggle which opened last Saturday, but In anticipation of a sensational sequel acrowd of considerable sire gathered outside of Taurtde palace. There was much excite ment In the corridors before the house met An officer Identified as a colonel on the the general staff created a stir by openly de claring In the presence of a score of peasant members that the time had come when the army should support not the emperor, but Parliament, which represented the will of the people. At the opening of the session some amuse ment was caused by the reading of a coin munlcatton from the minister of the Interior asking for a credit of $24,500 for the recon struction of the orangerle and laundry of Dorphat university. Another communication transmitted was a project to grant general authority to open private schools. A member from Poltava proposed that tho House Interpellate the minister of the Interior to ascertain why the teachers ar- rested four months ago had not been tried or confronted with the charge brought against them. Committee to Investigate. A petition signed by seventy-eight mem ber proposed the appointment' of a parlia mentary committee to investigate the abuse of power of the present administration. The debate on the personal liberty bill I then resumed. The feature was a speech made by M. Chetcheglovttoff, min ister of Justice, in an exceedingly liberal ' tons, pointing out the need for supple menting the proposed laws, which he In dorsed with the bill, providing for the reorganization of court procedure and oth er to enable officials guilty of abuse of power to b prosecuted clvflly and crimi nally. Ths minister' speech created much com ment, especially a the government dis tinctly repudiated all responsibility for the minister' conciliatory remark on Satur day, and In view of the fact that It was rumored that he would be dismissed. The outcome of the' minister's concilia tory remark was to show how great 1 the gulf between Parliament and the ministry, the speaker who followed him aoorning hi advance and declaring amid applause that Parliament wanted instead of ths respon sibility of. the judges the responsibility of the ministry. The personal liberty bill - was then re ferred to a commltte. Coant 'Wltto Goes 'Abroad. ST. PETERSBURG, May 28. Count Wltte and hi wife have gone abroad. After a visit to their Slaughter at Brussels they In tend to take-the- baths In Germany. The count spoke In an exceedingly peaslnilstlo vein to friends before he left St. Peters burg. Assasslaatioa la Odessa. ODESSA, May 28. An agent of the secret police was shot dead In the main street here today. The assassin escaped. There is Increasing public apprehension as a re sult of the activity of the terrorists, the purpose of . whose campaign Is believed to be to compel the granting of amnesty. The strike In the harbor continues. Seven teen Russian steamer are unable to depart, SNOW " FALLS AT ST. LOUIS Temaeratere Drops from Eighty- Three to Forty-Foor, Uwtit for May. 8T. LOUIS, May H.-PTom a straw hat temperature of 88 degrees yesterday morn ing the weather has steadily grown cooler until an overcoat temperature of 44 degrees was registered this morning, drop of S degrees In twenty-four hours. Snow fell In St. touts for five minutes this morning not enough for the weather bureau . officially to report, but enough flukes to show the precipitation was real now. The temperature of 44 degree wss the lowest May temperature ever recorded la St. Louis. NORFOLK. Neb.. May 3 (8peclal Tele gram enow leu at (Stuart, Neb., yester day. Today the storm area ha passed beyond. I MILWAUKEE. May 28.-A special from Eau Claire, Wis, says: Thermometers registered 8) degrees last night and Ice formed In many place. Reports from farmers and market gardener show large damage to garden truck. NEW YORK SENATOR ON TRIAL -7w. .far? seeeag Time for Alleged Conspiracy ad Bribery. Yi.Bnifjijri, asay a. The trial of BUta Senator George K. Green of New Tork and W. D. Doremu on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and bribery in connection with the purchase of certain stamp cancelling devioea for the posiai service, waa oegun today in the district supreme court before Justice Gould. Tha defendant were arraigned and each pleaded not guilty. This Is Green second trial growing out of the poetofftce investi gation. 'HI first trial resulted In an ac quittal. PORT ARTHUR WINS THE PORT Hesse Committee oa Way aad Means Bottles Contest AgaJaat fteblae Pass. WASHINGTON. May 2S.-Ths house com- nil Ilea on ways and means today settled me port of entry contest between Post Arthur and Sable Pass, Trx., U favor of Port Arthur. The federal guverament thus cunt control of the port Arthur tide- PREMIER AND CABINET QUIT rrlnre Conrad with Ofllplal Fa m 1 1 y Rm(hi Becaaae of Customs Tartar Differences. VIENNA. May 28. Premier Prince Con rad von Hohenlohe-Schllllngsfuerst ana cabinet have resigned hecnuw of dissatis faction with the proposals for the settle ment of the common customs tariff of Austria - Hungary. The prince says that yesterday's an nouncement from the Hungarian aide to the effect thaht an agreement had been reached wis unfounded. Count von Condenhove, governor of Bo hemia, haa been summoned to Vienna. It regarded a probable that he win be charged to form a new ministry. It. n ., V. I aft.. vaitdMiv'i 4r,iin-t1 the emperor received Dr. Wekerle in prl- vate audience and authorised him to an nounce to the Hungarian Parliament his majesty's consent to the common tariff being henceforth called the autonomous Hungarian tariff. When Prince von Hohenlohe-Schllllngsfuerst learned of the concession he summoned the ministers and they all decided to resign. BUDAPEST, May 28. The emperor-king has empowered the Hungarian .government to present the common cuV tariff be fore the Hungarian Parllam ! an au tonomous Hungarian tariff. . lden tlcally the mint tariff under a and is presented to Ptwiiament l satisfy Hungary, which maintains r to It has the right to an Independent c area. The Austrian government t opposed the concessions demanding j the tariff should come In force as a gt eral customs tariff for both countries KING DRIVES HIS OWN CAR Alfonso of Spain Heads Automobile Parade Honoring; Princess Eat of Bnttenberg. MADRID, May 28. The feature of to day' festivities In honor of the wedding of King Alfonso to Princess Victoria, as the Spaniards term Princess Ena of Batten- berg, was an automobile parade. In which a royal party participated. Two hundred cars beautifully decorated with flowers and flags and filled with pretty women in gay costumes defiled through the streets, which were packed with holiday crowds, on pass. lng the royal palace King Alfonso, Princes Charles and Ferdinand and the Infanta Isabel joined the procession, the king and princes driving their own cars. The route was to the Pardo palace, where Princess Victoria reviewed the parade. GERMANY ON THE AXXIOIft SKAT Kaiser Displays Keen Interest for Anglo-Russian Agreement. ST. PETERSBURG, May 28--Oermany Is displaying the keenest Interest in the ne gotiations tr air Anglo-Russian under standing. In vionne to its representation Russia Cos omciaiiy aisciaimea any mien tloii of making an agreement hostile to Germany ard has promised to advise the country of the terms before the agreement Is consummated. There is a strong Intimation that Great Britain, as a general quid pro quo, is ready to support a Russian request for the opening of the Boephorus to the passage at .vessels pf the BUvck sea fleet. - Michael Davltt'a Condition Critical DUBLIN. May 28 The physicians at tending Michael Davltt issued a bulletin at 8 o'clock tonight stating that- during the day the patient had lost ground and his condition was extremely critical. After the second surgical operation, which was performed May 18, Mr. Davltt never really rallied, though the doctors were at first hopeful . of his recovery. Today they be came so alarmed that the last sacrament was administered to the patient. I prUlnaT la Core. TOKIO, May 28. Another incipient revolt has been started In Corea, this time at Hongju, where .several hundred rebels ap parently have seised and are holding the town. Hongju Is protected by stroi g walls and It will be Impossible to take it without artillery. At the request of the Coreans the Japanese have dispatched a force to cope with the rising, which Is reported to be the most serious thus far started. Union, Potter aad dowry. LIVERPOOL, May 28. The White 8tar steamer Celtic, which will sail from here June 2 for New York, will take among it passengers Mr. and Mrs. Victor F. Law son. Bishop H. C. Potter and Robert C. Clowry. FLOOD SWEEPS DOWN CANYON Breaking of Dam Near Coleoada, Itev., Caaace Lose of Flvo Lives, RENO. Nev.. May 28. The most dis astrous flood that has occurred In Nevada In many years occurred this morning in Qolconda, a small town about 200 miles from here. It was caused by the breaking of the large dam In Pole Creek canyon three miles above the sheep shearing cor ral of the Golconda Cattle company, ru men were drowned and several are bsdly Injured. When the dam broke an Immense vol ume of water poured down the canyon carrying everything before It. When struck the sheep shearing corral there were a number of men at work and all of these were carried away with the flood Not a building or fence of the Golcond Cattle company was left standing. The track of the Southern Pacific railroad was undermined a mile west of the town, and all trains are eight to twelve hours late. The dead are: THREE MEXICAN SHEEP HERDERS. A ClllNKHB ClH)h. ONE INDIAN BOY. All were employed by the Goiernda Cat tie company. NEW GREAT WESTERN TRAINS new Trains to Chicago aad Changes la tko SernJre to the Twin ' Cities. ST. PAUL. Minn., May 2s. The Chicago Great Western will put in a new schedule June I which provides for derided Improve menu In the service between Chicago and Omaha and St. Paul and Omaha. A ne train will be established from Chicago to Omaha, leaving in the evening and arriv ing la the morning, and another from Omaha to Chicago, leaving Omaha in the afternoon and arriving at Chlcsgo In the morning. A new through train will be inaugurated from Bt. Paul to Omaha, leav ing St. Paul at 11:30 p. m. and arriving at Omaha at 11:50 p. m. The train northbound rill leave Omaha In the morning, as at present, am will arrive at St. Paul in the evening. Simultaneous with these changes train No. 4. leaving St. Paul in the morn ing, will not have aay coaches for Omaha, but will go le Kansas City Instead. FORT OMAHA IMPROVEMENT Poit Exchange, Sidewalk and Eoadwaji to Be Constructed at Post. RECOGNIZING NEBRASKA MILITIAMEN Pending- Bill Provides for Iesonnce of Certificates, feat Does Mot Give Them a Pensionable Btatas. (From a 8taff Correspondent.) WA8HINOTON. May 28. (Special Telegram-) Quartermaster General Humphrey today advised Senator Millard the War de partment has decided to build during this year a post exchange building at Fort Omaha to cost approximately $25,000; also the department will construct on the old Fort Omaha military reservation as many sidewalks and roadways they are able with the appropriation at hand for that purpose. Bill to Reimburse Engllskmis. Senator Millard has espoused the cause of Wlllard RedcUffe, a BrlUsh subject. who owned a fish hatchery at Delta, Colo., which was destroyed by a mob during1 the strikes In that state several years ago. Today he Introduced a bill to reimburse RadcllfTe along the lines suggested In President Roosevelt's message of 1904 that j Radcltfre. be allowed $26,000 for damage sustained In full of all claims against the ..United States by reason of the action of ' 's unruly citizens. View Tacit oa Nebraska Mllltla. A bill was introduced In the senate today by Senator Burkett which has been knock ing at the doors of confess for some years. The bill provides that recognition of the military services performed by the officer and enlisted men of certain states and territories, whose military forces Joined 1th the regulars In the '60s In sup- lVressing Indian uprisings In the now state of Nebraska, North and South Dakota, be given certificates by the secretary of war which shall Indicate their services. There have been some other bills of slnv liar character Introduced, but all seemed r handle district occurred today when sev to point to the fact that the claimants eraj 0f the miners of the Hitchman Coal desired to be duly recognized for the pur- pose of filing pension claims against the government. That has been the hitch all along. The government Is not opposed to recognising the valiant services, of theso men of the territorial or border stato mllltla, but there Is strong opposition to placing them in a posltlou where they can hold a claim against the government for a pension or bounty. The Burkett bill recognises their services, but should It pass it would not give them a pensionable tatus. Two ew Pensions. Tb" pension bureau today notified Sen ator Burkett a pension of 88 has been granted Mrs. Mary T. Woodward, Have. lock, to date from April, this year, to gether with such accrued perjlon as may be due her husband. A bill granting a pension of 830 to Liszie . Newton, Humboldt, waa introduced to day by Senator Burkett. Nebraska Attorney Admitted. This was "get away day" in the United States supreme court, and aside from hand ing down a number of decisions they ad mitted to practice before them some twenty- eight .attorney from various sections of the country. There were two attorneys from Nebraska who were admitted: Con gressman John J. McCarthy of Ponca, who was Introduced to the court by his col league. Congressman Norris, and John J. Thomas of Seward, who was admitted upon recommendation of W. B. C. Brown, a well known local attorney. General Maaderson Improving. Mr. and Mr. C. N. Diet of Omaha, ac companied by Miss Blanche Stlckney of Minneapolis, who have beeri in Washing ton for several days on a sightseeing cx- peditlon, left today for Atlantic City to Join General and Mrs. C. F. Manderson, who were guests at St. Denis. General Manderaon's health Is greatly Improved. Regrets for Barko. Congressman Burke has learned how much he Is esteemed by his colleagues since he returned from the late "unpleasantness' in South Dakota. Mr. Burke has received with a good deal of feeling the regret of the house leaders, particularly those of 8peaker Cannon, that he is not to be a member of the sixtieth congress. He takes his defeat philosophically and says prob- ably it is a good thing for him. He will, however, attend the state convention, which meet next Tuesday. It is generally to show their contempt and disregard for thought Philo Hall ot Brookings, the pres- the order of the court and for the pur ent attorney general, will succeed Mr. Pa ot preventing it from hearing the Burke. Dr. Emerlck of Rapid City haa been men tioned a a successor to Congressman Mar tin. Senator Ktttredge, owing to the debate on the type of the Panama canal, will probably not go home for the atate con vention. Minor Matters at Capital. congressman Met. art ny today recom mended R. 8. Honey for postmaater at Uehllng. Dodge county, vice the present in cumbent, resigned. Congressman Pollard has secured a pen sion of III for Alfred D. nice, Lincoln. Congressman Kennedy waa advised today that George E. Clark, Omaha, has passed all the examinations for admission to the military academy at West Point and has been notified to report at the academy on or before noon June II. Mr. Clark won out In a competitive examination held at the Omaha High school last summer and was recommended by Mr. Kennedy, Postmasters appointed: Iowa. Bertram, Linn county, Milton B. Plummer, vice J. F. Hunter, resigned; Vincennes, Lee county, Henry Chronicle, vice Quartls Mont, resigned. Bouth Dakota, Provo, Fall River county, Ursa S. Jessup, vice W. H. Garwood, resigned. Wyoming. Croton, Crook county, Annie Tubbs, vice Maude Hunter, resigned. Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes: Atkins, route 1, Allan M. Stewart, carrier; Amy M. Stewart, substitute. Spraguevllle, route 1, Levi H. Alexander, carrier; Sam uel W. Branscomb, substitute. LYNCHING IN NORTH CAROLINA Two Haadred Cltlsoaa Hang Aecased of Marderlng rotker-la-Law. Man WADKSBORO. N. C. May S.-A mob of 300 cltlseus last night lynched J. V. John son, accused of murdering his brother-ln- law. Johnson was In Jail, the Jury In his case having disagreed on the first trial. The mob broke dowa the doors after knock ing the sheriff unconscious, and hanged Johnson to a tree. Deep Saow la California. ORIV1LLE. Cal.. May . Reports from the adjacent mountains' state that one of the worst snowatornts known in years Is raging, me f now in places tmlng orteen feet daep. The streams are frosen over and the miner are unable to obtain luniung water for their OftvraUona, Illinois coal strike ends Operators Agree to Pay Scale of Three Years Aao Miners Flake Or tala Concession. CHICAGO, May 'JL Coal operators In Illinois have decided to yield to the de mands of the miners for the scale of 1908. The question of a settlement Is declared to be a matter of detail and by the be. ginning of next week mining will be re sumed In Illinois with union men. In return for the restoration of the 1908 scale of wages the Illinois miners have agreed to pay the wages of shot firers and to ask for the repeal of the law by the next legislature. They have agreed also to Indemnify, the operators for the loss sustained through the action of pit com mittees In calling unauthorised strikes. This latter grlevarice was one of the most serious objections the operators had against the union. Under the new agree ment the union will be responsible for the conduct of the miners and guarantee that no such strikes will be permitted In the future. At a conference here today between rep resentatives of the Ohio and Illinois operators, the latter asked to be released from their agreement not to settle with the miners until a settlement should be reached also In Ohio and Indiana. The request was granted, leaving the Illinois operators free to settle with the union miners. The scale committee of the oper ators and miners will meet In Springfield tomorrow and submit a report to the joint convention Wednesday, which will. It Is believed, end the long suspension. The question of a settlement in Illinois baa been left by the miners to a commit- tee consisting of President John J. Mitchell, Herman C. Perry, president of the Illinois district, and W. D. Rsn, secretary of the district. These officials,, with ' an equal number of operators have agreed to the terms of peace and will recommend the signing of a contract In the convention Wednesday The strike has been In force since April 1 and Involved 66,000 miners. First Break In Pan Kan die STEUBEN VILLE, O., May 28. The first break In the miners strike in the Pan- company at Benwood, members of tho United Mine Workers, entered the mine anj resumed digging coal. The failure of tne United Mine Workers to continue the payment of strike benefits is the cause of the defection which It Is thought will spread and especially among the foreign workers. It Is-reported that the. Eastern Ohio "standpat" operators will place the mines of the Provident Conl company at St. Clarleville at work Tuesday moYnlng with nonunion workmen. Miners' Kxeeotlve Board Called. INDIANAPOLIS, May 28. A call has been issued from the headquarter of the United Mine Worker of America for meeting of the national executive board in this city Monday next. SUPREME COURT AFTER MOB Alleged Lyncher of Kd Johnson of Chattanooga, Ten a-, - Cited for Coatee pt. WASHINGTON, May 88 The govern ment has taken steps to punish the per sons who are responsible for the lynching in Chattanooga, Tenn., on March 19 lat-t of the negro Ed Johnson, who, under sen tence of death for criminal assault, had been allowed an appeal by the United States supreme court from the . circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Tennessee. In the supreme court today Attorney General Moody filed an In fo. .nation requesting that, in ac. irdance ,-ith the acts committed by the parties named, it issue a rule upon each of them to show cause why they should not be I punished for contempt of the court. I The persons named as defendant are I John F. Shlpp, Frank Jones, Matthew Galloway, C, A. Baker, T. B. Taylor, Fred Frauley, George Brown, Jermiah Gibson, Marlon Perkins, Joseph Clark, "Nick" Otan, "Sheenle" Warner, Luther Williams, Paul Pool, William Marquette. William Beeler, Claude Powell, Charles J. Powell, 'Bart" Justice, John Jones, A. J. Cart wright, A. P. Cartwright. Henry Pargett, William May, Frank Ward, John Varnell and Alfred Hammond. It waa stated also about t o'clock of that, night the defendants and a Urge number ot other persons combined and conspired to lynch and murder Johnson wtth Intent appeal for the purpose ot preventing the prisoner from exercising a right secured to him by the laws and constitution of the United States. The facts attending the lynching are given In the information filed and the statement Is made that although Sheriff Shlpp returned to the Jail while It was in possession of a mob he nor Dep uty Gibson did anything to prevent the lynching, but in fact aided those engaged in it. The court granted leave to file as re quested, making the rule returnable on the secpnd Monday of the next term of court. October 15 next. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. May 28. The action of the attorney general of the United States came as a surprise here, the local grand Jury having failed to find any Indictment against the lynchers of Johnson, although strongly charged by Judge McReynolds. It Is supposed that the evidence adduced was insufficient to make out a case against any suspect. Ten of the men named by the attorney general are officials and his deputies. The others are not widely known or prominent. PROTESTS AGAINST SM00T Seaato Flooded with Neatly Boaad aad Trimmed Volamos of Women's Blgnatnres. WASHINGTON, . May 28. Protests against the retention of Reed Smoot as a senator of the United States flooded the senate todsy. The petitions came from j various states. All were prepared in neat form, enclosed In handsome leather and cloth bound letter files, trimmed with brass fastenlnga The petitions were signed by women In every case and were presented as follows: Minnesota, by Sena tor Clapp, there were (.802; Indiana, by Senator Hemenway, 8.S41; New Hampshire, by Senator Oalllnger, IVt Kentucky, by Senator Blackburn, about 1.800; Alabama, by Senator Morgan, 801; Kanaaa, by Long, 14.842; North Carolina, by Senator Sim mons, 2.0SW. It Is said that during the week petitions will be received from every slate and territory in the United States. Klectrlcal Eaglaeera. MILWAUKEE. May S. The annual con vention of the American Institute of Elec trical Engineers opened hero today, aiaay daiegau ao la attend an on. ELBOURN AND TEN OTHERS Former City Clerk and Election Officer Indicted by Grand Jury. TAMPERING WITH THE PRIMARY RETURNS Cbarge Laid Against Elnonrn, While Jedgrs and Clerks Are Held for Corrnpttoa at the Polls May 1. Indictment against former City Clerk William H. Elbourn, charging that he tam pered with the ballots cast at the primary election this spring, and against the ten members of the election boards In the "kcond and Third precincts of the Third ward for "willful and corrupt neglect f duty" at the city election were returned yfsterday at noon, by the county grand Jury. Warrants at once were placed In the handa of Sheriff McDonald and three deputies detailed to serve them. At 2 o'clock Mr. Elbourn appeared and gave himself up. He waa taken before Jvdge Sutton and released on 11,000 bond given by the American Bonding corapan of which Mr. Elbourn Is an agent. Tho ten election officials were taken before the court at I o'clock and all gave bonds In the sum of 260 each. The Indictment against Mr. Elboilrn con sist of five counts, all based on the same alleged offense. They charge on or about April S, he altered and changed the marks on fourteen ballots csst at the primary election April 3, by erasing the cross in the square opposite the name of S. K. Green leaf and putting a cross In the square opposite his own name. Brontch Boosted by Changes. The erasures were discovered at the re count of the vote by the canvassing board and they were sufficient to give Elbourn a majority over Greenleaf, who won out for the city clerk nomination by a small margin according to the returns of the Judges. Other erasures made gave W. .T. Broatch, for mayor, a larger number of votes than A. H. Hennlngs, several hun dred dollars being wagered on the relatlvo positions of these two candidates. These are the men who served aa election officers in the two precincts where crooked work Is said to have been done, several of them btung colored: Second precinct. B. J. Callahan, Moses Milder, D. A. Ruben, Lou Carter, W. Runkles; Third precinct, Robert Wisdom, Charles Risoman, Jerry McMahon, James Shea. Frank Will Jama The number of indictments wss some thing of a surprise, though action against Elbourn and members of election boards had been forecasted owing to the nature of the testimony It is known was taken before the Jury. Charges of wholesale manipulation of voting machines were made immediately after the city election, mostly In Third ward precincts. The grand Jury has ex amined a large number of witnesses and ths Investigation is said to have been thorough. It I charged that member of the election board manipulated the lever for the voter contrary to the law. After mrking tha report the grand Jury adjourned until Thursday morning, owing to tho death ot Mrs. Susan Anthony, mother of A. T. Anthony, one of tha mem bers of the Jury. Rlooara Not Afrnld. "Until I make sure and see the terms of the Indictment I cannot discuss it fully,' said Elbourn. "I will say. however, that If Indicted, the charge must rest on the fact that I waa the custodian of the bal lot boxes. It could not be anything else. because no evidence could be procured to show that I tampered with the ballot or had any hand in such a transaction. I know that no such evidence is procurable, because I know of my own acts. I have not the least doubt In the world that If am indicted the charge will be shattered all to pieces at a trial. The Indictment Itself would not worry me, but 1 should dislike very much the cloud ' will put me under until I am cleared." Details of Other Bills. One of the Indictments against the elec tlon officials charges Jerry McMahon with unlawfully entering the ciulained en closure In . front ot the voting machine with one John Doe. Another that Jerry McMahon a'nd Robert Wisdom went Into the booth with John Gilbough. On another, Moses Milder, Lou Carter and William Runkles are accused of allowing David Ruben and E. J. Callahan, other memberb of the board, to go behind the curtain with Simon Kattelman. Callahan and Ruben are Indicted on a separate bill on the charge of going into the enclosure with Kattelman. David Ruben la charged In another Indictment with going Into the booth with one John Doe, and Charles Riseman is charged with going Into the booth with William R. Sheppard. Jerry McMahon, Robert Wisdom, James Shea, Frank Williams and Chsrles Rlxe man are charged on the same bill with allowing George Crow to go Into the booth with Richard Roe and with allow ing T. J. Fluray to go into the booth with John Doe. Jerry McMahon and Charles Riseman are also charged with en tering the booth with William A. Gil baugh. Milder Forgets His Coat. While the indicted members were giving bonds an amusing Incident happened. Jacob Milder appeared in the court room to sign the bond for his son and one or two others. He came hurriedly ' from his work and forgot to put on his coat. Judge Sutton told him he could not appear be fore the court in his shirt sleeves, so Milder went out to find a coat. The first man he struck was Bailiff Fields, who started to take off his coat to give to Mil der when the thought struck htm that he, tee, would be censured by the court if he appeared without that garment. Milder tried on a number of coats belonging to men wbo were about the hall before he found one that would fit him. He then went back to the court room and trans acted his business. BILL GOES TO THE PRESIDENT Deaatared Alcohol Meaaare Aloag for Actloa by the Executive. Meat WASHINGTON. May 2a. The denatured alcohol bill, with the senate amendments, was sgreed to in the house today on mo tion of Mr. Payne ot New Tork, the author of the bill, and aent to the president for his signature. TWO YEARS FOR ILLEGAL VOTER William Bogga of Kansas City Pleads Gallly aad Goes to Peal, teatlary. KANSAS CITY, May 28. WUliajn Hoggi pleaded guilty hre today to attempting to ; to he about tu (ail in order to avoid an as vote illegally at the recent election and j sessment of the sum a. Justice Whit, was aenlenoed to two yraxs In the poullea- I Kenna and Lay united la a dlsoantiug Uarjr, - - - tqjluiio. - NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST "bowers Tuesday and Wednesday Cooler In West Portion Wednesday. Tcraperatare at Omaha Testerdayi Ifonr. Dear. Hoar. Deg. a. m 41 1 p. m HI a. m 4.1 n p. m Ut T a. m 44 Hp. m 64 a. m 47 4 p. nt OK t a. m AT II p. m lO a. m R4 A p. m AA 11a.m. IMt T p. m ...... H-'l 1 m Ml M p. m tl 9 p. m KM MEAT INSPECTION MEASURE President Roosevelt Confers with Senators Bcverldge and farter on Measure. WASHINGTON, May 2. An important conference was held at the White House today regarding the meat Inspection amend ment of Senstor Beveridge of Indiana to the agricultural appropriation bill. The president discussed the question with Senator Carter of Montana and Prof. Charlea P. Neill, commissioner of labor, wio Investigated certain packing houses and later talked over the matter with Sen ator Beveridge. At tho conclusion of the conferenoe Sen ator Carter dictated the following state ment bearing upon the president's attitude: The meat Inspection amendment placed on the Hgrlcultursl bill has met with the opposition or tlie packers ana ineir ine(iu, who seem to be bending every effort to defeat it. The president says that If the amendment is enacted Into law he will be content to remedy the evils complained of there through the law. If. however, the amendment is defeated. he will feel constrained in the discharge of his official duty to the public to. send to congress the reports in his possession re sting to the h buses existing In tlie pacKing houses. He feels that It is better to re frain from maktna the reports public, not through any regard for the beef packers particularly, but by the thought that nny official statement of the facts would Injure the stock raisers of the country, thus mati ng them Innocent vu:tlms ot a line or ibuses for which they were not primarily In any sense responsible. The only answer that can oe moae to mo consumers of our nieats at home ami abroad will be the enactment of a law through which an efficient and sufficient In spection shall be made. Senator Carter said that the packers have asked for more time in which to consider the amendment. ' "One of the principal questions which they are considering." he said, "Is whether they or the government shall pay for the Inspections. It seems a foregone conclusion that they will decide that Uncle Sam shall pay for the work." Senator Beveridge points out that the ex pense will not exceed 5 cents on a carcass of beef and S cents on a carcass of hog. While the aggregate of expense will be probably ll.5C0.OiW a year. It will be so widely distributed that it will not fall as a burden on the packers. NO PRAISE FOR INDIVIDUALS Personal Commendation of Soldier Heroes at San Frnnclsoo Will Sot Be Made. WASHINGTON, May 21, Army officer and privates who played an Important part in fighting the fire and relieving the tarv lng and suffering in San Francisco will not be singled out for special' praise by the War. department. It 1 contrary to the policy of the army to mark a few men for individual commendation, unless their serv- loes be such that It demands instant recog nition. Generals Fuuston and Greely and their associates were so busily engaged at the time of the California disaster that they had no time to pay attention to reports of heroic deeds by soldiers and to make rec ommendations. The general praise of the troops and officers of the army is believed by the War department to be preferable to an attempt at individual commendation which might work injustice to many de serving officers and men whose heroism was unknown to the department. SAVINGS BANK IS CLOSED lastltatloa Saspcaded by State Ex aminers aa Reenlt of Reports of Condition. JOPLIN, Mo., May 28. The Joplln Sav ings bank was closed this morning by State Bank Examiners Wade and Cook under instructions from the secretary of state. The deposits aggregate 184,000; capl tal, 110,000. The assets are small. George W. Layne, president of the bank, Issued a statement pledging to pay every depositor In full. It Is stated that the failure re ulted from report circulated recently re garding it condition. The Ozark Coal and Railway company which 1 owned by President Layne, owes the bank about 140,000. -The coal and rail aay company Is said to have been a los lng venture. The law authorises a bank to loan only 2B per rent of its capital stock to one concern. President Layne, who owns 8.000 acres o land In Arkansas valued at about $"ft"0, has offered to turn over his personal prop erty to repay depositor. TAX ON RAILROAD FRANCHISES gapreni Conrt of lulled States Ip holds the New York State Law. WASHINGTON. May 28 The case of the New York Central Railroad against N L. Miller, comptroller of the state of New York, involving the New York state law imposing a franchise tax on railroad prop erty In that state was decided by the su preme court today favorably to the state, the opinion being delivered by Justice Holmes. The case Involves taxes of IS89.O0O and the decision rested on the permanent sites of car which had been assessed. The court holds that the sites of the cars are in New York, no matter how much of tin time they are out of the slate. The right of a state to compel railroads to place cars in track designated by state authorities is decided adversely to the state in a decision of the supreme court today in the case ot the North Carolln Railroad Company against the Southern Railway Company. DEWEY ESTATE WINS ITS SUIT Baakrnpt First Natloaal Baak Orleans Loses salt Agalast Stockholders. WASHINGTON. May 28. -The ease of th bankrupt First National bank of Orleans, Neb., against tlie late Charles P. Dewe I was decided todar in Iewev a favor bv tha 1 supreme court of the United States. Uewey was charged with transferring lie shares ; of the bank s slock when he knew the bank LID FAILS TO STICK Corerinc . of Secret Eesaion Comet Off, Exposine Democrat at War. ALL TAKE OATH TO TELL NO TALES ALOUD Funkhoueer, the Chief Imurceiit, Leads In inrrection Against Mayor Dahlman. SLOGAN IS TO FIGHT HIS APPOINTMENTS Progress Impeded by Lack of Knowledge of Chief Executive's Flans. SOME WILD ANTICS OVER CITY ENGINEER Lea Rabid Partisans Havo Llttto 9ar Agalast Republicans All Agree oa One Thing, Discord. 'And now." said Councilman M. F. Punk. houser at the conclusion of the first secret session held by the eleven democratic mem bers of the new council, "I would ask that each man here stand up a a pledge that he will not reveal anything that haa been said here In this room today." In compliance with his bidding the new councilmen stretched their limbs and vowed that they wouldn't tell a thing; that the proceedings would be kept deadly dark and the public would not hava rounds even for guessing at their thoughts. This after a free-for-all caucus. rhlch the mayor' possible appoint ments were discuaxed and with a failure to decide on any of them. The single achievement was an agree ment to hold up all of the mayor's appoint ments tonight, to adjourn to Thursday evening and In the meantime to have an other secret session, at which the slate will he dissected and the program toward It made up. Z I m man Lone Absentee. It was the first time the new council met as a committee. All the members wera present, but Councilman Zlmman left tha star chamber early, so he csnnot be ac . cused of telling. Who, then, Is the traitor that betrayed this profound secrett Some- ne must have talked, for the wall of tha committee room at the city hall are thick, the doors are sound and of oak and there. no closets in which the inqulsltlva ewspaper man who was ejected from tha seance at Its beginning could have hidden. In open session there appeared to be no business to transact. Following custom. Temporary President Bedford was placed In the chair. The situation was carefully canvassed and it was duly agreed there was nothing before the body. Buttkj room did not clear so rapidly as waa ex pected and Councilman Brucker wa moved to remark: "Say. let' get together by ourselves. There are some things we ought to talk over." Plenty to Talk Aboat. Mr. Brucker' suggestion wa hailed with manifest delight, v There were a deal of. things the members wanted to talk over concerning action In lopping off the heads of appointees that an intractable, mayor had decided upon without asking advlco or assistance from the councilmen. Espe cially was it rmphaalxed that freedom wa desired from newspaper reporter. There- . fore, on the first chance It had, the new council buried Itself up to the neck In mystery and proceeded to have a cat and dog time of It for two solid hours. The first appointive office taken up was that of city engineer. At once a virulent sentiment developed against Andrew Roae- water, present incumbent, whom It waa supposed the mayor would name. Council men Bridges and Elsasser were pronounced In their antagonism and there were other. Councilman Zlmman defended both the in tegrity and technical ability of the en gineer and told a few thing about tha memorable paving specification fight of 1904. In a few minutes, however. Zlm man was called away, and after that the real fun began, for the single republican member of the council and the only man really familiar with city affairs wa not among them. Not So Kaallr Downed. But it wasn't so easy to down Rosewater, even then. He had friends of a tentative nature for Instance, Bedford absolutely refused to commit himself when asked to do so towards the close of the session. Again and again it was proposed to take vote on the matter. lDlsasser wanted to "pass the hat" for a secret ballot; others wanted to "stand up and count noses." Certain councilmen seemed mightily afraid of the Utter plan. Time after time, when ' anything definite was proposed, a Babel of tongues put the proposal to flight. There whs no attempt to dispatch matters In a regular way. In the midst of the fiasco Funkhouser, who did 60 per cent of all the talking, started to give his opinions on the pro posed reappointment of Tom Lee for city prosecutor. "I want to say right here and now that I'll vote against this man Lee," said net "why, his own father doesn't want hint reappointed." This was about tha time that Elsasser thought a vote wa going to be taken on Rose water. He shouted: "None of that for me. You can't tangle me up on the Lee proposition and this on at once. One at a time." Somewhat la the Dark. A dlbtrust of all' republicans wa voiced by some of the councilmen, but their great est embarrassment lay In the fact that they did not know whom the mayor wag going to name for various olhcea, "Who la 'he' going to name for health, commissioner?" demanded iXinkhouser. "Who Is 'he going to name for street com missioner, building inspector, plumbing inttpector and for the other Jobs? It see i as to me we could quickly dispose of the business If we knew." "But we don't know," responded a Ou frere. It was upon this frank admisaioaj that the perspiring statesman sprung the plan of referring the. Iiehlman appoint ments tonight to the general committee for consideration. Being without the aid of counsel tho statesmen overlooked section 7t of the charter, which says plainly that failure to confirm amounts to a refusal and "it shaU be the duty of the mayor on every regular council meeting thereafter to submit other appointments for such offices, if the ap pointee thereto be not confirmed, and to SO continue until approvvd by tne council. No name shall be submitted successively more than twice for the same office." Hut, of "". this can be remedied by prolonging the meeting and not adjourning and then calling a special meeting as outlined In the secret caucus. Coancll Hns Active Part. Whether required legally or not tradition, at too altf hail baa bc Unafc tat aoJT