u The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI XO. 2G4. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1907. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ) r FROST KILLS FRUIT Thermometer Gtta War Balow TreeiiDK in Colorado Fruit Belt. SNOWFALL OVER SEVENTEEN INCHES Peculiar Feature that Practically All Enow ia in the Lowlaade, LITTLE FALLS WEST OF THE DIVDE Ballroadi Hare Be D.fflcult? Keeping Their Traini Horinc. MOISTURE BENEFIT TO GENERAL CROPS pimin to Frnlt, While Great, 111 Be Mora Than Counterbalanced hy the Benefits from the Snew. DENVER, April IL A sharp drop In temperature followed the snowstorm last bight, 14 above aero being recorded by the weather bureau in both Denver and Puc'jlo, ftnd fruit of all kinds In ea waa effectually nipped 1- 7: Colorado Mid. At Grand Junction, the cent. 'o ,j, t Important fruit growing dl. yf.,; x more U of ins conunvjiiaj uiviuc, iub mii. thirty degreea and the wcathi there reported today that the co. fruit waa grave. While damage o tell ! V fruit In the state may amount to a. fnllllon dollars, nearly all other crops pe greatly benefited by the moisture. A remarkable feature of the snowstem. was that it waa more severe on the llcw lands than In the mountains. While the precipitation covered a large area, Includ ing all of Colorado, Wyoming and part of South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas and New MsxJoo, the snow was almost entirely can fined to the eastern alope of the Rocky mountains and extended from Lander, Wyo., and Rapid City, 8. D., on the north to Santa Fe, N. M., and Roswell, N. M. The Colorado state 11ns on the west waa practically the limit of snow In that direc tion and only a alight snow occurred west of the continental divide. The storm orig inated In the north and worked Us way lowly to the south, passing out of the State lata yesterday. Hot a Record-Breaker. Frederick II. Brandenburg, district fore caster, who estimated the snowfall In Den ver at 17H Inches, said today, that though the storm was remarkable In this city for April, it was by no means unprecedented. On April 11, 23 and 23, 1S86, the records show V snowfall of 83 Inches, 23 Inches falling on the last two days of the storm. The only weather bureau station In the mountains Of this state Is located at Corona, on the Moffatt road. There only 4 inches fell dur ing the lata storm. At the railroad offloea It wss stated today that traffic waa not seriously Impeded by tha snowstorm, as all the mountain roads axe prepared with giant rotary snow plows to meat such emergencies, and that no trains- waraHelayed over an hour or two. Zt waa feared that heavy snow falling on tha old snow of last winter might start adldea to running, but in the section of the tats where snow slides are most frequent the snow was light and no slides have been reported. On tha whole. It la asserted that while the atorm waa heavier than any of the ntlra winter, and some damage Is reported, the resulting good will offset the loss many (old. R Trouble In Far Went. SALT LAKE CITY. April 2L-Intervlews With railroad officials and with Local Fore cast Official Hyatt of the United States Weather bureau show that the heavy snows which at the close of last week prevailed east of tha Rocky mountains did not visit tha country to the west of the great con- tlnental divide. There were scattered now flurries In Utah and In other tar western amies, uui inv iu was tigm ana did not Impede railroad traffic. General Manager Bancroft of tha Harrlman lines aays that not tha slightest delay to pas'sn ger or freight traffic, has been experienced by those roads. The same report was made by Superintendent Van Housen of tha San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad. Colonel I. A. Benton, general passenger agent of the Denver & Rio Grande, says that his road experienced no trouble in Utah and that practically no delay waa caused In Colorado, despite the unusually heavy snows which prevailed generally over tha state. No Snow In the North. ST. PAUL. April 21.-Accordlng to officials of the Northern Pacific and the Great Nor thern railroads there have been no snow srtorma along these lines In the west for several weeks, particularly west of the j Hock? mountains. General Superintendent Home of tha Northern Pacific, when asked if tha storms of recent date hsd In any way inconvenienced them In the west, said: "We have not had a sign of snow along out Una in the far west since February With tha possible exception of a mere trace at Livingston, Mont. We do not anticipate any mora trouble In that direction." Trafflo Superintendent Watrous of the Great Northern, said: "We have not had report of snow alorg our line In weeks." Tha heavy snows of tha past winter throughout North Dakota and Montana are expected to be of great benefit to crops. specially in regions where there la only a alight rainfall during the summer months. Snew at El Paso. BU PASO. Tex., April 21.-Snow fell here this morning at a lively rate for more 1 hour.ThU u ,th!Jatr ,noia'' . atuvwu iiriv aim mo iciiijwiiuiv, which was W d, trees, did damage to the small fruit and ituck gardens in the val ley, variously estimated at from tou.Juu te $100, OtO. Frost la predicted by the local weather bureau for tonight. The Uoi.Un State Limited on the Rock Island railroad la six and oue-hlf hums luio on account of g anow drill near Santa Hot a. N. M. KANSAS ATTORNEY PROMOTED X. H. Leeaste te Uepresent the llarrl anaa Lines Brfwre Interstate Commission. TOPEKA. Kan., April 21. It was rumored hero today that N. H. Loomls. tjoueral so- i Ucltur for the Union Pacific raiiroad in KhTii-i. waa to be made general counsellor for all the Harrlman linos in casea before ?ZZaTT': Z: Cubans are praying for rain waa under consideration, but declined to i . . . A., ,.,w further on the matter. iCenntrr Is Parched, Cattle Are Dying la case tha position Is created and Mr. Loom is is appointed be probably will move to Chicago, a here ha will hive a large corpa of aiwHtanta Tha position la new 1b r III wad circles and la made necassry by lbs passage of the new railroad rata law, which inoieaaed the membership and powers of tha loteoslata Comrntrc em- CONDITION OF THE WEATHER FORECAST FOIl NKHRAKKA AND IOWA Kiilr anil wanner MonJay and Tuesday fair. Tcmperst'ires nt Omaha yesterday Hour. Dp. Hour. 6 u. m J4 1 p. m 8 a. m 3.1 2 p. m.... 7 a. m S4 H p. m 8 a. m 37 4 p. tn $ a. til 42 S p. m.... 10 a. m 44 6 p. ni 11 a. m 4S 7 p. m.... 12 m 50 8 p. m 9 p. m.... 62 65 oH 67 66 5T 6-i 6! 61 CHILDREN CONTEST IN POLAND lirrman Official Snys l'aplls Make Teachers Servous by Their Vnruly Actions. BERLIN, April 21.-(flpeclal.)-For the past six months the children of Prussian Poland have been in a state of open In subordination. From time to time a news telegram has announced that unother vil lage has Joined the movement or aban doned it, or that a teacher's windows have been broken, but the first comprehensive and picturesque account of the troubles which have exlstsd since last October have been given to the public by tho PruHsian minister of education. Dr. Von Studt said, among other things: "Deputy Stychel In opening his attack on the school policy of Prussia used harsh words which I have already repeatedly refuted but which ever return. As long ago as March. 1SS0, on the occasion of a discussion of the school policy of Prussia, the same arguments which Herr Btychei have brought forward were used. The observations In that instance, however, ad a much more far-reaching aim. Not V 'y was the German language to be dls A with In tho religious Instruction, . as a matter of principle the entire curriculum waa to b Imparted In the Polish tongue. A motion to that effect was rejected by n large majority. Herr Stychel has sung that old song about Im perfect comprehension of German by the children again and again. I have so often proved its falsity that I hardly need to go Into the matter once more. Herr Stychel dlscuMss the whole subject from tha Polish standpoint and never thinks that thousands of children of German speaking Catholics live In this area. The process of Polonlsa- tion which has begun there we must op pose with all of our strength. We aro obliged to do It In the Interests of the German Catholics of the region. As against the amiable Judgment of Deputy Stychel 1 should like to ask. Where are the barbarous measures which we are said to have ordered? That the teachers have, become nervous under the persecution of th children Is not to be wondered at. "In an elementary school at Schubln the Btrlke was begun In August by a powerful youngster who called -upon the others to refuse the German answer to the teacher. As the teacher came in he shrieked out the PoliRh greeting so loud that his voice quite drowned those of the others. As the teacher seized him the lad threw himself on the ground and bit the teacher so ! flercely In the leg that the blood ran down into his boot. As he held on with Itfs teeth the teacher had to free himself by means of energetic blows. It can of course' happen that a blow may fnll upon another part of the body than that fur which It Is intended, and In this Instance the teacher, who was alraoet forced to j a(jopt a policy of self-protection, waa blamed by many." PRESS VIEW OF CONFERENCE London Not Satisfied, bat Majority Majority Believe Good Will Result. LONDON, April 12. Nearly all the Lon don morning newspapers express satisfac tion at the results thus far obtained by the colonial conference. Te Imperialists naturally are disappointed at the failure the establishment of an actual ( ex(,cutlvei legislative and Imperial council . ........Hn, the whole empire and realise that the compromise arranged Is a virtual victory for the colonial office and the party desiring to retain the existing relations of the colonies with the mother country. At the same time they claim tha concessions obtained are a great step forward in the direction of the unification of the empire and that the new status of the conference will enable them to work much better In the future for the attainment of their acts. The Morning Post In an editorial Is most outspoken In Its disappointment. The paper saya great credit Is due Alfred Deakin. the Australian premier, who, by his attitude, definitely assumed leadership In the Imperial movement. The Morning Post blames Sir "Wilfrid Laurler. premier of Canada, and General Louis Botha, pre mier of the Transvaal, for the failure, and declares the stntuB of Canada Is now more colonl.il and less national than before. Several newspapers. Including the Tri bune and the Chronicle, continue to protest against the secrecy maintained concerning the doings of the conference. The Dally Mall asserts the business of the conference did not go smoothly; that Lord Elgin, sec retary of state for the colonies, tried to exclude the ministers accompanying the colonial premiers by asking them to re main "within call." They Indignantly asked why they were brought to England If not to participate In the conference, the j pBHy Mall declares, snd one even threat ened to leave the country within twenty- four hours unless he was treated as a i member of the conference. The paper says this threat had Its effect snd thst the ministers now share In the discussions. STEAMER FOUNDERS IN NEVA Twenty-Five People Are Drowned Before Ship Comes te Reeene. ST. PHTKRRBURa. April H Twenty five persons are believed to have been drowned by the foundering of the river steamer Axchanse'.gk while It was crossing the Nova lato Saturday night. Owing to the thickness of the weather the aocident waa not seen from the shore, hut the shouts for help of thrse In distress attracted the crews of two steamers, which hastily went to the scene only, however, to find that the Archangelsk had foundered. A number of Its passengers, mostly worklngmen, were rescued, but owing to the swlfners of the current many others were swept under the ice floes. ef Thirst and Forest Flrrs Raging. II A VAN A, April 2V Prxyers for rain ware offered In churches throughout the island today. No rain has fallen la six months. The country Is parched, many cattla are dying and forest Area are devaa taUng vnrteua eecUosa, MAIL CARRYING RATES MCI1 am Fays Over Twioa at liuoh Far Ton ai Express Companies. FIGURES TAKEN FROM ANNUAL REPORT Largs Profits of Railroads Suggest Desirability of Equipping- Lines with All-Stcel Electric Lighted Mall Cars. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. April 21. (Special.) Ac cording to date taken from the report of the postmaster general for 1906, the gov ment that year paid the New York Central and the Lake Shore railroads $67.40 per ton for hauling the mail between New York and Chicago. The express rate on matter similar to mall matter between these two points Is 160 per ton. The railroads haul the business of the express companies for one-half, or less, of the total charges. Thus the railroad got $i37.40 per ton for carrying the mall, and 126 per ton for haul ing express. In that year the Chicago A Northwestern railway handled 13.807,076 pounds of mail on Its route between Chicago and Omaha, a distance of 489 miles. For this service It received 1447.701, of which $99,396 was rentals for postal cars. This made the mall rate between these two points 138.60 per ton. The express rate on matter similar to mall matter between these two points was 140. Of this the railroad got one-half or less, i Thus the government paid the Chicago A Northwestern $38.60 per ton for service similar to that it rendered the expreas companies for $M per ton. During the same year the government paid the Erie railroad $222,508 for carrying 8,938,860 pounds of mall between New York and Dunkirk, Including r3,15 paid for ren tal of postal cars. This made the service cost the government $49.60 per ton. The express company charged the public $30 per ton for carrying express of a similar nature. Of this the railroad got one-half, or less. Thus the railroad rendered a serv ice to the government for which It got $49.60 per ton. while It got only $15 per ton for rendering a similar service to the ex press company. These comparisons are fairly representa tive of what Is going on all over the United States. The profits are pretty generally conceded to be sufficient to require the railroads to equip their lines with modern all-steel, electric lighted postal cars, like the one recently turned out of the Omaha shops of the Union Pacific. Forest Planting In the Sand Hills. On April 6 forest planting was begun within the Dismal river national forest, near Halsey, Neb. The planting operations will be more extensive this season than any previous one. About 500.000 pine trees will be planted In the sand hills. A force ; of forty men is now employed to conduct this planting work and If more men can be secured they will be employed. The reason for having a large force of laborers Is to finish the planting In the shortest possible time, since the trees must be set out during the spring rainy spell' and before they start new shoots and root growth. Planting has been conducted annually within tho Dismal river satlonai forest since the spring of 1904. When the present planting sesson Is ended 1,400.000 trees In all will have been planted, a sufficient num ber If spaced five feet each1 way to plant approximately 800 acres. It requlrea considerable time to produce results in forest planting, but some of the earlier planting made near Halsey has already begun to make a good showing, and within a comparatively few years the sand hills near the planting station will as sume a forested appearance. Many ranchers In the sand hill region of Nebraska are asking for advice on planting trees, and the government tree planting haa far reaching usefulness as an object lesson to the people. A dee nnd His European Tnsr, Alvey A. Adee, second assistant secre tary of state, has gone to Europe. That Is by no means an uncommon occurrence, for Mr. Adee goes to Europe nearly every summer. Mr. Adee will tour France on a bicycle. That is nothing new either, for the bike is Mr. Adee's common vehicle of travel on the continent. Nor Is it an un usual thing for an American official to visit Europe. They go in droves every year, but not one man In a million arranges his Itinerary before hand. Mr. Adee spends Ix months out of svery twelve In "laying out his course." When he left Washing ton on Wednesday he carried In his pocket a program that for completeness of detail has never been approached. He knows within an hour what time the French j Liner Savole will reach Havre, has ar- ranged for his first meal on French soil, j and the French bonlface has already been advised as to the number of courses and the component parts of each. Mr. Adee has figured out to a nicety Just where he will repose the first night of his stay and has even arranged for the exact location of his room. He can reach It without a candle. The second morning, rain or shine, he will have ridden at least ten miles before he takes his cafe au lnlt and rolls. He hss his "dejeuner" and dinner menus pre pared and at each Inn and hotel on his Journey the proprietor has always been ad vised as to the exact minute when the dis tinguished guest may be expected and ex actly what food and drink to prepare and at what moment of time la must he served. There must never be the slightest deviation for the Adee program Is as carefully ad Justed as the works of the chronometer on the Savole itself. Mr. Adee Is methodical. He is always accurata to a degree; that la why he Is regarded as the most valuable man In the State department. Hla position can al ways be depended upon whether he Is needed to define a diplomatic note or to reach a point In Europe at a given second of time, which he has previously marked on his "sailing chart" before Waving Wash ington for hla annual vacation. Hotel Rates High at Jamestown. Reports from the Jamestown exposition seem to Indicate that the proprietors of the boarding houses and hotels In the vicinity of the forthcoming fair have formed a combination for the purpose of bilking the public to the utmost of their ability. Gov ernment officials and others who have had business at the exposition grounds all re port that the hotels in Fortress Monroe, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, Nor folk and Jamestown, aa well aa the sum mer resorts In tha Immediate neighbor hood have quadrupled their rates in many Instances, and even regular guests have been notified that thsy must pay double or move out on and after the first of May. All of the towns and citlea In the vicinity of Jamestown combined have not sufficient hotel accommodations to accommodate any thing like an extraordinary crowd, and If it should happen that the Naval Review, which will be a grand s!ght in itself, should attract a great concourse of people iCXnUnued on Third Pag. BANDIT MAY . REGAIN LIBERTY Extradition r a per a Delayed In Reach ing tha Authorities la Saw Yark. NEW YORK. April n.-Enrleo Alfano. wanted In Italy for many crimes, may be released tomorrow unless requisition pa pers arrive from Italy or strong representa tions are made at the State department In Washington. The arrest or Alfano unfolds tha story of his romantic career In Italy. He was head of the mysterious "Cammarristl dl Napoil," or the Camorra, an Italian terrorist organ isation. Ha waa active as a bandit, but was forced to flee to American to escape arrest for assassination. Death waa the punishment Inflicted on the Cuocolo, a pretender to the position of ruler of the Cammarristl, and Alfano Is declared to be the slayer of his rival. The pretender was lured te a forest, where he was stabbed to death. It Is claimed, by Al fano and his conspirators. Then the wife of Cuocolo was condemned. Alfano and his men called at Cuocolo'a home and when tho wife oiiened the door she was stabbed, her body pierced by a donen slender shafts of steel. The assassination spurred the gend'armes of Naples to extraordinary ac tivity. Alfano and Ike conspirators seemed Immune from prosecution. Indeed, he waa held by the populace as a demigod, free to roam at will, unharmed because en veloped with some divine authority. In vulnerable as to bullets and impossible of capture. But suddenly Alfano disappeared, going to New York. The Cammorra thrived In New York, too, with all Its sin ister machinations which baffled the police, even the Italian detectives. By the New York Cammorra the chief was greeted with many honors. A feast was prepared In recognition of the coming of the leader and Alfano was banqueted at the Pattrochl. But this feast was his undoing. He waa apled upon by a follower of the murdered pretender and the word waa passed to Pe troslni and Archlopolll, New York Italian detectives. Their subsequent descent upon the East Side underground resort ended the bandit's liberty. As he appeared before Magistrate Howe In the police court yesterday Alfano had all the appearance of an Italian of high rank. He wore a suit of fine texture, moulded to his slender form. He admitted through an Interpreter that he waa Alfano, but denied that ho had committed any crime. He was, he cooly declared, visiting the United States because of the frequency of political ar reefs In Italy. The utmost endeavor of the polloe to dis cover Alfa no's headquarters have been fu tile They realize, however, that powerful Influences are with htm In his present pre dicament and are not at all certain that they can hold him for extradition. NEW MINISTER FROM SWEDEN Sara People In His rnatrr Follow Closely Events la the I'nltcd gtajca. NEW YORK. April 21 M. De Lagercrantx. the first Swedish minister to Washington since the separation of Norway and Sweden, arrived tody He will remain here a few days i,jnd UJien go to Washing ton. "This is my first diplomatic post," said the minister, "and I think I shall enjoy my duties. President Roosevelt, whom I expect to meet on Thursday, Is remark ably popular with the people of Sweden and la especially well thought of by the royal family. They follow closely tho progress that .la being made in America and are anxloua to profit by American ex perience. "My people are particularly Interested In the labor of this country. The working classes are just now In an unsettled condi- j tIon an(1 are anxious to get on as firm a I basl" theiT fellows In America. Sweden Is desirous of establishing better commer cial relations with the United 8tates. PRISON GOVERNOR KILLED Shot Down in the Street nnd His Assassin la Placed Under Arrest, BOSTOV-ON-DON, Russia, April 21. The vice governor of the prison was shot dead In the streets here today, llts assassin was arrested. LODZ, Russian Poland, April 21. In order to end confllcta between soe!aT!ts and na tionalists, which during the last three daya lone have resulted In twelve men heln. shot dead and sixteen wounded, the local labor organizations have Issued proclama tions condemning murder and appealing for a cessation of the fighting. REPUBLICANSJ3AIN IN SPAIN Only Disturbance Reported at the Election Occurs at Bar celona. MADRID, April 21. The electlone for members of the Chamber of Deputies opened quietly today. The only trouble waa at Barcelona, where voters came to blows at the polls and one man was killed snd two were injured. At Madrid the vote shows the republicans to have made a ma terial gain. Returns from the provinces show that 11 ministerial candidates and thirty-four liberals were elected without opposition. PROTEST ON BUYING CHURCHES LI her 1 Lender la Cabs Allege Prices Are la Excess of Value ef Property. HAVANA, April 21.-Jose Miguel Oomes. the liberal leader, In a statement published today protests against the purchase of church properties by the government for tiOOO.Of'O. He gives as his reason that prices are far in excess of the value of the property. The bulldlr.gs are in bad condition, he declares, and it would be better to replace them with modern build ings at the same price. He urgently recommends that the government of Inter vention defer the purchase and leave the matter In the hands of Cuba's future gov ernment. FATAL SALOONFIGHT AT MACON One of Participants Dead and m Bystander Is Fatally Wounded. MACON, Mo.. April 2J In a aaloon fight at Ardmore. Mo., ntar here, today, W. H. Yeakey, a blacksmith of Caseyvllle, Mo., shot and killed Flnia Peterson after Peter son had emptied hla revolver at Yeakey. ihootlDg the Inner In the hand and fatally wounding a man named Noble, a bystander. Peteison had opened the shooting w hen Yeakey Interfered In a fight in which new minister withdrew, leaving Mr. Chase's Yeakey a bfiLnr. aitf titejeoa weraa ijci- I supporters Ja charge aud vrdc waa re panU. atored. SPRING IS HERE AT LAST Gentls k aid to of Peaioni Gladly Created by On Ma'e Straw Hat. OMAHA WELCCMiS THE BALMY AIR Thousands of People Flea from Furnace-Flrrd Houses to God'a Glorious Out-of-Doora. It haa come. Spring la here. If anyone has doubts about it let him ask the man who wore a straw hat on a Hanscom park car Sunday. The man did not seem to feel that It was presumptuous on his part thus to proclaim without showing a license giv ing him the right, for he paid not the slight est attention to the stares and glances ac corded him by every person along the street. He stood on the back platform while his wife sat irudde, as nonchalant as If he were not there at all. "Straw hat!" yelled a shrill voice from the sidewalk, but not a hair did he turn. "Te, he," involuntarily remarked a little boy, but even this most embarrassing of taunts failed to affect him. What was the harm of "rushing the sea son?" He might aa well wear a straw hat Sunday aa a month from now, and people need not scoff, for they will have to come to It pretty soon themselves, so ha seemed to argue. But his progress down town from Charles street, where he boarded the car, waa like the parade of a colored min strel band. And the man had good cause to blossom out in the sign of warm weather, for the day waa a welcome change over the cold or otherwise disagreeable Sundays which have prevailed since the wonderful period of balmy weather before Easter. The prophets had announced fair skies and their foraslght was proven correct. It was not only fair, but the wind which has made April a time of dust and dirt rested on its past laurels and forebore to stir the dirt In the streets and muss the young women's hair until late in the afternoon, when it did not make so much difference. Exodus to Ont-of-Doors, This most welcome signal that the cold, bleak winter la over and mild days are here was the cause for the exodus of thousands of Omahans to the out-of-doors, and all day long, from early In the morn ing, streams of people in their Sunday best strolled about. Church waa attended more generally than for weeks and In the after noon the theaters were crowded while thousands merely walked around to get the air or visited the parks, where the greenness of the new spring blanket Is al ready pronounced. It waa a splendid day, not a cloud marring Its perfection from morning to night, and vindicated Nebraska weather after the weeks of recent rain, snow, cold and wind. Another sign that is never failing, which proves another season to have come, Is the small boy with his bat and ball, and from alt over the city there suddenly sprung up a cry from dozens of throats to the police begging protection against Wil lie and Johnnie, who were tossing a sphere tin the street and might strike some pas. aerfcy. - Thla Wall will continue until tha base ball season closes again and Is the so rent indication that something Is doing in the weather Una. CONGRESSMEN TO HONOLULU Party Makes the Start from Chicago n Twenty-Sixth of April. WASHINGTON, April 2t The congres sional party to visit Hawaii on the Invita tion of the territorial legislature will as- umhla at rhlmirn nn Anvil 9ft Th tv. bers will go to San Francisco In a special , dent.e of ynUrse!f. Mr. Maker and other sleeper attached to the Overland Limited j gentlemen that she is capable of so much and will sail on the transport Buford i lub,or. an1 endurance as you have described. April 80. The Buford Is going to Shanghai J: housa'ndn ea'dT.e with famine relief supplies for tha Chinese 1 cure Interviews with hor for the witnesses and the War department haa permitted ! whom her condition of body and mind . . . . Is to be established In the coming legal the members of congress to be taken out i proceedings. on It as far as Honolulu. Tho party con- ' We therefore purpose that you select slsts of Senator Samuel H. Piles of Wash- rea eompetent gentlemen and we eleot . ... three others and that, at various cnnvenlent lngton and Representatives W. P. Hep- hrs, the six be allowed to visit Mrs. burn and wife of Iowa, A. B. Capron and I Eddy and by conversation snd observance wife of Rhode Island, E. L. Hamilton and ! Slnt fr""1" wltnw,"" fr. ' .. . ... . . . . , , ... 1 against our contention no one but these wife of Michigan, A. L. Brick and wife of ; six persons to be allowed to talk to her snd Indiana. J. V. Graff and wife of Illinois, i not more than six additional nersons Charles E. Llttlefield and wife of Maine, .,. . . E. F. Acheson and wife of Pennsylvania, J. Warren Keifer of Ohio, R. D. Co'a of i Ohio, Charles McOavIn of Illinois. W. W i Wilson of Illinois, James H. Davidson of Wisconsin, Oeorgs L. Lllley and wife of Connecticut, Arthur L. Bates of Pennsyl vania, D. S. Alexander and wife of New York, Benjamin F. Howell and wife of New Jersey, John J. Fitzgerald of New York, James P. Conner and wife of Iowa, E. Ellis and wife of Missouri. Oeorge W. Norrls of Nebraska, P. P. Campbell of Kansas, Fred C. Stevens and wife of Min nesota, Edwtn Y. Webb of North Carolina, James McLachlan of California, Wesley L. Jones and wife of Washington and James C. Needham of California. The party will return to Ban Francisco early in June. TO APPEAL BUENZLE CASE Rights ef Men In fnlfor te Be Decided by the Supreme Court. NEWPORT. R. I., April fl.-An appeal to the supreme court is to be taken in be half of Chief Yeoman Fred J. Byentle of the United States navy, whose suit for damages because of his expulsion from a Newport dance hall while In uniform was decided adversely last week by William H. sweetiand. presiding Justice or the nua urch eary la.t a Inter and left a deep Rhode Island superior court. Impression upon the members. Subsequently In prosecuting his suit, Buenzle has been a calI went out him to serve aa pastor assisted from a fund to which President of tMt nnuentlal New York church-a call Roosevelt and naval officers contributed. It whlch reoeived the earnest endorsement of being desired to obtain a ruling as to the ; Joh) D. Rockefeller, who Is one of the pil rlghta of a man wearing th naval unl- I Ur, tne congregation, form. Captain Albert C. Dillingham, su- I Hundreds were unable to gain admission perlntendent of the naval training service. ! ((J tne cnurch today. Prominent among who has charge of the fund, asld tonight . those present waa Jcnn D. Rockefeller, Jr , the case will be carried to the supreme j director of the church's Bible class. Mr! court on appeal. ( Rockefeller, sr., participated In the evening FREE FOR ALL FIGHT IN CHURCH Rival Claimants fer Pulpits and Their Followers Come te Blows. PORTSMOUTH. O.. April .i-Rlvalry be tween factions of the FTes Will Baptist church broke oat here in open battle during this morning's service. A faction oppos ing the pastor. Rev. Freeman Chase, at- tempted to hold service with another mln- later In charge. This was resented by the Chsse faction and soon blows were being freely exchanged. During the melee many women fainted and others ran screaming into the strw-t. The police were appealed I to, but refused to interfere. Finally the NEBRASKAN GETS HIS REVENGE Sees the Man Mho Buncoed Him Convicted of the Crime. NEW YORK, April 21 -Induced by EllhU Root, Jr., his classmate In tho Law school of Harvard university, to prosecute the nwn who had robbed him of $1,500 In what is known as the "lemon" pool game. Ed win F. Myers, who has a ranch In Ne braska, had the pleasure of seeing one of the men convicted before Judge lloealsky yeeterday. Myers left his ranch last September to betln his third year es a htudent Besides his loose change he had a draft for $1.5f In his pocket. When he reached the Grand Central station, carrying his satchel, he waa met by a pleasant fellow who, In the course of a conversation, said he was John McOormack. He did not add, however, that his photograph- waa In the regies" gallery. He accompanied Myers to the Fifth Ave nue hotel, where he registered, and then, to make matters pleasant for the stranger In a strange city, he Invited him to dinner. The meal waa a good one and then Mc Cormack suggested that they play a game of pool. They wandered Into the Tender loin, and while they were playing two friends of McCrrmack entered and were Introduced to Myers. The talk turned upon betting on the dif ferent shots, and when Myers made a dif ficult one he was told that he had won $1,509. He- did not recall that at the dinner table he had mentioned to MeCormack that i he had a draft for that amount In his pocket. But as he had not put up the cash MeCormack said he would not pay, but promised to meet the student the following day, when. If he had the money In cash, he would bet him that he could not make the same shot again. Delighted at the proopect, Myers had his draft cashed promptly and went to the pool room. There he met MeCormack and his two friends. He said he had the cash with him and was ready to stake it on his skill, He was asked to show It and did so, pro ducing three $600 bills. Immediately one of the others grabbed the money from his hand and as Myers rushed at him MeCor mack and the other fellow Interfered and the thief got away. Then MeCormack found a way to disappear. This experience the student related to young Mr. Root, who took him to Assistant District Attorney Krotel. MeCormack waa arrested and convicted. NEW MOVE IN THE EDDY CASE Plaintiffs Propose a Commission to Visit Her and Decide on Her Condition. CONCORD, N. H., April 21.-Counsel for the plaintiffs In the suit brought by rela tives as "next friends" of Mrs. Mary Baker O. Eddy against Calvin H. Frye and others, including officers of the Christian Science church, to secure an accounting of Mrs. Eddy's estate, made public tonight a letter which haa been aent by them to Mra. Eddy's counsel, General Frank 8. Streeter, on March 12. According to attorneys for the plaintiffs, no answer to this letter haa been reoelved. The first part of the letter refers to the claim made by the "next friends" that Mrs. Eddy is of Infirm mind and unable to understand and protect her property rights and contains some quoted denials from General Streeter and others, of this allega tion. The letter continues: In view of these denials, we have the honor to ask you to accede to certain steps designed to ascertain the truth concerning Mrs. Eddy's present and paat condition and to expedite litigation. Unfortunately, we have not free access to Mrs. Eddy's presence, as you have, and we should reluctantly undertake to force our witnesses into her house under circum stances which might prove disturbing or j Jl"'? "!" B"i??hW,J0ub" Irmlu"'' to I be present. Shorthand writers may attend 10 imp auwn an inai is said or may be excluded and nothing taken down, aa you prefer. We are confident that you and counsel for the defendant will welcome the offer of ours as purposing a wise and considerate method of expediting litigation. The letter Is signed by William E. Chand ler, Martin & Howe and John W. Kelly as counsel for the "next friends." General Streeter, when asked tonight about the letter, said he did not care to make any comment on it. AKED PREACHES FIRST SERMON Noted Liverpool Preacher Drawa Immenae Aadtence at New York Church. NEW YORK, April a. Rev. Charlea F. Aked, for sixteen years pastor of the sec ond largest Protestant church In England, where he gained a wide reputation by suc cessful campaigns against rice, today form ally assumed the pastorate of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church of thla city. Dr. A feed's labors at Liverpool, where he waa pastor of Pembroke chapel, drew the at tention not only of all England, but even of continental Europe, because of his ex traordinary ability aa a preacher and hla aggressive leadership. j Dr. Aked first preached at the Fifth Avs- I Service, TWO MEN KILLED IN A WRECK Several Others Injured, All of the Victims of Accident Being Trainmen. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 21.-As the re sult of a wreck on tne Southern railway a hnrt diititni' .af nf Wnndlawn a snhiirh of Birrnmghara, early today, two men are ', j,... . . ,,k ini., The dead: CAL B HARRIS, fireman on wrecker. TOM HEVKKLY. brakeman on wrecker. injured: James Wages, Atlanta, engineer, skull fractured. B H. Hill, engineer. Internal Inluriea. Thomas Potrcll, engineer, bruises on body. .) kite. fLrcuMui. auvoldea dlshinated. t- HELP FOR SCHOOLS Late LtciilaUrt Did hi are for Thtm Than Any of Itt Predeoastori. SEVEN IMPORTANT LAWS ARE ENACTED Etc Boost for Rural Sohooli in tha WtJttn fortioi of tha Cut. RAILROAI MANAGERS UP AGAINST IT Called on to Prove Two Different Valna tiona on Froperty. ONE BASIS FOR RATES, ONE FOR TAXATION Both Boards Will Be In Session at tha Same Time and There Mill Be No Chance for a Revision of Appraisements, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., April 21. tSpeclal.)-Tha recent legislature enacted more legislation relating to the public schools of the state than all the past legislatures of the state combined. In all seventeen measures were psssed and approved affecting the common schools and of these seven are of the most vital Importance. Superintendent McUrlcn has Just Issued a circular dealing with tha new school laws, and he sets out the seven Important acts In the following paragraph: (1) A law providing for a library In every public school district: (2) A free high school law; (3) A Inw enlarging the scope and In creasing the number of Junlur normal schools; 14) A law providing for normal training In high schools; (6) A Inw provid ing state aid to weak districts by sppro prlatlng tfiO.OuO therefor; (6) A law making the minimum entrance requirements to state normal schools a two-yenr high school education or Its equivalent; (7) A law rais ing the standard of certification of teach ers by private and denominational schools by providing for a more rigid Inspection each year by the state superintendent or by the state board of examiners for life certificates. The law which appeals most to the west ern portions of the stste, where the poor districts are located and where In the past It haa been Impossible to hold a seven months' school, even though tha maximum levy Is made, Is the measure appropriating $60,000 for aid. This will permit every school district In the state to hold a seven months' school. The McBrlen circular con tains the following statistics on this sub ject: During the last year there were $08 school districts maintaining time months nf school or less; 640 districts maintaining from three to six months of school. There will be about 1,000 districts In the northern and western counties entitled to state aid under this measure. The average number of pupils In these 1.000 districts is about fifteen, which would mean that 15,000 boys and glrla will receive at least seven months of free school privileges under this law. Thla makes ft possible for all boys and girls In the state to receive at least an eighth grade education, which means at least two years more than they are now receiving. Hard Time tor Railroad Men. The State Board of Assessment will meet the first Monday In May to bngln the valu ation of railroad property for taxation pur poses. The work of the board will be par- . tlcularly interesting because, while the as sessing board la in session the State Rail way com mission will be busy fixing up a schedule of freight rates to put Into effect.' While the freight men are telling the com mission how much money la Invested In the roads snd how valuable the property Is, In-order to keep freight rates up, the tax agents of the railroads will be serosa the building telling the state board the railroad property Is practically worthless In order to keep the assessment down. The commission has set May 7 for the time It is to take up freight rate making, and at that time the) assessing board will be In the midst of ita work. The Burlington and Union Paclflo have not yet reported to the state board, but it is understood these reports will be in during the coming week. Both have their agents out looking up land sales to try to prove to the board that real estate la un- dervalued In order to keep their own prop erty from being Increased to any great ex tent. Eyes on the Plum 'SVee. Between now and May 1 It is probable Oovcrnor Sheldon will find tlrr to Jar loom a few pi u ius and If he does there likely will be aome new faces around the atatehousa. Just who will get appointments out of tha extra large number who are applying no one knows unless it be Governor Sheldon, and he won't tell. The governor delayed making appointments until ha had an op port un ft y to look over tha field and become familiar with the work that has been done and which must be done to bring the vari ous state departments and the state Insti tutions up to the .highest standard possible. He is now more familiar wlh the state in stttutkxis and the departments probably than any other executive ever haa been. That some changes will occur In aome of the state institutions there seems to be no doubt, and It la also very probable that the governor has In mind certain persona for placee In the statehouse. Numerous persona till haunt the rapltol In tha hope that light ning will strike, but there Is no indication that these visits will do any good and there la every reason to believe muoh time is being wasted by some of these partlen. So far only a few minor appointments have been made, but aa the legislative work is now out of the way and the governor la only about a month behind In his own pri vate correspondence and private affairs, it Is likely there Is going to be something do ing In the appointing line very shortly. Fight Over Saloons. If the plans of the Anti-saloon league re carried out the people of Lincoln shortly will be In the throes of a saloon or no-saloon fight. The officers of th j league proposed to have the question voted ' on at the coming election and already the republican candidates for the excise board have agreed to refuse to Issue a license i should the majority of the voters declare I against the saloon. If the proposition lsv ' submitted to the voters the fight In tha present cappalgn promises to be the hot ! test this old town has seen In many moons. The demoratlc city committee haa nomi nated Judge Ttbbetts for city attorney. ' Judge Tlbbetts refused to accept the nomi nation at the hands of the convention, but it Is understood he is willing cow to be sacrificed. State Oftces Close Today. Inasmuch as tomorrow is Arbor day and therefore a holiday In Nebraska, tha em ployes of state will do no work and the atate house will be deserted except by a few heads of departments who will put up a bluff at working. As the state bouse yard Is full of trees no formal planting will he done there and the day will be ! observed only by the usual lack of Work around the building. gchnrler Business Men Organise. SCHUYLER, Neb., April 21.-8peclai.) The first meeting of the Schuyler Commer cial club was held In the city council chjkfiiVas !( Ui4) Ruxjrva of orsaohUaf