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Bee Fhe Omaha Advtrtls In THE OMAHA DEC Best A". West HEWS SECTI02I. Pages 1 to 8. AILY VOL. XXXVI NO. 27o. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1907 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY T1IKEE CENTS. BIG BRIBE FOR RUEF I Grand Jury Beeiat 'nTertieit'on of United Railwayi Franrh'G. PRESIDENT CALHOUN REFUSES TO TESTIFY rari Hit Teitimony Mieht Possibly Incriminate Him. CHARGES MADE 6Y THE PROSECUTION Thrat-Quarters of Vi)l;on Paid U Ear Eeen PtM to ( flTic'a's. MOST OF IT GOES TO HJEF AND iCHMlTZ They Aff Alleged to llnve llrffltnl Sn.S,(MiO In Bond and Fifteen Supervisors JrMft.ooo Calhonn Mikra Denial. SAM FRANCISCO, May 3. Appc arance of President Patrick Oa'.hnun and General Manapr Thornwell Mullolly tolling up the long flight of stairs le.idirrir to the grtuvl Jury chamber on the top floor of the, Na t've Son hnll this afternoon win A long looked for signal thnt the lTv;ii!iitorln1 board had reached Its promised Investiga tion of the munlelrwl hrlbery charges against th United Railroads corporation. President Cethoun and Manager Mullally were detained In the Krand 1nry room for n moment or two. When they reappeared Mr. Calhoun said In answer to many ques tions: "I have Toothing to say at this time When I have n statement to make to the public I shall put It In writing." From District Attorney Lnngdon It was learned that Mr. Cnlboun and Mr. Mullally In turn were Informed briefly by Assistant District Attorney Honey that they were summoned to Rive testimony as to the al leged bribery of supervisors nnd others by which It Is claimed the United Railroads obtained lt overhead trolley privileges lr Pan Frnnrlsro; that they were then warned that whatever t"Ktlmonv they mlijht e'vn might be used against them In n criminal action; that they were Informed thnt they had the right to refuse to tent If" on one ground only, namely, thnt to testify might tend to Incriminate thcmsotos and reni'er them liable to criminal prosecution, and that thereupon each refused to testify at all. "Wo were then very careful," added Mr. iAngdon. "not to put any questions to them." Asked If he meant that this refrnlnment was for the purpose of leaving tho field free for the Indictment of the president and the general nfanager, the district at torney replied: "You may say that It was very significant." (toads for Hart nnd Schmlts. Proceeding- on the working basis of the oonfesslons before the grand Jury of four- teen supervisors (which became public as official records recently. It is the an- nounced theory of the prosecution that the United Railroads expended $?W,Oj0 in brlb- ; ery tot the purpose named, In the following ' manner: In cash to each of fifteen supervisors ' $1,000, to Supervisor Wilson JlO.noo, to Super-I visor Gallagher $15,000, a cash total of j S'.00''- I In bonds of the United Railroads to Abraham Ruef and Mayor Schmltx JMB.OOfl, to a go-between, name withheld, HX),:K0. a total In bonds of futf.OuO and a grand total of $750,000. According to a further statement from the prosecution it expects to snow mat in oraer to avoid futuro suspicion these bonds were j not issued In the names of Ruef and Schmlts, but In the names of other per sons and that they were then converted Into cash by Ruef nnd Schmltx through the house of Charles Sutro & Co. of this city, Fred Hilbert, a Yrlend of Schmitz, acting as messenger between the offices of Schmlts and Sutro. Charles Sutro was one of the witnesses called before the grand Jury today. At the conclusion of the session District Attorney Itngdon mode this statement: "The Investigation of the United Rail roads Is In full swing. Tt will be pushed vigorously to a conclusion. You may ex pect definite results very soon." Denial by Calhonn. Mr. Calhoun said tonight on behalf of Mr. Mullaly and hlmelf: "When called before the grand Jury this afternoon and Informed that It had under Investigation tho alleged bribery of public officials by the United Railroads we de clined to bo sworn and in order that our action may not be misconstrued I call your attention to these facts: "For months past the public prints have been full of charges traceable to certain persons connected with the prosecution that they had positive evidence that the United Railroads had spent not less than $460,000 In bribing the officials of this city. I have repeatedly stated that neither I nor the United Railroads nor any official of the United Railroads had bribed anyone, authorized any bribery, knew of any bribery o' approved of any bribery. This state ment I now fully reaffirm. It Is not for us nor any officer of our company to disprove these gravs charges. It Is for those making them to prove them. Wo don't now care to discuss their motives. We know that they cannot' produce any truthful evidence connecting us or any officer of the United Railroads with this crime." LABCR TROUBLES IN 'FRISCO Telephone Operators Qnlt Work and Traction Employes Threaten to Do So. SAN FRANCISCO. May 3. -Practically all of the operators of the Pacific 8tates Tele graph and Telephone e-ompany struck today for Increased wages. Bookkeepers and other employes of the company are acting as operators pending the engagement ot non-a-ilon girls. The car men will hold a mass mectlrg en Sunday morning, when the men will vote on tho question of accepting tha award of the beard of arbitration or strik ing for the graduated scale demanded by the conference committee and calling for a minimum wage of 31 cents an hour. The rltuatlon Is considered critical, es both Sides are very firm In the positions they have taken. It will require a two-thlrjj vote of the car men to call a strike. The United Railroads company la now threatened with a strike of the sixty or seventy s'npmen and armature winders. The men contend t.,ry sre entitled M shorter hOurs and better wgs under the award of the bovrd of arbitration than they aie receiving. In reply to th'.s the officials ot the company say the men were not represented before the board of arbi tration sod therefor bave received no award, summary of the pI .v .. Saturday. Mar , l'r 1007 MAY N 07 un man rut wcd c ' T ' i 3 . 4 5 6 7 c ! 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 THE WEATHER. FOR ICC A ST FOR NEBRASKA Fair and warm r Saturday. Sunday fair. Ft iR WAST Kill n )U!A-Saturdy and SuniiMV fair and warmer. Temperature at Omaha yesterday Hour. Dcg. Hour. Pes:. .... 36 .... :t9 .... 42 .... 44 5 a. m 27 6 a. m U7 7 a. in 1:9 8 H . in IT .1. in 2i H a. m 17 11 a. in 29 U in 31 1 p. m... 2 p. m... 3 p. m... 4 p. m... 6 p. ni. 46 6 p. m 45 1 5' II? li P. 9 p. m 42 i DOMESTIC Count Otto von Waldsteln, an Aus- i trlan. Is mistaken for a robber and killed by a California sheriff. Fags 1 John L,. Routt, former governor of Colorado, la declared Insane and Incapable of managing his estate. Fags 1 Secretary Taft Is expected to formally lyinounce his candidacy for president In j speech at Tulsa, Okl.. June 0. Fage 1 ! WASHINGTON, Brigadier General Thomas Is ordered to Omaha to tuke temporary command of ! 1"KBP1 to the cuartel, Davis was beaten the Department of the Missouri until ! lnto Insensibility. Thinking Dnvis was dy General Carter can come. Fags 1 I ,nK they took hlm bark t0 the PIace ot hi" i arrest and threw him down on the ground Projected commercial agreement with Germany provides for reduction of duty on German wines and the admission of about 97 Vi per cent of American exports at minimum tariff. Fags 2 Explosion of a magazine kills many natives and injures hundreds at Canton und much property Is destroyed. Fags 1 Serious anti-European riots break out In India. Fags 3 NEBRASKA. Snow ranges from one to eight Inches deep over Nebraska and sleighs are out In many places. Fags 1 Fifty-four thousand acres of land was filed en during the first three days' rush ut the North Platte land office. Pairs 1 ' Statement of Union Pacific to Board ! police capturtd by the bluejackets and addl of Assessment shows Increase of 12 000 . ! tional men were landed from the Paducah 000 in net earnings In Nebraska, all of which was on the main lino, the branch lines,1 according to the statement, being operated at a loss. Fags 3 Two hundred and fifty traveling men attend the meeting of the grand council I of the United Commercial Travelors at Hastings. Fag 3 Sheriff's posse lias been unable to cap ture Herman Boche In Madison county. Fags 3 X.OCAX. Plans for a new county court house to be five storlos high and cost (1,000,000 are drawn and question of Issuing bonds may be submitted to the people. Fags 8 Mayor Dahlman issues proclamation ordering dogs musxled. Mathew J. Gresvv declares the ord'nance purporting to givs him this power is Invalid. Faffs S 1 An elevator allowance of threA-f,iurtii of 1 per' cent a hundred is granted by the Interstate Commerce commission to the Chicago Great Western railway. Fage 4 Federal grand Jury will convene Tues- day to consider cases dating prior to last February. Fage 11 SFOST. Keator easily wins the New Town stakes at Jamaica. Fago 0 Kid Sullivan knocks out Young Corbett in tho eleventh round at Baltimore. j... a COMMEBCIAX A BID ntDUBTRIAL. Dun's Review of Trade says spring re- 1 i tall business Is retarded by unseasonable weather, but otherwise, the commercial outlook Is favorable. Fage ia 'LONGSHOREMEN QUIT WORK Five Thousand Men Oat In flrooklyu to Enforce Demand for Higher Wages. NEW YORK. May 3.-The strike of 'long shoremen assumed more serious proportions today, about 6,000 men now being on strike. Thus fur only two of tiie transatlantic passenger lines, the American and the Red Star, have been seriously affected, but work has been Dractlcallv silfinendeH nn a irnM I or more pf tho trttmp trt.lght steamers which, arriving from all over the world. discharges their cargos In Brooklyn. Fears are entertained that a big tleup of ship ping may result. Of the transatlantic liners there was some doubt today whether or not the Celtic and the Kroonland would Tne Pse tnougnt It had ran down tjmitn, "r nursing as a proiession lor cm get away tomorrow. Of about 'long- the murderer of John Marcovlcli of Oak- j nese women. ,ii ii.. .i ind i An elaborate caper was cresented hv the ii . i . i . iii. ii in iijiin i i . j .Ml l.u steamers, only about 300 responded to the call to work today. TAFT TO VISIT OKLAHOMA j Republicans Will Hold Convention la Ju.e to Consider Affair. ! QuU a Job , placer cmJnty befora: It was resolved to recognize medical mls of State. ' ;m, death and wa walulng toward Sall lons as an Integral part of the missionary j prancisc0 j work of the Christian church, to recom- OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl.. May 3 Okla- homa republicans will hold a state delegate convention at Tulsa on June i. when Sec retary Taft Is to be present and make an address. The call for the convention was ' determined upon here last night by the state central committee and the dote was set to accommodate Secretary Taft, who wired yesterday that he would be here early ln June, but could make but one speech In the territory. The committee mado no recommendation : as to whether a state ticket should be put Into the field and no action was tak n as to the stand republicans shall take toward ' the constitution that is to be submitted to ' the vote of the people on August S for I adoption or rejection. JOHN L ROUTT IS INSANE Former Governor of Colorado De clared Incapable of Blaaaglac Ills testate. DENVER. May $. John L. Routt, thrice governor of Colorado, was today declared by a Jury appointed by the county court to Inquire as to his sanity, to be "so In sane and distracted In mind as to render him Incapable of managing his estate." Judge Charlei MrCi.ll announced that he wou'id appoint Itoutts oldest daughter, Mrs. Emma Butler, as conservatrlx of his estate. The proceedings today resulted from litigation over the estute of the gov- j Fnlted 8tstes circuit court ut St Louis ernor's lfe, who died six weeks ago, snd under the Sherman anti-trust iaw to au to whom he had transferred most of his Join an alleged conspiracy to restrain trade, property. It developed at the hearing that It Is expected that a formidable array o Mr. Routt Is not yet awsre of his wife s legal talent will be present to argue upon death. He Is 81 ears of age. I Ui axcepUuui police placed in irons Cfibiali of Puerto Cortti imited ty Pine Jackets from Gunboat Faducah. AMERICAN NEARLY BEATEN TO DEATH Captain Fntllam Takes Prompt Steps to Protect Him and Mar Try Assailants by Court Mr.rtlftl. Pl'KRTO CORTEZ. April 29, via Mobile, May 3 The chief of police and several ! policemen of this place are In Irons aboard the American gunboat Paducah charged i with murderous assault and face a trial by 1 court martial and possible hanging from tho yardarm of the Paducah. They were, arrested on orders Issued by Commander Fullam of the Marietta for attacking a Louisiana negro named General Davis here on April 27 and perhaps fatally Injuring him. A number of Niearaguan officers and men were also arrested in connection with the affray. These were delivered to the custody of General Estrada, who was ad- vised by Commander Fullam that he would be held responsible for their safe keeping. Davis, who is an Inspector for the Thacker Brothers steamship line, was talking with some negro companions today when he was threatened with a machete by a drunken soldier. Davis wrested the weapon away from the man and went Into a house nearby. Soon a squad of police and sol diers arlved and arrested him. While being refusing to allow his companions to remove ; This collector Is to pay the expenses of Secretary Taft Is nbout to take. He prob hlm Into the shade. Physicians arrived and ; receivership, the Interest on the bonds and ably will discuss economic subjects at the found hlm perhaps fatally hurt. Police Plnrcd In Irons. vi n mil icn minuies ine uiuc jamni ui the Matletta. under Ensign Rorsach. were ; on Urn spot. .u..... . ......... and decisive: ' "Arrest the chief of police," he said, "and j the policemen engnged In the assault, put i them In Irons and send them aboard ship. Arrest tho Niearaguan Officers and men en- gaged In the assault and hold them for or- j ders." It was thought possible that an attempt would be made to release the soldiers and and the Marietta, The faducan movea 10 a position fronting the Niearaguan cuartels. i struction of life ond property was caused while the Marietta covered the cuartels In ! at Canton yesterday evening by the ex the port. j plosion of a gunpowder magazine. Twen- Commander Fullam, finding that the civil ; ty-one bodies already have been recovered authorities were Incapable of maintaining 1 from the ruins. Hundreds of persons were regulations or order, and that the govern- j Injured. HAVANA. May S.-Commander Wood of ment of Tegucigalpa was a mere pro-. Fifteen buildings were raxed to ths ; the Dixie today received the following wire visional agreement of certain leaders that ground and over a hundred were seriously ' u-ss message from Commander Tappan of so far gave no evidence of stability, decided : wrecked. A section, 200 feet long, from . the Tacoma regarding the recent conflict to ignore the authorities here ond recognlzo the massive city wall, was thrown down, between police and sailors at Santiago: the only organized and disciplined force . The historical nine-story Pagoda escaped The Investigation of the board of officers here, that under General Estrada, com- with slight Injuries. The officials and ' the Tacoma is almost finished. Lee, tthe mandlng the Niearaguan forces, who had , in the meantime reiurnea irom an outin. n-n-in will nm Demanded. Notice has been served on the Honduran and Niearaguan authorities that reparation would be demanded and punlahment shouM be Inflicted on all of the perpetrators of th-) I outrage. Commander Fullam says If Davla dies the perpetrators will be tried for murder, presumably by court-martiai. ana tne guilty ones hung at the yard-arm in front of the port. The Paducah was ready to sail for Celba and Truxillo. but will remain here for the present. Captain Fuliam has placed Captain Wln tcrhalter In command of the land forces and he U conducting a vigorous Investiga tion of all of the details of the Davis affair. NOBLEMAN IS SHOT FOR BANDIT Count Otto Von Waldsteln Is Killed by P6sse Which He Took for Rand of Robbers. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3,-Tho Exam iner says today: The supposed desperado who was killed at Willows Monday night after a running fight with a posse of officers, has been Identified as Count Otto von Waldsteln of Austria, scion of a noble family of his tory, nephew to the cardinal and to Prince , F?a;rjoseph'.onUUhe r,che8t men ln, The Identification was made at Willows yeeterday by Mis Mary Fitzgerald of this city, who knew him well, after the body of the young nobleman had been exhumei from the potter's field. The Identification was so complete that there van be no pos sibility of mistake Count Otto died fighting, believing he ' wa beln attacked by a band of robbers, - - Count Otto von Waldsteln left Austria I committee on medical worn tur. Dugal O. ' - " - and family six year, ago because of a ' rlti of the United Free Church of Scot- Ta at the cabinet meeting today the sec love affair v ; land showing that, In round numbers, r'tary laln be(ore tha Pr""dent all ln- He emigrated to America, a poor young there are fully qualified missionary ' '" recelved 'rm ."""'-E"; man without profession, to work with his Physicians, 6,000 Chinese assistants, 260 hos hands for existence. He followed the re- l,lta,g ttnd dispensaries, and that at least clamation service through the west. He I Francis Corbett. consul ln this city for, Austria-Hungary. In an Interview on subject, said I have met Count Otto von W aldstein : men or wome ,hou,d appolntea to I tween the police and sailors at Santiago frequently. His family Is of the best. undertake responsible medical work and ! was purely Individual and not in any sense ne was a well educated man and not altne raedlcal missionaries should have the ' the result of any general 111 feeling be loafer or remittance man. He lost his ln-;begt po8flll)le rrofegsional training and , tween the Americans and Cubans He adds herltance through unwise Investments and, eaulnment. so that tha work mav h of a that American interests In Santiago are came to California for work. He was em- ployed In San Francisco ln many "capacities aunng tne lasi two yeais ana aunng mis time ne nai iraveieo. over a greater por- j Uahlng thoroughly equipped medical schools tion of the coast. He was an athlete n! as many as possible of the large mis- no mean ability and the best shot I sverlslon centers, to urge upon missionaries' saw In ray life." . j throughout China that they seek more enrvn.icr nun von rtuis, secretary to tne Austrian consul, will take charge ot the body. THREE JUDGES TO HEAR CASE Arguments on Exceptions to Coni plalat la Oil Salt Set for May. ST. PAUL. Minn., May . Judge Sanborn of the United States circuit court today an nounced that Judges Sanborn, Vandeventwr, Hook end Adams would Jointly hear the arguments on the exceptions to thblll of complaint filed by the United States against the Standard Oil company of New Jersey on Msy 24. This Is the case brought by the federal government against the Standard Oil com pany and Its allied corporations In the TRUSTEE FOR SANTO DOMINGO falted States Will Assntne nirertlon of the Finances of the I.lttle Republic. SAN DOMINGO. May S.-The new treaty between the United States and Santo Do mingo, Intended to replace the treaty which has been pending before the I'nlted States senate for the last two years was ratified by the Dominican congress today. WASHINGTON. May S.-The Dominican treaty marks a new departure In the rela tions of the t'nlted States to tho smaller republics of the Western hemisphere for, 'n the ense of Santo Domingo, the United States now becomes legally a trustee In a financial sense, and In the discharge of Its new duties must go so far In the preserva tion of order and the accompanying dls- couragement of revolutions as Is incident to the control of the customs houses and a Tulsa, Okl., on June , on the occasion the collections of the republic's revenues. I of the assembling of the first republican The treaty, which has Just been ratified, I state convention. The secretary has ao was submitted to the senate February 19cepted an invitation to attend that eonven- last. The way hod been raved by an agreement between Federlco Velasques, I the Dominican minister of finance, and . the creditors of the little republic whereby the latter agreed to a 50 per cent reduc-' tlon In their claims if these were settled in cash. A New York banking house un-: in Secretary Taft 8 opinion the political : of the Philippines division. As a result dertook to advance the money, for this campaign In Oklahoma will be a hot one 1 of that trip General Wood has placed on purpose accepting $?o.0O(i,(co of 5 per cent , and will probably determine for a number file records which would make mighty In-flfty-year bonds which will now be of years to come the political complexion terestlng reading If It could be obtained, promptly Issued, with the result that all , of the states. The Issues are expected to Now General Wood is coming back, cov of the creditors on Santo Domingo will be be national In character and It may be erlng his old tracks with a view of embodied In thels single New York firm. possible that Secietory Taft may find much strengthening former Impressions, or soft The new treaty provides for the appoint-1 to say to the people of Oklahoma, in con- : enlnK them, as the case may be, relative ment by the president of the United States; ventlon assembled, that will Interest them of a receiver of customs to collect the ' In general republican principles without In Dominican revenues as long as the bonds, any way bringing In the personal equation, ore outstanding, a period variously esti-' This visit to Tulsa wl.l be only an lncl mated at from twenty to forty years. ' dent In a considerable western trip which the annual sums required for amortisation ' tho Millers' convention at St. Louis on tho to ange the orders regarding the com of the bonds and then turn the remainder Suth lnst.. which naturally would Involve!"1",0' 1 "PV"il ""Par ments in the ui ine receipts over 10 me iKiminican gov-I ernment. On the first day of each month h Fy to the fiscal agent of ; i.. ....... i..e customs receipis exceea , $3.noo,(iO0 annually, then one-half of the surplus shall be applied to the sinking fund. MANY CHINESE ARE KILLED Twenty-one Bodies Are Recovered After f-,i.i .. i ai anion. HONG KONG, May S. Very great de- of tn. ho8pltal8 aM GOln thelP beat . i to succor the sufferers. I In tho flhamlon hurt, tnr-1 elgnera live, a terrific shock was caused , by the explosion, but the residents were ; unharmed. i The city of Canton Is about six miles ! In circumference and is enclosed b walls ! about twenty feet thick and from twenty- j flve t0 forty feet hlg.n There are sixteen ' gates Into the city, besides two water gates. The famous nine-story pagoda, dating from the beginning of the middle a. .tlm,,rt in th. ...t.m f what Is known an the old city. The for elgners reside in the Shamlen suburb, founded In 1859 on an artificial Island. The population of Canton Is estimated at about j 900,000. The roofs of houses a mile distant from the exploded magazine were blown off. A number of Important Chinese and for eign mercantile establishments were com pletely demolished. The bodies recovered from the ruins In the vicinity of the magazine were shock ingly mutilated. Many corpses of men and women were, without heads. The ofllcer In charge of the magazine was among those killed and when his body was recovered a pipe was found clutched In his hand, which suggests the possible cause of the explosion. Tho financial losses srA onnrmnua MISSIONARIES AND MEDICINE .Conference at Shanghai ResolTes fhat I More Attention Should Be Paid ' to Hospital Work. ! SHANGHAI. May 3. The missionary con ' ference at today's session discussed med- leal work In general, rellclous work ln hos- pitals, medical training for Chinese doc- i panenis are treateo every year. "'",u 1 " , n,'ttt,I "oul - ce.ve their commission, from the home churches and societies In a nubile and nn- rtilatult ohlst wa v that nn narttat1 tratnajl j hUh Btan(iard. , It wa, fUrther resolved to urge the varl- , ou, missionary societies to unite In estab- energetically to combat this great evil of opium In every possible way, and to ap- ! New Witnesses Arc 6ummoned Before peal to the home churches to send forth Grand Jary la Chicago more men and women, fully qualified and 1 Pollca Case fully consecrated to carry on and extend ! this work. 1 Tonight Colonel E. If. Haskell of Boston. I CHICAGO, May l-Twenty new wlt Mass., presided. The speakers were J. V. ne were today summoned before th Oourher, president of the Woman's col- ran(1 ury ln connection with ta lnvestl lege of Baltimore, and founder of the West al,on of the chartf against former Chief China mission and Corean mission of the ot Police Collins, growing out of the city Methodist Fplscopal church, and H. II. .elections. Beach, educational secretary of the student 11 wa" admitted by State Attorney volunteer movement for foreign missions Healy that unexpected evidence which de of New York. j veloped yesterday had broadened the orlgl- , ' nal scope of the Inquiry and be said that Spanish Liberals Staad Aloof. MADRID. May 3.-The liberals have Te- fused to participate In the senatorial elec- tions on Sunday on the grounis that the actions of the Maura government render a fair expression of the people's will Impos- slble. The ImparclsJ says that the dls- missal of 150 mayors and the suppression of many municipal oouncil constitute a scandalous use of coercion and prove the reactionary tendencies of th ministry. TAFT TO BREAK SILENCE Secretary f war Expto'.ed to Anaonice CaadidFCT ia Oklahoma Speech. WILL MAKE ADDRESS AT TULSA JUNE 6 Republican Convention of that Date May Determine Political Com plexion of New state for Some Years. WASHINGTON. May S. Secretary Taft, It Is expected, will break bis political silence for the first time since he has been ro garded as a receptive candidate for the re publican nomination for the presidency In a speech which he will probably deliver tlon. It is not specifically stated that he Is to make a speech then, but It Is not doubted that he will do so If requested. nor is It ITkely that the republicans of the new stnte will fail to exlend tho necessary . invitation allusions to the effect 01 me completion oi the Panoma canal upon the Important ! American flour export trade with the west ; coast or Houm America. I tour or inspection or tno great military i post so mat ne win De in a position to re- i new his efforts with congress at the next sesslon in behalf of the creation of the j ment of the Missouri Immediately. Gen grcat brigade posts and concentration eral Thomas Is now on station in Havana, camps with a more comprehensive knowl- ; Cuba, with the Eleventh cavalry, having edge of the subject than he had when this project was first broached last year. REPORT ON CUBAN AFFRAY Sailor Lee Indentldea Chief of Police as Man Who Shot Hlm. S-hor? .Tondltion i'lUnot pTr'rolt of moving him, but Is more hopeful j ne The Tacoma s surgeon is attending him. nrosecutlng attorney took his sworn state- ment today In the presence of the Amerl- CBn consul ana myseir ana several wit w . .. o - a. . , I m n Too Mant fl,.it under oath as the man. who shot hlm and who was brought Into his presence, Vln 'WukS'LfL p?He,.w.!H WJ,S curred. A Judge of Instruction and the prosecuting attorney commenced taking the testimony of four men today on board the Tacoma. Santiago newspapers containing accounts of the encounter last Tuesday between the local police and men of the Tacoma have reached here. They declare unanimously that Intoxicated sailors began the disturb ance by brutally assaulting Captain Lay when ho remonstrated with them. The captain fired a shot from his revolver ln the air to summon assistance. When the police anived there ensued a pitched battle between them and the sailors, the latter using their pistols and knives. Referring to the matter the Illustraclon Cubana says: We wish to call the attention of the pro- visional government to the frequency of these occurrences In all provinces; they are Invariably started by forces of the Inter vening government." The Cubano Libre, a moderate organ, says: The Intolerable ronduct of these seamen has renched a limit. These men, under the title of "Interventores" bellve they are au thorized to commit abuses almost dally; for example the occurrence ln Santiago, which hns alarmed the reople of this city and which places a stigma on the name of the great nation ln whose services these men are enrolled. The Colonia Eepanala, a conservative paper, says: We believe the hour has come for the civil governor to protect us against the crntlnued misconduct of the crew of the I""8 WASHINGTON. May . The difficulty be tween the police In Santiago, Cuba, and the seamen from tho cruiser Tacoma on ; . , , hMiirht T hv HAirntarv Mr. Taft remained with the president after the other secretaries had departed and was Joined by General Bell, chief of the army staff. Governor Magoon reported that. In con formity with the secretary's direction he dispatched Lieutenant Colonel Bullard to I ,Z mr ; of the attack to make an lnde- j the cenett I pendent Investigation, "ine governor re nnrffl t hat In his opinion the trouble be- I larger than at any other point In Cuba. ! Upon this report It has been decided tu await the outcome of the various official investigations ln progress beror taking any further steps, INVESTIGATION IS WIDER It was possible that a number of politicians unconnected with the police department , may be Involved. I Fire Marshal Horan was one of those j summoned today. After leaving the Jury ' room he said he had told the grand Jury that mutrh fault had been found with hlm by the municipal administration becauM ', he had not enlisted ths firemen In the In- j terests of the administration a deeply I be expected to. THOMAS COMING TO OMAHA Tart's Coins; to Philippines 1elays the Detail Here of General Carter. (From a Staff Correspondent. 1 WASHINGTON, May 3 -(Special Tele gram.) Secretary Taft's determination to go to the Philippines as originally planned, notwithstanding the Ohio situation Is be coming more acute every day, has caused a decided change In the time In which the new oflloers are to take their stations In the several departments of the army. General Wood, now in command In the Philippines. It is generally thought, will , come home leisurely, relieving General Grant, now In command of the Depart ment of tho East, who has been asslgre.1 to the Department of the Lrfikes, relieving Brigadier General W. H. Carter, who goes to Omaha, When General Wood was ordered to pro ceed to the Philippines he went by the Sues canal and examined Into the military methods of European countries In the con duct of colonial possessions. He Inspected the work of General Cromer and the Straits Settlements, stopped In Italy, saw Con- stantlnople. Investigated the work at Egypt and the Indian British military pos- l sessions and eventually assumed command to the conduct of possessions by powers through military channels. By reason of Secretary Taft's determina tion to go to the Philippines and General Wood's desire to receive the secretary of war at Manila and accompany Mr. Taft through tho Islands, It has been necessary , , .. , ! v iinvu tjvuicn, rurv llri J U I V j. JJ ITil Dili I General Grant, now in command of the v ppartmrnt of thp Eat Gen(iraI Cart(.r . t present in command n th. nenrtm.n ! mtle time after the first of the year, Brig, ailler General Earl D. Thomas being or dered to assume command of the Depart- 'been transferred from the Seventh cavalry to tho Eleventh on April 21, 1913, when he was mane a colonel. General Thomas was born in Illinois on January 4, 1847, and was j appointed from that state to the military academy, from which he graduated In 18B9. Major General A. W. Oreely on July 1, when the northern division Is discontinued, la ordered to proceed to Vancouver bar racks, Washington, and assume command of the Department of the Columbia. FIFTY THOUSAND ACRES TAKEN Result of the First Three Days1 Rush at the North Platte Land Office. NORTH PLATTfc. Neb., May S.-(Speclal Telegram.) Altogether or. May 1, and t 10S homesteads were filed, which averaged probably about 00 acres each, making ln all about M,000 acres entered, which leaves about 20,000 acres yet to be taken. Most of this Is more undesirable on account of Its character and location, else It would also have been filed upon. During the week 144 homesteads have been filed upon at the North Platte United States land office, and during the game time there have been fifty-four contests. From now on the contests against the fraudulent entrv and Hirnlnst thorn entries upon which claimants have not established a home within six months from date of entry will be the princ.pal way in which homeseckers will secure land. Many who were unable to Ket their choices in the va- cant land are examining the ccuntry and making selections of Invalid entries, which they will contest. The contest will coat from $30 to $40, but the contestants have j tno assuranoe tnat wneil t),ey secure the cancellation of the entries they will get the land, as the law allows them the prefer ence. A peculiar coincidence at the time of the rush was the appearance here of noted cat tle barons) and their cohorts. Fully eight or ten of the principal cattle barons of the country thrown open were here to witness ; the filings and Incidentally to get all the men they could to file upon the land Tor them to keep out the bona fide homesteaders. They usually figure that the filing fees are cheap rent of the land, for a filing will usually hold a homestead about a year, even though It Is contested six months from dale of filing. The Klnkald one-section homestead Is working the salvation and reclamation of western Nebraska. ARMY OF POTCMAC ADJOURNS Annual Reunion Closes with Visit to the White House and a Banquet. WASHINGTON, May $. With war-time stories, patriotic songs and speechmaklng the thirty-seventh annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomao was closed tonight with a banquet. The old soldiers witnessed the cavalry and artillery drills at Fort Meyer. Va., this morning and In the afternoon they were received by President Roosevelt at the White House. A pleasant feature of the day was a visit paid Mrs, McCIellan, widow of their late commander, by Lieutenant Round and 1 members of the First Connecticut heavy artillery, known In war times as "Mrs. Mceiel!an's own regiment." She was photographed ln the center of a group of veterans of her favorite regiment. In this party was E. Benjamin Andrews, chan- cellor of the University of Nebraska, who served as a private tn the roglment. RAILROADS TO BE SOCIABLE Traffic Agents of Industrial Corpora tloaa Will Be Invited to Join Association. CLEVELAND, May $. Closer relations between shippers and railroads, in ac- cordance with the new policy announced by the roads as a result of President Roosevelt's recent activity will be planned at a meeting of the national association or iramc agents in mis ciiy uns anernoon. The association hopes. It is said, to put the new publicity pnllcy Into eff. ct by opening the door of membership to tho freight agents of the country's big Indus- trial corporations. This will be. It Is pointed out, a radical move. "We plan to have th members of the association this afternoon put this new policy Into Immediate effect," said a mem- j br of the assoclaUoa today. SLEIGHING IX MAY Reports frrm (Vr State Tnditato a Tall cf fr:ui One to Fight Inches, HFAVlEST CF 1H- YcAK IN SOME PLACES Kumber of Twn Report Bleichinsr Eioellent and the Cutters Out. MOISTURE, H0WEVi IS WELCOMED Grain Will le Beaefi ad if Weather Tumi Warm Irom f iw Cn. SEVERE COLD IS HMD ON THE FRUIT Sleet Which Trct-eded Know tlenerallr Thouaht to Have Killed What Was Left of the Knrly Bloomlnst Varieties. ' Snow Miy3, 190; the s.ime day on which came forth from the city hall the second r'ahlman dog proclamation. Put It down In your note bonk and when, the oldest weather liar priifeKses to tell )uu that this doesn't compare with Ilia snow of May lo, anything from four to a hundred years ago, make hlm prove It. According to the Weather bureau archive this is Omaha's first Mny snow. The only thing that can possibly explain the presence of snow on this dule Is that It was to have been circus day at South, Omaha and ladles' day at Vinton street base ball paik, or that the retail grocers were contemplating a picnic. , A sleety rain began falling about o'olock Thursday night and later brok Into a snow, of which hout half an inch, had fnllen un to A v..ir...u irvi.iUif ..,., ,i U"'n the snowfall resumed, continuing I up to about 11 a. in.. Friday, reaching a maximum denth of ahniit tw i..h,. the level. A biting wind accompanied ihs snow and the mercury hung about ft). Denth to Vegetation. Shrubbery, fruit and gardens that were Just beginning to show the benign effect of an ordinary May day were covered with ice and Bioet before the snow fell and It la the general consensus of opinion among fruit men and gardeners that every thing In the fruit and garden lino ln this vicinity is killed, with the possible excep. tlon of apples. Cherries seem to have fairly withstood tho frosts of several days ago and were already forming. Those that survived the former frosts have gone by the board now and It Is predicted by nur serymen there will be no cherries tn the banana belt this year. Apples being a hardier fruit will yot come out all right. Ail hopes for peaches have long since vanished. Strawberries are not ln such bad shape, as they had Just begun to bloom and the buds that had not already burst Into bloom will survive the cold snap all right, though the crop will be very greatly reduced. Garden truck Is generally destroyed and will all have to be replanted. Grapes, It Ia thought by fruit men, have not beea seri ously hurt on account of the lateness of the season and the slowness of budding this spring thus far. On the whole fruit men are of the opinion the snow and sleet of Thursday night and Friday morning have practically' doomed the fruit crop for this section, with the bare exoptlon of apples. Weather Dolls Grain. One of the effects of the snow and freez ing temperature throughout Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado was a sharp rise la j vrioea on tho grain markets. The Chicago market responded with a sharp advance at the opening of V, cent In wheat. U cent In corn and cent in oats. The winter : wheat crop has been seriously affected by the continued cold weather and recent frosts In the wheat belt, and the sudden advance at the opening of the market Fri day was ln response to the latest weather developments. Snowfall In ther Places. LINCOLN. Neb.. May $. Snow, which In some places fell to a depth of four Inches, covered the greater part of Ne braska this morning, breaking all known records for the month of May, not only in the precipitation of snow, but ln the tem perature, which registered f7 degrees early In the day. The snow was driven by a heavy wind ln the eastern part of th state and the storm had all tha mark of a blizzard, with drifts delaying trains. TOPEKA. Kan., May $. An Inch ot snow fell over this section of Kansas thla morning, with a temperature of 80 degree prevailing. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May $. A snow storm ef blizzard proportions Is raging here thla morning. It will greatly benefit the grow, lng wheat. KANSAS CITY, May S.-Ther was a light fall of snow hero and ln northwest Missouri thla morning, following a cold rain. WICHITA. Kan., May 3 -Rain that began falling here at midnight, turned to sleet this morning, when the temperature stood at 30 degrees. j DES MOINES, May $. flnow I falling; ln many sections of Iowa today. The mer i cury stands at 31 degree and Indications, as Issued by tho local weather bureau, are ' that the worst frost of the spring will i visit the state tonight. One Inch of snow has fallen ln Des Molne. MUSCATINE. Ia.. May J.-A snowstorm approaching bllzsard proportions Is raging here. The temperature Is falling and th : wind Is rising. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., May $. (Spe- ' rial Telegram.)-Flve Inches of snow fell 1 here during the night, but no wind accom- panled It, and It will be great benefit to , anil. The sun Is melting the snow fast and ; all will be gone tonlsht. j GRAND !3IAND. Neh.. May $. (Special i Telegram.) live Inches of snow fell this morning. The weather Is now clearing and snow Is melting rapidly. The temperature There has been an unlooked for change In the weather the last forty-lght hours. May came ln bright and warm and school children In the afternoon went to th ! creek and had a May day party. In th night the wind ban to blow cold and at 7 o'clock the snow began to fall and has continued until there have been over three Inches of snow fallen. LFIGH. Neb., May . ( Special. 1 Th ground was covered with a light blanket n.-r. .. . "'""u,l- ' nigma have been exceeding cold for the last few days. Ire s-ipeurlng every m ri, lug. SHELDON. Neh., May 3. -( Special ) Sleigh riding on May 3. Such was the nov- elty here this forenoon. There is eight i inches of snow on the level, which means a ' wet soil when tt has melted, flats, which has been sown for several weeks, are up fine and much apprehension Is felt as to I th probable damage the freezing woatba
