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RICH MEN'S COJiTESl
American Millions to Compete w.t'i
Earli'h in London.
1
J R.E" SHOW FULL) f OR AMBITION
Knmeroua Bivalriai Will Comi t Tor tt
Olvirp'a.
YANDERB'lTS AND ARMOURS LEAD
Each lu Hit Secondary Aim in fhcwinc
tha Priti-h,
SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR HCRSIS
lasarlooe Stabllits; Sot Alone F.nonih,
bat the Animals Arc to Ue
Given Every Possible
Atteatlon.
IONDON. May 18.-(8pecial.)-01ympla Is
'.lkely to become presently the ground of
millionaires, especially American million
aires. The prospect of an International
horse show, unique because It Is the first In
England, was more than their real for com
petition could withstand.
The three protagonists will be Mr. Van
defbl.t, Mr. Armour and Mr. Wlnans and
each has his secondary desire beyond the
defeat of his rival millionaire: to show
English people that their Ideas about 'horse
flesh are not as exhaustive as generally
supposed.
The sums of money represented In the
classes will be enormous. Mr. Wlnans
alone will represent In ninety-three clashes.
Hs has over 100 show horses, many of
which have won prises all over the con
tinent, and the value of one or two of his
hunters and Jumpers, not to mention the
Irlrlng teams now on kheir way from the
continent, will resell four figures. His col
lection outvalues that of either of the
mora strictly American exhibitors.
But both Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Armour
claim to have the finest park teams and
road teams In the world, and when one
has the best thing In the world the price
may be put at anything. One of the famous
frays, for example, was bought from a
cabman for $115. But the money value Is
nothing to the cost of housing and trnlnlng.
In America, though not In England, much
value Is set on sheer weight, and to train
horse so that he shall bo both heavy
ind fit requires a refinement of training
to which only an American can attain. The
horses go through special courses of medi
cine and special courses of food on a
strict system. Every horse again is trained
for one thing only, the trotters only trotted,
the Jumpers only Jumped. Mr. Wlnans,
for example, considers that one day's hunt
ing would ruin his Mountain Deer one of
the most docile horses Imaginable.
Lnsnrles of the Stables.
Nothing could well exceed the luxury of
the stabling. The Indoor riding school at
jrrentlen Park, would serve as a dancing
fm and doea serve as a shooting gallery
ejd gymnasium. Medallions are affixed
Sver the stalls, u well as valuable prints
along the walls.' A grand racing track and
'a steeplechase course are but part of the
paraphernalia.
It Is expected that tha show will get full
peotacular value out of ell f this expen
sive rivalry tn England. AH previous shows
have been technically horsey. This reaem.
blea, it v, frald, the American horse shows,
which are ea Id to be horsey and spectacu
lar. Prises are given for the beet turnout
and the fact that points will be scored by
the perfection' and polish of harness and
carriage and uniform has stirred the
wealthy Americans to such an expenditure
on details of equipment that one Is ex
pected to find only in theatric displays.
A very large proportion of the events will
be for Jumping, at which Belgian officers
will perhaps outjump the world. But It la
over the four-in-hands and etx-ln-hands
that the American exhibitors are chiefly
excited. Coaching Is said by those who
have already arrived for the British horse
show to have a fashionable rage In New
Tork since Mr. Vanderbilt took it up, and
tf he and Mr. Armour and Mr. Wlnans
would only handle the ribbons themselves
It Is declared that it would add Immensely
to the effect
There will undoubtedly be a targe at
tendance at Olympla on June 7. when the
eoetermonger and cabman will also com
pete for prises, one of which Is given by
Mr. Vanderbilt himself.
ALHAMBRA JS IN RUINS
Celebrated Snow Palace of Granada
elected by Spanish
Government.
MADRID, May ll (Special. Wrreat agi
tation reigns In Granada because of the
parsimony of the government, which will
not. vote funds for the proper repair of
the celebrated Alhamhra, which Is threat
ened with collapse. The local newspapers
are publishing strongly worded article
praying that this great monument one of
the glories of Spain which attracts thou
sands of visitors to Grenada every year
mty be saved from ruin.
The building of the Alhamhra at Granada,
ope of the most splendid and Imposing
pieces of Moorish architecture In Spain,
was begun In the thirteenth century by
Mohammed I and continued by successive
mooarcha, the finest parts of the structure.
Including the Court of the Myrtles and the
Court of the Lions, being due to the
flfta Mohammed. Its decorations were re
stored by Ferdinand and Isabella, but Its
period of neglect and decay dates from
Philip V. who. In 1718, converted to his
OWa use the revenues assigned for the
preservation of the building. A good deal
of deraaze was done to this noble structure
by the French In 1812, but subsequent
efforts at restoration have been .made.
MOTORISTS GAIN PRIVILEGE
France Will Permit nejeete of Na.
tlone Aotl.g Likewise to
Enter Doty rree.
PARIS. May 18 (Special.) A note has
been sent by the minister of flnanoe to the
president of the Touring club to Inform
a!ra that hereafter no duty will be exacted
from automoblllsts enuring French terri
tory for any essence of petrol contained
bona-fldd tn their reservoirs. This privilege
txlends, o( course, only tn trie suhjecta of
o;itr nations who accord a similar favor
tT French citizens, such ss England. Bel
gium. Switzerland and Germany. Tempo
rary permission to this effect hud already
been given during the last year and the
ii'inlnUT of finance has now made It a
erinanent rule.
Charles T. Yerkee' "Will Probated.
liONDON, May IT. The probate of the
will of the late Charles T. Terkes wa
granted today. The estate In the United
KlngloM was sworn at I3.S04
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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FORECAST FOR IOWA Paitly cloudy
Sunday, possibly showers In southwest por
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BOKZSTXO.
Mayor Schmltz aigns agreement prac
tically turning his authority over to a
eltlsens' committee of seven. He is to
remove any official or take any other ao
tlon that the committee may demand.
X. Page 1
County prosecutor at Boise reports to
Judge Wood that papers printing Inter
view with Harry Orchard and the of
ficials who permitted reporters to see tl;o
prisoner had no intention of influencing
Jurors. The court stated that the report
called for no action and ordered It filed.
X. Page 1
Announcement la made of the program
of the Christian Endeavor convention
which Is to be held at Seattle. Wanh,
July 10 to IS. X, Page 8
Senator Foraker makes a strenuous de
nial of any pretense of controlling the
party machinery in Ohio. X. Page 8
General assembly of Presbyterian
church is divided over report of temper
ance committee favoring organisation of
new church temperance, federation. Many
members wish to continue to support the
Anti-Saloon league. Final action will
probably be taken Wotlnesday. X, Page 9
No taxpayers appear to advise the state
board on the matter of assessment of rail
way properties. Board will not complete
Its work until latter part of the week.
, X, Page 3
Twenty per cent deterioration from
drouth and no damage from green bugs
is the report of a party of grain experts
who examined wheat fields of southern
Adams county In automobiles. X, Page 3
Timely showers in many parts of Ne
braska greatly benefit wheat and oats.
X, Page S
- BUltngsley and Green, attorneys, and
Clerk of Courts Phillips of Lincoln In
dicted, former for blackmail and the lat
ter for retaining fees. X, Page X
Bruce Bundy testifies at Tekamah In his
own defense, telling of the events leading
up to the shooting of Austin and the
case goes to the Jury In the evening..
X, Page 3
, " POKZXGaT.
American, and British millions to com
pete at the London horse show. X, Page X
Ambassador Grlscotn at IB has the rec
ord as the youngest diplomat who baa
ever occuplod so Important a position.
X. Xage 1
X.O0AX
Mrs. Marie Willman of Lincoln tries to.
raise funds to return to Russia with her
two children to rejoin husband who went
back with two other children deported be
cause of eye disease. X, Page 4
Announcement Is made that Gerrlt Fort,
assistant general passenger agent of th
Union Paclflo, leaves that road June 1 to
Join In New Tork Central at New York.
X, Page 4
Colonel W. C. Taylor says good work
Is being done In the Philippine, but that
time la the only' solution of the problem.
XX, Page 8
Omaha takes sixth place In the grain
markets of the world for the three months
ending March 11, according to report of
Department of Commerce and Labor.
XX, Page 7
spobtxho erenow.
Harvard wins traik meet from Yale by
score of 66 to 48H. Xage S
Results of the ball games:
8 Omaha vs. Denver 0.
5 Sioux City vs. Lincoln t.
4 Des Moines vs. Pueblo I.
1-1 Pittsburg vs. Brooklyn 8-0.
New York vs. St. Louis 2.
8 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati I.
8 Chicago vs. Boston 1.
7 Kunsas City vs. Milwaukee t.
t Minneapolis vs. St. Paul 3.
4 Columbus vs. Indianapolis 1.
8 Toledo vs. Louisville 8.
3 Chicago vs. Boston 2.
4 New York vs. St. Louis S.
I Cleveland vs. Washington 4.
16 iJetroit vs. Philadelphia 8.
1 Crelghton vs. Hamllne 2.
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COnTXXBCXAXV AJTO XYDUBTB1AX.
Conditions of Omaha's trade. VI, Page 6
Stocks ahd bonds. TX, Page 6
Grain markets. VI, Page 7
Live stock markets. VI, Page 7
XOMS BZOTXOX.
In the Home Section, of this number
will be found Buster Brown, The Busy
Bees' Own Page; Transportation in the
Sierras', A Forgotten Friend of America
In Days of the Revolution; Pope's Present
to the Royal Spanish Baby; Hints for the
Young Housewife; Something About Skirt
Trimming; Woman In Many Aspects.
Six Pages.
HAOiirn BECTioar.
In the Magazine Section of this number
will be found a brief biography of Jacob
Weber, a pioneer baker and miller of Ne
braska; Schenectady Man Who Looks Like
Bryan; Tlge and Towser Talk of the New
Mussle Law; Scenes at a Police Court
Auction; Chat About Plays and Players;
Musical Note and Comment; New York's
New Water System. Six Pages,
WERE NOT INA CONSPIRACY
Defendants In Mary Baker Eddy Salt
Deny Tbey Asked Her to
Tranefe Property.
CONCORD. N H . May IS. -Counsel for
the original"- ten defendants In tee suit tn
equity brought by "next friends" to secure
an accounting of the property of Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy, todny made answsr In the su
perior court to the supplemental bill filed
by the complainant They deny that they
Induoed Mrs. Eddy to tractor her property
under a trust deed to Henry M. Baker,
Archibald McLellan and Joslah E. Fernald,
and they deny that the three trustees are
the agents or attorneys of the defendants.
They severally deny that there Is any
combination to surround and secure Mrs.
Eddy or to take charge, possession and con
trol of her property, and they deny that
there Is any reason to believe that any
money or property of Mrs. Eddy baa been
nitsa.tfcswonrtstfcs1
GRISCOM HAS RECORD
Appointment tt Ace tf Thirty-Five Causes
Diploma's to Comment
NO OTHER CASE TO EQUAL THIS
Other Ambaaiadors Have ieht of Tean
to Aid Them.
FOREIGNERS VALU? LONG FXPE"a .
Diplemgtio World Intere' .x -triage
tf Otnntes -a"-.
ALLIANCES OF Ti.i KIND DESIRED
! Fifty-Math Birthday of Mad King
Otto of Davarla Rrlnjcs to Light
Many Anecdotes of Ilia
Pecnllar Life.
BERLIN. May 18 (Special.) The appoint
ment of Lloyd Griseom to the post of
American ambassador to the Italian court
has caused not a little astonishment in
diplomatic circles throughout Europe. ' The
reason for this Is the extreme youth of the
new excellency Mr. Griseom la Just 3C
years of age and In all probability he Is
the youngest ambassador for whom letters
of credence have ever been made out
that Is to say, a resident ambassador.
Envoys have frequently been sent on spe
cial missions with ambassadorial rank, but
these were generally of a tenipoiary nature,
such as being bearer of some high decora
tion or bearer of a proposal for a royal
marriage. But In the matter of a per
manent ambassador, the etise Is probably
unique.
Not even In the German diplomatic serv
ice, which, since the kaiser came to the
throne, has teon rejuvenated from top to
bottom, can be found examples even of a
minister plenipotentiary of that youthful
age. At the same time in contrast to the
diplomatic service of other countries a
single German ambassador cannot be found
who has reached the age of 70 years. The
nestor of the Oermans is Herr von Rado
wlts, the ambassador to the Spanish court,
who is 68 years of age. But Herr von
Radowlts Is one of the youngest men for
his years known to the European courts.
When he wss the accredited representative
at Constantinople he was physically and
nentally the youngest man accredited to
the sultan's court.
Failed at Morocco Crisis.
Next to him comes Prince Radolln, the
ambassador In Parts. He is, however, a
great contrast to his colleague In Madrid,
as he shows very plainly the weight of his
years. It Is quite generally believed that
during the Morocco crisis he did not rise
to the lmportsnoe of the occasion; he was
cither too negligent or too forceful. Count
Wed el, the German ambassador In Vienna,
and Baron Marsohall von Blebersteln, the
ambassador accredited to tne sultan, are
both 68 years of age. Baron Wedel comes
of a family which has held high office in
the state for generatlpss. One of his
brothers was minister of the royal house
hold, and aa such was minister of the horse.
To be minister of the royal household, by
the way, la no sinecure under William the
Second. On him fall all the arrangements
for the Imperial Journeys and the or
ganizing of the program of court ' fes
tivities. It Is true that the details of the
latter functions are worked out by the
marshal of the court, but the queetlon of
what they are to coat Is the most difficult
part of the minister's duties. The kaiser
is an excellent hand at spending money
and It takes all of the minister of the
household's tact and firmness to keep
things In order. Count Wedel Is therefore
a power In the state and his appointment
to the Vienna embassy was a proof of the
fact.
Baron Marschali von Bloborsteln Is per
haps the most experienced diplomatist In
the German servloe. He was for many
years secretary of state tor foreign affairs.
He finally became the victim of the In
trigues of Herr von Hollsteln and Baron
von Klderlem-Wachter, his subordinates In
the Wljbelmstrasse, who employed a com
missary of the secret political police named
Tausch to make such reports concerning
him to the other ministers aa to make them
think that Herr von Marschali was In
triguing against them. In this he was
aided by a second-hand Journalist named
Boron von Lutzow and the myBtcrlous
Norman Schumann, an International polico
spy, who has now taken refuge In Switzer
land. Baron Marschali cut the web of
Intrigue by having Lutzow arrested and at
the trial the whole conspiracy was shown
up. Baron Marschali, however, was as
a result on such terms that his position
in Berlin was no longer tenable and the
kaiser sent him to Constantinople, an am
bassadorial post which requires more tact
and skill than any other In Europe.
Popnlar Herman IMplomat.
Then comes Herr von Schoen, the Ger
man ambassador to St. Petersburg, who
counts fifty-six summers. He was for
many years the prime minister's right
band man in the Paris embassy. He was
certainly more popular In the French capi
tal than any German diplomatist has been
since the war of 1870. To this his wife,
"la bello Madame de Schoen," not a little
contributed. She was probably the hand
somest woman In the Paris dlplomatlo
corps and a woman of Infinite tact. Next
comes Count Monts, (he ambassador In
Rome, who is 66 years of age; Baron Speck
von Sternberg, who Is the ambassador at
Washington and who Is a year younger,
and Count Metternlch, who Is accredited
to the court of St. James and who counts
63 years. The youngest of the German am
bassadors is Baron Mumm von Schwartz
stein, who counts 48 years. It Is true that
his embassy Is also the youngest, having
been created only two years ago. The min
isters plenipotentiary are not any younger
than the ambassadors. Admiral von EUen
decher, Prussian minister at Baden, heads
the list with ) years. Next comes the
minister to the Vatican, Herr von Roton
han, who is 81 He is followed by Count
Tatternbach, minister to Lisbon, who is
(1 years, but who, as he showed at Tan
gle rs and Algtcleras, can display the en
ergy of a man of SO.
An interesting event In the diplomatic
world has been the recent marriage of
Counters Muravloff, dnughter of the Rus
sian ambassador to the Qulrinal, to Mr.
Cheetham. first secretary of the British
embassy. Mile. De Muravloff was one of
the moat handsome and one of the most
popular members of Rome society. It Is
seldom that members of the British diplo
matic service marry foreigners though such
unions no longer Inspire the anxieties that
they formerly did in the Foreign offices of
the country In the days when wars were
more frequent. In the old days a diplo
matist who married a foreigner had to
lOosksinued cm aWroiul Paaal
i
TOBACCO TRADES' MEETING
Movement on Foot In London to Solve
Problems of Trade that (''
Dlfllealty.
LONDON, May Id. Special.) At a repre
sentative meeting of members of the lu
bacio trade held in London in January la&t
under the presidency of Thomas Uananer,
a resolution favoring Henry Jerro.d Na
than s Idea of a tobacco trades' council and
desiring him to proceed with Its formation
was unanimous! curried. In furtherance
of Mr. Natnun's proposals a well attended
meeting of all sections of the tobacco trade
has Just been held at the Great Eastern
hotel, BUhopgatee street. The general pur
pose of the meeting was to call uttentlon
to the objects of the newly formed
Tobacco Trades' Council, which hae
Just been Incorporated as a limited com
pany. In a circular dealing with the ques
tion of the formation of a tobacco trades
council Mr. Nathan states It is common
knowledge that the Ogdcn Bonus associa
tion, consisting of a comparatively insig
nificant number of Individual tobacconists
throughout the kingdom, by combination
and under the leadership of a small com
mittee wrested from a gigantic and de
termined opponent rights which had been
absolutely withheld. That force should be
again employed, with the assistance of all
sections of the tobacco trade, to advance
their Interests by removing as far as pos
sible all causes of friction between them
by doing away with all unfair and foolish
competition and by providing facilities
which would materially reduce the expenses
of their business.
Those In charge of the movement have
spent a vast deal of time studying out In
detail the manner In which the Indepen
dents have been waging wnr agalmt the
Tobacco truFt In the I'nltod States of Amer
ica Among the various objects of the new
council are the establishment of a benevo
lent fund upon lines far larger than any
thing at present existing; the carrying on
of all the work of a trade protection so
ciety; ths establishment of arbitration
tribunals to deal with the disputes between
members, nnd thus dispense with lltlgs
tlon; providing members with legal advice
and assistance In nonlltlKOUs matters to a
certain extent free of cost, and otherwise
on terms they would not be able individu
ally to obtain; and the supplying to each
member a trade paper with a limited num
ber of advertisements therein gratis. 4.
Unanimous eu rt waa given to these
objects and mt.; new members are being
constant!)' addxJ.
FAVORS FREEDOM OF ACTION
Sir Oliver Lodge Doea Hot Believe
Radio-Telegraph should Be
Curbed In Infancy.
LONDON, May 18. (Special.) 81r Oliver
Lodge, the eminent scientist has Just been
examined before the select committee of
the House of Commons as to whether tn
the national Interest this country should
adhere to the Radlo-telegraphlb convention
signed at Berlin last autumn. Sir Oliver
said that the conclusions of that conven
tion seemed to him very sensible and he
did not detect that In them could be found
traces ot that foreign dominance, which
r.-y crltf?- had discovered. .
In answer to a question by the Hon. Mr.
Lambert as to whether this particular In
vention was In Its Infancy, Sir Oliver -said
that most scientific inventions' are In their
Infancy. "I think," he continued. "It must
develop a great deal. I have not yet re
garded this invention as one which will
supersede cables for many years at least.
I think It will supplement cables Just- aa
the telephone suplementa the telegraph, but
without superseding It. This method of
communication will no doubt In the future
be extended, and become more easy, exact
and dependable."
The witness said it would not be wise
for the government to tie Itself to any
particular system; It would be much better
to have a sort of free trade, and leave all
system to develop as they could. It would
be quite possible for a power outside the
convention to send a warship In the Eng
lish channel, and produce a disturbance
which would be extremely Inconvenient for
everybody. The convention Itself would
diminish the likelihood of a wireless war.
GERMANY FOSTERING SPORT
Rollna; Class Has Conse to Take Deep
Interest In All Athletic
Matters.
BERLIN, May 18. (Special.) One of the
most characteristic signs of modern Ger
many la the energy with which her ruling
classes are endeavoring to foster a taste
for sport. One of the many ways In which
these efforts have taken shape Is a so
called International sport exhibition Just
opened in Berlin by the crown prince, who
also gave expression to his enthusiasm
for the objects of the display st a banquet
Just held. Grand Duke Adolf Frledrtch
of Mecklenburg, who was the chief pro
moter of the show, also spoke and de
scribed pretty accurately the position of
things in the following language:
"The time Is not far distant when the
word anort sounded unpleasantly to us. and
In the last few years even there was a
widespread view that anyone who occupied
himself with sport was to be regarded, I
might also say, as a proscribed man. That
love for art and science and love for sport
could go hand in hand, the German would
not admit. He forgot that in history pre
cisely the greatest among the emperors of
Roman antiquity and precisely the greatest
intellectual heroes of modern times, have
with growing passion taken an active part
In sport. If other nations have surpassed
us In this respect, wo have now, at any
rale, outlived our native opinions. Grad
ually, but with convincing force, we have
learned that sport Is not merely sn out
come ot superfluous strength and time, but
a factor of high national Importance."
GERMANY IS HARD PRESSED
Kate Seems Aajalnst Its Effort In
Colonising Boothwest Afrl
ran Land.
CAPETOWN. May U.-f Special.) Fate
seems to be against Germany's efforts to
make anything out of Its colony In South
west Africa. Locusts are at present prov
ing hardly less destructive than the three
years' rising of natives. The latest num
ber to hand of the German paper pub
lished In the protectorate relates how a
settler attempted to defend his little plot
of land against all ruthlebs Invaders. He
dug around it a ditch one yard broad and
of equal depth, at the bottom of which he
lit a Are. But the Insects swarmed Into
the ditch till the flames hsd been ex- 1
tlngulshed by their accumulated corpses,
when those who came after them overran
the garden and devoured everything In It.
It la said that nothing like the present
scourge has been known since veri.
SCUMITZ ONLY DUMMY
Hajor of fan Franciece A?Te to Take
Adfioe of Business Mi,
REAL POWER RESTS WITH COMMITTEE
Ixecatiie Will Take Any Action Commit
aion Ma? BeqneiU
STATEMENT BY ONE COMMITTEEMAN
S prt that the karar Eaa Keiiened is
Erroneous.
DEPARTMENTS TO BE INVESTIGATED
Exeeatlve glens Written Agreement
to Remove Any Official at the
Demand of the tltlsena'
Commission.
SAN FRANC1SMO. May 18. Notwith
standing the many contradictory stories
told about the scope and power of the com
mission of seven, it is now generally con
ceded that the administration of municipal
affairs in this city Is to some extent at
least In its hands. In a written agreement
Mayor Schrnitt has bound himself. It is
said, to carry out any request which this
committee, made up of representatives of
the leading commercial organisations of
the cltj-. may make of him. The committee
already has begun an Investigation Into the
conduct of the police department and will
grndually extend Its scope of its actions to
the works board, street department and
other branches of the municipal govern
ment. Its purpose Is to make a thorough inquiry
into the conditions that exist In various
branches of the city government and to
make such changes in personnel and meth
ods as shall be Judged necessary.
"We hold Mayor Schlmtz's written prom
ise to carry out the wishes and Instructions
of the committee In administering the af
fairs of the city." said F. W. Van Slcklen,
a member of the committee of seven, yes
terday. "The committee's agreement with
Mayor Schmltz Is short, barely embracing
ten lines of writing, but tt contains his
sweeping promise to act absolutely and
completely as the committee may direct.
Mayor Schmltz has not resigned. All re
ports to the contrary are erroneous. The
early writing between him and the com
mittee Is this ten-line agreement. If we de
mand the removal of the chief of police, of
any commission or any official connected
with the city government, he must remove
those whom we designate or go back on his
written promise. The only hold we have
on him Is his promise. If he disregards
that we can do nothing, but I believe he
will dp anything the committee asks. I be
lieve that he Is not only wiling, but anx
ious, to do what we want."
Roef on Vera-e of Collapse,
Abraham Ruef was on the verge of a
collapse when be was excused from the
wltueas stand in the Jury room yesterday
and he passed a restless night,' and this
morning acoompanled Elisor Blggy on a
walk through the Preeidio reservation. He
msltsts upon, taking, this dally walk and
Elslor Biggy readily consents, for he real
izes that It Is necessary for the preserva
tion of Ruef's health. All his life Ruef has
spent a great part of time out of doors, and
close confinement has made severe Inroads
upon his health. Since he made his con
fession he has slept better and unquestion
ably feels stronger than before the weight
was lifted from hts mind.
When spoken to this morning on the sub
ject of the statement by Mayor Schmltz
that Ruef had lied In stating that he had
paid bribes to the mayor, Ruef declined to
make any comment beyond saying that his
statement was made under oath and ould
be depended upon.
CLUB MAN SHOOTS DRIVER
Gaston C. Philips of New York Dan
geronsly Woonds Man with
Whom He Had Spent Night.
WASHINGTON, May 18. Canton C.
Philip of . New York and Washington, a
prominent club man, early iodny shot and
dangerously wounded Frank B. Moekabee,
a night carriage driver, with whom he had
been spending the night. Philip and Moek
abee came to the Arlington hotel In Phil
ip's automobile. The chauffeur says the
two were quarreling enroute over a com
mission Moekabee claimed, presumably for
his services as a guide.
Philip, who apparently had been drinking,
entered the hotel and sorrte time later
Moekabee also entered and started for
Philip's room, which was on the fifth floor,
nnd there an altercation occurred In the
corridor. A hall boy summoned a clerk,
who found Moekabee on the floor, with
Philip leaning over him, revolver In hand.
Moekabee waa heard to say, "Oh, you have
shot me." .
The clerk opened Mockabee's coat and
found that a bullet had penetrated his left
breast below the heart. He then took
from Philip the revolver, which the lutter
was handling carelessly. Philip waa ar
rested. Philip has been living In Washington,
except for seasons in New York, for a
great many years and he has prominent
connections here.
Moekabee died tonight.
HAS NO NEED OF COMMISSION
Administration Derides No Practical
Pnrpoae Wonld Be Served by
One In France.
WASHINGTON, May 17. It has been de.
elded by the administration that no prac
tical purpose would be served by the a p.
polntment of a commission of American
tariff experts to vlBlt France, such as was
sent to Germany.
In the esse of France a complete reel
proclty treaty has already been drafted,
but failed of approval by the senate. The
purpose of the tariff commission sent to
Germany was to do precisely what al
ready hod been done for France, namely,
arrange a basis for a treaty.
EDWIN H. CONGER IS DEAD
Former Minister to t'ltlaa Dies Satur
day Afternoon at lite Home
In Pasadenn.
PASADENA Cal.. May 18 E. H. Cnger.
firmer minister to China, died this after
noon shortly after 130 o'clock, at his h me
here.
No hope for his recovery had been held
out by the attending physicians for tt e
last twenty-four hours. Dally for a weeK
past Mr. Cor.ger hsd grown weaker, ana
It was known this morning that he had
but a few hours to live. The family was
at the bedside when the end came. Chronic
dvsantery was the dliect cause of death.
INDICTMENTS JN HIGH PLACES
Members of Prominent Ijiw Finn aad
flrrk of the t'onrt Called
to the Itar.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. May 18.-(8reeial Telegrams
Indictments were returned tonight by the
rrand Jury against L. W. Bllllngsley and
R. W. Greene, lawyers, and their ritent,
Ida Younger, rhnrgtng bhukmall, and
Stralnst W. T. Phillip, district court clerk,
charging enibezalrment Phillips Is alleged
to have retained for his own use Jl.DoOl
collected ns fees, in excess of his salary.
Pllllngsiey and Greene compose an old,!
istaMlnhed firm here snd It Is charged
that on- May 14, 1907, acting for their client,
Ida Younger, they collected Sirt' from
Uroilerson A Frohm, saloon keepers, whose
application for a license they protested.
In consideration of the money the, law
firm dropped the protest proceedings, so
the Indictment alleges. It Is alleged they
also attempted to hold up O. M. yutck and
F. J. Richards for IKiO each by agreeing
not to protest their applications for liquor
licenses. All of the parties were arrested
and Pllllngsiey & Greene were released on
8500 bond each, signed . by J. D. Parker,
saloon keeper, and Phillips was released
under 81.600 bond.
Phillips asserts the first term he held
office the fees were not sufficient to pay
his salnry, but that the i.-xt term the
foes were In excess of his salary, and he
therefore took to himself enough to make
good what he failed to get during the
first teim.
Inasmuch as Billlngsley A Greene com
pose one of the oldest law firms In tho
city the Indictment against them has cre
ated considerable talk. It Is claimed also
the indictment of Phillips will cut some
Ice In the coming campaign, as his deputy,
County Chairman Baer, Is a candidate for
district clerk.
BROKERS MCVE TO KANSAS
Kind as Results In Closing- National
Board of Trade at Kansas
City.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 18.-The Na
tional Board, of Trade, an indeDendent or
ganization, ceased business here because
so many of its members have moved to
Kansas City, Kan., to avoid the law re
cently enacted by the Missouri legislature
imposing a tax on all trades In futures
and because of other antilbucket shop
legislation.
The board was organized two years ago
and had a membership of 500, a large per
centage of whom were out-of-town deal
ers. W. T. llarrln of Salmon, Kan., the
president, said today that a meetnlg would
be held next week to clore tip the affairs
of the concern. "Its affairs are In good
shape," he said.
C. S. Lee, former secretary of the com
pany, said that the board had suspended
because many of its members had Joined
the Board of Trade recently organised In
Kansas City, Kan. "They Joined as In
dividuals, however," said Mr. Lee. "There
was no united movement."
The National Board of Trade was organ
ized to fight the Kanras City Bonrd of
Trade, which latter is allied with the Chi
cago Board of Trade. It lid branch offices
In a dosen cities.
JOHN BRYAN IS MARRIED
Factory Girl Becomes Bride of
Eccentric Millionaire Mann
fnrlnrer of Ohio.
ST. LOUIS, May IS. Accompanied by his
fiancee, Miss Fredeilka Murphy, aged 30
years, who was formerly a Cincinnati fac
tory girl, John Bryan, aged 50 years. Capi
talist, manufacturer and poet from Ohio,
arrived today with the avowed Intention
of getting married. Mr. Bryan asserted
he had come to Missouri to have the cere
mony performed because in no other state
could he find matrimony laws that suited
him.
Bryan and Miss Murphy were married
at Clayton, In the office of Justice Warre
meyer, behind locked doors to keep out tho
crowd.
It had been Bryan's desire to be married
on the court house lawn. He objected to
standing and chairs were provided. After
I all had been seated and tne Justice was
I ready to begin the ceremony. Miss Murphy
declared she would not be married In pub
lic. The party then retired to the Justice's
office. The doors were locked and the
ceremony performed.
Bryan and his bride leave St. Louis to
night for his rural home In Greene count,
Ohio.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Ria-hth Cavalry to Be Divided Be
tween Forte Robinson, Yellow
atone and D. A. Rnsaell.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. May 18.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The general orders of December 31
lust have been amended' to direct the head
quarters band and the First and Third
squadrons of the Eighth ..cavalry to take
I station at Fort Robinson; the squadron
headquarters and two troops of the second
squad: on to be selected by the regimental
commander at Fort Yellowstone, and two
troops st Fort D. A. Russell.
Andrew J. Cook has been appointed reg
ular and Edgar L. Hedges substitute car
rier, rural free delivery route 1, at Valpa
raiso, Neb.
A postofllce has been established at Lam
son, Fall River county, South Dakota, with
Charles L Lamson, postmaster.
The postofflce at Esteiiy, Codington
county. South Dakota, will be discontinued
I June IS.
CUPID DOES RAPID WORK
Omaba Girl Is Wedded at Third Meei
Iuk, with Short Time for Pre
liminary Preparation!
MINNEAPOLIS. May 18. (Special Tele
gram.) Dan Cupid performed a quick
stufit today when A. I. Biggs, a contractor
for the Milwaukee road, and Miss Ida
Monton, an Omaha saleswoman, were
united In the holy bonds of wedlock.
They first met on the far western plains,
but not to speak. Again they met In an
Omaha hotel dining room. This time It
i ua mo iiiui.ii es. iii a uijjiomauc
way he guinea tne aqualntance of Miss
Minion. They soon had to part, howevir.
and wedlock was not even hinted at. But
it did come in Minneapolis todsy. niggt
was looking over the Hyser notel r-glster
and, alas, he spied Miss Mlnton's name.
"Too much, too much," he cried. They
met, talked end Just thirty minutes later
vers in a magistrate's ofllce asking for a
1 cense. Now they are Mr. and Mrs. Ulgga
SO IMPROPER MOTIVE
Eoiae rroiecutcr lip rU on Fnblioatioa ol
Interview w.lh (rthard.
OFFICIALS AND REPORTERS fXOERATEt
Note of Them Bad An; Intention U
lcflnance Jnrert,
JUDGE WOOD ORDERS REPORT FILED
r f ays that it Calls for No Action bj tht
Coart.
ELEVEN CHALLENGES UT UNUSED
Little Probability that the Jory
Will lir Completed' Before
the Middle of the
Week.
BOISE. Idaho. May lS.-Proseeutlng At.
torney Koelsch has completed his Investi
gation of tho circumstances under which
Harry Orchard, principal witness for the
state in the Pteuneub. rg murder case, was
Interviewed, and today presented the dis
trict court with a ieKrt exonerating from
the charge of Improper motives all persons
connected with the Incident. Ho found
Hint the only motive that the newspaper
men had In Interviewing Orchard was to
obtain news of him. In announcing the
report Judge Wood said that It called fot
no action and directed that it be filed.
The report Is in part as follows:
"I, of course. Investigated tho matter
with the view solely of determining whether
there hsd been any Infraction of our penal
laws or contempt of the court I take
it for granted that with the question of
tho propriety or taate of the publication
under consideration. I have nothing to do,
at least not In on ofllrlat way. In order
to come within the purview of our statute
defining and punishing Improper attempts
to Influence a Juror or person summoned
as a Juror, such attempt must be made
Intentionally and corruptly, and If so done
It Is a felony. A publication during the
course of a trial which reflects upon the
court or hkkhIIb the litigants or seeks to
intimidate witnesses or spreads before the
Jury an opinion upon the merits of tha
controversy or threatens with public odium
or attempts to dictate their decision or in'
any Inipioper way endeavors to Influence
their determination is a contempt of court.
Pnrely .Mailer f rm
"I am able to report that my investi
gation of the matter entirely disproves
that any improper motive actuated any
one connected with the publication under
consideration. It was published purely as
a matter of news, which correspondents
had been eager to get for a long time, but
had been denied the opportunity of get
ting. When this opportunity was finally
given to them they seized it with avidity
and with no thought other than that tt
would be a front puge scare-head matter.
This was natural. Orchard, the chief actor
In the tragedy tlmt as perpetrated In
the murder- of ex-Governor Siounenborg,
had been denied to all newspaper men
for svmths. No one had heard anything
authoritative about him. He became mys
terious. Speculation concerning him was
Indulged In. Stories of his physical and
mental breakdown circulated and found
their way Into the press. Any wonder that
newspaper correspondents should wish to
see and Interview hlin? Any wonder that
newspapers should overlook the Impro
priety of puhllshlng such Interviews at
this time? The Associated Press men and.
others became so Insistent to see him that
their request was finally granted. I am
able to state and do state, this privilege
was granted them solely because of their
repeated request the slow yielding to their
persistency.
"It never even entered the minds of
those who granted this privilege that there
could be anything lmproiwr In their action
and no Improper motive actuated them.
Improper Motives Disproved.
"I want to emphasize that my investiga
tion absolutely disproves any Improper
motives on the part of anyone who per
mitted these interviews. That the other
statements contained in tho publications
under consideration were not made In thin
particular time without any improper In
tent is also further evidenced bv the fact
that various similar statements have re
peatedly for a long time prior thereto
appeared In the public press.
"During the Investigation my attention
was directed to the fact that for a long
time a certain pnper had devoted Itself
almost exclusively to "publishing matter
tending to discredit persons likely to be
called ar witnesses in the pending case,
and when I answered that two wrongs
could never make one right that because
others had not been punished for con
tempt was not a "defense, I was assured
by both the Statesman and by the Capital
News and by each correspondent of the
outside papers circulating In Ada county
whom I was able to Interview, that they
would gladly obey and abide by such ruin
as your honor might lay down forbidding
any publication that would in the slUhtet
degree terd to obstruct the proceedings
of this court or anything In the nature of
an onlnlon as to the merits of the ces
on trial.
"I therefore recommend that your hnnot
make and promulgate an order along theat
lines as stringent es the law will permit,
and I promise to make every effort within
my power and authority to effect a rigid
enforcement of the same and to bring be
fore the proper court every Infraction of
the same, regardless of whom the offendet
shell be."
Progress toward the completion of a Jury
to try William D. Haywood Is being mad
hy expending the peremptory challenges ai-
i lotted by law to state and defense, If hy
no other means. Tp to adjournment this
afternoon the state had consumed five of
its ten challenges and the defense four,
so that there remain unexpended eleven
ejisllerges. The special venire of 100 tales
men that reported In court last Monday
was at the close of today's session reduced
I to a file of twenty-six men. and It Is pre
i dieted Hist another special venire must
! be called nl.ntit Tuesday In order to rom-
plete the Jury. T "day's proceedings showed
' a sha.-pcrilng of the contest between ep
i posing counsel. There was an absence of
yielding and differences were fought out
ard left to the court for decision. The
; ever-rhanglrg Jury Is now largely com
posed of men beyond the middle line of
I life, but the unexpended challenges mas'
' change It In any direction.
District of Columbia (,
WASHINGTON. Mav 1S.-A police centra
Just completed gives the population of the
District of Columbia aa 323.5,'u. of which
M.188 are negroef