he Omaha Daily
Bee
VOL. .XXXVI-' 288.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1907.
SINGLE COrY THREE CENTS.
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Two Tempsranca f ooietiei 'lain
Beces-idon by the rreebjte. .
'Vnti-saloon league wants the "ld
Friends Iniist There it No Cooaeion a
At other foeletj.
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INTER-CHURCH FEDERATION ORGANIZED
j bote Baca of Uotemint Iniist There U
Werk fn Both.
MODERATOR OF THE ASSEMBLY WITH THEM
Committee Report I Not Duo Until
Friday bat Question May Be
Brought Vp Sooner la
Another War.
COU'MBUB, O., May 19 Mat.y Import
ant question! are to come before the rree
byterlan general assembly during the pres
ent week, but none has aroused more In
terest among the commissioners thun thnt
of the work of the permanent temperance
committee. The organization of the Na
tional Interchurch Temnerance federation
at Pittsburg last January through the ef
forts of this committee ha aroused tho
opposition of the Ar.il-Bnioon league, which
regards the new organization as Infringing
upon Ita field of work. The league claims
that It la In effect, an Inter-church federa
tion, alnce It derives Ita rhW support from
the various churches, and ihnt therefore
the new organisation Is unnecessary.
Several overtures have been suhmlttod to
the general assembly asking that the new
temperance movement be abandoned and
that undivided suppoit be given to the
Anti-Saloon league. The question Is to be
brought before the assembly on these over,
tures rather thnn on the report of the
temperance committee If plans of certain
church leaders do not fall. The report of
the temperance committee la on the regular
program for consideration next Friday. By
that time. It Is feared, many of the com
missioners will he leaving for their homes,
and aa It Is desired to have a full expres
sion of the assembly on the subject an
effort la being made to have the committee
on overtures submit the question on Tues
day or Wednesday. .
Position of Committee.
The position taken by the permanent
temperance committee, of which Rev. Dr.
John F. Hl'.l of Pittsburg Is the secretary
and active ofTlcer, la that there Is a field
for both the church temperance federation
and the Anti-Saloon league. The commit
tee holds that It la not the province of the
church to undertake to enforce laws which
It la the duty of civil authorities to enforce.
On the other hand. It doea not question
ino useruinns and necessity for temperance
-fnciea which are In . no way officially
lnneced with the church, and It riwhm
tliat'.Jt' ! hot "i? t a pu.-pos to "antagonize
mem. kv. vr. Roberta, the moderator
of tJio Presbyterian assembly, has taken
m nronf stara in ravor or co-operation and
narrnowy between the temperance commit
tee and the Anti-Saloon league, holdlnghit
both hare fields of usefulness. Illr opinion
Is exptited to have great weight Ir. the
deliberations of the assembly when the
controversy la brought up for adjustment.
There Is' every prospect of a lively debate
In the assembly. i ,
Other Important matters to come before
the assembly during the week will be the
reports of the -ommltteea on marriage and
divorce and on administrative agencies.
The former committee Is expected to recom
mend more radical reform In the matter
of marriage and divorce and the holding
of ministers to a more etrlct accountability
under the standards of the church.
It Is understood that the committee on
administrative agencies will urge important
administrative changes, such as a creation
of an executive committee, with (he moder
ator aa the official head, which ahall be the
representative) body of the church during
tne interim between the sessions of the
general assembly.
Visiting ministers attending the general
ssembly occuDied the nninii.
oday ,OCal Pr0t'8,,nt churchea
Bnnday school Greetings.
The world s Sunday school day waa ob
served this afternoon by a meeting at the
Broad Street Congregational church. At
this meeting the following cablegram,
received by Rev. Dr. Roberts, the moder
ator, conveying the greetings of tho
world'a Sunday achool convention in Bo
ston at Rome, was read:
ROME, May 19 The world s fifth- S.indav
school convention, in (eialnn in T-'
send. Christian greVtlngT to" the g? l
In reply to this cablegram Rev. Dr
Roberta sent the following message-
COLUMBUS, O., Mav 19 Tfc. .
terUn genera a.eembly hfAlly 5BPE
cat, your congratulation.. Re.d Rom.
Th verse referred to by Dr. Roberts
reads:
eaTled. in om Moved of Ood,
f God our-raVer rT.d t" SS3
CJUTED PHKSBYTEHJAM GATHER
Wire. Hundred and Flftr DeKarut-.
Are Bxpeeted.
DENVER. Colo.. May 19.-M. L. rm
trong p( Butler, Pa. is' the first delegate
to arrive In Denver to attend the annua'
leneral asHemblv of the irnii r va
lerian church of America, which convene.
. "7 ""l umted Presbyterian church
P. . . "wuenth avenue. Wednea
lay at I p. m.
Three hundred and fifty delegates will be
,V " ' h United Statea
and Canada, also mini
irkrn i . MBirBaiM I rum
Egypt and India. Among them will be the
omri or the denomination
V James McNaugher. president of Alle
gheny seminary. 1. moderator of the as
tembly and will preside at the session.
We. which will continue a week "ln"
Other distinguished delegates will be Dr
loha Knox MoClurkln of Pittsburg, former
moderator; Dr. William MeWh.tty Ru.U
preaident of Westminster college New Wll'
mington. Pal Rev.'A. C. Wallace. Sewick!
by. Pa., and D. P. MeGlli of Allrh.n
rst clerk of the aseembly. A""nr.
The Pennsylvania delegation Is scheduled
to reach Denver Wednesday forenoon in a
lpeclal.
BAPTIST YOl'XG PEOPLE'S Imow
President Roosevelt Praised for His
Efforts for Peaeo.
WASHINOTON. May 1.-The annual
meeting of the Baptist Toung Peop'ee
Union of America was held here today In
Connection with tho general Baptist con-
j (.Continued oa Second PagV
SUMMARY OF TUE BEE
Monday, Mar 80, lOT.
90? MAY 1907
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THI VBATXEK,
PORFXTAPT FOR NEBRASKA-tncrmm-Ing
cloudiness and wanner Monday, show
ers at night or Tuesday; colder Tuesday in
west portion.
FORECAST FOR IOWA Fair and
warmt-r Monday; Tuesday, probably show
ers and warmer In east portion.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg.
6 a. m 60 1 p. m 68
6 a. m 0 I p. m 69
7 a. m 61 t p. m 70
8 a. m 62 4 p. m 72
a. m 67 6 p. m 71
10 a. m 60 6 p. m 69
11 a. m 3 7 p.- m 68
12 m 67 p. m 64
t p. m 61
SOMZSTIO.
School teachers In Iowa in a concerted
movement for higher wages, and In con
sequence many schools are likely to be
closed. page 3
Mayor Bubso denounces resignation of
twelve members of Chicago school board
as result of alleged plan to oust Su
perintendent Cooley from his position.
Page I
Past week's tctivity in the wheat mar
ket promises to be duplicated during the
current one. Page 1
Fight ia expected to culminate this
week In the Presbyterian assembly over
the question of temperance societies.
Pag 1
Witnesses are arriving at Boise to tes
tify in the Haywood case. Several daya
more will be required before the Jury is
completed. Page 1
Mayor Schmtta in his application for a
aubstttutlon o ftrlal judge makes sensa
tional charges against Judge Bunne anj
Rudolph Spreckels. Peg's 1
Commissioner of corporations makes re
port showing how, by illegal methoda, the
Standard OH company has secured and
maintained a practical monopoly of the
petroleum business. Page 1
Railroads return to old rates whih
give Sioux City an advantage over Sioux
Falls on Chicago traffic and puts both on
an eqallty to Duluth. Page 1
Bodies or Shrlners killed in the Cali
fornia wreck reach Reading and are te
celved with appropriate honors. Page 1
Upton Sinclair's novel and the subse
quent official revelations have materially
reduced the export trade in canned meats.
Pag. i
lIBalSXl.
Jury in the Bundy murder case at Te
kamah returns a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter. Pag
Roy Maynard Is convicted of murder
In the first degree for, the shooting of
F.oy Barnes at Alliance. " . - Page
'Governor's appointments not to the
liking of .the, Jiew, La ncastr county ro
pubrlcan madhlmr; but farty rank an4 Hie
appears to be satisfied'. Page 8
Z.OOAJL. '
The Feast of Weeks' Is celebrated at
Temple Israel with elaborate ceremonies.
Page
Omaha pastors tell o fblesstngs of mys
teries and individuality in Christian life.
Page 8
POXEXQW. .
Octoberlsts congratulate the Russian
emperor on his recent escape from a plot
to assassinate him. Page 1
Cuba proposes to oppose at The Hague
conference the making of war on small
countries for the collection of debts.
Page 1
SPOBT8. s
Result of the ball games:
8 Denver vs. Omaha t.
4 Des Moines vs. Pueblo 1.
. 8 Lincoln vs. Sioux City 6.
7 New York vs. St. Louis S.
4 Boston vs. Chicago 0.
Columbus vs. Indianapolis 1.
7 Milwaukee vs. Kansas City 6.
11 Toledo vs. Louisville 2.
5 Minneapolis vs. St. Paul 6.
Page a
CANNIFF SCOUTS TROUBLE
Railroad President Thinks Roosevelt
Is Carrying Matters
Too Far.
CLEVELAND May 19. President Wil
liam H. Cannlft of the New York, Chicago
& St. Louis Railroad company (Nickel
Plate) 'believes in the regulation of rail
roads by the nation and state, but regards
the present activities of President Roose
velt as productive of harm to the country
In general. He thinks that railroad regu
lation should be accomplished by liberal
conservatism, else ill effects will be felt
by the people.
"The pendulum is swinging In one direc
tion now," said President Canniff today,
"but It cannot tall to awing back, and when
It swings back it is bound to sway a good
deal In. the other direction. I do not mean
by that we need fear a financial panic,
but I do mean simply that there will be a
retarding of the progression of! the last
five years for which the country will be the
worse off. ,
"It will not be long ere the whole situa
tion will be settled into even running again,
but not until after the pendulum has had
Its swing a little the other way."
RAILROAD RATES ADJUSTED
Sloac City Resalns Its Former Ad
vantaae Over Sloax Falls on
Chicago Basin ess.
SIOUX C1TT. Ia. May la-Word was re
ceived in Sioux City today from the ex
ecutive officials of the Interested railways
of a readjustment of freight rates from
Chicago to Sioux City and Sioux Falls, and
from Duluth to the same -points. The order
is to take effect June 28. By the read
justment the old rates, which were estab
lished by the Interstate Commerce commls-
slon and which were in effect until De
cember last, will be restored. This read
justment restores the old basis of 104 per
cent of Bloux City rates as applicable to
Sioux Falls from Chicago and puts both
places on a parity aa to rates from Duluth.
This action on the part of the roada fol
lows the filing of a complaint by the
Bloux City Commercial club with the In
terstate Commerce commission alleging un
fair discrimination by the Milwaukee and
six other roads. The order probably will
have th effect of dismissing the complaint.
V. W. C. A. Gets Half Million.
PmBBl'RO. Pa,. May ?8.-Following a
whirlwind pupuiar subscription campktgn
of ten days, the members of the You tut
Women's Christian association of this city
have raised a uildlng fund of over Mii.twi,
thereby eemtn an endowment fund of UOu.
Out) from 11. 0. Prick, for the purpose of
bulldln a permanent home for the arm-Is -Uoa
la Pittsburg.
NOVEL AS FACTOR IN TRADE
Camel an Immonse Btcreau in tho Fxpirt
ine of Canned KeaU
CRUSADE AGAINST IMPURE M LK SUFPLY
President's Ball Doc, Pete, Has Been
Slandered by the Correspondents
Who Were Hard In ' for
Stories to Fill Spaco.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINOTON, May 19.-(8peclal.) The
full effect of the publication of Upton Sln
clalr'a aensatlonal no'el upon the canned
beef lnduatty of the United States has
Juat been brought out by a report prepared
by the bureau of statistics of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor, Just
made public. According to the figures pre
pared by the statistician the total exports
of canned beef for the month of April last
was 893,017 pounds, compared with 4,121,000
pounds the corresponding month last year.
Comparing the ten months ending April,
1907, with a like period of 1906, the figures
were 13,032,703 pounds against 66,730,873
pounds. The figures for the fiscal year
probably will show a falling off of 75 per
cent In quantity. The total value of the
exports of this product for the current
fiscal year are estimated at 11.600,000 agalnat
W.600,000 for each of the two preceding
years and 15,000,000 In 1898.
At first it was assumed that the falling
off could be largely chargeabe to the cessa
tion of hostilities between Russia and Ja
pan. But the figures from the various cus
tom houses Indicate that the largest falling
off is In the shipments to the United King
dom. In March last the total shipments to
the ports of Oreat Britain were but 281,176
pounds,' as compared with 8,180,526 pounds
for the same month In 1908. Practically
the same state of affairs is shown by a
comparison of the exports of canned meats
to every country in Europe except Ger
many, where there waa a marked Increased
demand for the American product.
No statistics are available as to the fall
ing off in tho home demand for canned
meats since the agitation of a year ago,
but It la probably almost aa great. The re
sult Is that while the demand for high
grade beef cattle is still in excess of the
supply, the cattle growers of the west
and southwest report that there Is prac
tically no demand for what Is known as
"canners," nor Is the situation likely to be
Improved for some time to come.
Inspection of M11H.
The city of Washington, through Its
health authorities, Is making a strong effort
to adopt the general methods of milk In
spection that have been pursued so satis
factorily in iRochester, N. T.
The Board of Health some time ago se
cured the appointment of a milk commis
sion composed of the surgeons-general of
the army, navy and marine hospital serv
ice, the chemist of the Agricultural depart
ment and other government officials hav
ing" special aptitude, for ' the work, and
these experts have been making a rigid.
Investigation . of in" rriUlt " supply" of ttm
national capital. .
Their report, which has Just been made,
has caused consternation to reign In the
ranks of the local milk dealers. ' It handles
the subject without gloves and the milk
drinking public ia sitting up and taking
notice. The report contains the following
recommendations: ,
The branding of healthy and unhealthy
cowa '
Tho production and bottling of milk under
government Inspection. .
Tho compulsory sterilization of all uten
sils and receptacles.
The classification of all milk. .
The pasteurization of certain classes of
milk.
The use of paper bottles In the delivery of
milk.
The sealing of all bottles containing cer
tified milk In such a manner that It cannot
readily be tampered with by unscrupulous
employes.
Providing distinguishing colors for bottlea
containing milk of different classes.
All bottles containing certified milk to be
kept in and sold only from dry refriger
ators, thereby avoiding the packing of bot
tles In crushed ice.
Paper Bottles for Milk.
The recommendation that paper bottles
be used In the delivery of milk Is already
being icarrled out. Several months ago a
local company began the manufacture of a
paper bottle on the assumption that Its san
itary features would in time commend It to
all users of milk. .
This bottle Is a cylindrical tube made of
spruce wood paper and having flanged caps
for closing the ends. It is made on what
Is known as a tube winder, and this ma
chine also saws the tube Into convenient
lengths at the rate of thousands an hour.
The completed bottle Is dipped in hot paraf
fine and afterward baked In a sterilising
oven. The bottle Is intended to be used
but once. It is claimed for It that It has
no effect whatever on milk. aa. the fluid
does not come into contact with the paper
because the paper and the printing thereon
are perfectly sealed In; that it will keep
milk sweeter and cold longer than glass
bottles, and besides being clean, perfectly
sanitary and a guaranty agalnat contagion
carried In an unwashed glasa bottle from a
dlseaaed-lnfected house. Is cheaper for the
milkman than the use of glass.
Aa many other food products are now de
livered to the Individual consumer in paper,
the Idea of the paper bottle aa a universal
receptacle for milk would appear to be a
good one. Aa a member of the Board of
Health said recently:
"MUk should long ago have been delivered
In a atnsle-servlce package. Innumerable
other things served as food butter, cheese,
lard, cut meats, chipped beef, sausage, oys
ters. Ice cream, cakes, crackers, etc., are
delivered In paper ipackages Which are
never returned. The milk bottle which goes
from house to house unquestionably spreads
disease. Though every bottle may be
washed before being filled again, all are
washed In the same water and with the
same brush. In my Judgment the paper
bottle has a valid excuse for Ita being."
Washington has suffered from a virtual
epidemic of typhoid fever for several years
and It is the general opinion of the med
ical fraternity that the cause is directly
traceable to the milk supply of the city.
It is significant of the temper of a com
munity which suddenly awakea to the fact
that for years it has been at the mercy of
unscrupulous and Ignorant purveyors of food
products, that a movement la already under
way te Induce the next congress to amend
the pure food law to the extent of Includ
ing the recommendations of the milk com
mission above referred to.
Pete Has Been Maligned.
A great deal of Information and misin
formation haa recently appeared In the
newspapers concerning President Roose
velt's bulldog "Pete." According to the
voracious accounta thla wicked animal
treed the French ambassador, chewed up
(Continued on Second Page.)
HAYWOOD WITNESSES ARRIVE
Some Days Will Intervene Before
They Will Be Needed In
Court.
BOISE. Idaho. Way W.-Several of the
more Important witnesses summoned In be
half of the state In the trial of William
D. Haywood for alleged participation In
the assassination of former Governor Steun
enberg arrived at Boise today. The prose
cution hsd hoped by this time that a trial
Jury would have been Impaneled, but It Is
now evident that all twelve sets In the
Jury box will not be satisfactorily filled for
several days.
When court adjourned Saturday afterncn
the attorneys for the prosecution and de
fense, were trying to fill a vacancy caused
by the exercise of the state's fifth peremp
tory challenge. The defense atlll has six
of Its ten arbitrary challengea available
and the state, under the new Idaho law.
has five more challenge to Its credit.
Formerly the prosecution was allowed one
half the number of peremptory challengea
granted the defense
The wcrk of Jury selection will be taken
up again tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Only twenty-six members of the special ve
nire of 100 remain, and there la wide specu
lation as to whether or not the trial panel
will be completed before the talesmen are
exhausted. If It Is not, there will be a de
lay of several ' days while Sheriff Shad
Hodgin and his deputies are rounding up a
new set of men from the county.
Perhaps the most Interesting of the state's
witnesses who arrived today was former
Sheriff Angus Sutherland of Shoshone
county. A Scotchman by birth, but a pio
neer of the American far west, Mr. Suth
erland la quiet, unassuming, modest, typ-
i leal of the . steel-nerved men of the law
and order daya of the frontier. He Is In
i tlmate with the Ouer d'Alene troubles
the result of many exciting personal ex
! perlencea and was the man who Identified
! Harry Orchard while the latter was held as
j a suspect after Governor Steunenberg was
killed.
Boise continues quiet and unruffled. There
Is nothing in the aspect of the city to indi
cate that the long-awaited trial Is under
way.
DENVER, Colo., May .18. General Bher
miui M. Bell, who commanded the state
troops during the trouble with the Cripple
Creek miners under the administration of
Governor Pcabody, has not been called by
either side In the Haywood trial at Boise,
though he declares he knows much of the
Inside history of the AVestern Federation
of Miner.
"I shall not appear aa a witness," said
General Bell today, "except of my own vo
lition, but If any attempt to Job the pris
oners la made, or amy attempt to use me
as a tool by either the Western Federa
tion of Miners or the mine owners, I give
notice now that I shall take a hand.
"Why should they try these men In
IdahoT During the trouble here and before
the murder of Steunenberg there were sev-enty-flve
persons killed. In Colorado; and
yet they take .men from, Colorado to Idaho
to try them for crimes pommltted In Colo
rado. Why don't they try them here? Is
It because they are afraid ?
"The whole thing Is a farce. It Is unfair
srxl Un-fCmerlcnn. 1 etest.. the . principle
of Moycr.and Haywoo. but I think they
should get a square deal, and If you take
men from a state where the alleged crimes
were committed to a place supposedly hos
tile to them In another state. I don't call
It a square deal."
OMAHA MEN TO SEE ' SIGHTS
Spokane Names Committee that .Will
Leave ' Nothing Undone for
t
Their Comfort.
SPOKANE, WASH.. May 19. F. E.
Goodall, president of the Spokane Chamber
of Commerce, has appointed a committee
of three trustees to arrange for the enter
tainment of the Omaha and South Omaha
"boosters" during their stay in thla city,
June 6,' while on the way to the coast. The
commltteee la composed of Charles Heb
berd, C. M. Fassett and Harl J. Cooke,
who will arrange for a breakfast and re
ception for the visitors on their arrival at
T o'clock a. m., to be followed by automo
bile drives around the city and through
the irrigated dlstrlota to nearby lake
resort, where there will be a wigwam
luncheon, followed by short addresses by
Nebraska and Washington prosperity pro
moters. ,
In the afternoon the visitors and their
hosts will make a tour of tbe business dis
tricts and make a trip to Nine Mile,
Waah., where the Spokane 4 Inland Em
pire Electric Railway company la Installing
a acore of towns In eastern Washington
and northern" Idaho with power, heat and
light. In addition te furnishing electrical
energy for Interurban railways and mining
operations.
Following a banquet at 7 o'clock In the
evening, at which Mayor C. Herbert Moore
will formally welcome the visitors and
preaent the golden keya to the City Beau
tiful, the Arabian Order of the Mystic
E-Nak-Opa wtil entertain the Knights of j
Ak-8ar-Ben at a gink festival, which will
come to a close at 10:47 o'clock p. m., giv
ing their guests ample time to make their
special train, scheduled to leave for Puget
Sound at 11 o'clock.
FUNERAL TRAIN REACHES HOME
Entire Clt y Turns Ont to Do Honor to
tho Victims of Railway
Wreck.
READING, Pa., May 19.-With practically
the entire community paying reepect to
their memory, the bodies of the seventeen
Mystic Shrlners of this city, who were
killed In the southern California wreck on
May 11, were brought here tonight. With
the dead came ten survivors, who showed
the effocts of the ordeal through which
they had passed.
Long before it was time for the tiain
to arrive, thousands massed themselves
around the railroad station, but only mem
bers of the various committees from Rajah
temple, members of the families and Im
mediate friends of the dead and living
were permitted to congregate on the sta.
tkm platform.
When the funeral train arrived too knights
In full uniform were on hand to act aa a
guard of honor when the dead were taken
from the cara. An entire troop of the state
constabulary, together with the city's full
police force, were on hand to prevent peo
ple from blocking the approaches to the
station.
The fairest flowers, bought by members
of the Masonic order along the route of
the train, were plied In the cars.
Tbe seventeen caskets containing the
Reading dead were can led from the car
and placed on four large floats, each of
which was flanked by an escort of Shrlners
and Sir Knights, and tt)en the procession
moved from the depot to the three city
morgues, where the bodies were deposited
for the night
MAYOR BUSSE HURLS A BOMB
Demands tfc lUsirnation of Twelve
Vemben of tbe fchool Beard.
REMCVE THEM IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY
Action Is Said to Be the Outgrowth of
. Plan to Depose Superintendent
Cooler from Position of
Superintendent.
CHICAGO, May 19.-Mayor Busse has
stirred up a great deal of discussion by his
recent action, said to be unprecedented In
this city, of asking for the resignation of
twelve members of the Hoard of Eiucatlon
who had been appointed by the previous
democratic mayor, Judge Fdward F. Dunne.
Lust Friday Mayor Busse took sudden
action. He had written twelve resigna
tion forms, which he put Into the hands
of clerks, and the clerks promptly took
automobiles to go In search of the members
of the board whose resignations were de
sired. The chauffeurs had no special In-
, structlons about observing the, sreed limit
ordinance and before night every trustee
who was lit town had been reached.
Most of them were extremely surprised,
not to say startled, by the mayor's bomb
shell and asked for time to consider the
matter. This was In the face of the mayor's
assertion that If the resignations were not
forthcoming he would dismiss those who
held back. I'p to today four resignations
hod been received. Six trustees were talk
ing of a legal fight and two had not been
reached because they were abent from
the city. Eugeno H. Garnctt, one of the
attorneys who has been consulted by the
belligerent faction, hinted todny that there
may be no fight.
Flarht Centers on Cooley.
Various reasons are aslgned for the
mayor's action In demanding the resigna
tions. The one most commonly accepted,
however, In the absence of a statement
from the mayor himself. Is that the mayor
wished to make certain the retention of
E. O. Cooley, superintendent of schools.
Mr. Cooley Is the highest salaried man In
the country In a similar position and has
been re-elected every years since 1900. An
organization during these years, including
many school teachers, has grown up In
opposition to what they call Mr. Cooley's
autocratic methoda. The opposition has
shown Itself In efforts to shape the com
position of the Board of Education, which
elects the superintendent of schools. The
board appointed by Mayor Dunne Included
many trustees alleged to be antagonistic
to the present superintendent. Their terma
of office expire in a few weeks, Just before
which time it Is customary to hold the
election for superintendent. There has been
a great deal of talk, however, that certain
of the trustees contemplated holding the
election much earlier than usual for the
purpose of ousting Mr. Cooley. Report has
it that when this alleged Information
reached Mayor Busse's ears he made the
sudden determination to demand the resig
nations of trustees inimical to the present
superintendent and to replnce them with
men who would make Mr. Cboley's reflec
tion certain.
FINAL TEST OF BREWERY CASE
St. Louis Brewer to Appeal from the
State to Federal Supremo "
Court.
TOPEKA. Kan.. May 19,-The United
States supreme court will thresh out the
fight that has been commenced to drive
the breweries from Kansas. This Import
ant turn came late yesterday, when- the
Kansas qupreme court Issued an order ap
pointing S. H. Allen. T. F. Garver and
G. H. Whltcomb as receivers of the prop
erties In Kansas belonging to the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing company of St.
Louis. These same receivers are acting for
the other ten defendanta.
Attorneys for the Anheuser-Busch com
pany at once filed supersedeas bonds and
appealed the case to the United States
supreme court. The question Involved Is
whether Kansas has a right to confiscate
the property.
The order of appointment of receivers
handed down yesterday Is technically
"pending further consideration of the cai-se
before the court." The written opinion has
not been handed down yet, and will not
be for three weeka. The supersedeas bond
which the Anheuser-Busch company will
file will be as aecurlty during the stay of
the execution of the order of the appoint
ment of the recelvera.
MILLIONS FOR AMERICAN RAILS
Jupan Buying Steel, Locomotives and
Cars In the United
States.
NEW TORK. May 19.-America's indus
trial Invasion of the far east Is now in
full swing and Japan la pouring a golden
etream Into the United Statea for steel
ralla. cara and locomotives. Twelve million
dollars already have been expended in
this country for railroad supplies, to be
used la the construction of the South
Manchuria railroad, and It now learned
that contracts involving millions of dollars
are pending. Deliveries of rails are being
made, and for the next three months
steamships chartered by Japan wlli ply
across the Pariflo bearing valuable cargoes
of steel and Iron.
Manchuria will be strapped with Amer
ican steel rails from Dalny to Mukden,
while the traveler will ride In cars of
American manufacture, drawn by loco
motives built in this country. Thousands
of dollars have been spent In premiums
to our manufacturers for quick deliveries,
for the Japanese Insist that this railroad
must be built and In full operation within
two years.
WIFE'S STATUEHIS MONUMENT
Unique Shnft to Mark the Restlnsl
Place of the Late Colonel
Frptier.
LEXINGTON. Ky., May 1.-At the head
of the grave of the late Colonel James E.
Pepper, a noted distiller snd turfman, will
be erected a monument that will be adorned
with the statue of his wife, Mrs. Ella
Offutt Pepper. The contract for the monu
ment haa Juat been closed.
A cast of Mrs. Pepper's features will be
taken next week and a sculptor be put to
work at once. The atatue will be erect
and will crown a plain marble shaft. Mrs.
Pepper Is a noted beauty snd before her
marriage to Colonel Pepper traveled abroad,
where ahe waa regarded by many crltica
aa the most beautiful woman In America.
Before his death Colonel Pepper exacted
a promise from Mrs. Pepper that she per
mit her statue to rest on the monument at
the bead of his grave
STANDARD OIL HAS' MONOPOLY
Commissioner of Corporations Makes
Report on Operations of
Company.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-That the his
tory and present operation of the Standard
Oil Interests "show throughout the past
thirty-five years a substantial monopoliza
tion of the petroleum Industry of the coun
try, a deliberate destruction of competi
tion and a consequent control of that In
dustry by less than a dozen men who have
reaped enormous profits therefrom largely
through abuse of transportation facilities,"
Is charged In a report Just submitted to
President Roosevelt bv Commissioner of
Corporations Herbert Knox Smith. Part
one of the report was made public today
and other parts will follow. Certain In
formation acquired Is withheld for tho
present. In accordance with Instructions eX
the president, who feels thnt their publica
tion might Interfere with the prosecution
of the government's suits pending against
the Standard OH company and Its sub
sidiary companies.
The report contains the net results of a
study of the petroleum business during
the year 19A4. It Is the first official state
ment of the operations and methoda of
the Standard Oil company, by which, the
report states, through "scandalous rail
way discriminations" and other unlawful
devices they have secured and maintained
an "exclusive domination of the petroleum
Industry." .
It Is stated that In 19T4 the Standard and
affiliated concerns "refined over 84 per
cent of the crude oil run through re
fineries, produced more than 86 per cent
of the country's total output of Illuminat
ing oil and transported through pipe lines
nearly nine-tenths of the crude oil of the
older fields and 98 per cent of the crude
oil of the mldcontlnent field."
The report points out the monopoly en
Joyed by the company does not rest on
the ownership of the source of the oil sup
ply, which amounts to about only one
sixth of the total, but "that Its growth
and present power rests primarily on the
control of the transportation facilities.
"After the railroad rebate was aban
doned, the company," the report continues,
"was able to establish a system of secret
or open discrimination of rates in Its
favor throughout practically the entire
country. Having established Its monopoly
of the pipe line business the company sub
stantially refuses to act as a common car
rier." It la shown that the Standard controls
not only the wholesale, but also the retail
tmde In oil.
In conclusion, the report says. It Is ap
parent that the dominating. position of the
Standard Oil company In the oil Industry
has largely been scured by the sbuse of
transportation facilities, first, by flagrant
discriminations obtained from railroads;
second, by a refusal to operate Its pipe
line system so as to extend to Independent
interests the benefits to which they were
both morally" and legally entitled, while
(at the same time the Standard has pre
vented such independent interests from
constructing lines of their own.
SCHM1TZ WANTS A NEW. JUDGE
Makes Sensational Allegations
Against Judge Dunne nnd
Rudolph Spreckels.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May l.-DI-trlct
Attorney Langdon was last night served
by Mayor Schmttz'a attorneys, Metson,
Campbell & Drew and John J. Barrett and
C. H. Falrall' with notices of a motion
for substitution of trial Judse on the
ground that Judge Frank H. Dunne Is
disqualified by bias and prejudice. Ac
companying and supporting this motion Is
a lengthy affidavit by Schmltz, in which
charges of an extremely sensational na
ture are made against Rudolph Spreckels,
his associates In the bribery-graft persecu
tion, and Judge Dunne himself. .
Among Schmitz's allegations are the fol
lowing: That Mr. Srreckels and hla associates
who are. with him. the financial guaran
tors of the bribery-graft Investigation snd
prosecution, long since exhausted the
original fund of $100,000 pledged by
8preckels and have expended nearly $1,000,
000 in a municipal purification campaign;
that the expenditure of this vast sum of
money is by way of an Investment, from
which actual moneyed returns are ex
pected; that Spreckels and his prosecuting
aseoclatea desire and purpose to overthrow
the present municipal administration in or
der that they themselves may assume the
reins of government and secure for them
selves street railway and water franchieea
which will net them mllllona of dollars
of the public money; that Judge Dunne
Is aware of this Intent and purpose and Is
therewith In accord; that the conviction of
Schmltz Is dealred as a means to these
ends, end that it is the wish of Judge
Dunne that a biased and prejudiced Jury
be selected to secure such conviction; that
for many and varloua reaeons the same
as set forth recently by Abraham Ruef,
in his application for a substitute for trial
Judge, it is impossible for Schmltz to have
a fair and impartial trial at Judge Dunne's
hands.
The committee of seven business men to
whom Mayor Schmltz has given full power
to oope with the peculiar situation brought
about In municipal affairs by the develop
ments in the graft investigation will meet
tomorrow. An Invitation has been ex
tended to a number of labor leaders to be
present with suggestions. The committee
has issued a declaration of prlnclplea In
which It says:
We Intend to bring about a clean condi
tion of affairs in this community snd make
It safe for habitation by human belnga and
for the Investment of capital. We ahall
do nothing In the nature of class legis
lation, and recognize that every element
In the community haa a right to representa
tion In the government of the city.
Th grand Jury will convene tomorrow
and it is stated by the prosecuting attorney
that a number of Indictments based upon
the testimony of Abraham Ruef may be
expected before the end of the week.
CUBA'S STAND AT THE HAGUE
Proposes to Oppose Making War un
Small Countries for Collec
t'on of Debts.
NEW TORK. May 1.-Cuba will make Its
protest against dobt collections by nations
111 a casus belli in the coming International
peace conference. It la said, wnen Its voice
i will be heard for the first time in the
! councils of nations at Ths Hague.
On ths broad questions of disarmament
and arbitration of international disputes,
Cuba will be guided by the United Ststes.
Cuba will make ita debut at The Hague
at the invitation of the caar of Russia,
and it ia upon the question of debt col
lections by the powers from the republics
of Central and South America that It will
be beard at length)
BIG WHEAT BUSINESS
Counr'ssion Tirmi Unable to Handle All
tie Crden Eeoeived.
BUYING ORDERS FROM ALL OVER WORLD
FracticallT All the felling Fo Far Hat
Been to Bealiie Frofite,
i
CROP SHORTAGE PROCLAIMED BY BULLS
Liverpool IxpMen Have Bongbt Large
Quantities in Chicago.
EXCITEMENT IS LiKELY TO CONTINUE
Brokers Insist There Has Been No
Material Change n the Crop
Conditions In Any Wheat
Growing; Section.
CHICAGO, May 19.-The past week, with
Ita "dollar wheat," has been an historic
one in the history of the Chicago Board
of Trade. While statistics on the quantity
of which which changed hands are not
obtainable, the assertions of veteran
traders that the volume of business was
of unprecedented proportions may be safely
accepted. There have been many wild ses
sions In the wheat pit before, notably when
"corners" were being run. whn m-im.
fluctuated more violenMy when small
cliques made or lost mostly lost Imposing
fortunes, but never before has there been
a broader or better sustained general
market.
Never before have grain brokers done a
larger business. For more than a week
when the rest of the city was asleep the
lights In their offices wore ablaze, where
heavy-eyed clerks worked Into tho small
hours trying to keep track of the business
done. Hardly a house In town has a Bum,
cicnt force of clerks In the pit to fill the
orders which are pouring In trora Maine to
California, nor are there enough wires to
handle the mass of dally business. Tho
inevitable, therefore, has happened and
only the larger orders are considered. Ia
the language of the pit. "it I, no market
for a piker."
Weather the Great Factor.
Crop reports, private and public, the
so.emn verdicts of "experts." statistic,,
official and unofficial crop estimates and tho
enticing literature of the commission
houses, which are growing rich un com
missions alone, vary noticeably in detail,
but they are practicaly united In the state
ment that the world cannot grow thla year
all the wheat it needs to consume. Minor
items, such as "green bug" damagea and
the like, have been made much of. but
tl.e weather here and abroad is the all
Influential factor. Spring has been so lato
that the whole country has observed it
and bought wheat. Even Liverpool import
ers, who usually work for cheap wheat
in America, have bought directly in thla
market, a precautionary - measure they
were compelled to Luke la the taoe of the
probability that their action would buir
prices still further. They bought early
In the week at what would now be called
bargain prices. The majority of traders
proclaim loudly atlll higher prices, but
take profits on good advances.
One house alone has come out with a
note discordant to the chorus, declaring
that the market Is one manufactured by
big houses who have made a mountain
of damage out of a molehill of unsatlsfao
tory weather and green bugs.
Prices during the week have been an
Index of the relative strenirth of two
forces buying against a crop shortage, and
selling, not In the belief of a good crop,
but to secure profits. The week ended
with the indicator pointing to the auccess
of the built, with May wheat ahowlng a
net gain of 4 cents; July. 4 cents; Sep
tember, Si cents, and December of 8
cents.
Dollar Wheat a Reality.
"Dollar wheat" became an actuality lost
Monday when September and December
options both passed that mark. Tuesday
and Wednesday profit-taking sales were
enormous, but prices receded very stub
bornly and kept well above the level at
which the market had begun the week.
Thursday the market again advanced ex
citedly and on Friday all records for tho
session were broken when July went to
I1.0JV4, September to $1.034 and December
to $1.03. The close showed these three
options still over $1. Saturday brought
forth another deluge of profit-taking sales,
together with a great deal of purely spec
ulative short sel'lng, but, heavy as waa
this pressure, the reaction In prices was
not rerious ss affecting the net advance
of the week.
Thla ' week promises to furnish further
speculative excitement, for there haa been
no material change in crop conditions re
ported. POLICE CORRUPTIONTprqbeD
Governor Folk Continues to Gala
Pointers on Conditions In
Kansas City.
KANSAS CITT, May 19. Governor Jo
seph W. Folk left for Jefferson City today
after a conference with the local police
commissioners regarding graft chargea that
lasted until 1 o'clock thla morning, and
early today he continued conferring with
persons from different walks of life who
made him acquainted with various phases
of police corruption.' Among his callers
were policemen and police detectives, who
are said to have laid bare numerous fc
regularities, evidently In the hope of gain
ing immunity for themselves.
Governor Folk's Investigations have ap
parently convinced him that there la a
very strong alliance exlatlng between the
Metropolitan Street Railway company and
the police force. A high official of ths
police department Is authority for the
statement that within two years thla al
leged alliance has been encouraged by the
heads of ths department. Mayor Beards
ley has repeatedly charged that policemen
have been oversealoua In serving the street
car company when passengers have been
injured in accidents. It waa charged that
Instead of taking steps promptly to relieve
the sufferings of the Injured, pllcemen have
frequently waited to notify the claim agenla
of the company and In other waya have
aided the company to fortify Itself against
damage suits.
John Halpln, chief of detectives, one of
the men slated for dismissal, is a nephew
of Bernard Corrlgan, president of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company.
j Amerleaa MIhIdi la Mexico.
I EL PA BO, Tex., May 19.-J. S Clark
I son. a prominent mining man, formerly
I of Detroit, left his boarding house in
I Guadalajara, Mexico, near here, three weeks
ago and haa r.ever lea Boca eluce, U
k4 BelBelg in I Imlt.