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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI NO. 290. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1907 TWELVE PACES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. MONEY FOR MISSIONS IribUrian General Aaemblj Aiki for $1,100,000 for Tsar's Budget. TEMPtRANCE FIGHT MOVES FAPIDLV Mots to Prevent Minieten from Being; (fii cen of Auti-Ealooa Leacne. BiVISiON OF THE V.0FK SUGGESTED Attenpt to Es Made to Leave Folitical field t the League. YCUNG MEN FOR MINISTRY SCARCE Board of Education Sara Jfnmher and Unnltt r of Candidates la Uc creasing Many Palplta Are Vacant. COLUMnt'S, O., May a. The Presbyter lun general assembly today received and adopted a number of reports. Including those of the Hoard of Home Missions and the Hoard of Education. The assembly also adopted a resolution declaring that $1,100,000 Is the least sum which the churches can be asked to give to enable the board properly to carry its work through the coming year. An Interesting feature of the afternoon session wus the prencntatlon to the assem bly of the Rov. W. R. Evans, moderator of the Welsh Presbyterian church, who announced that a movement had been stalled In that body looking to a union with the parent church. The announce ment was received with applause. Developments In the temperance con troversy aroused by the antagonism of the Anti-Saloon league to the Inter-Church Temperance federation came rapidly today. The standing committee on temperance re ferred all the overtures affecting the at titude of the church toward the league to the committee on policy, which decided to recommend that no minister of the Pres byterian church, as such, could be an of ficer or member of the Antl-Suloon league; that they could participate In the work of that organization only aa individuals. At the same time the standing committee on temperance received and adopted a reaolu tlun asking the standing committee to de fine t! e duties of the permanent commit tee on temperance which representa the church In the Inter-Church Temperance federation. The wholo controversy now hangs on the definition of the dutlea of the permanent committee on temperance. The supporter of the Anti-Saloon league are endeavoring to have the work of this eonv mlttee confined to promoting Temperance along educational and scientific lines, leav ing he political field entirely to the Antl B m league. The standing committee today heard a nui.ibor of persons. Including representa' tlvea of the Anti-Saloon league, on the aub tect and has prepand a rough draft of resolutions which win De runner conainerea tomorrow and will be, presented to the aa- Bembty- -ftr-"hf rnooBfae-wWeh-atnaa the report has been made a apodal order. Ministerial Reorolta Scarce. The Board of education reported that It had enrolled during the year 7S8 young men of whom 288 were new men and R30 renewals. The material Increase waa oc- oounted for by the "reception of the candl dates from the former Cumberland Pre. byterlan church. "So far aa our own territory la con cerned," aald the board, "the figures ahow a decrease of forty In the Hot of renewals, j " The DORra naa neen maue aware uii lfs solicitude over the present period of decline In the number and quality of candi dates presenting themselves for the gospel ministry la shared by the Board of Edu cation of other denominations. Word ha. coma fronY"1he' Episcopal, Methodist and Lutheran bodies that the falling off, so noticeable a few years ago. Is beginning to have its direct eftVct on the church. Dlssstlsfactlon Is felt In many' quarters over the Inability of the churchea to secure the highest type of consecrated manhood for the ministry. Pulpit vacancies for dis tressingly long periods are mora and more notlctHtble and complaints are heard from committees on pulpit supply aa their In ability to fill satisfactorily the placet of those who are dropping from their ranks of tha ministry la with grave concern that the church at large should know the facts that In thirty evangelical theological nmlnariea in our country, the church is atmul 4KQ ?r.rn short cf the number studying ten years ago, deaplte the country's in crease of 1000.000 in population. There are one-third less men studying for the min istry of the Presbyterian church then ten years ago, and yet the membership of our branch of the Presbyterian church has In creased during that period from l.OCt.OOO to l.IM.OOO. Ten years ago, there was one candidate In every $40 church members, today there la one candidate for every 1,240 members. Ia It not therefore Incumbent upon tha church to engage In Importunate prayer In behalf of tha sons of the church, that more of them may be led to turn a deaf ear to tha solicitations of a commercially prosperous age, and to consecrate their talent to the work of .the ministry? The receipt were $174,71.1 and the ex penditures 1176,601 All Obligations Met. The Boar 4 of Home Missions reported thut for the ninth successive year the fiscal year has been closed with all obligations met. This, the board says, wus th more gratifying when It waa remembered that during the year appropriations of 145,160 had been made for new work and 110,00) had been given to the board of Missions of of the Cumberland Presbyterian church to be used in tiding over soma of their home mission work, which, .by reason of tha divisions on the union question, would otherwise have suffered. As In several years past, tha board had been obliged to expend In new churches and school buildings in the Islands and the west a considerable sum, amounting this year to fJ75.Mu. There had been no appro, ctuble advance In the gifts from the churches. In a time of great prosperity this was the more to be regretted. It might be partially explained by the fact that the church contributed in special offerings about $130.0u0 to rehabilitate and to aid in the mission work cf California on account et what waa suffered by the earthquake. The board recommended that tha mis sionary field be divided as follows: First The district of the south and southwest, with headquarters at St. Louis. Second The district of tha northwest, with headquarters at Minneapolis. Third The district of the mountain atates, ' with headquarters at Denver. Fcurth TI e district of the Pacific coast, . with headquarters at Sun Francisco. The board reommertded that the evsu- Jo work should be constructive and CmUans4 on gvcond Pa f SUMMARY OF THE BEE Wrdiniliir, May M. I1NT. 1907 May ioo7 tua mo rat arts rati sat X 5 f i 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TED WEATHER. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Showers Wednesday and cooler In west portion. Thursday partly cloudy and cooler. r UKECAST FUK IOW A Khowers vt eo nesduy und wsrmcr In central and east portions. Thursday showers and cooler in western portion. temperature at umana Hour. Hour. 1 p. m t p. tn 8 , m 4 p. m..... 6 a. m C a. m...... 7 a. in .... 49 .... 4! .... .... 61 8 a. m. t a, m. .3 G3 67 p. m. 6 p. m. 10 a. m 67 II a. m 58 U m 58 7 p. m t 8 p. m 67 9 p. m 66 DOMXSTIO. Steamer Naomi of the Crosby line Is destroyed by fire In middle of Lake Michi gan. Four coal passers are roasted to death and one passenger dies of injuria. Page 1 Slump in stock market ranges from 2 to 7 points. Union Pacific and Smelting lead the decline. Fags 1 Presbyterian general assembly decides to ask churches for $1,100,000 for mission work. The committee on polity makes a recommendation that no Presbyterian minister be a member or officer of the Anti-Saloon league. Friends of the league start movement to bjave temperance work In the political field, the standing com mittee on temperance to devote Its efforts to scientific and educational Jlnes. Fags 1 Three more peremptory challenges were used in the attempt to secure a Jury in Haywood case at Boise. It Is now pre dicted that the Jury will be completed Monday and that introduction of testi mony will begin Tuesday. Page 1 Attempt to lynch negro at Reldsvllle, Qa., results in death of six persons and Injury of six others. Page 1 Passenger train, on the New York Central runs Into the wreck of a freight train and one person Is killed and others Injured. Page a BTKBsValKA. Henderson man looking for tramp thieves mistakes companion for one of them and shoots him In tha leg. - Page 3 Attorney general files his brief In the lumber dealers' case. Insisting it is clearly proven there la a combination in restraint of trade; School fund apportionment tor May Is larger than any in the history of the state, owing to the payment of back taxea by the railroads. Page 3 Denver boosters stop at Alliance on their tour of the northwest. Page 3 Robbers loot a bank at Whnnebago while two men under guard In building across the street watch them work. Men suspected of doing the Job are arrested later In Sioux City. Pago 1 Report, of the weather . crpjjbureau how past weak was unseasonably cold and dry. Rainfall of season to data la less than one-quarter of the normal. rags a poBxiaar. Convention of Irish nationalists In Dublin votes unanimously to reject the home rule bill proposed by the British government. This action will force the cabinet to abandon the Issue, aa further concessions cannot be granted ' Ireland without causing a dissolution of . the miniBtryi Pago 1 I.OOAX. Contract for the erection of the new Henshaw hotel, which may be eight In stead of five stories high, is let to the Capital City Brick and Pipe company. Page 7 Omaha Is promised with the busiest sea son of paving yet. Farnam and Douglas atreeta are both nominated for new as phalt. Page 11 Six Omaha boys who left Blees academy are home and give an account of the com pllcatkjna which have resulted In the Dis missal of students and at least one mem ber of the faculty. Page S Dwlght M. Swobe, in city from tho Pa cific northwest, saya demand for lumber there ia greater than can be supplied, due partially to San Francisco's rebuilding. Strikes and graft Injuring 'Frisco. Page T Judge Kennedy of the district court finds that F. W. Fitch, attorney, is not guilty of contempt of court and the dls-lis-rmeiil itrwrfmlliigs ffubtlT Will ttr dropped. Page T Society1 Dr. and Mrs. II. M. McClana han and Miss Katherlne McClanahun are honor guests of some function each even ing this week In -view of their departure soon for Europe. Page 6 Brigadier General Earl D. Thomas la Inducted into office aa commander of the Department of the Missouri by General A. W. Greely. Page T . Council Bluffs Jury returns a verdict of not guilty In case of Pat Crowe, tried on the charge of holding up crews of two motor cars. Pag 1 POSTS. Don Entrlque, 16 and 20 to 1, won the Preakness stake at Gravesend. Paga 4 Results of the ball games: 6 Dea Moines vs Omaha 1 8 Lincoln vs. Pueblo 1. 6 Denver vs. Sioux City 1. t Chicago' va. New York 2. 6 Hrouk.iyn vs. Cincinnati 2. 15 Boston vs. St. Louis 6. S Philadelphia vs Pittsburg 2. S Philadelphia vs. Detroit 0. 4 Cleveland vs. Washington 1. 5 Chicago vs. Boston 1. S St. Louis vs. New York 0. Kansas City vs. Milwaukee 2. 10 St. Paul vs. Minneapolis 2. 4 Indianapoltf, vs. Columbus S. Toledo vs. .'voulsville 6. Page 4 GRANTS A CHANGE OF VENUE Jsi.s Smith Brings tha Kauffiuann Murder llrarlaa; ta Abrupt Termination. SIOUX FALI, 8. D.. May .-Judge Smith brought the proceedings in connec tion with the application for a change of venue In tha Kauffmann murder case to an unexpected end this afternoon, granting I a change to the circuit court of Moody t ceunty and fixing June 4 aa the date for tha trial of the case at Flandrvau. Aa Im partial trial In thi. county waa held to be Impossible. Mra. Orthwela Seeka Divorce. ST. IH'1S. May a The Post-Disoatch nia t . ..I v thnt Mrs ttuliih' OrthliMln ka.l Tiled suit at Mount Vermin, Mo., asking divorce from Ralph Orihweln. who was AriJJueT-t'illm V. ysr of th organization. The petition eon - tali s the sole allegation that Ortlrweln de sorted his wife fifteen months ago. Tha Orihweln family la pruunueul socially ia BL LeMda sokI woaJlhy. NATIONALISTS REJECT BILL Convention of Ir'ii Part? is Unanimous Against Froposed Eome Bui Ueasuie, GOVERNMENT WILL PROBABLY ABANDON IT No Farther Concessions Can Granted Ireland Without Cassis Differences That Will Disrupt the Cabinet. De DUBIJN, May 21.-The largest, most , representative and most harmonious con- ventlon which over assembled in Irelanl- today repudiated the plan for a lire Irish council which waa all the -v,0. vV A government had to offer In . Its campaign promises. 'V the hope of any hop-, .i by serious the present Par)' spilt in the gov6 ces and may have far reaching The temper of tr., convention was plain from the beginning. No one had a word to offer In behalf of the bill. Home rule or nothing was the unanimous sentiment and the resolution refecting the measure pro- posed by John E. Redmond, commanded every vote. The resolutions declared as follows: That thl convention, representative of Irish national opinion, which especially "IV..: .'I,:' T,Vln' 7"l,'..o; I tlons of Ireland or bring peace and con tentment to our people but a measure of self-government, which will give the Irish peopl complete control of their domestic affairs. , That while we never wavered In our be lief that It Is Impossible to produce any logical or workable scheme for the ex tension and development of popular power and responsibility In Ireland short of the concessslon of home rule in accordance with a resolution of the national directors 0 1.. .. 1. E .1 l.l. . U I declHrai our behalf, we have been willing to give fair consideration to any scheme prepared by the British ministers which. In their opinion, would be "consistent with and lead up to the larger policy" to which they were pledged. That having considered the lrmn coun cil bill Introduced by tho government, wo declare that it Is utterly Inadequate in Its scope and unsatisfactory In Its details, and; Diiuuiu in? lejeeieu ny ine irinn iihuou, uiuj we regard the production or sucn a meuK' lire by a British government pledged to home rule as confirmation of the position we have always taken, that any attempt to settle the Irish problem by half-way measures would be entirely unsuccessful, and we call upon the Irish party to op pose the bill In the House of Commons and press the government with till their strength and power to Introduce n measure for the establishment of a nattv- parlia ment with a responsible execut e power over all purely Irish affairs, and at this crisis In the fortunes of Ireland we unite In Bupport of our representatives In Par liament and enable them to effectively press for the speedy and genuine settle ment of the Irish question. Natlonnllsta It eject mil LONDON, May 21. The nationalist con- ventlon at Dublin having rejected Mr. Blr- rell'a Irish bill. It is understood that the government will drop It for this session at least and proceed with the other .reforms which its liberal supporters are urging, and wlth which the sessional program is crowded. That the government cannot grant any wider measure of self govern- ment to Ireland without causing dlssen- slon b tha -cabinet v Is not deiUedao - Oiexa Is no other course to adopt than shehir the bill, which Is reported to be"the limit to which the anti-home rule liberals would consent to go. FIGHTING BROWN TAIL MOTH Government of Nova Seotla Offers Bounty for Destruction of Little Pests. HALIFAX, N. S., May 21 Alarmed a the extent of the brown-tall moth through . - out Novla Scotia nd the danger to the agriculture business of the province should the pest become general, the provincial government ha. Issued a notice . atlng " , , " "A - eacn specimen ul mo mum irtuiru. The agricultural officials have organised , , , , , j, , . i u . , . school children s corp. which have been '" l. :l.rr. -V. "' them over tn the teachers, who, ofter making entry of each, forward the npec-1- mens to the experimental station of the Department of Agriculture at Truro. j The Annapolis valley, one of tho largest' apple producing centers In the world, which yields annually almost 300,ono bar rels of the fruit fer export to Europe, re cently has been invaded by the pest, where It has assumed the position of a serious menace to the prosperity of the Inhabitants of the district, who depend upon the rev enue derived from their apples for a live lihood. TURKS CAPTURE STRONGHOLD Bulgarians LAst Fifty Men and Good Position Turks Kill Their Prlaonrra. BERLIN. May 21. A dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeltung from Salonlca. Euro- pean Turkey, .ays that a detachment of Turkish troops, May 19, succeeded in cap. tuting the etronghole of the Bulgarian band. In the Yenldje lake region. The Bul garians lost fifty men, due, it Is alleged, to thi fact that the Turks killed their piis.ot.ere. The Turkish loss waa seven men killed- The Bulgarian, are threatening to destroy all the Greek and Turkish village. In tha Yenldje district. FIND SEEDS 0F REVOLUTION Eight Thousand Hides and Much Am munition Seised at Tien Tain. TIEN TSIN, China, May 21. Eight thou sand rifles, 300.000 round, of ammunition and 8.0UO bayoneta Intended for revolu tionary purposes have been seized here by the imperial customs authorities. The shipment was Imported hy a European firm In conjunction with Chines merchants. Tbe greatest sensation has been caused In the native portion of the city by the seizure. General Strike at Santlaajo. SANTIAGO, Cuba. May 21 A general strike for an eight-hour day instigated by tho longshoremen and supported by the workmen employed on the electric railway. new water work., Cuba railroad and many smaller concerns has been declared here. The Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting to devise ways and means to trans act business, which in the meanwhile fa paralyzed. Tha strikers are orderly. Hew Brunswick Premier Will Resign. KRF.DERICTON. N. B... May 21. It ia announced that Hon. William Pugsley, premier of New Brunswick, will resign his me at a meeting of the government next 1 weca. Hon. iirawu v. nouinson oi Monctor, will succeed him. Tha resignation of Mr. Pugsley la due to Us Oaoialon to aatar fodorsJ poUUca, PASSENGER RUNS INTO WRECK One Killed and Two Injured on the Duflalo-Clevrland Westbound Special. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., May 21.-In the wreck of the Buffalo-Cleveland special westbound train from New York City on the New York Central railroad. Just out side the eastern limits of this city at 1:32 a. m. today, one man was killed and threo were critically Injured. The dead man is Baggageman Isaac Finley. The seriously injured are Matthew Maher, . fireman, critically burned; Engl- Jhn 'de' acalded by escaping "team, condition critical, Juat the Buffalo-Cleveland special was pproaching Little rails, an eastDouna Ight train, running on the track parallel , that of the special, was derailed by a pile of stones. All four of the tracks were covered with the wreckage of the train and the train hands on the freight declared they did not havo time to flag the express before it plunged Into the wreckage. Four cars of the special were thrown from the track and two of them, a Buffalo car and day coach, were overturned and dragged some distance before the train stopped. Bag gageman Finley was In the Buffalo car and was thrown out and cut In two by the wheels. Fireman Mnher was pinned down In the cab of -his engine while hot coals from lw -"t his clothing on fire. Ho was badly burned and is in a critical condition. None of the passengers was ceriously In jured. Traffic on all of the four tracks waa blocked for six hours. lE KILLED AXD SEVE1 DiJIHED Panhandle Train Ran Into by Work Train. PITTSBURG, May A. One man was -ven fatally Injured and nineteen 'others received minor hurts and bruises today In a wreck on the Panhandle rail road at Holllday'a Cove, W. Va,, near Stcuhenvillo, O. A freight train had stopped on a curve and a work train, back ing, ran Into the rear of it, crushing the caboope and cars in which the laborers were gathered. The most seriously injured were removed to a hospital In Steuben ville. . RACE WAR AT REIDSVILLE. GA. Attempt to Lynch; Negro Results In Six Deaths and Injury of Six Persons. REIDSVILLE, Ga.. May 21. Two negroes lynched and four other persons dead and alx others Injured is the net result of an attempted assault made last night on Mrs. Laura Moore, white, a widow, about six miles from here by Flem Padget, a negro. i Two of the Padget fomlly are the ones j lynched and the death or injury of tho , others followed the efforts of a posse to cavture Padget. News of the attempted ; assault aroused the cltlsena who imme- ' diately wont to the home of the negro's . father. He assured the crowd that his aon was not within the house and Invited the posse to search for themselves. As they - apwoached Uia-houae .Flam, Padget fired on .the crowd, killing a white .man nameJ Hara and wounding four othera The crowd fired a volley Into the house, killing I the old negro Padget and two of his daughters, and wounding two of his sons. one of whom waa Flem Padget, the man wanted. After the cooler heads had left the scene of the killing, the hothead clement em- pioyeu u. young man 10 iae ruagei s wire ana one or tne padget Doys, who waa shot through the lungs to Reldsvllle Jail, but later the party followed, took the prls- nnern rrom rrut vminiy mnn in phanr. an i . , ... . ... ..... rltlntVMl thorn with in (.bahnt T. I m fn,nl , & crQwd of about lo force a who had ea taken tncre by the deputy sheriff. It Is not believed that this will be ac complished as Reldsvllle has a substantial i ' auov.uti i . n i, ci i n ii 1 1 iiai . Ja1 flnd thft ltlzens w nqt porm)t 8Uch n act. Those! Involved In the affair Infiucntial citizens. Further trouble i. feared. . .,. ,ornet IVlAMJrAU I UnChd UN TARIFF Sixty Per Cent of Members of National Association Are In Favor of Revision. NEW YORK, May 21.-The report of the committee on tariff and reciprocity, In rlii'lliig llte result of a poil of the members as to their views on tariff revision, will be made to the National Association of Manu facturers nf till! United RhltpN Inninrpni. Much Interest centers In what the commit- tec has learned and Its report was the sub ject of much speculation tonight. While the committee has carefully guarded It. findings. It was stated with some show of authority that the poll had j found 60 ' cent tne member, of ",0 "lton in favor of a revision of the Dlugley tariff. This practically would be the reverse of the expression elicited by the Home Market club of Boston in a similar canvass. At today', session President Van Cleave In presenting his annual report called for a fund of $1,600,000 to be used In the next three years to combat what he termed In- I utri1 oppression. The principle, of the association were, he said, founded on the open shop, opposition to the boycott and the dictation of labor unions, and the fund would be required to further these tenets. Subsequently a committee of thlrty-flve wa. named to devise means of raising the $1,600, 010. The committee met tonight, but nothing of the proceedings was made public. The committee will report to the convention to morrow. GOVERNOR'S HANDS ARE TIED Chief Executive of Colorado Power less to Stop Prise Fight Im Denver. DENVER. May II. Governor Henry Buchtel has issued an addresa explaining why he Is powerless to prevent the prise j nght scheduled here tonlgt between Harry Iwls and Jimmy Gardner. The governor says that the adoption of stitute. John F. McLaugulin has been ap a new charter for Denver, which took j pointed postmaster at Bard, Hanson from the governor the control of the fire! county, 8. D., vice F. H. Linn resigned. and police board, deprived the executive of the power to coerce the city officials, and unless they are willing to act of their own accord he cannot compel them. In cidentally, the governor names three con ditions as curses to American civilisation, namely the saloon, tho prize fight and the so-culled yellow newspaper. Street Cars Mow Running;. EVAN8V1I.LE. Ind., Kay 21-Street cars bean to operate today without Interfer ence, after the obstructions w&r (amoved trvtu th .West Bid Utcka, WATCH BANK ROBBERS WORK Winntlaro Men Witness Cpiratiani of Eirclan Iootiar Pauk. REMAINED HOUR AND HALF AT TASK Secured About CLIino In Money and Drafts aud Escaped Toward Sioux City Officers Are on Trail. TENDER. Neb., May 21 -(Special Tele gram.) The State bank of Winnebago, a small town on the Great Northern, was robbed of $1,100 early today. The safe was dynamited, blowing the door from Its hinges. The sheriff has been notified and other officers are on the lookout for the robbers. At 12:30 this morning O. A. Ogburn, who owns a pool hall next door, and his helper were awakened, as they thought, by fall ing glass from windows. As there had been a number of Indians in town late In the evening, they thought no more of the noise until another and still another ex plosion took place In quick succession. Their guns were thirty-five feet away from where they slept. They could see the out lines of a man, holding a gun In hand, Just outside of their front door and across the street they could see another man in a store. After six explosions the robber Inside the bank called to one of his men to come over. After this sounds of crowbars could be distinctly heard. The time from tho first sound was about an hour and a half. When tho robbers drove away Ogburn and his man gave the alarm. T. N. Thomp son, Jr., cashier, who lives three blocks away, on reaching the bank found the safe blown to pieces. The money $X63 In cur rency, $C50 In sliver, $30 in gold and $.160 In checks and drafts was missing. About $6 in silver of smaller denominations was found among the debris. The team conveying the robbers was seen about 2:30 a. m. passing through Homer. The telephone wires had been cut between Winnebago and Homer. Ogburn arrived In Pender at 6 o'clock a. m. today, notifying the sheriff, who has taken the trail. It is believed the robbers reached Sioux City before daylight. The Winnebago State bank has been opened but a few months. The demolish ing of the safe was the only damage, ex cept some broken windows. Entrance to the bank was effected by prying open tha front door. The bank was Insured with Martin Bros, of Omaha, who have offered $100 reward for the apprehension of the robbers. Sioux City on the Lookout. SIOUX CITY, Ia.,,May 21.-(8peclal Tel egram.) The Sioux City police are looking for four men who blew the safe of the Wlnnega State bank at Winnebago City, Neb., early this morning and secured $1,200 cash. The men are supposed to have come to Sioux City.. Some suspects have been arrested. , The robbers fled In a buggy whloh It de veloped they had hired from a local livery barn Just after daylight thla - morning. This afternoon the police arrested John E. Roe, alias "Hand and A Half" Kelly, an1 Qeorre Myers, a well known gambler. (.n JT.lB,J,H .the poHwa-aro looking j fOT two 0tnerB Myers admits having hired j tj,e rig, but claims to have been fishing, rtmeers from winn.hmrn ... ,ni .nniv or extradition of thA nrlsnner, . apply for extradition of the prisoners aa oon as the formalities can be complied with. BIG SLUMP IN STOCKS i nlon Pacific and RmcltlnsT Lead Dc- cllnc, Which Ranees from Two to Seven Points. NEW YORK, May 21 The stock market Buffered another sharp and unexplained slump today. Trading in Amalgamated Copper, American Smelting, Reading, Union Pacific and United Statea Steel was extremely active. Net declines for the day ranged from t for Bmelting to 1 for I - - - " - I rni,ei states Steel, with losses of 2 In Amalgamated Copper, 2 In Reading, 4 in Union Pacific, 24 In Northern Pacific, 8 In Brooklyn Rapid Transit, and In Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul. The market was active and Weak directly after the opening, with Smelter leading the list with a drop of more than 4 points in the first hour. After soma stop-loss order, had been uncovered a rally checked the de cline until after noon, when there wns an other sharp break, In which United State. Steel was the chief sufferer at first. Later the pressure against Smelting was renewed and the whole list Buffered heavily. Union Poclfio particularly. Heavy covering operations by bears caused a rally late In the day. In which 1 Smelting recovered i points of Its enrller I. a............. . .. . . . .t . . unseTtled ... ..... i -"" r "'"'I-"-.-'. - the du-y anJ - new hihl lump were put In circulation by bears cents jump ior me any ana a new nign I ' . i i-i for the season I during the day. but most of them were Ifvel ror me season. promptly denied. One of the moat common of these waa the report that heavy note Issues were contemplated by some of the leading Industrials. No facts developed to show that the movement was anything other than a bear raid coupled with the bull market In grain. ' WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Signal Officers' at Other Posta Ordered to Report for Duty at Fort Omaha. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 21. (Special Tele gram.) First Lieutenant Wiley P. Man gum, Jr., of 'the Signal corps Is relieved from duty at Fort Meade and will proceed to Fort Omaha for duty. Master Signal Electrician Magnus Nordqulst Is relieved from duty in the Department of California and ordered to Fort Omaha for duty. Oscar M. Waddell, at present superinten dent of the Unltah Indian school In Utah, has been appointed as superintendent of the Winnebago training school, succeeding Superintendent McFatridge. Rr.i n.rri.r. mntiini fur Inn muipe : Fairfield, route 8, Clark H. King, carrier, j minority report. ; Louis King, substitute; Imogens, route irTjrrj kiimrtlT LHT DV tdjiii Claude A. Ness, carrier, John Retelsdorph, j FATHER NUutNT HIT BY TRAIN substitute; Sidney, route . Raymond K Stevens, carrier, Elmer L. Thatcher, sub- HUMMELL REMAINS IN CELL New York Lawyer Too m to Leave nd Keeps Himself from Sight. NEW YORK. May 21. Abraham Hum mell, the lawyer who was committed to Blackwell'a Islsnd yesterday to serve a year's sentence for conspiracy, waa too 111 to lsave bim cell tn tbe peiUtentUiy today. v 1 EIGHT CHALLENGES REMAIN Prediction That llaynnod Jury Will Be Completed Some Time Monday. BOISE, Idaho. May 21. -It Is prrdloted today that the first witness testifying to circumstances connected with the crime J In the Sieunenberger murder ense will take the stand one week hence. There are still eight unexpended peremptory challenges; there Is an additional vacancy created by the excuse for Illness of Juror Orrle Cole, and under the ruling of Judge Fremont Wood the entire Jury Is still open to fur ther examination. The session scheduled for Thursday aft ernoon, already a short one, will be further shortened by the time necessary to hear the excuses of the special veniremen directly assembled in court, and doubt Is expressed about the completion of the Jury by ad journment on Saturday afternoon. Those who reduce the problem to a mathematical calculation based on the experience of the trial to date predict that the Jury will be finally sworn some time on Monday next; that the opening statement will be made on either Monday afternoon or Tuesday morn ing, and that the first real testimony will be taken on Tuesday. It has noi been decided whether James H. Hawley or Senator Borah will make the opening statement for the prosecution. They said today that they had not decided the question, but would take It up later In the week. The prosecution continues to file the nnmes of all witnesses to be used In tho four chscs pending, nnd they now number nearly 100. Less than one third of them will lw called In the Haywood case. Harry Orchard, the principal witness for the state, will probably be on the stand for a full week. His. evidence in chief Is ex pected to occupy from three to four days and his cross-examination nearly aa long. It la believed that he will be Called about one week from Thursday, assuming that the Jury Is sworn In on Monday. The great battle of the trial will come with the Introduction of Orchard in court. It is expected that there will be a fight against admission of his testimony at every important stage and that he will be sub mitted to the strongest examination that the combined ingenuity and cleverness of the defense can devise. Attorney E. F. Richardson will conduct the cross-examination of Orchard. PAT CROWE GETS ACQUITTAL Jury In Council Bluffs Says lie Is Not Guilty of Holding; I'p Motor Crews. That Pat Crowe was not one of the two bandits who held up and robbed the crews of two motor trains at the east end of the bridge on the night of Sunday, July 2, 1M5, was the verdict of the Jury In the district court In Council Bluffs last even ing. The case was given to the Jury at 6 o'clock and at 8 o'clock, after the Jury had partaken of supper, the verdict of acquittal was brought in. In view of the weakness of the state'B case the verdict was not unexpected. Crowe did not go on the stand himself, but relied on the testimony of Henry Leuch, one of the motormen held up, and of John and Mary Wilson, at whose house Crowe was alleged to havo been with Ivl the morning following the hold up. Leuch testified that Crowe was not one of the two oandlts. He had shortly after the hold up identified Doran aa ono of the ban - dltg. Wilson and his wife both denied that Crowe had been in their house, but ad mitted Levi had been. Mrs. Lillian Dalton of South Omaha, who failed to appear Monday, waa in court yesterday, having accompanied Doputy Sheriffs Groneweg and Woolman to this city after the bench warrant had been issued for her. Mrs. Dalton's testimony ! was not nearly as convincing as it had ; been before the grand Jury. Mrs. Dalton J after Crowe'B arrest identified him among ! a number of men In the Jail In Omaha as one of the two men who had been In the part of her house at 1902 Eighth avenue. i which Bhe had rented to the Wilsons. which one ii."m v ,.hv...d. u understood that with the acquittal i cf Crowe the case against Arthur Levi, who was Indicted Jointly with Crowe, will be dismissed. TWO NEW HIGH RECORDS September Wheat Goes to f 1 04 and December to ai.Ot &-H In Chicago. CHICAGO, May 21. Two new high rec- J ords for the crop were established today, ! when September wheat went te $1.04 and December to $1.04. July closed at over a dollar also, thus setting a record mark for the season. Bud climatic conditions caused the upturn. " I I 1 1 T J 1. W II 1 vrw Vfinl- M?lifl. Im. .t...' i today a wliu buii' market in .' un.nlmoualy prulsed the 1 vancerl Julv to Il.( rfcDresentln ! coolness and bravery of tho Naomi's crew. Speculative excitement rose to a high pitch, fanned by some of the worst crop report, that have been .een from western states. Near the cloae a sudden rush of profit-taking broke price, a cent per bushel from the top. DEBATE 0VER AGREEMENT Southern Presbyterians Put la Time Talking Over Reporta Made by Committee. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. May 21. Debate upon the question of adopting the Char lotte articles of agreement on closer rela tions between churches holding the Pres byterian system was the feature of tho nnn aay s session oi siirr assemuiy ! ' h8 Presbyterian church In the United Btates. Arguments were upon the majority j na nnnoniy report , i. specs, com- rnilloti Ul IWIHJ-Di, nuuiiiiiicy 7CS1CIUHJT afternoon. Prior to the discussion devotional .ervlce. were led by Rev. J. N. Van Deventer of J Fort I:nnce, Va. j W. 8. Fleming of Columbia, Tenn., opened ! U" debate favoring the adoption of the Klouarnt Catholic Preacher Probnbly Fataly Injured at Chicago, CHICAGO. May 21. Rev. Father Francis j Nugent, head of the mission work west of the Vlcentlan Fathers, and whose home Is In St. Lou!, wa. struck and probably j fatally Injured by a Chicago A Oak Park BOSTON, May 21-Rob.rt Van Sand, electric train at Austin, a suburb, today. or Chicago was tod.ty i-cted supreme re The accident occurred at a ciosslng at gent of the supreme council of the Royal which It Is said there waa no flagman. Arcanum. L. J. Melsner of St. Louis was Father Nugent was on his way to church. ' cl.osen a member of the committee on ap He la considered una of the most eloquent peuls. preachers in the Catholic church, la tbe I A. n. R jblnvon of St. Louie was ma4 United States, LAKE VESSEL BURNS Steamer Naomi Pta'-roTtd in Middle of Lake Michigan. FOUR COAL PASSERS ROASTED TO DEATH One Passenger Ties of Irjaries in Grand Re pi 3 s Heapital. SEVENTY-FIVE LIVES ARE ENDANGERED I a fencers and Crew Betcned hj Eteamer Kansas and I reigbter Km. HULK IS TOWED INTO GRAND HAVEN Fire Broke Out Between Decks nnd Made Such tirest Headway That Crew t ool. I Xot Control It. GRAND HAVEN, Mich.. May 21. Five lives were lost and about seventy-five peo ple had a perilously close escape from death when tho steamer Naomi of the Crosby Transportation company burned early today In the middle of Lake Michi gan while on its regular night trip from this port to Milwaukee. Four of the vic tims were coal passers penned down In the forecastlo by the flames, where mnny of the rescued passengers from the decks of the freighter Kerr and the steamer Kansas saw them at the portholes vainly Imploring for help. J. M. Rhondes of Detroit, a passenger, was the fifth victim. He wos terribly burned In his berth and died soon after retching a hospital at Grand Rnpldn. The steamer was burned to the water's edge and has been towed Into this harbor, where it lies at Its dock, a smouldering hulk. The fire broko out between decks in tho forward end of tho steamer. It spread with such tremendous rapidity that It was vain for the crew to fight the flames and they busied themselves arousing and saving the passengers. The Kansas took all the half clad passengers aboard and brought them here In a shocked and frightened Tondltlon. Pnssenacr Dies nf Injuries. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. May 21. Four coal passers were burned to death nnd one passengers, J. M. Rhoades of Detroit, was fatally burned, when tho Crosby line steamer Naomi, formerly tho Wisconsin, was burned to the water's edge early to day In the middle of Lnko Michigan. Fifty passengers and nil of the crew except the four coal passers were taken off In small boats by the freighter Kerr nnd the Naomi's sister ship, the Kansas, which wns enrouto from Milwaukee, to Grand Haven. J. M. Rhoades of Detroit the only one of the pnsens-ers who was serlcfusly Injured and who wns hurried 'to a hospital as soon as the rescued people had reached Grand Haven, died a few hours ofter arriving at the hospital. Mr. Rhorules was a lumber expert for the Detroit branch of the Diamond Match company. Jamea Avery .of Tulare, S.D., and Will iam Sherwood "of Fargo, N." D., wera the only p"ciBer8 aboard residing west of Wisconsin. The loss of the Naomi, which waa In j command of Captain Thomas Traill, is estimated at $225,000. After the passenger. nnd crew were re.cued, a tug and barge which had been attracted to the scene by the Are put a line on the burning hulk and Is now towing It to Grand Haven. The fire started in the vicinity of the kitchen between dock and spread so rapidly that the whole ship was a seething furnace before the crew could get tho fire apparatus working. Fire swept the whole length of the ship. It Itr considered miraculous that the passengers all escaped Many of them were taken off In their night clothes, while scarcely any ono was more than partly clad. Discovered By Another Boat. The fire wa. not originally discovered by any of the Naomi's crew, hut was first seen hy the lookout on the steamer Kan sns, which was proceeding in the opposite direction from Milwaukee to Grand Haven. The Kansas made for the Naomi and In tho meanwhile the passengers of the Ill fated boat were betng awakened. Captain Thomas Traill was the lost man to leave the steamer alive and his cloth lng was almost burned off him. It Is said by the passengers that the screams of the dying men In the hold wera heard, hut that it was Impossible to roach : them. I Tell Thrilling; Stories. j Many of the passsengers of the burned I steamer Naomi returned today to this city. "')' gritpiui: unit vniiiiin iui-s oi Arthur Jones, a Detroit attorney, lost .., ,k, all his belongings except his clothes. "What C we suffered," he said, "aa we stood thera on the stern, of the boat watching the fir) creeping towards u. In spite of the heroia efforts of the crew to beat it back, nobody can tell. Through It all no braver men ever walked than Steward Philip Rossbach and Purser William Hanrahan of the Naomi. Brave and cool, os if in port, they worked, like heroes, caring for the passen gers. It was these men who went down to the tower deck with smoke and flames all around them and hunded up the body of Rhoades, whose picture still haunts me." Sol Waterman of New York said: "Never will I forget the picture of those poor fellows In the forecastle who wera burned. The Naomi was a mass of flames. Suddenly the four men who had been j a,,ep , the forecastle thrust their head. ; fh hri. Bnrt --ii.,, fOP h-ir. I The CBptan of the freight steamer wa ' on oraered a nfehoat to gq to their aid. The boat went, but the men wera unable to squeeze their bodies through tha l norfs Wa rouM bear them enlllnsr nit I. ! fu for M an U)em throUfh th, , -llm. hllt ,h(k fr,a, mv oama tmril ; ani reported it could not reach them. ; The rapU,B orn(.red tne boat to T(Aurn ; .,, mi, ,ha am ,,, m. w j cou)d hpar f ne ou,tlln, an(1 u,,, M ' tnft men 'ol, ,n4-lr names and the name, j of residences of their families and friends. Finally, one man railed out: 'Ooodby, I'm gone,' and fell buck Into the flame. " ROYAL ARCANUM ELECTION i Robert Van Sands of Chicago Chosen Supreme Regent of the Order. I Junior fast supreme regent