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The Omaha Sunday Bee PAHT U A Wii,r for tho Homo THE OMAHA DEC Best A". West HEWS SECTIG1I PACKS 1 TO It VOL. XXXVI NO. 49. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2G, 1907 SIX SECTIONS FOUTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. TOURISTS IN LONDON lot An dowded by Wealthy laaricani and Families. TAKING THEIR RECREATION ON THE MOVE Autoobilei Help to laep V.'a ton Eneaced Dunn Summer. BARRING "THE M1KA.DC" STRANGE ACT Action of Ertith Authorities En Cantad Comaent Gtnerally, START FIGHT AGAhST SHOE TRUST Uadoa Paper Eirrlilog Vigorous Warfare) t pon Boot Shoe Organisation, Whoso Acta it Decrle. LONDON. May 25. (8peclal.-London Is faat filling up with American!. They ara arriving by every train, filling the hotel! and the boarding houaea and keeping the motor cars busy from morning until night. Prom the continent just at present there la almost aa much travel aa there la from America. The two streams In fact are meeting Just now. The wealthy half Euro-pean-Ameiicau who haa been spending the winter on the shores of the Mediterranean Is homeward bound'. " The often wealthier American, who haa no time for Idling In the winter. Is rushing over to take a few weeks' rest and recreation In different parts of Great Britain. Many of the wealthier visitors are bring ing their motor cars with them. Many millionaires, by the way, now keep a car or two on this side of the Atlantic all the year around. Whether wealthy or not, the Ylsltlng American does not feel that he haa aeen England until be has taken a run down to Shakespeare's country or Into Devonshire In an automobile. "The automobile," aald Mr. Flagg, the Condon manager of the American Express company, In wboae Haymarket rendezvous Americans foregather, "Is helping to keep Americans in this country. Where for merly they would stay only a day or two In London and then go on to Paris, they are now spending the beet part of their holiday in touring England by car. We encourage them to do It, planning tours for them by automobile and putting them In the way of seeing the most beautiful and Interesting parts of this country with out trouble," - The question of the powers possessed by the lord chamberlain raised by his remark able action In banning "The Mikado,' Is still arousing widespread discussion and comment, especially now that cable dis patches say that the production has been revived at the West End theater in New York City and In other parts of tbe world. iS'v JapaitM Arm I Influential Japanese : Surprised. emphatically U.at no representation of any I kind whatsoever has been made on behalf of Japan which can have led to the extra ordinary attitude taken up by tbe au thorities. Among those Interviewed may be mentlor'd Mr. K, Buglmura, the dis tinguished special correspondent of the Toklo Asabt, one of the leading Japanese newspapers. Among other things he said: The only part of the play to which ob jection might be taken by S3ms is the pre sentation of the mikado on the stage as a comic character. This Would be Impossible In Japan where my countrymen regard the person of the emperor aa too high for auch ' treament. Yet even with us one of our most famous novelists, Ballaka of the Gen roku period did treat the figure of the em peror humorously, describing one of his characters as the Emperor DolL The novel la still circulating in Japan. It has not been prohibited there. "We recognise that In this English play It la not any particular mikado represented, and that the empero:' la not shown aa a cruel and frivolous monarch. I, am not among those who put art before morals, but I do not think It Justifiable to suppress the opera for such a trivial reason. Be sides the mikado In thla play la not a cer tain emperor of Japan of a certain period. H la neither historical nor modern, but purely an Imaginary creature. If the name 'Mikado' were to offend some (not sane Japan) lot It ba changed to Qtono.' Shogun,' or any other one pleases. Then there could be no possible cause of offense to anybody. "Of course, the play la not In the least like Japan, showing as It doea an Imaginary world. The characters embrace and kiss gttfte publicly. In my country this would be quite shocking. No properly brought up young ladles like Tom-Turn would ever dream of doing thla "And speaking of Turn-Tom t cannot understand from what part of Japan the author got the names of his character Yura-Tum I thought' at first to be Num Num. an Incantation to Buddha. Real Jap anese girls would never be called Tutu Turn or Peep-Bo. Then, too. the name of the man Pooh-Bah Is not a Japanese name." Puhlle Regrets Loss ef Mikado. Mrs. D'Oyly Carte says that ahe has boeu fairly Inundated with letters and tele grams frum the public expressing their in dignation and disappointment at the pros pect of "The Mikado" being lost to them. Mr. lUnry Arthur James being Interviewed, aid: "I am unable to Judge how far The Mikado' might possibly offend the patrtotlo ano rengioue susceptibilities of the Jap- sua now iar it would be poll'le to yay oeierenoe to those feelings. ""art frm thla. which la Indeed the whets Question. I confess I am amused at finding so blameless and strenuously t nocent aa author ss Mr. M. S Gilbert un der the ban of Lord Chamberlain." The London Daily Mall, which had so much to do with bringing about the speedy dissolution of the Boao trust. Is now en gaged In a war upon the so-called Boot and Shoe trust, which, it appeara. haa some American connections. Saya the Dally Mall: "We will have a tax on every pair of shoes made la the openly avowed Ideal and ambition of tlte great Shoe Machinery trust. "Tbe Shoe Machinery corporation, with a capital of $60,000,0X1, Incorporated under the law of New Jersey, is going the right way to realise 1U alms. It controls com panies In Ara arte. Canada. Prance, Ger many, Scandinavia, Bwilaerland and else where. ' la England Its branch corporation la known as the British .United Shoe Ma chinery company. limited. From seven eighths to nine-tenths of the British shoe anasufecturers are bound to It and the CWOua4 an Fourth rage.) SUMMARY OF THE BEE Banday, May lOT. 1907 MAY 1007 sua wo rst wis run nti sat X I 2 3H 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 FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Showers Sunday, cooler In south portion. Monday fair and warmer FORECAST FOR IOWA Showers and cooler Sunday. Monday partly cloudy and warmer In west portion. temperature at Omaha yesterday Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg. .... Tl .... 72 .... 711 72 .... 70 .... t .... 5 a. m 63 1 p. m... a. m S3 t p. m... 7 a. m 62 3 p. m... l-a. m $3 p. ni... a. m 66 6 p. m... 10 a. m 66 p. m... 11 a. m t 7 p. m... u m 7u DOMESTIC. Three days of continuous ralrl and snow cause severe floods In the Black Hills. X, X San Francisco grand Jury Indicts six millionaires on charges of bribery and attempted bribery growing out of gas scandal and Parkslde trolley franchise deal. x, Page 1 At least fourteen lives were lost by destruction of lodging house at San Jose, Cal. x, page 1 Both sides In Steunenberg murder case accept Juror who la opposed to death pen alty except when necessary to protect so ciety from anarchy. Three Jurora were secured during the day and but four per emptory challenges remain unused. x, 'so a Monument to General John B. Gordon Is unveiled at Atlanta, Ga. X, Page fl Sovereign camp Woodmen of the World adjourns after advancing salaries of Its officers and electing delegates to camp of i Pacific Jurisdiction. X, Page wmna, State Railway commission objects te the construction mileage Idea In the ap portionment of earnings. X, Pago State Board of Aasesament will Increase the valuation on railroad property about $24,000,000 over last year. X, Page 1 Delegates are chosen at Hastings to represent Nebraska at convention of American Society of Equity In Omaha next month and boost' dollar wheat cam paign, x, Page X.OCAX List of business men who go on "Great Northwest" trade excursion to northwest states represents $20,000,000 of capital. TX, Page F. W. Meneray, a nurseryman, says that small fruits have not been damaged by I late frosts and that crop prospects are good. TX, Pag 18 Union Pacific changes time of train leaving Omaha for Denver from 7. JO a. m. to midnight. TX, Page 8 Number of building permits Issued dur ing May increases ISO per cent, although buildings are mostly homes and Invest ment smaller than last year. VI, Page Gould Diets and his bride return from extensive trip In southern Europe and northern Africa. . . X, Pags 6 Board of Education expects to announce at commencement time the winner of the Rosewater scholarship. XX. Page 3 BPOBT SJZOTXOST. Tale Junior eight wins two rowing races at American regatta at Philadel phia. Page X Dlnna Ken, 12 to 1. wins the Carleton stakes at Oravesend and makes new track record. Peter Pan, the heavily played favorite, was second. Page a Kansas wins track meet at Lawrence by S2H points to Nebraska's 60H. Sev eral state records are broken. Page 1 Grlnnell wins the Iowa intercollegiate track meet by one point from Drake. Page a Result of the ball games: . 2 Des Moines vs. Omaha 0. 2 Lincoln vs. Denver 0. 5 Pueblo vs. Sioux City 4. 7- 6 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn 4-6. t Chicago vs. Cincinnati 0. 9 New York vs. Boston 1. 6 Pittsburg vs. St. Louis -J. 8 Pt. Louis vs. Boston 1. I Chicago vs. New York 1. ( Cleveland vs. Philadelphia 2. Page X OOMMSKCXAX. AJTD UrSVITUAX. Condition of Oinaha'a trade. TX, Pags Live stock markets. TX, Page 7 Grain markets. TX, Page 7 Stocks and bonds. TX, Pags T Eosza escrxosr. In the Home Section of this number will be found Buster Brown; the Busy Bees' Own Page; Constantlne, the Aerial City; Effect of Constitutional Government In Montenegro; How to Wear a Long Kid. Glove; What Women Are Doing; Love Wins on Decoration Day; Dainty Things in Neckwear; Triumph of the Rocking Chair; Mrs. Pearson, the Ostrich Queen; Fluffy Ruffles. Sis Pages KAOAXXBTS EOTXOIT. In the Magazine Section of this number will be round a short sketch of the thrill ing army career of Edward Yarton, Doug las County's Oldest Veteran; Nebraska's Interest In Arlington Cemetery; 8tory of the Great Battle Mountain National San itarium for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; Chat About Plays and Players; Mualcal Note and Comment; Oxford-Cambridge Athletes Who Are Coming to America. ; atta Pages GOING TO RED CROSS MEETING American Representative Are Uar. log far International Confer eaee at London. WA8HINOTON, May 2B.-The American I representatives at the approaching meeting of the International Red Cross conference j from the 10th to the loth of June are al ready making their way to London, which ! la the place of meeting. Miss Mabel Board- ' man sailed from New York laat Tuesday ' and within a day or two Surgeon General ' O'Reilly, General William C. Sanger and Medical Director Wise, constituting the central committee of the American Red i Cross, and William Blcknell of Chicago, a i I prominent member of the association, will depart. ' The international conference meets unce I every Ave yesrs snd the preceding meeting 1 was In St. Petersburg. The rsurtna baa Slways taken deep Interest In the confer- ence and haa charged the one about to meet with the task of examining tbe de vice expected to be submitted In answer to her Invitation offering large money prises for the best means of transporting me wouoaea on me neia or Dai tie. other- I wise the conference la devoted -to bringing up to date tbe Red Cross methods of re lief In time o war and pestilence and natural calamities which will doubtless find expression In certain recommendations that will be laid before Lhe approaching Hague eenferanoe. PUBLIC SERVICE BAD Oitiitis tf B.rlin An Much Diisatiafled with Twe Chief Branch, TELEPHONE SYSTEM ESPECIALLY POOR Bureaucracy Hti Resulted in Perpetuatine. Old Hen aod Their Methods, IV1S Of MANAGLMENT PATENT TO Av Mstrcpiliun Bailway fiu Beoorr of General Eerisioi' .S? LIGHTING SYSTEM IHu ONE t.XLPTION Street Railways of Germany's Capital Managed by Private KnterprUe with Assistance el City Representatives. BERLIN, May 24. Special. ) In no coun try In Europe can one examine the relative efficiency and economy of state managed and privately managed public services to greater advantage than in Germany. The bureaucracy here la more numerous and Ita attitude toward the general public la more autocratlo than elsewhere among civilised people except In Russia. It does not follow, however, that the av erage German la content with all the forms of state control under which he lives. Here In Berlin, for Instance, great dissatisfaction la felt with two chief branches of public service, the Metropolitan railroad, or Stadtbahn, and the telephone system. The two Illustrate a condition of things which can be paralleled in almost any part of the empire. Just as what Is to be said of private enterprise Is applicable in the same way. The Metropolitan is an object of derision to git travellers, not lesst to the traveller from America. It carries one. Indeed, be tween five stations for 18 pfennigs (four pfennigs ecus! 1 cent), but It takes about four times as long as a similar trip in New York. t No doubt the 'traveller Is amused at see ing his train dispatched to the stentorian command "Off!" by a stiff backed person age In captain's uniform, and there Is a great deal of concern, not to ssy curiosity, displayed about his ticket and behavior generally from the moment he enters the station until he Is enclosed In a carriage which Is usually warm when It should be cool and cold when It should be warm. But he has disagreeable sensations also. The German Pnlilc. Once he enters a railroad station, on might say any public place In Germnjv, he becomes "das Publicum" In otaVr worda, the servant and chattel of the authorities. There Is a story, probably a'n old one, of the present Duke of Norfolk, when postmaster general, going Into a Eon don suburban office to buy a penny stamp. The clerk was taking things so easily that the duke called him to order, and when the clerk. In a rery Impertinent tone, asked the duke who ha was he received the some what astonishing reply, '1 am the Pr-bllc." and with It the duke's visiting card. Burn a story could not have crllrntefl In Germany. In Germany the official Is every thing and the public nothing. Nor Is the public !wavs bartlr treated: Indeed. If It Is a good child, If It behaves Itself exactly In accnr',nroe with the numerous' notice dls plaved In every public office. The authorities In Germany often remind one of the little girl who. when she was good, was very very good, but when she was bad wss horrid. Were the Metropolitan In the hands of a Private company the service would be moro rapid, the public better treated and the line be more frequently used, not as now, svolded where possible. When the line was built by Dlrcksen a quarter of a cen tury ago It was regarded as a masterpiece of technical achievement. So, perhaps It was. but from the berdnnlng of Its career It waa bound, as municipal services com monlv are to deteriorate. Influential Incompetence was put St. Its head. It was overloaded with personnel, an army of bookkeepers with stacks of forms waa brought Into action, the bu reaucratic spirit of contempt for or In difference to the rights of the public began to pervade the entire Institution, and In efficiency began almost with the under taking's birth. Tn such rases managers are chosen for their personal relations In high, that Is to say official, quartera, rather than for their skill and experience, while the staff la recruited, not because of intelli gence, alertness and technical fitness, but because of the Information the candidates possess tn history, Latin, literature and other academic subjects. Little Chance of Promotion. Under such a system Edison ( himself would have a poor chance of employment or promotion. The consequence has been that after twenty-five years working In Berlin, ths number of passengers, tnstesd of rising yearly to correspond with the enormous Increase In the population, has remslned ststlonary or decreased. The public prefer the private company's street cars (Strassenbahn) or the cartages of the privately owned elevated and underground railroad (Hochbahn), for they thus get quirk transport at a moderate fare, at the same ttme avoiding overfilled rarrlagea, unexpected delays and domineering super vision. For the Hochbahn franchise the Siemens A Halsk company pays rent of about 2V4 Pr cent on a yearly Income exceeding ,000.000 marks (Il.SOO.OuO), but a minimum of $4,000 annually. It la a small, but quick and comfortable railway, taking one a dis tance, at present, of four miles for cents. Since Its establishment tour or five years ago not a single accident on It of any gravity has been recorded. The Berlin telephone system has never been thoroughly efficient and today may be said to be one of the Worst in the world. An organic change In ths manner of putting the called In connection with the caller was recently Introduced, and ever since the papers have teemed with complaints, con demnatory resolutions drawn up by public bodies and literature of the same sort If the change seemed likely to result In an Improvement one might have patience, but for several months It ho been In oper ation and the service Instead of growing better la dally growing worse. Such an evil would have been avoided by a private company, which would have made sure that tt would satisfy its clients before ven turing to disorganise commercial and so cial Intercourse and unnecessarily irritate the community. The authorities do not appear to have oonaulted the public m any fashion. They simply aald .let H be done s.d tt was dona Now they stand oorn mttted and the public Is helpless and In more than one sens volceUsa. Probably water works ought everywhere to be In municipal handa. but however that (Continent oo Fourth M4 NATIVE ATTACKS GOVERNOR Germany's Colonial Scaadale Creep to Light Notwithstanding Efforts tn Concent These. BERLIN. May . (Special.) In the long series of "Colonial Scandals." with which Germany haa been so much preoccupied during the past yesr or two none has at tracted more attention than the cose of Jeskr -ron Puttkamrr, which has Just been up " the disciplinary court for Imperial r-, v Uttng at Potsdam. Herr von S ner belongs to one of the best ',NN" slan families and la closely related to 3 Btsmarcks. He waa for some time gov ernor of the Cameroons, where the Irreg ularitlea charged against him were alleged to have been committed. Public attention waa at first attracted to his administration by a native calling himself Prince Akwa, who came to Germany and published an attack en the governor, whom be accused of having Imprisoned his father, described by him as a king, and other colored chief tains because they had addressed a com plaint against him to Berlin. Herr Eri berger. who waa Just then pushing himself to the front aa dlalnfector of Augean stables, took up the matter and gave It extended publicity. It haa been noised about that Herr von Puttkamer had en Joyed in the Cameroons the society of a Frauleln Ecke, whose acquaintance he had made In l&ti at a pension In Berlin and whom he had Introduced to the guests at the residency aa his cousin. It waa further stated and thla waa one of the counts against him that when this woman's pres ence In the colony threatened to create a scandal ha sent her home with a passport made out In the name of Baroness von Kckhardtsteln. Anothur allegation which he waa called upon to face was that he had Improperly accepted presents of shares In certain companies engaged In planting and commerce In the jcolonv. Prosecuting couiwel demanded the defendant's- dismis sal from the service, but the court finally found Herr von Puttkamer guilty on three counts, sentenced him to pay a One of $300 and ordered him reprimanded on account of his relatione to the woman. HOME RULE SPIRIT GROWING John Redmond Has Engagement to Deliver Address Before Ox ford L'nlen Jane tt. DUBLIN, May 2&. (8peclal.-Tho en gagement which Mr. Redmond has made to address the famous Oxford Union society on the Irish national question on June I SDd the fact that minorities against home rule at the Oxford union have been rapidly diminishing in number may render it of Interest to know that as far back as U7I Mr. Swift MacNetll, then an Oxford under graduate, moved a motion In the union in favor of the establishment of an Irish Parliament. The motion was of course defeated, but It bad the support of Mr. J. R. Green, the historian, who made an eloquent speech In its support. Two Regius professors of history at Ox ford, Mr. Freeman and Mr. York Powell were earnest advocates of bom rule. . The Very Rev. Dr. Kitchen, formerly Dean of Winchester and now dean of Durham, who is himself a distinguished historian, who filled the chair of history tutor and lecturer at Christ church, Oxford, and public ex aminer In th history school has for more than twenty years been an ardent advocate of home rule. . ' The wide difference of opinion regarding the home rule proposition Introduced into Parliament makes It difficult to express any opinion at this time with any reasonable degree of Intelligence. It Is too early to even venture an opinion as to ultimate re sults, but this one thing msy be taken for granted by Irish-Americans that the new home rule proposition pleases nobody. Your correspondent has yet to find an Irish man, who has expressed himself as being satisfied. The Irish Catholics are angry, but so, too, are the Irish Protestants. And it la doubtful whether there exists In all Ireland an Irish Catholic, who la as In dignant as the average Irish Protestant. ARREST BELGIAN OFFICERS Aceased of Espionage Behalf of Germany Arrested 1st Pe culiar Way. BRUSSELS, May 2S.-(Speclal.)-The ar rest of four ex-noncommtssioned officers of the Belgian army who are charged with espionage on behalf of Germany waa brought about In a curious way. An advertisement appeared in a Brussels newspaper for an Intelligent young man, a tioiiuuiiiiiilssloned officer preferred, who would be well remunerated for certain services. A noncommissioned officer who answered the advertisement waa asxed to keep the appointment the following day. He waa met by a stranger who informed him that the present difficult situation in Morocco might result In a war between France and Germany and that Germany wished cer tain information regarding the numerous forts of tbe Meuse, especially at Naumur, Malonne and. Liege. The noncommissioned officer refused In dignantly. Several days later the soldier encountered the man In the street and gave htm into cuatody. He proved to be an ex-noncommissloned officer and his ar rost was followed by that of three men who were working with him. The quartet claim that they were em ployed by a private detective agency to work against France, but not agalnat Bel glum. DISCOVER GENUINE WATTEAU Landlord In New Zealand Who Took it for Debt Realise Upon His Property. DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND. May 26. (Special.) A picture which Is pronounced to be a genuine Watteau has Just been dis covered in a private house here. Forty years ago a "remittance man," who waa dying at Dunedln, at a hotel, made ths picture over to the landlord In discharge of a debt. The picture was In custody of a bank and there the landlord allowed It to remain for many years, little suspecting Its worth, .but finally taking It ut and giving It to his daughter as a wedding gift. A little while ago a local artist happened to sea the picture and gave acme idea of the value of It to the husbsnd of the owner. Ths latter communicated with the New Zealand premier. Sir Joseph Ward, who Informed Mr. A. A. Longden. who Is In charge of the British art section of the Christ church expostion. Mr. Longden ex amined the painting snd pronounced it a genuine Watteau. He will probably send It ' to England on an offer by Sir Isidore Bplelnsaa. ' The picture Is 1 foot M Inches br 1 foot t Inches. It represents a group of Watteau figures set In a rural scene, wiUl a back ground of dark follag) . BIG FISH IN THE NET Six Millionaires Are Indicted by fan Fraaoiioo Grand J try. CHARGE IS BRIBERY OF OFFICIALS Twenty-Eight Bills Containing 123 Cunti Ara leturned. GROW OUT OF TRACTION AND GAS DEALS Six orporitien and Two City Officials on the Liib MEN INDICTED FRIDAY GIVE BOND Trolley, Telephone and City Officials asd Their Attorneys Throng Jndg Coffey's Co art Room. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. May 25-S1x more millionaires and multl-mllllonalres. some of them well known throughout the country, fell under the accusation of the Oliver grand Jury this evening when that body. Just before an adjournment until June 10, returned fourteen Indictments Jointly against O. H. Umheen. J. E. Oreen and W. I. Brobeck, charging them with attempted bribery of public officials, and fourteen In dictments Jointly against Frank. G. Drum, Eugene De Babla and John Martin, charg ing them with bribery of public officials. With the former group Abraham Ruef, the fallen political boss of San Francisco, was Jointly Indicted; with the latter group Ruef and Mayor Schmlts. In all . twenty-eight Indictments were found today, containing 126 counts and call ing for ball bonds In the total sum of II. 260,000. Umbsen, Green, Brobeck and Ruef are accused by the grand Jury of offering a bribe of H.000 each to Supervisors Boxton, Coffey, Oolemnn, Davis. Duffey, F"urey, TJalagher, Harrlgan, Kelly, Lonergan, Mamlock, McGushln, Phillips and Walsh on NovemberJO, 1806, to award to the Park Side Transit company a street railway franchise. This franchise was voted De cember 81, 1906, but the Spreckles, Heney Bums bribery graft Investigation getting under way at about that time tho Parkslde deal was abandoned and no money was pasaed, ssy the prosecutors. On Real Indictment. The Indictments against Drum, DeSabla, Martin, Ruef and Schmlts charge them with giving a bribe of $760 each to super visors In consideration of their vote, cast March 12. 1906. by which the legal gaa rate for 1906-07 was fixed at 85 cents Instead of 75 oenta. Frank G. Drum is manager of ths Tavls estate, one of the largest prop erties In the west. He Is a member of the executive committee of the Board of Di rectors of the San Francisco Gas A Elec tric company and of the Bay Cities Water company and occupied an Identical office In the Parkslde Transit company. Eugene De Babla Is a director tn and was formerly president of the Gas & Electric company. John Martin la closely associated with De Sabla in many interests. Each Is many times a millionaire. Each of the six corporation officials In dicted today will be called on Monday to furnish ball bonds In the sum of 1140,000. So will the mayor. Ruefe ball required will be $20.000. This Is a total of $1,260,000. The gTSnd total of the ball demanded on all of the 336 Indictments for bribery, at tempted bribery, extortion, conspiracy and perjury this far returned by the Oliver grand Jury as the net partial results of Its Investigations into munlolpal corruption Is $3,360,000. Indicted Men Give Bond. Millionaires and multl-mllllonalres, presi dents and vice presidents and lesser offi cials of great corporations today thronged Judge Coffey's court room with their attor neys and attendants. They had been sum moned to give ball in excess of $600,000 to Insure their persotfal liberty pending trial on felony ndlctments leturnel egatns'. them by a grand Jury. First came LouH Glass, vice president of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, to give bonds In the sum of $20, 000 on the charge of bribing two of the supervisors to vote with their associates against the granting of a competing tele phone franchise in San Francisco. Mr. Glass was represented by Attorney Coogan, who handed to Judge Coffey two bonds for $10,000 each, given by a surety company of San Francisco. President Patrick Calhoun and assistant to President Mullally of the United Ratl- : roads, General Counsel Tlrey L. Ford and Assistant Counsel William L. Abbott of j that corporation, each of them Indlctod , on fourteen counta on the charge of brib ing thirteen supervisors and Mayor Schmlts to grant a trolley franchise, un der which the United Railroads system was electrified and Is operated, appeared in company with Attorneys A. A. Moore and Stanley Moore of the United Rail roads, Morlts Rosenthal of Chicago and Earl Rogera of Los Angeles, all of whom will take an active part in the defense of the United Railroads officials hence forth. William H. Crocker, president of the Crocker National bank of this city and recognised aa the foremost capitalist of San Francisco, and President Henry T. Scott of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company, were in court to fur nish personal ball cash or bonds tn the sura of $660,000 for Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Mullally, Mr. Ford and Mr. Abbott. Ar rangements, however, had already been made with the Metropolitan Surety com pany of New York, and today Attorney Rogera handed to Judge Coffey fifty-six separate bonds for $10,000 each. Aft-r Judge Coffey had signed his approval flfty-alx times he nodded to the million aire defendants and said: "Gentlemen, that Is all," and the lat ter, with their counsel, withdrew. Attorney Schlesslnger appeared for Theodore V. Halsey of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company, in dicted on the same charges brought against Vice President Glass. As Abraham Ruef Is a prtnnr on rhargea of extortion, to which he hue pleaded guilty, and as it la understood that he prefers the aafety of Elisor Rlggy's Fillmore street prison house tn liberty, his failure to appear In court today created no surprise. Mayor Behmlta Appears. Lter, Mayor Schmlts, accompanied by two of his attorneys, and by President Thomas Williams of the New California Jockey club, and President William A. Dingey of the Contra Costa Water com pany, entered the court room and offered sixteen bonds for $10,'U) each. They were approved by the district attorney and ac cepted by the court. Mr. Falrall, Sohmlts's (Ccstloaad n Second PagaJ BAD FLOODS IN BLACK HILLS Million Dollars namaare Itesnlts front Three Days' Contlnnons Rain and Snow. DEADWOOD, 8. D., May SR. (Special Telegram.) One of the most disastrous floods that has visited the Black Hills for a number of years la doing damago to buildings, railroads and streets In lead wood and the surrounding country. Throe days ago It began to rain and has con tinued without Intermission until Dcadwood creek, Whltewood creek and all of Its tributaries are now swollen out of their banks, and the flood passing Deadwood Is freighted with all kinds of debris, showing thnt considerable damage haa been dona above the city. All of the lines of railroads entering Deadwood have been damaged and trains are badly delayed. The cellars of a num ber of houses in Deadwood have been flooded, while the water la threatening the lower parts of the municipality. Sleet has been falling this afternoon and the creeks are still rising. In the mountains above the city there Is at least three feet of snow, and snow Is still falling. Should this come down In the shape of water within the next few days It will mean the destruc tion of a great deal of property and severs damage to Deadwood. Reports from Belle Fourche sre to the effect that a great deal of damage has been done to the big government reclamation works at that point, the Belle Fourche river having reached the highest stage known for years. From other Black Hills towns come re ports of flood and damage from high water, crippled train service and washed out county roads. It la estimated the damage so far done by the flood will amount to at least fl.OOn.flcr). STURGIS. 8. D.. May f5.-(Ppeclal Tele gram.) After three days and nights of steady rain It started to snow this after noon and a bllzxard Is rnglnir tonight. The storm Is the worst since 1RS3. the time of the big flood. The Black Hills country Is thoroughly drenched, the streams being bank full and overflowing, many bridges have gone out and travel through the country la Impossible. The roads are In horrible condition and trains are all late. The enormous amount of moisture Is hard on cattle and sheep, but Is good for the farming country, and the biggest crops ever known are looked for. I.andslldea are reported from the upper Black Hllla. The big Belle Fourche dam la reported to have gone out, but telephone Information contra dicts this. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Representative Parker Returns to tooth Dakota Satisfied with Result of HI Mission. (From a 8taff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 25 (Special Tele gram.) Representative Parker of South Dakota, who haa been In Washington sev eral days, left tonight for home. Repre sentative Parker's visit to Washington was chiefly upon several poetofflce appointments In South Dakota. "My mission to Washington has been eminently satisfactory from all view points." said Congressman Parker. "All recommendations made by my colleague, Mr. Hall, and. myself will go through, I am assured." Brigadier Gcieral Earl D. Thomas Is re lieved from temporary command of the De partment of the Missouri and will proceed to Denver and assume command of the Department of Colorado. Iowa rural routes ordered established August 1: Emmetsburg, Palo Alto county, route 1 population, 456; families, 89. Ttuth ven, Palo Alto county, route 8, population, 406; families. 81. South Dakota postmasters appointed: Laflln, Lawrence county, Katherine Fraier, vice Charles Florman, removed; Spink. Union county, John Bratt, vice Otto Ceder berg. resigned. DESPERATE NEGRO CAPTURED Man Believed to Be Jesse Coe, Wanted for Harder, Taken at Ban Jose, Cal. BAN JOSE. Cal., May 26. A negro be lieved to be Jesse Coe, wanted In Indian apolis for the murder of Policeman Charles Russell on September 30, 1906, was arrested here last night after a fierce battle with two policemen, both of wnom were severely slashed with a rasor wleltrd by the pris oner. He was finally overpowered. INDIANAPOLIS. May 25.-The negro thought to be Jease Coe, arrested at San Jose, ml., lut night after a desperate fight with police officers, Is wanted tn thla city for the murder of Policeman Charles J. Russell on the night of September $0, 1906. Officer Edward J. Pettlcord. who accom panied Russell on the fatal night, waa ahot and killed by Coo's partner, George Wll Haina. Williams paid the death penalty for his crime, bring hanged at the Indiana pen itentiary at Michigan City on February I of thla year. Coe escaped after he had ahot and killed Policeman Russell and all efforts to race him have been to no avail. There la a reward of $1,660 for the capture of Coe. STREET CARS ARE ATTACKED Attempt to RvHrame Operations Over Sonth Line la 'Frisco Cansea Violence. BAN FRANCISCO, May .-Conslderable violence attended the running of the street cars In the "South of Market" district today. H ricks and stones assailed many of tho strike breakera and numeroua car wtndowa were amaahed. Several passengers sustained Injuries from flying missiles. Rocks and fragmenta of cement were piled along the rails, while In many placea heaps of sand had been carefully shoveled In the path of the cars. From a number of partly finished buildings along the Bryant, Mtsslon and Folsom street lines nails de scended on the passing cars and several painful Injuries were suffered by motor men and conductors. SUMMIT COUNTY FOR TAFT Itrpnhlleuns In Senator Dick' Home Endorse Candidacy of the Secretary. AKRON. O.. May 26. The republican ex ecutive committee of Summit county. Sen ator Dlck'a home, today passed resolu tions declaring that In "William Taft la to be found the beat representative of Rooae veltlan politics and principle among all the candidates for president," and that we do heartily endorse William H. Taft for the republican nomination In 1908." The committeemen state that In this ac tion they believe they "represent the sen timents of the republicans of Summit county. Senator Dick was not present at tha meeting, having left fur Chicago earlier In Ute dan . RAILROAD VALUES UP Total Inorsnie la the Eailroad oMtament About Fifty Tr Cent. NEW LINES ACCOUNT FOR PORTION OF IT Priperty lot Aumed Latt Tear la Alaa Iltosd on the Boot. t BIG RAISE IN VALUATION OF TWO LINES Union Paoifio it Inoreaied liftaea Thousand Per Mile. I BURLINGTON COMES IN FOR BIG BOOST Northwestern Also Increased Then sand Dollars and Other Line Remain Substantially a They Were Year. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 26. -(Special Telegram.) The State Board of Assessment has prac tically agreed to assesa the railroads of Nebraska at a total of $T3,ono.onO, an In crease of about $M,O0O.0(U over the asneea ment of last year. The Union Pacific aid the Burlington will supply the greater por tion of the Increase, the former being valued at $75,000 a mile, an Increase from $'.0n0, and the Burlington at $42,000 a mile. an Increase from $38,760 a mile. The North western will be assessed at $33,600 a mile, an Increase from $32,600 All the other roads will be assessed at the same figure aa last year. These Increase, together 'with new lines and other property not assessed last year, make the total Increase In railroad valuation about $24,000,000. , These figures' have not been formally adopted, but there Is no doubt they will be when the board meets next Monday. The assessment was decided upon at an" Informal meeting held In tho office of State Treaaurer Brian lato thla evening, at which various methods of assessment were tried out until the board had practically reached the unanimous opinion of what the assess ment should be. For the last week Gov-, ernor Sheldon haa spent nearly the whole of each night In his office, studying the railroad returns, and most of the other members of the board have spent much time In Individual study of the questions. While It has not been announced by Just what method of assessment the values were reached. It Is understood a uniform plan was adopted. The assessment shows the greatest In crease ever made In any one year on the assessment of railroad property. Previous to this the board of 1904 held the record when it made a $19,000,000 increase at the time the new revenue law" went Into effect. The board began Its session May 1 and with the exception of phe occasion; when an adjournment waa taken for three pr four days, It has held a meeting almost dally since then. All of the railroad repre sentatives have been given an opportunity to be heard and they have taken advantage of tho courtesy of the board to plead and argue for a reduction. The record of the assessment will ba made Monday at a formal meeting. WOODMEN END THEIR SESSION Increase of Salaries for Omaha Men Recommended In aoveretga Cnmp. NORFOLK, Va., May 2S The sovereign camp, Woodmen of the World, which con vened here May 24 In biennial session, ad journed today. An application from tha uniform rank for 10,0u0 for the next two years waa denied, but the uniform rank was allowed $3,600 and relieved of all dues and charter taxes. It was decided that the uniform woodmen will camp at tha Jamestown exposition for ten days begin ning August 19. The following were elected delegate to the Pacific Jurisdiction at Seattle in Julyi J. C. Root, W. A. Fraser and J. El F1U gerald. The appointment of three delegates to tha fraternal congress at Sault Eta Maria, Mich., in August waa left to the sovereign commander. W. 8. White, Sioux City, la.; Louis Rog ers, Gainesville, Tex., and E. R Stiles, Omaha, were appointed members of tha laws committee. The annual salaries of sovereign officer were Increased aa follows; J. C. Root, sov ereign commander, Omaha, from $$.000 t $10,000; W. A. Fraser, sovereign advisor, Dallas, Tex., from fees to $5,000; Morris Shepherd, sovereign banker, Texaraana, Tex., $2,400 to $3,600; John L Tates, sover eign clerk. Omaha, $6,000 to $7,600; B W. Jewell, Manchester, la., chairman sover eign finance, $4,900 to $6,000. Dr. Ira W. Porter and Dr. A. D. Cloyd. sovereign physicians, Omaha, $3,600 to $M each. It was recommended that the executive council Increase the salary of BovraS Attorney A. H. Burnett of Omaha frgta $4,900 to an adequate amount in view of his devoting his entire time to this work. It also was recommended that ths bond of the salaried officers be doubled and thla matter was left to the executive council. The Norfolk seaalon cost the sovereign, camp from $28,000 to $30,000, according to Sovereign Adviser Fraser. BOSTON GETS CONDUCTORS A. B. Garrettson of Texas I EleeteA Grand Chief of thai Order, MEOTPinS, May 26 After selecting Bea ton aa the meeting place In 1909 and eleot- lng grand officers the convention of tha : Order of Railway Conductors adjourned ' sine die tonight. The following officers ' were elected: Grand chief conductor, A. B. Gairettson of Texas; assistant grand chief i conductor, L L Sliepard; grand secretary j and treasurer, W. J. Maxwell; grand senior conductor, U. Curtis; grsnd Junior con ductor, W. M. Clark; outside sentinel. J. R Rlss. ORDERS POLITICIAN TO JAIL Topeka Justice of Peace Fine D. W, Molvnne for Refusing to Testify. TOPEKA. Kan., May S. David W. Mul- I vane, repumiran national committeeman j from Kanras, waa fined $6 here today by Justice of the Peace Bollinger and ordered committed to the county Jail until the fins is paid for refusing to testify in a suit brought by H. H. Tucker. Jr., former sec- j tf tary-treasurer of the Uncle Bam Oil com pany, now In the handa of recelvera. Mr. Mulvano stated he would neither pay the fine nor go to JalL yb ahwiff baa smA yet served the writ, .
