The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVI NO. 2W.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1907 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TUREE CENTS.
RICH MEN E FEAR
Inreitiratiaa f Unit 8ttet Special
ArenU Orestes Comment in Danvsr.
-HUNDRED AND TWENTY MEN ARE BUSY
Maiy Cptim of Ii-iitrj Hay B
IndioUi
MULTI-MILLIONAIRES UNIER f ROIE
TitlM to Mineral Land Will Bo Lao lad
Into.
JUDGE BURCH IN CHARGE OF WORK
Htat that Lars Ma t na.
tloaal Evidence la Being; Pre
arated to th Grand
Jary.
PRNVBXR, Mar M. The Rocky Mountain
Nw today ay: The federal Inquisition
MW tn progress In Denver Involves soma
of the largest corporation In America, and
that Indictment will be returned against
men who are rated ae multimillionaire
and captalna of Industry, known as well
In Wall atreet ai In Colorado. Is the latest
development In connection with the probing
of the grand Jury. No less than 130 secret
service men make their headquarters In
Denver, this small army of government
sleuths having rented a large portion of
the fifth floor of an ofllc building, from
where they are spreading the net which Is
tightening about the victims. L. B.
Wheeler, In the service of thd Department
of Justice at Washington. Is In charge of
the secret service men and he expresses
the VHf that there wilt be some startling
reveifA'.on In the near future.
WASHINGTON, May 2.-Judge Iftirch.
special assistant to the attorney general,
has been In Colorado more or less during
the last two or three years In connection
with the Investigation of land fraud cases.
He is assisted by L. C. Lewis, a special
employe of the Department of Justice and
ten or twelve others who are connected
In one capacity or another with the depart
ment; also a number of land office em
ployes. The latest Information received
here Is that the grand jury Is now in ses
sion there and that a large volume of tes
timony Is being presented against persons
aliened to be guilty of fraud in conection
with the public lands. The Department of
Justice officials here have no Information
aa to the character of the evidence sub
mitted or what Is being done by Judge
Burch a?d his assistants beyond the gen
eral t frnont that they have been quite
i-coessful In running down frauds. Tho
name of those Involved are not known
here.
EXTORTION BY GOVERNMENT
This la Bettered to Be Cause of Re
hellion and Bloodshed
, la China.
f ATOW, China. May 2S.-The revolu--.
.. ,t are now attacking Chunglang and
TUngchang, wealthy towns In Chlnghal dis
trict. Many of the Inhabitants have fled
to this city.
The uprising Is attributed o excessive
taxation.
BERLIN, May a. The Foreign office re
gards the destruction of the German mis
sion station at Lien Chew, near Fakhol,
China, aa being without political signifi
cance and as due only to a local outbreak
of mob violence. j
WASHINGTON, May S.-Offlcers here
who have kept tn close touch with the state 1
of public feeling In southern China are
satisfied that the rebellion In Kwang Tung
province Is not directed against foreigners.
Nor Is It understood here that the famine
In China has anything to do with this
rebellion. Kwang Tung province was not
affect i to any extent by the famine, which
raged In its worst form several hundred
ties to the northward.
It Is stated that the present rebellion Is
purely antl-dynastlc, being a revolt against
the existing M-inehu regime. The opinion
here Is th,at the present uprising In Kwang j
lung was premature ana win soon De sup
preened.
ROTHSCHILD'S GLOOMY VIEW
Eual'ah Financier Declare Ho Caa
Bee No Prosaeet of Improved
Conditions.
i
LONDON. May 28. In an Interview given
out today by Lord Rothschild he said he
could ce no Immediate prospect of Im
provement tn the stock market. He added:
"Th beat that can be said ts that the
markets are no worse today. Perhaps they
are slightly better. But with President
Roosevelt attacking the railway In one
part of the world, the income tax question
aad other problem tn France and th so
cialist movement tn England the public I
killing th goose that laid the golden eggs
and w can expect nothing more than what
the market positions reveal.
REFUSES TO LET CONSUL ACT
State Department I Not Inclined to
Have Hand in Labor
Troubles.
SANTIAGO. Cuba. May 28. The State De
partment at Washington ha declined to
mrmlf tl, ImArlfin rnnnul. Mr. HollflAV ,
t et n th .triw. arbitration board, .n
O-orge W. Howard, acting manager of th
Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian cltUen.
has been substituted.
A company of artillery la guarding th
dock and warehouse.
The typesetters have Joined the striker.
with the result that no newspaper an-
pea red here yesterday.
ENGLISH
YEGGMEN CLEVER
Cl
Oat Oallrrr of Pictures Almost
lader Noses of Police
Officer.
XjONPON, Mby .-Almost under the
noses of the police who wer guarding the
Royal academy pictures, new on exhibition
In Burlington house, on of the private
galleiies In Bond street. Just around the
corner, wa swept clean of Its picture
during th night. The thieves got aay
with flfty-Ax canvasses without leaving
a clue to their Identity. The picture be
longed to an artist, who wai to hav opnJ
an exhibition of them today.
fmnror In veil Stataea.
BERLIN. May a. Emperor William to
day unveiled In th garden tn front of the
rastle Ave brona statues erected In honor
of M ancestor of tU house of Orange,
namely. William L. William II., William
IU-, Maurlo and Frederick Henry
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
Wednesday, May 2t, lOOT.
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Wednesday. Thursday partly cloudy
FORKCAST FOR IOWA Local showers
Wednesday. Thursday partly cloudy and
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soke ana
Commission men ahead of the pecker
aa result of first days business, selling
all stock on hand. Fags 1
Millers convene at St. Louis for annual
session. rag 1
Rich men In Colorado fear lest the
activity of government agents In Denver
may result In Indictments against them on
various charges. Page 1
Cabinet and president consider Japanese
caee and conclude that Incidents have
been magnified in Importance. Pag 1
Eight thousand persons take last look
at body of Mrs. McKinley. President
Roosevelt and several members of his
cabinet leave Washington on special car
to attend the funeral this afternoon.
Pag 1
Report from weather bureau says un
seasonably low temperatures prevail from
Rocky mountains to Atlantic coast.
Pag 8
BZKABXA,
Unless board changes Its mind on rail
road assessment $6,329,031 will be added
to the assessment rolls this year. Two
roads file complete list of pass holders,
which Includes number prominent In poli
tics and several conspicuous In the legis
lative lobby. Pag 8
Charles Noll, suspect in the Red Wil
low assault case, taken to county jail at
McCook under heavy guard. Officers be
lieve he Is the man wanted. Pag 3
Special trnln bearing President Harris,
Vice President Willard and Chief Engi
neer Calver of the Burllncton and James
N. Hill of the Northern Puciflc In a col
lision, but none of them hurt. Pag 8
roaxiair.
Rebellion In China Is minimised by the
authorities. Pag- 1
X.OCAX.
Order for an average Increase In salary
of 10 per cent for employes of the' Bur
lington railroad east and west of the Mis
souri river goe Ir.to effect. Pag 1
Governor Sheldoi think while he will
be able to go on the trade boosters' jour
ney he cannot remain with the excursion
to the end. Pag 7
Authorities nlan on holding the orellm-
Inary hearing of Lorls R. Hlgglna, thef1"nro"n
Copple murderer, on the train as It files
through Thurston county to thwart any
effort at lynching. Pag 9
Burlington crop reports show .wheat
outlook ts from 10 to 25 per cent poorer
than It was a week ago. Pag S
The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Anally adopts the original plans of tho
architect for a new church and will build
It without delay. Fag a
Woman's World June bride continues
to occupy her place under the limelight.
Fag 8
grOBTS.
Montgomery, 8 to 6, won the Chester
stakes at Belmont park from Paumonoli
I by a head. Fag 4
All rour American piayer in ammeur , Burgeon General and Mrs. Rixey and A
golf championship match at St. Andrews, ; elutant Secretary Latta
Scotland, are defeated.
Reaults of the ball games:
5 Denver vs. Pueblo 0.
Fag 4
7-9 Brooklyn v. Boston 1-10.
12 Philadelphia vs. New York I.
10 Chicago v. Cincinnati 2.
10 Pittsburg v. St. Louts L
$ Cleveland vs. St. Ixuls t.
2 New York vs. Washington 4..
2 Philadelphia vs. Boston 1.
9 Louisville vs. Toledo 1.
& Kansas City vs. Milwaukee .
10 Minneapolis vs. St. Paul 0.
12 Indianapolis vs. Columbus S.
Fag 4
' FUTAjrClAI. AaTD ZHSUaTBLaJh
Live stock market. Fag 11
Grain market. Fag 11
Stock and bonds. Fag 11
WOULD 0PENUP THE DOMAIN
Senator Bourne of Oregon In Favor
of Ccmpelllna; I'nlon Paclfle to
Loose Grip.
WASHINGTON, May 28. Senator Bourne
of Oregon again consulted with the presi
dent today about the case of the Southern
i Pacific Railroad company, which he charges
la holding up approximately 8.000.000 acre
of public land, much of which 1 In Oregon;
that they should be opened to settlement.
The senator says that grant covering the
land, which originally were for 6.000,000
acres, were made with the understanding
that the land should be opened up to set
tlement at a nominal price per acre. A
great deal of It, he says, was sold for $15
an acre and half of It was withheld from
sale altogether. In the meantime, the sen-
. ator say, the progress of the country
Is
' '" retarded, and he Intimate, that the
I railway company 1 holding the land for
speculative purposes. Mr. Bourne I urging
that legal proce be Instituted to compel
I thf m to dispose of the land. He says that
' ome of the grants were to companle
which have sine been absorbed by the
1'
Southern Pacific
COURT OVERRULES MOTIONS
Several Brewery Companies la Ka
aa Lose First Sten of Lo
gal Battle.
TOPEKA, Kan., May 28. The supreme
court today overruled the motion to set
aside the service of uminon tn th follow-
j tng brewery receivership case: The Bcbllts
comapny, the Pabst company, th Vat Blats
company and th Helm company
Th motion to aet aside the summonses
was sustained tn th cases of the Imperial
and Rochester breweries and th Helm
Real Estate company. In the caee of the
Imperial and th Helm Real Estate com
panies the state confessed Judgment and
admitted that th sol-vice was defective.
Attorney General Hackson said tat to
day that th Quashing of thh aummona
would uot Interfur with th prosecution
of th case. Th receivers will continue
to hold the property of the compania.
TRIBUTE TO MRS. M'KLNLE.
Eight Thousaad Firtons, Ifastly 'Women
ana Childrei, View tho Body.
FUNERAL SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON
Sermon Will Be by Dr. Baatoa sad
Music Will Be "ante as at
Service for the Late
President.
CANTON. O., May . Eight thousand
people passed through the McKinley home
this afternoon and viewed the body of Mrs.
William McKinley, Cantnnlan paid their
tribute In the best way they could, since
by request It had been denied them the
privilege of any funeral decoration In the
city or any general municipal participation,
tn the ceremonies. It had been stated that
admission to the home would be from 3
to o ciock. At iuv toaay, nowever, wm i
and children lined up In front of the
waiting to pass by the casket. . v.Jt
. v'.
were opened at ana ire c.v
until 6:30 the aged, some C ..-J
known Mrs. McKinley cir . tne j
middle aged and a 'vv,s 1 chil
dren paid silent K . 'tribute to
the woman they loV ,iers carrying
babe, on their arms rd two hours In
line for their turn tiV pass through the
house. The casket rests tn the room and
In the same place where the body of
President McKinley was placed while In
the family home.
Hanging on the walls of the room where
the body Is reposing are photograph of
President McKinley, Senator Hanna and
framed documents received by the presi
dent during his Illustrious career.
Plan for Funeral.
The funeral service tomorrow afternoon,
beginning at 2 o'clock, will be simple and
brief. Dr. Buxton, present pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal church, and Dr.
Holmes, former pastor, will have charge.
Four musical selection will be sung at
the service. The same music as was used
at the funeral of the late president, "Beau
tiful Isle of Sffinewhere," "Lead, Kindly
Light," and "Nearer, My God, to Thee,"
will be rendered by a quartet.
Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Green will sing a
duet. "The Engale," by Rubensteln. The
president and party are to arrive here at
12:46 and will proceed to the residence of
Justice William R. Day, then to the Mc
i Klnley residence. In the funeral cortege
to the cemetery the president's carriage
will follow the family carriage; next In
order will be officials representing the state
and city. The ritual services at the vault
In West Lawn will be brtef. President
Roosevelt will Immediately thereafter go
to his train and leave for Indianapolis.
Vic President Fairbanks arrived this
evening. Governor Harris and other state
officers will come on a special train tomor
row. President Leaves Washington.
WASHINGTON, May Zk President
Roosevelt left for Canton tonight at 9:15
o'clock. The presidential party occupied
the private car Magnet, attached to the
regular train over the .Baltimore A Ohio
' Tomorrow the president 1 to attend
Mr. McKinley' funeral at Canton; on, killed he states that he was walking to
Memorial day, he 1 to speak at the un-j ward his home when he saw Connell pass
Veiling of General Lawton's statue at In-1 ln on the public road. According to his
dlanapolls, and on. Friday he Is to ad-' tory Connell askod him if he was going
dress the Michigan legislature at thai
capttol building at Lansing, briefly, in thei
I morning and in the afternoon Is to speak;
to the students of the Agricultural col-1
lege there. Following the exercises at the!
college there Is to be a reception at the!
railroad station of a. delegation from the!
Associated Harvard Clubs, after which!
the president leaves for Washington. I
The president was accompanied by Sec
retaries Root, Garfield and Wilson, Becre-
i tary Loeb. Herman Kohlsaat of Chicago.
The members of the cabinet and Mr.
Kohlsaat are gojng only so far as Canton
to attend Mr. McKlnley s funeral, after
which they will return to Washington. The
remainder of the party will continue with
the president through the entire trip.
CHARGE AGAINST SCHMITZ
Prosecution Saya Mayor I I'slng
Police Force to Gather Evidence
la HI Behalf.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 2R.-Slxteen
talesmen were examined today In the trial
of Mayor Schmltx on the charge of extor
tion, without result. All but one were ex
cused for cause, and George D. Cummlngs,
the sixteenth one, was peremptorily chal
lenged by the defense. Judge Dunne or
dered a venire of fifty to be returned In
the court tomorrow. Eight jurors have
thus far been secured. An Insinuation was
made by the prosecution that Sheriff O'Neill
was not summoning trial jurors In a
proper and Impartial manner. Mr. Heney's
statement was supplemented by Special
Agent Burns, who declared that Mayor
Schmltx "1 using the police department
to gather evidence In his behalf and for
other like Improper purposes."
The defense denied the Imputation that
Improper means were being employed.
Tomorrow ts the day set for the sentenc
ing of Abraham Ruef on the charge on
which he pleaded guilty two weeks ago, of
extorting $1,126 from the proprltor of Del
monlco's restaurant on a threat to' prevent
the removal of a liquor license, but sen
tence will not be passed at this time. Ruef
wilt appear, the prosecution will move the
postponement of sentencing and Judge
Dunne will acquiesce.
The prosecution prefer to delay Ruef
punishment until after he has appeared as
a witness against the public service cor
poration officials, the mayor and others
now under Indictment.
The arraignment of the gas company
officials Indicted by the grand Jury for
bribing the supervisors was postponed un
til Friday, as, through a misunderstand
ing, Ruef and Garrett McEnerney. who is
to represent the Indicted magnates, were
the only one present when the rase was
tailed.
PASSES BILL FOR RECOUNT
New York Assembly Takes Step for
Beooaat la Mayoralty
" Election-
ALBANY. N. T.. May 2S.-Th senate to
day by a vote of 38 to I passed the assem
bly bill providing for a recount of th
ballots cast la th McClellan-Hearvt may
oralty election of 190S In New York Ctty.
On republican voted with seven democrat
against th bill, which la on of th meat
urn specially urged for paasage by Gov
ernor Hughes.
Th bill provide that upon petition of
either of th mayoralty candidate th su
preme court uf the district affected must
proceed to a summary canvaa of th Tola
MORE ELECTRICAL BUSINESS
Censn Bareaa Issues Bulletin Re
veallua: Condition of This
Branch of Industry.
WASHINGTON. May 28.-A bulletin, Is
sued today hy the census bureau, contains
a report on the manufacture, according to
the census of 1906, of electrical machinery,
apparatus and supplies. It says that dur
ing the five-year period from 1901 there
have been extensive Improvements In the
Utilisation of electricity and electrical ma
chinery and radical Innovations In electri
cal devices for general use. In 1905 there
were 784 establishments, engaged primar
ily In the manufacture of electrical ma
chinery, apparatus and supplies, with a
capital of 174.0fifl.nM. There have been
Increases since 1!00 In all items, even In
the number of establishments, an Item
which. In most Industries, the report says,
has been reduced hy the general tendency
toward consolidation. There wss a gain of
84.S per cent In the number of establish
ments and of lflg.l per cent In capital and
In value of products of 52.3 per cent.
In addition to the production reported
these establishments, there was on out
put of electrical machinery and supplies
valued at 118,742.033 from 128 establishments
engaged primarily In other lines of manu
facture. New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana snd
New Jersey reported 631 of the "84 estab
lishments making electrical devices, their i
output being 9.1 per cent of the total. The
Increase In totnl capital was greatest In
Pennsylvania, equaling 178 5 rer cent, al
though the value of the products advanced
only 37.4 per cent.
The total value of telephony apparatus
manufactured In 1905 was 115.863,698, as com
pared with $10,512,413 for 1900.
Illinois Is the great center of telephony
manufacturing Industry and more than
half of the total products was from this
state.
An apparent falling off In the production
of telegraph apparatus from Jl, 642.266 In
1900 to $1,111,194 In 1906 Is accounted for In
part to the growing custom amona- the
larger telegraph systems of making and re-!
pairing their own apparatus.
PRATT CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE
This In Now the Plea of Self-Confessed
Morderer at Ions
City.
IQWA CITT, May 28.-Speclal.)-There
seems to be little doubt now but that Elmer
Pratt, the confessed slayer of William Con
nell, ,wllf have to remain In the county
Jail all summer to await the action of the
gTand Jury. A preliminary hearing will be
held probably before Mayor Bull, but It Is
doubtful In view of the evidence brought
out so far If Pratt will be admitted to
ball. The coroner's Jury I now sitting on
the case behind closed doors and It re
port la expected at any time.
Pratt now declares that the killing was
done In self defense. He states that sev
eral days before he shot Connell, ha him
self was shot at whllo coming in from the
field. He was unable to discover his al
leged assailant, however, and did not re
port the matter. Since that time' I e de-Aft-, Miller, substitute. Petersburg, route 1.
elare that he carried 'a gun 'for his ownTRoy Rae, carrier; Charles F. Dfelarm, sub
protection. On the night that Connell wa
to hoot and Pratt replied that he was not.
He declares that Connell then shouted that
Connell. would shoot. Pratt decalres
lnal lne "laln man reached for his hip
Pket- Pratt then shot at Connell.
that
Friends of Connell state, however.
they can prove that Connell did not have
a revolver with him on the night he was
shot by Pratt and that It was not his cus
tom to carry one with him.
Examination Papers Filed.
SIOCX CITY. Ia., May 2S.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Whllo Dr. Louis A. Thomas of Des
Moines, secretary of the State Board of
Medical Examiners, was at breakfast this
morning, his room at the Hotel Mondamln
was entered by persons who broke Into his
grip and examined papers containing que-
tlons for an examination which was to
have been held this morning for graduates
of the Sioux City College of Medicine. Dls-
covering the fact, T)r. Thomas postponed j
the examination and secured the arrest of I
two suspected students, who were after
wards discharged and completely exon- '
eratt-d tn a published statement from Dr.
Thomas. The authorities are Investigating
further.
. first of the summons will be served tomor-
MUslna; Woman Found In Lake. I row sheriff Hodgin plans to complete serv
CEDAR FALLS. Ia., May 28.-(Special : )ce of the Blxty-one citizens Included In the
Telegram.)-The body of Dr. Mary Croshy 1 venlre by nooll 0n Thursday In order to give
reached this city this afternoon. It was 1 them a am,,e time to present themselves
found Sunday In the lake at Duluth, and ! ln coult bv ptlday morning. The men of
had been in the water some days. She U)e venlre aro to be watched to prevent
practiced medicine in Chicago for the last gny attempt to Improperly approach them,
ten years, broke down her nerves and while .h. thpv nreBent themselves In court
depressed wandered from her Chicago home
May 16.
T T
t . , Broken nr t an.
NEOLA, la., May 28.-(Speclal Tele.
Biuri. naa nis leg Droaen nere loaay ny
falim. while attemntln to board a freight
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train for home. Both borft-s were broken
just above the ankle. After his Injuries
were attended to he was taken horn.
EARLING IS 0F SAME MIND
Returns from Overland Trip Satisfied
that St. Panl Road Will Be
Built West.
MILWAUKEE. May 8.-Pretl lent Earllng
and other officials of the St. Paul Railway
company returned today irom a trip of
Inspection In automobiles over the route
of the Pacific coast extension of that sys-
tern.
President Earllng denies that there will
be any cessation ln the building of the big
extension. He says mat Detween tne Mis- i nlornlmJ The fact that the steamer dls
sourt river and Tern'. Mont., between 6,H pIayej no gignals of distress but showed
and 8.000 men and J.000 teams are employed ! onlv anchor lights, satlsiied officials of the
tn the work of grading and between tOO ,nt ,hat t Anea not wlh lmmrl1i,t as
and 5,000 men and more than l.OnO teims i lslance. Xne Kalser Wllhelm was mov
are at work on the line westward from ,ng low,y alld wtts wltn,n elght an(J a half
Bu,te- ) miles of quarantine when It poked Its nose
Track laying will be begun from Terry i ., ,h.
eastwaru ana irom i asnmere, a. u., west,
ward. Trains will be running between the
Missouri river and Butte by January 1, Mr.
Earling says.
NEW JUDGE NHARGIS CASE
Report that Jada Clay of Lexington
Will Be Selected Mo An
Boaaremeat Made.
SANDY HOOK. Ky., May 2S.-The trials
of Judge James H. Hargis and others on a
charge of assassinating Dr. 1). D. Cox will
not be continued, but will bt tried by a
special judge. It Is reported that Judge
Clay of Lexington will be selected by Gov
ernor Beckham to sit In the case, but Clay
has not received any notice of appoint-mnt.
HILL EMPLOYES GET RAISE
n nuanuauassa
Burlinrton Deelaris Tea Per Cent Increase
fr Ail Its Men.
ORDER DATES FROM FIRST OF WAY
Applies to Fortes Cast of
aonrl as Well as West,
the MIs-Bene-
Sting Many People In
Omaha.
A 10 per cent raise to all office men,
clerks, operating, traffic, mechanical and
engineering employes has been granted by
the Burlington railroad, effective May 1.
This will be Joyful news to the Burllng-
ton employes In Omaha, as when they
receive their checks Saturday nearly all j al'le to turn In a prompt alarm. The fire
will have a substantial increase. All men j department responded quickly, but the au
worklng for wages in these departments I toniatlc sprinklers had been opened by the
get the raise. The Burlington draws tho
distinction between wages and salary at
t.'1 a month, those receiving f2o or mnro
being raid hy vouchers, while those re
ceiving less than $n are paid their wages
In checks.
The raise does not Include train crews
that adjust their wages with conferences
and that have Just had a raise, nor the
telegraphers who were also recently given '
a 10 per cent raise
Each department Is given a raise of 10 ;
per cent and this applies to lines east and
west of the Missouri river as well.
U j
does not signify that all clerks w!U get
a raise of 10 per rent, as the amount of
the raise of each clerk is left to the dls- j
cretlon of the head of the department. I
Some officials made a rule that no clerk
who has had an advance since October 1
will get another one. The raises are ad
justed according to merit In most cases,
the total Increase for a department being
held to 10 per cent.
All Helpers Ret In.
This Increase Includes helpers, all clerks
In the headquarters at Omaha. bridge
builders and men In the mechanical de
partments. Some of the clerks will receive
$13 more, some $10, some $5 and some
will not be raised.
The question of th Increase has been
considered for some time, but has Just
had the approval of the executive head of
the road, so when the clerks receive their
pay cheks Saturday they will know Just
the amount of their raise.
The Increase tn the pay roll of the gen
eral office will be about $2,500 a month
or $.10,000 a year, while the Increase of
the local freight office and other depart
ments In Omaha will brine the Increase
for Omaha up to about $50,000 for the year.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Rural Free Delivery Carrier Are
Appointed for Routes la
hraska.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. May 28. (Special Tele
gram.) Rural free delivery carriers ap
pointed for Nebraska routes: Lincoln,
route t, William H. Miller, carrier; Lloyd
stitute. Rlverton, route 8, James Watson,
carrier; Jennie Watson, substitute.
The First National bank of Fairfax, S. D.,
has been authorised to begin business with
; $21.00) capital. C. A. Johnson, president;
(John N. Ellerman, vice president, and V. G.
; Stevenson, cashier.
jra G- Alexander of Omaha has been ap-
polnted bookkeeper at Mare Island navy
1 yard, California.
n A Ar.tx.nrtv rf CfAn r Rantdi nnrt P!. C.
, ,,'',, . T11 MninM1 Itt.. hllv Keen an-
i pointed meat inspectors In the bureau of
animal industry
t'pon the rocommendntlon of Congress
man Parker, Dr. James Roane has been
appointed pension examining surgeon at
Yankton, S. D., vice Dr. M. M. Wilson, re
signed. Samuel O. Burns and wife of Omaha are
at the New Willard.
.
STEVE ADAMS TO BE CALLED
'
State Will Ask Alleged Accomplice
of Haywood and Moyer to
Testify.
BOISE. Idaho. May 28. Nona of the tales
men of the third special venire ordered In
tho Steunenberg case were summoned to
day. The list was In part prepared and the
they will be cautioned against discussing
the case with anyone.
Counsel on both side were In conference
t , on work connected with the further
, .,. anrt ,he -rtual tr1al
of the case. The, state has decided to call
, . , . .,i.n v.... h exner-ta-
8t've Ada"'" a b"t.th" "Ct
(Inn ! now 1 n RT lie will emei a Kt-llfl UI ir-
' '
fusal to testify. Arrangements to bring him
here have not been made, and probably
will not be until shortly before he Is to be
called to the stand.
BIG LINER IS AGROUND
Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosae Strikes
Mud Bank Near Entrance to
New York Harbor.
j KE-vv YORK. May 29. The North German
t j Joy(1 steamship Kaiser Wllhelm der
0rog8ei nhound. ran aground on the west
j ed of the maln channel at 11:15 o'clock
last night. It Is resting easy and ln no
danger. It is believed that it can be floated
1 wltnoui asBi8tance at the high tide this
THOMAS D. JORDAN INDICTED
Former Comptroller of Equitable Life
Society Charited with Perjury
and Foraiery.
NEW YORK, May 28,-The May grand
jury, which ha been Investigating the af
fair, of the Equitable Life Akaurance so
ciety, today returned" eighteen Indictments
against Thomas I). Jordan, formerly con
troller of the Equitable. Perjury and
forgery In thu third ' degree are charged.
No Indictments were found against present
officials of th society. This announcement
wa mad tonight by the district attorney's
office. The grand jury concluded It dutlea
and waa discharged
FIRE AT THE BENNETT STORE
Blase and
Fifteen
Water no Damage
to Twenty Thousand
Dollars.
of
Fire broke out In the piano department
fif The Hennelt compuny department store
Tuesday night at 7:45 and the damage
from fire and water will he between $15.0W
and -.io. according to the estimate of
the owner, J. E. liaun., who was on the
scene shortly after the Are started.
A wire cord In the piano department had
become broken In some way so It produced
sparks and these evidently came In con
tact with some paper nearby so that In a
short time the entire department was
ablate. Fortunately, a large number of
tho clerks of the store was working at the
time, preparing the Berger stock for the
bankrupt sale Wednesday, and they wero
heat and were flooding the building. The
fire was soon extinguished, but not before
a large volume of water had been turned
loose on tho third floor, on which the fire
started.
The water worked Its way through to the
second floor, damaging goods as It went.
It then flowed through to the ground floor,
where the clothing depsrtment Is situated,
an(1 m rp lare quantities of clothing were
oakeJ- Shoes also came In for a wetting.
A Bma11 amount of water worked Its way
inio ine nnsemem ana spouea laoeis on
some canned goods.
i Many pianos were slightly damaged by
the heat, which blistered the varnish, and
others were slightly Injured by water.
Th. .4n.A.tl- l i , - i . i
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN
Past Week Bronaht Inch of Bala to
Nearly Every County la
Nebraska.
IJNCOLN. May 28? The last week was
cool, cloudv and showerv. with more than '
the normal amount of wind.
The mean dally temperature for the week
was 7 degrees below the normal . In the
northern counties and 2 degrees below In
the southern. Tuesday and Wednesday
were warm, with maximum temperatures
above 90 degrees In most of the central and
southern counties. The last day of the
week were colder and a light to heavy
frost was general Monday morning, with
minimum temperatures la the western part
of the state below 32 degrees.
Showers occurred at several places every
day of the week. Heavy rainfalls occurred
very generally Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday. In a few extreme southern and
southeastern counties the weekly rainfall
was confined to light showers Thursday,
with a rainfall amounting to less than a
quarter of an Inch. In moat of the state
the rainfall exceeded an Inch, while In a
considerable area In the central and north,
eastern counties It ranged from two to
more than three Inches. The excess In
rainfall this week materially reduces the
deficiency In rainfall for the season. The
total rainfall from April 1 to date Is about
one-half the normal In most of the state.
G. A. LOVELAND, Section Director.
CHURCH AND LABOR PROBLEMS
Inlted Presbyterian Assembly 1'rajo
It Minister to Get Closer
to Toller.
DENVER, Colo., May 28. The following
resolution, adopted today by the general as
sembly of the United Presbvterlan church
Indicates the church will make an effort
to get closer to the toller:
We desire conAdence of worklngmen
everywhere and deeply deplore any sus-
: piclon of untrlenanness. we invue irn
counsel as to how, as a church, we may
' minister to worklngmen and their cause.
I nrira n,,r,n nil mir mtntntern A Hvm.
'pathetic study of the problems of labor.
and an earnest effort to establish cordial
relationship between themselves snd the
worklngmen of their respective communi
ties. One of the most Important report made
today waa that on the Freedmen'a ml-
slons. It was followed by an address by
Rev. J. W. Wltherspoon on the colored
people
of the south, and .howed the
progress of th church.
The proposition to institute the office of j
nori(l trensiirer of all funds Instead nf
treasurer for each fnnri niaa ,U-
cussed at length, but no decision was
reached.
ThA iMnmlttM on b nnrrtntlp t ton for Ihn !
coming year, made It. report, which "l
be discussed tomorrow. It
$0,0u0 for foreign missions.
appropriates
JAPANESE CASE IS MAGNIFIED
Trouble la San Francisco Doe
Lack of Police Protection
ia niots.
to
WASHINGTON, May 28. At the cabinet
meeting today Attorney General Bonaparte
laid before the president and Secretary
Root, the report of District Attorney Dev
lin of San Francisco, on the alleged assault
i jaDanese resident, of that city. The
.
! report, Mr. Bonaparte say, show, that the
nrSl BlOrieS Ul Hie tiJi -ri. OA
' - , . m . i i B.BB,.lf .
aggerated and the difficulty appeared to
be a lack of police protection on account
of the strike.
Secretary Root took the report with him
and If any further action Is taken It will
be by the State Department.
SAN FRANC18CO. May 28. -United State
Marshal Elliot spent a great part of today
Interviewing the proprietors and employes
of the Japanese restaurant at 1213 Folsom
street, which was wrecked by hoodlum
last week, the Incident forming the basis
of a complaint to Washington by the Jap
anese minister.
United States Attorney Devlin says that
when the testimony Is complete the report
will be forwarded to Washlngon and that
no action will be taken by the local offi
cials until further Instructions from the
State Department are received.
UNION SEEKING RECOGNITION
Seeoad Vice President of Interna
tional Aasorladoa of Maehlalst
Make Demaad.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 28. John D.
Buckalew of Washington, D. C, second
vice president of the International Associa
tion of Machinists today addressed a letter
to Milton Smith, president of the Loulsvlll
A Nashville railroad, asking for an lnter-
i view regarding the recognition by the rail
road company of the union. Th question
of wages Is not Involved.
DECATUR. Ala., May 28.-A11 of the
machinists ln the Louisville A Nashville
railroad shops here struck because of the
refusal of thu railroad company to recog
nise the union. Only Afteen men were In
volved. The other machinists either quit
or were discharged some days ago. Trouble
1 aaid to b threatened at othsr point on
th systara
FIGHT WITH PACKERS
Chicago Ccmmiuioa Men Win Tint Ekir
miih in Foat MrrUm Battle.
BIG FIRMS UNABLE TO BUY COWS
Ow 3,000 Beoeivtd, bnt ill Are Cent to
Other Oitiei.
RANGE OF TRICES IS LOWER
Fickeri Henp'.nri'd It Fait that fell re
Were Able to Unload. v
INDEPENDENT CONCERNS TAKING HAND
Their Demand for. Good Cattld and
Co-Operntlon of Shipper Left
5o Sarpla In Market at
Close of Business.
CHICAGO, May a. Because of the en
forcement by the big packer of their nw
rule requiring post mortem Inspection of
cows and heifers as a condition of pur
chase, only the high-class grades of bf
were sold at the stock yards yesterday for
the Chicago trade.
It wa th frst day of the enforcement
of the poet-morten: rule and the first
skirmish between the packer and th ship,
pers of live stock and the commission inn.
The big packing firm did not'auoceed In
buying a solitary cow or heifer, according
to the return made to the commission men
at the close of business. None of tho
S.000 animals numbered In the list of th
day's receipts as "cow stuff" remained un
sold, however, all being sent to other cltlea,
and on this showing the commission In
sisted that the big Arms were routed tn th
first skirmish.
The sales, however, were at prices from
10 to 20 per cent below the range of prices
at the close of last week's market. At
this slump the big packers professed to
And evidence of their power. They wer
not sanguine of the Anal outcome, however,
the commission men's failure to get
"stuck" on the day receipt being an un
looked for development.
Causes that contribute to the success of
the commission men In their efforts to sell
out everything were the co-operation of
the shipper and the demands of the "In
dependent" trade Renewed appeals to the
country buyers and shippers to "keep their
cow and heifers" out of the Chicago mar
ket for the present were sent out over th
wire.
Locally there Is no change tn the situa
tion. There was only eight load of cow
and heifers on the market, and these wer
taken by outside buyer, the packer re
fusing to buy except on post mortem In
spection and the commission men refusing
to sell on these terms. The packer, how
evr, were In quest of lightweight steers,
which they are evidently using to supply
the market formerly Alle.1 from the cowa
and heifer.
MILLERS MEET AT ST. LOUIS
Floor Maker from All Portion
Inlted States Hold Cortventloa
la Missouri.
ST. LOUIS. May 28.,-MUlera from alt
parts of the United State and some from
abroad, were ln attendance today at th
opening session of the annual convention
of the National Millers' federation. The
convention will continue until Thursday
night, closing with a banquet. Secretary
Taft will address the convention Thursday
afternoon. Officers of th federation are:
President, John W. Burke, Springfield, O.;
vice presidents, Walter Stern, Milwaukee,
and William F. Castle, Louisville; treas
urer, J. L. Griggs. Sparta. III.; secretary,
A. It. Goetxmann. Chicago.
The afternoon session opened with th
report of Secretary A. L. Goetsmann of
! Chicago, tn which he stated that the special
committee of six miller, appointed to
committee of six miller appointed to
maKe a .tuay or in. quesuon or rore.gn
export trade, transportation and legisla
tion, had met tn Chicago on May 7 and
discussed the entire situation. At tha
' meeting
preliminary report wa pro-
i Pard Bnd taken by each member
I tor lunner biuujt wnn wie view ui mailing
committee report, at the session of the
"1" VL "L -.i!'' .
' r.JiM,ifc i unit 1 1 , nu nia u; , . r, w
York submltte d a r sport, followed by an
j address by Edgar D. Tllton of St. Lou I
on tn enlarging or tne reaeration ana tn
beneAt of It members."
Secretary Goetxmann made an address
on "The Food and Drug Act, Jun SO.
1908." He said In part:
"In our opinion. In the promulgation of
this law there was no thought or con
sideration given to the subject of wheat
flour, the absolute purity of which waa
Axed through what Is known a th 'mixed
Aour law of 1898.' A point of Interest
under this pur food law ta tha' claim
nt up that th purification, or bleaching
of flour is an adulteration. This phase I
now under consideration by th Agricul
tural department, which will later Issue a
ruling."
WOMAN SHOOTS TWO MEN
Mr. Rlna-wood Come to Resca
i
Husband, Who Wa Being
Worsted la Fight.
of
RAWLINS, Wyo., May 28. Believing that
her husband was about to be killed by ha)
two Infuriated partners, with whom tn)
was engaged In a desperate battle with
knives, beer glasses and other miss I lea,
Mr. Matty Rlngwood today shot and
killed one of the men, A. Davis, and fa
tally wounded Webb Stone, the second.
The shooting occurred In a saloon her.
The three men, who were owner of a
restaurant In the rear, became engaged tn
a heated discussion while drinking at th
bar.
Mr. Rlngwood, who wa In the res
taurant, heard the men quarreling and,
grabbing a revolver, she rushed Into the
saloon and began shooting.
Th woman wa arrested Immediately
afterward. She declare th men were
beating her husband and would have killed
him If she had not. taken the drastlo action.
CONSOLIDATED GAS IN COURT
Salt Brooght oa Behalf of New York
to Mak Companies Yield
Franchise.
NEW YORK. May 2.-Sult to compel th
Consolidated Gaa company and the sight
other gas companies doing business tn this
city to relinquish their franchise and to
take from them all the permits to use th
streets which they now enjoy was begun ta
the supreme court today, by Corporation
Counsel Clllsoa on behalf of th dtf,
