The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI NO. 2. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1007 TWELVE rAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. i J RICH MEN IN FEAR IoTeiUrttisi f Uniti Sutei Bpeoial Areata Creates Comment in Dcqtit. HUNDRED AND TWENTY MEN ARE BUSY Maay Captain! of Iadastry May Bt IndioUd. MULTI-MILLIONAIRES UNIER TROIE TitlM to Mineral Lands Will Bo Looked Into. JUDGE BURCH IN CHARGE OF WORK HIata that Large Maee of (tonal ETldemco la Being; Pre eentad to tha Graad Jury. DENVER, May M. The Rocky Mountain Newa today aaya: The federal Inquisition tow on progreaa In Denver lnvolvee soma Of the Urgent corporations In America, and that Indictments will be returned against men who are rated ae multimillionaires and captains of Industry, known aa well In Wall atreet aa In Colorado, la the latent development In connection with the probing of tha 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 office building, from where they are spreading the net which Is tightening about the victims. L. E. Wheeler, In the service of thu Department of Justice at Washington, la In charge of the secret service men and he expresses the (Vslief that there will be some startling revc'if.."ons In tha near future. WASHINGTON, May 2. Judge Ifurch. special assistant to the attorney general, has been In Colorado more or less during the last two or three yeara In connection with tha Investigation of land fraud rases. He la asaisted by L. C. Lewis, a special employe of the Department of Justice and ten or twelve othera 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 persona alleged to be guilty of fraud in conection with the public lands. The Department of Justice officials here have no information aa to tho character of the evidence sub mitted or what la being done by Judge Burch aed his assistants beyond the gen eral stt imcnt that they have been quite arroesaful In running down frauds. Tho names of those Involved are not known here. EXTORTION BY GOVERNMENT This la Believed to Be Cause of Re bellion and Bloodshed In China. BWATOW, China. May 28 The revotu- tloiists are now attacking Chunglang and Tungchang, wealthy towns In Chinghal dla- Ict. Many of tha inhabitants have fled thla city. ha uprising Is attributed to excessive taxation. BERLIN, May 28. 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. WASHINGTON. May 2S.-Offlcers here who have kept In close touch with the state of publlo feeling in southern China are satisfied that the rebellion In Kwang Tung province la not directed against foreigners. Nor Is It understood here that the famine In China has anything to do with thla rebellion. Kwang Tung province was not affect i to any extent by the famine, which raged In lta worst form several hundred Ilea to the northward. It la stated that the present rebellion Is purely atitl-dynastlc, being a revolt against the existing Manchu regime. The opinion here Is th,at the present uprising in Kwang j lung was premature una win soon oe aup presaed. ROTHSCHILD'S GLOOMY VIEW Kna-ltah Financier Declares He Caa Bee Ko Prospect of Improved Conditions. i LONDON. May 28. In an Interview given out today by Lord Rothschild he aald he could ace no Immediate prospect of Im provement In the stock markets. He added: "The best that can be said Is that the markets are no worse today. Perhaps they are alightly better. But with Prealdent Roosevelt attacking the railways In one part of tha world, the income tax question and other problems In France and the so cialist movement tn England the public Is killing the goose that laid the golden egga and wa can expect nothing more than what tha market positions reveal." REFUSES TO LET CONSUL ACT State Department Is Not Inclined to Hava Hand la Labor Troables. SANTIAGO, Cuba, May 28.-The State De partment at Washington has declined to permit the American consul, Mr. Holiday, j to act on tha. strike arbitration board, and Ooorge W. Howard, acting manager of the Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian cltlsen, has been substituted. A company of artillery Is guarding tha dock and warehouses. The typesetters have Joined the strikers, with tho result that no newspapers ap peared hera yesterday. ENGLISH YEGGMEN CLEVER Cleaa Ont Gallrrr of Plrtarea Almost lader ot Pollco Officers. LONDON, Mar 2t. Almost under the nose of the police who were guarding the Royal academy picturea, new on exhibition In Burlington house, one of the private galleries In Bond street. Just around the corner, waa a wept clean of Its picturea during? tha night. The thieves got away with flfty-ftxe canvasses without leaving a clua to their Identity. The picturea be longed to an artist, who wm to have openJ an exhibition of them today. F.mpevor lavella Stataea. BERLIN. May 28. Emperor William to day unvetUd In the garden In front of the castle five bronsa atatuea erected In honor of hla ancestora of tha house of Oranga, namely. William I., William II.. William HL, Maurica and Frederick Henry SUMMARY OF THE BEE Wednesday May 2. lOT. 1907 MAY I0O7 un mom rut wio ma ri ot ' $ T I 2 3-4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 I TIB WIATKIX. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Bhowera WVdnesday. Thursday partly cloudyv FORK! 'AST FOR IOWA Local showera Wednesday. Thursday partly cloudy and showers In east portion. iempe.rat.ure at Oman a yesieraay: Hour. Deg. Hour. Dear. 6 a. m 61 1 p. m. 66 ( a. m (o 1 p. m R7 7 a. m 52 Id, m 67 8 a. m M 4 p. m f7 0 a. m M 6 p. m 65 10 a. m 69 I p. m 7 11 a. m f3 7 p. m l6 12 m M 8 p. m 65 p. m 62 DOME STIC. Commission men ahead of the packera aa result of first days business, selling all stock on hand. Paga 1 Millers convene at St. Louis for annual session. Page 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 case and conclude, that Incidents have been magnified In Importance. Paga 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. Page 1 Report from weather bureau saya un seasonably low temperatures prevail from Rocky mountains to Atlantic coast. Paga a XEBIA1KA. Unless board changes Its mind on rnll road assessment 15,329,031 will be added to the assessment rolls this year. Two roads file complete list of pass holders, which Includes number prominent In poll tics and several conspicuous In the legis lative lobby. Paga 3 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. Paga 3 j Special train bearing I'restdent Harris, Vice President Wlllard and Chief Engi neer Calver of the Burlington and James N. Hill of the Northern I'uclfic In a col lision, but none of them hurt. ' Paga 9 POSEXQXT. Rebellion In China Is minimised by the authorities. Page 1 &OCAX. Order for an average Increase In salary of 10 per cent for employes of tho' Bur lington railroad east and west of the Mis souri river goea Into effect. Paga 1 Governor Sheldon thinks while he will be able to go on the trade boosters' jour ney he cannot remain with the excursion to the and. Page 7 Authorities plan on holding the prelim Inary hearing of Lorls R. Hlgg'lna, the Copple murderer, on the train aa it fllea through Thurston county to thwart any effort at lynching. Paga 8 Burlington crop reports show .wheat outlook la from 10 to 25 per cent poorer than It was a week ago. Page 0 Th Vlrf r"hnreVi nf f"hrlt Scientist finally adopts the original plans of tho architect for a new church and will build . .. . . I , 1 , I L.., It without delay. Faga a Woman's World June bride continues to occupy her place under the limelight. Paga 0 SFOBTB. Montgomery, 9 to 6, won the Ches'.er stakes at Belmont park from Paumonoli by a head. Paga 4 All four American player In amateur golf championship match a St. Andrews, Scotland, are defeated. Paga 4 Results of the ball games: 6 Denver vs. Pueblo 0. 7-9 Brooklyn vs. Boston 1-10. 12 Philadelphia vs. New York . 10 Chicago vs. Cincinnati 2. 10 Pittsburg vs. Bt. Louis L 6 Cleveland va. St. I,oiils 6. 2 New York va. Washington 4.. 2 Philadelphia va. Boston 1. 9 Louisville va. Toledo 1. 5 Kansas City vs. Milwaukee 8. 10 Minneapolis vs. St. Paul 0. 12 Indianapolis vs. Columbus S. Paga 4 ' PUTAJrCXAXt AID XXTDUaTBIAX. Live Btock markets. Page 11 Grain markets. Paga 11 Stocks and bonds. Paga 11 WOULD 0PENUP THE DOMAIN Senator Bourne of Oregon In Favor of Compelling Vnlon Parlfle to Loose Urlp. WASHINGTON, May 28. Senator Bourne of Oregon again consulted with the presi dent today about the case of the Southern Pacific Railroad company, which he charges la holding up approximately 8,000. 000 acrea of public land, much of which la In Oregon; that they should be opened to settlement. The senator says that grants 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 $16 an acre and half of It waa withheld from sale altogether. In tha meantime, the aen- ' ator "' the ProSr ot the country Is being retarded, and he intimates that the railway company la holding the land for speculative purposes. Mr. Bourne Is urging that legal process be instituted to compel thf m to dlsposa of the land. He says that some of the grants were to companies which have since been absorbed by the Southern Pacific. COURT OVERRULES MOTIONS Several Brewery Companies la Kan sas Loao Flrat Step ( Le gal Battle. TOPEKA, Kan., May 88. The supreme court today overruled the motions to set aside the service of summons In the follow ing brewery receivership cases: The Schllts comapny. the Pabst company, the Val Blats company and the Helm company The motion to aet aside the aummonses waa austatnad In tha casea of the Imperial and Rochester breweries and tha Helm Real Estate company. In tha case of tha Imperial and the Helm Real Estate com panies the atate confessed Judgment and admitted that tha aervlca was defective. Attorney General Hackaon said lata to day that the quashing of thhe aummona would not Interfere with tha prosecution of tha case. Tha receivers will continue to hold tha property of theaa companlaa. TRIBUTE TO MRS. M'RLNLEY Eight Thonsaad Person, alertly Women aaa Children, View tho Body. FUNERAL SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON Sermon Will Be by Dr. Rsitoa aad Masle Will Be Dame aa at Service for the I.ate President. CANTON. O., May 38. Bight thousand people passed through the McKinley home thla afternoon and viewed the body of Mrs. William McKinley, Cantonlana paid their tribute In the best way they could, since by request It had been denied them the privilege of any funeral decorationa In the city or any general municipal partlclpathm in the ceremonies. It had been atated that admission to the home would be from to S o'clock. At 1 :M today, however, wor end children lined up In front of the vy waiting to pass by the casket. . ,NA were opened at 2:30, and frr eAv until 6:30 the aged, some .V known Mrs. McKinley v, t the middle aged and a ' S 'v il chll. dren paid silent K, , 'tribute to the woman they loX .iers carrying babea on their arms ?& two hours In line for their turn tcV pass through the house. The casket rests In 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 la reposing are photographs of President McKinley, Senator Hanna and framed documents received by the presi dent during his Illustrious career. Plana for Fnacrnl. The funeral services tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock, will be simple and brief. Dr. Buxton, present pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, and Dr. Holmea, former pastor, will have charge. Four musical selections will be aung at the service. The same music as waa used tit the funeral of the late president, "Beau tiful Isle of Somewhere," "Lead, Kindly Light," and "Clearer, 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 12:45 and will proceed to the res'dence of Justice William R. Day, then to the Mc Kinley 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 brief. President Roosevelt will Immediately thereafter go to his train and leave for Indianapolis. Vice President Fairbanks arrived this evening. Governor Harris and other state officers will come on a special train tomor row. President Leaves Washington. WASHINGTON, May 28. Prealdent Roosevelt left for Canton tonight at 9:15 o'clock. The prealdential party occupied the private car Magnet, attached to the regular train over. th,e Baltimore & Ohio mrtrdafcT"-'- ' Tomorrow the president la to attend Mrs. McKlnley's funeral at Canton: oni Memorial day, he Is to speak at the un-j ward his home when he saw Connell pass veiling of General Lawton's statue at In-i ln on the public road. According to his dianapolls, and on. Friday he la to ad-1 story Connell asked him if he was going dresa the Michigan legislature at thai I canltol hlllMlna- nt Tjanalnir Virlnflv In h'. I morning and in the afternoon Is to speak! A . . . . ... . . to the students of the Agricultural col-1 lege there. Following the exercises at the college there Is to be a receDtlon at thl railroad station of a. delegation from tho! Assoclated Harvard Cluhn actor hlrh ' the president leaves for Washington. The president was accompanied by Sec retaries Root. Garfield and Wilson, Secre tary Loeb, Herman Kohlsaat of Chicago, Surgeon General and Mrs. Rixey and As sistant Secretary Latta. The members of the cabinet and Mr. Kohlsaat are going only so far as Canton to attend Mrs. 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 Sara Mayor la 1'slng Police Force to Gather Evidence In Hla Behalf. SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Sixteen talesmen were examined today In tho 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 "la 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 Is the day set for the sentenc ing of Abraham Ruef on the charge on which he pleaded guilty two weeks ago, of extorting $1,125 from the proprltor of Del montco's restaurant on a threat to' prevent the removal of a liquor license, but sen tence will not be passed at thla time. Ruef will appear, the prosecution will move the postponement of sentencing and Judge Dunne will acquiesce. The prosecution prefers to delay Ruffs punishment until after he has appeared aa a witness against the public service cor poration officials, the mayor and othera 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 ones present when the case waa called. PASSES BILL FOR RECOUNT Kaw York Assembly Takes Steps for Recount In Mayoralty Election. ALBANY. N. T.. May J8. Tha aenate to day by a vote of 38 to I passed the assem bly bill providing for a recount of tha ballots cast In the McClellan-Hearat may oralty election of 1906 In New York City. One republican voted with seven democrat! against tha bill, which la one of the meas ures specially urged for passage by Gov ernor Hughea. , The bill provldea that upon petition of either of tha mayoralty candldatea tha su preme court of the district affected must proceed to a summary canvass of tha Tots. MORE ELECTRICAL BUSINESS Ceaaaa Bare a Issues Bulletin callus? Condition of This Branch of Industry. Br- WASHINGTON. May 28.-A bulletin. Is sued today hy the census bureau, contains a report, on the manufacture, according to the census of 1D06. of electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies. It says that dur ing the five-year period from 1900 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 1906 there were 784 establishments, engaged primar ily In the manufacture of electrical ma chinery, apparatus and supplies, with a capital of int.omi.OJfi. There have been Increases since l!oo In all Items, even In the number of establishments, an Item which, in most Industries, the report says, has been reduced by the general tendency toward consolidation. There was a gain of 84.9 per cent in the number of establish ments and of lflfi.1 ner rent in capital and In value of products of 61.3 per cent. In addition to the production reported y these establishments, there was an out- put of electrical machinery and supplies' valued at $18,742,033 from 12S establishments engaged primarily In other lines of manu facture. New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana and New Jersey reported 631 of the 784 estab lishments making electrical devices, their output being 9.1 per cent of the total. The Increase In totnl capital was greatest In Pennsylvania, equaling 17S.5 per cent, al though the value of the products advanced only 37.4 per cent. The total value of telephony apparatus manufactured In 1906 was $15.W)3,fi!8, as com pared with $10,012,412 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 $1, 642.26 In i 1900 to SI, 111, 194 In 1905 is Recounted for In part to the growing custom among the larger telegraph systems of making and re pairing their own apparatus. PRATT CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE Thla la Now the Plea of Srlf-t'on-feased Murderer at Iovra City. IQWA CITT. May 28. (Special. )-There seems to be little doubt now but that Elmer Pratt, the confessed slayer of William Con nell, ,wilf have to remain In the county Jail all summer to await the action of the brand Jury. A preliminary hearing will be held probably before Mayor Ball, but It is doubtful In view of the evidence brought out so far if Pratt will be admitted to ball. The coroner's Jury is now sitting on the case behind closed doors and Its re port Is expected at any time. Pratt now declares that the killing was dohe In self defense. He states that sev eral daya before he shot Connell, he him self was shot at whilo coming in from the field. He was unable to discover his al leged assailant, however, and did not re port the matter. Sicca that time 'he d0 Clares that he carrlea'a gun 'for his own protection. On the night that Connell was killed he states that he was walking to- to shoot and Pratt replied that he was not. He declares that Connell then Shouted thUt ' Conn"- wou.d shoot. Pratt decalres lnat tne laln man reached for his hip that , V. .I.U MBn - 1. .t hi. kin Pocket. Pratt then shot at Connell. Friends of Connell state, however, that thejr can prove tnat Cnne" did not have revolver wun mm on me mgnt ne was shot by Pratt and that it was not his cua tom to carry one with him. EinmlDitllon I'npern Filed. SIOl'X CITY. la.. Mav 28. fSneelal Telo- gram.) Whilo 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 Mondamin was entered by persons who broke into his grip and examined papers containing quos- lions for an examination which was to have been held this morning for graduates of the Sioux Cily College of Medicine. Dis covering the fact, TJr. Thomas postponed the examination and secured the arrest of two suspected students, who wero after wards discharged and completely exon erated tn a published statement from Dr. Thomas. The authorities are Investigating tho Steunenberg case were summoned to further, i day. The list was In part prepared and tho : flrat of the summons will be served tomor- Mlaslnsr Woman Found In Lake. j roW- sheriff Hodgln plans to complete serv CEDAR FALLS, la.. May 28.-(Speclal : ,ce of the slxty-one cltl.ens included in tho Telegram.)-The body of Dr. Mary Oroshy ' venre hy noon on Thursday in order to give reached this city tills afternoon. It was 1 them a am,,e time to present themselves found Sunday In the lake at Duluth, and )n cou,.t bv Friday morning. The men of had been In the water some days. She . lhe venIre are to be watched to prevent practiced medicine tn Chicago for the last Bny attempt to Improperly approach them, ten years, broke down her nerves and whilo and wn,n in-y pre-t.nt themselves in court depressed wandered from her Chicago home they w, oautioned against discussing -..ay lu. Lear Broken by Fall. NEOLA, la.. May 28. (Special Tele gram.) Walter Whlttaker of Council Bluffs had his leg broken here today by falling while attempting to board a freight train for home. Both bo,s w-er. broken Just above the ankle. Afte. his Injuries were attended to he was taken home. EARLING IS 0F SAME MIND Returns from Overland Trip Satlsdcd that St. I'anl Road Will Re Built West. MILWAUKEE. May 28.-Prod lent Earllng and other officials of the St. Paul Railway company returned today from a trip of Inspection In automobiles over the route of the Pacific coast extension of that sys- t'- ! ast night. It 1. resting easy and In no test.mony ,. compete tn. report President Earllng denies that there will ! . It u bellPVed that It can be floated I wl" be, Awarded to Wa.hlngon and that be any cessation in the building of the big ! wH,ut aBBlHtanre at the hl.h tMe ,hU no action will be taken by the local offl extension. He says that between the Mis- j mornln The fact that the steamer dis- clal" unU1 furth;r """'lons from the aouri river and Terry. Mont., between 8,(00 and ,000 men and 3,000 teams are employed onW ancnor nBlts, satisfied officials of the In the work of grading and between 4 0 0 Unn that ,t doe, not wlh immediate as and J.000 men and more than 1,0-0 teams j 8lam.e. The Kaiser Wllhelm was mov are at work on the line westward from I ,n ow,y an(1 wttll wltnln elght and a half Pu,te- miles of quarantine when It poked Its nose Track laying will be begun from Terry ,, , ,ho eastwara ana irom lasnmere, o. u.. west, ward. Trains will be running between the Missouri river and Butte by January 1, Mr. Earllng says. NEW JUDGE NHARGIS CASE Report that Judge Clay of l.exlugtoa Will Be Selected So Aa. aouaccmcnt Made. BANDY HOOK. Ky . May 8.-The trials of Judge James H. Hargts and oth.-rs on a charge of assassinating Dr. i). D. Cox will not be continued, but will bo tried by a special Judge. It Is reported that Judge Clay of Lexington will be selected by Gov ernor Beckham to ait In the case, but Clay haa not received any notice of appoint- jmanU U1LL EMPLOYES GET RAISE Burlinrton Dedans Ten Per Cent Inoreose for Ail Its Hen. ORDER DATES FROM FIRST OF MAY Applies o Forces F.ast of the MIs aonrl aa Well aa West, Bear ting Many People In Omaha. A 10 pe rent 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 Burling- ton employee in Omaha, as when they J receive their checks Saturday nearly all i will have a substantial Increase. All men working for wages In these departments get the raise. The Burlington draws tho distinction between wages and salary at S-'fO a month, those receiving $2"o or moro being raid by vouchers, while those re ceiving less than $2) are paid their wages in checks. The ralso does not Include train crews that adjust their wages with conferences and that have Just had a raise, nor the i telegraphers who wero also recently given J a 10 per cent raise Faei. rtenrtm,,, i. o-u - r.i. nf 10 ! per cent and this applies to lines east and west of the Missouri river as well. It does not signify that all clerks will got a raise of 10 per cent, as the amount of the ralso of each clerk is left to the dis cretion of the head of the department. Some officials nmdo 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. brltlgo builders and men In the mechanical de partments. Some of the clerks will receive Slj more, some $10, some $5 and some will not be raised. Tho question of tha 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 In the pay roll of the gen eral office will be about S2.500 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 Carrlcre Are Appointed for Routes In Nebraska. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 28.-lSpeclal Tele gram.) Rural free delivery carriers ap pointed for Nebraska routes: Lincoln, route J, William H. Miller, carrier; Lloyd K., Miller, substltuto. Petersburg, route 1, Roy Ttae", carrier; Charles F., Dtlarm, Sub stitute. Rlverton, route 8, James Watson, carrier; Jennie Watson, substitute. The First National bank of Fairfax, S. D has been authorized to begin business with $25,000 capital. C. A. Johnson, president; ! John N. Ellermar., vice president, and U. G. 1 ati,,n.nn fnuhlar Ira q Alexandei of Omaha has been ap- pointed bookkeeper at Mare Island navy yard, California. Anthnnv of Cedar Ranids and E. C. Bohnaub of I)cg Moines, la., have been ap- i pointed meat Inspectors In the bureau of anlmnl Industry Upon the rocommendntlon of Congress man Parker, Dr. James Roane has been appointed pension examining surgeon at 1 Yankton, 8. D., vice Dr. M. M. Wilson, ro- i signed. ' Samuel O. Burns and wife of Omaha are ! at the New Wlllard. . jrY ADAIVTS TO BE CALLED ! State Will Ask Aliened Accomplice of llnyvrood and Moyer to Testify. BOISE, Idaho, May 28. None of the tales men of the third special venire ordered In the case with anyone. Counsel on both sldea were In conference today on work connected with the further examination of Jurors and the actual trial of the ease. The, state has decided to call Steve Adams as a witness, but the expecta tion i nnw that he will enter a general re- ; fuRa, tQ tuf Arrangements to bring him htr(J )lave not Wn mae, and probaWy will not be until shortly before he Is to be called to the stand. BIG LINER IS AGROUND Kaiser Wllhclm der Grosse Strikes Mod Bank Near Entrance to New York Harbor. kfw YORK. Mav 29. The North German i IJoyd steamship Kaiser Wllheltn der 0rf)(lae inbound, ran aground on the west . nt th. n channel at 11:16 o'clock ; ,.,, n .ifrnalB of distress but showed THCMAS D. JORDAN INDICTED Former C omptroller of KquKable Life Society Charged with Perjury and Forgery, NEW YORK. May 28.-The May grand Jury, which haa been Investigating the af fairs of the Equitable Life Assurance ao clety, today returned eighteen Indictments against Thomas D. Jordan, formerly con troller of the Equitable. Perjury and forgery In thu third 'degree are charged. No Indictments were found against present ofiicials of tha eoelety. Thla announcement was made tonight by the district attorney's office. The grand Jury concluded Us dulloa and waa discharged: FIRE AT THEJENNETT STORE Blase aad Water II o Damage of Fifteen to Twenty Thousand Dollars. Fire broke out In the pinno department of The Bennett company department atore Tuesday night at 7:45 and tho damage from fire and water will be between I15,1W and Iwrno, according to the estimate of the owner. J. E. liaum, who whs on the scene shortly after the fire 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 ablaze. Fortunately, a largo number of tho clerks of the store was working at the time, preparing the Berger atock for the bankrupt sale Wednesday, and they wero al,'e to turn In a prompt alarm. The fire department responded quickly, but the au tomatlc sprinklers had been opened by tha heat and were flooding the building. The fire waa soon extinguished, but not before a large volume of water had been turned Inoae on tho third floor, on which the fira started. The water worked Its way through to the second floor, damaging goods as It went. It then flowed through to the ground floor, "m,c cunning department is snuaiea. Rn1 tu're lare quantities of clothing were soaked. Shoes also came In for a wetting. A 8ma" amount of water worked Its way Into the basement and spoiled labels on some canned goods. Many pianos were slightly damaged by the heat, which blistered the varnish, and others were slightly Injured hy water. The domestics and linens also were soaked. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN Paat Week Bronsrht Inch of Bain to Nearly Kvery County In Nebraska. LINCOLN. May 28. The last week was cool, cloudy and showery, 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 days 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 tho weekly rainfall was confined to light showers Thursday, with a rainfall amounting to less than a quarter of an Inch. In most 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 1 nlted Presbyterian Assembly Urges Its Ministers to Get Closer to Tollers. DENVER, Colo., May 28. The following resolution, adopted today by the general as sembly of the United Preabvterian church Indicates the church will make an effort to get closer to the toller: Wo desire confidence of workingmen everywhere and deeply deplore any sus picion of unfriendliness. We Invite frank counsel as to how, as a church, we may minister to workingmen and their cause. We urge upon all our ministers a sym pathetic study of the problems of labor, and an earnest effort to establish cordial relationship between themselves and the workingmen of their respective communi ties. One of the most important reports mado today was that on the Freedmen's mis sions. It was followed by an address by RfV. J. W. Wltherspoon on the colored r h. ,,.h nrt .hnwd the people of the south, nrniirnal nt tVisa r hllTfh Tk. rmn tn in.tit..t h. ntn nf general treasurer of all funds Instead of ! "Iscuaaed the entire situation. At tha having a treasurer for each fund, was dls- ! meting a preliminary report was pro cussed at length, but no decision was ! Pard and taken by each membw reached ' further study with the view of making . ... ... . : a committee report at the session of tho The committee on appropriations for the i , , - . . i , ,,,,, ,,. mass convention later In the year. coming years made its report, which will ' . . . , . ... K r I u.iita,.H inmnrrr,. It ,.n,nrl .. 1 KXDOrt Agent John T. Sickle Of NW 1260,000 for foreign missions. JAPANESE CASE IS MAGNIFIED Trouble In San Francisco Due Lack of Police Protection In Rlota. tq WASHINGTON, May 28. At the cabinet meeting today Attorney General Bonaparte laid before the prealdent and Secretary Root, the report of District Attorney Dev lin of San Francisco, on the alleged assault on Japanese residents of that city. The report, Mr. Bonaparte says, shows that the I aK"era"ed and the difficulty appeared to of DrotecUon .ccount first stories of the alleged assault were ex- 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 FRANCISCO, May 28.-United Statea Marshal Elliot spent a great part of today Interviewing the proprietors and employes of the Japanese restaurant at I21S Folsom street, which was wrecked by hoodlums last week, the incident forming the basis of a complaint to Washington by tha Jap anese minister. United States Attorney Devlin says that when the testimony la complete the report State Department are received. UNION SEEKING RECOGNITION Second Vice President of Interna tional Asaorlatloa of Machinists Makes Demand. 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 Louisville A Nashville railroad, asking for an Inter view regarding the recognition by the rail road company of the union. Tha queatlon of wagea la not Involved. DECATUR. Ala., May 28. All of the machinists in the Louisville A Nashville railroad shops here struck because of the refusal of thu railroad company to recog nise the union. Only fifteen men were In volved. The other machinists either quit or were discharged soma days ago. Trouble la aald to be threatened at other puluta on tha system FIGHT WITH PACKERS Chicago Cemmistioa Men Win Tint Skir mish in Post Mcrtom Eattle, BIG FIRMS UNABLE TO BUY COWS Orer 3,000 BeoeWed, bnt All Are Eont to Other Cities. RANGE OF TRICES IS LOWER Peckers Nenplnrs-d bf Tact that felleri Wero Able to Unload. v INDEPENDENT CONCERNS TAKING HAND Their Demand for- Cool CattM aad Co-operation of Khlapers Left So Rarplaa In Market at Close of Baalnesa. CHICAGO, May 28.-Because of the en forcement by the big packera of their naw rule requiring post mortem Inspection of cows and heifers as a condition of pur chase, only the high-class grades of beat were sold at the stock yards yesterday for the Chicago trade. It waa the frst day of the enforcement of the post-mortem rule and the first skirmish between the packera and the ship, pera of live atock and the commission man. The big packing firms did not ' succeed In buying a solitary cow or heifer, according to the returna made to the commission men at the close of business. None of tho 3.000 animals numbered tn the list of tha day's receipts as "cow stuff" remained un sold, however, all being sent to other cities, and on this showing the commission In sisted that the big firms were routed In tha 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 find evidence of their power.- They were not sanguine of the final outcome, however, the commission men's failure to get "stuck" on the day's receipts being an un locked 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 shippers and the demands of the "In dependent" trade Renewed appeals to tha country buyera and shippers to "keep their cows and heifers" out of the Chicago mar ket for the present were sent out over tha wires. Locally there la no change in the situa tion. There waa only eight loada of cows and heifers on the market, and these were taken by outside buyers, the packers re fusing to buy except on post mortem In spection and the commission men refusing to sell on these terms. The packers, how-e evr, were In quest of lightweight steers, which they are evidently using to supply the market formerly filled from the cows and heifers. MILLERS MEET AT ST. LOUIS Flonr Makers frost Alt Portions L'nlted States Hold Convention la Missouri. of. 8T. LOUIS. May 28.--MlIlera from all parta of the United Statea and aome from' abroad, were tn attendance today at tha 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 the federation are: Prealdent, John W. Burke, Springfield, O. ; vice presidents, Walter Stern, Milwaukee, and William F. Castle, Louisville; treas urer, J. L. Griggs, Sparta, III.; secretary, A. L. Goetxmann, Chicago. The afternoon session opened with tha report of Secretary A. L. Goetxmann of Chicago, in which he atated that the apeclai - " nka a atudy of the question of foreign export iraae, iranRporumon ana I lon. h-d met In Chicago on May 7 and York submitted a report, followed by an I address by Edgar D. Ttlton of St. Louis on "the enlarging of the federation and tha benefit of lta members." Secretary Goetsmann made an address on "The Food and Drugs Act. June SO, 1906." He aald In part: "In our opinion, In tha promulgation ot thla law there waa no thought or con sideration given to the subject of wheat flour, the abaoluta purity of which wag fixed through what Is known as tha 'mixed flour law of 1898.' A point of Intereat under thla pure food law la the' claim ant up that the purification, or bleaching of flour la an adulteration. Thla phaaa la now under consideration by tha Agricul tural department, which will later Issue a ruling." WOMAN SHOOTS TWO MEN Mrs. Blnsrwood Comes to Rescu of . Husband, Who Waa Being Worsted In Fight. RAWLINS, Wyo., May 28. Believing that her husband waa about to be killed by hit two Infuriated partners, with whom feS waa engaged In a desperate battle with knives, beer glasses and other missiles, Mrs. Matty Ringwood today ahot and killed one of the men, A. Davis, and fa tally wounded Webb Stone, the second. The shooting occurred In a saloon hera. The three men, who were ownera of a restaurant In the rear, became engaged In a heated discussion while drinking at tha bar. Mrs. Ringwood, who waa in tha res taurant, heard the men quarreling and, grabbing a revolver, she rushed Into tha saloon and began shooting. Tha woman was arrested Immediately afterward. She declarea tha men were beating her husband and would hava killed him If ahe had not -taken the drastic action. CONSOLIDATED GAS IN COURT Suit Brought on Behalf of New York to Mako Companies Yield Franchises. NEW YORK, May 2S.-Sult to compel tha Consolidated Gas company and the sight other gas companies doing business tn thla city to relinquish their franchises and to take from them all the permits to use tha streets which they now rnjoy was begun la the sjprema court today, by Corporation J Counsel SUlaoa on behalf of tha dtf,