The Omaha- Daily, Bee VOL. XXXVII NO. 8. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, E 27, 1907 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. j a JIT i ASK FOR CONFERENCE Striking Telegraphers Appoint Com mittee to See Managers. SMALL BENDS LETT EE TO MAC KAY Beply to Ultimatum Recently Sent to 'Frisco Operators. SAY COMPANIES MUST YIELD Strikers Insist That Business is Mot ing Very '"lowly. ?. OFFICIALS CI'' i)ICT THIS Vl - They Bar That Tt' e Handlluc Promptly All M . Offered and Are MaVI t la BtaaTaV SAN FRANCISCO. June 21 Jent 8. J. Small of the Commercial fhers' Union, appealed yesterday dire . to Clsr- Mica Mackay, head of the Postal Telegraph Company. Small wrote a letter directed to offset the one written by Mackay to the officials of the Postal company. In which Mackay commended the operators who refused to go out and oondemned the men who struck. President Mackay and the officials of his company have enjoyed the esteem of the telegraphers who said yester day that they hoped that Small's exposition of the ease from the standpoint of the em ployes might be productive of peace. A possible step toward a settlement was made yesterday when the striking operators appointed a conference committee of seven members. Including President Small, with a view af opening negotiations with Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. Although the powers of the committee were not announced following Its appointment, it is thought the committee will be clothed with authority to arrange a basis for the settlement of the strike. One of the in structions of the board wilt be to place the demands of the strikers before the heads of the companlos. The operators declare that the companies are seriously crippled and must ultimately yield to the demands for a 26 per cent Increase in wages. It was conceded ' generally that the strike was likely to continue for several weeks and the possibility of extending the strike was also admitted. Officials of both companies declared yes terday that they were handling expedi tiously all the business that came to them. Both claimed gains In their staff of oper ators. WILL . SETTLE JURISDICTION Attorneys (or Railroads and Attorney General Hadley Will Hasten a Decision. KANSAS CITY, June 28. The attorneys for the eighteen principal Missouri rail ways 'and Attorney General Hadley for the state-' have nrerrWly.-agTeed -to take tha matter of Jurisdiction' in the enforcement of the Missouri 2-ent law to tha United State supreme court. This more probably will be made within the next ten days. Thin was decided upon as the result of a conference here last night between Mr. Hadley and Assistant Attorney Oeneral Klnnlsh for the state, and Frank Hager man and other attorneys representing tha various railroads. The details hnve not yet been worked out, but It was agreed thst Mr. Hagerman would amend the pleadings of the railroads In their Injunction suit and Mr. Hadley will deny that the federal court has jurisdiction. Judge Smith Mc Fherson of the United States district court, who has asserted Jurisdiction will be asked to make an order In one 'of the cases. If ha does, that question will be taken to the supreme court. Mr. Hagerman said this morning: Both sides are anxious to get the ques tlon of Jurisdiction, and other points In dttiDUte. cleared up as early as possible. Wt would like to get a decision be'.ire September IT, when the ninety days trial of the J-oent law will have ended, but this Is out of the question, as the supreme court does not convene until tha first of October DEFENDING MEMORY OF ESTES Testimony la Levlsg M order Caoe at Houston la Taking; This Tarn. HOUSTON. Va.. June 26. At the opening of oourt today In the trial of Former Judge Loving for tha killing of Theodore Bates, the defendant looked careworn. Seated with him were his son and his brother. John P., W. O. and Henry Swanson of Manvllle, brothers of Governor Swanson, had seats on tha prosecution's side. Mrs. J. $. Swanson Is a sister of Elates and her husband Is taking an active part In de fending the memory of the dead man. Sheriff Beard of Amherst county, who has known Judge Loving for years, testified as to the defendant being an excessive drinker and ho had suffered at times from flellrtum tremens. The witness stated that the dissipation of Judge Loving had com pletely changed his disposition and that before he started drinking he was pleas ant and agreeable, though In later year he had become unreasonable and disagree able. ' Sheriff Beard stated that he knew lhat Judge Laving was continuously drunk lor four years while in Amherst county. Mr. , Harrison of Amherst, formerly a lawyer, testified along the same line as lliertff Beard aa to tha excessive drinking ;nd the change it had brought on Loving. The witness . declared that Uoving wor--hipped his daughter, Elisabeth. BURGESS GETS LINCOLN JOB Cornier State Chairman Made veyor of Port at Capital City. lar- OYdTER BAT. N. T.. June 28. President Hojaavelt today appointed Henry C. W. Burgess to be surveyor of the customs at Lincoln. Nub., and Lymon W. Wakefield to be register of the land office at Phoenix, iris. The president approved the application Kr the retirement with the rank of rear dmiiai of Captain William H. Roeder, V. 8. N, NEW HAWAIIAN GOVERNOR Vreeldeat Roosevelt Appoints Jada-O Will lam froar to Be Chief Executive There. OYSTER BAT. June 21 President Roose-n-lt today formally appointed Judge Wil liam F.. Freer to be irovernor of Hawaii, to take offl.ee the middle of August, Judge Freer Is a native of California, a graduate f Tale and now holds the chief Justiceahlp af tue supreme court ot Uoaolulta. c SUMMARY OF TilE BEE! Tkndr, Jane ST. 1W07. , . : 1907 June 1907 Sun mom Tvi wto rs rmi gi "C 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 20 21 22 o 24 25 26 27 28 29 TXB WXATHIBV FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Generally fair and warmer: Temperature at Omaha Hour. Leg. Hour Deg. . m to i p. m (4 6 a. m .. 69 2 p. m 74 1 a. m 60 Is. m 75 a. m 63 4 p. m a. m 66 S p. m 10 a. m 68 8 p. m 75 : ' U a. m 70 7 p. m 72 U m 72 g p. m 69 I p. m 66 DOMESTIC. , Witnesses take the stand in the Hay wood case testifying in flat contradiction to the evidence of Harry Orchard, the de fense seeking to prove revenge, the mo tive for killing Steunenberg. Fags 1 Operators at San Francisco ask for a conference with the officials. President Small writes a letter telling demands of the union to President Mackey. Page 1 Judge Landis at Chicago denies new trial to the Standard Oil company and seeks Information as to the financial con dition of company preparatory to Imposing fine. Page 1 President Roosevelt appoints II. C. M. Burgess of Lincoln custodian of Lincoln poat office building and surveyor of the Port. rags 1 Attorney Oeneral Hadley and railroads take steps in Kansas City to push suit settling question of Jurisdiction of state or federal court over rate matters. Fags 1 Fire outside the exposition grounds at Jamestown does 2150,000 damage. Page 1 Cruiser Milwaukee dispatched to Cen tral America on news of fresh troubles there. Page 1 Judge William Freer has been appointed new governor of Hawaii. 'ago 1 Effort made to defend the memory of Theodore Estes in the Judge Loving mur der trial at Houston, Tex. Page 1 roB-iaxr. Mark Twain given degree of doctor of letters at Oxford commercement exercises with many prominent Englishmen. Terrorists at Tiflls raid treasury wa gon, securing 1125,000. sTXBXABKA. State Railway commission will ask next legislature for an appropriation to ascer tain the value of the railroad property of the state. Rock Island asks to have injunction case brought by state trans ferred to the federal court. Fare 3 X.OGAX. Ed R. Sixer of Lincoln waa chosen presi dent of the state association of post masters and Lincoln designated as the next meeting place. . Page X Bankers are said to be standing behind the -cattlemen In their fight -with the pack er over post mortem Inspection of cows. ' ... - Page 7 First day' oanvass (or funds to pay off Toung Men's Christian association debt results In 18,000 In . subscriptions and those In charge are encouraged. Page T Incomplete returns from assessor's of fice Indicate Douglas county valuations will be increased about $7,000,000 this year. Page a Hamilton flats at Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets will contain no houe- I keeping apartments with kitchens. Page 3 Mayor Dahlman and city council clash over issuance of permits and license in spectors acts aa buffer. Ffcga 3 MOYlMXlTTg OP OCX! AST BTXAJCSXXPSU Port. NEW TOBK .. KEW YORK .. NSW YORK .. MVKnpoOL, .. LIVERPOOL. .. MAPLKS LONDON HAVRU RRBMEN ANTWERP ... OUASOOW .... COPBNHAOKt OX K EN STOW N QUKKNSTOWN PLYMOUTH .. GENOA , IIKNOA ArrlTt Mlnnatonaa . Carpathla ... alias. .Prtaatae Alias. Hal lis Ola Dominion Satanta. , Bohaml-a .. . Sicilian Prince.. LoaltUna. .Hlbarnbua .1 Anglian. Foin-r-ntan. . K P. Wllh.lm.. .Finland . swrraaUan , C. r. Tle-an.... . Wannralan. . Curmuiala .Patricia . Eu(la Monllj.... PHIInKLPHIA.' Noun land .. BOSTON Meamlnsa USOUORN Alcana ... WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL N amber of Inspector Named la the Bareaa of Animal Indaetry. WASHINGTON. June M. (Special Tele gram.) Fred Heln of Ottumwa, T. C. Parks of Cedar Rapids, R. J. McLennan of Ot tumwa, G. J. Cronln of Des Moines, and J. T. Oaltland of Ottumwa, la., and Oustav Batmelstar and W, & Bailey of South Omaha, have been appointed meat Inspec tors In connection with bureau animal In dustry. A contraot has been awarded H. T. Adams of Belle Fourohe, 8- D., for a por tion of the distribution system of the Belle Fourche irrigation system, known as the Johnson lateral. The work Involves the excavation of 64.550 oubtc yards ef material, and the contract amounts to tlS,2S7. W. iinu m eoutn uaaoie pooi unices oecome enecuve July l: Aberdeen, two. rn to 100. Brook- Ings, one, ISU) to WOO; two, 1700 to 2800. Deadwood. one. TOO to ; one, $800 to AAA. MM .A . AAA f A I I.JM. $900; one, 2900 to 1,00. Madison, two, C0b to tODO. Mitchell, two, 1500 to IDO; one, l?T0 to t&tt-. one, 2800 to IM; one, 1900 to 21.000. Rapid City, two, tWO to )OA Sioux Falls, two, lTO to, SHOO; four, tSOO to (900; one, 2000 to $1,000; one, $1,000 to $1,100. Yankton, one, $600 to $a00; one, $700 to SMiO. BOND THIEF IS SENTENCED Maa Who Helaed Get Away with Million Must go to Bias; Nina. NEW TORK. June 2-Ollver M. Dennett. the broker who pleaded guilty to receiving the bonds which William O. Douglas, the assistant loan dark, stole from the Trust Company of America, today waa sentenced to serve not leas man nve nor more than ten years In Sing Sing prison. Douglas pleaded guilty to grand larceny, and was sentenced to three years In Sing Sing, the district attorney having stated that Douglas had boon of material assistance In the prosecution ot Dennett. Tho two stole nearly tl.OOO.OUO worth ef bonds. Oarrte Nation lo In Jail, WASHINGTOSJ. June 2 for entering a i wire on the top and was reaching over saloon and raising a disturbance, Carrie I the top of the fence after a tool on the Nation was last Bight . arrested on the I other side, when the lop wire broke atrlk charge ot disorderly conduct and was j Ing him In the throat and nearly severing piacod la the ' " " tie j hu windpipe and barely mieauig the Jugular alght. vein, DENIES STANDARD NEW TRIAL Judge Landis Takes Steps to Impose Fine on Oil Company. ASKS INFORMATION OF FINANCES Over Protests a( Attorneys Coort Plaees J. H. Howard on Staad to Testify as to He eourres. CHICAGO, June 26. Judge Landis, tit the United States district court today, ordered the Issuance of subpoenas re turnable July ( for the president and sec retary and treasurer of the Standard C company of Indiana, the officers of the Union Tank line and officers ahd directors of the companies holding the stock ot those two concerns. Judge Landis desires to ascertain these companies' true finan cial conditions Derore imposing uiiea un conviction of Illegal freight tariff rating and rebating on oil shipments. This action was taken after the court had examined a number of witnesses In the effort to obtain Information regarding the financial standing of the Standard Oil company, with meagre results. It was left to the discretion of United States District Attorney Sims to subpoena such Individuals as be chose out of the list of officials mentioned by the court. Under the order of Judge Landis the dis trict attorney may summon John D. Rock efeller, H. H. Rogers or any other man connected with the Standard OH company whom he may desire to question. Judge Landis was unable to obtain from j Mr. Howard much information regarding I the finances of the oil company. After briefly examining two clerks of the Chicago ft Eastern Illinois railroad, concerning oil tariffs on the Alton road the court ordered subpeonas Issued for the officers of the Standard OH and Union Tank Line com panies. CENTRAL AMERICAN TURMOIL Contlanance of Threatened Conditions Caasee the Government to Dis patch Crnlaer Milwaukee. SAN FRANCISCO. June ?. The cruiser Milwaukee, Commander Charles A. Gove, called this afternoon for La Union, Salva dor, hnvtng been ordered there yesterday by the Navy department after the receipt of dispatches from Central America to the effoct that further trouble was Impending there. The Milwaukee will be followed by the collier Saturn. WASHINGTON, Juno So. State depart ment cablegrams indicate a continuance of threatened conditions In Central America. American Minister Merry reports from Balvador that the Nlcaraguan government is massing troops a. Point Cosegulne. This place Is on the northern Pacific border, of Nicaragua on the Gulf of' Fonesa and opposite the Salvadorean coast, which ap pears to be the storm center at this mo ment. ' Minister Merry reported on the case of the American citizens. George and Edward Molsaant. who have been Imprisoned In Salvador .on the'harffes of complicity In construction is ot entirely new-type aa far the last attempt at revolution. The minister I " ln United States navy is concerned and states 'that the property of these Amerl- j 'l wl" bo th flr wh'c English tur cans appears to be In danger by the action b,n wlu ,M um- 1 The contract speed Is of the Salvadorean troops. He has mailed twenty-four knots and Is exceeded only by a detailed report on this case to the State department, which is expected to reach Washington in a day or two. Meanwhile the State department has, through the Navy department, cabled Instructions to the commander of the gunboat Yorktown at i La Union, Salvador, to make an Independ ent Investigation Into the Molssant case. CRCWPU A DM V nCMODAI !7Cn i iikiiwu. n 1 1 m i lsuivi uiim.ia.LU Government Greatly Wronaht Over Insubordination Among Troops Generally. Up PARIS, June 26. The government Is now apparently quite as much concerned about the insubordination manifested among the troops as to the attitude ot the wine growers, for. In spite of the efforts to minimise them new Incidents showing the lack of discipline In the army are occurring I dally. The government seems to have awakened to the necessity of dealing sternly with the demoralization engendered by the socialistic-military propaganda, and the press commends the decisions of the government to exile the mutineers of the Seventeenth Infantry and lo postpone In definitely the bill providing for the abolish ment of courts;martial In time of peace. The position of the cabinet grows increas ingly difficult, and M. Clemenceau's sole object seems to be to weather the storm until the summer vacation of Parliament affords a breathing spell. TURrm TCMBOMQO" IM PDmiir,1 i iiiivii i bii uumuo ill wnuivu n me pruBtuuun wi uinr suns xor aam- ages sustained through the mobbing of Many Persons Killed and Injured, Due , their places. It Is explained by some of to Acts of Terrorists la I the officials that this rather anotnalous ti-Uk (linking of tho national government with " a private plaintiff Is brought about TIFLIS, Transcaucasia. Russia, June 26.- through a desire by this government to Ten bombs were thrown today into Erlvan ! redeem Its pledge, to the effect that the square, In the center of the town, which ' Japanese in America shall enjoy all the was thronged with people. The missiles i rights guaranteed to them by treaty. The exploded with terrlflo force. Many per- j necessity of resorting to this course of sons were killed or Injured and windows j action Is deprecated, and It Is said that and doors were shattered over a large areo. ' the outcome will be an appeal to con The police are preventing all approaoh to j greas. probably at the next session, to the scene of the outrage. j provlde by law for the removal from di. i-iiuiDiiuiiM, tfuua . uuririg me oi. t-E.iBJte.HUHU. June ze. -During the maneuvers toaay tne torpedo hoat Ubedl- mllny struck a mine, which exploded. The damage was slight, owing to the deterlora- I tlon of the mine. ' nnnv TSafCC TMIfl nCDBirp UnD I IftrxLO iWU UtnOlLo Richard Croaers Horse Wine Flrat la Claoalo Kveat at Dublin. June z Richard DUBLIN, June 2 Richard CToker'l Orby. winner of the English derby, won the Irish derby today. Mr. Croker's George town was second. Beven horses started. ; Deoertloaa from Battleship. ! VICTORIA. B C, June W.-There have i hn shout fortv Aeartt(ina frnm th T4-lt- I , , rnllBer Morimou,h n, ,yln. herj. j ButMn mtn .am hore from th. cru1sf r ,nd escaped. Six escaped from a guard of I ! hmun m trin ev..v,i.i . j the veesel this morning, some hiding under ; the naval wtiarf. Several were recaptured while attempting to escape and were taken on board In Irona. rarawr'i Narrow Socapo. CRESCENT, la., Jtane 26 Bteclal. Carl Peters, a wealthy farmer living three miles north ot Crescent la. Boomer town ship, was seriously hart yesterday while building a fence. He had just put a barbed BY AUTO Car Jumpa from l-le and Foils t'poa Orrapasta VfTrnl Are Injured. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 2S.-A fright ful accident, causing the death of one un dergraduate and Injuring more or less seri ously two other students and a guest, cast gloom over the commencement exercises at Tale university today. The victim was D. Leet Oliver, son of Mrs. J. B. Oliver of Pittsburg, Pa., and a senior In Sheffield Scientific school, a member of St. An thony's fraternity and one of the most prominent socially of the upper classmen. The Injured .are W. 8t rot here Jones of Red Bank, N. J., a Sheffield Junior, and J. C. Colston ot Baltimore, a senior In the same department, and B. Hudson, a com mencement guest of the others, all ot whom live at St. Anthony's house. Oliver died from a broken back, being crushed under his automobile after It had Jumped off a bridge In Centrrvllle, about four miles from the college. The others are suffering from manifold bruises, and Colston had his nose broken. The party were coming Into the city and the machine apparently skidded off the end of the bridge, which spans a small stream. As the machine took Its flight into the air It turned over and landed Just at the edge of the water, the weight coming down upon Oliver, who was driving, and he was almost Instantly killed. Messrs. Jones, Hudson and Colston were carried Into New Haven for treatment. The automobile was on the racing type. The roadway on the bridge Is pnrtly occu pied by street car tracks. The supposition Is that the automobile ran on the bridge at high speed and that Oliver In trying to keep clear of the car tracks, swerved and caused the wheels to skid, PITTSBURG, June it. D. Leet Oliver, who was killed In the automobile accident at New Haven, Conn., was a son' of the late James B. Oliver, who died one and a half years ago and who was one of the prominent steel manufacturers of Pittsburg. He was also a nephew of George T. Oliver, proprietor of the Pittsburg Gazette-Times and the Chronlele-Tetegraph of this city. He leaves his mother and two sisters, Mrs. William J. Crittenden of Shields, Pa., and Marquis Dusmet Dcsmours of Naples, Italy. The young man was 21 years of age. BALTIMORE, June it. 3. C. Colston, the Tale student Injured In the automobile accident at New Haven, Is the son of Fred erick M. Colston of the banking house of Wilson, Colston 4 Co. NEW YORK, June 26. W. Strothers Jones, who was- Injured In an automobile nlcldent at New Haven today, is a son of W. S. Jones, a stock broker of this city. The Jones home Is at Red Bank, N. J. NEW UNITED STATES CRUISER Chester, Launched at Bath, Me., Will Be Notable Vessel of Its Claoa. WASHINGTON, June -The scout cruiser Chester, is to bo launched at the Bath (Maine) Iron works today. The cruiser Is one of a class of three vessels to be known as scout cruisers au thorised by congress April 17, 1904. The cost or the vessel wlj be "21.6SS.0O0. . Its I W Doats and destroyers. While the -speed is slightly less than that of tha English scouts, the difference Is more than compensated for by the ability to maintain the high speed In all conditions of the weather and. having twice the coal capacity of the English scouts, the radius of action Is consequently much greater. The length of the vessel over atl Is 423 feet unu ,ncn' ". mouiaea, rorty- si lx feet eight Inches, draft fully loaded. I, nineteen feet one and one-half Inches and displacement, fully loaded, 4.G40 tons. The maximum Indicated horsepower of the main engines Is estimated to be 16,000. The battery consists of two five-Inch rapid lire guns, six three-inch rapid Are guns, two twenty-one-inch submerged tor pedo tubes. Two submerged torpedo tubes of the side loadlnir tvno with all naooaaam j accessories Including air compressors and ; accumulators, are Installed in the torpedo i room forward, one on each side and the magaslnes are so arranged that about half of the total supply of ammunition will be carried at each end of the vessel. REASON OF AID TO JAPANESE Government Explains Why Diatrlet Attorney Devlin- Will Take Part la Salt. WASHINGTON. June 25.-Some com ment having been excited by the Instruc tion to United States District Attorney lis.... i w.i.r. or tne YALE MAN KIL LEO SPr" "J"".:. : " ancl"co;iowance.. from Des Moines, was called for ' state to federal courts of all Issues state to federal courts ot all Issues In i volvlng the treaty rights of realdant , aliens. Mr. Olney, when secretary of . state In President Cleveland's second ad I ministration, being much trouble 1 with '.-...a .... 1 Incidents Involving attacks by mobs on ' " ' on Italians and Chinese, sought If glalatlon on this line from cor greas. but th tlrrw. I was Inopportune, aM ihe opposition from ;ha state rlehta Deonle waa iirnnr 1 to thwart his desires. It Is believer! nn i however, that the time la rin. legislation and an effort will be made to obtain U. VAUGHN EXONERATES KLINE M About to Die for Crl e Malm talrmeat About Illinois Prisoner. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 26 -Harry i Vaughn, one of the three convicts to be ha' here tomorrow, mads a sworn state- "1 T I w"'ln - "' "' supposea to ds in me pennenuary at Jollet, III., frnm participation In the hold up of the Illinois Central train near Chicago on August,' 1904. Kline and a man named Morris had been arrested for connection with the train rob beryKline being taken In Illinois and Morris In Bt. Louis. Morris waa killed In Bt. Louis while attempting to escape and Kline, who later was convicted of com plicity in the robbery, was taken to St. 1-iniia to Identlf Morris as one of the robbers. Vaughn was credited with know- lug Ui deiaUs of the robba w S1ZER PRESIDENT OF NASBYS Lincoln Man Honored by Postmasters of Nebraska with Office. CAPITAL GETS NEXT MEETING Convention Endorses Reoolntloa De ploring? Loss of Interests no tallied la Death of Edward Rooewater. Ed R. Biter of Lincoln, president. H. E. Palmer of Omaha, first vice presi dent. Karl Kramer of Columbus, second vice president. A. A. Hyers of Havelock, third vice pres. Ident. Miss Cora E. Raker of Gretna, fourth Vice president. W. J. Cook of Blair, secretary. These constitute the officers of the Ne braska Association of Postmostsrs, elected Wednesday morning for the year. Lincoln was chosen as the next place of meeting, the date to be fixed by the ex ecutive committee. An Increased attendance greeted Wednes day morning's meeting of the postmasters' convention, which reassembled at :S0 st the Crelghton College of Law and ad journed In the afternoon. The first speaker of the morning was Postmaster H. M. Wlle of Crete, who told briefly of postofllce matters at Crete, and was followed by H. E. Deater of Shenan doah, la., who gave a brief account of tho preliminary organisation of the Iowa Poet masters' association during the early fore noon. Mr. Dater said In addition: "In behalf of the Iowa postmasters here pre sent, I wish to extend my sincere thanks for the invitation to meet with you. These meetings tend to stir us up and the result cannot be other than gooa. m this con nection and In the further behalf of the Iowa postmasters, I Invite all of you post masters and postmlstressea of Nebraska to visit us at Des Moines AuguBt 27 and 28, during our preliminary convention." A Tote of thanks was tendered the Iowa postmasters for their presence at the meet ing. Jost a Common Occurrence. Postmaeter Ed R. Fixer arose to a ques tion of personal privilege. He ststed that he had been misquoted In the World Herald, In Vrelatlon to a remark he had alleged to hive made In his address Tues day afternoon before the convention, re lating to the incompetency of poor office Inspectors, in which he wss charted with saying, "Thst some inspectors did not know enough to have the headache." Mr, Bluer said that he had no recollection of making any such statement and If he did he wished to apologize to the Inspectors for such a statement atlcredlted to him. Pr. George L. Millar of Omaha was In vlted to address the convention, but asked to be excused, as he came In merely to meet his old friend, M. A. Brown of Kear ney, "Whom I regard ae one of the best friends Nebraska has ev.y had. and who has spent nearly a lifetime in the service of unbulldtna- this state." ' Mr. Brown was called fiir and' delivered a short addree upon poetofftce business system, and the necessity or courtesy In the management of postoffloes and its relation to the public. Mr. Slier submitted the following resolu tion: Be It Resolved, That in tho Judmrtent of this convention the department nhoftld al low any postmaster who desires to retain for his postomce the practice or "BacK stamping of mall," and the keoplng of a record of letters "forwarded or - returned to writer," to do so and should furnish to such postmaster the supplies necessary for such service. The resolution was unanimously adopted.. Thirty Days' Vacation. Mr. Sixer moved the adoption of the fol lowing resolution: Resolved, That it is the Judgment of this convention that the present law allowing a postofllce employe fifteen days' vacation eaoh fiscal year should be amended to read thirty days vacation during each calendar year, and be It further Resolved, That the secretary of this con vention be instructed to furnish a copy of this resolution to each member of the dele gation in congress from Nebraska. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The question box was then opened and numerous questions relating to tha specific and general management of poutofflces were read. The questions covered a great variety of topics and were answered sev erally by postmasters Bushnell, Van Dyke and Senator Burkett. Senator Burkett said: "One of the most difficult things a person has to encounter is to try to explain a law he has helped to originate and pass." So much time was occupied In the con sideration of the question box the expected address was deferred until the afternoon. George L. Van Dyke, assistant superln- i tgndont of the division of sslarles and el and spoke briefly, giving more attention to answering questions pertaining to his de partment. Tribute to Mr. Rosewater. Mr. Siter moved the adoption of the fol lowing resolution: Whereas, Slnoe our last convention (at which time he was serving as a delegate to the Postal congress) Edward Rosewater has been called to his last reward, and Whereas, During his lifetime Edward Rosewater was always deeply interested In postal matters and a conslstant friend to every postmaster and employe of the postal service, and devoted to the cause much of his Individual time and space In his news paper; therefore be It Resolved, That this convention feels its great lows In his death and extends Its sympathy to the family or the deceased ' nd that these resolutions be spread upon i tne reoorda ot this association and that a the Vceaed.""" " the faml" of I -tne resolutions were anopieu uy Ing voto of the entire convention. The resolutions were adopted by a stand' President Palmer thanked the associa tion for the honor conferred on him in continuing him In the office of president for two terms, and that the convention had come for a second time. He hoped that at some future time the convention would again be held here, and that Omaha nrnul A nniv Inln htnill In miklnr thA r.nn. i ventlon next year at Lincoln a big success ! Following the election of officers a com- munlcatlon was read frovn the Commer- ! clal Club of Lincoln, Inviting the aasocla- ! tlon to meet In that city next year. The Invitation was unanimously ao 'cepted. Victor Rooewater, editor of The Bee, was called upon for a short talk on the subject of bulky newspaper mall. He gave a brief description of the manner in which the large sectional editions of newspapers are folded by machinery, and asked that the postmasters be a little Indulgent with the publishers, even though it did involve them with a little extra work, particularly with the handling of the big Sunday editions. lowaas Effect Oraanlsatlon The Iowa Association of Postmasters met In the Millard hotel parlor Wednesday I mornlnn at 8:00 o'clock with about twenty I j Continued to Second I'age. t TUBERCULCSISON INCREASE Dr. Peters Says 1)1 nee e Serlouely Threatens Ho Iadoatry ot State. An slnrmlng increase of tuberculosis In hogs has been noted by Dr. A. T. Peters, atut VAfiterlnaHan In hta Invrstiratlon On i the subject under a bill paased by the ; last legislature appropriating tl.tiOO for tho j work. Dr. Peters has been conducting the I investigation in co-operation with Dr. Ayres. who Is In charge of the government j Inspection at the South Omaha stockyards. I "Dtat we have gathered," said Dr. Peters I yesterday afternoon, "show tuberculosis In ' hogs has Increased 60 per cent in the ; last five years In Nebraska. If the disease continues Its ravages at this rate the hog feeding Industry In the eastern part of the state will be annlmilated. It Is known that cholera and other hog scourages only visit a flock on an average of once In Ave years. Tuberculosis, however, is an In sidious disease. It stays with the herd and develops all the time. "Hogs are much more subject to the disease than cattle. It has been demon strated that cattle have power to throw of the bacilli, sometimes, without serious Injury. In hogs, however, this resisting power Is very low and they fall easy victims. One reason for this I believe Is the method of raising hogs In vogue In this country. They are allowed access to the offal of cattle and horses and this frequently, It has been shown by labor atory Investigation, contains the tubercu losis germs. We have traced tuberculosis In hogs to this source In some Instances. 'Te remedy for the situation. I believe Is In a campaign of education among the stock men of the state. Sanitary methods of feeding should be established. The re cent trouble between tho cattlemen and the packers In recard to buying cow stuff subject to post-mortem examination has roused a great deal of Interest In the sub ject. When you hit a man s pocketbook you rouse his interest. The outconio I believe will be action taken by the leading stockmen of the state to have a system of brands or tags for his herds so they can be distinguished from other cattle. These brands or tags might be registered with a state office. Then tho stockman who enforces strict sanitary arrangements on his herd can get the advantage of It In nn Increased price. He could merely certify to the Inspectors that his herd had been examined by the proper author ities and found free from the disease. I am of the ortnlon a meeting of stockmen to discuss this method will be called be fore long." Data compiled from the reports of the South Omaha Inspectators show tubercu losis In both hogs and cattle Is prevalent In tho eastern portion of the state. The campaign of education started by the state authorities has resulted In a deluge of requests from cattle owners for the In spection of their herds. Since June 1, Dr. Peters has received ' twenty-two such re quests at his office In Lincoln. These will be complied with In rotation as they are received In order that all may bet treated alike. FIRE- IN " JAMESTOWN HOTELS Pine Beaoh, Reaort Outside Kxpoaltlon Ground. Suffers Loan In Blase. NORFOLK, Va., June 26. Fire early to day at Pine Beach, a resort filled with hotels of varying sixes, restaurants, stores and places of amusement. Just outside the Jamestown ' exppsltlon grounds, destroyed forty to llfty frame structures In the ter ritory between Virginia and Maryland avenues and One Hundred and Second and One Hundred and Third streets, in cluding Exposition avenue. The loea l placed at between $200,000 and $260,000, with about 20 per cent Insurance, the high rates hivvlng been almost prohibitive for taking of large risks on the frame structures. Tltfe Arcade, Royal Seine, Hampton Roads, Washington, Outside Inn, Powhatan, Caro lina and Berkeley hotels were among the largest .buildings destroyed. The States' hotel was not reached, and the Pine Beach hotol was not In Immediate danger. The Powtiatan Guards and the exposition Are department did splendid work In pre venting the "re from spreading beyond the boundary in which it was finally confined. About the only buildings saved within the affected area are the Tourists' hotel, the Greystone Inn aSd California Franks' Buf fet The Twenty-third United States In fantry was ordered out, and the entire dls- trlct west of the exposition grounds, reach ing the States hotel, Is under Its protec tion. The blaxe originated in the Berkeley hotel, from what caune is unknown. The destroyed buildings were of temporary construction, the Arcade hotel with 280 rooms being the largest and costliest. TRAIN SIGNAL GIVEN WRONG Blgr Four Haa Another Wreck, hut Train Crow Luckily Es capee Injuries. LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 26. The engine of Big Four passenger train No. 4 waa de railed today and the baggage car and day coach with it. The engineer escaped un hurt, although be was burled In the wreck age of the engine cab, the locomotive turn- i ....... nn II- mAtk Thj. triir.ka nf tha baggage care were torn off. Baggageman Ueorge Decker was Injured about the head and arms by falling trunks. Brakeman Charles Williams was cut and bruised. Engineer Ills-wins says a white light was burning In the Junction tower, giving him a clear track. None of the Pullmans left the track. FOLK HAS BEEN TOO BUSY Governor of Missouri Has Little Time to Think of Political Preferment. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 26. Governor Folk of Missouri, who attended the mar riage of his sister in Brownsville last night, stated today that there were many men In the democratlo party more worthy than he to be a candidate for president, and that he had bewi too busy to think of run ning for any such office. The governor strongly criticised monopolies. LOSS IN INDIAN TERRITORY Heavy Wind Caused Daunt Gen erally Through Wide Section of Territory. MU8KOGE7E, I. T., June 26.-A heavy windstorm today caused more or less dam age at Mounds, Keefer and Jenks and all over ths Glenn Pool district. Several per sons are reported Injured, but so far no fatalities have been rtporttd. At Cleve. 1 1". n1 Tulsa, I. T.. store fronts I were blown la and same aooaU building J da laaed, THREATS OF ORCHARD Defense Continues its Attempts to Break His Testimony. MORE TALK ABOUT REVENGE . , Woman Says He Was Very Bitter Against Steunenberg. .. ., r,mm,Twi nmj HAD DEPOSIT WITH PETTIB0NE Orchard Told Witness He Had Pat Some Money Away. OLD SOLDIER ON THE STAND Told Him He Waa Agent of tha Mine Owners and ftomethlnc Wonld Be Doing c BOI8E, June 26 The defense In tha Steunenberg murder case continues to of fer evidence that Harry Orchard threat ened to kill Steunenberg and that he waa also a participant In a plot to destroy the the Western Federation of Miners. He first witness this morning was Mrs. Lottie Dny who swore that Orchard had told her that hut for Steunenberg he would be a millionaire; that he Intended to kill him. John D. Elliott, an eld soldier, nest testified that he met Orchard on a railway train late in November, 1906, and that Orchard told him that he was an agent of tho Mine Owners' association and that titers would soon bo pulled off a 'plot that would deetroy the leaders of the miners' federation. Mrs. Day and Elliott were submitted to a long and searching croao examlnatlon. A new attorney appeared at the defend ant counsel table when the Haywood trial was resumed this morning, making tha tenth of the long list of attorneys engaged In behalf of the accused miners. The new comer Is Walter E. McComack of Chi cago. Mr. McCornack haa been engaged in the search for evidence for the deleaoe In Colorado and has been In Boise only since the defense opened Its case. The first witness of the day was Mra Lottie Day, who knew Harry Orchard at the Belmont rooming house in Denver under the name of J. Dempsy. Mrs. Day said she met Orchard just prior to the con vention of Western Federation ot Minora In 1904. Once, while she was talking te Orchard, Haywood and a man named Mo Donald, who also was connected with the federation, came in. Orchard introduced her to Haywood and then went away with htm. Mrs. Day said aha was first sum moned to Boise by the state, but was sent back to Denver two werks ago. The wit ness related a conversation with Orchard whetrthe latter 'told her that . poverty, had . . separated htm from the one Woman ho loved, and that Steunenberg was respon sible for his being poor and he would get even With htm If It waa the last act of hi life. "Didn't he say that - Bteunsnborgjf asked Mr. Darrow. "No, sir, I am sure he didn't swear like that. I think he said 'devil of a Btetin en berg." Kept Money Put Away. Mrs. Day said that one day when Orchard was telling her about his gambling ex ploits, he said he always kept a little money put away, that when he made a 'raise' he put some money away with Pettlbone and drew It out as be needed It. On cross examination Mrs. Day said she now conducted a rooming house In Cripple Creek, but lived most ot the time In Denver. . Sho was Introduced to Orchard by Pettl bone whom she had known for two years prior to 1904. Bhe knew him quits well and he often visited her. Mrs. Day said she did not know Orchard under any other name than Dempsey. She dad not see Orch ard on the witness stand and recognised him as Dempsey by a photograph. When Haywood came to the Belmont the day she was talking with Orchard, Mra. Day declared Haywood said he wished to see Orchard. The two men went Into Demp sey's room. The witness said she often saw Dempsey and Pettlbone together but Pettl bone never came to Mr. Dempaey'a room so far aa she knew. Mrs. Day said Orchard declared that he would have been a millionaire If It had not been "for the decision of Governor Steunen berg." The witness said that when she was summoned by the state and made a written statement she did not relate the conversation with Orchard In regard ta Btounenberg. "Why didn't your' asked Mr. Hawlof. "Because I wasn't asked about ft." Expense of Keeplaa- Witnesses. The prosecution announced that It might desire to further cross-examine the witness later, and thereby precipitated a lively fight during which Attorney Richardson declared that notwithstanding any order ef the court on the subject the defense proposed to pay off Its witnesses and send ' the" hom f"1 " " tn tan1' If the prosecution desired their presence further he declared that the state could issue subpeonas and keep the witnesses at tha expense of the people. Judge Wood ended the discussion by di recting Mrs. Day to remain In Boise until released by the court. The witness wss anxious to get back to Denver, and pro tested: "I've told you gentlemen everything I know." Mrs. Day said that while she was In Boise under subpeona of the state she was visited by Mr. Darrow In regard to the case. "And the next day Mr. Stone, one of the lawyers for the state, took you to Nampa and sent you home, didn't hsT" asked Mr. Darrow. "No, sir, I took rrryself to Nampa," de clared the witness vehemently. Bhe said Mr. Stone went along on the same train. The next witness was John D. Elliott, an Inmate of the soldiers' home, Boise. Elliott Is 61 years old. He detailed a long conversation he said he had with Orchard on a tratn In November, 19, when Orchard told him he was In the employ of the mine owners; that th Western Federation of Miners was going to be crushed and that within thirty days something would happen that would startle the world. This was about five weeks before th assassination of Governor Steunenberg. Deales Ever Seolaar Ellott. Orchard, when confronted by Elliott, de clared he had never seen the man before. Elliott waa put through a searching cross-examination by Mr. Ha wlu y. Ha said b bad Barer relates to Bta kins-people,