Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha- Daily, Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 8.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING,
E 27, 1907 TWELVE PAGES.
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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.
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OFFICIALS CI'' i)ICT THIS
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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.
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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.
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SUMMARY OF TilE BEE!
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fair and warmer:
Temperature at Omaha
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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YALE MAN KIL
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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
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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-
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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,