Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha - Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 13.
OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1907 TWELVE PAGES.
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STRIKE WILL SPREAD
Telegrapher! fax Another City Are
Ordered Oat.
"ILL 13 SENT BY MAIL
) Preiident Small Refuses to Say What
Point Will Be Affected.
WATCHING FOB STRIKEBREAKER
Alleged Deserter from Signal Corp
Said to Be Enroute to 'Frisco.'
CLOWBY BIDS FOR BUSINESS
President of Western Union Cancels
Order to Accept Easiness "abject
to Delay -Says All Matters
Are In Fine Shape.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1 It Is an
nouneed that President Small of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of America
last night extended the strike of the teleg
raphers by ordering out ths operators 01
the Western Union and Postal companies
In another city to help out the men on 1
strike In this city and Oakland. , Small
would not say where the strike hi J been
called and for' the present will not dis
close the location until the message reaches
Its destination.
Orders for the extension of the strike,
It Is declared, were mailed by Small last
night. It Is believed by many of the oper
ators that either Portland. Los Angeles or
6attle will be the scene of the next walk
out, while some declare that the men In
Chicago, regarded as the key to the tele
graph situation ef the entire country, have
been ordered out.
The pickets of the telegraphers have been
tfbtlfled by President Small to look for J. !
T. Fowelson, an operntor, who Is said to
be on his way here from Ixs Angeles to
ct as strike breaker for the Western
Union. It Is asserted by members of the
union that he Is a deserter from the signal
corps of the United States army and Is
wanted by the army officers In Utah. Su
perintendent A. 11. May of the Western
Union and General Superintendent I W.
Storer of the Postal repeated their asser
tions of previous days that their companies
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that they are ending' package! of tele-
grami by mail and express.
Superintendent May stated that there
were 107 men at work In the Western Union
main office at Oakland. Six branch offices
were reopened In this city yesterday by the
Western Union. t .
Manager O'Brien of the Western Union
aid this morning that he knew nothing
of a strike having been called In any
Other city. Such a statement had been
made, but no strike had occurred. He
ad led that alt but three of the. branch
offices in this cfy were row open and there
ran an fvpe'ra.tor' m nohTn.'" Tlie''-irlta-
tlon continues to' Improve each day.
Make DM for Bnalness.
KBSW YORK. July l.Colonel R. C.
Clowry, president and general manager
of the Western Union Telegraph company,
today sent the following to the company's
four general superintendents at New Tork,
Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco:
"The notices to accept business for Ban
Francisco and Oakland subject to delay
Is hereby withdrawn. Oenerat Superin
tendent Jaynes reports that the business
a San Francisco and Oakland Is moving
without delay, that ten out of thirteen
branch offices have been re-opened and
that nine or the strikers have been rein-
tated upon their Individual applications."
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ft j COMMERCIAL CLUB THANKS
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Appreciation of Favors Shown
Connection with Late Booster
Trln.
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At a meeting of the executive committee
of the Omaha Commercial club, held ,Tues-
day afternoon, the' following was adopted:
Whereas. Under the auspices of the Com-
merclal club of (,ml,a peclal train
carrying ninety representative business men
and the governor of Nebraska, left Omaha
for the Paclflo coast June 2. 1SK7, on the
Burlington lines and returned to Omaha
on June 18, 1M, over the Union Pacitlo
railroad, and.
Whereas. This was ' lonaest trio ever
made in a special train Tor the expansion
" whX.'ry'an-d welcome ex- I Mrs. Catherine B Nash get. a permit j She was a member of the Junior class In the
tended by all cities visited by this excur- , to erect a chapel to cost $17,000 In con- . high school and sang In the choir of the
slon party, evince its great success, and. nectlon with the new Catholic cathedral. : First Congregational church. In the Sun
Whereas, This phenomenal success w as Page 11 j day school work of the church she was also
ranged plans of the Omaha Cbinnien Ul
club trade extension committee for the care
and comfort of members of the party, as inKici seminary. Page T
well as every detail to the presence of " . nt onlltK rmnha is mvi.
Hon. George W, Sheldon, governor of Ne- . Frank Carraher of South Omaha is mys
braska, who accompanied the party on the : terlously ahot and may die as effect or me
entire trip to the unstinted greetings of iniury ' Pf T
me people at every point visited, and also ;
to the valuable assistance of the railroads
from the time the train left Omaha on
the Burlington until Its arrival at Omaha
over the Union Pacific, and.
Whereas, It was an Inspiration for the
members of the party to note the vast
expenditures that had been Incurred by the
Union Paclflo In Installing block signals,
double tracking, heavy steel rails, the re
duction of grades and the elimination of i
curves, making It possible for that Una to
handle the increasing volume of business
to the northwest; now, therefore, be It
Resolved. That the thanks of ths Omaha
Commercial club be extended to Hon.
Oorge. W. Sheldon, the managements of
the Chicago, Burlington A Qulncy railway,
the Union Jaclllo railroad and all others
who contributed to the success of the north
west trade excursion, and that copies of
this resolution be sent to the representa
tives of the various commercial bodies, to
the railroads and to the principal news-
f'apers through the country traversed by
bs excursion.
FRANK BRINK NOW FREE MAN
ji; -,T:te.' ef Mnrder on Insanity De
and Released f ram
lTorfolk Aaylaaa.
NOHFOLK. Veb., July 1 (Special Tele-
gram.) Frank rlnk, acquitted of murder-
Ing bis former 'weetheart, Bessie New
ton, at Ponca on it "brain storm" defense
and eommltteii to the Btate Insane hos
pital here April L has gone horns a free
man. The hot.ltal officials declare he has
not been In sine during his treatment dur
ing a luonHi s stay In the Institution.
FEDERATION KEEPS OFFICERS
Mayer . and Hay-wood Retained as
rrwllest and Beetwtary af
Western Federation.
DENVER. July l-Charles 1J. afoyer
was retained as president and William V.
Haywood as secretary-treasurer of the
Western Federation of Miners by the fed.
eratloa convention today although they are
tn-.prUonod in Idaho on the charge of com
plicity In ths murd.r of Former Govern.
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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FOR IOC AST i OR NEBRASKA -Fair.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
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DOMXSTIO.
Max Malloh on the stand In the Hay
wood case and denies the story told about
him by Harry Orchard. Pag 1
It Is. claimed that, telegraph operators
In another city have been ordered out In
sympathy with the San Francisco strike.
Page 1
Bills presented In Kaufmann case show
cost runs high. Page 1
Governor Sheldon has named Joseph W.
Johnson deputy food toromiBsloner of Ne
braska. pr 3
Governor Hoch of Kansas asks Inter-
state Commerce commission and the rail- I
roads for a 1-cent pasaenger rate for har- 1
vest hands. Page 1
Government' officers believe they will j
soon have subpoena served upon John D. J
Rockefeller. Fz
Battleship Nebraska, only ship of thla
class In Pacific aters, was placed in com
mission Tuesday. Fags 1
Government cotton report shows aver
age of crop to be poor and heavy rise In
price results at New York and Now Or-
leans,
Paga a
Icemen's strike at New Tork, together
with K.ubage strike, haa been stopped, the
men going back to work. Page 1
The building of the furniture firm of
Levy A White of Cincinnati collapsed,
carrying many down in the ruins. Page 1
pomEiov.
Felice . Naxzaro, the Italian champion,
takes the grand prix automobile race at
Dieppe in a world's record breaking con
test. rg
Honduras, Ouatamala and Salvador are
In an alliance In Central Amerlra to pre
vent consolldtlon of sister republics.
Page 1
American lawn tennis players keep In
winning form at Wimbledon games.
Page 4
VXSBABXA.
Governor Sheldon issues the first procla
mation calling for a state-wide primary
on the first Tuesday In September. H. T.
Clarke, Jr., announces his candidacy for
1 ail way commissioner. Railroads In
terpret maximum rate law not to Include
cement and decline to reduce the rate.
Pardons recommended for July 4. Page 3
Frank Brink of ponca, acquitted of mur-J
dr chargo on the ground or insanny, re
leased from asylum, authorities declaring
he is not insane. Fags 3
XOCA&.
Omaha Jobbers will go before claastflca
tlon committee at its coming session to
protect their Interests against Chicago.
Page 1
Crop reporte show that all grain in Ne
braska Is doing well and a general good
yield Is Indicated.1 Page 1
Railroad rate clerks are preparing in
terstate schedules, based on the 2-cent
rate, to be put Into effect at once.. Pace 7
A lurv In the district court awards a
verdict of 18,000 against the Nebraska
Telephone company In favor of parents
j 0f grl who lost her life In the company's
! Omaha building. Page T
j Preliminary step, for the coming
; nrimarT nun iriioiai v.. - n
taken and Indicate that the voting ma
chines will not be big enough for the
ticket this fall.
The criminal cases against members of
the Omaha Coal trust are put over until
j the fall term of court by stipulation of
attorneys, who want to get the decision
0f the supreme court In the Howell case
before trying anv of the others. Pare U
Invitations are being Bent out by me
Omaha Commercial club to state mer
rhnt to attend the fall merchants' meet
nK n "man.. 1
will pay the railroad fare o fbuyers.
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' Another endowment of 150.000 has been
raised for the Omaha Presbyterian Theo-
POBT.
Results of the ball games:
1 Omaha vs. Lincoln A.
IS Denver vs. Sioux City 8.
A Vttnhnrw VS. St. 1OUlS
J Boston vs. Philadelphia 1.
8 Brooklyn vs. New York 2.
S Chicago vs. Cincinnati.
5 New Tork vs. Phllsdelphla 7.
Detroit VS. St. Louls-O.
a Washington vs. Boston a
-Cleveland vs. Chicago a
6 Toledo vs. Indlansnolls J.
T Kansas City va. Milwaukee I
7 Louisville vs. Columbus t
6 St. Paul vs. Minneapolis!.
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Llvs stock markets. Pad's t
Oraln markets. Pd
Stocks and bonds.
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WILL NOT CHANGE WARSHIPS
Loh Says Romar that Sixteen Bat
tleships Are to Go, ta Pa
rt As Is Untme.
OYSTER BAY. July (.-Published reports
that sixteen battleships of ths Atlantic
fleet of the United States navy are to bs
transferred to the Pacific coast because of
anti-American feeling In Japan, were de
nted today by William Lorb, President
Roosevelt's secretary. Loeb said that tha
report la without foundation In fact, that
such a movement has never been consid
ered by ths president and that Its consid
eration la But ooutetnpUUnf
FIFTY-TWO CAUGHT IN DEBRIS
Four-Story Building in Cincinnati
Collapsei Without Warning.
ONLY TEN MEN ABE INJURED
Forty Laborers Were F.atln Lsack
in Excavation When Strnctnre
Containing- Twelve Men
Fell In Upon Them.
CINCINNATI. O., July I. Fifty-two men
had a remarkable escape from death In
the collapsing of a four-story business
block on Main street this afternoon, only
ten being Injured and none of those dan
gerously. The accident was caused by the
weakening of foundations by the excava-
tlon being made at the corner of Ninth
o. 3. md Main streets for the new ten-story
"iy', Mdtng of the Second National bank. The
0 'Mng that fell was occupied by the
miihiuiv iirm ul laevy oe wmie. 11a
-r.
s were enjoying their midday
irlv
men were employed on the
Job . jet them were seated around
the e vton when the wull fell. In
the wrevM building were a dozen other
men, some of whom were shot out through
the windows and wreckage Into the streets.
That numbers were not killed outright
seemed llttlo less than miraculous. How
ever, the timbers in falling formed arches
under which the men were safely housed.
Not unill nearly two hours after the accl-
dent was it positively known that no one
had been killed. Automobiles were offered
for service and soon carried to hospitals
the ten men who were found to require
the attention of surgeons. Property lass,
110.0(10.
COMPLAINTS 0F JAPANESE
Ban Franclsvo Officials Say Licensee
Are Not Granted to Any
Bat CItlsena. '
BAN FRANCISCO, July 2. In response to
an lnguiry the Japanese consul today In
formed the Associated Press that no de
cision has yet been reached as to whether
suit shall be brought in the courts to re-covt-r
In behalf of the Japanese residents
of San Francisco who suffered loss In
wrecking on May 23 of a Japanese res
taurant and bath house in Folsom street
by a mob. The matter was described as
being at the present time In statu quo.
It was said by a representative of the
consul general that the consulate Is not now
awaiting Instructions from Toklo, but Is
simply delaying action for further con
sideration of the Incidents of ths attnek.
It was further said that the consulate
was Investigating the complaint of local
Japanese that their race is being discrim
inated against by the Board of Police
Commissioners In refusing to grant them
liquor licenses, - Junk licenses. Intelligence
office licenses and licenses for similar mu
nicipal privileges. The reply of the board
Is that It Is acting under an ordinance
Which forbids the Issuance of liquor licenses
to any save citizens of this country and
persons' who have dertered their, kitentioa
of bosoming -eitlxens and In accordance
with the rule for the . board that other
licenses named shall not be granted to for.
elgnei-s until American residents have more
fully recovered from the business shock
of last year's earthquake and lire. The
consulate looks with suspicion on this de
fense, but wishes to be understood as de
sirous of Investigating further before mak
ing any definite recommendation to the
Toklo government.
WASHINGTON, July L-The fact that
there la no apparent discrimination as a
race against the Japanese, who made ap
plication In Ban Francisco to establish In
telligence offices and who were refused this
privilege, has been received with evident
satisfaction by officials of the embassy
here, and they say this being the case
there Is nothing for them to do nor have
they any comment to make.'
DEATH RECORD
Fnneral at Olive Ladd.
The body of Olive Ladd, the 14-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ladd of 81!
j North Twenty-second street, was taken to
I Rising City, Neb., Tuesday morning. The
1 father and sisters accompanied the remains
and the mother and brother followed on a
later train. During Monday afternoon the
casket was open at the home and the house
was filled with beautiful flowers brought
' by friends and schoolmates of Miss Ladd.
prominent. Her death come Sunday morn
ing after a very sudden and brief Illness.
Charles N. Travoae.
EDWARDSVILLB. III.. July t Charles
N. Travous. general attorney for the Wa
bash Railroad company In Illinois, dropped
dead In the yard of his home here this
morning from heart disease. He returned
from New Tork yesterday, where he has
been transacting legal business for ths
railroad. Mr. Travous was about 80 years
old. Mrs. Travous and two daughters sur
vive him.
John E. Shlpp.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. July t-John E.
Bhlpp, whose father, bherllT Shlpp, is on
trial for alleged contempt of thte United
States supreme court, died suddenly early
today. He retired at midnight apparently
in good health. Ths csuse of death Is a
mystery.
Baby No yea.
Carlton Soott Npyes, ths Infant son of H.
B. Noye s, chief engineer of the street rail
way company, died Monday evening at the
I residence, 2K3 North Twentieth street. The
remains will be taken to Waterloo, Neb.,
for burial Wednesday morning.
Express Measengrer Killed.
SUNBURY. July 1-An express train on
ths Pennsylvania railroad which left Phll-
' adelphla at t:K a. m., collided with a freight
i train sast of here thla afternoon, killlna-
j Express Messenger Eyer and Fireman Mc-
cvtua, ana injuring a aosen others.
C. P. Hunter, assistant baggageman, was
also killed, 'making three dead. Both en
gines were smashed to scrap Iron and the
two baggage cars of the passenger" train
telescoped each other. Most of the pas
senger cars left ths tracks, but were not
badly wrecked. Borne of the passengers
sustained slight cuts and bruises, but none
was seriously Injured.
Boy Probably Fatally Hnrt.
ONAWA. la., Jury l-KSpeclal Telegram.)
Paul, 9-year-old son of Ueorge Menks of
ths Green Bay Lumber company of this
plaos, was probably fatally Injured hers
this morning In the blacksmith shop of
Hemmersnd aV Busohanea. lie was struck
by ths shaft of a gasoline engine. threw -big
him against ths brkik wall of the
building, cutting hla head And it la Xnu tight
(raoturluc Ms skull . - . ,
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CENTRAL AMERICAN ALLIANCE
lloadaraa, Gnatemala sua Salvador
Are Said to . He Workln
Aalnat Coifcellaatlon.
PUERTO CORTEZ.
tonduraa. June 17
(Via New Orleans) Jut 1 Within the last
few days a new coml
tatlon has appeared
on the central American checkerboard of
five republics where President Zelsya has
boen maneuvering for several months by
means of revolutionary plots to consolidate
the five countries under one government.
The new combination Is reported to
Honduras, Guatemala sod Salvador. Their
understanding was made at Tegucigalpa,
Honduras' capital, and alms at the defeat
of the consolidation.
Special ministers from Qustemala and
Salvador recognlxed Provisional President
Davllla as president of Honduras and he
agreed, as reported In Washington des
patches to act Independently of the con
trol of Nicaragua. Zelaya'a candidate for
the Honduran presidency was Terenclo
Sierra and in recognising Davllla the
Guatemalan and Salvadoran diplomats
strengthened the hold of a president hostllo
to Zelaya and thereby robbed the latter of
the fruits of his successful Honduran war,
namely, the opportunity to name a presi
dent who would obey him.
The first move of the new combination
was to force the evacuation of Honduras
by Nlcaraguan troops. Thereby Puerto
Barrios, Guatemala, within the last week
has been relieved of ! menace of
General Estrda's Nicaragua army, which
for many weeks camped in Honduras
within a few hours df striking distance
from Guatemala. Slnci
defeated generals of
Manuel Bonllla have
the evacuation the
former President
been returning to
their country and some of them have been
Invited on missions to Tegucigalpa, which
are considered significant
It Is reported that Zelaya did not yield
to the demand for evaouatlon until his en
voy, Gamez, who recently conferred with
President Diaz of Mexico, received the re
fusal of Diaz to act with Nicaragua In an
attack upon -Guatemala. It Is reported also
that Nicaragua has already spent between
I2,00C.C00 and I3,GOO,COO In the attempts to place
men of Zolaya's choice in the presidential
chairs of other republics, and that the peo
ple are discontented with the large expendi
tures. Nicaragua Issued about 82,000,000 In
treasury hotes, a percentage of which were
to be redeemed in customs duties.
Blame for the failure of the recent revo
lution in Salvador, In which Nicaraguans
participated, is laid partly to the choice
of Dr. Alfaro as leader. It Is said that
many Salvadoreans were ready for revolu
tion, but that they would not follow Alfaro,
preferring General Barahona, who, how
ever, was not pleasing to President Zelaya.
TREATY RIGHTS VIOLATED
Japanese Paper Speaks In Thla Man
ner of Recent San Fran
cisco Events.
TOKIO, July i The Nlchl Nlchl In a
leader regrets the necessity of being com
pelled to write again on the American
question In defense of ths rights of Jap
anese compatriots In San Francisco.
"Developments la the antl-Jspanese
sentrmenV says., the .ir "show signs
of progressive and systematic movements
aiming at the deprivation of the sources
of livelihood of oar compatrtpta. The last
clause of article second of the treaty can
properly be called Into operation only after
a law has been passed, but no legal, step
haa been taken by the federal government
disabling the Japanese from engaging in
the employment agency business. Ths
action of the San Francisco authorities Is
unbearable. Neither Washington nor the
Toklo government can remain Inactive in
view of the latest action of the Ban Fran
cisco authorities against tha Japanese.
The time has come when the traditional
friendship between both nations shall be
demonstrated on some concrete form."
The Nlchl. Nlchl Is owned by Kato, Vis
count Hayashl's predecessor In the for
eign office. He is a tried diplomat of mors
than ordinary calibre and Is one of the
trusted lieutenants of Marquis Ito. Diplo
matic questions that find expression In the
Nlchl Nlchl form one of the most im
portant meters of Japanese sentiment.
ICE STRIKE AT LAST BROKEN
Maay Drivers Iletnrn In New
York and Conditions Are
Relieved.
NEW YORK, July J. The discomfort
caused by failure to receive Ice because
of a strike of the wagon drivers of the
American Ice company and by the prcs-
! ence of piles of rotting garbage in the east
Jslde streets caused by the strike of drivers
,of city garbage wagons was practically
ended today. All the drivers of garbugo
I wagons returned to work under promlsu
from Mayor McClellan that their griev
ances would be considered.
The strike of the ice wagon drivers was
broken by a large number of the strikers
Individually returning to work. Although
some of the Ice men continued out and ths
officers of ths union declared that thoy
were about to extend the strike the officials
of the company declared that the worst
was over.
FIRE RECORD.
- Three Boys Are Barned.
HOUSTON. Tex., July X. Fire started by
burglars who looted a small grocery store
here early today caused tho death of three
boys, sons of Jacob Prager, the store
keeper, who lived on the upper floor.
Prager succeeded In rescuing his wife and
two daughters, but the three boys, who
were sleeping In a back room, were burned
to death. Several arrests have been made.
Fireworks Start Fire.
MINNEAPOLIS, July ISpontaneous
combustion in the fire works stock Is sup
posed to have been the cause of a Are
which today gutted the four-story building
: at 247-249 Nicollet avenue, occupied by the
hardware stock of W. K. Morlson. Tho
loss Is lir-0.000, amply Insured.
Casino Balldiaa Destroyed.
NORFOLK. Va., July 2.-TI10 Casino
building on the bluff overlooking the James
river water front at Newport News, Va.,
was destroyed by firs today.
Indians Will Celebrate.
BIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. July 1-tHpeclal.)
One of the greatest Fourth of July cele
brations In tha state will be held by the
Indians belonging at Yankton agency. Ths
celebration will be held at the agency
proper, and for soms days Indians have
been gathering there for the purpose of
participating in the celebration. During
the last few days more than IT wagons
containing Indians from Crow Creek
agency have arrived there. Other agen
oles In that part of the state also are repre
sented by large delegations. As thousands
of Indians will bs present ths celebration
will be of a decktsdlx e&turesaue har-aotatt
JOBBERS ARE AFTER RELIEF
Ask Many Changes in Classifications
as Now in Vogue.
BIGGEST DOCKET EVER OFFERED
Over Fonr Hnndred Classes Presented
to the Convention Which Meets
This Month to Adjust the
the Schedules.
Evidently the state legislatures are not
the only sources of grief for the railroads.
The western classification committee,
which Is to meet at Charlevoix, Mich.,
July 16, and for two or three days there
after, will consider the bligest docket that
has ever come before It. Four hundred and
twenty-five changes In classification are
demanded by the shipping Interests of the
country, compared with S22 changes de
manded a year ago, when the docket was
considered a phenomenally large one. The
committee will be obliged to consider, or
at least pretend to consider, each one of
these Items separately.
"It Is not an indication of antt-rallroad
acntlmetit," said a member of the Omaha
Commercial club, "but merely of a de
termination on the part of the business
men to ask for what Is rightfully theirs.
Exposures of railroad methods In the last
few years, with especial emphasis on the
enormous profits In the freight traffic, to
gether with the constant study of the rate
fabric by business men, have resulted
In an awakening of the Jobbers. They
i are demanding more than they ever did
I because they realize more than ever the
j weight, of tho tribute levied on them by
the railroads.
Omaha's Interest in Meeting;.
The matter of changes In classification Is
not alone between the shippers and tho rail
roads, but In many cases Is a controversy
between various classes of shippers. For
Instance, the Omaha Jobbers will keep up
their time-honored light against mixed car
load rating, while the Jobbers of St. Louis
and Chicago will champion It; the latter
are, In fact, the agitators of the movement
for mixed carload rating In the country
west of the Mississippi. The Mississippi
Jobbers would Ilka to ship mixed carloads
to all Nebraska towns and steal away
Omaha's trade. As this would Injure the
home market and would not benefit the Ne
braska retailers, the Omaha' Jobbers have
the support of their entire tributary terri
tory. Kansas City, Sioux City and other
western trade centers stand with Omaha.
It Is not feared that the eastern Jobbers
will accomplish much toward the end they
desire. '
Commissioner John M. Guild of the Com
mercial club will represent Omaha at the
meeting at Charlevoix. He will leave the
latter pact of next week In order to attend
the subcommittee meeting, which preceeds
the regular committee meeting.
RAINFALL IS BELOW NORMAL
Total From April to July First Be
tween Half and Two
Thirds Usual.
, LINCQLJ, Neb,. July ir(8peclal.) The
weekly weather bulletin for the week end
ing JUly 'f I as follows: ' The' week' war
mostly warm and pleasant, with' abundant !
sunshine, and light wind.
The mean temperature averaged about 3
degrees below the normal. The weekly I
average was about 72 degrees In the south
eastern counties and 68 degrees to 70 de
grees in the northern and western coun
ties. The maximum temperatures above
90 degrees were recorded at many places.
The rainfall was above normal In most
of the southern and extreme western coun
ties, and below normal In the rest of tho
state. Thunderstorms occurred . In . tho
southeastern counties Monday afternoon,
accompanied by high wind, more than an
Inch of rain, and In some places by hall.
Scattered showers occurred In the state the
last part of the week, but the rainfall was
mostly light. The rainfall for the week
was less than half an Inch In most of the
northern counties. The total rainfall from
April 1 to date In most of the state is
between one-half and two-thirds of the nor
mal amount. G. A. LOVE LAND,
8ectlon Director.
COST OF KAUFMANN CASE
Wltnrases nnd Experts Are Fills
Claims for Testimony Given
Darin Trial.
SIOUX FALLS, S. L., July t-8peclal.)
The character of the bills which have
been filed by some of the medical experts
; who were summoned to testify In behalf
lot the prosecution indicates that the re
' cent trial In ths state circuit court of
! Moody county on a change of venue from
the circuit court of Minnehaha county of
Mrs. Emma Kaufmann of this city on the
charge of having murdered her young
housemaid will prove quite expensive for
the taxpayers of Minnehaha eounty, who
will' have to foot the, bills. A bill for S6S
already has been filed by Dr. H. B. Bcho
fleld of Parkston, and. If rumors ars based
upon a good foundation, this sum does not
represent the amount of his entire claim.
Dr. Frank E. Coulter of Omaha has filed a
bill for 11.260, while Dr. Arthur Sweeney
of St. Paul has filed a bill for a similar
amount. Drs. Coulter and Sweeney were
the principal medical experts who were
present at tha trial of Mrs. Kaufmann
and whose testimony strongly supported
the cause of the prosecution.
The Board of County Commissioners of
Minnehaha county doubtless will be called
upon to adjust these claims.
STEAMER t ASHORE IN FOG
City of Lawrence, with Bl List of
PasaeaNers, Stoves Mole In
Bow, Nnrrowly Eacapla.
NEW LONDON. Conn., July 2.-The
steamer City of Lawrence, running between
thla city and Block Island, ran ashore In
a fog on Block Island, a amall Island off
Eastern Point and at the mouth of the
New London harbor, today, stove a big hole
In Its bow and rapidly filled with water.
The boat was crowded with passengers
bound for Block Island, but there was nn
panic and later the excursionists were
taken to Eastern Point In the steamer's
boats.
AGAIN VISITS FOREST HILL
United States OIBeera Admitted ta
Rockefeller Preailsea, bnt Do
Not Find Him.
CLEVELAND. July l-Unlted States
Marshal Frank Chandler, accompanied by
Deputy Frank Schwsntner, again visited
Forest Hill this morning. The two officials
wers admitted to the grounds and at ones
proceeded to tha Rockefeller residence.
Chsndler.ytfter remaining about the house
for an hour, retuiAed down town, leaving
his deputy on guard wlU a gubgoetm tot
lit. JiocksfaUan. .
; 4 a
FLOURING MlLL FOR OMAHA
Fnctory with Thonsand-Barrel Dally
Capacity Is Promised for
Hear Fatnra.
i 1
That a flour mill of l.ono bnrrels dally
capacity Is to be built In Omaha In the
near future Is a bit of Information that
was made public after the meeting of the
executive committee of the Commercial
club Tuesday. It Is to be arected with
Omaha capital. No Information further
than this, not even the names of the
promoters, was given out.
M. C. Peters, chairman of the committee
on location of Industries, gave to the ex
ecutive committee a list of Industries whose
promoters talk of Omaha as a possible
location. Mr. Peters and Commissioner
Gultd were Instructed to Investigate a
number of these Industries and report.
Co-operation was promised the local let
tercarrlors In their efforts to secure for
Omaha the 1! convention of the National
Letter Carriers' association. The conven
tion this year la to be held Sopterhber S, In
Canton, O.
The matter of raising funds for the en
tertainment of conventions and visitors to
the city was referred to the entertainment
committee and the convention committee.
Plans were made for a tour of the
wholesale district on July 9. by tho execu
tive committee and board of directors.
Some of the large new wholesale houses
will be visited.
W. F. Johnson, manager of the Woodman
Linseed Oil company, was elected to mem
bership In the club.
CALL COMMERCIAL "CONGRESS
Objects of Transmlsalaalppl Catherine
Set Forth In Official
Cull.
MUSKOGEE, I. T., July 2. The official
call of the Transmlsslsslppl Commercial
congreHs has been issued for the scsHlon
here November 19 to 22. The governor
of each state and territory may appoolnt
ten delegates and not more than twenty
delegates.
The mayor of each city one delegata
and one additional delegate for each 5,000
Inhabitants, provided, however, that no
city shall have more than ten delegates.
Each county may appoint one delegate
through Its executive office.
Each business, organization one delegata
and one additional delegate for every
fifty members, provided, however, that no
such business organization shall have
more than ten delegates.
Governors of states and territories,
members of the congress of the United
States and former presidents of thu
Trunsmlsslsslppl Commarcial congress arc
ex-offlcio members, with all the privileges
of delegates except voting.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Contract Let for Relnforcln Steel
for Concrete on Irrlaratloa
Work.
(From a Staff Corresrondent.)
WASHINGTON. July 2. (Special Tele
gram.) The secretary of the interior has
executed a contract with the General Fire
proofing company of Youngstown, O., to
furnish and deliver. SSO.OOO pounds of steel
tr minrnrrrment. of concrete and for
structural purposes In connection with the
Belle Fourche Irrigation project In South
Dakota. . The contract amounts to S14.2CO.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska, John
Wall, Arcadia, Valley county, vice S. O.
Cooley, removed. South Dakota, Millard
L. Mace, Okaton, Lyman county, vice C.
E. Logsdon, resigned.
NEBRASKA IN COMMISSION!
Is Only Battleship In Active Service
In Pacific Waters nt Present
Time.
WASHINGTON. July 2.-The Navy de-
n.rtment la informed that the new battle
ship Nebraska was placed In commission
today at the Bremerton naval station on
Puget sound, making the only American
battleship In active service in Pacini!
w.t.m Lieutenant Coonz is acting as
commander of the ship temporarily and
has with him only a skeleton crew. The
Nehraska must remain at the Bremerton
yard for some time yet, completing Its
equipment, and In the meantime Laptain
Reginald Nicholson, who Is to permanently
command the ship, will gather up a crew
for it In the east.
GOVERNOR NAMES JOHNSON)
Selects Lincoln Man to Act as Dep- j
nty Food Commissioner j
of Stnte. j
(From a Staff Correspondents '
LINCOLN. Neb,. July 2. (Special Tele- j
gram.) Joseph W. Johnson of Lincoln wax
this morning appointed deputy food com
missioner by Governor Sheldon. The posi
tion pays $1,900 a year. Sines ths resigna
tion of Food Commissioner Thompson over
a yesr ago. State Chemist Redfern has
been filling the place. The last legislature
Increased the salary from $1,600 and pro
vided a salary of $1,600 for the chemist.
A stenographer snd chemist srs yet to be
appointed to complete this department, but
It Is presumed Mr. Redfern will continue
to act as chemist. Mr. Johnson was for
merly a member of the old state board of
transportation.
JUDGE SMITH FIXES FINES
Sentence Passed Upon Officers of De-
fnnct southern Bank nnd
Trnat Company.
FORT SMITH, Ark., July 1-Judge Smith
today passed sentencs upon the officers of
ths defunct Southern Bank and Trust
company, convicted by xa Jury Saturday
last of using the malls to defraud.
C. C. Waller, president, of Texas, and
F. Demen Lemon of Pittsburg. Ta.. vice
president, must psy a fine of $1,000 each
and to be Imprisoned In the penitentiary
for thirty-four months.
Ed Hunt, cashier, and J. M. Langaton
Jr., director, must pay fines of $M0 and
$3u0 respectively.
IRA W. DEXTER CONVICTED
Fonnd Gallty. af Conducting; Land
Swlndlln Scheme by Mia-
naa af Malta. A
FORT DODOiv la,. July l-(Speclal Tel
egram.) -Ira W. Dexter was today convicted
of fraudulent use of the UDlted Btates
malls . In conducting a land swindling
scheme under the title of the National Land
company at Algona by a federal Jury w'.tMn
fifteen minutes after retirement. Judge
Reed sentenced Dexter to three years In the
penitentiary and a fins of CiOO. Court ad
journed Immediately afterward, after being
In session ntnetaen days tfet knigvat jrlud
M raoord ba
MALICII .ON STAND
Alleged Accomplice of Orchard Deniei
All Allegations Against Him.
HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF D0PB
Says Orchard Proposed Destroying
Nonunion Men's Hotel.
THREATS AGAINST STEUNENBERQ
Two Men Say Star Witness Said Ho
Would Kill Governor.
M'PARLAND'S BROTHER DEPORTED
Relative of Detective Who Worked
Up Case Tells of Rein Tnken
from Ills Shoe Shop by
tha Militia.
BOISE, Idaho. July I. Max Mallch, Jos
Mchlllet and Hilly Alkman, three of ths
men variously Implicated In alleged mis
conduct at Globevllle, Denver and Crlpplo
Creek, on the word of Harry Orohard.
went to the stand today as witnesses for
William D. Haywood and made cental of
Orchard's testimony. Mallch swore that
Orchard and not h suggestetd the Inhu
man plat of dynamiting a boarding house
full of non-union ameltermen at Globe
vllle, and that Orchard orglnated tho Idea
of killing William McDonald, one of Mat
lch's business' rivals. He said that he
had been burned by soma mysterious acid
thrown Into his housa by an unknown
hand, but denied that the acid was really
"Pettlbone dope" thst had been left In
his room by Steva and Annie Adams. Ha
also denied that "Pettlbone dope" had been
used In burning his store and testified
that ho wns at his ranch when ths firs
occurred. He also swore that Orchard had
told him that but for Governor Steunen
lrdl aorillu aottmfwy aolmfwy anlgkJJJpp
berg he would be rich and that he In
tended to kill Steunenberg. Mehlllet and
Alkman, who followed Mallch. also mads
positive and circumstantial denials of all
the things Orchard swore they did with
him.
Purpose of Defense.
The cross-examination of all three wit
nesses showed a purpose on tha part of
the state to further deal with their testi
mony when -flie case In rebuttal Is reached.
When Orchard Is recalled he will be asked
to give his version of the alleged use of
"Pettlbone dope" In burning Mallch's store .
at Globevllle.
Another unusual feature was contributed
to this unusual crime with Its background
of plots and counter plots, .criminal. In
dustrial and political, by the appearance as
a witness for the defense of E. L. McPart
land. a brother of Detective James McPart
land, who worked up the case against Hay.
wood. Moyer and Pettlbone and obtained
Orchard's confession.
This McParland Is a shoemaker at
Manltou and he came to tell that whlla
he was following his peaceful craft at
Victor during the strike hs was ancers
monlously taken from his last by . ths
militia, thrust Into ths "bull pen" and
then deported.
More Threats of Orchard.
Eugene Englee, formerly attorney gen
eral of Colorado swore that Orchard told
him of the loss of a rich share In ths
Hercules mine, of his Intention to kill
Steunenberg. Englee told at great length
how the military authorities at Cripple
creek defied the processes of the civil
courts, how he was himself deported from
Tellurlde, where he went as counsel for
the federation and how he was later de
ported from Cripple Creek the day the mob
destroyed the Union store at Goldfleld.
His entry into extended descriptions and
minute details brought many objections,
and finally the Judge Intervened to limit
him to the material .facts to save the time
of the court and Jury.
The defense also produced Thomas C,
Foster, now a bartender of Blabee, Ariz.,
and who as a union miner was tried and
acquitted nt Cripple Creek on the charge
that he had attempted to wreck a train
on the Florence Clippie Creek railroad.
Foster told of his experlerfre In the "bull
pen." an attempt of Detectives Scott and
Sterling to force a confession from him,
which was followed by seventeen days' sol
itary confinement, and his final flight from
the district, when he walked thirty miles
and fasted for over thirty hours.
Testimony of Mallch.
Max Mallch was called to the stand by the
defense Immediately after the opening of
court today. Mallch is a carpenter and
miner. He was a smelter man at Ololie
vllle. Colo., at the time of the strike In
13. Mallch said hs was an Austrian, as
were most of ths men in tha Globevllle
smelters. ,
"Did you know a man named Harry
Orchard, alias Thomas HoganT" asked At
torney Richardson, who . conducted tho
examination.
"I was Introduced to him as Tom Hogan
by a Plnkerton detective named A. W.
Gratis."
Mallch said he did not know that Gratis
was a detective at this time, for he wag
working secretly and was acting as presi
dent of ths local smelter union. The wit
ness said It was in February, 1906, that hs
met Orchard, who was then living with
Steve Adams and his wife. Mallch had
become proprietor of a small hotel and
bar at this time.
Orchard testified. It will be remembered,
that Mallch had suggested to him ths
blowing up of a hotel where lf0 nonunion
miners wers living and had helped him
steal 100 pounds of dynamlts from tha
Union Pacific powder houss. Mallch de
clared' that the testimony was all false.
He said Orchard, or Hogan, came to him
one day and said:
"What is the matter with you folks out
here? Ths scabs are getting the best of
you. Why dun't you blow thst d n hotel
off ths earth?"
Bald He Was Jokla.
He said: "Tom, I wouldn't stand for It
under the circumstances. If you do any
thing Ilka that I am going to denounc
you."
. Afterward, ths witness said. Orchard told
him he was Joking. Mallch said ha knew
nothing about taking any powder from
ths Union Pacific. The witness wss once
member of the city council of Globevllle.
He declared two attempts had been mads
to burn his place of business, ths Isst on
April 27. In6, after Orchard had left
Globevllle. There had been a card party
In the hall of the hotel on ths night of
the 27th, Msltch said, given by ths ladles'
auxiliary, In charge 01 strike relief,
"I had gone to my bedroom to retire,"
said tha witness, "when somebody threw
a bottle of acid or something through ths
window. Ths bottle burst about thres
feet In front of ipe and soms of ths fluid
saUsbad a OjJ. vrm, kurnia through