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Omaha xjnbay Bee PART t, i:hv;s sectio:i PACES 1 TO e. the or.i Cost &. Mil VOL. XXXVII NO. 45. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, VMS SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CE Fhe 1111SII LAND PROBLEM Want of Fundi to Execute Act Embarrasses Government TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS NEEDED Landlord and Tenants Make Agree ments' Requiring This Amount IT 13 NOT FORTHCOMING Deal Totaling Three Ilandred Mil lions Already Financed. , LAW IS TOO SUCCESSFUL Task of Finding Way Out of Maddle Will ThI tke Ahllttle of Ihe Mew Liberal ' , Cnblnet. Dl'BIJK, Arrll 21. Special.) Ireland ha been Called the grave of liberal government and unless the new 1 premier succeeds In finding some way out of the land purchase muddle there Is every Indication that It will materially In the death of the preaent government. The fact la that th land pu-chas act, which waa passed by the unionist government In 13, haa broken down because U waa too successful and ao far the libersls have not rlaen to the oc cation by providing the' funds needed to carry It on. When the act waa passed It waa " esti mated that the voluntary transfer of the land of Ireland from the ownership of tha landlords to that of Itie occuplera would 1-rogress at the rata of about t30.000.0no a year. As. a matter of fact within the four ytara which have passed the value of the transfers has been roughly about $300.000,. C'J) and agreements representing S2fiO.ooo.000 hare been made between landlords and tenants for the Iranafer of their lands which have not been carried out because the government has faile4 to do Its part by providing the money to finance ; the transfer. This is all the more astonish ing because there never was an undertak ing of any kind fraught with so little, risk of loss to the taxpayers. This Is shown hy the fact that out cf the annual sum of about $l,875,0TO to be collected from the tenant purchaser only S5.000 was In arresrs at the end. of last year and that waa quite certain of collection within a few months. Probably most of it has been collected be fore this, but , there are no official fig ures available. There could be no better evidence of the honesty and prosperity of the tenant .purchasers than this. Tmaii mM l.eallord- Hut what of the tenants .and the land lords who have made agreements and who are left between "tba devil and the deep sea?" The tenants can neither call them selves tenants nor owners and the land lords are In an equally awkward predica ment. They cannot sell their lands in the ordinary way and they do not know when they will get the purchase pries which they have agreed to take on the strength of the government guarantee. Another sourcjs'of complaint which the landlords have is that they have been put to great expense by the formalities which the Jaw requires as a preliminary, to the sale of .their estates. The most elaborate proof ef title is re quired which, it is estimated often costs as much as t per cent of the value of the e tase. - Mr. William O'Brien. M. P.. has come to the rescue of the government with the sug gestion that a conference of landlords. tenants and representatives of the govern ment bft called to meet in Dublin and try to find some way out of the difficulty.. More money must be foind, but an essen tial is that it shall be frund without plac ing any further burden on the taxpayer. A loan la suggested and the form could liest he ilc-cliled at such a conference. Mr. O' Prion also suggests that Instead of the UUo:alc pronf of title now required ten years" clear receipts for rent should be ac cepted as proof of the landlord's right to cell. "- - - - - . . . . - ' "Nothing that any British government hns ever done for Ireland has worked so well a this land purchase act," Mr. , O'Brien said to me a few days ago. "The result of it has been that a new Ireland la growing up. The old agrarian discontent ' anil the class hatred which disgraced Ire land in the past haa dlaappeared in the dis tricts where the act has been put in oper ation. The only survival of this unrest and lmtiAj are In the district where the oper ation t f the aot 1ms been delayed, and I four we will hsve a repetition of bad times If the present situation is much prolonged." Itooaevclt'a Popularity. r'nsMeiit KoorevcU has ait-ally increased liiu popularity in Ireland by his prompt re sponse to the letter of. John Boland, M. 1'., requeuing 1.1m to use his Influence to have the United tttates government issue sta'ia ties showing the import snd export trade between the l'nlted States a .id Ireland Separately from those of the trade with Great Br. mm. Mr. Boland has Jurt re ceived a letter from the acting secretary nl eiate announcing that this will be done after July 1 next. This leaves Germany as the only rountry of any importance which refuses to recognise Ireland's individuality in her trade statistics. An amuaing iiurtance of the way la which. English statietlce regarding Ireland are compiled has Just been given by the Irish iCJ jcational Review. It has always been the faahton in Kngtand to point with scorn at Ireland as country of Illiterates and the statistics seemed to bear this out to some extent. Tht Is to say they declare tint only 7K per cent of the Irish people aie ahle to read ami write, while 7 per cent are al lc to read only and U per cent are totally uut i to r ad or write. It lias now been discovcre.1 that for thu purposes of com piling these statistics every child I years old in Ireland is classed as an Illiterate it it cannot read and write. Tho Joke of It is that compulsory attendance at school docs iul begin until the child is ( years old. It may be adoY4 alo that no statistics of Il literacy in England. ScotUnJ or Wales are J lihlitlticd. Kale Day" Ual.hr. "Fair clay'- hiiky. which haa long bJi ' famous In Ireland, haa received a blow fora vi.ich II will hsve difficulty in recovering. It has always been understood that It was a "partli'ulai'ly powerful ecncoctioo," war i auiel to moke a Dun fight a regiment, but Mrs. Mi lone ef Liburn kss given Its imputation away. Mrs. Maloa conducts one of the most popular public liousoe In the town ami a few dtiys ago one of the iottil and druss inspectors entered her bou and asked to U wrved from a particular fcotile winch he pointed out. Mrs. Mahxie tuld him th.t the whtbky was watered. uui ov uiKiBic-u v., i in. hi pic anq after having H aratted lie prosecuted her f,.r selling Vili iky that waa U per cent un der pi oof. kits. Unl'Tio explained that the t09ttnued oa Page Two.) SUMMARY OF THE BEEI,VENSE BILL CUT Snnday, April 2, io.. 190$ ' &?PZrtrJ StY yaV 7TZ. a 72ft." ,v7 5 6 Z 8 b O 11 12 13 14 15 161Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2Z 28 29 30 TEl WIATEIK. FORECAST FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND VICINITY Fair. Sunday. FORCAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair Sun dar. FORECAST FOR IOWA Generally fair and coolr Sunday. Temperatures at Omaha, yesterday: jiour. iwk. a. m 8 a. m 7 a. m . a. m 9 a. m 10 a. m U a. m 12 m 1 p. m 2 p. m 62 M M , f.7 t , fit 65 , . Kt , '. , r 3 P. p. S p. p. 7 P. m... m... m... DOMESTIC. Orover Cleveland Is much Improved. 3. Vajre 1 Books and pspors showing cost of con structing submarines demanded from the Electrlo Boat and Lake Submarine com pany. X. g Floating Christian Endeavor meeting will be heid when the American fleet reaches Seattle. , X, 1 New railroad will be constructed across the state of Washington. , 1 Congressman Fassett of New York de cides to make complaint against the operator who altered his telegram to State Scr.atsr Owen cidy. X. Page X Daughters of American Revolution finally engage In controversy that will end In lawsuit. t, Sundry civil appropriation bill- reported to the house containing $25,000,000 less than estimates of departments. X, Par 1 Leaders of the senate demand the pas sage of a currency bill and will hold the public, buildings bill as a club over the house. X. Xao X Publishers appesr at capital and hear ing in the Paper trust Investigation Is at once begun. X, Pas; t Secretary of State Root is re-elected head of the Society of International law. X, Pars X Sundry civil bill contains evidence of intention to make Fort Omaha the center of the signal service. X, Pag Loss of life in southern storm is esti mated at 500 and the Injured at several thousand. X. Pare X POAXXOV. American liner St. Paul collides with (he British cruiser Gladiator, disabling It and causing the loss of twenty Uvea of seamen. ' X, Pg S Task of finding $309,000,000 to finance agreements made under provisions f f Irish land act will test capacity or new liberal cabinet of Great Britain. X, Fags X HBKAtKA. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan, with Mr. I-eavltt. arrive a Lincoln after their European trip. X. Page 1 Fred Hunter of the Ashland schools has been dected superintendent of the schools at Norfolk. X, Pag- 3 j E. M. Collins of Fremont elected presi dent of Travelers' Protective association. Meet next year at Beatrice. X, Page a Governor and party off for San Fran cisco with silver service for the battle ship Nebraska. X, Pag S OOKMXKCIAX. JUTS XSTBUgTaULAX Live stock markets. VI, Page 7 Grain markets. WX, Z-ags T Stocks and bonds. VI, Page 7 ef no T B..sm..,toa cmfwggwyy MOVEMENTS OP OCX AS rrZAMSUtXPS. Port. ArriTM. galled. NKW TOR K Arablo KKW YORK Uuowia MtW YORK Kma NAPLKH K. rr Ormaa..,. ytEKNSToWS .rarpalkla Critic. LIVERPOOL, ....niitlc Vlrsiaiaa. ST. JOHN S Eni. at Ireland.. Vlciortaa. TOWER SOON LEAVES BERLIN Ambassador te Uernasuiy Will Start for Soalh Early In Week.. V B ICR UN, April 15. Ambasaador Tower, who la fcoon to be succeeded in hh posi tion here by Ir. David Jayne Hill, present minister at The Hague, will give up his bouse in this city on Monday. and will start for the south with his family next week. ' Spencer F. Kddy. secretary of the em bassy, has been granted leave of absence and with bU wife and child will sail for America May S. Mr. Eddy's nomination aa American nlnister to Argentina has been confirmed by the senate. The Slate department has authorised John W. Gar rett second secretary of the embassy, to act as charge d affaires during the ab sence of Mr. Tower and Mr. Eddy. BURN AND MURDER A CREED Evidence Dreamers Were) Tanght 1'kla Wna Proper and Right Thins to Do. MEDICINE HAT, April 3a.-In the trial here yesterday of nine members of the 'Dreamers." charged with burning homes of unbelievers. Joseph Belts of Irvine, Al berta, teatifled that it waa agreed to burn the Baptist and Lutheran churches. Their creed was tp burn and murder, he said. "God Jacob," whose headquarters are at Java, B. P.. and shove real name is Jacob Merkel, sr., gave metriictions to kill and murder all unbelievers. WEALTHY RANCHMAN KILLED Body Fonad In Mississippi River Thoagkt to Hare Bee a I den lifted. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. April 35. Coro ner Kistler is of the opinion that the body of a man found in the Mississippi liver here April 11 is tt.at of K. D. McBrtde. a wealthy ranch owner of Montana, and in clines to the belief that Mc Bride waa mur dered for his money. FCOT BALL STAR GETS PLACE Free) Ilontrr, fiaaerlaleadeat mt Ash. land Irkuala, Goes) to Norfolk. NORFOLK. Neb.. Afril . tSpecial Tele gram Fred Hunter, now superintendent of tha schools at Ashiaud and a famous foot ball star of Nebraska univeraity, haa been elected superintendent of Ihe Norfolk school, succeeding 11 J. BcidwtU. who goes to Btatrtoc. cN use Committee Reports the foundry Civil Appropriation Act. MANY ESTIMATES ABE EDUCED Measure Carries Thirty-Five Million ' Less Than Asked For.' TAWNEY TELLS OF CUTS MADE Reductions in Other Bills Make Total Saving of Seventy -Five Millions. . MONEY FOR THE PANAMA CANAL Kabesiaailitee Spends lx 'Weeks Hearlnca and In Considering Asnnunls Res-ennes Will In Jwstlfy. ' WASHINGTON. April 2E.-The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported to the house today by the appropriation commit tee. It carries $10S.T1S,W. The following statement of the bill was authoruted by Chairman Tswney: "The estimates submitted by the different departments of the government for sundry civil expenses for the next fiscal year fsr exceeded the estimates for like expendi tures in any previous year in our history, aggregating $141,284,366. "The- subcommittee having these esti mates In charge spent six weeks In public hearings and in considering the amounts which the revenues would JuBtify the com mittee In allowing In the various esti mates.: As the result of these hearings and investigations, the committee has reported the bill to the house, carrying in the ag gregate $lt.715,J69, being $35,&6X,S37 less than the estimates submitted by the depart ments. The amount recommended by the committee is ample to provide for the con tinuance during the next fiscal year of all the public service usually provided for in the sundry civil bill, and the continuance of public works heretofore suthorlxed until the next appropriations become available. This reduction of more than $35,000,000 in the estimates submitted for sundry civil expenditures, together with the reductions that have been made by the appropriations committee in other bills of which that committee -has Jurisdiction, aggregate al most $76,000,000 below the estimates sub mitted by the various departments outside of . the estimates for army and navy ex penditures. Money for Panama CanaL "Included In the appropriations recom mended in the sundry civil bill is the sum of $Z7,627,000 for the isthmian canal, which amount is relmbursible to the treasury from the proceeds of the same amount of bonds authorised. The , aggregate carried by the bill Is $5,327,631 less than the amount appropriated by the sundry civil em ror the current fiscal year. The bill carries for public buildings, including marine hos pitals, quarantine stations, annual repairs, heating apparatus, vaults.' safes and locks. $182,375, and for the improvement of liver and harbors under contract authorises $ir.8!2.45. - ' ' . . -The total of $106,715,389, Is $1,m:.9 more than the total sundry civil sppropriations for the fiscal yesr ending June 0. 1808. "A limitation affecting labor in the canal gone, stipulates that wages and salaries paid on the isthmus for skilled and un skilled labor by the canal commission and Panama Railroad company shsll not , ex ceed bf more than 26 per cent the average salaries paid In the L'nlted States for simi lar labor and service. "It Is provided in the bill that all funda hereafter derived from customs collected upon property of the United States Im ported from the canal sona "Is hereby re appropriated for the construction of the isthmian canal. " . Items la the Bill. Among .the items csrried in the bill are the following! Life saving service, $2.38.a7; current ex penses of revenue cutter service. $1.S9.0U0; engraving and printing, $3.351, 7o; Interstate (fimmeri e.onmiission. tH.la.cwO.in increase of lltsi.iao over the current ear; assistant custodians and Janitors for public buildings, iioiK7-2- fuel. llKhta and water for public buildings, $1.400.0oC; expenses of collecting customs additional to the permanent ap propriation of $o.00.0K for that purpose for la, $4,600.01)1), an increase of $70u,0(; public health snd marine hospital service. fl.a. 7&t!, an increase of $137.u00; quarantine serv ice, t-MW.wo; immigration station at Ban Francisco, $185.0ni; lighthouse establishment, tr. im.iiiiu: count and aeodetlc survey, tlW.rjO; bureau of fisheiles. $7n3.K: enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act, avo.ono; expense of collection of revenues from sales of pub lic lands. 1. '.?-''); surveying public lands, SO.unO: KCdloticHl survey, Si.ANO.&at, a reduc tion cf $.!.iS M.t, which Includes the omission of tli"Uo for gauging streams; education tn Alaska, 117S."; government hospitals for the Insane. $370,000. a reduction or x.t&.(w national nark. $74,fl&0: armories and arsen' ala, $M.716. a reduction of tlf.1.37: buildings and grounds in and around Washington. D. C, $03,450; expenses for the executive mansion. $78.oO. including $JS.t) for travel ing expenses of the president; lighting the executive mansion and grounds, $27.3JO; Im provement of rivers and hsrbors under con tract authorisations, $)?,&!,&4o. an Increase of $H.Sf flli; National cemeteries head, stones, etc.. $322,110; buildings at military posts. $Sl.onn; (erection of barracks and quarters for the1 coast artillery, $1.87.2S0, an Increase or x.X7:.'); military prison at eia Francisco. $W0A)t; Governor's Island, New York. $.oi0: rort Benjamin Harrison, In diana. $10aon0; Fort William McKlnley, Philippine Islands, $1S0.J4: military orison Hi Fort Iieavcnwnrth. $1106; drill ground at Fort Ies Moines. s;oe Improvement of Yellowstone park. $65,(M; road in Mount Kalner park, fco.ou(i; national military parks, $2.)4.S50; survev of northern and norlli wetitern lakes. !::65.-X' artificial limbs. $400.. , an Increase of $2S0 M; protecting the harbor f New York from injurious de- poalts. v-G.rw; natlonnl homes for disabled volunteer aohllers $4.4S3,Hift: contlnulna; aid to atste and territorial homes for disabled volunte soldiers, $1.175.i0; psv of bounty to volunteer soldiers, including the volun leers in the war with Pnaln. $T50.0n. a re duction of $V(Kjn; Pan-Ainerlisn Scientific congress at Santiago, Chile. I'IS.OOO; exposi tion at Qutnio. F'juador. ffc'J).mi; the snex nwidfd Ivalr.iK'e of the fund for enforcina .the ee.ti-tmst laws ia reappreprtated and la lecreaaed bv the aum of ffi0: expenses of Vnited Slates courts. $7,348,600. an in crease of $VS7,S40; public printing and bind ing. j.ri an Incrnaae of sllS.on: eon ttmilruj the construction of the Isthmian canal. trJ.Kn.wn. sn Increase of J4SS.E3. Aa echo of the recent investigation of the government printing office by the presi dent s direction Is heard lt the following imposed limitation; The public printer shsll submit for he fWst year '910. and aiwiuailv thereafter, eatlmstes for all clerks and other emolovea additional to the foregoing (aeheduled) Who may he reonired In the eierulive or admin istrative offices of Ihe aovernment printing of flee, ami no funds other than thoae e clftiallv appropriated under said estimates shall he used during said fiscal year for services In Ihs government printing office of the character specified In said estlniatra and appropriated for the current year. fttrlke Breakers Pat at Work. MARSHALLTOWN.Ma.. April 2S.-fltity trike-brenkers from Chit age and Mtnne po!ia srere placed at work In the Iowa Cen tral shopa today In as effort to break the ftrike of the machinists. There was no disorder. BCDY OF DUKEPUT IN CRYPT Keeelved There hy Priests, Awalliasr DeCnlte Arranaeanents for ' Fane rail. PARIS, Arll I&.-The body of Duo De Chsulnes, who died suddenly from heart failure at 11 o'clock Thursday night In his bedroom in the Hotel Lftngham. In the Rue Buccadnr, was conveyed at daylight this morning from the hotel to the Church of St Philip. The body will remain In Pt. Philip's pending completion of the arrangements for the funeral. These will be settled defi nitely upon the arrival in Paris tonight of Duchess d'l'xes and her husband. It ts practically .certain, however, that the funersl and the Interment will occur at the Chateau Dampierre, the ancestral resi dence of the Luynes, outside of Paris. The fsle reports that Due De Chsulnes had died in his sister's apartments in the F.ue Van Dyke arose from the desire of th- management of the Hotel Langham to make it appear that the death of the duke had not occurred in that establishment. . NEW YORK, April 26.-Theodora P. 8honts sailed for Europe today on the steamer St. Louis to attend the funeral of his son-in-law, the Due de Chaulnes. His wife and his daughter. Miss Marguerite Shonts, accompanied him. Before sallng Mr. Shonts said that he had received no information about the death of the due ex cept the message which was sent by Mrs. John A. Drake, and that he knew no more about the cat.se of the circumstance of the death than was conveyed to him by the press dispatches. "The sudden death of the Due de Chaul nes comes as a terrible shock to us," said Theodore P. Ehonts. "Only this morning three letters came from my daughter tell ing how perfectly happy she and her hus band were and full of plans for their home In Paris and for the duke's new work, which he was about to enter upon. I turned to Mrs. Shonts and said, 'Do you know. I think you were all wiser than I was about this young fellow. I am getting to like him and his grit mora and more. He Is showing himself to be a real man and a good one. I like the stuff he is made of. He is esger as any American to get down to business, and any man who can make a woman as happy as he Is making Theodora I'd be almost willing to work for myself.' " TROUBLE AHEAD OF OPERA'OR Conarressmnn Fassett Consents to Cam plaint ait Washington Becaaso of Altered Telegram. ELMIRA, N. Y.. April 26. Congressman J. Sloat Fassett was today unanimously re nominated by the republican delegates of the Thirty-third district. No mention was made of the telegram from Congressman Fassett which has been said to have been the cause of State Senator Owen Cassidy's vote against Governor- Hughes' anti gambling bills. He has consented to the request of counsel of the Western Union Telegraph company to lay information against the operator In Washington who is alleged to have made the mistake. DAUGHTERS END UP DIVIDED Controversy Results Over Decision to Boad Organisation for Con tinental Hall. ' WASHINGTON, April 26. The continent! Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution ad journed finally today. Those who opposed bonding Continental hall in this city to secure funds for its completion and who claim that the society cannot legally ne gotiate a loan unless the constitution is amended, have announced their Intention of retaining counsel to bring the matter to an Issue. . I FLOATING ENDEAVOR MEETING First Gathering; of Kind to Be Held When Fleet Reaches Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., April 25. The first floating Christian Endeavor convention ever held will meet May 26 and 28 while the At lantic fleet is assembled in Seattle harbor. The convention will meet with a local En deavor society. Officers from all the ships of the fleet will attend. CANADA EXTENDS INVITATION Ambassador Barer Asks Fleet to Visit Victoria While on Trl. OTTAWA, Ont.. April 25. The Canadian government has sent through Ajnbassador Bryce an Invitation to the Vnited Slates government to have the American fleet visit Victoria and Vancouver. BRYANS ARRIVED AT LINCOLN Family Together Astnsn nt Fnlrview After Mm. Bryan's Trln Abroad. LINCOLN, Neb., April 26. William 3. Bryan. Mrs. Bryen and Mrs. Ruth Leavitt arrived in the city this afternoon and went immediately to Fairview. A large crowd composed of relatives and close friends. met the Bryan party t the depot. CLEVELAND IS MUCH BETTER Fori aer Presideat Improvlaa; idly at I .mice wood, if, Hotel. Raa LAKEWOOD, N. J.. April 2S. Former President Grover Cleveland, who Is recov erlng from an attack of rheumatic gout and stomach trouble, waa better today than yesterday. His progress toward recovery is steady. MODERATE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK Weather Bnrenw nt Snn Franelaeo Says laitraarati Indicate Small Tremor. SAN FRANCISCO, April Zo.-Alexander McAdie, In charge of the L'nlted Btaten weather bureau, reports that a moderate earthquake shock waa felt here at 3.24 o'clock this morning. No damage was done. LODGE IS FOR FOUR SHIPS Senator from Masoaehnaettu Serve Xotlee He Will Vote for Appropriation. WASHINGTON. April 25. In a speech In tha senate today Senator Lodge announced his determination of voting for the four battleships amendments. Fred t lark Uses to Parhla. PIOL'X CITY, April 2S.-tPpe.lal)-Fred Clark, a first haaenisn. horn Ducky Hoimea left In Pioux I'lty lm he siarted west with his team, has been notified to report at once to I'm t.lo for stork, li'a sale having been consummated- Clark and King, the latter now pluvins lift field for I.iu rola. wers setuiwl by liuimes from reveapnrt. . in exchange for Jimmv Hart and Nohlet Hart pUed flrat and contained Bioux City last i -ir. He ia a giod jnfieluer and a heavy LiLas TG BISHOP'S MEMORY New Hospital to Perpetuate the Loved Name of Clarkson. , . CORNERSTONE LAID ON SATURDAY Ceremonies Attract Much Attention Among Clergy and Communicants, MRS. F0PPLET0N GIVES HISTORY Simple Recital of Founding- of .First Hospital in Omaha. AIMS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURE Bnlldlns; to Coat f 50,000 and to Carry Ont the Ideas of .Blshon Clnrksot, with Some Extension. The ceremonies attendant on the laying of the corner stone of the new Clarkson Memorial hospital took place at Twenty- first avenue and Harney streets, Saturday, under skies that threatened rain, but were not Interrupted, and were marked by sim plicity and sincerely.- The choirs of the several Episcopal churches of Omaha and South Omaha, officers, nurses and medical staff of the hospital, the Clarkson Mem orial association, lay members of the Ca thedral chapter, the architect and builders. the trustees, the clergy mnd the bishops, assembled at the residence of J. C. French, 2241 Howard street, at 1:10 o'clock and marched from there ta tbe hospital grounds. Ample seating accommodations had been provided on the first floor of the new structure, and a large throng had already ; assembled when the procession arrived. Rev. T. J. Mackey of All Saints' church read from psalm cxvlll, with responsive readings by the congregation. The lesson from St. Matthew was read by Dean Beecher of Trinity cathedral and the choir and congregation sang the dedicatory hymn written for and sung at the laving of the corner stone of tha Child's Hospital and Home, June 12, 183. Ceremoay of tho Laying. F. H. Davis, secretary of the Board of Trustees, read the list of articles placed In the box to be sealed In the stone. These were : Names of the trustees; copy of articles of Incorporation of the hospital; Bible; prayer book; annual year book of the hospital for 1908:-copy of the Crosier, special hospital number for 1907; special copy of the Croxier in memory of Bishop Wortliington, 1908; copies of Crosier for March and February', 1908; copies of The Omaha Daily Bee, World-Herald and News of this date: copy of The Living church of this date; Church and Home of this date; Cathedral Chimes of this date; Omaha Excelsior and Exam iner of this date; American coins of this date; printed Journal of the .fortieth an nual council of the diocese of Nebraska for 1907; historical sketch of hospital by Mrs. A. J. Poppleton; names of subscribers to the hospital fund to date; photographs of Bishop snd Mrs. Clarkson; copy of or der of the day's services: American flag. : Biahnn Williams blessed the alone and as sisted by Architect John Latenner and tV builders, McGowan and Jackobberger, placed It in position. ' Bishop Williams then struct! the stone thrice, saying: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of ' the Holy Ghost, amen. . We lay this corner stone of the , Bishop Clsrkson. Memorial hospital hi our. city of Omaha, in pious memory of Robert Harper Clarkson, doctor of divinity and the first bishop of the diocese of Nebraska, to the honor of our Ixrd -and Savior; and for His ministry of healing in His church to the bodies and souls of the sick and injured. 'Pro Deo. J pro Ecclesia, pro ' Humanitate, we here dedicate this pious and loving memorial, through eJsus Christ, our Savior, who with the, Father and the Holy Spirit liveth and rtigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen." J Tho Nlcene creed was then repeated by 1 the entire congregation standing. Mrs. Poppletoa'n Address. , Mrs. Andrew J. Poppleton, one of the earliest member of the hospital aaSocia tlon, tead the following historical sketch of the hospital: . . '.'It haa been asked of me to give upon this occasion a short history of the Bishop Clarkson Memorial hospital from its begin ning. "The first hospital in Omaha, of which this Is" the legitimate successor, was built in 183 on a lot owned by the city on the corner of Webster and Twenty-third streets, a small building of six rooms. It was opened for patients In March, 1870, and named the Good Samsritan. The associa tion having it in charge waa composed of women of every denomination in the city and Us president wt Mrs. J. J. L. C. Jewett, a prominent church woman of old Trinity. "The members took upon themselves by turns the duties of nurse and general pro vider, and a few generous hearted physi cians gave it their free medical services. For a few months everything , went rea sonably well. There waa never at any time a lack of patients, but there waa often a very painful lack of means. It soon be came evident that under the existing system tha pecuniary demands of the situation could not be met, and In 1871, by common consent, the property was transferred to Bishop Clarkson to be carried on under his supervision as a church hospital. "In 1S77 the building was destroyed by -fire, and for a time the work was wholly abandoned. "In October. 1S1. in response to a call from the bishop a meeting of women was held 4a Trinity cathedral which resulted in a reorganisation, and in December fol lowing a small hospital with six beds was opened in a rented cottage at ITls Dodge street, Ia the spring of 188$ l was decided to buy the lot. Plans were made for a permanent building and the corner stone was laid on the 12th of June of the same year. A number of clergymen were preaent at the services, and a hymn was sung which .'was composed for the occasion by Rev. li B. Burgess of Plattsmouth. Martial Law at Amlta. "To build such a hospital and furnish It was in that day considered a daring enter prise, but Bishop Clarkson entered upon It with the same trust and confidence which characterized him In all his work. The first subscriptions were made by Mrs. ClarasoQ, and Mrs. Jamea M. Wool worth of $6u0 each, and were followed almost Im mediately by a gift of SZ.OuO from Mrs. Mahlon D. Ogden of Chicago, a member of a family whose generous benefactions can be traced through every form of Bishop Clarkson s work In Omaha. As the biahlp had said, 'Nothing succeeds like success,' and contributions flowed tn from friends at home end abroad, until In December of the same year, U.X3, the hospital was an accom plished fact, at a cost of $16,000. "On the evening of December 13 it was dedicated by Bishop Clarkson and nsmed (Continued on Page Two.) DEADLOCK OVER MINERS' SCALE Practically No Chance for Agreement In Illinois or In tho tenth, west District. PrRINOFIELD, 111., April It.-Th coal miners snd operators of Illinois have reached the parting of the ways, so far as the joint scale committee is concerned. In settlement of the wage controversy. It Is now up to the mine workers of the state to determine ny referendum whether a strike will be called in order to compel the Illinois operators' association to pay the scale asked. The decision will be reported to s joint convention of miners and oper ators, which Is scheduled to convene to morrow. KANSAS CITT. April 24 At the meeting of the subconference committee of the min ers and operators of the southwest, held this afternoon. It became apparent that there Is no possibility of an agreement so far as that body Is concerned, and It ad journed until tomorrow. A report of this action will be made to the general scsle committee at a meeting to be held Monday, and It is admitted by both sides to the con troversy that there Is little hope for an agreement. The operstors today rejected the proposal ef the miners to return to work pending the result of the negotiations, and also refused to yield their position that the arbitration board contain one man not a member of either of the organizations. It is expected that many of the $6,000 min ers now out of employment in the south western field will go to work for independ ent operators. - FRIEND OF EMPRESS IN TEXAS Danahter of Colonel Weinberger of Berlin Rnns Away to Wed Fonnd hy Officers. NEW YORK, April 25. A pretty romance has been revealed by the receipt at the office of the North German Lloyd Steam ship company here of a letter from the German empress. Atiguste Victoria, to be forwarded to Imigratlon Inspector Hohlnn at the Vnited States Immigration station at Galveston, Tex. It conveys the thanks of the empress for the inspector's work in finding for her a youthful runaway. Miss Irene Weinberger. Miss Weinberger is the daughter of Colonel Karl Weinberger of the German army, a close friend of the emperor and empress. When she disappeared six months ago search was at once begun and it wss finally found that she had sailed on a North German Lloyd liner for Galveston. Inspector Hohlan, who was assigned to find her. learned that she had married Helnrich von Barlen and that the pair were living happily In- Nueces county. Texas. It IS understood that parental for giveness has been extended the bride. THOUSANDS SEE BOATS PASS Cmllforalaas Crowd Sinn's of Santa Monica to Witness Passage of Fleet. VENICE. Cel., April 26. From the high bluffs of Santa Monica bay, " overlooking the sea, -100.000 people, from $.30 to o'clock this morning, witnessed the procession of the entire .fleet of battleships. SAN PEDRO,-Cal.. April 26. At 6:45 this morning Rear Admiral Thomas' . squadron, consisting of the flagship Connecticut the Kansas, Vermont and Louisiana, weighed anchor and sailed for Santa Barbara, the Connecticut leading. The dispatch boat Yankton, the supply, ship Glacier and the repair ship Panther accompanied the squadron. Off the breakwater the squadron wss Joined by the second division, com posed of the flagship Georgia, the Rhode IslRtod, New Jersey and Virginia. The two divisions proceeded In squadron forma tion to Redondo. STANDARD OIL AS PERSECUTOR Attorney for H. H. Tarser, Jr., Says Incle Sam offers from Competition. TOPEKA. Kan., April 25.-Albert Wilson. attorney for IL H. Tucker, Jr., secretary of the L'ncle Sam Oil company, now on trial here on a charge of using the mails to de fraud, declared yesterday In his opening speech for the defense that the Standard Oil company waa tbe Instigator and con trolling Influence behind the trobules of the L'ncle Sam company. Mr. Wilson stated that Mr. Tucker had retained control of the voting power of the Uncle Sam company in order to prevent the Standard Oil company from gobbling the stock in the open market and in that way was putting this compet ing cyn pa ny out of business. The Uncle Sara company is now ia the hand of a receiver. DEMAND BOOKS AND PAPERS Special Committee of Hons Orders Snbmnrine Compnnlea to Show Cost of Contraction. WASHINGTON. 'April 25. The special eomtr.ltie of the house Investigating charges against the Electric Boat company this afternoon entered an order for the production of the books and pa per 'of the Electric Boat company, the Lake Torpedo Boat compaky and copies of letter signed with Representative Lilley's name. The order on the, Lake company was mad to Include book concerning It foreign busi ness, including the cost of construction of all the Lake boat sold to foreign govern ment. Argument on this order will be made Monday by counsel for the parties interested. ROOT RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT Seeretary of Stale Retained as Head of Society of Interna. tlaaal Law. WASHINGTON, April 25. -Secretary of State lioot to-day was re-elrcted president of the American Society of International Law Th following were re-elected vice presidents: Chief Justice Fuller. Justice William R, Day, Andrew CarneaiA. John W. Foster, John W. tirigKS. Richard Olney, Justice David J. Brener. Secretary William H Toft, Joseph H. Choaae, Judire Gray, W. W. Morrow. Secretary Oscar S. Straus and Genersl Horace Poter. The general topic in today's aeaaloa of the society's second annual meeting was "The Codification of International Law." NEW LINE IN WASHINGTON Fifteea-Mlllioa-Dnar Railroad In corporated to Ron Aero Stnt from Tneoma. TACOMA. Wash.. April 26. The Pacific A Southeastern Railway company, capitalised at $16.ot.00u, has filed article of Incorpora tion. The company will have its terminus al Tacnma and extend arroas the slate of Washington. Ultimately the line will form part of a transcontinental system. Branches will be built to Spokane, SeattWi, Portland and British Columbia. The promoters of the roada are member of the Pacific Improve ntent company of California, FIVE HUNDRED DEAb List of Victims ef Southern Storm Increases Hourly. SEVERAL THOUSAND ARE INJURED Property Loss Will Amount to Many Million Dollars. LOSS HEAVIEST IN MISSISSIPPI Over Thre Hundred Dead in This State and Thousand Hurt TORNADO COVERS WIDE AREA Storsa Starts In Texas and Sweeps AereM Arkansaa, Loalaiana, Mis alsalppl. Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, NEW ORLEANS, April J5.-Probably half a thousand lives lost, 100 or more persons fatally injured and many times this num ber seriously hurt, together with a property loss running up Into the millions Is tho record so far for a tornado that originated In the west two days ago. sweeping across Texas, Oklahoma. Arkansas. Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama ami Georgia, it has left a path of death, deso-i lation and want In Its wake, seriously In terrupting all . communication between cities in the south, and brought about choatie conditions In many smaller towns. Mississippi, already a sufferer from more than on tornado this year, hss sgain borne the brunt of the winds and rslns. Estlmstes of the number of those who lost their lives in that state place the death list near SOD, with 1,000 or more injured. In Texas, Louisiana. Alabama and Georgia the death lists are also large, with serious loss of life In Oklahoma, Arksnsas and Texas. Authentic Information Is In many instances lacking, owing to th crippled facilities for communication and the lack of time to form anything like an accurate estimate of the damage done in any sections. Martial Law at Amite. Amite, La., was so badly damaged that It was put under martial taw at once by order of Its mayor. The storm struck there Just about noon, killing two white persons and. thirteen negroes outright and Injuring many others, mostly negroes, so badly that physicians, who were rushed into the town in relief trains from sev eral points. , said the total death list of Amite would reach at least twenty-five. Rev. Father Felix Rumpf was possibly the first person killed t Amite. Ho wss In the bell tower of bis church, having Just finished ringing the noonday angrlui. He ' was crushed to death by the falling tower. Mrs. A. N. Ogden of Amite was caught by the tornado as she was driving to her home. A tree fell across her horse, . killing the animal, but she was unhurt. Forty persons were at dinner In t lie Com mercial hotel when th storm struck and the roof was carried away, but net est of th diner was hurt . List of th Dead. A nearly cmpletB list of the dead fol lows: ' " .. Amite' city and vicinity: REV. -"FATHER FELIX RUMPF. CAMILLK M G1NNITY, 11 vears. THIRTEEN OTHER KNOWN DEAD NEGROES. As-nie. Ls.: TWO NEGROES. Concordia Parish. La.: MRS. DBVEREAUX SHIELDS. TWELVE NEGROES. Lamouri, La.: ONE NEGHO. Richland, La.: . " E PR AIM PRICE. MRU PRICE. PRICE CHILD. . NEGRO CHILD. Purvis. Miss. : J. H. MOFFATT. MRU. J. H. MOFFATT. .MRS. LEWIS MOFFATT. CLARA WEEMS. MJtfl. W. H. VOWELL. OERTRUDB BRIGHT. CARL DIXON. THREE MEMBERS OF LEE FAMTL.T. JAMKtf KNIGHT. CHILD OF MRS. LEDBETTER. CHILD OF MRS. PALMER. MRS. GRICE. , S K VA LI.. TWENTY-FIVE NEGROES. - Adams county, Miss.: JIM VICKERB. j TWENTY-FOUR NEGROES. ' Churchill. Miss., snd vicinity: THIRTY-FIVE NEGROES. Near Port Gibson, Miss.: ONE NllRO WOMAN. L rmsn. Miss.: ONE NrXiRO CHILD. . Winchester. Miss.: TWO UNKNOWN DEAD. Bsxtervllle. Miss : FOUR OF RAYBURN family. MrCalum. Miss.: EIGHT. FOUR OF WHOM WHU'B. Wahalks. Miss.: ' MRS. JOHN MANPF8. MRS. MANEFS AND CHILD. MRS. MONTFORD. ' Albertville. Ala., Cpsrtlsl death Hat). MRS. JOHN DECKER AND TWO CHILDREN. MRS. WILLIAM AVE"RT. ER1CK McCORD. saed 14 yns. Son of Attornev Edward McCord. . MRS. SADLER. MRS. Bl'RKH artvt, aged W year. YOUNG BIRDSONG. Bergen s. A Is.: SECTION FOREMAN MOORE, wifs afid dauchter. i MRS. CU"LLT. C. P. ADAMS. Thomas Mill. Ala.r HF.RBFJRT THOMAS. MRS. CALDWELL. I Path of Rain Two Mile Wide. Th path of th tornado vu about two. and n balf miles wide and when it had passed Amlts stood a wreck. Larg num bers of farm animal were killed. The greatest loss of life among negro occurred in the vicinity of Natchea, Mis. In Concordia parish, Louisiana, serosa th Mississippi from Natehes, thirteen live were lost, all except two of the dead being negroes. Twenty-five persona were killed In Adarat county. Miss., near Natchea. and thirty five were killed in the neighborhood of Churchill, In Jefferson county. Miss. Th tornadoes in this section wore About 109 miles due north of the Amite tornado and struck about breakfast time. It was in this section that a negro baby waa caught in the wind, carried 100 yards and deposited In swamp unhurt. Aa aged negro woman was whttasd into th air and her head almost severed by flying timber befor sh fell in a cotton field 100 ysrds from where her cabin had stood. Th body of a little negro boy waa found in a field with a piece of timber driven through th heart. Physicians from Vldalia, La., and Natchea spent all day going from plantation to plantation and sending the worst wounded of the negroes back to th rltle to b treated. Part of the humane work of tha physicians consisted in having scores of injured antmsls relieved of their suffer ing by killing them. The dead more than Sun. the injured at least 60ft theae were the grim fact which cam to light In th early hours today when a little of th wreckage of yesterday' tornado In Louisiana, Missikaipyt a-a4 4yUm had