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    THE OMAHA' SUNT) AY BEE: MAY 10. iHOfl.
A
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL-
Office 15 Scon Street.
. MI.IOR METI01.
Davis, druga.
! 6to.-kert sella carpets.
Wedding rings at Leffert'a.
E)d Rogers, Tony Faust beer.
Lewie Cutler, funeral director. Thona 97.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. 133.
Tha gresteet allk bargains are those this
Week at Hunter's.
HERMAN PROS., FLORISTS. 10 PEARL
BT Phones: Ind., 624 Black; Bell. 3.
J0O lawn mowera on sale at Petersen
fjehoenlng Co. Fricea from 3. to flS
KNROT.L IN THK WRSTKHN IOWA
C OLLKUE, A SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY.
The largest stock of wall paper In Bo.
Western Iowa. H. Borwlck. 211 So. Main.
Wi know we have the best flour. Kaco
Is the name. Kartell A Miller. 'Phone 3i.
' IT PAYS TO-8KB HOflPE BEFORE
'PI VINO A PIANO. J PJ-1ARL STREET.
Choirs Missouri wood In all lengthg rut
; to s ilt. Tha Co. B. Coal and Ice Co.
Tiiones 72.
If vnu want first class laundry call up
314 Bluff City Laundry. Try us, the
change will do you good.
Wanted Experienced man Bookkeeper
and atenographer; reference required. Ad
dress "B," care Omaha Bee, 15 Bcott Bt.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
.to. Lsurens Chrlstensen, agpd St. and
Kathinka Hansen, aged 22, both of this
. city.
GLASSES ACCURATELY FITTED AND
'ALL EYE TROUBLES CORRECTED. DR.
J. V. TKRRY. SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN.
iAT LKFFERT'S.
All members of the Council Bluffs aerie.
Fraternal Order of Eagles, are requested
to inert st the chib rooms Sunday morning
at I) o'clock to attend the memorial serv
ices of the order In Omaha.
A building permit was Issued yesterday
to Louisa C. Klntcl for a two-story frame,
residence or. Washington avenue to cost
S'i.000 and to W. H. Dtiggy for a one-aloiy
flame cottage ut H.'l Benton street to cost
11.200.
We want all the ladles to be sure and
re the new floor finish. Chl-Namel;
niikM old floors Just like new. Hot
wider will not cause Chl-Namel to Iooms
Its g'ns-i- you can't scratch It. P. C. Do
Vol Hardware Co.
The clerks of the First National bank of
tlil city and of the Merchants National
bank ut umahii will contest for honors
on the diamond this afternoon at the.
lilval-llustiei s' ball park. The game la to
be called at 3:."U o'cluck.
Considering Rood finality, we are tho
low dt-piiceil shoe store ln"the city. We
do not have high rent and a lot of clerks
to ay. We therefore can Rive you the
beat shoe for less money. See our spring
line of oxfords. Duncan Shoe Co., 23 d.
1 Main.
M F. Cox of lies Moines and George K.
Pennell of Atlantic, state examiners of
municipal accounts from the office of the
auditor of state, arrived in the city yes
terday and onimenced the work of exam
ination of the account - and books of the
several municipal officers. The of fifes
to lie examined are those of the city clerk,
auditor and treasurer.
Oscar T. Smith of Woodbine was brought
before United States Commissioner N. A.
Crawford yesterday afternoon on a charge
of bootlegging. In default of ball placed
at 1200 Smith was committed to the
county Jail to await the convening of the
federa: grand Jury next September. Smith
is an old offender and Is said to have been
.twice convicted of bootlegging.
The Latest: We Have It Uncle Sam's
i Breakfast Food: something out of the
ordinary: It Is a. highly medicinal food.
i If has cured some of the most violent
cases of stomach trouble. In vegetables
we have cucumbers, three for 10 cents;
new potatoes, 5 cents per pound; wax
beana; li cents per pound; new peas. 10
. cents per quart: asparagus. In cents. Have
you ever tried our coffeea? We know that
' we can please you. We have been gol
j ting our coffee from the same firm for
the last ten years. Try some of our Swiss
cheese If you wtuit something extra good.
We can s!lce beef as thin as paper. We
also have cooked ham. Bartell & Miller.
Telephone So9.
'Pl'SEY FIACHAI, THIS AFTEROOX
Will Be. Held f.oin Home of Sister,
Rev. T. J. Mnckar Officiating.
, The funeral cf the lal John M. Pusey,
deputy county auditor, will be held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock: from the residents
of hla sister, .Mrs. Emmet Tlnley, 533 Wil
low avenue. Thla was tho home of Mr.
I'usey during his' boyhood. The servlcra
Till be conducted by Rev. T. J. Mackny,
'lector of All Saints' Episcopal church,
Omaha. Tha service at the residence will
v T!h!lc hut the burial, which will be in I
tha family let In FalTVlew cemetery, will
he private. The pallbearers will be W. F.
Fapp, Genrgi Hanthorn,' J. W. Mitchell,
Jr. Oall Hamilton, Terry Badollet and
George F. Wright.
Although Mr. Pusey had been sick for
several weeks, his death came aa a great
hock to his many friends and hia conferes
In the county court house, the more espe
cially as In the early part of the week his
. condition was reported to he most favorable
.to recovery, and It was expected that he
would be able to return to hla work before
long. Thursday afternoon, however, hla
condition became so serious that It was
deemed advisable to remove htm to the
JSdmundaon Memorial hospital from the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Emmet Tlnley,
where he had bec-rl for several days, aa his
three little children had been taken sick
with whooping cough. Ills death, which
occurred at 10 o'clock Thuraday night, was
directly due to secondary aenemla, al
though he had been suffering from a gen-
oral weakness of the arterial system.
Mr. Pusey was tha son of Hon. N. M.
Pusey, former state senator from Potta
wattamie county. He waa born in Baltl-
, snore and came to Council Rluffa In 1S77.
About five years ago he waa married to
Hiss Rosa Drake, a teacher In the Council
Bluffs public achools, .who, with three small
children, survives him. His father and
three sisters. Mrs. F. L. Ellis, Mrs. Emmet
Tlnley and Dorothy Pusey, also survive
Mm.
Mr. 'Pusey was a candidate for the repub-
I Lean nomination for county auditor at tha
coming primary election. Although the law
makes no provision for such action. County
Auditor Cheyne, after consultation with
County Attorney Hess, decided yesterday
that Mr. Pusey' s name should be omitted
from the ballot.
Labor Memorial Bandar.
Rev. Marcus P. McClure, pastor of the
first Presbyterian church, will take aa
; the subject of his sermon Sunday morning
"Pots and Bowls." It will be a sermon in
recognition of labor memorial Sunday, ob-
I served this year for the first time 'by the
'American Federation of Ijbor.
The national convention of the American
Federation of Labor, held last November,
decided to observe the second Sunday In
May aa Labor's memorial Sunday, at
which attention should be called to the
sacrifice and devotion of departed working
turn, ns well as to call to duty those who
f main. Thia la in accord with the cus
tom of fraternal lodges and other civic or
ganisations. M S black taffetas silk. 16 Inchea wide.
I eclal, at 8S cents per yard at Hunter's.
A. A. CLARK Q. CO.
LOAU MQIIEY Oil HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
AXV AXf CHATTEL SECURITY AT OXE-HALtf" THE USUAL RATES.
Twenty Tear of SmaaafcJ xTulneaa.
CXAXKB MAIN AMD BROADWAY. OYER AMERICA EXPRESS.
Ne connection with tko dim aaillag thwnaolvoa) The Clark Mertgage Cm.
BOTH -mOKES OIL jxa. r. IlxLttk', Mgr.
Vmjppummitwrmfmmt.Ai aitanaiiiasiam
BLUFFS
Both 'Phones 43.
BATIEY CASE IS POSTPONED
Goes Over Until Monday on Account
of Death in Attorney'i Family.
LIKELY TO LAST ANOTHER WEEK
Rlehman, Expert Witness for State,
Likely to Be on Stand for
Home Time Darla Case
Dismissed. . ,
Further hearing In the action In the dis
trict court brought to remove H. V. Battey
from the office of clerk of the courts was
postponed by agreement yesterday until
Monday morning on account of the Inability
of Emmet Tlnley, one of the defendant's
counsel, 'to be In court, owing to the death
of his brother-in-law, John M. Pusey.
Under this postponement the indications
are that the case will not be concluded be
fore the latter part of next week. C. J.
Rlehman. the expert accountant from De
Moines, upon whose report, after he had
checked over the books of the of flee, of the
clerk, Mr. Battey was suspended by Judge
Wheeler, had been on the witness stand
but a short time Thursday afternoon when
court adjourned for the day, Hia examina
tion Is expected to occupy two or more
days, as there are thirty-one counts In the
petition for removal on which testimony
of Mr. Rlehman and other witnesses Is to
be taken, j
When the case of R. R. Davis against
Paulina and Alex Dobson was called In
Judge Wheeler's court yesterday It de
veloped that the plaintiff was not in a
position to appear in person. Davis. It was
shown to the court, Is In the penitentiary,
having been convicted in Audubon county
of fraudulent transactions. The attorney
for Davis was accordingly forced to dismiss
the case, but at once filed original notice
of a new suit. DaVIs seeks to recover $1,000
from the Dobsons for commission on the
sale of. the Tremont house of this city,
formerly owned and conducted by the
Dobsons.
1XTKRESTIXG MUSICAL PROGRAMS
Two Draw Large and Appreclatlre
Andlencea,
The Illustrated muslcale at the First Pres
byterian church given by the Council Bluffs
Woman's club for the benefit of the Young
Men's Christian association building fund
and the organ recital by Da, Minor C.
Baldwin of New York at 8t.. John's English
Lutheran church, attracted audlencea which
filled both edifices. Both programs were of
the hlgest excellence.
At the First Presbyterian church Mrs.
William J. Leverett gave most entertain
ing and interesting description of tha lives
and homes of the great musical composers,
the lecture being Illustrated with beautiful
art slides and moving pictures depleting
the scenery and life In foreign lands. Harp,
violin, piano and organ united to make one
of '.he most enjoyable programs ever pre
sented in this city. The program included
these musical numbers.
Organ Wedding March Mendelssohn
Prof Ayres.
Vocal Ave Marie .Bach-Gounod
Miss Lovland. with Harp, Violin, and
Organ Accompaniment.
Piano Harmonious Blacksmith Handel
Mrs. Wagoner.
Harp Reverie Schnccker
Miss DeLone.
Minuet, with Moving Pictures Mozart
Miaa Marlon Ward.
Aria, from "Magic Flute" Mozart
Mra.- Katherine Shary.
Piano Adagio Pathetlque Beethoven
Mrs. Wagoner. I
Vlolin-By the Sea 8chubert
Mazurka Wienawskt
Aivin r.. rooie.
Vocal To Be Sung on the Water (with '
moving scenesi Schubert
Mrs. Shary.
Song to the Evening Star Wagner
Mr. Graham, with Harp Accompaniment
(Illustrated).
Vocal Elsa's Dream, from Opera Lohen
grin i
Mra. Lincoln -R. Hypes.
A Day In Venice imov-lng scenes). ...Nevln
Miss Ward.
This afternoon a somewhat different, but
what promises to be an equally entertaining
program of stereoptlcon pictures, will be
given for the same purpose at the high
school auditorium under the auspices of
the Woman's club. ;
In his organ recital at Bt. John's English
Lutheran church Dr. Baldwin's program
was designed to show the beautiful tones
of the new organ and hla skill as a per
former on this Instrument. He waa as
sisted by Mra. Robert Mullls, Mlas Mar
guerite Morehouse and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Frederick Stough, all of this city.
A feature of the program was the playing
by Dr. Baldwin of "The Storm." During
hla rendition of this piece the auditorium
waa darkened and the lights ao manipulated
as to represent lightning, making the piece
realistic In the extreme.
Dr. Baldwin haa consented to' give a sec
ond recital thla evening, for which the fol
lowing program haa been arranged:
Sonata (a) Allegro MaeatosQ, Sento non
Troppo. (hi Andante non Troppo.
(c) Allegro Motto .-. Fleiiret
Andante Baldwin
Contralto Solo When Cc-lla Sings Moir
Mrs. Robert Mullls, accompanied by
Miss Marguerite Morehouse.
Concerto a) Larghetto. (bi Allegro, fe
All Sicilian, (di Presto Handel
"1'astorale and Hymn of the Shep
herds'" Field
Gavotte and Musette
Baritone Solo Bright Star of Love....
Robaudl
Carl Frederick Stough. accompanied by
Mra. Stough.
Overture Selected
"The Song of the Brook" Baldwin
Vrcal Duet Selected
Mra. Mullia. Mr. Stough. accompanied
by Mrs. Stough.
Organ Solo
"The Marvelous Work" (from "Cre
ation' j Haydn
Cornerstone Laying;.
The membera of the Pentecostal mission,
1O09 West Broadway, will lay the corner
stone of their mission hall, now In course
of construction, at the corner of Broadway
and Fifteenth atreet with appropriate
services Sunday afternoon at 4:S0 o'clock.
Assisting In the services will lie Rev. A.
J. I.ovelace of Snyder, Colo., former auper
Intendent of the mission; Rev. John Croft
of Sioux City, Rev. Fred Welse of Shen
andoah, and Rev. Danforth C. Lamson.
pastor of the Free Methodist church ofl
this city. The public Is -Invited to attend
the services. '
Mothers' Day Proclamation.
Bunday Is to be "Mothers' day" in Coun
cil Bluffs and every man, and boy Is ex
pected to wear some white flower aa a
tribute to his mother, living or dead. Em
ulating the example set by Mayor Dahl
man of Omaha. Mayor. Thomas Maloney
has issued the following official proclama
tion: A movement having been started to name
a certain day as "Mothers' day.'' and as
Sunday. May 10, has been selected, I there
fore, aa chif executive of thia city, set
aside next Sunday. May 10, !, aa "Moth
ers' day" for Council Rluffa, and ask that
all men and boys observe the same by
wearing some white flower on his coat In
honor of his mother.
Like the mavor of Omaha, I cannot think
of anything that should give a man or boy
more pleasure or rrlde than to thus pay a
tribute to his mother, living or dead.
hirer nrxs for the piremf.x
One In Residence of William Collrott
Only One of Consequence.
Fire that broke out at midnight Thurs
day night completely destroyed the frame
residence and outbuildings of William
Collcott at 2518 South Sixteenth street.
The family had barely time to escape
from the burning building In their nlgnt
clothes and succeeded in saving but a few
articles of furniture. The flames spread
rapidly to the barn, chicken housej and
other small --buildings. The fire depart
ment responded to the alarm, but ns the
promises were outside tne water limits
was powerless to do anything to check the
flames. .
The members of the family were all
asleep when they were aroused by the
heat and smoke and were unable to save
anything except a few small articles and
some clothing which tney csrrled with
them In their hasty exit from the burning
building. Over 200 chickens were inch.
erated In the poultry house. Mr. Collcott
estimated his loss yesterday at between
$1,500 and $2,000, with Insurance of $650.
A defective flue is believed to have been
responsible for the fire.
The fire department was called at 7:30
o'clock yesterday to the First National
bank building at the corner of Broadway
and Malp street. Coals from tha furnace
in the basement set fire to some papers
and other rubbish, but the janitor suc
ceeded In extinguishing the flames be
fore the arrival of the firemen. When
the Janitor discovered the fire the flame
had begun to creep up tho stairway. A
hose was fortunately at hand and with
this the Janitor succeeded in preventing
what might have proven to be a costly
blaze.
( The old. vacant frame shack on Willow
avenue, between Main and Fourth streets,
which was condemned by the city author
ities, waa discovered to be on fire about
9 o'clock yesterday morning. The com
pany from No. S engine house was on Its
way up town to have the tires of the hose
cart reset when one of the men saw the
flames issuing from the shack. The com
pany had the blaze, which is believed to
have been started by children on their
way to school, quickly extinguished. This
old shack has given the fire department
several runs during the last two months,
and Chief Nicholson said yesterday that
he would urge the city authorities to have
It torn down without further delay, as a
fire In It might spread to the adjoining
buildings.
MYSTERY IN GIRL'S CONDUCT
Goes to Omaha, Retnrns to Drs
Moines and la Finally Located
In a Hospital.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. May 9.-(Speclal.) Agnes
Keating, prominent aa a student In West
Dcs Moines High school, Is at the Methodist
hospital In this city at the point of death
with mystery surrounding her for the last
week. Some days ago the girl disappeared.
She la 17 years of age and gave her parents,
who are prominent people, Tnuch worry.
It is learned now that she went to Omaha.
Returning to Des Moines she went to St.
Catherine's home in this city, a boarding
place for women. She refused to give her
name, but cnsMnt a room for a few rinvs
-,., .n..nt. i .v.- v,, k-.-j i..
scream and rushing to her room found her
enveloped In flames. The girl claims that
she did It accidentally while carllng her
hair.
The girl has been promlent In the Meth
odist -church here and Is promlent in her
class in West High. Her ptrange disap
pearance from home is unexplained. Her
parents had failed to locate her till today
when at the Methodic hospital she gava her
name and her parents were sent for.
When the Indictment against Sears,
Roebuck and company Is tried In the fed
eral court here next week It is expected
that the company will start the fight by
attacking the Indictment and thua avoid
a trial at this term of court If possible.
It Is also expected that the company will
seek to present evidence to the federal
grand Jury or else the Polk county grand
Jury against the grocers' association which
secured" the Indictment against them. They
will present this evidence, If possible, on
the grounds that' the grocers' association
here Is maintaining a trust.
All the counties of the state have for
warded the state tax to State ' Treasurer
Morrow with the exception of two counties,
Wapello and Sac. Wapello will forward
Ita amount In a short time. In Sac county
there la a acandal In regard to the county
funde and thlnga are mixed up there so
that It may' be some time before Ita taxes
are received. There la now over $1,000,000
In the state treasury and ample for all
purposes till the other half of the taxes
are paid by the countiea in October of
thia year.
Geography Is having a considerable to do
with the location of the state fireman's
tournament thla year with the result that
the cities with the proper geographical lo
cation do not want It and those that haven't
the location do. Last year It was held at
Sioux City. Thla year Davenport and D i
buque say they will not again take the
long trip to Sioux City or Council Bluffs
and the Missouri river towns say they
will not take the trip to Dubuque, Daven
port or Clinton. Des Moines haa the loca
tion, but It has been the custom In the
paat for the association to require a cash
bonus for It. the town getting the tourna
ment making the money back. Des Moines
claims It la a losing game financially and
for that reason refuses to bid for the at
traction. It is a three days' affair and
brings many people to a city, hut It costs
about $4,000 In expenses to hold the tourna
ment and unless the weather Is favorable
this amount cannot be made out of It.
Dr. I A. Thotnas. secretary of the State
Board of Health, haa given it out that
osteopaths are not eligible for member of
local boards of health unless they hull
certlficatea from a regular school of med
icine. The new law provides that these
officiala must be practicing physicians
Dr. Thomaa has Interpreted this to mean
that osteopaths are ineligible.
Plenty of Money for Strike.
MARSHALI.TOVVN. la.. May 9. (Spe
cial.) According to J. J. Stratum of Lili
es go, special organiser of the International
Arsociation of Machinists, who Is here In
the Interests of tha atrike of the Iowa
Central employee, which la now on its third
eky the national organization has taken
steps to finance the local strike Indefi
nitely. Mr. Stratton said the northwestern
consolidated railroad district, rompriblng all
oj the roads north of tha I'nlon Pacific
and west of Chicago, ha a membership
of 16.000, each of which will contribute 23
iints a month for the local strikers.
Three arrtrts, lociUtiital to the strike,
were made by the local police today. 1iu's
Christiansen, a guard employed by the
Iowa Central to patrol Its shopa. was ar
rested for assaulting Michael J. Hlnckel. a
strikebreaker, who quit this morning. Two
strikebreakers were arrested for stealing
the clothing of another. Christiansen was
fined $10 snd costs, but he appealed to the
district court.
I ana News Notes.
ESTHERVILLE The home of W. O
Cockburn. northwest of town, was de
stroyed by fire, none of the household goods
being saved. The fire started In a defec
tive chimney. The house was insured for
$it, but the entire loss waa much greater.
SIOUX CITY Assurance that work on an
Interurben line from Spirit I.ake to Sioux
City would be commenced In lese than four
months has been given by J. D. Browning
of Spirit Lake, promoter and general man
ager of the propoaed road. In a conference
with Sioux Cltv commercial Interests Mr.
Browning said that all plana for tho open
ing of the rot had been made with the
exception of tho entrance Into Sioux City,
and in that he said bis company was will
ing to co-operate with any line or lines
planning to build from other directions.
LOGAN The committee on program for
the celebration of the semi-centenlal of the
organization of the Magnolia lodge, Arjclent
Free and Accepted Masons, to be held In
Magnolia June II, are making a strenuous
rffort to ascertain the present address, if
living, or the time and place of death of
the following, who were at one time mem
bers of the Magnolia lodge: Rev. James
S. Rand, James H. Peters, John B. Ira,
George Rae, George W. Moore, John Car
mlchael, Robert Hoy. J. N. Bell. N. M.
Carson, W. H. Belknap. P. H. Baker. F. H.
Jollv, John Baldwin, John Selbert, Rev. B.
F. Uolsby. 8im Sogle. Samuel Carter, B. F.
MaJison nnd W. O. Cummlngs.
IDA GROVE The famous Ardmore herds
of Shorthorn cattle and Berkshire hogs
which were the pride of the late E. H.
McCutchen of Holsteln, have been closed
out by .Fred McCutchen, the administrator.
The sixty-five head of Shorthorns sold for
an average of $199, the prize bull Superbus
being bought by C. E. Clark of St. Cloud,
Minn., for $1,025. The cows were all sold
subject to tuberculin tests, and when the
tests were made six of the finest animals
were found to have tuberculosis. The loss
falls on Fred McCutchen, and Is upwards
of $1.59. A few years ago. before the fail
ure of the late E. H. McCutchen, these
herds were among the best known in the
entire west, and the Ardmore stock farm
at Holsteln was a model Institution.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Charities Conference Also Advocates
Board of Control for Federal
Prisoners.
RICHMOND, Va May 9. The establish
ment by the United Stales government of
a public health department and the ap
pointment of a board of control for tho
management of United States prisoners
were advocated today at section meetings
of the National Conference of Charities and
Correction. Dr. Walter Llndley of Cali
fornia, speaking at the public "health sec
tion, said that the conference ahouid urge
congress to provide a proper Health depart
ment, even if It was necessary to amend the
constitution.
In discussing the discipline and employ
ment of United States prisoners, W. H.
Whitaker, superintendent of the Indiana
reformatory at Jefferaonville. maintained
that a congressional committee 'was not
qualified to look after the conduct of the
penal Institutions, members of which had
little personal knowledge of the work.
The special meeting of the day, devoted
to statistics, was perhaps the most Inter
esting, the features being a paper prepared
by Frederick L. Hot f man, statistician of
the Prudential Life Insurance company, In
which he attacked the system of old age
pensions, and the reply of Mayor George A.
Hibbard of Boston, declaring that he would
not discharge the old employes of the city
who had worn away their health and
energy ini Its service.
The day a proccedlnga closed with a gen
eral session at St." Paul's churcn tonight.
In which ell of the sections participated.
The topic for discussion at this meeting
was: "Criminals. Their Punishment and
Reformation."
Throughout the sessions today there was
an element of appeal to the federal govern
ment for the relief of conditiona more or
less detrimental to the Interest of humanity
culminating at the general session tonight
In an urgent request to congress to pass
the bill said to have been prepared by the
labor unions, which provides that products
manufactured in penal and reformatory in
stitutions shall be deprived of the right of
competition with goods made by free men
and women.
AIRSHIP FLIES THIRTY MILES
Wright Brothers' Aeroplane Makes
Successful Trip, Carrying;
Tito Men.
NORFOLK. Va., May 9.-The Wrlglrt
brothers, aeronauts, who are experimenting
with their aeroplane at Kill Devil hill, neur
Manteo, N. C made their third) successful
flight today, covering thirty odd miles and
ascending to a considerable height. Tha
absolute control of the machine shown by
the aeronauts was the feature of the ex
periment. The ship glided easily from the
ground, the aeronauta taking a fifteen-mile
dart seaward, probably going. 2,500 feet In
the air, circled and followed an elliptical
course back to the starting point. A ten
mtlo wind waa blowing, but It did not inter
fere with the ship.
At the conclusion of their experiment to
day the Wright brothera announced that
Saturday or Sunday, the weather permit
ting, they will attempt a flight from Kill
Devil hill to Cape Henry and return, a
distance both ways of 160 miles. In today's,
test the aeroplane showed a speed of thirty
miles an hour. Tha aeroplane welgs 360
pounds. The gasoline engine weighs 150
pounds of this.
COAL SCALE AGREED UPON
Thlrty-FlT Thousand Miners ' In
Southwest Will Soon Return
to Work.
KANSAS CITY. May 9. After weeks of
conferences, during whlcu time numerous
proposals were made by both sides, result
ing In the leaving of the entire matter to
a subcommittee of each organization, a
settlement of the difficulties existing be
tween the United Mine Workers of America
and the operators of the southwest was
reached this afternoon, and the joint sub
committee adjourned. The" general aeale
committee will meet in Kansas City rxt
week to ratify the work of the subcom
mittee and then a convention of miners will
be railed to meet and ratify the work of
the general committee. Thirty-five thou
sand miners in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas have been on a atrike since
April 1 pending the completion of a new
contract. The contract as now drawn will
stand for two years.
Child Dlea of snake Bite.
CALLAWAY, Neb., May . Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Keller, residing some five or six
miles east of thla city, were called upon
to mourn tha death of their 4-year-old son
this ironing at 4 o'clock, aa a result of a
snake bite. The little fellow had gone to
the pasture with his grandfather and
brother, apd was left some distance from !
them, while they went to insgieet some
stock. Shortly after he came running and
crying towari them, and upon inquiry
as to what was the matter, the little fel
low said aj arake had bitten Mm. He was
brought to town to a doctor, and after
the wound was treated, was taken home,
suffering all nlghi long until death came
at 4 o'cloctlals niurnlng. i
CHURCH AND SOCIAL PROBLEM
Nebraska Delegate Asks Methodist
Convention to Make Investigation.
QUESTION OF UNITY COMES UP
Joint Conference Committee to ton
alder Q nest Inn f Oraanlr t nlon
Continued for Four
Years.
BALTIMORE. May 9. An altark upon
polgamy by a woman delegate, the rep Tt
of the missionary work of the church In
southern Asia and the request of Mission
ary Bishop Jr. B. Thoburn for retirement
from active service, were the chief features
of Friday's meeting of the Methodist Epis
copal general conference here. Bishop
Jamea W. Bashford of Shanghai, China,
delivered an eloquent arldress on Shanghai.
Av delegate created a stir by denouncing
some literature which had been dslrthuted
among the delegates, which was a i&mph
let and turned out to he a whisky adver
tisement. '
Among the amendments submitted today
and referred oy committees was one by
Rev. F. W. Balcli of the Nebraska confer
ence, asking tho bishop to appoint n com
mittee of nine members to consider the re
lation of the church to the social problem.
He wished the commission to ascertain
what principles and measures of Industrial
and political reform are such as to demand
the specific approval and support of the
church. How can the agencies of th
Methodist Episcopal church be wisely usd
or altered with a view to promoting the
principles and measures thus approved?
How can the church best co-operate with
other denominations In this respect? How
the hours of ministerial study In seminaries
and conferences can be modified with the
view to better preparing the church's
preachers for efficiency in moral reforms?
Another resolution provided for the con
tinuance of the Joint conference commit
tee for another quadrennium.
This was said to signify that with
churches of all creeds, policy, spirit and
purpot-e, the Methodist church desires that
some step bo taken looking toward the
organic union of those churches. It was
also authorised to meet like commission
of other churches and consider with them
the basis on which union can be effected.
Three fraternal delegates were present.
They were Bishop C. B. Galloway, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, Rev.
T. F. Tagg, of the Methodist Trotestant
church, and Rev. J. H. Lamb, of the
Evangelical church. Each was given a
cordial greeting.
Work In Southern Asia.
Bishop William F. Oldham of Singapore
read the report of the missionary bishops
of southern Asia. The effect of the victory
of Japan over Russia, the report said, is
registered in the thinking of every Asiatic.
In the Philippines at first the Japanese
success produced some wild talk, but the
American concession of a larger degree of
self-government than has yet been vouch
safed to a dominated people In the history
of nations has made for a degree of con
tent with the American program that could
scarcely have been looked for at the be
ginning of the quadrennium. Of the 3ti0.ooo
enrolled In Sunday schools of India, 160,0h0
or over 40 per cent are Methodists.
In Malaysia over 4,000 boys and girls
are In Methodist schools. The. gain In
amount of property of Methodist Episcopal
churches In southern Asia In four years
has been 654 per cent.
The Methodist Christian community, in
southern Asia Is now ?17,tno, a gain of 49
per cent in four years.'
Committee Sees Cannon.
WASHINGTON. May 9.-A commjttee
from the board of bishops of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, whose general con
ference Is being held In Baltimore, today
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rnlied on Hprnker Tuition snd presented to
blm resolutli.ni that hail been adopted hy
the conference asking that the Llttlcfleht
Interstate lo,uor shipment bill, now pen I
Ing before the Judiriary committee of the
bouse, be reported with favorable reeom
tvenuat Ion, that the house pass the hill
and send It to the senate f.r consideration
nnd thnt action be had there before Hi,
adjournment of the present session of co:v
grers.
Among the members of the committee
were Governor H.inly of Indiana, Governor
II rail of Kansas. Judge Charles' A. 1'oHoi k
of Fa; so, N. D.. Dr. A. It. Ijennard of New
York City nnd L. C. Murduck of Kingston,
Pa.
Speaker Cannon, after reading the resolu
tion, alluded to the consideration that had
been given to this question by the senate
committee on Judiciary, and called nttenllen
to the report of S nator Knox on the Little,
field and other bills, declaring them to
bo unconstitutional, which he considered a
very able document.
The spenkrr said the resolution would be
given froper reference to the proper com
mittee under 'the rules of the. house and ho
could spenk for congress In promising that
the matter would have all due considera
tion. The sneaker waa rather inclined to
think that baiter results could be obtained
If the conference pursued the lines of a
bill drafted by Mr. Knox.
THREE ORATORICAL CONTESTS
Cillplno Student Wins First Prise at
Macomb Cornell and Virginia
lie for First Place.
MACOMB. III., May 9-Comllo Oslas. a
Filipino student of the Military Trl-State
iiorniHl, won first place for Illinois In the
Interstate school oratorical contest tonight.
Von Horner of Kansas was second and
J( l i le Hogun of Wisconsin third.
Slates In the contest were Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas. Miss Alma
Hotchkias of Murysvlllo, Mo., one of tho
contestants, was unable to reach Macomb
on account of a railroad washout.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, May 9.-In
the third annual contest of the oratorical
league composed, of Cornell, Columbia, Ir
ginia, Ohio Wesleyan university and the
University of Chicago, held here, the judges
divided the first prize of $100 between Deroy
Ransom Fossdelle of Virginia and George
O. Bogert of Cornell. The second piixe
of JTiO was awarded to Clarence A. Bates
of Chicago. Congressman DeArmond of
Missouri was one of the Judges.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. May 9-Tlie annual
Wayland club debate for the Munson prizes
was held here tonight. The prise was
awarded to H. F. Bishop, 1W9, law student,
of Chicago, the second to D. A. Adams.
1308, law student, of Waseca, Minn., and
the third to K. C. Weyman, Wi9, law stu
dent, of Aporaqul, N. B. The prizes, which
are .150, V0 anil $M, are from a fund estab
lished by LaRue Munson of -the class of
li75, law student, of Willlamsport, Ta.
TUNNEL EMPLOYES TO STRIKE
Attempt Will Be Made to Tie Up
thlcHKO Freight Sunway
This Morning;.
CHICAGO. May 9. Employes, of the Illi
nois Tunnel company voted to strike to
morrow when the day shift la due to report
for work. Pickets were appointed to guard
the- entrance to the tunnel at 177 Monroe
street, and the union men declare that the
tieup will be complete. Since the union
was formed six weeks ago. the men allege,
the company has made efforts to break It
up, and It is said that forty membera have
been discharged. It is to force their rein
statement that the strike has been called.
More than half of the 2.'4 men in the train
siyvlee in the tunnel are employed In haul
ing United States mail, and it was said to
night that that branch of the service would
be stopped as well as the freight business.
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PRESIDENT DEFENDS RIGHTS
Executive Writes Letters to Three
CJ.. Imv and tVV.
OClintl13 Vil nuuj ouu
IS AUTHORITY IS SUPREME
Congress Cannot question III'
Aela t ommander-ln-t hlef
Senators Are Sur
prised. WASHINGTON. May P. Throe, members
of the United States senate have received
letters from President Roosevelt within
i..-. ..... . ..i-iarins: Ills supremacy
as commander-in-chief In regard to all mat
ters of the army and navy. The letters
have created Intense feeling in the senate
and it i.i not unlikely that they will precipi
tate a conference. The letters In every
case nro In defense of his course of dl
charging without honor . the negro Siildleti
ho bellevid to be guilty of shooting up the
town of Brownsville, Tex., and his action
In banishing Colonel William F. Stew.ui to
to an abandoned military post In a desert
section of Arnoi.a.
The third letter came today to Senator
Stewart of Vermont. A few days ago dur
ing tho debate of t lie Brownsville case.
Senator Stewart asked a question Indicating
he had doubt as to tho wisdom of extending
to the president tho power of passing on
the Innocence or guilt of ex-soldiers apply
ing for reinstatement, In view of the fact
that It appeared the president still believes
all of the negroes to have been guilty of
complicity In the affray. The senator was
surprised to receive today a letter hearing
both on the Colonel Stewart and Browns
ville cases. Attached to tho communica
tion were letters to Senator Rayror and
William Alden Smith, the one to Itaynor
asserting the president's right as commander-in-chief
to deal with an officer
he pleased, while the one to Mr. Smith Was
confined to the Bro ntville case and reiter
ated the president's belief that he dealt
with the case as conditions demanded.
. The president Went further still in hit
letter to Senator Stewnrt, In addition to
repeating much that he said to other sena
tors. He I det tared thnt .Senator Stewart,
frt.m the question he asked In the debute,
appeared to be proceeding under a mis
apprehension of the president In connection
with tho army and navy. H quoted thn
law as he understood It, and denied (hat
he was under any obligatlcn to give to the
iilschargcd negro soldiers or to Colonel
Stewart any cohrt of. Inquiry. Sov?rnl
paragraphs were devoted to a discussion
of Colonel Stewart's case. After this dis
cussion the president wrote that In every
community there Is found maudlin sym
pathy with murderers, and the Thaw case
U cited by him as an example.
None of the senators who have receiveu
letters from the White House have declin!
whether they will make them public. All
have been asked to do so. Senator Smilli
or Michigan declined on the ground ttiflt It
eruld bo improper, and Senator Rnyner i.i
preparing to use the letter In a speech
which ho will make to the senate denounc
ing the action of the president in banishing
Colonel Stewart to Fort Grant, Ariz.
ARREST IN MURDER CASE
Roy Hlslo of Denver Charged wltt
Killing F.i pressman Found
Dead In Car.
. DENVER, May .-Roy ("Red'.') Hisle
waa arrested here today on the charge of
murdering Charlcc Huntington Wright, the
Globe express niossetger. who was shot and
killed In the express car of a Denver &
Rio Grande train when approaching Denver
yesterday afternoon. Hisle is 27 yean olo
and ia said by the police to havo a criminal
record. The nature of the evidence against
him has not been made public.
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