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The Omaha Daily. Bee VOL. XXXVII NO. 287. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY IS, 1908. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ) 1 i ' a i- p t:- 4 IIP TURN IN MARKET Pricei of Securities Continue to Ad vance and Sale Volume Increases. REACHES HIGH MARK THURSDAY Persistence of Upward Trend Grad ually Convincing; the Sceptics. POWERFUL MEN ARE BEHIND IT Easy, Money Market a Help to the General Recovery. :ash tor corporation needs large Financial Interest Evidently Sea Brighter rroapect In Fntnre for the Great Industrie of the Coaatry. .NEW TORK. May 17. Prices ot ecurltle advanced last week, with Browing Impetus and Increasing volume of transaction, the total sales on Thursday rising to the larg est of any day since last summer, before the financial crisis developed. The per sistence of the advance and Its freedom from Influence or check by events seeming unfavorable to values, gave It Impresslve ncss and had the effect of converting a growing number of sceptics In the profes sional operating class, who had contested the '-advance by short sales at various stages and had been forced repeatedly to cover at a loss. The abandonment of the opposition by this class and their turn to the long slJe had not a little to do with the 'increased animation and buoyancy of Urn market. The success with which all ob stacles were overcome and price aggres sively advanced from the Inception of the present movement has been convincing proof" of the wide resources commanded by the leaders of the movement, who are com monly believed to Include great banking houses and Individual capitalists whose In fluence commands the resources of the most powerful group of capitalists In the coun try. t The' suspicion of a manipulative origin for the rise In prices witn me purpose ui creating a semblance of Improvement where Jhe reality did not exist served to l-.old aloof from the market most of the prneral public, which generally Joins in an important market movement. The confi dence and consistency with which the move ment Is pursued had a growing influence m sentiment last week and had the Increas es effect of causing a belief in the satis faction thus expressed on the part of great capitalist with the degree of improvement n affairs. Fotare Loolu Good. In the department of the money market this movement was clearly enough percept ible. For the easy money market to further the success of the financial plans of cor porations, however, there was necessary the nldltlon of a demonstration of confidence In the security of values. The rise in the btfck market has operated as such dem- anstrajlon. The scepticism with which it was accepted at first was due to the con flicting evidence of new affairs in general. This discrepancy continued last week In spite ef the growing force of the rising stock market tide. That prices of securi ties ftpjitlrjiie'd to rise In spite of unfavor able industrial and commercial advices waa assumed to mean that promising signs could be discerned beyond this Immediate situation that prompted the large commit ments to holdings of stocks which were tclnK'.made from day to day In the stock market, f-'or instance, the declared purpose of the principal allied Interests In the Iron Industry to hold the prices of that great basic commodity waa evidently quietly aLandoWed and practically an open market for Iron established. While conditions there are greatly unsettled and no change la re ported in the demand for finished products. It Is conceivable that the way to improve ment may be opened by the new demand for Iron brought out by the concessions. The same holds true of the copper industry, .where successive reductions In prices have been of discouraging effect, while neces sarily representing progress toward the Mage of stability, where demand will over take supply and revival of the Industry set In. ' Great Influence In reviving effective demand for commodities Is relied on from I ho success of new bond Issues by the rail roads and the consequent supply of re sources for the resumption of buying and construction. Looking Fnr Ahead. The comprehensive and aggressive up lifting of prices must be read In this light una representing views that pierce beyond a present, that includes the largest surplus i.f Idle freight cars in the history oi m muntiT. an Iron market with but slight ktirrlngs from a condition of stagnation, a shrinkage In bank clearings that Is an un mitakhle index of commercial quiet, rail road earnings that reflect a struggle to conserve a margin over expenses for dis tribution to stockholders and complaints oi traffic managers that conditions rrora ween to week are without Improvement. Even on the side ot the crops, the assumed suc cess of which Is a necessary condition to the revival which the stock market move ment aeeins to predict, the immediate events of the week were not inspiring, the unfavorable weather portending some de cline In condition, whloh Is not, however, believed to be serious. The great abun dance of money market resources has not been at all affected by the Important with drawals of government deposits, by the resumption of (old exports and by various financial measures through syndicates In cident to the new Issues ot securities. The relaxing tendency of the money markets is the rule, not only here, but abroad, where an early satisfaction of all demands upon us seems to be indicated. FIGHT MADMAN IN MIDAIR St. Loal Policeman lias aa Exciting? Experience at City Hospital. ST liTH'TS. Mo.. May 17. Flahtlng a rav ing maniac arm-d with a leg of an Iron cot, on a platform three feet square eighty-five feet above the trofcnd, waa the experience of Patrolman John 11. Omohundro today, when he captured George Gall, aged to years, a patient at the city hospital. Gall escaped from hi room and made his way to the cupola. With his Improvised weapon he- beat off all attendant who (ought to capture Mm. Policemen were called and Omohundro volunteered to mount a small iron ladder to the platform. The news of the patient's es cape had been noised about the neighbor hood and a crowd of several hundred watched the struggle. After several min ute of fighting the patient was subdued and lowered to the ground with a rope. CABINET WINS OUT IN JAPAN Has l.araer Majority Than In the Parliament Which Recently Dissolved. TOKIO. May 17.-The results of the gen eral election held on Friday In Toklo and throughout the Interior provinces, have not yet been compiled on account of the dif ficulty experienced In communlcalng with distant points. It Is safe, however, to pre dict that the constitutionalists have se cured a substantial majority, probably ex ceeding that In the previous Parliament, and the government expects to face the next Diet with majority over all com binations. Those best Informed declare that such a popular endorsement of the government Insures the stability of the present cabinet, although It Is understood that the premier. Marquis Salonjl, recently expressed a de sire to resign. Prince Ito, however, per suaded him not to do so, pointing out the embarrassment that would result from his resignation In the face of the endorsement of the people. It Is understood that Mar quis Salonjl was offended at the elder statesmen's Inference In his financial policy, which Marquis Inouye recently severely criticised. The latter favors a large re duction in the expenses of the army and navy and in other government undertak ings. Prince Ito ted out that Marquis Inouye's b" nee as a statesman qualified I. 'Z- else and it is now understood ,f mler has withdrawn his lntentio,.- ing and haa con- AenfeA in rpi - n th fiifiir-A whlrh sented to eel CT will relieve t" ' The announ the market, r store confident? "ir settlement of t Talu forests, t . policy In Manch i " the Chlentao be " tratlon. situation, this Is to steady presslon and re ' in view of the relating to the ?es of Japan's te reference of pute. to arbl- CONFER ON CURRENCY BILL Considerable Tronble Anticipated la Getting; the Two Houses Together. WASHINGTON, May 17. Conferees on the currency bill will meet tomorrow and the probability Is that dally session will be held for the next several days. In fact, it Is not thought the question of financial legislation will be settled until a few hours before final adjournment. The differences between the senate and the house are many. The senate regards the provision of the house bill for the formation of clearing house districts and the Issuance of national bank notes on commercial paper guaranteed by the clearing house associations to be a species of asset currency. It is said that Senator Aldrtch and his fellow managers of the conference in. part of the senate are not unalterably opposed to the plan of the house bill If It can be safeguarded so aa to remove the asset cur rency feature. Therefore It la possible that the conferees will work out something that may be acceptable to both branches of congress. The conferees on the part of the senate are Messrs. Aldrtch, Allison, Halo, Daniel and Teller; on the part of the house, Messrs. Vreeland (N. Y.). Burton (O.), Week (Mass.), Pujo (La.) and Gloss (Va.). AH of-'-these, including the four democrats, are In favor of the passage of some sort of emergency currency legisla tion at the present session. CONVENTIONS WITH JAPAN Arrain-enients for the Protection of Trademark, Patent and Copyright. TOKIO, May 17. The negotiations be tween the United States and Japan relative to conventions which shall secure pro tection for American commercial Interest In Japan and Corea, including patents, copy rights and trade marks, have Just been brought to what Is believed a satisfactory conclusion. The papers have now bean transferred from Toklo to Washington, where ft Is hoped the final signatures will be appended. The question of American rights has been under discussion for three years and the American ambassador, Thomas J. O'Brien, recently actively called the at tention of the Japan officials to the mat ter and since then has had numerous con ferences with them, with the result that the two countries have reached what It la understood both sides regard a a satis factory agreement on all points, thus avoiding future differences, which periodi cally for many years, have caused Irrita tion. AEROPLANE RACE CHALLENGE Rnajllahniaa Desire . to Fly the Wright Brother for Big Pane. NORFOLK. Va.. May 17. Wilbur Wright, the aeronaut, who, with his brother, Or ville Wright, ha recently made record breaking flights, when shown last night's Associated Press dispatch from London to the effect that Henry Farnain. tte English aeronaut who hold the aeroplane record for that country, haa Issued a challenge to the Ohloans to an aeroplcne contest In France for a stake of $5,000, refused to make any statement on the subject. He would not say whether he had received Farnam'i challenge. It la said that the Wright bro'her have a machine abroad and that they, together with their machinist. Furnass, will sail from New York some time during the next few daya to enter the machine In contests in foreign countries. They are expected to return to this country In time to enter the government contest at Fort Myer. Va., In August, after which they will again return to Manteo to make further experiments. HYMENEAL Laeaa-Sachy. FREMONT. Neb.. May 17. (Special.) Clarence Lucas, local editor of the Tri bune, and Miss Hazel Buchy of this city, were married last evening at th Congre gational parsonage by Rev. W. H. Buss. It had been given out that the wedding was to take place later and friends of th parties were tak-n by surprise. Mr. Lucas hs been connected with Fremont papers f-r a number of years, for the lust seven with th Tribune. XOTXKESTS Or OCEAJT STEAMSHIPS. fort Arrived. a. lit 4. NEW YORK ....Lucsal Croiil N' VoKA .... K. A Victor! .. Ixia D. Abrviil MiW YOKJv ....tu Louis ruroi. NEW YuhK ....fralarit Fr4. .r Giwm NtW YuKK ..... Km lull . Mlnutaiik. NW YfhK Vd.rin! UKRPt)L ....Ciilo Cnbtaiu. UVKKPDOL . . . . linpala . LJVfcKHixiL ...'" rLYM'M'Ttt Oruaarr Karfom. Ron thbAM ..kor Nit Amsterdam. BOTTEkliAH ..kyuAsm ANTWK.RI" KraooUa. hAVRK '"' L ..o Bot'THAMFTOK. rnil4t.,ai. PTRA Morauv. CofSNUAGI.S 0r II LIBAl' Bt FMaraburx. TKIK-VT Mr. WuhiDSUia, Ql Nit TOWN mic. LUN1X)M Lrui(aUa. CLEVELAND STRIKE QUIET Only One Instance of Violence Noted During the Day. NOTHING SERIOUS RESULTING State Board of Arbitration Haa Not Gives t'p Hop of Brlaaina Abont a Settlement of the Difference. CLEVELAND. May 17. Aside from a few minor disturbances, the street car strike situation today was quiet, while the service given by the Municipal Traction company was greatly improved. A police officer rode on each car and screens of heavy wler were provided for the motorman's vestibule. Only one Instance of a serious attempt to attack the crew of a car was reported, when a crowd of boy and men sent a volley of stones and stick at a Mile ave nue car. Some of the missiles found their mark and the conductor drew a pistol, the police say, firing one shot. No one was hit. On many of the lines the company In augurated the usual full quota of runs that are In effect on Sunday. In the business section quiet prevailed and no crowds gath ered. At the barns In the outlying sections there were gathering of men and boy who Jeered the cars as they came In or departed. Vice President Behner of the railway men's union visited nearly every car barn today to note the situation. He reported every thing quiet and satisfactory. International President W. D. Mahon of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Elecetric 'Railway Employes arrived today from Chicago. He at once went Into con ference with Vice President Behner and member of the executive committee. Mr. Mahon also met Joseph Bishop and Judge 8elwyln N. Owen ot the State Board of Arbitration. The state arbitrator still are endeavor ing to have the union and President Dupont of the Municipal Traction company come to some understanding. The state arbitra tors admitted today that they had aeen President Dupont and that a proposition to arbitrate had been broached. What Mr. Dupont's attitude was they would not state. Mr. Mahon called upon the arbitrator twice today. BANK TO GO NJO LIQUIDATION Pittsburg Institution t'nable to Re cover from Defalcation of Cashier. PITTSBURG. Pa., May 17.-U Is of ficially announced tonight that the Al legheny National bank, whose former cashier, William Montgomery, Is In Jail, specifically charged with the misappropria tion of 1594.000, while an officer of the bank, and officials of the Treasury department are trying to fathom still farther apparent discrepancies In the bank's funds, which will not reopen for business tomorrow. In stead, a notice on the door will announce that the comptroller of the currency has taken charge and will close up the affairs of the bank. Until late today It had been expected by the examiner, William L. Folds, who dis covered the alleged peculation and made the charge against Montgomery, and by the officer and director of the bank, that the Institution would weather the storm and continue business. The suspension of the bank. It 1 be lieved, will have no effect upon commer cial or financial Institutions ot the city. It has been discounted by he event of the last week and besides the private and commercial deposits of the bank are very small, amounting to not over S30,000. WAR OF GREEKS AND DANES Railroad Oansrs In Tan ale Which Lands In Conrt at Yankton. YANKTON. 8. D.. May 1?. (Special.) About all the town of Irene landed In Yankton early this morning, either as wit nesses or with friends tangled up In a race war that Irene has on Its hands, which Is a case of Dane against Greek. A number of young Danes, feeling deeply Incensed at the Importation ot a party of Greeks to do some work on the Great Northern railroad, arsaulted the Greek shanty and gave the Greeks the impression they were In their own Mesopotamia, with a war on with Turkey. The shinty was riddled with rocks and it was a bad hour for the stran gers in a strange land. As soon as the Great Northern headquarters at St. Paul heard of the Incident four turght detectives were quietly sent down In a determined effort to search out the offenders. Five arrests were made, and Charles Hanson, Pete Sotrgaard, William Slott. Lawrence Jorgenson and Soren Hanson come up for hearing today. WAITING ON SICK SENATORS Elklns and Foraker Delay Resolatloa Suspending the Commodity Clanae. WASHINGTON, May 17.-The illness of Senators Elklns and Foraker, combined with not a little politics, haa held up in the senate for several day the passage of the Elk ins resolution to suspend the oper ation of the commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad rate law. It Is expected the resolution will be passed, however, aa soon as these senators are able to return to their duties. There Is considerable feel ing against the resolution even among sen ators who have promised to vote for it. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. C. T. Martial. PERI", Neb.. May 17. (Special.) Mra. C. T. Marquis, wife of a prominent farmer living southwest of this city, died at Co lumbus May 12, aged 66 year 7 month IS days. Th funeral was held Thursday at the First Methodist church of Peru, Rev. W. L. Tyler officiating. Interment was In Mount Vernon cemetery at Peru. Mrs. Marquis leaves a husband and eight children. Mrs. Lena Conn and Mr. Pearl Hutchinson of Peru, William Marquis of Colorado Springs. F. A. Marquis of Te cumseh and four younger children, Laura, Ethel. Fred and Ford, still at home. F. E. Cook. BEATRICE. Neb.. May U.-tgpeclal Tele gram.) F. E. Cook, for the last twenty five years engaged In the liquor business in this city, died suddenly at hia home here this morning, presumably of heart failure. He came from Excelsior Springs. Mo., on a late train laat night In his usual good health. At one time he served on the police force at Topeka, Kan. He was 48 years of age and bad nq family except his Wife. Archhlahop Boararade. CHICAGO. May 17.-Tha Most Rev. Peter Bourgade, archbishop of Santa Fe, died at a hospital here today. Heart failure waa gtvea a th cause. Ho was ft year old. TAFT HAS A MAJORITY NOW I.aat Delesratea to the Repnhllcaa National Convention Elected Saturday. OOLUMBCS. O., May 17.-Arthur Vory. manager of the Taft canvass, gave out the following statement tonight: "The last conventions for the selection of delegates to the national convention were held today. f "With th close of the campaign for dele gate to the national convention the nom ination of Secretary Taft on the first ballot 1 a foregone conclusion. Of the 930 dele gate who will sit In the convention have been chosen under positive Instructions to vote for Ohio' candidate or under reso lution of endorsement of preference that were the equivalent of instructions. Two hundred and twenty-five delegates have been Instructed for other candidates. One hundred and ninety-two are -undnstructed. Of these 1S2 mors than 100 are known sup porter of Secretary Taft. Tht assures Secretary Taft at thl time of a total dele gate strength In the convention ot only a few votes less than 700. "The seats of 182 delegates are contested, but In only 126 of these contest are Taft delegates affected." WASHINGTON. May l.-(Speclal Tele gram.) At Taft headquarters in Washing ton this evening Mr. H:.cncock Issued the following statement: "At the close today of the campaign for election of delegate to the republican national convention the total number pledged to Taft la 684. Of this number 617 are Instructed, thirty-six pledged by resolutions of endorsement and thirty one by personal declaration. The number ot unpledged delegate Is 119 and ot these more than 100 are known to be favorable to Taft. The present Taft strength can be conservatively estimated at about 700 dele gates." SMALL TORNADOES IN SOUTH Storm with Path Little Wider Than a Honsa Kill Four Person. CROWLEY, La., May 17. Reports reached here tonight of four deaths today In tornadoes near this place. The dead: At Chatalgner, Henry J. Young and a child of Thomas Young; at Plaquemlne Ridge, two negroes. About a dozen persons were injured, but none fatally. The tornadoes were small according to reports and in some cases their paths were scarcely more than the width of a house. Aside from the fatalities the torna does appear to have done little harm. Crop damage was reported as small, while only about a score of buildings comprised the total of such destruction. INQUEST ON FIRE VICTIMS Coroner at Fort Wayne, Ind., Score State Inspector and Owner ' of Hotel. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. May 17.-Coroner Kester tonight completed his Inquest over the twelve bodies found In the ruins of the New Avellne hotel. He finds fault with the state building Inspector, who three time passed the bulldlnj safe without making recommendations lor the .safety of the guesta at the hotel. He scores the owner of the building for not having rope and chain in the room and suitable fire es capes in the buildings. He also speaks in no uncertain terms of the failure of the city to equip itself with apparatus for rescuing guests from the burning building. ANTI-TRUST, LAW VETOED Governor of Oklahoma Holds that New Statute Is Too Stringent. GUTHRIE. Okl., May 16. Governor Haskell today vetoed the anti-trust bill. The governor received hundreds of tei grams from all parts of the country asking the veto of the bill. The senate sustained the veto. The governor stated as his reason that the bill waa so stringent1 that it would drive honest con cerns out of business. Ei-prakrr Denies Charge. MARSHALLTOWN, la.. May 17. (Spe cial.) Ex-Speaker of the House Charle W. Clarke of Adel, who la a candidate for the nomination of lieutenant governor on the progressive republican ticket, ad dressed a large meeting of farmers and old soldiers In this city Saturday afternoon. The sensation of the speech was Mr. Clarke's denial of the charge which haa been made by the standpat faction that he acted In bad faith with B. Murphy of Vinton, In becoming a candidate. He branded as a falsehood the statements which have been circulated and repeat-.d by, the standpat faction, that after prom ising to support Murphy he became a candidate hlmelf. Clarke admitted that he did promise to support Murphy, bu' i after the nomination waa extended to him (CJarke) he took a day to think It over, that he then notified Murphy and with drew his promised support. Saaborn County' Court Hons. MITCHELL. S. D., May 17. (Special.) Sanborn county's new court house, which haa been In course of construction rinee last summer, is now finished and will be dedicated on Friday, May 22. at Woon ocket. The county commissioners have Issued an Invitation for all the people of the county to assemble at the county seat on that day and take part In the festivi ties. Woonsocket citizens will serve a free lunch at noon and at 2 o'clock th dedicatory services will be held. The ad dress will be delivered by Judge Dick Haney of the supreme court, with short talk and vocal and instrumental music. Later in the afternoon a ball game will be' played and the day' festivities will end with a free dunce at the opera house. Sanborn county's new building la a fine structure, and the money has been wel) spent. Examination for Consul Service. WASHINGTON. May 17.-Nlneteen men passed and eleven failed of the thirty who presented themselves for the April exami nation for the grade of consul and ap pointments to the student Interpreter corps. This Is a higher proportion of successful candidates than at any previous examina tion. Among those who passed the ex amination for consul were th following: Samuel C. Rest of Illinois, Cornelius Fer ris of Colorado, John Q. Wood of Hawaii, Fred C. Sinter of Kansas and Frank Bohr of Kanraa. low Speaks la East. MARSHALLTOWN. Ia.. May 17. Sue clal.) Rev. James McGee. pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, will de liver the address before the graduating class of the high schools of Cadillac and Ludington. Mich., late this month. Rev. McGee will deliver 4he annual sermon be fore the Grand Army poet and th Women' Relief corps la this city on Sun day, May 14. , BERGE ENTERS FOR RACE Addreis to Public Taken aa Being Intended for that Pnrpoie. DODGES ON THE PRIMARY LAW Department Commander Crelah lasaes Program for State Encampment to Bo Held at Halting Mar Nineteen. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., May 17.-(Speclal.)-George W. Berge's mild and indefinite at tack upon the republican state administra tion as a means ot bringing himself before the people aa a candidate for governor is believed to have accomplished the pur pose for which It was given to the press, but a a document coming from one who aspires to enforce the laws of the state It ha been criticised. Mr. Berge I supposed to have been In favor of a atate wide pri mary law, yet in his Interview Instead of asking that It be enforced he proposes to evade It provisions. He desires the vote of the populists and democrats to be counted together for one candidate, know ing that tliis Is prohibited by the primary law. Each political party must nominate tta own candidate for governor and the members of one political party are pro hibited from participating In the nomina tion of a candidate for any other party. Under the primary law Mr. Berge will bs compelled to do what he has not done In his Interview, state which party he stands as a candidate for. However, under the decision of the supreme court, he may ba nominated by more than one I arty. Twenty-five electors may file nomination paper for him for any party, if he con sent to be their candidate and his mnw can therefore be on more than one ticket, but he must obtain a majority of the vote of the populists and a majority of the votes of the democrats to be a candidate for both parties. The votes of the two partlea cannot be added together aa he suggests. State G. A. R. Meetlna". Department Commander Thomas A. Crelgh of Omaha and his assistant adju tant general, A. M. Trimble of Lincoln, have Issued an official program of the Grand Army of the Republto department encampment to held at Hastings, May 19 to 21. The Woman's Relief corps and the ladles of the Grand Army of the Repub lic will meet at the same time and place. Levi A. Barnes of Grand Island la one of the leading candidate for department commander. The program Is a follows;. TUESDAY, MAY 19. 8:30 p. m. Meeting of council of adminis tration and committee on credentials at headquarters In post room of S. A. Strick land post No. 13. 8:00 p. m. Reception at the Methodist church to the national and department ofi'icers and comrades. Woman a Relief corps snd Ladles of the Grand Army, ot the Republic. Protrram of reception, 8 to 11 p. m.: Chairman, Abble A. Adams. Assembly (bugle call), Company D bugler. Invlcatlon, Rev. B. S. Hudson. "Star Spangled Banner," Mr. H. S. Dugnn. Address of welcome. C. J. Miles, mayor. Response, T. A. Crelgh, department com mander. . ... Readlrr. Mrs. W. B. Uartlgan. "Just Before the Battle, Mother," Mr. H. S. Dugan. Addres, Mary R. Morgan, department secretary Woman's Relief corps. Address. Kate S. Dutton. department president of Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic. Remarks. Captain A. W. Taylor, chief or starr. General reception. Refreshments. WEDNESDAY. MAY 20. 9:80 a. m March from headquarters, Bostwlck hotel, to the high school grounds, lead by Company D, Second Nebraska Na tions! Guard. 10:00 a. m. Presentation to the high school of flag and portrait of Lincoln. 11:00 a. m State organizations will meet at Orand Army of the Republic hall. 1:30 p. m. The sesmlons of enenmnment will convene: The Grand Army of th Re public at the op'ra house, the Woman's Relief corps at the Methodist church and tne iariiea or tno urana Army or me tte public circle at the library. At department sessions the reirulsr order or business win be followed as given in department nylaws. Pee roster, page 11. WEDNESDAY EVENING. 8:00 d. m. Campflre at the opera house called to order by T. A. Crelgh, department commander. "Marching Through Georgia," by com radea and citizens. Invocation. Rev. H. B. Harrison. Address, Comrade John L. Webster. Address, Comrade J. B. Strode. Presentation or flairs to post gaining larsreet membership during the year 1907. "Our Department," Comrade C. E. Ad ams. Addresses by volunteers. "America." Lights out. Bugle. TUESDAY. MAY 21. 9:00 a. m. Continuation of the regular order or business. Holiness Campnieetlna;. The annual carr.pmeetlng of the Ne braska State Holiness association, for 1"8. will be held at Epworth Lake park, Lin coln, June 18 to 28. Rev. Joseph II. Smith, Rev. J. L. Glascock and Rev. E. F. Miller will be the leaders. Special preparations are bein made to make the meeting this year the best In the history of the associa tion. Everything possible will be done to make the meeting economical, pleasant and profitable to all who attend. Address W. B. Howard, Lincoln, for In formation concerning tents, furniture and board. For other Information address the secretary, W. H. Prescott, 1210 O street Lincoln, Neb. LUTHER AW ACADEMY EXERCISES Graduation Ceremonies and Dedica tion of Church at Wahoo. WAHOO. Neb., May 17. (Speclul.) The twenty-fourth annual commencement exer cises of the Swedish Lutheran academy began Saturday evening with a Junior re cltal by Miss Wllla Adams and Miss Flor ence Almqulst, The dedicatory, exercises of th Swedish Lutheran Bethlehem church were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and the baccalaureate service in the evening at 8. The following is the calendar for the week: Monday, May 1810 a. m.. piano and vocal recital; z M p. m., Mission srx tety annual pronram; s p. m., graduation recital School or music. Tuesday. May 1910 a. m , annual Wart burg program; i 'i'J p. m. music recital 8 p. m., graduation recital School of Music Wednesday, May 2v10 a. m., clan pro gram School of Music; 2 p. m., class pro gram School of Business; 8 p. m., senior Lla4ft priT.irii, Clafc,, CuiilAc; iuuill bt. nexs meeting after program. Thursday, May U to a. m , Messiah re hearsal; 10 a. in., fcn.lowment Fund so ciety; 10:30 a. m., senior class program normal course; i p. m.. commencement program; 7:46 p. m., Mesjiah concert; 10 p. in., alumni canquft. Work on w Hoad to Be Pushed SUTHERLAND. Neb.. May 14 (Special.) Work on the O'Fallona and Northport extension of th Union Pacific is to be resumed. The .line, which Is completed to Lewellen. will be extended rapidly after the resumption of operations June 1. The office of the resident engineer will b; ,o csted at O'Fallona, and that of En; In er Carey at Lewellen, to which place the material yard will also be removed fiom O'Fallocs, , i, GCSSIP OF THE ASPHALT MAT Police Oflleer Mormn Wrestle with Alleaed Breaker of Shove Case. When a report reached the police sta tion yesterday mcrnlng that two men had smashed the glass of the show esse In which photogrsphs are displayed In fiont of Troctor's studio. Sixteenth snd Jones streets: Emergency Officer Ed Morgan hastended to the scene of the carnage. A man pointed out the depredators at Six teenth and Jackson streets and they, see ing the officer and scenting trouble, boarded a north bound car. Officer Mor gan did some sprinting and caught the car at Howard street He stood with his eye on the two men until the car reached Fourteenth and Douglas street, which was close to the police station. Then he noti fied the two that they were under arrest. One of them stepped off the car while the other remarked with considerable as perity and much decision that the officer would not arrest him. Of course, lie didn't know he was defying Ed Morgan, the wrestler, master of the hammerlock, the half Nelson and many other powerful holds. Morgan grabbed him by the sleeve and told him to behave himself. The man broke away and swung rapidly several times with a No. 10 fist, all of which swings Morgan dodged. Then they toll to the street and got busy. Morgan made short work of the recalcitrant there snd marched the two men down Douglas street to the station. They gave their names aa J. Gallagher and Prang Gallagher. BROWN GOES T0NEW ORLEANS Presented with Resolution Enaraved on Parchment by Nebraska Life Underwriters. William Henry Brown, cashier snd audi tor of the Equitable Life Assurance so ciety at the Omaha office, who has been promoted to a similar position In the New Orleans office, will leave Monday evening for the south to take charge of his work In Louisiana. Mr. Brown was presented yesterday with the engraved resolutions psssed last week by the Nebraska Life underwriters. These resolutions are as follows: Whereas. The Equitable Life Assurance society of the United States has recognized In our friend. William Henry Prown, ability and Integrity and has decided to promote him to a hlgner ana more responsible po sition, that of being cashier of the com pany's offices at New Orleans. La., these offices being the third largest of this great company; therefore, be It Resolved. That we. the members or the Nebraska Life Underwriters' association, regret the Iofb of a valuable member, a life Insurance student, and a most contcenial associate. For seventeen years his earnest and untiring efforts have been for the up building of the profession of life under writing In this state. He has always stood for the highest ethics In the business, and as a citizen has occupied a high position In church and social circles. We hope that In his new home he may win the honorable position to which his many excellent qualities entitle him. K. E. ZIMMERMAN, F. W. HERON, , , C. Z. GOULD, H. D. NEELY. W. A. SMITH. Committee. YOUTHS FACE SERIOUS CHARGE Earl and Bert Dnnaaa Under Arrest -for Holdnp end Shooting of William Dleslng. Suspected of having committed numerous burglaries during the last few months, and also ot having been the highwaymen who held up and shot William Diesing Tuesday night last. Earl and Bert Dungan, two young men who live at 2819 Dewey avenue, were arrested by Detectives Maloney, Pat tullo and Van Dusen Saturday night. Con siderable plunder was found in the base ment of the house In which the Dungans live and was Identified as having been stolen from several place which have re cently been broken Into. Earl Dungan Is well known to the police, although but 17 years old. He was charged with being ona of two highwaymen who held up and robbed a grocery store at Thir tieth Jand Hamilton streets about a year ago. A quantity of liquor was stolen from a saloon at Twenty-eighth and Farnam streets Thursday night, and It Is believed by the police that after drinking that Bert Dungsn became Intoxicated Friday, and while drunk he attempted to commit sui cide by cutting the artertea In his right arm. When the plunder was found in the house by the detectives an older brother of the other two. G. O. Dungan, waa also placed under arrest, but It Is not believed that he wa connected with the recent burg laries. Grand Island Officer Shoots. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. May 17.-(Spe-clal ) Harry Gibson, a colored waiter on a Union Pacific dining car, giving his home as Jersey City, lies at the St. Francis' hos pital with a bullet wound In the left thigh, the result of disregarding Police Officer Jack Searles' first warning and attempting to escape when, upon Gibson' second of fense, he was about to place him under arrest. Gibson and three other ' colored men had been about town about midnight singing oq the streets and being otherwise somewhat boisterous. The police officer called his attention to the disturbance they were making and asked that it be ceased. The quartet was permitted to go Its way. but later again became bolsteroua and when the officer went to place Gibson, one of the 1- aders, under arrest, he at tempted to run towsrd his dining car. The officer shot and, accompanied by Officer Mader, chased the man into his car and there arrested him. He was later taken to the hospital and City Physician Phalen la attending him. It Is said that the negro also threatened the offlceis. Mrs. Corner Ends l ife. SIOUX PAUJ, S. D., May 17-(Speclal ) Full particulars have been receive;! h i of the nuppoeed suicide of Mrs. John F. Corner, who with her husband resld' d on their homestead In Gregory county. Tha act was committed with a 3"-'-callbre re volver, which was found by her side. The bullet entered the body between the fourth and fifth rib and penetrated the left ven tricle of the heart, emerging directly l low the shoulder blade, with a downward courae. Mrs. Corner Is survived by her husband and two children, cne 8 and the other yeara of age. She was a s:t r of William and Miss Gladys Wilson and Mra. E. Freeman of Scotland, Bon Homme county, who Were advised by telegraph ot the tragedy. Death Due to Esposare. WESTON. Nrb.. May 17. (Special Tele gram.) Charles Wondra was found dead early this morning wit) in two blocks of his home. The coroner was notified and a jury Impaneled and waa In session all aft ernoon, while Dr. Gorder performed an autopsy. The Jury turned In a verdict of death by exposure. Colnmbn li Crlr bratlaa;. COLUMBUS. Neb.. May 17 tSpe, la!. Citizens are pleased over a Uiegrain that haa come in these words: WASHINGTON, May IS -Carl Kramer, Columbus, Neh. : My hill, appropriating 1mM for publio building at (' )i bus passed th Loom today. J. F. BoYD. CHURCHMEN TO MEET One Hundred Twentieth Genera! Assembly riesbyterian Church. HOLDS REMAIN!) EE OF MONTH Seg-ular Sessions Ars to Commence Thursday Forenoon, BOARD MEETINGS WEDNESDAY Great Session of the Assembly to Be Held Sanday. MASS MEETING FOR LABORERS Feature of the Session Will Be Joint Welcome ot Two Kansas Cltlea and State of Kansas aad Missouri. KANSAS CITY. May 17.-Everythlng Is In readlnesa for th one hundred and twen tieth general assembly of the Presbyterian church In the United States of America, which will convene In Convention hall In this city next Thursday and remain In session until Saturday, May SO. Rev. William Henry Roberts, D. P., LL.D., of Philadelphia, the present mod erator of the church, will arrive here next Tuesday. At the first session, which will be opened by Rev. Mr. Roberts and at which he will deliver hi farewell sermon a moderator, a new moderator will be elected. Several noted leader of th church have been mentioned for this honor, conspicuous among them being Rev. B. P. Fullerton. D. D., of St. Louis, and Rev. Mark A. Matthews, D. D.. of Seattle. There will be 8i commissioner from all parts of the United States In attendance at the meetings. Of this number one-half will be ministers and the other half laymen. There also will be many visitors beside the authorised commissioner. Missionaries of the church from all parts of the world will attend the convocation and report on the progress of their efforts. On Wednesday, May 20, important auxiliary conferences will be held as fol low: A foreign mission conference and an evening popular meeting under the di rection pt the Board of Foreign Mlsslans; a conference under the direction of the Board of Education upon Christian work In the state universities; a conference In the self-supporting synods and a confer ence on education under the direction ot the college board. Meeting for Laborer. On Sunday. May 21, the new moderator will deliver a ermon at the Second Pres byterian church. On the same day there will be a popular meeting In the Interest of the Woman's Board ot Home Mission. The feature of that day, however, will be a men' mass meeting at Convention hall, designed to bring the church and laboring men together. Addresses will be made by Rev. Charles Steliel and John B. Pennon, treasurer of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Stelsel wa formerly a labor union man, who left hit work as a ma chinist to become a minister, and who or ganised and now has charge of the de partment of church and labor of the Pres byterian church In the United State. "A misunderstanding," Mr. Steltel says, is the trouble between the church and the laboring classes. Socialism has become to thousands of worklngmen a substitute for the church." Mr. Stelzel believes that 10,000 people will attend the labor mass meeting. Besides the Important routln work of the conference, on Sunday, May 24, a popular meeting in behalf of evangelistic work will be held, at which Rev. J. Wllber Chap man, D. D., will deliver th principal ad dress. On Thursday, May 28. the hospi tality of two states and two cltlea will be extended to the Presbyterian at a popular meeting In Convention hall. Governor Hoch will speak for Kansas and Judge Seldcn P. Spencer of St. Louis will extend the wel come of Missouri and speeches of welcome will be delivered by the mayors of the two Kansas cities. Rev. F. M. Neil will speak for the Presbyterians of Kansas, a response In behalf of the general assembly will be made by the moderator. Th meet Ings of the Women' Board of Home Mis sions and of foreign missions In connection with the general assembly will be held on May 30. AMUSEMENTS HOLDS ATTENTION C. W. Do Lamatre Write of Dolaare of General Conference. BALTIMORE, Md., May 17.-Speclal.)-The various committee are now hard at work by this time. The committee on temporal economy I having a very hard wrestle with the his torical and famous paragraph on amuse ments, known as paragraph No. 24S. Not withstanding the bishop unanimously r.c commended In their episcopal ad.iress that a change be made, and a return to the language of John Wesley made, yet thers Is a very determlred opposition among ths delegates to the reccommendatlon, tha strength of which opposition will only be known when the vote Is taken. The tendency towards unification and combination of Interest and deportments, which prevailed to such a great extent four years ago, Is being strongly combatted, and it seems now altogether Improbable that the reccomendatlon of the last vn eral conference to unify the book con cern Interests at New York, Cincinnati and Chicago will be carried out. As to the Freedman' Aid society, thj Board of Education and the Bunday School union, which were actually consolidated by the action of the laat general confer ence, the standing committee of this gen eral conference which has matters relat ing to the same In charge will report to the general conference a reccommendatlon to dissolve the consolidation, and to pro vide for three separata boards to take ear of the various Interests. As the commit' vote stood about 40 to S on this report It is probable It will be adopted by the gen eral com ;-rencr. The question of electing presiding elder will ome In for some discussion, but It now seems doubtful whether the power now enjoyed by the bishop to arpo'nt pr; slding elders will be materially channel. There Is, however, a very strong senti ment which Is growing to request th bishop to assign themselves for the next quadrennium to certain definite districts. This will not be what is known as dloce e, but will approach the same. The numtei of bishops rnof-t generally favored Is eight. The North Nebraska del gallon Is kepi busy now answering questions about the tornado "al Omaha." Th average Bsl tirnouan and easurn de ejs-.es havir.g r.Sl of tornadoes thih tprlr.g in th we-t, snj now more recent' of the one "at Omaha" t.) printed in the dallies, gives us credit for the whole thing, and keep us busy explaining the wideneas of th great w at and its resources. C. W. PJB LAMATKU. it r i r