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The Omaha Daily Bee voi- xxxvii xo. ess. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1905 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. It BIG TALK BY OEYBURN Idaho Senator Sunt Filibuster Against Homestead Bill. CONFERENCE AMX5ES MEASCBE Change V?ozli Allow Settlers 320 Ac re i of Any Lands. Mr. Hrvburn Threatened to Speak to End of Session. BULEXLET ITSHLS NEGRO BILL (Mimltit fkaitsr Expects ta Hav Rrllital Bill PM by rut Before Aajoara sarat. WASHINGTON. May H The senate to day heid a short legislative wtaipn nearly half at which was consumed by Senator Heyburn In a filibustering speech against a corfeceic report oa a bill to Increase hfmeied on Ecm-lmgable land from 100 to En acre, vhkh he declared would apply to th richest farm land of Idaho. After proceeding for an hour, the objectionable report waa wtthdrawa. The conference report on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill in appro red by the senate. Senator Bu'.kley (Conn.l spoke In favor of partner hit bill to authorise the president to re-en:it the negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infar.try. and declared that Jf pos aible he would eecure action on It during the present session. Senator Heyburn tldsho) today sent out an sl-trm that he mould not talk to the end of the sessioa lather than permit the adop tion of a conference report on the Nil "to provide an enlarged homeeteed" Thi bill a passed by the aerate limited the In creased homestead of J3 acre to non-ir-rlgstle. arid and semi-arid land, and the house struck out "arid and semi-arid Heyburn charged that the b!ll was a land-grabbing measure, permlUmg a sin gle settler to take 3 Instead of 1 seres of ron-Srrigbl land. Mr. Heyburn pro ceeded to make good hla threat to talk the session to a close, and after an hour had passed. Mr. Nelson of Minnesota suggested to Mr. 8 moot that the conference report be withdrawn, and that course "was fol lowed. BADDER THAN MRS. GUNNESS Wall f Owllele Faraaer Wk ee HI Meaey "WHew" Wis It. "She are a badder woman than Mrs. Gin noes of Lopourte. Indiany." writes Paul H Adams of La Seuer. Minnesota, to the postmaster of Omaha, in reference to a Mra. J. C Hallyday of Omaha, who has beeniiled Pawl ietms t of tlX of hard : eamrd casn. 1 ea her dvertlsin in the j Farmer" Tribune of ertowx dty loway." write Mr. Adam. "Se aayin she war a wiAoww and war Ion sum and bad about XV dollar an farm. She wantln a corn psnyocn. I writ to her and she ssld er.d ber yvi. box a hd only US and I end her tht. She said to mest her in aant pswul but she dont come. I wish yon aho this letter to cheef f poll at Omh nd see if he cant found her. 8h are a badder woman than Mrs. Onneee of Lopourte. Indisny. I work for my money very hrd. She la a frawd. Please have the cheef of poll, found her. She live, in omawbaw. She are a serpent In the graaa. Paul H. Adam. Ie Seuer. Minn." FEE GOES BEFORE COMMISSION Atterwer r CaweeteJ Waa raaawlalat arlg la aaalty. File ! . ,.a x m-. - . " J."-., , -evicted of trying to extort from .other Drake of th. Merchants National bjkk. from going to the penitentiary. h artM-ney, Sidney W. Smith, has filed aa Insanity complaint against Fee and his mental condition will be examined by the iresnlty commission. The complaint was f led Mondiy afternoon and a hearing will t had as oan aa Dr. Tllden, the Insanity expert of the commission, can mike an examination of Fee. At ire trial an lnaanltv defense was rut un 'or Fee. but the Jury disregarded I" and ' retutwd verdict of guilty. Th offense came with it a per.alty of from one to t.lre years In the penitentiary. Fe threat ened to blow up the bank with a bottle be said contained nitre-glycerin, unleaa th money wu paid him. HTC WirC WM I PA PC COR UIM uml r'Ji' in counues. in Democratic sisie "i'" - .""j """-'-' -id Wirt WILL LAnt rUn niWl ccnvtn,lcin rnrl j,,. tCa,y nder the lead- I has made necessary the postponement of Mart Hallowar la stele eeg by Caar( ; i a Javeall aaa Pas-ose-1 ta HU Wit. Paroled to bis wife by the Juenlle court Marion Hallo way. Forty-seventh and Fort streets. Is ia a unique position. Halloaay la only 17 years old. but waa married tn March ) in Courrll B'-uffs to a young aomaa of 14. Xelghbor complained that he was in the haWt of using very bad lan guage toward tbera and he was brought Into Jjvenlis court, a he Is still under th age limit. Judg Etell lectured liim and then decided hie wife, clothed with proper au thority, wa. the on. to that b. behaved, so a formal order wa entered psrolllng binj to her. , . This case brougtt out th fsct that the la give aa unusual advantage to girla When g woman marries bar minority cease and tb. authority of .th. juvenile court over ber- oea. but HaUoway. though he is reoogalsed as Ihs bead of a family, can claim no sjcb advantage. Mllwaake Lays OS? Mea. UJTCHELL, May W eSpaclal - T SS'.lwsusr rr"e4 suspeiwled op erations In Improving Its trackage facilities between Mitchell and Chamberlain, owing te general retrenchment thst hss bn receitly Inaugurated by th eastern board cf director of tb oanpany. For several iulnths past tb company has been shipping heavier rail t thla city and distributing iUd along th. tin of road to the west. j t bad a large fores of mea at work putting la tb raiia. Wall th work wss b-Uig rari k v red to " Lad 1 tarried forward an order wa ra te y off tb snaa a4 about M0. bean eagaiad la laying th Dew 'ails wr disehargwd. Tb aw rails ar - tout ftf.ee po'inds to tb foot baavter i-aa tb rail bow la ua. th beavtor rails ju nail ttsoeasary by ta heavier traffic that la aow being cs4uctaA-Ui Uck UUX ouiiLry. - i . SUMMARY OF THE BEE ! Taesaay, May 1. !. ms ST' Aa" ms pta m' fry s? 2 6 Z 8 9 13 11 IS" 16 20 21 22 23 2Z 28 2930 3 4 5 mR Omaha. covncil butt? and 1 VICINITY F!r Tuexlty; net roiica charge in temperature. FOR NEBRASKA Tuesdsy prcbsbly Islr PGR IOWA Fair Tuesday. Ttmpersture at Omaha: Dr .... t 1 6 a. m a. m 7 a. m 5 a. m a. m V a. m 11 a. m IS m 1 p. m i p. m I p. m .. 4 p m S p. m .. 1 ! .. 71 .. 74, .. H , .. 7S 6 p. m i 7 p. m I .p. m TS p, ra 70 TIC. rte heglr.a lnretl mystery. 5'neriff xluicir.g the ahi Uea. lage egheny National Ita closing Mon of cash for ex- a half million rag-e 1 s ataid In her tor riatt. tells .e her. Fag 1 H anderbllt Is found rage 1 Grand -, ration o f. Smulier and Inp "" Wreckln r. bank at P day. Pitts , penses ar.d t dol'.sts tle Mae Wocit ? divorce suit y. V of letters ah Body of MI in the Rarlta.i canal Cashier of the First National bank of Charlton. Ia-. spent half million with one grain firm trying to ret rive hla fortunes. rage 1 General conference of the Methodist church holds memorial for the bishops who died during the last quadrennlum. rag 1 Seamen on a British vessel had a narrow- i escape when It blew up. rg 1 ! man ofVrmont. W.VVa, killed hi. wife ! while suffering from a fit of temporary Admiral Even, ha been assigned to j fliitv Hth tK. ..nr.l n . i a ) KnarA Southern Baptlste oppose the loquor traffic. rag 1 ft. Louis is granted authority by the i I niif-d State supreme court to tax cor- poratlone for occupation of the street. I rag 1 I Texa railroad tax cf 1 per cent on gross i earnings 1. declared void. rag 1 , City of Omaha takes water worka case j to the supreme court. Appropriation for denatured alcohol exhibit at Omaha Corn 1 show goe. through. rag X State Board of Anesmnt pots iu dty behind rlseed doors trying, wlihott rewult. to agree oa a secretary. rag 3 Governor Brook, of Wyoming eay tier Is no doubt but what the eastern buyer, are taking advantage of wool grower, and offering low prices for the clip because the grower, are In debt for .heep bought ! last fall rag. 10 j Ministers' committee of aoclal service I ervea notice" on mayor, acting mayor, ! chief of police and others, saying that the ! Sundav eloeinr laws are belnr violated ' In th. city of Omaha. rag 8 OOIOCZKCXAX. AJTD Llv. stock marketa. Grain m.rket. Stock and bonds. DTDCBTSllAi. rag T rag T rar f KOTXatXaTTS Or OCZAJf mAXMMJTM. P-yrt. AjiUs. lleC NEW YORK La Tsalmta ST MlrHE14 ...Cnui JlIENiTWi Lasltanu IXjVKB - Kroortua BT WIRELEaa. 6ABLE ISLAND, N. 6.. May 17 Steamer Ststendam from Kolteraam, lor New York :i milea east of Sandy Hook, t a. m.. wt:i otbly oftck i(l:t a. m. Tuesday. Siesmer Zeeland. from Antwerp for Nw York, was reported by Msroonlgram, south east cf Sable Island (distance not giveni at h a. m. ; will probably dock Tuesday forenoon Cymric, from Liverpool t bus ton, i&) miles east of Boston lightship at I . J3 a. m NEW YORK, May 17. Steamer CarpatMi, from Naples for. New York, wss iixited S miles east of Sandy Hook II t i m.; will probably dock at 7.30 a. m. Tuesday. BRYAN CONTROLS WASHINGTON JvtSMS Mea Completely Wle4 Off I Map la Wewtera Stale Plat term Tessy. SPOKANE. Wash., May U.-Wlth Bryan men in control and Johnson force prac tically wtped out by th adioa of th ership cf termer United Stste Senator George Turner, who had been agreed upon aa tempor-ry chairman. Absolute harmony on national lssuea la offset by diecord on a state problem the republican, having declared strongly in Its favor. Vnder the new direct primary laws no convention to nominate state o! fieri will be held and today's convention must frsme the plstf orra for Washington', demot racy. Cauarsaatiea by Blshaa. SIOI X FALLS. 8. D.. May 18 8peclsl.) Rt. Rev. Thomas O Gorman, of this city. Catholic bishop of the eastern diocese of South Dakota, will on Wednesday of thla we-ek visit Elk Point for the purpe.se of confirming a class of sixty. This will be the largest class to be confirmed In that city for some yare. It has been four years since Bishop O'Gorroan conferred the sacrament of confirmation in Elk Point. The visit of the bishop will be an erent of Im portance among the Catholics of ESk Point and vleini'y. High mass will be celebrate! at W W) o'clock Wednesday morning, aftrr th arrival cf Bishop O'Gorroan. by Father Charles Rob:non of Jefferson, assisted by a large number of priest ros the rxtrccc southern prt of South Dakota, who will gather at Elk point fur the occasion. Oraager t Be Aaaa4aed. GREEN RIVER, Wye. May IS- Spe cial It Is reported here on good authority tbst ths t'nlon Pacific snd Oregon Short Line roads will short! abandon tb. present towa of Graxuger and rstsbltsh a new town at a point on mil east of th. presea site. This will be done in order that ampl rd facilities may be set u red. Granger bring tb junction of th. two road. Mayor Caaaot B t CHICAGO. May a.-Th appollax court today aXflrmad tb dodstoa of tn luwar eourt ta W .arag that to may of Chi oage eaataot b tuecd ta cioaatba smccj oa sVuiiUa Js ra?.li,irnifVg WUA la nniaiai. 1 - CASHIER WRECKS HIS BANK Allegheny Rational Gosea with Two Million Shortage. STATE A2TD CITY FU5DS TIED UP Will Hare Be le4 t PrvTlde Ht for T Receiver amaA- FITTSBURQ. May IS. With more than fc.iXi.CHi6 of lta funds tied p Indefinitely, aa a result of the auspet1'00 cf th A1, gheny National bank today, th city of Pittsburg finda llaelf confronted with the possibility of being forced to lasue bonds to raise money to meet current expense. A formal effort to withdraw the money was made by City Treasurer 8tl after the announcement of suspension was made, but the check was not henored. The suspension of the bank leave the city with practically no immediately avail able fund The following notice was posted on the door shortly after o'clock by National Rank Kxamtner William U Folds: ! Closed bv the order of comptroller of the ! currency and placed In charge cf w hilam That the bank wrruld not open today wa generally stated In the morning papera. For days It ha been apparent that the cashier's alleged misdeeds had seriously crippled the Institution and the actual sus pension thla morning caused little or no excitement. Quite a number of depositors were gathered on Fifth avenue opposite the bank and when the order of suspension waa posted all read It and then quickly disappeared. Cashier Montgomery, who Is In the i county Jail accused of emoersung , srd the abstraction of securltie valued at J".25.ftO. will be arraigned in the Vnlted States court thla afternoon on the first ! chsrpe. WT.'.le Montgomery peculations are offl , daily placed at awcwo. tt la said the bank's shortare la close to C0TO.CI.10. Half Vlllloat State Fsatn. Robert Lyons, a national bank examiner, has ben appointed receiver of the Al legheny National bank. State Treasurer John O. Sheets, and Dep uty Attorney General Jesse E. B. Cunning ham arrived here today from Harrisburg. Sta'- funds to the amount of $T.3 477 were "rried 1" th. bank and these officials will i take immediate steps to recover the money. i The state fund, however. Is secured by bonding compare to th. extent of $., , short'y after the bank cloeed City Treas- utt jonn r. pieei preeen-u " H--46.95S-. the amount f the city, de Pslt but " w" nt honored. Sows Wh Are Liable, William Stewart, preeldent of the defunct bnk: Walter Ches. one of the directors; Thomas Evan, of the MacBeth-Evan. Glass company; Robert McAfee, secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and William Montgomery. th. defaulting caahier. are security for the city deposit. and each liable te the amount oi mw.iw. Aa to the length or time in runas win be tied up cannot be learned. When g.ked if ft would be a year cr two Exara'ner Folds said he did not k-iww. Should the city's deposit be tied op very long It will be necessary to Issue bonds to raise money to meet current expenses. The Fidelity and Trust company of Mary land and the United States Fidelity and Guarantee company are under bond to the ror " "There Is absolutely not the slightest uM ot a Mte "' TT ot lu oeposit at the Allegheny National." "Id Treasurer Eheat. "It ia up to the bank and the surety companies to deter mine who ahall pay the money. That Is a matter "between them and has no Interest to ua." ARMOURS' DENIAL OF INVASION Wlaataa Ch arch 111 Say He Ha Fsssa I str. la Casasaoas Story LONDON. May IS. The fears of British butchers and meat sslemen thst Armour ft Co., of Chicago are contemplating im porting their meat and conducting a retail business in this country were considered In the House of Commons today, when Win ston Churchill, president of the Board of Trade, replied to a question asked by Charles W. Bowerman. wh represents the meat market district In the house. Mr Churchill said that he had been In formed by Armour ft Co., that hey had no intention of otenlng retail shops her. or in the provinces. ! EMPEROR'S HEALTH NOT GOOD Fraarls Joseph ladlspoeeg as. OAT Aadleare He Had Arraaceal. Pats VIENNA. May It. Emperor Francis j 'be audienoea arranged for today. Court officials say there is no reason for anxiety but after the tiring duties connected with the recent v'sit to Vienna of Emperor William and the German princes, together with some slight symptoms of catarrh, it is necessary for hi. majesty to be careful. Alfoaso's Aaalvermary. MADRID, May U President Roosevelt is among the chiefs of state who yeaterdsy called congratulations to King Alfonso on the occasion of the twenty-second anniver sary of hla birth. BELIEF PLAGUE HAS SPREAD Several Case sf Dlse Exist Parts Cabell Yellow Fewer aaaeetea. at PORTO CABELLO. Veneiuela, Saturday, May 11. Via Wlllemstad. Curacao, May ILh-It ta believed that the bubonic plague, which hss been prevalent at La Gualara, has brokea out here, although, the exact nature of the disease which started here lias not yet been determined. There hav. been three new case of malarial fever and one ha resulted fatally. Some per sons declare thst this case had all th. symptoms of yellow fever. SPECIAL DUTY FOR ADMIRAL Secretary Met calf Will Asslara Evaas for rtl with Geaeral It aval B WASHINGTON, May It. Secretary Met caif bas detailed Admiral Robley D. Efvana. 1st comroacder-la-cbtef of tb. Atlantic fleet to duty with th. general board of the navy, which ha to do with tb prepara tion of plan for naval campaign, for as ia time of wsr. After ths admiral's fwtircsnaiit ia August, tt te probaate that b will b dalaiied tor "special tur7 WlUl tta Uu4 BODY OF WOMAN IN RIVER Heavrekera Flaw Mis Bert V4er Tsllt Pe Mystery ?r rsssJi Ce. PRINCETON. T. J.. Mty IS -The bo.ly of Mis Bertha Vandertilt, the assistant In the library of Princeton unlverrlty. who disappeared Wednesday afternoon, was found today floating in the Raritan canal, a thcrt distance from here. The body was lound by William Ralfce and J. Millwood Salts, two boy campers who live In Tren ton, N. J., white they vere rowing up the canal. Although parts of the glrTt clothing are missing, there appeared to be no eigna cf foul play. A few cra of slirM charao tr. which may bav been received duiing the five days the body bad rolled alor.g the bed of th. stream, were found on the face and forehead. W. G. Chae, an uncle of the girl, ordered the body removed to hi. home in Princeton. An autopsy will be held this afternoon. Mia Vanderbilt was last seen about I o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Carn egie Lake aqueduct, and It is supposed that she waa drowned in an attempt to ford the stream, which flows under the canal. Mis Vanderhilt'a parent 11- In Amster dam. N. T. NEW TORK. May It Bertha Vanderbilt, the young librarian, disappeared last week. Mra. William Ri6inson has told the police of Princeton that sn the night Miss Van- derbilt disappeared, she saw her in an ' automobile with another your.g woman and a man. The man is said to have been I Princeton graduate, who was a aultor of Mis Vanderbilt while In college. He came to Princeton lat Wednexday to attend the Cornell-Princeton base ball game. MEN NOW IN ARE GAINERS Tre!at f CleveUad Read Refuse I Arbitrate t'pa Thl Oa rlat. CLEVELAND. O.. May IS. The first at tempt by the membera of the State Board of A r Ml rat to u today to bring about peace be tween the Municipal Traction company and it striking employe resulted In a failure. Piesldent Dupont conferred with Member. Bishop i.d Owens f the board In regard to the strike settlement, and while he agreed to arbitrate some points he would not concede the one thing for which the men atand determinedly. "In no case will I arbitrate the reinstate ment of the men at the expense of those now employed." he ttd. "I shall stick for th. seniority of runs, those now working getting preference. IVes'.ceiit Dupont waa asked whether he would arbitrate all other polnta. He re plied that he would arbitrate no point until the lawlessness had ceased. Vice Fiesideat Behner of th. car men's union said: "W. are willing to enter Into a fair arbi tration. We want to do that at once, if they do. W. are not willing to wait until our union is knifed in the back. There ha not been one desertion from our rank. Six crew, of the Municipal Traction com pany have deserted. " Deeds of violence continued to be reported oa the part of strike sympathisers through out the day. TAFT GREETED?. BY FRIENDS Secretary af War Be Bay He Caaaot Talk the rresl. aat. WASHINGTON, May 11 Secretary of War Taft returned to WaahlngJon from Panama today. The secretary reached Charleston yesterday on the cruiser Prairie and made a brief ston in that city. Soon after his arrival the secretary went to the White House and talked w ith the president for half an hour, but did not discuss the results of his trip to the lsth- mill because of the presence in the ex ecutive offices of a large number of vis itors, who Insisted on shaking hand with the secretary and congratulating him on the outlook for hla nomination for the presidency. The secretary atated that be I the use of any Indian funds In the inter would confer with th president tonight J of sectarian education, but th court and also talk with Secretary Root during hte day about the boundary dispute be tween Colombia and Panama. He declined to discuss this phase of his visit to Pan ama, but expressed the hope that a solu tion was In sight. The secretary has an engagement ta speak before th. Tennessee Bar assoc. a. tion on May r2. BALLOTING FOR PRESIDENT Alabama DrmseraU Ar Seleetlaa; Maa t Be Their Chole for Mesalaatloa. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. May ISL-Early morning balloting In many sections of the at ate .how that the vote will be heavy In uie ei( oemrrrrauc primaries looay. Locai j lnK.riIlbL0Vhi0.h.n,Jr!!!!! have served to create unusual Interest. It 1. the first time In the history of th. state that the voters In a primary express a choice direct for a presidential nomina tion. The vote cast todsy will be canvassed within ten days by the stste committee. There will be no stale convention, the nominees of the primary being thus chosen direct for Denver. SEAMEN BARELY SAVE LIVES Take -to Boats Wfcea British V Blows Fs Near Saata Elena, Pera. NEW TORK. May IS. Six seamen who. with twenty-five others, had a narrow escape from death when the British steamer Cacique blew up and sank off the Peruvian coast last manth, arrived her today on the steamer Finance from Cristo bal. The other 'members of the crew, all of whom escaped, remained in Peru, Th Cacique was bound for San Francisco with j a cargo of naphtha. When lad mile off Sarta Elet.a, Peru. It caught fire, th. nrptha exploding and the thirty-one men on board rushed for ths boats. They reached th Peruvian coast three day later. SECOND SUIT TO BREAK WILL; tw E atari Will Be Maa at B ! lagioa to Gat Coleael Baell'a Meaty. BLOOM 1NGTON. IIU. May 15 A second effort to break the will of the eccentric Colonel Thomas Snell. the millionaire who cut off his only son with toil per year be gan today with a new Jurist. Judge Solon Phllbrick. on th. circuit court beach. The former judge. W. D. Cochran, was said by tb plsintiffs to have been unfair la ruling out the celebrated letters reputed to here beea written by Mabel Snell, the alleged grand nteos of Kansas City, to whom, Colonel Snell willed such a large portioa of bis wealth, ant aha gas as Jarorix ralaUt WATER WORKS CASE GOES IP City Aiks Supreme Court to Beriew Findings of Lower Court, OMAHA C0B5 SHOW GETS EXHIBIT rem Cemrt Decide Cse Regard lag t ee of laaWaa F4s fer 9e taxi chol Adveree to Reb4 Si. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May IA. Special Tele gram.) John L. Webster, on If half of the city of Omaha today flied a brief In support of a peation for a writ of certiorari In the case of the city of Omaha against the Omaha Water company. The' court hss taken the petition under consideration and will have Its final meeting on June 1. when the decision may be handed down. l-oklg t" Eisren Ces. Attorney General W. H. Thompson an 1 L. E. Wlttllng of Lincoln arrived In Wash ington this morning. Mr. Wlttllng comfs east with the attorney general to aid in taking depositions In the Nebraska express company cases. Tomorrow )he attorney general and Mr. Wlttllng have an appointment with S'stis tician Adams of the Interstate Commerce commission, from whom they expect to obtain much valuable data to back up the contention of the state in these caea. Hlnshaw to Saeak at Stroatsbar-. Representative Hlnshaw has accepted an Invitation to deliver an address at Strcm. burg on Memorial day. May SO. feeling con fident that congress will have adjourned before that date and' he will thus be free from his congressional duties here, RJee Gets Aaotker Chance. Robert E- Race of Central City, who was appointed' by Judge Boyd to take the ex amination for midshipman at Annapolis, and who passed a splendid mental rumina tion, was found deficient physically on ac count of weaknoes of an eye, has been granted a re-examination on application of bis sponsor. Mr. Rice, It Is thought. Im paired his vision on account of close ap plication to study, and It is believed that J with a rest of a week or so he will be able to meet the physical requirements of the navy examining board. Cara hew Grta the Exhibit. The conference report on the agricul tural bill was signed by the conferees of the senate and house today leaving Intact that ruause having reference to a demon stration on the part of the bureau of chem istry of denaturing of alcohol. The report cut down the allowance for the bureau of chemistry as made by the senate in a amall degree. It reduces the appropriation for the forestry bureau from Sl,0nA.0tt to IflOO.OCi and generally ia a victory for the senate over the house. With the clause a to authority to the Agricultural De partment to make demonstrations for de naturing alcohol the Omaha Corn ex poaitlon is assured of sn exhibit next t all. plows ladtan Case Decide. In an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller sgalnst the appellants In th case of Reuben Quk-khear. Albert Eegle Festher snd all the ether member of th Sioux Indian tribe, of the Rosebud agency In South Dakota against Indian Commissioner Leupp and ,' Seeretanee Garfield and Cortelyou. th su preme court of the Vnlted State, today practically held that the sections of t!.e Indian appropriation bills in 1R and liTO apportioning the use of appropriations for the benefit of sectsrlan schools on the In dian reservation are not applicable to treaty and trust funds. The case grew out of an ! effort cn tn rart of the Ino,an to nJ"ln I th Pyment of S24.0t from their treaty j fund nd 000 from thHr Xragt fund to th , Bt- rncl Catholic Indian mission school on the Rosebud reservation under a con tract made by the commissioner of Indian affairs In 1S16. The Indians contended that the provisions In the appropriation bills of 1P9 and WW had -the effect of prohibiting of appeals for the District of Columbia held the sections to be applicable only to the money directly appropriated by the bill, of which these sections formed a part and not "to fundi otherwise established- The supreme court accepted this view and af firmed the verdict. Mlsor Matter at Capital. Louis C. Coufal has been appointed post master at Abie. Butler county. Neb., vice F. J. Ren, resigned. The City National bank of Wymore, Neb., haa been authorised to begin business with JSi.OOO capital. Charles G. Anderson Is pres ident; J. A. Reul.rg, vice president; J. S. Jones, cashier. Charles L. Saunders of Omaha arrived In the capltol today on Ms way to New Tork . for , ,hort vU)t ! SOUTHERNERS OPPOSE LIQUOR Baptists at Hot tsrisgs, Ark., Pas Resolatloa Agaiast th Traflle. HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. May lR.-The Southern Baptist convention today adopted resolutions condemning th. liquor traffic In all Its phases. Officer, of th. nstlonal government are requested not to Issue privilege taxes In states where the sale of liquor Is prohibited by the state Isw. Congress is urged to in hibit th. shipment of liquor Into dry ter ritory. ST. LOUIS LOCATES A PICKUP Vailed State B a pre so e Coart I pbolds Right t Tax Street Railroad Companies. WASHINGTON. May 18. Tn an opinion by Justice Day, the supreme court of the United States today decided favorably to the city the St. Louis Transit company case Involving the right of the city of St. Louis to exact license fees from its street railroad companies. The decision will bring tl.ftiQ.OW Into the city treasury in back taxes and $150,000 a year hereafter. Development af Oil Laai. LANDER. Wyo.. May Is. (Special -An English syndicate Is scon to take over the "i. !cd3 and ether property cf th. Bel fro-American Oil company In this vicin ity. The purchasers will build a pipe line, for which surveys have already been made, from the wells on Little Fopo Agle to the Northwestern tracks In this city. Contracts are to b placed for a daily delivery of I0.OUO barrels of oil at the railroad for a period of ftva years. It is expected th. operation, of the English syndicate will csuse a revival of activity In the local f le Ida The Independent company has been Idle for several weeks waiting for material ordered In the east- The Natrona-Fremont company 1. sinking its casing stul deeper to tap a stronger flow of oil known u axt btlow th. f re-sect dspt&a. CASTRO'S H0LDJJP0N PEOPLE Mlalater Raaeell Say It I. trs He Mlalsalse Yeaesaclaa Itaatloa. NEW TORK, May 1- W. W. Russell. American minister to Veneiuela. arrived here today on the steamer Caracas. Mr. Rusc!l wss accompanied by bis family. He is heme on leave of absence and will go lo Washington tomorrow. Mr. Rus sell ssid little information was obtainable at Caracas rerarCing conditions at La Gualara. which ia under close quarantine at a result cf an outbreak of bubonic pis grue. Reports of serious differences between President Castro of Veneiuela and Minis ter Russell were dtnled by Mr. Russell. The minister said that while It was true that he and President Castro were not in perfect accord on all subjecta. there had ben nothing in th nature of eertou. trouble in their relations. Mr. Russell said reports of President Castro's ill heslth have been considerably exsggersted; that the president appears to be In excellent physical condition and rides out every dsy. Mr. Rjssell said there appears to be r.o douht cf Csstro's hold upon his power. The rsnk and file of the army is loyal to him. he faid. and the officers are hla friends. 'The people of Veneiuela must be in sympathy with their president, too." said the minister, "else they would not submit to his direction of governmental affairs.'' BISHOPS' MEMORIAL IS HELD Service at General Ceafereace for Leader Who Died Darlag QaaareBBlam. BALTIMORE, Md . May IS. Memorial services In honor of the bishop nd officers pf the genersl conference of the Methodist Episcopal church who have died during the lsst quadrennium. occupied today's sitting of the general conference. These bishop were Isaac W. Joyce, Chsrles C. McCane, James N. Filxgerald, Edward O. Andrewa, Samuel M. Merrill and Charles H. Fowler and Rev. Dr. James M. King, secretary of the Bosrd of Home Missions snd Church Extension. PITTSB CRG. Pa.. May 11 Consolidation with the Methodist Episcopal Congrega tional and I'r.lteJ Brethren churches was considered at today's session of the general conference of the Methodist Protestant church. The committee appointed by the genersl conference of th- Methodist Episcopal church held at Pallimore, composed of Bishop H. W. Warren, the Rev. Dr. J. S. Gouher, president cf the Woman's college at Baltimore, and I'nited States Senator J. P. Dolilver of Iowa, appeared before committee of thirty-three member of the Methodist Protestant general conference, bearing fraternal greetings and appealed to the conference to send them back with encouraging news. WHITLOWS TRIAL FOR MURDER lola, Kan., Maa Arrases' of Kllllag Your Woman Infstaated with Him. IOLA. Kan.. Msy IV Samuel Whitlow, a school teacher, married and the father r a family, waa u)scd on trial here today for tive murder of Ms May Sapp. a daugh ter of J. N. Sapp, rich retired farmer of Moran. Kan. The murder of Mis. Sapp was most brutal. Wealthy and talented, aa the state alleges, during her school days she fell in love with the schoolmaster. af .ater he mar ried, but she continued to meet him. On the night of September T7. complaining of being 111. Miss Sapp left the home of her father, ssylng she was going for a walk. A few minutes later her mother heard a cry from the back yard of the Sapp resi dence and then the voice of her daughter calling "oh. mother." Rushmg Into the yard Mrs. Sapp stumbled over the pros trate form of her daughter. Her throat had been cut from ear to ear and death resulted in a few minutes. The state charges that Samuel Whitlow had continued his relstiors with Miss Sapp sfter his msrriage snd finally tiring of them, met Miss Sapp by appointment the fatal night and murdered her. FLEET OFF FOR PUGET SOUND Vessels Leave aa Francisco at Xooa la DrlssllaaT Bala for . Northern Trl. SAN FRANCISCO. Csl., May IS The Atlantic battleship fleet, under command of Rear Admiral Sperry, weighed anchor a; 11:10 o'clock this morning and sailed out of San Frsneieco bay In a drixxilng rain for Puget Sound. The flagship Connecticut headed the column, which was made up of the follow ing ships: The Nebraska and the Wiscon sin taking the places of the Alabama and "Maine: First squadron, first division Connecticut, Kansaa, Minnesota and Vermont. Second division Georgia, Nebraska. Rhode Island and New Jersey. Second squadron, third division Louis iana, Virginia, Ohio snd Missouri. Fourth division Wisconsin. Illinois, Kear sarge and Kentucky. Captan Wainwrlght command! the second division and Captain Schroeder the fourth division. The fleet is scheduled to reach Puget Sound May Zl. GOVERNOR SUGGESTS REFORM Exeestlve of I.oaUlana la Hla Inangn ral Opposes Trsek Gambling For High Llrease. BATON ROCGE. La.. May 1. Race track gambling to be suppressed absolutely snd 1v1 option, combined with high license, fo regulate the liquor traffic, were two of the most salient recommendations of Governor Sanders' Inaugural message to the legislature today. Other fetaures of the message were: The eradication of lobbying at the .tat. capital; recommending exten sion of the periid of exemption from taxa tion of factories; prohibition of coneublnage between white sr.d negroes: and the prohibi tion of stste or federal officers from acting as election commissioners or clerks. HALF MILLION TO ONE FIRM Cashier Crocker of Charttoa, Ia., task Mosey by w'helesale to Sav Hlswaelf. CHARITON. Ia. May 1.-It has Just been disclosed that In th two or three yea is proceeding his suicide, th. 1st. Cashier F. R. Crocker of the defunct First National bank, paid more than tVw.OU) to one firm In Chicago and New Tork in his slock gambling operations. The greater p&rl of this wss during the laat few days of his life, when be poured money Into the stock market for speculation at th. rate of PQ.OuO to sk'.OOv dally, la tb bop. of saving hlnsclf. MAE W00DOX STASD Former Omaha Woman Teitiflei ia Suit Against Senator Piatt. SHE ASKS FOE ABSOLUTE DIY0ECE Sajr Marriage Ceremony Wai Per formed in New York Hotel in 1901. ' CEBTTJICATE TS EVIDENCE Letters from the Aged Senator Alio Submitted' to Court CONTAIN TERMS OF ENDEARMENT Oa af The an Refer to Her as "Mr Little Bride ta Be" -History af Salt Filed Her la Caa lata. NEW TORK. May is. Mae Catherln Wood was on the witness stand all day testifying In her .ult for sbsolute divorce from Tn1ted State. Senstor Thomas C. Plstt, before Justice O'Oorman In the su preme court. In support of her assertion that she had been secretly married to Senstor Piatt st the Fifth Avenue hotel. November , 1S11, her counsel Introduced in evidence a msrriage certlflrste, which she said had been handed her by th min ister, who performed the ceremony and copies of a number of letters alleged to have been written to ber by th senator addressed In trmi of endearment. On cross examination Mis. Wood told how .he came to give up the paper. nd letter, ah. relattng to Senator Piatt, alleging that ah. did so under duress and was compelled to sign a receipt for $10,000 In settlement of sll her claim against the senator. Miss Wood In her suit named as correspondent Lillian Jsnewsy, who Senstor Piatt married In 19T1J. Senator Plstt wi. not In court to day. Senator Denle Allea-atloaa, Miss Wood In her complah.t dec.lsres that she was married to Senator Plstt In thl. city on November . 111. She named aa co-respondent in her suit Mra. Lillian Jane way, who wa married to the senstor In 1.1S. In his snswer to th complaint the senstor declares thst Miss Woods al le Rations that he married her about Novem ber S, lan. in New Tork are absolutely false. The plaintiff never made any claim to me that she was married ta me until De cember, says Senator Piatt In hi. answer, "nor did I ever hear of her making any claim of marriage prior to that time, except that In June, lio. an article ap peared In a Chicago newspaper containing an Interview purporting to come from her. in which she stated that such a marriage had taken place, and that article was ac companied by a picture or alleged fae slmil of a wedding certlflrste containing my name In association with the plaintiffs," The senator declares that th certificate reproduced In th newspaper was a forgery. He charges that since IS" Miss Wood hss tried to get tanaev from him by threats ti af she would sus hifa for breach of prom ise of marriage. Miss Wood gave testimony tn the suit today. The young womsn wss smsrtly attired snd self-possessed Bh Identified copies of severs! letters which she ssld were received by her from Senstor Plstt. They were mainly ot an affectionate rature. but In several thers were interesting sentences on other af fairs. In one communication was th. phrase: Tour letter has cheered m op so thst I am almost reconciled to Odell s election. A picture of the senator wss shown, upon the bsck of which was written, "To my little wife." Telling how this wa. writ ten. Miss WoM said: Well. I was sitting on his lap. Part of the time he held my hand and part of the time I held his hand. We wrote it to gether. The words "little wife" wer writ ten by him. I think. Miss Wood ssld thst the senstor cam to her room In her hotel with two men and that he formally acknowledged hr as his wife before these men. Senstor Plstt wss not In court today. First Promise t Marry. Miss Wood wss the first witness. Sh testified thst Mr. Plstt first promised to marry her at Manhattan Beach. "He said the marriage must be secret, as h wss an old msn." and added. "I demurred and told him that he knew nothing about me, but he said he knew all my past Ufa. " Miss Wood ssld a'.ie had two letters from Senstor Plstt. but tbst ons of them waa de manded from her by J. Martin Miller and another man In October, ly. and that sh had never seen It since. Her counsel showed the witness a typewritten copy of a letter and she Identified t ss containing prac tically the contents of the missing letter. It was offered In evidence and admitted despite the objections of John B. Stanch field. Senator Piatt's coun.el. Th. copy a. dated Friday. November t. ISCiL and read In part as follows: My Little Brlde-to-Be: I hav. mad all rrangmenta. Y'ou are not to aay any thing to anyn-ody. You are to obey my instruction, lmpiie-ltly. I enflois card to the hotel. Yoj will be ther at 4 o'clock and have room X. I am an old fool, but you shall never regret Uila step. Lovingly, tSigneJ) TOM. Told to Await tlsasL Another letter of the unit data was of fered In evidence. In which the writer ad vised Mias Wood thst he would Dot reach the hotel until after o'clock and that ah wss to go to her room and await a signal from him. The witness said she waited as directed; that Senator Plait came to her room with two men; that h. embraced her and In troduced hm to the men. "I took bis hand," aald Mlaa Wood, "and on of th. men began the civil ceremony by aaylng, "you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife and you take this man to b your lawful wedded husband?' " M.as Wood ssld thst Plstt gavs her a wedding ring, snd she displayed th rlsg In the court. It bore no Inscription. She declared lr.it she thought th man who performed the ceremony was a minister, and tr.it he gave her a marriage certifi cate, itiis sneged ceruiicaie waa iiivr4 in evidtnoe. Following the ceremony the witness said she remained at the hotel for thre days, and then returned to her duties. The mar riage, she said, was not mads public, be cause Mr. Piatt wanted tt to be kept sec ret. "He would not let me have a lady friend, even," said Miss Wood, "for," he ssld 'what two women know Is no loager a secret.' "He wanted me to live In the next room to him and ssy thst I was his secretfy. but I refused." Several copies of letters elleged to hav. ben wrtttee by Mr. Piatt were then read by Miss Wood's coursel. They were ad dressed In terms of endearment and signed "Your Tom." Ia a let tax from Wsshingtoay At4 No-