The Omaha Daily Bee
voi- xxxvii xo. ess.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1905 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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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be withdrawn, and that course "was fol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 !
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FOR NEBRASKA Tuesdsy prcbsbly
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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.
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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.
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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-