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4 - The Omaha Daily Bee ,1 i s - . I'll Ms VOL. XXXVII NO. 291. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 22, IMSTEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. t v '7 4 s i FIFTY DEAD IN WRECK Train Bearing. Belgian Pilgrims Tel eicoped at Contich. ENROUTE TO LOCAL SHRINE Express Train Dashes Into Heavily Laden Special on Siding. HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED All Cars Except One Were Crushed 1 Like Eggshells. . BEAD HORRIBLY MUTILATED Catastrophe Said to Be Dae to F li ar ( twite Slcaal to Work Froperly-SlsrnaI Mam Arrested. ANTWERP. .May.31..-U, railroad accident .' unprecedented horror in tha annals of Belgian train disasters occurred at S.O thin morning at Contich, a station alx miles outhaaat of Antwerp, on tha main lino. Au express train from Antwerp to Brus aela crashed Into a train loaded with Pil grims on their way to a local shrine. This train was standing- on a siding. Several of Its ears were telescoped and shattered. Tha total number of dead la placed at fifty and tha wounded at over 100. Up to t o"clocK this afternoon thirty alght dead and seventy-nine wounded had been removed from the wreckage. ..... Rescuers from Contich were at once on tha scene and the labor of succoring the Injured and removing tha dead was con ducted with all ' possible haste. Special traina With doctors, priests and nurses were tent to Contich from Antwerp and Brua sela. Tha accident Is supposed to have been dua to a misplaced switch. The engineer and the fireman of tha ax press mere kllleu. ' ' Does Nat Stop Express. The signal man at Contich saw that hta switch was not working Just as the Ant werp express came . thundering down the line. He leaped from the window of his signal station, and heroically ran down the track toward the oncoming train, waving a red llag. His efforts, however, were too late to avert the disaster. Bog lea Loao Human Shape. The collision occurred at 9:06 a. m., just as the express from Antwerp to Brussels was entering tha depot at Contich. The train loaded with pilgrims waa bound for Turnbout. , Tha work of extracting the dead and wonndad from the debris appalled even the stoutest of the. rescuers. Many of the bodies had completely, lost all human shape and were reduced to pulp, heads, arms and legs having been ground off by tha wheels and Scattered through tha wreckage. Three decapitated bod lea were found twenty feet from the wreck. Tha occupants of tha cars war mostly workmen and peasants. The wounded persons ara being transferred from OonMeb- to Antwerp and Ci usetls a rapidly aa possible. Three of the wounded already have died. There Are several women among tha dead. A second clasa coach' waa overturned by the force of' the Impact. Tha bodies of tha wounded were so pinned down by wreckage that the rescuers had to make use of axea to get tha victims free. The signal man hat been arrested. SHERIFF HUNTS FOR BODIES La Porte Officer Will Seek Additional Victims Unsigned Letter " Irons Oman a. LA PORTE. Ind., May 21. Sheriff Smut aer will this evening finish the sluicing of tha debrla of the Guinness house and to morrow morning ha Will resume digging In tha hop of finding more bodies. Mayor Darrow received an unsigned let ter from Omaha, Neb., tha writer claiming to have been in La Porta three times last jeer to visit Mis. Guinness and to have , met her in Ogden. Utah, on May 4, when she aald she waa on har way to California to visit Jennie Olsen. Inquiries wea received today by tha au thorities regarding George W. Williams of Wspwallopen, Pa., who la understood by friends to have coma to La Porte in an swer to, matrimonial advertisements from a rich widow. He never returned home. MRS. MORASCH FOUND GUILTY Jury Finds Kansas City Womua Sent Poisoned Candy to Girl Llto Term. KANSAS CITY, May a.-Mrs. Ssrah Moiasch, aged 48 years, was todsy found Svllty of murder In tha first degree by a Jury n Kansas City, Kan., which tried her on tha charge of poisoning 4-year-old Ruth Millet. The woman will be sentenced to llfo, Imprisonment. , The Miller girl died from the affects of eating poisoned candy which the woman sent through the malls to the' child's 14- year-old sister, against whom she held a grudge. Several members of the Miller family partook of tha candy, but aU except Ruth recovered. This was Mrs. Morasoh'a second trial. At the first the Jury dis agreed. . SCME DELAY IN ADJOURNMENT Congress May Xot End Session Until May 3T Honse Anxlona to Stop Work. WASHINGTON, May 21. It was ststed at the capltol today on apparently rood authority that congress would not aajourn tarller than Wedbesdsy, May Z7, and that there was a possibility of the session being prolonged until June 1.' Tha unsettled con dition of several Important measures which ara now in . conference between the two houses, and the doubt that exists aa to the final disposition of the public buildings bill have combined to make impossible an adjournment this week. While Speaker Cannon was not willing today to make any statement for publication, it is known that tha house leaders are planning to get away some time next week If possible. BURROWS AT THE WHITE HOUSE Temporary raalrsnan of National Con veatlea Paya Visit to Cnlet Exocatlvo. ; WASHINGTON. May 21.-Senator Bur Wr w. who has bean selected as temporary i. airman of tha republican national con vention, had a brief conference with the president today. He declined to talk about his call except to say that It had been a personal one ' SUMMARY OF THE BEE Friday, May S3, 1908. 1903 -vfAV T' jmY TEC Hfo ixv tsa-a. sa A s m mm 3 4 5 0 Z 10 Jl 12 13 14 tZ 18 19 20 21 25 26 2Z 23 1908 1 2 8 jO 15 16 22 23 2930 m wiiTixa. TIB W1TK1B. FORECAST FOR OMAHA. COtTNCIL BLUFFS AND . VICINITY Fair Friday; cooler. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Generally fair, Friday. FORECAST FOR IOWA Friday fair. Temperature at Omaha: Hour. Dear. .... 48 .... 44 .... 46 .... 43 .... 45 S a. m. a. m. 7 a. m. 8 a. m. 9 a. 10 a. m 47 11 a. m.. 12 m 1 p. m... 2 p. m... 8 p. m... 4 p. m... 6 p. m... I p. m... 7 p. m... m... m... DC House and sena postofflce bill, lno sidy. 7- r-t tea agree on tan mall sub wags 1 Methodists , cont , bishops, electing: Dr York and Dr. Nuelsot ond ballot. , , ' Evangelism the need keynote of the speeci Henry Roberts, the rei the Presbyterian churcl ' The divorce suit of . 7T Uotlng for n of New 2. orf the sec- ' Fags 1 orld Is the William vi "t lerator of "" ... Page 8 --Aood against Senator Piatt was dismissed by the court yesterdsy and the plaintiff was tent to the Tombs accused of perjury. Pago 1 President . of the Pittsburg conference accused of seeking union with the regular Methodist church In meeting of the for mer body. , Pag 1 Missouri river la seeking a new channel at Sioux City. Part 1 Oregon express train goea in ditch at Plneola, killing four. Page 1 'Senator Burrows, who Is to be tem porary chairman of the republican con vention, pays a vUIt to President Roose velt. Page a Big steel bridge over New York, New Haven & Hartford track blown up with dynamite. Page 1 Bolt of lightning at Nebraska City knocks man out of his bed. Paga 3 A small tornado In Kansas killed one person. Page 1 Mrs. Morasch found guilty 'at Kansas City of sending box of poisoned candy and sentenced to life term. Paga 1 Subsidy for ocean malU Is included In the postofflce appropriation bill. Page 1 Sheriff Smutser at La Porte contlnuea his search for bodies on the Qunnesa farm.1 Pag 1 Robert C. P. Holmes - meets with strange death In Chlcags, with robbery vldantlyvthe purpose of tha crime. . PMTS 1 American fleet , reaches Ballingham, Wash and divides for v&rloua northern ports. Page 1 POUZOV. Fifty pilgrims to a Belgian shrine wore killed and 100 were injured in a railroad accident near Antwerp. Page 1 KEBBaSXA, Grand jury of Seward county Indicts Utlca men accused of participating In the assault upon Evangelist Miller March 21. Paga a Nebraska Railway commission seeks ruling of the Interstate Commerce com mission on charges for small weight ship ments of goods. Paga 8 Grand Army, Women's Relief corpa and Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republto elect officers and adjourn to meet next year In York. Paga a Railroad tax men appear before the 8tate Board of Assessment and ask for reduction of valuation on the strength of decreased earnings. Paga 3 COMKXs.CI.aX AHD nrDUSTBZAZi. Live stock markets. Paga T Grain markets. Page 7 Stocks and bonds. ' Pags 7 MOTXMX1TTS OP OCZAV STBAMSatlPg. Port. NKW YORK.. NSW YORK.. NHW YORK.. NEW YORK.. LIVERPOOl. . CHERBOURG PLYMOUTH .. NAPLES Arrl'ta. . Adnatio. Nordsm, , Brail 1 , Laura. ! K. W. D. Oram . Ascods. ..Vartftnta . .. Pennsylvania ..Tmtoulo BY WIRELESS. New York Lusltania, &7 miles east of Sandy Hook at I p. m. ; will dock at 7:30 a. m. r rmay. FLEET REACHES BELLINGHAM Vessels Go Also to Port Aaareles and Port Townseaa OBU-lnls Welcome, BELLINGHAM, Wash., May .-Eight members of the Atlantic battleship fleet, flying the double star pennant of Rear Ad miral Sptrry, dropped anchor In Belling ham bay at 11 O'clock today and wrro for mally welcomed by Mayor J. P. Demattos. The division of the fleet which arrived here was composed of the flagship Con necticut, the Rhode Island, Louisiana, Ver mont, New Jersey, Kansas, Nebraska and Virginia, carrying 428 officers and 7,000 en listed men. Tha remaining vessels of the fleet dropped out of Una this morning and anchored In the harbors of Port Angeles and Port Towntend. DEFICIENCY BILL IN SENATE Measure as Reported Carries Ono Mil lion Moro Tksa Wken la Honae. ' WASHINGTON, May 21.-Ssnsor Hale today reported to ths senate the general deficiency bill, which Is the last of the big annual supply bills to be considered. A" reported it carries $18,384,811, an Increase of only tl.04O.48S over the amount of the bill as it was paasel by tha house. The principal ltema of ll Tease made iv the senate committee are $457,36$ for . the pay for the navy, $40,000 for U.e expenses of the tuberculosis congress to be held In this c.ty, $.M8 for the pay, of aalarlea and ex penses of senate and $264,375 for the pay ment of audited claims sxatntt the gov ernment. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Theodore Schneider. Mrs. Theodore Schneider, 62 years old, of Kenesaw, Nsb., died Thursday morning at Bt Joseph's hospital. Tha funeral serv ice will bo at Heafey at Heafey'e under taking rooms Friday morning, with Inter ment at Kanesaw, 3Zma1 -l I MAE WOOD PUT UNDER ARREST Case Against Senator Piatt Dismissed by Conrt. WOMAN CHARGED WITH PERJURY Sadden Tarn In Cnsa After Mich Evidence Damaging; to tha Plaintiff Had Boas In troduced. NEW YORK, May 21. Tha complaint in the Wood-Piatt divorce has been dismissed and Mae C. Wood has been arrested and held In 16,000 on a charge of perjury. NEW YORK. May 21. Frank H. Piatt, son of United States Senator Thomas C. , Piatt, testifying today In the suit for di vorce brought against the aenator by Mae C. Wood, declared that he believed none of the letters Introduced by Miss Wood as evidence In her suit were true copies of those written by his father. He had ex amined carefully the original copies of let ters written by the senator to Miss Wood which were turned over to him by. Abra ham Hummel upon payment of $10,000, he said, and there were no such communica tions among them as the alleged copies produced In court Mr. Piatt also testified that none of the lettera received from Hummel contained any reference to a mar riage between Senator Piatt and Miss Wood. He said that after reading the let ters he personality destroyed them by burning them In a grate In his office. Frederick E. Hafely, president of the stationery firm which sold the blank form upon which the alleged certificate of mar riage was prepared In a deposition read In court today, declared that that particular blank form was not placed on sale until February, llKC, three months after the marriage of Miss Wood to Senator Piatt Is alleged to have occurred. Piatt's Son Makes Denial. Mr. Piatt said that none of the letters contained any reference to mnrrlage. Miss Wood, who was present In court, asked permission personally to cross-ax-nmlne Mr. Piatt. Her request was refused. Mies Wood Is a member of tha Nebraska bsr. On cross-examination Mr. Piatt said many of the letters from his father to Miss Wood were brief notes of Invitation. He was willing to pay $10,000 for their re turn, he said, because his father was about to .be married to Mrs. Janeway and he and hla father thought It would be best to get rid of Miss Wood. Lawrence Hills, a reporter for a New York paper, testified that he met the plain tiff In the latter part of October. 1903, when he went to tha Manhattan hotel at 1 o'clock in the morning to interview her regarding tha marriage of Senator Piatt with Mrs. Janeway. Miss Wood, according to the witness, ssld she had no Interview to give out and that she had no Interest in Senator Piatt's ventures. Said she knew Senator Piatt and had the greatest respect for him. Asked If she was going to sue the senator for breach of promise, she re iterated that she had no' interest In the senator. FIRE. SPREADING IN CHICAGO Lara-e Bos Factory Barns and Twenty Five Companies Called to tha gcono. CHICAGO, May 21. Fire broke out to day in the large box factory of J. C. Wlntermeyer In Throop street. The flames ewpt through the building and spread to a number of adjoining structures. Over twenty fire companies have been called to the scene. It was reported to the fire alarm office shortly after 2 o'clock that eighteen men who were ' employed In the box factory were cut off by the flames and that a number of them had been killed and in jured. Among those known to have been in jured are Jacob Rice, 607 California ave nue; badly put; may die. Jacob Ambrose, 958 Troy avenue; badly cut. Internal Injuries; may die. Unidentified man. fatally burned about the body. SMALL TORNADO IN KANSAS Ono Killed and SevernI Injured la Storm at Lincoln, Near altna BALINA, Kan.. May 21.' One . person, Mrs. Fred Grothe, was killed and several others more or less Injured In a tornado which struck Lincoln, a small town north west of Sallna, last night. Several houses were destroyed, a number were unroofed and many barns were blown down. Mrs. Grothe waa so seriously Injured when her residence was demolished that she died today. CLAY CENTER. Kan., May 21. A report from Greene, a small town In the eastern part of this county, says that a tornado passed through the north part of this county last night, killing three persona and doing much damage. The wires sre down and reticulars are hard to obtain. OREGON EXPRESS IN DITCH Express Mesarnsrer Killed nnd Others Injured by Broken Rnll oa Southern Parlfle. OAKLAND. Cat., May 1-Four deaths re sulted from the second section of the Ore gon express train on the Southern Pacific railroad near Plneole last night Three were Injured, one fatally. The dead: ENOINFER R. H. WARD of Oakland. J. M. Cl'MMlNQS, express messenger, Portland, Ore. FIREMAN L. W. CO AD of Oakland. UNIDENTIFIED TRAMP. The Injured: J. W. Hanrahan, extra fireman, will die. J. W. Illrininham and W. W. Rodehaver, express messenger, injuries not serious. Ths wreck is supposed to have been caused by the front truck of the baggage car jumping the track. NEGRO PREACHER TURNED OUT Waterloo, la.. Hotels Refuse Lode Ins; to ConsrresatlonallBt Mia V ter Attending Convention. WATERLOO. Ia., May 21 Because he waa a negro. Rev. A. L. Demood. a Congre preacher at Buxton, la., who is attending the Congregational conferences here, could not find a plaoe to - lodge last night on his arrival. Hs was refused ad mission at every hotel he visited and he walked tha streets all night. This morning Mr. Demood waa taken care of by tha local committee on arrangements. It Is likely daunagg suits will follow the refusal of tha hotels to admit Mr. Demood. He explained his calling and showed his credentials at tha different places) ho visited, but ha waa turned out at ail of utsta. OLD MEN WITHDRAW RIGHTS Cleveland Car Company Ttow Freo to Arbitrate Strike ns It Fit, CLEVELAND, May 21. When the peace conference In the street railway str'ke ad journed for lunch It had been practically agreed that Judge R. W. Taylor of the United States court would be called ur-on to name the third arbitrator. During the lunch recess the strikers hld a private conference upon this point.' All other ob stscles hsva been removed. CLEVELAND, O., May Zl.-Apperently tha laat obstacle In tha way of settlement of the street railway strike waa removed this morning when the employes of the old Forest City company, the original S-cent fare line, agreed to leave their seniority rights In the hands of the arbitrators. This has been the chief bone of contention between the union- Waders and President Dupont of tha Municipal Traction company. President Dupont has Insisted throughout that he would give tha Forest City men, who refused to strike, the first choice of runs. With this Impairment removed It was thought this morning that an agreement would be reached today by which all the Issues would be submitted to arbitration. While many lawless acts were perpe trated during last night by strike sympa thisers, no person wss seriously hurt. A half dosen cars were damnged by the ex plosion of dynamite, and one or two per sons were slightly hurt by brokm glass. President Belner and other officers of the Carmens' union visited the various car bams early today and urged the strikers to refrain from acts of violence. At a larprely attended meelng of the United Trades and Labor council last night a general street car boycott was declared. An appeal was made to all people not to patronise the cars pending a smttlement of the strike. It Is understood that at last a partial settlement has been reached and only minor details are now under consideration. The carmen have named Prof. Elroy M. Avery, the well known writer and historian, as their arbitrator, while the traction com pany has selected Arthur Stearns, a prominent local attorney. It has been agreed that each shall name five men from which the man to name the third arbitrator shall be selected. The third arbitrator, however. Is not to serve, until he Is asked to do so. but will be immediately named. No reports of vio lence have reached police headquarters today. Cars were operated on practically all lines today with more or less reguar-Hy. ALDRICH MONEY COMMISSION Senate Passes Hla Resolution to Be leet Bonrd to Inonlre Into Fi nancial 'Situation. WASHINGTON, May-. 21. The senate to day, without division, adopted a joint reso lution reported by Mr. Aldrich from the committee on finance creating a commis sion to be called the National Monetary commission, to be composed of nine sen ators to be appointed by tha presiding of ficer of the senate and nine representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house, to Inquire into and report to con gress at tha earliest daS practicable what changes are desirable 'or -rcieceasary in the monetary situation of the United States or in the laws relating to banking and cur rency, and for this purpose the commission Is authorized to sit during sessions or In the recess of congress at such times and places as they may deem desirable. Mr. Aldrich stated that the conference I on the banking and currency bill had been unable to agree upon a report and said that aa congress was to adjourn at an early day no agreement could be reached at this session. That there might be a thor ough Investigation Into banking and, cur rency methods the conferees had agreed that the commission resolution should be recommended for passage. Senator Brandegee Inquired whether It was the Intention to have the commsaion start Its work at once. "Certainly." relpled Mr. Aldrich. The resolution was adopted without fur ther discussion. BRYAN ON PRIMARY SYSTEM NebcKiksa Says People Were Betrayed la Pennsylvania Convention Wnnta Instructions. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 21.-Wllliam J. Bryan spent an hour and -a half between traina In this city today In a conference with Jere 8. Black of York, Warren Worth Bailey of Johnstown, and other prominent Bryan men who were defeated In the demo cratic state convention here yesterday In their attempt to have the delegates-at-large Instructed for the Nebraskan. When asked about th restilt of yester day's convention, Mr. Bryan said: I appreciate very much the efforts of the democrats who attempted to secure a reso lution In the state convention In harmony with the vote of the democrats at the primaries. The difference between the primaries snd the state convention Illus trates forcibly the necessity for primaries. Wlien voters speak for themselves they say what they th'nk and do what they please. When voters put their Interests In the hands of uninstrui'"d delegates they take chances In the delegates using the fower for themselves and against voters, t is just such betrayals of public trust that have let to the extension of the pri mary system. Mr. Bryan left here for Altoona. CASHIER KEEPS MOUTH SHUT Directors of Defunct Plttshurs Bank Unable to Get Light oa His Operations. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 21. The directors of the Allegheny National bank are holding a meeting today for tta purpoae of dla cuasing the bonds which secured the large deposits of the city. V U Is said a number of the defunct bank's directors paid a visit to William Mont gomery, the cashier, whose peculations wrecked the institution, in the Allegheny county jail. In an endeavor to convince Montgomery that he owed to them the duty of throwing some light on his operations in order that an effort might be made to re cover some of the missing money. The former (ashler refused to say a word which might in any way cleur up the tangle. According to statements made today the bondsmen who secured the city's deposit of more than $1,600,000 with two bonds of $600,000 esch, will likely settle the matter within a few days. WOMEN GLADLY GO TO PRISON via onuraaeues rrfifr aiartyrs' Hole to Glvlnsr Bond for Their Appearance. LONDON, May 21. Blx suffragettes taken Into custody before the house of Premier Asqulth all went to prison for periods of from ono week to one month rather than give recognisance for tfcoir good bohavlor today. POSTOFFICE .BILL READY House and Senate Conferees Agree on the Measure. OCEAN MAIL SUBSIDY INCLUDED Prospect There May Bo Some Contest Over the Approval of This Pro vlslon Members Getting Ready to Go Home. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 21. (Special Tele gram.) At a late hour today the conferees on the postofflce appropriation bill reached an agreement, the result of the conference being reported to both houses. In some particulars the conference report will be criticised by posts! employes througout the United States, because the thirty-day vaca tion period 1 has been eliminated, the con ferees agreeing to exclude Sundays and holidays from the fifteen-day vacation which Is the lsw at present, with the promise that the thirty-day vacation period will be given next year. The clause rela tive to the Increase In salaries for clerks and carters who are In the $1,100 class re mains. Increasing them to $1,200, this being th only Increase of salaries in the clerk carrier class In the bill. The Item with reference to the estate of Edward Rosewater and the authoriza tion on the part of the secretary of the treasury to settle the same as agreed upon by the postmaster general when Mr. Rose water waa a delegate to the International Postal congress at Rome Is retained. Subsidy Provision. The most far-reaching agreement arrived at la that with reference to the pay for ocean mall servi.e. and It Is looked upon as an entering wedge for ocean subsidies for ships built In American yards under American direction and flying the Amer ican flag. Under the act of March 3, 1X91, the postmaster general Is authorised to pay to vessels of the second class on routes to South America, the Philippines, Japan, China and Australasia 4,000 miles In length, outward going, $1 per mile where the speed Is below sixteen knots; $2 per mile above sixteen or below twenty knots, and $4 per mile above twenty knots. This amend ment in substance fixes the rate between sixteen and twenty knots at $4 per mile, and Is looked upon as a step forward In bringing vessels making this speed under the direct control of the government and they will form the nucleus of the merchant marine of the future. Under existing; con tracts the government Is now paying about 3.000,000 for ocean mall service, and from the estimate reported to the two holses of congress It will now amount to .about $3,600,000, which Is about the annual net profit from ocean mail service in the last fiscal year. Under the bill the total ex penditure of the foreign mall service In any one year shall not exceed the estimated revenue therefrom for that year, which will make the ocean mall service self-supporting. It Is expected that when the house takes up the conference report tomorrow that this so-called subsidy will excite consider able opposltlan, ' and possibly a disagree ment. Dolllver Coming Home. With the adjournment of congresa In sight, although the date has not been fixed for certain, legislators have begun packing for home. Especially is this true of those who have fights In their state or district. Senator Dolllver. who Is looked upon as one of the ablest of Senator Allison's lieutenants In his fight for re-election to the senate. will leave for Iowa on Saturday to partici pate in the closing days of one of the fiercest campaigns which the Hawkey state has seen In years and which will be decided at the primaries on June 2. Sena tor olllver has arranged a whirlwind sneaK lng campaign, opening at avenport next Monday. On Tuesday he will speak at Cedar Rapids, on Thursday the 28th he will be at Fort Dodge, Creston later, and he will close his campaign at Sioux City, Monday evening, June 1 . Should congress adjourn on Saturday night, as some expect, or should It adjourn on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. senator Allison has made all arrangements to leave for Dubuque the last of next week. The aerator was at the White House today talking over matters of legislation with the president. Hlnshaw Is Pleased. Representative Hlnshaw todsy Is carry lng a smile about with him that refuses to "come off" because of the treatment ao corded hla district In the omnibus public building bill, Beatrice and Falrbury both being token care of. The congressman from the Fourth district today introduced Thomas A. Henley snd wife of Mllford, and Frank W. Barclay and wife of Be atrice to the president. Mr. Barclay has a brother In the Interior department who is an assistant attorney general under Sec retary Hatfield. Mr. Hlnshaw stated that he had talked to the president about legis lation and that chief executive was still Insisting upon limiting the powers of couits as to Injunctions and It was the congress man's opinion that the president would be satisfied with the Payne bill, so-called. Nebraska Senators Returning. Senator and Mrs. Norrls Brown have made arrangements to leave for 'the west on Tuesday, provided congress adjourns by that time. They will stop at Des Moines to visit the father of Senator Brown and at Vinton will pay a visit to the senator's brother, Mr. Frank Brown. He will go on from Iowa to the national convention In Chicago. Deiutiur warren succeeded in auacning an amendment to the general deficiency bill embodying a number of claims re ported from the committee on claims and Includes the following for Wyoming peo ple: Ferguson Bros., Hecla, for dam ages to hay crop, meadows, etc., by troops at maneuvers, Fort D. A. Russell, $X0 C. C. Franer, Laramie, for damages to hay crop and meudows at same maneuvers. $1,600; S. W. Frye. Hecla, for damages to crops as result of maneuvers at Fort D. A. Russell. $JU0; John A. Wallace. Laramie, crops damaged, $j60; Mrs. Catherine Mo Kechlfe, for same destruction of property $3U0. Cbaago at Fort Omaha. Captain Mack Cunningham, signal corps, Is relieved from duty at Fort Omaha to take effect at such time as will enable him to comply with this order, not later than J una A), and will proceed to Fort Gibbon, Alaska, for duty pertaining to th" Alaskan military telegraph system, rellev Ir.g Captain Alfred T. Clifton, signal corps. who will proueud to Fort Omaha for duty, Tha application of L. R. Ewart, F. R. Schroeder, F. C. Schroeder, 8. E. Peck and Gertrude Evert to organise the First Na tional bank of Eustis. Neb., with $26,000 capital has been approved by ths comp troller ol lh currency. MAN STRANGLED IN CHICAGO R. C. P. Holmes Found Dead with Marks of Oarroters on Ills Meek. CHICAGO, May O. Robert C. P. Holmes, purchasing sgent for the Commonwealth Edison Electric company, was found dead, with the marks of garroters cn his neck and his face black from the strangulation. In an alley in the downtown district today. Ths body was found by an employe of the street cleaning department and was Identi fied by the contents of the pockets. Not ths smallest coin or ths slightest ar ticle cf Jewelry was found on the man's person. His pockets were turned Inside out and besides the terrible dlscoloratlons on tha neck and face there was a gaping wound In tha skull, made apparently by some blunt weapon. Tha skull waa frac tured. Late today a negro suffering from cuts on his hands and face was arrested. He became violent when questions regarding the Irolmes murder were asked him, and It Is believed he had something to do with It. Coroner's Physician Hoffman, after an examination today, declared that he waa unable to tell the cause of death. No bones n the head were broken, and It was the opinion of Mr. Hoffman that the single cut over the left eye, while the result of a powerful blow, was pot in Itself sufficient to cause death. BIG STEEL BRIDGE WRECKED Labor Troubles Said to Be Cause of Dynnmltlng New Structure Near New York. NEW YORK. May 21. A new bridge under construction on the Harlem branch of the New York. New Haven 4 Hartford railroad at Beychester wns wrecked by dynamiters today. A charge of fifty pounds of ths explosive was discharged under the first span, twisting the huge girders and practically wrecking the whole structure. Today's outrage followed an unsuccessful attempt yesterday to wreck a bridge on tho same railroad spanning the Harlem river. The bridge was a modern steel structure which had been erected over the tracks near Baychester station for foot and vehi cular traffic. It was built by the Schu- macker company of Philadelphia and for many months had been the scene of almost constant labor troubles. It Is believed thst it will take two months or more to repair the damage done. Much of the steel on tho south end of the bridge Is so twisted and bent that It la useless for anything except the scrap heap. One of the large girders In the big middle span was also twisted out of shape. This means thnt the entire steel work on the middle span will have to be done over again. BURLINGTON TO BREAK CORNER Sensation In Chlcngo Pit on News of Quick Trips of Grain From Omaha. CHICAGO. May 21. A sensation wss created on the Board of Trade today, when It became known that the Chicago, Bur llngton tt, Qulncy railroad has Issued hr stmctio-is to Its traffic superintendents to see that the loading of corn wns subjected to no delay. This ls believed to be an effort to rush as much corn as possible to the local market, with -the hope of break ing tae "corner" held by James A. Patten. At thef flees of the Burlington railroad Superintendent of Transportation W. L. Barnes said the order to rush the corn to the market was Issued "because of the condition of the market and for our own protection." One car of corn arrived here today over the Illinois Central that was loaded in Orr aha Tuesday. This Is far less time than Is usually taken for such shipments. The corn market was quiet today and the May option, which Patten Is said to control, opened and closed at the same point, 77V4c. MISSOURI AFTERJEW CHANNEL Break In Revetment Above Combina tion Bridge at Sioux City May Cause Trouble. SIOUX CITY. Ia., May 2L-(SpeclaI.)-A report has been filed at the office of the assistant engineer In charge of the Mis souri river that the big stream at a point about one mile and a half above the com bination bridge had broken through the revetment and Indications sre thst It may form a new channel, thus endangering thoussnds of dollars worth of property in Sioux City and Covington. Two breaKS In the rlprapping are reported, but only ono Is deemed serious. If the waters of the river, persist In seeking a new course the combination bridge and the high bridge will be left spanning a space of marsh land with the river to the south. A hur ried report of the break has been sent to the office of the ehlf government engi neer at Kansas City, Mo. MRS. VANDERBILT WINS CASE Report of Referee Handed to Justice 0'Gormnn--Woman's Lsw yers SatUned. NEW YORK. May 21 The report of the referee in the suit of Mrs. Elsie French Vandcrbllt for divorce from Alfred G. Van derbllt, head of the Cornelius Vandcrbllt branch of the famous family, was handed to Justice O'Gorman In the supreme court today. All the papera In ' tho caae were at once sealed and filed. An Intimation that the report of the referee was favorable to Mrs. Vanderbllt was given when the attorneys made a mo tion that the report be confirmed. The motion was taken under advisement. SUBSIDY F0R0CEAN MAILS Conferees of House and Senate Agree Upon Clause In Postoiff.ee BUI. WASHINGTON, ilay 21. The conference of tha two houses of congress on the post office appropriation bill have agreed to Incorporate In the law the senate pro vision for a subsidy for carrying malls to Japan, China, Australia, South America and the Philippines. The same rate Is to be paid vestels of the second class as is now paid to vessuls of the firft class and to vessels of the third class the same as is now paid to vessc Is of the second class. ASK RULING OF WASHINGTON Nebraska Railway t'ommluloia Insists on Shipments at Actual Vel?bt. LINCOLN, Muy 21. Owir.g to a number of complaints recently filed against the refusal of railroads to fill Interstate ship ments for less than I'iO pounds, the Ne braska Railway commission will ask the Interstate Commerce commission for a rul ing In tha mattt TWO NEW BISHOPS Methodists Elect Drs. Anderson and Nnehen. NO RESULT ON THIRD BALLOT Dr. Lewis, President of Morningiida Colleg-e, Leads With 423. TWO CANDIDATES WITHDRAWN Dr. Dorchester and Dr. North Ask Friends to Cease Voting- for Them. FOURTH BALLOT INEFFECTIVE Dr. Hushes, President of Do Panw University, Was First With 404 Votes, and Dr. Lewis See end With 484. BALTIMORE, Md.. Msy ll.-Rer. Dr. William F. Anderson of New York' and Rev. Dr. John Nuelsen of Nast Theological seminary, Berea, O., rvere elected bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church upon the second ballot, taken lats yesterday afternoon at tha session of the general conference held at the Lyric. The third ballot produced no result. A fourth ballot was accordingly ordered. A third ballot waa ordered for the re maining six bishops. Before It was tsken Rev. Dr. Daniel Dorchester, Jr., of Pitts burg, who received 1OT votes on the second ballot, and Rev. Dr. Frank M. North of New York, having SB votes, requested their friends no longer to vote for them. Second Ballot Effective. There were 766 effective votea cast on the second ballot, B10 being necessary to choice. Dr. Anderson received 648 and Ir. Nuelsen 640. Those receiving more than 200 votes were: Rev. Dr. William A. Quayle of Chicago. $81; E. H. Hughes, president of De Pauw university. Greencas tle, Ind., S66; W. 8. Lewia, president Morn lngside college, Sioux City. Ia- $28: Charles W. Smith, editor Pittsburg Christian Advo cate, 325; Robert J. Cooke, book editor Methodist Episcopal church, 306; H. C. Jennings. Cincinnati, publishing agent Western Book concern. 2S4; A. C. B. Mason, (colored), Cincinnati, one of the corre sponding secretaries of the board of educa tion, Freedmen's Aid and Sunday schools, 275; David G. Downey, assistant secretary of the same board, 27J; Joseph B. Hingeley of Minneapolis, secretary of the general conference, 243; Charles L. Goodell of New York. 238. The third ballot for bishops resulted In no choice, no candidate receiving tho neces ssry two-thirds required to elect. The vote for tha leaders follows: Lewis. 43; Hughes, 420; 8mlth, 408; Quayle, 3fc3; Cooke, 803; Goodell, 297; Hlngely, 274; Downey. 273; Mason. 268; Jennings, 22S. Necessary to a ohoice. 614. This ballot was reported Just before adjournment An other was taken and the conference will reassemble at S p. m. to hear Its result. No Election on Fourth Ballot. No one was elected on ths fourth ballot In the election of bishops at tha Methodist -Episcopal general conference this after noon. The vote was aa follows: . Hughea, 494; Lewis, 484; Smith, 461; Goodell. . 392; Quayle, 380; Hlngely, 2W; Downey. 286; Cooke, 276; Jennings, 266; Mason,. 241; H. C. Btuftx. 196; Robert Me Intyre, California, 189; Freeman D. Bovaid. California, 145. There was a large scat tering vote. Necessary to choice, 610. CONFERENCE PRESIDENT ACCUSED Wnrm Interchange Over I'nlon of Churches nt Plttshurs Session. FITTWBURO. May 21. A continuation to day of the discussion' of church union by the delegates attending the general con feerence of the Methodist Protectant church. In session here, Is expected to de velop a number of lively scenes. Tho first tilt resulted last night In' a sensational manner. Following an address by the Rev. D. J. M. Bherldan of Baltimore, in which he Intimated that men In tha Methodist Protestant church originated tha proposi tion for ths union of ths body with tho Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Dr. Lewis, president of the Methodist Protes tant general conference, replied as follows: 1 want to know who means to Insinuate that 1 have been a party to a dishonorable action. Defending his position. Dr. Lewis said: painful must be the duty which makes you come to this conference snd maks it appear that some man is a sneak. 1 tell you, you cannot put me In that attitude. I am not sorry for what I have done. I am here to take full responsibility tor my actions. Gossip has been going around tha con ference room and whisperings havs fre quently readied my ears thai when the church union question came up there would be something doing. I suppose that unless there Is more dynamite behind this grand sensation It Is now exploded. BAPTIST ANNIVERSARY MEETING Three Thousand Delegates Attend Convention la Oklahoma City. OKlJtHOMA CITY, Okl.. May 20,-Wlth 1,000 delegates In sttendance and from 1,000 to 3,000 due to arrive tonight and early tomorrow, the Northern Baptist anniver sary convention was convened In White Temple this afternoon. Tha object of the convention, which Is to continue for a week, Is to receive and con sider reports of the American Baptist Mis sionary union, the American Baptist Horn Missionary society, the American Baptist Publication society and any other general denominational organisations. The sub mission aud consideration of these reports, however, Is not to determine or prejudice ths future relstlnns of such several organi sations to the Northern Baptist convention. Accomplishments by the Baptists In mis sionary educational work among uncivil ised Indiana and in foreign lands and plans for the Baptist Young People's union work are among the topics to be considered. ' The Woman's Baptist Home Mission so ciety had charge of today's sesslona Re ports by Mrs. A. H. Barber, Chicago, treasurer, and Miss Rose L Boynton, Chi cago, acting corresponding secretary,, si. owed satisfactory conditions. ' Ara. John Neuven of Chicago, president of the society, addressed a large audience in White Temple tonight. Army Post Short of Water. SHERIDAN, Wyo.. Slay 21. (Special.) Fort MacKenzle. near this city. Is almost entirely wlt&out water for domestic pur pom.", the result, it is allegtJ, of tha faulty construction of its pipe line, constructed by Wicks & Hughes of Denver Under gov rnmt-nt supervision only four yesrs ago. The pipe line has buist in many places and Is hardly carrying any water into ths gov ernmpnt reservoir at ths fort. Local ex perts who have Inspected the tin say It Is liable to go out at any time, leaving tha miliary post wlihuut Wats of brt. nreieo-dot 1.. i !' i