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Fhe Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII NO. 203. OMAHA, MONDAY MORXIXO, MAY L'5, 1903. SINGLE COPY TWO' CENTS. 4 CHURCH AND LABOR Great Man Meeting for Men i Held . ' in Kansas City. PRESBYTERIAN WORK EXPLAINED Addren by Dr. Stelsle of Department of Church and Labor. CHURCH IS LABOR'S CHAMPION Strong Argument Why Working Men Should B Christiani. HUMAN SIDE OP RELIGION Speaker, Who Woa Formerly a Ualoa MarhlaUt, Sara Neglect of Thla Factor Caused Labor to Drift A war from Chorea. KANSAS CITY. May 24.-Preebyterlan evangellem among laboring men was the theme of the addresses delivered at a great mass meeting for men at Convention hall today, by Rev. Charlea Stelxle. superin tendent of the Presbyterian departmtnt of c.iuiili and labor, and John B. Lennon, treasurer' of the American Federation of Labor. I'.ev. Stelile mailed a personal in vUuUyn to every union labor man In the city, nonunion men were also especially In vlifd. and a magnificent audience greeted l.ic sr-eakert. Hev. Sleltle, who waa himself formerly a union machinist, organlxd the depart ment of church and labor In- the Presby terian church and he devotes his energy to the work,f organizing the church and the workersrof thai world closer together. This department la rapidly becoming one of the. big things of the Presbyterian church and It Is a potent agency In enlist In j men In the service of the church, a work which U also one of the greatest functions of the Prebyterlan Brotherhood. Rev. Etelzle's address was a comprehen tlve discussion of the relation of Christi anity to the laboring man and a strong argument in aupport of the position that laboring men should be Christiana. Square Deal Moat Important. Taking the subject, "Christ labor's Champion," Rev. Stelile spoke as follows: "The most Important thing about the labor question la to give the other fellow a square deal. In order to do this we need a labor vision. The average worklngman Is too close to the labor Question to un derstand It This la also true of the av erage employer. There are thousands of men being deluded by tha vain hope that if they can abolish the labor union they will solve tha labor question. If every labor union in existence were to be wiped out today tha labor question would atlll be Dresent However, the labor, union haa come to stay. It la almpry a question of whether It will be a good unionism or a bad unionism. Like every great social movement It la pulling through Its period of hysteria. ''Socialism, communism and anarchism ara fundamentally moral probleme. Before anji on rtBrtn-ian aucoessruny in troduced, if ever It seema wise to Intro duce them, there must first of all be a radical change In the' 'naturally selfish hearts of men. It la because that Christ fleslt with the labor question In thla way that His power la growing aa never be fore. Infidels may scoff at the arguments of Christian scholars, but the life of Christ has stunned them from tha first century even down to tha twentieth. Attltode of Social Reform) If ever there wad need for social re form it is found today among the heathen. But your social reformer la not going to them to try to help them. He waits un til Christian missionaries have sacrificed their Uvea go that hla life may be made safe and then ha builds upon the founda tions which they have laid. Then ha is quite ready to denounce the church for Its lack of interest In the affaire cf the people. Meanwhile he find it more profitable to live In even a 'so-called' Christian land. "Tha date on every letter that you write and tha obeervance of every Babbath day are world-wide acknowledgments of tho power ft Chrlat. calling attention to the two greatest facts in Christian history, the birth of Christ and Hla reaurrectlon. He Is today King of the civilised world. He la tha court of last appeal. Nobody thinks of going back of Hta decision. "Isn't it a great thing to have ouch a man as labor's champlonT " Other men have been put forward aa repreaentatlvea of labor, but thoae who needed their mes sage most of all paid no attention to them. Here la a man to whom every body will listen. He la today sending forth a challenge to worklngmen, dating them to accept Him as their leader. If they do they ara aura to win, for Christ Is sura to win. and what Ha says to work lngmen He la saying to tha employers of worklngmen. Ha la challenging them to Introduce Hla principles la their bust neas life and Into, their dealings their employes.1 rtrst Chore to Act. Mr. Lennon said: "The Presbyterian church, represented In the conference now being held In Kan aas City, Is the first church organisation that haa officially recognised the press ing and ever-growing importance of the labor rttovement by establishing a depart ment In their church to bring about a better understanding between the organ ized church and organised labor. I aay the organised church, because while there may be possibly aome Individual Chris tians who ara not In the church, they are of no force or potency In the world, and If they save themselves they certatn'.y are doing nothing to save anybody else. I speak of organised labor because It U the only labor In a position to give ex pression to Its protest against unjust conditions or' Impositions that are placed on the shoulders of labor by tha employ ers of the world. The unorganised work liigman or worklngwoman la of no more force for moral uplift than the dumb- driven cattle. Therefore, whatever of co operation there may be between the church and jabor for human uplift of the wage-working clashes, It mutt necea tartly be between tho orsir.tscd church and organised labor, for It cannot be be tween anyone else and bring any results. The wageworkers. seeing no Interest man ifoeted In the church In the human side uf the religious question or In tho ques tlon of bread and butter and a decent living, have nut u-illy drifted away from the church tu a great extent, and I am constrained to believe that they are not going back In large numbers until the t church wiu cmphualse Just as atrongly I the human side vt the religion, of Jesus Christ as they do the spiritual side." Mt. Lennon, after reciting the progreaa of (Continued on Second Page.) CONDITION OF THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA AND IOWA Bhowers Monday and Tuesday. Temperature st Omaha yes'erday: Hour. w KITTREDGE HEARTILY RECEIVED Many People Tars Oat In Senator's Home Town to Hear Him. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., May 24.-( Special Telegram.) Sioux Falls last night testified to its loyalty to Benator Klttredge In his candidacy tor reelection to the United States senate by the greatest political demonstra tion since the visit to the city of Senator Har.na and party during the campaign of 1300. Senator Klttredge was the principal apeaker at a monster meeting held In the Auditorium, immediately following a torch light procession, which passed through the chief business streets. The parade 'was from a mile to a mile and quarter In length, music being furnished by seven bar - mr.A t'"2- drum corps. Senator Klttredge of personal friends occupied a he parade, the carriage and being escorted by eight ex he United States navy, who full naval uniform. Senator i enthusiastically cheered at g the line of march, the pa trough banks of people along carl its &2 men 3 appe 5 Kittl aii p r: rade s - the a 3, The -,3 and li Is the was C ... room was at isbanded at the Auditorium, hlnutes, the building, which ubllc hall In South Dakota, co the doors and standing a premium. When Senator Klttredge was introduced there was a pro longed demonstration. Throughout his ad dress the closest attention was paid to what he said and he frequently was vlg oiously applauded. The demonstration in honor of Senator Klttredge was held under the auspices of the South Dakota Klttredge Traveling Men's club. At the conclusion of the ad dress the visiting and local traveling men were guests at a banquet given by the State Klttredge Traveling Men's club. KEYSTONE IS SWEPT BY FIRE With No Water Available, Flames Eat Vp Business Hhiim la Pros perous Black Hills Town. RAPID CITY, 8. D.. May 24. -(Special.)-Keystone, a. large mining town in this county, twenty miles to the southwest, suf fered a severe loss Friday evening by fire. The fire started In the club rooms on Main street about 8:30 and as it was lmpoeclbla to secure water the fire soon got beyond eontrol. The entire east side of Main street from Shoemaker's barn north for two blocks waa destroyed. The cause or the amount of loss haa not yet been, ascer tained, hut It must havto been considerable. as the area covered- by the fire was eol'J'y built up. The bank, hotel and principal butlnesa houses on the opposite side of the street were saved, although the windows were cracked and tha buildings badly blistered by the heat. Until the Holy Terror mine shut down a few years ago Keystone was one of the most prosperous gold mining towns In tin west. Other mines In the vicinity had made arrangements to start up and cdndtMons were Improving when this disaster oc curred. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Mars- J. Smith. SHELTON, Neb.. May 24. (Special.) Friday afternoon Mrs. Mary J. Smith, a widow and old resident of this place, walked to the cemetery a mile from town to make some arrangements for decorating the lot where her husband la buried. Later she was discovered by the cemetery sexton In an unconscious state. She was brought to her home In town in much agony and died In a short time. She was the widow of a civil war veteran and a member of the Modern Brotherhood of America ldge, In which she carried Insurance. It is thought she was stricken with paralysis. William M, Lambert. AUBURN. Neb., May 34. (Special.) Wil liam Merrltt Lambert died yesterday morn ing at hla home twelve miles southwest of this city. Mr. Lambert was one of the earliest settlers In this county, coming here with his family from Tennessee. The surviving children are W. C. Lambert of South Omaha. H. A. Lambert of th'a city, B. T. Lambert of Kearney, Oeorge Lam bert of Stella. Mrs. Emma Williams and Mrs. Ella Williams of Stella. Andrew K. Thorpe. PIERRE, 8. D.. May 24, (Special Tel egram.) Andrew E. Thorpe, a bachelor farmer of finllv cnuntv. who located a I . "wiM Vi s m 64 V v- -V a. m 64 -v xX" 1 a. m 64 f -VTW a. m i CI ' m Jjj SxXi 11 a. m. w yCajGK" 12 m 71 2sfS1-A'0 1 P- rn 78 K' HSJ 2 P. m 74 n N ' p V tTJ P- m 73 TX P- m " , v eet?J- 7 P. m 72 C X J 8 p. m 69 I f I p. m Hi wlth-ij., farm , the northern part of that county In 183, died at St. Mary's hospital In this city last night from dropsy, after a lingering Illness. The remains will be taken to West Liberty, la., for burial. Ears, T. Rogers. AUBURN. Neb., May 24.-(Speclal.)-Ezra T. Rogere, aged 77 years, died at his home in this city after a short Illness. Mr. Rog ers was one of the oldest residents of Ne maha county. Prospect of Maaar Factory. SHERIDAN. Wyo., May 24.-(Speclal.) The presence In this city of C. 8. Morey, head of the beet sugar interests, and Gen eral -Manager Holdrege, has caused a re vival of the rumor that work Is soon to begin on Sheridan's beet sugar factory. The officials spent two days driving over the country. In company with State Treas urer Gillette, who la Interested In the pro posed factory at this point. Xebraakan gays Ho Waa nobbed. BHERIDAJ. Wyo., May 24. 8peclal.) J. L. Hill, who clalma to be a horse buyer from Harrison, Neb., complained to the police that ha had been robbed of 1360 cash, five signed checks for $1,000 each and a cer tificate Cf deposit n a hank at AM more 8. D., for (817. The officera do not credit the story, and aay Hill haa spent his money. MOVEatXMTS Or OCEAJ) STIAKIHlrl. Port. tlltHi tilled. MSW YORK ....Artbto Xtrun. HKW YOkK .... La ! U. a'luillt IJVERPooL ...b!tie NAPLfcg Priocaas Ima .. h'AFLKS Ariallu ANTV, SKP PlnianS CHRISTIANS D.. I Oiui II. London Hitxraiaa London Minneapolis. fhtSHOlRO Aaerm. HAVRE CoriotbUa L Prareac. Pit' ME Atltuu. ROTTERDAM R4a. qi'EENSTOWM .Cunata MOV1LUI Coluaeta. HOMESTEADS FOR DRY FARMS Smoot-Mondell 320-Acre Bill to Be of Great Help to Weit. RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT OUT Settlers to Be Permitted to Lira In Villages Where Water ajid Advantages of Civilisation Are Obtainable. (From a Btaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 24.-(Speclal.) "One of the most Important measures before con gress at the present session, so fsr as the arid and semi-arid atates and territories are concerned, is the so-called Smoot-Mondell dry farm homestead bill," said Repre sentative Howell of Utah. "The state of Utah comprises an area of about R2,000,000 acres, of which only about 2H per cent Is under cultivation. The rea son is that by fat the greater portion of the lands of the stste are so situated that Irrigation la Impossible, and, under the old methods, fai,nng is out of the question. Then, too, the lord laws as they now exist require a homestesder to reside upon hla claim In order to acquire title. Without water, residence Is Impossible snd there are millions of acres so situated that no available water supply can be reached without traveling ten, twenty and even fifty miles. "It has been clearly demonstrated that arid lar.ds can be made productive by the summer fallow process. That Is to say, such lands are plowed one year and al lowed to remain fallow until, fall, when they are fitted for a crop, and the next acason, after the harvest, they are per mitted to remain uncultivated, or rather without being sowed. The year follow ing, In the fall, another crop Is planted, and by this method fair crops are secured every alternative year. Settlera Live In Village. "The owners of such farms live In the vil lages, sometimes fifty miles distant, and they are compelled to haul all the water they require for themselves and their horses. The standard homestead under the old lews was 160 acres. Inasmuch as only onc-holf of an arid farm can be cultivated in orw season. It was decided ty those havinir the Interest of the great western plains at heart to try to get congress to consent to double homesteads in the arid regions, and the Mondell-Smoot bill was drswn with that object In view and tho senate added a section which eliminates thi ri :uin;ir:ent aa to continuous r;.ildence upon such a homestead. That la to say, as soon as the president signs the bill, which I am confident he will do. It will be pos slblo for a settler to take up a homestead of 32( acres and to cultivate It under tha methods I have described, and at the same time reside with his family In a nearby village, where, besides the comforts of life, he can educate his children and enjoy him self, hold Intercourse with neighbors and have the advantsges of church attendance. "Utah Is unique In Its village life. Vil lages dot the state from end to end and most of our farmers. Instead of living on isolated farma, reside In the small hamlets and towns and drive to their fields as oc casion may require. . I ..believe the enact ment of this new law will result In the taking up of several million acres and the cultivation of the same in our state alone. It will add thousands to the rural popula tion of all the states affected and will convert the aagebrush plains Into waving wheat fields, and the Jack rabbits will give place to live stock of value to the human race." Colonel Dick. In Dresa Salt. In 117, Colonel Dick Plunket, then in chsrge of fhe police of the Osage Indian reservation In Oklahoma, came to Wash ington with a round dozen Indian chiefs. He found them a place In the Inaugural parade; kept them here during the subse quent festivities and took them back to Oklahoma, all at his own expense, and greatly to the Joy of the red men and to the gratification of President McKinley and Vice President Roosevelt. It was the tlrst appearance of Indians In the Inaugural parade. In 1897, Colonel Dick wore a sombrero, and. while his "chaps" and spurs were left home, he bore no evidences of the eastern brand of civilisation. But that was eleven years ago and the colonel was making his first visit to the national capital. Since then he has moved his residence to Wyom ing and he makes frequent visits to the east. When he" first came he carried hla wardrobe on his back. Now he carries a trunk In which are carefully packed a "Prince Albert" of fashionable cut. a "claw hammer" of the most recent fabrication, and a "Tuxedo" which Is the pride of every stag dinner which he attends. The colonel Is almost aa great aa authority on dreas for certain occasions as Berry Wall. During the last month Colonel Plunket has been the guest of the president of Har vard university. He has attended a swell wedding In the fashionable Rlttenhouse square district of Philadelphia, and a half dosen similar functions In Boston, Wil mington and Washington. ' Beveral daya ago he called at the White House and was at once spied out by Sec retsry Loeb. There were half a score of senators and several governors awaiting an audience with the president, but Secretary Loeb rushed Colonel Plunket past tliem all and Into the president's private room, and when Colonel Roosevelt saw him he made a center rush and landed on his old friend with a whoop. He forgot every thing else for nearly a quarter of an hour, while he held the fist of the typical west erner. 'Mad Good" at Harvard. The president knows how It Is himself, and he was consequently not surprised that the quondam ''chief of the chiefs" of the Osages appeared1 arrayed aa fault lessly aa Benator Lodge or General Harry Bingham. But he stuck to that right fiat until the last moment, first, because he was honestly delighted to see Plunket, and. second, because his visitor had no axe to grind. Then again, "Young Teddy,'' who Is at Harvard, from which university his father was graduated, wrote home that the colonel had "made good" there, and that he was the Idol of all the boys. The present visit of Colonel Dick Plunket to Washington recalls an In cident to which he was a party and which has a direct bearing upon a more recent case. It will be recalled that Congress man Heflln of Alabama not long ago shot at a negro who had Insulted a woman on a street car. Hla pistol bullet hit the wrong man and he was Indicted. About a year ago Dick Plunket was walking down F street, when a drunken negro accosted and Insulted several women who were on their way to a the Ater. Tha westerner stopped and ex postulated with the Inebriated colored citlsen In such a low tone of voice thut th latter thought that ha had things all his own way. He doubled his flat (Continued on Second Page.) FALLERIES TO VISIT LONDON Presldeat of France Com ex Today to Be the finest of Klnar Edward. LONDON. May 24. President Fallleres arrives In London tomorrow to return the visits which King Edward VII and other members of the British royal family have paid to the head of the French republic in Paris. The honors to be paid the pres ident cannot equal those bestowed upon the German emperor during his visit last year, as the president's stay will be but a short one, but what la lacking In great entertainments will be made up for In the enthusiasm of the public welcome. M. Fallleres will cross the channel In the French cruiser Leon Gambetta, ac companied by a fleet of destroyers and will land at Dover. There will be a great naval display In hla honor, a fleet of fifty-three warships, under the command of Lord Charles Beresford, having been ordered to the channel port for the oc casion. This fleet will consist of the battleship squadron of the channel fleet, the first cruiser squadron and the west ern destroyer division. The ships will be moored in two long lines from Shake speare Cliff to Dover pier, and as the Leon Gambetta with the distinguished visitor on board steams through the lines the guns on all the ships and those in the forts will boom a salute. The destroyers will accompany the French cruiser to Dover dock, where the president on land ing will be welcomed to England by Prince Arthur -f Connaught and other notables on behalf of the king. Trip to London. The trip to London will be made in a royal car. At Victoria station King Ed ward, the prince of Wales and representa tives of the government will be on hand to greet M. Fallleres. and from that mo ment a four day's round of entertainment will Commence. A state banquet at Buck ingham palace will bring together the pub lic men of England and the members of the diplomatic corps; Tuesday, the follow ing day, the king and president will visit the Franco-English exhibit; Wednesday, the busiest day of the visit, will commence with a reception to the diplomatic corps at St. James' palace, followed by a visit to the city and luncheon at the Guild hall. In the evening, "by command of his maj esty, the king," a gala performance will be given at Covent Garden, at which the king and queen. President Fallleres and a large number of spedlally Invited guests, will be present. In order to it honor to the president, selections from French op eras have been chosen for presentation, namely, the first act of Blzeta' "I Pesca torl dl Perle," and the second act from Gounod's "Faust." Probably In no pre vious gala evening have so many English speaking artists been engaged. Melba will sing Marguerite's role In "Faust," Siebel being represented by Miss Hatchard and Martha by Edna Thornton, while John McCormack, the promising hew Irish tenor. Is cast for Nadir in Bizet's opera. Mad ame Tetraxzlnl will. appear as Leila In the latter work, so that In one evening the two foremost operatic singers of the time will be heard. President Fallleres will stay at York House during his four days in London, and there, and at the French embassy, recep tions will be held. In the meantime the crewa of the Leon Gambetta and the French destrorwrj wtTl bt entertained by the British sailors at ''Dover and will he brought to London ' to visit soma of the theaters. PRISONER ATTACKS FELLOWS Seriously Injures Them Before Jail Attendants Can Get In to Interfere. J. G. Perlgo and John Preston, who were arrested Saturday noon on the charge of drunkenness, had a "kangaroo" sentence passed upon them about 3 p. m. by C. C. Kerr, who was arrested shortly after 2 o'clock In the afternoon, and who was put In the same cell with Preston and Perlgo. Incensed at being arrested, Kerr gave vent to his feeling by assaulting Perlgo and Preston, who were lying on the cell floor. Before the Jail attendants could get him out of the cell, Kerr had kicked both of the others In their right eye, necessitat ing the attention of Police Surgeon Huber and their removal to the hospitals. Perlgo was taken to the St. Joseph hospital with the bones about his right eye fractured, and Preston was removed to the Omaha General hospital with a badly lacerated optic. The charge of drunkenness against Kerr was changed to that of aasault. BUTTON FOR THE CORN SHOW Emblem In Gold Plate and Bine , Enamel Issued by Exposi tion Officials. The National Corn exposition has Issued an official button In gold, plate and blue enamel. The button la an oval with a perfect ear of corn embossed in the cen ter, which Is of gold. In the blue border of enamel above the centerpiece are the words "National Corn Exposition" and below "Omaha, December 10 to 19. 1908." The button la ex.iemely artlatlo and will doubtless be widely worn, aa it is far from being an ordinary advertising button or pin. Aa the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben have promised to use an ear of corn In the new button for 1908. the National Corn exposition will be welL advertised from coat lapels. 1 TROLLEY CARSJN COLLISION Accident la (aa Francluco Results In the Injury of Twenty Persons. BAN FRANCISCO, May 24.-Two crowded trolley cars collided at Devisadero and Sacramento streets at the foot uf a steep hill shortly after noon today, killing Henry Baer, a traveling salesman, and Injuring twenty other passengers, one fatally, an 1 several seriously. The Injured were Uk n to St. Francis' hospital, near the scene of the accident, where it la believed all excepting .one, a child, will recover. The car on Devisadero street got beyond con trol of the motornian and dashed down the hill with terrific speed, striking the Sacramento street car just as It rounded the curve onto Devisadero street. Omaha Men Hart at Kherldaa. SHERIDAN. Wyo., May 24. (Special.) Herman Buttron and John Tyrrell, both claiming Omaha as their home, were wounded In an encounter with Officer Rose, who caught the men In the act of carrying off a large amount of Jewelry from V. T. Waters' store early Friday niorr.lng. Rose discovered Buttron standing guard outside and ordered him to throw up his hands. Buttron attempted to run and was shot through the shoulder. Tyrrell attempted to escape through a front window, but cut an artery In his leg and surrendered. Neither ia seriously injured. RAIN MAKES STREETS RIVERS Water Cornea Down for Half an Hour in Torrents. SEWERS TAKE CARE OF IT Some Parlnsr Just Began or Finished Suffers and Considerable Filling Will Hove to Be Done Over. While rain poured In torrents, flooded the streets and sidewalks for half an hour just after i o'clock Sunday afternoon, the storm sewers and guttera were evidently capa ble of handling the downpour, as no com plaint or reports of great damage were received at the police station nor by the city engineer. Unpaved streets were washed badly and many of them will have to be filled or graded. Water poured down from the hills between Cuming street and Capitol avenuo and Seventeenth street was under wster for thirty minutes after the rain. The street car line on Sixteenth street was under two Inches of water and people who did not care to wade were cut off and had to st ayln one block until the water could run Into the sewers. At Seventeenth and Burt streets one man was seen stand ing on a high place In the pavement sur rounded by water. He hsd started to cross Burt street and discovered a stretm of water several Inches deep on the south side of the street. When he turned to go back to the north side of the street the water had Increased In volume, and he stood on an Island of asphalt, wait ing for the sewers to digest the rivers on either side of him. Some damage was probably done to the streets which ire being paved In the north part of the city. Clark street waa ready to pave with brick. It waa a duck-pond last night, the water being five to six Inches deep between Sherman avenue and Eighteenth street. Cellars of houses k course of construc tion were filled with water and some others doubtless ?ot a share of the over flow. t Seventeenth and Douglas streets the water flowing both from the hill west 'on Douglas snd from the Seventeenth street gutters, filled the sewer, and, over flowlnglng the sidewalk poured against the show windows of Courtney's store, which are almost a foot above the walk,. No damage was done, outside of some water being poured Into a stairway opening. ORAM) ULAXD MEV DISTURBED Action of Railroad Employes There Savors of Boycott. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 24. (Spe cial.) Deep Interest and no little concern Is felt here on the railroad situation. For some reason not made exactly clear the local men. It Is felt, have been asking fox more than the executive committee of the Nebraska State Railroad Employes' Protec tive associations have been asking for. It was explained that the demands made lo cally were framed before the plans of the state association were completed. This ex planation might be complete but for a seeming dissatisfaction still, - though two local commercial bodies have practically ex pressed themselves as not " favoring a straight reduction In rates so much as an elimination of the descrlmlnatlons existing between communities In the matter of freight rates. The first demand was practically that no further agitation In the matters of freight rates be approved. This met little support among the buslnesi men. The executive committee of the employes' state associa tion then came and. In a meeting with the executive committee of the Commercial club, asked for a petition to the State Rail way commission requesting It so to adjust rates that there be. In the net result, no further decrease In the revenues of the companies. While this was a far different proposition, the executive committee asked the employes' committee to put Its request In writing and, this having been done, re ferred the request to the full Commercial club, and Invited the Retail Merchants' association of Grand Island to act jointly with It. The members of the latter accepted the Invitation, but, having a regular meeting on the evening before the joint meeting was to take place, adopted a resolution to the effect that It was well known that the controversy aa to reduced forces was one between the employing roads and the employes only; that the factor of railroad employment here was both appreciated and liberally estimated; that it determinedly favored a readjustment In rates In order to remove from them the gross Inequalities and discriminations between communities and sections of the state and, assuming that the State Railway commission would give to all a fair hearing, and make a finding after a more thorough investigation than could here be given, the State 'Railway commission was urged and relied upon to deal Justly with the carrier as well as the shipper. Such was the gist and tenor of the resolution adopted by tha retailers, who, thereupon, did not appear. In numbers, at the called joint meeting. There were pres ent at the latter about forty-five of the railroad employes and about a dosen of the memers of the Commercial club. After some discussion. In which the trouble waa attributed largely to the Aldrlch bill and the adverse legislation and its enforcement In this and various other states, the motion was made that the matter of any repre sentation to the State Railway commission be placed in the hands of a committee of three. President Ryan to be one of the members and to appoint the other two. This motion was objected to by Mr. Macomber of North Platte, a member of the railway employes' executive committee, who hoped that It would go further and say that the club opposed any reduction In rates. This the club seemed unwilling to do and further discussion was precipitated. Chairman M. F. Ryan of the railway em ployes' committee and President Ryan of the Commercial club both urged that there ought to be no objection to the motion, anj the motion finally prevailed. It appears not to be satisfactory, however, and the action of the retail merchants seems to be especially objectionable to the men, and a further meeting of the employes has beeu called. 81r.ee there have already been veiled threat in suiiie uf the committee meetings that the men will do a more ex tensive mall order buainesa with Chicago houses, the best cf feeling does not pre vail. It Is hoped, however, that both sides will be fair to each other In order to pre vent any serious contention. Dal for Bankers' Meeting. DENVER. May 24 The nixt annual con vention of the American Bankers' associa tion will be held In Denver during the we k beginning September 27. The date was de cided upon by Frederick C. Farnsworth of New York, secretary of the association, after a conference here yesterdsy with officera Of the Denver Convention league. PLOT TO SELLPUBUC LAND Four Indiana Mrs Charged with Making Roans Deeds 'to Mo brara Reservatloa. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May 24.-An al leged plot to dispose of the land in the United States military reservation at Fort Niobrara, Neb., by means cf false deeds and abstracts, and mythical names and characters, was exposed Saturday afternoon when four leal estat dealers were arrestod by federal officers. The men arrested are Edward F. Kesler, Oeorge T. Voorhets. James N. Newby and Perry F. Carr. The specific charge against the men is that they used the mails to defraud, and en tered Into conspiracy to defraud ty the use of the malls. Some of the tracts of land sold by the men, It Is alleged, ha-e been sold twice. One man bought luO acres on which the buildings of the military post are situated. In most cases. It Is alleged, It was repre sented that tha Nebraska land waa owned by a man named C. Hastings Reld of Polk county, Iowa. In other Instances the owner was represented to be Thomus L. Thomas of Polk county, Iowa. It Is said there ait no such men. The Fort Niobrara reservation conMste of four townships, and It U alleged thst nearly 6,000 acres have besn sold In a fraul ulent manner. The illejed fraudulent sale of the lands came to tho attention of the authorities when aome of thj deids and abstracts were sent to he "recorded. The men arrested appeared before United States Court Commissioner Mcirr'S thla afternoon, who granted a continuance until June 1. FARMER ATTACKS PRIEST Attempt Made to Kill Father Lubeley at Salisbury. Mo., at Church Doar. SALISBURY. Mo., May 24 (Special Telegram.) At the conclusion of the services at St. Joseph's Catholic church here this morning Joseph Schutte as saulted Father Lubeley with a knife at the church door and cut severely Mrs. Albert Glnter and Gerald Goets. who, with others, rushed to the assistance of the prjest. Father Lubeley was stabbed In the neck near the jugular vein and over the ft eye and his Injuries are serious. He was attended by local surgeont and then taken to St. Louis to a Catholic hospital. The assault on the priest was the out growth of a quarrel between Schutte and John Legendre, sergeant-at-arma of the house of representatives, which cul minated In a fight between these two yesterday. Father Lubeley attempted to reconcile the two men and Schutte ob jected to his Interference. The assault wss made In the precnco of the entire congregation. After being overpowered and disarmed Schutte waa released. 'Later he surrendered to tho officera and was guarded during the day in the Salisbury Savings bank. Father Lubeley is well known throughout the rtate and formerly lived In Chicago. Schutte is a prominent farmer. STREET CAR STRIKES AUTO Denver Man Killed and Man and Woman Iajnred In Accident v , In Chlcaaro. , , . CHICAGO. May 24. Orson C. Bsrtholo mew, 8 years of age, of Denver, Colo., was willed In a collision between an electric car and an automobile at 'Twenty-fourth street and Indiana avenue today. L. Bar tholomew, 62 years old, a brother, 6439 Stewart avenue, Chicago, and Miss Mar garet Hawkins, 6W4 Horvard avenue, Chi cago, were seriously Injured. The killed snd Injured were all occupants of the auto mobile, which was being driven by L. Bar tholomew. Both vehicles were going at a good rate of speed. The automobllo was overturned.- Orson C. Bartholomew was Instantly killed. The others were crushed beneath the machine and are said to be In a critical condition. MAN KILLEDBY LIGHTNING fft. Louis Merchant Keeks Shelter Iron Storm Under Tree aad Meets Death. ST. LOUIS, May 24. W. P. Howard, a wealthy commission merchant of this city, was struck and Instantly killed by light ning during a heavy electrical and rain storm which swept over St.' Louis this afternoon. Mr. Howard, who was a mem ber of the Glen Echo Golf club, an exclu sive golf club with links located . In the westen part of the city, had been playing glof and sought the shelter of a tree when It began to rain. The lightning ran down, the tree, killing him Instantly. TRAIN PROBABLY KILLS MAN Causes Loss of Arm and Several Serious Cuts and Bruises. MINDEN. Neb., May 24. (Special.) Frank Harklns, Las Vegas, N. M., sustained In juries under the wheels of the Burlington fast train No. 6 at 1 o'clock thla afternoon which probably will prove fatal. Hla arm was badly smashed and was amputated at the shoulder; hla face was cut, scalp cut open and body bruised. Tha doctors thought If It were not for the amputation of the arm the other Injuries might not prove fatal. The doctors who did the amputating were Drs. J. A. Craig and J. A. Martin of Mlnden and N. P. Johnson of Upland. Harklns and a friend. Ed Runxel, were going east on the Burlington. According to the report of the accident, Harklns stepped off the train on the north side Instead of the south side and fell under the wheels. The man was able to make a statement after the accident. He said he had no means, all the money upon him being So. He is an Eagle aid member of the Line men's union, neither of which has a local lodge in Mlnden. Barrow to Start Xcxr Paper, SHERIDAN. Wyo.. May 21.-(Special.)-It is reoorted here that F. H. Biirow. who has sold tha Sheriuan Enterprise, will start an Independent republican state weekly at Cheyenne In the near future. The Enterprise has been the leading anti machine newspsper of the state under Its present management, and the runurel move Indicates a desire to extend the fight boynnd h lru flld It la known Barrow has the backing of some of the leading antl-machlne republicans of the stae. ' Sheen Lost Not Heavy. 6HERIDAN, Wyo.. May 24 -(8peclal.)-Reporta received from northern Wyoming and southern Montana ranges Indicate only a moderate loss of sheep In the rnon storm of May 20. Lambing camps locate! away from shelter report some lost of lambs from exposure, and newly shorn ewes, when not In good condition, perished In the storm. No cattle losses are renortel, and the large amount of moisture wUl greatly benefit the range. CAY CROWD OX TOUR One Hundred Trade Pilgrimi Start for Weit with Eclat. BIO ASSEMBLAGE AT THE DEPOT Burlington Electric Train ii Model of Beauty and Utility. THREE STATES TO BE VISITED Commercial Club Directs This Great Excursion for Business. "FOR OMAHA" IS THE PASSWORD Fifty Llaea of Industry Send Repre sentatives to rreach the Gospel of Omaha, the Market Town. To the tune of the schrlll toota of the Bcmls siren. In their besutlful "electric" special train of nine cars, the 100 buslnesa men of Omaha who will spend a week in western Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, left the Burlington station lsst evenlngat S o'clock, and a largo crowd on the plat form and viaduct bid good bye to the trav elera and watched the train as It swung around to the right, and the last thing they saw was the electric sign on the observa tion csr, "For Omaha." Dimlck's full ban U which secompsrJhs tha excursionists on the entire trip, rlayed on the paltform while the excursionists and their friends were admiring the train and making the final arrangements for tha start. The train will arrive In McCook at 7 a. m. and leaves there at 8 o'clock, spending the day between that point and Fort Mor agn, Colo. The stations which will be vis ited today, with the time of arrival and departure at each atatlon, follows: (Mountain Time.) Arrive. Leave. 8 ' p.m. 8:68 a.m. :?8 a.m. 10:23 a.m. 10:64 a. m. 11:48 a.m. 12:23 p.m. 1:23 p.m. 1:43 p.m. 2:03 p.m. 2:44 p.m. 4 09 p.m. 8:22 p.m. 7: p.m. 11 :00 p.m. McCook Culbertson Trenton St rut on Max Benkleman ..... Parks Halgler Sanborn .. 7:a.m. .. 8:26 a.m. .. ;lSa.ni. .. 10:08 a.m. ,. 1:44 a.m. .. 11:18 a.m. .. 12:18 p.m. .. 12:F3 p.m. .w i:zsp.m Laird Colo 1:63 p.m. Wray M4 p.m. Yuma 8:3p.m. Akron 4 67 P "- Brush 23 p.m. Fort Morgan 7:80 p.m. About. Stria stof Baggage Waarona. Alt day yesterdsy a string of baggage wagons loaded the big double-decked sixty-foot bsggage car with advertising spe cialties. Almost every member of tha party had a "ateamer trunk"' of advertla. lng matter of some kind which will ba distributed to the friends on tha road. The train stood on the sidetrack all day and many visited the Burlington station Sunday afternoon to look the coachea over. When the lights were turned on the train could be seen to the best advantage. The Burlington company provided not only tha dynamo car to keep tha lights going ashen the twlln Is In motion, but a giant storage battery which will hold sufficient "Juloe" to keep all lights burning when tha train is spending an hour or two In a town. When everything was ready Chairman Dan Fuller of the trade extension commit tee stepped to the telephone In the observa tion car and called up Commissioner J. M. Guild, who was In the headquarters. Mr. Guild said everything was ready. Then Mr. Fuller called the baggaga car and learned that the trunka were all on, like wise the porter of the club, known as "Buttons." After aseertstnlng that the cooks were both In the dining cara; that Joe Kelly, the major domo of the party, was on board, and that Dresher the tailor was In his dressing room, Mr. Fuller sent a wireless message, to the conductor and the train "dusted," carrying away 100 of the men which the city will miss for one week. Gar Crowd of Booster. From the sppesrance of the party, the towns which will be visited will see a gay crowd of boosters, wso can be serious when need be, but who will be In a Jolly and care-free frame of mind during the com ing week. Perfectly organised and every movement systematlsed by the trade extension com mittee and Commissioner J. M. Guild, th members of the party will do everything from shake hands to eat In a perfect way and In a given time. Some of the fatures of the trip will be the banquet given by the Colorado Traffic club Tuesday evening: the moving picture show at Curtis Wednesdsy evening; trip to Irragtlrn dl cres from Morrell, Thunday; sheep shearing exhibition at Wolton Fri day; the night in Casper Friday, and teh return home next Sunday. Besides the 100 In the party, there ara almost fifty men on the train to look after the comfort of the excursionists, the rail road company furnishing electricians, extra porters and helpers, and the Pullman com. pany furnishing extra help. The Pullman cars are In charge of Conductor Babcock, who was the conductor on the Great North west excursion. Mat of tho Travelers. The following Is the complete list of those who are on the trip: Agricultural Implements. Llnlnger Implement company, F. L. Hal ler. president. John Deere Plow company, C. 8. Voor hees. , John Deere Plow company E. P. John son. T. F. Stroud & Co., T. F. Stroud, presi dent. Bags. Be mis Bug company. George H. Roberts, manager. Banks. First National bank, T. L L. Davis, as sistant cashier. i Merchants National bank, C. B. Dug dale. Nebraska National bank, H. W. Tatea, jr., assistant cavhier. Omaha Natlona: bank, Frank Boyd, as sistant cathler. United States National bank, G. E. Haverstlrk. asxlstsnt caahier. City Savings bank. John F. Flack, pres. Ident. Packers National bank, C. 4- Dunham, aaHlistant cashier. Union Stock Yards National bank, E. F. Fulcia. vice prei-Mert Barber. James Rlchardxon. Boots and (hoes. ' F. P. Klrkemlall 4 Co., W. J. Culley. secretary. F. P. Klrkendall A Co., R. W. Moore, sales manager. Hayward Bros. Shoe company. I. U. FU'kr-tt. Hnyward Bror. Shoe company, Johln Duff. Breweries. Fred Krug Brewing company, Fred IL Krug. treunurer. rilori Brewing company, Adolph Storm. Bridges. r'tandard Bridge company, J. W. Batdn. Standard Bridge toiupaAjr, W. J. V
