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The' Omaha. Daily .Bee VOL. XXXVH--NO. 300. OMAIIA, TUESDAY MORN'INO, JUNE 2, 1008 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. i (is 2 ' f CHANGES IN CUURCI1 Lait Day of Methodist General Con ference a Bniy One. PRESIDING ELDERS ABOLISHED Theie Official! Art to Be Known u District Superintendent. SEW TRIAL FOR MITCHELL Hew York Profeuor ii Wrongly Con ', victed of Hereiy. PROBATION RULE . AMENDED Feraoa o B Admitted ta Chare Wkn RMtuiiM T OtBclal ' With ApwraU af tk Puts. BALTIMORE. Md.. Jun L-Tha lat and what, in all probability, will be the moat arduous dy of the Mehodlt Episcopal general eonfrne u begun today, with a tart calendar of report for conalder-ation.- At th morning meeting resolutions were paesed looking to the amalgamation of all national Sabbath day alliance In thle country; providing for the appointment of a committee of ' arrangement for the celebration In 191 of the allver Jubilee of the' founding af tha Methodist Eptco pal mission In Coraa, and endorsing the laymen' missionary movement under way In ' all tha evangelical proteatant denoml natlona, and recommend In v the appoint ment of a commission of laymen to visit tho field. The time-honored title "prealdlrc elder" wa abolished by tha adoption of a minority (port from tha revision committee recom mendlng that tha aame be changed to "dis trict superintendent" by a vote of $22 ayea to SO noes. . . Tha general conference confirmed the re port of tha Judiciary committee's sustaining tha appeal of prof. Hinckley O. Mitchell. who was In affect declared a heretic by the Central New York conference. A committee of the Central New Torw conference In vestigated the ehargea. reported Prof. Mlt chell guilty and Ihe report was adopted by tha conference without, U la said, giving the accused man an opportunity to defend himself. From thi action of the confer ence Prof. Mitchell appealed to tha Judiciary committee of tha general conference, the report of which austalned tolm on points of law. upon which only, tha Judiciary com mlttee la competent to pas. Caen are In Here-sy Trials. F.eporta and other business were rushed through tho conference at both morning and afternoon sesalona ' with the greatest dupatctu There waa little discussion of most of the questions. In this way a large amount of matter of a routine character pertaining fo the government of the church waa d If posed of. Some of the more im portant measures, however, had to run the fire (of debate before being acted upon. One 'of there pertained to heresy trials. Here rfTTTlT ttm?cYm'-&ec!ad Methodist , Episcopal bishop will be relieve of the dury of passing upon charge of hereay which may be laid against profeasors m theological scmcnartes. These-complalnta If they tome to the bishopa will In the fu ture be turned over to the annual confer ence of which the accused Is a member. If he be a minister, and If a layman, to the paator of the church to which he belongs. In the past when charts of this character have been preferred agntnst a preacher the bishops have had to pass upon their valid ity and afterward aa presidents of confer ences to att at their trials, an act which the Judiciary committee declared to be uncon stitutional. Prhatla System Caaaaed. A report which received careful conslder atlno before It finally was adopted waa one doing away with the alx months' probation system. Under tha new rule persona may be received Into tha church aa aoo naa they aro recommended by tha official board or y tba class leader and atewarda' meeting, with th approval of tha paator. While do- Vtng away with the aid method It alao allows rnp a tMrln4 nf tvrnhatlon of anv lensrth that Snay ba deemed necessary. HIGH WATER AB0UT WICHITA Lawlaads Flooded aad Waawa Bridges ' Aro Oat la Ooataera Kaaaa. WICHITA. Kan., June t Lowlands ar flooded, many railroad and wagon bridles aro out and train In an out of this city r delayed on account of high water. Almoat twenty-four hour of continuous rata came to an end early today. During th last twelv hour SM Inches of watei fell. Bt'TTK. Mont., June 1. Bridge crossing Sllvtr Bow crerk within th limit of Butte are threatened by the flood, and street ear tracks on the Tata aouth of the city ar under water. Th rainfall d J ring May amounted to seven Inches, ex ceeding all record. Th Yellowston liver I also on the ram aage. Trains are from twenty-four to forty-eight hours late on the Northern Pa- PRESIDENT NAMES OFFICERS Tva Federal t Jadce aad Oat Dis trict Attaraey Appelated froaa t aeoaarated List. WAHI.GTON. Jun I. President Roo relt today arjiounced th following receas tppomtmenl: , Oscar R. Hundley to be united State dlstrh-t judge for the north ra district of Alabama; John E. Salter, 10 ba United Statea d. strict Judge for the houthern district of Ohio and Edward E. Wagner to be United States attorney for th district of South Dakota. Thes p olntmenta were ming fifty nomlr-atlons aot Confirmed by th senate at tha session ust closed. RICH LOOT FROM STATE BANK Robber Serare Elaat Taaaaaad Dot ln froaa laatltatloa at, laaa, Kaa. CUBA, 'Kant Jun 1. Four men robbed th Stat bank of Cuba early today and eavapad with between M.U0 and U after a tight with clttaena. No on a a shot, however, posses are In put suit, but th robber have a good lead and ar believed to nav mad good their escape. , Kr Paaaaaa Boat Llae. 'ftcHLE. Ala.. Jun 1 -Th Mobile Pan an. a aiaamalilp hi waa Inaufurated this morning by the departura from this port of the steamship Thetma and Crtatohal Colon, rarring passengers aad mall. Tula llae reduce tn lime between th new re Jirj5y and kuUsd disks vary ma- SUMMARY OF THE BEE Taeoday,. Jaa 1, 1808. 190S iints 1908 srx ,vav isz, irfa in" ay. ,sr 1 2 3 4 5 6 Z 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 1Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2Z 23 2930--'--'-- HI WXATXI. For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Showers Tuesday. For Nebraska ehowera Tuesday. For Iowa Probably Showers Tuesday. Tea pe rat are at Omaha I Hour. Deg. r a. m M a. m M 7 a. m 53 ' a. m .' M a. m X 10 a. m M 11 a. m M U m 1 p. m H 2 p. m S p. m & DOMESTIC. j Julius O. Trueison, Jr.. non. Tex., on a forgery - e later repudiated, may on an accomplice of Mrs. Faze 1 aupreme court decides gtvlng dealers riaht to fright books. Pag- 1 Conf '- arrestet Sr. charge, f 2. throw s .3, Ounness. z. United " copyright cut piicel Bryan Is "? ? elcome at Chadron and Pag 1 r car. returning from two and Injures others. Faga 1 Crswford. 2 Overturt o Coney Isla. r Z. Eight th men resume work In the aouth witn the opening of the mines. Fag 1 Prealdent appoints federal offlcera whom the senate did not confirm. Fare 1 The accident to the Red Star line Fader- land was only a minor affair. Faga X United State supreme court grants th request of the water board for a review of the Omaha Case. Fag-a 1 Atlaska'a output of gold for the coining season I estimated at $26,000,000. Fag-a 1 Secretary Root decided upon the person nel of the Toklo commission. Faga X Fuel carrying roads of Illinois enjoin the Interstate Commerce commission over ruling about handling of cara Fag-a X American medical association makea an attack upon cheap medical college. Fag- X President Stillman of the National City bank withdraws from Amalgamted copper, Fag X State Bank of Cuba, Kan., looted of 1 1.000. I Fag-a X Methodists have busy day In concluding their general conference session. Fag X Sate oBard of Assessment ha Ita trouble ladevlnlng a plan far distribution of valuations of the Burlington road. . . - Fag-a S , xocuvr Seventeenth annual niretlng of loan and building men held at Loyal hotel Monday and the tone of real estate and financial conditions Is shown to he high. Fag's S Building committee I appointed by county board, which Is the first step toward the erection of a new court house for Douglas county. Fag-a T Judge C. A. Baldwin defends Dan Calla han, convicted of grave desecration, before the city council in special sesblun. Faga 10 Bryan had a feast In Crawford which would feed a whole regiment and then leave enough for baked brown has to feed six or eight companies. Fag 3 COMMZKCXAX. A-BTD XjrsUSTKXAX.. Live stock markets Faga 7 Grain markets. Fag- 7 Stocks and bonds. Fag 7 XOYEMElTTa OF OCIAJT BTXAMSBIFS. Port. Arrlvr. Balled. KE YORK Pria. Vtndomt.. Ol EENSTOWN.. ( rmrlc MONTREAL VliilnUo Ql-KBKr Ltk ChamplatB. UVERPOPL Ktmrla LO.NlxiN MentMtima IXNPON Parlitaa QIEEN8TOWN C iron la. MOVLLB Iiinewt. NEW YORK. May SL Steamer Maur etania. from Liverpool for New York, waa 975 miles east of Sandy Hook at i a. m.; will dork at a. m. Tuesday. SABLE ISLAND, N. 8 , May St-Steamer Minneapolis from London for New York was reported by Marconigraph 646 miles esst of Sandy Honk at S a. m.; will dock at 7:10 a. m. Tuesday. DELIBERATE PLOT TO ROB I'arlslaa Police- Proa Marder Adolaao stelnhell aad HI Mather. of PARIS, Jun L Mm. Bteinnell, whose husband, th well known painter, and Ms mother. Mme. Japy. were found strangled tn death on Sunday morning at the artist's residence In the Rue de Vau gierard. had somewhat recovered from the shock this morning and waa able to give th police almoat perfect description of the assassins, all of whom wore long black gowns. Mme. Slelnheil waa gagged and 'bound to a bid by the atrangler. M. Hanard. chief of detectlver, say the crime was not a question of revenge, ard that the plot, which undoubtedly h1 rob bery for Its object, waa perfectly planned, executed and directed by some one familiar with ;he fret that there waa considerable money In the houae. derived from the sale of M. Stelnhell'a plctjrea. but tnat murder may not have been irtmde.1. M. Hamard declines to disclose the nature of evi.l. n-e againbt an Italian arrested Sunday night cn suspicion of bring one of the assassins. SLIGHT MISHAP TO VADERLAND Red fttar Lla Steamer Proceeds After Skart Delay at Flasklaa front Breakdowa. ANTWERP. June I The accident to tha Red Star line strarrer Vaderland. ever which considerable anxiety haa been felt on account of rumors that it had atone ashor or had been In ccllialon with an other vessel, la very alight, rcnatsting of a simple disarrangement of Ita machlneiy. The steamer returned to Flushing aftsr repairs had been completed, and lft that port at 10:15 o'clock this mornlna- for Dover. rillataa Maratrtrt Haagted. MANIl-A. June 1ra oat tno Ablen. leader of the 1o-L'hj movement, who onre as sumed the title f pope of the Island of Leyle. snd Epslrldlon Rod;, hi prlnrl. pal follower, wer hanged at th prison of BtilUd today.; They war found guilty of ftevernl rri.el munl'. A strong effort wa mad today to Mar Oorsraor Gen eral Smith to commute tba anlacv but he refud. . DEALERS MAY CUT PRICES United States Supreme Court Decide. Copyright Casei. REDUCTION NOT INFRINGEMENT In Cases Deteraalaed Where the Pol at Appears la Dlffereat Cea aeetloa Right ta Be. ahllak Records. WASHINGTON, June 1. The suprem court of the United States today decided three Important copyright rases, the opin ions being handed down by Justice Day. The first decision waa In the case of th Hobbs-Merrlll company against R. H. Macy A Co. and Isadora H. Straus, the decision being tn favor of Macy Co. In this ras the court dealt with the ques tion whether the sale by a retail dealer of a copyrighted book below the price fixed by the publishers is an Infringement of copyright. The Bobbs-Merrill company pub lished a novel and stipulated In a printed notice that It should not be sold for less than tl per copy. The house of Macy aold the work for 89 cent and suit was brought accordingly in tha circuit court of the United State for the southern district ef New York, but the bill was dismissed. A like result followed when the case was ap pealed to the district court of appeals and today's decision waa In the aame line. The ault was based on the theory that th right to dispose of a copyrighted work give the owner tha right t place restric tion on Its sale. Rlaat Fix Price. The right of publisher to regulate the price at which their books may be sold by retailers end Jobbers also was Involved In the two cases of Charles Sciibner' Sons against Isadore and Nathan Strauss, doing business aa R. H. MacV & Co., all of New York, which waa agairtst the former con cern. Tha suit were brought by the Scrtb ner a representatives of the American Publishers' association and they sought In the first of them to enjoin tha defendant from selling their copyrighted book at prices below those fixed by the association and from buying any such publication from anyone who Is not a member of the association on tha ground that such course 1 an Infringement of copyright. In the second case the allegation waa that Macy ft Co. had sought to induce other dealer to violate their contracts with the publishers. Relative to Cat Prices The fact was brought out that the pub lishers' association requires firms dealing In their copyrighted books to enter Into a contract to maintain fixed price for a year and not to el to anyone who would cut prices. Th circuit court of appeal decided against the publishers In both cases, holding that the sellers had not agreea 10 cut price and there waa no evidence of an effort to Influence other. That the republication of a map printed In an official publication 1 not always piracy under the copyright law was held today by the supreme court of the United States In deciding th case of the Glob wT a r , ' l.,??,?1 George H- Halkar 4. Co., In which th I decision wa favorable to the newspaper. The suit, grew out of th fct that tho Globe reprinted a map 6f the electric rall waya of Maasachuaett. which' waa com piled by Walker and published a a part of a state report In IS. Walker brought suit for damages on the charge of infringe ment of copyright and tho United State. cnusetis awaroea mm K30, but the su preme court reversed the decision of th lower court. PIERCE MUST STAND TRIAL! Oil Maa-nate Decreed by Hlahest Coart to Face Charge of . Perjary. v ASHINGTON. June 1. The supreme court of the United State confirmed the decision of the United States district court for the eastern district of Missouri In the extradition case of H. Clay Pierce of th Waters-Pierce Oil company of St. Louis, holding him subject to extradition to Texas, 'where he Is under Indictment on a charge of perjury In swearing that hi company had not entered Into a conspiracy In restraint of trade when the company made application to do bualness tn Texas. It Is contended that the Waters-Pierce company 1 a part of the Standard Oil company. MAY'S RECORD FOR WETNESS ew lark weatker Bareaa Has Flffare that Ejaal Tho for Month Jast Eaded. NEW YORK. Jun I.-May went out with a record for wetness. Counting Its contribution to the moisture that cam with cataract fore on Saturday, when th fall for nine hour wa 1.88 Inches, it let th floodgate loose to the extent of 8 10 incnea, unequaiea in any aiay sinoe in weather bureau went Into business, thirty eight years ago. Figures given by Fore caster Emery how also that th greatest twenty-four-hour rainfall of any May oc curred May 7 last. Tha greatest previous twenty-four-hour drenching wag In May, 1S33. and waa 14 Inches. The previous best record for the month was T.01. In 190L RESUMPTION OF WORK IN SOUTH Elaht Thaaaaad Mea Who Have Beea Idle Will Go Back ta Datles. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Jun 1. With th resumption of mines, furnaces and other industriea this week 1000 men who have been Idle for several month will get back to woik. Twenty-flv hundred resume to day in mines and coke over.. The othera will follow as the furnace become stocked. It Is also understood that the United States Steel corporation will begin in tha Iron territory a general revival of activities that will gtv other tiiousanda work In th near future. ALASKA'S OUTPUT OF GOLD Estimate for Caaalaa- lesaaa I Plared at Tweatr-lli Mllllea Dallar. SEATTLE, Wash., Jun 1. Th Pot Tntelllgencer. after receiving reports from all points In the north, estimate the gold output for th coming season In Alaska at $M. 000.000. Ilaai Falls Sealer CI a a. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Jun L Special.) Th class to b graduated from th Sioux I Fall High school this year will b on of th largest In th history of th achool. A total of forty-nine graduatea will be given their diploma. Next Sunday th baccav- laureate atrmoa will b preached baf or tba olaaa. and tha commencement sxsreia wUl b hld during taxt wscjr roads REsiboard order Fael Carrying Urn of Illlaol ftk to Eajola Interstate Coat Bifira CommlMlni. CHICAGO. June 1. The Illinois Central and the Chicago Alton railroads today filed application In the United Statu circuit cpurt for writs of injunction re straining the Interstate Commerce com mission from putting Into force an order recently issued directing the railroads to adopt a new system of coal car distri bution. The order which the railroads ek to have set aside becomes effective July 1 and directs that in distributing coal cars to mlnea along their lines,, the railway companies shall take Into account all car carried on the roads. Including for eign railway, leased or private fuel cars and fuel cars used for the private ser vice of the railroads. The Interstate Commerce commission held that the fail ure of the railroada to take Into account ail the cars made It possible for them to discriminate against certain mines. The action of the commission followed a ault before that body, brought by the Illinois Collieries company against the rail roads. In which It was charged that cer tain mines obtained, the use of all classes of cars, while the defendant was com. with what cars were pelled to be content! available. It Is maintained by the railroads in hat the commission their application is without Jurlsdlct (on, that there- never have been any u&iust discrimination in the distribution of coal cars and that such discriminations are impossible be cause the foreign leased or private cara ar used only In hauling the fuel sup plies of the railroada COPY OF NEST0RIAN TABLET Danish Explorer ftetaraa froaa Far East, Where Me Blade Expe dition t 5et It. NEW YORK. June 1. Bringing a copy of the famous Nestorlan tablet, discov ered In the seventeenth century .by the Christian monks tn China, Frits Von Holm, a Danish explorer, arrived here yesterday on the British steamer Kennebec from the far east. Mr. Von Holm's project In copy ing the priceless Nestorlan block In the Chinese temple at 8ln Fu waa a daring one, For sixteen months be and his assistants worked to make a two-ton copy of tha tablet. On on occasion they were threat ened with death and torture and . were chased aWay from their work by religious fanatic in the temple. But Mr. .Von Holm and his artisans resumed their, work when the objector believed they had air-en up their project. The copy when completed was crated and moved to Hankow, where It was held up until released by the British ambassador. Then K was shipped to Shanghai, where It wa placed aboard the Kennebec. 1 Over 3.000 figure ol dragoons, ancient figures and mystic hieroglyphics adorn the copy. On.lt ar also' rut the Nestorlan ode and eulogy to th religion and the names of seventy-five priests of Syria, who are believed to have been connect! In some way with tha missionaries at th time tha relic was carved cut of a great , , , . pivinp wa v J f'w Mr. Von Holm aayaTue original -tablet was transferred to ' the forest of tablets after ltd discovery by th Jesuit mission aries tn the seventeenth century and that It testifies to the Nestorlan religion In China as far back as W3. STILLMAN IS OUT OF COPPER Presldeat of National Cltr Bask Withdraw from Amalga mated Compaay. NEW TORK. June l.-At the annual meeting of the stockholder of the Amalga mated Copper company today James- Still man, president of the National City bank, retired from the directorate of th copper compajiy. Benjamin B. Thayer. John D. Ryan and John Bushnell were elected di rector to succeed Mr. Stillman, George H. Church and J. E. Judson. The resignation of Mr. Stillman Is In line with hla policy to retire from many corporations in which be ha been director. The financial state ment of the company shows net income for the year ended April 30 of $6,680,567. a de crease of t7.4T3.843 as compared with the 1 previous year and a surplus for th year of $625,041. a decrease from that of the pre vious year of $1,7113.04". The total surplus Is $1X008.821 The annual report of the Amalgamated Copper company says th companies owned Copper company produced In the calendar year 1807 from their own and custom ores about !13.000,000 pounds of refined copper, of which amount the Amalgamated Copper company received the benefit from about 178.000.000 pounds. After reviewing th de presslon tn th copper business last fall and winter the report eays thst In Febru ary. 1908, the surplus stock of copper had practically disappeared and the mines of th different companies are now brine operated at their fullest capacities. MOTOR CAR CRASH KILLS TWO Merrymaker Retnralna from Night at laser Island Barled fa der Mack lac. NEW TORK. June 1. -Whirling up Ocean Parkway. Brooklyn, at a speed of fifty miles an hour, early today, a big touring automobile containing a party of Brooklyn merrymakers who had spent the night at Coney Island, crashed into a tree, bounded Into tha air. turned turtle nd fell upon the occupants. Two men were Instantly killed and two were so severely crushed that they may die. Two other men who rer In the car escaped almost without a cratch. The dead are: WILLIAM P. GOUBEAUD. THOMAS NOLAN. I The injured: Victor Brandr-s, right arm and left thigh broken and Internally injured. James McKenna. left shoif.der broken and possible . internal Injuries. Th automobile wa o-ned and driven by John Lanyon of Brooklyn. In th automo bile with Lanyon. besides the two men who were killed with the two injured, was Ernest Eggert. Lanyon. who wa at the wheel of th machine when the accident occurred, wa arrested. i WRECKERS DITCH FAST TRAIN Flahalat Removed froaa Halle aad Several Eaaplayea Ar Sllgktly lalared. BRAINERD. Minn.. Jun 1 -A special train of the Great Northern railroad wa ditched rear Nlshawa. by wrecker today and th engine and three cara were de- I railed. Charles Torn, th baggageman, was I cut at sat tb hand, aad othrwts bruised. I No on atat waa Injured. Th wreckers had I removed th fishplate from th rails, sut I th tjag sad pulld ou Um pilu BRYAN DISLIKES MONEY ACT Call it Part of Flan to Change Cur rency Baiii. COWBOYS AND INDIANS HEAR HTM Addresae Lara Craved at Chadron aad Proceed to Crawford- Talk ta Cattlemea Paalle Iasae. oa CHADRON. Neb.. June l.-WIUlam J. Bryan opened th second week of hi Ne braska tour at Chadron, where he ad dressed tn early mornlr crowd which had gathered to meet hi train. For the day he had flva speech. After leaving Chadron a special train took him to Crawford. Mr. Bryan greatly Interested In the out come of the Aldrlch-Vreeland bill In the United State senate, the first news of hlch reached htm late Sunday night. "The currency bill, though ' called an emergency measure, he said. has been pushed through aa a part of a plan formed several year ago to secure a change In th baaia of the bank note. I am glad the democrat opposed it and am aorry they did not succeed In defeating It." It waa a matter of considerable disap pointment to Mr. Bryan that the currency bill wa passed and he Indicated that he would more fully express his objection to the measure at a later date. Mora than 300 person were on the plat form here to great Mr. Bryan despite tho early hour (7 o'clock!, and a heavy rain which fell half of the night. H wa driven to th homo of Judge Alvin W. Crlte for breakfaat. A stand on th principal corner wa sur rounded by on, of th most enthusiastic crowd which ha yet greeted Mr. Bryan when he wa escorted to tha platform at o'clock. Several hundred cowboy and Indian were among tho gathered to hear him speak and ho waa greeted In frontier tyl. , Fitting hi address to th occasion, Mr. Bryan spoke for an hour, during th course of which h dealt with public Issues aa they effect th cattle country and tha Nebraska farmer. Banquet at Crawford. CRAWFORD, Neb., Jun L An elaborate progTam waa mapped out by th committee at Crawford for th reception of William J. Bryan. Following an address at Byn dlcate opera house hi party waa escorted to th local hotel, where a banquet was tendered him. Mayor C H. Chase delivered a brief addresa of welcome and Stat Representative George M. Adam acted a toastmaater. Mr. Bryan apoke ' briefly, thanking th people for th hearty reception. He took oceaalon alio to recommend to the people the Bryan volunteers, under whose au splcles the present state tour I made, and aid that organisation waa th foundation of success. " ''. The menu card wa headed with a por trait of th honored guest and beneath it waa a picture of th Whit House, with a significant Inference oonnectlng tha two pictures. ATTACK ON CHEAP COLLEGES 3 American Madlcal Association Meet lac Own wltk This Sokject Under Conalderatloa. CHICAGO, Jun 1. Th annual conven tion of the Araorlcan Medical association opened here today with about 7,000 de le gatee In attendance. The first session was devoted to business and work of a legis lative charactar. It wa announced before the convention opened that tha . committee on education will present a report sharply attacking the cheap medical colleges of the country. Tho committee ha prepared statistics by which all American medical college are grouped under three heads, and action will be urged against collegea whose graduate score mora than 20 per cent of failure in their practlca. Th first classification group together those colleges whose graduate have av eraged less than 10 per cent of failures, the second those whoso alumni have averaged between 10 and 20 per cent of failures and the, third those whose graduate have shown mora than 20 per cent of failure. Tomorrow the first meeting; for scientific discussion will be held. CLEVELAND BACK HOME AGAIN Former Presldeat Show Himself oa HI Porch - and Appear la Good Healtk. PRINCETON. N. J.. Juna l.-Former president, Grover Cleveland, who returned to hi horn her last night from Lake wood. N. J., where he had gone about two month ago. arose early today and after a hearty breakfast, sat reading on tha ver anda of hi residence. Mrs. Cleveland aaid: "We ar glad to get him back home again. Mr. Cleveland la very well, though not entirely recovered, Yet he continues to rt along nicely. W have made no plana for tha futura aa yet. but wo expect to tay at Princeton for ome time." The Cleveland home waa decorated with many flowera In honor of the home com ing of Mr. Cleveland. It la probable that tha former president will drive In Prince ton thi afternoon. The Cleveland children ar at T am forth, N. H. CHANGE OF BAPTISM RITUAL German Baptist Bretkrea Reqaeat QaeatioBs B Asked After 1 mmerslOB . DES MOINES. la., Juna 1. Owing to the extreme nervousness and mental confusion that attends a baptismal Immersion and tha Incapability of th mind to answer th propounded questions properly, tha Ger man Baptist Brethren conference Is asked by two of It districts to change thi church form of baptismal ritual. Th re vision of the church rule. If granted, would place the time for asking these questions to baptismal applicants after they had been Immersed and wer in dry clothe and In proper fram of mind to answer the questions Intelligently. Tha memorials to th annual conference com from tha Paradise Prairie church dis trict and th district of western Pennsyl vanla. KINGSTON CELEBRATION BEGINS Presldeat Roooevelt Pretaea Battaa that Give Slaaal for Start af Parade. WASHINGTON. Jun L President Roosevelt at 11 o'clock today pressed an electric button which gave the signal In Kingston, N. T.. to start th parade, which la or. of th feature of th celebration of tb sooth anniversary of th founding of that Iowa REVIEW IN WATER WORKS CASE t alted Mates Kapreane Caart Greats Pernios of Omaha Water nara. (From a Staff Corresrondent.) WASHINGTON, June 1 (Special Tele gram.) The supreme court today granted the petition of the city of Omaha and the Water board against the Omaha Water company for a writ of certiorari, which was filed on May 11 by John L. Webster. Carl C. Wright and Harry E. Burnham. The brif in opposition to the petition was filed May 15 by R. S Hall snd Howard Mansfield of counsel for the respondent. As the supreme court adjourned today tintll next October this esse will not be reviewed until the October term of court, and It may go Into the nea- year before It is reached. The president todsy announced recess ap pointment of Edwin E. Wagner to be United States -attorney for the district of South Dakota, whose nomlnstton failed of confirmation by the senate. Wagner was the victim of the fight now belns; wsged between Senators Gamble and Klrtredge of South Dsknta for supremscy. Klttredge be ing a candidate for re-election and Gamble espousing the cause of Governor Coe I. Crawford. Wagner was Gamble' nominee, but he waa too active against Klttredge to suit that gentlemen and. he being a mem ber of the Judiciary committee of the sen ate. It was comparatively easy to hold up his nomination. Relator and Mrs. Norrls Brown left Washington this afternoon. They expect to visit several Iowa towns, where they have relatives and friends, to fill In the time before the meeting of the republican na tional convention at Chicago. Juna 18. Representative and Mrs. Ernest M. Pol lard left Washington yesterday for Ne braska. Congressman Moses P. Kink aid will re msln In Wsahtngion some time on business connected with the several department. Bayard H. Palr.e Is In Washington and wa today admitted to practice before tha supreme court. The bids for construction of the new federal building at Grand Island were opened this afternoon at the offlca of the supervising architect of the Treasury de partment. The bids submitted were as fol lows: Walter Peterson. Omaha, $121,737; R. Buttke, Omaha. l.00O; F. P. Gould & Son, Omaha, $104,000; D. B. Marshall Co.. Kansas City, Mo.. $103,000: Northern Con struction company. Milwaukee, Wis.. $108, 881. The requirements are that the building shall be completed by December. 19f. In the annual readjustment of postmas ters' salaries In Nebraska announced today the salaries of postmasters In the following cltle and town were Increased O00 per annum: Alnsworth. Alliance, Ansley, Ar lington, Aurora, Beatrice. Benkelman, Ben son, Bertrand. Bloomlngton, Blue Spring, Broken Bow. Burwell. Butte, Central City, Chadron, Clarks, Collegevlew. Columbus, Crawford, David City, Dewltt. Dorchester, Elgin, Elm Creek. Exeter. Fairbury. Fair mont. Franklin, Genoa, Gibbon. Gordon, Gothenburg, Greeley, GuTda Rock, Harvard, Hebron, Lexington, Loup City, McCook Madison, Milford. Mltchr!. Nebraska City, Nelson, Norfolk. North Platte. Osceola. Ox ford, Pawnee City, Peru. Plalnvlew, St. Paul. Bcott'a Bluff. South Omaha, Bpald- ng. Stanton. Sterling. Stratton, Superior, Sutton. Table Rock. Widen.' Wahoo, Wake field. Waaaau. Wllber, Weeping Water, Wood RK-r and Tork. Those at Curtis. Hirmphrsr and Ruahvill were Increased $200 per annum and th aa ary of the Bloomfleld postmaster wa de creased $100. 1 MILITARY SHOW IN BERLIN nperor William Give Klaaj Gastav aad Osees Victoria MagaiS ct Display. BERLIN, Jun 1. Emperor William gave King Guatav and Queen Victoria of Sweden a magnificent military show to day, tha aceaeton being the annual spring parade of the ' garrisons of Berlin and neighboring station. Thirty thousand men of all arm of the service, about 8,000 being cavalry, maneuvered ' In the two square mile of tha Tempelhof parade field. Th emperor and th king of Sweden viewed the troop on horseback, attended by several of th reigning prince of th minor German estate with their staffs to th number of about 100. forming brilliant cavalcade. The empress and tha queen of Sweden, were on the left of the reviewing stsnd. where, drawn up In four lines, were the carriage of the diplomatic corps, lnclud- ng Charlemagne Tower, the American am bassador, and Mr. Tower and many dis tinguished guests. In consequence of the extreme heat many of the soldier wer overcome notwithstanding the sever training, consisting of dally marches of from fifteen to twenty-five miles, which they underwent during th laat three month. WALSH'S DAUGHTERS NURSES Proulaaat Toaaaj Cklcaa-o Women Forsake Society ta Aaanm Car af Sick. CHICAGO. Jun 1. Denying themselves th honor snd privileges of society. Mils Adelaide and Vivian Walsh, daughter of James Walsh, president of the Southern Indiana railroad, hav dedicated their Uvea to th car of tha sick and Injured. Now, upon the eva of the graduation of His Adelaide Walsh from the Mercy hospital training school for nurses, a third sister, Dorothy Walsh, contemplate leaving the family home to adopt th same career. Th three girl a re unusually beautiful and aa on after the other haa detarmined to adopt th profession of nursing they have met with detarmined opposition from society friend. Mia Adelaide Walsh wa educated at tha Sacred Heart academy of thi city, the elect achool, where were one pupils Mrs. Potur Palmer, Mr. Mather Smith and Mr. Marshall Field, Jr. TOKIO COMMISSION SELECTED ccretary Root Ckoe Mea t Take Charge af Amerlraa Exkla-lt la East. WASHINGTON. June I. Secretary Root haa decided on th personnel of th com mission to represent the United Statea at th Tokio exposition In 1OT.2. The commis sioners general will b Francla B. Loomls. former assistant secretary of state; Fred erick J. V. Skiff, director of tha Field mu seum of Chicago, and Francis D. Milet. th well known artist. Tha first work of tha commission after it formal appointment, which is expected to b mad within a few dav-, will be th selection of a ortary and other clerical aasiatant. Many applicant ar on file for th position of secretary and each has numerous endorsement. Th recoramenua- tlon of tba commissioners will undoubteaiy b followed In flHU-J this n'c Upon gocd authority It I predicted that th appoint- nint will go to John CaUan CTLoughHn, a arsll known nw paper write f thla etty, WORK ON PLATFORM Firtt of Serie$yof Conference Held With Secretary Taft TO ENDORSE ROOSEVELT POLICIES This Section Will Be Made Strong: and Direct ANOTHER MEETING TODAY Result Will Probably Be Brought to President'! Attention. FORECAST OF TARIFF PLANK Secretary la la Favor af Revtaloa af Sehedalea at pelal Sesaloa af Coasrea la th ftprias, WASHING TON, Jun l.-Ther will b no luke warm endorsement of President Rooaevelt and his policies. In th republi can national platform. If the wishes of Secretary Taft and his friends hav potency In the framing of tht document. Thla much wa made known today after the first of a aeries of conferences to be held with the Secretary of War on th subject of th platform. Should the Chicago convention adopt thla sort of platform and nominate Secretary Taft it I predicted In authorltiv quarter that his letter or speech of acceptance will contain a pledge to carry out th Roose velt policies already Inauguarated and earnestly strive for those not enacted, which will have a ring similar to that pronounced by President Roosevelt pn tak ing the oath of office. Wade Ellis, attorney general of Ohio, who ha prospect of being th Ohio member of the resolutions committee of that convention and who was largely responsible for th conceded virility of the Ohio republican platform, la here for a thorough understanding with the Secretary of War. He waa with Mr. Taft at hi office for several hours today and at tha Taft residence for a long Urn tonight. Another conference I to be held tomorrow, when it 1 not unlikely th result will be brought to the attention of President Roosevelt. Secretary Taft haa made no secret of hi position on the tariff. He I for revision at a special session of the sixty-first con gress, to be called immediately after th Inauguration March 4, 1908. HI Ideaa aa to what tha tariff ahould be alao ar publlo property. The schedule should be drawn aa nearly as possible to cover th differ ence between th tester cost of production of a given article In foreign countries and the cost to produce that article. In th United Statea. Thla h regard as "pro tection" In Ita true and fair sense. MRS.; PRATT SHOWS LETTERS Say Colonel Wrote Constaaty sua 4 Paid Attention to Other Wsaas.' IM' - Mrs. Julia Montgomery Sh-a ft spent al most an hdur on tho witness stand in Judge Kennedy's court yesterday afternoon ' In her divorce suit against Colonel Jam H. Pratt, but moat of the time wa occu pied by tho attorneys In arguing question of law to th admission of evidence. Tho plaintiffs first point In th attempt tn establish her right to a divorce wa tha tffering of almost a score of letter which Mrs. Pratt said she found among th colonel' correspondence while he wa down In Texaa. The letter were all from a woman now living In Benson, whom Mrs. Pratt alleged Colonel Pratt paid consider able money to about the time nf her mar riage to him. to prevent her from bringing breach of promise proceedings against him. Mrs. Pratt asserted she had asked Colonel Prutt not to visit th woman, but ho per sisted in doing so, much to her humiliation. After the letter wer offered Colonel Pratt' attorney asked time tn which to examine them and court adjourned until I Tuesday morning. Colonel Pratt was In tho court room dur ing th greater part of th hearing H leaned heavily on a can and left the room before the hearing closed. Mra Pratt tn her testimony said she wa IS and Colonel Pratt wa 78 year old when they wer married In VJV&. Mrs. Pratt ha filed an answer to Colonel Pratt' cross-petition tn which she makea a general denial of all hi allegation of fraud and' cruel conduct. She alao attack It on th ground it dee not stata caus of action. Th hearing will probably last several days and considerable sensational testimony la expected. DR. WADSWORTH GOES IN JULY Will Bra-la Pastorate ef Plrat Presby terian Charek at Poebla First af Moatk. Rev. Guy W. Wadsworth. D. D., prealdent of Bellevue college, ha definitely decided to resign and go to Pueblo, wher he haa accepted a call to become paator of tha First Presbyterian church. His pastorate la Pueblo begina July 1. Thla la on of tha large churches of the west of thi denom ination. Dr. Wadsworth cam to Belltvu colleg from Occidental college, Lo Angele. where he had been for eleven years, moat of that time aa president. He wa suc ceeded at Occidental by John Willis Baer, who became distinguished th world over a general aecretary of tha Christian En deavor. "Plans for commencement at Bellevua are proceeding nicely," say President Wadsworth. "W will not hav been de terred In the least, so far as they ar cotv temed, by the recent tornado." WARRANTS FOR COTTON MEN Operators Accaaed lit Coaaaetlea wttfe -Leak" ta B Takca ta Waahlagtoa. WASHINGTON. Jun 1 Bench warrant were issued today for Theodore H. Prtc of New York, a cotton operator; E. S. Holmes. Jr.. former statistic of th De partment of Agriculture; Moses Haa and Frederick A. Peckham. both of New York, charging them with conspiracy. Tha war rant ar In th government cotton report leak cases and were Issued for the Nw York men for the purpose ot caualng their arrest and return to Jurisdiction for trial. Corrlcaa Break Deadlock. COLUMBUS. O, June 1 E. E. Corrlgan of linlatioro, Tex., urcded la breaking th deadlock n the Broinerr.ood of I .oou mo tive Engineer today, and wa chlsen as assistant grand ohif to fUl tb laat of th two new poaittona of that tlU silica LU coovenUon c ruled J 1