The Omaha Daily Bee THE OMAHA DEE to th homa la irad br tho omn Belli goods for advertlaera. WEATHER FORECAST. J"T Nebraska-- Phowers. T'-T 1" it-Showers snd pooler. For weather report 1'aar 3- VOL. XXXVIII NO. 294. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23. 1901) TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. BURKETT FOR FREELUMBER Senator from Nebraska Make. Ex tended Argument for Eemoral of All Duty. Minister Talks in Butte Saloon on Invitation IN CONTEMPT OF SUf-REME COURT Sheriff Shipp and Five Other from Tennesee Found Guilty by Fed eral Tribunal. CASE WITH FEW PRECEDENTS Here They Come! AUTOMADEQUICK I .1015 FORUOBBERS All Officers Agree Machine Was Used and Returned to Omaha, Where Bandits Hide. Rev. A. T. Edwards Accept Challenge of Nebraska Saloon Keeper and Make Good. ON THIS CLUE OFFICERS PROCEED TAX IS NOT PR0T" TTIVE ' 7 ' X'.. ct Nothing But StumpagV DOLLTYER'S ACTION SURl Iowa Senator Come Out in Favor V Tariff on Lumber. M'CUMBER AMENDMENT LOST Proposal to Pat l.inbrr on Free List and Another to Place Duty at 50 Cent a Thonmud Voted Down. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May U.-lPpeclal Tele gram ) Senator Purkett today delivered a speech In favor of free lumber mhkh called out spirited colloquies from Senator ISoiah, Nelaon and Elklns. He aaid the republican party had made the free Hat. He mentioned a number of artlcloa th.it are on the free list, auch aa binding twine, fence posts and a variety of articles, and that they were put there UecaTjs congress at aome time believed It wns for the best Interests of the greater number r.tthrr than to protect a factory or two here and there which might be in terested in manufacturing thnt particular article. Continuing. Senator Burkett aald: "In my ojln!n It Is of more Importance to tho fcinl1. It will build up and auataln more Industries, If they can have lumber on the free list. I am one of thoe who believe that by putting lumber on the free lit It will reduce the price to consumers In thla country; and If It does not, I am here to ask the question which I asked the senutor from Washington several days ago. 'Why are the people representing theee states wherein lumber Is located so much concerned about the proposition to re du e the tariff?" " Henator Burkett sld that It was too late In the debate to undertake any very ex haustive discussion of the lumber Ques tion; that h-id he spoken earlier he should have kiiiw more Into dPtall upon the ad visability -f putting lumber on the ' free Met. He anld he ws going to npeak upon some phases of the question that had been suggested by remarks of senatora who had spoken today. He thought that In making the tariff bill In 19 It ought to be brought down to date. He reminded the senate that when he asked a question the other day with reference to a certain schedule he had been answered that It was In 'he Dlngley act. "But," aald Senator Burkett. "that Is not answer enough. We . ought to consider conditions aa they exist todiy." Ha anld that logs fr on ihe free list now but that, was not of any-practical benefit to . the people for the reason that while logs could formerly be floated down- rivers, forest were cleared riff far enough back now to make that iort of transportation Impotslble. and hence we have to deal now with manufactured lumber. Why I. amber la nreaard. "We hnve gotten beyond rough lumber now," be said. "And reducing the rate on tough lumber Is not sufficient for It is Impossible to buy a atlck of rough lumber any morn in Nebraska: The lumber men have learned that It la more profitable to tires lumber on one or more sides than to leave It In rough, on account of freight they can ave." lie stated tnal In his opinion It waa a nutnnug to piace dirrerentlal or II. W on rii eased lumber over and above rough 'lumber, when lumber waa dressed for benefit of the lumber manufacturer him self. It was a Uaveaty on entire proposition, he aald, and that If we were going to reduce tariff on any sort of lumber It should e reduced on kind of lumber tftat Is being consumed In this country. He called attention to the two bugaboos thfit the senator from Washington had ialej against free lumber, vix: that vaat amount of cheap lumber would go to waste, ajid ulao that I'nlted States could not compete with oriental labor of Canada. Ho aald, however, that evidence disputta the . contention. For we are sending lumlxr now to every country In the vorld. The senator Insisted that the protective afllf policy should only reach thlnga that n:en piodjied. That In his opinion It a as never intended lo protect other than pioductlori of man. Hut." ha aald. "Ood made trees and ttumpage, and because a few men have railed them It Is no part of the protective 0iicy to protect them In tfielr Selfish ness.' Wonld Affect Slumps are Only, He denied strongly that It would atop lumber mills of "thle country or drive ny body nut of employment He said It might reduce the price of etumpage, which had raised abnormally within the last few years, but he was certain that ttumpage Dwr.cra would rather sell at reduced price, is they would have to when they came Into competition with atumpaga of Canada. For the next three days the senate will listen to speeches on the lumber schedule, Senator Aldrleh s plan being to take a vote un tha lumber parugraphs on Wednesday and contlnu vot.ng until the schedule Is completed. A close canvass of the senate shows that but twenty senators will vote In favor of free lumber. Willi It la expected that tha duty on rough lumber will be Increased CO cents a thousand over the house bill, tha house voting a tariff of II a thousand on unfin ished lumber, it seems safe to predict that Senator Aldrh h and the finance com mittee will report an amendment to tn house lumber schedule fixing the tariff un finished lumber at 60 cents a thousand more than rough lumber, which will 1 a decided reduction from the house bill. The prairie statea are much more Interested In tha finished product, that is to say. In lumber which Is planed, tongued and grooved, than In the rough atate, and therefor any concession made on thla par agraph will Inure to the benefit of con sumers In tha aecttona named. McCosaher Amendment Defeated. No single plec of lumber waa ever uard more effectually as a seesaw by children than waa the great lumber induatry today toy tha I'nlted Statea eenat. Th lumber schedule of the tariff bill waa under con slderatlit") almost tha entire day, with Sen ator Root. Heyburn, Borah and Dnllivar contending on tha ona band for a protec- (Continued on Second Page.) He Say It Removal Wo BUTTE. Neb., May 84. (Special.) Re'. A. T. Edwards, who for the lostt wo week hit been holding successful meetings In the Free Methodist church, preached a very powerful and impressive aermon In one of the aaloona in town. Hubert Hafuer," pro- rletor of the place, half Jestingly offered room for services and the minister ae- ed the challenge. The building whb ilnhed with chalra for the occaalon and business suspended during the services. The minister mounted a table and for aome thirty minute gave a good Bound talk to a crowd of some 2.V men and women. Bet ter order and more strict attention could not have been given anywhere. Must Take Pledge or Stay Single Michigan Porters Refuse to Officiate Where Liquor is Served at Wedding. MUSKEGON. Mich.. May 24 At all six - . . , . , , . . . . ... of the Holland American churches In thia I city, where there la a large population of former Hollander! terday that the arrangement not unleaa there was , It was announced yes pastors had made an to officiate at weddings a pledge that no liquor would be aerved during or after the cere mony. The combined action of the min isters follows several scandals which have grown out of drinking at weddings here. The ministers further announced that men affiliated with clubs which serve beer on Bunday would be cut off from the church unless they cancelled their mem bership. McCarthy Coming Back in Custody Lincoln Police Say Administrator of Horn Estate Took Nearly ' $10,000. LINCOLN, May 24. The police of Lin coln say the amout of money taken by Joseph H. Stores, known here aa J. H. McCarthy, administrator of the Helen Horn estate, la close to $10,000. McCar thy la under arrest at Seattle, and ad vices from that place say he has less than $100 of the money left. The police today received word from Detective Morse, who captured McCarthy, aaylng he alao had In custody Ethel Molina, a Lin coln girl, who left Lincoln with McCar thy last month, and It Is alleged has been his traveling companion since." Detective Morse left Seattle for Lincoln with his prisoners tonight. Cartoon of Taft Basis of Arrest Porto Rico Editor Charged with Sending Improper Matter Through Mails. SAN JUAN, P. R.. May . Joaquin Beirrelero. editor of a weekly paper given over to the publication of caricatures, and called El Carnival, waa arrested here to day by the federal authorities for sending improper matter through the malls. The charge is baaed on a cartoon of President Taft and a reference to hit recent message to Porto Rico. MRS. YERKES DENIED RECEIVER I.oaea Main Reqaeat, hot Gains Freedom front Serotlnr of Detect I Tea. NEW YORK, May !4. An appeal of counsel for Mrs. Charles T. Yerkea for a stay In the 'receivership In the Terkes estate waa denied today by th United Statea circuit court of appeals. Mrs. Yerkes. however, gained one point that she sought, relief from the scrutiny to which she claims to hava been subjected from detectives whom the receiver has kept stationed In the Writ mansion The court directed that Mrs. Terkes bo allowed to leave th reaidence and return at her pleasure. ENDORSES LOCK PLAN CANAL aerretarr Dickinson Rats All Doubts Hare Been Removed by Visit to Panama. WASHINGTON. May 24. Secretary of War Dickinson, who has Just returned from a twenty days Inspection of the Panama canal, today aald all the engineer ing problems advanced In the construc tion of a lock type of canal will be auc ceasfully worked out by the canal com mission. Mr. Dickinson said that what ever doubta he may have had as to the lock system being better than the sea level type were dissipated by his visit to th isthmus. Class for Millionaires is Newest Thing in Corn Show A millionaire's class is to appear In th next edition of the catalogue of the Na tional Corn exposition. This Is to be arranged for th wealthy men who at farmer and the prises tn it will be furnished by soma of the big manu facturer of th country. Th decision to offer a prlte for tha "country gentlemen' claa" waa reached becaus of a demand. Prealdent L. W. Hill of th Great Northern railway will be th first to enter. In a long letter about the plana he haa for growing prise corn written to th ex position. Mr. Hill a h will produce some corn from prize seed on his farm twelv mile north of St. Paul and la securing some varieties which will be adapted to th climate of th state. . In Montana th Great Northern Railway company maintains several experiment sta Grow Out of Lynching of Negro by Mob in Chattanooga. APPEAL DELAYED EXECUTION Officer Regarded Action of Court a an Intrusion. FAILS TO PROTECT PRISONER lipreme Justice Fuller Quotes from Interrlew In Which Officer Crit icised Political Effect ol Granting; of Appeal. WASHINGTON, May 24,-For tha first time In so ecrlcua a case, th supreme court of the United States will, on next Tueeday, undertake to mete out punishment for the crime of contempt tf the court it aelf, and the importance of the occasion will be enhanced by the number of defend ants Tha nrneeedinr will take tlace In ' " , aMnn connection wh.ii me 1 - . ... ,, ,, - u.u, and Deputy . Sheriff Glbaon of Hamilton county, Tennessee, and of four other resi dents of that county, named respectively, Williams, Nolan, Padgett and May. Theee men were today declared by the court to be guilty of an act of contempt In com bining In 1906 In a conaplracy to lynch a negro named Johnson, who had been sen tenced to death by the local court on the charge of criminal assault, and In whpse case the supremo court had Inter fered to tha extent of granting an ap peal, which had the effect of a supersedeas. On the night following the announcement of the court' action, Johnson waa taken out of the Jail In Chattanooga by a mob and lynched. There was no resistance cn the part of the Jail authorities, and Shtpp and a number of his deputies and about twenty citizens were proceeded against on the charge of contempt of the federal court. Caae Pending; Losg Time The case haa been pending ever alnee and the number of defendants waa from time to time reduced to nine. Of theee nine three were today found guiltless, while the other six were ordered to be brought Into court next Tuesday for en tence. They will be taken Into custody Immediately and will appear In court in charge of Marahal Wright The sentence may be either fine or imprisonment or both. The caaa 1 regarded as of exceptional Interest because It Is practically the first time that th highest court in the United State haa aver undertaken to assert its dignity or to rsent act or words re flecting upon 1U In on previous cafe some year ago a defendant was fined for some expression of contempt, but the case wn so comparatively Insignificant aa to practically leave the present pro ceeding standing alone. In th caaes of Sheriff Shlpp and Dep uty Glbaon the court In effect declares that there may be contempt in a failure of officers of the law to prevent a crime in contempt of the court and In taking cognisance of an offenae at ao great distance the court for the first time a serts by action ita right to compel the proper respect for and treatment of It verdicts In all parta of the union. Opinion of Chief Joatlce. itevlewlrig the proceedings in the case of Johnson, the negro, who waa lynched, toe enter justice pointed out that even before the case was brought to the supreme court there had been many threat of lynching became of the serious character of the negro's offense. Continuing, he aald of the proceeding on tha night of th lynching: "Tha assertions that mob vio lence waa not expected and that there was no occasion for providing mora than the usual guard of one man for the Jail In Chattanooga are quite unreasonable and Inconsistent with statements . made by Sheriff Shipp and his deputies that they were looylng for a mob on the next day. The chief Justice pointed out that th Jail had been left entirely unguarded and In charge of Deputy Gibson, when every precaution to guard th prisoner should have been taken. Sheriff Blamed Conrt. The chler Juirtlc quoted liberally from an interview given out by Shipp aome days after the lynching, in which Shlpp said that he "did not attempt to hurt any of tne mob." and In which he charged the supreme court with the responsibility for th lynching because of It Interference In the case. Commenting on this utter ance the chief Justice aaid: "H evidently resemted the necessary ordr of thla court as an alien Intrusion, and declared that the court waa responsible for the lynching According to him 'the people of Hamilton county were willing to let the law take It course until it became known that the case would probably not be disposed of for four or five year by the supreme court of the United States.' " "But," he added, 'the people would not aubmlt to thla, and I do not wonder at It In other word his view was that because this court, in the discharge of Its duty (Continued on Second Page.) tions at its own expense, and under the direction of experts corn will b produced for the exposition In Omaha, aa well aa to demonstrate that th soils of the wonderful stats irt adapted to producing certain varieties of corn. With the entrance of Mr. Hill Into th contest, th exposition management pro poses to invite other millionaire to par ticipate. Including W. C. Brown, prealdent of the New York Central lines, who haa a big farm tn Iowa: 1. T. Harahan, presi dent of the Illinois Central lines; Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance society; Patrick Ryan of New York City, and ether. Prise for these millionaires will be solicited at one and something big of fered. It is aald th on condition will be that th corn must not be plowed or cul tivated by th owner-of th farms. News Item: The United States signal corps is experimenting with army purposes. From tha Spokane Bpokesman'sBevlew. FOUR DEATHS IN FLOOD Four Days' Rain in Oklahoma End in Cloudburst. FARM HOUSE SWEPT BY TORRENT Woman and Three Children In Bnlld- ingr Are Drowned and Many Other Flee to the Roof. GUTHRIE. Okl, May34.-At least four live have been lost, othertMve are endan gered, and thousand of dollar' damage ha been done to railway and farm prop erty by the flood that prevail .today In th northwestern part of Oklahoma, the result of four days' continuous fall of rain, which last night In place culminated In a cloudburst. The known dead are Mr. W. W. Brown and her three little children, who were carried down stream with their farm house from near Foraker. Thevlr bodies have not been recovered. Near Foraker aeveral other persons were forced to seek safety on top of their houses. All streams are bankfull and atlll rising rapidly. Three or four bridge, the Mis souri. Kansas & Texaa railway, have been damaged, demoralising train service on that line, and crops have been washed out. Railroad Bridges Ont. VINITA. Okl., May at-One of the heaviest rainfalls In northeastern Oklahoma in recent years has awollen Grand river and other streams to the flood stage, caus ing much damage to railroad property and farms, and partially submerging th town of Afton, twelve milea east of Vlnlta. At Catale, fifteen miles wet of here, a por tion of the trestle work of the 8u Louis & San Francisco railway bridge has been carried away. Other bridges are in danger and train service is demorallred. MUSKOGEE. Okl., May 24. A terrific downpour In this vicinity last night fol- lowelng a continuous rain of four daya caused the Canadian and Arkanaas rivers and their tributaries to rise rapidly. The streets and many house here were flooded by laat night' fall, which amounted al most to a cloudburst. The rain continued today. WELLINGTON. Kan.. May 24 Six inches of rain fell 'n three hours laat night In a territory fifteen miles in length, extend ing from South Haven, a few miles south of Wellington, Into Oklahoma. The rain waa accompanied by sheets of hall that beat the gtain into the ground. TULSA, Okl.. May 24. The Arkanaas river which had risen seven feet sine Sat urday Is now .within six feet from the danger line, a ad ia rising at the rate of an Inch an hour. Polecat, Bird Creek, Flat Rock and rther streams are rushing tor rents. Trees, portions of fences, small bridges and other debris are being swept tContlnued on Second Page.) Why do you pay rent when you can buy a home in Om aha with only a small payment down and balance same as rent? Read the Real Estate col umn from day to day and you will find a home offered for sale within your means. The Bee lias found homes for hun dreds of otherB and can find a home for you. Have you read th want ads. yet today? Alberta Strike Has Been Settled by Compromise Miners Yield on Open Shop Question and Operators on Discrimination Against Union. WINNIPEG, Man., May 24,-It 1 an nounced thla morning that the strike of the coal miner which had beet affecting nearly all the mine of southern Albnrta and. eastern British Columbia for three month ha been settle.) by the board of concllation, appointed by the aoverhment under the Lemleux ct. assisted by board members of the United Mine Wo.-kcts of America, sent from Idaho, Washinnton and Oregon. The term arrived at are those agreed to at the first conference to which District President Sherman objciod, al though approved by the. votes of the min ers' lodges and against whlcn Sherman ordered the strike. The miners yielded on the open shop contention and the mine operator yielded as to the dlac.-iirinati.n against union membeia. The tertn.i of the agreement are binding on both partita fcr three year. The agreement will be algned Wednesday and work resumed th follow ing day. Cannot Bar Out , Liquor Shipments Supreme Court of United States, in Test Case, Rules Against Kentucky. WASHINGTON. May 24.-The supreme court of the United Statea today decided the caae of the Adams Express company versus the Commonmealth of Kentucky, involving the right of the expreaa company to ship liquor Into a local option county contrary to the law of the state. In favor of the company. The opinion reversed the verdict of the Hart county court on the ground that the transaction was interstate commerce and therefore not aubject to in terference by the Kentucky authorities. TICKET PUNCHERS ADJOURN Conductor Year Vote to Meet at Jacksonville, Florida. .rit BOSTON, Mass., May 24. In closing their convention thla afternoon the Order of Railway Conduetora chose Jacksonville, Fla., aa the place for the next biennial convention. Officers elected were: F. J. Bradford of Bomervllle, grand Insldo sentinel and B. H. Harbin of Monterey, Mexico, grand outside sentinel. DROUTH DRIVER DOGS MAD Hundreds of Cattle Drtna; tn Vera Cms and People Are Lea vine VERA CRUZ. Mexilco, May 24.-The drouth Is an serious In some sections of this stat that many people are leaving. Hundreda of rattle are dying. Wolves and dogs have gone mad and natlvea In a number of vtllnges have been bitten by the erased animals. Fifteen Million Salute the British Flag Empire Day LONDON. Msy !4 Empire day, which cornea nn the anniversary of tha birth of the lata Queen Victoria, waa more gen erally observed today than sine It in auguration. Th day haa bttn selected as th occasion upon which the children of th empire shall honor the flag, and It waa celebrated In every part of Great Britain. It Is estimated that all told not fewer than li,000,0u0 saluted th national dirigible balloons and aeroplanes for DANGLING PLUM VANISHES President Taft Put Quietus on Rumor of Wilson's Retirement. VETERAN SECRETARY WILL STAY Postmaster Thomas of Omaha and Slaer of Lincoln Want Post master tieneral Hitchcock to Talk In Jnne. . (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 24.-Senator Bur kett was advised today by the chief of the drainage bureau of the Department of Agriculture that W. J. McCathron, auper vlalng drainage engineer, who I now In iNeDrasKa, naa Deen ordered to make a report on the contemplated drainage dia trict for the Nemaha bottom lands from Sterling to the county line. Recently there has appeared In Nebraska papers a story from Washington to the effect that Taft had about decided to make a change in his aecreary of agriculture. Secretary Wilson haa occupied that poal tlon longer than any other man sinco the establishment of the department. The ar ticle In question, written by a well-known Washington correspondent, looked very plausible on its face, and in consequence not only the Nebraska aenators, but the senators of . several western atates have quietly gone to work to land the secre taryship for one of their own constituents. Today, however, the direct question waa put up to President Taft by the senators from a western state, who thought they saw a fine chance to land a luscious plum for aome willing republican worker, but the way President Taft answered the sen ators loft but one impression, that "Uncle Jamie" Wilson Will remain In the cabinet for quite a bit longer, and maybe until the rlose Of President Taft'a term. The president It not the kind of a man to dis turb pleaaant relations when conditions are so eminently satisfactory. Postmaster Want Hitchcock. Postmasters Thomas of Omaha and Slzer of Lincoln arrived In Washington today as representatives of the Nebraska Postmas ters' association to extend an Invitation to Postmaser eneral Hlchcock to be present at and participate In the next convention of the association, to be held at Lincoln. June 8. t and 10. Messrs. Slzer and Thomas were greatly disappointed In not finding Mr. Hitchcock In Washington, and In the event they cannot secure the presence of the postmsster general they will make the trongest kind of an effort to secure the presence of First Asistant Postmsster General Granfield. Nebraska has the best postmasters' association In the union, and between "HI and ! postmasters, It Is ex pected, will be present at the next conven tion. Postmaster Benjamin Thomas is greatly chagrined over the robbery of the mall In the outskirts of Omaha last Saturday night. He said every effort would le made not only on the part of the govern ment, but by the city and county au thorities as well to locate the bandits and, if possible, secure the registered pack agea Mr. Thomas, while In Washington, mill take up with the offlciala of the Post ofic department a number of matters In relation to the Omaha poslofflce. Representatives Burke of South Dakota and Hanna of North Dakota thla morning railed upon Prealdent Taft and presented to him a formal Invitation from the Com mercial club of Aberdeen. S. I)., to attend the home coming week celebration which (Ontlnued on Becond Page ) emblem, and in the United Kingdom alone clfe to 4,0"O.(X children took part In the demonstration. For the first time London had an organized celebration Five thous nd uniformed school b ys marched through th main streets of the capital ti Hyde park. Here all the children gathered and taluted the national flag as well as the mblem of fifty-six dominion and colonies. Fifteen Minutes After Holdup Rob bers Could Be Making Alibi. AUTOMOBILE MAKES IT POSSIBLE Chauffeur in Crooked Deal Before is Wanted for Explanation. CHIEF PERKINS HERE FROM EAST Plnkertons Join In Search Xnvr He Ilia t'ondneted by Local, State, Krdernl and Railroad Author ities to Catch Kobbrrs. f BSWIID rOSt aOBBSBS. Union Paclflo offsrs 930,000, 8,0O0 fot th apprehension of aoh bandit. Government offers 4,0O0, $1,000 foi ach man. LOSSES KXIMBUKSES. Section 90 of th United States Postal Berries Quid tnakss this provlslont In case of loss th ssnder or owner of regis tered nrtlol prepaid at th latter rat of postage, mailed at and addrssd to a Units! Stat postoffios, 1 Indemnified for it valu up to 935. Robbing a train at Lane Cut-off at 11 20 p. m. Saturday; doing business somewhere In Omaha at 11:35 (fifteen minutes luter) before ofirials could be notified of the Overland robliery, thus framing an olibl bcciiUKe of the advantHgea of using nn automobile, seems to bu the time achedulo of the train robbers. After a careful search of the nelphlvir hood where the robbery occurred Saturday night, going over every foot of tha around for hundreds of yards around, AV. T. CjjLnadft, special agent of the Union Paclllo rlrlroad, said: "Forty tlmcn as easy to trace a tram as an automobile. I am satisfied no team was tied near where the robbery wa com mitted. We have always found tracks of a team, the hacking, the pawing ond tracks of horses tied, even for a few minutes, al ways helps In starting on a iraln robbery case. The tracing of a team that was out during the night, getting a on four men In a wagon, u much easier than a flitting automobile. , "This Is what we have to deal with: No tracks of any kind either of team or e uto mobtle. The mall sack were not carried In bulk without some sort of a vehicle and not carried very far In that. An automo bile practically covers its own track, doe not paw up the earth nor leave the trace ot the wagon." Another Chauffeur In It. Thus the Union Pacific official credit tha automobile theory and th South Omaha " police suggest another chauffeur beside the on being Investigated by the railway officials, who has run hi machine to aid crooks. South Omaha police state positively they have trarea of an automobile which was rim ont on the Forty-second street brldica at dusk Saturday night. They bolleve it might have gone there early because thu Overland Limited recently changed time and was due later than might hav bean anticipated. Tim South Omaha police have all of their nineteen men at work and at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon expressed the belief that thu robbers were not In South Omaha, but they had uswt an automobile, secured tlio registered mail and were In Omaha coming by the good road furnished by Center afreet and Forty-second street Into the city at a clip which would put them safely Into tlio heart of the city, where they could go and transact business with some house and thus establish an alibi In the event of cap ture by being in the city within a few min utes after the robbery and able to produce men who knew they were present tn th city. Not a Roseate Future. With the federal government, the Union Pacific railroad, the sheriff and police de partments looking for the robbers they face the additional fact that no man who par ticipated In any Union Paclflo railroad rob bery Is now alive or outside the peniten tiary. This also faces the robbers: If any one of them ever worked for the federal gov ernment his record la kept up almost daily and if he held a trusted position where he would know about registered mall the In spectors know what lie is doing dally. The successful removal of two sacks of registered mall from a mall wagon between the Omaha poatotflce and Union station lust winter and the fart that not a tram of the sacka whs ever found leads postal authortU.-o to bilieve local talent is suffi ciently ingenious to have pulled off both robberies. What the robbers secured 1 still an un certainty. It la hinted that they might have been after thu Washington sacks, which might contain not only bank notes being forwardeil to the Treasury depart ment, but valuable papers going to depart ments of the government Five 1'lnkertona Her. jl detachment of five Plnkcrton men ar rived in Omaha from Chicago Monday fore noon and went on the case at once. These men will work independently of the poat uffica Inspector. Poslofflc Inspector C. M. IVrklns of Chicago will lisve charge of the work here and will be assisted by four special men from Washington, who tira regarded uinong the best men In the gov ernment service. Two of these are already here and the others will srrlv In Omaha Monday evening. H. K. Randall and H. 8. Orogan, post office in-ctors from Uncoln, are among the new arrivals in Omaha to woik on th hold-up of the Union Pacific mall train. Nothing new has developed at federal head quarters relative to the robbery, and thu officials are very reticent regarding thalr plan. None of the federal officer credit th theory that the Jreut Northern train rob bers have had anything Id do with the Omaha affair. Neither are they dlfpoaed to advance any theories regarding the ob ject tif the robbery, ether than that It was a plain hold-up for the purpose of obtain ing at' ar-li s from the registered pouches o f.reut talur In Reno Mark. The portion of the Reno, Nev., pouch that waa recovered, shows that It whs destined to thu Northwestern terminal in Chicago. This pou h was n.ade up at Reno, and could not hav obtained any great amount ot valuable, aa U that It