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collision. Wn he recovered hi senses he waa lying In the und , near a ditch. Both of bis ! were kroHn, but when Dr. Axe of Michigan City rwichxl him and tendered surgical aid ha refused It, In structing tha physician to give his tima to other more seriously Injured than ha. "My legs ara broken," ha said, "but mjr head la all rlRht and I guess I can stand It for awhile." Baby Far pes Injnry. Mrs. Our Ptutxman of Mlshawaka, ho suffered from a deep gash In tha back of her head, was holding a 1-year-old baby at the time of tha accident, but tha Infant escaped without a scratch. Tha escape of Paul Kerrigan, son of Dr. Kerrigan of Michigan City, was remark able. He was tha last man to be chopped out of tha wreckage and It was necessary to remove the bodies of four persons be fore ha could ba extricated. The bodies of the dead had formed a cushion for him and protected him from death. The body of Motorman Keed was terribly mutilated. One of his 'arms and one leg were found a dosen yards from the track and his body was pinioned sear the top of the wreckage. Deltyert Kinney, conductor of tha east bound car, is In Epworth hospital here and probably will recover. The South Shore line, aa the road Is known, has been In operation for about one year, -running cars' from South Bend to Chicago. PRESSMEN COME FOR B1GMEET1NG (Continued from First Page.) York Time Is six stories under the ground, and laxt year there were eighteen deaths In one tSetf York union. "Statistics show more deaths from tu berculoid among pressmen than In any other of the 'allied printing trades." said Vice President Flannery, "and It Is es sential that we take some action at this meeting." ' H. L. rVPennlng.end H. M. Mayer, dele fates from Portland. Ore., say that In tlielr country moet of the press rooms are on the first floor and are well ventilated, though they clans Omaha as an eastern city. "You people here . In the east do not know how to keep well," said Mr. DePen nlng. t" Canada Will Help. Delegates . from CMixda Bay they will voto to establish a : tuberculosis home In the states," though such a home will not help them as the Immigration laws prohibit anyone suffering from tuberculosis from crossing tha .llns'r- ' K "Nearly every larx city In Canada has a home for., consumptives," said A. R White, secretary' 0the Hamilton union. "Borne of these are under government su pervision while others are private Insti tutions." William R. Berry, president of the Ham ilton, Ont., union, said he thought most of the Canadian delegates would vote to continue the strike In' the four southern cities In the Interest of the eight-hour law, though not until this last year has Can ada received any help from the Interna tional union, despite the fact that $10,000 was paid Into the International treasury by Canadian unlona. About a year ago tha Hamilton union registered a "kick" and the International president aent them an organiser and ten unlona have been or ganised within the last eight months. Only those unions organized before the eight-hour law went Into effect are compelled-to pay strike assessment, and In Canada there are4on,ly fjur of these Old' unlonj-Bt. John': Near rwnewlck; Cal gary, Alberta;' Hamilton, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia. They are Dot In favor of continuing the strike as sessment. " , j) ; Growth of the Union. The secretary of the international union, M. J. McMullcn of Cincinnati, said the union la closing Its most successful year alnee Its arganlsatlon twenty-one yeara ago. Thlrty na subordloata unlona wore organised last year, mora than have been chartered In any five years slnoe the. existence of the International, the membership being In creased by J.JCO. Today the pressmen s union W second in the list of printing tritdee, having the largest percentage of employes in Its membership, San Jose, Cat., IS after the convention for 1719, and H. J. Young of that union la bulton-hollng every delegate In behalf of his city, filling their Pfjtets with descrip tive literature. ,Th whole Pacific, ooast Is for Sun Jose, i thy will give Co li'n:bus, O.,! another , city., after next year's convention, a bard ruby-The propo :t on of having biennial mattings Instead of annual will .pome' up. fof fllscusslon at this convention,' and should the change be made, then San Josa And Columbus will ant the convention ''in lill Instead of 1910. Charles A. Riea, secretary, of tha con vention committee,' la looking after tha registration of delegates, none but ace red tar! delegtea being allowed -a voles In Jie convention. The representation is aased on ona delegate to every fifty mem aera, or fraction of that number In or Ion. ' Many ot our citisena are drifting towards Brlgbt's disease by neglecting symptoms it kidney and blsdder trouble which Foley's Kidney Remedy will quickly cure. SoM by all druggUts. J- TRIUMPH BOTTLED BEER "A hsahhful mellow brew h nourishes; strenJtfieM, upbuilds. VI l V A ijcipsjtiuoig your way w fluvvc. fiADI IN OHWIs 4 ThY Fstor: nntj c STORZ CO Webster 18SO. tUBtl 1 1, mil. lllBcrthere Convention led AdvertisingQt TimerJca 1 nnnnnnnr n it P W C 1 A 3 5w y h m M 7 H II va m M -wsi i mm r k ' i m . a l r a 1 Ii X AAj&socw Nebraska OFFICIAL RATES FOR BONDS State Commission Expects Little Trouble After Schedule ii Knit. PROFITS OF COMPANIES LARGE Intimation That Certain Corporations Are Catlna- Prices Eads Objoo tloa at Aa A area t for Preeeat. (From Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Neb., June S0.-(Pptal. Af ter tha bonding companies realise that the state board la going to make rates to which they will have to agree to, Auditor Barton and the other members of the com mission expect few complaints. In fact, tha board threw the fear Into an agent for one of the bonding companies who was objecting to the rates prepared by tha board. "We have Just examined the ratea you publish that you charge waa told to the agent, but If there Is very much objection we might go Into the ratea you really charge." This Intimation that the bonding com panlea were not true to each other, but that some of them charged a leas rata than that which tha public thought they charged, ended the objection of that agent for tha time being at least. The enormous profits made by the surety and bonding companies during the last ten yeara waa a surprise to ttie state offloers who compose the board, and It la possible that, when the rate Is made two years from now for the bonds for the state offi cers. It will be materially reduced. As bonds have been given for this blenntum the board did not touch those rates, but It has the statistics, which will materially assist the next board when It geta busy to make ratea for the next blennlum. Nebraska was the first state In tha union to create a board to fix ratea to be charged by bonding companies, and Illinois Is the second. The national government Is now proceeding along the same lines. tat Federation of Labor. The various labor unions of the state, through their delegatea, will form a State Federation of Labor, beginning with a meeting at tha state house tomorrow aft ernoon. The meeting will be called to order by La bor Commissioner Maupln at i o'clock In representative hall. Tomorrow night Qov- ernor and Mrs. Hhallenberger will give a reception to the visitors at the executive mansion. Raymond Robbins of Chicago la expected to arrive tomorrow and address the con vention at Its various sessions. Maupln Home From Rochester. Labor Commissioner Maupln returned this morning from ' Rochester, where he at tended a meeting ot the labor commis sioners of the various states. It was agreed at this meeting, said Mr. Maupln. to use uniform blanks for the collection of statistics regarding the cost of living and the wages paid to laboring or working aeople. Fifteen of the states were repre sented by their commissioners, while many other statea aent In letters. Tha next meet ing will be held at Henderson, N. C. Lincoln expects to have a sane ourm of July. Following the annual custom, Mayor Brown has Issued ( an ( order that there shall be no disturbance until July 6, and that blank cartridges or pistols shall not be fired, and that a streak of sanity shall run through all the celebrations. News From Pern. PERIT. Neb., June 20. (Speclal.)-The Normal' lecture course commltte have ar ranged a very elaborate lecture course for the summer. The course win consist m Blx numbers. Harry Paterson will build a residence In the north part ot town. in uui.u... will be modern In every respect and will be constructed of cement blocks. Reports are coming in this week of tna marriage of former Peru people, three of them already having taken life partners In the month of June, on June i air. Fred C. Strong and Miss Madg Elwood wera united In marriage at the home of the bride's parent on the Elwood ranch, near Yuma, Colo. Rev. Mr. Magaw, a Preabyterlan minister, officiated, whll Mr. Ward Elwood. brother of the bride, and Miss Ruth Strong of Peru, sister ' Of the groom, acted aa best man and bridesmaid.. Wallace Brundson, son of Mr. ana Mrs. Arthur Brundson of this city, ; and ' Miss ' Margaret Alexander were married on June 16 at LeOrand, Ore. Mr. Brundson has been In Oregon for tha las four or flva yeara and has employment a fireman on the railroad. Roy Carter, a former Peru boy, wis married at Bakersfleld, Cel., a few days ago to Miss Grace Hamer of that city County Assessor Blessing has finished tha recapitulation of the 1904 assessment The figures show an Increase of the total valuation of the county of over a quarter of a million. The added Improvements for Peru are equal to that of all of tha rest of tha county, and la twtoe as much as any other town In the county. Auburn not excepted. Thla means that tha city of Peru has added over 1125.000 In the way ot Improvements during the last year. The base ball game which the Normal played with Auburn yesterday under the moat favorable weather conditions resulted In a score of 1 to 0, In Auburn's favor. Carl Hchott, who has been the Normal's star pitcher for two yeara, pitched the game of his lire yesterday, striking out seventeen of Auburn's men. May Ball Water Plaat. NORTH PLATTE. Neb., June 10 (Spe cial.) The city councU of North Platte held a special meeting last evening to meet with Mr. Hoffmeleter to discuss set- tlement of the water works question. He offered to have a special engineer make an appraisal of the plant In thla city, but thla the council declined, aa tha city -engi neer had made an appralaal- at -their re quest, valuing the plant at $tt.O0. The council thea passed a formal resolution offering HO,00 for the present water work plant and making the offer good until July i, next. Just whether 'or not the water works company will accept this ofi fer remains to be seen. If they do not, tt Is felt that the city will . vote bonds to build a plant of their own. It la con sidered that 160,000 Is ttie maximum price tha city will pay. Nebraakaaa Ball tor Europe. NEW YORK. June $0. (Special.) Among the cabin passengers sailing for Europe Saturday on the Hamburg-American Una steamer Amerika were: Mr. and Mrs. OlUe Berg. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Frederick son. Mrs. Lena Ooldbois, A. H- Fricaa, all ot Omaha, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Terkel Hermanson, Kearney, Neb., and' Edwin Haaohenburger of Lincoln. Neb. Lower Levy la A dams. HASTINGS, Neb.. June $0. (Special. ) According to present prospects, the tax levy for Adams county this year will be tha lowest for many years. The city levy THE BEE: - ii. ii i .iiiggsaanawg! Nebraska has been reduced from It mills to 30, and a reduction of several mills may ba made In the school district levy. The county levy Is now I mills, which Is believed to be the lowest levy for any county In the state of approximately the same popula tion, but It may be shaved a fraction off a mill for this year's assessment The total levy may be less than the unusually lew levy of M mills In 1897. Wheat Growers1 talon Meets. HASTINGS, June JO. (Special.) Instead of fixing a pool or pledge price for winter wheat, aa waa contemplated In the call the district union No. 1 winter wheat growers' branch of the American Society of Equity last night concluded a two days' oonventlon after adopting resolutions favoring the elimination of all middlemen's profit In the sale of grain. The union covers the states of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, but most of the w-ork of organisation has been done In Nebraska and all of the representation at the convention was from this state. There w-ere sixty-five delegates, each represent Ing a local branch, besides a number of other visitors Officers of the union say that reports have been current that grain dealers were contracting ahead for wheat, to be dellv. red In September, at $1.17. They say this was merely a "bluff" to head off action by the union, and that thus far they have been unable to find anybody willing to pay that price. In othef resolutions adopted the union declares that HO per cent of the violent fluctuations that occur In the price of farm products that constitute the necessities of life Is the direct result of market manipu lation by speculators arid amounts to "le galised roboery." Grand Island Parlnsr Bonds. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., June .-(Spe ctal.) The city council will meet tomorrow evening for the purpose of canvassing the vote on the paving bonds, $17,000, which carried by, nearly four to one. Plans and estimates have already been made by the city engineer, and It Is expected that tha advertisement for bids will be let at once and that the paving of the thirty-four block fronts will be done before the close of the season. The vote was light and the members of the election board In the sec ond district have distinguished themselves by ocoupylng their time In' cleaning the weeds from the streets, a Grand Island habit that Is doing much to beautify the city, for an entire block, while waiting for voters to come and cast their ballots. Agricultural School In Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., June 20.-(Speclal.)- Val Keyser of Lincoln hss organised an agricultural school In Beatrice which will be held the second week in January, next, In place of the two days' farmers' Insti tute. Instructors from the state univer sity will have charge of the work, which will comprise stock judging, corn judging, nd. In fact, everything pertaining to farming. There will also be a department of domestic science In connection with the school. Annaal Budget of Teramaea. TECUMSEH, Neb., June 20. (Speclal.)- The mayor and city council of Tecumaeh have published the annual estimate of ex penses of running the city's affairs for the coming fiscal year. The estimate of the amount needed Is $19,426. Of this amount $4,000 will be used for general pur poses. $1,400 on maintaining streets, $2,226 for Interest on bonds, $2,f00 for sinking fund, $6,700 for maintaining and extending water plant, and $600 for maintaining the library. Weds Brother's Widow. DICKENS, Neb.. June 20. (Special.) John M. Ballard and Mrs. Julia Ballard surprised friends here by quietly boarding a west-bound train for Holyoke, Colo., and being united In marriage at Holyoke, Colo. Both are well known here, Mrs. Ballard formerly being Miss Julia John ston. She was formerly married to John M. Ballard's brother, George Ballard. They will make their home three miles cast of here. Nebraska News ?Votes. BLUE HILL Next Monday Messrs. Ed Funke and Otto Miller will depart for New York, from where they will sail for Germany to visit two or three montha with relatives. CHADHON Chadron's new 200-barrel nlll is nearlng completion, rising from the Ishea of a much smaller one. Robert Hood la tho proprietor, which fact always means success and a "square deal" In Chadron. BLUE HILL Considerable building Is being done here this year. About twelve new houses are being erected, and there are a number contemplated, which will be erected as soon as workmen can be secured. ' BLAIR A Chautauqua session will be held here, commencing July 24. The busi ness men were so well pleased with the last year's session that they guaranteed a large number of tickets to secure the return engagement this year. TECUMSEH-O. S. Mason, an old soldier of this city, was taken to a hospital at Omaha, as he was suffering terribly with an ailment of his eyes. It was found necessary to remove one of the eyes, and tha patient Is said to be getting along nicely. BLAIR The Blair Fire department hae contracted with a carnival and street fair company to bring their entertainment to this city for the week of June 28 to July 1 The fire department will handle the con cesKions and have the general supervision of the show. CHADRON L. W. Gorton, a leading druggist of Chadron, and Miss Jennie Ellis, superintendent of Instruction of Dawes county, gave their friends the slip and were married at Andrews, Sioux county, Nebraska, by Elder J. I. Clark of the Methodist Episcopal church. . REPUBLICAN CITY The Holdrege DIs ti lot Epworth League convention that was held here this week was a success from start to finish. A large number of dele gates attended and the program was well carried out. Chancellor W. Davidson of Wesleyan university and pastors of the different church of the district were pres ent. FREMONT Five bums, who are prob ably the advance guard of the bunch which is expected with a carnival outfit that will hold forth on the base ball grounds this week, showed up In town Saturday and were given sentences on the rock pile. Tramps have given Fremont a wide berth for the last week or so, as work breaking stone In the hot sun Is pretty strenuous. FREMONT The First Baptist church of this city Is making extensive preparations to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Its organisation, which occurs on July lx. Of the sixteen original members of the church, none are now on Its rolls and but one la living. Five of the nine former pastors of the church are living, and It Is sxpected will be here on the anniversary. TECl'MSKH Loula Wlrthman of this olty has been declared Inssne and taken to tha hospital at Linooln for treatment. Wlrthman. who Is a brick mason, has the haluclnatlon that a fellow workman wanted to kill him. It Is said he slept with a revolver under his pillow, and at one time stood a club at Ms bedside. As a matter of fact, he had not even had trouble with the workman. TECUM SEH Andrew Simpson, one of the heavy feeders of this county. Is home from St. Joseph, where he had two cars of very chotce short-fed steers. The steers were remarkable on account of the ex tremely large gain made on the light cat tle. There were thirty-nine head and they averaged 70S pounds when Mr. Slmpeon bea-an feeding them on January K After handling them for 1 daya they averaged 1 IIS. a net gain of 40S pounds to the steer. The commission firm buying them said their enual had aot coma from Nebraska this seasor OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE IDAHO SUSPECT IS MATHEWS Finkerton Chief Styi Marvin ii Bad Actor and Ex-Convict PICTURES IDENTIFIED ' HEBE Keepers of H omnia II oases aad Batcher Bay Marvin or Mathewa Was la Omaha With Mea Coder Indictment. William or "Bill" Mathews, alias Bill Davis, one of the most notorious outlaws of the western country, Is declared by the Omaha postofflce Inspectors, detectives and police to ba tha Buhl, Idaho, prisoner said to ba the fifth man of the Omaha train robbery gang. The man under ar rest there gives his name aa Marvin, but the officers say that Is just one of his aliases. Mathewa haa been wanted for weeks, they say, and Is regarded as the leader of the gang by those who were on the In side of the holdup' Investigation. According to Archer Rosseter, chief of the St. Louis bureau of the Plnkerton agency, who has been In Omaha for some time directing the work of his agency on the case, Marvin admits that he Is Msth ews, but declares he had nothing to do with the Omaha holdup, Photographs of Mathewa have been Iden tified as being of a man who Is known to be conneoted with the other four holdup prisoners now In jail. So the officers working on the case feel confident that tha arrest made In Idaho by Plnkertons is an Important one. "I do not care to discuss the subject In detail." said Chief Rosseter Sunday, "but we are confident that Marvin, or Math ews, Is the man we want and la the fifth man of the Overland holdup gang." A South Tenth street butcher has Iden tified a picture of Mathews, alias Marvin, aa the photograph ot a man, who, In com pany with a woman, bought some canned goods, bologna and other picnic or camp supplies at Ms meat market a day or two before the train holdup. Remnants of these same supplies were later found at Fremont, where the robbers camped tem porarily before doing the job. Pictures ghown Here. Besides the Important evidence and Iden tification furnished by the South Tenth street butcher, whose name Is not divulged, other picture Identifications of the fifth man have been made. Mrs. Evans of 921H South Thirteenth street, at whose apartmenta In the Linton block Woods and another of the train rob bers are known to have stayed for a while, has Identified the ploture of the Idaho suspect aa being a photograph of the man who stayed with Woods at her rooming house. Mrs. Wykoff of 1814 Dodge street also says that the photograph of the Idaho prisoner looks like the man who lived with She! '.on at her house for a few days at another time. Mathews and Woods are said by the Omaha officers to have served three years together in the Walla Walla prison for horse stealing a number of years ago, and to have been pals In other works of a sim ilar nature In the west and northwest. Mathewa la not expected to arrive here In custody of deputies until the middle of the week, and Chief Xtosseter says that If tha prisoner fights extradition, as he prob ably will, It will be a longer time before he arrlvea. Although It has been ' supposed that the local police have done nothing recently In connection with the holdup Investigation, the faot has oome to light that they have done much lately to assist the government and Plnkerton agents. I see they have another holdup man," remarked Fred Torgensen, one of tha In dicted bandits, when he read the newspa per accounts of the arrest of Mathews, alias Marvin, at Buhl. Idaho. "Well, If they would arrest a few more real holdup men and let us Innocent fellows go they would be doing a good job." All four of the suspects stilt maintain their Innocence and at every opportunity make light of the fact that they are ao cused of the Overland holdup and numer ous other crimes. Warrant Issued for Marvin. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, June 20. Instruc tions have been received from United States Marshal Hodgeson at Boise to hold Marvin, alias Mathews, arrested In connection with the Overland mall robbery near Omaha. A demitv marshal will be here tomorrow with a warrant for Marvin. Robert Splaln, allaa A. 8. Kelly, is being detained also, as ha has been associated with Marvin. Hall County Board of Review. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., June 20-(Sp'e-clal.) Tha county board haa adjo.urned as a board of equalisation until the I state board shall have certified to the valua tlon of the railroad and other corporation properties. Few complalnta were made against the assessments by farmers, and there was little equalising to be done, most of the complaints being from corporations and other large taxpayers.. The Standard Oil Company requested a reduction of about $2,600 and received a reduction of $200. The Union Pacific requested a reduc tion of $83,000 on the shops property. Tes timony was taken and a reduction of $50,000 was made, based upon the estimate of lo cal contractors as to the cost of the build ings. The J. S. Bpilth Hide company wanted to be released from paying taxea on $4,500 worth of hides, which It claims were "In transit" at the time of the as sessment. This assessment was allowed to stand. A contest also arose over the aa sessment by Mr. Edward of a dormitory building used by tb' students of the Grand Island Business college, privately owned, and after some contention the protest was withdrawn, the asessment reduced $,OO0 and permitted to stand on the dormitory without prejudice aa to future assessments either party. Boy Drowned Near McCook. M'COOK. Neb., June 20 (Special Tele gram.) Raymond, the young so nof Elmer DeLong, was drowned here this afternoon while trying to cross a awollen stream In a canyon to drive home a cow. He s was carried down the stream by the swift cur rent despite efforts of some other boys, who were with him. The creek was dragged for several hours without success, and It la supposed the body waa carried Into tha Republican river. Charles Wymore'a Body Found. BEATRICE. Nrb.. June 20 (Special.) The body of Charles Wymore, who was drowned Saturday evening In the Blue river north of Barneston. was found Sat urday night In twelve feet of water near where It went down. Coroner Reed left Sunday morning for Barneston to hold an Inquest. Mr. Wymore was S6 years of age and leaves a widow and five children. Weddlaas at Haottass. HASTINGS. Neb.. June 2.8pecl8l.) Mrs. Semmuel Alexander has announced the engagement of ber daughter, Mlaa Esther Alexander, and Mr. Herbert Young f Cleveland. O. The wedding of Mlsa Henrietta Young and Carl Edward Simon will be solemnised 21, 1909. In St. Cecelia's Catholic church next Tues day morning at 9 o'clock. The wedding of Mis Marie Esther Ker nan and Royal John Peterson will take place In the Methodist Episcopal church next Tuesday evening at I o'clock. Next Thursday evening Miss Lucy M. Nellie and County Judge Button will be united In marrlaae at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Nellls. SIGEL FAMILY CLAIMS BODY (Continued from First Page.) murdered are plentiful. One woman, Mrs E. Smith, who professes to know the fam ily Well, suggests thst the victim is not Elsie Slgel, but a mysterious "Nellie," who has figured In Leon Long's love affairs. Mrs. Smith holds It Is possible she and th Chinaman were preparing to elope when "Nellie" appeared, created a scene and was killed. The substitution of the clothing and the packing of the body In the trunk complete this feminine Sherlock Holmes' theory. During the afternoon two Chinamen called at tha Sigel home In the Bronx, Ignorant of Mrs. Slgel's removal to a san itarium, and asked to eee "our mother angel," a name which Mrs. Slgel earned because of her mission work among these Chinese. One of the men said he was Chu Sam, a brother of Chu Gain, who Is under arrest. Chu Sam said that Chung Sin, who dis appeared simultaneously with Leon, bor rowed $250 from this brother, Chu Gain, tha Tuesday before the murder, and on the following day wrote that he would be out of town for some time. Chu Gain Is somewhat of a capitalist, and Is president of a Chinese Loan association. Elsie Had Army Sweetheart, Before going to the morgue, Mabel Slgel discussed the case, saying among other things that Elsie had been In love with an army man In Wyoming. She read ex tracts from letters which she said had been written by this man to Elsie, all of which were couched In affectionate words and were signed "Your Old Sweetheart. Howard." She declined to say where the army man was stationed. What progress tha police have made to ward tracing Leon Ling Is not known. Various clues, such as always surround every crime of this character, aye being followed out. Notwithstanding the publicity which has been given the case, Mrs. Todd, the mis sion worker, who has known all along of Laon Ling's Infatuation for Elsie, does not care to talk'of the efficacy of Chinese conversions to Christianity, and Captain Carey of the Bureau of Homicides will not permit the mass of letters found Jum bled with bibles and pictures of ballet girls In that strange room where gorgeous embroideries draped an Iron hospital pal let, to be published, or even their contents Indicated. The mission In Chinatown, where Elsie Slegel taugh, has been olosed. Suspeet in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C, June JO.-Supple- mentlng scores of clues bearing upon the appearance In this city of Laulng Ling, alias William Leon, . Chinaman sus pected of the murd'r o? Flsle Slegel, and the eventa that trarvlrl during the two or three days he Is supposed to have re mained here, about the time of the mur der, was the discovery today that on June 12 a special delivery letter addressed "William Leon, care Q. F. Schutt. National Hotel, Washington, D. C," was received her from New York. The reverse side of the envelope bore the name of "Sam Wing, $6 Bayard street. New York." Owing to the early departure on June 12 of Ling, fof whom the letter waa evidently Intended, tt was not delivered. It was postmarked at New York at 6 p. m.. June 11. The police say the envelope has not been broken open and It Is now in the hands of the postal authorities. G. F. Schutt is proprietor of the National hotel. The local police tonight, after an other day's unceasing labor In tracing down all sorts of rumors, many of which are conflicting, are firm In the belief that Elsie Slegel did not visit Washington, al though a young woman said to have borne a likeness to the murdered girl was seen about a Pennsylvania avenue hotel, the capitol and other public buildings In com pany with the man believed to be Leon. The stories of the men who saw Leon on June 11 and 12 are, In aome particulars, conflicting. Attention was directed toward the couple because of the unusual sight of a 'pretty American girl In company with a Chinaman. Aslda from the discovery of the special delivery letter today the po Ilea have made little progress on the case. Chicago Police Have Clue. CHICAGO, June 20. Information was given the police here today which may re sult in tha capture of tha two New York Chinamen who ara wanted in connection with the murder of Elsie Selgei, the mur dered missionary worker. W. J. Conley, an employe of a baggage transfer company of this city, today said that two Chinamen answering the description of William Leon and Chun Sin arrived at the Grand Central station here over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad from Washington at 9:46 last Fri day morning. They departed, Conley said, almost Im mediately for St. Paul over the Wisconsin Central. Conley told the police that the men had tickets over the Canadian Paclflo railroad for Vancouver, B. C, but that they refused to oallow htm to check their baggage, which consisted of two trunks. One of the Chinamen, who waa well dressed, traveled first class, while his com panion traveled second class. Deteotlves were aaalgned to gather further details and the New York police were notified. DEATH RECORD. Faneral of John I.lndlry. The funeral of John Llndley, the union printer who died Saturday after a long Illness, Is to be held this afternoon at I o'clock at the Heafey undertaking rooms. Rev. T. J. Mackay will officiate and the Typographical union will have charge. Burial will be In Forest Uwn cemetery. Llndell was 61 years of age and unmar ried. His father waa a soldier, and hla surviving relatives are three brothers, two of whom are soldiers In the Philippines, and a sister, Mrs. Jacob Lewis. Miss Gasslo Reynolds. TECUMSEH. Neb., June t0.-(8peclal.) The body of Miss Gussle Reynolds, who died In a hospital at Beatrice following an operation for appendicitis, have been brought to the home of the young wom an's parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Reynolds, of Maple Grove precinct. The funeral will be held at tha home Monday afternoon at 100 o'clock. Mrs. Rachel V. Chamberlain. DES MOINEB. Ia.. June 30 -After an Ill ness of on day Mrs. Rachel V. Chamber lain, pioneer resident of Dea Moines and mother of D. S. and Lowell Chamberlain, died ofanglna pectoris this afternoon at the residence of D. B. Chamberlain. Mrs. Chamberlain was 17 yeara old and up to the time of ber death was In exceptionally good health. Be Want Ads stimulate business mora TARIFF VOTE LONG DELAYED Nobody Will Riik Prediction When It Will Be Taken. DUTY ON HIDES COMES NEXT Then Comes Wood Pnlp, After Which Senate Will Pmhahly Take Ip President Taft'a Proposed Cor poratloa Earnings' Tax. WASHINGTON. June 20 Although con Slderable progress was made during the last week by the senate In th considera tion of the tariff bill, the date at which a final vote on the measure can be looked for Is as Indefinite today as It was a week ago. A large number of paragraphs cover ing duties on Important articles remain to be disposed of, In addition to the s. eclal revenue features and the administrative sections of the hill. However, as there Is less disposition to discuss the theoretical problems of the tariff. It may be expected that the various matters will be dispatched with greater tapldlty and fewer speeches. While few members will venture a prediction as to the date of the vote on the bill by the senate, the possibility of sending the bill back to the house by the first of July Is now generally considered as extremely remote. Duty on Hides Comes Neat. The discussion of tha question of a duty on hides will occupy the attention of the senate for possibly a day or two before a vote ( Is reached. The wood pulp amend ment offered by the finance committee, phlch practically doubles the duty on wood pulp coming from countries which prohibit the exportation of wood pulp, will be the next matter taken up for consideration. After these two schedules shall have been disposed of, It Is understood that the tax on corporations, proposed by President Taft will occupy the attention of the sen ate for several days. It will provoke much debate. The disposition of the lumber schedule and the determination of a proper duty on pig and scrap Iron, as well as wire nails, must be made by the senate. The ques tions of free cotton bagging, tlea and binding twine are certain to result In an Interesting discussion between the western and southern senators. The house bill's provision for the free entry of petroleum and Its products will occupy considerable time, aa will the discussion of the duties cn wrapper and filler tobacco, pineapples, shoes and leather, and bituminous coal. The senate will continue to meet from 10 o'clock In th morning until 7 In tle even ing. House Will Do Xothlngr. While no serious effort will be made to Insure the presence of a quorum at the sessions of the house on Monday and Tues day, if possible, Representative Crum packer (Indiana), chairman of the census committee, will endeavor to have the house consider the conterenoe report on the cen sus bill. As senate leaders have Indicated to the members of the house that they would prefer to have no legislation sent to the senate while the tariff bill la being considered there, the house will not take up any measures which might conflict with thla request. Woman On Trial for Man's Murder Jury Impaneling In Laura Poter Case On in District Court Today. After several postponements, all for good reason, Laura Porter will go on trial for murder in the first degree In district court this morning. The woman, who Is colored, Is charged with killing a man of her own raoe named Jack Chenault. In South Omaha, where the two lived, he was better known as Demoeey. Chenault was mora or less unlamented after his death and his character may be something of a handicap to the state. The defense can hardly argut) that th woman performed a social service In killing him with a hatchet, but the fact that he was not a model cltlxen Inevitably makes the orlm seem less serious, though In law It la no leas a crime for this reason. ILLINOIS CENTRAL STARTS MAGAZINEJF0R EMPLOYES am North Gets Copies of First Issue of Mew Publlca tlon. Beginning with June, th Illinois Central Railroad company will publish a maga- slne in the interests of the company and Its 76,000 employes. Thla Is In line with other railways, many of which publish magasines of some six and reputation, which are read widely by both employes and tha general traveling public. Th Illinois Central starts out with a magaslne which look the equal of anything of th kind ever attempted by a railroad company. It haa over eighty pagea of reading matter and aome thirty pages of advertising. Some of th stories are just storlas and others are along practical lines, such aa "Perishable Freight," "Locomotive Devel opment and Operation," "Relation of Em ploye to Patrons and Public," and "Illi nois Central History." Thee subjects might Indicate dry and technical reading matter, but the Illinois Central la written in a popular way. Sam North, division passenger agent of th company In Omaha, Is In receipt of on of th first copies of Volume I, No. L and calls special attention to the department devoted to atageland and th few pages beaded "Deadheads." WATCH HERE FOR GIRL SLAYER New York Police Wire Omaha to Look for Chinese Who Killed Elsie Blevrl. A telegram from Inspector of Detectives James McCafferty of New York City to the Omaha police requests them to arrest on sight two Chinamen who are described In th message. They are wanted In connec tion with the trunk murder mystery, ihe victim being Elsie Selgei. Leon Sing, alias William Leon, and Chong Sing are the al leged fugitives and . are wanted on tha charge of homicide. There Is no reason to suppose they are In Omaha, but every city Is being notified. To avoid serious results take Foley's Kid ney Reiredy at the first sign of kidney or bladder disorder such as backache, urin ary irregularities, exhaustion, and you will soon b well. Commence taking Foley's Kidney Remedy today. Sold by all drug, gist. Prison for Wreeklaa- Plant. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., June 20.-S.-pe-clal. The latest prisoner to be lodged i the Sioux Falla penitentiary la Patrick 0Dwyer, wba was convicted in the state circuit court of Lawrence county of barg- Inry and who will serve a term of one year and six months In the penitentiary. His offence confuted of breaking Into the tiiinia mill st liiiins. a small mlnlne; camp south of Desdwood. and wrecking the copper pistes In the plant, some of hlch he rsiticd a ay and disposed of to a second-hand dealer. The defendant had taken an Appeal to the slate supreme court and several Slavs of execution had been granted In order to enable him to fur nlsh a bond In the sum of $2,600 for his release pending the result of the appeal, but (VDwver finally was unable to secure bondi-mcn and had to be brought ta the penitentiary. the tilnd Hand removes liver Inaction and bowel stoppage with Dr. King's New Life Pills, the pain less regulators. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Rockhlll Leaves China. PEKING. June 20. W. W. Rockhlll. the retiring Ametl-sn minister to China, left here today. He was accompanied by Mrs, Rockhlll. motemiht or ocsax TBAjctrsT.xrs. Port. NEW YORK NFW TOHK... ... NFW YORK NEW YOKK NRW YORK NFW YORK NKW YORK NKW YOKK NKW YORK NKW YORK hhivkn liverpool QLASOOW LONDON LONDON (1IRHM.TAR A f.oRFS yt EEN8TOWN. . SOl'TH AMPTON. PLYMOUTH Arrlvrd. .St. Lili . La Lorraine. Rail.. ..Amerika. . . RarhtruMS, , , . ramianls. .. Riltlc . . Nw York. . . K'irneMla. .. 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