Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 3, 1901, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA, FRIDAY REVIVES ™4 PAST Recalling Its Part in Histery. ROMANCE ADUS CHARM TO THE DAY Visitors Exparience Memorable Be in Exploring Old Quarters. BOUTHERN UNVERSITY ALSO VISITED President Rewards Enthusisstic Colered Students with a Talk. TRAIN NOW ON TS WAY TO HOUSTON Lenves New Orleans at 6 0'Clock to Re ng Jonrney— Town me Its Renches This Morning. Texas ON TRAIN.—At 6 o'clock tonignt presidential special rcsuraed its long jour- | Bey to the Pacific. Houston, Tex., will be teached tomorrow morning the | NEW ORLEANS, May 2.—Today's events | will live long in the memories of the presi- dent and most ef his party. In no other ity iu the United States is the old aud yomantic preserved and placed in such sharp contrast with the modern as in the Crescent City and today, as the presidential | party drove through the flower-embowered | city from the new into the old French and | Bpanish quarter, it seemed llke passing | mysteriously from America to a forelgn land; from this century into another that bas gone. And the i{llusion of the transition was heightencd by the {nteresting ceremonies which occurred in the old Cabildo, the seat of the government of former Spanish and French rulers, which is yet preserved in Its original integrity by the Louisiana His- torical soclety The weather couid not have been fairer. A strong sun blazed from a cloudless sky but the heat was temperad by a light breeze from the river. The follage was all a ten- der green, and along St. Charles avenue, on which the party drove behind a clat- tering squadron of cavalry, flowers, flags and pretty women in gay raiment formed @ mist of color. Roses were everywhere, climbing up the pillared porticos and creep- ing trellises and mingling thelr perfumes with that of the magnolia, while the pub- | 1ic squares thrilled with songs. The entire population apparently was out to see the chief magistrate. Colored Students' Ovation. After @ short visit to the Southern uni- | wersity, where colored students greeted the | president with waving bits of colored bunt- | ing so arranged as to make the whole an American flag and where the president made a brief speech, the party passed | across the boundaries of the new city into the old town, with Its narrow streets, its | quaint-galleried residences. its cathedrals, old Epanish bulldings and the French ma ket, all with the flavor of another gem- eration and all now unfortunately going into plcturesque decay There was a striking picture when th party drew up before the mouldering cab fldo, over 150 vears old, which is situated opposite Andrew Jackson square, but which in the old days was the Place D'armes, | where Spanish generals drilled their sol- diers. Around the encircling streets the | balconies were thronged and down in the square were acres of persons. Many races were represented, but the forelgners were mostly French and Italians. Those on the outer edges of the crowds stood with their taces pressed against the high fron rail- fngs which enclose the parks. Many peo- ple were perched in the trees. The French tricolor and several other strange flags among them the red, white and green ban- ner of Portugal, were Interspersed with American flags in the decorations. Drawn up {0 line before the historic old building were the young cadets from the Jesuit col- lege and up the winding stairway at the entrance of the bullding were ranged a file of the Continental guards, a local organiza- tion, In the buff and blue of the revolun- tary army, wearing cockades and white- crossed belts with the figure ‘78 on their shining dress-belt plates As the president alighted a squad of the cadets blew a fanfare on their French | trumpets, the Loulsiana field artillery fired a salute of twenty-one guns and the bells of the cathedral and all the churches in the quarter peeled out thelr welcome. It was an inspiring moment Up the stairway, past the Continental guard, the president and his party mounted passing into the crimson draped audience chamber, where the exercises took place. As in a dream the visitors were carried back (o the days of long ago, when gov- ernors of Spanish kings ruled here, and to that memorable day, almost a century ago. when the keys of the city of New Orleans were delivered in this very room. to Wil- kinson and Claiborne, the American com- missioners, and French dominion of the| | | great Louisiana territory passed into the soverelgnty of the United States. The party returned to the hotel for Juncheon and in the afternoon embarked on & Miseissippl river sieamboat for a trip along the river front from Audubon park | to the historic battleield of Chalmette, | where the momnument erected in memory | of the defeat of Packenham by General| Jackson, commands a view of the river, A little further up and on the Algiers side of the stream, the presidential party had a good view of the preparations now being made for the reception of the new floating drydock, now {n curse of comstructin for the government at Sparrow’s Point, M4 The women of the party had remained quietly 8t the hotel during the ceremonies | of the morning. only & few of them taking | & very quiet ride around the city, but they | participated in the river trip and en-| Joyed it VISITS COLORED COLLEGE Prestdent McKinley Welcomed by hern University at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, May 2.-—-President Mc- Kinley, accompanied by Governor Heard and Mayor Capdeville, and escorted by a mounted detschment of police and the Lout cavalry troop, left the St. Charles hotel at 9:20, after breakfasting in his apartmescts with Mrs. McKinley, and proceeded to the Southern colored imstitution, where he was en- thustastically recelved by the faculty and students. The weather today is clear and warm. As the president entered the grounds of the upiversity he was welcomed with “'Hall 1o the Chief,” sung by a chorus of 1,000 school children and accompanied hy (he stu- university, a (Coatinued on Second Page.) | un: | the | cause he could | dificulty Many Other Things Must Be Disposed Of Before it Is Reached In the Commons. ~There was a la of Commol LONDON, May 2 tendance in the ton of the uesion of the pew | tax om co before this stage day's proceedings can be reached 143 questions bave to be disposed of. The government has lssued an urgent | “whip” to the unionist members who are largely pledged to vote against the tax. Th ment is standing firm and is takiog strong precautions to secure a mAJOFitY. There was considerable excitement on the Cardiff Coal exchange today. The paucity of free coal indisposes to selllng at any price. Some firms are suspending their charging operations, pending developments. Lord Cranborne, the foreign undersecre- tary, teplylng to Sir Charles Howard Viu- cent, conservative, said rumors bad reached the government from various sources of the \ntention of the German government to in- crease the dutie el and varfous other goods. The governme alive to the importance of such information, but in the absence of definite knowledge of Germany's intentions the ministry was unable to make any statement reply to the members suggestions for withdrawing free trade from Germany The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir | Michiael Hi ks-Beach, replying to Mr Channing (Iiberal), eald £30,000,000 of the new loan had been allotted as follows: To the Rothschilds, £11,000,000; J. P. Morgan & Co., £10,000000, and the Bank of Eng- land £9,000,000. The full house and galleries had to wait | early 6 o'clock for the beginning of debate. Sir Willlam Vernon Harcourt, lib- eral, led with a severe and almoat violent arraignment of the government. He said tax would throw the coal chaos and confusion. It was nonsense say the forelgner would pay the to tax be- not do without coal. The government of Italy had answered that plea by taking coal from America instead of this | country. The trade of France was equally divided between this country, Germany aud Belglum. The chancellor of the exchequer Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, interrupting, sald, We are beating the others.” ““Then go on beating them,” said Sir Wil- llam Vernon Harcourt. “Why throw & shilling into the scale against this coun- try?" 8ir William contended that it was class legislation and that the tax would ultimately come out of the miners’ wages. The chancellor of the exchequer admitted that the tax, like every tax, was an obstruc- tion ou trade. The real question was, could the export trade in coal bear the tax? It could. English coal was of 80 good a qual- ity, there was b of it and it could not be got in any other country. Thus to a large extent it was free from competition. The chancellor submitted masses of sta- which he summarized as showing Y tons of coal were mined in 1900, on which after deducting the £18,000,000 In wages, more than In 1897, left the coal owners a net profit of £26,000,000 on a capltal of £110,000. He had some in keeping bis patience, when deputations talked to him about the um- profitable condition of trade. He had not proposed the tax for merely one year and It would be on those who wera able to | bear 1t As to the competition of the United States Sir Michael Hicks-Be sald “Last year the price of our coal at the port of export rose very much higher than the price of coal in the United States, but in spite of that our export of coal wa 35,000,000 tons, or 3,500,000 tons more than the previous years. The Urnited States export ttle over 16,000,000 tons: If the United States could not compete when the price of our coal was very high. it would be ab- solutely impossible for them to compete when the price of our coal was low." QUEEN'S FUNERAL FEATURED John Charlton's ng Conspicuous Amid Sew Hangings in the Royal Academy. LONDON, May 2.—The first press view of the Royal Academy today revealed two striking features which were absent from former exhibitions. viz., paintings dealing with Queen Victoria's death and funeral, and incidents of the Boer war. Benjamin Constant’s picture of the queen has & whole wall to itself, with a background of black and purple. It will undoubtedly be the plcture of the year. Lord Dundonald’s “Dash on Ladysmith" and plctures of other engagements in South Africa make bright contrasts to the | rows and rows of landscapes and por- traits. Of the latter Sargent sends nine, the | most striking of which ie the daughters of Mr. Wertheimer. One of the most charming pictures hung is “The Flower Girl,” by an American, J, J. Shannon. The queen's funeral in London was done by John Charlton and the naval cortege at Portsmouth by W. L. Wyllie. Both are remarkable pictures. Sidney Cooper, the father of the academy, and other old-time accademicians, including Sir Edward Boyn- ter, with a marble group, and Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, with a classic “Helena and Hermia,” will all be found in their accus- tomed places. The Pall Mall Gazette says: If it is not by any means a great academy, it has at least enough good pictures to keep it up to the average NOT AGREED ON INCREASE Ministe; Powers Split on Proposi- tion to Kaise China's Im- port Duty. LONDON., May 2.—Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from Pekin Wednesday, says “The indemnity committee favors a loan raised on the guaranty of all the powers. | Its proposal to increase the maritime cus- toms to 5 per cent advalorem applies to import duty and ot export. All the min- Isters of the powers, except the British, American and Japanese, favor an imme- dlate Increase to 10 per cent. The report, which is based or somewhat imperfectly understood data, has been referred to the home governments.” RUSSIA READY T0O BURROW Reported to W lars from ¥ BERLIN, May 2.—The prints a special dispatch from St. Peters- burg ampouncing that Russia has virtually arrasged with France for loaus amounting | to 500,000,000 francs and that another Rus- sian loan is being negotiated with English and American bankers in London. The dis- pateh further says that the czar is planning for a trip abroad during next Vossische Zeitung August, and that he will visit Copenhagesn, Darmstadt apd “ienna No SPRINGFIELD, today passed the senate bill excepting crim. inal assault and kidnaping from the pro- visions of the parole system, trade fnto | | | | | 1 | EXPENDITURES LARGE BUT |COAL QUESTION FAR AHEAD HE DEFENDS JAPAN'S CREDII Becretary Komatz Says Fresent Panio s Not s0 & PRUDENT Government Has Something to Show for the Indemnity Money Paid Out of Treasury and No Very Great Debt. ~Midort Komatz secretary J ese legation at Washington, in an interview toda Assoclated Press reporter, made esting statement of the financial sit of Japan. He said A good deal of comment has b voked about the financial condi Japan by the publication of a very elabo rate report sent to the United States Consul General Bellows, and it is gratify- ing to me to sec the A an public tak- ng 10 much interest in my country. While having no hesitancy in indorsing the state ment contalned in the consular report as generally correct, everything has two sides and it 13 a disagreeable thing to have one's orst part exposed, the better one belng left out ‘I do not deny that our financlal situa- tion today is anything but satisfactory. It is true that the government has deferred all such undertakings as would involve new loans It is true that a few local banks have been compelled to suspend pay- ment and stringency is prevailing in the money market. It is also true that our | Imports have increased tremendously since the inflow of the Chinese indemnity. The total value of our imports, which was 135,- 700,000 yen (364,350,000 in round numbers | in 1865, the year the peace treaty was concluded, increased to 324,700,000 yen in 1858, while the value of exports was 118,- 000,000 yen and 186,200,000 yen in the re- spective yeurs Something to Show For. “You will be greatly mistaken, however, 1t you should attribute all this to the im- provident waste of money or unproductive and useless enterprises. Although a large portion of the Chinese indemnity has been used for the redemption of war expenses and military and naval expansion, yet the estimate of iron foundries, the extraordin- ary reserve in.ustrial banks shares from it phone and postal strides in the last bave drawn no Rallways, telegraph, service has made few small tele- great nd an enor- years mous amount of money has been absorbed in their improvement and extension. You will observe at this moment twelve twin screw steamers of over 6,000 all newly bullt and Europe, while three great merchant vessels, recently constructed in England are running between Hong Kong and San Francisco, under the management of & Japanese company, and more than thirteen steamers, from 3,000 to 5,000 tons, are be {ng employed on lines to Bombay, Australia, Vladisvostock, etc “Notwithstanding this. our public debt as it now stands, does mot amount to more than 437,900,000 yen ($218.950,000). The foundatfon of our fimancial arrangement is tao firmly established to be affected by any transient depression, any more than the bottom of a river is apt to be shaken by the feeble waves caused by a passing wind. ““There is no danger, in my opinion, that the present situation will result in any serious crisis. On the contrary it will pro- duce, 1 am quite confident, a beneficial effect upon the national progress by afford- ing the people a lesson that no good times should be abused by luxury or extravagauce in any form.” But Cabinet Membe Renign, YOKOHAMA, May 2.—In consequence of the continued postponement by the Japan- ese minister of finance, Viscount Watahabe, of the carrying out of the expected public works, the cabinet crisis received a climax yesterday and Marquis Ito, the premier, after the cabinet meeting, proceeded to the palace and tendered his resignation to the mikado. All the other members of the cabinet did likewise. with the exception of the minis- ter of war, Baron Kodama tons each CHINA CANNOT MEET DEMANDS | Must Have Ald to Pay Indemnity— Ministers Object to the Tone of Waldersee's Letter. PEKIN, May 2.—AL a meeting of the min- isters yesterdaj the report of the indemnity committee was read. Regarding the re- sources of Chiaa the report was very vol- | uminous. It was practically a repetition of Jamesson's well known pamphlet on the subject. Sir Robert Hart offered sugges- tions similar to those already credited to him and cabled to the Assoclated Press It is asserted that the revenues from all available sources will not allow China to pay the indemnity unless assistance s rea- dered. The next meeting will be held next Tues- day. The subject of Count von Waldersee's letter will then be taken up and a reply to it will then be drafted. The ministers as sert that they know what they want with- out being told. They particularly object to any of the legatiom guards being under any authority except that of the ministers themselves. WU THINKS CUSTOMS T0O LOW Says Present is Inadequate to Provide for New Loan. WASHINGTON, May 2.—It is believed here that the bitch which is sald to have arisen at Pekin over the proposition te in- crease the Chinese custowms duties to meet the indemnities demanded by the foreign powers is caused by the broaching by Mr. Rockbill of his plan for the abolition of the likin duties as a condition for his ac- quiescence In the customs increase. The United States government has in the adm to increase custom rates providing there was no discrimination between the powers. Minister Wu says that the present 5 per cent rate is totally inadequate to provide a sinking fund for a new loan ADVISES PARDONING THEM New Minister of Instruction in Russia Recommends Allowing Soldier Students to Return, ST PETERSBUR! ay 2.—It is reported in the press here that the minister for war s contemplating reorganizing the Mil tary Medical academy, where the students are subjected to military discipline and are required to serve three years as mili tary surgeons after graduation. This acad- emy is the principal Russian medical col- lege Bonds for the Treasury. WASHINGTON, May 2.—The secretary of the treasury today purchased $150,000 short term 4 pur cent bonds at 1361 d and the capital of local | plying between Yokohama | st | a readiness to permit the Chinese | s of Me J J. Mitchell Iled work is completed riy Elects Offl MOST OF THEM FROM I10WA Second National Assembly of Cheistian aMrm the ¥ -uxr-u. | cHICAGO, May assembly of the Christian call of National Chairmab Benkert of Davenport today After the rea dealing with | elected enport, Chairman, Ia vice Thomas, Chicago; Pittsburg; treasurer, J. F. Alpsworth, la.; | liam Whitehead | persons were | tlonal legislative | kert, Davenport | burg; J. F. R R. Struble. [ tine, W secretary, Aurora, 1l sele committee la.; D. B. Leonard, Ains Chicago: R. J. John Cordingly, C | Thomas, Chicago. It was mously by Christian party “should comt for union in His pame, | of the people, governed b rule. The the call of the ch rman Ta., met chairman. ted members assembly that dlrect The #cond n party n « g of a pumber of pape! rious questions the following national officers were ot Rev D. H R The ¢t R w Martin, worth, Cave hicago; decided the inue to y the importer pay duty on his #ods the mo- William Ia. Election of Mitchell and Leiter to Cent Directorate Marks the First Step. CHICAGO. May 2.—The Tribune tomorrow will Chicago capitalists and millions of Chicago are to develop the r z unknown Und ter have been e 1 to the directorate of the Mexican Central railroad Bonded warchouses, heretofore in the republic, are to be erficted at City ot Mexico and at Vera @ruz present methods the Mexical ational at | uary 1, 1901, making the amount of inter- | | est due $177,312.06, and the total amount | of principal and interest due $2,552,212.0¢ B “hicago | party C. H.| Martin, Leonard, assistant secretary, wil following he na- Ben- Pitts- w Mo- C. H. unani- | United stand legistation golden assembly adjourned to meet at D. 0. MILLS BRUISED SOME | Smashing of His Car at E, Does No Seri [ Him or Reld OGDEN, Ut May section of No. 6, on the cific railway, | grant Gap, Cal., ched D. 0. Milis aod the train, According to the passeng: excursion rear. Mr. Mills' private ca on the rear of the train, slon head. Mr. Reid escaped correct President and ¥ the City. SAN FRANCISCO, of a greeting from | chiet executive appropriation has been citizens' committee for of congressmen from Presiden the All the needs to the benefit of this tions of the lawmaker | work of decorating the city rapidly and will be Candidate for O duces Revolver Feature of the Ri NEW YORK, May 2.— from Kansas City Rockland coumty initiated in the Spriug Valley the ceremony several ght R and fired it wood's face, but the There Was Ereat exc and the incident ullet tement papal legation today istered by Mgr. Conaty o olic university and witnes: | Marchetti, the papal ablegat mon was private and of will not The power. profession ot Russians and Orientals gether In Viel Mukden BERLIN, May 2 dated May 1 the Russians and Chinese | Four Russian officers wer | among the wounded was lpluu. of this country. made the eatertainment east expected here during the president’s visit. of San Francisco will be | explained in such manner as will redound | port in future ac- | at Washington. The of 0dd The Ogden Whitelaw Reid were on but decliced to be interviewed. the struck a rock and was just pulling away trom the scene of the obstruction when the tratn crashed Joco ers, r, whic was demolis and the engine and oue car of the excur- train were also damaged. was cut in the hand aud bruised about the injury. | jured passengers were brought ttended by the company’'s physician. None Mr, he ty to Be Impresscd with Needs of the Port While May t Diaz A The / 2.—Joaquin | Branda, ex-minister of justice of the re- by who krant Gap ury to | second Southern Pa- which was wrecked at E 1= today. train It from the ch was ed Mills in- | re and of them are seriou: hurt and all pro- ceeded on their way east. Superintendent Noble pronounces the list published as SAN FRANCISCO MAKING HAY public of Mexico, and Senator Jose Dominguez Peon, a wealthy Mexican, will | be in this city when President McKinley arrives and are expected to be the bearers | to the | Itberal the are 1s progressing continued until arrival of the presidential party. NORMAN TAMES THE GOAT Nowship Intro- ractice as orman Heminway who has been living in month Fello | » Luring part of | ;o\ ernment Will Sherwood, an officer | & stern manner | of the lodge, acted in and rushed toward Heminway, int it as & joke. Heminway thought S| was in earnest missed in the broke up the meeting. MARTINELLI MADE CARDINAL Takes Oath of Ofice and caribes to Profession of Faith, WASHINGTON, May 2.—Cardinal tinelli took the oath of his new office and | subscribed to the profession of faith at the The oath was admio- t the sed by e. The extremely the Come To- | ¥ of A dispatch from Pekin to the Kolnische Zeitung, says that a bloody battle has occurred between vear Mukden. The Russians lost sixty killed and wounded. e killes Geueral oath are pledges on the part of the cardinal that he resign his office, that he will not canvass for anyone in the election of & pew pope and that he will maintain the right of the sovereign pontiff to exercise temporal faith embodics the Apscian and Greclan creeds. —— |SEVERE FIGHTING IN CHINA the we was at | ending rwo lled out a revolver | powder burned Sher- | him lodge | Sub- | Mar- | Cath- | Mgr. cere- simple d and Zor- the | | | application of either party der. | | to be recetved at | cured th: | | OHIO TOWN FORECLOSURE FOR MILLIONS Decree Against Omaba & 8t L Goes on File .| DEFAULT OF INTEREST CAUSES JUDGMENT ). As & first step in this and 1 It Company Falls to Come Forward with #2550 1206, the Entire Property is to Go Under the Hammer. y are landed. In the United States A ree of for ¢ filed in the | tmports may be stored until they can most ted States court in Council Bluffs ye ypportunely be released and disposed of ay in the case of the Guaranty Tru The concession U which these g company of New York and Jullus §. Welsh h s will be erected grants t agal the On Louls Raliroad ts for forty years. Into this enterprise i‘f’ pany and others, and unle the rall alone It {s estimated that from $4,000,000 to | r0ad com (0 the center with th | $5.000,000 of Chicago capital Will be placed. | haudsome of $2 12 its Plans have been formulated for develop- | line from Pacific trapsfer in ing the great Mexican iron fleld at Durango | Councll Bl nsburg, Mo., 143 and the coal deposits at Coabufla. Railroad | miles in length, with all equipment of | tacilities are to be provided where they|every kind owped by the company, will Ro are now lacking and a total of $20.000,000 | under the hammer at an early date to sat- represent the expenditures before the | isty a llen held by the plaintiffs on 2,374 ¢ $1,000 76,000, was made July 1, 1900, bonds of the road of the value each, making a total lien of $2 The decree finds that default in the payment of interest and January 1, 191 for the principal and this interest, to- gether with the interest accrued since Jan- The decree provides that if the defendant pays this amount into court within ten days the case will be continued, subject to for further or- the foreclosure is ordered Otherwise and the sale will be made by a master in chancery from the north end of the frelgh depot of the Omaha & Louts in Coun- St il Blufts, at a date to be fixed by th: master. No bid will be received less than $1,250.000 and it is provided in the decree that the purchaser must pay down $30,000 in cash or certified check and the balance in receivers’ checks or bonde, the latter ch value only as they may be entitled to recelve in the final ac- counting of the proceeds of the foreclosure sale. The court has reserved the right to re- quire additional cash payment over and above 85 Numerous preferentfal claims still remain unsettled in connection with the receivership and several other matters are still pending in the case, and Judge McPherson will be in Council Blufts some time in June to take them up. The old Council Blufls Canning company case will also be taken up in June ENJOINS THE RIO GRANDE New York Court Orders Railroad to Set Aside Funds for Second Mortgages. NEW YORK, May Z-—Judge Addison Brown, in the United States circuit court, signed an order today in the matter of the restraining order granted by him in the action brought by Nathanie! M. Raphael of New Jersey against Spencer Trask & Co. to restrain the comsoMdatton scheme of the Rio Grade roads of Colorado. The order | handed down today vacates the temporary | restraining order as to the sale of stocks growing out of the consolidation, but di- | rects that the defendants shall set aside, and are enjoined from paying out or part- ing with, any moneys for indemnity themselves or speclal trust which may | arise in their hands. | Mr. Raphaz) owns second morigage tonds to the amount of $1,500,00 of the Wasatch & Jordan Valley Rallroad company, in Utah, a branch of the Rio Grande West- ern. The latter road has been operating his branch for leged annual profit of $60,000, having ee- rol under the foreclosure of gage bonds held by it. The com- t contends that there 1s a surplus of be applied to the re- of his sccond mortgage oonds. b endants are ordered by the court to set aside any sich surplus for the pro- tection of the second mortgage bondholders. NEW ILLINOIS RAILROAD Peoria & Springfield Files Articles of Incorporation with Capital of #2,000,000, SPRINGFIELD, May 2.—Articles of in- corporation were filed today for the Peoria & Springfield railroad. The proposed line is to run from Springfield to Peoria by way of Green Valley and connects with the Chicago & Alton at Sherman. The capital Is $2,000,000, divided into 2,000 shares of $100 each. The incorporators are: Dwight L. Wing, Springfield; T. W. Kenyon, Athens, N. Y.; Turney English, Springfielc T. C. Delevan, New York, and Meyer Shamburg of Philadelphla. The incorpo- rators are also to be the first board of di- rectors. The work of construction will bé commenced at once and the greater part of the right of way has been purchased CANADA TO CONTROL ROA ease Part of North- ern Pacific Lying Within 1ta Border: OTTAWA, May 2—The scheme by which the Manlitobi government hopes to control passenger and freight rates within the province has been ratified by the Dominior raflway committee. The provinclal g ernment will lease that portion of the Northern Pacific railroad lying within the for a term of %6 years. It wiil be immediately turned over < & M of Toronto for manageme government fixing all frefght rates ai ducing passenger rates to 3 cents a mile. In return the government guarantees the in- terest on thirty-year bonds at 4 per cent. IS IN FLAMES provine Loudonville, 1n Ashland County, Ap- peals to Surrounding Towns for Use of Apparatus. WOOSTER, 0., May 2.—Word has been re- celved bere that the business portion of Loudenville is burning and that the entire town seems doomed. Calls for aid have been sent to all surrounding towns, and apparatus Is being rushed io the scene by special train. Loudonville is a town of 1,500 irhabitants in the soutbern part of Ashland county FREIGHT HANOLERS’ STRIKE Members of Union on Two Railroads in Massachuse o Out, SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 2.--All the union freight bandlers employed by the Hertford division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad and all but two of three of those employed %y the Boston & Maine road in (bis city struck today for bigher wages. and judgment is given | tol & number of years at an | [CONDITION OF THE WEATHER | in Ed Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Dew Hour. Des. 5 on ™. sa 6 on m. 6 Ta ™ = S on m. o on m. 10 a m 1 oA m 12 m, m FRANCIS MADE PRESIDENT jer Governor of Missouri Officers Chosen by Falr B of Directors. Among rd LOUIS May 2 ard n'i ors of the Loulsiana F Expo- | ompany held its g today | 1 organized for busines overgor avid R. F. Francis was unanimously elected president of the board Othe officers were elected as follows | First v president, Corwin H. Spencer second vice president, Samuel M. Kenuard | third vt ident, Daniel M. Houser | fourth vice president, Cyrus Walbri; fifth vice Seth W. Cobb; sixth vice arles H. Huttlg; seventh vice president, August Gehner; efghth vice pres- | tdent, Plerre Chouteau; treasurer, Willlam H. Thompson retary, Walter B tephen Willlam H. Thompson announced that the | bitl betore th Loufs municipality as- { sembly tendering the use of the parks for| | a site for the fair, had been passed by the council, and he was satisfied that it would be passed by the house of delegates without delay A committee on organization was { appointed to determine upon a plan of pro g cedure. It will meet tomorrow. | NEBRASKA PENSION FRAUDS | Fred Dorer 7T en to Omaha for Alleged Crime Agninst Beatrice Veteran | ST. JOSEPH, May 2-(Special Tele- gram.)—Fred Dorer, allas Fred Dolan, who was arrested here oo a charge of drunken- ness two weeks ago and later identified as | |a man wanted by the government authori- | | ties for pension frauds, was taken to Omaha | today for trial in the federal court. Pen- | | ston Commissioner Tedrow of this ecity recognized the man as one who is alleged to have committed pension frauds near | Beatrice, Neb., in April, 1599, It is claimed | that Dorer represented that he was a spe- | clal penston examiner and could secure pensions and increases in pensions for the | old soldlers of that district. Under this pretense, it is alleged, he collected a sum | of money and then left the country. GROCERS POOL ON PURCHASES Retallers of St. Joseph Organize to Get Carload Rates from the Jobbers. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., May 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Practically every retall grocer in the city today joined an organization for the purpose of revolutionizing methods of buying. The members will buy their sup- plies by the carload and the buying will be done once & week. All of the grocers will send their orders to headquarters and | the purchases will then be made on a | given day. Sugar, canned goods, soap, flour and other staple articles will be bought in this manner and at a saving over the amount which is now paid by the gro- cers when they order their goods sepa rately and in small quantities. The pur- chases will be still made through the local Jobbers. BOUND TO HAVE A DROUTH Lord Lesgue. Kausas City, to Knife ssloners Who Won't ( Saloons Sunday. KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 2.—The police commisioners have refused the request of the special commission of the Lord Ordin- ance Enforcement league to close the sa- | loons on Sund and today the league | called a mass meeting for tomorrow night to take the first steps toward petitioning Governor Dockery to remove these officials. CASHIER JOHNSON GETS BAIL Alleged Defaulting Cashier of Niles tonal Bank Released on #10,000 Bond. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 2.—Charles A. Jobnson, alleged defaulting cashier of the First National bank of Niles, Michigan, was released on ball tonight. His $10,000 bond was signed by L. B. Wood and Theo- | dore Hopkins, the latter Johnson's father- in-law. Johnson left for his home, after being in jail here since March 21. MASCAGNI TO TOUR AMERICA Italian Composer ¥ Bring @ ns Contract er Large Orchestra Next October. LONDON, May 3.—A dispatch to the Daily Express from Vienna says that Pietro Mascagni, the Italian composer, has signed a contract for a tour of the United States. He will start October 15 and take with him an orchestra of eighty members. His per- sonal stipend will be £2,000 a week fo. eight weeks. WALK OUT AT EAST HELENA Six Hundred Men Aflected by Wage | Disngreement at American | Company's Smelter. HELENA, Mont, May 2.—The manage- ment and the employes of the American smelting plant at East Helena, being unable to reach an agreement on the wage ques- tion, all departments of the smelter were closed tonight. Six hundred men are af- tected. HEAT CLOSES BAR MILLS Workingmen in Pitt % Shops Are Overcome and Industry Paralysed by Torridity, PITTSBURG, May 2.—The Intense heat of yesterday and today practically | closed several of the bar mills In the city and badly crippled several others. Sev- eral workmen were completely exbausted and others were almost prostrated Pa., Movements of Ocean Vessels, May 2. | At New York—Arrived—Germanic, from | Liverpool and Queenstown. Salled—La Hre tagne, for Havre: Columbia, for Hamburg | via"Plymouth and Cherbourg: ~Koenigin | | Loulse, for Bremen, via Bouthamy | | “AL @ stown--8ailed—Majest from | Liveryool. for New York | “At Rotterdam—Arrived--Amsterdam. from New York, via Boulog Salled— Rotters | dam, for Houlogne and New York | At Hamburg—Arrived—Phoenica, from | Hamburg At _Southampton—Arrived—Labm, from vew York, for Bremen, [NSPIRE NEW THEORY Railroad Stocks’ Tremendons Advamces Buggests Another Possible Cause. VANDERBILT FIGHTING GOULD'S EXPANSION Deesn't Want Missonri Pacific Magnate Enlarging Western Web. HARRIMAN AND MORGAN TAKE SIDES Former In George's Confidante; Latter Allied with William K, MR, ROCKEFELLER DECLINES TO MIX IN Standard Oi1 Tnterests de that Partiality Now Might Prove Bx- pensive=What Harrima fends Say, NEW YORK, May Unlon Pacific situation, press has the following rom the cur- rent tremendous market movements o Unton Pacific and Atchison stocks—blg ad vances occurring in each today—it became 2 ~Discussiog the Mail and Ex- clear that a fight is going on between great money powers over the establishment of transcontinental systems. It now appears that this fight centers around the plans of George J. Gould and E. H. Harriman to es- tablish a vast network of roads from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean and Willlam K. Vanderbilt and the Penusylvania rail- road people, seelng what 1s up, have made up their minds to frustrate them With the Gould and Harriman people, on the one hand, are said to be Kuhn, Loet & Co., who are identified with the Unlon Pacific management, while Mr. Morgan is believed to have lent his influence to the Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania forces. The Rockefellers, who are identified with Mr. Gould In the Southern deal, are said to bave stood aloof from the Unlon Pacific incident and to have done nothing which could be criticized by Mr. Morgan, with whom they are assoclated in many aftars. Following the discovery that Gould and Harriman wanted to control the Unlon Pacific, carrying with it the Southern Pa- cific became plaln that the Missourt Pacific and Ililnols Central might be sub- stituted for the Chicago & Northwestern as the eastern connection of the Uniom Pacific, thereby greatly injuring the Van- derbilt position in the west. In order to protect the Northwestern and New York Central Willlam K. Vanderbilt started to accumulate a large amount of Unlon Pacific stock, and Gould and Harri- man, learning this, also bought enormous quantities of this stock. 1t How the Penusylvania Figares. Meanwhile the Pennsylvania having lost the Burlington to the Northern Pacific, also had to fix up its western fences. It bought large quantities of Atchison. This road gives & through line to San Francisco out of Chicago. Good authorities assert that the Pennsylvania began buying Atchison stock many months . but did not thimk it was necessary to get emough stock to exercise control, {f need be, until the Gould and Burlington deals develop. Now, it is asserted, both the New York Central and Pennsylvania, which entered into a close alllance two years ago, never had such need to stand shoulder to shoulder as they bhave today. It is be- lleved they are acting in close harmomy in the matter of the control of Union Pa- cific and Atchison. It the emormous buying of Union Pacific has secured control of that property in the interests of the Northwestern, New York Central and perhaps St. Paul, there is no necessity for controlling the Atchison, but it the Union Pacific has been lost to Gould and Harriman, the heavy accumulation of Atchison today would indicate that that company 1s needed as an outlet to the Pacific for both the Penasylvania and Van- berbilt lines There is another serfous side to the fight. The Pennsylvania bas been trylug to pre- vent the entrance of the Gould lines into Pittsburg. A recent dispatch from that clty stated that the Wheeling & Lake Erie would not be so extended, but that the Pennsylvanfa would allow Gould favorable trackage rights over the Baltimore & Ohlo. It is ofclally stated today that this offer will not be accepted, but the Wheeling road will be extended into Pittsburg as rap- 1dly as possible. This will directly benefit both the Wabash and the Missouri Pacific, glving them a large steel and iron tonnage. Mr. Caruegle, before selling out to the steel trust, made a contract to deliver a vast amount of his tonnage, aggregating more than 1,000,000 tons a year, to the Wheeling roads. Mr. Carnegie was himself to bulld an independent line to tidewater, presuma- bly at Baltimore. He is understood to have made an offer for the Western Maryland railroad. Now, it is asserted, Mr. Gould intende to carry out some such plan in order to prepare for any fight that he may have with the Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt peovle, Mr. Gould hus further irritated William K. Vanderbilt by planning an extension of the Wheeling road to the vicinity of Cleve- land. When the new link of the Wabash in porthern Indiana and Ohlo is built, the Ge="d system will bave a direct line from Uleveland to Chicago, paralleling the Lake Shore all the wav New Light on Omaha Situat, Mr. Gould's plans are furthered by the backing of Mr. Harriman and Stuyvesant Fish, who are the leading factors im the Ilitnois Central. The 1lliuois Central bas a direct line from Chicago to Sloux City and Omaha, furnishing a conpection with the Union Pacific at the latter point. Several persons recalled today the was expressed two years ago wh nols Central announced Its intent build into Omaha. It was thought at thit time that the Illinois Central, a Harriman su road, would sooner or later supplant the Northwestern as the eastern outlet of the Union Pacific, nor.hern division, while the Missour! Pacific is the outlet for the Kansas diviston of the Union Pacific If the Gould and Harriman faction win in the contest f ontrol of the Union Pacific, the plans referred 10 Lo years ago would seem to be prophetic, and it would appear that Gould and Harriman began mepplug out their great scheme a loug time The Commercial Advertiser says: Friends of E. L Harriman assert with much confi- dence today that the syndicate of which he s the head has mot lost control of the Unlon Pacific railroad. This claim s sig- pificant because persons closely identified with the Harriman syndicate have repeat- edly declared within the last three days | that they could not anything about the situatior The confidence manifesied by Mr. Harrl man's friends largely on that in competltive the suppositior [ day the Gould and Harrl- ving of last Tu