Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 21, 1901, Page 1

» THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1901-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS 1 SKIRMISH FOR “E\‘NEL" THE SCOTTISH LADS |PASSES A (00D AFTERNOON | O'SMISSED BY SUPREME COURT PORTER ADMITS THE (HARCE CoNoiTion oF THE WEATHER ETETY THOUSAND OUT . ALLLA ) e it | Al n SARALY ] Carnemte Gives Nearly Tes Million | No Jurisdiction in Gase of Grand Isl- R lr‘-i".(:x.um Nebruska—Falr and W n;{:!‘"‘" Dollars to Establish Free ¥ T and Wyoming Central Ruil- oy Boutheasterly Winds tlon in Universities, Mn McKinley's Improvement Oentinues way Against Thomas Sweeney, Suepected of Villifying Edholm, He Owne —_ !luhmm‘l in Their Straggle for Fewe Poth Parties in Cuban Convention Call Out | Witheus I tien. - A Baving Written the Oiroular Temperature Omaha Vesterday: Beg: ggie for 4 LONDON, May 20 —Andrew Carnegle has ithent Interrup (From n Staff Cofrespondent.) s o Hou Deg. | Hours and More Pay, Full Ltrength Today given £2,000.000 ($10,000,000) to establish | — | WASHINGTON, May 20.—(Special Tele { " a8 o J | tree education in four Scotch universities, | gram )--The supreme court of the United | 6 B0 LS —_ Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and RETURNS TO WASHINGTON, NOT CANTON | Siic. rouy dismismed for want of suris- | UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES MOV[‘ 3 ne |MANY CONCERME NAKE CONCERSIONS ABSENTEES BLOCK PROGRESS MONDAY | grems He eiipuistes chat the be diction the case of the Orand Isiand & —_— H & L | - tellc " Wyoming Central Railway Company et al | o — be his “Sec ‘ellow countrymea’ onl - g = on- 3 .. y Begits v " or for 1) | Barlier Reports Contradicted Since| i Tiomes Swesney, appealed from | IBVestigation Rrings to IAgSR Céne | 25 -1 - . " { no English, Trish. cclonials elen % te Justit . clusive Evidence of Authorship - -4 sttt an | President O'Cemnell Bays First Day Ehows Conservatives Have to Give Up Plan to| The fund will apply to medical as well as ""“"""':;' "'""‘" o y ;n» United States circait court of appeals | anil T4aEN % the Abbest | 12 o7 esens 88} o y to commercial eaucation and — = or the Eighth district | y esie U9 metk: Gained. Puek Report Through. {8 the Basts of trustess, Who will tional Capit Rural free delivery service will be estab- | ot the Writer, ] i & . :.x,.‘,_,.., of Scottish dents benefited nu,m-: July 1 in Nebraska as follows . | |ASK HER ABOUT PHILLIPS — under the scheme. ! Papillion, Sarpy county, Toute embraces | st EXPECTS LITTLE STUBBORN RESISTAN JUAN GOMEZ I8 LOSING PRECEDENCE | "' .l ugic desires that all Scotchmen| SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—9 p. m.—Sec- | thirty-six square miles, cOutaining n popu- | Authorship of scurrilous and anONYmOUS | New York Police Sweat the Auburne £ ST € CE # a4 Soctehwotiion shiall eater the wnivers! ary Cortelyou gives out the following|lation of ‘a.n; J )ls R;-Mn- »u uppointed ;‘:mm aud publications coniaining | Haired Woman Thought te ; ——_— = £ tles on an equal footing, hence the money | statement Dra. Hirschfelder and Gib- | carrier alley Jouglas county, route | charges aguinst Albert Edbolm, a weil | B¢ e, aniey, ‘. » Displease ' ~eaten Bevo't f1om | 14 not given to the students o pay their | bone met Dr. Rixey st £:30 p. m. They | covers thirty-five square miles, containing | kuown Omaba Jeweler, hus been traced to | }Tm“' Larger Firms Will Oome to Term ]"‘l'r‘ ™ fees, but to the universities themselves. | find that Mrs. McKinley's improvemert con- | & population of 615, J. L. Yeager appointed | G. C. Porter, an atiache of the editorial de-| NEW YORK, May Interest in the This Week. . 1 The system is made perpetually free and | tibued through the day and her condition | carrier | partment of the World-Herald. | tragic deat Father Phillips of Hazle Py 8 $:4 will probably be under government aus- |tonight is excellent. Drs. Hirschfelder,| Postmasiers appoluted Porter bas admitted having written the | ton, which had by no means subsided, was CISNEROS SLAPS SPECIAL co,,‘,'_m: pices. According to the educational author- | Gibbons and Cushing will meet Dr. Rixey| lowa—Mrs. Elia Sbea, Incline, Boone (anouymous attacks upou Mr. Edholm ide more acute today by the bringing to OMAHA NOT AMONG CITIES AFFECTED ities, the administration of Mr. Carnegie’s|at 11:30 tomorrow morning. county | After & fierce gun vlay, in which Porter | the West Forty-seventh stree olice sta- | gift prescots considerable difficulties and | i _South Dakota—A. G. Wolf, Castalls, |aticmpted to shoot twn nolicemen. he was | tion of u womas with auburn hair, who Says Commisstomers Allowed Them- | for this reason the Scotch papers, for the | SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.—Mrs. McKio- | Charles Mix county | arrested at midnight Sunday. The police auswered the description of the woman | All Differ tween Employes and present, are rather looking the gift horse in | 16¥ pussed & good afternoon ani the presi The abstract of the condition of the | captured Porter on the charge of carrying | whom the police have been looking for and Emple Here Were Settied selves to Be Kept Too Closely the mouth, while the English press is in- | dent is cheerful over her improved condi- | Omaka national banks &t the close of | concealed weapons—a temporary movement | who has been referrcd to as “‘Dr. Stanley's Set - » Guarded While Making olinsd to cavil st the methed of Mf. Oare | tion business April 24 shows: Louns and die hold him until information is filed by the | wite.” She was closeted with ‘-,,,w...ci NIEES e Genarul G Washington Vit 20gie's muniBeascs This announcement was made at the Scott | counts, $14,364,684; gold coin, §768,11%; | federal authorities, charging improper use | Donabue for over two hours and he took Was Fosted. i ekl S b il residence tonight. While Mrs. McKinley | total specie, $1.439,764: lawful money re- |of the mails. A warrant on the laiter |ber to lunch and the two then went back | L& e e R nine Coy | 10 0O Jewve her bed today she paseed | serve, $2,640.654; Individual deposits, $14,- | charge was issucd for hie arrest Monday | io the siatiox [ o AFSRTEN. e ‘ress Publishing C0) | ongiqerable time propped up and rested | 968,580, average reserve held, 30.23 per cen frernoon, but ut & hour lust night 106 r WASHINGTON, May 20.—M C 1 S o i - Ao g « ble time propped up 968,580 & 2 ent. | aftern ut ut & late hour lust night| The police took extraordinery means to | SHIN N, May 20.—Mr. O'Counell nx":]‘.‘;“'m“l‘\“‘“ e o Tout 1n the | o MONDON, May 20.—(New York World' el While no definite date has been set | The Western National bank of New York | the deputy marsbal bad not succeeded in | keep the identity of the woman secret. They | 88id tonight that up to & o'clock re- S St ool oowvention, WS m“"r-b-v-nrm- pecla Telogram.)—An 'v‘d“[n-» the president’s departure, the present | has been spproved as remerve agent for the | finding him | even went to the extent of deuying that | poris show that ¥4 firms employing ap- Tt et (oday 1t whs found that | omToosle’s mumlbcent R e Entees | FTangements sre to go Wirect to Washing- | Wayne National bask € Waree, Neb A 2 o'clock Monday afternoon Porter ap- | she had anything to do With the case of | Proximaiely 30,000 meu bad signed the four of the conservatives were absent and | ooliordy g ",,"',”:,” """ml“'";,:,"' | ton und not to Canton as had been un-| Dr. 8. N. Jenks is appointed pension ex- | peared in the police court, sccompanied by | Father Phillips. Late in the afterpoon, | agreewents for the nine-bour day or made the disposition to push things, which had | chop ot $10.000.000 48 | officially stated. During the remainder of | amining surscon at Madison, £ D | Frank Rensom. Judge Gordon dismissed | however, Asisiant District Atiorney Gar- | satistactory afrungements with (be local been ngreed upon as the program, chaukel | Jts object g0, is mut merely 10| b giay in this city the president will par- | The salarics of the postmaricrs at Alblon | the charge against Porter and ordered his | van, Who bas charge of the care for the | orgunizations pop s "U Tiath T FHORME Somt x‘rv-vdd toes ".”, woyld o h'_"-!-‘ ”w nl“‘i"..‘,..-. in a& many public gatherings as the | and Ashland, Neb., haye been increased | revolver restored. As soon as he secured | district attorney's office, was sent for and —— o copg i ‘::0:::;"":]"‘"(_: b ':f":"“_:(?:r'l:y:ll:‘;“ln condition of Mre. McKinley will warrant, |$100, und at Alma and Arapahoc decreased | his revolver Porter left the station talked with the mysterious woman for an|. WASHINGTON, May 20.—Approximately The radicals were also wewkened by One | tpae respect with the best in the world { bk only in an impromptu and informal | §100. 3 | Draws Gun on luspectors. hour and & half. When he had finished the | 50.000 machinists throughout the country 4 t esy e r1d. | way. Weather permitting, the president| M. E. Harlan of Henderson and Frank | | interview be said that the woman was the | Lruck today for a mine-bour duy, & scale abeentee and a split “within their ranke |wpp. publie bere is staggered by the munifi | 2 Leading up to the sensatioual arrest of B | . ¥ fomorrow will review the school children | M. Hurka of Cedar Rapids, Ia. were ap- | ; L | (b Stanley had introduced as his wife | Of Wages equal to the present ten-hour which ihreatens the leadershiy of Julh | epce of this bepefactlon, but there are|oene city and visit the Presidio | polted rallway matl clerks. | Porter Sunday night was a lively scene Sat- | 770 0 < teht 56 el At in | per day scale, uud oth d T Guaiberto Gomes. This poliiizian bas posel | crisics even in Scotland who say the money | oy iy apd visit th - Sish yo | urday in the office of the postal inspectors | 0¥ thut ehe might W . | 3 s Mo W i O as an uncompromising radical, oppcsing any =3 { "In wplte of the stormy weatber today the | R. L. Staples of Ord, Neb. Prankiin | prdu® 1% (00 CRCe OF L6 BOSTE WEUEITER | ihe case, but he would not say 8o positively. | 1 the rough esimate of President O'Con- e - o4 I¥| would bave been better expended in ad- | pregident did not remain indoors. Car- | Reynor of Epworth and Percival Kuowles | i g o | He also sald | peil of the Nutional Associstion of Ma intervention by the United Stutes, and Pub- | yancing secondary and technical education 3 | ties had Porter in the “sweat box” and | . | "y ringes were summoned at § a. m. apd the | of Webster City, Ia., were udmitted u e " 1 am satisfied that this woman has noth chinists, bused ou thg telegraphic advices liely declaring that he wouid die in grief If | g5 which there i a wore crying want > t nt made it plain to him that he bad been | that the Platt amendment were accepted. Now, | . president drove to the residence of his | practice before the Interlor department detected 19 his infamous and dastardly work | 108 to 4o With the case. I ¢hall not give | that have rcached him today from the ma oo T b g g - — uncle, Benjamin J. McKinley, on Bush | e against Mr. Edholm. 1t is said that Porter | DET name because she comes from u very lxumm headquarters in various cities 88 a leader, repudiate bim, asserting that |SUICIDE OF REV. BABCOCK sireet. where ne spent avout ten minut -iSHE ADMITS KILLING AYIESH‘,,.“,, enraged and threatened violence. | T#pectable family. I want to shield her | Thnlh'r.m thus fur has ot extended to De has accepted a part of the Platt amend- | ‘\ly-l;t:‘g ;«nn. n; ;:.m. ® 'He“;t:nnr:lr'fle‘ ; & I'He Wi ‘SIsapiiba, BUE allowsd 50 0 3N .br‘:;;usn 1 x.»;‘n.\.‘ vrr‘xi\ heart m»uv» be hur: .’\‘:mn.-;d(-‘ tradss, sers i in- Siukt Su-illy; aSRrity. sepoRt and “'_mflulh,,__, Sensation Over Clerygman's ‘;M “. H(::n:" :-‘ & ‘.-'x‘;, ]rlr —t ":‘d :: Mra. J. 1. Bonine, Formerly of Kansas, | explanation s forthooming ‘as to Why | ®° ::1[ f:h‘: ‘v, s e case w ; ’r\u‘x.h . M'.n.;»“:. o u';-h. Pa., where wen In that they will draw a report of their | Rash End, and His Widow .‘-lv-; S ‘th hn; M; S hot“m' ‘Anmfil Arrested After Deserdl Se: Be was 1ot at that time taken into oustody. n:nlmu '.v-k: :. .:;‘ nm‘oh sfled ;nm;{;“.”\ B sl t ades are out. No own, which will bave the proper radical is Pro . S oty st . | tional Waskingten Shosting. other than that the postoffice inspectors | SP¢ d0e€ not know anvhing bou R o b Tt TR e fteke thi pusiie “"l derat time previously o go to the Scott resi- | [ Were not quite ready to take him on the | FITTSTON, Pa. May 20 {eflected. This is due to the fact that om Senores Pertuonds, Bravo, Alemsn and |(Copyrigh Press Publishing «"V'J”'"'; ‘The president ";u'v:wl directly to| WASHINGTON, Mar 30 —The mystery | L0l et charge and that they had no |5 Phillips. who met death in New [#uch work an elght-bour a day scale al- Naunrdo Thenayo. | NAPLES, —.(New York Word |the Scott house for luncheon. Among the | attending the killing of Jumes Seymour | .\ inority 1o arrest him for brandishing fire- | *° mysteriously, was burfed in the Catholic | ready prevails. Railroad machinists as & a2 N o7 | callers on the president today was Richerd | Ayres, a census office clerk in the Fen- | . "*" | cemetery in this city today with impreseive | rule are not involved in the strike WA Robblgies Ouvied | Cablegram—Speciul Telegram.)—Rev. Malt- | arms. No attempt was made to call a yolice. . though ek . AN | ble Duvenport Babcock, pastor of the Brick | J: CArson. ir. the young member of the | more hotel, early last Wednesday morn- | men for that purpose, and Porter walked | COTemony. Thousands participated in the | the en on several roads are o oday's session wae secret and probably | o N | army signal corps who bas been appointed " ch, ! the peculiar > service The Central Verm sh 2 Forst | V| presbyterian church, New York, who com- ng, and which, because of the peculiar (gyqq b machinists at sessiors will continue during the discussion | o g "yuiciqe here on Sunday, was ad- |10 West Polnt in recognition of his gal- | circumstances surrounding it has aroused | SncibiiBehe soe Saliciit | | St. Albans, numbering probably 200, have of the two reports. Senor Cieneros moved | 7 PRSI R B0 il Ib Aprf] | 14Btry in siving the lives of meveral men | \waghington morc than any tragedy in sev- | A A - |GUILTY OF BARNES' MURDER struck. The Lehigh Valley rairond ma- that Alejandro Rodriguez's seat In the con o -ecine m acute gastritia. He was dafly | 12 tbe Philippines. He called to thank | .rg) vears, was solved today by a voluntary This story of Porter and his attacks upon | k) | chinists at Buffalo, Snyre, Wilkesbarre and vention be declared vacant and that his o1- | SITEEHE TrOM ACETC SERTEE. BC RRS TV | the president for his appolntment | confession from Mrs. Lulu I Bounie, a M- Bdholm kas countless ramifications | yyy wife and Willlam Ferguson Held | Blmira are out, aggregating 500 all toid. ternate be appointed the regular delegate | "o L oo L ad octignt by The president has promised to talk to the | poooa™ o man wna o guest at the house, | #B0 chapters of it have been written at | Since Coromer's Jury Made The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western men Finally, however, it was agreed that Rod- ( o(¢ F0RPEIANE | e 00 ot e ad | Forty-Afth and Forty-sixth infantry regl | (nui yhe had fired the three shots which | IPETVAls for two years or more | Its Res | st Buffalo, Scranton, Wilkesbarre and in- Figuez did not come under the rule regard- |\ UL SakbORREE & Mk Wil con. | Ments, United States volunteers, who have | 1ieq avres' life | Briefy summed up, Porter has tried | | termediate points also ure out. The Gulf, ing delegates accepting office | e e i dienge. bus | JuSt Teturned from the Philippines and are | 0L A0000 B oy ae entirely [ b0dily violence on Mr. Edbolm—one as- | SPRINGFIELD, Tl May 20—The cor- | Colorado & Suta Pe men also are out. The Senor Cieneros took occasion to say that | ¥ihoed of (HO ICUrA BTy Of RIS GRARSE DN | now 16 camp at the Presidio. The day has | ot PSSR Dl 3 'clock | Sault being u matter of record and another | oner's jury impaneled to inquire iuto the | Strike order, however, does mot upply to the commissioners who went to Washington | |ty T UL o lChed the sok | DOt Vet been set, but the president has| i gierngon she telephomed for Mafor | Assault for which he stande strongly sus- | desth of Dr. Joseph L. Barnes of Mou- | the rallronds generally, 1t is explatned at @id not_investigate public feeling in the | U704Y WOTTILE Ahe murec eatered (he SOk | promised that be will notify General Shatter | gl L O S08 LRI L b [ pected—and the postal authorities assert | ticello, TIl., who died suddenly st the Cen- |Peadquariers that there is no competition be- United States regarding the Platt amend- | 100w Aad Toute the PRCIEAL PRVR ERH B0 | the night before he intends to make the | G ICCCE RO inoe "ana she appeared | that they have copclusive proof that Porter | tral Hospital for insane at Jacksonville, | {Neen the railroads and the private work meat as they should have dome, but thes | FCRTE TR 0T Y bcork | Bromised. speach *Ho will go out to the | PEN TN B erard 1s the author of the Edholm circulars, and | tonight brought in & verdict that Barnes |nd that work among the private establish- e it ot atotey opi] ovvevedbwith Moge." The'aciafils: th i | 00000 s0d, Tha sosros il amsemble 1o | gre 00 That Avres had drawn a pistol | 8180 of & somewhat similar publication | came to his death by strychnine poison |Hents I8 to be udjusted first op- camp e h portunity to hear anything contrary to the amendment. He asseried that he was in Teceipt of letters from New York advisiug the convention mot to accept the amend- ment and assuring him that public opinfon in the United States would support the eonvention In rejeoting it After the minority and majority reports tind been read the conservatives made a canvass of the house amd, finding their majority doubitul, asked tabling both reports for twenty-four hours An effort will be made to bring out to morrew the full strength of the conserve tives, who have practically agreed to vote for the majerity report as presented PRUNE PUBLIC SALARIES Hawalinn Legl e in Extra Ses- on, Cut Down Govern- ment Expense. HONOLULU, May 13.—(Via San Fran- cisco, May 20.)—The extra session of the legisiature called by Governor Dole for the coasideration of appropristion bilis s mow In scwsion, and the committee work done mo far shows the expected gencral slashing into salaries of govermment off cials miner officials will probably be left un provided for wltogether, and the beads of departments sre cut On the first day of the extra session the bome rulers passed & resolution asking the governor about the county government act, which was left o his hands at the end of che regular session, and which fell & vietim to a pocket veto. The passage of the resolution to make this inquirs was preceded by a very flery debate, In which Representative Emmeluth declared that the governor must be removed. In response to the resolution the governor s secretary replied that no action bad been tuken with regard to the bill. The executive reply brought forth a reso- lution of “want of confidence” in Gover- nor Dole. The resolution, introduced as a concurrent resolution by Representative FEmmeluth, passed the house by a vote of 22t 11 The Hawailan Bar association h ked President McKinley to appoint another cir- cuft judge for the territory, as provided for by the act passed by the legislature, call- ing for three judges in the first circuit. The act was passed on account of the over- crowding of the celendar overnor Dole bas been compelled by {llness to retire to the Wainame mountains for rest. He has turned over the busi- pess of his office to Secretary Henry E Ccoper, whi 1§ DOW Acting governor of ihe territory NASH REACHES SALT LAKE Next Deuver. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. May 20.—The Ohio special bearing homeward Governor Nush and others, who attended the launch- ing of the battieship Ohlo at San Fran- cisco, arrived here tonight. An informal reception was given Governor Nash. of Governor Wells and other state officials. After drives in the morning there will be ital at the Tabermacle and trip to Saltair. Governor afterward & Nush apd party will leave tomorrow even- ing for Denver. e POINT FOR COPPER COMPANY Injunction Aguinst the Amal Concern is Dissolved by Court. mated NEW YORK, May 20.—Vice Chancellor Pitney in Jerscy City today signed the order dissolving the injunction restraining the Amalgamated Copper company from absorbing the Boston and Mountana eni Butte and Boston compauies. The com- plainants were granted an order that their appeal from the decision of the vice chan- cellor et s & stay to the comsummation of the comsolidation of the companies numed above until June 15, when the cas Wil be heard. the privilege of | A large pumber of clerks and other | His Party n-ml1 The | party from Obio will be guests tomorrow | wrists had been severed unable to stop ‘he hemorrhage. Mr. Bab- cock also swallowed corrosive sublimate | and died in ten minutes, fully conscious of hie end. The suicide has caused an im- | mense sensation and the widow is pros- trated with grief. The bedy was buricd toduy in the Protestant cemetery The doctors were LONDON, May (New York World Ca- AMERICAN COAL TRUST! Large Stock of Umited States An- | hracite Baxis of Corner in i raeill | (Copyright, 1901, by Fress Publishing Co.) | | blegram—Special Telegram.)—The London Daily Mall's Marseilles correspondent says in & Qispatch printed this mornix It seems very probable that an American coal trust will be formed in Marseilies, where there is already a very lurge stock | of American coal. The trust will be | forpied by an important London house. The stock here is over 200000 tons and other large quantities are coming over | “There is no truth in the story that & | paia line of American steamers is to be started | between Marseilies and New York, but au important English fi bas decided 1o bulld twenty-two steamers to bring Ame: | ican coal to Marseilles HINT OF RUSSIAN DESIGNS Does Not Intend Leave Railroad at the Merey of Wild Hordes. NEW YORK, May 20.—In the course of a long interview relative to the situation in China, cabled to the Herald from St Pe- tersburg, & Russian of bigh rank, presum- ably Count Lausdorff, the minister of for- | eign aftairs, 16 quoted as suying in answer to the question, “What About Manchuria” “The time to Jeke objection was when the concession made years ago. Does any one suppose that auy country is going | to bulid u railway through such a country and leave it unprotecied or to be wrecked Ivh!r«wr wild hordes of brigands choose to operate? Besides, 1 consider that the Si | bertan raiiread is of the highest importance | to the commerce of the world.” | “And especially to America? | “Yes, especinlly to America. The Amerl- cans are a shrewd and clever race. They | show 1t in their policy, which 1 call sen- | sible policy. The Siberian railway being, #0 to speck, a belt of the world, is sure to be of great ussistance to American com- | merce, which already flourishes here in a | very successtul manver | Libernis Wi | MADRID, May 20.—Latest reports of the result of the elections to the new Chamber of Deputies, held yesterday, show thut the | capital returned six mivisterialists, obe conservative apd one member of the Da- tional union party. According to El Correo the followfug are the general results of the election: Liberals, 230; comservatives, 70 dissident conservatives, 15; dissident lib- | erals, 18; supporters of Romero, 10; repub- lleans, 15; Carlists, 0 national unlonists 10; Catalenists, 4; socialists, 4, and inde- pendents, 1. Insurgents Attuck Soldiers. MANILA, May 20—It is unofficially re- ported that & body of insurgents, under Angelus, has attacked & body of American troops, supposed 10 be of the Twenty- seventh regiment, near Pasaco, in South Cararines province, killing two soldiers and one native scout and taking one soldier prisoner. The ipsurgents are still i session of the mining town of North Cararines. The nearest at Indian, thirty miles away poa- Paracole, Lroops are Strike Ended at St. Petershur, ST. PETERSBURG, May 20.—~The strike | here is crushed. A very large number of arrests have been made, 250 persons having been taken into custody &t ope factory alone persons were wounded in & street fight when the mob stoned the police. Several desths are reported at Knenthenscated as & result of the strike riots. The agitation among the students is unquestionably partly responsible for the troubles, Over thirty and possibly a bundred | { | | | | | | i | | | | George Gould's scheme for u greater Mis | taken on the matter of a dividend. It GREATER MISSOURI PACIFIC Directors Meet Toduy to Act on Con. wolidation of Southwes: ern Lines. NEW YORK, May 20 —(Special Tele- gram.)—Much interest will be taken tomor- | row in the meeting of the Missouri Pacific directors, both by stockboiders and by financial wnd raflroad men. There ' are many important matters coming up for set- tlement Chief of these will be the consolidation of southwestern lines. souri Pacific system has come to pass and it oply remains for the directors to ac- cept hig plans. But according to a semi- official statement tonight an attempt will be made to sidetrack this question. Whether Mr. Gould will submit to this, remains to be seen It is also known that mo action will be bas been decided that until the consolidation of the southwestern lines no dividend will be any insiders. That will come, a8 & shock to Will street and as a surprise to everyone. The earnings of the second week in May are $567.000, an increase of $56,000. Since January 1 crease of $1.624,962. These figures and the fact that the company's b per cent bonds are selling along with the stock are in- teresting in view of the action tomorrow. SWALLOWS LINSEED CBMPANY Union Lead and Ofl Company Acguires the American eed 01l Corpo- ration Soom. CHICAGO, May 20 The Post says: It | developed today that the American Linseed Oll company is to be merged into the Uniou Lead and Oll company. An arrangement has been effected for an exchange of linseed stock for shares in the Union Lead and Oil company. Each share of the preferred #tock of the American Linseed company is to receive $48 in the stock of the Umnion Lead and Oil company, and each share of Linseed common will receive $16. The cap- ital stock of the Union Lead and Oil com- pany, including thet mecessary to acquire &ll the capital stock of the American Lin- secd company on the terms mentioned, s fixed at $17,000,000, and all this will be common stock. Btockholders of the Amer icen Linseed company will be asked to d posit their stock im trust with designated depositories on or hefore June 5. WHETHER HE'S DEAD OR ALIVE Hemewal of Insurance Suit sallie Wheresbouts Figure. WASHINGTON, May 20.—The States supreme court today petition of the Connecticut Life Insurance company for a writ of certiorari the United States circuit court of appeals for the eighth circuit (o bring the celebrated suit against that company by Mrs. Sallie E. Hillman to this court for review. This involves the payment of an insurence pol ley of $5,000 upon the life of ‘the husband of Mre. Hillman. The payment of the in- gurance has been resisted for many years on the ground that the man is not dead. The case hus been in the supreme court two or three times. OPENING CROWD AT BUFFALO Fai United granted omcial Ext Attendance Record of 101,687 Admissio BUFFALO, May 20.—Tod: slons from § a. m. s total admis- until 11 p. m. were 101,687, This does mot include several | thousand persons who came in through the Lincoln Parkway parade. entrance with the Boers Dynamite a Tral LONDON, May 20.—Lord Kitchener re- ports to the War office, under date of Pre- toria, May 15, as follows An armored train has been soath of American Siding. the South Lancashires was dynamited or Heath of the earnings show an in- | certain | n Which | the | action on | | shouid | Pennsylvania upon her for the purpose of making her respond to an improper proposal which he had made to her, and that she immediately grasped the revolver and in the struggle which ensued it was digchareed three dif- ferent times, wstriking. &lm ai each Al chifrge, the 1t stor ng fatal. She says that the cries for help which Miss Minas heard were all from her, at were slso the sobbing which Miss Minas described Mrs. Bonine says that after the shooting #he passed through the window of es room on and down the fire-escape lad- der and entering the parior window of the second floor passed through the parlor and back up the stairway of the hotel to her own room on the fourth floor. She then shed her hands, undressed and retired Mrs. Bonine was entirely when she made her confession and did pot exhibit any evidence of either present or past unusual excitement She ie &ppa.- ently about 32 years old and says she was born in Macon, Mo. She then moved to Hamilton, in the same stute, and after wards to Richmond, Kan., where her hus- band was engaged in the drug business Subsequently she went to Brunswick, Ga and then to Florida, where ber husband was engaged in orange growing. She suys that it that that was at her husband's sbe practiced he had made solicitation with @ revolver and the suggestion that she learn this art of self-defense againgt possible assaulis. She sald she had twice in her life fired & revolver tc frighten burglare and that she had brought a bulldog revolver with ber to Washington but had given it away @ & NEEro man. After she had concluded her statement the woman was placed under arrest and sent to the house of detention FUNERAL OF MRS. LYMAN GAGE After Services at Washingtom Body is Placed on Train for Chicago WASHINGTON, May 20.—Funeral ser vices over the remains of Mrs. Lyman J Gage were held today at the secretar residence on Massachusetts avenue. Rev Dr. N. D. Hilils of Plymouth church, Brook- Iyn, conducted the services, which were ex- ceedingly stmple. Among those present | were Senator and Mrs. Cullom, Attorpey General Knox, ex-Postmasier General Gary wife and daughter and son, the British ambassador. man ambassador, the Chinese minister, the Japanese minister and other members of the diplomatic corps, together with a num- ber of officials of the Treasury departs ment. At 10 o'clock the body was placed on the limited train tion to Chicago, where it Wil be buried 1u Rose Hill cemetery on Wednesday. Sec retary Gage. bis daughter, Miss Plerce and Mrs. Gage's sister, Mrs. Henry of Yonkers, N. Y., accompanied the remains. The florul offerings were numerous and bemutiful among them being & wreath of pink orch- ide, sent by the president UNION PACIFIC BOND ISSUE Wall Street Hears Unvertficd Rumo: of Forthcomiug Convertible Four Per Cen for transpor NEW YORK, May 20.—It is rumored in Wall street today that the Usion Pacif Railroad company proposed to issue an ad- ditional $60,000,000 of convertible 4 per cent bopds Lo finance, recent purchases of stocks of other companles. This report could mot be confirmed at the office of the company, nor by the dominant interests in the mapagement of the road. The committee on stock Msts of the New York stock exchange was in session until & late hour today, and it was understood thet the mpplication of the Union Pacific rallroad was under consideration. The re- sult of the meeting could Dot be ascer- tained, us the committee is required to submit its recommendations to the gov- erning committee for approval before formal action is taken on any application The regular meeting of the governing committee occurs on Wednesday, May 2 At this meeting publication is looked for regarding the results of the meeting of the subcommittee today. self-possessed | Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart | the Ger- { | which appeared in the South Omaha Sun of last Friday. The publication in the South Omaha { paper proved to be a rebounding boom- erang, a trap, into which Porter fell and wae exposed as the author of tho circulars which were given widespread clreulation 1ast fall Works Under Cover of Night. Two distinct sets of circulars were dis- tribute¢, one by mail and one, it is said by Porter himself, each. however, contalning the same reading mat- ter. The only difference was that those which went through the wall were printed on white paper, while the others were blue. The envelopes carrying the slanderous documents were plain, not {even a watermark betng visible. They were postmarked Omaba, November 20 Some of them were hurried through by | special delivery stamps. One of the most imuflnrdl featuree of the work, was the | fuct that Mrs. Edholm—a bride of a few weeks—was aroused from her sleeping | apartments iu the Millard hotel &t mid- night to receive one of them. Too Vile for The contents of the written attacks upon Mr. Edbolm cannot be repeated in a reput- able newspaper. The word “warning’” ap- peared at the top of the circulars in boid, black type and the signature was “Busi- ness Men's Committee.” The circulation of the unclean circular was widespread, the author evidently hav- ing copied the names of the Ak-Sar-Ben membership, which includes almost every business man in Omaha. Rewards aggre- gaiing §900 were offered by Mr. Edholm | and others for his apprehension, but found no taker The e: ut of the South Omaba publicu- tion was not so gemeral, of course, but | care was taken to see that Mrs. Edhclm | received a copy, one having been sent to her | under special delivery seel As to the origin of Porter's enmity for Mr. Edbolm, accounts differ, but that there 16 & feudal vindictiveness on the part of Porter is proved by the persistency with which he has pursued his victim. Saturday morning Postofice Inspectors §wift and Sinclair, accompanied by Mr. Ed- holm, went to South Omaba and had a private interview with the editor of the Sun, A. L. Dennett. They gave him tof understand that by the publication of such an article he had made himself liable to prosecution for the abuse of the mails, and finally wrung from him a confession that G. C. Porter of Omuha bad written the ticle It was also learned that Porter bad given Dennett ® written “‘guaranty of ijmmunity,” in which Porter agreed to as- | sume all responeibility for the publication of the diatribe. Having secured this “cer- | tificate” and the original “copy” of the article, the trio returned to Omaba | Defies Postofiice Inspector, | Postofice Inspectors Sincluir and Ewitt land Mr. Bdholm returned from South Omah about ¢ e'clock Saturday afternoom, where they had made an investigation, and at once sent for Porter, requesting him | to meet them in the office of the inspectors T | He appeared a few minutes later, excited and defiant. Mr. Sinclair tolé bim briefly ‘M the evidence that had been secured con- { necting him with the circular and the | article in the Sun, whereupon Porter leaped to bis drew his pistol and backed | agauinst the door. | “Now, you he shouted, “if | I'm in for it, a6 you say, I'm prepared to | defend myself! Suppose I did write the circular—what are you golng to do about |1t He waved his revolver about, pointing it first at oue, then at another of the three men present luspector Sinclair watched his opportun- |1ty to draw his own revolver and in & moment had Porter covered with it. At | this juncture Inspector Swift took & hand in the proceeding and & brief struggle ensued. in which Porter was disarmed Porter Makes Admissio | Prom this point forward the scene was | less spectacular, Porter consenting to | answer most of the questions put to him | and there were no further acts of violence (Contizued on Second Fage) administered by William Webb Ferguson alias William Winn, and that Mrs. Mamie Barpes, widow of the deceased, was an accessory before the fact. The jury recom- | mends that both be heid in custody. Prom- jnent men iu Springfield and Quincy bave ! been mentioned in connection with the case. Ferguson was positively identified as the negro who called on Barnes at the Cen- tral Hospital for lusane on the afternoon | of Barnes' suspicious death. The letter purporting to have been written by Mrs | M. E. Hill of Monticello, now Mre. Dale Kelley, Barnes' sister, by which Ferguson obtained admittance to the hospital, proves to be a forgery Wall of Water Rushes Down Mountain, Cuusing Wrechage and Damage. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 30— Four towns in the Cripple Creek district are threatened with a water famine by the bursting of the dam at the Victor reservoir at Pike's Peak. They are Victor, Goldfield, Altman and Avaconda. Mining operations | are affected. The *ortland mine depended on this reservoir for 100,000 gallons of water & day. Had the mine not closed down last weel this disaster would have closed it. Otber wmines may be forced to shut down The big trestTle over West on the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek | Distriet railroad wes swept away. Trafiic over the roud s entirely suspended The dam contained 65,000,000 gullons of water and when it collapsed a raging cur- rent twenty feet deep and at places 50O feet wide burst down the mountain, carry- ing wreck and devastation down Wes! Beaver valley to the Arkansas No loss ot life is reported. | PRESIDENT SIEGEL ARRESTED Receiver of Siegel-Sanders Commin. sion Firm Swears Out Warrant the Heaver creek for Deposed Execntive. KANBAS CITY, Mo, May 20—Frank Siegel, late president of the Siegel-Sun- ders Live Stock Commission compeny, was arrested todey, charged with embezzling $5,000. He was released on & $2,000 bond The warrant for Biegel was sworn out | by Utley Wedge, receiver of the company. | Frank Rockefeller, who owns & controlling | interest in the stock of the cagmpany, last week filed & suit in the circult eourt | here, which resulted in the appointment of & receiver. In his petition, Mr. Rocke | feller wlleged that the company had suf- fered » loss of §100,000, as the result of Siegel's peculations and mismunagement of | | the company's affairs | At miduight tonight Siegel was arrested egain, three new warrapts having beer sworn out againet him by Receiver Wedge | One of the warrunts charges Siege | embezzling $5.000, wnotber $5,000 and an | other $2,000 |BIENNIAL CASE IS BEGUN Procecdings Taken to Test the Connti- | tutionality of Kuusas Elecs | ton Law. TOPEKA, Kan., May 20.—Proceedings | were begun in the supreme court this morn ing to test the constitutionality the | blennial election law. The test cuse is brought by A. H. Wilson, party nominee for | judge in the Thirty-third judicial district | Becretary of Stu K refused 10 file the | paper and @ mandamus to compel Clark t sct was filed aud & hearing set for June —— | GIVES LEADVILLE PUSSESSIO! supreme Court Decision Accor Mineral Rights Under Lan Secared for Streets, City | - | DENVER, Colo, May 20.—The state su- | preme court decided today that the city { of Leadville owns the minersl rights up | der land trausferred 1o the city for streets and alieys. The decision, it is expected, will give the city possession of some valu- Lebie wines, | DAM AT PIKE'S PEAK BURSTS| with | President O'Connell's Summary. The situation this afternoon was sum- marized by President O'Connell in the fol- lowing statement to the Assoclated Press: “We are demanding & niss-hour day uni- versally througheut thc rade, with am in- crease of wages sufficient te overcome the loss of the hour in time: regulation of the apprenticeship system and the number that shall be employed, In accordance with the number of journeymen machinists em- ployed; agreements as to arbitration of all disputes that may arise in the future, the right of the machinists to he represented by 4 committee, and agreements that there shall be abeolutely no discrimination | ngainst machinists because of their mem- | bership in the union. “From the present indicutions and the statements issued from heudquarters at the various points the orders are being gen- erally obeyed, and in larger numbers than was anticipated In certain cuses where only & few hundred were expected to be involved, the expectations are the numbers | would be increased per cent. The num- {ber of firms signing indicates that in lo- | calities where the agreements are being made the strike will Dot last over a few | quye. In other locelities where a larger | bumber of men are being involved. I look forward to an adjustment beimg | reached within the present week.'" 1 Cltles, Following is o statement of the number Variou of men out ot important points: Hartferd, Comn., 1,000; Ansonia &nd Derby, Coun., | 500; Hamilton, Ohio, 1,000; Bufialo, 1,200; | Scranton, 2,500; Cincinnati, compietely tied iup and 2,000 men out; Comnorsville, Ind. 200; Palestine, Texas, York, Pa., 300; Bast Orange, N. J. 300; Oswego, Y., 800; Norfolk, Va., all shops out, 600 men. Word from other large cities is tardy in reaching here. Telegraphic reports to | Mr. O'Connell show the following as the number of firms which signed the agree- ment today: Kenosha, Wis., all; Mil- waukee, Wi, o; Wilmington, Del., 2; Toledo, 0., 1; Auburg, N. Y. all firms; Anaconda, Mont., all; Denver, Colo., all; §t. Louls, all; New Orleans, all; Danbur: Conn., all; Pittsburg, Pa., 90 per cent; | Franklin, Pa., all; Youngstown, O. all; | Cleveland, ©.. 1b: Rochester, New York, $0 per cent; Buffalo, 50 per cemt; NI Falls, all; Tonawands, all; Trenton, N | 75 per cent. Baltimore, 11; Philadeiphia, | 25; New Haven, 5. These establishments baving conceded he demands their m are at’ work as usual | WOODMEN BAR LIQUOR MEN | | Soveretgn Camp Decides that Members Eugnging in the Bosiness Must | Be Expelled. COLUMBUS, O., May 20.—The soverelgn | camp, Woodmen of the Werld, today de- | cided that in the future if a member en | gege in the liquor business he shull be ex- pelled and camps refusing to take this ac- tion shali have their charters revoked Heretofore the executive committee has been emjowered to revoke the actioms of the sovereign camp, but it was today de- | clded that in the future their acts be con- firmed by a two-thirds vote of the sovereign body in Euch cases | The conventior reduce the pumt ereign board of | five. The number was to seven at the FOR AN AUTOMOBILE RECORD der Winton Surts on from San Francisco to New York. § FRANCISCO, May 20.—Alexander | Winton, accompanied by Charles B. Shapks, { lett today in an sutomobile in an endeavor to establish ap automobile | record between this city and New York | Winton will carry a packet from Geveral Shufter 10 Geperal Miles. The route se Jected tollows the lie of the Central and Union Pacific to Omaba, thence by the Chi cago & Northwestern to Chicage. Further than this course has not been determined, Winton 4 confident that be will succeed. voted this a r of members of the sov managers from seven 1o increased from five nlal session ernoon to