Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 25, 1901, Page 1

S TAERLItBED a7 MILADY AS A LOOTER| I Che Tns'nantions Pring Evrcpesn Min- | isters to Lady MoDonald's Defense, SAY SHE TOOK ONLY A YELLOW ROSE Wers with Hor and Ewear 8he Appropriated Nothing of Value, : SAME CHARGE AGAINST AMERICAN WIFE Affirm that Yankes Weman Was Over- whe.mingly Foid, ACCUSATIONS EMBARRASS THE MEETING Diplomatic Corps Finds Itself Dis- cussing Scruples of Persons of Prominence and American Par. ticipunt Keeps Sthil. NEW YORK, May 24.—A dispatch to the | Herald from Pekin says: The last general meeting of the diplomatic corps was the scene of a more acute phase of the con- troversy over looting. The question was raised by diplomats friendly to Lady Mc- Donald, who thinks a great injustice was | done her by the supposed reference to her in one of General Chaffee's letters upon the subject of looting. Ministers of two European countries arose successively and made statements as to Lady McDonald's behavior on the day | of the first visit of the allies to the Forbldden City, which wera practically identical They were with her throughout the day and declared that she left the palace without any plunder except a yellow rose plucked in the empress’ garden. “But,” they said, “we did, however, wit- ness one scene of looting, which, together with Lady McDonald, we tried, but un- successfully, to prevent. In the palace we met the wife ot an American, accompanied by an American curlo dealer. We sug- gested that the reception was exclusively for the members of the diplomatic corpe, but she persisted in taking the curio dealer, whose expert opinion she wanted upon some of the empress’ ornaments. “Reaching the pavilion the curlo dealer #ald: ‘Here, 1 am informed, most valuable porcelain Is concealed.’ “In spite of the protests of Lady Me- Donald and ourselves the wife of the American tried to open the cupboards. Finally sho called an American soldier, who pried a cupboard open with his bayonet, whereupon, not wishing to assist at a #cene we could not prevent, we withdrew." The American representative at the meet- ing made no reply. WILL NOT WAIT FOR EMPEROR General Von Waldersce to Leave China About May #1=May Come to United States. BERLIN, May 24.—The statements In the London press that Count von Waldersee has informed the Chinewsé authoritfes that he would not leave Pekin until the court returned and he has had an interview with Emperor Kwang Su are authorita- tively denied. The officials here say Von Walderseo will leave Pekin May 31, or a ! few days later, for Japan. It Is uncertain whetker he will return by way of the United States or via Shanghal. Germany i% trying to charter vessels for the return of its troops. The first vessels can sall in about a fortnlght The German contingent | remaining in the province of Pe Chi Lt will | be less numerous than the British and French forcee. LIPTON T0O COME OVER SOONER | Second nte 1 Send rite rat Anked. Owner of Shamr Cablegram, Naming Than October, ¥ NEW YORK, May 24.—~It was practically determined this evening that the cup races will only be postponed for one month, al- though the New York Yacht club, through its challonge committee, has expressed & willingness to give Sir Thomas Lipton any time necessary to put his damaged racer In condition again. Sir Thomas Lipton finds that he can repair his yacht iu less time than originally estimated. and so cabled today. The second cablegram, which was s follows, was received this afternoon and 10id before the chailenge committee SOUTHAMPTON, May_24.—-Oddle, New York Yacht Club, York: On recon- Aldering matter. Although cannot possibly complete rej in less than six weeks, {f 1t would b t the wishes of yoir club to gl month's grace, say il Beptembe would be quite agr:e- uble THOMAS LIPTON The challenge committee spent an bour in consider) this cablegram and the | at the conclusion of the de- Mberations sent the following cabalegram: NEW YORK, May 24.—8ir Thomas Lip ton, London: Your two cables of yesterd and today recelved. We have every desire to accede whatever delay Is rendered n M- gary by Shamrock's accident. Of course if four weeks s sufficient shall be glad. On request of the Roval Ulster Yacht club wo wil be happy to forward sment amended according! DDIE ANY BUREAU MAY JOIN Scope of National Associntion of Labor statisticians is Conslderably Enlarsed. situation &n ST. LOUIS, May 24.—The scope of the Na- tlonal Association of Labor Statistics, in session at the Planters hotel, was enlarged today, and, by unanimous consent, officlals from bureaus of every country on the American continent were made eligible for wmembership. The name was chapged from “National” to “‘American | Carroll D. Wright, United States lubor commiseloner and president ot the or- ganization, presided. Reports from twelve states were read at the sesslon this morn- ing and elght reported at the afternoon Bession In aadition to the twenty state bureaus rpresented there were present & hulf-dozen labor officials from Canada. The assoclation will be in session Saturday. | DISCUSS VACATION SCHOOLS| onal Congress of Mothers Takes Up Matter of Time Between Termn COLUMBUS, 0, May 24 Congress of Mothers was today, with Mrs. J. P. Mumford in the chair. Amendments to the bylaws was the order of business and coveral changes were made, none of them important. A oumber of addresses were made and then 8 discussion of vacation schools was opened ~The Natlonal lled to order by Mrs. Edward M. Patton of Columbus, president of the City Federation of Women's slubs, 1 Fractionully ¥ % Yerkes Sob | (Copyrie e s Publishing Co.) LONDO, w York World Cablegram legram.)—Under- | ground rallway have risen frac- | tignally on the strength of Yerkes' scheme, | but nothing is s the presideuts of both the district and metropolitan rail- ron holding out for better terms | thun Yerke s yet offered. Mr Parks, M. F., a wealthy company-promoting solicitor, who is 1 the syndicate by | which Mr. Yerkes s to get control of | the ound system, refers all in- quirers to Mr. Yorkes, who says he has nothirg more to say at present. He de- | nles having sold the Chicago Inter Ocean, | but will not deny that uegotiations are | | tion from telegraphed to the sultan threatening to |leave their posts unless their salarles are pald SHIRT AND CUFF COMBINE | Varto Ma ull:— Valued at Twenty ML Are to Co CHICAGO, May 21—-A apecial to th | Evening Post from Troy, N. Y., says that THE OMAHA 'E 19, 1871, bterrn afoot connected therewith, OBSERVES QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY | — | King Edward Reviews Parade and Presents Guards with Colors LONDCN, Muy 24.—King Edward pre- sented w dew color to the Scots Guards, on | the Horse Guards' parade today. Subse- quently, his majesty witnessed the cere- | mony of trooping the color, so long asso- | clated with the anniversary of the birth of | Queen Victoria Queen Alexandra, the | duke and duchess of Connaught, the duke | and duchess of Fife and the duke of Cam- bridge witnessed the function from a win- dow overlooking the parade ground, which | was thronged with a fashionable gathering, including Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassador, and Mrs. Choate; Henry White, the secretary of the embassy; John | R. Carter, the second secretary, and Mrs. Carter, and Commander Richardson Clover, the United States naval attache, and Mrs, Clover. The approach of the king, who was surrounded by a brilllant cavalcade of the headquarters <taff, and the foreign mil- itary attaches, including Majer Eaward R. Cassatt of the United States embassy, was signaled by rounds of cheers, and as the royal cortege reached the saluting point the massed bands of the guards played the na- tional anthem. The king, who wore the uniform of a colone! of the Scots Guards. ingpected the line of troops and returned to the saluting point, where the ceremony of the presentation of the color proceeded Subsequently the guards marched past and the ceremony terminated. There was & general observance of Queen Victorla's birthday. The law courts and government offices were closed, the puplls of the various schools had a holiday and there were the usual ringing of bells and the firing of salutes at Windsor and at the military and aaval stations. There were special observances of the day in Australla, at the pe and India MILNER 1S IN GREAT FAVOR terinin Exploiting the Governor to Bolster Up His Own Ade ministration. LONDON, May 24.—Sir Alfred Milner has arrived 'v England from South Africa and the country is going through the novel experience of seelng & colonlal governor publicly exploited in connection with & much-disputed aot of miuisterial peley. Mr. Chamberlaln has spared nejther time nor trouble in organizing a greeting for the high commissioner and has so far suc- ceeded as to induce a number of cabinet ministers to take the most unusual course of going to Southampton to welcome the home-coming executive. Mr. Chamberlain is soon to give an ostentatious luncheon to Sir Alfred Milner. When Sir Alfred arrived in London an unusually distinguished crowd greeted him on the platform. The first person to seize his hand was Lord Salisbury, who formally welcomed him. Then, in quick succession, came Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Roberts, A. J. Balfour, Lord Halsbury, Mr. Brodrick, Lord Cranborne and other cabinet ministers, and half & hundred dukes and earls and other personal friends of lower degree pressed forward to shake the high commissioner's | hand. All remarked how well Sir Alfred was looking. He chatted with Lord Salis- bury and Mr. Chamberlain and then went out of the statlon. A falr sized crowd cheered him $ir Alfred left the rallroad station in a carrlags and went to see the king. King Edward bas elevated Sir Alfred Milner to the peerage. IMPRISONED BY EXPLOSION Hundred Miners Caught in Colllery with Little Hope of Sav- iug Them. LONDON, May 24.—An explosion occurred this morning at the Universal colliery at Senghenyd, in the Rhondda valwy. About 100 men were in the pit at the time of the digaster and there is little hope of saving the lives of any of them. The rescuers are working with the great- est difficulty, owing to lack of air. Five bodies have been recovered. The wreckage of the pit Is complete, almost precluding hope that the imprisoned men can survive. There are seventy-eight miners missing. ITALY AFTER SATISFACTION 1t Not ven at Once War Ships Wil Visit a Turkish Town and Exact It CONSTANTINOPLE, May 24.—In con quence of the arrest of an Italian postal agent at Preveza the ltalian charge d'aflaires has demanded immediate repara- the Porte. If this is not ac- corded Italy will send war ships to Preveza to exact satisfaction. y als Want Pay. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 24—The off- clals of the Ottoman embassy at Paris have the leading shirt and cuff manufactur of the country are to combine. A cow- mittee has becn appointed to apprafse the | property of the constitueut companies, and each one has produced $10,000, which will | be forfeited should the concern not hold out ufter the incorperation papers have been secured. The capltal stock of the new company is not glven. The companies af- fected are: National Shirt and Collar com- rs | pany; International Shirt and Collar com- pany; Cluett, Peabody & Co.; George P.| Ide & Co.: Holmes & Ide; Wilbur, Camp- bell & Stevens, and not known at present. | The aggregate value of the concerns fo | be Included In the combine is about §: 000,000, | two other concerns | OMAHA, [ACKLES RAILROADS NEXT| President Won'd Broaden the Nine-Hour Fight, ‘ POSSIBLE STRIKE INVOLVING 100,000 MEN“ Mach! P | Polley s to Force Demands by Tying nl Service Awalts | | of Roud Con WASHINGTON, May 2 O'Connell of the Internationul / of Machinists announced thig afternovn that he would recommend to the next an nual convention of machinists, at Toronto, | beginning June 3, that a date be set for a| nine-hour without reduction in wages on all the railroads of the country. On rail roads which fall to comply with this mand a strike will be ordered mendation will be made in Mr. annual report Mr. O'Conneli says that such a strike would involve probably 100,000 men, in- cluding 40,000 machinists, the others Leiug | bollermakers, patterumakers, and seii- | skilled workmen who work with the ma chinists in the various shops. The pollcy will be to enforce the demand by tying up practically the entire mechanical service of the roads. It was simply a matter of policy, he sald, that the railroads were not | included iIn the present strike. Although & number of them are now involved, none of the roads was originally contemplated in the order declaring the present strike Mr. O'Connell says the convention will doubtless fix a date when the nine-hour | day must be in operation on all roads, and ho believes this date should be some day in the autumn. At 5 o'clock this afternoon Mr. O'Connell sald the outlook of the present strike was very gratitying. A report from Memphis, Tenn., announced the signature of six es- tablishments there to the agreement The headquarters of the strike has been shifted from Washington to Toronto, for which city President O'Connell left tonight He will stop enroute at Pittsburg, Buffalo and possibly some other cities to confer with local strike leaders and will take charge of the Toronto headquarters Sunday night The Navy department recelved notice to- day from Harlan & Harlingsworth of the pendency of the strike at their establish- ment, where naval vessels are buflding This makes the fifth notice of strikes in yards doing naval work. Toi m O'Conuell's ‘ansport oved. SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.—Pending a settlement of the machinists' strike the transport Sherman, repairs on which were about three-fourths completed at the Union Iron works when the strike was begun, will be sent by the national government to Mare Island navy yard, where the repairs will be completed. The Sherman was sche- duled to sail for Manila June 15, but it will be Impossible now to dispatch it on that date. The Risdon, Fulton and National Tron works posted notices today that they would pay thelr employes who are out on Monday. This is regarded as a virtual dis- charge of the men. HOW HE WILL REACH SEABOARD Gould Sald Tr to Be Negotiating for e Agrcement with Easte ern Road. NEW YORK, May 24.—The Mail and Ex- press today prints the followlng article on the much-discussed question of how the | Gould system of raflroads will reach the seaboard: Georgo J. Gould is said to be negotiating for an entrance for his rail- roads fnto this eity. This information comes from banking interests in a position to know what is going on. He will not bulld and, according to a good authority, probably will not seek to get control of ary existing trunk line. It will be a trafic deal. * * ® * * Opinions were expessed to day that except so far as tho Pittsburg extension of the Wheeling & Lake Erfe and Wabash is concerned, Mr Gould will not disturb the present condi- tions, as he merely alms to get the most favorablo trade conditions. He intends, however, to build into Plttsburg. A strong reason why Mr. Gould wants this road Is that he has a coniract for 25 per cent of the tonnage of the Carnegle company, which will reduce the freight which the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohlo get. The latter desire to prevent the construction of the new road and have offered inducements to Mr. Gould not to bulld. A story was current today that the controversy might result in Mr. Gould's securing satistactory trafflc connections with either the Pennsylvania or Baltimore & Ohlo, Instead of Erle or Lackawanna. TRUCE IN THE RATE WAR Wabash and Competitors to Restore, June 4, the Schedule of April CHICAGO, May 24.—A temperary truce in the differential rate war between the Wabash and its competitors was agreed upon by the joint meeting of eastern and western general passenger agents today Under this agreement rates will be restored by all lines on June 4 to basls in effect on April 30. The rates to be made by the various easthound roads from Kansas City will be fixed by arbitration by June 1, D. B Martin of the Baltimore & Ohlo having heen chosen sole arbitrator, The Wabash and Alton, the two roads mostly interested, withheld their rates on the proposition until their executive officers shall have been consuited. PRESUMABLY TO KUHN-LOEB Wall Street Hears Another Rumor of Union Pacific Four Per Cents Selling. NEW YORK, M clally reported in W was semi-oM- | today that th $60,000,000 new issue of Unlon Pacific 4| por cent bonds had been sold to a syndi- | cate, presumably Kubn, Loeb & Co. No | statement was made, however, as to | whether or not these bonds had been posed of for Northern Pacific stock recently | | | quired in the interest of the Northern Pacific. SAYS HE IS MAMMA'S BOY wiln sells Cla Child Who K Ane to He a Wise His Own Willle Sells will \ Mrs. Sarah TOPEKA, Kan., May contest the will of his mother, Ann Sells. He has always been known as the adopted son of Mrs. Sells. Today he | wakes the sensational charge thal he is her own son. In the will admitted to pro- | bate Willle Sells was «ut out entirely, be- cuuse he protested against her marriage to Simon Greenspan. estate 15 valued at | $300,000, T SATURDAY 25, MORNING, MAY URTEEN DROWN r Baltimore the Sea=Two Now TWELVE OF FO Ste rees Crew vive, One tnsane, tich Balumore Lake Huron, of the crew of drowned. T were about in the lake for several hours, lashed to a plece of wreckage, and finally plcked up by the tug Columbia and brought here George McGinnis, a deckhand, one of the rescued, went crazy from his cx- perier The other survivor, Thomus Murphy of Milwaukce, second engineer was able to tell the story of the disaster. The dead CAPTAIN M steamer. MRS, M stewardess MICHAEL BREATHEN. first mate. JOHN DELDERS, second steward, EDWARD OWEN, wheelman, C. W. SEARS, wheelman. GEORGE W. SCOTT, watchman. HERBERT WINNING, watchman, P. MARCOUX, chiet engineer, E wooc morning T TAWAS steamer May 2 toun, near ~The red this Au Sable fourteen vashed in twelve were H. PLACE, master of the H. PLACE, wite of captain, WILLIAM BARKER, fireman P. KRUEGER, fireman. AUGUST ANDERSON, deckhand It was some time after the Columbia had brought the shipwrecked men into port before Murphy was revived sufficiently to tell his story. The Baltimore foundered about 6 o'clock this morning and he was in the water untll late in the afternoon, exposed to the buffeting of a furfous north- east sea. “We were bound from Lorain to Sault Ste. Marie,” he sald, “and had in tow a& large steam drill and scov. When off Thunder bay last night Caplain Place saw that the steamer was making bad weather, for the waves had smashed in the engineer's quarters and the washrooms and the water was running into the hold. “Captain Place decided to turn about and run for Tawas for shelter. When we ar- rived off Au Sable the steamer struck heavily on the bottom. The seas broke over at the same time, and carried away the deckhouse, then the after cabin, and finally, the smokestack fell. Both ralls forward broke In two just aft of the for- ward deckhouse, and we knew that it w; only a few minutes before the steamer would go to pieces. “‘It s every man for himself, now,' shouted Captain Place, The look of despair on Mrs. Place’s face was something I shall never forget. It was awful. We took the captain’s advice and every man started to save himself as best he could. Some of the boys took to the rigging. but McGinnis and I lashed ourselves to a ring-bolt In a plece of the after chain, and we were washed overboard shortly afterward. The strain was too much for McGinnis, and he went crazy before we had been in the water very long. He tried to throw me off the wreckage, but I talked to him and encouraged him to hold on. Twice he got loose and tried to drown us both, but each time I succeeded In quieting him. 1 told him a boat was coming to take us off, and then 1 would get him tied fast again. “The passenger steamer City of Holland | passed by us this morning, but we were too far away for the crew to see us, I belleve, It made me feel pretty dospondent for a time, for I was getting w ik and the seas broke over my head & .5 to drive the breath out of my body. ‘The Columbla fin- ally came along and picked us up just as 1 was about to give up hope. I am afraid all of the rest of the crew were drowned, including Mrs. Place. I only wonder how it was that we lived through It all.’ The tug Columbla lost a drill scow with six men on board just before it plcked up the men from the Baltimore. The Columbia went out again this afternoon and found the drill, making good weather. The men were taken off it, badly frightened, as they had neither hoat or life preservers. The scow was then towed in here Captain Place resided at Lakewood, a Cleveland suburb. He sailed the steamer Germanic for many years, and only took command of the Baltimore this spring, after buying an interest in the ship. His wife went with him in the new command as stewardess. The Baltimore came out in 1881, It was 201 feet keel by thirty-five feet beam, and carried about 2,000 tons of freight. The steamer was rated at $40,000 by the underwriters and was Insured for pearly that amount. EXCURSIUN STEAMER AGROUND ville, 0 and Passengers Safely Landed, WATERTOWN. N. Y., May to the Standard from Ogdensburg says The excursion steamer Empire State, one of the largest of the Folger line, has been beached near Brockville, Ont., and is rest- ing with nine feet of water in Its hold. The steamer had 500 excursionists on board from Prescott and Brockville, bound for the queen’s birthday celebration at Kings- ton. The firemen left the port holes open and the water rushed In, extingulshing the 24.-~A special fires. The boat was beached and its pas- sengers landed safely. Another Crow's Nar cape. MILWAUKE Wis., May ~The schooner Bradley, Captaln Willam . Ertol, went ashore in northeast gale oft Port Washiugton at 15 this after- noon. The Milwaukee life-saving crew was notified and after considerable exertion the six members of the schooner's crew were rescued and brought back to this city, al- though the schooner is an utter wreck. | It broke in two on the rocks on account of the bounding of the waves, and her crew was hanging to the rigging nearly ex- hausted when the lifs ing crew arrived. CADETS TO PLEAD AT CAPITAL Three of the ington to Electing O Vill Go to Wash- i Auk Heversal of NEW YORK, May 24.—Threo of the five West Point cadets recently expelled for insubordination, B. O, Mahafly, Raymond y on and John A. Cleveland, who wera offered lucrative places by General Francis | | Kinton Greene, president of the New York and Bermudes Asphalt company, tods clined to accept the positions offered ) They told General Greey nd General Avery Audres, toth of them y that it was thelr intention to ¢ Inglon tomerrow to bring about a reversal of the decislon, which has thrown them on the world when their prospects secmed brightest STUCK-UP CROWD WON'T TALK Candymakers Dec Was Done in e to Reveal What Their Ne reo CHICAGO, May confectioners, manufacturers’ —A secret mecting of representing seven candy assoclations, controlling a large percentage of the candy output, was held here today. The members refused Lo state whether (he cost of confections was | to be advanced, 1901 -TWELVE PAGES. MINORITY REPORT DEFEATED! Ouban Conssitutional Convention Turns It Dewn Nineteen to Nine. | e ! HAVANA IS HELPING JACKSONVILLE | | - ts and Clubs Have Alrendy ihuted and Now Benelits Are Belng Planne artly to Relleve Orphans, HAVANA, May 24.—The minority report | of the committee on relations was today defeated in the constitutional convention Ly a vote of nineteen to nine. Tomorrow | the majority report will be read and dis ed he conservatives believe the final vote on the latter report will be taken Monday, e but they do not expect to hold the full | strength shown today. Seuor Zayas, In a| speech, said the minority report was (0o conservative and that he could not accept | it. It is belleved that Senor Zayas mll)" possibly carry two other delegates who to- day voted with the conservatives The merchants and clubs of Havana have | been contributing liberally for the rellef of the Jacksonville sufferers. Persons soctally prominent in Havana will give a benefit, the proceeds to be devoted to relleving Cuban orphans and helping Jacksonville, The produce exchanges tonight subscribed $500 | to the latter end DOWIE FACES MURDER CHARGE Arreated a Death of Mri Jud teing Responsible for the Emma Lucy CHICAGO, May 24.—John Alexander Dowle, the “falth healer,” was placed un- der arrest here today, pursuant to the ac- tion of the coroner's jury, which yesterday declared him ‘“criminally responsible” for the death of Mrs. Emma Lucy Judd. H Worthington Judd, a disciple of Dowle, and husband of the victim, was also placed un- der arrest, having appeared at the criminal court bullding in company with his supe- rior. Both men were taken before Judg Tuley, wbo admitted them to ball. Hen rika Bratsch and Mary B. Speicher, “ma ternity” nurses, who were at Mrs. Judd's bedside when she dled, were arrested last night and later released under bonds. Mrs. Judd died a week ago after sixteen hours of suffering. Her infant also died. She was a member of Dowle's congregation and it Is asserted she received no medical attention Another coroner's verdict was registered against the followers of Dowle this even- ing, when the jury which has been listening to the evidence in the case of Mrs. Mary Louise Christensen declared that her death was due to the neglect of the authorities of Dowle's church, and urglng the state officlals to investigate the workings of the hospital run by Dowle, which, it is said, Is managed in deflance of the state laws. Steps will also be taken to prosecute some of the nurses and “deacons” in charge of the place for practicing medicine without a license. WILL TALK TO STUDENTS Memorial Day Committee Speakers to the Varion Schools. Assigns At a meeting of the general Memorial day committee Friday evening assignments of speakers were made for the addresses to be made at the varfous public and parochial schools at 2 p. m. on Wednesday, May 2 as follows: Public Schools. High school, W. H. Chris- tle and Dr. H Van Giesen; Bancroft, J. B. Driesbach; Cass, W. S. Shoemaker: Castellar, C. F. Weller; Central, 8. 1. Gor- don; Central Park, G. P. Garlick; Clifton Hill, Henry Harrow; Columblan, J. W Eller; Comenius, J. L. Plerson; Druid Hill, | W. 0. Morse; Dupont, L. R. Coy; Farnam, | B. R. Ball; Franklin, J. 8. Miller; Kellom, Judge Lea S. Estelle; Leavenworth, A. J. | Elliott; Long, B. W. | Lake, John T. Bell; Cook; Lincoln, T. F. Johnson; Lothrop, T. L. Hull; Mason, E. Rosewater; Omaha View, D, L. Thomas; Pacific, Simeon Bloom; Park, H E. Palmer; Saratoga, Lew Raber; Sherman, B. T. Pratt; Vinton, Jonathan Rdwards; Walout Hill, J. W. Thompson; Webster, G. R. Rathburn; Windsor, J. B Cramer; Saunders, James B. Bruner; Ne- braska School for the Deaf, D. M. Haverly. Paroch’al Schools—Academy of the Sacred Heart, Dr. R. M. Stone; Sacred Heart, Charles E. Burmester; Benson Orphanage, John B. Furay; Crelghton university, Judge J. W. Fawcett; Holy Family, W. W. East- | man; Mount St. Mary's seminary, H. 8. llesple; St. Catherine's academy, John A | Cuscaden; St. Mary's Magdalene, | Frank E. Moores; St. Patrick's, D. A. Hur | tey: St. Peter's, Charles E. Burmester; St | Philomena’s, A. A, Perry; St. Wenceslaus, | 3. L. Plerson; St. John's. Francs Garrity. [CHANGES IN MAIL SERVICE Free Delivery Extended, Post- nasters Appointed, Salaries Increased WASHINGTON, May 24.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—Rural free delivery service will be | established July 1 at Iowa City, Johnson county, la. in area covered by twenty- eight square miles, with a population of 495 | J. H. Wilson is appointed carrier. Postmasters appointed Cebragka—F. H. L. Willls, Battle Creek, | Madison county, vice C. F. Montross, re- slgned, | { South Daketa—G. F. Fuller, Henry, Cod- | ington county. | Postoces discontinued lowa—MeBride, Madison county, mall to Winterset; Lincoln, Grundy county, mall to Grondy. South Dakotu—Spiry, Walworth county, | mail to Rerelle. | The salarles of the postmasters at Creigh- ton, Pawnee City, Peru, Plerce and Ponca, veb., will be increased $100 a year after Mayor Rura July 1 lowa National bank of Des Moines | | has been approved as a reserve agent for | the First National ank of La Porte City, Ia. ~ of ains of Abrahan MONTREAL, May 24.—The question as to | the cwnership of the historic Plains of | Abrahiam has at last been decided. The| Dominion government has voted §50,000 for | the purchase of the property from the nuns. he government will hand the property over to the city of Quebec, to be converted into a public park. | dmen Make No Change. | coLUMBUS, O, Mav 24.~The sovercign | camp, Woodmen of the World, which has | been stting as a committee of the whole, today reported to the sovereign camp, and the report was adopted with the exception of the emergency fund amendment to the constitution, which was finally left wn Changed. A proposition to erect a Wood- men bullding at St. Louls was referred to the law committ "The soverelgn camp finlshed the busineas before it tonlght. adjourning at 1 a. m., to meet at Milwaukee in 1903, ‘ JOHN KAVANAGH GOES DAILY BEE. ONDITION ay, with Higher T Winds. [ ' re "o FREE Tecumaeh Man Charged der | of Dennin McLaughiin is Acquitted, | TECUMS Neb, May (Special | Telegram.)—John Kavanagh, the man who was accused of shooting and killing Dennls McLaughiin near Smartville on the even- ing of May 8, was given a preliminary ex- amination In Justico J. 8 | ::iDAVIS AND READ LAX IN METHODS ol Woodruff Is Guilt Imposed Upsi but Much DEFRAUDERS NOT WITHOUT A PLAN Purposed to Brush Their Tracks with & Blinded bo | MAJOR WEST PROVES HARD TO FOOL Dinsmore’s court | In Suee | here today. As a result the charge of murder agalnst him was dismissed and | Kavanagh was given his freedom. The outcome of the examination was a surprise to all. Beveral witnesses tn:luding the Liggett boy with Kavanagh at the time of the shooting. and Mr. and Mrs. Bales and Mrs. Smith, the parties who were driving by and wit- nessed the affair. As soon as McLaughlin was shot nagh was arrested and held who was fishing Kava- to the dls- trict court in a $1,400 bond, on the charge | of assault with intcut to do great bodily har This charge he still has to meet When McLoughlin d; which was four days after, Kavanagh had a now charge to face and was held in the county jafl until | today. He returned to his family tonight. TO REST NEAR LINCOLN Tanne irave Lot Shadow of the . SPRINGFIELD, 111 May 24.—~The re- malns of former Governor John R. Tanner will be interred almost beside those of President Lincoln in Oak Ridgo cemetery. Mre. Tanner, his widow, today purchased a large lot, containing 7,000 feet, and located on the driveway from the gates of the cemetery to the national Lincoln monu- ment, and about midway between the gates and the Lincoln monument, probably 500 feet from the latter. In this lot the re mains of Governor Taunner will be lald to rest Sunday afternoon. The price paid for the ground was $3,000. The funeral promises to be the largest at- tended that has ever been held in Spring- fleld since Lincoln was buried civic organizations from all over the state will be present. A meeting of the union miners of the state has been callej for 4 o'clock tomor- row afternoon in this city, for the pur- pose of arranging for the miners to attend the funeral in a body. BUCKEYES IN WINDY CITY Ohlo Governor, Hour's Stop—B sociation Organized. CHICAGO, May 24.—The Ohlo special bearing Governor Nash and party on their return from San Francisco arrived here tonight, having made the run from Denver over the Union Pacific and the Northwest- ern railways in twenty-four hours. The special stopped here an hour and left over the Baltimore & Ohio for Columbia, where it 1s due at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Governor Nash it still suffering from dizzi- ness and heart trouble. The party tonight organized the Ohio Battleship assoclation. J. B. Allen was olected president. Governor Nash was | elected the first honorary member and Miss Helen Deshler was nominated for election as_honorary member next year The executive committee was directed to secure a plaque for the battleship Ohio and prepare an {llustrated history of the trip to the Paclfic coast TOWN WRECKED BY FLO0D Ellzabethto) Imm KNOXVILLE, Tenn,, from upper cast May Tennesseo the high water in all the rivers Is receding. 24.—Reports indicate t Elizabethton, the wrecked town, presents a terrible spectacle, and as the water dis- appears the more serious becomes the sit- uation. Railroad communication was re- stored today between Johnson City and Elizabethton. The towns of Allentown and Butler have been more or less devastated. All the stores In the former place were swept away and 1,000 people are without food. The body of an unknown woman was found at Milli gan last night. This brings the dead up to fourteen. ASHEVILLE, N. C., May 24.—The Jamage to the Asheville division of the Southern railway by the recent floods is estimated at $500,000. EXAMINE EXPORT FACILITIES Millers' Association Goes to Orleans to See How Flour » Handled. New NEW ORLEANS, May 24.—A party of thirty members of the Western Millers' assoclation, which heid a meeting in Kansas | City on the 21st aud 22d, Das arrived in this city this morning, to examine Into | the port facllities of New Orleans for ex- portation of flour and grain A program of entertainment has been arranged by the representatives of the Kunsas City, Fort Scott & Memphis and the [llinoje Central railroads, under whose ausplees the trip was made, and the local shipping agents. The millers will remain in the city until Monday At New Y At D Arrived—Phoc Hamburg; Nomadic trom Liver lumblx, trom Hamburg nstown-—-Arriy Waeslind i Commonw puol, fe At Arrived—Peruvian, from Boston, -4 At Havre—Arrived—La Touralne, from New York At Hamburg—Arrived—HBatavia k. YT'\I the Lizard-—Passed—Southwark, from New York, for Antwerp AL Browhead—Passed—Campania, from r Queenstown and Liverpos At Genon—Arrived—Werra, from york, via Gibraltar and Naples; from New York, via Napl New York, At Bouthampton — Sailed Bly- marck, from Hamburg, for ) k. vin Cherbourg At Moville—Salled—Anchoria, from (las- gow, for New York; Australasian, from Liverpool, for Montreal At Bremen — Arrived — Kaiserin Maria Theresa, from New York, via Cherbourg and Southampton. At Cherbourg—Salled—Fuerst from Hamburg and Southampte York A Bl fox Aok New Brisbane—Arrived Military and | | were examined, | | | hara to provent, Davis as Depot Come missary He Shook Up the Wood- vlie the Revenled dden African. 24.—~About 600 cived at the WASHINGTON, May pounds of Manila mail were r War department today. ‘The most import- ant document received was the report of the ‘Taft commission on the scheme of clvil government for the Philippines, which, it 18 expeetod, will be put Into operation about July 1, If approved by the president and secretary of war. The document is quite voluminous. The mail also brought the report of Gen- eral MacArthur upon the investigation made as to the connection of Colonel Woodruft aud other regular commissary officers with the frauds in the commissary department This report, it is understood, exonerates Colonel Woodruft, although some of his former subordinates are sald to be criti cised for lax methods. It appears from the oficial reports re- celved by the department that Colonel Woodruff had et on foot an investigation of the irregularities, espoclally those re- lating to the sales of commissary supplies, before the arrival of Major West. The lat- ter began an independent juvestigation. When Major West became depot commis- sary ho found a lax state of affairs. There wero soveral large warchouses, mostly in charge of commissary sergeants, and no way of holdiug these non-commissioned officers responsible for (he property under their charge. Major West decided to take an inventory before procceding with other business, but found this almost impossible, because individu warchouse had not been kept under the former munagement. As large amounts of goods were being sent out from each ware- house dally the opportunities for irregu- larities induced the sergeants, civilian em- ployes and teamsters to engage in the business of selling commissary supplies. How the Trick Was Done. The method by which this was accom- plished was: Orders would be given by a commissary sergeant in charge of & ware- house, for delivery to the civilian teamster of the warchouse, certain #oods. This teamster would deliver the £00ds (0 partles to whom they had been previously sold by some other individual In the conspiracy, and the money would be divided ta among the men en- gaged in (he scheme. The lax methods of Major Davi, the former depot commissary, and of Captain Read, allowed the system to go on. Major West, In reporting upon the general conditions, recommended that & commissioned oficer be placed in charge of each warehouse and held responsible for the property. From a report made ruff it appears that that the purchas: privileges of the com- missary stores In Manila were belng abused. | This induced him to make an fnvestigation and it was found that flour, bacon und other supplies were belng sold in Manila. 1t also was found that the ra- tions which were not used by the troops wers being digposed of, and this was attributed largely to the sales made by the retu.ning volunteers. Colonel Woodruff also fond that Read had accepted rebates from . sugar dealer, and through a naval officer had solicited n percentage from vegotable contractors. Colonel Woodruff also found that there was much steallng to a certain extent on the lighters, something that was owing to the conditions prevailing tn Manila harbor and the moth- ods of unloading goods from the transports to the lighters, and thence to the shore. It is stated that the men who engaged In the peculations expected to cover the losses by boards of survey, which would report certain losses of stores, but fixing no responsibility, as there has been loss In the shipments of goods to Manfla and thelr dellvery to the troops, losses which are said to be unavoidable. DISLIKE AMERICAN JUDGES Filipinos Expreas Some Discontent Because Natives Do Not Ocenpy All Ben L by Colonel Wood he became satisfied MANILA, May 24 the natives at the can judges and I the civil service The discontent among appointment of Ameri- alleged discriminations in favor of Americans is finding expression, encouraged by somo of the mative judges, who are aware that the reorganization of the judiclary will re- sult In the loss of their positions. Judge Ner of the court of first instance of Tondo, one of the of what s beginning to be called the radical wing of the federal- ists, declared today that it such things contipue there will be a second revolu- tion. Some of the prominent federalists ridicule the prediction \ The Phillppite commission's selections of judges thoroughly considered. It {s undenlable that most of the native judges lack the competence required. One of them has been removed for malfeasance and others are suspected of irregularities The classifications of the civil service avoid leaders were discrimination, but nat and Spanish qualifications are not equal to those of capable Americans. Some departments ace employing nati inconvenien After a conferenc s at the risk of temporary with Geueral Mac- Arthur, General Trias has undertaken ne gotlations at Luceban for he surrender of General Cailles, which is dally expected. IS MURDERED IN HIS BARN New Farmer Found with Hiy cad Sw ed to n [ SCHENBCTADY Y., May 24.~David Reynolds, a farmer two miles from this city, has been found murdered in his barn. His head was smashed to a pulp with an ax which was found near by. Reynolds was miserly and wealthy, and the report was circulated that he was in the habit of carrying lerge sums of money in his boots. When the body was found the boots were missing