Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 3, 1902, Page 1

A= THE OMAHA e DALy BEE. ESTABLISHED JU NE 1 FIXING UP A TICKET Delegates to General Federation Are Busy Over Their Election Plans. TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES RETIRE Mrs. Decker, Denver, and Mrs, Robert Bur- dette Announce Their Withdrawal. FORMER MAY BE INDUCED TO RE-ENTER Indications Point to Election of Mrs. Den- | ison, New York, as President. NEBRASKA WOMEN OPPOSE TRADING Color Question #0 Far and Its Suppression rded an Completely Forestalled. In to Get a He () (From a Staft Correspondent.) LOS ANGELES, May 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The arrangement of a ticket for the coming election has been of chief in- terest to the middie west delegation, today genuine disappointment being expressed in the rofusal of Mrs. Decker of Denver to run for president. It is believed, however, that If her nomination comes from an- other than her own state she will ac- cept, in which case her success seems as- sured. It 18 probable that Nebraska will sup- port Miss Margaret Evans of Minnesota for re-electic™ to the second vice presi- dency. Mrs. Van Vechten of Iowa will ac- cept a renomination for treasurer, owlng to the intention of the general federation of requiring bonds of the next incumbent of that office, which might occasion some embarrassment to a newly-elected woman. At a meeting of the Nebraska delegation Yoday strong condemnation was expressed of the methods of trading support of can- didates. Mrs. Draper Smith was elected to serve on the nomipating committee, but was given no instructions. Strong opposition has arisen among e: ern delegations today against the hall of philanthropy proposed by the Missour! fed- ation the Loulslana Purchase me- morial, which shall also represent the en. tire general federation. The feeling I that the recently proposed plan gives too much to Missourl. The report of the Nebraska federation at the afternoon session compared favora- bly with the best and occasioned generous applause The political feature of the club women's convention & the withdrawal tonight of Mre. Robert J. Burdette of California from the pr: mtial race. This assures the election Mrs. Denison of New York to that office, with Mrs. Burdette's chances for the first vice presidency excellent. Following the morning session, when an attempt made by & Massachusetts delegate to precipitate the celor gquestion fell flat, the elub wémen took a recess to view the flower parade. Mrs. Lowe rode in a Vic- toria decorated by the Friday Morning club with 3,000 pink roses, accompanied by Miss Jessie Fremoni, daughter of the Pathfinde d attended by eight outriders in white flannel. The women were attired in gray and carried parasols of the same shade, The afternoon session was devaoted to two-minute reports of state presidents, ‘who told of the practical work of their gederations. Such anoouncemeats as the ment of 900 fr raveling 1ibre Ohio and the opening of twenty rest rooms for farmers’ wives in Texas precipitated ®#0 much applause that the presiding officer asked that it be suppressed In order to save time. Farce Comedy Not Scheduled. A feature not down on the program was he attendance of Mrs. Charlotte Ives Kirby to report for Utah. The president of Utah ‘was not present and Mrs. Kirby announced that she was to represent her. Mrs. E. K. MRoyle of Balt Lake City, honorary vice rpruld-nl. of the genmeral federation, was sitting on tne platform and crawled on her knees to the president’s chair in order ot to attract the audience and begged that the speaker be stopped, for she was Malking about herself instead of making a PM and the whole house was in a titter. Mrs. Kirby was allowed to proceed, ho sever, and when the two minutes were up and she had been called down twice, 'began to repeat, “Let us then be up Woing,” when the audience began to roar \and ended the farce. | The Utah delegates arose and sald Mrs. MKirby was not even a member of the Utah delegation, and that it denounced her. Mri JKirby, who had fn the meantime sauntered woff to the press tent to give out her speech, #aid she bad been sent by the governor of tah, Utah Has Its Woes. Utah thinks she has had more than her whare of troubles, inasmuch as the rumor is wbroad that Mrs. Roberts, wife of the Mor- ‘mon leader, has come to push her claims us & delegate. As . a balm for its injured Yeellngs Utah wants to claim the office of Tecording secretary. The second day of the club women's con- vention emphasizes two Important points in that the race for the presidency and the color question promise to be mild lssues. The blennlal has a flesta flavor in fact, and delegates instead of being serious all the time are content to sit under the palms and swap stories. After two years of agitation the color question is qulescent. Some of the leaders expressed the bellef that it would not come before the comvention at all. It is pot @®cheduled, at any rate, though it is likely some delegate will attempt to introduce at the first business session on Monday. The Massachusetts crowd is not aggressive on the subject, and, of course, the south is slad enough that it be left alone. This disposition has precipitated a report that Mrs. Rufin of Boston, being apprized ©of the color apathy, is sending on & re Tesentative. f this is #0," sald Miss & promipent Boston dele- Massachusetts knows nothing about 4t and has nothing to do with it."” First of Business Session. The business session at Simpson Audi- torium opened this morning with & brilliant array of women on the rostrum, including “Mrs. Alice Bradford Wiles of Chicago, who has figured conspicuously in the recent un- pleasantness in the Chicage Woman's club, ®nd whom Mrs. Lowe has honored by ask- ing her to sit on the platform during the comvention. This meeting was given to important re- ports and greetings from foreign clube. Mrs. Denlson, first viee president, called the convention to order today with most of Abe delegates present. There was an evi- — e ¥ OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 190z 2—TWELVE PAGE INGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. NoOT |oFFICERS INTOXICATED | Releanecd \I'm';'rl of Crew of Chicago Resent Accusation of Drunkenness. spardon granted by Ty 1 9ffcers of the o uho have T ’, N VENICE, May (,"l King Vietor Bl % ;l'nl(?fl States N been impriconed here, . and the prisoners will be Yeu delay. Lieutenant John 8. Doddridge remifre._/ After the accidental upsetting of a table in a cafe by myself and a companion at 11 o'clock at night we were followed and at- tacked by a mob and two munieipal po- licemen appeared on the scene. 1, with my open _hand, motioned to the crowd to keep | off. The police then seized us, but the mob became so threatening that our brother officers and a marine who happened to be on the plazza ran to our rescue. We ucted only In self-defense and against a large, hostile_crowd. We did not strike the po- lice. Doubtless misunderstanding of the two Innguages has something to do with the trouble. We have been allowed to re- main topether in_prison, but the room in which we e been confined swarmed with Insects. WASHINGTON, May 2.—8ecretary Moody has received the following cablegram from Captain Dayton of the Chicago, dated Venice, today: “Party released on pardon from king and are on board.” Tn an interview with a representative of the Associated Press the imprisoned oficers warmly repudiated the reports from Rome that they were under the influence of wine at the time of the trouble, and said that, on the contrary, they were absolutely sober. HOWARD MAY BE PARDONED A d Deserter if Convicted May Be Set Free for Services Rendered to Government. MANILA, May 2.—The trial by court- martial of Arthur Howard, allas Waller, a deserter from the United States army, who was captured in August last by Lieutenant Hazzard of the Third cavalry, was con- cluded today. Howard's trial on the charge of desertion was delayed, owing to his being used as a civillan scout under Gen- eral J. Franklin Bell in the latter's cam- paign against the insurgents in Batangas province. It is belleved that if Howard is convicted he will be pardoned because of the service he rendered to the govern- ment, but he will probably be rearrested by the civil authorities on the charge of murder. Howard denled that he was ever an Amer- fcan soldier and claimed that he was born in Spain, of English and Spanish parentage. He asserted that he cast his lot with Aguinaldo at the time of the rupture with the Americans and that he brought in six- teen American prisoners under a flag ot truce at Angeles, Pampanga province, in September, 1899, Among other charges brought against Howard was that he commanded the Fili- pino force at San Mateo, which killed Gen. eral Henry W. Lawton, December 18, 1899, This the prisoner denied. LIFE OF REPUBLIC IN PERIL Santo Domingo Th tened by In | reetion Led by Yiee Presi- dent Vasques, CAPE HAYTIEN, Haytl, May 2.—Vice President Vasquez of Santo Domingo, leader of the revolution agalnst President Jiminez, has arrived at Guerra, near Santo Domingo, the capit: The fall of the Jiminez gov- ernment is expected today or tomorrow. At Porto Pla the principal port of Santo Domingo, large bodles of govern- ment troops have been concentrated, and they are supported by Dominican war v sels. The governor of Porto Plata, Des Champs, has decided to defend the-place. SANTO DOMINGO, Republic of Santo Do- minge, April 29.—A revolution headed by Vice-President Horace Vasquez has broken out. The revolutionists in strong force are marching on this city, the capital. The government is taking serious steps to de- fend the city. Telegraphic communication with the in- terior has been cut. No further mews 's obtainable. The capital is quiet while awaiting events. Salls from Toulon Monday. PARIS, May 2.—It bas been decided that the battleship Gaulois, which is to leave Toulon Monday next, having on board the French mission, bound for Washington to attend the unveiling of the Rochambeau monument, May 24, will go first to Annap- olis, where it is due to arrive about May 2. It will stay there three or four days and thence will go to New York, where it will remain four days. From New York the Gaulols will go to Boston Battle Betwee: ) Chiets. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2.—The dis- putes of two rival Albanian chiefs, Riza Bey and Bairam Surah, resulted in a battle be- tween their partisans at Diakova on April 30. The two parties ultimately withdrew to their towers, whence they bombarded ch other. The inhabitants of the town were panic-stricken. Wilhelmina Ra ly Convalescing. THE HAGUE, May 2—The bulletin posted at Castle Loo this morning an- nounced that Queen Wilhelmina slept quietly last night and that her condition continues to be satisfactory. ROOT WRITES TO CULBERSON Answers Charges Aga partment that it is Information, WASHINGTON, May 2.—Secretary Root is writing to Senator Culberson an expla- nation of the reason why the War depa ment thus far has made no response to the senate resolution adopted April 17 calling for exact and detalled statements of the war in the Philippines. This r to criticlsm made by certain senators to the effect that the department was purposely suppressing information on this subject. The secretary will show that from the moment the resolution was received every one of the supply bu s of the supply department has been busy collecting ma- terial for the answer. The secretary bad explained to Senator Culberson, as he thought, the great dificulty connected with the collection of the information he de- sired, and as its compilation would require service of & large part of the clerks in the department for a considerable time, the secretary did pot feel justified in di- verting them from their necessary regular employment on the request of a single sen- ator. As soou as the United States senate by resolution called for information the en- tire machinery of the department was put in wmotion to meet the demand. The dif- culties in the way of making a satistactory response were emormous and i many io- stances it was found actually impossible to apewer specific questions by approxi- mate statements, _ GET AFTER THE TRUNK LINES Interstate Commerce Commissioners Inve tigate Violations by Immigrant Burean. TRAFFIC MEN SAY LAW Declare that Joint Contracts Between Steamship and Rallroad panies Operate to Advan- tage of Immigrants. IS OBSERVED Com- NEW YORK, May 2.—~The Interstate Commerce commission met here today to investigate charges that the immigrant bureau maintained in New York City by trunk line rallroa is operated in viola- tion of the United States laws. Judson C. Clements, A. Prouty and J. D. Yeomans were the commissioners present. Mr. Clements acted as chairman. Edward E. McLeod, chairman of the Western Traffic association, was asked to give a copy of the agreement constituting that association, with the names of the officers who signed it. He sald he would procure a copy and send it to the com- mission in Washington k. Mr. McLeod explalned that the establish- | ment of the bureau in this city has bene« fited the immigrants as well as the rail- roads. He sald that previous to the or- ganization of the bureau the middleman made large profits at the expense of the immigrants. “Under present arrangements,” he went on, “the steamship companies made con- tracts with the immigrants at the port of salling. If an immigrant desires to go from Denmark, say, to North Dakota, he buys a through in Denmark. He is landea &t Ellis island, passed by the United States authorities, where his railroad ticket is supplicd him at the tigget office main- tained at the island under lease from the tederal authorities. Direct to His Destin ‘“He is brought, immediately after he is released, to the barge office, and forwarded destination, No hardsbip is worked to the immigrant. He may, If he chooses, select his own line of travel, but few of the Iimmigrants know any thing of the geography of the country and our bureau tries as far as possible to divide the buel- ness among the roads west of Chicago. “Rates are cheaper since the establish- ment of the bureau ir 1864 than before. In 1893 the fare to San Francisco from New York was $64.25. Today it s $47.45." ““The assoclation was formed to maintain rates, was it not?" “One of its purposes, yes.” “And you maintain rates by destroying competition?" “Well, I would not say that. Before the organization of the bureau there was much demoralization and cutting of rate “If the immigration bureau solved, would It result in & cutting of rates among the western road “I think It would result in demorallza. tion.” BOTTOM LAND FOR TERMINAL Tract Belleved to Have Beenm Bought s by the Chicage, Milwaukee 5 & st P KANSAS CITY, May 2.—Bottom land in the vicinity of the stock yards valued at $200,000 was sold here today and it is be- lleved it was purchased in the interests of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- way, upon which to build freight houses and yarde. The purchase was made in the name of Carl 8. Jefferson of Cook county, Illinols. Mr. Jefferson declines to give the Identity of the purchasers or state for what use the land is intended. The Milwaukee railroad began early in 1900 to perfect plans for entering into com- petition for Kansas City-Chicago passenger and freight traffic, when surveys were made for a cut-off between Ottumwa and Daven- port, Ia., to shorten its line between those citles, and it is asserted that today's pur- chase ls another step in the move for this business. TO STEM TIDE OF RATE WAR Western Rallroad Presidents and Sub- ordinate Officials Will Meet to Discuss a Remedy. CHICAGO, May 2.—Next Tuesday a meet- ing of the presidents and executive offi- cers of all the western roads will be held in Chicago to consider t freight rate situation, which bas become so precarious that a general rate war is threatened. No secret rate-cutting has been prac- ticed since the United States courts hi issued temporary injunctions restraining the roads from cutting rates or paying re- bates, but so meny Instances have oc- curred where roads have made low rates by fling notice with the Interstate Com merce commission that business in some lines of freight has become unprofitable. How to stop the practice will be the prob- lem to be solved at the meeting. Towa Central's New Office Open. PEORIA, 111, May 2.—The general offices of the frelght department of the lowa Cen- tral raflroad were opened In the Nlagara building in this city teday in charge of As- sistant Geperal Freight Agent H. F. Marsh and the entire force trom Marshalitown, Ia., will be installed here by the end of the week. A well defilned report states that C. W. Huntington, who has been general superintendent of the lowa Central for years past, has recelved an appointment as general perintendent of the Central Rall- road of New Jersey. New Santa Fe Road. SANTA FE, N. M., May 1.—A force of men and teams commenced grading today at Kennedy for the Santa Fe Central rail- way, which s to be completed from Santa Fe to Torrance, 116 miles, by October 1. The new line will form a link between the Rock Island and the Denver & Rio Grande systems. Pittsburg, Pa., capitalists are bullding the road. The road is to be ex- tended later to Roswell and Albuquerque. STEAMER WRECKED ON REEF Cheribon 1s Al a Total Loss, Board Are Saved. but o SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.—The large steamer Cheribon, fiylng the Chilean flag and commanded by Captain W. T. Pitt, was totally wrecked on the morning of April 12 on Remedios reef, near Acajutlan, Salvador, and about twenty-five miles north of the spot where the Pacific mall steamer brought by the steamer San Jose, reach- ing port yesterday from Panama. On the evening of April 11 the San Jose passed the Cheribon and the following day learned PUTS Senator IRONY IN HIS QUERIES Calberson Ques s MacAr- thur as to Fundamental Rights of Filipinos. WASHINGTON, May 2.—General Mac- Arthur was questioned today by Senator Culberson of Texas in a rather ironical vein at the hearing before the Philippine com- mittee. The general had referred to the advantages of implanting republican insti- tutions in the islands Mr. Culberson asked if the declaration of independence and the constitution were not the foundation of our republican institu- tions. General MacArthur answered that the whole constitutional history of the country, with the preceding English his- tory, together with the declaration of in- dependence and the constitution, had to be considered Mr. Culberson took up each of the prin- ciples of republican Institutions, free speech, free prees, self-governmept, trial by jury, and asked how far these had been implanted in the islands. As to free speech, Gemeral MacArthur said he had told the Filipinos that if they would give him their guns they could have a mass meetiog on every corner. He eaid soldiers were quartered in private houses as an incident to war. Senator Culberson went threugh most of the bill of rights, his questions seeking to develop that the fundamental rights had not been implanted in the islands. General MacArthur maintained. however, that all of the fundamental rights except the trial by jury and the right to bear arms were in operation as far as conditions would permit. The committee reconsidered its action of yesterday in declding to ask the war de- partment to have Major Cornelius Gardener brought from the Philippines to Washing- ton in advance of his regiment in order to testify before the committee. It was stated that at last accounte Major Gardener had not filed the specifications to sustain the charge made by him as governor of Taya- bas province as directed by the secretary of war, and that it was mot considered de- sirable to bring hif from the islands be- fore that order had been complied with. It was further stated that inquiry as to the status of this matter had been made by cable and it was decided to suspend ac- tion until a response could be secured. ST. LOUIS FAIR POSTPONED secretary Hay Sends Letter to Senate Stating Neceasity Year's Delay. for WASHINGTON, May 2.—Secretary Hay today sent to the senate a letter stating the necessity for postponing the Louislana Purchase exposition from 1903 to 1904. Enclosed with it was a letter from Chair- man Carter of the government commission and a telegram from President Francis of the exposition company, showing the ne- cessity for the postponement. Senator Cockrell had the letter read in the senate and then offered an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, now pending in the senate, providing for the postponement of tbe exposi’ in accord- ‘anee with the request. The postponement amendment provides for the dedication of the buildings of the exposition April 30, 1803, for the opening of the exposition to- visitors on May 1, 1904, and for ite closing not later than December 1, following. The colnage of $250,000 in gold dollars pleces to be used as a souvenir coln is also authorized, the money thus provided to be a part of the $6,000,000 appropriated by congress for the ald of the fair. The telegram from David R. Francis, president of the exposition compan: is dated at St. Louls, May 1, and is addressea to T. H. Carter, president of the National Loutsiana Purchase Exposition commission. RUINED BY SPECULATION Ce Office Disbursing Clerk Admits = Shortage in His Ac- counts. WASHINGTON, May 2.—H. A. Barros, disbursing clerk of the United States cen- sus office, has been summarily removed as the result of the discovery of a shortage In the acceunts of his office. Two experts from the Treasury depart- ment have begun an investigation of the sccounts and as soon as their report is ade the exact amount of the shortage will be made know: Mr. Barros was subjected to rigid exam- inations today by Director Merriam and Chiet Clerk McCauley and in the course of them he gave the amount of his discrep- ancy as $7,400 and credited the trouble to speculation. The government is amply secured from loss by bonds aggregating almost $300,000, so that there will be no loss to the United States. Mr. Barros was formerly an em- ploye of the treasury in the office of the auditor. He lives at Berwyn, Md., and b a wife and seven children. HAS HIS EYE ON BETTER JOB Moody's Place. WASHINGTON, May 2.—At his own re- quest Ambassador Meyer bas been granted & leave of absence of sixty days from his post at Rome. Mr. Meyer is coming home, according to the understanding here, to contest for the republican nomination for the vacancy In the Massachusetts con- gressional delegation caused by Mr. Moody's appolntment as secretary of the navy. It is understood that Mr. Gardiner, son-in-law of Senator Lodi is also a candidate for the mnomination. It Mr. Meyer succeeds In his canvass of cour he will not return to Rome, and the presi dent will be free to carry out certaln diplomatic changes in Europe, one of the first of which contemplates the promotion of Mr. White, at present first secretary at London, to the embassy at Rome. JUSTICES ARE NOMINATED Reed of lowa and Sluss of Ka Members of Court of Lan Clatms. the WASHINGTON, May 2.—The president today sent the following nominations to the senate Joseph R. Reed, lowa, chief justice, and Heory €. Sluss, Kansas; Willlam W. Mur- ray, Tennessee; Wilbur F. Stone, Colo- rado, and Frank I Osborne, North Caro- lina, assoclate justices of the court of pri- vate land claim Navy—Assistant surgeons to be passed aseistant surgeons: A. G. Guowell, C. D Langhorne, F. L. Benten, W. H. Bell. Passed assistant surgeons Willlam ©. Braisted, to be surgeon; R. E. Hoyt, New Hampshire, and Joseph P. Traynor, Maine, assistant surgeons. Guaner: Charles Mor- 80 1o be chief gunner, KENNARD CASE GOES OVER Suprems Court to Hear No More Argu- ments During the Present Term, DIETRICH OUT ,FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS Introduces Bills to Parchase Sites and Erect Postoffices at Grand Island and York—Land Lease Bill Dead. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May (Special Tele- gram.)—The case of Kennard against the State of Nebraska was not reached today and as the supreme court suspended hear- ing arguments in cases until next term the case went over. Attorney General Prout and Mesers. Tibbetts and Allen left for New Yerk this afternoon. 3 Senator Dietrich introduced bills today for public buildings at Grand Island and York, Neb. In the former case his bill ap- propriates $100,000 for the purchase of a eite and building, and in the latter $75,000 is appropriated. Speaking of these bills, he sald: “I am extremely interested in bav- ing pubiic buildings at these places. While 1 don’t know what the policy of the public buildings and grounds committee may be in relation to the omnibus building bill passed by the house as to additions to that mes ure, I do know that I will put forth every effort to secure consideration for Grand Tsland and York." General Grosvenor's anti-injunction bill passed the house today, in very large meas- ure due to the activity of Speaker Hender- son, who from the moment of its introduc- tion became one of Its warmest supporters. The various organizations of raliroad men throughout the west, and particularly as- soclations having headquarters at Omaha, Sloux City, Council Blufts, Des Moines, Boone, Cedar Rapids, Eagle Grove. Platis- mouth, Creston, Dubuque and Burtington, have urged not only the speaker, but their representatives in congress to favor this measure. There was not a dissenting vote against it when the bill was called up to day and it passed without division. Chance for Free Homes. Senators Gamble and Kittredge of South Dakota were elated today ever the resuit of the vote on striking out the free homes feature of the Rosebud treaty bill. Senator Platt of Connecticut led the fight against the free homes clause and had the earnest support of Senmator Cockrell of Missouri, Senator Quarles, Senator Stewart, chatrman of the Indiafi committee, and several dem- ocrats. The vote, however, showed that the eenate is overwhelmingly In favor of the free homes idea, as on roll cal the vote stood 38 to 19. Senator Allison was among the republicans who voted for Sen- ator Platt's amendment striking the free bomes Idea from the bill. The bill was not completed, owing to lack of time, other bills having precedence. It is thought, how- ever, that the bill will be completed to- morrow and that Senator Teller's amend- ment prohibiting commutation and compell- ing settlers to live upon the land five years before patents issue will be adopted. The" ¢nnfévence committeé of the two houses having under consideration the iver and harbor bill is seriously tied up on account of the many items added to the bill by the senate. As a matter of fact the senate added nearly $10,000,000 to the measure and this bas so incensed the house members that the conferees are having an old-fashioned row aver several items. The house bill appropriated $80,000 for the Missourl river, the senate ralsed the amount to $400,000, and the house mem- bers are mad clean (hrough because of this Increase. The senate conferees haa yielded many items, but they are holding out tenaciously for others, and it is doubt- ful whether the conferees can meet upon some common ground for days to come. Judge Reed Reappointed. Joseph R. Reed of Council Bluffs, once on the supseme bench of Io and who has been for the last ten years chief justice of the court of private land claims, was reappointed today by the president, the entire lowa delegation joining in his in. terest. District Attorney W. S. Summers, who reached Washington yesterday afternoon, had a conference with Attorney General Knox this morning on matters connected with his office. He left for the west this evening, having completed the business which brought him here. It was thought that Mr. Summers came to Washington for the purpose of talking over the district attorneyship matter with Senators Millara and Dietrich, but this was denied by those gentlemen, who stated that Mr. Summers® presence here was purely one of business connected with the attorney's office. Charles Rigg of Beatrice is in the ecity on a visit. He says his visit to Wash- ington is not political. Dr. N. B. §. Odell and wife of Fullerton, Neb., are here on a pleasure tour. Congressman Thomas of the Sioux City district stated that he would in all proba- bility go to lowa the last of next week for the purpose of visiting the district be- fore the meeting of the congressional con- vention, which has been called for May 21. No Chance for Leasing Bill. As a result of the visit of representatives of the Stock Growers' association of Ne- braska to Washington it is understood they have requested that nothing be done with Senator Millard's grazing bill, which was prepared by Colonel John P. Irish and fn- troduced by Semator Millard at the re. quest of the livestock iInterests. There is but one deduction to make from this ac- tion, and that is that no land-leasing bil is expected to get through congress at this sion, and that the fences that have been erected on the public domain will have to come down during the summer. Postal Matters. Postmasters appointed: lowa, Robert Orris, Brushy, Webster county, vice M. A. Martin, removed; South Dakota, J. N. Stin- son, Hanson, Yankton county, vice H. E. Hanson, resigned Rural free delivery routes will be estab- Hshed in Jowa on July 1, as follows: Con- way, Taylor county, two routes; area cov- ered, forty-uine square miles; population, 869, At Kellerton, Ringgold county, three routes; area, sixty-seven square miles; pop. ulation, 1,319, The postofice at Wanamaker will be dis- continued Hugk B. Campbell of Clay Center, Neb., has been appointed a rallway mail clerk. SAVAGE WILL BE PRESENT ka to Attend of State's Governor of Neb Lay of Kee enake SEATTLE, Wash., May 2.—Governor Sav- age of Nebrasks has accepted the invita- tion to be present at the laying of the keel of the battleship Nebraska at the Moran shipyard, July 4. Governor Heary McBride of Washington will welcome the governor of Nebraska, and be also has ac- cepted the lnvitation. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—8howers and Cooler. Omnaha Yesterd ' Hour. Den. ». . 88 » LN » ) E 87 T s6 ~4 ) " DENVER CONCERN IN STRAITS ny Passes Into Temperature st Deg. B a0 61 o S 76 7= s1 1 2 8 - 5 Gas and Electric the Hands of a Re- celver. DENVER, May 2.—Henry L. Doherly has been appointed receiver of the Denver Gas and Electric company on application Dennis Sullivan, who brought suit againet the company on a promissory note for $15,- 000, to which the company confessed judg- ment. The receiver's bond was fixed at $100,000. Recelver Doherty has been president of the Denver Gas and Electric company since May, 1901, and was acting president from the preceding October until that date. Ex- tensive additions have been made to plants and service of the company during his tn- cumbency and the default in payment of obligations, it is sald, is due to the fact that bonds of the company bearing 5 per sent Interest have commanded only 72 per cent of face value In the market and the officers of the company have not felt justt- fled in floating them at that price to meet the current construction expenditures, whicn have amounted to $25,000 per month. The authorized capital stock of the company is $3,500,000, of which $2,650,000 has been is- sued. The company was formed by a consolida- tion of the Denver Consolidated Gas com- pany and the Denver Consolidated Electric company and the bonded indebtedness of these two and of the present company is $4.770,000. The company's llabilittes, aside from this, are given at approximately $00,- 000, with availabie assets of § 50. WORK ALMOST COMPLETED Only Minor Officers Yet to Be Elected by Amal, ted Asso- elation. WHEELING, W. Va.,, May 2.—The Amal- gamated association this morning s en- gaged in electing the district vice presidents and other minor officers, and it is expected adjournment will occur during the day. The re-election of President Theodore Shaffer can be considered the greatest vic- tory ever galned by an Amalgamated ex- ecutive. When the convention opened there was much opposition to him. His echeme of signing of the scales in ad- vance and the settlement of the strike caused much feeling against him, and when the delegates came many were instructed to compel him to give reasons for every one of his acts. That Mr. Shaffer was amply supplied with reasons is proved by the re- sult of the election. ‘The position of organizer, at present held by John Plerce, is appointive at the gift of the president. The incumbent will be re- appointed. NO RAIN IN OVER THREE YEARS Prolonged Drouth Produces Famine and Scores of People Are Dead. SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.—The steamer Curacao from Mexican ports brings a tale of want and famine in the town of San Juan de Cabo, situated near Cape San Luca. For three and a half years no rain has fallen near the city and for as many years the crops have utterly failed. The cattle industry, at one time the malnstay of the region, has fallen into decay. The animals, for want of food, have died by the thousands. The condition of the people has become desperate. Scores of cases of death from starvation and neglect have been reported. The people are now rapldly moving away from the impoverished district. Curacao on its northward trip brought forty peo- ple from San Juan de Cabo. It s said that other steamers are performing the same mission. GAS INJURES FIVE PERSONS Explosion of Chemieals in Stereop- ticon Show Does Serio: Damage. DENVER, May 2.—Five persons were severely injured on a ant lot in this city today by the explosion of a tank of chemicals with which they were generating gae to be used in exhibiting stereopticon views The injured: Dr. Perry Pratt, bands and face badly burned, legs lacerated, thigh seriously in- jured; may lose his eyesight Rev. George E. Tuttle, legs, hands and face badly burned. F. M. Lowe, right leg burned and cut; face and neck bruised. N. Paul Schieman, face badly burned, one eye injured. Dr. A. Little, face and bands burned and lacerated. AMOS J. CUMMINGS IS DEAD Congressman from New York and Vet eran Editor Passes Awa. at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, May 2.—Congressman Amos J. Cummings dled at 10:16 o'clock tonight. John Barrowman. PITTSBURG, Kan, May 2—John Bar- rowman, one of the most prominent mine superintendents in this state, dled at his home here today, aged 68 years. He | cated in Pennsylvania when a young man and later came west. He was for twenty years superintendent of mines for the Kansas & Texas company and was per- sonally known by every coal operator west of the Mississippi Two De at Elkhorn. ELKHORN, Neb, May 2.—(Special)— Barney Callely, an old settler of this county, died Thursday morning at his home four miles east of here. He leaves & widow, three daughters and two sons. Ireme, the §-year-old daughter of Prof. W. W. Elliott, principal of the High school, died Thurs- day morning from an attack of whooping cough. Prince Willlam George Ernest. BERLIN, May 2.—Prince William George Ernest of Prussia died here this evealng. He was born at Dusseldorf in 1626, ot | BAD STORMS IN I0WA Two Tornadoes, Hundred and Fifty Miles Apart, Do Extensive Damags. NO DEATHS, BUT SIX PERSONS INJURED Bayard, Weldon and Van Wert Are Soenea of the Worst Disasters, PROPERTY LOSS FIFTY THOUSAND Path of the Storm at Bayardis Only One Hundred Feet in Width, OCCUPIES BUT A MOMENT IN PASSING Hestdes the Full-Fledged Tornadoes Destructive Winds of Leas Mag- Strike in Other Places in State. DES MOINES, la, May 2.—Six persons injured and $50,000 in damages to property was the result of the work of two tornadoes that struck the state of lowa last night. The storms were 150 miles apart, one striking at Bayard, a town of 500 in Guthrie county, and the other at the towns of Wel don and Van Wert, in Decatur county, a wealthy farming neighborhood. The injured are David Harden of Bayard, face ana hands, serious. Hazel Willlams of Weldon, internal in- Jurtes, will dte Loulse Willlams of Weldon, will die. Mrs. O'Hara of Weldon, zot serlous. Two O'Hara children, will recov The Bayard storm seems to have left the ground after passing through the town and traveled fifteen miles without doing turther damage, when it struck a farming neighborhood north of Rippey and there de- moiished a school house and many barns. Disaster at Bayard. A tornado struck Bayard, fifty miles north. west of here, at 7:45 last night and demol- ished property to the value of $20,000. The etorm path was 100 yards in width and & dozen houses were badly damaged, t smaller ones belng badly broken up and the larger ones were wrecked and twisted. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul depot was almost totally destroyed and two large elevators standing alongside the Milwaukee tracks were unroofed. At Coon Rapids, ten miles w there was no wind. The storm seemed to swoop down on Eayard, where it spent its forece, there being no reports of damage east of that point. David Hardin was caught in the path of the storm and fifteen minutes after it had passed was found hanging to a tree. He was unconscious all night and this morning cannot recall what happened to him. It thought that he was struck with flying debris. ’ Eye witnesses eay that the tornado dia not occupy more than one minute in pas Ing throuigh ithe town. “Phe« direetion w, from west to east. Wires of all kinde down in the neighborhood of Bayard communication with the town is almost impossible. Another severe wind storm Is reported to have taken place five miles north of Rip. pey. Green county, and fifteen miles from Bayard. The school house was destroyed, while the barns of C. T. Fleetwood, John Montgomery and J. N. Morse were carried a distance of a mile and then ground into kindling wood. internally, Damage in Deearar County. Additional particulars from the cyclone that visited Decatur county last night state that it started six miles south of Van Wert and moved in a northeasterly direction, passing one mile east of the town. A dozen farm houses in its path, 100 yards wide, were wrecked and three members of one family residing east of Van Wert sustained broken limbs. Three soms of J. H. Wil- liams, a farmer residing northwest of Wel- don, are reported missing this morning. The storm blew with terrific force and had it struck a more thickly settled neighbor- hood would have wrought great havoe. Five people were hurt in houses wrecked by a tornado between Van Wert and Wel- don, fifty miles south of here, at 5 o'clock lal evening. The storm struck a mile east of Van Wert and traveled in a northe easterly direction, just missing Welden. The injured people were members of farm- ers’ familles. Two houses are reported blown to pleces. In one of these Louise and Hazel Willlams were pinioned in the wrecked building and were hurt by fiying timbers. They will probably dle. Two women and a child by the name of O'Hara were hurt in a similar manner in another house a short distance from the Willlams' home, but the destruction of the building was not so complete and the occu- pants escaped with less serious injuries. From Weldon the storm continued in a northeasterly direction and struck Wood- burn, a small town on the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy rallroad, where five houses were blown down or off their foundations. No ltves were lost at this place and no one injured. Third Within Hour. Six were injured, one fatally, in & eyclone that struck near Lohrville, 100 miles north- west of here, last evening—the third cy- clone thus far knowa to have taken place within an hour in as many different sections of the state. The residence of & farmer, J. W. Munirini, was In the path of the storm at Lobrville, and the father, mother and four children sustained serious injuries. The mother's skull was fractured and she will i The house and outbulldings were com pletely demolished. A school house was torn to pleces and other bulldings in the neighborhood were wrecked. The cyclone was followed by a terrific haflstorm that broke windows in many houses. The fourth cyclone reported in Iowa last night occurred near Hiteman, eral farm houses and killin The course of the funnel the ruin it caused were witnessed by the entire population of Hiteman. From Adaza, Green county, com: report that Mrs. Harvey Miner children were seriously injured and will dle as & result of the tornado in that village last night. Farphamville, in the same county, is sald to have suffered severely, not & bullding in the place escaping injury. It is slmost imposeible to get the facts as the town is off from the railroad and the telephone wires are down. At Hiteman, in Monroe county, iwo farmhouses were de- stroyed and several head of cattle are re. ported to have been killed by falling tim- bers in barns. Cloudibzrst at Jeflerson. JEFFERSON, Ia., May 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A orm struck this part of Towa last evening, shortly after § o' coming from almost & westerly direction. At Adazs, in this county, the fuaned 2t [}