Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 9, 1903, Page 4

OF THE OMAHA DAILY INTEREST FROM BEE: TUEEDAY JUNE 9, 1908. [OWA. " COUNCIL BLUFFS. MINOR MENTION. Davis sells drugs, Btockert sells carpe Crayon enlarging, 38 Broadway. g Expert watch repairing. Leffert, 400 B jebrated Metz beer on tap. Neumayer. Ask Howe, 310 Fine lamp, worth §7, free. Broadway Ploture framing. C. E. Alexander & Co., 333 Broadway. The regular meeting of Excelsior Masonlc lodge will be held this evenin Mrs. A, K. Detwiler of San Francisco Is the guest of Mrs. C. C. Graves. For Bale—Bargaln, six-room cottage nace, bath, gas. Centrally located. W. 8. Cooper, 6 Pearl street. Rev. Father Smyth, pastor of St. Francis Xavier's church, I8 home from Colfa: Springs. His health is still very poor. G. W. Bpencer of Neola township re- ceived yesterday from the county auditor $5%He bounty for one wolt, which he had b A yesterday A marriage license was jssue o Iokun Jokinnsen, aged 24, and Lena Nelson, aged 18, bath of Pottawattamie county. Yungton, Taylor & Harmon of this city have been awarded the contract for the construction of the new high school build- ing at Underwood, la. Constable L. T. Alberti, who has been suffering from erysipelas, was abie to be out yesterday for the first time, after an iliness of three weeks. Commissioner W. W, Loomis of the Com- merclal club arrived home yesterday from Lake Madison, Minn., where he had been on his annual nsning trip. Council Blufts Court of Honor will meet in regular_session this evening at the home of Chancellor Anderson, corner of Avenue D and Tenth street. We contract to keep public o private houses free from roaches by the year. In- sect Exterminator Manufaciuring company, Council Bluffs, la. Telephone <. The preliminary hearing of Henry Scott of Carson, charged with tireatening to il C. Turnbloom, was conunued yesterday in Justice Ouren's court until Wednesday. Mrs, Higgins of 32 Ninth avenue has complained to the poiice that she lost her pocketbook, containing three $ bills, and ihat when she recovered the purse the money was gone. W, D. Horn, wanted on a charge of horse stealing, was arrested in this city after midnight Sunday by Sheriff Morgan of Mills county. He was placed in the city juil_over night for safekeeping and taken 1o Glenwood yesterday mormnz.l i Adolph Kolb, charged with unlawful as- Oy ih connection - with - the - strike irouble on South Main stree nur:ay-“;::er; of guilty in Justice Ouren's cour! - day and was fined $ and costs. The cases ugainst Will Dunn and G. W, Parker were aismissed. There was not & quorum present at the meeting of the Board of Library Trustees \ast evening, 50 no action was taken on the Clrnegie Hbrary bullding site — question. Ullls for the preceding month were allowed and the usual reports received, this being the only business transacted. N. M. Pusey, whoso residence was robbed of & quantity of silverware and other prop- erty in_ September, 1301, secured a search warrant yesterday morning from Justice Ouren agiinst the Helser premises, on Har- rison street, where part of the property stolen from the Maxiield home was found fow days ugo. Thomes Rogers, a negro who has been acting as trusty at the city jail, while serv- 'nl a sentence for being drunk, was re- leased yesterday morning, but was behind the bars again before nigl rs was called upon before be- ing Mflfih lean Judge te's by and he said the judge gave him a tip, an this caused his downfall again, as he promptly proceeded to spend it for liquor. last of the series of commencemant functions was held last night at the Grand when the luates were the guests of Hah B at & followed by a dance. ° e Knights and Ladies of Bedurity will meet in session evening. Mem- bers of order from Omaha and South Omaba will be present and the business mn‘ will be followed by a social ses- closing with its end dancing. i The Schwarser Zither tra, under the direction of Alfred O. m. will give @ concert this evening in Royal Arcanum hall for the benefit of the Associated Char- ities of this city. The orchestra, which is the only organization of its kind west of Chicago, will be assisted py Miss Zelma Carison, i Miss 'slinche Wilcox, contralto; Albin 'Huster, ~violinist; Ehr- hard , ‘celloist; “Alfred O. Muller, zitherist, and the Gellenbeck string trio! Miss Olga Goodman will be accompanist. The smartest scholars in town will grad- uate at the Deestrick Skule next Friday evening In the New opera house. Secure your tickets. There is a limit to the seat- ing capacity of the house. tur- Bee Plumbing and heating. Bixby & Soam. POSTPONE ACTION ON DITCH Wednesday s Set for Tak! Action on the Combination Proposition. Final The Board of County Supervisors met in adjourned session yesterday and took up the matter of the proposed joint drainage ditch for Harrison and Pottawattamic countles, but adjourned to Wednesday without taking any definite action. A number of claims for additional dam- ages were presented by owners of property through whose lands the ditch will be con- structed, and the board also listened to & number of protests against the ditch. A bond for $20,00, to be signed by the authorities of Harrison county, was pre- pared and turned over to the commissioners from that county. This bond is to insure the payment by Harrison county of the excess cost of the construction of the ditch in Pottawattamie county to carry off the water from Harrison county. A compromise was effected with the Northwestern railroad over the Pigeon creek diteh, the railroad withdrawing its claim for damages In consideration of the course of the drain being changed so as to pass under ono of its trestle bridges and | thus obviate the necessity of the construc- tion of another bridge. Don't fail to see the ‘“Deestrick Skule™" next Friday evening by Harmony chapter, for the benefit of the proposed Eastern St: Orphans' home. Tickets 15 and 8 cents. Real Estate Transfers, These transfers were filad yesterday in the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Sarah B. B. Rohrer, trustee, to Caro- line Test Rohrer, 'el80 fr. lot 6 and all lot 7, block 18, Mill ad., w d....3 Charles B. Jacquemin to George A Gerner and wife, €22 fu. lot 7, blo k 18, Grimes' ad.; ot 3 block 8, Me- Mahon, Cooper & Jefferis ad., w. d. 1,400 Heirg of George H. McGavren to Jo- s, opas, Th acres in soly nwi Wgfl-u q. ¢ ?r . Leonard Everett and w Everett, executrix, wig swis 11, sely 18 and nis nely 3-7-83, 8 w.'a Charles Gr;-;-n a%d wite to Hoory ¥ reen, ni4 nwi and ni sk nw Fred Rapp and wife to Bmma Longe: way, lots 19 and 20, block 21, Ho al ad., w. d o Jessie J. Buckper to Jobn M. Buc ingham, swiq nely 18-74-39, except life Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Raii: way company 1o Thomas H. James .-5‘ swih o7, nwi ne, ney nwil and’ wig nwi 3-14-43 q. . & 4 State Savings Bank of Council Biufry, Ia., to Fred G. Fricke, lot 17, block Brown's subdiv., q. o. d....... Ning transfers, total e BUE8 N. Y. Plumbing Co.. Tol. 30. Night, Fee. 1 to Mary 18,20) 6,00 130 LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN, 3 Pearl 8t., Councll Bluffs. ‘Phone 97 MUCH DOING POLITICALLY Oontest for Oounty Treasurership the Prin- ocipal Bone o' Contention. y. of preparing a circular giving Instructions how to guard against typhold fever from impure water. These circulars are to be distributed in the portions of the city where the residents are dependent on wells for their water supply. DISMISSES TELEPHONE SUIT Judge Taxes Costs to Action Brought by C Attorney. THREE-CORNERED FIGHT IS INTERESTING Other Ofces Partially Lost Sight of, Though They Are Not Golng Without Effort Most Instances. Politically there was a hot time in Coun- ol Blufts yesterday. Not for many years has a county sonvention aroused such in- terest among the republicans of Pottuwst- | tamie county, and by cvening more than half of the delegates from the countiy pre- cincts had arrived in the sity and were | busily engaged in sizing up he situaticn. The three-cornered contest over the nom- ination for county treasurer was responsible for this unusual activity on the eve of the convention. The Kiel hotel, whers the ‘“antis” and supporters of Emil Leftert, candidate for | the nomination for treasurer, had estab- lished headquarters, was the center of tivity, and here the delegates and candi- dates gathered last night. The lohby of the hotel was insufficient to contain the crowd and it was forced to overflow out onto the sidewalk. Old-time politiclans insisted that the nomination for treasurer was all In the air, but the younger and more confi- dent element was not afrald to claim that Leffert had sufficient votes to secure the plum on the first ballot. At Leffert's headquarters, which were in charge of former Postmaster I. M. Trey- nor, it was claimed that Leffert had ninety it not more votes to start with. The con- | vention being made up of 176 delegates, it will take 88 votes to secure a nomination. L. G. Consigney of Avoca, the candidate for treasurer from the east end of the county, was conceded to have thirty-five delegates. This would leave J. P. Greenshields only fifty votes, but his friends claimed last night that on the first ballot he would have between sixty and seventy. Thers was talk of the Leffert and Consigney forces forming a combination in order to defeat Greenshields and the so-called “iring.” The friends of ths three candidates were working hard last night among the coun- try delegates and the situation may be somewhat changed by the time the con- vention is called to order at 11 o'clock this morning. The general opinion, however, late last night was that neither of the three candidates had a cinch on the nom- ination, although Leffert “was conceded to be in the lead. Cannihg 1s Confident. For the nomination for sherift, Ed Can- ning of this city appears to he a sure win- ner. Hias friends last night claimed that he would go into the couvontion with at least 100 votes, and if this proves to be the case he will secure the nomination on the first ballot. Captain . B. Cousins, the present incumbent, wio is seeking o \thira term, will be strongly opposed by those who are against a third term, and it was stated that one of the first matters to be brought before *he counvention this morning would be a resolution against tn'rd terms for any county officer. It is ex- pected that the resolution will be intro- duced by Layton township. Such a resolu- tion was introduced at the county conven- tion last year, but was snowed under, but this year, in view of the fact that the county central committee last fall prom- ised that no third-term candidates would be before the convention this year, it is believed that the resolution will prevall. Ed Slade of Avoca, David W. McKee of Carson and G. W. Adam of Walnut are ls0 candidates for the nomination for sheriff and will enter the convention with the support of their precincts, but what | other strength they will develop is prob- lematical. ‘There will be quite a contest over one of the nominations for member of the Board | of Supervisors. Allen Bullls of Wright township, it is belleved, will be given a renomination without opposition, but for the other nomination there are several aspirants. L. D. Goodrich of Neola an- nounced yesterday afternoon that he had withdrawn in favor of George W. Spencer, the candidate from the same township. Frank 8. Friend, H. Zigler and John Zal- mer, all of Rockford township, are alse seeking the nomination. Contest for Representative. W. H. Freeman, it is sald, will be re- nominated for state representative by ac- clamation, but there will be a contest for the nomination to succeed Representative John H. Jenks of Avoca. The two candi- dates are: A. L. Preston of Avoca and R. J. Martin of Hancock and the contest be- tween them promises to be interesting, although Preston’s friends last night were claiming the Inside track. For county superintendent of schools Prof. O. J. McManus appears to be the!| favorite, though he may be barred out by the third term resolution, as he fs now |serving his second term. His only oppo- | 'nent s Prof. H. L. Calllett of Macedonia, | | who labors under the disadvantage of being | {practically unknown to the people of this lend of the county | Thomas Tostevin is expected to secure | the nomination for county surveyor, al- though some other candidate may be |#prung in the convention As far as appears on the surface, Dr. | V. L. Treynor will not meet with any op- position for.the nomination for coroner. There promise to be quite a lively conte: jover the selection of the delegates to tho | | state convention, as the “antie” have de- clared their intention of naming the list in the event of their controlling the con- | | vention today. There wes some tal: ye terday also of a contest over the county | chalrmanship. It is sald that Deputy Oil {Inspector Ed €. Brown, who also holds| | the position of deputy fish and game | | warden, is seeking the chairmanship, while |friends of Clem F. Kimball, former as-| sistant eity attorney, are grooming him for | | the position. It s not expected, however, |that any serfous move will be made to {chise was invalld from the fact that the | ,q.m. of Fayette county. l!ha plaintiff a half interest in the farm { the league will be played in Council Blufts, | &t & speea of forty mi'es an hour. The decision of Judge Thornell In the quo warranto proceedings brought by County Attorney Killpack against the Ne- braska Telephone company was recelved here yesterday. He dismisses the pe- tition of the county attorney and taxes the costs of the sult against the state. This is the sult in which the county attorney sought to have declared null and vold the tranchise under which the Nebraska Tele- phone company is operating in this eity. The position taken by the county attorney | was that the ordinance granting the fran- | aye and nay vote on its passage by the | city councll had not been properly re-| corded in the minutes of that body. { The trial of the suit of Mrs. Nellle Kirby | for divorco from Willlam Kirby was be- gun before Judge Wheeler in the district court yesterday morning and owing to the | large number of witnesses subpoenaed by the defendant it is expected to occupy the attention of the court for two weeks. The plaintiff was on the witness stand the en- tire day and her cross-examination was not completed when court adjourned for | the day. She proved an admirable wit- ness and told the story of her alleged wrongs in a concise and plain matter of fact manner. Counsel for the plaintiff in his opening statement to the court said his client was | ready to admit that her husband had pro- vided a good home but while doing so he had dogged her every movement with nineteen detectives which he had em- ployed from time to time. The defendant has filed n cross petition in which he not only asks that he be given the divorce but that the deed conveying to | be declared null and void. Mrs. Allle E. Bollinger began sult for divorce yesterday against James Bollinger, a well known traveling man of this city, alleging cruel and fnhuman treatment and asking the custody of her minor daughter, aged 17 years. Mr. and Mrs. Bollinger ‘were married In Danbury, Ia., March 1, 1882. It is sald that Mrs. Bollinger's de- votion to church and club affairs first led to the trouble between herself and hus- band. Mrs. Matie 8. Bolte commenced sult for divorce from Jullus Bolte to whom she ‘was married in this county March 18, 1887, Charles L. Coats alleges that Emma M. Coats, to whom he was married at White Pigeon, Mich., in 1881 abandoned him in 1888 for another man and therefore now asks the court to give him a decree of divorce. No M League Ball. Buck Keith was forced to admit yester- day that he was all in and Council Blufts will no longer be represented in the lowa~ South Dakota base ball league. It Is possible that the team and franchise may be transferred to Sheldon, which 1s anxious to get Into the league. From the start Buck Keith, whose cap- ital was very limited, has met with noth- ing but hard luck. The rain upolled a num- ber of the opening games, with the result that Keith was paying out good money all the time with nothing coming in. The attendance at the games up to date has been poor and yesterday when Landlord Martens of the Creston house called upon Impressario Keith for the board of the team the latter was forced to admit that his bank account was overdrawn. Stoux City was to have played here today and Wednesday, but Buck Keith's men will instead go to Sloux City, where they will play probably as representing Sheldon. One thing is certain, that no more games of Local fans could not be induced to patron- Ize the class of playing put up by Keith's aggregation. Kelth stated yesterday that in addition the board bill due at the Creston house f;: the team, he owed his players about $2850 for salaries. He expects that J, U, Sammis of Lemars, president of the league, will ar- range to liquidate this Indebtedness ‘when the team is transferred to eldon. Keith has sold a number of season tickets in Council Blufts and in this way has about $100 outstanding, which, he sald yasterday, he hopes to be able to refund. : SIOUX CITY HAS A STORM Heavy Wind Passes Over the lowa Town, Doing Considerable Damage. SIOUX CITY, Ia., June 8.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A small tornado passed over here today, doing considerable damage. The wind lasted about five minutes and was in the nature of a “twister,” Trees were blown down and denuded of branches, sign boards were blown danger. ously about the streets and the large shed around the branch house of the Cudahy Packing company was blown down and brick were torn out of the front of the building Many windows were broken. Passenger Train is Wrecked. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., June §.—(Special Telegram.)—The southbound passenger on the Great Western was wrecked at Luray, scuth of this city, Sunday while running Every- thing except the forward trucks of the en- gine left the tiack, the coaches being stripped of trucks and landing against the side of the cut, which probably saved many lives. N one was killed, but several were badly brulsed. TraMc was delayed. Christian Association Electio CRESTON, Ia. June 8.—(Special)~The Young Men's Christian assoclation held its first annual election of officers yesterday g8 follows: President, J. R. Young; vice president, Joseph Bpeis; secretary, Henry Brown; treasurer, 8. W. Helfestein, These, with Charles Blackaller, constitute thé | oust George 8 Wright from the chairman- {8hip In view of the excellent work he has | accomplished while acting as county chair- {man. It is well known that Chairman o | Wrisht has the confidence and support of | the country delegates andl, it is said, they | Will oppose any change at this time. Board of Health Does Little. Owing to the absence of City Physician Houghton, but little business was trans- | ac at the meeting of the Board of Health last evening. Property owners in the vielity com- plained that on Elghth and Ninth avenues, between Eighth street and the Northwest- ern tracks, & number of low-ly'ng lots were filled with stagnant water and were a menace to the health of the nelghbor- hood. They asked that they be graded and filled. The board will 1%vestigate the mat- ter Wednesday morning To the clty physician was left the mattes board of directors, who are authorized to rent rooms, to put in bath rooms, reading rooms, gymnasium and assembly hall for the assoclation. ' | urveying for Interarban Line. | CRESTON, Ia, June &—(Spectal)—Ly- man Waterman, who promoted the Creston & Winterset Interurban railroad, and who 1s interested in the Creston & Mount Ayr line, wi in the city yesterday to secure a civil engineer for the purpose of running the preliminary survey of that road, which, he says, will be completed to Arisple, on the Great Western rallroad, as soon as possible, and then extended to Mount Ayr. Cannot Find D WATERLOO, Ta., June 8.—(Special Tel gram.)—A men killed by a Great Western train has been identified at G. Bushnell of Peorla, 11l No friends can be found and interment will be made by the county, l, CONTEST ONLY ONE PLACE All but State Superintendent Likely to Be Fenominated Unanimously. COUNTIES RAISE LAND ASSESSMENTS Reports Indicate Assessors Are Boost- ing the Values on lowa Farmé— Higging Wants One More T (From a Staft Correspondent.) DES MOINES, June 8.—(Special)~The only contest on for & place on the repubd- llcan state ticket is over one office, that of superintendent of public instruction. Thus far this has not developed into much of a contest, save in the noftheastern part of the state, where the present state superintendent, Mr. Barrett, 1s meeting with the opposition of Superintendent H. L. The past week A number of conventions have been held in that part of the state. A strong effort | was made by Adams to get the delegntions from Winneselk and Howard counties and fo get instructions, but instructions were refused and it is known that the largest delegations from both counties are divided between Barrett and Adams. These coun- ties are near to the home countles of both men. In the Sixth district most of the counties havn been indorsing Superinten: ent J. F. Rigas of Sigourney for the place, and he will have most of the counties of the Bixth congressional district. In other parts of the state instructions are seldom given, but in Dickinson county instructions were glven for Barrett. Bome time ago | thete was opposition to the renomination of Palmer for rallroad commissioner on the ground of his having been in public offies a Jong time, hut this has been entirely elim- inated and the sentiment of harmony fer the republican state convention Is 8o strong that it is regarded as doubtful if there ‘will be more than one roll call on the en- tire state ticket. Report on Land’ A Reports were recefved from four counties of the state today on their valuation for taxation purposes. They all show a mate- rial Increase in the total value of real estate, exclusive of town lots, as follows, the comparison being for this year and two years ago: Clay county, $18,630,186, Increased from $10,762,540; Osceola county, $9,084,784, from $5,061,083; Boone county, $16.%58,641, from $18,641,%7; Howard county, $12,021,9:3, from $9,728527. The increase in valuation of farm lands average per atre in Osceols county was from $23.06 to $9.70, and In Howard county from $32.22 to 1.2, Linnie Haguewood Fan Bernard Murphey, trustee of the fund for the support and education of Linnie Hague- wood, the blind-deat child who is a ward of the state of Iowa, today filed his annual report with the governor, showing the die. position of the fund placed in his hands partly by the state and partly by private contributions. The fund for this year is entirely exhausted. Miss IHaguewood Is now partially self-supporting. She 1s at the school for the blind in South Dakota, where her private tutor is superintendant. New Tewa Dorporati The articles of 'fricorporation of the Strawberry Polnt State bank were filed with the secretary of state today, the cap- ital being increased at the same time to 0,000, Other papers filed: Lane-Moore Lumber company, City, $200,000. £napp, Reld & Co., Carson, $15,00. University Press company, lowa City, $10,000. Willett's Model Window company, Dav- enport, $50,000. Hardware Manufacturing company, Cedar Rapids, $20,000. Higgine Wants a Rehearing, An application was made to the supreme court today for a rehearing in the case of the State against M. J. Higgins, from Pottawattamie county. His case was passed on by the supreme court at the last term and his sentence aMrmed. It was in regard to his case that the court upheld the method of drawing juries in Pottawat- tamie county, dividing the county into tévo parts, and Higgins' attorneys claim that because the attention of the court was s> strongly drawn to this phase of the case, which was purely technical, the merits of his former appeal were entirely overlooked, They therefore ask to have the case re- opened. Higgins was convicted of adul- tery. ssment. Webster . ‘Would Marry Out of Prison. Alice Miller of this city, serving a four- year sentence for keeping a house of ill- fame, 1s seeking pardon and as one of the reasons declares that a man at Boone de- sires to marry her. It develops that a la- boring man at Boone named James Mulli- gan has caused to be circulated petitions for the pardon or parole of the woman and has instructed atterneys in Des Moines to do all in their power to secure her re- lease as he desires to marry her and take her to his home. It is unlikely any parole will be issued under the circumstance No Preachiug) Pastor in Jail Rev. F. C. Lomack, pastor of thé African Baptist church at Fifth and School streets, who was arrested BSaturday evening, charged with cruelty to animals, was ar- ralgned before Justice Duncan this after- noon. He entered a plea of not gullty, and transferred the hearing of Lie case to the court of Justice Tris on & change of venue, Rev. Lomack endeavored to secure bond Sunday that he might return and preach a Sunday sermon to his shepherdless con- gregation, but Judge Silvara refused to g out of his way to assist in procuring his release and the pastor was compelled to remain in jail until this morning, when he was more successful. One of the queer in- cidents of the case is that Lomack was arrested at the behest of the Humane so- clety, and that James Callaban, presigent of the soclety, became surety upon his bond for $100. Injured by Fall from Ca HARLAN, la., June 8.—(Special.)—A dis- tressing accident occurred on Bunday fore- noon to two Itallan laborers on the Gieat Western rallway. Nine Itallans, with their tools, were coming rapidly into Harlan on & handear. When about a mile and a half out of the city dne of the Itallans, Frank Parril, lost his footing, fell from the car and pulled another, Dominic Strain, after him. Strain's skull was crushed at the baie of the brain and Parril was badly hurt about the arms and shouiders. The injured men were taken to the hospital at Carroll; Strain being unconscious when taken from Harlan. The Italians were trom Chicago. Stops All Farm Work. CRESTON, Ia., June 8—(Special)—The last week has seen absolutely nothing done In farmwork in Union county. There has been but one day that it did mot rain Somo farmers are hoeing thelr flelds that the weeds a taking. BSaturday was a warm, bright day and an investigation showed that the corn was not so badly hurt as was at Qrst expected. JEWS LOOK _TO AMERICA Only Hepe Oppressed People of Rus- sl Have for Thelr Future Happt PITTSBURG, June 8.—~The consideration of the amended constitution of the Federa- tion of American Zionists occupied nearly all of today's first session. Groeetings from eminent Jews off the world were received and read to the convention. This telegram from Vienna was sent by Dr. Hersl: To the Zionist Convention, Pittsburg: The situation of our Russian brethren is very serlous and calls for our most earnest attention. A great emigration movement from Russia 1s to be extended. We shall bring to the Basel congress a petition which, Weo belleve, will help our people. Zion's greetings, HERZL. From Barrits came these words of Dr. Max Nordau: 1 trust you will continue to develop into & power to the honor of American Jews and to the benefit of the Jewish people, whose ition in the world is more appalling than t has been at any moment in the last centufy. The name of Kishineff, written with letters of blood and fire in the other and evar new martyrology of Israel, 18 sufficlent by itself to bear out this state- mant. It shows that for our people there is no such thing as progress. For us history has not moved gnward by one step for the last 800 years. We are still in the fearful period of the crusades when the pious warriors of the cross trained themselves to thélr herolc work by the wholesale slaughter of Jews. It shows also that Ziopism 1s the only way to lead our mis- erable brethren in Russia_and elsewhers out of their present hell. I would despalr of Judaism, and of humanity as well, if the free and happy Jews of America were to turn a deaf ear to the blood-curdling tale of Kishineft. Israel Zangwill sent the following mes- sage: Greetings to the Pittsburg Convention: The Kishineft massacre has brought home to the blindest the noed of a publicly and legally safeguarded home for our unhappy race. When you come to consider where this centralized home should be, you will find no place as practicable us Palestine or, at least for u start, its neighborhood May the stranuous town of fie and stcel in which you meet {nspire you to build a groat bridge over which Israel shall pass to his ancient home and his glorious future. With the election today of officers the result of the campaign waged for giving the younger men part in the affairs of the assoclation will be known. Dr. R. Gottheil, president and Jacob DeHaas, sec- retary, are likely to be re-elocted. Clev land was chosen for next year's convention The greater portion of this afternoon's session was given over to papers and dis- cussions on Jewish education. PEORIA, IIl, June 8.—Joseph B. Green- hut, former president of the Whisky trust, and wife, left for Europe this morning. He will make an officlal investigation in the recent outrages of the Russians on the Jews for the committee on National and Civil Rights of the Union of Jewish Congrega- tions of America, of which he is the mem- ber from Illinois. He will seturn in Sep- tember and report to the committee. NEW YORK, June 8-—Solomon Hander- man, a young Jew, who was in Kishineft during the massacres, is being detained at the Ellis island fmmigration station until relatives living In St. Joseph, Mo., can be heard from. The young man is without money. Bolomon repeats in detall the horrifying story of the massacres, tells of the stoning to death of an uncle in his own yard. His grandfather was also killed. Solomon and his aunt escaped to the house of a Chris- tian, who sheltered them for several days betore Solomon started for Amerlca. BERLIN, June 8.—According to a dis- patch from Lemberg, the papers In that town publish an account of the renewal of the Jewish balting at Boresteezko, Russia, near Brody, Galicla. Twenty thousand peasants assembled at the an- nual fair threatened to massacre the Jews, ‘who, panic stricken, closed their houses and stores and telegraphed to the gover- nor for protection. A hundred of the Jews fled to Usyn, on the Austrian border. DIES IN ELECTRIC . CHAIR Two Shocks Enough to Kill a Col- ored Man Convieted of Murder. OSSINING, N. Y., June 8.—After having been twice ' reprieved by the governor, Arthur Flannigan, a negro, was put to death today in the electric chalr in Sing Bing pricon. After the current Lad been turned on twice Flannigan was pronounced dead. Arthur Flannigan killed Keeper Hugh McGovern In the prison attached to the West Ninety-fourth street police court, New York. He and another negro named Frank Bmorson, In escaping from the prison October 1600, killed McGovern with an fron bar which they had rawed from a window, Emerson was letting limself down from the window by a rope, when the rope broko and he fell to the ground and was killed, Flannigan had preceded Fmerson and got away, but was recaptured several months attorward. CHURCHES MUST CONSOLIDATE Newell Dwight Hillls Favors Combina of the Difterent Organisation Rev. NEW YORK, May 8.~Organization and combination of churches similar to that in the industrial world has been advocated in a sermon by Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillls in Plymouth church in Brooklyn. “The work of the next twenty yoars In the church of this county,” said he, “‘will have to be toward unity. instead of 167 seots the time has come for business men and missionary societies to acknowledie that the whole thing is shameful and the ! worst mismanagement. Tn this country there have been reduplications of church plants until millions of money have been wastad." BALTIMORE BANK INSOLVENT and Banking Company the Hands of o Recelver. City Trust in BALTIMORE, Md, June 8.-On the re- quest of the creditors and upon its own admission of insolvency, recelvers have been appointed for the City Trust and Banking company. Prosident Wheatley states that the sus- pension was made necessary by the with- drawal of deposits recently and the fail- ure of the bank to realize upon securities. He says he believes depositors will be paid in_ tull It is stated that the labilities are $500,000, assets about the same. The suspended company did & banking and storage busi- ness. SPECIAL COURT Car IS REFUSED OMecers Trial Newark Must for TRENTON, N. J., June §.—The supreme court today refused the application of A. J. Cassatt and others, indicted for maxn- aughter in conncction with the Clifton avenue, Newark, troliey accident, in which several children were killed, for a trial be- fore the entire supreme court and also a struck jury The decision says the court is without | | power to grant elther of the two motions. FIVE DROWNED AT FRASER Boat Capizes and Dumps Four Italian Miners Into the River NONE SUCCEED IN REACHING THE BANK Later Swim Another Attempts the Stream, but Sinks When Only Part of the Miner to i Way Across. FRASER, Ia., June 8.--Five pe their lives here today in the Des Moines river. The victims were: THOMAS COLEMAN ANDREW MARCHONA. SBTEVE CORMADINE. CARRIA MEGATIA, NICHOLAS GROMETINE All but two are Itallans and were em- ployed in the Fraser coal mines. Bhortly before the noon hour today they crowded into a small boat to row across to Fras The boat reached the middle of the stream safely, but there it was caught in the current, whirled around and capsized. The men struggled in the water for a few sec- | onds and then all disappeared. Coleman, | who also was an emplove of the mines, a short time later attempted to swim the river. He had gotten part of the way across when he sank. GROFF BROTHERS INDICTED Accused of Offering a Bribe to A. W. Machen of Postofiice De- partment. WASHINGTON, June 8.—The federal grand jury, has found true bills against the Groft brothérs in connection with the alleged offerings of bribes to A. W. Machen, former superintendent of free delivery of the postoffice. 3 This action was taken, it is learned, on the same day that Mr. Machen was in- dicted. The delay in presenting the Indict- ments has been due to the fact that they could not be prepared for presentation be- fore today. The ' Groft Drothers Wwill be tried under section G461 of the revised statutes, which makes it an offense to promise money to any government officer with a view to in- fluencing his action or decision on any question or matter which may be pending before him. By bringing in the indictments today the hearing before the United States commis- sioner, which was set for tomorrow, will be abandoned. The grand jury will at once take up the case of James N. Tyner, for- mer assistant attorney general for the Postoffice department, who was dismissed from office as a rosult of the rifling of the safe in his office. Although the opening of the safe was not done by Mr. Tyner personally, it is said that he was connectéd with the act {1n such a way as to compel the laying of the case before the grand jury for its action. TROUBLE IN PAPER MILLS 1 | G'ris at Holyoke Strike that May Spread. Cutter a HOLYOKE. Mass., June 8.—The employss in the finishing rooms in all the coarse paper mills here struck today because of Qissatistaction with the schedule presented by the American Writing Paper company. The strike was inaugurated by the cutter girls of the Nonotuck No. 1 division. About 400 are on strike. The cutter girls were granted an advange of 10 cents. They asked for 35 cents. There are about 4,00 employes in all the miils. The strike affects the George R. Dickin- son, Nonotuck, Albfon, Wauregan, Crocker, George C. Gill and Mount Tom divisions cf the American Writing Paper company and the Chemical Paper company. International President Mackey of 'Wat he will come to Holyoke at feared the strike will spread. DETROIT, June §.~The boiler makers and boller makers' helpers of the city went on strike today to enforce a demand for recognitton of the union and an Increase | of wages. Seven hundred men are out { IRISH LEAGlJE_TO SPREAD Hibernian of Pushing Propaganda in once. It is Connider Ways and Means Amerl NEW YORK, June §—The united com mittee of the United Irish league met to- night and took steps to spread the organi- zatlon throughout the country. Joseph Devlin, M. P., whose organization work closed last night at New Haven, was ac- corded the hearty thanks of the national committee for the efforts he has made in establishing branches and ralsing funds to carry on the Irish fight for land and lib- erty. Another resolution was p the friends of the Ir especlal manner, the Catholic hierarchy and clergy and the press of the United States and Canada for the magnificent support rendered the Irish cause as represented by: the United Irish league. Mr. Devlin, in responding to the resolu- tion, took an optimistic view of present conditions in Ireland and expressed his confidence that within a few years Ireland would again be a self-governing country The national treasurer reported that he expects within a few days to forward an additional $10,000 to the trustees in Ireland, making $50,00 sent within the last six months. GUARDED BY STATE TROOPS-4 Alleged Murderers of the Family Now on Way to Stand Tria). Berry COLBY, Kan., June 8.—Under guard of a aheriff's peese and a company of atate militla, Chauncey Dewey, Clyde Wilson, and W. J. McBride, alleged murderors of Dantre Herry and his two ons, 1eft here today for a forty mile march across the country to St. Francis, where the prellm- inary trial will be held. It 18 belleved that the march will con- sume three days and as telephone wires in the hills have Leen cut the guards are not likely to be heard from until St Francis is reached. Dewey, who is a son of the Chicago millionaire and second cousin to Admiral Dewey, refuses to talk but seems cheer- ful and in good spirits. Otticers of the militia and others do not fear an open battle with armed settlers, but are afrald that as the party passes through the hills and wooded places efforts may he mada by sharpshooters to pick oft the ccused prisoners. IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY Proposition that Committee of Jews and Gentiles File Protest with Caar, NEW YORK, June §.—At an. enthuslastic meeting at the Temple Bethel Rev. Dr. L. C. Lorimer has proposed that a committse of twenty, composed of both Jews and gen- tiles, be electad in the United States and sent to Russia to wait on the czar and “protest against the masacres at Kishineff in the name of God and humanity." Dr. Lorimer deciared that it was most important that this committee be formed at once, whereupon M. 8. 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