Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 20, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, OMAHA FLYER PILE Illinois Osatral Express to Ohicago Meets Disaster While Orossing Iowa TEN LOSE THEIR LIVES Five Waterleo Men Are Among Tiose Blain in Wreok. PASSENGER CRASHES INTO FREIGHT CARS — Misunderstood Orders Place Two, Trains on IN COLLISION 1871. — OMAHA, SATURDAY RUSSIAN COURT IN MOURNING Cuar Orders U Tribute of Respect Be Pald Late Rulers of Servia. 8T. PETERSBURG, June 19.—The Rus- sian court has gome.into mourning for twenty-four days f¢ ‘e late King Alex- ander and Queen ¥ LONDON, June Lords today Lord fa ‘%, that the British minister * , fnstructed to withdraw fro. | in the meanwhile to do nothin, be construed as a recognition ernment. The forelgn minister added that n posal had been received for concerted . ~ 2 he 2 House of announced had been Ae and ould % NAVAL' CADETS PLENTIFUL Olass Which Enters Next Fall Larger Th Three Others Combined. PAYNE HOLDS OUT NO HOPE TO METCALFE Post: Statements Were His Dismissal from Service. (From a Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 19.—(Special Tele- MORNING, JUNE 20, 1903—-TWELVE PAGES, SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. Missourt Combihe Dema Conmection with I LTS $40,000 1 ST. LOUIS, .June 19.—According to James A. Waterworth, an-insurance expert of St Louls, the refusal of insurince companies o0 put up money for boodlers in the legis- lative session of M was responsible for the passage of the bills abolishing rating boards in the cities and co-insurance. Before entering the grand jury room he sald a bill was' introduced abolishing the underwriting boards It the large cities This was followed by another prohibiting co-nsurance. A representative of the com- bine demanded $40,00 to prevent the pas- MORE BOODLE STORIES TOLD|LARCEST iN ITS HISTORY|CONDITION OF THE WEATH Omahs High School Graduates Its Banner Olass Numerioally. EXERCISES SIMPLE AND APPROPRIATE with = Crelghton Theater Packed People to Witness the Clos Sceme of Its Loeal School Career. Cherishing a particular flush of exhuita- tion because it was the largest class in his- ER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Saturday; Cooler in South Portion; Sunday Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Dex. ki ™ ™ 80 ™ 7 kad e o p. ™ RURAL MAIL CARRIERS PLAN Convention at Lincoln to Form State Association Listen to | BIGFIRE---SMALL LOSS About Forty Thousand Dollars of Damag st Avery Building, RACINE WAGON COMPANY HEAVIEST LOSER Stook of Buggies on Fifth Floor Goes Up in Smoke, LITTLE DAMAGE TO IMPLEMENT STQCK By Heroio Work Firemen Confine Flames to gram.)—Officials of the Navy department re deeply Interested in the result of ex- aminations in progress at the Naval acad- emy to provide next year's fourth class at that Institution. It will be the largest class ever admitted to Annapolis, larger in fact than the remalning three classes com- bined, and for its composition the depart- tory, 159 students were graduated from the Omaha High school last night. The final exercises were held at the Creighton thea- | ter and the conclusion of their first ed- ucational epoch was observed in orthodox | tion towards Servia by the powers, but the British government had no intention of maintaining ordinary relations with the persons concerned in the massacres, BERLIN, June 19.—Germany is support- ing Russia’s demand for the punishment of the Bervian regicides. BELGRADE, June 19.—A deputation to sage of the bills. The insurance companies |would or could not produce the money. The bills were then pissed At the session two years ago repeal bills :u:::n '"".'.”.""5:.‘..,2&“::: ‘;:n:: “l"r‘,:,’,' manner with the girls in white and the was afterward reduced to $25,000. The com- | PO¥S In black in tlers upon the stage, & panies refused to pay the money and the | imited number of orations by members ot Bingle Track. RAYMOND 1S SCENE OF MORNING SMASH Top of Building. FIREMAN M'CLURE HAS HANDS BURNED Addre The rural letter carriers of Nebraska are taking steps to form a state assoclation, and for that purpose have called a state convention to be held at Lincoln on July 4 everal prominent. speakers have been Pullmans Save Many fr Death, Pig Crowds @ather on Tenth and Pelng Place: n Center, Thus Shielding the Weaker Built Conches. CEDAR FALLS, Ia., June 19.—(Special.)— Ten people were killed and two seriously wounded in s headend collision one mile west of Raymond on the Illinols Central at 2:40 this morning. The eastbound lim- ited, due at Cedar Falls at 2:15, crashed into the westbound freight. The killed: JOHN R. GRIFFIN, passenger engineer, Waterloo. D. J. BANTZ, passenger fireman Water- loo. FRED STONEMAN, freight engineer, ‘Waterloo. C. P. STICKNEY, Waterloo. 1. C. MILLER, freight fireman, Waterloo. F. L. GROOM, Dubuque, skull fractured, died in hospital at Waterloo shortly after ramoval there. THREE UNIDENTIFIED TRAMPS. ONE UNIDENTIFIED EMIGRANT. The injured: Charlés Morran, ride on freight. George Hurd, negro, Independence, steal- ing ride on the passenger. The collision was due to a misunderstand- ing of the orders given the freight crew at Waterloo, and which were misread by them. freight brakeman, Independence, stealing The passenger was seven minutes late out of Cedar Falls, but made up the time. Neither crew saw the other until they were but a few rods apart. The wreck occurred in a deep cut on what is known es Raymond hill, both trains running at & high rate of speed at the time the collision occurred. Passenger No. 2, which is due to leave Waterloo at 2:33 a. m., pulled out of the station on time aceording to the report of the train crew at the depot. A rellef train was dis- Ppétched to the scene of the wreck from this elty a little after $ o'clock, returning about 8 o'clock with seven bodles, three bodies were still buried under the wreck at the time the relief train made the second trip. The wreck ocourred just as the passenger train dropped over the brow of the hill, deep cut and a curve shutting oft the epproaching trains. Both en- and wounded were brought to this where an inquest will be held this The baggage and mall cars “frelght cars are piled up . it ‘of the telegraph wires. Both Chicago, Leaving Some Matters CHICAGO, June 19.—The strike of waiters and cooks is a thing of the past and the majority of the men will return to work to- moffow. The scttlement was reached to- night after a m:,c the greater part of the day. It was agreed that 76 per cent of the strikers shall resume their old places in the morning and the remainder within ten days. On the question of absolute recogni- tion of the union, .on which the strikers have been so obdurate, the agreement pro- vide# for freedom on both sides. The hotel and Festaurant proprietors are to have the right 16 employ what help they choose, no matter whether it belongs to the unlon or not. The employes have the right to joln t mxnh or remain out of it, as they che and there Is to be no discrimination wgainst elther union or nonunion men. The decislon on this point is a substantial vic- ory for the proprietors. . ‘Thé question of an Increase In wages was léft open for settlement and If not ar- ranged by July ¢ 15 10 go to a board of bitration The union heretofore has re- fused to arbitrate anything. RIA, B. C., June 19—The coal strike on Vancouver Island, in consequence of which the mines at Ladysmith and Como have been getting out a very small amount of conl and steamers have had to bring coal from Newcastlc and Japan to supply the coast market held by the Vancouver Island colllery, 1s now at an end. Yesterday the striking miners petitioned Mr. Dunsmulr, head of the mining com- pany, to be allowed to return to work. Mr. Dunsmuir will meet the miners at Lady- smith today. FIGHT ON A FREIGHT TRAIN HUTCHINSON, Kan, June 19.—John Newbury, a bridge carpenter of West Plaing, Mo.. was shot and killed and Rob- ert Gross, a bridge carpenter of the same place, was shot and seriously wounded by two negroes on a Santa Fe freight train early today. . The white men had just quit a bridge gang and were making thelr way to the harvest flelds. The negroes attempted to hold them up and a fight followed. The negroes escaped The sheriff and a posse s searching for them and they will be summarily dealt with it caught. GAPING WOUNDS Myste IN HEADS s Attempt Made to Murder Woman and Her Twe Children. ST. LOUIS, June 19.—Lying unconscious and with gaping wounds in their heads, Mrs. Sam Balley and her son, Gus, and daughter, Ellsa, were found early today along the tracks of the Big Four raflroad, near Bast Alton, I Apparently an attempt to murder them had been made and It is belleved they can- not recover. The assallant or reason for the probsble murders is not known. ‘The victims are in very humble circum- stances, having been driven from their bhome n the river bottoms near East Alton by the flood. were killed at their posts. The which had lasted for meet King Peter started this morning for Geneva. Three sisters of the late Queen Draga also depdrted from Belgrade for Vienna. The provisional government has offered the diplomatic corps places at the milroad station on the occasion of the reception of King Peter also expressing the desire that they appear in uniform. The diplomats have not replied, pending the receipt of instructions from their re- spective governments. The provisional government Is very short of funds and has been unable thus far to raise money in consequence of its stafus no- being legalized The following notification was gazetted today: The Russian minister here has informed the minister of forelgn affairs that he will enter into negotiations with the Servian government md"] as the czar had been recognize Pri; - georgevitch as king of Servia. FISAC T As Forelgn Minister Kalvetch officially visited the Russian legation today the for- mal relations appear to have been already resumed. The streets of Belgrade are beginning to wear a gay aspect. They are decorated with flags, and Venetlan masts have been a,fwled from the palace to the railroad sta- tion, The position of the regicides under the new king is freely discussea and it is gen- erally expected that they will be promoted and pensioned und then gradually removed. Any slight to them, however, would be hotly resented by the army, which is mas- ter of the situation. The newspaper correspondents who came here from Sofla have been recalled. They y there are indications of serlous trouble In Bulgaria. BERLIN, June 19.—The Geneva corre- spondent of the Frankfurter Zeltung Inter- viewed King Peter today on the Russian note calling for the punishment of the regicides. The new king sald it should not be for- gotten that the Skuptsthina had sustained the deed committed by the army. CHAMBERLAIN IS INSISTENT Expresscs No Doubt of the Ultimate Triumph of His Tariff Polley. LONDON, June 19.—Colonial Secretary Chamberlain delivered u speech tonight at & banquet given by the Corona club, in which, without throwing new light on the government position, he left no doubt of his own conviction of the ultimate triumph of his own program. Mr. Chamberlain dwelt In a jesting spirit with the now frequently printed and spoken prophesies of his being crushed into coblivion beneath the szoll- verein millstone, and said that threatened men live long. Whatever might be his personal fate he would look back with pride and satisfaction on the great im- perial policy with which he had been per- mitted to be associated in some degree in common with many members of the club. He said he was sorry that he had not been able to visit all the colonies while in office, pbut he hoped that his successor would be able to complete the whole round, as they could not take a more educative journey. PUNISH FOREIGN AGITATORS Canadians Think Their Own People Can Stir Up Fnough Tro OTTAWA, Ont., June 19.—A Senate sub- committee on Senator Lougheed's bill to shut out foreign labor agitators was re- ported at the Senate committee today. A redraft of the bill makes it criminal for any forelgner to urge a strike or lockout in this country, but specifies that this is not to interfere with officials of Interna- tional unions coming here to settle labor disputes. The bill was also widened to prevent officials of intenational assocla- tions from stirring up strikes and troubles, JAPAN MAKES A DEMAND Wants Two More Citlies in China Opened to Forelgn Tra YOKOHAMA, June 19.—The Japanese minister at Peking has filed a formal de- mand on the Chinese Forelgn office for the opening of Mukden and Tal Tung Chou to foreign trade. The officlals replied that they were not favorable to the opening of the cities mentioned. The American and British representatives | are supporting Japan's demands. Minister Conger is also demanding the opening of Harbin, Manchuria WELSH FEEL EARTH SHAKE hoeks Are Very Di Damage to How Reported. LONDON, June 19.—The storm off Carna- von, Wales, today was aceompanied by two strong earth shocks. The inhabitants were alarmed by the rocking of thelr houses, | but no damage was reported. The earth shocks were %0 severe at Ban- gor, North Wales, that the patients were carried out of the hospital into the grounds and the congregation, badly frightened, evacuated the cathedral. SAY HARRIMAN OWNS HALF Rallroad Men Deny Senator Clark’s Assertion Conceraing San Pedre Road. LO8 ANGELES, June 15.—Despite the de- nials of Senator Clark that E. H. Harriman has any Interest In the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake road, it is positively stated by prominent railroad officials here that the latter at the present time owns an gbsolute half In the new road, and this fact will appear in proper- time. ignated by senators and to each. representatives next year. may make allow the president to fill fail to qualify. First Lieutenant John L. Roberts, jr. artillery corps, Is detalled for general re- cruiting service, with appointment recruiting station corner Sixteenth Dodge streets In that city on or Benjamin H. Kerfoot, artillery corps. Routine of Departments. Neb. creased from $5,453,006 on April 9 to 5,33, 374, gold coin fell from $223,138 to $217,525, lawful money reserve decreased from 383, from $3,016,330 to $3,167,285; and average re- serve held at 24.30 per cent. The banks of Cedar Rapids show held at 23.53 per cent. The banks of Dubuque show loans and discounts decreased from $2,143,435 to $2,- 002,498, gold coin increased from $115,060 to increased from $276,712 to $816,657, individual deposits and 127,071, lawful money reserve decreased from $1,666,130 to 31,546,519, average reserve held at 26 per cent. Little Hope for Metcalfe. Postmaster General Payne has received a report from Assistant Attorney Gen- former’'s whether decision of the Postoffice de- partment in the. Ryam Turf Investment Assist- is in accordance with the law and the facts. Mr. Payne is not ready to make the report eral Robb In reply to the request for a ‘statement the company, sighed by former Actir ant Attorney General Christia public. Mr. Christiancy is still under suspicion. Postal officlals are in touch with him and it is belleved that final disposition of his case is delayed with a view to securing further information from him concerning the administration of his office, Postmaster General Payne has not an- nounced his final action on the appeal of the money order system for a suspension of the order of dismissal, but the disposition of the appeal is foreshadowed by a sugges- Metcalfe was convicted on his own statement at & former Superintendent Metcalfe of tion from Mr. Payne that Mr. full hearing. General Youug Chief of Staff. Secretary Root today tssued an order assigning Major General 8. B. M. Young as chiet of staff, with Major General Cor- bin and Brigadier General W. H. Carter as Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss is to become presi- dent of the War college. The order will the other general staff officers. take effect August 15. Announcement was made at the State de- partment of these consular appointments: John G. Foster, Vermont, consul gen- eral at Ottawa; Robert Woods Bliss, con- sul at Vienn: James V. Long, vania, consul at Patras; Edward Higgins, Massachusetts, consul at Berne. GIRL TRIES TO EAT SNAKES Performe! d May Die t of Experi- ment. Coples Cirel LOGANSPORT, Ind., June 19.—Alice Fair- child, 12 years old, trled to eat a dozen| live snakes in emulation of & circus per- former, and tonight is in & precarious con- attion. Last week Alice was taken by her par- Logansport at a carnival. and last night the girl tried to eat them. She was found In convulsions with the snakes wriggling about her body. SAENGERFEST COMES TO END Twe Concerts in Day Conel censful Musical Festiv st. Lo ST. LOUIS, June 19.—The National Saen- gerfest ended tonight with the fourth con- cert of & successful series. The closing day was festival day for St. Louls. Two concerts wgre giyen, one in the afterncon and one tonight. The afternoon concert was devoted to solo work, | interspersed with the chorus of 4,000 chil- dren of the St. Louls public schools. The | night concert was solely devoted to choral | work, not one of the soloists appearing. | | DICE GAME CAUSES TRAGEDY One Man Dead and Amother Dying the Result of = Quarrel. ATCHISON, Kan., June 19.~Nick Befrich, & German, aged & years. proprietor of a saloon on Eighth street, was shot and killed by Theodore McKim McKim was mortally wounded later in an exchange of shots with two officers at- tracted to the sceme. At the hospital Me- Kim admitted the killing and sald they fought over a game of dice. to Omaha, in time to assume charge of the and before September 10, relleving Second Licutenant ! , Dr. E. A. Creighton has been appointed pension examining surgeon at Red Cloud, | The abstract of the condition of the Des Moines national banks at the close of busi- ness June 9 shows loans and discounts de- | 439 to $766,831, individual deposits increased ans and discounts increased from $2,441,219 to 32,668,528, gold coin from $90,495 to $103,810, lawful money reserve fell from $441,192 to $360,889, individual deposits deoreased from 31,270,422 to 31,219,582, and averuge reserve Pennsyl- ents to see a snake-eater who appeared in On Thursday | Alice's brother caught a dozen small snakes ment has issued no less than 64 pPermits | pjie were killed in committee to principals and alternates, who were des- representutives under the new law allotting two cadets | Nearly 400 of these candidates have reported at Annapolis in the last few | days and it is expected that most of the three hundred and some vacancies in the class will be filled. The failures will pro- | vide vacancies, to fill which senators and appointments An effort may be made to have the next congress amend the law 50 as to vacancies for which congressmen have made no designa- tion or when the principals and alternates This year the business men of the cities united in an effort to get the bills through Delegations visited the capitol. The insur- ures at all. Only the co-insurance bill | passed. Meantime the boodlers had asked | from the companies that §5,00 be put up to pass all three of the bills introduced at the instance of the St. Louls Business Men's league and other commercial bodies of the state. Louls B. Snow of St. part of the statement. SCRANTON, Pa., June 19.—W. E. Evans, Louls confirmed arrested tonight for soliciting bribes. In the select council meeting last night Se- lectman John P. Quinn wanted an investi- gation of an allegation that eight councll- men had banded together and solicited $400 each for voting for the Dalton street rail- way franchise. George K. Stevenson, a promoter of the franchise, made a statement today directly accusing Evans of having demanded the money on June 9 under threat that the ordinance would be sidetracked that night and not allowed to come forward again | for less than $1,000 & vote. W. P. Bound, another of the promoters, sald two other | him and that he wonld tell of their solicl- tations to the investigating committee. NOT GUILTY IS THE VERDICT Mra. Agatha Stull Bartom clared Insane by Wyomin Jury. CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, June 19.—(Speclal Telegram.)—At Sheridan last night Mrs. Agatha Stuli Barton was acquitted of the charge of murder. Bhe shot and killed her father-in-law last fall. The defense was emotional insanity. She will be sent to. the Nebraska Insane asylum. The state attempted to show that the murder was premeditated, several wit- nesses testifying that Mrs. Barton had mede threats upon the life of Barton and that several months before the shooting she purchased & revolver and said it was for the purposs of killing Barton, The defense pleaded temporary insanity. The testimony of and experts was to the effect that While suffering from se- wvere (llness and laboring under domestic difficultfes, as she did, the defandant weald Dbe apteand no doubt.was, temporarily in- sane at the time the "kBling occurred. The case has attracted: widespread at- tention throughout northerri ‘Wyoming and western Nehraska, where the- Bartons and Stulls zre well known. The ecourt room was crowded during the trial and last'night the streets in the vicinity of the courthouse were filled with people who were anxiously waiting for a verdict. ALBUQUERQUE IS IN DANGER People in Constant Fear of Being Overwhelmed with Water from Rio Grand ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. June 19.—The people of this city are Iliving in constant fear of being overwhelmed by the flood from the Rio Grande river. The breaks in the dike and the Alameda acequia, ten miles above the city, sent down a tremendous volume of water against the Lightfoot acequia embankment, a mile above the city. The water was near the top of the em- bankment when the alarm was given and several hundred citizens rushed to the ace- quia and begun the work of strengthen- ing 1t with sacks of sand. They worked throughout the night and managed to prevent the flood waters com- ing down upon the eity. ST. LOUIS, June 19.—The water Is reced- ing rapidly from the flooded districts in East S8t. Louls and vicinity and business is approaching Its normal status. Latest estimates now show that the flood, directly or indirectly, caused the death ‘of seventeen persons in East 8t. Louis and vieinity. Fourteen were drowned and three were shot for river thieves BURSTING BOMB MAIMS SCORE Man Inserts Mateh to See Fireworks d May Die as = Result. CHICAGO, June 19.—Twenty persons were injured, seven of them severely, and the front of a bullding destroyed by the ex- plosion of a bomb in front of Fred Cum- mings' saloon, 94 Clybourne avenue, to- night. John Laxner, who found the bomb, | was arrested A wagonload of the bombs was unloaded Addison street, today by a strange team- | ster. Laxner, an employe of the dunip, on his way home found one of the missiles at Western and Melrose avenue, where it had been dropped from the wagon. He carried it to Cummings' saloon, where he told John McNally to give a fireworks display. McNally drilled a hole In the bomb, in- serted a. match and the fireworks arrived at once. McNally last an eve and was burned %0 badly that he may die. ESTEE IS NOT A CANDIDATE Preseat Judge lll the Haw s Would Net an 1 Accept LU, June 12—(Via San Fran- clsco, June 19.)—M. M. Estee, United States judge, who was mentioned for governor of Hawali, In a recent interview has made a statement to the effect that he is not a candidate and would not accept the office. The Rev. Father Libert, provicar of the Hawallan Islands, has received his appoint- ment as Catholic bishop of the islands. His consecration will take place in San Fran- clsco, or possibly in Baltimore, where Car- dinal Gibbons may conduct the ceremony. An order has been received by Collector Stackle abolishing Labaina, Maul, as a ance compantes did not lobby for the meas- | select councllman of the Fourth ward, was | | councilmen had made similar demands on | at the city dump, Western avenue and | the class, musical numbers by the gradu- | ates and well-seasoned addresses of presen- | tation by the gentlemen who have been in authority. No stiffness and only con-| venlent formality marked the proceedings. | The audlence was as big as the theater would hold and the applause from loving hands as frequent as propriety would per- | mit. Exuberance of the vounger class-| men spent ftself in a few good-natured | yells. The decorations were confined to a few palms and roses and carnations on | the stage and the bright drapery of the | boxes. The affair was well appointed and well handled and pleasing to the eye and | the ear. A rather pronounced characteristic of | three orations of the six was their per-| sonal tendency, local men and local condi- tions finding favor with Mr. August Swen-| son and Mr. Roy Sunderland, while Mr. Sidney Singer defended the Jew with the right of one of that race. Mr. Sunderland oration on “The Future of Labor Unions was awaited withinterest by the stage- hands, who were rather lax in thelr at- tentlon to the remainder of the program. In the Boxes. The boxes were filled with past and pres- ent students of the school. Boxes A and B, adorned with yards of crimson and white, held many of the '02 class; boxes E | and F, draped in pink and white, members of the Browning soclety; box C, in blue and | purple, members of the defunct P. L. 8. soclety; box D, a bower of gold and white and garlands of daisies, the Alice Carey Literary soclety, and boxes G and H, crowned with green and gold, the members of the junior class. Rev. John Ross offered the invocation. The officers of the cadet battalion, in white duck trousers, belts and sashes, then filed upon the stage and recelved certificates of proficlency in tactics and the manual of arms from Superintendent C. G. Pearce, who made a briet address. The officers were: Captains: Hugh E. Wallace, Eugene Harris, James Falr, Leslle A. Higgins, Ernest Kelly, Herbert W. Chaffee and Al- bert Falrbrother. First lleutenants: John R. Dumont, also adjutant; Frank R. Crec- don, also quartermaster; Ralph 8. Hart, also medical aide; Edward M. Meyer, also of the signal corps; Byron K. Eaton, Stan- ley M. Rosewater, Morris Taylor, Roy Sunderland, Adolph Sachs, Claud H. Rob- ertson, George E. Clark, Ralph Coher. Becond Meutenants: Frank €. Neal, Denton Slaughter; Richard L. Tvins,-Dondld C. Bal- On Muniecipal Government. “Politics in Municipal Government,” was the theme of the opening oration by Mr. August Swenson. Mr. Swenson used the term “politics” to apply to national poli- tics, which he urged should be separated entirely from local affairs. He argued that the intrusion of national party lines into municipal affairs cannot be but baneful. It is used as a lusty campalgn cry, he sald, to blind the vital Issues and causes the needs of the city to be forgotten. Knowl- edge and experience should be the criterion in selecting men for office and the terms should be no longer. The system, according to the speaker, should be arranged so that a man might devote his entire life to studying and practicing the sclence of municipal government. He pointed to cer- tain eventsIn the last campaign in Omaha a hopetul indication in the right direc- tion. Miss Cora Evans played on the plano “Recollections of Home,” by Mills. Miss Ellen True in her oration dealt with “The Women of History.” She handled the toplc in a general way, using a few ex- amples, but taking a broad view. Nhe pointed to the significant fact that the most highly developed nations are those in which women Aave been held in the highest es- teem, contrasting the west with the east. The defeat of Persia at the hands of Greece in the olden days she attributed to the inspiration of women and their tutelage as mothers. As long as China keeps women in bondage she will remain under a cloud, in Miss True's opinion, who Inferred this is the sole reason for China's backward- ness. Miss Emily Cleve's violin solo, “Hejra Katl,” by Hubay, was encored and she was forced to respond with another selec- tion. In Defense of the Jews. “I speak to justify the wrongs and to de- stroy the prejudices against a race of which I am proud to be & member,” announced Mr. Biancy Singer, as he began his oration on “The Jew" amid & burst of applause. He showed how in ancient civilization the Jewish nation had been the equal of any, mentioned names of the philosophers, poets, musiclans and writers the race has pro- duced to deetroy the assertion that the Jew is not Intellectual, and declared that as scholars members of the race rank with any. For consistency of religion the Jews have been persecuted in every land for 2500 years, yot they have survived, the very persecution being their salt of preservation There has been no deterioration in the race, according to Mr. Singer, because the Jew cannot be crushed. The reputed avarice of the Jew is a thing of the past, he declared, and asked if there were any more liberal contributors to all kinds of public and pri- vate institutions than the Jews in justif- cation for his assertion. “Judge the Jew s you would the people of America, F: land or any other nation,” said the speakeb in closing. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Influence, Great beauty of elocution marked Miss Madeline Hillls' oration on “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” Her effort was a tender and a beautiful tribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose spirit, she declared, lives today, an inspiration to the oppressed and a mar- velous educational force with the oppre sors. Mrs. Btowe's genuls was of the heart rather than of the mind, she sald—of good- ness, not of gre ness. Mr. Byron Eaton directed himself (o arousing young men in his oration on “The Young Man Factor in Our National Greatness.” Upon the young men, he said, lies the duty of the progressive republic and they should prepare to solve the gquos- tions of the future by studying those of | (Continued on Becond Page.) | the asked to address the assemblage on that day. Among those who have tacitly con- sented to be present are Edward Rose- water, Hon, G, M. Hitchcock, Hon. E. J. Burkett, E. R. Sizer of Lincoln and prob- ably Hon, W. J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan prom- ises to attend if his own pienic will permit him to do so. Following 1s the text of the call: SOUTH OMAHA, June 17, 1908 Rural Letter Carriers of th te braska: Believing that the int s of the rural letter carriers of this state demand an organization whereby its members may, with unity, co-operate with the department for the benefit and further development of service ulong the lines adopted by it, and realizing that nearly every other class of government employes enjoy the protec- tion of their various organizations, we, the undersigned rural letter carriers of the state of Nebraska, having been requested the several county assoclations to take the Initial step, earnestly ask every rural letter carrier o be present at Lincoln J 4 at the postofice at 1) a. m. for the pu Pose af forming a State organization. = As » will have a holiday on July 4, by order partment, and can ure halt | railronds, let ev unty be : at this, our first meeting. uglas County—Frank H. Cunningham South Omaha, president; John L. Yeager, Valley, vice president; Charles W. Childs, Benson. etary; A. M. Totman, Benson; treasure 2 York County—John T. Lyle, Waco, presl- dent. L. B, Carey, York, vice vresident: 1. L. Charlton, York, secretary; Dan Wirt, Benedict, treasurer. ROB AND BEAT AN OMAHA MAN Enticed to a Lonely Spot by Three Men Who Pretend to Be e Brothe To the of Ne- "HICAGO, June 19.—(Special Telegram.) —Enticed to a lonely spot along the lake- shore on the North Side by three men who said they were lodge brothers, J. A. Ahl- wood, a rallroad engineer living in Omaha, was knocked down and robbed of 316 and a gold watch and chain. The assallants severely beat their victim when he attempted to escape, and threat- ened him with severe injury if he reported the matter to the police. Ahlwood refused to obey the order and shortly after 8§ o'clock he appeared at the East Chicago avenue police station and asked Inspector Campbell to make a search for his assall- ants. The inspector, with Sergeant Mi- chael Sullivan, arrested a number of men, but as they could not be identified by Ahl- wood they were released. According to the story of Ahlwood, he met three men at the Grand Opera House buflding last even- ing and after visiting a number of suloons Jis new friends told him they would take pim to see a ‘riend on the North Side. Nt such person as J. A, Ahlwood is men- tioned in the Omaha directory. WOODMEN ACCEPT IOWA PLAN Flood Sufferers Are Alded and Mii- waukee Selected for Next Conventlon. INDIANAPOLIS, June 19.—The Wood- men's convention decided to meet in June, 1905, at Milwaukee. A resolution was unanimously adopted appropriating 360,000 for the aid of the flood sufferers in Kansas, Towa, Missouri, Tilinols and Oregon, most of Which Is to go to Kansas and Missourl. The money will be taken from the general fund and will be available immediately. It was past midnight before the con- vention agreed to the Iowa plan for re- adjustment of rates. This provides for a graded increase ranging from 35 per cent to 100 per cent. The vote was 215% to 166. This action was taken after the conven- tion had voted down, 280% to 171, a com- bination plan offered by Mr. Young of Ohio and said to have the approval of the gen- eral officers. The Young plan provided for a level rate, a step rate, a 2% per cent in- crease on the old rates, or a continuance of the old ratos, at the option of members, TALK MUNICIPAL FINANCES and H ble to of Departments Suggest for Rellef, Couneil Means Discussion of the city's extremely low finances and how to relieve them occupled three hours' time of the council and heads of municipal departments yesterday after- noon. All coneerned took a hand and all concerned admitted that Omaha is “up against it in street parliance. City En- gineer Rosewater pointed out that the gen- eral fund 1s now practically $2,000 over- drawn. Whether there s a way of getting money to tide the city over the last few months of this year was a question that none present cared to try to confidently answer. City Treasurer Hennings came | the nearest to it, and he was instructed to proceed and determine if his plan would work. Movements of Ocean Vessels June 19, At New York—Arrived—Phoenica, Naples; Philadelphia, from Southampton and Cherbourg (off Nantucket); Algeria, from Naples, ete. Salled—Cedric, for Liver- pool; Menominee, for London At’ Liverpool—Arrived—Carpathian, from New York; Southwark, from Montreal and Quebec. 'Salled—Cymric, for New York, via Queenstown. At" Queenstown—Arrived—Lucani New York, for Liverpool, and pr New England, from Boston, for Li and proceeded. Sailed—Commonwealth, for Boston At _Southampton — Bailed — Deutschland, from New York. via Cherbour, At ‘Moville—Salled—Furnessia, York; Parisian, for Montreal ‘At Cherbourg—Arrived—Fuerst Bismarck, from New York, via Plymouth, for Ham: burg, and proceeded. Sailed—Deutschland, from Iamburg aud Southampton, for New York At Genoa—Arrived—Hohenzollern. New York, via Gibraltar and Naples At Havre—Arrived—La Bretagne. New York At Glasgow—Arrived—City trom Philadelphia, via St Pomeranian, from' Montreal At Port Arthur—Arrived—Elm Branch, trom Portland, Ore At Astoria—Salled—Alsternixle, for Kia Chau. Ban Francisco—Arrived—Gaelic, Hong Kong. Salled—Loch Garve, Quesnetown; Korea, fcr Hong Keng. from for New from from of Johns, Bombay N. F. from for Eleventh Street Vi cts to Wit~ n the Spectacle and Police Have Trouble. A big blase but small loss characterized a spectacular fire in the Avery implement warehouse, facing the Tenth street viaduct yesterday. At 2:4 a tall column of fire shot up from this bullding with spectacular effect, burn- ing for about an hour. The flames were visible from almost every part of the oity and thousands of people watched from windows, housetops and streets. Thanks to effective work of the fire department the surrounding buldings and viaduct structure were saved Intact and the fire extinguished in a remarkably short period. The burned bullding was occupled by the Racine Wagon and Carriage company and the Avery Manufacturing company. The estimated damage is $1500 to the stock of the Racine company and $20,000 to the building and not over §15,000 to the Avery stock. The local manager of the Avery company refused to make an estl- mate of his company’s loss, but it amounts to about 2% per cent of the value of the stock, which he also refused to make pub- lie. With Melkle & Dodson the company carried $10,00 insurance on the stock On the building the firm carries 335,000 in seven companies. Brennan & Love carry $19,000 on the Racine stock. The fire broke out n the north end of the fifth story of the bullding, near the elevator shaft, and spread rapldly. An alarm was at once turned in but by the time the department arrived the flames had completely enveloped everything on the fitth floor and were bursting out of the roof and windows on the north and south sides. A string of freight cars which were on the track to the north of the building interferéd seriously with the fire- men for several minutes when 'minutes counted. An engine was soon coupled to the cars and they were removed. By this ime the flames had burned through the fifth floor into the story below. One Hour of Flames. By the time the water tower was in working order the flames were leaping to a spectacular helght, and both the Tenth and the Eleventh street viaducts wers crowded with people. It took just nne hour from the time the alarm was turned in until the firemen were preparing to de- part from the bullding. By ‘the most herole work they had succeeded in confin- ing the flames to fhe fifth story. Though the fire burned through the floor it did not burn anything in the fourth story. On several occasions it looked as though the buflding would be destroyed. Fr¢- quently the flames were apparently sub- dued only to break out with renewed fury. At all times the Bushman warehouse which joins the Avery bullding was In great danger, but this was not damaged by either fire, water or smoke. While the firemen were making the run to the Avery bullding a spark from a pass- ing engine set fire to the vacant frare house belonging to Charles Connoyer, %8 South Eleventh street. The hose company from Plerce street shot a stream over from the viaduct and extinguished this with probably $2%5 damage done. The fifth story of the Avery bullding was filled with buggies in crates and these were all destroyed. The fourth floor and part of the third contained implements of the Racine company and the other floors contained the fmplement stock of the Avery company. Several desks, office fixtures and other goods were taken out of the bufning building and carried onto the viaduct., 8. T. Yont, the local manager of the Ra- cine company, was unable to say what his company's 1oss would be, but an insurance man who Investigated estimated it at $20,000. Origin is & Mystery.. How the fire originated is not known. From the statement of Homéf Bhonmfleld, who, with Robert Marshall and Robert Coe, employes of the Racine company, dis- covered it, evidently it had been burning some time before it was noticed. These men had gone to the fifth floor to get a buggy for shipment, remained there a few minutes and then went out. When they returnod a little later the fire was burning near the elevator shatt. Almost instantly, Shonfeld said, the entire room was envel- oped. They quickly gave the alarm. Neither Mr. Yont of Mr. States knew any- thing of how the fire originated. The new Avery building was erected about four years ago and is constructed of pressed brick. It valued at $85,000. The entire roof of the bullding and the ffth floor were destroyed, but it Is believed that the walls are Intact and will not have tq be rebullt. The bullding is located along the west side of the Tenth streat viaduct and the fifth floor, where the fire started, |is about even with the floor of the big | steel structure. Four stories of the bulld- ing are below the viaduct and below there are rallroad tracks on two sides of the building. ~ The entire fire department was at work on the flames and though it was a most dangerous fire to fight, only one man was injured. He was Frank McClure of No. 3 engine house. McClure, with Charles Peterson, were stationed on the fourth flgor in the elevator shaft. In pulling himselt onto the fitth floor McClure caught hold of @ hot iron and had both hands badly burned. He was relleved and had his burns attended by a physiblan of that nelghborhood. Policeman Exeites Crowd. As an incident to the fire at the Avery | bullding Policeman Lesch had a bad fifteen minttes, and if the promises of a number of indignant citizens are realized he will have to answer charges filed with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. The trouble came through the efforts of the officer to keep the crowd from blocking the sidewalks on the viaduct and a number of people from ‘standing against the viaduct rulling neer the fire. Lesch had been on duty from the time the crowd collected and had not been successtul in keeping the walk open, although he used every means at his command. John W. Meary, a lame man, who had been released from the city jail Thursday refused to move when the offi- cer motioned the crowd back. Lesch caught