Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1909, Page 1

| | | * & cheap blown sagar if he wants to do so, THE OMAHA BEE & clean, reliable newspaper that is admitted to each and every home. OL. XXXVIII— OMAHA, THURSDAY 2, MORNING, MAY 1909 —TWELVE PAGES. WEATHER FORECAST | For Nebraska--¥ For lowa--Fal For weather report see Page 3 °. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VEN HOURS | TALK ON SUGAR; Senate Spends Entire Session in Dis- | cussion of This Schedule of Tariff Bill. MENERY 1S FOR HIGH D™ | He Says it Would Render %7 States Independent. 3 SMOOT AND BURROWS sm‘_ Michigan and Utah Senators Suppt Committee's Action. BRISTOW ON BROWN SUGAR | | Kansan Says Present Standard Makes 1t Impossible to Buy Unrefined Ar- ticle and Compels All to Pay Tribute to Tra | WABHINGTON, May 2%.—For more than seven hours today tha senate was engaged in the discussion of sugar, as that subject {s Involved in the pending tariff bill. Be- ginning with an effort by Senator Me- Fmery, the Loulsiana demoerat protection Ist, there were four et speoches three of these were fn support of the sugar schdule as reported from the committee on finance, while the fourth was a plea for mtaerlal reductions. Senator McErney made an earnest pela for stiff protection, not only because of the wnecessity for such a poliey in the in- terest of revenue, but because as, he de- clared, sueh a course would render the United tSates independent of other coun- tries. Senators Burrowd of Michigan and Sena- tor Smoot of Utah, both of them mem- bers of the finance committee, also spoke i support of the committee's action. South and Protection. Resuming the thread of his discussion of the sugar sehedule, MY McEnery of Louisiana, in the senate today dealt with the attention af the southern states and southern statemen towards the policy of protection. Referring to his remarks in the senate yesterday, he sald: “That there is a change of sentiment going on in the south in relation to pro- tection was shown recently and 1 hope senators from the south who have support protection on every industry in the state, may extend the vision of their horizon and accord protection to great national in- terests.” 4 Mr. MoEnery spoke specially of the need of a protective tariff on lumber, which industry he said employed 3,00 men, pro- ducing lumber worth $44,000,000 annually. After pointing out that southern sen- ators have voted for @ dutv on lumber which produced a revenie of on'y $2,000,000 annually, My, McEnery called attention to the vastly greater inochme produced by sugar which yields a revenue of $50,000,000. “1 want to appeal to southern senators,” he decfared in ringing tone, “to abondon | their absurd case of theories of the tariff for revenue only and vote to support the industries of the United States “I do not base my plea for a duty on sugar for the great revenue It brings. 1 put It -on a higher plane, which Is the necessity for the country to become Inde- pendent of any fore'gn government for things It requires. Break down the tarift on sugar and this country will be run over | with sugar from Europe, both refined and granulated and it will stop every beet fac- tory in the Unitedi States and stop the cul- ture of cane in the state of Loulsiana. y Hristow on Brown Sugar. Mr. Bristow followed. While Mr. Sc- | Enery, a democrat, had spoken for a high | and protective rate on sugar, the Kansas | senator, & republicun, advocated a reduc- | tion, Introducing an amendment to strike out the provision for “No. 16 Dutch stand- | ard”’ and reduciag the duty on refined | sugar from 190 to 1525 cents a poud. He said: “Whenever & senator endeavors to reduce the existing duties in the bill he is | at once accused of Attempting to destroy the industry effected.” He insisted that the senators who endeavoring to obtain reductions in tariff duties were the best friends of the protective poliey. “They waat,” he de- | elared, “to have the protective policy stand | as a symbol for American industries and | not as & symbol for graft and greed. Iustrating his remarks by exhibiting | bottles of sugar, Senator Bristow ex- plained that according to his view the re- moval of tHe .Duteh standard test would allow dark colored sugar to come into this Pountry and &t ofice go to consumers if | \hey should desire to have it without the refnbeg or, whitening process. “The only purpose of thia color test.” | are | the he said,:“is to force the people to pay to | the American Sugar Refining company %0 cents per 100 pounds for refining that sugar.” He claims that a order to avold the pay- ment of duty on sugar of higher color | mtandard the SUgur trust imports the prod- wet of dark cplor and refines it. If the Duteh standard test were removed, he said, a greater amount of revenue would be re- ceived, The Dutch standard had Dbeen superseded as & standard for testing sugar by the polariscopic test Holding up to the view of the senate a bottle of dark crystalized sugar he sald it was a product of Java and sold largely to consumers in England. “Has not that very sugar driven out of existonce the sugar refineries of England?” inquired Mr. Smith of Michigan. Mr. Bristow did not know about that, but he declared that it such Java sugar could 4 be brought into the United Stases it would | permit the American people to use it wit out payng toll 1o the American sugar r :belovl El Paso are {nundated. | | | canmot as & United States senator say | {0 the Amerioan sitisen that he cannot buy | | deciared Mr. Bristow. “To do so would be o tyranny that American citizens will not stand." Mr. Bristow declared that actual differ- entlal recolved by ‘the trust on refined sugar has been inCreased from 6.3 cents | per 10 pounds to 7.3 per 100 pounds Eince the Dingley luw went into effect. et Kills Weman wnd Self. TOPEKA, Kas.. May %.—Dantel ston, & farm hand, shot and kil James Abel At hngr home near Grantville, six miles east of Topeaka, this afternoon and then killed himseif. 3 Gets Mednl Him: An b PARIS, May 86 -The council of the Sar~ boune t y con ed upon Andrew Carne. gle a 1 in_recognition of his founding e Curle ps 10 1906 | grand Jury Roosevelt Party Prepares to Visit - Sotik District Hunters and Scientists Will Return to Nairobi to Get Ready for Journey. 7 % NAIROBI, British East Africa, May 26 %—All the members of the Roosevelt party fame into Nairbbi at 4 o'clock this after- jon from the Heatley ranch. They are nburned and appear to he in splendid yith, Tn the last hunting Mr. Roose- bagged another buffalo and a big wildebeeste fell on Kermit naturalists of the expedition have ed two pythons and 400 odd birds «a mammals. They are especlally de- Iighted with some expected mpecimens Tonight and tomorrow Mr. will be the guest of F. J governor of the protectorate. For the re- mainder of his stay here he will occupy George McMillan's town house, loaned for the occasion. The ' natu- ralists of the party, together with R. J. (unningham, who has ocharge of the expedition, will stop at the Norfolk hotel. The party will leave here next week for the Sotik district via Rijabe 4nd will return here before the end of July. A public banquet will be tendered Mr. Roosevelt in Nairobi about the first of August. [The expedition will be accompanied to the Sotik country by L. J. Tarlton, Governor Jackson has issued invitations to a reception to meét Mr. Rooseveit Thursday night, and he will entertain the former president of the United States at dinner Baturday. After this dinner, Mr. Roosevelt will attend an amateur theat- rical entertalnment. Junken’s Lawyer Fighting Hard Asks Jurors in Murder Case if They Will Act According to Christ's Teachings. CENTERVILLE, Ta.. May 2.—The first six veniremen examined today in the trial of John Junken for the murder of Clara Rosen, has formed opinions and were dis- missed. Judge Mitchell, attorney for the defendant, delved into the religious and family lifeof the talesmen, asking If they were praying men' and if they would give a verdict in accordance with the teachings of Christ. Junkin was kept under guard in the court house all night. There have been no mob demonstrations. The prisoner, neatly dressed, tits near his mother, but surrounded by guards during the proceed- ings In the court room. Junken will tomorrow plead guilty to the charge and throw himself upon the mercy of the eourt, according to the negro's statement last nighd. This, says Prasecutor Seneca Cornell, means Junken will be sentenced to bang,:as Judge Rob- erts has stated he would inflict the death penalty if the negro was convicted. Giving Away . $100 Bills Some Snrprhed-'RTipienh Call on Postoffice lnlpecwr‘l to Find Out Giver, DES MOINES, la., May %.—Postoffice in- spectors today were asked to unravel the mystery surrounding the receipt by a num- ber of residents of Panora, la., of letters contalning $100 bills. No signature Is at- tached to the letters, though ome of them bears the postmark of Portland, Ore. Five persons admit having, recelved money totaling, $1,125. Mrs. Viola Lapegitt, a widow, received $225, all In $10 bills with a note signed. “Your friend.” LAND FRAUD QUIZ IS STILL ON Jury Investigntion at Tulsa robably Will Not End Un- tl Saturday. Gra TULSA, Okl, May %.—Saturday of this week it is belleved will see the finish of the investigation of the Muskogee town lot frauds now going on here before the federal When the jury resumed its sitting today’ twenty out-of-town witnesses, mostly from eastern states, were on hand to testify. There are twenty-five others in the city yet to be examined. Among the witnesses who testified today was T. B. Stewart of Columbia, Mo. RIO GRANDE ON A RAMPAGE River Reaches Highest Point in Itw History and Farms Are Inundated. EL PASO, Tex., May %.—The Rio Grande river {s the highest in its history and villages and farms in the valley abave and In El Paso county a force of men has been constantfy at work cutting away driftwood in order to save the bridges. before the rifle of | Roosevelt | Jackson, acting | TAFT TALKS TO NEGRO STU DENTS| ident Makes Address at Annual Commencement of Howard University. {Pru | EXECUTIVE PRESENTS DIPLOMAS Cornerstone of New Carnegie Library Laid by President. OF COLORED RACE FUTURE ‘1 peaker Says it Never Was More ! Hopeful Than Today. i | MUST SOLVE HIS OWN PROBLEMS Negro's Salvation Depends Upon His Making Himself Useful to the Commaunity in Which He Lives. WASHINGTON, May 2%.—Speaking to the graduates of Howard university, near this city today, President Taft declared that never at any time has the future of the negro, as a race, appeared more hopeful and bright than at the present day. The president impressed upon his hearers the fact that it is for the negroes them- selves to work out their work futurue and to make themselver valuable citizens in the communities in which they live Con- ditions for the negro in the south, the president said, he belleved are growing better and better. Southern people of the better class are confing to look more and more upon the negro race as one of thelr valuable assets, Mr. Taft declared, and he again urged upon the negro the importance of gaining the respect and the friendship of the white people among whom he ls to live. The task of educating the negro and es- peclally of educating leaders among the |race, the president asserted was a debt owned by the government; a debt only too difficult of repayment because of the con- { stitutfonal 1limits of the government in dealing with the individual. President Presents Parchments. President Taft personally handed to the more than 100 candidates for degrees their parchment rolls. When the commencement exercises were ended, he was escorted to the foundation of the new Carnegie library of the university where he officiated at the |laying of the cornerstone. The president evidently enjoved the privilege of being & real mason, for he mot only applied the customary first dash of mortar, but worked industriously with the sfiver trowel until he had covered the entire resting place for the well-proportioned stone. Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, Min- ister Legar, of Hayti, and President Thir- kield, of the University, also, were called upon to wield the trowel, “Come on Balin- ger, you might as well help,” #aid the president to the secretary, under Whose department the control of Howard Univ sity comes. “But don't put on too much,” the president added, “‘and spil the job. Address of Mr. Taft, Secretary Ballinger made a brief address at the commencement exercises, the forth- ieth. The announcement was made of the conferring of the honorary degree of Dicter of Laws upon former Secretary Jas. K. Gartield. There was a great crush to | hear the president, more than a thousand colored people stood in the rain outside the university chapel while he was speaking. “This university,” said the president, in his speech, “is the partial repayment of the | debt t6 a race to which a government and the people of the United States are etern- ally fndebted. They brought that race in- to this country against its will. They planted it here irretrievably. They first put it in bondage seemed to make necess- ary, under the system then In vogue. Then they freed it and put upon it theresponsi- bilities of citizenship. Now some sort of | obligation follows that cdaim of facts with reference 1o the people who are responsible | for yhat that government aid. The obliga- | tion will be clearer, or rather, the method of its discharge would be easier, were it not for our constitutional system, which throws generally upon the statutes the bur- den of education and leaves the general government only certain limited jurisdic- tion with respect to the people. Need of Race ers. “I am far from saying that the colored race today would be better off if they all had university education. 1 think they would be In a bad way if they had, be- cause they would not know how to use it and they would not find means of using it. | No race would be better off if all were educated as university men. The great body ®f the colored race, as the great body of the white race, must depend for their livelihood upon their manual labor, skilled or unskilled, or upon some occupatien which requires less education than that which s conferred by a university, and if that education s too widely extended the effect of it is to put a lot of men into lite who do not find occupations which are suited to their tastes and 6 maks them (Continue# on Second Page.) Site of Train Robbery is Séld in Real Estate Deal Will Crary and 'E. A. Benson, have bought the land west of the Forty-second street wagon bridge’ where the Union Pa- ciffc Overland Limited train was robbed Saturday night Whether they intend fencing it &s a spot to be reserved as the scene of the “last” train robbery in the heart of a great city or sell it in small lots to people who wish to live on historic gfound, Mr. Crary refuses to say. The tract consists of about fourteen acres and was sold by A. P. Tukey & Son. Mr. Crary claims the deal was made be- fore the robbery, but Harry Tukey says he knew nothing about the plans to pull off a train robbery Saturday, and had no rea- son for getting rid, of the land. The deal was closed after the robbery, says the agent, and is doubtless wanted for a perk or other reserve. 3 E. A. Benson refuses to be interviewed about the deal, but admits he 18 interested with Crary in buying the land. The deed was mude to the Home Terrace Real Estate company, which consists of Beuson and Crary. Tle land Is worth $i00 to $500 per acre, but Benson and Crary are supposed to have paid at least $100 more In order to get the land because of the | added value given by historic interest. | | BIG STEAL AT BUFFALO Trusted Employe of County Treasur- | Office Sa to Have Taken $36,000. BUFFALO, N. Y. May .-Jared C Weed, cashier of the county treasurer's office since 198, was arrested today on & charge of grand larceny. County Treasurer Fix, | charges, says that the total of the alleged stealings since 1300 are $35,60, ranging from | & few bundred dellars to several thousand & year. Treasurer Pix charges that another em- ploye is implicated and says that he has a confession from each of the men as to their peculations. He says the confessions and the restoration of the funds which who made the has been made were procured without any promise of u{m\u “TME ALFALFA HAY: CLUBY 1S GOING THE HEBAREW CRILDREN ONE BETTER.. A STACK oOrF ALFALFA HOT CAKES PLEASE .4 IF IT 19 MERELY A NEWIPAPLR STORY | T MAY WAVE ORIGINATED WITH i ()rt;nha Men Demonstrate That Alfaifa is a Human Food Product.—News Item. From the Denver Republican. DOUBLE DECK FOR CORN SHOW Second Story May Be Put in the Big Auditorium. ARCHITECTS SAY IT IS FEASIBLE ‘Will Afford One Hundred Thousand Square Feet of Space and Be Movable When it s De- sirnble, The Natfonal Corn exposition will be held in the Auditorlum and such tem- porary buifldings as will be necessary ta accommodate the big corn and grain show This has been practically decided by the | exposition management, following a dik- cuselon of the practicability of. putting in a gecond floor in the Au&u,‘ um, - which will almost double the #pace of the big bullding. The plan is to put this floor acro the balcony floor, extending over tire bullding, and removing the which will also be double-decked. from e en- space. With this arrangement 1t will be un- necessary to remove the seats in the bal- cony, but they will come In very handy and the lectures and band concerts will be glven on the second story. By this arrangement also so much space will be given that it s possible the Audi- torium management will bear a good share of the expense, snd the ficor, when taken up, Wil be In such shape that it can be readily put down again for any purpose ‘where the double-deck is needed. Archi- tects who have looked over the proposition declare it to be feasible and one of the best ideas they have had suggested to them in connection with the exposition building problem. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania are the last two states to come in. Letters wera recelved Wednesday from N. B. Critchfield, secretary of agriculture of Pennsylvania, and John J. Dunn, secretary of the agri- cultural department of Rhode Island. Sioux City News Changes Hands Uhl and Ashbaugh Sell Paper to Frank R. Wilson, Present Man- aging Editor, SIOUX CITY, L May 26.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Frank R. Wilson of Sioux City this morning purchased from Mel Uhl of L. V. Ashbaugh of St. Paul, N of St. Paul and others the Sioux City Daily News, an evening paper. Mr Wiison In an editorial announcement says the paper will continue to be independent and that there will be no change in its policy. Mr. Wilson at the state university was editor of the Dally lowan and after- ward served as reporter on the Blufts Nonparell and the Sioux City Journal. When the News came to Sioux City he became city »ditor, then managing editor and recently was made editor and general superintendent and owner. Why do you pay rent when you can buy a home in Om- aha with only a small payment down and balance same as rent? Read the Real Kstate col- umn from day to day and you will find a home offered for sale within your means. The Bee has found homes for hun- dreds of others and can find a home for you. Have you read the waat ads. yet today? stage, | Thie | will give almost 100,000 square feet of floor | Counell | *Adam God” -Accuses Minister Religious Fanatic. Stops Trial to Say that Evangelist Called Him a Liar, KANEAS CITY, May 26.—James Sharp, known as “Adam God," on trial for mur- der for his part in the fatal religious riots here last winter, furnished a sensa- tion in the criminal court today, when he arose in his place at the prisoners’ bench and accused a minister of having entered his cell and abused him. our honor,” declared Shar address- ing Judge Latshaw, ‘I want to have a man arrested for coming Jnto my cell abusing me.” The judge gave respectful hearing to the prisoner, 'although he had become accustomed to Sharp's outbreaks, and the latter continued: “This minister called me a lar and a hypocrite and abused me, although I was not talking to Him." “Who was he?' the judge asked “There he sits,” declared Sharp dramat- ically, pointing to Rev. Job Lyon, an evangellst who frequently preaches to the prisoners and who happens to be a wit- ness for the state in the present case, A consultation between judge, attorneys and the prisoner ensued. It showed that there was little basis for Sharp's charges and Judge Latshaw finally said: “You will be given every proteetion of the la Mr. Sharp. You are entitled to | a falr trial, a fair chance, and I will see that you get it." {BINDERS START IN TEXAS Reports from Early Flelds Indicate That Yield Will Be Larger Than Ever. ' WICH'TA FALLS, Binders were started today in many wheat flelds in. Wichita countyl. This {s the first harvesting of the vear in Texas and marks the beginning of the season through- out the United States. Reports mdicate the yleld will be larger than expected. FATAL BLOW AT TRACK MEET Prof. Texas, May 26.— Hoak of Purdue, mer, Hit hy Ha Suecumbs to Injury. LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 26.—Prof. Benja- min M. Hoak, of Purdue University, who was accidentally struck by a hammer here last Saturday while officiating in the state | high school meet, died today. MITCHELL, 8. D., May 2.—(Special)— | Major Israel C. Greene, aged 8 years, the | man who captured John Har- per's Ferry, is dead on his farm near hers where he had lived for thirty-six years. | Greene was a close friend of Colonel Rob- | ert E. Lee l Major Greene died last night at his home, two miles east of this city, of heart trouble, having lived pn his government claim since he took it in the fall of 1573. He was something of & noted character in the history made just before the civil war, the capture of Brown being only one in- cident. \ Major Greene was born in Plattsburg, N. Y., in 18%. In 184 he accompanied his parents to Wisconsin and got his schooling Brown at Thirteen years later he jolned the marine corps of the United Btates navy and was conspleuous of his work in that depart- ment. In 18] he was married to & south- ern woman, « Miss Taylor, who now sur- vives him, and when the war broke out, or a few years before that, he was located at Berryville, Vir., the native state of his bride, and he turned his sympathies to the south and joined the oconfederate army, much to the purprise of his northern friends. At the time that Wisconsin sent her troops to the front he was urged to accept the appeintment of colonel in one of the regiments, but declined. \It was thought that he was swayed by the ad- miration and love of his southern wife in- deciding to espoused the cauge of the con- | tederacy. and | | acena, |'in the log school houses of that country. | BALLOON FLIGHT SUCCESS { First Ascension of Dirigible Shows Perfect Control. LOOSE FEED PIPE ENDS TEST Army Men Have Alrship Towed Back to Balloon House After Flying in Any Desired Direction and Al- titude for Some Time. United States army sifnal corps dirigible baloon No, 1, better known as the Baldwin dirigible airship, made a successful flight | Wednesday afternoon at Fort Omaha, with !F‘il‘nl Ldeutenant Frank P. Lahm as pilot and First Lieutenant Benjamin D. Eulois as engineer. The flight was somewhat delayed becauses of a slight readjustment of the which operates the propelier, but the big alrship was at length towed out of the balloon house, over the half inflated spher- ical balloon, the possibility of which gives & good idea of the immensity of the bal- { loon house. | The aeronauts took their places in the frafi, elongated car in the balioon house, Lieutenant Fulols being at the front end of the car, from which the big propeller 1s operated, and Lieutenant Lahm at the rear section, operating the canvas box-ltke rudder. The ascension and {light were highly sat- Isfactory, although the weather was not favorable, the air being heavy and an occasional sprinkling of rain falling. The airship was permitted to ascend about 500 feet and was completely under control of the two officers at all tmes. Three com- plete circles were made over the .balloon grounds and the the balloon was sent over toward Miller park, the ship being flown at both high and low altitudes, and close | to the telegraph wires. Finally it was gen- | tiy tilted over the wires in order to show how completely it was under control, Feed Pipe Works Loone, Flying over Twenty-seventh street near Allison avenue the small feed pipe con- ‘became loosencd by the vibration of the propeller and it became necessary to de- which was accomplished without accident, the airship settling down in th street as gently as a bird. Rather undertake any further flight with (he | slightly disabled engine, the airship was then towed back to the balloom house. It was an interesting experiment, (Continued on 8econd Page.) Man Who Captured John Brown Dead in S_outh Dakota accompanied by a small body of men and found Brown in a house. His orderly fitst entered the house and was shot dead. Major Greene followed through the door and, Inquiring of Captaln Washington which was Brown, Washington, pointed to @ man kneeling on the floor with his carbine in his hand said he was Brown Major Greene ordered Brown to surrender, but he uttered a stern “no.” Major absence of his regular army sword, struck Brown & blow over his head and carried him in captivity When he joined the confederate army, | Greene was appointed to the position of major and served throughout the war. He was a close friend and assoclate of Colonel Robert E. Lee and was with when captured by General Sheridan. Since com- ing to this country thirty-six years ago. Major Greene has lived a qalet and retired life on his tarm. He has taken some in Lee Greene, with his brother, did much of the government survey work. He was highly | respected by the eitizens of this community | OTTAWA, Kan.; May %,~Horace H. Day, a nephew of John Brown of Osawatomie, |county where Brown lived much of the time while he was In Kansas. Day's ®am- |ily eame to Kaugsas from New York in | 155 at Brown's suggestion engine | necting the gasoline tank with. the engine | than | particu- | larly in towing the captive ship over and | His capture of John Brown assoclated Major Greene's name with a prominent | event In the history of the war. He was | Greene, who carried a broad sword, in the | terest In state politics, and has been a staunch demoorat all the years. In the | early settlement of this country Major died last night at the old homestead in this | TREMOR SWAYS . MIDDLE WE | T Scismis Disturbance Affeots Iowa, Il- linois, Wisconsin,, Michigan and Indiana. |CHIMNEYS AND STOVES FALL | Several Small Fires Started, but Dam- age is Slight. TWO0 SHOCKS AT DAVENPORY Lights in Chicago Swing from Nerth ; to South, |BUILDINGS SHAKE AT PEORIA New Selsmograph in Weather Office | Record Shock Which ix of Foar Seconds' Duration-<Telephone Wires Affected. CHICAGO, May 28.—A NHght earthquake shock lasting only a few seconds was felt in the states of Indiana, Tllinels, Wisconsin, Michigan, lowa and continguous territory beginning at 9:41:3 miock this morning. Barly reports covered a territory from Springfield, T, through Davenport, la. and Janesville, Wis., north to Muskegon, Mich. Reports of the vibrations, which re- corded no materlal damage, were received from the following citlel Beloft, Wis.; Peorla, Kewanee, Rockford, Joltet, Dixon, Streator, Freeport, Blooming- ton, Galena, Moline, Elgin, Aurora, Spring- fleld, Til, and from Jaynesville, Wis.; Day- enport, Dubuque and Burlington, Ia, and Muskegon and Kalamazoo, Mich. Throughout the territory affected the only damage reported was of a minor na- ture. Beveral small fires were started by the overturning of stoves and many chim- neys were razed. Aurora, Il., Is said to have suffered particularly in this respect. In this clty the shock was generally felt, but in the great majority of cases was at- tributed to the ordinary causes, such as the | passage of street cars, clevated trains, blasting in distant quarries or the pas- eage of structural iron on big trucks through the streets. 1t was not until new papers made their appearance with the story that the public learned that it had passed through a natural phenomenon. Chicagoe Damage Slight. Damage in Chicago, as elsewhers, was confined (o the breaking of dishes and or- naments shaken from mantel pleces or tables. No fires of material consequence were reported. In the outskirts of the oity’ several small fires were started, but were easily extinguished, During the perfod of the vibration ft was aimost impossible to get correct tele- , phone connections, owing to the swaying of the wires, damp from last night's rain, against ecach other. At Belolt, Wis, all the ecollege huildings rocked violently and many persons: ex.., d difffculty in remaining on their | At Joliet chairs and other light objscts | were overiurned and at Dixon gas fires were shiken out. At South Haven and Benton Harbor, Mich., windows rattled violently and much china was broken., At Dubuque, la., the vibration seemed to have the effect of two shocks. Davenport, Ia., | also felt two shocks, the tirst shock being { the more violent. Lights Swing North and South, Prof. Cox, the weather forecaster, sald that the light in his office swung from north to south during the shock and the chairs and light desks showed the gffects of the vibration. Although the disturbance was felt every- where in this city it was not untll news- papers were on the streets that oltisens were correctly informed of what had hap- pened. At first the vibrations were laid |10 passing strect cars or buflding opera- tlons which not uncommonly slightly shake | bulldinge. A young woman stcnographer |in the federal bullding thought someone had come up behind her and given the chair « shake. | “You stop that, she said, angrily, turn- ing around, only to discover that there was nobody behind ho ana that the rest of the office force was observing the swaying of a large chandelier, | Recorded at Washington, | WASHINGTON, May 2,-A slight lasting about a minute was re [ turbance corded on the selsmograph at the United | Btates weather bureau here today begin- I ning at 9 o'clock 41 minutes and 30 seconds | (eastern time). There was not enough de- {tail in the record to indicate the exact lo- cation of the disturbance. ' CEDAR RAPIDS, la., May %.—A slight earthquake shock lasting fifteen seconds ihna telt here this morning. It was most | | | severe al Coe college, causing students to 1ush from the fourth floor of the buliding. Bulldings Shake at Peoris. PEORIA, 11, May 2i.—~Peoria experienced its first earthquake in years at 8:38 this | morning. The shock lasted four seconds {and was recorded by the new weather bureau selsmograph. Many of the larger | business buildings were shaken, and on | the bluffs, in the residence section, It was | telt more perceptibly than down town The school children at the White school were about to assemble when a portion of | the plastering fell, causing quite s panic | among the few children who were in the room | | | | } KEWANEE, 1ll, May 20.—An earthquake | | lasting thirty seconds, shook buildings here at 8:40 o'clock this morning. The windows rattied and small articles were shaken | from desks. The tremor was distinet and was|noticed in all parts of the city, | BELOIT, Wis, May .—The entire Rock riv valley experienced an earthquake shock this morning at §:40, Reports of a like happening came to Be- {loit from Rockford, Il | All the college bulldings rocked vialently and houses throughout the ety were | shaken. Dishes rattled and people on the street at the time of the shock experi- | enced difficuity in remaining on thelr feet, | People Fiee from Bulldings. DUBUQUE. la., May %.--Two earthquake shocks were_felt here this morning. | The first shock occurred at 8:30 and con- | tinued ten seconds. The second followed almost immediately and was of shorter | duragion. The shocks were felt throughont the eity. but were worse in the down town district. Big bulldings trembled and the | occupants rushed into the streets in terror The bank and insurance offica bullding, a knublllnd‘l seven-story slruoture, was