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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
MlLLERS MEET AT ST. LOUIS
Flour Makers from All Portions of
United states Hold Convention
in Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, May 2s-Milers from all
parts OF the United States and some from
abroad, were IN attendance today at the
opening session of the annual convention
Of the National Millers' federation. The
convention will continue until Thursday
night, closing with a banquet. Secretary
Taft will address the convention Thursday
afternoon. officers of the federation are;
President, John w. Burke, Springfield O.;
vice presidents. Walter Stern, Milwaukee.
and William F. Castle, Louisville: treas
urer, J. l.. Griggs, Sparta. Ill; secretary,
A. l.. Goetzmann. Chicago.
The afternoon session opened with the
report of Secretary A. i. Goetzmann OF
Chicago. in which he stated that the special
committee OF six milers appointed to
make a study of the question OF foreign
export trade, transportation and legisla-
tion, had met in Chicago on May and
discussed the entire situation At the
meeting a preliminary report was pre-
pared and a copy taken by each member
for further study with the view of making
a committee report at the session of the
mass convention later in the year.
4 Export Agent John T. Sickle of New
/ York submitted a report, followed by an
address by Edgar d. Tilton OF st. Louis
on the enlarging OF the federation and the
benefit OF its members"
Secretary Goetzmann made an address
on THE Food and Drugs Act, June 30.
/ 1906" He said in part
I'm our opinion, in the promulgation OF
this law there was no thought or con-
J sideration given 10 the subject OF wheat
flour, the absolute purity Of which wAS
/ fixed through what is known as the mixed
-four law OF 1898 point OF interest
I under this pure food law is the claim
set up that the publication. or bleaching
OF -four is an adulteration. This phase is
now under consideration by the Agricul-
tural department, which will later Issue =
| ruling"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
STEVE ADAMS TO BE CALLED
state VIII Ask Alleged AccOmpIice
of Haywood and Meyer to
Testify.

BOISE Idaho. May 8.-None OF the tales
men of the third special venire ordered in
the Steunenberg case were summoned to-
day. The list was in part prepared and the
first of the summons will be served tomor-
row. Sheriff Hodgin plans to complete serv-
ice of the sixty-one citizens included in the
venire by noon on Thursday in order to give
them all ample time to present themselves
in court by Friday morning. The men OF
the venire are to be watched to prevent
any attempt to improperly approach them,
and when they present themselves in court
they will be cautioned against discussing
the case with anyone.
Counsel on both sides were in conference
today on work connected with the further
examination OF jurors and the actual trial
of the case. The state has decided to call
steve Adams as a witness, but the expecta-
ton is now that he will enter a general re-
fusal to testify. Arrangements TO bring him
here have not been made, and probably
will not be until shortly before he is to be
called to the stand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
FIRE AT THE BENNETT STORE
Blaze and water 10 Damage of
Fifteen TO Twenty Thousand
Dollars.

Fire broke out in the piano department
OF The Bennett company department store
Tuesday night at 7;45 and the damage
from fire and water will be between $4,000
and $4,000 according to the estimate Of
the owner, J. T. Baum, who was on the
scene shortly after the fire started.
A wire cord in the plano department had
become broken in some way so it produced
sparks and these evidently came in con-
tact with some paper nearby so that in a
short time the entire department was
ablaze. Fortunately, a large number Of
the clerks of the store was working at the
time. preparing the Berger stock for the
bankrupt sale Wednesday. and they were
able to turn in a prompt alarm. The fire
department responded quickly, but the au-
tomato sprinklers had been opened by the
heat and were flooding the building. The
fire was soon extinguished. but not before
large volume of water had been turned
loose on the third floor, on which the FIRE
started.
The water worked It's way through TO the
second floor, damaging goods as It went.
1t then flowed through to the ground floor,
where the clothing department is situated.
and here large quantities of clothing we're
soaked. Shoes also came in for a wetting.
A small amount of water worked its way
some canned goods.
Many pianos were slightly damaged by
the heat, which blistered the varnsh and
others We're slightly injured by water.
The domestlcs and linens also were soaked.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
PRATT CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE
This il Now the Plea of seIf-COn-
fessed Murderer nt Iowa
City.

IOWA CITY. May 2s.|special.) )-There
seems to be little doubt now but that Elmer
Pratt, the confessed slayer of William Con-
jail all summer to await the action of the
grand jury. preliminary hearing will be
held probably before Mayor Ball, but It is
doubtful in view of the evidence brought
out so far If Pratt will be admitted to
bail. The coroner's jury is now sitting on
the case behind closed doors and its re-
port is expected at any time.
Pratt now declares that the killing was
done in self defense. He states that sew
eral days before he shot Connell, he him
self was shot at while coming in from the
field. He was unable to discover his al
legged assailant, however, and did not re-
port the matter Since that time lie de-
ciares that ne carried a gun for his own
protection. On the night that Connell was
killed he states that he vas walking to-
ward his home when he saw Connell pass
ing on the public road. According to his
story Connell asked him If he was going
to shoot and Pratt replied that he was not.
He declares that Connell then shouted that
he, Connell, would shoot Pratt decalres
that the slain man reached for his hip
pocket Pratt then shot at Connell.
Friends OF Connell state, however, that
they can prove that Connell did not have
a revolver with him on the night he was
shot by Pratt and that 1t was not his Gus
tom to carry one with him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
r1NArcIAL AND INDUsTRIAL.
WOULD OPEN UP THE DOMAIN
Senator Bourne of Oregon In Favor
of Compelling Union Pacific to
Loose Grip.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Bourne
of oregon again consulted with the presi-
dent today about the case of the Southern
Pacific Railroad company, which he charges
is holding up approximately 100000 acres
OF public land. much of which is in oregon;
that they should be opened TO settlement.
The senator says that grants covering the
land. which originally were for 100000
acres, were made with the understanding
that the land should be opened up to set
tlement at a nominal price per acre. A
great deal OF ii, he says, was sold for SIS
an acre and half OF 1t was withheld from
sale altogether. In the meantime, the SEN
ator says. the progress Of the country is
being retarded. and he intimates that the
railway company is holding the land for
speculative purposes. Mr Bourne is urging
that legal process be instituted to compel
them to dispose of the land. He says that
some Of the grants were to companies
which have since been absorbed by the
Southern Pacific
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
CHARGE AGAINST SCHMITz
Prosecution Says Mayor is Using
Police Force to Gather Evidence
In His Behalf.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 8.-sixteen
talesmen were examined today In the trial
Of Mayor Schmtz on the charge OF extor-
tion, without result All but one were ex
cused for cause, and George d. Cummings.
the sixteenth one was peremptorily chal-
lenged by the defense. Judge Dunno or
dered venire of fifty to be returned in
the court tomorrow. Eight jurors have
thus far been secured. An insinuation was
made by the prosecution that Sheriff O'Nein
was not summoning trial Jurors in
proper and impartial manner. Mr. Heney's
statement was supplemented by Special
Agent Burns, who declared that Mayor
schmitz lis using the police department
to gather evidence In his behalf and for
other like improper purposes"
The defense denied the imputation that
improper means were being employed
Tomorrow is the day set for the sentenc-
ing OF Abraham Ruef on the charge on
which he pleaded guilty two weeks ago, OF
extorting Sl125 from the propritor OF Del
monico's restaurant on a threat to prevent
the removal of a liquor license but SEN
tence viii not be passed at this time. Ruef
will appear, the prosecution will move the
postponement OF sentencing and Judge
Dunno will acquiesce.
The prosecution prefers to delay Ruers
punishment until after he has appeared as
a witness against the public service cor
poration officials. the mayor and others
now under indictment.
The arraignment OF the gas company
officials indicted by the grand jury for
bribing the supervisors was postponed un-
I'll Friday, as, through a misunderstand-
ing, Ruef and Garrett McEnerney who is
to represent the indicted magnates, were
the only ones present when the case was
I Ii
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
JAPANESE CASE is MAGNIFIED
Trouble in San Francisco Due to
Lack of Police Protection
in Riots.

WASHINGTON, May 2s-At the cabinet
meeting today Attorney General Bonaparte
laid before the president and Secretary
Root, the report OF District Attorney Dew
lin of San Francisco, on the alleged assault
on Japanese residents of that city. The
report Mr.. Bonaparte says, shows that the
first ST tories OF the alleged assault were ex-
aggerated and the dificulty appeared to
be a lack of police protection on account
of the strike.
Secretary Root took the report with him
and II any further action is taken it will
be by the State Department.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.-United States
Marshal Elliot spent a great part of today
interviewing the proprietOrs and employees
Of the japanese restaurant at 1913 Folsom
street, which was wrecked by hoodlums
last week, the incident forming the basis
Of a complaint to Washington by the Jap
anese minister.
United States Attorney Deviin says that
when the testimony is complete the report
will be forwarded to Washington and that
no action will be taken by the local offi-
cials until further instructions from the
State Department are received.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
WEATHER BULLETIN
Past Week Brought Inch of Rain to
Nearly Every County In
Nebraska.


LINCOLN, May 2s.-The last week was
cool, cloudy and showery. with more than
the normal amount of wind
The mean daily temperature for the week
was degrees below the normal in the
northern counties and 2 degrees below in
the southern. Tuesday and Wednesday
were warm, with maximum temperatures
above 80 degrees in most OF the central and
southern counties. The last days of the
week were colder and a light TO heavy
frost was general Monday morning. with
minimum temperatures in the western part
of tile state below 80 degrees.
Showers occurred at several places every
day of the week. Heavy rainfalls occurred
very generally Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday. In a few extreme southern and
southeastern counties the weekly rainfall
was confined to light showers Thursday,
with a rainfall amounting to less than a
quarter of an inch. In most of the state
the rainfall exceeded an inch, while in a
considerable area in the central and north
eastern counties 1t ranged from two to
more than three inches. The excess in
rainfall this week materially reduces the
deficiency in rainfall for the season. The
total rainfall from April to date is about
one-half the normal in most of the state.
G. A. LOVELAND. Section Director.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
Examination Papers Filled.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, May 28.-(Special Tele-
gram. while DIR. Louis A. Thomas of Des
Moines, secretary of the State Board of
Medical Examiners, was at breakfast this
morning, his room at the Hotel Mondamin
was entered by persons who broke into his
grip and examined papers containing ques-
tions for an examination which was to
have been held this morning for graduates
of the Sioux City College of Medicine. Dis
covering the fact, DR.. Thomas postponed
the examination and secured the arrest of
two suspected students, who were after
wards discharged and completely exon
Grated in a published statement from Dr.
Thomas. The authorities are investigating
further.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
CHURCH AND LABOR PROBLEMS
United Presbyterian Assembly Urges
It's Ministers to Get Closer
10 TOilers.

DENVER, Colo, May S.-The following
resolution, adopted today by the general as
sembly of the United PRESBYTERIAN church
indicates the church will make an effort
to get closer to the toiler:
We desire confidence of workingmen
everywhere and deeply deplore any sus-
picion of unfriendliness. We invite frank
counsel as to how, as a church. we may
minister to workngmen and their cause.
We urge upon all our ministers a sym
pathetic study Of the problems of labor,
and an earnest effort to establish cordial
relationship between themselves and the
workingmen Of their respective communi-
ties.
one of the most important reports made
today was that on the Freedmens mis-
sions. 1t was followed by an address by
Rev. ]. w. Witherspoon on the cOlored
people of the south. and showed the
progress of the church.
The proposition to institute the office OF
general treasurer of all funds instead OF
having a treasurer for each fund, was dis
cussed at length, but no decision was
| reached.
! The committee on appropriations for the
J coming years made its report, which will
! be discussed tomorrow. 1t appropriates
/ $4,000 for foreign missions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Rural Free Delivery Carriers Are
Appointed for Routes in
Nebraska.
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent,)

WASHINGTON, May 2s.-(Special Tele-
m.)-Rural free delivery carriers ap-
pointed for Nebraska routes: Lincoln,
route 8, william II. Miller. carrier; Lloyd
e. Miller, substitute. Petersburg, route l.
Roy Rae. carrier; Charles F. Delarm, sub
stitute Riverton, route 8, James Watson
carrier: Jennie Watson, substitute.
The First National bank Of Fairfax, S. d.
has been authorized to begin business with
$4,000 capital c. A. Johnson, president
John N. EIerman. vice president, and U. G.
Stevenson, cashier.
Ira G. Alexander of Omaha has been ap-
pointed bookkeeper at Mare Island navy
yard, California.
G. A. Anthony OF Cedar Rapids and f. c.
Schnaub OF Des Moines, Ia, have been ap-
pointed meat inspectors in the bureau Of
animal industrys
Upon the recommendation of Congress-
man Parker, DIR. James Roane has been
appointed pension examining surgeon at
Yankton. s. D., vice Dr. NJ. Nj. Wilson, re-
signed.
Samuel G. Burns and wife of Omaha are
at the New Willard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
EARLING is OF. SAME MIND
Returns from Overland Trip Satisfied
that ST. Paul Road WIN BE
Built West.

MILWAUKEE,. May 2S.-President Earling
and other officials OF the St. Paul Railway
company returned today from a trip OF
inspection in automobiles over the route
Of the Pacific coast extension Of that sys-
TEN.
President Earling denies that there will
be any cessation i'm the building OF the big
extension He says that between the Mis-
souri, river and Terry, Mont, between 5000
apd 5000 men and 5000 teams are employed
In the work OF grading and between 90
and 5000 men and more than loo teams
are at work on the line westward from
Butte.
Track laying will be begun from Terry
eastward and from Cashmere, S. D., west
ward. Trains will be running between the
Missouri river and Butte by January 1, Mr.
Earling says
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
MORE ELECTRICAL BUSINESS
Census Bureau Issues BuIIetin Re
veaIinE Condition of This
Branch of Industry.

WASHINGTON. May 2.-A bulletin, is
sued today by the census bureau, contains
a report on the manufacture. according to
the census OF 1905, OF electrical machinery,
apparatus and supplies. It says that dur
ing the fve-year period from 1900 there
have been extensive improvements in the
utilization OF electricity and electrical ma
chinery and radical Innovations in electri-
cal devices for general use In 1906 there
we're 7s4 establishments. engaged primar-
fly in the manufacture of electrical ma
chinery, apparatus and supplies, with
capital of s17406sO26. There have been
increases since 1900 in all Items even in
the number OF establishments, an item
which, in most Industries, the report says,
has been reduced by the general tendency
toward consolidation. There was a gain Of
34.9 per cent in the number of establish
ments and of 1OS.1 per cent in capital and
in value Of products OF 52s per cent
In addition to the production reported
IS these establishments, there was an out
put Of electrical machinery and supplies
valued at SlS,742.OSS from 12s establishments
engaged primarily in other lines OF manu-
facture.
New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts. Connecticut Indiana end
New Jersey reported 631 of the 74 estab-
lshments making electrical devices their
output being 81 per cent Of the total. Tho
increase in total capital was greatest in
Pennsylvania, equaling 17s.5 per cent. al
though the value of the products advanced
only 37.4 per cent.
The total value of telephony apparatus
manufactured in 1905 was SIS, S63, sos, as COM
pared with S1O5l2, ,412 for 1900
Illinois is the great center of telephony
manufacturing industry and more than
half of the total products was from this
state.
An apparent falling of in the production
OF telegraph apparatus from Sl,642, ,266 in
1900 to $1,111le4 in 1906 is accounted for in
part to the growing custom among the
larger telegraph systems OF making and re-
pairing their own apparatus
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
COURT OVERRULES MOTIONS
Several Brewery Companies I'm Kan
sas Lose First step of Le-
gal Battle.

TOPEKA. Kan. May 2s.-The supreme
court today overruled the motions to set
aside the service OF summons in the follow
ing brewery receivership cases: The Schlitz
comapny, the Pabst company. the Val Blatz
company and the Helm company
The motion TO set aside the summonses
was sustained In the cases OF the Imperial
and Rochester bTeweries and the Helm
Real Estate company In the case Of the
Imperial and the Helm Real Estate com
panies the state confessed judgment and
admitted that the service was defective.
Attorney General Hackson said late to-
day that the quRshing of thhe summons
would not interfere with the prosecution
OF the case. The receivers will cOntinue
TO hold the property OF these companies.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
ExToRTION BY GOVERNMENT
This In Believed to BE Cause of Re-
beIIion and BlOOdshed
in China.
yyArow, China. May S.-The revolt

Y .FNAIOW, emma. May 6o.--Ine TeNOlu-
Nsts are now attacking Chunglang and
wealthy towns in Chinghai dis
triot. Many Of the inhabitants have fed
70 this city.
The uprising is attributed to excessive
taxation.
BERLIN. May 8.-The Foreign office re-
CARDS the destruction of the German mis-
sion station at Lien Chew. near Pakhoi,
China, as being without political slgnih-
canoe and as due only to a local outbreak
OF mob violence.
WASHINGTON, May 8.-Oflcers here
who have kept in close touch with the state
OF public feeling in southern China are
satisfied that the rebellion in Kwang Tung
province is not directed against foreigners
Nor is II understood here that the famine
in China has anything to do with this
rebellion. Kwang Tung province was not
affect to any extent by the famine. which
ragged in it's worst form several hundred
lies to the northward.
1t is stated that the present rebellion is
purely anti-dynastic, being a revolt against
the existing Manchu regime. The opinion
here is that the present uprising in Kwang
Tung was premature and will soon be sup
pressed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
UNION SEEKING RECOGNITION
second vice President of InternA-
tiOnaI AHsOcIatIOn of MaehInists
Makes Demand.

LOUISVILLE. KY, May 2s.-John D.
Buckalew Of Washington, d. c., second
vice president of the International Associa-
ton Of Machinists today addressed letter
to Milton Smith. president OF the Louisville
& Nashville railroad. asking for an inter-
view regarding the recognition by the rail-
road company OF the union. The question
OF wages is not involved
DECATUR. Ala, May 8.-AlI OF the
machinists in the Louisville & Nashville
railroad shops here struck because OF the
refusal OF the railroad company TO recog-
nize the union. Only fifteen men were in
volved. The other machinists either quit
OF were discharged some days ago. Trouble
is said to be threatened at other points on
the system
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
WOMAN SHOOTS TWO MEN
Mrs. RinEwOOd Comes 10 Rescue of
Husband, who Was Being
wOFsted in Fight.

RAwLINs, wyo., May 2s.-Believing that
her husband was about to be killed by his
two infuriated partners, with whom ~
was engaged In a desperate battle with
knives. beer glasses and other missiles.
Mrs. Matty Ringwood today shot ana
killed one of the men, A. Davis, and ia
tally wounded Webb Stone. the second.
The shooting occurred in a saloon here.
The three men, who were owners of
restaurant in the rear, became engaged in
heated discussion while drinking at the
bar.
Mrs. RingwoOd, who was IN the res
taurant heard the men quarreling and.
grabbing a revolver. she rushed into the
saloon and began shooting
The woman was arrested Immediately
afterward. She declares the men were
beating her husband and would have killed
him II she had not taken the drastic action.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29

DENVER, May 2s-The Rocky Mountain
News today says: The federal inquisition
now hn progress in Denver involves some
Of the largest corporations in America, and
that indictments will be returned against
men who are rated as multlmillionaires
and captains Of industry, known as well
in Wall street as in Colorado. Is the latest
development in connection with the probing
of the grand jury. No less than 100 secret
service men make their headquarters in
Denver. this small army of government
sleuths having rented a large portion OF
the hfth floor of an office building, from
where they are spreading the net which is
tightening about the victims l.. +.
Wheeler, in the service of the Department
Of Justice at Washington, is in charge OF
the secret service men and he expresses
the fNelief that there will be some startling
revelations in the near future.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Judge Burch.
special assistant to the attorney general
has been in Colorado more or less during
the last two or three years in connection
with the investigation of land fraud cases
He is assisted by L. c. Lewis. a special
employe Of the Department Of Justice and
ten or twelve others who are connected
in one capacity or another with the depart
ment; also a number of land Office en-
ployes. The latest Information received
here is that the grand jury is now in ses-
sion there and that large volume Of tes-
timony is being presented against persons
alleged to be guilty Of fraud in Connection
with the public lands. The Department of
Justice officials here have no information
as to the character of the evidence sub
mitted or what is being done by Judge
Burch s7d his assistants beyond the gem
eral ST tment that they have been quite
si'ccessful in running down frauds. The
names OF those involved are not known
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
REFUSES TO LET CONSUL ACT
state Department is Not Inclined TO
Have Hand In Labor
Troubles.

SANTIAGO, Cuba, May 2s.-The State De-
partment at Washington has declined to
permit the American consul, Mr.. Holiday,
to act on the strike arbitration board, and
George w Howard, acting manager OF the
Royal Bank OF Canada, a Canadian citizen.
has been substituted.
A company OF artillery is guarding the
dock and warehouses
The typesetters have Joined the strikers,
with the result that no newspapers ap-
peared here yesterday