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THURSDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS. MAY 30, 1907.
THURSDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS
GOOD RAIN FALLS.
Kansas Is Given a Long Needed
Soaking.
Begins Last Night and Con
tinues Today.
GENERAL IX EAST.
All Sections Far West as New
ton Favored.
Extends From Canada to Gulf
of Mexico.
The drouth which has existed In the
central portion of the United States all
spring- has at last been broken by a
rain which is general and extends from
the Gulf of Mexico on the south' to
British America on the north. The
weather indications for a week past have
Indicated just such a condition as now
exists with an abundance of moisture.
There has been a Series of lows re
corded by the barometers located in the
district mentioned for a week past and
at last these seem to have united and
the rain is falling in the district as a
lesult. The weather conditions- in this
locality have been threatening for a
week past with local showers nearly
every day but they have been so light
that they have been of but little real
benefit.
Rain began falling in Topeka shortly
befor9o'clcklast night and though the
shower lasted but a few moments.
this one was followed by others until
midnight when a drizzling rain set in
. which has continued since that time
and at 9 o'clock this morning .57 of
an inch of precipitation was recorded
There are no indications that the storm
is abating and on the contrary every
thing points to a general rain for all
parts of the state.
The early reports from the Santa Fe
telegraph department indicate a gen
eral rain all over the south and east
ern portion of the state, extending as
far west as Xewton and as far north
as Concordia. The Rock Island offices
leport a general rain ail over the east
ern half of the state, eastern Colorado,
Indian Territory and the Panhandle
district, but no rain in Oklahoma.
"For the past week the weather con
ditions have been just what might be
expected to precede a general rain."
paid Col. Jennings of the United States
weather bureau in this city, "and there
is but iittle doubt that the drouth
conditions have been broken and that
this section of the country will receive
an abundance of moisture from now
on.
"'This rain will be of great benefit to
the state in general and is falling sicw-
ly and sinking into the soil as it falls'
and not running off into the streams.
There is but little doubt that other rains
will follow this one within a few days,
and that there will be an abundance of
moisture unless the conditions change
greatly and that at once."
1 "rtni Over tile State.
Salina. May 30. A heavy mist pre
vails at this point and the indications
are that rain will fall during the day.
Kilsworth, May 30. Rain has been
falling in this section of the state
since 4 o'clock this morning and the
heavily clouded sky indicates that the
storm is general.
Wilson. May 30. So far this part
oi me state has been missed by the
rain which seems to be general about
us. tnough the sky is clouded and the
Indications are that a needed rain will
begin falling most any lime.
ivansas lu.v. May 30. The rain
which began falling last night con
tinues today and seems to be general
over western Missouri and eastern
Ivansas.
Manhattan. May 30. A light driz
zling rain is falling this mornine with
the indications of a heavy downpour
later.
St. Marys. May 30. This section of
the state has been visited by one of
the heaviest storms of the season
which stiil continues. The precipita
tion so far has amounted to a little
more than two inches.
Excelsior Springs, May 30. Rain
has been failing in this section of the
etate most of the night and there is no
signs that the storm is abating.
Paxico. May 30. Rain is falling this
morning though the fall so far record
ed has amounted to less than an Inch.
Dodge City. May 30. Rain has been
falling in this locality during the past
12 hours and so far has amounted to
nearly two inches.
Rossvi'ie. May 30. A fourth of an
Inch of rain fell here during last night
and this morning and the indications
are that mere is to follow.
Delia. May 30. The indications are
that this branch of the Union Pacific
has been visited with a good rain
which has soaked into the ground as
it has fallen.
Council Grove. May 30. A steady
light rain has been failing in this sec
tion since midnight and continues at
this time.
Paxico. May 30. It is raining at this
point and the conditions indicate that
we will receive all the moisture needed
before the sun shines again.
Abilene. May 30. Rain began fall
ing at 6 o'clock this morning and has
continued without abatement since
that time.
Beloit, May 30. A light rain fell
in this locality Wednesday afternoon
ana the indications this morning are
that more will follow today.
Minneapolis. May 30. A drizzling
rain began falling last night about 6
o'clock which has continued at inter
vals since then.
Herington. May 30. Rain began
faliing last night at midnight and re
ports indicate that it has been general
over this section of the state.
Marion. May 30. This section of
the state was visited by a light rain
during the night and today the sky is
clouded and the indications are that
rain may begin falling at most any
moment.
McLouth. May 30. Half an Inch of
rain has fallen since six o'clock this,
morning and there is no sign of cessa
tion. Xortonville. May 30. A general rain
prevails at this time and so far has
amounted to half an inch.
Carbondate, May 30. A light sprinkle
of rain occurred about midnight and
since that time the precipitation has
amounted to half an Inrt.
Burlineame, May 30. The drouth In
this section of the state was broken by
a rain which began just before midnight
last night and so far has amounted to
fraction more than half an inch.
Valencia. May 30. A gentle drizzling
rain has been falling since 11:30 last
night which measures half an inch.
Alma, May 30. Rain has been fallin
at intervals since nine o'clock last night.
Overbrook, May 30. Rain which be
gan falling about midnight last night
continues and the precipitation at this
time measures half an Inch.
Scranton, May 30. It began drizzlin
here last night about 11 o'clock and
has kept steadily at it sine? that timo.
Xewton, May 30. Rain has been fail
ing at this point since some time during
the night and the Indications are that
it is general In this sectica of the state
where it is badly needed by the wheat
as well as other crops.
Auburn, May 30. Rain began falling
last night about 11 o'clock and has con
tinued since, the precipitation amount
ing to an inch and one-half at nine
o'clock this morning.
Watson, May 30. An inch and one
half of rain has fallen this morning and
the indications are that the storm has
just commenced.
Dover, May 30. Almost an Inch or
rain has fallen since midnight last night
and the downpour continues.
Grantville. May 30. The storm com
menced In this locality about half an
hour before midnight and continues, the
precipitation amounting to an inch and
one-half.
Menoken. May 30. It has been raining
in this locality since about 4 o'clock this
morning, the precipitation amounting to
half an inch so far but there are no
signs that the storm is abating.
Wakarusa, May 30 A litle more than
half an inch of rain has fallen since two
o'clock this morning and the indications
are that the storm has just commenced.
Meriden. May 30. Rain has been fall
ing steadily sines 9 o'clock last night
and the precipitation so far amounts to
an inch and one-half.
Rock Creek. May 30. There has been
a light drizzling rain falling all night
which has amounted to an inch and
one-half and the storm is not over.
Valley Falls. May 30. An inch and
or.e-half of rain has fallen since nine
o'clock last night and there is nothing
' to indicate that it is over.
Berryton. May 30. Rain Began ian-
ine- shortly after midnight last nlgnt.
and since then the precipitation has
amounted to a little more than an Inch.
Seabrook, May 30. Rain began fall
ing in this locality about 3 o'clock this
morning and has continued since, the
precipitation amounting to half an
Inch.
Richland. May 30. A drizzling rain
has been falling since 3 o'clock this
morning and there are no signs of
abatement. The precipitation so far has
amounted to an inch.
Hoyt. May 30. Half an Inch of ram
has fallen since midnight and a slow
drizzle prevails at this time.
Holton. May 30. A drizzling rain
which continues began falling about 5
o'clock this morning and so far has
amounted to half an inch.
Adrian, May SO. This section of the
state was visited by a much needed
rain last night and this morning.
Lawrence. May 30. Half an inch of
rain has fallen since midnight and the
storm continues without signs of abate
ment. Oskaloosa. May 30. A drizzling rain
began falling this morning shortly af
ter punrise and so far has . amounted, to
a quarter of an inch.
Garden City. May 30. A rain which
seems to be general in this part of the
state is falling at this time and the
precipitation has amounted a little
more than an inch.
Syracuse. May 30. A general rain Is
falling over this part of the state which
will be immense benefit to the growing
crops as many of them were beginning
to show, the need of moisture.
Lakin. May 30. A good rain has fall
en during the night and morning which
will be of great benefit to the growing
sugar beeta. So far the precipitation
has amounted to less than an inch.
Hutchinson, May 30. Rain Is falling
in this city and the indications are tnai
the what belt is receiving a good
drenching just when it is the most
needed.
Osage Citv. May 30. Rain has been
falling during the past 12 hours and
the indications are that It will con
tinue for the remainder of the day at
least.
Emporia. Mav 30. Rain began falling
pome time during the night and has
continued at intervals since then.
Up to the noon hour today there has
been no sessation of the drizzling rain
which began falling in 'lopena eariy
last night, though the precipitation has
amounted to less than an Inch. The
sky is heavily draped with rain clouds
and the indications are that the storm
will continue the remainder of the day.
This is strengthened by the forecast
sent out by the weather department of
Fhowers and threatening weather.
BOUNDARY RESERVE.
Tlie President Establishes One Sixty
Feet in Width.
Washington, May 30. The president
has issued a proclamation creating a
reservation sixty feet in width along tho
entire northern border of Mexico, in
cluding the state of California and the
territories of Arizona and New Mexico.
The purpose of the reservation is de
clared In the presidential proclamation
to be the suppression of smuggling
across the international line. Private
entries in the line of the projected
reservation and such portions of it as
are needed for roads are reserved from
the operation of the order.
Since the abolition of the old "Zona
Libre" or free zone between Mexico and
the United States, it has been found In
creasingly difficult to prevent smug
gling across the boundary, hence the
presidential proclamation.
PEORIA WANTS HIM.
Bob Burdette's Regiment Would Hold
Reunion for Roosevelt.
Peoria. III., May 30. If President
Roosevelt can be induced to accept
an Invitation to Peoria while he is on
his western trip, the old Forty-seventh
Illinois regiment will hold a reunion
here. This is the famous regiment
that carried a live eagle through the
civil war. and there are but a few
members who survive. Among those
to be invited are: Bishop Ireland,
who was chaplain; John B. Harlow,
associated with the president on the
civil service commission as lieutenant
of the brigade: ex-Governor Lucius
Hubbard of Minnesota, as the com
mander, and Robert Burdette of Los
Angeles, also was a member.
Mrs. Roosevelt Goes Home.
Oyster Bay. L. L, May 30. Mrs.
Roosevelt, accompanied by Miss Ethel
and Archio and a. maid, arrived last
night on the gunboat Yankton.
INTO NEW. HOME
Independent Telephone Com
pany Making Ready to Move.
New Quarters "Wili Be
Complete in West.
Most
CHANGE ON JUNE 15TII
Force of
100 Girls
Employed.
Will Be
Cost of Improvements
Aggregate $100,000.
Will
"We expect to -be in our new ex
change building by the 15th of June
if everything goes right," said B. F.
Pankey, president of the Independent
Telephone company, as he stood in
front of the new structure which has
just been completed and watched the
workmen engaged in laying cement
walks.
To a casual observer it would ap
pear from the street as though but
little was being done towards accom
plishing this end, but once inside of
the. building his mind would speedily
be disabused. There Is a small army
of electrical experts engaged in every
department under the direction of
Superintendent Xevin in forwarding
the work with the greatest possible
speed consistent with the installation
of a plant of this kind.
In the second story where tne Dat-
teries and Insulation boards are lo
cated a number of the most expert
wire workers of the country are en
gaged under the direction of B. E.
Xiven, who is installing the plant for
the American Telephone company of
Chicago. In and out among the laby
rinth of wires these men have worked
for weeks, some of them suspended
from the ceiling while others occupy
every conceivable space about the
building.
The wires enter the building In
cables from the alley on the north and
are carried to the second floor where
the work of distribution has already
commenced. It is on this floor that
they are first released from their lead
container and find their way to the
operating boards on the floor above.
After they enter the building they
are strung on insulation racks which
afford protection from -lightning and
chance connection with heavily
charged electric light or street car
wires. It is this board which affords
protection for the exchange and adds
to its fire proof condition. Here the
wires find their way into smaller con-
tainen-pf the same kind and are car
ried to other parts of the building and
a network of small cables is the re
sult. The "changing over" of the wires
will be a delicate and difficult task and
subscribers may find the service slight
ly impaired while this If being done.
The work will, however, be done as ex
peditiously as possible under the di
rect supervision of W. P. Hemphill,
secretary of tbe company and himself
an electrical expert.
Building I Fireproof.
To an untrained mind the mass of
wires mean nothing and the wonder
is how order nnd accuracy can be
brought out of the chaotic condition
which seems to prevail. Every pos
sible trouble has been anticipated and
while the Edison company will fur
nish the current for the exchange in
case a break down should occur In
that plant the Independent company
has a natural gas engine of its own
which will take the place and do the
work of the Edison plant.
Instead of supplying the current di
rect as has been done in the past it
will be carried to a storage tank and
used as needed thus doing away with
the "machine noise" Incident to the
telephone exchanges of the city at the
present time.
The building Itself is a substantial
three-story brick directly east of the
state house snuare on Jackson street
and besides being a model of its kind
is as nearly fire proof as Is possible.
All the glass used is of the wire laid
fire proof variety and even the window
frames and casements are of steel.
There Is hardly a thing about the
building which could be destroyed by
fire even though the buildings near it
should burn.
Steel has entered largely into the
construction of the Interior and all of
the floors are cement while steel posts
support the floors and roof, the build
ing alone costing S33.000.
The fixtures of the building includ
ing the local board are finished in ma
hogany. The floors of the office are
of rubber inlaid while the carpets of
the operating room on the third floor
are of cork so that not a sound can be
heard as the force moves about or the
operators pass to and from their po
sitions. .
The office fixtures and furniture of
mahogany and brass are the finest
ever brought to the city for this pur
pose and were manufactured -for the
Independent Telephone company from
original designs, at a cost of about
$5.ooo.
Xot a scrap of the furniture now In
use wil be used about the new build
ing as It has been sold to the manu
facturers of the present outfit who will
ship it to Billings. Mont., where it will
be installed in a city almost the size
of Topeka.
Matron to Be Employed.
The second floor of the building will
be given over to the officers of the
operating department of the exchange
with the several superintendents and
the girls employed as operators. A
matron will be in charge of the de
partment for the girls and while on
this floor they will be under her direct
supervision.
Steel lockers have been provided
for each of the operators and they are
furnished with individual keys. One
room is set apart for a hospital where
the employes will receive attention in
case of accidents or sickness while on
duty. In another room arrangements
have been made for the lunches of the
operators, many of whom come from
a distance and prefer to carry their
meals with them.
The top floor Is given over entirely
to the boards, local and long distance,
and this as well as all other depart
ments is a model from a sanitary as
well as the beauty standpoint. The
local board which will accommodate
12.000 subscribers Is arranged In the
form of an immense horseshoe with
the open part to the east.
It tM V arc that thtt crftlt imorOVft-
ment has been made to the service of
the company, as the work of the oper
ators, has been reduced so that a girl
will have but 240 telephones to care
for in the place of 400 as at the pres
ent time. This reduces the size of the
board which each girl will have charge
of and lightens her labors. There are
40 boards and 100 :rirls will be em
ployed.
The room Is light ana airy with' a
skylight directly over the. main board
and a half dozen electric, fans will as
sist In providing for the comfort of the
operators. Every few feet a large red
electric elobe Is placed and when an
operator wishes to leave her chair she
presses an electric button and Is re
lieved by a substitute sent by the chief
operator whose desk is in the rear of
the operators' room.
An Information Department.
Several new departments are contem
plated. "We are arranging to install an
information board." said W. P. Hemp
hill, secretary of the company, "which
will be of great benefit to our patrons.
One of these is for the purpose of dis
seminating information of all kind and
I think that it will prove to be im
mensely popular.
"For this place we will have one of
the best informed girls and she will be
provided with every source of informa
tion possible. When we get this depart
ment working in place of. calling the
chief operator all questions concerning
Information will be referred to this desk.
She will be expected to keep posted as
to the arrival and departure of trains,
the scores and standing of ball teams,
the correct time of day, or night and
a thousand and one things which we
are constantly called on for information
about." '
When completed and .In operation,
which will not be later than the last of
June, the Independent Telephone com
pany will have a system second to none
in the west. The cost has been close to
J100.000. of this amount $35,000 has been
expended in telephone equipment; $33,
000 for the building and $5,000 for office
fixtures.
All of the wires in the city will be
taken down and cables used exclusively.
In the business district the wires will
be contained in the underground cable3
and the cables now in use will be used
in the outlying districts in the place of
copper wire. The cutting in of the ca
bles will occupy several months but the
work will in no way impair the service
of the company and the customers will
not know when it is dene excepting the
fact that the service will be improved.
ROBBED HIS SISTER.
Man of Seventy Departs With Securi
ties Worth $50,000.
Indianapolis. May 30. The rob
bery of $50,000 in stocks and bonds
from a safety deposit vault belonging
to his sister,. Mrs. Christina Xold. and
flight to Cincinnath where he dis
posed of $18,000 worth of his plunder,
are the revelations of one day's search
for Frederick William Hoehn, aged 70
years.
The robbery was dicovered a week
ago when Mrs. Xold. returned from a
visit to Ohio. Going to her deposit
vault she discovered it empty with the
exception of one envelop containing
the securities of a brewing eompany
valued at $10,000. Suspicion was not
Ldtrected to her asred brother until a
letter was received from a Cincinnati
broker making inquiries regarding
stocks and bonds which he purchased
from the old man who claimed to. be
an a?ent for his sister. This broker
arrived in Indianapolis today. He de
clares he purchased $18,000 worth of
the stocks and bonds. Hoehn's where
abouts are unknown.
AFTER THE SALOONS.
Several Law and Order Meetings to Be
Held in Leavenworth.
Leavenworth, Kan., May 30. Mem
bers of the ministers' alliance of Leav
enworth met yesterday and perfected
arrangements to have several law and
order meetings held here next Sunday.
Similar meetings, it is said, will be
held in Atchison at a later date.
There will be meetings in five
churches here Sunday morning which
will be addressed by J. K. Codding, F.
S. Jackson, Attorney General C. W.
Trickett, J. W. Breidenthal and C. L.
Brokaw. Mr. Brokaw is a banker in
Kansas City, Kan. There is to be
one big mass meeting m ine opera
house Sunday night, which will be ad
dressed by C. W. Trickett. The meet
ings are calculated to stir up a tem
perance crusade. They are causing
much anxiety among saloon men.
Several saloonkeepers are preparing to
close their saloons here and seek lo
cations outside the state.
REBELS DEFEATED.
Chinese Government Forces Win
Important Victor-.
Canton, China, May 30. A severe en
gagement has occurred between the
provincial troops and a body of rebels
resulting in a victory for the former.
The rebels lost over a hundred men kill
ed and the government forces captured
the rebel leader together with a number
of flags and considerable ammunition.
Two additional troops have been sent
to Chachou, where the malcontents are
active.
The Chinese gunboat Sumhong, hav
ing on board the Fifteenth regiment of
Chinese troops, has sailed from here
for Swatow to defend that city against
a possibia attack on the part the
rebels.
Coloratlo Buried in Snow.
Colorado Springs. Colo., May 30. The
most unseasonable weather on record
prevails in central Colorado. The moun
tains this morning are white with snow
which fell during the night. The cog
road up Pike's Peak is having great
difficulty in keeping its line open by
reason of the great snow drifts. At
Cripple Creek yesterday a heavy wet
snow fell to a depth of several inches.
Two Dead Girls and a Gun.
Bloomington, III., May 30. Early
today the authorities discovered evi
dence of murder and suicide in the
case of Cora and Carrie Leaderbrand.
whose bodies were found In a creek
near Sprirgfie'.d. A revolver was
found in the creek and it is believed
one girl killed the other and then
committed suicide.
A I-arge Class at Chapman.
Chapman, Kan., May 30. The Dickin
son high school graduated twenty-six
students last night. All are farmers'
eons and daughters.
NO GRAVEMISSED
The Homes of 18,000 Dead
Strewn With Flowers
An! Decorated With American
Flags at Arlington.
IN BANDS OF CREPE
National Colors Are Displayed
From Thousands of Homes
And the Fublic Buildings of the
Country's Capital.
Washington, May 30. With solemn
ana impressive ceremonies. Memorial
Day was observed in the national cap
ital on a more elaborate scale than
usual. Business was suspended and
people of all -classes united in per
petuating the memory of the thou
sands of heroic dead in the eight na
tional cemeteries in this vicinity. Sol
diers'' monuments and ttatues on the
government reservations were flag
draped; flags on all the public build
ings were at half mast and the na
tional colors, with the folds caught in
the bands of crepe, were displayed
from hundreds of private residences.
- Notwithstanding the absence of the
president, who has been a conspicuous
figure in several previous Memorial
Day exercises, the arrangements at
Arlington were elaborate. The day's
programme included a parade of the
G. A. R. posts, the Old guard, Spanish
War Veterans, other patriotic organ
izations and the militia of the District
of Columbia, headed by the United
States marine band; decoration . of
monuments and graves, and addresses
by men prominent in public life.
At the national cemetery at Arling
ton, overlooking the Potomac, the
principal exercises took place. There
the patriotic organizations formed in
line and at the gates were greeted by
a national salute fired by a battery of
the United States field artillery. The
18,000 graves in the cemetery were
strewn with flowers and each grave
mrked by a tiny American flag, wo
men of the societies auxiliary to the
various organizations, having been en
gaged In the patriotic work from early
morning. A touching feature of the
ceremony was the decoration of graves
in the part of the cemetery where lie
the Confederate dead.
The tomb of the "unknown dead
was decorated by a special committee
and there the Marine band rendered
a dirge, the same program being fol
towed in the section allotted to the
Spanish war dead, and a wreath plac
ed on tne- anchor of the battleship
Maine. Later in the Amphitheatre,
with a large crowd present, the - im
pressive service for the soldier dead
was conducted. The program arrang
ed, interspersed by selections of the
United States Marine band included
singing of sacred and patriotic songs.
reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address by Rev. H. X. Couden, chap
lain of the house of representatives,
read "The reveille," (Bret Harte) by
Colonel John Tweedale, U. S. A.; ora
tion by Comrade James Tanner, past
commander-in-chief of the G. A. R.,
and "America" by the band, chorus
and entire assembly.
Following these exercises the un
veiling of the monument to the mem
ory of Major General Joseph A. Mow
er, by the Army of the Tennessee, took
place under the auspices of that so
ciety. United States Senator William
Warner of Missouri presided. Former
United States Senator John M. Thurs
fon, of Xebraska, was the orator of the
day at the exercises at the Brightwood
cemetery.
Under the auspices of the various
posts of the G. A. R.. memorial ex
ercises were held in the District of Col
umbia at the Soldiers' Home, Congres
sional, Oak Hill, Holyrood, Mount
Olivet. Glenwood, St. Elizabeth asy
lum. Rock Creek, Harmony, Prospect
Hill. St. Marys and Battleground cem
eteries. Official programs were carried out
at each cemetery.
KUROKI TAKES PART.
The Baron Placed a Wreath on the
Tomb of Lincoln.
Chicago. May 30. Memorial exercises in
honor of the nation's dead were held to
day at all the cemeteries around Chicago,
at Ft. Sheridan and at Lincoln Park.
around tbe Lincoln monument. Flowers
and flags were placed on the graves of
all of the 4,000 soldiers of the union and
of those who fought for the confederacy.
From Rose Hill, where 960 soldiers are
buried, to the cemeteries where but three
or four are interred, bands of veterans
and ladies paid their annual tribute to
the dead soldiers and listened to addresses
extolling patriotism and exalting the
memory of the dead.
General Baron Kuroki, the hero of the
Talu. accompanied by all the members
of his party, took part in the Memorial
day exercises, and in view of thousands
of spectators, placed a wreath on the
monument of Abraham Lincoln in Lin
coln Park.
Members of the United Confederate vet
erans were in charge of services for dead
confederate soldiers, many of whom are
buried at Oakwood and other cemeteries,
and were assisted in paying their tributes
to the memory of their comrades by the
veterans in blue.
A parade of military, civic and frater
nal organizations, in which nearly 7,000
veterans of the civil war took Dart, was
one f eatures of the dar.
The march of the veterans was brief, a
few squares up Michigan avenue past the
reviewing stand at Grant Park, where
Governor Dineen, with bared head, re
viewed the procession. But the state
troops and other bodies taking part
marched also through the downtown
streets.
Boston 4, Brooklyn 0.
Boston. May 30. The local team
won the morning ball game in the Na
tional league from Brooklyn by the
score of 4 to 0.
Philadelphia 5, Xew York 2.
Philadelphia. May 30. Philadel
phia defeated the New Tork Giants in
the Xational league morning game by
the score of 5 to, 2.
Xew York 3, Wasliington 1. .
Washington. May 30. Xew York
won the morning game from Washing
ton in the American league by the
score of 3 to 1.
Philadelphia 3. Boston 1.
Philadelphia. May 30. The local
team won the morning game from
Boston in the American ball league by
the score of 3 to L
HOTEL PORTERS STRIKE.
They Demand All the Tips and $25 a
Month.
Xew York. May 30. The hotel por
ters who have been talking strike for
several weeks have quit in twenty of
the largest hotels. They demand all
the tips, which under the present sys
tem they have to divide with the head
porters and a minimum wage scale of
$25 a month. The main object of the
strike is the squelching of the head
porters.
The strike came so suddenly that
the hotel clerks had to take a hand in
moving the guests luggage. At the
Waldorf-Astoria the bell boys were
pressed into service. There was con
siderable delay at some of the hotels
before new men could be found, but
the guests as- a rule took matters good
humoredly. In all about three hun
dred porters quit work.
The hotel proprietors say their
places will all be filled today.
HOME IS WRECKED.
A Charivari Party Keeps it Up for 12
Hours.
Chicago, May 30. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Sioux City, la., says:
One hours din for each of the
twelve children of a newly married
pair, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown, was
furnished by 200 charivarists, who af
ter keeping a section of the town
awake all night, were dispersed by the
police at daybreak.
The record-breaking charivari was
given because the man had seven chil
dren and his bride, a widow, five. As
a result of the twelve hours serenade.
the bouse of the bride s father is al
most wrecked, its porch torn off, win
dows smashed, and screens torn down.
The outbuildings were broken up to
furnish clubs and tom-tom beaters.
Piles of cans, pails, scrap iron, discs
and clubs were left in the yard, giv
ing the appearance of a cyclone.
WAR BALLOON FOUND.
Picked Up by Fishing Smack in Eng-
list ChanneL
London, May 30. A military balloon.
piloted by Lieutenants Caulfleld and
Leake of the Royal Engineers, which
was sent up from Aider-shot camp May
28, during the review In honor of Prince
Fushimi of Japan, was picked up by a
fishing smack this morning in the Eng
lish channel. The fate of the two offi
cers is not known. A strong wind which
was blowing at the time of the ascent.
carried the balloon out of view and it
was not again seen until sighted by
coastguards the same evening near Ex-
mouth, when being carried out to sea.
GUILTY ON 33 COUNTS.
Bank Teller Convicted of Making False
Entries.
Pittsburg. Pa., May 30. Thomas W.
Harvey, former teller of the Enterprise
National bank of Allegheney, Pa., was
found guilty on 33 counts for making
false entries of funds of the bank.
The jury, after being out 12 hours.
reached a verdict and the announcement
was made at the opening of court today.
George L. Ralston, former individual
bookkeeper of the bank, is now on trial
on charges of making false entries and
abstracting funds of the bank.
SIR. WOLLET ISN'T SLOW.
County Attorney Brought Petitions for
His Own Removal.
The remarkable spectacle was pre
sented in the attorney general's office
Wednesday of a county attorney com
ing to that office bearing a petition
signed by several thousand citizens of
his county asking for his own dismissal
from the office of county attorney for
failure to enforce the prohibitory law.
ine county attorney who appeared in
this remarkable capacity was D. H.
Wolley of Crawford county. Mr. Wolley
knew that tne petitions were being cir
culated, and he also knew that he was
coming to Topeka to make his defense.
So he went and offered to bring the
petitions with him, and the offer was
accepted.
The petitions charged that Wolley
had failed and neglected to enforce the
prohibitory law.
But Mr. Wolley won t be ousted. He
ucceeded in squaring himself with At
torney General Fred S. Jackson. He
assured Mr. Jackson that he was ready
and willing to use every energy to en
force the law, and evidently put up
such a strong talk that he convinced
the attorney general that he meant
business. Mr. Jackson said today:
I believe that Mr. W olley will do
his duty. He has convinced me that
he intends to enforce the laws and obey
bis oath,"
HUGE EUCHRE PARTY.
Players Number 7,500 at Affair In Aid
of Church.
Xew York. May 30. What probably
was tne greatest eucnre party ever
held in this country was engineered
last night on the pier of Dreamland,
Coney Island. The astonishing num
ber of 7,500 men and women clustered
about the cards. The Rev. John L.
Belford, of the Church of the Xativity,
Brooklyn, was in charge. The euchre
was in aid of the church.
GUESTS OF FAIRBANKS.
President Roosevelt and Party Arrive
a( Indianapolis.
Indianapolis. Ind., May 30. The Big
Four train carrying the president, vice
president and members of the presi
dential party arrived at 10:48 a. m.
The party was met by a large reception
committee in carriages and driven to
the home of Vice President Fairbanks,
where luncheon was served.
Senator Hale in Hospital.
Baltimore. Md., May 30. The con
dition of Senator Eugene Hale of
Maine, who yesterday underwent an
operation-at Johns Hopkins hospital.
was pronounced favorable today.
FINDS 40,000 IDLE
Report on the Labor Trouble in
San Francisco.
Two Thousand Clerks and Sales
men Are Out of Work.
500 TELEPHONE GIRLS
And
1,500 Laundry Workers
Are on Strike.
Laborers Out of Employment
Walk Streets in Droves.
San Francisco, Cal., May 80. Ac
cording to the figures based on an in
vestigation conducted by Harbor Com
missioner H. V. Stafford there are ap
proximately 40,000 persons idle in
San Francisco as the direct result of
the existing labor troubles. Stafford.
who formerly was state labor com
missioner, has submitted the follow
ing report to Governor Gillette. The
ban Francisco musicians' union has a
membership of 900. At this time but
60 are working regularly. The ma
jority of the members in the ui.ion
are taking turn about for employment.
Of about 6,000 clerks and salesmen
in retail stores, two thousand are out
of employment and those that are
working get two days oft weekly,
some with and some without pay.
There are 12,000 iron workers, two
thousand carmen, 500 telephone girls
and 1,500 laundry workers out on
strike.
Ten thousand men of the building
trades are out of work through strikes,
lack of material and lack of money.
Three hundred laundry wagon driv
ers are out of employment as a result
of the laundry workers' strike.
Up to a month ao architects took
draftsmen who could not speak Eng
lish, and were glad to get them. Xow
there are four or five applicants in
every office daily and no work to be
had.
The restaurant business-is cut in
half and the help diminished propor
tionately. Four thousand laborers on street
railroad work are laid off. They Walk
the streets in droves, looking for work
and congest the employment offices.
New Police Commission Demanded.
San Francisco, Cal., May 30. The
Call says today:
The commercial Interests of San
Francisco have formally demanded the
removal of the incumbent police com
mission. The demand made upon
Mayor Schmitz yesterday also Involves
the appointment of a new police com
mission from a list of names selected
by that body of citizens which Is prac
tically the rejuvenated and enlarged
by the mayor himself.
Accompanying the formal demand
for the removal of the police commis
sion was a list of names from which
the mayor is expected to select the
new board. The committee expects
to receive the mflvflr'n decision InHnv.
The demand for the removal of the
police commissioners and the appoint
ment of a new chief by their succes
sors is the first tactical procedure by
the business men's committee organ
ized at the . suggestion of Governor
Gillette for the restoration of law and
order in this city.
STAKES WORTH $25,000
Great Interest in the Race for Three.
Year-Olds at Bcunont
Xew York. May 30. Among the many
sporting events scheduled for today
chief interest centers about the Belmont
stakes for three-year-old running horses,
which is to be decided at Belmont Park.
This prize has been contested for con
tinuously for 40 years. The stakes are
worth 125,000, of which sum $21,000 and a
piece of silver plate worth $1,000 go to
the winner. The piece of plate Is a
superb oblong sterling silver tray, 28
inches long by 20 inches wide. It is em
bellished with attributes of racing horse
shoe, racing bits and sprays of laurel
and palm. The tray contains over 22S
ounces of silver.
To win this rich prize, the horses must
race one mile and three furlongs, the
longest race of the spring. Five horses
make up the field Superman, Peter
Pan, Hickory, Frank Gill and Paumono
K. The other sporting features of in
terest include the league baseball games,
the association regatta on the Harlem
river and the roller skating champion
ship at Madison Square Garden.
OBJECT TO UNIFORM.
Jamestown Visitors Refuse to Dane
With the Marines.
Xorfolk, Va, May 30. Replying to .
the official cognizance taken by the
navy department of the exclusion 'of
enlisted men in uniform from the
dancing pavilion at the Pine Beach
rAcmp ofnlnin. Ih. -T a m A. t in. n T
position grounds, the management
of the pavilion today said that in ex
cluding the enlisted men in uniform, it
had no idea of discriminating against
the service uniform, but that, owing
to tne puonc prejudice againwt ciose
association with the uniform, the pa
trons of the dance pavilion had de
clared they would withdraw if sailors
were permitted on the floor. Only for
the preservation of the profit and life r
of the dancing concession, they added,
had the United States seamen been
excluded.
PATRICK HENRY DAY.
Bryan Is Orator of the Occasion at
Jamestown Exposition.
Xorfolk. Va., May SO. W'illiam J.
Bryan arrived in Xorfolk last night
and today will be the orator of the
day at the celebration of "Patrick
Henry day" at the Jamestown exposi
tion. "Taxation Without Representa
tion Is Tyranny," is the subject of
Mr. Bryan's address.
Weather Indications.
Chicago. May 30. Forecast for
Kansas: .Showers tonight and Friday.