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THIS OMAHA DALLY BJilfl : .WEDNESDAY , JUN.T2 21 , ISO ! ) . Telephones 615-694. Dec ' . , Juno 20 , 09. Jlif New House Yesterday we opened a new lot of pretty wrappers in lawns and per cales/they are all extra well made , cut good and full and of the , very latest and best styles. New Wrappers In pretty patterns made with deep flounce nt $1.00 each. Pretty Lawns made with flounce at $1.25 and $1.GO. White PiqueSkirts. . Hundreds of styles to select from at ? \ . 00 , (1.25 , $2.00 $ , $2,25 and $3.00. White Waists. Wo are dally receiving new things In white waists pretty fine lawn waists , mndo with two rows of hemstitching , box pralted back , price $1.00. AOBNTS FOn FOSTUn ICID Or.OVBS AND McCAJ.VS PATTKUNH. CLDEM & CO. THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMAHA. Y. M. C. A. MUILUING. COR. 1UTII AND UOUQLAS CUT OUT THIS CQUPOU. Omaha Bee Single Summer Vacation coupon ONE VOTE for the most popular yoilng Indy In Omaha who earns her own living. ' - limn * of Young Lady. . . . MISS - 7 CUT OUT THIS COUPON- . Omaha Bee Subscription Summer Vacation CO P ° - HP HIS COUPON , If accompanied hy cash prepaying a - new or old subscription to The Bsc , counts 12 votes for each week prcpaKI , if paid at The Due office , for. thu most popular young lady in Onnha who earns her own living. ( NO. ) VOTES FOR MISS WORKS FOR SEND THE BEE TO ( Name ) . . . FOR WEEKS ( Address ) \ N. B. This Coupon must be stamped by the Circulation $ Department of The Bee before it is deposited. > ( / w-w * Bee Vacation Department. TALKS BtlftjU HEADMIRAL ; ' ' v-'i - ' \ - : Heilner Insists He Made Statements Ac- ' , "v credited to Him. it REMARKS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES Coiivcrsntloii Occur * AVhllo Ilonril 1 * ' ICmlciiA orliiK to Fix the I'ONitluiiH of VnrloiiM VeNHclN Dur ing ; the Fight. WASHINGTON , Juno 20. Following the statement of Lieutenant Commander Hodg- eon respecting the events that occurred on the brldgo ' , of the Brooklyn July 3 , the Navy dppart'mont today made public tbo following report from Captain Chadwlck of his ex amination of Lieutenant Commander Ilell- nor : u. s. s. NEW YORK ; BOSTON , Mass. , Juno 19. 1809. Sir : In obedience to the or ders , of , thi ) secretaryof-the , navy , . I have the honor to make UIQ following report of an examination of Lieutenant Commander Heil ner , with respect to his knowledge of a con versation reported to have occurred between Rear Admiral Schley and Lieutenant Com mander Hodgson , reporting the action of July 3. 18'J8. Lieutenant Commander Hollncr states aa follows : "At one of tho'early sessions of thu hoard on ships' positions during the action of July 3. I strongly expressed my doubt as to the Brooklyn's position before making the loop BB laid down tar Mr Hodgson ; several other navigators , .Mr. Cotnly nnd Mr. Schutz , I know , sided with mu. Mr. Hodgson and I on this particular occasion walked up ami down the port side of the cabin of the Brook lyn In which the board' ' was sitting. It Is my impression that Mr. Hodgson claimed that the Brooklyn was 1.100 yards from the leading Spanish ship when the turn waa made. The board. I think , put It at 1,100 yards. Mr. Hodgson told mo that ho felt certain they wpie closer than 1,400 yards and that their stadlmetor gave SOO yards. Ho saidVo : were so close that Schley gave the order. "Hard n-port. " I sold to him , "You mean starboard , do you not ? " The commodore said. "No , I mean a-port ; 'wo nro clone enough to them now. " ' "Mr. Hodgson said ho then called atten- tlqn to the position of the Texas nnd told the commodore ho thought theru was danger of running her down. The commodore re- Piled'D n the Texas ; let her look out for herself. ' This conversation was repeated tome mo on several occasions , Everything I say now was contained In Mr Hodgson's statement. The words may have been n little different. 'Ho may have said "Don't you mean starboard , commodore , " Instead of the IIrift phraseology. He cer tainly said "Wo are near enough now , " und also "l > n the Texas ; lot her look out for herself. " He repeated this conversation to mo nt least thrco times during the sessions of the board , because every tlmo n discussion nrosa I recurred to ( ho position given by him , which I did not think correct. I placed no dependence on any observation by Htndtmeter or sextant during gun lire. My experience wne that during the action I could not get n single observation by the ttadlraoter on which 1 could place any con- Hdence , though I was using two stadlmoters nnd bad a man In the conning tower with cleaning material whoso duty was to try to keep the glasses clean. With the utmost care this could not be done. I tried keeping the utadlincter under my coat , but U was of no use. I mention this RB a reason for the doubts which brought up the discussion. The report as published was practically the conversation as repeated to mo. Lieutenant Commander Heilner appends ] IeadacUeblllou8nc9S , heartburn , ( nd- ( , and nil Hvcr ills uro cured by Pills Bold by all'drugGlsta- cents , his Blgnaturo as nn attestation of the ' 'cor rectness of the foregoing as herewith given. Very respectfully , "P. B. CHADW1CK.1 ' Captain , U. S. N. L. C. HEILNER , Lieutenant Commander , U. S , N. SCIILEY IS BISCHEETLY SILENT. Ailintrnl Scliley Declines to Mix-Up in CoiitrnvtrrM ) ' of the Junior Ofllcrrtt. BALTIMORE , June 20. Rear Admiral Schley , who is visiting General Felix Agnus at the home of the. latter near this , city , 1 declined to comment upon or discuss in any manner the statement of Lieutenant Commanders Hodgson or Heillner. General Agnus said : "Admiral Schley has nothing to say. This Is merely n dispute between junior officers. History tella the rest. " Correction of Statement , WASHINGTON , June 20. The Navy de partment today gave out the following cor rection In Captain Chadwlck's letter anent the Hodgson statement : The typewritten copy of statement of Cap tain Chadwlck and Lieutenant Commander Hodgson given to the press yesterday was In error In the following points : About one-third from the beginning , where published statement reads : "I Intended him to understand there was danger of running Into the Texas. " He said "All right , " or words to that effect. I cannot repent vcr- i batlm. It should have read : "I Intended him to understand there was danger of running Into the Texas. " Ho said , "all right , the Texas must look out for that , or words to that effect : I cannot repeat verbatim. DUTY AND GAIN HAND IN HAND CoiiRi'lence anil Commerce Joined In the I'lon of John Ilnrrett to Hetnlii IMilllmtliicH. BOSTON , June 20. John Barrett , minister to Slam during the Cleveland administra tion , spoke before the' Bcston Chamber of Commerce this afternoon regarding the Philippines and the extension of the United States trade in the far east. Ho said in part : "If wo fall to hold the Philippines and to protect our rights of trade throughout the far east , the United States will not only become a secondary power in the great Pa cific , where by natural position and hand of God we are Intended to bo forever first , but the Pacific const states will experience the moat demoralizing nnd destructive blow to their progress nnd prosperity that could possibly be given them , "I appeal to you as representative citi zens of Boston and Massachusetts and through you to the people of all Now Eng land to unite with and support the Pacific coast states In a policy which will not only Insist upon our meeting and mastering courageously and successfully our unavoid able moral responsibility in the Philippines , but upon our taking legitimate advantage of the Immeasurable material and commercial opportunities that result from the occupa tion of the islands both In their own splen did field nnd In the larger and wider ono which reaches all the way from Java on the south and Jaimn and Siberia , on the north , Viitue of llaitterii Market. "Tho full exploitation of these far eastern - ' orn markets nn.d opportunities applies al most In the same measure to Now England , to the middle states , to the south and to the great central west. In other words the whole country east and west , north and south Is vitally concerned In the expansion of American commerce and Influence throughout the 1'acltlc seas. If the far east wants the Hour , the timber and other food and manufactured products of the Pacific coast It wants also the cotton goods of New England , the cotton goods and the raw cot ton of the south , the manufactured Iron , steel ant } miscellaneous products as well as the. petroleum of the middle states and U wants the similar products , together pos sibly with the * maize or Indian ideal and ilour of the great central west. " BRIGHT DAY FOR PRESIDENT McKinley Distributes Diplomas Among Sweet Girl Graduates. DEGREE IS GRANTED EXECUTIVE IN RETURN xprc'lapK Ar ' I'olliMvc-il liy n ( lon nt IVhli-h Mi > Klnli > > - StilnnllH to Ttvi-ut y-Kotir Hundred HtUlllnhllken. SOUTH HADLEY , Mass. , Juno 20.-Pre9l- dent McKlnlcy participated In the com mencement exercises nt Mount Holyokc college - lego today , awarding the diplomas to the senior closs , among whom was his niece , Miss draco McKlnlcy , and accepting In a brief address the degree of Doctor of Civil La/ws / , conferred upon him by the col lege. The president and party came from Holyoke by electric car this morning. After the college exercises the president held a reception on the platform In front of the village church , shaking hands with 2,100 people. Then the visitors returned to the Whiting mansion In llolyoke by electric car. Tomorrow President McKinley and party will enjoy a steamer rldo down the Connecticut river to Springfield , where there will be receptions and a parade , nnd at 4 p. m. the pflrty will leave Springfield for Adams , Mass. , by special train. The president and party left the Whiting house at 9:30 : o'clock this morning on the electric car Ilockrammon and at the rail road station Governor Wolcott and wife , Adjutant General Oalton and Colonel Mor gan were taken aboard. South Iliulli-y r.nlly Ill-decked. The decorations about the town , par ticularly upon the houses near the col lege , were tasty and picturesque. No at tempt at general decoration of the Instltu- I tlon buildings had been made beyond the | draping of a few American flogs. The In- j terlor of the chapel , however , was adorned ' with Hags nnd bunting and the generous use of potted plants , palms nnd cut flowers pro duced a very pleasing effect. The town was crowded with visitors early In the day. Although the limitations of the college chapel were well known to all residents In this section the people seemed to expect that somehow or other an opportunity would bo given them to shake hands with the pres ident , nnd the college grounds were thronged some tlmo before the hour scheduled for thd beginning of the day's program. The president nnd his party reached hero at 10 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Trask and Rev. Dr. Judson Smith of the Hoard of Trustees of Mount Holyoke college were walling for thorn at the entrance to the college grounds. The visitors were escorted to the chapel , and as the president , leaning on the arm of Dr. Smith , appeared at the entrance the audience arose. The president and the gentlemen who accompanied him were given seats on the platform. Mrs. McKlpley , Mrs. Wolcott and the other women of the party sat nt the right. In the auditorium. The seniors oc cupied the front rows. After devotional exercises Dr. Smith read an address , his subject being : "A Plea for the Humanities. " In closing he welcomed the guests and Introduced Governor Wolcott , who spoke at some length. Then , while the chorus was singing President McKlnley was escorted to the front of the platform by Mrs , Mead , president of the college. Upon a table near at hand lay the diplomas. As the music ceased the president raised one of the rolls and the name It bore was that of his niece. Miss Grace McKlnley. The young . woman advanced , received the diploma and shook hands with the president. ' This was the only demonstration made by the gradu ates , aside from the- usual bow and expres sion of thanks. As the diploma was presented and the president was about to resume his sent , Dr. Trask arose and addressing President Me- Klnley announced that Mount Holyoke college - lego wished to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws. The president ac cepted the honor In the following words : Prcnlrtrnt AdilrpxNCN CluxN. President McKlnley said : "I cannot re frain from making acknowledgment of the very distinguished honor which the board of trustees and officers of this Institution have been pleased to confer upon me. I want to assure the young ladles of the graduating class that I am both delighted and honored to bo amcmbcr of a class of ' 99. "Massachusstts has been and Is first In many things , but in nothing more than In educational Institutions. "I count myself most fortunate to have been privileged yesterday to look upon the faces of graduates of Smith college , the splendid Institution of learning for the ed ucation of the women , nnd I count myself most fortunate today to look upon the faces of the graduates of this glorious historic In stitution , that has done so much for the exaltation of women and whose Influence Is felt not only In Massachusetts , but In every part of our common country. ' "Mount Holyoke Is more than sixty years old today and the influence of this insti- A TlIOUGIITKUIi WHITISH. FlnilN It TiiyK tn lie Thoughtful. "When I first read in your advertisements the serious charges brought against the old-style coffee , I know them to contain ulniplo nnd accurate statements of scien tific fact wnlch any physiologist or hyglen- Ist could substantiate. Still , as an old coffee drinker , It was hard to make up my mind to change .tho old habit which had become' seemingly so fixed a part of my life. For many weeks I allowed myself to read your sober warn ings and stirring appeals to the conscience and reason of the people , without taking action , notwithstanding the fact that I had for years felt the habit was undermining my nervous force , Impairing the memory , weakening the sight and threatening < ? ven to soften tho-braln. I had also come across numerous lnstaifc.es among my acqualiU- anco of dyspepsia brought about or largely aided by the accumulated evils of dally coffee drinking. An old restaurant man finally Induced mete to , give Postum a trial , ho , and his > vlfo having adopted It as. one , of their household staples. I knew htm , to bo somewhat of a coffee connoisseur , and. was the more Im pressed by his suggestion. My first trial > was unsatisfactory and I put It away , but fortunately I nqtlced your published warn ing jas to not cooking the coffee sufll'clently , and I saw then that I had not given It a fair trial , sb I went at It again , and this last trial was sufficient to convince me tjiat the product Is Indeed a marvelous Invention and justifies all the claims and more that you make regarding It. Since that time the Postum has become n dally beverage and a household necessity with the whole family. Tlie benefits that have come to us have been too many and too subtllo to fully specify. In my o\yu case I enjoy a sound sleep at night , wok- Ing thoroughly refreshed ; my eyes arc stronger and brighter , memory Is certainly better and my nerves and digestion Im measurably Improved , It Is my belief that coffee and tea drinking Is largely responsible for much of the domestic friction end mis ery , owing to ( ho terrible ravages It works on the nerves and digestion of ( hose sub ject to these unfortunate habits , " W , Mitchell , The Emporium , , San Francisco , Cat. tutlon In moulding and shaping the citizens of the nation can never be told. " 1 nn glad .that we nro demonstrating In the 'United States today that the boy shall ha\o lie more Advantages than the girl , and Mount Holyoke nnd Smith and the half dozen other Institutions of the land arc demonstrating that fact. "An educated womanhood Is an open school for citizenship every day of the year and the homo 1s tH6 training school for the mother , the soldier nnd the statesman. I wish for this graduating class all good things and I want you to bo assured that all good things wait upon a pure and noble woman. " At the closq of the exercises the com pany proceeded to Mary Urlgham hall , where the president retired for half an hour's rest. 1'renldent tireetN III * Krlend * . At 3 o'clock a. reception was held on n platform erected'in front of the local church , at which the .president shook hands With townspeople , and then the party returned to the Whiting house at Holyoke. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen and Lieutenant Crane , who arrived Just In time , participated In the reception. Governor and Mrs. Wolcott returned to Dostou Immediately after the chapel exercises. The evening was spent very quietly at the Whiting resi dence and the president and Mrs. McKlnley retired early. Tonight Is the last that will bo spent tn Holyokc. At 10:15 : tomorrow morning n trip down the river will bo taken on the steamer Maaotahd the'remainder of the day will bo spent : In receptions nnd In reviewing a parade In Springfield. The president's spe cial train will leave Springfield for Adams at 4 o'clock and thu following days until Wednesday , Juno 28 , will be spent nt the homo of W. IJ. Plunkott. , The president will leave for Washington on the night of Juno 23. Mount lloly&ko college , In conferring a degree upon the president today , followed closely after Smith college at Northampton , the trustees of which on Monday night In formed the president that they had voted to confer upon him the degree of LL.D , The president sent the following acknowl edgment to President SCelyee to Smith college - lego : "Receive for yourself and the trustees my high regard for the honor conveyed upon me. Mrs. McKlnfoy joins with me In hearty congratulations to tha class of ' 99. " TURN KEYS OVER TO THE ELKS . . < . I'ltifV lint ami Cane IlrlKiitlc Now IllIN Klltll-C l' NCNNl * ( > H 'ill Si. LotilH. ST. LOUIS , June 20. Thousands of mem bers of the Benevolent nnd Protective Order of Elks are hero from every prominent city In the country to" attend the thirty-first meeting Of the grand lodge nnd reunion of that order , whfch toegan "here today and -will continue throughout- week. Various kinds of entertainment and ex cursions have been provided for the Visitors by the local1 lodge. Tomorrow there will be a grand 'parade , In which It is expected that 8,000 Elks will participate. There will also bo prize drills atld band contests. For the latter event at least twenty bands have as sembled. Twelve'thousand dollars In prizes will bo distributed among these contestants and to participants in the pcrnde. The opening exercises of the grand lodge and reunion of the , < order were held today at the Olympic-theater ( , which was crowded with badge-ibedecked Elks and their ladles when Kov. II. G. Hoscamp , grand chaplain , of Kokomoj Ind.- arose and offered prayer. Louis P. Aloe , chairman of the local ex ecutive committee , made the opening ad dress of welcomei He was followed by Mayor Henry Zlegenhelm In one of his char acteristic speeches , In which he welcomed the Elks to St ; * Louis , turning over to them the keys of.thotclty , and the breweries. Bert W. Lyon of-Stf Loiils welcomed , the visitors , on .behafr of the ' Loula lodge. , , Hon. John , Oalvjn' Clncnnnati , the grand exalted ruler , responded. He thanked the mayor and local Elks for their hearty wel come nnd tben went on to say : "The order of Elks has been more misunderstood , moro censured and' more abused by those who do not know it than any other organ ization In existence. On the other hand , It has been and is more praised , more com mended and more loved by those who do know It than any other organization. Many people have thought it was merely a convivial organization , with no serious pur pose or object. ' This Is a great mistake. The groundwork and foundation of our order is the great golden rule of life "Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. " After addresses on "A Sketch of the Past , " by Mende D. Detweller , past grand exalted ruler , and "A Glimpse Into the Future , " by Hon. Howard McSherry of New Brunswick lodge , N. J. , the meeting dissolved and the grand lodge went Into secret session for the transaction of business. The first thing taken up In secret ses sion was the annual report of Grand Sec retary Heynords. This showed a. total mem bership of 56,000 , divided among 516 lodges. During the last year .seventy-six new lodges , with .a membership of 11,000 , have been i added to the roll. The report was referred to a committee for action. The report of the grand treasurer was read and also re ferred to committee for action. The consideration of/jU / new constitution was made a special onV for tomorrow aft ernoon. The vote on the place for holding the next grand lodge was also made a special order for Wednesday afternoon. The conclave then adjourned to 2 p. m. tomorrow. , STRIKE IS NOT YET ORDERED Dock World'An ' alt Judgment of I'rcNlilcnt Ivei-fe of the 'l/oii UTNlio BUFFALO , N. Y , , June 20. Contrary to expectations , a general strike of dock work ers was not ordered tonight. A conference was held hy representatives of the various branches of labor along the docks and after the freight handlers had been urged In vain to return to work it was decided that no action looking to a general strike should ho taken until President Keefo of the 'longshoremen arrives here and looks Into the situation. A telegram was eont to Mr. Keefe and he Is expected hero tomorrow night. Leaders of the different labor bodies who were spoken to at the close of tonight's meeting , said that while they were averse to n general strike , nnd would try to avert U. the agreement of the different unlono to stand together was binding , and should the request for an advance In wages de manded by the freight handlers fall , nothing would prevent the calling out of all the workmen. In the meantime nothing of any con sequence Is being done on the docks. The tow vessels that are In the harbor are being unloaded slowly by nonunion men. As much freight as possible is being di verted to the rqllroads and the managers at the different freight houses appear alto gether Indifferent as to whether the strike continues or not. .loll I'rt-NHini'ii Want Inilejienilenee. INDIANAPOLIS , June 20. The conven- tlon of'the International Printing Press men's ' union today decided that job press men could not organize branch unions , hut should cqntlnue either as pressmen or as sistants , . The job men urged that the con stitution of the \mlon did not "recognlrb them , while they are capable of looking aftur their own particular Interests , They say that they wllf bring the question up at every .convention until they get the doilred change , in the union laws. The unhn de- cjlucd to give Its consent , claiming that the tendency Is too much toward dividing the unions ' Into classes , thereby weakening ( ires , cnt 'Unions , both in membership end ( Inane-pa. BARNS BOMBARDED BY BRICKS Strikers Surround Street Oaf Plants Boot on Reaching Workmen , SPEEDY SETTLEMENTHOWLVERIS , , IN SIGHT Proposition In Siitutilttril to Company by Discontented Miniilnj r , Um- lioitjItiK Tor in * Wlilrli Arc Apparently Heimonalilc. CLEVELAND , 0. , Juno 20. Whllo the prospects for a GOttlemcnt of the strike of the street rail way "men arc brighter tonight than they have been at any time since the trouble begun , there has been more serious rioting today than at any previous time. The disturbances began early In < ho morn ing , continued throughout the day and to night a. big mob surrounds the south side barns of the Dig Consolidated company de termined to get nt the nonunion men who nro housed there. Whllo the sympathizers of the strikers were hurling bricks and stones nt nonunion motormcn and conductors a special commit tee of the city council was trying to get the representatives of the strikers and the dill- ccrs of the company together and It suc ceeded to the extent of Inducing the strik ers to submit n proposition In writing and getting the consent of President Kvercit of the Big Consolidated to submit the came to the Board of Directors In the morning. The strikers' proposition abandons the de mand for the recognition of the union , but asks that all the old men bo taken back save those who may bo convicted In court of destroying property. The members of the council committee believe a settlement Is In sight. Street Cum Arc Stoiicil. There were two Incipient riots Into this nftornoon. At the corner of Central and Wilson avenues n crowd of 2,000 persons ob structed the passage of two cross-town cars. Drlcks were thrown nnd the- windows of the cars broken. One of the non union motormen who gave his name as Charles Jones of Grand Rapids , Mich , , was hit with a brick and so badly Injured that It was necessary to send him to a hospital. Later a car on the South Side line was attacked near the suburb of Brighton. The motorman and conductor were chased Into the- woods by a mob and they had not re turned when It came time to stop running cars. No arrests were made. The people of the South Side nurse < l their wrath all day. They made no attempt i to Interfere with the running of cars on ' Clark avenue so long as there was police protection , > but this evening there was a determined effort to get at the non-union men who were taken to the Hollenden ave nue barns this forenoon to operate the cars from that end of the line. Scon after dark a mob of 5,000 people assembled. There were twenty policemen nt the barns , but they were' powerless to handle the mob. Fences were torn down and the crowd broke Into the barns. In the meantime the non-union men had escaped to the attic and the rioters contented them selves with smashing a few of the cars. By that time several wagon loads of police had arrived and the mob was dispersed. At another place on the South Side switches were torn up and the track blockaded. Akron Ciirx Abandoned. AKRON , 0. , June 20. Not a car Is run ning on the Akron & Cuynhoga rapid transit ' lines today. When the general officers I reached the offices today they found all power shut off nnd the cars lh the barns. I i S9mo tlmo ago ttiere WHS a disagreement ( as | I fo wages and the -matter was referred to I arbitration. * The report , which as siib- . mltted last night , Included a clause provld- | | Ins for arbitration In the future nnd this the company refused to accept , The men held nn nll-nlght meeting nnd then decided to go out on strike. Ne effort was made to run cars today. A conference is to be held this evening between the employes and the com pany. As has been the rule since the strike be gan riotous disturbances broke out today about noon. A crowd boarded a. Wade Park avenue car near Llndus and Anndale avenues nnd beat the non-union motorman into fa- senslblllty. The conductor fied from his car. Another Wade Park avenue car was stoned i > nrt one on the Euclid avenue line was at- ta-'ced. Many women were on 'board ' and shrieked with terror as the stones crashed through the car windows. One woman fainted. At the corner of Wilson avenue and Qulncy street one man was shot and others i had narrow escapes. The passengers escaped - ' caped as best they could when the stones began to fly , but the conductor and motor man were struck repeatedly. The latter drew a revolver and fired three times Into the crowd. He then put on all speed and ran Ills car out of the mob's reach. George Berg , Jr. , a striking conductor , was hit In , the leg t > y a bullet , which was extracted. No arrests were made. Trnln CP MV Ilnilly Honteii. The crow of Scovll avenue car No. 221 was badly fieaten by ton men , The car was on Its way down town. At Wilson ave nue one man got on , ana at every crossing thereafter one or two more men boarded the car until there wore ten passengers. When Harry C. Clark , the conductor , was taking up fares ono of the men gave him a fifty-cent piece. As Clark started to make change ho was struck on the head from be hind by a coupling pin In the hands of a passenger. Several of the other men then Jumped upon him and poundcl him Into In sensibility. The others turned their atten tion to the motormnn , whoso name Is John Clark. Ho was also hit on the head nnd 1 body. He sank to the floor unconscious. I By thlo tlmo the car , running nt high speed , had reached Hackman street. Hero the men ' all left the car. A block further on Clark , the motorman , recovered sufficiently to shut off the current nnd bring the car to a stop , After a short wait It was run back to the barn. Both men wore badly hurt. i A , W. Welgel , n letter-carrier , riding on a Euclid avenue car , was struck full In the face by a stone. He was unconscious nnd covered with blood when help reiched him. THIEVES EMPTY MAIL SACKS ; Hold IMnn nt I'oNtolllcc KmployeN to Win Hit-lien IN Snollril Ilefore I'.N Fruition , CHICAGO , June 20. What Is regarded by I 1'ostofllce Inspector James Stuart as one of' ' the largest and baldest malf robberies In [ the history of the Chicago postoffico waa detected - i tected today and the arrests of Walter Por- | tcr and John Newman , drivers of mall , wagons at the postofflco , followed. Porter made a full confession , Implicating New man , A large amount of the letters , money or ders and packages taken by the men was found In their lodging houee at 260 South Halsted street. In the pile were letters , money orders and chocks directed to nil parts oC the country nnd 1'urope. Ono check found In the pile was for $20.000 , while an other for n Inrgo amount tta * sent from Mnrcils Daly's bank at Anaconda. The fnct that the robbers had been lt the cmpfoy of the Chicago postoffico since Juno 1 nnd that nil ths thefts wore com mitted since thnt time , -while the prisoners wcro driving their wagons , makes their scheme one tif the boldest In the rtvollectlon of the postofflco Inspectors. The mall was nil token In pouches while being carried In wagons from the poBtoffieo to the railroad stations and back nnd It hns been admitted that three sacks wcro tnktci In ono day. The prisoners will not admit thnt they sc- , ? urcd much of value from their depredations , but declare they would have been consider ably richer had their scheme not been dis covered so soon. They were preparing to destroy the mall matter when nrrcsted nnd had hidden most of It away In sacks In the attic of the house In which they lived. GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS IlopoH of 1U > t > nHiiirti < of Agricul ture on ( Jrn'ii unit the \Ventlier. WASHINGTON , Juno 20. ( Special. ) Spring Wheat : Acreage Preliminary re turns Indicate n reduction of about 470,000 acres , or 2.5 per cent , In the area sown. Of the twenty states having 10,000 acres or up ward In this product , six report an In crease , amounting altogether to about 245- 000 acres , and fourteen a decrease , aggregat ing nboitt 715,000 acres. Them li an Indi cated decrease of 3 per cent In Wisconsin ; 5 per cent In Minnesota ; 8 per cent in Iowa ; 1 per cent In Nebraska ; 7 per cent In North Dakota , and 6 per cent In Oregon. On the other hand there Is n reported Increase of 4 per cent In South Dakota and of 6 per cent In Washington. In consequence of the partial failure of the winter wheat crop there has been a manifest disposition to largely Increase the acrcagn In spring wheat , but the season has been so unfavor able that In only a few states daw the spring wheat acreage equal that of Ust year. Condition The average condition of spring wheat Is 91.4 , as compared with 100.9 on Juno 1 , 1898 , 89.6 at the correspond'ng ' date In 1897 , and 93.2 , the mean of the June averages for the last thirteen years , he condition In Minnesota corresponds with the mean of the June averages for the last fif teen years. In South Dakota It is 2 points above , In Nebraska 1 above , and in North Dakota , Iowa , Washington nnd Oregon 3 , 5. G nnd 17 respectively , below the fifteen-year average for such shorter terra of years as Is available for comparison. Winter Wheat : Condition The average condition of winter wheat Is ( ! 7.3 , as com pared with 99.8 at the corresponding date last year , 7S.5 on June 1 , 1897 , and 83.4 , the mean of the June averages for the last thir teen years. With the execeptlon of Okla homa , there Is not a state or territory re porting winter wheat the condition of which Is not below the flfteen-year a\orago , or the average for such- shorter term of years as may bo available for comparison. The num ber of points below the Juno average in the principal winter wheat states la as follows : California , 1 ; Ohio and Texas , 7 ; Tennessee and Oregon , llPennsylvnnla ; , 13 ; Kentucky , II ; Maryland , 16 ; Virginia , 17 ; Missouri and Washington , 20 ; Kansas , 20 ; Indiana , 27 ; Illinois. 3G , and Michigan , ; IS. Oats : Acreage The total reported acrnnge In oats Is about 169,000 acres , or sevcu- tenths of 1 per cent , Ires thin : last year. There Is a decrease o 4 per cent In Texas , 2 per cent In Indiana , Minnesota , South Dakota and Iowa , 1 per cent In Illinois and 13 per cent in Missouri. On the other hand there Is an Increase of 4 per cent in New York , 2 per cent In Pennsylvania. Ohio nnd Michigan , 5 per cent In Wlsconuln and Kan- sas , 7 per cent In Nebraska , and 3 per cent in North Dakota. Condltlqp The average condition of oats Is 88.7 , as .compared . with 98 on June 1 of last year , 89 atbe corresponding date In 1897 , and 91.2 , the mean , of the June aver ages for n series of years , Is as follows : New- York and Indiana , 2 'above ; Michigan nnd Nebraska , 3 above ; Wisconsin. 1 abo\c ; Illi nois , I above ; Pennsylvania and Minnesota seta , ( I below ; Ohio , 4 below ; Iowa , E below ; South Dakota. 3 below , nnd Kan = ns. 7 be'ow. Sprli Pasture : Condition The depart ment Is not In possession of such Inf 'mil ' lion as Is necessary to the proper geographic distribution of .the acreage In pasture and to the determination of an average condition for the entire country , but there are few states In which the condition la mt man ifestly below the ateraqo for a series of yeare. The mcst notable excepllrns to the rule are Indiana , Illinois , MlEsourl and Kan sas , where the condition Is from 1 to i points above the average. Clover : Acreage From eighteen states and territories an Increase , and from thirty a decrease , Is reported In the acreage In clo\er. While the data In the possession of the department are not sufficiently complete to form the ben's ' of an estimate , oven In the form of a percentage , of the reductlan In area , that reiluctiori is undoubtedly very considera-hle. Condition The condition of clover Is below the average except In Id.iho , where it Is-ther same , and'hi Maine , Georgia , Ken tucky and Nebraska , where It Is 3 , 2 , 3 and 6 points above. I LAYS IT ALL TO THE NEGRO , ClinrKi-H tlu > Liiuk of I'rnniicrlt- tin- | ' Sonlli to I lie .VonproiircHKlvc SlIrlt of ( lie Ilnce. i WASHINGTON , June 20. The Indua'rlal I commission tqJny continued | ls Investigation 1 of the agricultural conditions of the south. J. I'olk Brown , president of the Agricul tural society ot Georgia , was the first wit ness. He agrcod with , Mr. Barrett , who tcs- tilled yesterday , that the condition cf agri culture In the south WOB moro depressed than ( t had ever been. .More , people were plowing bare-footed and bare-backed than over before , He agreed with the late Henry Grady that thq fault was not with the nol | or the climate , nor , as many had claimed , was It , entirely with the tariff. Ono of the most prolific causes of the trouble as In the fact that cotton was practically the only crop , Another cause , ho nssenail , was that the education was not suiriclcntly prac tical. It should teach people to do manual labor. So far as the colored race was con cerned , there was no opening for them In the trades or the professions. Mr. Brown dwelt upuii the presence of the negro us thu Hjicclitl cause of the want of development of the south. Ho regarded him as retarding the Industrial , moral , re ligious , social and agricultural development of the section and he felt that If he wcro absent a better clues of labor would take his place. Tie | moro the negro was paid the less efficient hu was as a laborer. Mr. Brown wanted the race separated from the whites anil colonized .cither In this'country or elsewhere In the tnierest of the southern statCfe. But the race la n > ni > t i ; r > 'isivo and Indlsnceed to adopt new methods nii'l now devices. The great obstacle In ttio way of the dcvulopmcnt of the manufactur ing Intercut * was the want of money Mr. Brown advocated diversified crops , ( "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS" . DEW'ARE OF SUBSTITUTIONS i recommending th.it cncli community shoulit raise sufficient of everything to meet ltd o\u demands. At the nftorrioon ncs'slon the conrtnlssloH1 listened to a stutrmcat by I' . It. Lovojoy , a merchant niut planter of Unwklnivllle1 , On. HP spoke especially of the rchtlon o ( the local merchants nlul the tumors. Thd merchants themselves had not been prosperous f perous for poveral year ? They were com * polled to make the majoilty of the snles oq erodlt r.nd had to tnlto mortgages upon thd land if the formers , If they had any. ( t on their crops , , If they had no lands. Many of thorn were not nblo to give collatcri.1 of any \nlno nml to such men salrs were made on largo margins of prollt. "We BO | a man . " ' said. If he Is good , we sell to him on n small mnrg'n. ' If ho Is a hnrd'cnsea Vh e what ho h.i-j nml quit. " lie said that freight rates from Georgia to Xow Yqrk wore about twlro what they nro froiri Np\\- York to-OrorRln. ' The lnrg cities \\ctc evidently being built up at tin expense of tincountry. . Wood OUVriMl Illuli < M II 1'oMHun. WASHINGTON * Juno 20'General . -General l.eo - nrd Wood , the mllltnv.v go\einor of Santiago province , has been offered tin' presidency ol the Washington Traction and IJlertrlr CPIU- pany of this city. The company was fotined recently and o\\ns and controls , directly and Indirectly , all the street railroads In thu District of C61umbla , with the exception of tlio Capital Traction company. It also owns the two electric light companies.riiU nftornoon General Wood wits In consultation with parties Interested In the newcompany. . Ho has the matter under advisement. Money for Agricultural Colli-ur * . WASHINGTON , June 20. ( Upeclat Tele- gram. ) The secretary of the Interior today made the apportionment of funds provided by congiess for the support of state agri cultural colleges for the coming focal year. The colleges In Nebraska , South Dakota , Iowa and Wyoming nro allotted f25UiJi ) each. Senator Thurston Is attending commence ment exercises at Harvard college. 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