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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA, lUOXHAV MOKNIXG, JULY 8, 15)01.
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BRAND DAIRY GOODS
Uicli lam Will Inaptoi Butter and Similar
Product! for Export.
WILL CERTIFY AS TO THEIR EXCELLENCE
Intsadi to Catar ta Foreigi Falatti with
High-Gradi Stcck.
PURITY AND QUALITY HIS TRADEMARK
Thoroughly Practical and Hoatit Ejitim
ii Prcpssid.
INSPECTION BY CUSTOMS DISTRICTS
Intention In tn Protect All I'nrtle ami
at the Snme Time llnlillh Con
fidence In Other Conn trim for
American Shipment.
WASHINGTON, July 7. The agricultural
appropriation uct for tho current fiscal
year authorizes the secretary of agrleulturo
In Ills discretion to apply ths law fur the
Inspection und branding of live cattlo and
product!) fa dairy productH Intended for
exportation, tho purpose, being to enable
American uxportirs of dairy products to
glvo foreign buyers tho assurance of cer
tlllcntlon by tho government of the United
Btatcs of the purity, quality and grade of
dairy products.
Secretary Wilson has decided to exercise
tho authority conferred on Mini by estab
lishing In tho customs districts of lloston,
New York, Chicago aud San Francisco a
system of inspection of dairy products and
have experts In those departments gather
Information by means of which regulations
tnay be drafted. T
A beginning will bo mado In a small way,
with view of bringing about a practical and
honeot system by which ull parties may bu
properly protected It Is stated at the do
partment that it Is probable that at an
early duto tho owners or shippers of prod
ucts for txport may, upon application,
bavo the goods marked and certified as
to purity and quality, provided they aro
ebovo tho minimum grade.
OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
Grent (iron Hi of Commerce lu l'nrni
1'roilnce, Kieclnlly vtlth New
I'OMSrMHloll.
WASHINGTON', July 7. Frank II. Hitch
cock, chief of the foreign market section
of tho agricultural department, has com
piled statistics showing tho distribution
of the agricultural exports of tho United
States for tho years lS3i-1000.
He shows that there woro a dozen coun
tries in 1900, to each of which ho United
States exported over- $10,000,000 worth ,of
domestic farm produce.
Tho United Kingdom purchased $408,000,
00J and Germany J13l.000.000 worth. Our
agricultural cxporto to tho United King
dom wero the largest on record, except
ing those of tho extraordinary yenr, 1898,
when a value of $439,000,000 was attained.
In our trade with Germany tho exports
for 1000 wero decidedly In excess of any
previously reported and show an Increaso
of nearly 100 per cent In tho flvo years'
porlod.
Next In order In 1000 wero the following
The Netherlands. $52,000,000, these figures
being exceeded only In 1S9U by less than
$1,000,000; Franco, $45,000,000; lielglum.
$33,000,000, as against $31,000,000 In 1S06 to
Franco and $18,000,000 to Belgium during
tho name year; Italy, $24,000,000; Canada.
$2l,00(i,0C0; Japan, over $1.1,000,000; Den
mark, nearly $10,000,000; Cuba, $11,000,000,
as against $4,000,000 In 1896; Spain, $10,
600,000, ns against a trifle less than $10,
O00.C0O In 1896; British Africa, $10,300,000.
Exports ranging In value from $5,G55,000
down went to moro than a dozen othor
different countries.
Our total exports of domestic farm pro
duce to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippine Inlands In 1000 had an aggregate
valuo of over $20,000,000, as compared with
only $6,200,000 In 1806.
South America was tho only continent
to which our agricultural exports for the
last live years show a decline from $11,
236.000 In 1896 lo $9,452,000 In 1000. Tho
moat striking gain was In our exports to
Asia, rising from $5,735,000 In 1S96 to nearly
$23,000,000 In 1900. The principal part of our
agricultural exports In 1900 found a market
In Kurope, sales lo European countries hav
ing an aggregate valuo of $739,000,000. With
tho exception of the phenomenal year 1896.
when they reached $762,000,000, these fig
ures aro tho largest on record, In 1896 they
wore $503,000,000 To tho various North
American countries the exports In 1900 wero
$55,000,000. In 1899, $58,000,000 and In 1896
$44,000,000,
Tho ten principal Items In agricultural ex
port trndo for 1900 were- Rreadstuff, $262,
744,078; cotton, $212,968,978; meat products,
$173,751,471: live animals, $43,535,031; to
bacco, $29,422,371; oil cake and oil cako
meal, $16,806,302; vegetable oils, $16;345,056;
frultB and nuts, $11,642,662; dairy products,
$9,256,220, seeds, $7.036,92S; others, $31,067,
079; total, $844,616,530. ,
Tho total In 1896 was $571,398,264. About
half of tho trado In breadstuffs In 1900 went
to the United Kingdom, with Germany nrxt
at $32,029,000, Of the raw cotton, $90,260,000
went to the United Kingdom, $64,395,000 to
Germany and $27,776,000 to Kranco. Of mett
products, $107,621,000 went to tho United
Kingdom and $32,708,000 of live animals to
the same country.
CHICAGO POLICEMAN STABBED
Sure it Woman (rum Insult nnd
(ielH n Knife Thrnt In
the Abdomen,
CHICAGO, July 7. Policeman Mlcha'l
O'Mally was probably fatally stabbed In tho
abdomen tonight by a man whom ho ar
rested for Insulting women tn CurtU
street. The otllcer's attention was at
trarted by a woman who bad been accosted
by three men. He arrested ono and was at
tacked by tho other two. In tho struggle
that followed the man under arrest struck
tho fatal blow. The twp men then escaped
pursued by tho officer until ho fell ex
hausted from the loss of blood.
Mm, Vnuuhu r.nroule to (Imiilm,
WASHINGTON. July 7. (Special Tele
fram.) Mrs. W. K, Vaughn, wife of Judge
Vaughn of this city, Is enroute tn Omaha to
attend the funeral of her father, David
Devol of Council Hluffs. Mrs, Vaughn will
mako quite a visit In Omaha, the guest of
hor daughter, Mro. D. C. Ueed.
J. W. Davis and wlfo aud J. O. Lewis of
Caiaba aro registered here tonight.
MISSOURI PACIFIC CUTS, TOO
May Decide t Adopt Freight Unto
Mill I, oner Tliiiu Chleno
Tnrlrr.
LINCOLN, July 7. (Special Telegram.)
Among rnllr ' otnclal the feeling Is
general that -Dosed reduction of
Chlcago-.MItsoiii. '' !-lght rates will
result In a reductloi. rcr propor
tions In tho present tai.. freight
from St. Louis to Mtsioui. -ints
nnd west, A movement of lu o
would br-ng tho St. Louis rnllroad Ii. Ac
rate-cutting war and would probably cause
a still further reduction In the rates from
Chlcngo.
Under tho existing tariffs tho Chicago
Missouri river rates aro about 20 cents
higher per hunircd than from St. Louis,
but tho reduction announced by tho
Santa Fo would give Chicago shippers an
advuntago over the southern point of 10
cents to the river. This situation, It Is
believed, will force tho Missouri Pacific
to enter the fight for tho protection of
trade with St Louis. Without a change
in the southern rate a vast amount of tho
trade with tho Missouri metropolis would
be lost to Chicago and slnco the other
railroads have shown a disposition to cut
rates Indiscriminately It Is considered quite
likely that the Missouri Pacific will adopt
a rate still lower than tho reduced Chi
cago tariff.
Hitchcock County' Ael.
THENTON, Neb.. July 7. (Special.)
Hitchcock county's twenty precincts, ac
cording to the returns of tho assessors,
contain 140,431 acres of Improved land,
value $188,194.75; unimproved, 2,666,657,
value $319,175.75; village lots unimproved
and Improved, 1,685, value $51,04S; horses,
4,400, value $31,273; cattle, 11,168, valuo
$57,139; mules, 172, valuo $1,700; sheep, 19,
value $66.50; hogs, 3,571, value $3,761.05.
Tho commissioners were In session eleven
days and found the valuation of tho county
to be $927,119,11 nnd mado a levy on general
fund, road, bridge, bond, Insane and sol
diers' relief funds, making n total of 15
mills, yielding $13,006.75. This compares
favorably with Till previous records.
lien trier Tenehcr AlKHeil.
BEATRICE, Neb., July 7. (Spoclal.) At
the last mcotlng of the Hoard of Education
tho following assignment of teachers was
made for the year beginning September 10:
Superintendent, W. L. Stephens; musical
director, M. S. Calvin; manual training,
C. A. Pearson; drawing, Miss Mlnnlo Davis;
principal of High school, W, S. Heltzman;
assistant principal anil Latin, Jullctta O.
Hawles; English literature, Anna Brady;
mathematics, Eva J.lcCune; history, A. C.
Lee; English nnd chemistry, Robert Lans
ing; science, C. H. Deans; German, Emilia
S. Hamni.
Ilcntrlee filrl ChnrKrt Astnnlt.
BEATRICE, Neb., July 7. (Special Tele
gram.) Mls3 Mario Harold, an lS-year-old
girl who lives at Tocumseh, but who has
been employed recently at the Oxford hotel,
mado a complaint to Chief of Pollen Ashcli
felter today, charging W, A. Cain and
Georgo Rlckotts with criminal assault.
The two young mon were nrrested tonight,
nnd place In Jail, where,, thoy,. woro .'both
Identified by . Miss Harold" as the'gtillty
men. The assault Is said to bavo occurred
last Wednesday night.
Smnrtvilli: Would lie llelcnil.
TECUMSEH, Neb.. July 7. (Special.)
The name Smartvlllo docs not suit tho
tastes ot all tho citizens of that village,
which Is located iiorth of TecUmsch In thli
county, and accordingly a petition Is being
circulated praying tho authorities to
change It to Helena. Originally the town
got Its nanio from Its earliest settler, Rob
ert Smart, and thero are those citizens who
oppose the Idea of changing tho cognomen.
Mower Amputate n Foot.
DEEM EH. Neb.. July 7. (Special.)
Frank Lleman, while mowing on his place
south of town, cut one foot and part of tho
other olt of his 4-year-old son, who was
playing In tho weeds, The child Is In a
critical condition.
Fremont Child DrlnkM 1'nlnon,
FREMONT, Neb., July 7. (Special.) A
14 months' old son of A, Zlocky drank some
fly poison yesterday afternoon while left
alone a few minutes and Is now In n dan
gerous condition nnd not likely to recover.
BATTLE FOR ROGERS' MILLIONS
I'reroKntlve C'onrl of XfW Jersey In
Ankeil (o Iteelilr the Mntter
Soon.
NEW YORK, July 7. Tho Journal and
Advertiser will say tomorrow:
Executors of Jacob S. Rogers' will de
cided yesterday to have the battlo between
tho heirs and tho Metropolitan Museum
of Art of New York for the locomotive
builder's $3,000,000 fought out In tho pre
rogative court at Trenton, N. J,
"This step was taken," said William
Pennington, one of tho executors, "because
of the expected litigation ovor tho will.
Tho estate will probably be tied up for
years and It will bo necessary from time
to tlmo to secure orders from the court
for the handling and proper Investment
of tho funds, The securing of these or
ders could be tied up In the lower courts
and so wo deem It best to bring the caao
before the chancellor ot onco."
Versatile Sufferer .N'eeil Ilrllef.
COLUM11US. O.. July 7. An appeal for
relief for the fire sufferers at Versailles,
O., has been sent out by Mayor Calderwood
and Rev. M. W. Raker, pastor of the Chris
tian church of that town. They state that
100 persons are homeless, many destltuto
and sovernl Injured as a result of the flro
which devastated Versailles Saturday, and
tho loss Is estlmnted at $500,000 to $760,000.
The loss by yesterday's flro which de
stroyed nearly the entire business portion
of this town will reach several riundred
thousand dollnrs. Tho flro originated In an
old mill and Is supposed to have been ot
Incendiary origin. The Insurance Is esti
mated at $60,000.
Probably fifty residences wero destroyed
and fully 300 persons were rendered homo
less. All stores, Including groceries, hard
ware, dry goods, shoe, harness and drugs,
wero burned to tho ground except one, a
department store, Tolephono and electric
light service was destroyed. Several per
sons were badly burned and Injured, but
none fatally.
We
Imler City Ileal Port DnilRr,
DODGE, la., July 7. (Special Trie
FT.
gram,)
feated
The Fort Dodge ball team was de-
by Webster City hero this afternoon,
7 to 4
Lowry, In the tho box for Fort
Dodge,
teams
terlcs;
was wild and was hit hard. Both
played a pretty Holding game. Hat
Lowry, Drill and Smith for Fort
Dodge;
Owens and Conlln for Webster City,
llmrriiiir Wood Much llrtter.
HAV.ANA, July 7 Tho condition of Gov
ernor General Wood, who has been Buffer
lug from typhoid fever, Is much improved.
T10N LAW IS LEGAL
Kaniai Bnprami Court Eeoltru Land Uj
E Oondsmned.
VAST SCHEME MAY BE FULFILLED
Arkiinn Itlver to lie Ornirn On for
tilxnntlc llcucrvolr, Kvcn us Col
orado Seek to Do In .Spite of
Snitllovier Opposition.
TOPEKA, Kan,, July 7. Tho state su
preme court has handed down a decision de
claring the Kansas Irrigation law to bo con
stltutlunal and tho condemnation ot laud
by tbu Pawnee Lake and Irrigation compauy
la valid. This will make it possible to carry
luto effect tho biggest Irrigation schema
ever attempted In Kansas that projected In
Darton county, In the exact center of the
statu.
Tho company projecting the plan sought
to condemn land twelve miles long and eight
miles wide, the old Pawnco lake, for a res
ervoir. It built a long ditch from tho Ar
kansas river, Just west of Great Ilend, to
the lake and proposed to fill tho lako when
the river Is high nnd hold the water until
it Is needed In tho main nnd lateral ditches
In eastern Darton, RIcc and Reno counties,
the latter two counties adjoining Darton.
Storage has become a necessary part of all
big irrigation schemes In Kansas and east
ern Colorado because when tho water Is
most needed tho Arkansas river Is likely to
bo dry. Tho country In which the company
Is working Is a great growing district nnd
work on the ditch will now bo pushed rap
Idly to Insure tho next crop.
The Arkansas river Is that over which
Kansas and Colorado are ot law, Kansas
suing the state of Colorado for Illegally di
verting tho water from that stream and
causing It to run dry In tho Sunflower state.
KILLS HUMBOLDT OFFICER
J. .Mctxncr Filially Shoot Watchman
Called to Protect Metzncr'n
Own Kn sully.
FORT DODGE, In., July 7. (Special Tel
egram.) Olo McMillan, nlghtw.atchman at
Humboldt, eighteen miles north of this
city, was shot nnd killed by J. Metzner
nt 3 o'clock this morning. McMillan's
body was riddled with a charge from a
shotgun In tho bands of Motzncr, who
was intoxicated.
It Is reported hero that Metzner came
homo drunk on Saturday night and began
to abuse his family and that ono of the
children went to summon McMillan, who
promptly started for Metzner's residence.
Metzner beard he was coming, procured
a shotgun and went to meet him. The two
mon met In tho roud near Metzner's homo
and Metzner shot McMillan down. Only
one banvl of tho gun was fired, but tho
range was short and death was Instanta
neous, the full charge lodging tn McMil
lan's breast.
Motzncr has been placed under arrest.
Ho dOM.not dcny thosiooynK, but says
'that' he dldIt' vh?if!cnuedby' drink". 'Mc
Millan was 28 yeoro old aud unmarried.
Humboldt Is oxcltcd over tho shooting and
thera havo been some tbrents of lynching,
as McMillan was well knoun and popular.
Motzner Is ovor 60 years of age, has a largo
family and Is a miller nt Humboldt.
ELECTORAL LAW FOR CUBA
Constitutional Convention CnnliterM
it Idle tn Draft Iden for Wash
ington to ChniiKC.
HAVANA, July 7. Tho Cuban constitu
tional convention has not nrrlved at nn
understanding regarding tho electoral law.
Several meetings were held last week, but
little Interest was manifested In tho pro
ceedings, many of the dolegates being ab
sent. Tho conservatives aro hopeless with
respect to tho resclndlug of tho universal
suffrage clauBo and arc endeavoring to se
cure a plural vote for property holders and
for professional and business men. In this
they aro ationgly opposed by the radicals.
An objection has recently been raised
against drawing up the electoral law until
thj United States government has approved
the constitution, the argument being that
It would he useless to draft laws based on
the constitution if Washington Is going to
make changes In this Instrument.
LAST RACESAT DEADW00D
Qtinrto-Cenlennliil Cnrnlvnl Already
Closed, lint Firemen ami Foot
race Are Yet lo Con tent.
DEADWOOD, S. D., July 7. (Special Tel
egram.) The quarto-centennial carnival
closed this afternoon with exercises by the
children of Dcadwnod and other Rlack Hills
towns. Tho Sioux Indians have Just left
for Pino Rldgo ngency and the city Is rap
Idly getting back to Its normal state. Tho
carnival has been entirely freo from fakes,
thieves and accidents.
One more firemen'a contest Is yet to be
run, the hub-and-hub wet, and It will be
called tomorrow, A footrace will also be
run between Conny Collins, ono of tho pro
fessional members of Lead hose team No.
1, and a Stato university student from Ver
milion, one of tho best runners of tho Rapid
City hose company. Many compliments havo
been given tho management ot the carnival
for its succcfr throughout.
M'KINLEYS' PLEASANT SUNDAY
Quiet, llenlfnl Honrs Include n Drive
to Cemetery to Decornte
Child rcu'n liriiven,
CANTON, July 7. A quiet, restful and
pleasant day is reported at tho McKinloy
homo this evening. Tho president, Mrs.
McKlnley and Mrs. Darber during the morn
ing drove to Wcstlawn cemetory, plnced
(lowers on the graves of the McKlnley chil
dren and other relatives burled thero and
spent tho remainder of tho day at homo. In
the afternoon they sat on the porch for a
tlmo.
Only a few callers appeared at the house,
and they were Intimate friends or relatives,
This evening Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Barber
and their children and Judgo Day woro en
tertained at dinner and remained to spend
the evening. Mm. McKinley's condition con
tinues favorable.
Den Maine Hall Player Killed.
DES MOINES, Ia July 7. (Special Tolo
gram.) In a gamo of baso ball at Union
park between amateur clubs of boys Proc
tor Goff, aged 16 years, was struck by a
pitched ball and dropped to tho ground,
dying In a few minutes. It Is not known
Just whero the ball struck him or why ho
collapsed so quickly. He was a popular
young man and bad played much before.
COAL TRANSPORTERS COMBINE
I'ciiun) Ivnnln Itnllroad, Vninlerhllt
unit Alormui Interests Divide
the Territory.
PHILADELPHIA, July k Tho North
American tomorrow will publish a story to
tho effect that the entire ica transporta
tion cast ot the Mississippi river will bo
divided among the rallrnaoH controlled by
tho Pennsylvania, tho Vanlorbllt and tho
Morgan Interests. The Pennsylvania nnd
tho Vanderbllt lines will carry all tho
coal produced in the bituminous regions,
while the Morgan roads will control tho
eutlro nnthrnclto transportation,
This combination, tho article goes on
to say, will bring about the consolidation ot
all tho bituminous Interests north of Ten
nessee and east of the Mississippi, Tho
work of consolidation has been going on
for a year and every avenue for trans
portation of coal Is In the control of theto
three Interests.
Among tbu bituminous group aro tho
Pittsburg Coal compauy, tho Illinois Coal
company, tho latter representing all tho
coal properties of Illinois and Indiana, aud
the Falrmount Coal company of West
Virginia. Tho total capitalization of the
bituminous Interests Is estimated at $340,
000,000. OHIO DEMOCRATIC "ACTIVITY
Warm 1'lnht In Prospee Over Metn
hershlp of Ntnte Central
Committee.
COLUMUUS". O., Jilly 7. Although tho
democratic stato convention does not open
until Wednesday morning, 'the leaders nnd
some of tho delegates are liere today. Tho
delegates meet by congressional districts
on Tuesday, when the members of tho com
mittee aro selected. j
As no efforts will be made to endorse
McLean, Johnson oi nnycnelc'so for senator
and as tho nomination of Colonel James
KUbourne for governor Is desurcd, thero is
no general Interest being tajten lu tho com
mittee on credentials. j
Much Interest is being taken In tho se
lection of members of tho statu central
committee, on which the McLean men have
had a majority. Tho Interests of Colonel
Kllbourno and Mayor Tom L. Johnson of
Cleveland, as well as of John R. McLean
nnd of tho others, are Involved In tho new
stato organization. Nearly all tho lenders
of what wero known as gold democrats 'aro
delegates to tho convention and they aro
opposing tho platform v.oas of Mayor John
son of Cleveland and Mayor Jones of To
ledo, as well as any reforenco whatever to
tho silver question. Tho Hamilton county
delegation from McLean's homo at Cincin
nati has selected Hon. Charles W. nakor
as chairman and Juilson Harmon and Har
lan Clevoland ns members of tho commit
tee on resolutions for their rcspcctlvo dis
tricts. Raker was a leader for Palmor and
Uuckncr. Judge Harmon waa attorney gen
eral In Grovor Cleveland's cabinet nnd Har
lan Cleveland was United States district at
torney under tho samo administration.
Thero has been an active canvass for
months for tho gubernatorial nomination,
with J. L. Zimmerman, J. C. WcJty, Isaac S.
Sherwood, A. W, Patrick and others In the
field pgUnst.KIIbourDP. .A4'i.'VY.wUhdrawn
except Zimmerman.
It la bollevod that the Kllbourno men
will Belect someone for lieutenant governor
and that thero will bo a frco-for-all con
tost for other places on the Etato ticket.
EDUCATORS 0FTHE NATION
TIiouimiikIn of Them dither In De
troit to Decide on Ileitis
III TciiuhliiK.
DETROIT, July 7. The lobby of tho
Hotel Cadillac, which Is headquarters for
tho fortieth annual convention of tho Na
tional Educational association, Is crowded
tonight with prominent educators, who
.havo come from all parts of tho country
to attend the meetlngB. Tho first general
session of tho association In tho Light
Guard armory will not be held until Tues
day afternoon, but tho committee will open
tomorrow with sessions of the national
council of education nnd the Indian edu
cational department. William T. Harris,
national commissioner of cducntlon, Is the
first speaker before tho national council.
He will read a paper on "Isolation In
School; How it Hinders and How It Helps."
Tho morning session of tho Indian de
partment will be devoted entirely to ad
dresses of welcome nnd responses,
For tho first tlmo one of tho general
sessions of the association has been given
over to discussion of tho teaching of
economics In tho schools. It Is expected
that this session and the resultant rtlscus
slon of tho topic, which President Green
terms ono of tho most Important before
the convention, will result In much prog
ress in tho teaching of economics in tho
schools.
A strong effort will bo made by mem
bers of tho extreme northwestern part of
tho country to secure the next convention
and Portland, Ore., nnd Tacoma, Wash.,
are being boomed for the next meeting
place. Over 3,000 members had arrived
In the city up to tonight.
WANTING TO BE AN ANGEL
That' 'ot the Sort nf Hymn Till
Sunday School Sinn Ad
vocates. DETROIT, July 7. Tho fourth annual
convention of tho American Society of Ro
llglous Education opened this afternoon In
tho Central Methodist Episcopal church
with an attendance of 200. Prof L. II.
Jones, Ph. D., of Clevoland nnd Francis
Wayland Parker of Chicago Institute spoko
on "The Sunday Schoot as it Should Re."
Roth speakers ndvocoted teaching children
what they ought to bo morally at the samo
time they aro Instructed In their books In
tho day schools. Prof. Jones argued that
normal schools should bo established for
tho Instruction of Sunday school tenchers
aud that thoy should be paid salaries.
Mm Darker came out strongly against
the singing of such hymns as "I Want To
De an Angel" nnd urged that tho Sunday
school be put on a moro common sonso,
practical bants.
WRECKED TRANSPORT ARRIVES
Mel'herKOii llohhlen Into ,riv York
Port, U I u if Two Steamer
u Crntchc.
NEW YORK. July 7. Two Merrltt &
Chapman wrecking steamers arrived today
from Matanzas, bringing Into port tho
United States transport McPherson, which
went ashore February 4, eleven miles west
of Matanzas, Tho wreckers have workod
ncnrly five months on tho transport. Many
times tho holes In the bottom were stopped
only to be worked open again by unfavor
able weather. The transport was finally
hauled off July 1 and taken to Matanzas,
After a month's work In preparing the
wrecked vessel for sea the steamers sailed
June 30 for this port.
WELDING TRAFFIC AFFAIRS
Uniform Sjsttm Bilng Dmltptd Among
Earriman Lint.
TRAFFIC MANAGER STUBBS IN OMAHA
Conference Will He Held with I.oenl
OlllclaU Helntlve to Adjustment
of Method INo Definite
Knvts DIviiIkciI,
J. C. Stubbs of San Francisco, traffic
manager of tho "Hnrrlman lines," Is lu the
city to confer with olfi-clals of the Union
Pacific railway. Mr. Stubbs reached
Omaha Sunday afternoon, taking rooms at
the Her Grand. Ho refused to seo vis
itors. Ono of tho officials of tho Union Pa
cific said; "Mr. Stubbs and many other
olllclaU of tho Union Pacific aud allied
lines havo been disgusted with tho sensa
tional newspaper reports which havo fol
lowed his actions from the tlmo he was
appointed truffle manager of tho Harrlman
linos. Sotno papers havo stated that ho
hid been appointed In opposition to tho
executive head of ono of the lines and that
ho Is to take steps to make changes ull
around. So fnr as wo know, thero Is not
a word of truth In any of the reports.
"Mr. Stubbs will hold a conference with
tho heads of tho passenger nnd freight
departments of the Union Pacific at head
quarters Monday. Just what subjects will
be discussed and what form tho discussion
will tako 1 not known."
Continuing, tho official said that tho
position held by Mr. Stubbs Is a novel
ono from tho tnct that the lines over which
ho has sway arc under tho nominal con
trol of three presidents, while persons
holding similar positions on tho Vanderbllt
.-ml Gould lines nre under a president or
chairman, who has control of all the lines
In tho system.
HOPELESS CHASE FOR ROBBERS
Sheriff' Poc Aliout DlncnnrnKCil nt
Klectnesn of Rrent Xnrth
. ern Oullnvf.
ANACONDA, Mont.. July 7. Special dls
patches from a staff correspondent of tho
Anaconda Standard on the ground aro to
tho effect that thoro Is Itttlo hope of tho
sheriff's posso overtaking tho men who held
up tho Groat Northern express train nt
Wagner, Mont., Wedneeday. Tho corre
spondent has Just returned from the section
of country where the posses were expected
to overtake tho robbers. His account Is
that the pursuers havo been outwitted and
that tho robbers havo eluded them.
Thero are now two theories presented.
Ono is that tho outlaws, who are far bet
ter mounted than their pursuers, have al
ready crossed tho Missouri river nnd aro
well on their way' toward tho Hole-ln-tho-Wall
country In Wyoming, the most notori
ous refugo ot criminals In tho United States.
Tho Holo-ln-the-Wall Is ,a fastness prac-.
ttcally lmpreanabXeand . copablo jot being
successfully defended by a few men almost
against any force. The region between tho
point Is tho Missouri breaks and the Holo-ln-the-Wall
Is very sparsely settled, a
few scattered cattle ranches being tho only
evldenco of human habitation. Pursuit over
this wild section, according to old plains
men, Is virtually hopeless.
Tho other theory Is that the robbers
havo gained tho Intricacies of the bad lands
along the Missouri river In the Little
Rockies and aro thero waiting tho time
when tho cbnso shall havo grown cold and
then seizo a favorable opportunity to ford
the river nt a placo where crossing could
not bo effected by men unfamiliar with
tho river and Its treacherous windings.
Every foot of ground is nn open book to
tho robbers, who havo used the vicinity as
their stamping ground for years.
Officers aro still In the field, but It Is
tho opinion of those who aro on tho ground
that the scene of active pursuit must now
bo transferred to Yellowstone Custer or
Dawson counties, through ono or moro of
which tho robbers must pass to reach the
Holo-ln-tho-Wall.
TRAIN KILLS LILLIAN REED
lUitnulenl Author. AhMorhed In Her
Sketching Scenery, Strnclt by
nurlliiKtou ISnKlne.
ST. LOUIS, July 7 Whllo sketching on
tho banks of tho Burlington rnllroad a
mile and a half from Louisiana, Mo., Miss
Lillian Reed of tho Missouri Botanical
Garden, a well known wrltor on botanical
and geological subjects, was run over and
Instantly killed by n passongcr train late
this afternoon. Miss Reed was spending
two weeks' vacation at Louisiana. She se
lected that placo for tho purposo of obtain
ing botanical specimens and making draw
ings of peculiar geological formations In
Its vicinity. She had bocn almost totally
deaf soveral years as a result ot fever.
Sho was 45 years of age. She leaves a
brother, B. K. Reed, In Fort Thomas, Ariz.,
another In Washington, D. C, and a sister,
Mrs. Carrlo L. Marshall, wrltor, In Eldora,
la. Sho had been connected with the Mis
souri Botanical Garden as Indexer and as
sistant librarian more than ten years. Miss
Hoed was graduated from tho Wisconsin
university at Madison and was studying
for a degroo from tho Chicago unlver
ity. LIGHTNING KILLS JOCKEY
Severest nieetrlcnl Storm Hver Known
In Cnnnilii Doe firent Damime
nt Kort Krle.
FORT ERIE, Ont., July 6. This placo was
visited last night by tho soverest elec
trical storm over known In Canada. At tho
raco track tho row of stables was struck and
a colored Jockey, William Scott ot Louis
ville, Ky., was klllod. William Bonner, a
farmer whoso stablo Is Just outsldo the
track, was killed and bis son rendered un
conscious. Mrs, Wolver, who lives on tho
Ridge road, mot death In tho samo manner.
Tho others Injured nre: William Nash of
Chicago and William McCormlck of Tor
onto Several valuable horses "were Injured,
MORE CIRCUS MEN "SUCCUMB
Death I,lt Already .Number Five nnd
Other Injured Are In
Had Shnpe.
BERLIN, July 7. In addition to William
Smith and C. H. Felton, nows of whoso
death has already been cabled, John Wald
son, William Waidson and John Smith havo
succumbed to Injuries received In the acci
dent to tho train bearing Barnum & Balley'a
circus, at Beuthon, upper Silesia,
David Adam, George Illart, Stephon
Brott, Leo Bene and C, H. Thum, who nra
Injured, llo In a dangerous condition at tho
hospital at Qeuthen.
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Monday;
Warmer in Eastern Portion; Tuesday
Fair and Cooler; Variable Winds.
Temperntiire nt Oiunhn Yesterday I
Hour. Dew, Hour. Den.
.-. ii. in (Ill 1 i. Ill Nt
II a. in...... (17 -' ti. in......
7 n. in ..... . IIS It p. in ..... . M
S n. in Ull p. in Ml
II ii. m Til .- p. in ST
10 ii. m 74 II p. in
11 n. lu...... 77 7 p. m ...... Hit
12 n 711 S p. in Ml
II p. m 71
OMAHA IN THE HEAT BELT
Weil of the Mlllipl the Outlook
I for Continued Warm,
Dry Wcallicr.
WASHINGTON, July 7. Comparatively
cool weather prevailed today over almost
tho entire country east of tho Mississippi
river, lu the Ohio valley and lake region
temperatures aro considerably below tho
average. West of tho Mississippi high tem
peratures continue nnd because of tho
existence of a low pressuro In tho north
west predictions nre for moro warm
weather.
Weather bureau officials expect that east
ot tho Mississippi river thu lower tem
peratures will ooutlnui for n short tlmo at
least. In tho middle Atlantic states nnd
throughout New England rain has fallen,
but In tho west tho weather remains re
markably dry.
Atlanta reported a maximum temperature
of 86; lloston. 76. Buffalo, 76; Chicago, 80;
Cincinnati, 84; Pittsburg, SO; St. Paul, 74,
St. Louis, 92; Memphis, 91; New York, S4.
In the beat bolt somo temperatures re
ported were: Bismarck, 88; Omaha, 86;
Salt Lake, 90; Davenport, S2; Denver, 96;
Kansas City, 94; Llttlo Rock, 98; Memphis,
94.
In Washington tho maximum was 88, but
a fall of 20 degrees took placo tonight as
tho result of a heavy thunderstorm.
Cool I,nke Ilreexc nt Chlcnuo,
CHICAGO, July 7, Today was the coolest
day In Chicago slnco last May. Tho maxi
mum temperature was 66 and tho minimum
66. This is a drop of 26 degrees slnco 6
o'clock Saturday night, wheu tho ther
mometer registered 82. A stiff brcozu oft
tho lako brought the change.
DEATH OF PIERRE L0RILLARD
DiiiiKhter unit Son Surround 111
lleilnlile n the .Millionaire
Ilrenthe III I.imt.
NEW YORK, July 7. Plerro Lorlllard
died at 2:10 this afternoon at tho Fifth
Avcnuo hotel, whero he waa takon from tho
Dcutscbland when that '.steamer arrived
from Europe July 4. Tho members of tho
family present nt the bedside when tho end
came wore: Mr. Lorlllard's daughters, Mrs.
T. Suffern Taller, Mrs. William Kent and
their husbands, and Pierre 4Lorlllard, jr.,
aud wlfo and Pierre' Lorlllard III, ,
Mr, Lorlllard's f rejont ,:aoVera Illness
dated front Ju,rm 20. Do was In England
'and went to hl's lodge at Ascot, hoping to
sce"-hls horn, David Garrlck, win the
Gold Cup. Ho was stricken with an
uracmlc chill and was sick for a wock.
Ha was advised to como to America and
boarded the Doutschland, but his condition
bocamu graver each moment. His physi
cian, Dr. Kllroy, told him ho did not think
ho would live to got to New York, bbt tho
magnato Insisted he would. It has never
been thought ho could recover slnco his
arrival,
Tho funeral will bo at 11 o'clock Wednes
day from Grace church. Burial will be
In Greenwood cemetery.
Plerro Lorlllard was eldest son of Peter
Lorlllard, founder of tho fortunes which
mado tho family name famous. Ho In
herited much of the business ability of
his father and marked success attended
the commercial enterprises which ho
planned and executed. At tho death of
his father ho received $1,000,000 and nn
Interest Jointly with his brothers and sis
ters In tho great tobacco house of which
his father had been tho head. He at once
bought from his brothers a control of tho
houso and by shrowd management greatly
Increased his fortune. Ho built a hand
somo resldcnco nt Fifth avcnuo and Fifty
sixth street and entertained In princely
mannor. In 1871 ho became Interested In
tho turf. Ills first grent horso was Parole.
With Iroquolo lu 1881 he was tho first
American to win the classic English Derby.
Ho was also an enthusiastic yachtsman
and once raced his Vesta across tho Atlan
tic. Ho founded nnd controlled nt tho time
of his death tho fashionable resort at
Tuxedo. Ho was nearly 68 years of age.
Ho Is survived by his wlfo, son Plerro
Lorlllard, Jr., and daughter, Mrs, William
Kent nnd Mrs, T. Suffern Taller. Ho
leaves a large fortune.
Various estimates have been mado of
tho valuo of Mr. Lorlllard's estate and,
whllo lt3 exact value at tho present time
is not known, It Is believed It Is more
than $25,000,000. As long ago as 1884 it
was said to bo from $15,000,000 to $20,000,
000. Jnmen 15. Yentmnn.
ST. LOUIS, July 7. James E. Yeatman,
philanthropist, died today, aged 84 years,'
of uraemia, for which ho was operated on
nearly two weeks ago.
James E. Yeatman was born August 27,
1818, in Bedford county, Tennessee, nnd
camo to this city In 1842, For several yoars
ho was in tho Iron business, but In 1850 cn
terod tho commission business, That samo
year ho founded tho Mercban s' bank, which
nftcrward became tho Merchants' National
bank. Whon tho civil war broke out Mr.
Yeatman endeavored to maintain peace and
labored earnestly to that end. His sym
pathies were with the union and when war
could no longer bo avoided ho became ono
of the commission sent from hero to ex
plain tho local status of affairs to Pres
ident Lincoln.
In 1864 tho Western Sanltnry commis
sion was called into existence by General
Fremont and Mr. Yeatman was appointed
president of tho commission. The com
mission established hospital steamers, sol
diers' homes and relief bureaus and Mr.
Ycatman's work, both of organization and
relief, won him tho highest pratso from
members of all parties.
Although a slaveholder beforo tho war
he devised tho organization of tho Free
men's bureau and mado an official report
to Washington In which ho advised tho
leasing of abandoned cotton plantations to
the freedmen.
For many years Mr. Yeatman had not
been actively engaged in business, but was
Identified with numerous charitable move.
moots, Mr. Yeatman Is believed to be tho
original nf tho character Mr. Brlnsmnlde In
Winston Churchill's novel, "Tho Crisis.'
Tho philanthropist and novelist were great
friend, Mr. Yeatman was married twice,
but both wives nro dead.
l'riin Itrm, Clrrim MnKnnle,
BERLIN, July 7. Franz Renz, for many
year tho principal clrcua proprietor, has
Just died at hi villa near Hamburg,
OPES FOR SETTLERS
Fmidint McKinUj PrcoUimi DaU f
Oklahoma Bmh.
SIXTH OF AUCUST WILL BE A BUSY DAY
Rtfiitratioi of Applicant to Bigia tbi
Toath tt July.
SIXTEEN DAYS FOR FILING OF THE NAMES
Each Applioaat Will Hava Equal Shew
Against All Eoontrt.
DRAWINGS TO DECIDE THE LUCKY TEOPLE
Uvcry Precaution i'nkcn to lusnra
Kulrnea In the DUtrlhiitlon of
Government Knvor Committee
of Three to Superintend It.
WASHINGTON, July 7. Tho proclama
tlou ot President McKinloy, opening to set
tlement tho lands coded by Indians In tho
territory ot Oklahoma, was given lo tho
public today. Tho proclamation covers tho
cessions mado by tho Wlchltaa and adu
lated bands of Indians In accordauco with
tho act of March 2, 189S, and thoso mado
by tho Comanche, Kiowa and Apache tribes
In pursuance ot tho act ot Juno 6, 1900.
Tho proclamation provldos for tho opening
of tho lands lu thoso reservations which aro
not reserved at 9 o'clock a. m. on tho
6lh of August next, tho lands to bo opeu
to settlement under the homestead and
townslte laws of the United States.
Tho proclamation says that beginning on
the 10th Inst, and ending on tho 28tb tboso
who wish to mako entry of land under
tho homestead law shall bo registered.
Tho 'cglatratlon will tako placo at tho land
ofllcea nt Reno and Lawton. Tho registra
tion at each ofllco will bo for both land
districts.
To obtnln registration, the nppllcant will
be required to show himself duly qualified
to make homestead entry of theso lands
under existing laws nnd to glvo the reg
istering otllccr such npproprlnto matters
of description and Identity as will pro
tect the applicant nnd the government
against any attempted Impersonation.
Registration cannot be effected through
tho uso of tho malls or the employment of
an agent, oxceptlng that honorably dis
charged soldiers and Bailors may present
their applications through an agent, no
ngent being allowed to represent more
thnn one soldier. No person will bo al
lowed to register moro than once. After
being reglstere'l applicants will be given
certificates, allowing them to go upon tho
coded lands and examine them In order to
aid thorn In making an Intelligent selection.
Tiu Sooner Need Apply.
It is explicitly stated that "no ono will
bo permitted to m.Rko settlement, upon any
of tho lands In advance ot tho opening pro
vided, for," and tho statement Is added that
"during tho first sixty days following said
opeulng no ono but registered appllcauU
will be permitted to mako homestead set
tlement upon any of said lands, and then
only In pursuance of a homestead entry
duly allowed by tho local land ofllccra or ot
a soldier's declaratory statement duly ac
cepted by such otllccrs."
Tho order of tho applications Is to bo
determined by drawing, tho plan for which
Is described as follows:
"Tho order lu which during tho first
sixty days following tho opening tho reg
istered applicants will be permitted to
mako homestead entry of the lands opened
hereunder will bo determined by drawings
for both the El Reno and Lawton dis
tricts publicly hold at tho United States
land ofllco at El Reno, Okla., begin
ning at 9 o'clock a. m., Monday, July 29,
1901, and continuing for such porlod as
may bo ncccfeary to complete tho same.
Tho drawings will be hold under tho
supervision and Immediate observance ot
a committee of threo persons, whoso Integ
rity Is such as to make tholr coutrol of
tho drawing a guaranty of Its fairness. The
members of this committee will bo ap
pointed by the secretary of the Interior,
who will prescribe suitable compensation
for tholr services.
Card of Iilentltlentlnn,
"Preparatory to these drawings tho reg
istration ofllccra at tho time ot register
ing each nppllcant who shows himself duly
qualified shall mako out a card, which
must bo signed by tho applicant, stating
tho land district In which ho desires to
mako homestead entry, and giving such a
description ot tho nppllcant aa will enable
tho local land olllcers to thereafter Identify
him. This card will bo at onco sealed In a
separate envelope, which will bear no other
distinguishing label or mark except such as
may be necessary to show that It Is to go
Into the drawing for the land for which tho
applicant desires to mako entry.
"These envelopes will be separated ac
cording to land districts and will bo care
fully preserved and remain scaled until
oprncd In the course of tho drawing as
heroin provided. When tho registration
Is completed all of thoso sealed envelopes
will bo brought together at tho placo of
drawing and turned over to tho committee
In charge of the drawing, which, In such
manner as In Its Judgment will ho at
tended with entire fairness and equality of
opportunity, shall proceed to draw out and
open tho soparato envelopes and to give to
each enclosed card a numbor In tho ordor
In which tho envelope containing tho same
Is drawn."
"While the drawings for tho two districts
will bo separately conducted, thoy will oc
cur as nearly at tho samo tlmo aa Is prac
ticable The result of the drawing tor
each district will bo certified by the com
mlttco to tho officers of the district and
will determine the order In which tho ap
plicants may mako homestead entry of
said lands and settlement thereon."
Detail of the Driiwlnir.
Subsequent proceedings are provided for
as follows;
"Tho homestead entry of said lands dur
ing tho fltst sixty days following the open
ing can bo mado by registered applicants
and tn the ordor established by tho draw
ing At each land olllco, commencing
Tuesday, August 6, 1901, at 9 o'clock, In
clusive, (or that district must bo presented
tbe applications of thoso drawing numbers
1 to 125 Inclusive and will bo considered
In their nuinerlcnl order during tho first
day and the applications of those drawing
numbers 125 to 2.10 incluslvo must bo pre
sented In numerical order during the sec
ond day, and so on at that rate uutll all
lands subject to entry under tho homo
stead law and desired thereunder havo
been entered. If any applicant falls to
appear and present his application for en
try when the number assigned to blm
by the drawing la reached, bis right to