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MELILMi MLAib MllUAUTH0RS ofjbewey-s order oflio DEMOCRACT'S TICKET
Thunddj'i Ccnftrecco to Fe Wott Imptrtant
In Hittcry of Indnitrj.
PRESIDENT HAFFER SO ANNOUNCES IT
Head of thi Arnalgtrnattd Atsooiitltn is at
High Ttniion.
ALL VICE PRESIDENTS ARE SUMMONED
Each Hnrriii to Pittiburg in Riponn to
Telegram.
CAPITAL'S COMMITTEEMEN NOT KNOWN
President .ScIutiiIi of tlic Steel Cor
purtlnn Snlil tn He Annum Those
Who Will Sleet Ileprcaciitn
tlica of Association.
PITTSUUltO. Pa., July 8. "That which I
believe will be tho most Important con
ference In the history of capital and lnbor
will opon Id Hotel Lincoln, Pittsburg, next
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, when the
highest officials of thu Amiilgamnteil asso
ciation, gathered from all parts of the
country, will mrot with officials of tho Iron
and Btecl industries to settle grave ques
tions. "Every vlco president of tho Amalga
mated association from Alabama north la
hurrying toward Pittsburg tonight on my
telegraphic order. I have considered It
best that they bo called to confer at this
tlmo Instead of the regular conferees who
havo usually met with us to adjust differ
ences. "As yot I am In Ignorance as to who will
constitute the cominltteo representing the
steel people, tho employers. I have been
Informed that President Charles M. Schwab
of the United States Steel corporation will
bo present In person, but do not know this
to be a fact. Tho laboring man Is at
present confronted with sotnn peculiar con
ditions, which I hope will he adjusted ut
the coming conference. I bollcve the strlko
will bo speedily settled.
(Signed) THEODORE J. SHAFFER."
The above Is tho statement made by
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated asso
clutton late this evening as ho emerged
from tho Carnegie building with a party
of Amalgamated association officials and
offlccrs of tho American Sheet Steel Co.
Auspicious lrellmlnnrlen.
It was at tho end of one of tho most
eventful days In the history of organized
labor und was made so by tho decided stand
taken by President Shaffer In tho Wclls
vlllo cake. Tho conference, tbday lasted al
most two hours, tut what was said or done
was not given out, except an In tho above
tatemcnt. It was apparently decided that
tho best Interests of both sides demanded
that tho wago conference be held at at
early a day as possible. In spite of the
tremble at WcIUvllla. It-Is" Understood that
on hearing tho statement of Vlco Presi
dent Chappell regarding tho Ohio associ
ation assurance was given that It could
easily bo adjusted and would be. This be
ing tho case the conference was quickly
arranged. President Shaffer mild tonight:
"I did announce that I would not treat
with tho employers until matter were ad
justed at WcllBvlllo and that I would de
clare a general strike on Thursday If mat
ters were not fixed, but I later ehanged
my mind. I am not at liberty to state
what brought this about, but It will come
out In good time."
Under tho present arrangement tho
Wcllsvlllo men will remain at work pend
ing a settlement or disagreement on Thurs
day. None of the combine representatives
who could bo seen would talk cm the strike
troubles. It Is known, however, that Vlco
President Arms of tho American Sheet Steel
company received President Shaffer's telo
gram containing his ultimatum at Youngs
town, whero ho was attending tho funeral
of his mothcr-ln-law, and that Immediately
after tho funeral ho camo to Pittsburg and
tho conference was held shortly after his
arrival.
The Wellxvlllo Trouble.
PITTSBURG. Pa., July 8. The peremptory
dismissal ou Saturday of twelve members
of the Amalgamated association at the
Wollsvlllo plant of tho American Sheet
Btcel company may seriously affect the ex
pected settlement this week of tho 'Iron
and steel strlko. When seen this morning,
President Shatter of tho Amalgamated as
sociation was vcr much exercised over the
turn affairs had taken. "I cannot f ay whoa
or whero the conferenco will take place,"
said he, "but one thing Is certain, thcro will
bo no conference until tho men discharged
at Wollsvlllo nro reinstated. Theso men
come to us. They violated no law of the
land and we shall protect them. If they
aro not reinstated and the conferenco held,
the general strike will come. This Is a
repetition of what the sheet manufacturers
did last year. They elgned tho scale for
Saltsburg and Old Meadows and then stole
thcsemllls from us.
The men at Wollsvlllo i
havo been organized for months.
I sent
word for them not to como out, as I
wanted a peaceable settlement. 1 do not '
blame tho chief officials. As usual, tho 1
trouble comes from eome middleman, who
cannot rcallzo that he may be undoing the
conservative work of thoughtful men on
both sides, or that this action may Involve
tho commercial world."
Although as yet no word has been re
ceived officially by tho officers of the
Amalgamated association from tho Ameri
can Sheet Steel company nnd the American
Steel Hoop company requesting that the
wage conference be reopened It Is expected !
that such a note will be received during .
the day. if the Wollsvlllo matter can be
settled, the conferenco will then, It Is be
lieved, bo quickly arranged, an ugreoment
reached and the ttrlke declared oft before
the end of tho week.
There was a resumption of work In many
Iron and steel mills today. The mills havo
been Idlo for two woeks for repairs. It Is
supposed that fully 12,000 men returned to
work today.
The following concerns signed tho Amal
gamated scale today; Standard Chain com
pany, Columbus ; Nllcs Iron and Sheet com
pany, Nllrs, O.; Lake Erie Iron company,
Cleveland; Empire Rolling Mill company,
Empire, 0 and the Pittsburg Forgo and
Iron company of this city.
All the Independent companies In the
rittsburg district have now signed the scale
but A ,M. Uyers & Co. and their slgnaturo
Is expected nt- soon as tho repairs to the
plant are completed.
Deportment Store l'lill.
CLEVELAND. O.. July S.-Oreeinvnld .t
Co,, running a department store, failed to
day with urhvduled liabilities of JW.OOO and
assets of ,000. Members of tho name
firm doing business at Corning iind Cam
brldco hnvo also tiled Indlvldim! nxRlsn.
meiitu, their aggregate liabilities being !
SC,tXO, with assota of J15.000. i
Ilenr Ailmlrnl Cron nlnahleld nnil
Seeretnrr I.oiik llotli Distinctly
-member Who Wrote It.
V "ON, July 8. Rear Admiral A.
ld, chief of the bureau of
naviga.
Issued n formal statement
to tbo e j
famous di.
Ing him to
Manila and v
Spanish fleet.
he Is tho author of tho
Admiral Dcwey order
from Hong Kong to
uro or destroy the
. '.I Crownlnshleld
btntcs that be t. V a dispatch In the
White Ilouso and . jilted It to both At
torney General Griggs nnd the president
und thit the only change made In the
dispatch us he wrote It was the addition of
cither the word "capture" or tho word
"destroy."
The dispatch, accordlug to Admiral
Crowlnshteld, was then handed to Lieuten
ant Whlttleslcy, who took It to Secretary
Long and after the latter had signed It,
sent It to Admiral Dowey.
In conclusion Admiral Crownlnshleld says
that whatever credit comes from having
given tho order belongs to the president
and Secretary Long.
Secretary Long said on this subject: "My
recollection is entirely distinct. Imme
diately upon tho declaration of war I had
conferred with the president about an or
der to Dewey to attack the Spanish fleet
at Manila. On Sunday. April 21, I went to
the Whlto House, sat with the president
on a sofa In the corridor and earnestly ad
vised the sending of such nn order. But
for Admiral Crownlnshleld's statomcnl I
unhesitatingly should hao said I had with
mc tho dispatch which bad been prepared
In his bureau of navigation and that, the
president approving, I returned to the Navy
department and sent It In to tho bureau
of navigation to bo put In cipher. I then
went out to drive. As I drovo out bo
tween 11 and 12 o'clock I remember passing
Admiral Crownlnshleld. As to what trans
pired later at the Whlto House at tho
meeting which he describes I, of courso,
havo no knowledge.
"It seems to bo probable that the presi
dent, after his Interview with mo sent
for some of tho cabinet and Admiral
Crownlnshleld and took up tho dispatch,
which, according to my recollection, had
already been prepared and gave It final con
sideration. Probably also thore bad como
In Dewey's dispatch of tho day beforo ad
vising us that ho had been ordered to get
a'vay from Hong Kong."
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RESTORES FOREST TO PUBLIC
I'renlilent Opens t'p Lnrge
tlon of ItlR- Horn
Heservr.
See-
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 8. (Special Tele
gram.) A largo section of the Big Horn
forest reserve In Wyoming will bo restored
to tho public domain August 24, by order
of tho president. This land has been found
to be more valuablo for agriculture and for
grazing than for Its timber and after nu
merous recommendations by the local
forestry officials and members of tho Wyo
ming delegation and reports by special
jigents the secretary of the lutorlor con
cluded theso tracts should be again oponed
to entry:'""
Lieutenant Ashton Boyle, Fourth' Infantry,
now In tho Philippines, has been granted
un extended leavo of absence and will re
turn to his homo at Kearney, Neb., to en
joy a rest.
The application of S. Conant Parks, G. M.
SUncy, C. W. Barr, Ira E. Jones, Samuel
C. Parks, Jr., and otjiers to organize the
First National bank of Thcrmopolls, Wyo.,
with $25,000 capital, has been approved.
Rural free delivery service will be estab
lished September 2 In South Dakota as fol
lows: Alexandria, Hanson county Route em
braces thirty-two square miles, containing
a population of 571; carrier, A. J. Stebblns.
Groton, Brown county (additional serv
ice) Area covered, t'hirty-Blx squaro miles;
population berved, 522; carrier, C. G. Mof
tlt. Waconda, Clay county (additional serv
ice) Area covered, sixty-eight square
miles; population served, 1,131; M. B. Rus
sell nnd J. B. Knight, appointed carriers.
E. H. Willis Is designated a member of
tho Board of Civil Scrvlco for the post
offlco at Yankton, S. D.
The Iowa National bank of Des Moines
Is approved as reserve agent for the
First National bank of Bonne, la.
Georgo D. Mclklejohn spent today In
Washington and left tonight for Asbevllle,
N. C, whero ho will remain several days.
Ho says he expects to arrive In Omaha
Saturday.
THESE CANN0J GET LANDS
1'ersnns liiinlllleil from Maklnif
Homestead Entry In Wichita
mill Klovrn Country.
WASHINGTON. July 8. Commissioner
Hermann -of tho general land office has Is
sued a general order specifying the per
sons who aro disqualified from making
homestead entry In tho Wichita anil Kiowa,
Comanche and Apacbo ceded lands. Those
disqualified are as follows;
Any person who has an existing home
stead entry, or after Juno 6, 1000, abandoned
or relinquished such entry; n married
woman, unless deserted or abandoned by
hor husband; those not citizens or who
havo not declared such intention; anyone
under 21 years old not tho head of a fam
ily, unless ho served In tbo army or navy
fourteen or more days In actual war; pro
prietors of over 160 acres of land any
where; nnyono who has perfected tltlo to a
homestead of 160 acres by proof of residence
and cultivation of five years or under sec
tion 2, act of June 15, 1SS0; nnyono whose
title acquired and now being acquired by
him under the public land laws, In pur
suance of entries made since August 30,
1S0O, with tho tract now sought to bo en
tered, will make an aggregate of over 120
acres of nou-inlneral land.
C0MPTR0LLERREFUNDS DUTY
Recent Decision of Supreme Court
Itetlirnn I, nacelles A: Co,
I.nrfte S ii in.
WASHINGTON, July S.-Mr. Tracewell.
tho comptroller of the treasury, has de
elded that the secretary of tho treasury
has authority udsr the law to refund to
l.ascelles A Co. -t vw York tho duties
paid by them on sugar Imported from Porto
Illco between tho date the treaty of Paris
took effect and the approval of the Foraker
act. The duties so paid amount ' to over
$170,000. This decision Is based upon the
recent Insular decisions of the supremo
court. Other claims are on fllo for refunds
amounting to about $1,500,000.
Srcretnry 1Iiin lioniln.
WASHINGTON, July R.-The secretary
of tho treasury todsy purchased 10,100
short-term bonds at 112,972; J2.500 fives at
109,222 and $1,000 threes at 1U9.011.
KUbournt and Howe' t New 8eem Likalj
to Hiad It
TAXATION PLANK IS BONE OF CONTENTION
Johnson Men Wish to Come Illbt
tint ntul Sny Tilings, but Mcl.enn
Element Insists on More Con
ncrvntlvc Attitude.
COLUMBUS. O.. July 8. Tho outlook to-
night Is that tho democratic ticket In Ohio
will bo headed by Colonel James Kllbournu
for governor nnd Anthony Howclls for
lieutenant governor. The platform will be
conservative. None of the predicted dr.
matlc scenes In tho convention will como
off.
John L. Zimmerman Is being urged to
night to withdraw as a candidate tor gov
ernor and to move that Colonel Kllbourne
be nominated by acclamation. But under
no circumstances will Zimmerman accept
second place. After he gave his ultimatum
tonight to tho many persistent appeals from
the Kllbourne men for him to accept the
nomination for lieutenant governor, It was
practically settled that Anthony Howclls,
who was formerly state treasurer and' con
sul to Cardiff under President Cleveland,
will be nominated for tho second place.
While tho uoplranta for other places on
the state ticket aro hustling tonight and
their friends are yelling, there are two
opposing conferences In session on the plat
form. In the conferenco of the conserva
tives, ox-Attorney General Judeon Harmon,
Harland Cleveland und others aro explain
ing their platform. The other conferenco
Is conducted by temporary Chairman Salen,
Judge Blandln and fifteen other Johnson
men, who came from Cleveland today to
urgo what Is known as the Cuyahoga county
convention platform. In the Intercourse
that took place between these conferences
tonight the Cleveland delegates wcro In
sisting to the last one on their plank on
taxation, but they were no longer pressing
other "new departures."
Neither temporary Chairman Salen nor
the permanent chairman will make any un
usual utterance and the only differences
over the platform are ns to tho verblago of
the plank for a revision of the taxation
laws. Tho Johnson men want to name tho
railways, whilo the McLean men want the
phraseology In general terms.
Will Keep the Vnnt Dnrleil.
It Is said there will bo no reference to
municipal ownership or to tho Kansas City
platform. Tho platform as now drafted
will say that tho money question Is settled
nnd will demand reformations on now is
sues, notably local and state taxation, home
rule In municipalities, including munici
pal ownership and opposition to all trusts.
Thore will bo no definite action taken on
the taxation plank until tomorrow night,
but the platform of tbo conservatives on
tho Issues Is considered as being suro of
final adoption.
Val Fltzpatrlck of Cleveland, vlco pres
ident of the Railway Trainmen, camo here
from his work In New York to urge tho
nomination of Frank 8. Monnott for attor
ney general. Monnott was attorney general
from 1896 to 1900 as a republican. He sup
ported Bryan last year on the anti-trust
Issue and Is now In full accord with "tho
proposed new departure" of Mayor John
son, who has written letters favoring
Monnett. Tho McLean men are opposing
Monnett openly and vigorously.
Tho delegates and visitors who assembled
hero today for the convention, which
does all its preliminary work tomorrow,
woro greatly disappointed because John R.
McLean of Cincinnati and Tom L. Johq
son of Cleveland, who aro most prominently
mentioned for tho United States senator
ship, will not bo here. Each of them Is
ably and numerously represented from the
other eighty-six counties, as well as from
Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties, but the
delegates evidently wanted to see these
two leaders more than all tho others. Mc
Lean was their standard bearer two years
ago for governor and many wanted him
for permanent chalrrrn of this convention.
Although he has been repeatedly Impor
tuned to como to tho convention, he has
never promised anyono that he would be
hero.
It Is understood that Hon. Charles W.
Baker, who was such a successful presiding
officer at tho last democratic Ohio con
vention, will be the permanent chairman,
and bo is a closo friend of McLean and
chairman of tho Hamilton county delega
tion. Where the Leader Are.
Johnson was a striking figure In congress
and as mayor of Cleveland Is attracting as
much attention now as Mayo. Jones of
Toledo with his views on taxation and other
proposed changes. Johnson would have
been here at tho head of the Cuyahoga dele
gation but for the death of hlB brother last
week In Now York. Johnson represents
what Is called tho "radical reform" cle
ment among platform makers and McLean
represents the conservative element.
It was thought that Mayor Sam Jones of
Toledo would be here to assist the Johnson
men In their so-called "now departure" on
the platform, but N C. Cochran states that
Mayor Jones would not attend any con
vention or accept my nomination from any
convention or pnrty. He does not bellevo
In conventions or parties, but In the Initia
tive nnd referendum. When Jones received
106,000 votes for governor two years ago he
was on tho ticket by direct petition from
the people.
The friends of Johnson aro denying the
report, started by General Isaac R. Sher
wood nnd others, that there would bo a
"reform ticket" In the field If the con
servatives Ignored the Cleveland platform
and dc not Incorporate tho views of Mayor
Johnson In the declaration of principles.
It Is stated that the Kllbourne men want
concessions to the Johnson men, but that
they favor tho platform of tho conserva
tives from Cincinnati.
DEFICIT OF THE PYTHIANS
Connecticut Inmirniice Department
Kevcnl .Mlxrc pre KcntfitlnuH of
t'lilfiirinrtl Itnnk.
HARTFORD, Conn.. July 8. Insurance
Commissioner Sehofteld today mado public
tho report of tha investigation by the Con
necticut Insurance department, of the Uni
formed Rank. Knights of Pythias, it ap
pears that tho reports to the Connecticut
Insurance department have not represented
tbo true condition of the ord?r. On Decem
ber 31, 1900, the reports of the Knights of
Pythias officials gave a total admitted asset
of $611,959. with liabilities of $119,161, leav
lug a balance of $225,807. The Investigation
bas showed tho assets on December 30, 1900,
to bo $331,855 and the liabilities $560,12.1,
making a deficit of $225,267 and a difference
of $451,075. Tho report of the actuaries.
nowever. aDsoives the present officials
the order from blame.
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PRESIDENTS TAKE UP RATES
Solution of Wcfltem Sltnntlon Mny He
Ileueheit Before the Week
Is Out.
CHICAGO. July 8. (Special Telegram.)
Tho western rate situation has been taken
In hand by the railway presidents and to
night there was talk that tho cut rates
promulgated by the Santa Fo would never
go Into effect.
This view was strengthened by tho fact
that the presidents of the lines Interested
held n conference today after which tho
meeting of tho western trunk lino commit
tee called for tomorrow wns postponed un
til Friday. It was stated in this connection
that It the Santa Fc management had held
firm In tho presidents' meeting, to place the
rates In effect no matter what was done,
there would have been no reason for post
poning tomorrow's meeting.
In some quarters, howovor, a gloomy
view of tho situation was taken and Presi
dent Ripley of the Santa Fo stated that
the presidents' meeting had not given him
any hope of a settlement. It Is understood
that President Stlckney of the Great West
ern will nrrlve In Chlca-,0 tomorrow and
will meet with the presidents for the pur
pose of presenting bis Bldo of the story.
It Is certain that tho presidents huve de
termined that heroic measures must be
taken to correct the evils that afflict the
western transportation world.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL INCREASE
llonril of Directum Deelllen to Iteconi
liieml Insue of Thirteen Mil
lion of Mtock,
NEW YORK, July S. At the mooting of
the board of directors of the Illinois Cen
tral railway hold today It was decided to
recommend to the stockholders for action
at tho annual meeting to be held October
IS nn Increase of tho capital by tho Issuo of
$13,000,000 in stock.
It this proposition should be favorably
acted on by tho stockholders It will en
title each stockholder registered on tho
books on October 31 to subscribe at par
for one sharo of the new stock for every
five shares registered In his namo and tho
capital, which now amounts to $66,000,000,
will bo Increased to $79,000,000.
This step, it was announced, was taken
In view of the steady and large Increase
In the revenue and In view of tho fact that
although there has been expended during
tho year ended Juno 30, 1901, for new sec
ond track nnd sidetrack $2,339,000 and in
tho purchase of something like 100 new
locomotives and nearly 5,000 new freight
cars and In new shop machinery nnd tools
about $4,000,000 the facilities of the com
pany aro still overtaxed.
J. T. Harahan, second vlco president of
the company, was elected a director to fill
tho vacancy occasioned by tho death of
John W. Doane.
DIRECTORS OF 'FRISCO LINE
C. r. l'enrce and Nathaniel Thayer
Are Added to the Official
Hoard.
NEW YORK. July 8. Tlicdtrcctors ot
the St. Louis & San Franclscbtrallroad -at
a meeting today elected C. F. Pearce of St.
Loufs and Nathaniel Thayer of Boston di
rectors In place of J. Kennedy Tod and
Henry Marquand, resigned. It was also de
cldod to declare hereafter quarterly divl
dendo on the first and second preferred
stocks of tho company and there was de
clared today a quarterly dividend of 1 per
cent on tho second preferred stock, pay
ablo September 2. Tho declaration of this
dividend today instead of In August was duo
to the fact that It was feared that no
quorum could be obtained then. The sec
ond preferred stock Is thus placed on a
4 per cent basis.
NEW ROAD INCORPORATED
Charter for n Line Inaned at MUnourl
Capital to Crona Several
Stntea.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo July 8. The sec
retary of state today chartered the Arkan
sas, Missouri & Kansas Railroad company
with a capital stock of $2,000,000, The road
Is to extend from the south state line in
Stone county, Missouri, to the west state
line of Missouri, In Jasper county, 100
miles. The Incorporators aro: Albert N.
Hoxle, H. Roby and D. W. Spooner of Bos
ton, Mass.; Aunle M. Johnson and Aravestcr
A. Fuller of Foxboro, Mass.; Honry Clccr
and T. D. Northcutt of Grangevlllo, Mo and
O. G. Farwell, of Joplln, Mo.
ERROR THAT COSTS MILLIONS
Jacob Roger May Hnve Defended till
Own 1'nrpone by Repeating:
Word In Will.
NEW YORK. Jlllv R. Tho .Tnlirnnl on.l
Advertiser will say tomorrow; All tho pre
cautions of Jacob S. Rogers to disinherit
his relatives mav en for nauelif hv renann
of an error, Intentional or otherwise, which
ne mauo in his will, but which, according
to lawyers, must stand as It reads,. Tho
error appears In the codicil, dated October
wuu. ino codicil reads:
T hAPdtlll fnt.ll... ...Ill .. .1 . -
nephew, Theodore B. Rosorx. Jr.. con of
lirnlliAH TlAAln.A f it,,-..,. il. . ...
"IJ " 1 'vimhi m n. nHt'i , Win HUH.
of SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND THOU
SAND DOLLARS. J. S. ROGERS.
ThUH the codicil elves In his nnnhnu.. t7r. -
000,000, or about ten times tho amount of
the estate. Necessarily It leaves no res
idue for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tho paragraph, ns Is tho entire will, Is In
the handwrltlnir nf the testator. Tho nrrnr
If an error It be, Is unerased nnd unchanged.
uawyers say it must stand as it Is.
ASKS TO MATURE THE STOCK
President Springer nf the ntlnnnl
Asuoc Intlon Wlren III tclicoek to
Delay Oklahoma Opening-,
DENVER, July 8. Tho action of tho
president In proclaiming the opening for
settlement tbo lands In Oklahoma In August
Is causing great uneaslnes3 to cattlemon. It
Is said there are 200,000 head of cattlo on
tho ranges that havo been leased by Texas
and Oklahoma stockmen. These cattle are
Immaturo and unfit for tho market at the
present time. If tbo order is carried out
theso cattle will have to bo shipped Imme
diately and sold for canning In tho eastern
markets for what they will bring.
It Is said that a delay of ninety or even
sixty days would enable the owners to put
the cattlo on tho market In a propar condi
tion. To secure such a delay, If possible.
tho following telegram was sent to Sec
retary Hitchcock Saturday night:
Livestock Interests In west and southwest
will be seriously affected unless procla
mation opening Klowu and Comanche res
ervations can be delayed until herds of
Immnture cattle can bo thlpped to market.
On behalf of livestock Industry I respect-
luuy jirwiiun lur buuu ueiity.
n JOHN W SPRINGER.
President rational Live Stock Association.
TRAGEDY IN WHITE'S FAMILY
Aabuuclor'i Only Con Oil Himself at
Sjrracnu,
DRIVEN TO IT BY CONTINUED ILL HEALTH
Repented Returns of .Vervoum Tronblea
Ovenaloneil hy Ancient Attack of
Typhoid Kever .Make Death
Seem Preferable.
SYRACUSE, N. Y July 8.-Frederlck 1).
White, son of Andrew D. White. Unltod-
fatatcj ambassador to Germany, committed
suicide at 5:30 this afteruoon at his homo
lu this city. Prolonged 111 health and a
persistent and exhausting nervous disease
are glvtn as the only possible explanation
of his act.
Mr. Whlto had appeared to be In usual
health during the day and had attended to
matters of busluces In tho management of
tbo Whites' estate. Ho was alone In tbo
houso with tho servants during part of
tho tfttrnoon. Mrs. Whlto returned
shortly ntlcr 5 o'clock nnd found Mr. Whlto
dead in the bathroom. A bullet from a riflo
had ptssed through his brain and death had
been Instantaneous. No ono had heard the
shot.
Pome eighteen years ago on completing
his course ut Columbia law collego. Mr.
White had a severe attnek of typhoid fever,
from which he never recovered. Stomach
and Intestinal troubles resulted. Later his
nervous system became weakened and
within a few years neurasthenia developed.
About a year ago ho suffered a severe at
tuck of the complaint. During the recent
hot spell another attack ot tho disease came
on, leaving him In u stuto of acuto nerv
ousness. I'robnhly I'lipreineilltiitcd.
Mr. White had been about town during
the forenoon and appeared bright nnd hopo
ful and It Is believed he did not promcdl
tato suicide. From tho appearance of the
body when found It Is supposed that he
placed tho barrel of tho rlflo In his mouth
and discharged It with his foot.
Coroner Matthews made an examination
of tho body and It was at first given out
that death was due to cerebral hemorrhage.
The announcement of Mr. White's death
was received with great sorrow In this
city, where ho occupied a prominent posi
tion In social circles. A cablegram an
nouncing his death was sent to Ambassador
Whlto at Berlin tonight. As yet no ar
rangements for the funoral have been made.
Frederick D. White was the only eon of
Ambassador White. Ho was born In Ann
Arbor, Mich., December 15, 1859. He was
educated at Cornell university and also In
tho University of Berlin, Prussia. Ho also
studied In Columbia law college, New York,
from 1882 to 1884. In tho latter year ho
was admitted to the bar at Blnghamton, N
Y., and afterwnrd practiced his profession
In this city. Much of his tlmo In later
ycarB has been dovoted to the manage
ment of property owned by himself and
his father.
NEW YORK. July 8. Rev. W. P. North
rup, who was an undo of Mr. White's wife,
stnted that young Mr: White was booked to
Ball on the steamer Doutschland next
Wednesday on a visit to his father and In
search of health.
LINCOLN CHARTER DECISION
One la Expected Today Sustaining
City Attorney's Con
tentions. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 8. (Spoclal Telegram.)
From intimations given tonight by mem
bers of tho supreme court commission It
may bo said almost positively that unless
thcro is a disagreement between tho su
preme judges an opinion will bo handed
down tomorrow evening sustaining all ot
tho essential contentions of City Attorney
Strode In the case Instituted by the Lincoln
Traction company and Lincoln Gas company
to annul tho tax commissioner section of
tho new Lincoln charter.
Tho case wan argued beforo Commis
sioners, Hastings, Klrkpatrlck and Day at
the last sitting of court. Tonight a mem
ber of this division of the commission In
formed the correspondent that tho opinion
had been prepared and would be handed
down at tho closo of tomorrow's confer
enco If It meets with no objection from
tho Judges.
Tho outcome of this case Is of vital Im
portance to the taxpayers of both Lincoln
and Omuba. A decision favorable to tho
gas and traction companies would In effect
Invalidate tho effleo of city tax commis
sioner and place the taxation of city prop
erty for city purposes back In the hands
of the county commissioners, and aa tho
tax commissioner law was practically a
copy of the samo relative section of tho
Omahn charter, It probably would open the
way for litigation designed to destroy the
Omaha office of tax commissioner.
Tho ono feature of the Lincoln charter
that Is admittedly weak provides that tho
tax commissioner shall accept tho valuation
of railroad property as fixed by tho State
Board of Equalization. This was attacked
on tho ground that It provided for unequal
taxation.
City ofllclals would gladly have this pro
vision declared void, for then all railroad
property would come directly under the
jurisdiction of the city for purposes of
taxation. It is not known what position
tho court will take on this particular point,
Tho attorney for tho corporations that
are backing tho suit refused to say
whether or not he would continue tho con
test. Compromise In (he Una Klfrlit.
An amendment to tho ncetyleno gas ordi
nance now pending before tho city council
was Introduced tonight ns a compromlso
of the fight between tho acetylene promot
ers and the Lincoln Gas and Electric Light
company. It requires tho former, beforo
It will be permitted to enjoy the rights of
franchise, to adopt candlo power rates of
25 per cent less than thoso charged by the
gas company.
A resolution was adopted authorizing tho
Halo of city lighting bonds to Lincoln bid
dors who offer not leps than par. They aro
in $500 denominations,
DEFER MILITARY INVESTIGATION
Lieutenant Colonel Ilelatnnd Mu
tloned nt Nun I'riuielsco I'end
Iiir Semite Iniinlry.
WASHINGTON, July 8. Lieutenant Colo
nel Hetstand has been assigned to tem
porary duty at San Francisco until the War
department ascertains the desire of the
committee on military affairs of tho senate
which Is to make an Investigation of cer
tain charges against Lieutenant Colonel
Helstand concerning the Manila bemp trade.
It has been determined to postpone the In
vestigation until some time In October, and
It Is probable the committee will so Inform
the War department.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska; Generally Fair,
Continued Wiirm Tuesday; Wednesday,
Knlr. Probably Cooler; Southerly Winds,
Becoming Variable.
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llent In .civ York .Horr Dawn l'eo
pie Like tints In the
rirtil.
NEW YORK. July S. The offlclal reports
to tho bureau of vital statistics ot deaths
from heat for the week ending July 6
show that the actual number lu tho five
boroughs of Greater New York was PS;.
For tho boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx the number wns 699, for Richmond
12, for Queens 24. for Brooklyn 264. Tho
records cover tho days when tho heat was
most Intense.
tine Hundred nnil Six nt Trenton.
TRENTON, Neb.. July S. (Special Telo
gram.) Dry, hot weather continues. To
day the thermometer registered 10C, At no
time tor ten days bas It been less than 100
at noon. Harvest Is In full progress. Pas
tures arc getting short, but stock Is In
good condition, It has been three weeks
since a good shower fell.
MlKhty Hot In Kaiin.
TOPEKA, Kan., July S. This has boon
a day of unprecedented temperature In
Kansas, In Topekn for two hours tbls
afternoon the mark reached was 104. In
Maryvlllo 108 degrees was the record. Fort
Scott reports 106 degrees.
IMerre l'eraplrea I'rnfnuely.
PIERRE, S. D., July 8. (Special Tele
gram.) Today Is the climax of tho hot
wave here, Tho government record Is 101
and It Is much hotter on tho streets. Busi
ness Is practically suspended.
TO INVESTIGATE GOVERNOR
United Mtnten Philippine Commission
Will Look Into Whltmnrah'a
Affnlra.
MANILA, July 8. The United States
Philippine commission has ordered II.
Phelps Whttmarsh, the govcrnot of
Bcnguet province, to come to Manila and
submit to an investigation, owing to tho
allegation that he has been using his po
sltlon to his personal advantage In ac
quiring land and mining rights from tho
natives. He Is at present charged with In
discretion and violation of his Instructions
Tho commission particularly Instructed
Governor Whltmarsh to cultivate the
friendship and. protect the interests of tho
igurroii.es, woo sunerca irom spanisn ex
tortlons and exploitations.
Colonel Duval of the Forty-eighth regi
ment, which formerly occupied 'th . jirev
lnces ot Union and Bucguct, and Dr. Kief
for, ihe regimental surgeon who was
prominent In the civil administration ut
the province, complained of Governor Whlt
marsh's' methods of administering bis office.
Tho committee Is Inclined to attribute the
feeling existing to military opposition to
civil organization In Benguet. Several state
ments mado by natives to Commissioner
Worcester while on a visit to Benguet
formed the basts of tho Investigation.
General Bell has forwarded several al
legations to Manila, Two friars, who wcro
Invited to Cnlattoo, province ot Pangnsl
nan, to celebrate a holiday were mobbed.
A native priest denounced tho action of
the people, whereupon the mob attacked
the prlfBt nnd refused to attend the church.
The friars fled. Tho natlvo papers have
since Inaugurated renewed attacks on the
friars.
Generals Chaffee and Wndo are at Batan
gas. Tho removal of tho military head
quarters In southern Luzon from Manila
to Llpa In Batangus province Is contem
plated. Pardo de Tavera, who has been
announced as a future member ot tho civil
commission, and General Calllcs, the In
surgent leader, who recently surrendered
In Laguna province, are going to that prov
lnco tomorrow In order to organize munic
ipalities. IS O'CONNELL'S PROPOSITION
Metal Tradea Asaoclnt Ion Receives
the Overtnrea that May llrinif
About Pence Moon.
NEW YORK. July 8. Members of tho
National Metal Trades association In this
city announced today that they had re
ceived tho following proposition from
James O'Conncll, president of the Na
tional Association of Machinists, for a
settlement of the strike.
1. Tho question of wages to bo arbi
trated by districts.
2. All machinists on strlko to be re
instated without prejudice to their former
position, pending settlement by arbitra
tion. 3. Tho hours of labor shall be fifty-four
hours a week, which Is not submitted to
arbitration, tho award nf tho arbitration
bo.ird to date back to the tlmo tho men
return to work,
4. Articles ot agreement shall bo signed
by both sides agreeing to tho above basis
of arbitration.
G, The above basis for a settlement of
the present strike shall not apply to firms,
members of tho National Metal Trades
association and others who havo mado
settlements.
It Is believed that an agreement will be
reached within a few days,
TEXANS TO TAKE THEIR PICK
Another I)uy of Deadlock RuconraKea
I'lan to Let Voters Have,
the Whole Field.
DALLAS, Tex., July 8. The Sixth con
gressional convention, which met here today
after a four days' session a Meridian last
week to nominate a candidate for congress,
remained In diadlock all day, ns none of
tho aspirants for the honor Is willing to
withdraw There Is talk of placing all before
the voters at the election next Saturday.
Movements of Occitn Vcselj .Inly 8.
At New York Arrived Steamer Ancho
rla. from GIhhuow and Mnvllle: Ccvlc.
from Liverpool; Minneapolis, from Lon
don, At Greenock Arrved City of Home.
from New York.
At Glasguw Balled Australia, for Mon
treal: Sardlnan, for New York: Sicilian,
for Montreal. Arrived Sarmatlan, from
Montreal,
At Montreal Arrived Steamers North
western, from Liverpool, for Chicago;
Northman, from Antwerp and Hamburg,
for Chicago.
At Naples Arrived HohenzoIIern, from
New York.
SAME YACHT WJSS IT
Eictsd Trial af Oop Difiadin ii Oonti
tution'i Stctid Eiij Viotery,
COLUMBIA LEFT THREE MILES TO REAR
Gallant Old Cefudtr Caantft Hup tht
Youngitir'i Paot.
INDEPENDENCE IS MERELY AN "ALSO RAN"
Traill Kin aad a Half Witt Bthiud the
V?intr.
FUTURE CONTESTS SEEM EASY TO GUESS
Men- Aaplrnut .MnUes Uven Better
ShoMlnir Thiin Before nnil Wise
Men Wonder Where There
la Worthy Khnl,
NEWPORT. R. I., July S.-If the victory
of Constitution over Columbia and Inde
pendence In tho first of thu first threo
cornered races ou Saturday
and definite. Its wlntlng todny may well
bo characterized as overwhelming nmi ih
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defeat of Independence ns positive und nl-
most nopriess. Tho approach of ovcnlug
again found tho committed boat anchored
iar out in rsarragansctt bay, along with
tho catboat, which marked tho other end
of thu finish line, tediously waiting for tho
Boston boat to cross, while its rivni. mp
well up tho harbor on tho way to their
moorings.
Tho new Herresehnrr 1m.ii i,..i,.
Columbia by nearly half an hour over tho
thlrty-mllo course, while tho record against
Independence waa almost a full hour. Con
stitution camo near travollng around tho
inangio wntic the Crownlnshleld crea
tion was covering two legs of It.
ttrnitest of Thla tienerntlon.
Today's raco establishes tho flour Tlrlatnl
sloop as n record-breaker In light airs. It
iias accompiisncu what yachtsmen consid
ered Impossible. In thus h
while Its performance has put Indepeildenco'
enureiy out ot tno tunning In conditions
llko thoso of today. What Its showing may
bo In heavy weather Is still a matter of
conjecture, ns It Is with Independence, but
the experts are now almost ready to ac
cept any achievement of Constitution with
out surprise.
Of nil the contests In tho history of tho
ronowncd races for the America's cup that
of today Is the most remarkable, not only
of the races proper but of thoso Incident
to the solectlon of a cup challenger or a
cup defender. Constitution has proved It
eelf tho best light weatht.- craft of this
generation. Volunteer. Vigilant, Defender
and Columbia havo in tha past achieved
wonderful and glorious things In tho rauio
of defending the cup, but Constitution to
day, caps the climax.
Ilovr the Itnec XVmu flailed.
The wind wn light from the southwest
at the start and there was a long and
greasy ground swell from tho southwest
when the start was made from a point flvo
miles east southeast of Brenton's reef
lightship. The first leg of the triangular
courso of thirty nautical miles was a dead
beat, to windward of ten miles, the courso
being southwest. The start of Constitution
was notable. It did not seem to want
to tako tho windward position, hut being
In n hurry to cross, started from pretty
nearly tho lcownrd end of tho line and
luffed up to cross Just as the gun sounded.
This would havo been the cause of n borth
further to leeward, but a little whllo after
Columbia and Independence had crossed
Constitution showed Its haughty disregard
for the pair of them by proceeding on tho
starboard tack with n llttlo Jibtopsull de
fiantly shaking Its luff nt everything nfloat,
thon going about and crossing tho bows of
Its opponents and, when satisfied with tho
load It had obtained, tacking nnd occupying
a commanding hrrth In thn windward and
a lead which It maintained to tho end of tho
race. Tnoro wns a hazo and dampness and
an unprepossessing outlook generally, but
Constitution overcame every obstacle with
tact nnd skill and won out at tbo first
mark, ten minutes nnd thirty seconds over
Columbia. Tho great yacht ncvor beforo
had such a humiliating experience.
On the Second I.rjt,
On the next leg, a reach of ten miles,
with only a gentle zephyr blowing on the
starboard beam, with a lino reaching Jib
topsail set to whatever airs might como
Us way, It sailed faster than tho wind and
by raro skill and superior ability worked
Itself through what seemed an almost In
extrlcablo tanglo of humidity and haze,
greasy ground swell nnd dead calms to an
other extraordinary achievement. It
rounded tho leeward mark eight minutes
nnd forty seconds ahead of Columbia and
then, scurrying faster than tho wind, which
never during tho racing today exceeded the
force of a six-knot air. It made thn crown
ing record of Its history by sailing over
tho ten knots In 49:16, Then camo tho
cheering and notes of acclaim from whistles
and sirens In honor nf the great boat.
What It might do with topmast housed
Is another narrative. It Is up to this time
superb In light alra, but a stronger breath
may conquer It.
In writing of Iho brilliant work of Co
lumbia mention should bo mado of the val
iant efforts tho old ship mado to escapn
from the hoodoo of greater merit on tho
part of Constitution. The bravo and de
termined efforti of F. D. Morgan, tho
plucky amateur: Barr, tho ablo skipper,
and a crow whose like can never bo sur
passed, who kept up the great fight to the
finish nnd In tho smart handling of the
sails never lost a point, woro nil recognized
by appreciative spectntora. That It lest
was owing to tho same reason that De
fender lost In the contest. It was out
classed as a vessel.
Kill lit Hope for Independence,
Independence was not handicapped by Its
personnel, but etmply by its. Inability to
sail fast under tho conditions that pre
vailed. It made a fairly good start and ex
perienced no particularly bad luck. In
fact In the reach to the second mark It
had the greatest bit of luck In Its llfo, as
It made faster time over the leg to tho
tuno of two minutes and twenty-flvo sec
onds than Columbia.
That Is the only satisfactory episode con
nected with tho raco of Independence. In
two trials In light weather It has not
proved to be anywhere near Its rivals,
Whit may happen In strong breezes con
not bo predicted.
Thn statistical story of tho contest Is
told ns follows:
Htart. Finish. Ela'd. Cnr'd.
Constitution ., 11:55:26 4:M:3) 4:J9:M 4:53:01
Columbia n;w;o, 5:24:36 &-.28:2t) 5:27:11
Independence. 11:56:23 64:40 C:1S:1S 6:17:35
Constitution wins, beating Columbia
twenty-eight minutes and eight eocondt
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