The Omaha Daily Bee.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, Fill DAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1903-TEN PAGES.
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CHINA OPENS PORTS
Bnnia Agrees Not to Interfere with
ttUienca'i Open Door Folic;.
MANCHURIAN TRADE FREE TO WORLD
Commerce of All Nationi Can Enter Equally
Without Let or Hindrance.
UNITED STATES REFUSES SPECIAL RIGHTS
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Prefen to Giro All Pririlegei Secured in
Pursuance of Pait Pledges.
MOUKDEN AND TA TUNG KAO SELECTED
Second Market In Frovlneo and Little
Known, bnt Well Sltnnt' Cltr
Affected by Agree' '''iif
Juat Reached. '''If
NAMES THE ISLANDS SEIZED
London Paper Declare America Hi
Annexed Property Ceded
to Britain.
BELKNAP FOR GOVERNOR
Kenticky Bepub'icam Nominate Qnberna"
torial Oandidite on First Baliob
rial form Rehearses Many Reaaon
Why President .Merits National
t Support Sow and at Next ,
Election.
For Governor , ,
MOKK1S E. BELKNAP, Louisville.
For Lieutenant Uovei noc
J. B. WlLhl'l'T, Ashland.
WASHINGTON. Julv 11 The ManCi.
ruin question ha been settled satisfactorily .
to this government.
Assurances have been received from the
Chinese government that It will. In the
near future, open, as treaty porta, several
porta now closed to the World's trade.
The Russian government has conveyed
formal assurance) to the United States gov
eminent that It fVlll not In any way oppose
uch opening. .While the ports to be
opened are not yet specified. It Is gathered
from the communications received that
they era Moukden. the principal Island port
of Manchuria, and Ta Tung Kao, at the
mouth of the Talu river.
The State department Is highly gratified
at this outcome, feeling that It has secured
not only for American commerce, but for
the commerce of the world at large, a very
substantial gain.
One of (he First Steps.
It now develop that the meeting of Rus
sian officials at Port Arthur, Just con
cluded, waa but one of the steps, though
an Important one, which the St. Petersburg
government had planned In execution of Its
purpose to place matters of Internal ad
ministration In Manchuria in such condi
tion that the ports desired by the United
Statea and Japan could be opened to trade
Without causing disturbance or Involving
undue sacrifice of proper Russian Inter-
' eats.
It already had been reported that much
of the friction that had grown out of the
Manchuiian question waa caused by a sort
of triple yet Independent administration of
affairs In Manchuria, by representatives
Of the different branchea of the Russian
government
The result waa that one official would
not feel bound by the pledgee made by
another, so that foreign natlona complained
of bad faith. It Is understood that now,
following the Port Arthur conference, a
compact . and responsible direction of af
faire haa been arranged for and orders
Issued from Bt. Petersburg are certain to
meet with speedy and exact compliance.
Although no set tlma la mentioned in
the promise to open the porta, It la be
lieved 'that thla wlU follow soon after the
Russian evacuation In September.
It la now Known that the negotiations
which have terminated ao auccessfully
today were practically brought to their
present phase by Secretary Hay and Count
Caaslnl at a meeting at the Russian em
bassy on June 28, the day before the secre
tary luft for Newport, for the ambassador
then had In hand the necessary authorisa
tion from hla own government to make the
pledgee which are now In process of re
demption. Pledges in "Writing.
The Dledgea were reduced to writing by
Mr. Hansen, the Russian charge, during his
call at the State department today. It now
remains for Mr.. Conger to define In th
trade treaty, which he la negotiating with
China, tha terma. and condltlona under
which tha new porta are to be opened. It
3,y be stated that had tha United States
AaKovernmeiit cared to pursue a seinsn policy
Vgtn this matter it might easily have secured
promises of special privileges from Russia,
but Secretary Hay hag held to the broader
, doctrine of tha open door In Manchuria for
the whole world.
Respecting the two ports mentioned aa
likely to be opened, namely Moukden and
Ta Tung Kao, It may be cald that both
politically and from a trade point of view,
tha latter port la apt to prove tha more im
portant, though the place la now ao little
known that tha name la not to be found on
many of the beat charta. It Ilea on the
right bank of the Talu river, not far from
ita mouth, and close to It la tha Korean
town of Weju. an important trade center,
which undoubtedly will prove tributary to
the new port. At present Ta Tung Kao
doea not amount to much, but rapid de
velopment la looked for aa soon aa It be
cornea ft treaty port.
At first the United States government
sought to have Ta Kuahan made the open
port In this part of Manchuria, but the Japa
favored Ta Tung Kao and the United
Statea abandoned Ta Kushan In favor of
Ta Tung Kao when it appeared that the
latter la open all the year around, while
Ta Kuehan la closed by ice during several
winter months.
Moukden la the head of navigation on the
Llao river, and Is tha pornt from which
caravans start through Manchuria. It Is
tha largest market In Manchuria next to
New Chwang.
LONDON. Julv 11 Acrordlns: to the
Dally Chronicle, the action of America In ROOSEVELT IS MOST WARMLY LNUUHStU
annexing the Inland off Borneo raises an
exceedingly delicate question and the Brit
ish Foreign office lias asked Washington
for an explanation.
The Islands, says the paper, are a group
of seven, which originally belonged to the
sultan of Sulu, from whom they passed, by
a charter In 18X1, to the control of the
British North Borneo company. They are
Insignificant In site, but of the highest
strategic Importance, dominating Banakan
harbor and Tihaknv T"hlr immM Are 1 pnr TrM.nrpr
TaaaW. Biuruan. RVk.inan. Unman. - JOHN A. BLACK. Barboursvllle
.. ' , I For Aucitor
Slbaung, Beeaan and Laankayan. oHiORUE U. WALSH, Danville.
TVi a Am.rin.ii nt Ih. nu.ttrin II I Vnr Ittnrimv tienrul
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irlv.n hv th TfnH-.l D. .haa anvil VVlL.L.lAftl II i r.rv, irillluci""'
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the Dally Chronicle, Is that the Islands ara I j, ofn.iurtT, Mayfleld.
undoubtedly American by right of con
quest, having belonged to the Philippines LOUISVILLE, July ltf. A second day ot
and the sultan of Sulu having confirmed I picturesque political maneuvers In the state
nd acknowledged American supremacy convention of the Kentucky republicans
Airiii:B uftiii t&uu csiaunBu i prise o a winning uara norae, v-wiw,.
arly defined line between the I Morris B. Belknap of Louisville received
-osneHsions In the Philippines I the nomination for governor on the first
tnu a sea and the territories of the I ballot.
BrltlM..,, rneo company. Mr. Belknap was nominated after an en
The islands had never been occupied by I thuslastlc supporter of Mr. Bradley hud
any European nation and it la unknown I placed the former governor In nomination
whether Spain ever recognized the trading and the followers of Augustus L. Wlllson
treaty which existed between the Borneo I had t&ctlly withdrawn the man supposed
company and the Inhabitants of the Islands, to be Mr. Belknap' nearest competitor by
Not much attention is attached to the re- falling to prevent his name.
port, although an Inquiry will be made. I The threatened stampede to Bradley was
Quelled by his emphatic declaration that
BRITAIN BALKS AT SILVER he would not be a candidate, still for some
unknown reason the convention
and go Stabilise Preelons
officers
With France Refuses to Bay Annually called his name and he received a greater
number of votes than Clifton J. Pratt, who
had made an active canvass,
Metala.
Stand by Roosevelt,
BERLIN. July ll-The American and "he reaolutlona adopted are in part aa
Mexican International Sliver Exchange follows
commissions met the representatives of the ,.We.t congratulate the people of the
r. M - , . - I L'llllCTU DU1ICI (Villi HO IITJT. llipnn? noiunn
German government for their first confer- tnB unparalleled prosperity achieved under
ence toaay. uermany was represented: by national republican policies that nave main-
Pu.m.i.1 v'nrh mH nin.i t nmm nt tha tallied the public honor, roelereo. inausiry,
... . . stimulated enterprise, extended American
KeicnsDana, Tlvy councillor Domboys or commerce. strengthened American intiu-
the imperial treasury. Count von Rodern of ence and enobled citizenship by giving
.v.. t....i.. t t u-k security to labor and CHDltal alike, anil m-
... . " . . I surlng to every man who works a standard
v.. mo .viuiii.i uuicnu, Ati'ianu ajuluc I 0 living.
of the Deutsches bank, Arthur Salomonsohn
of the Dlsconto-Gezellschaft and Frans
Urblg of the German-Asiatic bank.
The conference lasted an hour and was
then adjourned until Saturday.
Germany's representatives recognized the
EPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENES
Folly Fifteen Thnaand Delegates
Attend International lonven
tlon at Detroit.
DETROIT. Mich.. July Hi Every Incom
ing train through the night brought In Its
quota to swell the lio-tn of Epworth leag
uers and hundreds more arrived on morn
ing trains until, when the sixth interna
tional convention opened this afternoon, l
is estimated 1S.0CO of the leaguers are
In the city.
The convention was opened at 2:30 o'clock
j this afternoon with three great meetings.
: one In Tent Ontario at the corner of
Fourth Hnd I.urayette avqnues, one lit the
Detroit Opera house, and one In the Cen
tral Methodist Episcopal church. F.ach
meeting followed Identically the same pro
gram, addresses, of welcome, responses and
a keynote address.
Tlio large chorus, which was organized
among the local slnnrera to furnish the
music for the convention, was divided and
one-third of the membership sang in each
auditorium, under the teudershlp of Evan
gelists John Hellla, J. M. Black and
Charles D. Tillman,
Rev. Albert Carman of Toronto. Ont.,
presided over the meeting at Tent Ontario,
which was well filled when he introduced
Rev. John Hundley of Long Branch, N. J.,
who opened the session with devotions.
Mayor William C. Maybury welcomed the
delegates who attended this meeting and
Rev. W. H. Shier, 1. D., presiding elder
of the Detroit conference, followed with
an address of welcome, on behalf of the
local Methodists.
Mr. N. W. Rollow of Toronto, responded
to the welcoming addresses, after which
the keynote address was delivered by Rev.
W. a. Downey of Brooklyn. N. Y. A
gentle breeze kept tha flags In tha tent
fluttering through the meeting and tem
pered the rays of tha aun that beat down
on the canvas.
BJshop Earl Cranston, D. D., LL. D.,
president over the Central Methodist Epis
copal church meeting aa chairman, end
Rev. F. Potts of thla city, mode the wel
coming address. It waa responded to by
Rev. S. J. llerben of New York, and the
keynote address at this meeting was mado
by Rev. J. E. Wilson of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Detroit Opera house was crowded
INVESTIGATE LAND ENTRIES
Obargea Made that Fraud Has Been Prac
ticed by Cattlemen.
SOUTH DAKOTA INVOLVED THIS TIME
Scheme Worked Is Practically the
Same ar that Rxpoaed Some Time
Ago lu Nebraska Reservoir
Sites Selected.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 16. (Special Tele
gramsDepartment nfflclaU await with
considerable Interest reports of alleged ex
tensive land frauds In the Pierre ami Rapid
City land districts In South Dakota. Spe
cial agents nro now at work at Rapid City
and are investigating the alleged fraudu
lent entries made at that place and Pierre.
It is stated by department officials that the
best Information so far obtainable is to the
effect that the South Dakota frauds are
Inspired by cattle companies, who are anx
ious to acquire large areas for grazing
purposes. The scheme has been to Induce
soldiers' widows to make homestead en
tries of land used by grazing companies,
the applicant only partially complying with
the law. in some instances a shack was
erected and wire fence put up, all done by
representatives of the cattle companies,
while the woman who filed the entry made
no attempt to comply with the law oh to
residence. Just how much land and how
many people are involved In these frauds
the government authorities are unable to
say. Complaints have been received at
the department for some time and finally
the land commissioner detailed a special
agent to look Into the matter. Since then
an additional special agent has been as
signed for duty In the South Dakota land
districts. Advices received at the depart
ment are that it will take several weeks to
thoroughly complete the work of luvestlga
tlon.
Wilson Back from Weal.
Secretary Wilson has returned to Wash
ington from an extended trip through the
middle west. While away he visited the
CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Showers Friday.
with Cooler In SoulheaM portion; ruiur
day Fair.
Trmprratare at Omaha Yesterdayi
We stand for the continuance of repub
lican nnanclal and other policies.
We express the hlahest appreciation Oi
the r?cord that President Roosevelt has
made In continuing- the Kreat work begun
bv William McKinlev and In himself deal
ing with the new problems that he has had
I to solve. In his handling of the Philippine
desirability of fixing the ratio of exchange question; In his firm management of the
,,,, j ,,,.. .... Venezuelan crlHls; In his wise and cour-
between silver and gold countries, but re- aKPOU, curae wMl reference to the anthra-
garded a scheme In that direction merely cite coal strike: In his honest efforts to
as a pious wish. The British and French jecure Justice to Cuba; In his zeal for the
governments are reported by the Germans m'clal purlty and noneB?y and punishment
to have flatly refused to obligate them- of the corruot and dishonest: in his reso-
selvea to purchase a fixed amount of silver ""end a8-alnt the closing of Chinese
, , - .. . , , , . , ports to our trade; In his success achieved
yearly for Indian and colonial coinage. This nls political efforts to enforce the l.iw
Is One of the commission's proposals, which against unlawful communities and the en
is Intended to atablllxe the raUo between com xgement he has tfven to the cable
,, . ,. acrona the Pacific, which brings us Into
silver and gold. closer touch with the Philippines than we
Germanv'a delegates recoa-nlse that ahso- I were with the I-oliislana territory or Call-
lately nothing Is possible without the co- "'..T. 'Ti 'eV I
operation of Great Britain and France, and Ien, and we heartily and enthusiastically
It la not believed here that tha commission's I approve his nomination for tha presidency
work will lead to an International confer
ence.
Ml.. Th. " ' rniutiiiiuii naisnurg, ifljja a. U., aad invegtujated tests which
Miss., the chairman of the meetlns ore-1 . .. . ,
,, ,,., . . r, " " liave been made in various western states
who Invoked the blessing. Governor A. T.
Bliss, himself a prominent Methodist, then
welcomed the leaguers to the city and
state. Rev. George Elliott followed with
a welcome on behalf of the Methodists of
the city. Rev. H. M. Dubose or Nashville,
Tenn., general secretary of the Epworth
league, of the Methodist Episcopal church.
South, responded to the welcomes,
of wheat, oats, barley, legumes and grasses
recently Introduced to afford a variety of
crops.
"Reports Issued by the department on the
tondltlon . of the corn crop in the west
have been correct in the main," said Sec re
tary Wilson. "Even the best of corn Is
not seasonable, in the lowlands 'corn was
submerged by floods and the highlands
The keynote address at this meeting was lmve been Baturted bv heavy rains. Con
delivered by Rev. William Sparling of
i uromo. x oe waicnworns or the con
vention are "Waiting," "Witnessing" and
Working," and the speakers in their key
note addresses followed out In a general
way the ideaa presented by these three
watchwords.
FATHER OPPOSES THE MATCH
Soa of Joseph Chamberlain Said
Be Bsgaged to Mlaa Harlel
White.
(Copyright. 1908. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, July 11 (New York World
In 1904. n
We denounce assaselnatlitmi and lasvleee
ness, aa destructive of civilization and call
upon the enlightened Intelligence of the
state, through its executive, legislative nnd
Judicial agencies to employ remedies to re
establish order and punish crime within
our borders.
We especially arraign the present state
chief executive for so exercising the par
doning power as to subserve political and
artisan purposes with the certain effect of
crime by vlrtunlly rendering criminals of
democratic political faith Immune from
punishment.
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Exceptional AY SHUT OFF CHICAGO LIGHT
Interest has been excited in social, political j ,
Teamsters Threaten to Pinnae City
In Darkneaa to Win Kelloga;
Strlke.
CHICAGO, July Jl When efforts of the
and diplomatic circles In London by the
prevalent report that Austen Chamberlain,
M. P., eldest son of Colonial Secretary
Joseph Chamberlain, Is engaged to marry
Miss Muriel White, the only daughter of
Herry White, secretary of the United
States embassy here. Joseph Chamberlain striking teamsters failed today to prevent
Is bitterly opposed to the marriage. It la the delivery of freight from the Kellogg
reported that In Ms opposition is found company to railroad warehouses, President
the reason why the engagement has not Albert Young of the teamsters declared he
been formally announced. would darken the city unless the strike
was settled
Spoons Bring Record Price. He announced that he would visit the
LONDON. July 11 Thirteen sliver Chicago Edison company tomorrow and
apostle spoons with figures of Christ and demand that It shut off power at the Kel
the twelve apostles upon them were auo- logg plant. Should he receive a refusal he
tloned at London today. They brought the will shut off all the Edison company's sup-
record price of $24,600. The spoons were piles and force the company to shut down
dated 1536 and constitute the earliest com- In making this threat he insisted that he
plete set known. Tha bidding waa spirited, had the support ot the tugmen who deliver
I ooal to the companies and that all these
uii iinaiinrai ma, I would be called out if the company at
CARACAS, Venezuela, July IS. The Ven- tempted to get a supply of fuel by river.
ezuelan government yesterday paid to the
representatives oi ine auieo. powers me last ..,11,11 r-V'C DDftTUCD
Installment of Indemnity as stipulated bvl M MNLLT O DHUintn
the nrotocol. - I
Blarfyrea rresiaeni's neiaiiTv ,iva m .
Death's Door la Pennayl
vials Homo,
RUSSIA DECLINES PETITION
Informs t ailed Stataa tha. KJablaraT
Protest Will Kelther Be Re.
reived Nor. Considered.
WASHINGTON, July ll-The State de
partment haa received a reply from Russia
saying It will neither receive nor consider
the Jewish petlUon , on tha Klahlneff In
cident. '
This Information came in tha form of
cable from Mr. Riddle, the American charge
at St. Petersburg, to whom waa committed
tha delicate task of inquiring of the Rus
alan government as to its attitude with
respect to tha presentation of the petition.
It Is believed that this will end the mat
ter and that no further steps will be taken
jy tha government to bring tha petitioners'
views to Russia's attention, although aa
)t no consideration nas oeen given by the
presldent to tna course to be pursued.
KNOX BUYS CHICAGO PROPERTY
Omaha Man Invests Heavily la
Block of Improved Real ,
Fstate.
CHICAQO. July ll-iSpeclal Telgram.)-
1 ttiillani D. Miles of Kansas City has sold
I to John 8. Knox of Omaha the flat prop
erly In Garfield boulevard, 100 feet west
of South Park avenue, with fct'xUI feet of
ground,., aorta front, for eU.IMT
SICK
Chinese Go to Mexico.
GUAYAMAS. Mexico. July 11 An Eng
lish tramp steamer landed 1,400 Chinese here
yesterday. The steamer came direct from
n,lnu. Diirlnv th. 1..t thlpttf Aa
fully 1000 Chlneae have arrived here. The miey, oroinr 01 i.. -
larva Immigration la due to favorable Mexl- dangerously
SOMERSET. Pa., July 11 Abner Mc-
can Immigration laws.
Twelve People are Bnrnod.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 11 The steam r
Nadejka, plying on tha Volga, baa been de
stroyed by fire near , Nyjnl Novogorod.
Twelve persons were burned to death.
ill at his summer residence
here. The physicians attending him are
greatly alarmed and report that Mr. Mc
Klnloy is not far from death's door.
A paralytic stroke Is the greatest fear.
His relatives have been sent for
BRIBE CHARGE POLITICAL
Lawyer Declares Senator Clark's Son
May Have Hatched Cam-
palara Plot.
CASH OFFERED TO COLLEGE
Dr. Pearson Teadera S2B.OOO to Park,
villa Snbject to Other
Gifts.
I
PARKVILLE. Mo.. July 11 President L.
M. McAfee of Parkvllle announces an offer
BUTTE. Mont.. July 11 In tha Shores rom pr. p. k. Pearson of Chicago of $26,000
disbarment case today four motions, the on condition that ITG.ouO additional be raised
last being to dle.'.ss the proceedings, were
made by counsel for the defense.
Attorney Vails, for Shores, argued by
elimination to show that tha evidence
proved that if a conspiracy existed con
cerning Judge Harney, It waa between At
torney Roote and Clark, tha latter trying
to get Harney to confeaa having been
bribed by Augustus Helnze's agent In order
to make political material of the confession
In his father's campaign against Helhae.
80 far, the defense maintained, there waa
no evidence to show that (Shores waa con
cerned In the alleged conspiracy at all.
Dr. Pearson inukes this gift In memory of
the founder and former president, the late
Dr. John A. McAfee.
WALL STREET FEELS BETTER
Prices of Stooka Oven, .tilabe. hnt
..- Are DeBrw..ovtr " bUorf
Seller, i
NEW YORK, July 16.-Materlal improve
ment waa shown by the stock market at
today'a opening.
Factors that made for better prices were
ths higher range for Americans In' London
and yesterday's late assurances of sound
local financial conditions.
Early gajns were registered in the early
trading, and commission houses reported
good investment buying. At the banks
the feeling was rather more cheerful. The
sale of a small lot of Wabash preferred
under the rule excited some alarm, as It
was feared that a stock exchange house
had suspended, but the sale of this par
ticular block of stock was reported later
to have resulted from a dispute as to price
on the floor of the exchange.
The market sold off soon after the open
ing, however, on rumors that some big
railroad loans were Impending. Some pres
sure was brought to bear upon Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific, largely as the
result of yesterday's $10,000,000 loan en
largement.
Other weak stocks Included Rock Island
and tractions. Prices rallied before the
end of the hour, but as suddenly went off
again on a -renewal of heavy short selling.
The market rallied again before noon.
London, according to report, bought mod
erately and gbeslp credited Pittsburg and
the middle west with large purchases of
the higher grade railway shares. Stocks
that showed greatest Improvement at noon
Included Chicago & Northwestern, Lacka
wanna, New York Central and Illinois Cen
tral. There was another sharp decline In
'Frisco certificates for Chicago eV Eastern
Illinois stock.
A slight shading In long time money to
gether with further buying from London
and other European accounts helped In no
small measure to strengthen the market
Purchases for Europe are said to have ex
ceeded 60.000 shares.
Practically all the day'a galna were wiped
out In the last half hour when a group of
traders began an attack upon Amalgamated
Copper and the smelting stocks, forcing the
former down to 46. a new low record.
Smelting common broke over 1 points, and
there were sharp recessions In others. Weet
Ingnouse broke Z4 points. There waa a
partial rally In copper, but the recovery
waa short lived and the list closed much
unsettled. '
sequently the growth of all corn has been
retarded and it is much behind the season,
Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan
today ordered the withdrawal from -all
forms of entry of portions of eight town..
ships in the Lander, Wyo., land district.
The townships In which this land is lo
cated are 45 and 46, range 114; 44, 46, 46 and
47. range 115; 44 and 45, range 110. Thee a
withdrawals ara made In connection with
tli following" trriaaUon projects 1 Jackson
(.Lake reservoir Htrn,: Emma MMld.i grid
Two Oceans lake reservoir sites, and Jenny
lake reservoir cite.
Peter Kllndt , baa been appointed post
master at Cushing, Howard County, Neb.
vice P. Todsen, resigned
These rural carriers . were appointed to
day: Nebraska, North Bend, regular. A!
bert R. Clay; substitute, Melvin Clay,
Iowa, Runnells, regular, Thoxaj Klde
way; substitute. John Price.
Civil Service Examinations,
GUARD POISONS PATIENT
Unit Major Slain in St. Joseph
Aaylam by Careless,
neaa,
ST. JOSEPH. July 11-MaJor Andrew
Russell, for nany years prominent In
mllltla work of Kansas while a resident of
Leavenworth, was killed at the State Hos
pital for the Insane today by the accidental
administering of a dose of carbolic acid In
stead of medicine.
O. T. Iftwlch. one of the most faithful
attendants of the Institution, gave th
poison to tha patient and in five minutes ha
waa dead.
RESCUE CORPSE FROM MINE
Workmen Recover Body ot Another
lrtim of Haaaa Explo
sion. HANNA. Wyo., July 11 Tha workmen In
the mine today reached a point below the
seventeenth entry and recovered tha body
of Felix McKanna, .a pumpman. This is
the third body to be .recovered alnca tha
explosion.
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ELKS GET AWAY FOR SESSION
Grand Exalted Raler Cronk and Hla
Party Start for Baltimore
Convention.
The official train of Elks, going to the
national gathering at Baltimore, began Its
approach to that city at the union station
yesterday evening at 8 o'clock with the high
man of the benevolent nnd protective order,
George P. Cronk. and his exalted suite
aboard. The train began In this city
modestly, the Pullman car, Fairfax, at
tached to Illinois Central No. 2. being the
entire caravan; but at Chicago three cars
will be added, one more at Indianapolis
and two at Cincinnati. Moses O'Brien, sec
retary to the grand exalted ruler; Frank
Crawford, delegate from the Omaha lodge;
G. A. Sehoedsack. J. D. Reed and Mrs.
Cronk go from this city with the party of
the grand exalted. W. B. Taylor, who has
charge of the train, will return from Chi
cago. Tha others of the party are dele
gates from lodges !n the state and from the
northwest. Lee Funkhauser of Lincoln,
district deputy under Mr. Cronk, has gone
direct from that city.
"Joseph T. Fanning of Indianapolis will
without doubt be the next ruler," said Mr.
Cronk. "There are no other candidates
for the office, and Mr. Fanning, who now
holds the position of chancellor of the board
of grand trustees, Is very popular. He
Joins the train at Indianapolis with his
party."
In regard to his report. Mr. Cronk said:
I have gone into every tiling at length
and the report numbers 3! printed pages.
These are given to my addrcsi and to the
annual reports. . A feature i.f these state
ments which may be of interest Is the re
markable Increase of the oroer. During
the past eleven months 1.000 more names
were added to the rolls than were added
during the thirteen months preceedlng.
Twenty-seven thousand men Joined the
Elks during the . year. Eighty-one dis
pensations for new lodges were granted and
there were six others which I hove re
ceived but not yet granted."
Mr. Cronk will return as soon as the
session Is over to pock up the records and
fixtures of the office of the ruler and send
them to Indianapolis. Mr. Crawford Intends
to make a short visit to Philadelphia on
business vand will spend two days with
Spud Farrlsh at Culpepper Courthouse, Va.
Messrs. Shoedsack and Reed will visit New
York and Philadelphia and the latter will
go as far north as Boston.
POPE CHEA'IS SEERS
Burmea Feast of CarmelHte Mauonna,
Though Condition it More Grave.
THIRD OPERATION DEEMED NECESSARY
Doctort Poetpone Extrictinnr, Fiid Till
Last Moment Sa'ety Allow i
STRENGTH IS HOURLY GROWING LESS
Feara Are Entertained that Need e Shock
Maj Precipitate Eeat..
SUPERSTITIOUS RENEW THEIR HOPES
When Prophecy la I nlalflrd In Spite
of Patlent'a Belief lu It Fa I Hi
fful Foresee lUlmatu
Reaover ) .
ROME, July 1T.::((. a. m. 1m,.c 1.,.
passed a comparatively tranquil 104. u. m.i.I
his general condition Dim ,11. .1 nuiu 1.1 stationary.
COUNTY . DEMOCRACY PICNIC
Sunday, Ansrost t Will Be the Great
- Day for the Inter
rlfted. Arrangements for the fifth annual picnic
to be given by the Douglas county de
mocracy at Pries lako Sunday, August 2,
have about been completed. Committees
on arrangement, prizes and program have
been appointed, and the program committee
has outlined some of the features which
will enliven tho day. Among other things
The Civil Service Commission today an-I on the bill Is a boat race to be rowed by
the women, wincn will taae piace in ine
forenoon. A men'e boat race and a boat
race between Dave O'Brien and Commls
s'oner Connolly are also down on the pro
gram. The tickets will be ready for distribution
next' Saturday, and any one holding a
pasteboard stamped with the
helroglyphlcs will be entitled to transpor
tation to nnd from the grounds and ad
mission thereto. The first motor will leave
Omaha at 8 o'clock and there will be one
every fifteen mtnutee thereafter. Carryalls
will bo provided at the end of the Florence
line, which will transport all holding tickets
to the grounds.
A first clasa entertainment program haa
been arranged. The Eagle quartette will
be one of the features, and Frank Dunlap
end Dan Hurley will lend their assistance.
The Elka quartette will also, probably, be
onjhand.
SWINDLING CLERK CONFESSES
nounced dates for examinations this . fall
for positions In the department service as
follows: Nebraska, Beatrice, October 7;
Grand Island, October 1; Lincoln, October
21; Omaha, October 7, 8 and 21., Iowa, Bur
lington, October 15; Cedar Rapids, October
12; Des Moines. October 9, 10 and 21; Du
buque, October 13 and 21; Fort Madison,
October 21; Iowa City, October 21; Mason
City, October 7 and 21; S:oux City, October
6 and 21. South Dakota, Aberdeen, October
8 and 21; Deadwood, October 21 and 23;
Sioux Falls, October 7 and 21; , Watertown,
October 21. Wyoming, Cheyenne, Ootober
19 and 21; Laramie, October 7 and 21.
Louts B. Craig and Harry Horslngton of
Davenport, la., were today appoints 1
mechanical draughtsman In the Rock
Island arsenal at a aalary of $1,200 eaoh.
Complaint la Well Fonnded.
The land office Is receiving complaints
against the action of tha officers In charge
of the Yellowstone forest reserve In Wyo
ming, asserting that sheep are being pre
vented from going upon grazing reserves
within new portions of the reserve. Offl
ciala here, replying to these complaints,
state that an agreement was made early
in - the spring by Commissioner Richards
that during tha present season at least
sheep grazing should be allowed on the
same areas in the hew portion of the re
serve aa were open to sheep last year. If
tha forestry officials are delaying the en
trance of aheep they are acting without
authority and will again have thalr at
tention called to the decision of Commis
sioner Richards.
TOPEKA. July 11 While there are aoma
K ansae counties which need more outalde
help to harvest th wheat, the larger part
of the harvest Is completed.
Men who come from ihe east during ths
I next week will run the rlak v aut giting
J 1
jaoy work.
MUST TREAT SHIPPERS ALIKE
Railroad. Says Commerce Commis
sion Chairman, May Kot Dlaerlm
Inate In Stockholder' Favor.
NEW YORK. July 11 A minority stock
holder of the Hocking Valley Railroad
company has received the following letter
from Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the
Interstate Commerce commission:
The ownership of stock In a railroad
company by a ahlpper doA not entitle him
to any butter rales or advantages than
those granted to shippers generally. Any
concession to a shipper because of his
ownership of stock would be a plain viola
tion of the law. ir you have knowledge of
facts showing a discrimination of this sort
It Is a subject of proper investigation by
the commission.
MAYOR LISTENS TO MORMONS
Low Hears Argamenta la Support of
Permlta for Open Air Mis
sionaries. NEWARK, July 11-Mayor Low today
gave a hearing to the Latter Day Saints
on the question of continuing to Issue per
mits to missionaries to preach In the open
air.
These permit wer granted until the first
of this year, when complaints made to the
FOUR LOSE LIVES IN FLAMES
Bonner Spring Sanitarian at Bonner
Spring, Kan la Destroyed
hy a Fire.
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan., July 11 Four
persons lost their lives In a Are early thla
rooming which destroyed Bonner Spring
sanitarium. The dead are:
CAPTAIN J. - A. M CLURE, Junction
City, Kan., a former attorney for tha
Union Pacific railroad.
MISS JANIE CAMPBELL, patient. Iola.
Kan.
MRS. A. A. COOK, patient, Lawrence,
Kan.
DR. A. E. ROGERS, the Stewart.
Th fire started In the laundry at th
west end of the main building and reached
th roof of the main structure before It
waa discovered. A light wind drove the
blase Into tha main atructur and the halls
and rooms on every floor were filled with
smoke before the Inmates, some thirty In
number, were awakened.
A nurse, Payne by name, went Into the
hall and heard Dr. Roger calling for help.
Payne brok the door open and led Rogers
part way down the hall, telling him to
follow. He reached th porch only to find
that Roger had not followed.
Later It waa found that Dr. Roger had
topped to save a woman patient and was
burned to death. All those who were
burned wr evidently first auffocated, as
none waa heard to scream.
The bodies of Dr. Rogers and one of the
women have been recovered. Workmen are
aearching for the others.
Th Are was first discovered at 2 o'clock
Thirty minutes later there was nothing
Gives Immigrant Knroote for ,
braaka Soda Water Check
for Change.
(Copyright, 1.103. by press Publishing Co.
ROME. July 17.-2:55 a. in. (New Yolk
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The
pore has survived the day unU his devout
adherents nre beginning to ievo their
hope thHt he may recover. In thin, how
ever, they are Influenced more by religious
superstition than science. for although
prophesy has not been fulfilled, there Is
nothing this morning lu 1eo's condition
to awaken any optlmlritism. His biemhtiig
Is growing more labored, nls strength Is
less nnd the necessity of a third operation
io relieve the pk-uiu is apparent.
Dr. Lupponnt ha again hud recourse,
with beneficial results, to un injection of '
caffeine, which had not been used for soma
days because of the pope's dislike to It.
Dr. Mazzonl yesterday expressed frank
astonishment at the pope's stationary con
dition. Tho pope assisted at the mass In honor
of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, to whose in
tercession and prayers the faithful through
out the world attribute the pope's long
reslHtence against death.
One of the most touching Incidents of
the ont Iff's lllnesa is his solicitude for the
members of his entourage a:id he frequently
apologizes for the trouble his i. ng limes
is causing them.
It is stated that Card. rial Oregalla,intenda
to abolish the i ndent custom of tapping
the dad pope' forehead ;hrlce with a
silver mallet, limiting himself officially to
testifying to the f ope's death with wit
nesses. The cardinals able to attend the conclave
are calculated to number fifty -eight. Cardi
nal RampollH. haa definitely dropped out
of the ruiuvng, the three candidates being
Gottl. Vanutelll and Agllardl. Tha papers
continue to comment on Cardinal Gibbons.
The Ccrriere Delia Sera says Gibbons haa
no chance ot - election himself, but - will
exert u great Influence. In the conclave In
opposln-- Ootti, ' whuat dociddly antK
American opinions are weU known. Gibbon .
may cause a surprise in the election, If the
liberal elements rally around Mm, in elect
ing a liberal candidate like Ferrari.
Pope Opens Day with Prayer.
When his holiness woka yesterday he Im
mediately began repeating prayers to the
Madonna, speaking with auch fervor that
his valet. Centra, hurried from un adjoin
ing room. Pope Leo, hearing Centra's
voice, said:
"Ah, Pio; your task Is nearly done. To
day is the fete of the Carmelite Madonna."
Still later, with the came Idea In mind,
the pope asked for one of hla private
ecretarles, Mgr. Marson Llnl, to have him
say mass In the chapel next to hla bed
room, with the door between the two
requisite apartments open. In the middle of the mass
unn I AA , .... .
icvrivw communion jik one who
really saw visions of coming bliss.
When Dr. Mazzonl visited the pontiff
yesterday morning the latter said the past
night had been one of the. worst he hud
experienced. .
He spoke of the depression on hla chest,
the difficulty In breathing and the uncon
trollable restlessnese, giving him. In fact,
no peace in any position.
Dr. Laponni said the pop had called for
him very often during the night, taking
frequent restoratives, especially meat broth,
orangeade and tamarind water.
He felt better, however, after tho cele
bration of mass, ae though the communion
hnd calmed him In fact, the doctors pro
ceeded with a thorough examination of his
thorax without fatiguing him too much.
NEW YORK. July 11 (Special Tele
gram.) Literally and figuratively the brass
iest of false change games came to light
today with the arrest of John Kullf. 19
years old, a telegraph office clerk, on Ellis
Island, charged with giving brass soda
water checks In exchange for a gold piece
tendered him by an Immigrant. Commis
sioner Williams, who caused the arrest,
received a letter from Vaclav Vacek, who
arrived on the steamship Barbarossa on
June 24. Vacek sent a telegram to rela
tives In Nebraska announcing that he
would start at once for ths west. In chang
ing a $20 gold piece Kullf is alleged to have
given a handful of bright bras disks. At
tempting to spend the checks on his way
went Vacek discovered their worthlesa
ness. Kullf is alleged to have confessed
to Commissioner Williams when accused
today.
mayor that th missionaries were advo- I except th foundation standing. The build'
eating the practice of polygamy caused him lug was three stories lilgh and oontalaod
Au wltinoid bia ooaaaui, ta biug raw4. j Uiirvr roeiaa. Loaa .mls about ISOgo.
P. M. ARTHURSUDDENLY DIES
Locomotive Enajlaeore' Chief Fall
Dead Wbll Responding- to
Toaat.
WINNIPEG. Manitoba, July le. P. M.
Arthur, grand chief engineer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer,
dropped dead at midnight while apeaklng
at a banquet closing the annual convention
of the brotherhood. '
Mr. Arthur had Just risen to respond to a
toast, opening with the sentence, "It may
be my parting worda to many of you.
when ha fell backward and expired a few
minute afterward.
Morementa of Ocean Vessels Jnly 1L
At New York Sailed: La Lorraine, for
Havre: Furst Bismarck, for Hamburg;
Numidlan, for Glasgow; Bremen, for Bre
men. At Glasgow Sailed: Corinthian, for Boa
ton. At London Sailed Menominee, for Boa
ton. At Browhead Passed : New England,
from Hoaion, for UvrrDool.
At Bremen Arrived: Kror Prlnz Wll
helm. from New Yor via Plymouth and
Cherbourg.
At Naples Arrived: Perugia, from Leg
horn, for New York; Princess Irene, from
New York, for Genoa.
At I Jvarpool Arilvad; Teutoolo, from
arw wa.
Liquid in the Plenrn.
They found the liquid In the pleura aug
mented, but not gathered In such quanti
ties as to endanger tha patent' Ufa by
producing pressure on the heart or through
asphyxlu, which might occur If there were
pressure on the lower part of the bronchial
tubes.
On account of the extreme weakness of
tho pontiff no new operation for extracting
the liquid will be performed until It la ab
solutely Indlapensable, but It may be mad
at any time.
Independent of the fact that liquid In Ita
present quantity doea not Imminently
threaten the pope'a life, the doctora hesi
tate to again perform the operation, fearing
that the effect of vthe operation itself, in
volving the possibility of pressure on th
lungs and consequently of the whole ap-
paratua or circulation, might be fatal.
The secretion of urine hue slightly aug
mented In the lust twenty-four hours, hav
ing reached forty cubic centimeters. It la,
however, still greatly lnsufficlerit.
The doctors have received many congratu
lations from medical authorities, with moat
of whom they are not acquainted, on their
treatment of the pontiff. Among the la a
letter to Dr. Laponni from Prof. Henry
Huchard, a member ' of th Academy of
Medlcln at part.
Tha pope continued restless, but had
several periods of comparative ease. Dur
ing one of these he gave another evidence
of hla remarkable vitality by taking holy
communion during the celebration of mas
In honor of the, madonna of tha Oarmalltes.
The ceremony waa held In tha chapl ad
joining th alck room, tha door being open.
It waa a pathetically aolamn event, aa by
th pope'a requeat thoa participating be
side Dr. Laponni and Pio Centra, In
cluded a number of hla truated dbtneetlcs,
flv aweepere and two porter.
Toward noon th pop dropped Into an
uneasy aleep, which lasted an hour or
more. . When h woka hla difficulty In
breathing had been augmented.
In the Ixiggla Raphael, where sheet of
paper are placed for the caller to sign their
name, one wui found thla morning with
tha following curloua Inscription:
"A young atheist wish a sern death to
th old pon tiff."
Thank American Protestant. 1
A telegra.n having been forwardad to
Cardinal Rampolla, Informing him that on
iBuadar fray era war offac ta Protestant
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