TJTE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903. Tel. (1I-(H During July and August We Clot Ladle; Drawers At 11.00-Bedued from 1.S0. from $1.XL from 12.25. from $100. fTom ti.75. from W.2S. from to. 00. At 11.50 Reducvd At -ll.TS-Reduced At .00-Reduced At J2.75-Reduod At $3.00-Redu'ced At $3.7&-Reduoed TlnlHI?ilRI,ELMKI IY. M. C. A. Building, Corner Sixteenth and Douglas St i-i. ' ' ' ; the 'rw popti li replying to an Inquiry, wires: , , The election of Cardinal Sarto as pop has-aroused indescribable enthusiasm here. The1 people are preparing splmdld festlvi-' tles.'whlch have ""been Unahlmously ap proved by the city fathers. The village be ing almoat entirely composed of peasants, baa no Idea about the policy or tendencies of Pope Plus X.;i1d-I m unable to give you any Information on the point. He wa of toe numblest birth. ' " H , ' y ANDREAZZA,. Mayor. Count jiiuocloll of the Noble Guard, who waa Cardinal Bar to attendant during the oonclav.e,' hat been jone. of . the Associated Press , correspondents at the Vatican for several years. Ha 1 well known In Amer ica, having married an 'American wife, and frequently vlalted this country. Cardinal Gibbons, ' accompanied by hie oonclavlat, Father P.' C, Cavan, today vis ited the Ciiiiroh,: of Santa Maria in Traa taivere, iio cardinal' titular churoh, He waa warmly received by the whole chapter, headed by the canon and arch-priest. RAILROADS GET .JI0RE TIME Ooaaaaeree Ooanshtsslon Postpones Date by. Which. Safety Appliances '' Halt Be Installed. CHfAtrO, Aug., (.-Trie Interstate Com merce commission today again extended the time within which a, number of rail roads must complete their safety equip ment ts October 15. , The commission will meantime consider the further extension of the law. arid the question of the location of grabtrons on engines.'' Among the roads granted the extension are the Pennsylvania, Brie, Santa Fe, Denver & Rio Grande, Colorado St. Southern and Boston & Maine. The Colorado Southern wants time for quipping power driving wheel brakes on narrow gauge passenger locomotives and the Santa Fe wants into requirement of grablrons on fronts or sides of locomotives dispensed with. Te 'appeal, of the other roads related to 'the equipment of SO. per cent of tha oars on" all trains with air brakes. .V A?-' REPORT' OF UNION PACIFIC C: , i Unadsevle Surplus After Payment of Dividends, Being; laereuae Over Nf JjbHK, Aug. -The report of the Union Factfle Railroad company forkha yearVehdlng June 30 shows Gross earnings $6l375,i& increase $3.54,8051 operating1. ex-, pensejand 'taxes, $28,747,215, Increase. $3, i, ltl.wj net earnings' $22,S27,97J increase 'To the pet. earnings were added dividends on Northern Securities company stock of $,888,$S, and other Incomes to make the total Income $27,192,182, an Increase of $870, 627. The tqKCl fixed charges were $12,071,068, an ,lncreuo of $80,936. ; : After payment' of dividends there re mained a surplus of $8,984,169, an Increase .of $64j(,19S. REDljCE FRUIT FREIGHT RATES Westera, RnUoe ,Cltp Twenty-Five Per Cent OS Tolls oa i".1 , Grapes. CHICAGO,. , Aug. (.Freight trafflo offl elals of 'western roads today decided that tha revenrie derived' from larger shipments would morsHlika compensate for the loss directly sustained from a reduction In rates. r:,--'" ' In accordance ; wj ft 'this Idea the rate on grapes shipped west and northwest through Chicago Is to bo reduced from $100 per car to $76 from Chicago to Pt Paul. Freight trafflo men say the' application of the rule Is not applicable to all classes of freight, but it is properly applied to grapes and other fruit which must be con sumed quickly after being gathered AMBITIOUS RAILROAD PROJECT Company Formed tn Oklahoma to ' Ceuameo Winnipeg; with New ' Orleans. " GUTHRIB, Old., Aug. C-The Kansas Central .Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad com pany, with a capital, stock of $20,000,000, waa chartered. nerV'tttday. " The purpoae of the eotnpajpyt ta to conntruct a' line conneotlng Etold, jOM,, New 'Orleans, and Winnipeg, Manitoba,.' a a. estimated length of ' 2,000 mllee.jf'- 1 V''H , - The stockholders a-i-e A. Koonts of Hutch inson, Cd.VA. H. McMaharf of Band Creek, Okl., I.', Thomas and T. 8.' Bpaulding of Kansa City and J.'H. ledgerwood of Pond mmsamBBBnnnBmmmsammmsnmmmBBnWBi ;asm) lll.crt the Money . 8PRldFIELD. -TiV, Aug. Judge Crelghton, In, the Sangamon clroult court, today dJaaotvd 'the temporary Injunction Issued by Judge Thompson, on petition of Representative BurKe of Chicago,' restrain ing payment of any part of the appropria tion made by the general assembly, for 4na,lntefcance of the Illinois and Michigan ' tanal, 3urke alleging that the conatltution yrhlMtet appropriations by the legisla ture In. the aid nf oanals or railroads. Blanche Walsh Finally Divorced. new! tork. Aug. (.Justice Pugro to day signed the Anal diree of divorce In favor of Blanche Walsh, tha actress, in her suit against Alfred Hickman, to whom he waa married In Fine llvcr deserves a ' fine polish . j GORHAM Siever Polish The finest poluh in the world Qeana, M, WcO .at poli&het SSreESeipU aatsgpatkage Saturday at 1 p. m. Bet, Auf . (, '01 French Underwear Dainty, hnnd made underwear, sucb as only the French can conjure, with trim mings of hand embroidery and fine laces. Chemise At $2 60 Reduoed rom J,50. At I3.7S Reduced from $5. CO. At $4.00-Jleduoed from $5.2i and lo.T. Skirts. At MOO Reduced from M.00. At 14. SO Reduced from 17.60. At 18.00 Reduced . from $10.00. At 17.50 Reduced from $11, $12 and $12.60. PITTSBURG FIGHT ON AGAIN Building Bos:ei Reverse Conciliation Offer When Men Balk at Details. ) . . MINERS ASK FOR ' JUDICIAL UMPIRE Judges Called on te Kerne Oat Has Decide Between Rival Claims of Operators and Men. PTTTSBTJRG, Aug. . Unexpected de velopments in the peace movement of the Builders' Exchange league caused a fresh break in the plans for the general resump tion of operations next week. After the proposals to end the lockout had been sent to the Building Trades council yesterday It was discovered that with one exception not a contractor In tho city was employing union engineers as such, neither had they recognized tha Hoisting Engineers' union. No attention had been paid to the other contractors by the workmen, who singled out A. S. Wilson and tried to compel btm to sign the union scale. The discrimin ation against the Wilson company was not relished by tha league members, accordingly when a reply to the proposition for a set tlement was received demanding, that the proposed settlement be made at once and not within ten days the league decided to withdraw the whole plan and Stand on the original ground which demanded that the workmen return on tha Wilson contracts on exactly the same conditions as existed before the strike. Minors Cs POTT3VILLE, Pa,, Aug. . The concilia tion board appointed to adjust tha differ ences between the anthracite miners and operators today failed to agreeon certain grievances and appealed to the Judges of the Third district of tho United States oourt to appoint a seventn man, as umpire. The questions under dispute will be re ferred to this, umpire, whose decision will be final and. binding on both parties. This is In accordance with the strike .commis sion's award. .. eannstrvSSpad; ft. Lonlagrrllce. ST. LOUIS,' Aug: ,-The strike of team sters employed by St. Lpuls lumber dealers ahd allied concerns, involving also'; the' box sawyers arid nallars, has been declared' off arid the then are' returning to work. The teamsters, 800 tn number, quit work on July 18, and tho box sawyers and nailers followed on July 23. t About 136 companies and eighteen boss tea,rasters were affected. The teamsters. It Is said, made. no formal demands before striking.' It Is understood they wanted recognition of their union, , Belldera' Laborers Unit. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 1 A thousand laborers employed in building trsdes in Minneapolis struck today for an increase In wagea. Masons and allekllled laborers who are dependent on tho man who are out have also been forced to quit work.. : Will Elect Engineers' Chief. CLEVELAND. Aug. .-F!rst Assistant Grand Engineer C. A. Blake of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers arrived here today from San Luis Potosl, Mexico, to attend the meeting of grand officer, which Is to name a Successor to the late grand chief, P. M. Arthur.. It Is probable a meet ing will be held today, thtrugtv no definite announcement haa been made, .. GOOD SHOWING FOR DEFENSE Testimony for State In Fend Cstae Is Discredited by More Witnesses. CTNTHIANA. Ky.. Aug. 1-H. F. Wll son, a salesman, was on the stand today in the Jett and White trial to prove the fact of a large hole in the floor of the court house at Jackson. His testimony corroborated fully Dr. Taulbee and Ave other witnesses as to there being trees between the house of Mar cum. and the' rock quarry. " On .cross-examination he said his expenses trere paid to Jackson and he waa to get $10 besides. Green Strong and James Lee, other wit nesses, were Introduced to prove the bad character of Ewen.t.. ... ; Jett and White were recalled and stood some feet away from the Jury, the defense seeking to show that at several hundred yards they could not be told apart. SOLDIER KILLED BY A TffolN On His War Ham frena Philippines svad Meets Death Hoar r: rneblo, '. II 'l - ' I "I"1 1 PUEBLO, Colo Aug. (.The coroner has In charge the body of H. Roberts, a re turned soldier fTom the Philippines, who was killed by a Santa Fe paaeenger train at Baxter station, . six mile east of here. How Roberta came to be at that point Is not learned. He was walking on ths track and did not see the approaching train. . He bad stayed, at- Pueblo the night before. Roberts was a large fine looking man In khaki uniform and was on the way from Manila to his home, somewhere in Michigan. , Abstinence Vntea la Growing. rUTTSBURO. Aug. -When the national convention of the Cathollo Total Abstinence Union of America mot today the credentials committee icported 1! delegates present. Re- fio't of dlocessn unions shewed Increasing ntereat and rapid growth all over the coun try. The session concluded with papers on the history of the temperance movement for 150 years By Thomas H. Keogh of Bnrlng ftvld, Mass.. and "Strong Vlsri1' by William O'ltrien. supreme commander of the Knights of Father Matthew, of St. Louis. Road Is fades Construction. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. .-E. H. Herri man, head of the syndicate whloh controls the California Northwestern railroad, is planning to make that road part of a coaat system that will eantually have its north ern terminus at Astoria, where connections will be made with the Oregon St Navigation company a Una. The extension of the local road to Washington Is net a projection con tm plated for the far future, but Is actually under construction. BULGARIANS BLOW UP TURKS Fifty Are Killed in Emshero Attack on GoTerncr'i Pg'aoe. PORTE PREPARES TO MASSACRE REBELS Albanian Troops to Be Employed, While Rnmor Also Says Kurds Are Betas; Armed In Armenia, SALONICA, Aug. . A special messen ger from Monastlr reports that Bulgarian Insurgents have dynamited the Konak at Krufhevo, twenty-throe miles north of Monastlr. ' Fifty Turks were killed. A' detachment of Ottoman troops have burned Dlhovle, near Monastlr. Eight Turkish battalions have been dis patched to Monastlr and three battalions to Salonlca. from Kossovo. Telegraphic communication with Monastlr Is still Inter rupted. Turks Prepare to Massacre, CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. i -Consular advices which were received here yesterday from Monastlr indicated that the situation In Macedonia was constantly growing worse. At a meeting of the ministers It has been decided, therefore, to adopt measures of extreme severity in order to suppress the revolution. It Is reported that Albanian troops will be employed, in which event massacres are almost Inevitable. The Bulgarian patriarch was summoned to the Ylldlz kiosk Wednesday and urged to make a final appeal to his flock to deliver up their arms and thereby avoid bloodshed. The menacing attitude of the Kurds In Armenia Is causing Increased alarm at Frzeroum, Bttlls and Kharput. It Is as serted In some quarters that tho authorities are secretly arming the Kurds, while en deavoring to convict the Armenians of revo- tlonary Intentions. General Rising: Is Planned. LONDON, Aug. 6. A news agency dis patch from Vienna says the Macedonian central revolutionary committee has fixed August $1 as the date for a general rising. Boris Sarafoff, one of tho leading Mace donian agitators, has been appointed com mander of the revolutionary forces, with Alcxeff as his principal lieutenant. A letter from .Yeddo. dated July 21, re ports that the notorious Kurdish chief, Moussa Bey, who was responsible for many of the Armenian outrages, has es caped from Medina with several other Kur dish chiefs, and that all attempts to In tercept thorn have failed. Tha sultan was so Incensed that he or dered the immediate dismissal of the gov ernor of Medina, this being the third time Moussa has escaped. It Is feared he will reach Kurdistan and lead a new insurrec tion against the Turks, with perhaps a repetition of the atrocities in Armenia. SOFIA, Aug. 6. Crops have been de stroyed and bridges blown up In the dis tricts of Monastlr and Salonlca, where tha Macedonian committee proclaimed a revo lution. In authoritative. Bulgarian circles doubt Is expressed as to the Importance of the. rising. ODESSA STRIKES SETTLED Man , Return to .Work After Con- . promising with Their Employers. ' ' LONDON, Aug. 7.-The Standard's Odessa correspondent, under date August 2, says all the trades Tiave now resumed work1 and .the. strika Js practically? ended, though the city will remain under martial law for at least ten days more. The strikers did not win all their de mands, but In most cases were met with falr-splrtted compromises. The Odessa papers aay the governor announces that ha has summarily convicted seventy persons and sentenced them to three months' im prisonment for disturbing public order. The names given Include many Jews and a few foreigners. The strike ended Just in time to avert serious food riots, as the high price of provisions led to ominous popular threats to storm the bakeries and flour mills. There have been a few fatalities, but no Serious disorders. It is said that while the strikers were trying to prevent a train startups on Saturday night four of the strike leaders were run over and killed. ASSASSINS i ARE STILL BUSY Servian Murderers Plan More Blood shed to Gntn Their Ends. 'VIENNA, Aug. I According to advices received here a number of Servian officers have been arreated at Belgrade oh account. It la reported, of a suspicion that they were conspiring against the war minister. Gen eral Alanaskovlcs. who is said to have pre vented the advancement of the participants In the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga. BERLIN. Aug. a A Bt. Petersburg dis patch to the Cologne Gazette says two Servian officers who were to attend King Peter's sons on their Journey to Belgrade to Join their father, have not been per mitted to cross the Russian frontier, the Russian legation at Belgrade having re fused to vise their passports, saying they were Implicated in the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga. NEW COINS ARE NOT POPULAR People of Philippines Object to the Money Minted In San Fravnclseo. MANILA. April (.-6 p. m. The efforts of the United States government to Introduce Its new currency Into the Philippine islands has not met with the success that was an tlclrated. Although a large quantity of the Coins' minted at San Francisco have reached ths Islands there Is eons'derable prejudice gainst their use, especially In the prov Inces. The banker bf Manila, having become convinced of the necessity of action In the matter, held a conference today with Gov em or Taft and after a full discussion prom' Ised to render the government all the aid In their power to aecure the acceptance of the American peso as the standard of value and the general use of the new coins. COMMONS PASS SUGAR BILL Opponents Denounce Alleged Protec tionist Measure, bat Fall to Stay Third Reading-. LONDON. Aug. 1-In the House of Com mons, after James Bryce, liberal. Sir Charles Dllke, advanced radical, and oth ers had vigorously denounced .the Sugar Convention bill aa a protectionist measure, the bill passed Its third reading by 111 to $7. Long Terms in Prison. MANILA. Aug. 6.-Flfty ladronee, who were Implicated In the recent raids near Suiigao, In the province of Mindanao, have been sentenced to long terms of Imprison ment Holds Treaty Ratlueatjoa Invalid. COLON, Colombia, Aug. I -The latest advices from Bogota say the adversaries of the canal treaty hare assumed a new attitude, based on the opinion of an emi nent lawyer at Bogota, who claims that ratification of the Hay-Herran treaty would be 'Ohfonstitutlonal,' because con gress did not (anctlon the last canal project. LORDS DEFEATGOVERNMENT Irish Peers Lead Revolt Against Land Bill Von la Com mittee. LONDON, -Aug. . The committee stags of the Irish land bill was reached In the House of- Lords this afternoon. The division Indicatea a hard fight, the government being defeated on one occasion by three votes. ,-The Irish peers are lead ing the attack. Bond la ot Yet Approred, LONDON. Aug. Whltaker Wright, the arrested promoter and director of the London & Globe corporation, limited, the hearing of whose case was yesterday ad journed to August 24, Is today still In Brix ton Jail, some of the. proposed sureties for his ball of $260,000 not yet having been ap proved. . MANEUVERS ON MAINE COAST Training Ships Participate, Although that Was Not Intention nt First. BAR HARBOR, Me., Aug. t A tug from Admiral Barker's squadron which, In the war maneuvers now going On, is defending the main coast, which put In here today for mall. , reported Admiral Barker, with the flagship Knarsarge. the battleship Alabama and Illinois and the tugs Peoria and Nina off Desert rock, about 27S miles from here. The old school ship Hartford end the Chesapeake are guarding the mouth of Frenchman's bay near the Egg Rock light house though It was not the first Intention to have the training ships participate In the maneuvers. Only the scout boats have gone any great distance from 'this section of the const. Trie superior force apparently Is held In readiness to repulse any attack. Should the enemy enter anchorage It would bo necessary for this suportor force to at tack them within five hours. - PORTLAND, Me..' Aug. .-Wlth thick and stormy weather along the entire coast, it would seem as It the attacking fleet had the best possible conditions In whtoh to win the war game, but at a late hour tonight nothing had been heard from the "enemy." while the reports from the defending squad ron were somewhat meagre. Several swift torpedo boat destroyers ran lno Penobscot today and a naval ' tug came Into Bar Harbor for the mall. : The main portion of Admiral Barker's fleet, however, kept well off shore and It Is believed continued to patrol the coast between Eastport and Cape Ann. Admiral Sands has still shout three days to make his dash for the coast and It Is believed he will wait to the last moment to give the defending squadron plenty, of practice In patrolling and take advantage of any. re laxation in Its vlglmfice. . - A foreign liner brought In today the last word of the attaeWhg squadron, the entire fleet being sighted 'several hundred miles Oft shore on the vtnlrtg of August 4. At that time the fleet was steaming In an easterly direction," - WILL NOT.- SEE CHILD : ALIVE Little Girl Blea While rather Is Ilaat- e- 7 .-lw-T':ltAdlde JC hartefa .2r. i ii "Tratnlror Journey. .5-t -' LOS "ANGgLEBTCal.. Aug.' e.-Marin Lowe, the 15-year-old daughter of Henry Lowe, chief of the" engineering department of the United Statea Steel corporation, who Is speeding across1 the continent on a spe cial train, died at w hotel here last night. Mr. Lowe started from New York on the Twentieth Century Limited, on the Lake Shore road, Tuesday afternoon, and. In hope of reaching ' Los Angelos while his daughter was still alive, chartered a train from Chicago on the Santa Fe road, at an expense of nearly $4,000. When death Came to the child Mr. Lowe was passing through eastern Kansas. Mr. Lowe's special was scheduled to break all records of fast runs to the coast. TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. . The Santa Fe special train Dearfhg Henry Lowe of New York on record-breaking Journey to the death bed of his little girl at Los Angeles passed La Junta at :10 this morning, con siderably ahead of schedule time. The news of .the child's death had not been received up to that time. When her death was known a little later messages were hurried ahead of the special, but tho railroad company's wires were down west of La Junta and it' was Impossible to get word through up to U o'clock. LONG V0YAGEENDS AT LAST French Bark Takes Year In Which to Sail from Antwerp to Oregon. PORTLAND,. Ore.. Aug. 6 After a voysge lnsting more than a year, the French bark Grand Duchesse Olga. with a general cargo, arrived today from Antwerp. The passage la one of the longest on record and had It not been spoken every now and then the vessel would probably long age have been placed among the lost. Olga encountered numerous storms after leaving Antwerp, one off the Atlantic coast of South America threatening it with total destruction. FUNDS OF BANK ARE MISSING Teller ef City National at Canton, Ohio, Is Removed and Arrest Ordered. CANTON. O.. Aug. . A shortage In the funds of the City National bank, which, It Is said, may reach $22,000, has been dlscov ered. The officials of the bank declare that it will not affect the concern, aa It has a sur plus and undivided profits of $SO,000. Albert W. Delbel, teller at the bank, has been removed from his position and ar rested on the charge of embezxling $1,000. WOMAN FORGER CONFESSES Says She Has Cheated Many Post offices by Raising Money Orders. PHILADELPHIA. . Aug. (.Annie E Shapley today .confessed that since May 25 the had cheated the New York city, Trenton, Yonkera, Brooklyn, New Rochelle and other postofflces in New York, Penn sylvanla and New Jersey by raised postal orders. The postal Inspectors say Mrs. Shapley Is ons of the cleverest women forgers in the country. Trolley Kills and Muima. SHARON. Pa., Aug. (.-While returning from a picnic this evening a trolley car on the Youngaton and Sharon Electric line ran into a car anead, Killing joaepn Dees, agrd 66. of Kharon, and more or less seri ously injured twenty otnrrs. A Bnra Sever Durno. After Porter's Antiseptic Heating Oil !s ap plied. Relieves pain Instantly and heals at the same time. For man or beast Price, tio. JIAKE STAMPS SALEABLE Postmasterj Urge Oongreit to Allow Re demption at a Dbconnt. MAIL ORDER BUSlNtSS ASSISTS FRAUD Paid la Paper, Firms Sell to Public, Thus treating Market for Thieves and Crooks of All SOrts. BOSTON, Aug. 6.-The most important feature of today's session of tho National Postmaster's association was the passage of a resolution urging a system by which "stamp certificates" may bo issued for carrying on tha now extensive mail order business bf the country. Many firms receive thousands of dollars In stamps every day In exchange for goods. These cannot be resold to the government, so are sold to the public at a discount. A market is thereby opened by which per sons whi come into possession of stnmps illegitimately may dispose of thorn almost without occasioning comment. Mr. Hubbard, assistant postmaster at Chicago, estimated that at least $2,000,000 were sold In his city alone. Mall matter to be handled In the office constantly In creased, whllo the sale of stamps through the window remained about the same. Postmaster Hubbard's system provides for the issuance by the third assistant postmaster general of certificates for stamps of denominations from S to 60 cents, which would make up all combinations under $1. Received by stamp order houses from customers these certificates could be sorted and exchanged at the postofflces for stamps or caah at a 'discount of 1 per cent. Among other topics dlscussod was the reclassification of clerks In seoond-claas postofllces and the question of raising the present salaries of clerks. Duruig the afternoon the following tele gram wus received from Oyster Bay: Your telegram has lxen received and the president thanks the National Association of Postmasters for their kind greeting, which he greatly appreciates. (Signed; li. F. BARNES, Acting Secretary. An extra session was held this evening, when the delegates were addressed by Third Postmaster General Edward C. Madden and Auditor Henry A. Castle of the Postofflce department. Several committee reports were also received. The following officers were elected: Presi dent. F. B. Dlckerson of Detroit: vice president. W. H. Hull of Peoria, III.; treas urer, T. O. Lawler of Rookford. 111.; secre tary, W. E. Springer of Detroit. SENATORS TALK FINANCE BILL Subcommittee Meets at Aldrlch's Country House to Discuss Measure. PROVIDENCIC. R. 1.. Aur Th h. committee of the United Statea sonata committee on finance is assembling at Sen ator Aldrl.cn 8 country resiaence at War wick to discuss Informally the details of the finance bill which Is to be presented at the next session. The subcommittee includes Senators Alli son, Aldrlch, Spooner and Piatt of Connec ticut. NEGROES DENOUNCE LYNCHING Call on President to Influence Legis lation' Against Mob- Rule, , .i NEW YORKT. Aug. 'eV Resolutions -'de nouncing lynching and the existence of peonage in the south and calling on Presi dent Roosevelt to Influence congress to remedy these evils were adopted at a mass meeting of colored citizens held under the direction of the Colored Literary league of Greater New York tonight. The resolutions will be forwarded to the president. REPUBLICAN JUBILEE AT HAND Michigan Politicians Organise na tional Gathering to Commem orate Party's Birth. DETROIT. Aug. e. Republicans from all parts of the state tonight orgnnlied to arrange a great Jubilee In 1904 at Jackson. Mich., to commemorate the birth of the republican party at Jackson nearly half a century ago. It Is the intention of the organisation to make the Jubilee a national event. Ihicago, Star PRESIDENT'S JYEW PRECEDENT Roosevelt Derides to Receive Baron Ton Sternberg at Saga more Hill. WASHINGTON, Aug. (.-All arrange ments have been perfected for the presen tation at Sagamore Hill tomorrow of Ills excellency Baron Speck voti Sternberg as German ambassador. The ambassador will arrive In New York today from his sum mer home In New Hampshire and probably go to Oyster Hay tomorrow. It Is ex pected ho will be accompanied by Baron von Dem Busse-Haddenhaitsen. counselor of the legrttlon and first secretary of em bassy, who will act as his aide. At the hour appointed for the presents tlon the president will send his carriage to Oyster Bay with Colonel Thomas W. Symons, superintendent of puhllo build ings and grounds, for the ambassador. Colonel Symons, in full uniform, will escort the ambassador to Sagamore 11111 and will act as master of ceremonies at tha pre sentation. The ambassador's secretary will follow In another carriage. The presentation will be made by Mr. Loomls. the acting secretary of state. The ambassador will wear the full court dress of his rank. The departure from precedent on the part or the president Is made as a special mark of favor to the German ambassador, who for more than ten years hss been his Inti mate friend. This Is the first time an am bassador has ever been presented to the president outside of Washington. It Is understood that the ambassador, after re lieving himself of his court dress, will re turn to Sagamore Hill for lunch and spend the afternoon with the president. John P. Carnell, (3 years old, a veteran clerk of the office of the auditor for the Post office department, formerly of Iowa, was arrested today by postofflce Inspectors on the charge of opening letters addressed to the auditor and appropriating the con tents. General Gillespie, chief of engineers, win be designated president of the board of ordnance and fortifications on the retire ment of General Miles. A dispatch has been received at the War department from Governor Taft saying that the census of the Philippines has been about completed. The books and schedules will be sent to Washington. Governor Taft recommends that General Sanger be or dered here In connection with the census work? and it is probable he will come as census director. ACCIDENTAL SHOT IS FATAL Wealthy Contractor Killed While Changing Revolver from One Pocket to Another. SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. (. Conrad Schroeder, one of the wealthiest contractori and builders In Pennsylvania, shot himself in the head today, dying almost Instantly. The shooting occurred while Mr. Schroe der was In his room, and his family say that the revolver exploded while he was changing It from one pocket to another. Ho returned from New York last night and was apparently In a happy mood. . Mr.- Sohroeder was a delegate to the na tional convention whloh nominated Benja man Harrison for president He waa rated as a millionaire. Holding Compauy is Abandoned. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. (.-A holding company, with a capital of $60,000,000 for the Hellman & Huntington electric lines in southern California, has been ' abandoned. 6onator W. A. Clark St Son of Montana, and E. H. -Harrlman, were to have held a minority of stock tn the proposed company, Hellman & Huntington keeping the control. The interested parties -have decided not to disturb. the existing tour companies which represent the Hellman & Huntington lines. They Comprise the Pacific ' Electric and Interufban eleptrio, with $10,000,000 of stock and $10,Ci0,0Ofl of bonds, Lcs Angeles Street railway, with $5,900.00 of stock and a like issue of bonds, shd the Los Angeles Trac tion, recently, bought by the Pacific Electric for about, $5,000,000. Primaries Nominate Senator. MEMPHIS, Tenft., Aug. (.Returns re ceived by the Commercial Appeal from Mis sissippi Indicate the nomination by the state primaries of H. D. Money for United States senator and Hon. J. K. Vardaman for governor. "A THIST MAOiNATK BLACKMAILED FOR g 250,000." Btorr of a Pamnut 8t1 Man's Lara for a Comic Opera Star, an Haw It Coat Him a rartutla. A thrilling fMtura In this w.k' luue of BROADWAY WEEKLY. Kawttandi; 10 cants a rnpr; 14 a T' Srn 11 tot rial anbtcrtpthMi t moatna. nroinwT WwklT Co. Ill W. 47t si.. N. T. anjpji su iiiv'Biywii.w. ffysj ak' "The Gem of Northern Wisconsin. T . t . I Best of fishing muskallonge, bass, i pickerel, trout. ( Five lakes within . radius of four miles. Good hotel and excellent cuisine. Easily reached from all points on iluauiiGG 6 St- Poul Railway Tickets, 1524 Farnam WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Reserve Agent Warned for tho First National Bank of Scrlbner, Nebraska. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. (.-(Special Tele gram.) The Western National bank of the United States of New York has been ap proved as a reserve agent for the First National bank of Scrlbner, Neb. Namaha. w.iiuhi pniintv. Nebraska, was today allowed a second rural carrier service covering twenty-four square miles. T-K- -- m . Iln. A f Wirmt f J All t na n t Watt C. Valentine of the Fourth infantry ha k.. n Hi,,.Mnlit 1, v thm tit-iMnt tn take effect August S, for tho good of the service. Tresaarrr's Resignation Accepted. NEW YORK, Aug. (.-President Krbler of the Colorado Fuel A Iron company makes ofliclHl announcement that J. L. Jeromo. third vice president and treasurer, has resigned, the resignation' to become effective at once, and that A. A. Miller has bren appointed ssslstant treasurer. Mr. Miller will hnve full charge of all financial matters. It J itStr By the 'XA leather of whloh , . au u , j ' mw leather by the label (shown below) that identi fies It as Wolirs Ideal Leather. The leather that keeps the feet cool In summer. warm In winter. Makes heavy shoes soft, light shoes strong. Made In kid. calf, goat, colt or eow hide. Write for booklot "How to Buy Shoes." WOLFF PROCESS LEATHER CO., Philadelphia. ESCAPE THE HEAT by a trip through tha Switzerland opAmerioa on the line of the Canadian Pacific Ry. (Soo-ricific torts.) . ' ' L Route of Mlgrrity Mountain Wonderful Cascades Immtnse Glaciers Appalllngr Canons unequalled In any country In .the world. Tha only DU8TLE88 ROUTE and coolest trip on the continent Round trip ticket W1U be sold to , -i . Vancouver. B.C., - . v. . Victoria. B. O., Seattle. Wash., Tacoma. Wash,, Portland, Ore.. $45.00 OMAHA lor (Cerretpaedlaf kite Prea Otkar Peats) from August 1st to 14th', good to return until October 16th. ltOS. Stopovers will be grant ed atNall points. " ' Tha Great Glacier of the Sel kirks Lakes In the Clouds Yoho Valley Banff and many other places of Interest are alto ated on tnf line. For descriptive Illustrated UUrature aaf IsJsvnuUloa writ, A.C.SHAW. 'flan. Agent Paaaearar Past. cmcAoa AatlSCslKT. SHAM BATTLE Br Thurston Rifles und Omaha (ioorrta Defense of Manila Water Works August 4-E-6-7-S. at Vinton gt. Dull P.ti,;. Music by Twenty-second Infantry llaii'L Admission JEe. i - i Street, 'f.