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The Omaha Daily Bee. ( SINGLE COPY TIIIIEE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY HORNING, AUGUST 8, 1903-TWELVE PAGES. J ft ( TURKS ROUT REBELS fiulUa'i Forces Pot Eerentecn Hundred Bulgarians to Flight Near Sororitch. INSURGENTS BURN FODDER DEPOTS Band of Three Hundred Appear Tw Hours Journey from Sa'oaici. BRITISH OFFICIALS ARE REASSURING Discredit Wu Humors, Beiie?iug Power.' Disapproval Will Reitrain Forte. REVOLT SAID TO HAVE COME TOO EARLY Conialar Dispatches Say Abdul's Yla cross Preparations Precipitated 1prlslna- Before Plaaa i Were Ripe. 8ALONICA, Auk- 7. Four battalions of Turkish troops, supported by artillery, yes terday met and routed a body of 1,710 Bul garians near Sorovitch. A band of SOO Insurgents has appeared near the railway bridge over the river Vardar, two hours distant from this city. The treat fodder depots at Samanll, Ayderll and Vanmall have been burned. Situation Is Not Serious. LONDON, Aug. 7. Confidential official reports received at the foreign office re garding Macedonia have caused the Br.t inn government to adopt the view that the Situation Is not very serious for the mo ment, although sufficiently so . to warrant precautions. - British officials do not believe that Tur key contomplates an attack on Bulgaria, In view of the known attitude of the pow ers, especially Russia and Austria. LONDON, Aug. $. The Times this morn ing prints & dispatch from Sofia which , says the insurrection Is spreading. The Bulgarian patriarch being Invited by the grand vlaler of Turkey to pacify his flock, declined to accede on the ground that his ' admonitions were certain to be disregarded. The Bulgarian government has asked the ' great powers to Induce the porte not to employ Baahl-Baiouks In the suppression of the rebellion, Another dispatch from Athens says of- . flclal reports there show that Bulgarian bands have occupied Fossldlcff and are ' ' :7 i J v. .i 1 1 . r .i besieging other villages near Monastlr The situation Is growing worse and mili tary action Is slack. The result has been to embolden the Insurgents who are being helped by peasants. Troops are concen trating near Krushevo, which is about ten miles north of Monastlr. Revolt Comes Before Time. CONSTANTINOPLE, Thursday. Aug. 6. (Delayed in Transmission.) News re ceived here as . to the extent , of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement In the vilayet of Monastlr Is conflicting. In con sular dispatches from Monastlr, which were received this morning, the opinion Is ex pressed that the Insurrection broke out a fortnight earlier than its chiefs -Intended, and before the bands were in readiness, pre sumably because the leaders were discon certed by the active measures adopted by the authorities. "".;" The Bulgarian Inhabitants 'In' a number of villages have fled to the mountains for refuge. The railways have asked that the troops guarding the lines be quadrupled, but this would entail the employment of 10,000 soldiers, and In view of the Impoverished treasury the government will find it diffi cult to comply with the request. . In spite of reports to the contrary, it is confidently believed In well Informed quar ters that the porte, In conformity with its formal declaration, will employ only regular troops" to suppress the Insurrection, as It Is well aware how Important it is for Turkey to avoid excesses such as certainly would be the outcome of the employment of the undisciplined Albanians or other Irregular soldiery, The diplomats hers entertain no doubt that the porte will continue Its present policy of fighting the bands with regulars, Eight Battalions Are Dispatched. Of the eight battalions dispatched to Mon astlr four will remain at Monastlr, three will go to Perlstert. to the westward of Monastlr, and one will go to Florin, a town of 1,100 Inhabitants, seventeen miles south' west of Monastlr. . The porte has sent categorical Instructions to the vails of the Armenian provinces of Asia Minor, holding them personally re sponsible for any Kurdish excesses and or dering vigorous measures to be taken to prevent fighting. The British consul at Bttlls has been or dered to proceed to Murh. eighty miles south of Erterum, where the Armenian massacres by the Kurds and Turks occurred tn ISM. to investigate the situation there. sonsular dispatch from Erierum, re ceived here this morning, says the excite ment In that district is going down, but that the vilayet of Erierum reports that (00 armed Hultchaklsts from Russian terri tory have compelled the Armenians In the Milages of Bassun vilayet (also the scene of Armenian massacres in 1894) to take refuge in the mountains. The vail has sent four battalions of troops against the Hultchaklsts, who es caped to the mountains. The porte has communicated thla Informa tion to the Russian embassy, calling at tention to the fact thaftbe bands came from Russian territory. Bulgaria Molds Tnrks Guilty. 80FIA. Bulgaria, Aug. 7. The fresh In surrectionary outbreak In Macedonia, which was believed to be Impossible, haa produced a sensation everywhere. It Is held that the latest provocations by the Turkish troops drove the Insurrectionists to despair. The Bulgarian government is resolved to maintain friendly relations with the porte, and to prevent bands from crossing the frontier, but a popular movement is feared In the event of a massacre of peace ful Macedonians by the Turkish soldiery. Meetings of prominent Macedonians were held here yesterday and today, and measures for succoring the sufferers from the insurrection were discussed, but no decision was reached. SMITH DECLINES TO BE JUDGE Michigan Uwrir Refuses President's Offer of Slew Mealen i. pnlntsnent. SANTA F12. N. M . Aug. 7 -Clement M. Smith wires from Hastings, Mich., that lis has declined to accept the appointment of chief Justice of New Mexico, tendered him recently by President Roosevelt. Mr. Smith gave no reason for his ac tion, but It Is believed here that he was Influenced by tha sentiment against ths appointment of a nonresident, RUSSIA IN STRIKE TURMOIL Troops Fire on Artisans, Who Conrt. Death While ferklng Whisky. KIEFF, Russia, Aug. 7 Three workmen were killed and twenty-four wounded yes terday when the Cossacks fired on the strikers who were attempting to Interfere with railroad traffic. The rioters numbered 2,000. A magistrate, an officer and several soldiers were Injured by stones. The disturbances were renewed today, the stril.vrs parading the town, breaking windows. Invading workshops and com pelling the workmen to join them. The Cossacks fired on a crowd at the Bank of the Dnelper after they had been assailed with a shower of stones. Several were wounded. The tramways have suspended and the bakeries are closed. The price of bread is rising. LONDON, Aug. .- The Standard prints a dispatch from KlcIT, dated Wednesday, which says the day before all the factory hands at Ntkolleff struck and serious dis turbances ensued. Twenty were killed and sixty wounded, a police officer mortally. The governor sustained a scalp wound. All bread and provisions were bought up the previous evening. The tram cars were stopped and overturned and a desperate at tack was made on the government spirit depot, the mob literally hurling itself on the bayonets of the military guard. It was here that the most fatalities occurred, Half a battalion of Cossacks summoned from Odessa helped to suppress the tumult, Although roughly handled and wounded. the governor, with praiseworthy restraint declined to permit the troops to fire. The Franco-Belgian works are closed, throwing 6,000 men out of work. The port is now under effective control by the local author ltles. The Times prints a dispatch from Kteff, dated Thursday, which says the dlsaffec tlon among the workmen la widening and that disturbances have occurred at Khar koff, Ekaterinoslaff and other centers. Work over a vast area Is stagnant and the situation Is becoming dangerous, the anti-government party being furnished with an excellent handle for their whip by the military rigors shown In the suppression of the. right of free speech. The correspondent computes that during July In various parts of Russia 200 strikers were killed outright and fully 200 seriously wounded, and says It Is agreed on all hands that M. von Flehve has a labor question which will tax all his strength. A con siderable portion of Industrlnl Russia Is already In a condition bordering on whole sale anarchy. The Morning Leader's Odessa correspond ent asserts that M. von Plehve, Russian minister of the interior, has availed himself of - the labor troubles to Institute a system of .wholesale arrests of political suspects by the secret police In all -Russian Indus trial centers, and that 600 were arrested in Odessa alone. VIENNA, Aug. 7. An Odessa dispatch to the Trieste II Piccolo describes the sltua tlon as alarming. It says the dockers were attacking shops and throwing their con tents Into the sea. The rioters put the chiefs of police to flight, tore down antl strike proclamations and threatened to set the city on fire. At the first shot by the troops the Jewish population became pania-Btricken end many fled' afoot, sea ward, as the railroads were stopped. REFORM EDITOR IS SAFE British Consul Prevents Bis Surren der1 Cpon 'the Warrant for' ' 1 " 1 Arrest. ' i ' PEKING, Aug. 7. It Is understood that the editor and staff of the Chinese reform newspaper Supao, published at Shanghai, Issued on the charge of publishing seditious matter, can be surrendered only by the unanimous consent of the foreign consuls at that port. This cannot be obtained, as the repres-n tatlve of Great Britain has Instructions not to grant his consent. It has been reported here that the foreigners In Shanghai were organising to prevent the surrender of the accused men by force In cose such action had been attempted. Five reformers were arrested In Peking yesterday, one of them being a brother of the ranking viceroy. All the gates of th city are being closely guarded to prevent the escape of suspects. RUSSIA EXILESMORE FINNS Opposition to Military I'kuse Visited with Severe Punishment on Absorbed People. BT. PETERSBURG. Ausr. 7. Orders were Issued yesterday for the expulsion . n. . . n , , , . from Finland of Baron von-Trail; Michael l.lnaen, cnsirman or tne city council or Ekenaea; Count Gustav Kreltz and his family of seven, and some other prominent Finns. ' The vice provincial secretary of Vasa has been dismissed because ha opposed the military ukase. The Finnish cadet school has been abol ished because the graduates refused to en ter the Russian military service, only II of 841 officers, formor Finnish battalions, having accepted service with Russia. EMPEROR DINES HEDERYARY Hungarian Premier LJkely to Be Succeeded by Coant Ap ponyt. VIKNNA. Aug. 7. Premier Hedervary of Hungary had another protracted audience with Emperor Francis Joseph at Isrhl to day, and dined with the emperor this even ing. He then returned to Buda Pest to consult with his colleagues as to his resig nation. A solution of the crisis Is not expected until next week, but It Is believed the premier's resignation will be accepted and that possibly Count Apponyl, president of the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies, will be instructed to form a new cabinet. SAY COMMITTEE REPORT CANAL Panama People Declare Senate Body Favorable to Dlteh Treaty. PANAMA. Aug. 7 It Is reported here that on August 1 the senate committal made a favorable report on the canal treaty. Confirmation of tha report, however, is lacking. French and Moore Fight. MADRID, Aug. 7. According to a dis patch from Helllla, Morocco, a fight has taken place between French and Moorish troops near the village of Benl-Fatt. The Moors, who wore pursuing a body of Kabyle Insurgents, entered French territory, la spite of the protest of French frontier po lice, and a conflict ensued. Three French and two Moorish soldiers were killed and a number were wounded, IILES BIDS ARMY FAREWELL Lieutenant General, Betiring Today, Issues VsleJictorj to Military Forces. ASKED TO PROTECT COUNTRY'S HONOR Commander Declares Troops Repre sent Ameilran Civilisation to Many and Must Live I'p to High Trust. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. -Lieutenant Gen eral Nelson A. MUes, commanding the army, will retire from active service ot noon tomorrow, having reached the age limit of M years. The following order was prepared today and will be Issued tomorrow: WASHINGTON. A UK. g. 1903 The retire ment from active service by the president on August H. Iu3, of Lieutenant General iNeison A. Miles, V. 8. A., by operation of law. under the provisions of the act of congress arproved June 30, 18S2, Is an nounced. Lieutenant General Miles will froeeed to his home. The travel enjoined s necessary for the-nuhllp. service. Hv order of the secretary of war. II. J. L.UK1J1IN, Adjutant General, Major General, U. S. A. Several other orders resulting from . the retirement of General Miles have been Is sued, one assigning Lieutenant General Young to the command of the army until August 16, when he will assume the duties of chief of staff; another assigning Major General Corbin as president of the Soldier Home board; another assigning Brlgnd' General Gllespie as president of the BC of Ordnance and Fortifications, and stin another assigning General Young as a mem ber of the Sherman statute committee. Miles Bids Farewell. General Miles has issued the following address on the occasion of his retirement from active service: GENERAL ORDERS NO. 115-HEAD- Qt'AHl't'KB Or' THhl ARMY, WASHING 'ION. Aug. 8. linXi. In accoraance with tho provisions or the act of congress of June oO, lstui, the undersigned win retire trom me active service on August s, lata. In relinquishing the command of the army of the United folates, to which he was as- slgnedby the president on October 21, lt5, be expresses his appreciation of the ndellty manitested by the oltlcers and soldiers dur ing the past eventful years. i'o those who were his companions and associates during one of tho greatest of all wars he takes pleasure In expressing us graniicauon tnat iney nave uvea throngfl thetrlsls and dangers of long serv ice to witness tho results of their fortitude, heroism and unselfish devotion to the wol fare of their country. They have also In a most commendablo manner exempunea to th vourikt-r Melioration of soldiers those principles of discipline and patriotism which inaae me army me proiecior anu aeienuer of the nation and its liberties. The time and occasion are considered op portune for exDresslne to the army a few thoughts concerning Its past and that which may anect its ruture weirare. it is irora the best Impressions and Influences of tin past that the most desirable results may be realised In the future. Unswerving de votion to our government and the principles upon which it was established and has been maintained is essential to me emciency or the national forces and especially is this so In a democratic government where the indi vidual In order to be a perfect soldier must first be a true citizen. The Doast mat every soldier of a great nation carried a marshal's baton In hi knapsack Is in a higher sense more than equaled In slg nltinnnee hv the fnct that everv American soldier personifies sovereign cltlsonshlp and may oy nis own conouci exempmy mamai justice to those who hsve never experienced It. and the results of the highest liberty to those who nave -ween strangers to u, thereby siding to secure for his country a mnril Influence not otherwise attainable. Tltirlnr the darkest hour of our history the first commander of the American forces demonstrated the grand purpose and no- nutty or ins cnnrscier oy comDnmnsr i" Influences then Invading the army and by manlrmtlnar the strongest confidence and faith In the ultimate Justice end Integrity of his government. His- words of wisdom uttered at' Newhurg 120 years ago had the effect of inspiring unexampled patriotism and patient virtue, rising sttnerlor to the pressure or tne most complicated suiier Inge. Army Maintains First Principles. It Is one of the glories of our country that the army Has mainiainea taose pnrv clpies tor more than a century. The com mndnra of the armv succeeding; Washing ton have, by their example, lmlutnce and orders, engendered and maintained tha l.i.hent CvgTee of efficiency, ulsiipline and patriotism. Since Its organization . the urmy has been charged with a great va riety of responslbillt.es, all subordinate to defending the country and maintaining tha right of lis citizens. In the uischargd of Its manifold duties the urmy h.is con fronted) enemies representing every stage of human development, fi'om the hiicti-St civilization yet oDtair.tivi to savagery and barbarism. It has ever been Its duty to absorb those chlvalrlo and tiun.ii.ti8 principles by wnlch Inevitable horrors are so gieally mulgateJ, while by unyluliing prosecution of war agulnst armed forces Its valor has been demonstrated. AH honorable activity and life for the army must exist within the well-defined llnu of patriotism, untar nished honor, sterling Integrity, impartial Justice, obedience to rightful authority and Inctksant warfare Agtinst armed enemies. To maintain truth, honor and Justice re- auires the hithtst rnorul courage, and J t?"1!" ,"n.portS a?LVi ''.'i1.?; i Drill, discipline and Instruction are but preparatory for the perfection and efflcien- cy ot an army The events of recent years have placed upon the army a new obligation, and an opportunity lor a broader exemplitiixulon of Its country's principles. The United States army 13 now ui ought Into dally communication with millions ot the people to whom Its Individual members of every f ;rade are the exponents of American civ llzatlon. A serious duty and a great honor are now presented to every officer and sol dier, namely, to exemplify to those with whom he comes In contact our country's principles or equal ana exact justice, lm- .nm iniAn. uDi i , ... . . , law, and the peaceful ute and pOewsssioa of his own. Marked changes at different times have occurred In the strength and organization of the army, resulting trom diverse in fluences, and various experiments hive been trlea. Time has shown errors In the past, and will do so In the future. The lieutenant general has faith that under all circumstances the army will, maintain Its high character, and that Its future will b as honorable and trio; ions as Its pt. His earnest solicitude and best wUhea will ever follow the army. NtCLSON A. MILF.S. Lieutenant General Commanding. The officers of the army on duty In Washington will call upon Lieutenant General Miles tomorrow to pay tholr respects before his ratlrement, which oc curs at noon tomorrow. Canal Situation Is I'nehanged. The State Department has been in formed by Consul General Gudgen at Pana ma that telegraphic communication be tween Panama and Bogota has been re sumed. No messages have been received from Minister Beaupre at Bogota, but it Is asserted that the canal treaty situation Is unchanged. Cabinet Members Return. Secretary Hitchcock returned today from his vacation trip in Canada and New Hampshire, and Secretary Root returned from Oyster Bay. Sigma Ka Pi Electa Iowan. The Sigma Nu PI, a fraternity made up of law graduates, today elected the follow ing officers: Milton A. Alles, formerly as sistant secretary of the treasury, lord high chancellor; William II. Dennis of tha Washington bar, first vice chancellor; Henry C. Lewis, special assistant to the attorney general, second vice chancellor; David D. Caldwell of Illinois. gTand mas ter of the rolls; Arthur L. Fill of the Dis trict of Columbia, grand custodian of the seal; O E. Leach of the District of Colum bia, grand registrar of the exchequer; and A. D. Bumner ot Iowa, grand marshal. STEALS METHODIST FUNDS Treasurer ol Preachers Aid Society Confesses Embrssllna- Eighty Thousand Dollars. BOSTON. Aug. 7.-In a letter written last Tuesday, from Montreal, to Rev. George H. Spencer, pastor of his church In East Boston, Willard 8. Allen, treasurer of the Preachers Aid sorlety of the New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, confessed that he was a defaulter to the amount of more than tSO.000 of the society's funds. Mr. Allen has been treasurer of the so ciety for twelve years and clerk of the East Boston district court for nineteen years, and for sixteen years a prominent member of the school committee of Boston. He left homo about a week ago without announcing his destination, and the first heard from him was the letter to Mr. Spencer. Mr. Allen said he had lost the noney In speculation. He requests the minister to notify the members of the Allen family and the officers of the society. Mr. Allen's accounts have been audited each year and securities making up the perman' fund have been examined. The report, duly received and audited by tho t S conference. It was not until a year" .j ..hat a suitable bond as treasurer wy' " ocnted by some members of the sc a vote passed last May required f ie bond be given. Until the receipt . Allen's confession It was supposed this had been done, but an examination he vault where the securities were kept owed that It was empty, with the excep- on of shares valued at about $2,800. CONVICT HUNTERS SLAY MAN Deranged Work Seeker Huns from Posse and is Shot N Dead. WOODLAND, Cal., Aug. 7. Another fa tality has resulted from the pursuit of the convicts. An unidentified man was killed near Davisvllle tonight. The man was seen acting queerly near a farm house, and when called on by officers to surrender, started to run. Tha officers fired at him, killing him' Instantly. Since his death the man has been Identified as one who had been In the vicinity several days, hunting work. He was considered mentally deranged. The officers who killed him have been exonerated. AUBURN. Cal., Aug. 7. Albert fieavls, the colored convict, regarded as one of the most desperate of the men who escaped from the Folsom penitentiary, was today sent back to his old quarters. He freely admitted that ho took a leading part In the prison break, but would give no In formation regarding the rubsequent move ments of -his companions. Five of the convicts are reported to have been seen near the ' Crystal mine, headed toward Dogtown, and a pose has started In that direction. Pursuing officers are confident that they are on the trail of Howard, Miller and Fahey, and three con victs who are believed to be not far from Sacramento. FRIENDLY. ENEMY 1 SIGHTED Scouting; Destroyer Sees Hostile Ves- , ..--? eel aail7rtrstr Its - Plana.. BAR HARBOR, Me.; Aug. 7. Information was received hers early today that a tor pedo toat destroyer sighted ths "enemy'' off Bar Harbor last night. The news, was brought In today by the dispatch boat which camo for tho mall. The vessels are all too far off shore for their movements to be observed from land. "The enemy's" vessel was sighted by a torpedo boat destroyer, while on patrol duty. Signals promptly announced the dis covery and the vessel under observation turned about and made oft. Iater the matter was reported to Rear Admiral Barker, commanding Kearsarge. Heavy firing In the direction of Mount Desert Rock, and continuing tor fully live minutes was heard about 10:15 tonight and It is the general belief here that the "enemy" had been sighted by the defend Ing fleet. From the shore path, which commands a view of the ocean, no ships were visible, although the weather at the time was clear, with a bright moon shining. It Is thought the attack was a feint on the part of Ad' mlral Barker's line, and that the main ponton of the fleet might be expected either In tlx vicinity of Cape Ann or Eastport, CONVICT TO ACJ. HIS GUARD Resembling- Superintendent, Prisoner Was to- Aid in Murder and Then Piny Part. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 7. The recent plot to escape from the penitentiary here was disclosed this afternoon by the confession of a convict. Convicts Burkey and Mitchell picked out a companion who was a physical counterpart of Superln tendent Meads. Meads was to be killed and his clothes put on this man. The trio were then to go through a hole in the 1 brlclc waI of th" u,e mm whlch they had planned to make, and have the outer gate opened by the guard on orders from the pseudo superintendent. Operations on tho hole through the brlok wall were re cently stopped when the authorities found brlckdust among thd Jute scraps. LOWE SPECIAL BEAtTrECORD Clips More Than' Five Hours Off Pre. vlons Best Time from Chicago to Loa Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cel., Aug. 7. -At 1:06 this afternoon Henry S. Lowe's special train completed a run from the Atlantic to the Pacific, more than 3.2U0 miles In the fastest time on record. Mr. Lowe left New York on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 2:45 p.m. and arrived in Los Angeles 70 hours and 21 minutes later. The run from Chicago W4S made over the Santa Fe, a distance of t,256 miles In 52 hours, li minutes, an average speed of 42.7 miles on hour, including all stops. This run clips t hours and 5 minutes oft the previous record from Chlcsgo. CANNON ON ML WASHINGTON! Future Speaker and Friends Visit Famous Kew Hampshire Peak. MOUNT WASHINGTON, N. H., Aug. 7.- Congresaman Joseph G. Cannon. James A, Hemmenway of Indiana, W. F. Vreeland and Lewis Emerson ot New York, and Jo seph C. Sibley of Pennsylvania were on ths summit of Mount Washington today. it was their first trip and they had a fine visit. They came from slcour. Mr. Sibley's summer homo on Laks Champlaln. They will spend tonight in the mountains and return to Valcour tomorrow. GIBBONS AT THE VATICAN Amer'oan Cardinal Has Private Audience With the New Pope. OTHER AMERICANS THEN PRESENTED Pontiff Expresses Murh Interest In the Catholic In trrslt) nt Wsshlng ton and Promises to Aid It all He Can. ROME, Aug. 7. Cardinal Gibbons was received by the pope today In private audi ence. . In a lengthy conference Plus X ronewed his expressions of Interest In America, already made manifest by his reception We-lnesday to the pilgrims from the United States. The pope said he should like to have had the cardinal remain In Rome for some time In .order that he might become thor oughly acquainted with all questions con nected with the United States, but his holiness did not Insist, being aware, he said, of the cardinal's delicate state of health and his suffering from hot weather. In closing the audience, the pontiff charged Cardinal Gibbons to carry the apostolic benediction to all the faithful ot America. After his private audience Cardinal Glb bona presented to the pope Rev. Dennis R. O'Connell, rector, nnd Father Charles P. Grannan, professor of theology at the Catholic university at Washington, and Father P. C. Gavan, the cardinal's secre tary. The pope spoke most affably to each and said to Rector O'Connell that he knew the Importance of the Catholic vnlverslty at Washington and would do all possible to further Its Interests and rrestlge. Cardinal Gibbons Is romewhat Indisposed, the weather having become Intensely hot. still he has been able to visit the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul, which, with yes terday's visit to Santa Maria dl Trastevere, was obligatory during his visit, which he must make tvery ten years. The American cardinal Is merely suffer ing from Intestinal trouble, d ie to exces slve heat and fatigue. His Illness is not regarded as serious. New Secretary ot State. The selection of a new papal secretary of state is dally becoming more compll cated, as there la a division In the sacred college such as existed before the election of Plus X. There Is a strong sentiment In favor of the reappointment of Cardinal Rampolla, because he is conversant with all papal affairs, while Cardinal Ferrata, who belongs to the Rampolla party, is also suggested. The latter's opponents Indicate that as he was nuncio at Paris, he might not be agreeable to some ot the powers, and be sides, it is pointed out that he voted against the pope In the conclave, except on the last ballot. Plus offered the position twice to Cardi nal Agliardl, who declined to give up the vice chancellorship, of the church. Cardi nal Satolll .also, declined, on the ground that 'he was not sufficiently acquainted with French, and that he knew too little of foreign questions geierally..xcepilng those relating' to America. He suggested Cardinal Vlncenso Vannutelll. Negotia tions are proceeding to have Cardinal Agli ardl, , while retaining the vice chancellor ship, ossuma the secretaryship pi state temporarily. Prepare for Coronntlon. St. Peters is closed while the prepara tions for the coronation are proceeding. Pope Plus has expressed a desire to have as many humble members of the faith admitted as possible, and 50,000 tickets will be distributed by the parish priests. Catho lic clubs and association's, seminaries, ec clesiastical colleges, monasteries and con vents. The remainder of the seats will be for distinguished guests. Only two'gar.etles have been erected, one for the diplomatic body and one for the Roman aristocracy. , Ths body of the church will ho divided into compartments with sepurate entrance). Thousands are already leaving the Venetian provinces to attend the coronation of "their pope." The apal master of ceremonies has Issued Invitations to the archbishops and bishops', who will participate in the procession from the Vatican to St. Peters. They are re quested to be at the Vatican at 7 a. m. on Sunday. The government, to avoid untoward Inci dents, has ordered the neighborhood to be occupied by the military and has forbidden an antl-clerlcal manifestation proposed by the socialists and republicans. The pope's first allocution to be delivered at the next secret consistory is looked forward to with great Interest. Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, who Is a personal friend of Plus X, has told his followers that he would not now have the papacy against him as he did under the pontificate of Leo, who was the godfather of King Alfonso, and has even gone so far as to say that he hoped the accession of the pope would help him to the throne. Dr. Laponnl said today Cardinal Horro y Esplnosa was out of danger. Apostolle Delegate Kotlded. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-M0nslgnor Fal conlo, ths apostollo delegate to this coun try, today received the following cable gram from Rome: I confirm the election of Cardinal Sarto to a supreme pontiff (Plus X) according to a telegram sent Dcxore. MERRY DEL VAL. This Is the first official notice that Mgr. Falconlo has received of the election ot Cardinal Sarto as pope. The first cablegram mentioned by Mgr. Merry del Val has not been received at the delegation here. Address to tho Bishops. Immediately on receipt of the above cablegram Mgr. Falconlo Issued the fol lowing address to ths bishops within his Jurisdiction: WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 7, 1903-Your Lordship: After the painful announcement of ths death ot Leo XIII I am happy to bring you today tidings of greaC Joy. The most r-minem iurainni josepn carlo, patrt arch of Venice, has been elected pope ant has assumed the name of plus X. buch Is the consoling Information I have Just re ceived from Mgr. Merry del Val through a cablegram. With the election of the new Done a new link has been added in i. golden chain of the succession ot Roman pontiffs which stretches uiihroken across the broad and historic field from St. Peter In the first century o the newly elected pastor in me iweniiem. Let us rejoice and return thanks to Divine. Providence for having so speedily provided the church with another worthy rastor. Guided by our faith, we recognize n him the successor of St. Peter, the virar of our divine lord, our spiritual father, the supreme pastor of the church. As such, hs claims our obedience, love and Venerstlon, and I have no doubt that the Catholics of America, faithful to J heir glorious tradition, will equal those of any other nation In their fidelity and attach ment to the new pontiff. May God grant him a long and prosperous reign for the welfare of the church and the honor of the apostolle see. In making this announcement to you I have the honor to remain, moat faithfully yours In Christ. D. FA LOON IO. ArrhbUhop of Lsrlaaa, Apostollo Delegate. J CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for NebraskaFair Saturday; Warmer in Eastern Portion; aunusy, Fair. Temperature at Omaha yesterdnyt Hour. Ilea. Hour. Den-. . 04 . 1 p. m M .ilil X p. m l . U p. m ,M . W 4 p. m TO . Tl 5 p. m fa . TO p. m Tl .TO T p. m . T p. m T II p. m. . . . . 04 0 a. m . B n. tii. 7 a. nt . 8 a. m. " m ..... . lo n. tii II a. m Til la m . . . BET AGAINST THE PADLOCK lovrn Cltlsrn la Saved from tho Game by Police, Who Get the Artists. Charles Clausen of Minneapolis and Wil liam Roberts of San Francisco are in the city Jail for attempting to swindle J. O. Johnson of Forest City, la., on the pad lock game. According to Johnson, Roberts accosted him at the Webster street depot and began a conversation. Then the stranger . sud denly found a padlock. As they were ex amining It Clausen came up and the three began to talk. Finally Clausen said he could- open It. Roberts quickly accepted the challenge to bet $30. He offered to put up a check In .tohnson's hands, but Clausen refused to bet against a check, men oo erts asked Johnson, so the latter said, to put up the t'X, and then they could go together and cash the check. But Johnson was wiser than he looked "Not me," he said. "You fellows may be swindlers. Cams near being caught once In Chicago." With that he left the men and shortly efter met Officers Ronk and Barnes. To them he gave a c'escrlptlon of the two supposed swindlers. Chortly after ths offi cers frund Roberts In a' saloon. As he was standing at he bar Clausen came In and remarked that he had missed his train, As (he two started to drink the officers arrested them. Johnson Identified both men. While they were In Jail a lawyer came In and lnoulred what the amount of a bond for their release would be. Detectives Drummy and Madsen were behind the desk and heard the conversation. When, the lawyer left the two detectives left with him and followed him to his office. He went In side and stayed some time. When he camo out he was accompanied by a man who Is supposed to be the third party to the game. When taken to the station he gave his name as Martin Jackson and his address as Texas. The last man arrested answers the description of a' party for whom the police have been looking since last spring on the charge of securing money In two cases by the padlock method This Is the first time a padlock artist has been arrested In Omaha for a number ot years. Last summer the game was worked several times successfully, but in no Instance could tho guilty men be found, Chief of Detectives Dunn believes that both Clausen and Roberts are good men to have in Jail. Johnson told the police that In Chicago last summer two men robbed him of $150 on a confidence gams. . BAKER - STATES HIS POSITION Be Takes Exception to th State neat Made la the Shlvorlek Pe 'tltion for Receivership. J. I Baker of the Baker Furniture company, who was cut of the city while Arthur Shlverlck was fi'lng his petition asking for the appointment of a receiver for the company, returned yesterday, "I don't cars to talk about the matter,' said Mr. Baker. "It hasn't bothered ms In the least. In fact, I have not even read the petition clear through. I saw the ac counts in the papers, and that is all, If Mr. Shlverlck feels so much concern for the creditors of the company. If he wl notify all the creditors and have them bring their bills to the store every one o them will be paid In full. As to his hold, lngs, he had $2,875 worth of stock, and has never held any more. All of this has at ways been subjeci. to a lien of many times more than its value, and Is now decreed in the district court to be sold, the pro ceeds to be applied on a $20,000 Judgment I hold against him. This certainly dees not leave him a very largo interest in the business. I hold $3S,O0O worth of stock In the company, which is over four-fifths of It, and I hold a Hen on another tent of It. 'As to the charge that I am Inexperi enced in managing the business, I per sonally have nothing to say,, but as pres ident of the Baker Furniture company. If the showing he made was worth the $3,000 a year he was allowed to draw as man ager, and Is to be compared with the allowing made by the inexperienced Baker, the lutter's services are worth-2),0CO, and the company would profit by the change." Mr. Baker has not yet filed his answer to Shivcrick's petition. He left In ths afternoon to return to Boston, where lie has been with his family for ths last four weeks. WHITE COOKS READY TO WORK Notify Hotel and Restaurant Keepers of Withdrawal from Union Affiliations. Testerday afternoon a committee from ths former White Cooks' union, which wns affiliated with the waiters, bartenders and cooks helpers In what was known as "the big four," valted on the Hotel and Restau rant Keepers' association, with a statement that they had withdrawn from membership In tha union and had formed a club of their own with a membership of thirty-eight. They are now able and willing to serve ths hotel and restaurant men without regard to any union. The hotel and restaurant men agreed to report the fact to the execu tive committee of the Omalm Business Men's sssoclatlon and to arrange a confer ence between the tatter body and the cooks at a time yet to be fixed upon. Mors Race Trouble Threatened. CHARLOTTE. N. C, Aug. 7-Srious trouble between negroes ana whiles is threatened at Henrietta, the location of one of the largest cotton mills In iNorth caro Una. Two negroes were shot last niaht and on-i of them will die. The cause was the al leged disturbing of a colored meeting by whites and the cursing of a white boy by a negro. An untied crowd of negroes was dispersed by the extra force of policemen on duly, out more iroutue is expecieu. Movements of Ocean Vessels Ai, T At New Tork Arrived: Germanic, from Liverpool; J'rtnce Hlgltmunit. from Ham burg and Boulougne. Hailed: Arable, for Queenstown and Llverpjol. At Havre Arrived: La Bretagne, from New York. At Sydney, N. S. W. Arrived: Previous ly, Sonoma, from Ran Francisco, via llotio lulu end Auckland. At 8llly Passed: Rotterdam, from New York, for Boulogne and Rotterdam. At LI verpool Arrived: C'evlc, fiorn New York. At Southampton Railed: Bluecher, for New York, via l hernourg. At San Francisco Arrived: Telltis. from Newcastle, N. B. W.; Orion, from Antwerp. iVRECK SLAYS SCORE Wallaoe Bros.' Circus Trains Co'.lido, Kill ing Twenty-Threa Persons. INJURED NUMBER THIRTY, SOME FATALLY Performers Mostly Escape, Though Show Employe! Figure in List. THREE IOWA MEN AMONG THE MAIMED liiohigan Citiiens Hasten to Rescue, Though fright tned at Menagerie. ENGINEER AND COMPANY DISPUTE CAUSE Driver Declares Air Brakes Wonld Kot Work, While Grand Trnnk Officials Sny He Never Applied Them. DURAND, Mich., Aug. 7 An air brake on the second section of Wallace Bros.' circus train refused to work in the Grand Trunk railway yards here today, causing a col lision between the two sections, in which twenty-three people wero killed and thirty Injured. Partial List of Dead. JAMES MCARTHY. trainmaster of the Grand Trunk road, his division embracing Port Huion and Battle Creek. A. W. LARGE, special officer of the Grand Trunk, Battle "reek. JOHN PCRCELL. Peru. Ind., boss can vass mar.. LAFK LARSON, Cambridge, O., driver. O. THOMAS, residence unknown, laborer, HARRY ST. CLAIR, residence unknown, ticket seller. JOHN LEARY, Springfield. 111., boss ot ring stock. ANDREW HOWLAND, New York state, canvass man. FRANK THORP. Dundee, Mich., train master of circus train. ROBERT RICE, residence unknown. harness maker. GEORGE SMITH, residence unknown, blacksmith. CHARLES SANDS, Peru, Ind-, driver. JOE WILSON. Pittsburg. W. J. M'COY, Columbus, O., canvass man. UNIDENTIFIED MAN. driver. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, rider in circus races. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, driver. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, driver. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, suffocated to death. -TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN, at tho hos pital. EDWARD TORK, Terrs Haute, Ind. ' Seriously Injured. James 8. Foley, special officer of tho Grand Trunk, Detroit, shoulder dislocated and badly bruised about body. Josoph F. Benton, New Mllford, Conn., Internal injuries. W. H. Roe, Armstrong, 111., internal In juries. - Frank Tllley, Rising Sun. Ind., hip dis located, bad bruises and Internal Injuries. Bole Abrams, Sandusky, O. Burt MeGrath, Connellsvllle, O. John W. Koons, Balrdstown, O. George Bartley. Los Angeles, Cal. W. L. Cone, Dubuque, la. Joseph Patterson, Grand Rapids, Mich. James CofTellmlre, Orlo, la. John Collins, Des Moines, la. J. R. Stewart, Denver, Colo. Travels In Two Sections. The circus travels In two trains of about thirty-five cars each. After last night's ex hibition at Charlotte the two trains left for La Pere, over the Grand Trunk road, the second section leaving a half hour after the first. It was 3:45 when the first section pulled Into the west- end of the Grand Trunk yards here. A red light was hung on the rear car to stop the second section. Engineer Probst of Battle Creek, who was running the engine of. the rear train, says he saw this light and applied the air brakes. To his horror they refused to work. He re versed his engine, but the momentum of the train behind him was too great and with a crash that aroused ths town ths two trains met. Three cars of the stationary first section were telescoped and the engine nnd five ears ot the moving train were demolished. Ths rear car of the first section was a caboose In which the trainmen were sleeping and the next two cars were filled with sleeping circus employes. Occnpnnts of Caboose Killed, The greatest loss of life was in tho ca- lioose. One ot the wrecked cars of ths sec ond section wss occupied, by five elephants and several camels. One of the elephants and two of the camels were killed outright, whllo the other elephants and their trainers escaped. With the exception of this car none of the nffenagcrle was wrecked, tho other wrecked cars containing wagons. As soon as they recovered from ths first shock ths trainers rushed among the osgns quieting the beasts that were excited. Tho elephants in the wrecked car behaved with surprising calmneas and were led out of tho wreck without trouble. The escaping steam and screams and cries pf those pinned In the wreck was a horri fying spectacle In the gray of the early morning, when the trainmen in the yards and the aroused tc wnspeople first reached the scene. Many feared at first that some of the animals had escaped, as they could be heard crlng. The fire whistle was Im mediately sounded and the whole Uwn was aroused. The rescuers could see the un fortunates through the tangled wreckage. , A wrecking crew la kept In the yards here and it was on the scene In a very few min utes. Physicians nnd Nurses Summoned. All the physicians and trained nurses in town were sent for and the Hotel Richelieu was converted Into a temporary hospital. Scores of conveyances with stretchers were soon In readiness to tarry the Injured there as fast as the rescuers could extricate them. The dead, many of them so terribly man gled that Identlflcutiun seemed Impossible, were laid on the grass a short distance from the scene. By I o'clock a corps of twelve physicians was operating on the injured and dressing their wounds in the temporary hospital. Four of the Injured died at tha hospital be fore S:21 o'clock. When the wrecking crews had finished pulling to pieces the tangled snd broken cars, seventeen dead men were lying on the grass awaiting removal to the morgue. A majority ot them were killed while ssleep. The cirrus performers wero on the rear of the moving train and escaped Injury. Wal lace Eros, say that their loss will be very ' heavy; but ran give nu estimate yet. This Is the second wreck that the Wallace chows have suffered within a month. . ' Agree so to Cause. Engineer Propst, Firemun Colter or.d Head Brakcman Benedict, who was alao au -f r