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The Omaha Daily Bee. ( KHTAllMHIIIU) JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1903. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. r 4 ( Jitl( of Supreme Conrt Disotuiea the ' EtII and In Bemedj. CONDITIONS REQUIRE PROMPT ACTION Mot liif Ctn of Moit Lyeohln Naturallj Bonn Resentment of Mod, HOB VIOLENCE BRUTALIZING ANTIDOTE CmUttm Should Bo Restored in OrJerly Method of Punishment. COURT'S DELAYS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE Adveeatea (h Elimination of Tech nicalities anil Oroeadleas aad Interminable Appeal ta Crlailaal inarm. ftKW YORK, Aug. 11 Associate Justice Dsvld J. Brewer, of the supreme court of tha United States contributed to Leslie' Weekly an arUr-la on 'The Crime of Lynching," In which he says: Mm- government recently forwarded to Russia a petition In respect to alleged at rocities committed on the Jews. Thiit govrnment, ns might have been expected, unwilling ti have, us Internal affairs a mat ter rf consideration by other governments, n 'lined to receive the petition. If. In teed of so doing, . It had replied that It would put a atop to all such atrocltlea when this government puta a stop to lynching., what could we hnve said? It la well to loek tha mutter fairly In tha fm-a, M.iny good men Join In these up risings, horrllfed at tha atrocity of the ertrrm and eager for awlft and aummary punishment. Of course they violate the lew themselves, hut rely on public, senti ment behind them to escape punishment. Many of these lynching are accompanied ly tha horrible barbarities of aavage tor lure, and all that can be siild In 'palliation In the atrocity of the offenses which led lip to them. . For a time they were con fined largely to tha South, but that sec tion of the country no longer has a monopoly. Tha chief offense which causes those lynching haa bean the rape of white orneii by colored men. No worda can le f'ltind too strong to deacrlbe the atrocity of such a crime. It la no wonder that the community Is excited. Men would disgrace their manhood If they were not, and If a few lynching had put a atop to the of fense, society might have condoned such breaches of Ita lawa; but the fact la. If we may credit the reports, the crime, in stead of diminishing, Is on the increase. The black beast (for only a beast would be Jullty of such an offense), aeerna to be not eterred thereby. More than that, as might t expected, lynching for auch atrocloua Crimea la no longer confined to them, but la being resorted to for other offenses. What Caa Be Done. What can be done to stay thla epidemic or lyncningr una tning is tha establish ment of a greater confluence in the sum mary and certain punishment of the crimt pal. Men are afraid of the lawa and de jkien are arraia or in laws ana ae lay and uncertainty nd uncertainty of lta results. Not that thev doubt tha lnterrltv of the ludres. but they know that the law abounds with technical roles and that appellate courts will often reverae a Judgment of convic tion for a disregard of such rules, notwith standing a fulT belief In the guilt of the accused. If all were certain that the guilty ones would be promptly tried and punished the inducement to lynch would be largely taken away. In an address which I delivered before the American Bar association, some years since, I advocated llolr.r ,wnjr with appeal in orlmlnal eases. It did not meet the favor of the associa tion, but I still believe In Its wisdom. For nearly li years there waa no appeal from tne Judgment of conviction In criminal cases In our federal courts and no review except tn a few cases in which two Judges Bitting, a difference of opinion on a ques tion of law waa cert Idea to the supreme oourt. In England the rule has been that there Waa no appeal In criminal caaea, although a question of doubt might be reserved by the presiding Judge for the consideration of his brethren. Hon. B. J. Phelps, who was minister to England during Mr. Cleve- land'a first administration, told me that while he waa there only two caaea were so reversed. Does anyone doubt that Justice was fully administered by tha Kng- nsn courts r Claim In Extenuation. It Is aald In extenuation of lynching tn ease of rape that it Is an additional cruelty to the unfortunate victim to compel her to go upon the witness stand and In th presence of a mixed audience tell the story or ner wrongs, especially wnen ahe may oe aunject to crosa-examlnatlon by over Bealous counsel. I do not belittle this mat- tor, but It must be remembered that often tha unfortunate victim never lives to tell the story of her wrongs, and if she does survive she must tell It to someone, and the whuie community knowa the fact. Even In the court room. any high minded Judge will etuy counsel from any unnecesaary eroea-examination, ana finally if any liwyn snotna auempi n. me community may treat him aa an outcast. I can but think that If the community felt that the criminal would certainly receive the punlsh ment he deserves and receive It soon, the reeling or lyncntng would Boon disappear, and the gathering of mobs, which means. often the destruction of Jalla and other firoperty, and also tne loss or lonocnet lives, would greatly diminish in number. til tendency of tor the need not for all xutu suiter tor wronga committed by others, SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE IS FELT Blaaeee la . Low la, Alton aad Sur- remadlae; Beetleo Are) ' Shaken. ALTON, 111., Aug. 1&-An earthquake hock waa felt hers at I.M this morning. The majority of tha realdenta of Alton were awakened. Borne thought tha powder lnllle at East Alton had exploded and others thought an explosion bad occurred at the lead work a The shock brok Quantity ef plastering loose In th main auditorium of tha Methodist church on Sixth street, At East Altoa bricks were shaken from several chimneys and glass b re It en In several windows. From th best information tha shock laated nearly eight peconde. T. LOt'I. Aug. 11-An earthquake hock which laated for several seconds waa distinctly felt In all parts of 8L Loula early thla morning. So marked waa the aeslmstlo disturbance that many slumbering reeldenta f the etty Jumped from their beds In fright and walled tremblingly for other and greater shocks, but they did not materialise. According to those who felt th disturb ance the shock took place at 1:53. All agree that It waa a Jar rather than a trembling ef th earth, but so violent was ita nature that kouaee shook at their foundations aa though, they war momentarily to totter Wil falL No damage has bee a reported. RABSIS HOLD CONVENTION lew of CassalUa of Jewish Children Owe ef Thing Costal ered. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 14 -The first business session of the second annual con vention of the I'nltel Orthodox rabbis of America waa held here today. Rabbt To ft, ef Brooklyn, presided. The session was the only public one during the convention, and 4i devoted to the question of estab lishing avparate schools fur Jewtxh children. tn executive committee tonight the conven tion ppolutHt a committee to draft a frys-b-maile method of teaching Jewish chiW f rn. lxUa-ataa front every aerOea ef tne wwnur a4 Caaad -r hb tAUadaasn. j one ining la certain. lynciung la in unaermine reepect 'S law, and unleea u be checked we , r aaionianeu if H ne resorted to Sinn ot orrenaee and nrtenma CYCLONE DOES GREAT DAMAGE Breaks t pen Yucatan Coast with Terrific Fury and Wrecks Plantations. MERIDA. Tucatan, Aug. id The effects of the tropical cyclone In thla city and over a widespread area are terrible. The Inl commenced In the early hours of the night and although everybody had been prepared for the gale in consequence of warnings given sometime before, pr.nic had quickly seized the community. The terrible destruction wrought overthrew the anticipated calm. The wind Increased in velocity and soon It was tearing up trees by the roots, blowing roofs away and de stroying houses and plantations. Great damage was done In a very short time. Naturally the cyclone waa more terrible along the const. Great efforts were made to save small vessels but to no avail and twenty of these lying In the path were cast upon the shore. Among other damage done by the cyclone was the destruction of hun dreds of bales of cotton which were on the docks at Progress ready for shipment. POWER? ARE UNPRECEDENTED Comment the f Viceroy of. BT. PETERSBURG, '. The press unanimously dilates i. enormous powers conferred on Vice t. Alexleff, the new viceroy of the Amur .itory, and the Kwan-Tung province, was even exceed ing the authority conferred on the governor general of the Caucasus during an Insur rection and explains the difference as being due to international complications. The newspapers agree that the innovation strengthens the Russian position In the far east and renders Immediate action on the spot a more easy matter. The minister of the Interior has allowed th Bt. Petersburg Vedomostl to resume publication, which had been forbidden for unknown reaaons since February 25. LONDON, Aug. 17. According to a Toklo dispatch ' to the Times, the Japanese con sider Admiral Alexleff, the new viceroy of the Amur territory and the Kwang Tung province, tueir ablest and most bitter enemy. COREANS GREATLY WORRIED Fear the intimate Outcome of Ri valry Between Japan and Russia. LONDON, Aug. 17. The Peking corre spondent of the Times, telegraphing from Beul, August 13, describes the situation there aa the outcome of the Russian-Japan ese rivalry as very serious and the exten sion of Russian activity Into Corea as most ominous. Corea, he says, Is Inevit ably destined to be the field where the great problem of Russian or Japanese supremacy In the far east will be solved. At present, Corea la exceedingly anxious, fearing its future aa an Independent em pire is gravely menaced, and that reasons only too well founded lead to the belief that Japan, tn order to restore the balance of power disturbed by Russian aggression in Manchuria, may quickly occupy Corea. The correspondent adds that tha domes tic concerns of Corea are fairly prosperous. Th reports of a great Influx of Japanese are incorrect, but Japan retains and Is In creasing Its commercial predominance. ISTHMUS WANTS THE CANAL Petitions for Ratification, of Treaty Being; Forwarded to Bogota, PANAMA. Aug. 11 The following tele gram In favor of the canal was sent thla afternoon: The "Vice President of the Republic, Bo gota. Numerous municipalities request congress to approve the Hay-Herran treaty, which signifies the salvation of the isthmus. I am sending by mall the orig inal petition. Inform house ot representa tives, the senate and publish. (Signed) DEMETRIO BRID, President of the Municipality of Panama. Nearly all the municipalities of the Isth mus have answered favorably th request of the municipal council her to send a petition to congress In favor of th ratifi cation of th canal treaty. HARTY CONFERS WITH POPE New Archbishop and Pontiff Disease Conditions In Philip, pines. ' ROME. Aug. 11 The pope at 5 o'clock this afternoon received at a private audi ence In his apartment Archbishop Harty, who waa yesterday created archbishop of Manila, with whom he spoke at length on the situation In the Philippines. The pope said th efforts of the clergy toward the pacification of the archipelago and the triumph of Catholicism would always re ceive th warmest support at Roma. Veanvlos Uatetiag Down. NAPLES. Aug. 11 Th eruption ot Vesuvius somewhat Increased today. The stream of lava flowing from the crater la divided Into two branches. The longer reaches a distance of 1.600 feet tn tha direc tion of the village of Ottajano. Th other Is now 2.300 feet toward Pompeii. There Is no Immediate danger. ALLISON ANDJCANNON CONFER Prospective Speaker la Neaeenianaal native Regarding the Meeting. CHICAGO, Aug. 11-Senator William B. Allison of Iowa and Congressman Joseph Q. Cannon of Illinois, slated aa apeaker of the next house, held a conference at the Auditorium Annex tonight, but neither statesman would discuss th meeting. "I saw Senator Allison," said Congress man tuition, -out tner is nothing i can say about our meeting. I am on my way to Nebraska." Senator Allison remained but a short Um In Chicago, and aa he did not ae any other politician during bla visit It Is Bur mlaed that he cam especially for the con ference with Congressman Cannon. TROLLEY STRIKES A BUGGY One Fereen is retail? and Three Are erlenaiy lejared. KANSAS CITT, Aug. 1S.-A buggy con taining four persuns waa struck and wrecked by a street car on the Electric park line today. Mottle Berena was per hapa fatally hurt, and tha following were Beriouely Injured: Ida Cross, George I'nder wood. Jameo Goodwin. The motorman and conductor war arrested, but later re- - v CABINET LOSES A LEADER Retirement of Elihu Boot Removes One of Ita 8trong Men. CENERAL STAFF BILL HIS MEASURE Was Carried Through Congress by the Indomitable Knergy of the Sec retary Who Will Soon lte- torn to Private Life. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Special.) The decision of Secretary Root to leave Presi dent Roosevelt's official family and to re sume the practice' of law In New York city doea not come as a surprise to those who keep In touch with public events. More than six months ago it was announced on what appeared to be excellent authority that Mr. Root would retire from the cab inet after the general staff bill had been put Into practical operation. Perhaps no man In the public service has labored more aealously for a cause than has Secretary Root for the general staff bill. By force of Indomitable energy, per severance and sagacity he beat down all opposition to the measure and finally suc ceeded In getting the bill through congress. It la true he had valuable assistance In General Corbln, General Bliss, General Bates and others occupying Important po sitions In Washington. At one time sev eral heads of departments In the war branch of the government objected to th manner In which they would be legislated out of office and compelled to return to their regiments after long service In the staff. These objections, however, were met and where Injustice was seemingly done these features were correoted, and finally the general staff bill as it now stands upon the statute booka was the outcome of tireless and persistent hammering. Was Lender of the Cabinet. Secretary Root when ha Joined the presi dent's family and assumed the war port folio brought to his high office one of the keenest minds that ever filled this impor tant position. A brilliant lawyer, a force ful speaker and a thorough American he became at once the leader of the cabinet Like all men of his temperament he ap peared cold and austere to the world. This reputation, however, did not deter him a little bit from going ahead and working out the problems that were presented to him as secretary of war. The antiquated methods of doing business In the War department were a source of great Irrita tion to Mr. Root. He saw the War de partment moss grown and covered with barnacles. He saw men who had never seen service clothed with official power and held in position by family connections. or by mean and servile flattery. Thla was a constant source of irritation to th secre tary and as rapidly as he could without endangering the work of tha department he began a systematlo reorganisation of th war bureau. Under Secretary Root the War depart ment has become a wholly different prop osition. The business of th department Is conducted today ' along business llni Sentiment haa -ceased to exist, everything about the department la wholly practical. After August IB 'the old ways of doing things will wholly disappear. The general staff will be charged largely with the war branch of the government, and men who have never done staff duty will have a chance of learning the staff and men who have never seen the work of the line will have an opportunity of coming face to face with Tommy Atkins. This amongst other things Is the achievement of Elihu Root, who will go out of the cabinet after the Christmas holidays. Mr. Root's family does not like Washington. They do not like the official life of the capital. They are unused "to the fetch and carry" idea which prevails in the social life of the city, and the secretary, too, who while being an Indefatigable worker, does Ilk his ease and comfort, haa agreed with the views of his family and In consequence he will go back to New Tork and resume the practice of his profession in which he occupies so high a position. . Some Immigration Statistics. Political economists will never tire of discussing the Immigration question. Statesmen throughout the country, find In It quite aa fruitful a them for discussion as th tariff or finance. Although the last congress amended the Immigration laws with a view to restricting the number ot Immigrants, It Is equally true that th laws at present In force have utterly failed In this purpose. The tremendous Immigra tion of last year, larger than any preceding year In the history of the country, la l'jbject of serious consideration among the thinkers of the nation. Over 860,000 persons of foreign birth of th Immigrant class cam to America last year as against 660.000 the year preceding. The fact that tha lm migration of the fiscal year Just ended exceeds In number that of any preceding year, and that a marked change Is apparent In the relative share of the various coun tries In supplying these Immigrants, seems to Justify the large consideration that la being given the subject in the public prints. Th total recorded Immigration Into the United Statea sine th organisation of tha government Is, in round numbers, 20,000,000, Th number of foreign-born persons now residing in th United States is more than 10,000,000, and th number of persons of foreign parentage exceeds 2f.000.000. How the Figures Have Growa. Prior to 1820 no records of immigration were kept. Samuel Blodgett. a statistician of mor than ordinary research and ability. who wrote on this subject in 180, when the facts tn regard to the Immigration of that period were fresh in the minds of those haying opportunity to study the sub Ject, expressed the opinion that the Imml gration during the period from 1784 to 1794 did pot average more than 4.000 per annum. Beyfiert's 'Statistical Annals" estimates the arrival of Immigrants from 1794 to 1810 at an average of t.0M per year. From 1810 to 181 the relations between the United States and Great Britain caused a cessa tion of Immigration. 1817, however, peace having been declared, the tide of immigra tlon was resumed with greater force than ever, and In that year th total number of Immigrants arriving was estimated at over JO.OUO. The tide of immigration con tinued to rise from 1S20 to 1864. when th total number of foreign-born persons dropped back a bit over preceding years but the very next year It was higher than ever before, and so It has continued. The Industrial commission In Its report for 1M says upon the question of Immigration Th most Influential factor In Immigra tion Is tha prosperity of the country. The highest number coming to this country in one year waa In the exceptionally proa- peroua year lSic. when It reached 79.000, after which It declined. In the decade ending with 110 the total number of arrivals of immigrants was S M4.SM. Of this number 1.7U0.9M) were from Europe. The arrival from Germany dur- Continued on Third Pat. J high water causes no alarm Kanaas City la Able to Stand Fifteen Feet More Before it la Dangeroua. KANSAS CITT. Aug. 11-Not withstand ing the fact that the lAineas river at this point had risen a foot In the twenty-four hours up to t o'clock this afternoon, when It became stationery, and that a further rfiie Is expected tomorrow, no great damage la likely to result. West of here at Law rence and Topeka the Kansas river has risen slightly since last night, and at Sallna and Junction City Its tributaries, the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, are rising at a steady rate and sending their waters this way. Most of thla water will reach Kansas City within another twenty four hours, but while a further two-foot rise here Is predicted, a fall from that time on la looked for. TVs fTlo between the two Kansas Cities is still suspended, as th temporary pile bridges are unsafe. A sand scow brok away today, striking the James street bridge, the principal outlet between the two cities, knockrd several piles loose and rendered that structure unsafe for street cars or vehicles. At the Belt Line bridge the current was so swift that it became necessary to remove a section of the bridge to let the great mass of driftwood through. Fearing a temporary abandonment of some of the railroad yards In the lower part of the bottoms, the Swift Packing company removed several tons of provisions to this side of the river today. The water must rise fifteen feet before It can reach the plant or the business houses, however, and this is not at all likely. GIVES GR0UNDS0F DEADLOCK Question at Issue Not th Right of Operators to Discharge Employes. k BCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 16. District Presi dent T. D. Nichols of the United Mln Workers, a member of the conciliation board, denies that the question of the em ployers' righ,t to discharge for any reason other than membership in a labor union is the vital question on which the board dead locked, and which required th appoint ment of an umpire. The demand of th Rock Mens' union, that Its members share in the award of the commission ia the main pplnt of dispute, Mr. Nichola says. Other points on which the conciliation board Is deadlocked are the alleged main tenance of a "black list" by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation company, and the alleged breaking of an agreement entered into by Coxe Brother of the Hasel- ton district when their employee returned to work after the lockout which followed the award of the strike commission. Still another pdlnt on which there Is a deadlock Is over the case of an Individual engineer who worked twelve hours be fore the award and ten hours now. He claimed the same wage as he earned be fore. The Mine Workers' representatives on the board claim he Is entitled to what he asks and tha operator's representatives claim he Is not Th settlement of this case will establish an Important precedent. President Nichols declared himself as well satisfied with the appointment of Commis sioner of Labor Wright as the umpire on the conciliation board. . LAYS DOWN RULE FOR CHINESE New Regulation Prescribed for AH Who Seek to Enter This Country. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-A new set of Chinese regulations, prepared by Commis sioner General of Immigration Sargent, and approved by Secretary Cortelyou of the Department of Commerce and Labor, Jurisdiction of the matter of the exclusion of Chinese having been transferred from the Treasury department to the latter de partment, were made public today and are ready for distribution. These rules desig nate what Chinese persons are allowed to land at United States ports under the ex clusion law, together with th ports at which Chinese other than Chines diplo mats may land, and name the officers who have been Invested with the power and authority heretofore conferred on collect ors of customs, giving their stations and Jurisdiction. Conditions are named to which every Chinese person must subscribe seeking ad mission Into the United Statea under the provisions of the act of 1902, for the pur pose of taking part In any fair or exhibi tion authorised by congress. VETERANS ARE FLOCKING IN v Generals eU- "d Black andeosn- maader-ln-rhlef Stewart Reach the Coaet. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 While the formal exercises of the national reunion ot the Grand Army of the Republic do not begin until tomorrow, th department was to all Intents and purposes opened today with tbe arrival of General Thomas J. Stewart, commander-in-chief, on n special train bearing 365 members of th different Pennsylvania posts. Other distinguished arrivals today were General Nelson A. Miles and General John C. Black, who Is most prominently spoken of as tha next commander-in-chief ot the Grand Army of the Republic. Trains arrived all day and late tonight bringing many veterans. The registration bureaus and information booths were be sieged all day. It will be midnight before all incoming trains will have arrived, and on Wednesday, the day set for the parade, it la estimated that there will be 60.000 visitors In th city. Tomorrow tha local posts will Inaugurate the encampment with receptlona to the veterans. TROLLEY CARS H A CRASH Two People Fatally and Several Se riously Injured at Kansas City. KANSAS CITT, Aug. 11 In a rear-end collision of two trolley cars tonight on th Independence-Kansas City line, two per sons were fatally Injured, four seriously hurt, and half a dosen others sustained minor bruises and cuts. The seriously Injured: Kric Cobb, sged SO, will die. Willie Wood. 11 both legs broken and badly cut: will die. Minnie Darner, 90. C. II. Ingalls. Barney llaney. Ed Brown, conductor. The rara were returning to Kanaaa City from Forest park and were crowded with passengers. The trolley of the first car had slipped the wire and while It was being replaced the eecond car. running at a rapid rate, crashed Into the rear end. The seriously Injured were on the rear platform of lb first car, which was badly i amashed. INDIANS ARE KOW WORKING Noble Bed Men on Fine Ridge Beseryation Rapidly Becoming Self-Supporting. RADICAL CHANGE DURING A FEW YEARS Are Becoming; Proaperoua In Live Stork and Larger Proportion of Children Are Attending School. RUSHVILLE, Neb.. Aug. 15.-(Speclal.)-Vlsltors to Pine Ridge agency and reserva tion this summer, who go from here hy stage, have complained that "things are not what they seem," or words to that effect. A number of them who hsve ar rived here on the trains from the eaat and left In some fear and trembling on the stage coach for the agency have re turned declaring lhat the "glory of th noble red man" of which they have read and heard In the east has forever departed. Those who took trips to some of the points fifty or more miles from the agency, where there are small villages of Indians, admit that they saw much that was picturesque and Interesting, including some real In dians, that Is, those who still cling to the blanket and old-time customs. But the agency Itself within the last few years, with its schools and churches and other Institutions, has In fact become a very civilised place. Even those from this and other towns near the agency who have lived here but a comparatively few yenrs can see that a wonderful change has taken place. It has been recalled a number ot times within the last few days in connec tion with the retirement of General Miles that during the winter of 1900-1901 he was here In command of thousands of roldiers, and that It waa only after the Indians had for several weeks terrorised the people and In a number of cases pillaged the ranches along the Cheyenne river east of the Blaek Hills in South Dakota and also along the Nebraska boundary of the reservation, nd after thk affair at Wounded Knee and sevi eral hot skirmishes, that they were in duced to com into the agency and at least make a pretense of giving up their arms. Guns Not Material Now. But while it jwas known then to those well acquainted with the situation that It was, at ieast to a very large extent, only a pretense, and that the Indians in fact retained a majority of their rifles and am munition, tho fact of their having 100. or 1,000 or any other number of guns Is of no interest today to the people living around the reservation. For the changes which have taken place since then, and especially since Major Brennan took charge of the agency about flv years ago, are so great that there is no longer any possibility of another outbreak so long as the Indians are treated, both In discipline and In other ways. In a proper manner. Major Brennan was one of the first white men to penetrate Into the Black 'Hills, now nearly thirty years ago, and had a number of experiences for years afterwards with hostile and bloodthirsty Sioux. Ha also had experience With them later as a friend, and again in th laat rouble of twelve years ago In helping to get them In to th agency and protect the property and live of the white settlers along the Cheyenne. So that he la peculiarly fitted for the position of agent, and has both the respect and confidence of th Indians. There are now about 400 Indians work ing on th reservation building roads and dams, digging Irrigation ditches and reser voirs, and the work is being well done and will be of permanent benefit. The Indians T,at,i it 2S ner day. or $2.50 per day for man and team, and this money is In lieu of all rations. And as all aoie-Doaieu In dians are now stricken from the ration rolls during the summer the "noble red man" has at last discovered that he can work Just as well and aa lndustrloualy aa the white man. Old Chief Sitting Bull s sons are now working on dams and ditches, and like all such Indians have complied with the order to cut off their long hair. Other Indians Working:. A large number of other Indians are also m work off the reservation, and as thera is not enough work on It to keep all of them busy they are encouragea to nna .-.ir, railroad and such work. Over 100 of them are employed on the Black HUIb division of the Northwestern railroad In various capacities and are giving satis faction. Th. roundun a few weeks ago showed that the losses during the last winter r. unusually large. Just aa they were oft the reservation. But still the Indians are progressing and growing richer In iivMtock. those on th Pine Ridge reserva tion now having about 60.000 head of cattle and about 60,000 head of horses. They are also being taught how to take better care of their stock, and there are regulations for their Drotection In disposing of them. as well as In slaughtering them tor their own use. Money Earned by Them. niirtnar June the government paid to the Indians over 126.000 in cash on account of old nonv claims, graslng tax. Interest money, from sale of hides, for labor per rrmxi durtns: May. and for freight and wood delivery. But a very few years ago the only money wnicn wouia nave peen rid them would have been for th old claims and Interest, and the Indians would all have been Idle. Tne new system or making tha Indians work, and making them more self-supporting every year, la certainly working well on this . reserva tion, though it was predicted three years ago that It could not be put In successful operation among these Sioux. The educational work on the reservation ! .inn nrorresslnc rapidly, and it undoubt edly goes hand In hand with the policy of making the Indiana aeu-supporung ana will materially aid In carrying It out. There are thirty day schools on the reser vation, with an attendance ot about &00, and th larga boarding school at th agency haa US and the Holy Rosary Mis sion school, four miles away, has 300 pu pils. Th Institute this summer was th most largely attended in the history of the reservation, and was attended not only by reservation school teachers, but by teachera from the Indian schools at Rapid City, Pierre and Chamberlain. The complaints of visitors from the east who expect to find the old conditions stl4 existing, and to possibly have some excit ing experiences during a trip on the reser vation, are therefore well grounded, at lea-t so far as the Pine Ridge reservation ts concerned. Grain In Shock Damaged. COLUMBUS. Neb.. Aug. 11 tSpecIal.) Threshing has been- greatly retarded In this county by the continuous wet weather. Many fields of rye and wheat in shock are reported to be sprouting snd growing, and oVly those who managed to get their grain atacked can feel In any way secure. Oat are not all harvested yet and they will probably not auffer so much aa other cropa. CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nctir:if ka Fslr Monday and Warmer In Southern Portion; Tuesday Fair, Kxcept Showis in North portion. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi Hour. Den. Iloor. Ilear. ft a. 12 1 p. in 71 a. ni 1,2 2 p. m T4 T a. in Ill It p. in Tl Ha. m tui 4 p. 'm ?T A a. m wt r p. m TH 111 a. m RT l p. m TH 11 a. m TO 7 p. m T4 11 B TO M p. m T.I ! p. m Tl POLITICS AN0 PROSPERITY Prominent Denver Contractor la Opti mistic and Snya Democrata Wilt Elect M. K. Smith Governor. W. C. Strnhm. prominent contractor of Denver, was In Oinnha yesterday, and said of affairs in his state: 'Colorado Is In better condition than It haa been for years. The mlnlnK Industries are Increasing rapidly, especially In the reducing of what were hitherto classed as low grade ores. New processes for re ducing these ores are being constantly dis covered, and fortunes will yet be realized from the dump heaps about the mines that have hitherto been looked upon as so much waste. There Is a great amount of rail road building being done In Colorado, and the contractors are all full of work. Den ver Is building very rapidly, and the festi val of mountain and plain to be held there this fall will be the greatest ever given In Denver. "Considerable politics Is afloat In Colorado Just now. The democrats especially are very active, and we of that faith figure on electing our candidate for governor this year with a big majority. It looks very much Just now. at this clntance. that M. E. Smith of Denver, the present chairman of the Btate democratlo committee, will be the nominee of Ms parly for governor, and he will be elected, too " TAKES LONG CHANCE TO ESCAPE Braves Death In Ocean In Effort to Avoid Trial on Murder Charge. NEW TORK, Aug. 11 Braving death In the ocean rather than face trial for mur der, Herman T. Coates broke from his guards and leaped overboard from the Old Dominion liner Monroe when two miles off Sea Girt today. Coates was being brought back to Nanuet. near Spring Valley. Rock land county, where there Is an Indictment against him for the murder of a coachman In 1902. He was In the custody of Charles D. Fisher, a deputy sheriff, and A. N. Smith, chief of police of SuiTern, Rockland county, when he made his effort to escape. It was from FlBher that he broke away, and nearly carrying the deputy sheriff with him, leaped from the upper deck, turning a somersault before he hit the water and disappeared from view. A boat waa quickly lowered and Coatea was rescued and brought aboard. PRISONER DRIVEN TO SUICIDE Affidavit Filed Stating Man , Was ' Kicked and Beaten by Jailers. . BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 11 On the strength of a signed statement made by Edward Dorval,- chief operator of the Western Union Telegraph company here, to the effect that he was an eye witness to a terrible beating administered to Frank Orloff, the Wyoming Btage robber, who led the Jail break several days ago. Coroner Egan has ordered an autopsy performed on Orloff's body. Dorval alleges he saw Orloft kicked on the stomach repeatedly In an effort to make htm divulge the name of the person who gave him the gun used In the break, until the man's groans and frantic cries for mercy were hushed by Insensi bility. Orloff's body was found hanging In his cell yesterday and It Is alleged the prisoner was driven to suicide by the treat ment at the hands of the Jailers. DENIES REP0RJ0F NO APPLES Case County Han Says Crop Is Not Entire Failure by Any Means. D. L. Garrett of Cass county, waa la Omaha yesterday and takes exception to the report that the apple crop of Eastern Nebraska Is going to be a failure this year. "It Is true," he said, "that the corn crop will not be a very heavy one, but we will produce some of the finest apples down along the Missouri river, and over in the Nemaha valley this year that we have ever grown. There will also be lots of grapes, though not as large a crop as usual, but the deficiency In quantity will be mad up In quality. Corn Is doing well con sidering the season, and If the frost will only keep oft we will have about a two thirds crop. Some wheat down in our section went as high as thirty-five bushels to th acre and the quality Is of th best. The oats crop was good and th potato crop Is going to be a big one." TO BE BANNER CELEBRATION Frontier Day In Cheyenne This Year Will Beat Record, Says Wyo. snlag Man. "We are going to have some mighty do ings at Cheyenne next month at th Fron tier Day celebration," said Eaaton Bur nett of Southern Wyoming yesterday. "There will be the biggest crowd of cow boys there that has ever been gathered In that section. Roping contests, broncho busting, fancy riding, shooting tourna ments and a roaring good time generally will be had. There is some talk of on antelope chase if we can get th antelope, If not we will substitute Jack rabbits. Then we will have a coursing meeting that will bring out Boss of th best running dogs In Wyoming. There Is to bo all sort of fun and If you fellows down here want to have a rattling good time, com up, w will treat you all right" Movement of Ocean Vessels Aug. lO. At Klnsale Passed: Cevlc, from Liver pool, for New York. At The Llsard Passed: Zeeland, from New Tork. for Antwerp. At lover Passed: Friedrlch der Gross, from Bremen, for Cherbourg and New Yolk. At Prawle Put nt Passed : Rotterdam, from Rotterdam, for Boulogne and New York. At New Tork Arrld: Bluecher. from Hamburg, Southampton and Cherbourg; ColumMa. from (ilasgow and Movtlle. At ft. Michaels Arrived : t'ambroraan, from Huston, for Naples and Genoa. At Movl.'l Arrived: Parisian, from Mon treal and Quebec, for Uveriool, and pro ceeded. At St. Johns, N. F. Arrived: City of Bombay, from Glasgow and Liverpool, for Halifax. N. 8. and Philadelphia. At 4Jueenslown trailed; l.'mbrla, from Liverpool, for New York. At New York Arrived Mlnnetonka. from Hiiiiirnti ARRAICSS THE TURKS Bulgarian Government Submits a Memo randum to tne Fowert, TELLS A STORY OF RAPINE AND MURDER Bulgarian Inhabitant! Are Everywhere Plundered and Feneonted. GIVES DATES, DETAILS AND AUTHORS Bedhot Iioni in Some Oasei Applied to the Poor Peasants. PRIESTS AND TEACHERS SENT TO PRISON All This Is Alleged to Have Been Done by Turkish Officials t nder Guise ot Instituting Reforms, SOFIA, Bulgaria. Aug. 1.-The Bulgarian government has presented a memorial to the powera setting out at great length the condition of affair during the past three months In Macedonia, since the Turkish government undertook to make the prom ised reforms. The most precise details, dates, places and names of persona are given In the memorandum, the whole con stituting a terrible category of murder. In cendiarism, pillage and general oppression committed by the Ottoman soldiers and of ficials. These particular were obtained entirely from official sources, such as the reports of the Bulgarian consuls and agents of th Bulgarian government, and In many In stances the reports made by Turkish au thorities. The Bulgarian government guar antees the absolute truth of every state ment, and challenges the port to disprove a single charge made In the memorandum. The memorandum begins by stating that during the past three months the Ottoman government has tnken a series of measures with the alleged Intention of Inaugurating ':he era of promised reform, and of assur ing peaco and tranquility to the Bulgarian population of European Turkey, but which have had the contrary effect of exasperat ing this population and reviving the revo lutionary movement. Instead of proceeding solely against persons for breaches of the public order, the military and civil authori ties have sought every possible pretext to persecute, terrorize and ruin the Bulgarian Inhabitants alike In the large cities and In the small villages. Wholesale massacres, Individual murders, the destruction of vil lages, the pillowing and setting fire to houses, the arrents, ill-treatment, tortures, arbitrary Imprisonment and banishment, the closing and disorganising of churches and schools, the ruining of merchants, th collection of taxes for many years In ad vancesuch, proceeds the memorandum, are among tha Ottoman administration's acts of th vilayets of Balonlca, Monostlr, Ub kub and Adrlanople. 1 Kill and Torture. ' .' The memorandum next relates in. detail a" number of auch. caaea in each -vilayet. Beginning with, the vilayet of Salofilea.,lt states that in tha town of Balonlca Itself the Bulgarian professors of the university, the students and the shop keepers. In fact all th intelligent , Bulgarians in the city, have been cast into prison. One hundred and twenty soldiers entered the village of Gorna-Ribnltea on May IB and tortured to death five men and two women. " During the first three weeks of July twenty -five villages In the district of Tlkavltch were subjected to the depredations of the Turk ish soldiers and Bashl-Basouks. The vil lagers were beaten and tortured, the women violated and the houses plundered while the administrative authorities looked on. In the vilayet of Monastlr artillery bom barded and razed the flourishing town of Smerdesch, the 300 houses being left a heap of ruins. At the beginning of July two Greek bands, with the connivance of the authorities, pillaged Bulgarian villages and murdered many of their Inhabitants. In the vilayet of Uskub the entire Bulgarian population has been systematically perse cuted since last May. The director of the normal school at Uskub was Imprisoned because his library contained the "revolu tionary" works of "Othello" and "Les Mlserables." In the districts of Palanka, Koschlana, Kosovomo and Kostlgar th prisons are filled with Bulgarian priests, school masters and merchants. Red Uot Irons t'sed. During June the soldiers and Bashl Bazouka terrorized the Inhabitants of th Schtllf district, torturing the peple with red hot Irons. Similar atrocities perpetrated in the vilayet ot Adrlanopl are cited. Al together the memorandum gives partlculara of no lesa than 131 individual and general cases of excesses and outrages committed by the Turkish authorities. In summing up the details ot outrages mentioned, the memorandum declares that wholesale massacres were perpetrated by regulars and Bashl-Basouks In the town of Salonlca and the villages of Baldavo, Banltza, Echourlllvo, Karhlnza, Moghll, Smerdesch and Enldje, while the tcanes of carnage, pillage and Incendiarism were everywhere terrible. At Smerdesch over 200 Bulgarians were shot, killed with swords or burned to death. Over 250 houses and the churches and schools were set on fir with petroleum and pillaged, th property being sold by the soldiers and Bashl Buzouks In neighboring places. Similar scenes occurred at the villages of Gorna Rlbnita, lgou'meneto, Dobrllakl and Nlko- dot. Th villager there abandoned their homes and fled to the mountains. Over X00 men, women and children fled from the sanjak of Seres and even mora from the sanjak of KlrkkllHse. It la difficult, says th memorandum, to obtain th exact number of Bulgarian who were Imprisoned, moatly on the flimsi est pretexts, aa when they were released Others wer Immediately arrested. Th estimates obtainable, give for the village of Salonlca 00 prisoners, for Uskub, 600; for Monastlr, 860, and for Adrlanople, 660, a grand total of 2,K)0. As Information li lacking from many dlstrlota In the vilayets It Is thought that without xagger atlon th number of prisoners may be placed at even three times thla total. Merchants Ara Ruined. Dealing with other acta of oppression the memorandum states that tha Bulgarian merchants and artisans living In Constan tinople and Salonlca were ordered to la tum to their native villages and were not allowed any time or opportunity to dispose ot their business or property. Some ot these Bulgarian, who with their famlllea had been established for twenty year or more, were utterly ruined. As the ordor applied equally to professors and school masters, th Bulgarian schools were closed before the end of the school year. The authoritlea. rigorously aaforoed the same order against th Bulgarian priests, making very effort to paralyse th development of Jrllgloua and aduoatlooal wok ut deprive I