Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee.
KSTABLISLIED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1903.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
LOOKING FOR TRADE
Commercial Interests Combininir to Pnih
i P.A'- :,l n j.
TAKE UP WORK WHERE PAVIS LEFT OFF
r armor j and Buslne Element Unable to
Agree on the Program.
NEWSPAPER MEN ARE COMING WEST
Union Pccifio to 8bow Them What it Being
Done Out Here.
LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS ON THE INCREASE
glaflstlc Show (he Internal Com.
merce of the CoanlrT to B
In a Moat Healthy Ton
dltlon.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. JO. (Special )-A
gtronger effort thrn has ever been made be
fore will lie put forth at the coming ses
sion of the Fifty-eighth eongres to secure
reciprocal commercial relHtlona with Can
ada, Commercial reciprocity with the
Dominion hag been a dream of the leading
statesmen of the United State and Canad
for year pest. Had Cushman K. Davla
lived It la confidently believed that com
mercial treaties would .have been made
Willi France Hnd England. The death of
the late senator from Minnesota brought
atop to further activities In this direction.
Kadi yeir, however, brings Canada and
the I'nited Stairs Into closer commercial
relations, notwithstanding the barrier ex
isting between the two dominating factors
of the northern hemisphere. The work be
gun by Senator Cushman K. Davis la not
to stop, according , to a well Informed
Canadian who waa In Washington thla
week. Instead of a commercial war of re
prisals and retaliation there Is to be
commerclaj union between Canada and the
I'nited States. Already a league haa been
formed among business men on the border
land of tha United States nearest the
Canndlnn possesion looking to the enact
ment of legislation at Washington and It
Is expected some meaKUre of good will come
out of the league's work during the next
session of congress. The great business In
terests of the north section of the United
Stales bordering en the Canadian line de
mand a commercial union with Canada.
The farmers and the small business Inter
ests have placed themselves In opposition to
commercial reciprocity with our neighbors
on the north. Just where the line to a
reciprocity treaty ahall be drawn la still
In a nebulous state, but those who are
Interested on one side or the other look
forward to trade relations with Canada In
tha not far distant future.
Worked Well la Fast.
In view of the determination of the Na
tional Reciprocity league to establish head
quarters in Washington during the next
session of congress It la recalled that a eom
tneijrloj.., treaty btweeiv..ro 1'nlted State
and the Canadian provinces waa negotiated
In 1864 which waa In . force for almost
twelve years and which according to ex
perts accomplished great good for the two
countries. Thla treaty made no provision
for fixing the duty on dutiable articles
coming from one country Into the other. It
Imply provided that certain enumerated
articles being the growth and products of
Canada and the United Statea ahould be
admitted Into each country free of duty.
The treaty was terminated in 188, Just at
the close of the civil war. Many reasons
are given for the termination of that treaty,
the principal of which, however, is that
the reconstruction period was Just abreast
and that money waa needed to put the re
public In the forefront of the nations. In
1S74 another treaty known aa the Brown
Draft treaty was negotiated contemplating
the admission of wood. coal, ealt and lum
ber. Tlila treaty, however, failed of rati
fication and up to thla time there haa little
or nothing been done to bring th two
countries together, although the great ma
jority of Canadians and the people of the
United Statea apeak the nam language,
profeas the same religion, enjoy the same
liberties and are full copartners In advanc
ing the nigh measure of civilisation of
which the Anglo-Saxon race la the pro
jector, Newspaper Maa Comlngr West.
Twenty-five Washington newspaper men,
reureaentlng the leading newsoeptrg of
the United States, will leave Waahlngton
thla week aa the guesta of the Union Pa
cine railroad to attend the National Irri
gation convention to be held in Ogdon on
September 16 and 14. The Union Pacifio
railroad proposes showing these men who
write what the west Is today. After the
convention the Waahlngton correspondents
will be treated to an object leaaon of ex
isting irrigation canal throughout the In
termountaln country. All aorta of enter
tainments are being arranged for the men
who go on thla weatern trip. Many of
them are taking their yearly vacation for
the purpose of Informing tnemaejve upon
the very great queetion of irrigation,
which queation promisee to be a factor in
the coming eoaelon of congreee.
The first national Irrigation convention
was held at Salt Lake City In 1S1. In that
year about I.WO.OuO acre were under irri
gation In the arid region, all through pri
vate enterprise and co-operative effort,
wholly due to the Mormona of '87, who
first put k Irrigation to practical account
In that taction. Today there are nearly
e.mjo.ooo acres under Irrigation and the
west Is Just beginning to wake up to the
tremendous possibilities afforded by the
government in projecting new Irrigation
enterpriser The coming Irrigation con
gress will be the eleventh convention of
that body and will be attended by many of
the leading men of the country.
Lire stock Receipts.
Internal commerce conditions throughout
the United States, aa reflected by the July
report of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, through Ita bureau of statistics,
ure quite satisfactory. Receipts of live
stock at five markets thla year to the end
of July amounted to 1T.TS4.MT head. Last
year 17,U2.0t4 head were reported to the
corresponding date, and li.Sisi.3S3, head In
11. lu lfr'l a total of 2J4 J cars of atock
arrived at the aame file markets, 106.11$
car In IW, and Stl.stil cars In 14. The
total receipts of stork for thla year were
divided aa follows: At Chicago. 1 5T7.M
head In lTO.Stft cars; at Kansas City, :.j0.
ST. head In M.J10 cars; at Omaha, 1.731.4.'
head in W.MS cars; at St. Louis, 1.0ol.i&
head In 17.771 cars; at St. Jospeh, 1.773.260
head In 30.029 ears. July receipts of cattle
at Chicago thla year were the heaviest
since l&i. with the tingle exception of
those of July, 1501. The Increase In native
as compared with range and Texan stocks
was characteristic of July arrivals
The state of the provision market, a
tCoutlausd on Fifth PagO
M. WITTE HEADS MINISTERS
Former Russian Minister of Finance
Leads Committee, bnt May
Lose Influence.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. J0.-An Imperial
rescript dated August 2!, Is published ap
pointing Minister of Finance Wltte. prei
dent of the committee of ministers. The
rescript at the same time entrust him with
the work of bringing to a speedy successful
conclusion the negotiations for the Russo
German commercial treaty and with the
continued supreme direction of the min
istry of finance In order that his close ac
quaintance with the requirements of Rus
sian commerce and Industry may be fully
utilized. The official messenger announces
the appointment of M. Fleske, director of
the Imperial state bank, as minister of
finance.
Although the resignation of M. Wltte aa
minister of finance was expected ever since
his last budget statement, which had a
valedictory tone, the secret was well kept.
M. Wltte went to I'eterhof after midnight
and repeated to the czar his resignation
and 'recommended M. Tleske as his suc
cessor, simultaneously in order to forestall
any intrigue In the Interest of M. Flehvc,
minister of the Interior. M. Pleske has
made a good reputation as director of the
Imperial stale bank but he has not In
itiated anything, remaining a loyal subor
dinate . T M. Wltte, and doubtless he will
try t, 'V on his policy.
The 't, of president of the commit
tee of n. Is one of great honor, but
M. WltteV 'Vy Influence Is regarded as
problematic, tf. sl promotion is consid
ered a trlumpi. ""e riehve Interest.
A special com. ' ha been formed
at the prefecture, -d of factory In
spectors and varloub Nonaries of the
secret police, with oK Tom Minister
Plehve to prevent strike., at all hazards.
The commission 1 arresting and banishing
workmen by hundreds and has been author
ized to employ both preventive and repres
sive measure.
MOTOR BOAT RACEORAWS WELL
Crowds All Along; tha Hirer Selna
Gather ta Witness tha
Contest.
PARIS, Aug. JO. Great public Interest
ha been aroused In an automobile boat
race which started from Pari to the ea,
220 mile. Fifty-seven boata started, rep
resenting the principal maker of auto
mobiles. There will be six stages. The
Journey will take six daya. owing to the
numerous lock on the Seine, the flniah
taking place next Friday. The contest
takes place under the patronage of the
minister of marine and three other mem
bers of the cabinet.
A great crowd. Including many notables,
witnessed the start of the race thla morn
ing, the boata starting at Intervals from
t o'clock until 11 o'clock. The boats carry
motors of from twenty to sixty horse
power and are capable of making twenty-
two knot an hour. Mercedes arrived first
at Nantes, at 6:45 o'clock this evening and
Flora arrived second. All the towns along
the river are making prcrra!cna to en
tbuelastlcally greet the ot peting motor
boat. . f .
VISITS CARLIST STRONGHOLD
Young King; af Spain Enthusiastic
ally Received by tha
Peasantry.
MADRID, Aug. SO. King Alfonso, accom
panied by the prince and princess of A
turias, left San Sebastian yeaterday on a
provincial tour. The first stop wa made
at Eetella. Navarra, the former Carllst
capital, where the king visited the scene
of the battle with the Carllst in which
the marquise of Duero, the commander of
the liberal army, wa killed. Everywhere
the peasants, who are noted for their Carl
lst sympathies, gave the royal party the
warmest welcome. In many case kneeling
aa the cavalcade passed. For several hour
the Journey waa made on horseback and In
carriages across the Baaque and Navarra
highlands, and the loyalty displayed on the
route I held to be a proof that Carllam la
almoat dead.
LABOR FIGHTSCHAMBERLAIN
Seat la Parliament for West Dlrmlng.
ham to Be Contested at Next
Election.
LONDON, Aug. 80. Aa an outcome of
the recent successes at the parliamentary
bye elections the labor party la organizing
contest for Beats in Parliament at the
next general electlona on an unprecedent
ed y large acale. Among others, Mr. Cham
berlain's seat for West Birmingham will
be contested by the prominent labor leader,
W. J. Davis, a strong free trader.
Rnesla Launches Battleship.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. .-The battle
ship Slava, which is one of the largest
vessels In the Russian navy, waa launched
yeaterday at the Baltic yarda in the pres
ence of the czar and the royal family.
Slava, which waa laid down In 1901, Is of
13.600 ton displacement. 16.000 horse power
and S76S feet long. It has an armor belt
of 1.4 Inchea and carries an armament of
four twelve-Inch guna, twelve six-Inch
gun, twenty-three one-Inch gun, twenty
three-pounder and six one-pounders. Ita
peed I to be eighteen knot and it crew
will number 740.
Chlaeae Reformer Commits Suicide
HONOLULU. Aug. 30.-Charles Ahl.
prominent member of the Bow Wong so
ciety, committed suicide today by shoot
ing himself through the head. He had re
cently returned from China. Persecutions
there on account of his reform record
caused him to come to Honolulu. He wa
expelled from college In China and was
despondent over hi Inability to remain
there.
Crowds Watch F.rapllon.
ROME, Aug. JO. The eruption of Ve
suvius continues In all Ita grandeur, but
without apparent danger to the neighbor
hood. Hundreds of the people remain up
all night long to witness the spectacle.
The lava emitted la of an unusually liquid
form and consequently has covered a
larger area than at prevloua eruptions,
adding much to the beauty of the scene.
Hunt's Visit Palltlral.
SAN JUAN. P. R.. Aug. JO.-The republi
can leaders here aay Governor Hunt's visit
to Senator Mark Hanna was to settle the
admission of Porto Rlcan delegatea to the
republican national convention, to arrange
for answering the democratic attack on
Porto Rico and to discuss the possibility of
running Governor Hunt for tha vice presi
dency. German Warships taming.
HALIFAX. N. 8.. Aug. 30-Tbe German
warship. Vine's. Gaselle and Panther,
will leave, hare tomorrow (or liar Harbor.
VETERANS OF PHILIPPINES
Important Questions to Be Settled at Heft
ing of the National Society.
MANY CITIES WANT THE NEXT SESSION
Chicago, St. I.onla, Chattanooga, Buf
falo, Cleveland and Put-In-Bay
Slake Offer for the
Meeting;.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 30. Delegates are
beginning to arrive for the annual reunion
of the National Society of the Army of the
Philippines, which will begin It sessions
tomorrow afternoon In the state capltol.
All last' evening and today the reception
committee waa busy receiving delegates
and escorting them to hotels and other
placea of accommodation. The east is
sending a large delegation and word re
ceived at the headquarters Indicates that
the western and southern states will be
well represented. The reception commit
tees expect fully 5.000 will attend and It
has accommodatlona for all that have made
application.
The 8f. Louis delegation has already es
tablished Itself and Is making a vigorous
campaign for the next reunion. The city
that desire the next reunion will have to
make a strenuous canvass to land It. for
Chicago, which ha the second largest
camp In the United States, Is out to cap
ture It. Chattanooga, Put-In-Bay Island.
O., Buffalo and Cleveland have also made
attractive offers.
The encampment proper will open at 5
o'clock with a business session In the
senate chamber of the state capltol. Two
questions of vital Importance to the society
will lie discussed at It business sessions.
At present contract surgeons who erve
In the army of the Philippines are not
eligible to the society. Many that have
served In that capacity desire to become
enrolled. It la thought at this reunion that
the bylaw will be so amended that con
tract surgeons may become members. In
addition to thla question the society will
consider the advisability of forming a
woman's auxiliary, similar to the one In
connection with the Grand Array of the
Republic.
Wednesday will be the greatest day of
the encampment. At 10:80 In the morning
the military parade will be held. Nearly
1,000 will be In line and the military and
semi-military organization of the city, and
even aome from adjoining cities, will make
up It six division.
Tho governor of Minnesota, North Da
kota and Iowa will participate. The gov
ernor of Iowa will probably be accom
panied by hla taff. General Kobbe and
etalt, General Wheaton, Sommers, Mer
rltt, ' MacArthur, Funs ton, Metcalf and
Brigadier General Charles King are ex
pected to be in attendance. The parade
committee nlso extended an Invitation to
the eleven Minnesota regiment of the civil
war, which will be holding a reunion here
at the same time, to Join them In the
parade.
HOPES FOR RACE DASHED
Captain. Bar Say Pen. la To HiaTu
. for America Cnp Contest
Today.'
BANDY HOOK. N. J.. Aug. 30. - The
weather conditions tonight render It highly
Improbable that Reliance and Shamrock
will meet tomorrow. The northeast wind,
which continued all day, abated but slightly
toward evening and at sunset wa blowing
twenty-cne mile an hour; the rain com
ing In blinding drifts and the sea running
high. Captain Charles Barr of Reliance
was ashore late In the afternoon and Bald
that the probability was greatly against
a race, aa even If the wind abated tho sea
would be o high that the boat would not
dare attempt it
Sir Thomaa Llpton expressed himself
forcibly today on the allegation that De
signer Fife and Captain Wrlnge were In
bitter controversy over the cause of the
defeat of Shamrock III. He said:
I want to say that I am absolutely dis
gusted with the continual repetition of the
etory that I have criticised Mr. Fife end
that Mr. Fife and Captain Wrlnge ore at
loggerheads. I want the Associated Press
to say distinctly and forcibly that I have
never criticised Mr. Fife. I had Mr. Fife
build me a boat. He built me a beautiful,
and. I think, a fast boat. He pnt In It his
best endeavors and I have never questioned
his loyalty and hi ability, rt la not lis
fault that Mr. Herreahoff built a better
cne for these waters. It is not his fault
that the wizard of yacht building Is In this
country, and a wizard he Is. Bo, too. the
stories of Mr. Fife's having any contro
versy with Captain Wrlnge are without
foundation. Captain Wrlnge haa Balled
Shamrock III In the aame manner as Mr.
Fife built It to the best of hia ability.
I have no fault to find with him and the
statement that I have found fault with
Captain Wrlnge or that Mr. Fife or I have
Interfered with him Is ridiculous. Mr. Fife
has done his full duty by me and so has
Captain Wrlnge. There Is no controversv
between me and either of them, and none
between them I will vouch.
Sir Thomas, said tonight that he thought
there waa a chance for a race in the morn
ing, adding that Shamrock had weathered
a stiff gale coming over and that he would
like to see It in a good sea tomorrow.
NEW YORK. Aug. SO.-The local weather
bureau received the following dispatch from
Washington at 10 o'clock:
The wind over the International yacht
race course Monday will be brisk to high
and mostly northeast, with cloudy and pos
sibly rainy weather.
Owing to the continued threatening
weather It was announced at the New Tork
Yacht club tonight that no decision as
to whether there will be a race tomorrow
will be reached until T o'clock, when
the regatta committee meet, and having
decided upon racing or calling off the race
for the day, will at once notify Sir Thoma
Llpton aboard Erin.
That Sir Thoma regarded the prospect
for a race very remote was shown by the
fact that this evening he Instructed H.
Heir Davis, his personal representative In
New York, to notify all guesta Invited on
board Erin tomorrow that the sea waa so
rough and the prospects for decent weather
so bad that he thought it not advisable
for any of them to come aboard and that
In consequence the tender used to convey
guests from the city to Erin would not
make Its usual trip.
Two daya after the final race Sir Thomaa
will be the guest of honor at a banquet to
be given at the Waldorf-Astoria by the
Order of Pilgrims.
At midnight the wind at Sandy Hook waa
from north-northweat, twenty miles an
hour. There waa a heavy aurf running,
but It wa not quite so bad a at the same
time Saturday. The mist had cleared and
It waa possible to see for a distance of
fourteen miles off shore. In these condi
tions and with a possible decrease of the
wind' velocity after sunrise, there Is a
fair prospect that the achta may be able
to race today.
Iter Hnna tmirk.
RACINE. Wis., Aug. go. In a panic at
Die first annual Picnic of the butchers of
R u-lne. held at Punside park today, four
laarsun were severely Injured by a mad
steer which broke loose and ran through
a crowd of 1 OK) people. A hundred or more
persime mere ano-'Nea dona and three
umeo fainted.
DETECTIVES BALK ROBBERS
Trainmen on Grant Northern Heavily
Armed Expecting; Visit from
"Kid"" Carry.
HAVRE, Mont., Aug. 30. What Is sup
posed to have been an attempt to hold up
the westbound flyer of the Great Northern
by "Kid" Curry and bis gang occurred
Friday night, near Malta, It has Just been
learned, and waa only frustrated by de
tectives riding on the engine. Three sus
picious looking characters boarded tho
train and two started to climb over the
tender when they were discovered by of
ficers who covered them with guns and
ordered them off. They promptly slid off
tho aide of the tender, disappearing In
the darkness.
For three days the train crews, mall
clerks and express agents on passenger
trains between Glasgow and Havre have
been heavily armed and a score of de
tective have been riding up and down
the line anticipating a holdup. Several
day ago the company received what they
considered reliable Information that Har
vey Logan, alias "Kid" Curry, was back
In Montana and would attempt a holdup.
The men who boarded Oie train at Malta
Friday night were I;avlly armed. Malta
Is but a few miles from Wagner, the point
where the Great Northern holdup occurred
two year ago.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 30 Harvey Logan,
alia "Kid'' Curry, Hwed at Dodson, Mo.,
a small town about (eleven miles from
Kansas City. He wa the leader of tho
robbers who held up a Great Northern
train on July 3. 1901, and secured J4",00
In unsigned National bank notes after
dynamiting the safe. He escaped from the
county ;ail at Knoxville, Tenn., on June
27 last, while awaiting removal to the
penitentiary at Columbus, O., to which he
had been sentenced to twenty year' Im
prisonment after hav.rg been convicted
of uttering altered tmnk notes, being
these that he had taken from the Great
Northern express car. . Jle Is charged with
other crimes and there In a standing re
ward of 11,100 for hi arresf and conviction.
COAL MINES JtoAJf NOT CLOSE
Prealdent Bner Haa Returned from
Europe and Vires . Little
Credit to Rumor.
READING. Pa.. Aug. 30. George F. Baer,
president of the Reading railway, and fam
ily arrived at home hero from Europe late
last night. Mr. Baer will be at his office
In Philadelphia tomorrow. Interviewed to
day a to reports from the upper anthra
cite region that some eolllerle .there would
have to close, Mr. Baer kald that he had not
kept In touch with the coal situation, and
could not Bay whether for the present any
of the Reading company' collieries would
be ordered to hut down.
It was hla Impression that there had been
a steady active demand all summer for dd
mestlo alzes of anthracite and that the
surplus size which th. y were obliged to
store consisted of rice and buckwheat coal.
These enter into steam making Industries
exclusively. For the first time In the his
tory of the anthracite Industry collieries
have been running; dnajng the warm sea
son (hla 'year and' It' would be a surprise
to the coal and railroad officials here gen
erally If order should be issued for the
collieries to close now that the fall and win
ter trade Is about to open.
PRIEST OBJECTS TO - OATH
Call on Typographical Union to
Modify Obligation af
Members.
MARSHALL, Mich., Aug. 30.-Rev. Dr.
P. A. Baart, rector of St. Mary' church
of thla city, today, In a sermon on "Educa
tion," said no Catholic could consistently
take or keep the oath of some labor unions,
and he mentioned particularly the Typo
graphical union, part of whose oath he
quoted a follow:
I hereby solemnly and sincerely swear
that my fidelity to the Typographical union
and my duty to the members thereof, shall
In no sense be Interferred with by any al
legiance that I may now or hereafter owe
to any other organization, social, political
or religious.
Father Baart said tflls oath placed the
union before the church and before the
state and distinctly Impeached the loyalty
and catholicity of those who take such an
oath. Possibly the leaders may not have
realized the full force of the words they
used In their oath, he said, but whether
they did or not, every patriotic citizen and
every sincere, consistent Catholic should
Insist that such an oath be modified and
that the objectionable clause be cut out.
FIRE IN COAL BUNKERS
Flagship of Naval Training gqundroa
Reaches Newport with Crew
Fighting; Flames.
NEWPORT. R. I Aug. 30.-The flagship
Yankee of the Naval Training squadron,
which Is flying the flag of Rear Admiral
W. C. Wise and which has been engaged
In the maneuvers off Portland, entered the
harbor thla morning with her midship
bunker afire. The fire waa discovered
Thursday morning by smoke on the gun
deck.
Some 200 tons of coal were removed from
the top of the bunker, leaving some 300
tons. Then the fire hose was used and
since that time the fire has been smoulder
ing. The crew Is still engaged In moving
the coal from one bunker to another.
Yankee coaled at Bar Harbor, August 9,
and thla la some of the soft coal that was
taken aboard there. Admiral Wise will In
spect the training station tomorrow and
the tralnlngshlp Monongahela. The latter
vessel will then go to League Island for
repairs.
RISE IN THEPRICE OF COAL
Knnsns Operators Tack Twenty-Five
(cats Per Ton ea Their
Product,
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 30. At a meeting of
the Oeage county coal operators, held her
today, the price of coal from the mines that
supply the northern and eastern Kansas
markets waa advanced from $2.S5 to $3.10
per ton at the mines. This is the highest
price ever charged for this coal. One of
the operator said the Increased cost Is
the result of the Increased price of labor.
BRYAN CANCELS HIS DATES
Clves No Reason for Not Speaking In
Ohio Ruling Coming;
Week.
CLEVELAND. Aug 30. Mayor Johnson
tonight received a telegram from W. J.
Bryan asking that hla engagements to
speak during the coming week In Ohio be
cancelled.
lo cause wo give.
SHIPS TO GUARD AMERICANS
Washington Authorities Still Feel that
Veneli Should Go to Turkey.
LONDON HEARS THEY ARE NOT WANTED
Reports that Minister Lelahmau Has
Requested I'nited States to Remit
European Squadron from
Turkish Wnters.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. -Other than the
advices from Admiral Cotton announcing
his departure with the cruisers Brooklyn
and Son Francisco for Beyroot, there were
no developments In the Turkish situation
today, so far as Washington Is concerned.
No additional Information came today from
United States Minister Lelshman. Secre
tary Hay saying tonight he had not heard
from our minister to Turkey since yester
day morning.
The orders to Admiral Cotton to proceed
to Beyroot will not be canceled. It 1 au
thoritatively stated tonight, unless the
president so directs. Such an order at this
time, however, apparently would not avail
anything, as the admiral la now on his
way to Turkey.
The Associated Press Interview with
Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister, at hla
summer home at Sayvllle. L. I., was a
topic of almost general discussion In offi
cial circle today. That the minister Is
manifestly perturbed over the situation of
affairs In Turkey Is fully realized here.
His uneasiness over the presence of an
American fleet In Turkish waters, lest It
be taken by the revolutlonlsta as an evi
dence of the American government's sym
pathy with their cause. It la thought, will
not be a strong enough reason for Its
withdrawal. The administration regards It
as n sacred duty to see that adequate and
prompt assistance and protection should
bo given American Interest In the dis
turbed districts and for this reason feels
Justified In having the washlps Bent to
Turkey.
European Squadron Enronte,
Contrary to expectation. Chekib Bey had
not arrived In Washington up to 9 o'clock
tonight and Inquiry at the leading hotels
failed to disclose that he had telegraphed
he was coming. A number of dispatches
are awaiting his arrival here. Presumably
some of the dispatches are from Constan
tinople and Secretary Hay will grant the
minister an audience tomorrow If he comes
to the city.
With the departure of the cruisers Brook
lyn and San Francisco for Beyroot this
morning, as announced by Admiral Cotton
to the Navy department, the entire Euro
pean squadron la now on Its way to the
Turkish seaport, the gunboat Machlas hav
ing left Genoa yesterday. The cruisers are
much faster than the gunboat and Ad r.lral
Cotton cabled that he expected thiy -would
reach Beyroot by Friday next.
The Bureau of NaIgatlon of the Navy
department haa been advised by cable that
the cruiser Brooklyn and San Franclaco
sailed from Genoa this (Sunday) rr.ornlng
and are expected to arrive at Beyroot
Friday next.
Hunting for tba Culprit.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. SO.-Slnce the
representation made by United State Min
ister Lelshman, regarding the attempt on
the life of Vice Consul Nagelsaen, the
authorities at Beyroot are displaying a
marked activity In their efforts to find the
culprit.
Warships Not Wanted.
LONDON, Aug. SO. A dispatch from Con
stantinople, dated August 29, to the Ex
change Telegraph company say It is un
derstood that after an interview with For
eign Minister Tewfik Pasha, Minister Lelsh
mun requested Washington to recall the
European squadron, which has been or
dered to Beyroot.
The Sofia correspondent of the Time
telegraph that it is explained that the
Beyroot affair wa merely a wedding party
engaging in a feu de Jole, and the shot
were not directed with design against the
United Statea vice consul, Mr. Magelssen.
Cruiser to Port Said.
GENOA. Aug. 10,-The United States
cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco sailed
at 12:25 p. m. today for Port Said, where
they expect to find instruction Indicating
their future movements.
SHAW TO INSPECT EXPOSITION
Ottlcials Say They Hava Earned the
Subsidy Voted by Con
gress. CHICAGO. Aug. 30. Secretary of the
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw held a confer
ence In Chicago today with a committee of
officers and directors of the Louisiana Fur
chase Exposition company and perfected
arrangements for his Inspection of the
World's fair grounds at St. Louis on Tues
day next.
Tha committee which met the secretary
today wa composed of Vice President
Corwin H. Spencer and August Chener,
Director J. F. Wade, John Schroer. A. L.
Shaplelgh and George T. Cram, and Secre
tary W. B., Stevens.
Secretary Shaw and the member of the
committee from St. Louta will leave to
morrow evening, arriving at Bt. Louie Tues
day morning. They spend the forenoon in
making an inspection of the work done at
the fair grounds, where four of the big
exhibit buildings have been completed and
nine others being well advanced in con
struction. The secretary also will Inspect
the government building and the govern
ment fisheries building. At the conference
at Chicago today the secretary waa In
formed that within the coming week the
exposition company will have expended
tlO.000,000. Under the act of congress the
government appropriation of S5.000.000 be
comes available aa soon aa the exposition
haa expended $10,000,000. The secretary goes
to St. Louis to see for himself how the
$10,000,000 has been spent and to consider
plans of the disbursement of the $5,000,000.
In St. Louis Secretary Shaw will be en
tertained at luncheon by the Mercantile
club on Tuesday afternoon, when officer
and directors of all the banka and trust
companies of St. Louis, aa well aa the di
rectors of the exposition, will be present.
Secretary Shaw is expected to address the
assemblage.
LIQUOR DEALERS TAKE HAND
Deride to Oppose tha Re-election af
Low as Mayor of New
York.
NEW YORK. Aug. SO.-The Liquor Deal
ers' association of New York met today
and passed resolution denouncing Mayor
Low. and announcing that the association
ha determined to enter the municipal cam
paign thla year aa a nonpolltical body to
oppose the election of Its enemies and
espouse the cause of Ita frlenda.
Police Commissioner Greene waa also de
nounced In the resolution.
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecsst for Nebraska Fair Monday and
Tuesday; Warmer in Southern Portion
Tuesday.
Temperature at Omaha Yeaterday!
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S a. m r 1 p. m HT
a. m rts 2 p. m TO
T a. m nn a p. n no
Ha. m fM 4 p. su AM
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FIGHT WITH DESPERATE THIEF
Special Officer C osgrove Nearly Loaea
Hla life In the Railroad
Tarda.
About 8:30 o'clock last night, while Spe
cial Officer A. J. Cosgrove of the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha Railway
company was making hla rounds In the
Webster street freight yards, he saw some
one In the act of breaking Into a freight
car. He quickly ran to the spot with the
Intention of arresting the thief. The man,
who turned out to be John Meahan Of 1417
North Twenty-third street, heard him com
ing, turned quickly and covered the officer
with a revolver and ordered him to throw
up his hands. When the officer complied
with the command. Meahan asked him If
he had any weapons, and when he replied
In the negative ho said he believed lie
would search him and did so, keeping him
covered with the revolver. The officer hod
no revolver but possessed a billy which
was in one of his hip pockets. This Meahan
secured. He also tried to get C'osgrove's
watch which was In his vest pocket, but
the officer kept backing oft and he could
not reach It.
While Cosgrove was keeping away from
the man and backing off the robber sud
denly stumbled over a rail and the de
tective waa upon him Inatantly and grabbed
the gun. A lively tussle ensued which
lasted for several minutes. Meahan was
getting the better of the officer and finally
wrenched the revolver loose, placed it
agulnst the body of the detective and
pulled the trigger. Cosgrove saw what he
wa attempting to do and mnde a quick
move to one side Just as the bullet left the
gun so that It did not strike him, but the
powder burned hi clothes. The shot at
tracted the attention of one of, the awltch
Ing crews who was working In the yard
and they ran to the spot. As aoon as they
arrived they lent their assistance toward
making Meahan a captive. He was quickly
overpowered and taken to the nearest
patrol box, where a wagon call was sent
In and he was landed in the city Jail
charged with highway robbery.
Meahan la a young fellow about 20 years
of age and he and some of his brothers are
well known to the police, having been under
arrest a number of times for various of
fenses. While the young man was on his
way to Jail In the wagon he waa asked If
he would have killed the officer had It been
possible for him to do so. He at first hesi
tated but finally replied that it wa hi In
tention to kill him when he fired the shot
and he thought he had surely dona ao for
a moment.
After Officer Cosgrove1 return to the
.freight yard he found aome braes and
other material in a sack near the spot
where Meahan wo captured. If It Is found
that the bra was secured by breaking
open car In the yards the charge of
burglary will alio be placed against the
prisoner in addition to the charge already
against him.
WHEN COLONELJLAKE COMES
Emmet Branch of Irish National
League Plans a Big Meeting;
for Him.
A meeting of the Omaha Emmet branch
of the United Irish league wa held In the
Paxton cafe yeaterday afternoon to make
preliminary arrangements for the observ
ance of the one hundredth anniversary of
tha execution of Robert Emmet. A num
ber of Irish-Americans, including some
women, were present, but it was decided
to postpone the appointment of committees
until a meeting at the same time and place
r.ext Sunday.
J. A. Connor presided In the absence of
T. J. Mahoney, the president. Secretary
Howard read a telegram from Colonel
Blake, stating that he would not be able
to be In Omaha September 20, the date
first set, but would be here Sunday, Sep
tember 27, when he will deliver a lecture
for the benefit of the United Irish league.
The Emmet branch some time ago for
warded to the general treasurer of the
league in New York $771.60, and desire to
send another donation of as large a sum
a possible In response to an urgen ap
peal sent out last month from the head
quarters of the league. Of the Irish mem
bers of Parliament sixty are without pri
vate means, and aa they receive no salary
from the government they would be unabfo
to occupy their seats, and work for the
benefit of Ireland, but for the funds pro
vided for them by the United Irish league.
Colonel Blake Is a Went Pointer and was
an officer in the United Statea army. Three
year ago he went to South . Africa r.nd
organized the Irish brigade, which he com
manded during the Boer war, the brigade
being credited with fighting as hard and
a gallantly against the English armies us
any body of Boer.
HEARS OF ALLEN IN MEXICO
tatted State Minister I Assisting
In Locating the Absconding
Preacher.
BOSTON, Aug. SO. A dispatch was re
ceived today by Chief Inspector Watt
from United States Minister Powell at the
City of Mexico, In relation to the report
that Willard H. Allen, the defaulting treas
urer of the Preachers' Aid society of the
Methodist Episcopal church hud been seen
In that city last Sunday. Minister Powell
aald he had no personal knowledge that
Allen had been there, although he had
heard the report. The telegram also said
that the minister would co-operate In every
way with the authorities to find Allen.
Movement of Ore a Vessels Aug. SO.
At New York Arrived Patrla. from Mar
seilles, Naples and Palermo.
At Scllly Passed Kaiser Wllhelm II.
from New York, for Plymouth, Cherbourg
and Hamburg.
At Llverptml Arrived Canada. from
Montreal; Celtic, from New York via
Uueenatown. Sailed Georglc, for New
York.
At Moville Arrived Bavarian, from Mon
treal, for Liverpool, and proceeded.
At Glasgow Arrived Columbia. fom
New York via Moville. Sailed- Sicilian, for
Montreal, and passed Instrahull.
At Bremen Hailed Grosser Kurfurst. for
New York via Cherbourg, and passed
lumger'". SOIh.
At Jueenstown-8alled Etrurls, from
Llverrx'o . for New York.
At Boulogne Sur Mer Kalled-Blaten-dani.
from Rotterdam, for New York, and
passed Prawle Point.
At Plymouth Arrived. August 31 Kaiser
Wllhelm II. from New . York, for Cher
bourg and Hamburg, and proceeded.
At New York Arrived Zealand, from
Aalmefgb
REVERSE FOR REBELS
Sustain Severe Defeat in Engagement
Where 1,000 Men Are Killed.
PORTE ASKS BELGIUM FOR OFFICERS
At Same Time Swede in Turkish Service
Eeceive No Faj.
SERVIAN ARMY IS BEING MOBILIZED
Diplomatic Agent Sara This Meant No
Hostility Toward Turk".
TEACHERS WOULD KILL CHRISTIANS
Moslem Preach that Time for Holy
W'ar Haa Come and People Must
Be Rendy to Respond to
ummona.
SALONTCA. Aug. SO.-The Bulgarian In.
surgents sustained a severe reverse at
Smllovo Friday, 1,000 of them being killed.
The Insurgents to the number of 3,000 occu
pied a position on a height, which waa
stormed by six battalions of Turkish troopa
commanded by Scrvet Pasha. After losing
1.000 of their number the Bulgarians fled
In the face of the heavy Turkish artillery
fire. The Turkish losses were insignificant.
Insurgents Rnle nt Monnstlr.
SOFIA. Bulgaria, Aug. SO.-Dlspatehes re
ceived today from Constantinople, Salonlca,
Monnstlr and Adrianople reveal an equally
unsatisfactory condition of affair in Mace,
donla. From Salonlca came report of new
uprisings. At Monasllr the Insurgent are
said to be masters of the situation. Tele
grams from Adrianople declare that the
Insurgent bands are continuing their
ravHRes.
At the moment that the porte Is asking
Belgium to supply officers for the Mace
donian gendarmerie, the Swedish ambassa
dor at Constantinople has notified the Turk
ish government that unless they receive
their pay Immediately, the Swedish officers
now at I'skub will leave the country.
The Pnvenlk says the Servian diplomatic
agent has notified the porte that two divi
sions of the Servian army have been mobi
lized wtthout any hostile intention as re
gards Turkey, but they will be sent to the
frontier to prevent Albanian Incursion Into
Servla.
A new outbreak I reported to have oc
curred In the environ of Salonlca and sev
eral skirmishes have taken place between
Glevgyell and Salonlca. There has also
been a fight near Edldjevarda, both Bide
losing heavily.
Turkish Troop Discouraged.
In the district between Kaaterla and
Fiorina, south of Monastlr the Insurgent
have destroyed all the fortified realdencea
of the wealthy bey. A notorlou brigand '
named Abdul MedJId recently delivered a
harangue to the Inhabitants of Tetuvo tell
ing them ptepare themselves to slaughter
all the Bulgarian upon the first appenr
ance of revolutionary banda in the neigh
borhood'." Many"'woVnded,Ttt'fklsli Mldltrtf
have been brought Into Salonlca from
Uskub, Sere and Mjanastlr. The Turkish
troops are reported to be greatly discour
aged and many deserters have been thrown
Into prison.
According ta the Dnevnlk the hodjn
(teachers attached to the n.oaque) In the
vilayet of Kossavo axe preaching that the
time for a holy war la come and that the
people must be ready to kill the Chris
tian in the vilayet. Insurgent bands are
said to be In complete control of the dis
tricts of Demlrhlssar and Kltschevo and
the chief mountain passe In the vilayet
of Monastlr.
The total strength of the banda In the
vilayet of Adrianople 1 estimated at 6,000
men. The Insurgent have blown up the
barracks at Ghloktlpe, hear Malketernovo,
killing sixty soldiers. They also attacked
and set fire to the Turkish ramps at Egrl
palanks, Kratovo and Kotchenl. A great
panic ensued, the troop firing Into each
other. ,
The Bulgarian government has sent an
other regiment to strengthen the frontier
forces In the neighborhood of Kosteudll.
A private telegram from Rula, Bulgaria,
near Kostendll, say the reservist In tha
frontier village have received orders to ba
ready for mobilization the moment fighting
occurs at frontier post.
Insurgent Levy Fine.
BALONICA, Aug. 30. The Bulgarian In
surgents on capturing the town of Nevk
August 26, seized the arms and ammunition
of the garrison, levied a contribution of
$5,000 on the town and then withdrew to
the mountains. Thej Turkish troop on
their arrival bombarded the town, but to
rching no response they entered the town
without molesting the Inhabitant.
Anatrlnn Consul Kenr Fire.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 30,-It appear
that the report by the Austrian consul at
Uskub that a detachment of troopa dis
charged their rifles at the Austrian con
sulate there arose from the simple cir
cumstance that a party of reservists leav
ing Uskub In a train, fired In the air, a
Is their custom in Joining the color and
the Austrian consulate happened to be
close to the station.
Agitation In aervln.
BELGRADE, Servla, Aug. $0 A crowd
of thousands of people gathered In tha
theater square this afternoon and demon
strated In sympathy with the Macedonians,
fie vera I well known politicians spoke. They
condemned Turkish misrule, appealed to
the Servian to assist the Macedonians In
their struggle for freedom and declared
that Servla, Bulgaria and Montenegro
ought to occupy and rebuild the Turkish
empire. The meeting called on the gov
ernment to interfere In behalf of the
Macedonians.
Reports are In circulation hera that tha
monastery of St. Prochov, on the Servian
frontier, waa attacked Saturday night and
utterly demolished by the Turk and Bul
garians. Garlbnldl on ftltautlou.
ROME, Aug. 30 General Kicclottl Gari
baldi, who fought on the aide of Greece
against Turkey in 1897. has been Inter
viewed regarding the rumor that Greece
will support Turkey against Macedonia.
He aald he did not find it atrange that
Greece and Turkey should unite In sup
pressing the Macedonian Insurrection.
"I myself," he continued, "have urged
Greece to come to an agreement with Tur
key before Russian pan-Slavism or Aus
trian pan-Germanism gain the mastery
over all the eastern Adriatic coast. Greece,
Albania and Italy have only one road to
safety and that i a fu'l and cordial un
derstanding with Turkey.
"Boris Karafon asked my advice In or
ganizing the Macedonian Insurrection, com
plaining that I waa unfavorable to It.
I ajiswered that I could not approve It
because the insurrection waa baaed On tha
hope of A us I ro-Russian intervautlas