The Omaha Daily Bee.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 11)03 TEN PAGES.
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Belgrade Hears that Citj at Boene of
Trouble it in Fl&mei
'Destroying the larger bridges
Leader laitructei to Isolate Adrianople
from the Sovtb Ooait.
SULTAN BECOMING MORE AGGRESSIVE
Turkey Will Attempt to Force Decisive
Bute on Insurgent.
PROMISES TO RUSSIA NOT PERFORMED
Ot Trrenty-Fonr Officers' Who Wr to
B Drnov4 Sla Only Arm Dis
missed aad Others Art
Promoted.
VIENNA, Sept t The Belgrade papers
tonight are again spreading sensational
rumors tliat a portion of town of
Adrianople baa been blown t i, " that the
other part la burning. No 'ft,, -nation
of these reports Is obtainable he,V .
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 1 Ao ,
Sk vnvrnmAtil avliu Pnlntial T n 1 1 f . '
Insurgent leader, who, with a stro.
following;, ia operating southward ot
Demotyka, has been entrusted with the
taak of destroying the larger bridges of
the railroad running from Dedeagatch, on
thj south coast, to Kulellburges over the
Marltxa railroad so as to cut off com
munication with Adrlanople from the south
and delay the troppa who are on their way
to the threatened city.
The government believes It has taken
measures which will bring about a
speedy and. It Is hoped, decisive battle with
the Insurgent forces commanded by Colonel
Jankoff.
The ports has rent a not to the foreign
. mbaaslea and legations Informing them
gMhat according to police Information the
Bulgarian agitators are projecting outrage
against the embassies, legations and other
public buildings In Constantinople. The
vote says the Ottoman government has
taken precautions and requests the heads
of the foreign missions to do likewise.
Plans to Master SHaatloa.
The palace officials were In constant com
munication with the authorities at Adrl
anople throughout Monday formulating
p'ans to master the situation In the
" l!ayet.
- The crowds which witnessed last night's
Illuminations here In honor of the an
niversary of the accession of the sultan
were not ao large as usual.
The police recently have been exercising
. great severity toward the Mussulmans
suspected of Inciting trouble In the
disturbed vilayet and have arrested and
banished large numbers. While the Rus
sian squadron was In Inlada bay no less
than 143 Mussulmans were expelled on ac
count of their unconcealed hostility to
Russia.
SOFIA. Bept. I The Bulgarian agent at
TJskub reports that notwithstanding the
Ports'- fr-ojnftev-ott oecaarurt c mf
Russian demonstrations In Inlada bay, to
dismiss twenty-four officers accused of
malpractice by the Russian and, Austrian
consuls, only nlna of them have been dis
missed, while soma ot the other have been
Riven higher poets.
Rossta Will Hot Meet Rebels.
The Insurgents in tha district ef Adrian
opto appear to be less active. The Turks
are pouring In In an overwhelming force
and the revolutionaries are taking refuge
In tha mountains. The Bulgarian leader.
Gerglcoff. haa been wounded and baa fled
to Burgas, Bulgaria. Tha Russian govern
msnt has declined to receive tha visit of
tha deputation of Macedonian fugitives in
Bulgaria, who proposed to go to St. Peters
burg and Inform tha czar of the pitiable
condition ot Macedonia and beg for his
formed that the Russian government deems
the visit quite unnecessary, aa It quite un-
derstands the purpose ot the deputation.
The Insurgents, it la reported, have cap-
.ytured tho seaport of Ahtaboty. bear Vast.
Niko, on tha Black aea. and the Turkish
population haa Bed to Constantinople. The
msnt at tha captured seaport and are giv
ing ships their clearing papers and sanitary
certificates.
Resort at I'prlsla Heated.
The report published )j tha Dtievnlx of
a general uprising In northern Macedonia
Is denied both, In official and revolutionary
circle. Well informed persons, however.
assert that the report was car roc t, but that
lis prematura publication disarranged the
plana of th revolutionists and therefore
It Is denied. According to reliable reports
from Monastir thousands of Bulgarians In
that vilayet are confronted with famine in
addition to Turkish persecution. Peasants
who are continually arriving from Mona
Stir oomplaln of tha attitude of Hllml
Pacha and tha Turkish atrocities.
The news Is published her ot an eight
hour fight which occurred at th village of
Omllovo, August M, between tOO Insurgents
aad eight battalions of Turkish troops
supported by artillery. Thirty-five Insur
genta are reported to have been killed,
while sixty Turks were killed or wounded.
On th following day tha Turks returned
and burned the village. Seven other vll
lages In th neighborhood are said to have
been burned by the Turks.
According to a Balonlca dispatch of Au
gust 31. th Bulgarian foroe sustained a
serious loss at Bmllovo, August 23, when
).one of them were said to be killed, whe
th Turkish losses wer Insignificant.
Fraae Is la easy.
PARIS. Sept. t Th r-fflcUla of th
French foreign office express considerable
uneasiness at th action of the Turkish
government In sending Albanian troops and
militia Into the. vilayet of Koetnvo, Mace.
donla. The fact Is that while the powers
are Insisting that only regular troops bs
employed In suppressing tho Insurrection.
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Turkey la making every effort to evade the j
spirit of tha understanding while fallowing
It to the Utter.
King Interested I B Is aria.
VIENNA. Bept. -.Although during his
visit her King Edward has not sought a
private conference with Premier Count
Goluchesky, it la believed that th Balkan
trouble hav been th subject of discus
sion between th king and th Austrian
emperor. It Is pointed out that Count
Oulurheeky and th Austrian minister
hav attended th numerous imperial func
tions in King Edward's honor.
It transpires that Prince Ferdinand's
mother. Princess Clementine of Sx
Cnburg. cam her from Hungary on Mon
' day purposely to see Kmg Edward, aud
.. that th letter's visit to Prince Philip of
ftaxn-Coburg at his palace yesterday was
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TWENTY-NINEJLIVES ARE LOST
Eiplmlnai on Aaatrlaa Steamer Kill
Captain, Members of (rfir
aad Piatf num.
CON'STAXTIXOPLR. Sept. 1 Three ex
plosions occurred today on the Austrian
steamer Vaskapu soon after leaving the
Bulgarian port of liurgas, enroute for Con
stantinople by which twenty-nine persons
perished. The vessel caught fire and had
to be beached.
A telegram conveying this news was re
ceived by the aent here of the Huhgarlin
levant line to Thlrh the vessel belongs.
The telegram said the Vaskapu had been
destroyed In the ltlack sea. The captain
and officers of the steamer and six of Its
crew were killed, a total of twenty-nine
lives being lost. The Vaskapu sailed from
Varna, Bulgaria, and after calling at Bur
gas, steamed through the Black sea towsrd
Constantinople when the three explosions
took place. The deck of the vessel took
fire and she had to be run ashore st MIs
erova bay, eighteen miles north of Burgas,
where It Is still burning.
IXJNDON. Sept. 2. In a dispatch from
Vienna reporting the destruction of the
steamer Vaskapu In the Black soa the opin
ion Is expressed that the Bulgarian revolu
tionaries were responsible for the explo
sion. ITALIAN DEPUTY ACQUITTED
Cowrt Holds Korlallst Editor ot Re
sponsible to Individuals for
General Remarks.
Rk . Bept. S. The trial of Deputy
Ferrl, the editor of the socialist paper
Avantl. on a charge of libelling the navy
brought against him by thirty-five naval
officers, Including Commander Cagnt, the
companion of the duke of Abruzxi on his
Arctic expedition, concluded today. The
hearing, which had lasted three days.
aroused Intense excitement. The affair
arose out of the failure of Deputy Ferri
to obtain a parliamentary Inquiry Into the
navy and his subsequent attacks on It.
The trial was marked by violent incidents.
demonstrations and arrests, the troops be-
ng called out. Tho court late tonight de
Uvered Judgment In favor of Deputy Ferrl
on the ground that the officers were not
entitled to bring a suit against the de
fendant in virtue of the accusations which
ha brought against the whole navy.
CHOATE GIVES A DINNER
His Gaesta Are Boundary Commission.
rs and Chief Jostle of
Great Britain.
LONDON. Sept. 1 Ambassador Choate
tonight gave a dinner to Chief Justice Al-
verstone and all the boundary commission
era. Judge John M. Dickinson representing
the American counsel, and Robert Flndlay
and Sir Kdward Carson representing the
British counsel.
Chief Justice Alverstone tomorrow will
be chosen- chairman of the commission
which will assemble In the cabinet room of
the Foreign office. An adjournment for a
fortnight then will be taken to allow coun
ael to prepare their oral arguments. Three
counsels on each aids will address the com
mission. There Is a flsposltlon on the part
otttf 71 sT MVNwntsgWntet s' t ftaarrnttir cmT-
elusion of the ease and 1t Is now believed
the award will be rendered In the middle
of October.
STATE TO AID PLANTERS
eeretnry Chamberlain Approves Flan
of Jamaleaa Government to
Assist th Destltata.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, Sept. . The gov-
arnor announced this afternoon to a dele
gation of banana planters Colonial Secre
tary Chamberlain's approval of the pro
posal that th Colonial bank should Issue
loan of $50,000 on government security In
aid of the estates which suffered the great-.
est devastation by the recent tornado. The
governor also foreshadowed extensive re
lief works to be established by the govern
ment to provide work for the unemployed
and destitute. The colonists are dlasatlsr
fled with th attitude of tha imperial au
thorities, but regard the methods employed
as simply temporary.
AGUINALD0 GIVES ADVICE
Urges His Coantrymea to Halt
Gambling- and Bead Their Chll
drea to School.
MANILA. Sept i Agulnaldo, th ex-rev-olutlonary
leader, but now a pronounced
supporter ot the policy maintained by the
United States In the Island, has just ad
dressed, a letter of advice to his country
men. In tbls he urges yiat they forsake gam
bling; to Improve their methods of agricul
ture and to attend the public schools ro
generously provided to furnish them educa
tional facilities.
MAY GOELET IS ENGAGED
Beaotlfal Amerlraa Heiress Is to
Marry th English Dak
t Roxburghe.
LONDON. Bept 1 The engagement Is
announced of Miss May Goelet to the duke
of Roxburgh.
The duke of Roxburgh is now th guest
of Mrs. Ogden Goelet. mother of Miss May
Goelet. at Newport, R. I.
Board t laqnlry Adjoaraa.
MANILA. Sept. t-Th board of inquiry
Into th charges of cruelty formulated
against Major Robert L. Howie through
Major Hunter, has commenced its hearing
and has adjourned. It will later consider
the arguments offered on behalf of both
Sides ot the rase., at the close of which
records will I sent to Washington for
final adjudication.
Hopes to Hastra Aetloa.
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1 terday s unofficial session of the Venezuelan
arbitration court has been drawn up by
Secretary General Rulsxeiiaersd and will
b forwarded to th powers Interested. It
la hoped It will hasten action so as to per
mit a definite opening of the case about
October 1.
Me ilea a Velvano la Active.
MEXICO CITY. sVpt JL-Colomlns. vol
cano continues Intermittently mora active.
Monday there was a terrllc retort and the
people in Tuxan rushed out of doors In a
panic
Scientists believe th mountain will
change its shape radically.
New Ministry for t hill.
SANTIAGO. Chill. Sept. I. -After a fort
night' work President Raisoo has formed
a new ministry, headed by Rica rdo-Mst ta
per. It Is th aams political complexion
as tha 1st ministry, .
ARMY OF ME PHILIPPINES
Nebraska Secures a Place in the Lilt of
National Officers.
BIG CAMP FIRE HELD LAST NIGHT
Addresses Were Delivered by Gov
ernor of the State, General Hale,
General Kins; aad Many
Other Notables,
ST. PACL, Minn., Sept. t Veterans of
two wars today marched shoulder to
shoulder through streets thronged with
thousands anxious to do them honor.
Swarthy, stalwart and alert, the soldiers
who saw service In Luson formed a sharp
contrast to the grlzxled old veterans of
Gettysburg, Shiloh and a hundred bloody
battles of the war between the states. The
day for the great parade of the Army of
the Philippines dawned cloudy and with
threatening sky, and shortly before the
parade started a alight drlsxle began to
fall. Nevertheless, the program was car
ried out and, headed by General C. McC.
Reeves, as grand marshal, a column of
about 1.000 strong marched through th
downtown streets.
The parade was led by a platoon of
mounted policemen. Then came the Twen
ty-first United States Infantry under com
mand of Major Hunter Leggett followed
by the Tenth United States field battery
under command of Captain Ridgeway. Two
little squads of members of th Grand
Army of the Republic called forth the
greatest applause accorded any organic'
tlon.
Soldiera In Line.
The third division consisted of the Tlrst
infantry of the Minnesota National Guard.
The fourth division also consisted of the
stat National Guard, being composed of
parts ot the Second and Third lfantry and
tha First battalion of artillery and the
boys brigade. Then came a dosen car
riages containing Governor Van Sant and
staff and several officers connected with
the army headquarters. Then followed
what was perhaps the most beautiful tea
ture of tho parade the living flag com
posed mostly of little school girls.
The Society of the Army of the Philip
pines, under command of Brigadier Gen
eral Hale, was the last division, but by
far the most Imposing. At the head of It
rode General Hale, General King and
Colonel Metcalf. They marched well and
were greeted with cheers and waving hats
all along th line.
General King- Is Presldeat.
At th business session this afternoon
officers were elected as follows:
President. Genera: Charles King of Wis
consin; first tie president Colonel J. W
Pop of Colorado; second vice president
Captain C. K. Locke of Colorado; third vice
president, F. M. Schutte of St. Paul; fourth
vice Fiesldent. Captain H. A. Crowe of
Pennsylvania; fifth vice president Colonel
W. 8. Metcalf of Kansas; sixth vie presi
dent. Major D. Fairchlld. Jr., of Iowa; sec
retary, A. E. Fouts of Missouri; treaa
urer, A. E. White ot Illinois; chaplain.
captain James M. Mallley of Nebraska.
The reunion came to a close tonight with
a rampflre at the People's church. Gov-
arnor Vaa Bant mad an address Yd behalf
of the state and General Irving K. Hale.
retiring president' responded. General Hale
spoke. In part' as follows:
General Irving Hale said In part:
The society is rapidly growing in Indl-
. mum lut-mufimp, ana. more important
in me organisation of numerous local
camps.
It is founded on a Just war. with honest
administration and a glorious result to all
concerned, In the most unique experience
lu the history of the nation.
Service In war Is but a duty. Involving
no greater courage than many of the deeds
of peace. For every hero in war there are
a iijuun-u in i-ivu nie. u-very man with
the riirht stuff in him should hn hit.r
kinder and more patriotic for having rervj
bis country as a soldier under the flag.
A year ago we were smariinr fmn.
mosqulto-like attacks on the Army of the
i-nuippiiira oy lonow patriots and states
men in tnis country, some from sincere
but mistaken motives of humanity and
others from political demagogucry, using
mo Minir k nun io assassinate tne aa
ministration In facing Its duty and respon
sihillty m the Philippines.
aut tne army round valiant defenders
In its commander-in-chief, the president,
the secretary of war and the treat ma J
Jority of the people. Today the mosquitoes
mi" prac-m-niiy exierminaiea, as the
American people have always eradicated
unjust traducers of the American soldier
m tne perrormance or ms duty.
Investigation has proven that the Im
proprieties committed In the Philippines
were remaraaoiy lew unaer tne provoca
tion. and that the army, in the face, n
maddening hardships and difficulties end
exasperating treachery and savagery, has
conducted a war so humane In general tha
It has astonished the ohervers of foreign
nauono ana even me nupinos tnemselves.
The developments also established tha
the country haa followed the only possible
course with deency to ourselves. European
Inhabitants of the Islands and the masses
of the Filipino people, and tht th results
have been and will continue to be
benenoent.
Whether or not the constitution tech
nlcally follows the flag, that flag, wherever
It floats, has brought and alwsys will
bring humanity. Justice, civilization and
rood government.
Chaplain Mallley mad 'an address, and
Informal talks were given by General .King.
General Reeves, Colonel Metcalf and others.
SILVER FOR PHILIPPINES
Kearly 1,000,000 Take from Phi la
delphla Mlat im New Tark
tr Shipment.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept 1-Under escort
of a strong guard 10.165.000 silver coins,
aggregating 1928.650 were shipped today
from the United States mint to New York,
where they will be placed on board a
steamship and taken to Manila. The coins
were packed In 430 heavy wooden kegs, each
weighing W pounds when filled. The ship
ments comprised 210,000 pesos, $106 0 0;
l.GOO.OuO fifty centavos, Sl.400.000; I. 0.000
twenty centavos, IJ35.0OO: 1.609 ten centavos.
117,500; 230.000 five centavos, U.123; 4.0jO
on centavos, 13,400; f SO, 000 two centavos,
12.13.
It was officially announced the further
coinage of money for th Philippine Islands
would be temporarily suspended until th
mint employee catch up on the coinage of
minor and subsidiary money for the fall
trade In the United States.
DRAINAGE TUNNEL FINISHED
Water la Maay Mines la Cripple
Creek District Will B
Lowered.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Cohx. Bept S.-The
drainage tunnel that will drain many of
the principal mine of the camp below
their present lowest workings was com
pleted today. It is 4..U70 feet in length end
cost approximately fO.000. Work was
started January Z3. The portal of the tup
net Is near the Intersection of Arequa
gulch and Cripple Creek, at an elevation of
.7C feet and about feet below the
water level. The objective point of the
tunnel is th fiu-fout Itvel ef th 1 Paso
NOTED INDIAN ' CHIEF DEAD
Passlasjr Away Marks Last at the Old-
Timers of the Kicks
Tribe.
GERMANTOWN, Kan.. Pept. 2 (Spe-
Inl.) Ke-wa-ko-uk, the aged chief of the
Klckapons, Is dead and his body was laid
to rest with Imposing ceremonies.
His passing marks the last of the old
Ime chiefs on the reservation. Only a few
of the aged men now remain who will
have an Indian burial.
Little Flmon succeeds Ke-wa-ko-uk and
there will be no change In the tribal rela
tions or In the policy nf conducting the
trlle. Little Simon Is not of the old race,
but younger and mors progressive blood
flows In his velr.s.
The dead chief wss F4 years old. Al
though he retained hie mental faculties, up
to the day of his death, his hulr was white
as snow and he, for weeks prior to the
end showed unmistakable evidences of de
cline.
He had lived peaceful and quiet all his
life and he was beloved by all his tribe.
Although he refused to follow the customs
of the whites, and was proud of his rsce.
he was none the lees progressive and he
had amassed a comfortable fortune in iands
and cattle.
His funeral was attended by a large con
course of Indians and not a few white
people from the surrounding country, who
knew the dead chief and reflected liltn.
His last resting place Is built above
ground after the fashion of the Indians.
The body Is Interred, but above It Is erected
a framework which will mark the grave
as the resting place of the true Indian.
The ceremonies at th grave were con
ducted In Indian tongue. LUtl Simon made
th principal address.
OFFICER IS JN CONTEMPT
Illinois State'a Attorney. Fined aad
Imprisoned for Disobeying
Order f Court
CHICAGO, Sept. 2. In a habeas corpus
case growing out of the arrest for the
second time of Walter B. Hoyt on a charge
of obtaining money under false pretenses
in defiance of an order f Judge Cavanaugh
In the criminal court, the latter ordered
the arrest for contempt of Assistant Slat a
Attorney Bamett and sentenced him to
ten days' Imprisonment and to pay a fine
of 150. Thomas J. Howard, detective, and
Officer Louis Houlillon of Cincinnati were
also committed for ten days.
Hoyt was charged with being a fugitive
from Justice and upon the hearing of the
habeas corpus case the officers attempted
to serve a governor's warrant upon hlra
In the court room, although -warned by
the ;udge not to do so. Assistant State's
Attorney Barnett explained that he had
advised the arrest of Hoyt upon the ex
ecutive warrant. "Yon assumed that the
court didn't know wtwt he was talking
about and advised th officers to act in
defiance of the, court," exclaimed Judge
Cavanaugh with spirit "Mr. Bamett, al
though you are a friend of mine I can
make no exception In your case. I will
sentence you to Jail for ten days and' to
pay In addition a fin of fco. '
ALLU, MINES .WAY .CLOSE.
Mlssonrl Operator Act as a t'nlt
la Dealing' with th
Miners.
KANSAS CITT. ep. J.-AH the 1,000
coal miners In Missouri may become In
volved unless the 000 men In the Novlnger
district return, to work promptly. Thay
went out against the orders of President
John Mitchell and In violation of th Chi
cago conference, and the operators may re
fuse to enter the conference soiieduld to
be held hero on September 10.
If the operators should decline to confer
further it is predicted that it will tesult
In th closing of all the mines In the state.
Judge John C. Tarsncy, owner of cne of the
Idle mines In tho Novlnger district is quot
ed aa saying:
All the mines of the district will be run
ning In a few days or none of them will be.
The miners will find that they are dealing
with the entirety now and not with Indi
vidual operators. President Mitchell Is act
ing in good faith, undoubtedly, and now it
Is only a question of his power In the af
fected district
James Mooney, th local leader who Is re
sponsible for the present strike, incited the
miners to quit work in order. It Is said,
to show his defiance of President Mitchell,
whom hs haa previously opposed.
TROOPS FORCRIPPLE CREEK
Sheriff Makes K He nest, bat Busi
ness Men Ask, aad Colorado
Militia Gathers.
TENVER, Sept. I. Thr seems tonight
to be a likelihood of the Stat troops be
ing ordered to Cripple Creek tonight or to
morrow. No definite statement from in
official source has been given out to that
effect, but it is known that a large num
ber of militiamen have gathered at the
armory In this city, and Governor Peabody,
Adjutant General Sherman Bell. Attorney
General Miller and Judge Maxwell of the
Colorado court of appeals havs been In
conference for several hours.
General Bell stated this evening that a
committee of mine owners and business
men would arrive tonight from the Cripple
Creek district to confer with the state
officials regarding the calling out of the
troops, but up to 11 o'clock they had hot
put in an appearance. Sheriff Kob-rtson
of Teller county has not asked for troops,
but It is understood that an appeal for
protection has been made to the governor
by business men of the district, and th
attorney general holds that this Is suffi
cient to warrant the governor In acting.
ASKS FOR AN ACQUITTAL
Attorneys for Arrased Street Car OfH.
ials 4rgue Motloa on Testi
mony fur Stat.
NEWARK. N. J., Sept. t At the con
clusion of the testimony of the last wit
ness for the state in the trial of the street
car officials Mr. Llndabury for the defense
moved that the court direct the Jury to find
verdict of not guilty. Argument was
opened Immediately by Mr, Llndabury. In
asking for the dismissal of the cane Mr.
Llndabury said that the claims that the
defendants had allowed th car to be so
crowded that the motorman coutd not
work his brake had cot been upheld, but
disproved,- as It 'had been testified by the
state witnesses that the motorman had
room sufficient. It had not been shown
that th defendants had any knowledge
of the crowding of the car. He argued
that the state had failed absolutely to
show that there was ny connection be
tween the acts ot the defendants and what
bad occurred.
Justic Guru mere reserved deciaiua ba
th awlkoD until tomorrow.
WANTS RURAL MAIL ROUTES
Congressman Burkett Interviews the De
partment Officials.
SAYS THEY WERE PROMISED AUGUST I
Als Anxious to Knew Why Nothing
Has Yet Beea Done Aboat New
Federal Balldlng at
Lincoln.
(From a Suit Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. i (Special Tele
gram.) Congressman E. J. Burkett of Lin
coln Is In Washington, today. Representa
tive Burkett comes to Washington upon a
number of matters before tho departments
which have accumulated during the tlm
since congress adjourned. His chief mis
sion, however, is to labor with Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General Itrlstow regard
ing some sixty rural free delivery routes
which his constituents desire established.
The routes were petitioned for some months
ago and had practically been promjsed peti
tioners to be put Into active operation on
or before August L
"There Is some dissatisfaction through
out my district and in fact In the west
generally." said Mr. Burkett, "over restric
tions In th rura; free delivery. My con
stituency is located in ono of the richest
farming regions of tho west and we have
had a taste of the great benefits derived
from rural free delivery and are clamoring
for further extensions. We were promised
practically about sixty additional routes to
be put Into operation August 1, but there
seems to be some hitch over the matter
since General Brlstow took charge of the
rural free delivery business and this la
on of the chief reasons which brings me to
Washington. I desire if possible to secure
additional rural free delivery serf loo for
my section.
"Another matter of considerable Import
ance to my city, Lincoln, which is dragging
along. Is tha new public building. The last
congress authorized a new building at Lin
coln and our citizens are naturally anxious
to see th project started. 1 Intend to call
upon tha treasury officials to see If plans
cannot be hurried along."
Mr. Burkett has numerous smaller mat
ters before several departments and will
remain in Washington several days.
May Extend Treaty Tim.
A th time limit for ratification of the
Panama canal treaty approaches there Is
renewed talk that the United States will
I extend the time. Tho original time set for
ratification was September 22, but the belief
is growing here- that the State department
may decide to extend the time thirty to
sixty days In order that further diplomatic
correspondence may be bad upon the points
at Issue between the two governments.
Mr. Cromwell, attorney for the Panama
Canal company, la confident tha time limit
will be extended It necessary. He says
this can be done by cable, and he will not
consider the treaty lost until midnight
September 21, has passed, with no appeal
for an extension of the time.
"It is difficult to concelv how Colombia
could fall to ratify a treaty with terms as
favorable to Colombian tnterets as those
In the measure now under consideration."
said. Admiral Walker today. . "It la .mpos-
sioie to ten wnat win come of the rego
tiatloiis. of course, but three weeks Is a
lng time and may bring about marked
changes in sentiment of the Colombian con
gress."
Land Withdrawn front Entry.
The secretary of the Interior today or
dered to be withdrawn from all forms of
disposal whatever th following de
scribed lands In the Rapid City 8. D.)
land district: South half of section 13;
southeast quarter of section 14; east half
of S, and all of 24. 26, St and 8. of township
J, rang 4 east; also the southwest quarter
of IX, west half of 19 snd west half of 31, of
township 9, north of range 4 east The
land thus withdrawn will be used as a
reservoir site In connection with the
Belle Fourch irrigation project, tnd era'
braces In tha neighborhood of 5.JO0 acres.
To Improve Kavy Yards.
Estimates for Improvements snd expend!
tures at the navy yards named have been
submitted to the "chief of the bureau of
yards and docks, the figures having been
prepared by the civil engineers attached
to the yards. The total for Boston Is
11,080.800; for Portsmouth. N. H.. $3,680,000
for Norfolk, Va., $2,518,000; for Washing
ton, D. C. $2,316,197; for League Island,
Pa.. $3,734,347; for San Juan, Porto Rico,
$2,617,180. and for Mar Island. Co!.,
$1,039,300. Th Mar Island estimates In
clude tha following items: Improving chan
nel In Mar Island strait 11SO.O0O; wharf at
dry dock. $100,000; additional steam en
glneerlng building. $150,000; new anchor and
chain shed, $1C5,000.
Tim Clock Company Inder Fir.
Several employes of the Bundy Time
Clock company of Blnjrhamton, N. T.,
whose alleged contract to supply clocks
to the postal servlc has figured in the
postal investigation, were examined here
toda,y by the Inspectors. They were closely
questioned regarding the accounts of the
company with the government and the
transactions Involved In the supply of the
clocks ui.der the alleged contract with the
Postofflce department. Th government
takes the position that no contract between
the department and the company existed,
as the document purporting to be a contract
lacked the essential requirements, and
therefore no abrogation Is needed. No more
of these supplies are being purchased, the
department explaining that no more are
needed. The grand Jury was In session to
day considering postal cases, but adjourned
until tomorrow without action.
Close of Spaalsh Wsup.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling
has decided that for purposes affecting de
serters from the navy the Spanish war
ended December 10, IK'S, the data of the
signing of the treaty of peace. This con
clusion disagrees with a ruling of the War
department to tha effect that the war was
not closed for administrative purposes In
that department until April 11, the date
of the exchange of ratifications ot th
treaty.
Sew Counterfeit Baak Note.
Th secret service has received a new
counterfeit $20 national bank not on tile
, Mechar,lc, National bank of New Bedford
Mass. Th series is of 1SS2, check letter B,
charter No. 743, Bruce register, Wyman
treasurer of the United States. It Is a good
photograph on plain paper, no fibre; num
bers, seal and panel of back tinted with
thin colors.
Colorado Army tbaplala.
Rev, Daniel 11. Fleming of Leadville,
Colo., has been appointed a chaplain in
the army. He Waa chaplain of th First
Colorado volunteers In the Philippines. Mr.
Fleming Is an Episcopalian.
Prwlers Fir
CRIPPLK CREEK. Colo. fcVpt.. ?
Prowlers tired upon tha guards at Kl Pas
mine last night and th guards returned
. the fire. u en was uuuxto.
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Thursday snd
Cooler In Southwest Portion; Friday Fair.
Temperatar at Omaha Yesterday!
Hoar. Dear. Hoar. Ilea-.
a a. m M 1 p. m M)
H a. m ...... 2 a p. m HI
T a. m U1 a p. ni s
t a. n H.'t 4 p. m l
a. m A p. m
111 s. 0 TO p. m HO
It a. m T3 7 p. ia
II n TT p. in TS
O p. im T3
MAYOR SAYS IT IS "POLITICS
Chief Eiecntlve Proaonuc Wright's
dbjeetloa t Thomas Oraad-
stand Piny.
Th appolntmont of B. T. Thomas r.
second assistant city attorney l.as brought
forth another protest from City Attorney
Wright. Mr. Thomas was at the city hall
yesterday, but did not enter the Icgnl
department He told friends who asked
hln that he did not know what move lit
would make to get Into a coigr. of vantage
where be might perform th duties ot tha
office.
Mayor Moores says that Mr. Wright's
protest Is a grand stand play for tha bene
ft of his democratlo constituents. Tho
mayor says:
"Mr. Wright desired the appointment of
A. O. EUlrk. and had Mr. Elllok been
named by me you may be sure there
would have been no talk about there not
being- work enough In th office for a
third attorney. As a matter of fact there
Is work for a second assistant to perform,
and as soon as the new tax sale law goes
nto effect there will bo much more. The
objection Is due to politics."
City Attorney Wright's statement Is this:
"The appointment and confirmation of
B. F. Thomas as second assistant attorney
calls for a statement from me. I have not
asked for a second assistant 1 do net
need one. It Is a new office and Increases
the expenses of the city when the funds
of the city are more than exhausted. 1
have already called the attention of the
council to tha useleesness of this office.
Mr. Herdmsn has not only cleared up all
the work of the tax department of this of
fice, but Is daily asking for mora work. No
officer of the city hs ever had to wait on
the !egal department. No matter referred
to me by the council or any head nf a de
partment has had to wait beyond the next
meeting of the council, except when It was
held for good reason other than for want
ot time.
"I am not the guardian of public ex
penses, but I cannot allow such reckless
and unnecessary use of public funds in
connection with my office without calling
attention thereto. I have never objeCed
to Mr. Thomas on account of his politics
and I do not now, but I have personal
reasons for objecting to him which even
the mayor admits are good, snd because
of those reasons I cannot allow him to In
any way Interfere fn city business. Tha
legal department needs hUn no more than
a cat needs two tails. So long as unneces
sary offices are created and filled solely
for political reasons this c)ty may expect
to run behind as It haa been doing in the
past.
'I appeal to the taxpayers to assist in
keeping tho expenses of this city within
Itsslnoom." - .
AUGUST MAKES WET RECORD
Heaviest Recorded Precipitation Fell
Darlac th Month that Has
Jast Passed.
Th Intelligent general public has had a
notion all along that this month of August
was a wet August, and now comes the
monthly meteorological summary of Fore
caster Welch to give the people the satis
faction of an official corroboration of the
sens of touch which told them that their
feet were wet. During the month 12.50
Inches of rain fell. Now the good govern
ment has kept a record of 'these things
which the weather has or has not dono
during the past thirty-three years; prob
ably that there may bo some means of de
cision when two or more of the oldest
Inhabitants lay a bet on the great storm of
'76; and never has there been known such
a precipitation during the eighth month a
marked the last August In 187S, 7.77 Inches
was reached and three olher times the
figure waa less, yet more than 7. August
26 was s day that you could wring out over
a desert and dispel a famine; a day that
given a fair chance, could shrink all the
red flannel that ever was made Into shirts;
for on that day 4.63 Inches of water fell,
Th following day was wet with $ Inches,
on th 25th, 1.44 fell and the first day of
the month was showery with 1:15 Inch'
June 1 wa had accumulated a deficiency
since the first day of the year of 2:01
inches but we ars on tha way to success
now.
The mean temperature for the month
was 72 degrees; the highest. t2 on the Sid;
the lowest 54 degree on the 31st; the great
est dally range 23 degrees on the 3d and
the least day range, 7 degrees on th 29th.
Th mean for August during 33 year la 74
degrees.
The prevailing direction of the wind was
south and the total movement 4,874 miles,
the maximum velocity having been 35 miles
per hour from the southwest on the 24th.
Th total preciptatlon for the month was
12.5 Inches the average for August for St
years being 1.56 Inches; the accumulated
excee since January 1 Is 1.27 Inches.
There wer I clear days, 13 partly cloudy,
and 9 cloudy.
NO DANGER FROM INFECTION
Physician flay Bodies of Persoaa Dy
ing from Coatagloas Dlseaa
Map n Traasported.
MILWAUKEE. Sept. t.-Dr. 1". O. B.
Wlngat. secretary of the Wisconsin State
Board of Health, said today that a move
ment wus on foot among hazg'.g masters,
undertakers aud boards of her.lth providing
for the enactment of laws permitting the
transportation of bodies of persons who
have died from yellow fever, cholera or
bubonic plague, heretofore barred, to any
place In the country- I;r. Wlngat says the
art of embalming Is so perfect that no
danger from Infection would result.
Movements of Oeeaa Y easels Sept. II.
At New York Arrived: Leguria. from
Geneva and Naples. Sailed: Philadelphia,
fur Southampton: Rotterdam, (or Rotter
dam und Boulogne; Teutonic, for Mverpool.
At Liverpool Arrived: Nordland, from
Phlladelrhla: Oceanic, from New York.
Sailed: llavorfoid. for Philadelphia, vlu
(JueenRtown.
At Southampton Sailed: Deutschland.
from Hamburg, for New York, via Cher
bourg. At '.Jueenstown Sailed: Auronls, from
LJveroool for New lork.
At Antwerp Sailed: Pennland, for Phil
adelphia. At Philadelphia Arrived: Rhynland, from
Antwerp.
At I herbourg Billed: Deutschland, from
Hamburg ana Koutnampioti lor rw torn.
At South mnton Arrived: New York,
from New York.
At Hung kong Arrived (previously);
Ix.thlan. from H-n Franclscol Glyuipla,
Irwn Tampa and Yokohama.
SHAW TALKS FINANCE
Telia National Association of Mercuist'
and Traveler About Currency.
REASONS FOR COUNTRY'S PROSPERITY
United States ProJuoes and Consumes More
Than Any Otber Nation.
HISTORY DOES NOT ALWAYS REPEAT
Secretary Recalls tbe Change iu Pubi c
Opinion in Ten Year.
WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED AT THIS TIME
Yelntne f Moaey Mhnald Be Mad
Itcaponstte to varying trands
f Uuaiaesa In All Pari
ot I ulon.
CHICAGO. Sept. I.-Two hundred bus!
ness men from all pints of tho country
listened to Secretary of the Treasury 4haw
talk on tho buslm as outlook at u, banquut
given tonight at tho Auditorium hotel by
the Naiiomil Association nf MerchrutU and
Travelers, l.yn.an J. Gauc utldreatcd th
associitUon on tlm sjmc subject J, 1st be
fore his rctir.mer.t r;iun tho froHSiiry de
partment. In his discussion Kecreii.ty Shuw de
clared that what vu needed was not an
elastic dollar, but some provisions by
which. amomaiiciiUy, th aggregate vol
ume of dollars should Increase whi never
and wherever r.iore dollars were iiecdotl.
and would as promptly tetlre when not
needed.
Ills speech In full follows:
A representative of a laiite metrnnolliun
uully recently submitted the following
q.iestlon as the basis of an interview:
Hits the boom left the I tilled ntute
richer than it found It?" Tho honor was
declined, hs usual, but I could not help
contemplating a tew facts.
c omuare the fol owing w th available lj-
tlstlcs covering any former period nnd
there can lie but one answer to Ihn nronoal-
tlon. Our furicH produce I4.iai.0ou.wi. Hav
these lands leeoino sterile or their occu
pants indolent? Our &cu.Cinn factories ud.l
5,eno,OOe..(M) In value to $JW.0to.aK),uw.' of raw
,ia:eriai, ana weir net ouluut. exclns it
of duplications. Is more than iS.WK.ouu,i0'.
Have these hives of Industry been con
ronied by Urn elements? Six million
ireratlves in these factories nnd work
shops annually sign payrolls akgre
Rating tt.&'O.ooy uuO. Have these artisans be
come paralysed or have their wages leen
reaucea? our mines, guorrles, clay banks
and oli wells yield H.lK'O.OOO.OoO. Are these
storehouses of wealth exhaimted or their
capacity dlm'.nishei? Our 2ot.u0u miles of
railway transport tt00.0O0.CCO tons of original
frelsht, not including duplications, snd pay
Win.cOO operatives, exclusive of officers,
OnO.tAO. Are these thoroughfares of com
merce In tne hands of receivers, or are
they likely to be? ,
Why We Are Prosperous.
As nearly as con be estimated th Lnnusl
productive capacity of the American people
is Sll.OuO.uoO.Ouu. This does not luciuu du
plications. Tills does not include raw cot
ton and manufactured cotton; but raw
cotton and the value added thereto In tne -process
of manufacture. Of this we export
il .500,009.000. and import ll.OOO.OOO.UH! ot
other merchandise, mainly noncomuetttlv
with our own products. W therefore, oon
stime the equivalent of 95 "per cent oi alt.,
we prodtfce:--Nrir--nileli condition.
continue will prosperity ceaoe. .
we are the most prosperous people in
the world becftUH we both produce and
consume more than others. The little th it
we sell abroad, about 10 per cent of our
net production, and th little we purchase
abroad, e or. 7 per cent of our net consump
tion, constitute no challenge to the state
ment that our prosperity rests with our
selves. 1'nlcKs our :a.'iorl and work
shops . voluntarily close, or labor volun
tarily refuses employment, or .otl.nero
voluntarily ceases its activity, there Is no
occasion for elarra. Unless apprehension
be-omes epidemic and ultra-conservatism
contagious, the Immediate futuie holds for
us hs much of real good as the Immediate
paiit has showered v. ton us.
Chang la Tea Years.
To those who are comparing 1903 with WW.
snd who think hUtoiy likely to repeat itself
every ten years, permit the soggoaUoit of
a few radical tllifercnces n conditions, fen
years ugu, whether wisely or unwisely,
whether with or without foundation iu ract
or reason, a very jarge number and of that
number many cloao students of commercial
and Industrial conditions, believed our then
financial system not only unsafe, but abso
lutely vicious. At leaat four kinds of money
1'niled States notes, treasury notes, silver
dollars and sliver certificates were believed
to be dangerously near depreciation. Grave
doubts existed, and were froely expressed,
whether the. secretary of the, treasury cou.l l
maintain the parity of these forms of
money If he chose, and equally grave
doubts existed as to the wisdom of attempt
ing to maintain their parity. Aye, a very
respectable number of very good people an l
a very respectable portion of a very good
public preos. openly udvocated the redemp
tion of greenbacks in silver nnd the re
fusal to exchange goM for sny form of
money except gold certificates. No such
doubt or desire now exists. By express
statute It hits become the duty of the sec
retary of the treasury to maintain the par
ity with gold of all forms of money coined
or Issued by the government and express
authority Is given to negotiate loans. If
netessary, for that purose. In olher words.
ine Hecreiary or me treasury la uirectcQ
to exchange gold for any and every kind
and form of. money coined or issued by
the 1'nlted Slates, iind to bond the gov
ernment to the lust limit of his authority
whenever sucn action is recessary to the
maintenance of parity. A man Is a fool
who sends his mousy into lilJ'ug new.
What la .tv Seeded.
It Is true that a very IcnoectuLle num
ber of very good poople, and oi that num
ber 1 desire to le cutstd, la heve our
linanclal sstetu. gootl us it Is. might to
improved by uddiuy an element or elas
ticity, i ao jioi iii:iik mere exists any
sieat number who believe we should havu
any Intl-Uui). K.glu yuura sgo wa i ad
til per capita. Now wo have certainly mors
man tweuiy-nine and probably nearly
I hilly Ltollais per capita. Conservative
biiliies nien and conservative bankers do
not generally toumuer (his an Insufficient
normal minimum .volume of currency. I
repeat the only criticism now offered re
lates to the want of elasticity. Not that
a dollar can be iniulo elu.ilc, but that tho
volume shaJl be ir.ade r-upoiiHlvr- to the
demand of b'JaineH. Of course tho term
is a misnomer, i'.laalic material .'lk rub
ber will expand la ono dirociloo, but It
contracts In the opposite direction, vv: ll
tlie material, the volume, is tin liter in
creased or diminished. What U neeJed ia
riot uu clastic dollar, hut g"mo provision
by which, automatically, the aga-iegale
volume of d dlnti. 1,'iail increahe wlu;r.eer
and wherever mom dollars are needed, and
wUI as promptly rviiru when not needed.
There Is now n . atutulory prohibition
against the well-nigh Inherent right nf
banks to ixsue clrcul.ttln; notes. This rig'it
exists throughout the 1'nlted 8iat-s, but
fcithjcct in a tax of U per rent, per an
num. Th! tax la prohibitory. If I were
given auilorliy to formulate a meahur
mat would provide the requisite elasticity
to our present cuireiicy sHtem, I think I
should add un amendment permitting na
tional banks, with lb consent of the comp
troller of the currency, to lasue a volume
of circulating notes equal to J per cent, of
their iMHid-securecl circulation, ut a tax of
i per cent., 'the same to be retireJ at will or
by dire, lion of the comptroller, by the de
posit n( an equal amount of lawful money
with suv suhtreasury.
(feet oJ Emergency t'nrrency.
Three things I know. First, this addi
tional circulation would spring Into exist
ence almost Instantly whenever and wher
ever interest ral-s advanced to the polul
of profit. Second, it would as promptly re
tire wheneer interest rales became nor
mal. Third, it would be absolutely at
as good as the picbcnl national bank issue
and with a d'aht and Immaterial cflatige
Identical in form and appearance tor the
government, amply protected bv the S pet
cent tax. wouid underwrite it. But you say
this is emergency currency. Anything mors
is Inflation. It tins the advuntar., how
ever, evsr emergency currency o-UAaid,