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I niR OMATTAT DAILt BEE: FRlDAV, JtlKE 17. 100. Telephone 854. WB CLOSE SATURDAYS AT P. M. - "Do not wait for extra ordinary opportunities; seise common ooraslan and make them great." a A I At f 1.00 each made of batiste, not net. So many peo ple prefer batiste because they are just a cool aauet and keep their shape better. V For slender figures, rather short hips with hose supporters; also long soft batiste hips with garters front and sides; gi res that smooth svmetricnl figure now so much desired. We carry all the standard makes, such as "Warner's Rust Proof, Kabo, RT& O., J. II., OB Ala Spirite. Trices $1 and up. Investigate Our Deposit Account Department. - 1LH ty. M. C A. Building. Corner Bant, which always signifies that ha is aboard, and after - panning the Blocum It leered over to the western shore and hov to, while on her bridge a man In uniform With binoculars to his eyes watched the ressel burning. Even more horrible than this and similar acts of Incredible callous Bess is the story of Miss Martha Welrlc, who says that while she struggled In the water a boat containing several men drew alongside of her and after stripping her of her rings and other Jewelry, pushed her tack Into the water. . The body of the steward, when found, had been tided and several hundred dollars he was supposed to have In his pockets were gone. - There Is criticisms of the Slocum's offi cers and crew In their failure to meet the emergency and as yet no formal action has been taken by either the municipal or federal authorities. Captain Van Schaick and the two pilots are . under arrest, but are held only as witnesses. Officials Failed to Do Duty. That there was terrible failure to meet th responsibilities Is undoubted. No effort, as far as can be learned, was made to launch the life rafts or boats and no con certed attempt made toward equipping the helpless women and children with life pre servers. But few of those rescued and few of the bodies recovered, from the river had on life preservers, and according to several statements, them Supposed Instruments of safety were practically worthless, either coming apart when attempts were mad to use them or not possessing the buoyancy they are supposed to have. There Is very general criticism of the captain and pilots for their failure to turn the vessel ashore the moment they were informed that the fire had gained headway. Captain Van Schaick ' na i made several statements, varying In detail, but none of them is considered as satisfactory. Pilot Van Wart,- however, today said that be could not dock the vessel because . all of its hawsers were burned. His statement follows: When I first discovered the presence of Ire on the steamor-I decided to make for the first dock that I could And, but in a moment I was informed that all the rope by which we usually tied up had burned. I then decided to make for the first point of land where there was no rocks and beach the vessel, - end this I-did. The rnence of rocks all along the shore made t Impossible for me to beach the vessel My sooner than I did. Find Life in Supposed Corpse.. Brought Into ths Alexander avenue po lice station and tagged as one of the unidentified dead, Clara Hartman was re vived while she, was lying In .the 1m-, provlsed morgue. A woman searching among the dead for a relative noticed that the girl was breathing and called an Ambulance surgeon, who found that there were signs of life. After the surgeon had worked over her for half an hour she opened her eyes,' and then she was hurried to the Lincoln hospital. There It was found that the girl had been severely " burned, but that she might recover. She could remember nothing of the awful events Of the dsy. The body of Miss Hartman was picked MP by one of the fleet of rescuing boats Sen was already filled with a cargo of 1 There being no space for the body f Miss Hartman, It was fastened to a rope and towed astern of the lsunch and was lifted to a pier on the Manhattan aide of the river. On the wharf a man coming from a neighboring coal yard, carrying a j tarpaulin, wrapped Miss Hartman In the . sheet and helped to place her In line with 1 the row of dead. One of the several ' vehicles pressed Into service for the trans ,'portatlon of the dead from the docks to the station house conveyed Miss Hartman to the. Alexander station, where the un known woman made the discovery that life was still Instinct. Through the hospi tal today It was stated that Miss Hartman 'wa Improving. Mayor Calls for Aid. The loss of life will approximate 1,000. This estimate In based on the opinion of the , iui hi hi me aepanmenr, 01 ine coro- Ber'a office and of the police. At 1 o'clock : Cons!!ptl- Its Causa tnd Curs. . A person lo order to be healthy must ret rid of the wiute product (or poisons) ot the body. I Nature has provided four ways to get rid ot '. tbein: The bowels, the Kidneys. Uie Bladder aod the pores ot the Skin. It tee bowels become Inactive, that portion ot , the food which should be thrown off lies In the j, inmtiun uu uevuiuiwsca, cbu.uik viwu, unrve, liver aod kidney trouble, and e loins the pores of the skin, thus c resting disease In the suure system. You can Immediately relieve and permanently cure yourself ot stubborn eonstipattoa or dis tressing stomach trouble and perfectly regulate your kldners and liver by talcing ons dose a day of DRAKE'S PALMETTO WINS. Any reaoer of this paper can secure absolutely free a bottle 1 by writing to Drake formula Co.. Drake Build ing, Chicago. A FKKB trial bottle alone bss broutrbt health nd vigor to many, so you ows it to yournUI to prove bat It will do in your case. Write the eompany this very day. Ply Clothes As In every other Una of boys' anal sjlrls wear, v lean In onr showing- ot play clothes. Bsby Creeper, In dsrk blue percale, 75c' Komper Suits, for girls or boys, 60c. . , Boys' blue striped DcrJm Overalls, &c. " ' ' Girls' Overalls (like cut), plain blue, prt buttons snd turkey red trimmings, AOc. . . Girls' Dresses in dark colors, plain blues or reds, at Tto and c. '. .. Boys' Wash Fanta, In dark colors. 29c and too linon, 50c. Boys' Cowboy Suits (like cut), made of tan drill, (Sc Boys' Engineer Suits, of blue striped denim, ovsralls and Junket, each 40c; suit for 76c. Boys' Khaki Suits, of tan knukl cloth, blue or red trlinnird. 11.16. Kids' Base Ball Suits, shirts and pants; each, )c; suit, Uic. Girls' and Hoys' Vacation Tegs for mountain, plain or' beach at . f BENSON GrTHORNES A. JJ ghaiiasHeb: 1515 Douglas btreet. . Bee, June IS. 1KH. Summer Sixteenth and Douglai St. this afternoon 604 bodies had been recov ered of which 16S had been Identified. There were reported missing 467 persona and the hospitals had 117 Injured. The fact that twenty-four hours after the disaster there are still missing nearly MO persons warrants the belief that the above estimate of the dead will be verified, for the authorities have used every source at their command to locate all who escaped. Mayor McClellan announced this after noon that he had decided to Issue a procla mation asking for. subscriptions for ths burial of the dead and for such other Im mediate relief as could be given. He said he would ask ten men of prominence to serve on a committee to take charge of the fund. At an Informal meeting of the Lutheran ministers at the home of Rev, Haas today an appeal to the ministers of all denomina tions to assist in the funeral services of the General Blocum victims was prepared. Men and Women Haant Morgue. From midnight until long after sunrise today the work of arranging the hundreds of unidentified bodies which - Were being brought down from North Brother island all night progressed uninterruptedly.. The sleepless eyes-of stricken men and women on the dock at 'the foot of East Twenty sixth streit watched every move of the city physicians. The scenes about the morgue and at the docks where the relief boats came In laden with their ghastly freight, were heartrending. .Men and women, who had waited for. hours,, swaying be tween fear and hope, gave way to bitter grief, when at last the bodies of their loved ones were found among the piles of burned and. mangled dead. . - ... ; '?' ' ' - Lying side by side were two women who died clasping their Infant' babies In their aims.' A pathetle figure among the search ers and watchers was 19-year-old Fred Hartung, the sole survivor of a family of six who went on the Ill-fated excursion. His mother and four sisters havs not been heard from since the BlOcum went down off North Brother Island. The boy saved himself by Jumping to a tug. Sadness at School. A heavy pall of sorrow hung over the public school on Fifth street, neaf First avenue, which Is In the center of the resi dence district most affected by the Slocum disaster, .Of the 1,000 paplls of the school, a large portion were relatives of the ex cursionists, 'and nearly- 100 Of the regular attendants did not appear In thetr classes today. Of this number 110 had obtained permission on Tuesday to be absent yes terday for the purpose of going on the excursion.' Just how many lost their Uvea or were Injured has not yet been learned, but the principal Is engaged In a canvass of the homes of the pupils with a view of learning their fate. Scores of boys and girls, their eyes red with weeping, today asked to be excused because a brother or sister or an aunt or other relative had been lost. In every room there were vacant seats that had been occupied by those known to have gone on the excursion, many of them known to be dead, others missing. Study was almost out of the question. The school flag hung at half mast and there was a total cessation of the usual games that precede the opening of the school. ' The scenes at the bureau of Information whloh has been established In St. Mark's Lutheran church today, were pathetic in the extreme. There is a oonstant stream of people, and now and again as some one Is Informed that the loved one for whom he or she Is seeking Is among the dead, a cry of grief la heard. One young man called at the church to. day and was Informed that his mother and four sisters for whom he was looking had not been found. ' He had been to the morgue and to all the hospitals and this was his last home. Satisfied that his loved ones were dead, he fainted, andlt was some time oeiore no couia oe resuscitated. PASTOR HAAS IS PROSTBATOD Assistant Stat Attorney Finds Life Preservers, Which Were Useless. NEW YORK, June l.-Pastor Haas of St. Mark's Lutheran church, on the excur sion of the Sunday school of which the dls aster to the Oeneral Slocum occurred, Is completely prostrated. He has been un conscious most of the time since the dis aster and under the constant care of a physician. His condition Is critical. His son did not go on ths excursion. He lost, besides his wife and daughter, his mother-in-law, Mrs. William Tetlmore. Mrs. Tet imore's daughter, Edith, aged t. Is also lost Assistant Attorney .Qarvan has placed under seal a dosen life preservers taken from the Oeneral Blocum. The rest had bust compartments, from whloh the cork was pouring. Ths canvas coverings of Corsets do the cork were so rotten that an assistant of Mr. Qarvan, who made the experiment, had no difficulty In ripping them, open with bis finger nalL LIST OF DEAD AID INJURED Masses of Those Recovered from the Water anal Wreekaaje. NEW TORK, June 1.. Following Is a list of the Identified victims of the East river cssualty: Al.FKl.D. ANNA. ANQKIi, CHARLES A. ANlltH, MINNIE. AKMHKI'bi. RAKBARA. A B t'N DSCH BIN, MAKlii. AL'Ul'R, RUSK. ALBKCHT. 8K.I.MA. ANSEL, ALKRBU), child. AKF.HMAN, LKNA, Infant BAKDKNLOW, 1AJVIBJL, child. HKKDA, MINNIE. HEHHKANDT, FANNIE, child. BEHRKANDT. LIZZIE, child. BO.ENHAKDT, LUC1LE, child. BAHR, IDA A. BEKDOLDT, MRS. GCSSIE. ItKU'NKKN, ANNA, Child. ' BLOHM. ANNE. KLUHM, DORA. 1 lH'NIURDl, ANNE, Child. hrlnnino, john, hero, Lena, bhenning, annie. BEHREN8, ALGl BTA, Child. BEKNHOED. ANNIE, child. Bl'C'HHElDT. MRS. ANNA. BIKM INGHAM. CATHARINE. BOZLEBARR, EMILY. BECKER, THEODORE. BALSER, CATHERINE. BECKMAN. ANNA. Infant BHEHER. KATE, child. BIRMINGHAM, CATHERINE. BAUMAN, MAGADINE. BRAl'N, MOLL1E. BKETZE, MARY. LOHDEH, KKKl). COHRS, FREDA. COHR8, FREDA, child. CRAMER, BARBARA. CORMAN. MINNIE. COHRS, MRS. KATE L. DELUCCIN, AGNEH, child.' DORRBOEFER, FREDERICK, child. DOEH1NG. GI'STAVE, child. DIEDERlCIf. EMMA, child. DIEC'KHOKF. ANNIE. DIECKHOFF, WILLIE, child. DRECIOE8, CATHERINE. DHECIOE9, MRS. FREDA. DAMBERG, HENRY, child. DELKOFF. ANNIE. DIESSMANN. LENA. PUICK, MARY: child. DERSCM. HELENS. KHRHARD, M1NNIB, child. ENGELM AN, LOCISE. EICKHOFF. WILLIAM. ENGELMAN WILLIAM, child. EYSEI JENNIE, child. EIMER, KAlE. - ELK, MRS. ADDIE. ELK, FRANCES, child. FITLDHEL'SEN, NICHOLAS, child. FELMDEN, LIZZIE. FOELF1NG, GEORGE. FRECH. CHARLES, child. FICKBOHM. MAMIE. FROELIH. MRS. CHARLES. FI'NK. MICHAEL, child. FOLKE, DORA. . FRESE, ANNA, FELDLUSEN, MARGARET. OIRRGLEY EDITH. GRAFF, ELSIA. OADE, GRACE. GCSTENBERGER. JAMES. OOSSMAN. MICHAEL J., ChHd. . . (iRl'RER, CATHERINE. . GETTLER, CAROLINE. GROS8E, EMMA. ' GALLAGHER, VERONICA. v f GALLAGHER. WALTER; child. GRUBEN. CARRIE,, child. GRAFFLING, LILLIE. GERDE8, MRS. MARGARET. GEMIMER, WILLIAM, child. ' GILL18, .CHARLES. - , , GILLIS, GEORGE, Child, v' , .. 1 ; i HARDEKOPP, META. , . HARRIMAN. EMILY. HOFFMAN. MRS. CECILIA, Jersey City. HEWES. ANNIE. ... HA AD, WILLIAM. HENRY, SADIE, child. -HECKERT. JULIA, child. . HARTMAN. MRS. MARY M. T. HORWAY, COKTLANDT. v. KEDENKAMP, JOHN. . HEHL, Gl'S. HEERZ. MRS. M. HOFFMAN, SYLVIA. . HEtMS. HENRIETTA, child. HERMAN, KATIE. HEINZ. FRANK, child. HOORWAY. JOHANNA, HOAG, SUSAN. HAAS. ANNIE. HELLER. CHRISTIAN. HEPENKAMP. MARGARET, Child. HEINZ. FRANKIBT HEWEKEN, CHARLES. HORWAY, JOHANNA. ' HORWAY, DELIA: child. ' HORNBERQ", GEORGE; child. ' HORNBERG. ARTHUR; child. .; " HAUSLER. A'.TGCSTA; Child.., . . .. ' HEINS,- MRS. ANNIE. - HEIN8, FRANK. IDEN. MINNIE, child. IRWIN, FANNIE. IDEN, GRACE, child. JONK, BERTHA. KLEIN, MINA, child. KOWCZYUSKI, THEODORE. KLATTBAUR. GEORGE, child. KALO, GUSSIE. KOLB, MAGDELINE. KOLIDER, HENRY, child. KOHLER. HENRY. KOPF, FLLI8, Infant. KOPE. MRS. LIZZIE. KLA IN. EMMA KELCH. KATIE, child. KING. KATHARINE. KRAUTWAERST, ANNA. LEUHLWEIL, ANNIE, child. Ll'tlBKRT, AUGUST, child. LUTKEN, MRS. KATHERINE. UNK, LOTTIE, child. LINK, EDDIE. LAHN, DORA. LURIN. LENA. LOEFFLER, I OUTRE; Child. LAUSCHE, MORRIS. LUDWIO, G. W. MENINGER. LIZZIE. Ml'TH, MRS. KATE. MUTH, KATE, child. MBDDLEN, ROBERT, child. . . - MEDDLEN, FREDERICK, child. MAl'REW, GEORGE. MAURBR. CLARA, child. MEYER, ELSIE, child. MYER, ALBERT, Jr. MULLER, ANNIE MICHAEL, CARRIE, child. .MULLER, ROSE, child. MULLER. MRS. HERMAN. MULLER, HELEN, child, MULLER, FLORA. MII.ER. VALF8A. MORRIS. KATE, child. MICHAEL, WILLIAM. Child. ' Ml'SEKE. ANNA, child. ; MOELLER. HENRY, child. " MILLER. ELIZABETH, Infant. . MERCELI.ER. MATILDA. MAY, MRS. CHARLOTTE. 'MANHERMER. MRS MARY. MOELLER, MRS. MARTHA.. M ORA NE. MICHAEL. MAYER. MRS. LOUISE. MOTZER. MRS. ANNA. MUELLER. MRS. B. MRTKK. DAISY, child. MEYER, ALBERT. M'IjOUGHLIN, MICHAEL; Child. MERSELLES. MATILDA; child. NOLL, KATE. NUNCIE. ARTHUR. OlIL, CARL; child. OEHLER, MRS. MARY. OEHI.ER, FREDA, child. OTTENGER, , boy. OTTENOEU, woman. OTTINGER, ARTHUR, child. PARAWD1SKI, HENRIETTA; child. ' PATTENBAUM. HERMAN, child. PULLMAN. WILLIAM, PAUL!. ELSIE, child. . , PAULI, KATIE. ' . " RKHANSKI, WANDA, child. RUTHMAYER, MRS. VETTA. . ROTH, ' MRS. JOSEPHINE. REULiNO. EMMA. ROTH, HELEN. , ROTH MANN, MRS. FMILY. ROSEN AGETj. ANNIE. RfrTHENHERG. MIPS ANNIE- RLTTHINOER, ERNEST, , . REICH FN BACK, HERMAN; Child. RICHTER, TE8SIE; child. . . RK'HTBH, LENA. , RUEL1NO. EMMA. ROSE, HANNAH. ,' '.' RITZ, TEWH1E. ' ' RGTENBEROER. ANNIE. , Brainy Hair ' Under your loose, thin, falling hair is a brain. 'Use it.! The result? You will use AVer's H-ir Vigor.' It checks falling hair, restores color to gray hair, and makes the hair grow. . No need of having rough and unruly hair. "'At the' ago of 20 rar half turned gray. and goon grew almost wnuo. After I had been la la this embarrassing condition for fifteen years, 1 used Ayer'g Hair Vigor, and three bottles of it brought back the old color, m. a. Knlgbt, Bajdwin, Mont. ' U N. AilinuMt. J. C ATE8 CO, 1mA, I RAMU8( IRVING, child; RICHTER. AMELIA. RICHTER, L1Z.IE. RICHTER, ERNEST, .chllA PTOS8, EDNA, child ' " BC HI KM ER, BERTHA. ' SCHIRMER, LENA. SCHIRMER, WILLIAM, child. SCHEELK,- LA VINA, child. SCHN1TZLER, KATE, child. SCHMIDT. FREDA. BTEEGEL, ANNIE. SCHMIDT. ANNIE. Child. 6UtiS, MINNIE. , . EM1TH, MRS. ANNIE. SCHLAFKERjAVlLLlAM tf. SCHULER. FREDERICK.' "- PCHOEMNGER, GOTTL1EBEN. . SCHRUMFF, W1M,IAM. ' ' SCHIRMER, WILLIAM, Child. STEIN, CARRIE, child. SCHUER, MRS. MARGARET. SCHEl'R, JULIA, child.' SEN BERT. HENRY. SCHNEIDER. EVA, child. BEILER. KATE. HUH 'EN WARD, HENRY. BM1TH. HILDRETH, Child. SEEM AN, NETA. PCHMIDTTL1NG. ANNA. Child. -HCHM1DTTL1NG, GEORGE. SCHMIDT, EVA. . SMITH, MRS. MARY, PFIU8. MR8. AIGUSA. 8CHI MfK MRS ELIZABETH. SCHWARTZ, MRS. LOUISE. SIERICKS. LOTTA. SCHNITZLER. MRS CHRISTINA. SCHN1TZERLANG, ELIZABETH. ISI'OEHK, MRS, Bl SAN. BCHCEFFLING, MARIA:" SCHNEIDER, TE881E; child. SCH1NDE, HENRY C. 8CHULTZE,' EMMA, child.. SCHNUDE. HENRY C receiving teller of Kountse Bros.' bank. TODT, MARX. THAI'PING, LILLIAN. THEBEU. MRS ANNA TROLL, ALBERT, cMld. THOR MAHLER, EM ID, child. THORMAHLER, MATHILDA, Child. THOHMA, CHRISTINA. THORMA, JOSEPH, child. UHLEIN, OTTO. ULMANN. EDWARD, JR., child. ULLM ANN, MRS. LENA. UHLENDORFF, MRS. 8 ELM A. VOLKENBERG, MISS LUCY. . WURNER. LJLLIAN. WEISL, MRS. CAROLINE. WALTER. MRS. ELIZABETH. WEHLEIN, MRS. MINNIE. WEI DERM AN, MRS. CAROLINE. WEIS, EMILY, child. WEIS, MRS. MATILDA. WEIS. LOUIS. WIESO. EMILY; child. . WAY, CARL, Infant. WEIDLER, LAURA. WOLF. MRS. MAUDELIN. WIERETER, MARY. WORM STITCH, ALBERT. WARNHOLZ, HENRY. WINGERT, ETHEL, child. ZIPS E, MARY. 55E1ULER, KMILY. ., ZIMMERMAN. HUGO. Child. ZIPSE, LOUISE: child. ZIMMERMAN. AUGUST. ZIUOG, EUGENE. ZEIDLER, MRS. ANNA. GOVERNMENT If TO INVESTIGATE Secretary Cortelyon.) Orders Strict In vestigation of New York Disaster. WASHINGTON, June U. A rigid Investi gation of the General Slocum disaster has been ordered by- Scoretary .,Cortelyou , of the Department of , Commerce and Labor. The Investigation wlll.be' conducted by the steamboat inspection service under the di rection of George Uhler, supervising In spector general, and by 'General James A. Dumont and Thomas', H.- Barrett, consti tuting the local board of steamboat Inspec tors n New York. .",.'( ' v'..,., v Supervisor Genera' Vhl-vr today received from Robert 8. Roo.'r, l::'.p(!CtOr of the Sec ond district of New York, a preliminary report of the accident. Inspector Rodle, as soon as he learned of the fire, went to the scene - in the wrecking boat Chapman. In his report to General Uhler' he said: While viewing the wreck I noticed some clothes hear the forward side of the paddle box and called Captain Turner's attention to It. It proved to lae the body of a woman and on close Inspection It was found that three other bodies were inside the paddle box. H of which proved to be women. At the time we first went alongside the wreck there was nvone In the Immediate vicinity except a small boat with a man In it. A ehort time after we noticed that a police boat was approaching the . wreck. We turned. over to them -the work of taking the bodies out,"Whien they did. We provided them with axes and'itbey out away a part of the woodwork, in; order to remove the bodies, ii. .ifrtsnt ii.. -., After giving statlsto of the vessel and erew, Inspector Rodle- says: ' The records of the" office show that Its (the General Slocum's) equipment consisted of 2.S60 life preservers In sight and within easy reach; six lifeboats, sise twenty-two feet three Inches long by six feet one Inch wide and two feet three Inches deep, all metal boats, and two .Barstow life, rafts and two cylinder rafts. All the boats were swung under davits. It was supplied with two hand fire pumps, capacity 4x8, doubla acting; steam firing pump, eight Inches in diameter and twelve-Inch stroke, capacity 0OS cubic Inches, located In the crank room on the main deck, with 400 feet of two and a half Inch hose and 200 feet of one and a half inch hose, all in good condition, with water pipes and hose connections to the urper deck. In addition It was supplied with ninety fire buckets, three water bar rels, four water tanks and ten fire axes, ft... .nnnrt in f V hnrlc nf the hull in spector's book shows that the vessel had a general overnaunnw ince tut, di ,u tlon (previous to 1K04) and wss In good con dition and seaworthy for. Its route. Every effort will be made by this office ss soon as practicable to Investigate the eause of this dreadful accident. JAPAN WIJS BATTLE (Continued from First Page.) General Baron Stakelberg passed with part . . . a . I . I. f.i.nln. Ih. IMirnt OI nia rorco 10 mt i"i;ii, ...,.. - flank of the enemy towards Wa ang lien and Hun Chou and directing the other part of bis force against the enemy's front. Towards 10 In the morning the enemy sent a brigade of Infantry, cavalry and a battery of artillery againat our right flank and, naving repumfu our miia".iii " . airy, proceeded through Hun Chou, turn Ing me rigoi. aii vi s i I uenerat bibkbiumib ii ... advanced his reserves to check this move ment. According lO miorninmii the enemy, auring m niurmim . brousht up consldersme reiniwrcBiiieniB. and as the main Japanese force consists of upwards ot mree uivisiu The dispatch breaks off at this point, p. flutin Tellasn. ' T Ivlu iM 1 una Id A dlHDatCh tO ' the Ci-ntral News from Toklo says that the Japanese, after Uerce; fighting yesterday, captured Tellssu, between Kal Chou and Seul Lan Tien. The Russians lost six guns and many regimental colors. Y-n.n..A I'l.llH VitttOrV. WASHINGTON, June 18. Ine Japanese legaUon has received the following caoie r-m frnm Tnlclfl. dated today! General Oku reports that on June 14 our main body advanced northward In two columns along the railway, expelling the enemy from The east of W sfangtien. At 5 p. m. the enemy made a stand on the Till! IV (l T line f . i .. . v i . a and La Fang Shen and after two hours was relnforcud. On June ia the enoiny near Teliasu consisted of two nnd a half ........ i nA.uni.in, ih. i D Hi 1 1 rj ii between TafnnsHl'ien and Chenstsushan. At dawn w niMned attack and our main body ad vanced along the railway, one column the left wing of the column wa joined t Timor! nnuUniv n n1 I w... n,Ai- fi'iirrt Ch iu i fltnn. Thu the enemy was surrounded by our at 1 d. m. Our oun are esilmated undr r.. ,. . L-h.a-h Mia ru III 1 1 r H ft rvm fourteen quick-flrer and about Wv of the enemy, iJU'lUUintf IIIO Ulillimanuni ua iiiq Fourth Infantry regiment or narnanooter. s. i ia skutm'i klllf1 anrf wounrlMi V V t ITVT ui lliv mi "'J " were left on the battlefield. Our scouts hi, if in this enRnmiinent, by which our sriillery was misled and suspended lire. Announcements of tke Theaters. Again this evening the Ferris Btock company will present th pretty little west ern comedy. "The Cowboy end the Lady,' with Dick Ferris In the leading role. A mailnee and evening performance on Sat, urday will close this bill. Beginning with ths matinee on Sunday. "Woman Against Woman'' will be the bill for the first half of the week, and this will be followed by "The Charity Ball..'? ons of Cos federates Elect. Vieuvrt.i.ir Jnn 1 The Sons of United Con federate Vilerans olosecl their reunion today. N. R. Ttsttell. Fort Worth, Tex., was elected cuntmiiirr-ln-chlef nnd C, A. fckean. Wanatui kl. Tex., commander or the 1 raiisminnisetppi noiuiriiiitiii. Photos. "-'4d up. Ul Farnain street. WORK WITH WINNEBAGOES Ioflntooei fur Go.d Art Being Throws Around lsbatichsd Indian. SUPERINTENDENT AND PRIEST IN HARMONY Conditions at the Reservation Are Bn Beyond Belief, bat the Re- formers Hopn to Weed Ont the Erll. HOMER, Neb., June l.-(8peclal.) Influ ences which secured the appointment ot H. O. Wilson of the Indian service superin tendent and special disbursing agent at the Winnebago reservation will have reason to be congratulated. He Is laboring Intle- fatlgnbly to Improve the economic status of the degraded, disintegrating tribe. Working in unison with the superintend ent, but on a slightly different line, is Rev. Father Joseph Schell, representative of the Catholic church, but the special agent of Mother" Mary Drexel, the Philadelphia woman who is devoting her life and mil lions to bettering the condition of the ne groes and Indians of America. Matters are shaping themselves which promise to eliminate the speculators who for years have been preying on the Incapa ble and demoralized reds. These men, lo cated at Homer, Bancroft, Emerson and Pender, chiefly have for years been ab sorbing the more than $200,000 which an nually Is paid over to the members of this tribe, now numbering but 1,100. If the methods employed of getting this money are exposed, a bigger scandal than any which has even como out over Nebraska Indian matters will be aired. Those work ing for the Improvement of the tribe ere willing to make the exposes, but are not looking for trouble unless their efforts are too vigorously opposed by the speculators. H. O. Wilson Is superintendent, follow ing C. W. Mathewson. The former was brought to the agency by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock for the purpose of cir cumventing, if possible, the machinations of the speculators and to convince the Indian that his best Interest lay In other lines than at present directed. Father Sehell's Work. If Rev. Father Schell can prove to Mother" Drexel that there Is a possibil ity of reclaiming a goodly share of this race, she stands ready to Invest a very large sum, up in the hundreds of thousands, for schools and missions. Father Schell came Into national prominence a short time ago as the Instigator of the In vestigation of the timber frauds In Ore gon. These resulted in the sending of forty six Inspectors to the forests, the indict ment of many persons engaged In making fraudulent entries and saving to the west millions of acres of timber. This ener getlo priest says the Winnebago Investiga tion is a mere plaything compared with :h timber frauds. . ""; "'(' ' " The manner of meeting these conditions on and around the reservation has not been fully divulged. Superintendent Wilson has the speculators In a panto because of his Quiet methods, his courteous but not over friendly treatment of the men who get most of the reds' pay checks, his firmness with the Indians and his indefatigable effort to get at the bottom of things. He gave the speculators their first distinct shock when he notified tenants of reservation farms they were likely to lose their crops unless they held A government lease to the land. A widespread practice has been for these speculator to act as leasing agent for the Indolent aborigines, while the law say the authorised agent of the department must do this. . . .. . t While Superintendent Wilson Is not giving out hlsf plans, he Is nevertheless known to be entirely friendly with Father Schell and each has' great confidence la the other' ability to cope with conditions if. Indeed, human ingenuity and altrulstio endeavor can save this disintegrating tribe. ' Deal with the Lands, Father Schell has a unique plan of re form, although details are yet to be filled out. It includes the settlement of the res ervation heirship lands by men desirous of making their actual homes there. This will bf neoesslty remove a great occasion for Imposing on the Indians. At present when a sale of heirship lands Is ordered these being the only lands which the gov ernment permits to be sold the specu lators are practically the sole bidders. They then, instead of selling out to actual settlers, rent these lands, waiting for the final opening of the entire reservation, when these lands will sell for from 100 to KM per cent of the original cost. In getting genuine buyers for these lands. Father Schell says, they will sell for from $25 to $50 an acre, whereas the speculators never pay more than $18 to $20 per acre. Already more than a dozen farmers have been shown over the land by Father Schell. He Is perhaps the only lo cating agent In Nebraska who will not ac cept a cent for his Services. "No money for me," said Father Schell. "My salary as a priest Is all I care for, and If I should take any compensation for my effort here I would at once be open to the charge of working, for money and selfish ends. My team and ytny own serv ices are free at any time to take these men looking for land about the reserva tion." . In making sale of heirship lands the au thorities are confronted by a difficult sit uation, due to the Immorality of the Wln nebagoes. For years they have been de bauched to the level of beasts. Marrlago relations are disregarded, polygamy exists to an alarming extent. Men have several wives and squaws have many husbands. Children aie reared In this sinful atmos phere until the statement yesterday of Superintendent Wilson seems Justified. Ho said: "Hundreds of children are being reared who will never really be sure of their father's Indentity." This lamentable condition, therefore, makes the matter of heirship hard to trace, and many titles to heirship lands are con sequently clouded. Some of the Intelligent Indians of the tribe and there are quite a number have in the interest of their people preserved records which afford a possibility of many land titles being made clear. Congressional action will doubtless be necessary to clean up much of the tangle. Featnre of the Reform. Another problem confronts the reformers. Supposing they prevent the speculators from bidding in the heirship lands at much less than they are worth. Supposing these speculators are compelled to present Item ised statement of materials bought by ths Indians, Insbaad of presenting merely de mand for promissory notes for exorbitant sumsT Supposing the Indiana, after their legitimate living bills are paid, have twice as much money as now? History has shown that no matter how much money the reds have at a given time, their gullibility is such that they never have any a few hours after falling In with the scheming and unconscionable whites. The reds can be bettered permanently only by a puui which carries further. Here is one sug gested by Father Schell: "After I get a little more into the confi dence of the Indians I hops to call a meet ing of the Indian council and through this orgsnlsatlon a meeting of ths entire tribe to Interest them In helping themselves. I will propose that a sort of auditing com mittee be named, for Instance, Superintend ent Wilson, ths sgency Judge, and myself, ss whites, and three Indians who can read and write the English language. All bills would then be presented to us. They would hsve to ! Itemized and the charges rca Son&blu. 'All promissory notes would hsve to be accompanied by contracts lo show what wss purchased and the Interest would be the legal rate. We would then prevent the selling of a span of $10 horses to the careless Indians for from $50 to $500. With the balance of the money coming to the In dians we would try to get the reds te Im prove tteir lands, erect buildings and fences and do some work themselves. - "Ihe difficulty of carrying out thin plan lies chiefly in the fact that the government looks upon the Winnebago Indian as a citi zen and the money must be paid to him, and It vijll only be by his own free will that he turn It over to a disbursing com mittee. But we think a trial of this plan would soon recommend Itself to the In dians. It would tend to decrease the awful, open and lawless sale ot liquor to the poor men. They cannot help themselves. They must be helped by men who have control of themselves and realise the frightful sit uation." ... Both Superintendent Wilson and Father Schell are in constant. communication with Secretary Hitchcock regarding conditions at the reservation. In a letter to the secre tary Father Bchell said: "To dress a wound and apply the remedy we must first remove the dirt." He refers to the speculator and their practice a the "dirt" Conditions on the Reservation. Superintendent Wilson says the Wlnne bagoes are undoubtedly the moat degraded tribe In America. Their drunkehness, din regard to the marriage ties, their Indolence and Indulgence In the debasing medicine, buffalo and scalp dances are the evils which threaten to cause the early extinction of the tribe. It Is difficult to keep the young sters in school, they having become inoc ulated with the atmosphere of Indolence. That liquor is secured at will by the In dians Is show,n daily. Yesterday In a drive from the agency to Homer with Father Schell your correspondent met load aftef load of Indians, men and women, coming from Homer, and almost every one In a state of Intoxication. One sight particu larly abhorrent was that of a mother holding her child In her lap, the mother so drunk that the motion of the buggy nearly threw her from the bottom of the vehicle. She wa muttering Incoherent walls ut terly helpless to car for herself or babe. A Jug of liquor under a bridge In the village was constantly being patronised. It Is said the half-breeds buy It openly and then give It to the Indians. The squaws are as dissolute as the bucks. One hundred drunken reds Is not an uncommon sight her In a single day. It wa a poor day for the Homer liquor trade yesterday, for at old Red Leg's camp, three mile from the agenoy, a medi cine dance was .being held. 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