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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1904)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER O. H. CRONIN. Publisher. VNEILL, NEBRASKA Almost everywhere In the far east the old days of cheap living are passing away. Steamers, railways, telegraphs, newspapers, labor-saving machinery and the production of western idea* are slowly but surely revolutionizing the orient. Shantung w heat, which for merly had no market beyond a radius of a few dozen miles from the wheat field, can now be shipped by railway and steamship to any part of tile world, and In consequence every Chinese buy er has to pay more for It. In like man ner new facilities for export have doubled, trebled, and in some place* quadrupled the price of rice In China, Siam and Japan. In 1815, the earliest year for which exact figures are obtainable, our ex ports were valued at $106,040,111 and our Imports were $113,184,322. Our exports jassed the $200,000,000 mark In 1803, the $300,000,000 in 1860, and did not exceed $400,000,000 until 1871. During all the years from 1845 to 1876 our Imports ex ceeded our exports in value, except four. Since then our exports have ex ceeded our Imports every year except In 1888 and 1889, We now frequently ex port goods of as much value In a single month as were exported In the year 1840. __ In 1875 It was communicated to the British government that the khedive Ishrnall Pasha, being In desperate need of money, was willing to sell Ills 176,601 shares of stock In the Suez Canal com pany at a fair price. Disraeli was then premier and he didn't hesitate a min ute. England paid $20,000,000 for the khedlve’s holdings, or at the rate ot $113.60 per share. Since then the divi dends on Its purchase have aggregated $24,000,000, and today the shares are selling at $700 each. This shows a profit on the transaction of $103,600,000. According to the report of the attor ney general of South Carolina to the general assembly of that state, the cir cuit solicitors have tried since 1888 2,781 cases for murder. During the last five years 938 murder trials have been held, and In 492 of these the verdict was "not guilty.” The murder record for the state last year was 222, or nearly five a week. Of these 102 were convicted, but the sentences In many Instances were rldjculously Inadequate. Of birds now In existence, probably the one with the greatest expanse of wing In proportion to the body, and with the greatest power of flight. Is the frigate or man-o'-war bird. "This bird apparently flies more by skill than by strength, for it has no great carrying powers. The wandering albatross, the largest of all sea birds. Is also one of our strongest flyers. One bird was known to fly at least 3,160 miles In twelve days. The noted Japanese gardens, famous for their b'eauty, owe much of their charm to the quaint lanterns which are used In great profusion. The best of their garden lanterns are made of bronze after quaint native designs. Some of them are richly carved and are of great Intrinsic value. Many of these lanterns are of great antiquity, and the best examples are seen at Nlkkho, fa mous for Us exquisite bronzes. A correspondent In the London Times says that the Chinese care nothing for the provinces of Manchuria. They form no part of the eighteen provinces which All the Chinese conception of his native' land, though they gave birth to the ruling dynasty. This Indifference may be real and may account for the puss with which the Russians have overrun the country; yet Manchuria Is won!) fighting for. Tn the academic department at Yah the cost of Instruction has Increased Ir twenty-nine years from $61,742 to $208,' 121, while the number of students !uu risen from 682 to 1.250. In the nineteen years that the elective system has beer; In operation the cost of Instruction has risen 135 per cent., while the number of students has Increased only 122 per cent. A European Inventor has converted the spokes of an automobile inti whistles, which are operated by the aii action. The whistles are controlled by « a aeries of small rubber balls In con nection with the seat, their reh as-.i j opening the valve In the spokes and producing a peculiar whistling noise | easily heaid-(above the sound of truffle. | ’ * Experiments are being made by the | German army with a newly discov ered method of wireless telegraphy by means of kites. The kites are raised to great heights—10,000 to 12,000 feet —attached to copper wires, and It Is said messages can be sent to the great est distances without affecting any wireless telegraph station. The coal for Japan's navy comes from Kakodaate and Otaru, on the Island of Jezo, which lies directly north of Nippon, upon W'hlch Toklo Is sit uated. They are two of the greatest coal shipping ports In the world. The Island Is about live hundred miles, or two days steaming for a man of wai from Vladivostok. Cleanliness Is not understood in Tibet What serves as clothing by day serves as bedding by night; the bathrobe, which constitutes a man's suit ol clothes, Is simply ungirded when he lies dow<n to sleep. It Is neither changed nor washed until It goes to pieces. The man Inside the bathrobe fares no better. It is said that marble quarries as rich as those of Italy or Vermont have been discovered In the hills of Stevens coun ty, Washington. The entire region la • covered with a dense growth of lofty pines. The display of marble that Washington will make at the St. Louis exposition will astonish the world. British India had in 1883 slxty-two cotton factories, with 1,554,000 spindles and 15,000 looms. Now the number of factories is 201, of spindles 6,164,000, of looms nearly 44,000. The capital Invest ed In these establishments is $60,000,000, and the number uf persons employed in the Industry Is over 1.000,000. The other day the duchess of Al bany, widow of one of Queen Victoria’s sons, visited or.e of the London alms houses. An Inmate, a veteran of the "Crimean war of 1854-56, presented to her a beautifully embroidered table -cover that he hud made. She accepted It with thanks. During 1003 there were launched In j Great Britain 738 vessels, of 1.342,508 - tons, which compares with 717 ships of 11,524,698 tons in 1902. Excluding war , 1 ships, the tonnage launched was 1,190, «1S tons, as compeared with 1,427,558 tons I In 1902 and 1,528,730 tons In 1901. j A 90,000-pound steel safe has been in jstalled In the mines and metallurgy I building at the world’s fair. It will lie (u repository for the precious gems, in Igo'ts, gold bricks and bars and other Evaluable metals exhibited In that build fftig. INDIAN IS CHARGED" WITH FOUR MURDERS * I George Fourcloud, Winnebago Brave, Accused of Death of Four Girls. _ JURY HOLDS HIM FOR ONE Recent Death of Cora Elk la Laid at His Door, Together With the Murder* of Three Other Young Women. Winnebago Agency, Neb., Aug. 10.— At 4 o'clock Sunday morning the cor oner's Jury In the case of George Four cloud, the young Winnebago Indian ac cused of the murder of Cora Elk, de cided that he committed the murder,; and held him to the federal grand Jury. The young brave, who Is only 25 years old, Is accused of the murder of no less than four young women of his tribe, and In addition he recently at tacked and almost killed his mother. He Is the worst desperado, if the crimes of which he Is accused can be brought finally to his door, that the reservation has ever known. Ills mania for attacking young women is remark able. Four Murders in Two Year*. Fourcloud Is accused of killing four young Indian women, all of them said to be pretty and attractive, In the last two years. The first case Is that of a daughter of Mrs. John Hill. The girl was only about 18 years old, and al though Fourcloud was suspected of the murder It could never be brought home to him. The second of his supposed victims was Mary DeCora, another maiden of the tribe. The same uncertainty about the affair was noted In this case, and Fourcloud, although suspected, could not be directly connected with the case. The third of his victims was Lucy Tebo, a half breed girl, also young. The Elk girl was found last Friday badly pounded up and dead. The con clusion was that the crime had been committed between sundown and mid night the previous night. Fourcloud was shown to have been with the girl, one o# whose younger sisters told the Jury that Fourcloud gave the dead girl whisky, and afterward became abusive of her. This Fourcloud de nied. He’e a Very Bad Indian. Fourcloud Is a very bad aborigine, and the belief here Is that there is only one process by which he can be made good, and that Is the standard method of making good Indians. He Is not es pecially vicious when sober, but when he gets whisky Inside of his naturally vicious and morose disposition leads him to all kinds of excesses. The coroner’s Jury held him for the murder of Cora Elk, and he Is now at Vender, whence he will be taken to Omaha for trial at the November term of federal court. In the case of his attack on the II111 girl, whom he slashed up with a knife and left so badly Injured that death resulted, an ante-mortem statement by the victim Identified him as the murderer. Three months ago when drunk he at tacked his aged mother with a club and broke some of her bones, leaving her Senseless. She Is recovering. BOGUS CHECK MEN. _ Alleged Capitalists From East Spent Money Too Freely in Hastings. Hastings, Neb., Aug. 9.—Sheriff Hill placed W. E. Morton under arrest on the charge of forgery. The warrant was sworn out by Wesley A. Taylor, cashier of the First National bank of Hastings. Morton claims to hall from Cincinnati. He arrived in Hastings a week ago In company with E. C. Morton, who pro fesses to be his brother. Almost immedi ately upon their arrival here W. E. Mor ton deposited $000 in the First National bank and from that day to tills he and, his brother have been living high and^ easy. They professed to be capitalists, from the east who had come here for the. purpose of buying farm mortgages. They spent their money freely in various bus!-' ness houses and were looked upon as high rollers. About noon W. E. Morton deposited a draft in the First National bank which* called for $3,750. The draft was . made* upon the Hamilton National bank of Chi-, eago by tho Chicago Hallway company,' per W. B. Bell, Western Banknote com pany. As soon as the draft was deposited the bank officials communicated with the Hamilton bank in Chicago and learned that the draft was a forgery. Scarcely had the oflleials been informed, of this fact when Mr. Morton called and) presented a chock for $3,300. He faijed to j realize on this check and was placed un-J der arrest. When searched his check, book was found which showed that he) had $5,503.25*to his credit at tho First Na tional bank. It Is the opinion of tho police that Mor ton and his pal are two of the most no torious swlndlura in the country and they are confident of a reward for their cap-, ture. W. E. Morton la about 45 years old,' of dark complexion, smooth face, five feet seven inches high. His accomplice is about 38 years old, of dark complexion, live feet nine Inches high and weighs about 165 pounds. LIGHTNING KILLS TWO. __ .. „ Brothers Are Struck in Boone County While Working on a Roof. Albion, Neb., Aug. 9.—A heavy rain storm, ucoompanied with slight hail, passed over this part of the county. Heavy hall fell in the western part, and crops are badly damaged. Trainmen report that considerable hail fell at Loretto, six miles north. Two brothers named Gresham, were killed in Dublin precinct by light ning while shingling a schoolhouse. Stack ing and threshing will be interrupted for several days. Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. 9.—A severe hailstorm visited this county, extending from the Middle Loup, near Walworth, 1 twenty miles south, and was from two to three miles in width. Most of the small grain was in shock. While it was badly beaten out, the loss will not be so great ; as had it not been out. , The corn is badly ! damaged, and in many cases the loss was ; complete, BRAKEMAN KILLED. Falls From a Train and His Body is Badiy Mangled. Chadron, Neb., Aug. 9.—Captain Claud Ough was killed by fading between the : ears of a freight train on the Northwest- ! cm, on which he was a brakenian. Tho 1 accident occurred between Oeiriehs and i South wick, S. D. Both legs were cut off | and his head and legs were so badly man- ; gled as to be hardly recognizable. Cap- j tain Ough was captain of Company i of ) Geneva, Neb., First Nebraska infantry, during the Spanish war. k I PLAN BIG PICNIC. Old Settlers and Pioneers of Dakota County to Celebrate August 25. Dakota City, Neb., Aug. 10.—Without fioubt the coming twenty-third annual reunion and picnic of the Pioneer*’ and Old Settlers’ Association of Dakota County, to be held In Clinton park, ad joining this place, on August 25, will be the best and biggest celebration yet held. Preparations are dally going on for the event. The principal oration of the day will be delivered by Hon. W. F. Norris, who Is now a resident of the Philippine islands, where he holds a government position. Judge Norris was a former district Judge of this county, and Is now on a visit at his pld home at Wayne, Neb. His talk will be on “The Philippines.” Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha, a pioneer resident of Nebraska, and an able talker, will also address the assemblage, while there will be numerous short talks by noted Ipeakers. Senator William P. Warner of this place will deliver the address of welcome. Rev. Dr. Rennett Mitchell of Sioux City, who for fifty years has been In the ministry, has been selected (is chaplain In place of the regularly elected chaplain. F. A. Robinson of this place, who the post year entered Into his eternal sleep. Reed's Fourth Regi ment band of Sioux City will furnish (nuslc during the day and for the dance iit night. Dinner will be served on the grounds by Bonbrake & Barnard of the favana restaurant, Sioux City. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Om aha railway has made a rate of one fare for the round trip from all points in this vicinity and as far south as Blair. Neb. The amusement committee has not as yet announced their pro gram, but it will consist of races, ball games, tennis, -basketball by ladies, automobile races, etc. Captain R. A. Talbot, general manager of the Sioux l ‘ity, Homer and Southern Electric rail way, states that he will have the cars tunning Into this place from Sioux City before the day set for the picnic, Au gust 25. FOUND DEAD ON TRACK. Man Supposed to Be Engineer Fright fully Mangled by Train. Florence, Neb., Aug. 9.—With his body frightfully mangled, Elmer Sites, a loco motive engineer, was found dead on the tracks two miles north of Florence. Indications are that he had been riding on a freight train and had fallen between the ears. The body was taken to Omaha by Coroner Bralley. Papers and letters on the body give the man’s name as Elmer Sites. There was no address except on a letter from a friend, Ida Bays of 2022 De Kalb street, St. Louis, Mo. Cards showed him to be a locomotive engineer and a member of “L. W. Parr Division, 396." The card was signed by George Atherton, expiring February 7, 1903. A pawn ticket was dated August 2, 1904, at St. I-ouls, Mo. It ts for a telescope and contents, and the amount borrowed was $6. Other receipts show that he was a member some years ago of a division of the locomotive firemen at Argentine, Kan, POPULISTS FOR FUSION. _ I Ready to Join With Democrats for Bettor Government. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 9.—Fusion on the state ticket, with George W. Beige of Lincoln for governor, won the hearty approval of the populist convention in Session here. The revenue law was condemned and its repeal demanded by the delegates. Secretary C. G. Bullock called the convention to order. A. E. Sutherland of Waverly was elected chairman find O. W. Meier, secretary. This temporary organization was made permanent. T. H. Tibbies, populist nominee for the vice presidency, entered the hall and was given an enthusiastic o\(u tlon. After being escorted to the plat form he declared that it was time for work and not for ornt -ry. He stated that the official notification would take plaee at Cooper's Union hall, New York and stated that he fav- red fusion with (iny democrat that op], -ed Wall street Interests. Mrs. Cook Hangs Self. Fremont, Neb., Aug. 9.—Mrs. Ida S. Cook, wife of Charles Cook of Cedar Bluffs, committed suicide by hanging her self to the rafters of the shed In the rear of her house. A short time ago she began ft suit for divorce from her husband, but the action was dismissed and their diffi culties were apparently settled. These dif ficulties are supposed to have been the cause for the deed. She was 38 years ot' age and leaves a daughter 17 years old. —♦— Two Prisoners Escape. North Platte, Neb.. Aug. 9.—Two young men about 20 years of age, strangers in this city, giving their hames as Donovan Morris and Monroe Castell, broke Into Foreman Whipple's clothes locker at the roundhouse and Stole a watch and other articles. They were arrested, given a preliminary hearing, pleaded guilty and were bound over to the district court and placed in upstairs rooms of the jail, the cells be low being full of drunks and other petty law breakers. The two young men found In their cell a short piece of iron, with which they dug a hole through the brick wall, slipped through, took a drop of eighteen feet and were lit liberty. They have not yet been re captured. Tennis at Wausa. Wausa, Neb., Aug. 9.—The tennis en thusiasts of this place are making great preparations for the tournament to be held here on August 8, 9, 10. It will be the second annual tournament of the Northeast Nebraska Tennis association and already a large number from dif ferent parts of the country have en tered. The local courts are in line con dition and the hoys are looking forward to u splendid time. — Hotel Is Burned. Edholm, Neb., Aug. 9.—The hotel building at Octavla, owned and oper ated by George Wonderlick, burned about noon. The greater part of the furniture was saved. Loss $2,000. Attempted Assassination. Montevideo, Uruguay. Aug. 8.—An at tempt was made upon the life of Presi dent Battle y Ordonez. While driving with his family along one of the principal streets of the city a burled torpedo exploded at the side of the carriage. The explosion tore up the pavement and the track of the rail road running through the street, but so far as can be learned no one was in jured. Train Crashes Into Trolley Car. Kansas City. Aug. 6.—A Santa Fe passenger train crashed into a trolley car at the belt line crossing on Fif teenth street today. J. L. Morris of Pleasant Hill, Mo., was killed and ten persons Injured, one seriously. The ac cident was caused by the bars being up. _ _ Burial of Mrs. Miles. Washington. Alig. 6.—The remains of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles were conveyed to day to the national cemetery at Ar lington. where commitment services were held. MANY LIVES ARE . LOST IN A WRECK M issouri Pacific Train Goes Through Bridge Into a Colorado Torrent. THREE CARS TORN AWAY Force of the Waters Flooded Them Four Miles From the Scene of the Accident—26 Out of 125 All Who Escaped. Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 10—A Missouri Pa cific flyer crashed through a bridge over Dry creek, a miles north of Eden, on tlie Denver and Rio Grande, eight miles from Pueblo, at 8 o'clock last night. s It is estimated that of 125 passengers aboard, but twenty-six escaped with their lives, the others being lost under the raging torrent or beneath the wreckage. Early this morning a relief train re turned here, bringing twenty-six per sons, all, so far as known, who were rescued from the wreck. Dry creek is fifty feet wide and fif teen feet deep, and has steep banks. The "water was flowing over the trestle as the train started across. The en gine got almost over, but slipped back, and the baggage, smoking and chair cars plunged into the torrent. The diner and sleeper didn’t go down. The chair car was carried to Fountain creek half a mile away, into which Dry creek empties. Two hours after the accident there was no water In Dry creek. The ex press car was found near the scene of the wreck, with the safe open and its contents gone. Many bodies were carried down Fountain creek by the wall of ■water, which had force enough to carry the coaches nearly four miles away from the point where they went through the bridge. The known dead: DR. W. H. MOCK. ELLA WOOD. W. H. LA MOON AND WIFE. MINNIE SELBY, a music teacher. LOWELL DURMAN. a clerk. MAJOR W. H. WHITMAN, KAN. J. F. REES, express messenger. CHARLES HINDMAN, engineer. J. H. SMITH, conductor. ZINA SIBLEY, stenographer for Congressman Hogg. A. E. HOES. MRS. JOHN S. MOLLITER AND TWO CHILDREN. MISSES DAVIS, HADENBERG AND ROWLAND. MRS. MARY WEST of Pueblo. MRS. JAMES SMITH, wife of the conductor, Denver. CARRIE DOWNEY. JOHN CAMPBELL. ED. CURTIS. BUD STEWARD. GEORGE ENGLAND. HERBERT R. GRAVES. I. W. WRIGHT, of Pueblo. MRS. ELLA STEVENS, Northamp ton, Mass. MISS LEONARD, Chicago. The missing: Hugh McCracken, Trino, 111. Clyde Trino, Aurora, 111. Engineer Hitman. Conductor Smith. Messenger Reefs. The three last named are from Den ver-, and from seventy-five to ninety of the passcengers. Others Probably Dead. The following are known to have been on the train and are believed to be dead: Mineola Davis. Mrs. George F. West. Dr. Mur.n. Irene Wright. Emma Wood. Joseph Turner, brakeman. Infant daughter and sister-in-law of Harry Johnson, all of Pueblo. Tillie Thompson. Old Franklin. Ida Leonard and two relatives, from Chicago and LaSalle. Sallle Pine. Mrs. lames McKee and child. Mrs. McKee, sr. The work of rescue is progressing well. A Fearful Disaster. The disaster is the worst that ever occurred on the Denver Rio Grande road. A cloudburst had filled the creek, the water flowing over the trestle when the train, consisting of six cars, started across. The engine, baggage car, smoker and chair car were precipi tated into the torrent; the diner and two sleepers remained on the track. "When Superintendent Bowern reach ed the scene- the missing cars had not be6n located. The passengers and trainmen who accompanied him organ ized a searching party to follow the course of the creek cars and found them close to the shore in Fountain creek. The chair car was a half mile from tha scene of the accident, half fllied with sand, in which were buried many bodies. The smoker was washed still further down stream. The body of Engineer Hindman was found 200 feet from the wreck. J. M. Killen, a Pueblo merchant, was swept down stream but crawled out from the wreckage a mile below the accident, so badly injured and exhausted he was unable to talk coherently. When the train pulled out of Den ver last evening nearly every coach was filled and it was running at high speed through the storm to make the fast schedule time, when it dropped through the bridge. The rains had been severe, but the officials did not apprehend any danger at Dry creek. A late inspection showed the bridge in first class condition. So far as officials can determine the engineer evidently did not see the wa ter pouring over the trestle until too late to stop the train, whether the en gine and the torrent of water from the cloudburst swept down simultaneously, or the torrent had already undermined the structure, is not known, but re ports say the engineer put on his air, thus saving the diner and sleeper from being precipitated into the creek. Dry creek is one of the most danger ous points on tne road. It is close to the foot hills, which by reason of re peated cloudbursts and washouts have been slowly closing in the bed of the creek continually becoming deeper, un til it 1ms reached a depth of about twenty-five feet. At 10 o’clock this morning twenty two bodies were brought to Pueblo, nearly ad unidentified. The swollen features and mayglod remains rendered recognition almost impossible. List of Those Rescued. The list of rescued: G. O. Meerson, Fort Scott, Kan. E. E. VTLson, CoffeyvlHe, Kan. Arthur A. Brown. Malden, Mass. H. H. Dorn, ‘Cleveland. O. Miss Jessie Densom, Salt Lake City. H. J. Crabbe, Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Dlnazzi and daughter. Texarknna, Tex. Mrs. Drascie, Goodrichville. Tenn. Miss Edzerlais, Jonesvllle, Ga. Edwin Anderson, Pueblo. ' O. S. Galbraith. Durango. Airs, and Miss Bell, Denver. Pullman crew of six men. Fireman Mayfield. With the breaking of day the full horror of the scene which was con cealed to a great degree by the mantle of night, became apparent. Wreckage was visible in all directions, dead bodies being visible here and there in the piles of debris from the cars and In the driftwood and mud. The bodies of two women and a girl, which were the first to be recovered were found a half mile below the wreck. These two were among the occupants of the (hair car. The bodies have not been identified. May Not Be Over Seventy Dead. It is possible a complete list of the dead will never be known, as the con ductor's report has not been found, and the railroad officials have no list. The officials do not believe there wTere more than seventy passengers on the train. Special trains are leaving Pueblo every few minutes and thousands of persons are patrolling the banks of Fountain river, into which the cars were carried by the flood, searching for bodies; but the stream is so swollen that little progress Is made. As the engine struck the trestle, which had been weakened by the rush of water, it gave way, and the train plunged down, one car being entirely lost in the muddy stream, the others carried nearly four miles dowrn the river. Very few of the persons in them could have escaped. New York, Aug. 8.—The New York office of the Denver and Rio Grande has received a message from Superin tendent Bowren saying he thinks an estimate gives seventy persons dead as a result of the Pueblo wreck. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN. Station Agent at Ah Say Is Fired Upor. by Bandits. Cheyenne, AVyo., Aug. 10—An attempt was made to wreck the Atlantic ex press on the Union Pacific railroad, near Ah Say station, between Rock Springs and Green River. John Utley, station agent at Ah Say, noticed that the lights of the switch were turned In the wrong way, started to fix them when he was fired at from the dark and wounded In the arm. Utley fell to the ground and the would be train wreckers fled. Utleymanaged to get to the station and called up Wilkins, the next station west. The Atlantic express was flagged there and the wreck and probable holdup was thus prevented. AN INSULT TO U. S. American Legation at the Colombian Capital Said to" Have Been Attacked. Panama, Aug. 10—No Information has been received from Bogota regarding reports that an outbreak occurred at Bogota Friday, when the American legation was stoned and troops called out to protect Alban G. Snyder, charge d'affaires. The American minister be lieves that If the consulate was stoned It wns the act of Irresponsible persons, resulting from feeling against the United States. General Rafael Reyes should have as sumed the presidency of Colombia to day, but, according to the latest news, congress adjourned without proclaim ing his election. This is said to be the plan of the w'ar party to annul the elec tion. It is reported here that Reyes, be ing favored by the army, was to pro claim himself. Washington, Aug. 8.—Although the state department has not received In formation of the stoning of the Ameri can legation at Bogota, officials mani fest Interest In everything pertaining to the matter. Advices indicated a peaceful condi tion with the exception of possible complications growing out of Reyes' presidential candidacy. Possibly the disappointment follow ing General Reyes’ failure to secure any money in vhe United States from the Panama matter may have given rise to resentment toward Americans in Bogota, If this has occurred. Still it is believed Reyes will promptly deal with any trouble. Mr. Snyder, charge d’affaires, is a West Virginia appointee, a new spaper worker by profession. TO HAVE LONDON BANK. Reported That the Standard Oil Group Will Purchase an Old Institution. New York. Aug. 10—The National Citj bank, the most important of banking institutions allied with the Standard OH interests, according to reports cur rent in local banking circles today. Is negotiating for the purchase of one of the London banks, with the purpose of' extending its facilities for handling foreign business. James Stillman, president of the National City bank, and himself one of the most active of the Standard Oil group of llnanciers, is now in Europe. According to re ports, it is Mr. Stillman who has been engaged in the task of obtaining con trol of a bank in London. Confirma tion of the report could not be had at the National City bank, where it was said by one of the vice presidents that nothing is known here of such action on the part of Mr. Stillman. It is most likely, in fact, that such a plan would not be carried out by the hank itself, but through ttnanciers working in co-operation, with it, as is usual in such cases. The National City bank has been making heavy remittances to London recently. On Friday last it arranged to send abroad $2,500,000 in gold. This is taken as partly confirming the report of the purchase of a banking institu tion in London, it being inferred that these remittances are for the purpose of making payment for that bank. CHARGED WITH MURDER. George Fourcloud, a Winnebago Bravo, Is Accused of the Death of Four Girls. Chicago, Aug. 10.—President Michael J. Donnelly said today: "The packing house strike is the greatest educator in socialism the west has ever experienced. The harsh treat ment meted out to the strikers by the packers, and the inhuman conditions under which they are willing to have j their employes live and work in the slaughter houses, will cause to arise a ' great socialistic third party to achieve : reforms by the ballot instead of the ; strike.” Twenty-two railroad cars of white ! and colored strike breakers who left the stock yards yesterday, returned to work today without contact with the strikers, j A riot, in which Police Lieutenant Moore knocked down a score of men while defending a nonunion man, oc- | eurred near the stock yards this after- . noon. The officer had rescued the man | from an attack by strike sympathizers ; upon fifteen strike breakers. REAL OCCASION OF H ROW WITH TURKEY - Practically the Sultan Has Shut Off Diplomatic Relations With Us. HE WANTS AMBASSADOR And as Uncle Sam Sends Only a Min» ister, He Declines to Be Inter viewed, Now Washington Will Try to Scare Him. Washington, Aug. 8.—Secretary Hay today bluntly told Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister here, that the pa tience of the American government well nigh exhausted. The minister is^ expected to communicate this infor-' mation to his government speedily. Washington, Aug. 10.—Until the sul tan of Turkey indicates a willingness to show some regard and respect for the government of the United States and its representatives there will he continuous friction between the two governments. Primarily the suitan has declined to appoint an ambassador to this government and refuses to treat the American minister as having high er rank than consul. Exception is not made of the United States in this re gard, for the sultan insists there is no intermediate rank between ambassa dor and consul. No foreign govern ment that does not think enough of the sultan ta send an ambassador to his court can hope for an audience through the usual diplomatic channels. Ambas sadors can have an audience with the sultan at any time. This is their right with the ruler of any court. A minis ter plenipotentiary must deal with the gland vizier and officials in the foreign office. When Minister Leishman tries to do anything with the porte this is poinled out to him. When he sees the grand vizier or officials of the foreign yoffii-e they plead lack of authority to deal with the questions he raises. They are always able to receive that au thority from tlie sultan—but they never do. On the rare occasions when Min ister Leishman sees the sultan lie is soothed with promises and there It ends. The sultan will delegate no au thority to settle these pending differ ences. America Demands Respect. As for Chekib Bey, who represents Turkey at this capital, that official, if indeed lie has a title, has never pre sented his credentials. He is carried in the official directory as "appointed en voy extraordinary and minister pleni potentiary.” His credentials have never been seen by Secretary Hay, hence the word "appointed." Accordingly there is no method of communication between this government and that of Turkey, and if the American battle ships per fect their target practice under the pal ace window of Abdul Hamid it will be because of the bumptiousness of that potentate. The present controversy over the recognition of medical de grees conferred by American mission ary schools at Beirut is merely inci dental to the greater issue of compel ling proper respect for the American government. Practicing medicine is the larger part Df the modern missionary’s business. But no physician can practice in the Turkish empire without its authority. The same thing holds in most American states, where every physician must have authority to practice from a state board of medical examiners. In Tur key, however, pull and backsheesh con stitute the examination. The necessary authority has been granted to gnu!irl , ates of French mission schools in Tm%^ key and to those of other countries. It is withheld only from Americans and the native graduates of their schools. For years the state department has tried in vain to get it for them. Long Pending Claims Paid. The state department has found its efforts to get anything else from the Turkish empire equally vain. Long pending claims are unpaid. Official business receives no attention. Letters are unanswered. As far as the United States are concerned the sultan oc cupies the position of a debtor who has Issued a bad check, hut who is not yet exempt from arrest and refuses to either receive the collector in his of fice or open any dunning letters sent him. This state of affairs has con- I llnued for years—ever since the United States had diplomatic relations with (' Turkey, in fact. Minister Leishman, who is a Carnegie millionaire from. Pittsburg, has failed, as has his prede cessors, although he has made more progress in the way of making the Turks sit up and think than have any of the others. Some of his language In official communications has been of the curtest and most vigorous known io diplomatic history. Now a powerful naval display will he made for the sultan’s especial bene fit. In the slang of the street the ad ininistrati'on will try to "throw a scare Into him.” Efforts which have been in progress for some time to secure an adjustment of this question would have been much more successful, It is as sured, but for the frankness of the American press. America has had a pquadron of the navy at Fiume, hut it nas soon cabled abroad that it would pot go further, but from there would return to Gibraltar. The Turkish of ficials naturally saw this information tend forwarded it to the sultan for his reassurance. Porte Has Been Jarred. Constantinople, Aug. 10.—The an nouncement of the dispatch of the American European squadron to Smyrna has perturbed the porte, and W will doubtless hasten the solution of f the questions at issue between the United States and Turkey in a manner satisfactory to the former. NEGR3 ToiTHA^GED. President Roosevelt Declines to Inter fere in the Case of a Bad Black Man. Washington, Aug. 10. — President. Roosevelt has declined to interfere' in the case of John IV. P.u:!ey, a r • under sentence of death here i'ovWps crime of criminal assault on a "ffule girl. The president directs i the sen tence of the jury to be carried into ef fect August ilG._ WiLL MOT INTERFERE. National Republican Committee Will Keep Out of the Wisconsin Muddle. New York. Aug. 10.—Chairman Cor telyou has announced that the repub lican national committee will not in terfere in the factional fight in Wis consin, but will leave the matter en tirely in the hands of the ppurtu.