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ESTABLISHED JUXE 10 , 1871. OMAIIA , MONDAY IMOliX&ft.G , .JULY 1) , 185) ) ! ) . COPY FIVE CENTS.
Southern Islands Ara All Anxious to Puisne
Ways of Peace. .
ONLY AWAIT THE DEFEAT OF AGUINALDO
Bchurman Pleased with Trip to Other
Islands of Archipslago ,
SEVERAL BANQUETS GIVEN IN HIS HONOR
Five Thousand Children Expected at Public
School Opening.
TEACHERS CHOSEN FROM THREE NATIONS
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MANILA , July 2. 6:25 : p. m. Prof. J. 0.
Bchurman of thu United States Advisory
commission for the Philippines returned to
Manila today from a three weeks' tour of the
Bouthcrn Islands. He takes an entirely hope
ful view of the general conditions there.
The Intelligent and substantial cltl/.cns de
sire an American protectorate. The masses
arc awaiting the settlement of the war In
the Island of Luzon before declaring them
selves.
They are chiefly anxious to be undisturbed.
The president of the town of Santa Nicolas.
In the IsMnd of Ccbu. said to Prof. Schur
man : "We want peace , food and pros-
' perlty. We do not wish to fight. We would
H be neutral. "
The president of the commission thinks
his declaration fairly expresses the senti
ments of the people In the southern Islands
of the archipelago. Many of the towns there
are In the hands of small bands of Tagalos
nnd the- people fear to endorse American
until they are certain that Aglilnaldo
rrulo
must be beaten. Let them once bo con-
vln-ed of this nnd the allegiance of the
southern Islands , Mr. Schurman. thinks , can
be secured by diplomacy.
The United States gunboat Bcnnlngton
took Mr. Schurman to .Mindanao . and the
Islands of the Sulu and Vlsayan groups. He
traveled through the Island of Nogros with
Colonel Smith nnd u party of natives. In
several of the principal towns ho was ten
dered banquets nnd he bad an hour's confer
ence with the young sultan of Sulu , who
received him In the royal audience chamber ,
surrounded by a bodyguard of fierce looking
Mores.
Soft Word * ) for SiiKnn.
Mr. Schurman told the ullan that the
United States had acquired the sovereignty
of the Philippines from Spain , but had no
wish to subjugate the population nor to In
terfere with Its customs or religion. On
the contrary , the great desire of the Amer
ican government was to help the people of
the Isi'ands to develop their country.
-Thok'snltflft' replied tbat _ ho- earnestly * clc- '
sired peace and was anxious to continue the
existing treaties.
On the return voyage the president of the
commission visited the town of Borneo , cap
ital of British North Borneo , whore ho was
I cordially received by the British officlaln ,
[ who afforded him every facility In his study
f of the local government nnd the customs of
the people. The population he found much
like that of the southern Philippine Islands.
The government In at present In a rather
elementary state , but a * more complete or
ganization Is being developed as rapidly as
Is practicable.
Yesterday General Lawton and Prof. Wor
cester of the comml 5lon visited the prin
cipal towns In the province of Cavlte , out of
. , which the natives were recently driven.
4 Thnlr chief purpose was to direct the elec
tions of the presidents of Imus , Bacoor ,
Parnnaquo and Las Plnas. Under the mil
nlclpal system thus Inaugurated the presi
dents or the mayors , of the town are em
powered ( o appoint minor officials and to
levy taxes , which are to bo expended solely
f In public Improvements.
Before acting General Lawton and Mr.
( f Worcester had consulted -with the leading
' men In each lown nnd selected candidates
whose honesty nnd friendliness to American
rule were beyond question. Wherever they
went the Americans were heartily cheered
by the people.
Children Klurk to School.
Tomorrow the public schools In Manila
will open and It IH expected that there will
be 5,000 children In attendance. The teachern
Include Americans , Spaniards and Filipinos.
One of Ihe Instructors Is the widow of the
Filipino patriot , Dr. Rlzal , who prepared the
statutes of the Philippine league and who ,
when about to board n steamer for Barcelona
lena In the autumn of 18 % . was arrested by
the Spanish authorities and sent to Manila ,
where bo was tried by court-martial on a
charge of having organised thn uprising In
the Philippines , sentenced to death nnd shot
on December 2t ! of that year. After her hus
band's execution Mrs. Rlzal , who is the
stepdaughter of a retired Hone Kong
gentleman , went to Inins nnd was chosen
captain of a company of Insurgents.
English will be taught In the schools ono
hour each day. The prescribed holidays In-
cliuU the twenty church days observed In
Manila , Washington's birthday and ttio
Fourth of July.
j. Almost every steamer brings missionaries.
t The arrival of ono In Cebu made no little
*
trouble , ns the report spread rapidly among
Ihn Ignorant classes that the Americans In
tended to compel them to give up their
I ' rliurcho * . The American authorities , In the
I Interest of harmony , requested him to withdraw -
draw , and he compiled.
Si'iior Llorento. who Is considered the most
Influential natlvn In Ccbu , said to Mr
Schurman : "I like the Ami'rlcan Idea of
the separation of church nnd state , but I
think It would be unwise to Introduce Prot
estantism while conditions are so unsettled. "
Ho hits tdnco arrived In Manila and taken
his seal on the- bench of ihe supreme court.
Itiiln Without ( ViinliiK.
Ttie rain has fallen almost continually for
nine days. It has been n tremendous down
pour and the whole country Is Hooded. The
trenches at San Fernando tire ditches of
water and mud U knee deep In I Up tempo-
, > rury camps at several of the outlying towns ,
k ft Some of the permanent camps 'have been
made fairly comfortable by the erection of
bamboo shelters , roofed and floored.
According to the latest reports from the
province of Cavlte , the Insurgent leaders
iliero are quarreling. Agulnnldo's cousin ,
Baldomero Agulnaldo , bus been killed or
Imprisoned by General Marlanuo Trias , commander -
mander of thu Insurgents In the ooutbern
( Q dlDirlct of Luzon , and most of his men luivo
deserted to Trias , who Is now at San Fran
cisco dc Malabon ,
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SANTIAGO , July 2. Ten new cases of
yellow fever were re polled yesterday and
five have been reported today. This raises
a'cs to eeventy-four.
today.
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WASHINGTON. July 2.-"sT ( clal Tele
gram. ) I am gratltipil to advise you that
the Hancock , with the First Nebraska , left
Manila yesterday for San Francisco with
forty-two officers and 812 enlisted men. The
Ncbraskans left In Manila one sick , Private
Uiutcrman , Company II. one deserter and
thirty discharged.
0. D. MEIKLI5JOHN ,
Assistant Secretary ofVar. .
WASHINGTON , July 1. The Nebraska ,
Pennsylvania and Utah troops , which have
been on duty In the Philippines , have
started on their homeward Journey. The fol
lowing dispatch from General Otis on the
subject was received by the War department
today :
MANILA , July 2. ISM. Transports Han
cock and Senator , with Nebraska. Pennsyl
vania , Utah left for San Francisco yeslcr-
day ; Nebraska , forty-two officers , S12 en
listed men : Pennsylvania , thirty-four offi
cers , 712 enlisted men : Utah , nine officers ,
y > S enlisted men. Nebraska left In Manila
one sick , Private Lautermnn. Company 11 ,
thirty discharged ; Pennsylvania , seven dis
charged ; Utah , twenty-nine discharged.
MANILA , July 2. The transport Hancock ,
which left yesteday with the First Nebraska
Infantry and Batteries A and B ot the Utah
light artillery , and the transport Senator ,
which carries the Pennsylvania troops , will
remain several days at Nagasaki and Yokohama
hama , Japan.
PINGREE WRITES A LETTER
Nemlx it > ole to Aluer III Which He
* Hi ( In- \eu * | > ilier.s llnvc
l.lril Alioul Him.
DKTHO1T , July 2. Governor Plngrco to
night dispatched a letter to Secretary Algcr ,
brought out by criticisms of the secretary
nnd the numerous comments published con
cerning the agreement made by the gov
ernor to support Secretary Algcr In his cam
paign for the United States senatorshlp. The
letter Is as follows :
My Dear General : I subscribe to n clip
ping bureau and I have within the last few-
days been receiving large numbers of clip
pings from newspapers published In every
pan of the country containing what pur
ports to bo an Interview with me in which
criticisms of the present administration nre
put In my mouth. 1 am astonished nt the
circulation and prominence which this af-
leged Interview has received. I would not
take cognizance ot It wore it not for the fact
that It seems to have been so widely circu
lated , and also for the reason that there are
many pcoplo who have yet to learn that
what Is termed political news and opinion
are as unreliable , inaccurate and prejudiced
as the newspaper man's Ingenuity and cun
ning can make them.
It did not seem to me necessary to deny
the Interview. I would not now give It nny
thought whatever were It not for the fact
that U Is made the basis of n petty and mean
spirited attack upon you which is , however ,
but a natural product of snialf caliber Intel
lects.
The Interview to which I have referred Is
a pure fabrication. There is not a tdnglc
sentence In It which was spoken by me. It
Is the Invention of a reporter who may or
may not have been acting upon instructions
from his chief.
1 have nt different , times expressed my
opinion of the necessity for the war In the
Philippines. I have , In common with thou
sands of others In the 'country , disapproved
of. It. ud HM a no b tajK J slylnt
my views whenever I have-been asked for
Ihcm. I voted for Mr. McKlniey nnd I have
hud no cause whatever to regret it. It ho
is a candidate again I will take pleasure in
giving him my support.
It has always seemed to me that the crit
icism by New York newspapers of the man
agement of the War department has
amounted to condemnation not only of the
president , but of the entire cabinet. It Is
well known that no Important step is taken
without the concurrence , or at least the nd-
vlce , of the president and the cabinet. I nm
weir satisfied that the attack upon the War
department Is nothing but a cunningly con
ceived plot to create a vacancy to be filled
by a New York politician. Already the New
York newspapers arc discussing the distribu
tion of the patronage of the department.
The other papers In the country have simply
repented what the New York newspapers
have said. Of eou-se , It Is not surprising
that Senator McMillan and his "mo too , "
Senator Barrows , have joined In the con
temptible scheme to discredit nnd defame
the War department.
Insofar as the alleged "alliance" with you
is concerned , 1 can frcel'y and frankly say
that none has been made. As you are al
ready aware , I simply proffered you my sup
port In your candidacy for United States sen
ator and only wanted to know whether you
were In favor of an amendment to the con
stitution of the United States permitting the
election of United States senators by direct
vote of the people. I was glad to be advised
by you that you favored the restriction of
"trusts , " but neither of these things was
made ( he condition of my support. In com
mon with thousands of other Michigan people
ple , I merely offered to assist you. If any
thing , 1 have profited by It politically , be
cause the American people detest cowardly
methods In fighting.
The language which Is attributed to me In
the false Interview , in which I am made to
criticise and abuse the administration , should
have condemned the Interview as a fabrha-
tlon. But oven more absurd Is the state
ment made by the press that I am an avowed
candidate for the republican nomination for
president at the next national convention :
that you have mndo an alliance with me , and
that therefore , you have practically declared
your opposition to President McKlniey nnd
should retire from his cabinet. Of course
such a ftiiteniont Is too silly to be entitled
to serious attention. It Is sufllclcnt .to rny
to you that I have not , and never did , en
tertain the remotest Intention of becoming
a candidate for the presidency. The story w
only another Invention of Michigan nowspa-
' " "
'
"think the time U not far distant when
public attention will force newspapers to bn
fair and decent In their treatment of men in
public life. Until It docs , I nn : conylnsed
hat the only course to puruuo Is to Ignore
their malicious attacks. Attempts to correct
Iho r reports only result In provoking a
more liberal outpouring of editorial venom.
After ill It Is well to remember that n news
paper represents the opinion of only 0,10
inan. nnd that opinion Is usually interred
by motive except n desire to do fulr
every
justice The time Is not far dU'nm ' when
he people will uwaJw to this fact and when
they do there will be a radical change lathe
conducting the newspapers o.
the policy of
.
he country. nU especially n their treat.
. R-igrettlng If the un-
ment of public men.
- liberties taken with my name
have canted you any embarraMment I .im.
yours very sincerely , HAZKN 3. PI.NORhL
More TrouliliIlr > vlii r.
CLKVKLANI ) . O. , July 2. There are ru
mors of moro trouble among the employes
of the Big Consolidated Street Railway com-
pany. There may not be another strike , but
a meeting of employes has been called for
tomorrow at which Ihe question whether
the company has lived up to Its agreement
with the strikers will be discussed. The
men claim that some parts of the agreement
have been violated.
I. M l or lmiort | 'il l.nlioriTM l.rln .
PANA , in. . July 2 The last of the 2.000
or more miners Imported by operators dur
ing the last ten months to supplant union
n.cn have departed on tickets furnished by
Governor Tanner. All the miners are iillent
and the operator say the pits are closed In
definitely There U an understanding , how
ever , that when repnlra are completed the
pits will bu opened with union men.
Ciiliinilllee Meeting Cnllril.
ST. LOUIS , July 2A call for a meeting
of the national democratic committee , to
HKe place July 20 at the Sherman house in
Chicago , was Issued here today and a copy
n.atcd | to each member.
DREYFUS AND HIS SUFFERINGS
Wronged Officer Eeturns to Trance a Mere
Wreck of His Former Self.
DISTRUSTS EVEN HIS FAITHFUL WIFE
Pour Yrnm of Krrmlfnl Solitude nil it
Coiifliipinriit I'rry on ( he I n-
forlntinlr Mini' * .Allnil nnit MnUc
Him Very 'Nearly Mini.
( Copyright , 1V , by Press Publishing Co. )
HKNNES , France , July 2. ( New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram. )
From relatives nnd friends of Mme. Dreyfus
1 have obtained details of her Interview with
her husband yesterday , and can cable what
is probably the only accurate account of (
the first meetings. When the cell door
opened for Mmc. Dreyfus and her com- ,
1'anlon , Mine. Havct , a captain of the guard
was ordered to witness and hear everyj
thing.
Mmc. Dreyfus flew to her husband with a
single piercing cry : "Alfred , " Ho ru-
malned passive In her embrace , looking
down on the head of his wife sobbing against
his breast.
There were still between them a barrier
of four years of exile , and agony such as ,
perhaps , no other living man has endured.
While pushing his wife back gently , to
look nt her face , Dreyfus said : "Well ,
yes , I am here. I nm not much bettor than
a corpse , but here I am. " Ho then walked
away without kissing her. He- began to
pace up nnd down the cell , his hands be
hind his back. He looked at the guard who
was present and seemed furious at the
spying.
Surprised by his strange , cold attitude ,
his poor wife stood where she was aban
doned , In the middle of the room , abso
lutely dumbfounded. She clasped her
[ shaking hands. She looked as If her heart
was breaking. It was pitiful to see her.
The guard , who had withdrawn to a corner
of the cell , Mme. Hnvet and the others
were amazed by the told , strange attitude
of Dreyfus and almost overcome by the suf
fering of 'his ' wife. The prisoner paced
with the precision of prison cell habit. After
n time he sank Into a chair. Mine. Dreyfus
threw herself on her knees before him ,
clasped her arms about his neck , Imploring
him repeatedly :
"Alfred , look at me ; don't you know me ? "
she cried. The eyes of the branched , gray
man did not turn. "Alfred , Alfred , look at
me , " she repeated over and over again.
"Don't you recognize me ; I am Lucie , Lucle
your wife. "
Dreyfus answered : "Of course , I recognize
you. " He replied at last : "I am sick ; not
Insane. "
.Mine. Dreyfus melted Into a paroxysm of
tears and cries.
IClnnrn III * AVIfr.
The man slowly touched her eyes. His
fingers were wetted with tears. Ho took her
head between his hands and then he kissed
her several times. Not much was said.
Mme. Dreyfus could not see him enough.
She passed her hands gently over his face
as if she would smooth out the marks made
there by his long torture. She kissed his
; hpnds.and hrltWJjom close to ho ? , ch'cefca ,
His past agony was plainly Imprinted
upon his face. She tried to control herself
and the biting of her lips showed how se
vere WHS the struggle.
Four years ol almost absolute solitude
seemed to have made him forget how to
utter his thoughts or to realize the neces
sity of uttering them.
Mme. Dreyfus and Mme. Havct were In
tensely distressed by the state of his mind.
Questions had to be repeated pjvcr.il times.
Often ho spoke quite beside the question ,
giving no sign of understanding , as If his
thought was far away. Nevertheless , ho had
very lucid moments.
He spoke little , often snappishly. From
certain of his statements 'Mmc. Dreyfus and
Mme. Havct Inferred that he had been
poisoned against his family. He accused his
relatives of having neglected him. Ho has
not the faintest conception of what they
have done for Mm , of the Importance hli
case has acquired and that the attention of
the entire world is fixed upon him. Captain
Dreyfus believed that Faure was still presi
dent of France. Ho considered his return
Hie result of ordinary proceedings and sup
posed It was easily obtained.
He declared that ho would have been back
long ago had his wife taken sufficient Inter-
c t In him. Ho utterly failed to realize that
before him Is n fight for his life. He boI'
lloved that everybody recognized his In
nocence and that the Rennes trial is a mere
formality. Hence he shows much resent
ment for the severity shown him on ship nnd
In prison , growing defiant at times. When
a gendarme Informed him that the interview
was over at the expiration of an hour nnd a
quarter he cried :
"Monsieur , call me Captain Dreyfun. I am
again until another lot of fools decree other
wise. "
.Madam Dr.if'rllM-n Her Interview.
Following Is a copy of a letter sent by
.Mme. Dreyfus to relatives In Paris ;
"It will break your heart to see him ,
What have they done to him that he should
bo different ? I fear It will take a long
time to euro the poor martyr. His uni
versal suspicions are far worto than any
bodily ailment. His mind Is bruised like
j n poor , hounded creature turning against
alt approach.
"At first he seemed to hate or at least
distrust even me. When ho surprised my
eye looking upon the ravages in his face
ho sneered : 'I haven't grown pretty , have
I ? Vou left me there a long whllo and H Is
n hard place. '
"He doesn't realize how unjust ho Is , for
ho Is Ignorant of our struggle. It Is heart
breaking to bear him , Wo shall have to tell
him his own history llttio by little.
"The world was never darker than when
I left after my first interview.
"In the afternoon I found him better and
kinder. He made mo sit near him with his
arm around me. The first thing be said
was : 'Lucle , I was unjust and cruel this
morning , forgive me. I have suffered BO
much that sometimes I am not myself.
But you , too , have suffered. '
"Ho was qultu as somber as ever , yet a
little after he startled me by asking ab
ruptly : 'Are both children dead ? '
"I cried : 'Why no , what makes you
ask that ? '
" 'They did not come to see me , ' he an
swered. 'I thought perhaps they were dead
and that you were concealing It out of pity
for me. Why are you In mourning ? '
"I said : 'Alfred. I have been this way
since you went from us. '
"Then he took me fondly In his arms ,
saying , "Mon bon age' ( ' .My good angel' ) ,
but again as I was telling him all about
the children , how the little baby had grown ,
he Interrupted me sharply , 'So they wouldn't
come. ' I had to explain all over again.
"He Is very suspicious and apparently
very Insecure In bis mind , but from the
improvement made In my two visits I feel
that the better climate and our love , which
he frball feel constantly near him. will effect
a rapid change.
"May God gtva Cilm bak to us soon. "
CANNIBALISMIN * KLONDIKE
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CHICAGO , July 2. A special to the
Chronicle from Portland , Ore. , says : "Tin-
stories of cannibalism practiced In Alaska
are enhanced In their hldo/fttsriess In n let
ter received here pestcrohy by Captain
Hans Svcnseu from Majonln } > , In the Kotzu-
hue sound country. The torltcr , Olof Jor-
genscn , depicts n condition ! without paral
lel. He , with two otherjuallors , hailing
from Stockholm , Peter Martin and August
Olsen , together with twenty others , went
to the Kotzebuc country ( last September
from Seattle. f >
The letter Incloses onfif to Jorgenscn's
mother In Stockholm , wlijcmfMnrtln , In some
roundnbout manner , succeeded In mailing nt
St. Michaels , where ho Ktjow lying at the
'
point of death , unable t'o fllvo an account
of what ho and his fellowi suffered. Jor-
,
genseii's letter to his mot him must have been
written some days bcforo ltp penned his to
j
' Svenscn , as U Is more I tic/
j After explaining how h'o.Rnd his colleagues
j | ' separated from the rest of Ihe argonauts and
wont prospecting on their 'own account with
I i dogs and sledges Jorxcnsen told how they
got lout In the most Inhospitable region on
, earth In December last.
j j The greater part of their provisions were
j ! stolen by wild beasts nud' ' by January they
had nothing left but a tvvf , sides of bacon.
"Hunger also stalked among us , " added
Jorgcnscn , "and you havo' . not even a faint
Idea what It means among a gang of hope
less men , desperate In'the , extreme. A
dozen of my party died In thirty days and
wo then began to cast lots for healthy human
flesh. There arc only four of tin alive , but all
too 'weak to travel , excepting Martin , who
will try to mall this letter and obtain re
lief. But 1 suppose the letter will bo too
late. "
The writer says that only a few days be
fore he discovered a large nest of nuggets
peering out of the frozen ground In his tent ,
but ho turned from the gold with dlsgu t.
TRUST WANTS STREET CARS
Iilni'H lii Oimilut mill OHier Western
Cities Snltl (11 Ho Covclcd liy
Stiinilnril 1)11. )
SIOUX CITY , la. , July 2. The great
Standard OH Trust seems1 to bo reaching
after the street railway lines in a number
of western cities. Among them are said
to bo those In Kansas City , Omaha , Sioux
City , Minneapolis and St. Paul. It has
just been learned that a 'New York en
gineering expert of the Standard OH com
pany was In Sioux City two days last week
Inspecting the lines nndproperty of the
Sioux City Traction company and It leaked
out that he came to Sioux City from
Omaha , where he spent four days on the
same mission nnd that , { ft Inspection of
the Kansas City properties occupied eight
days. He went from Sioux City to Min
neapolis and now Is cither * In that city or
St. Paul.
It was Impossible to learn the name of
the expert , as great secrecy Is being main
tained , and of course nothing regarding the
report he will make can be obtained di
rect. From a reliable source'It was learned
] that 'tho .j-eport spoV.5-J : . ' ' ' 'erros
f of Tbe"tansas"UlV'tlmOmaha 'ploi/ertii'V-
and that he said the St. Joseph system
nas not being considered.
MINNEAPOLIS , July 2. Thomas Lowry ,
president of the Twin City Rapid Transit
company , which controls the Minneapolis and
St. Paul lines , says he knows of no Standard
Oil agent In quest of street railway stock
In Minneapolis. The stock is regularly
listed on the New York Stock exchange and
there would be no necessity of an agent
corning to Minneapolis to secure It. As to
capturing the controlling Interest , that Is a
different matter , the Lowry peopfn holding a
majority of the stock. It Is denied that any
overtures have been made to the Lowry
people. Mr. Lowry says ho has seen no
agent of Mr. Rockefeller.
SPYING ON PLANTS' UROWTH
Movlnir Plodiro Miirlilnp I'rofmod Into
New Service lijr Agricultural
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WASHINGTON , July 2. The Agricultural
department has prcwscd the moving picture
machlno Into the service of science. The
division of vegetable pathology has a ma
chlno of this sort In operation In one of Its
green ' houses photographing the growth of
a small oak tree. The machlno works auto
matically , taking n picture each hour. At
night nn electric light Is thrown Into the
circuit as the exposure is made. The ma
chlno has been running about two wceka
and will bo kept going about two weeks lon
ger on Its present subject. When the series
of pictures Is completed It will' lie possible
to reproduce with the stcreoptlcon the
growth of the plant from the time the first
shoot appeared above ground till the tree
Is In full leaf and n foot or more high.
Wlille the oak tree- pictures are purely ex
perimental to develop the capacity of the
machlno It Is Intended to use the cereal
photographs In watching the progress of
plant diseases , blights. Insect parasites and
the like. The department hopes In the near
future to bo able to loan to the agricultural
colleges and experiment stations rolls of Jan-
torn slides film to Illustrate certain of the
department's bulletins.
Jt is pointed out that a lecture before a
class of students could show In llvo minutes
the growth nnd seed distribution of any
noxious plant , such ns thn Canadian thistle
or the lifo history of nn Insect pest , so that
It could bo readily recognized and combated
on Its first appearance In n vegetable , al
though the workein there had never seen It
in actual life.
In addition to thn straight photographic
work expected of the now machine its de
signer Intends to adopt It to use with the
X-ray , so as to take pictures of certain ob
jects that otherwise would bo Invisible. It
Is thought by the department that n series
of pictures of this sort taken during the
period of gcotatlon would bo of value to
stockralsors and might be adapted to the use
of the medical profession in certain lines of.
research.
A.MKIIH A\S TAKi : I.OMi S
T I'll lie Illlliinee trllli ( iermuiiy .SIIKN
llenvlly In TliU Illreelliin.
WASHINGTON , July 2. The German gov
ernment has Issued a memorandum relative
to the trade balance between Germany and
the United Slates , Intended to j.how that for
mer official estimate In favor of the United
States was by far too low. This last btatc-
mcnt shows that in 1898 the United
States Imports Into Germany Increased by
JI2.000.000 over those of the preceding year ,
while Germany's exports to the United State ]
were $17.000,000 In the same time. The actual
excess of trade In favor of the United Statf.i
was JU1.I3S.OOO , a remarkable fact In view
of the statement that only five years beforz
ihe balance was In favor of Germany. More
over. the United States exports to Germany
last year were larger than e > ? r before , while
Germany's exports to the I'nited states were
lower than any year In the preceding ten.
BRACE OF SUNDAY S1IAS110PS
Street Oars Come Together in PiUfiburg and
in Philadelphia.
THREE KILLED AND SEVENTEEN WOUNDED
llnlil ( in IIlit mill rnrn rol
I'rii'h lulu llrnr I'lntforuiN of
UK * C'nrti A lie ml , Cnrrjlnn
Dciilti v ltd Them.
riTTSBURO , Pa. . July 2. As a result of n
street car collision tonight on the road of
'the ' Monongahela Traction company two pco-
plo nro dead , live seriously Injured and ten
others moro or less hurt. The dead :
O. C. OPSION of 1711 Friendship avenue.
'
Ibis city.
\V. 11. K1RKLANI ) , motorman , of Brad-
dock.
Seriously Injured :
II. II. Smith , tailor , of Wyllc avenue.
Plttsburg : hurt Internally.
Mrs. Anna Lawler , Logan etrect , Pitts-
burg ; back badly crushed.
.Miss Jennlo Cosby , Columbus. 0. . visiting
at ! U Logan street ; arm and side crushed.
'AI ' Report. ISO Spring ( lardeu avenue , Al
legheny ; cut about throat and Injured In
ternally.
Miss Armstrong , right 16g broken.
Mrs. Shldler of 100.1 Viceroy street was
pretty badly bruised and ten others , whose
names could not .be learned , were more or
less hurt.
The accident happened on a steep grade
near High Bridge. The two cars In collision
were heavily loaded with p.isscngcrs return
ing homo from ICennywcod park.
Ilotv It llii | > | lciiril.
Motorman Orlfllth stopped his car near
the bottom of the hill to get a drink of water
at a spring near by. He bad hardly left
' (
his car when the electric current for aoine
reason as yet unexplained was shut off , leav
ing the oar In darkness. Motorman Kirkland -
land with his car followed shortly afterward
and as the foremost car was In darkness it
could not be seen until too late to check the
fipced. The- rear car crashed into the other
with tcrrlllc force , almost telescoping It.
Mr. Opslon was standing on the rear plat
form of the lirst car and received the full
force of thn Impact. Both his leg.i were cut
off and hlo skull crushed. Ho lived but a
short time.
Kirkland was badly mangled , hi * head and
body being crushed. He lived about an
hour.
The scene of the accident Is a considerable
distance from the city and It was some time
before -proper medical assistance could be
rendered the Injured. In the meantime the
greatest excitement prevailed. Many women
nnd children were among the passengers ami
their cries and shrieks were appalling.
Nearly everybody on the two cars received
some kind of an Injury.
One In riillnilclphln.
PHILADELPHIA. July 2. A collision of
electric cars occurred tonight on the Willow
Grove division of the Union Traction com
pany's line near Branchtown , near the ex
treme northern edge of the city. A young
man named J. T. Carr , a reporter for the
Evening Bulletin , was killed.
Horbnrt.Fitzgerald. , a passcngerMnnd Wll-
'Iln'm AlexanUiTrp"\h ! ' ' ' * '
mt't6'rmah''ot the second
end car , were seriously injured and three
or four others sustained severe bruises or
contusions.
Carr was about Ifl years of age. He was
a student of the University of Pennsylvania
and pulled the bow oar In the freshman
eight at Poughkccpslo last week.
A car had lost the trolley pole and be
coming darkened was not seen by the car
which followed and the latter crashed Into
the former whllo going at fun speed. Carr
was on the rear platform of the first car.
WATERS OF BRAZOS RECEDE
IMliiin < ril lnninj ; < * ( n ( he Ynlley
Item-lien l.'onr Million , Dollar *
(1M < 1 Tnelvo l.lvt-N I.oht.
AUSTIN , Tex. , July 2. Reports from the
Brazes bottoms today reveal a deplorable
condition. The waters arc still very high ,
but are slowly receding and It Is believed
that the worst is over In that particular HOC-
tion of the state. The International &
Great Northern railroad this morning started
out a large wrecking force to work In the
water between here and Hcarnc to replace
the track and bridges , and It announces that
it expects to have a train operating by to
morrow nt the latest. There are several
bridges to be replaced and much other track
has been under water.
The Houston & Texas Central docs not ex
pect to get ltt > trains running for six days
yet. Its track is four feet under water for
much of the way from Hcarne down , and as
It has had a number of bridges washed away
and cannot get at the creeks to replace them
owing to the raging torrents It will of neces
sity have to wait until the waters subside.
The estimated damage to the country trib
utary to the Brazes valley of $4,000,000 Is
none too high , as reports received today
and tonight confirm the tale of loss anil
suffering reported yesterday. It Is not bo-
lloved that -tho rosa of life will be anywhere
near as largo as at first reported and it is
principally among the negroes.
Reports from along the bottoms state that
hundreds of people have been rescued dur
ing the last two days by means of impro.
vised rafts and that in each case of known
dro\vning \ some party has indiscreetly upset
a raft after getting on it. with the result
that the entire load was thrown Into the
water. In this way six of the twelve per
sons known to have been drowned have met
their fate.
BRADLEY FOOLED BY CANARD
V
Cotcrnor CiilU Out MIIKlii In llcnem ;
the Iliiunrilx from nn
nury I'llKlit.
LOUISV1LLK , July 2. A special to the
Coiirlor-Journal from Lexington "
says : "Gov
ernor Bradley nrrlvcd here today from Cin
cinnati with the information that the call
for 300 state troops last night was the re
sult of forged messages to him purporting to
bo from a woman In Lexington In whom
iho governor bad confidence and a message
from Frankfort purporting to bo from a state
officer. Ho was Informed by these message ! ,
that there was much trouble in Clay county ,
that the Howards were surrounded and were
at the mercy of the Phllpols nnd Bakers
and that unless the troops were sent at
once many lives would bo sicrlllced.
"Tho governor Immediately issued the
order for the troops to go to Clay county
this morning. Ixiter he became suspicious
and after a telephone consultation with Ad
jutant General Collier and Colonel WlllUms
the order was revoked. The governor says
ho will do all ho can to fix the responsibility
for the fake. "
.Mutiny on n Crnl er.
PHILADELPHIA. July 2. A local paper
will tomorrow publish a story to the effect
that a mutiny developed on the cruiser Pan
ther , now at League Island navy yard , while
en Its way from San Juan. Porto Rico , to
this port , and that It was necessary to place
twenty-four men In Irons ,
HOT TIME ON THE MIDWAY
Third llrulment Solillcri Iti n llecr
lUieiii | nry llnve n Itotv ultli
n C'olorril t'nrtrr.
It WAS life or death for "Tannie" Klllott
and fear lent speed to his feet ns he raced
the length of the Weft ' .Midway , pursued by
half a bundled soldiers , howling and
brandishing their arms like mad dervishes.
The end of the race was the exposition JaU
and Ulllott dashed through the entrance at
top speed.
"Fo" de Lawd's sake , lock me up quick !
Moan wait to nsk what fo' . Thnlr goln1 to
kill mi ! " was his breathless announcement
to the olllcer In charge. Tetror was written
on every line of the negro's blanched face
nnd the jailor , hearing the yells of. his pur
suers , quickly pushed the boy Into a cell '
nnd tinned the key In the lock Just HS the
llcctcst soldiers burst Into the room.
"Give UP that nigger ! " they demanded
/'He's cut a man up with n beer bottle and ,
we'll carve his black hide Into strips. " | ]
The Jailor , by way of response , threatened i i
to arrest every man who continued to nuiko
a disturbance and the Ire of the soldiers
gradually cooled. But outside the jail an '
Immense throng gathered , expecting to see j !
an act of violence. j
The Chlncso village was the accne of u i
fray that ended In the colored boy's purmiit. j I
A room full of soldiers came to blows over n
question of drinks. Klllotl , who Is a porter j
at the village , was sent by George Kay. the |
bartender , to quell the disturbance. Most
of the soldiers were members of the Third
regiment , but a number of them belonged to
the Second.
When the colored boy entered the room
islx or eight were pummellng each other nnd
| ho stepped between them to stop the fight.
The soldiers say the porter was too officious.
Klllott suys he merely took two men by the
collars and separated them. At any rate
the intrusion was resented and the volun
teers , leaving off fighting among themselves ,
turned their pugilistic attentions to Klllott ,
who retreated.
"Toss him In a blanket. " somebody sug
gested and the volunteers made a rush for
Klllott intending to treat him to a blanket
ride In good old army style. When the col-
o.tcd boy saw the crowd coming -for him ,
i
; blanket In hand , bo barricaded himself In
the barroom and checked the Invasion tem
porarily hy hurling beer bottles and glasses
nt the soldiers whenever they appeared at
the door.
One of the glasses struck a volunteer In the
check and cut a deep gash. At the sight of
blood his comrades became Infuriated and
I broke to the barroom shouting nnd cursing.
"Kill the black rascal. Hang him , " Klllott
heard them yell. Then be made n dash for
. .libertythr.iui h thu rear.jlo.nr wlth.nh.e sol ; ,
dlorif aUfihH.hecIa inrfftewuMnjt ' . t- ' * ( .
The frightened colored lad tried to escape
by running away from the Midway , hut the
crowd headed him off. Then he raced along
back of the concessions and ran Into the
diver's pool at the roar of the Phantom
Swing. Half swimming , half jumping he
emerged and headed for the Jail , while the
soldiers behind him lost ground fording Jho
pool.
pool.Tho
The city patrol wagon was called to the
scene and Officers Vanous , Thomas and
Dwycr took Klllott from the- jail at the
grounds to the Elation In the city. Klllott
requested to be locked up In ( lie Jail , sayln ?
ho know the soldiers would kill him if he
were relense'd. He was held on the charge
of disturbing the peace by fighting.
The soldiers who were cut by the glasses
which the colored boy threw were taken by
their companions out of the grounds and
none of the crowd was arrested. Klllott as
serted that a number of the exposition
guards were present both in the room where
the disturbance began end along the Midway
where he fled , but no assistance was offered
by them. The boy says that at one time the
guards allowed themselves to be held back
by the crowd and apparently were too scared
to help him.
EMPLOYES BIDE THEIR TIME
Blluiino Operative * I'lintiioiio
Strike flilll Their KorreM An-
.More Thoroughly OrKiinl/.eil.
CHICAGO , July 2. Thcro will be no gen
eral strike of packing house employes nt
present. This much was decide 1 on at a
mass meeting of discontented laborers held
this afternoon at Forty-third and Wallace
streets. The idea of a strike has not been
given up altogether , but the opinion pre
vailed that the lime was not yet ripe and
that the interests of the men would best
be conserved by waiting until an organiza
tion could be perfected of sufficient strength
to carry to a conclusion an action of the
kind.
The first move In that direction was made
at the meeting. An organization known as
the Packing House Kmploycs' union was
formed and over 500 men became nifmberH.
The avowed purpose of the union Is to fight
the packers and it was said openly at the
meeting that as soon as the union was suffi
ciently strong the packers would have to
inert the demands of the men or a general
strikij would take place. By September Iho
union Is expected to have n membership of
1.1.000 and it Is said by tint time If the de
mand of the men for belter woiklng hours
and Increased wages Is not compiled with
a general tleup of the parking houses will
be ordered. In the meantime all employes
were cautioned - keep at their work. The
names of ihe officers of the new organization
were kept secret.
llrjan I'miMi-H ni Clilenuo.
CHICAGO , July 2. A conference was held
here today between Colonel W. J. Bryan
and a number of Illinois democratic leaders ,
including M. F. Duntap. candidate for auto i
treasurer during the last campaign. ox-Con- !
grcssman Hlnrlchsen and Judge Thompson
of Jacksonville , all of whom were Instru
mental In swinging the Illinois delegation
to Bryan In the last democratic national
convention. Allen W. Thilrtnan and R. M.
Ditty of Columbus , O. , were also present.
Mr. Bryan arrived In Chicago today on his
way from Aberdeen , S. . , 10 Bariicsvllle.
Oa. , where he delivers an address July -1.
He was met here by Mr. Thurman and Mr.
Ditty , who had come from Columbus for the
purpose , and together with the Illinois leud-
eis , took dinner at the Sherman house. At
the conclusion of the dinner a conference
was held which lasted the greater part of
the afternoon.
Samuel 0. Cook of Uic ways and means
committee .states the general political situa
tion \vau discussed In a general way. Mr.
i try an left tonight for lliirnesvlllc.
All ( Intel nt Homeend ! ,
PITTSBURO. Pa . July 2 The strike tit I
the Homestead plant of thn Carnegie com- i
puny , which was expected to annume largu I
proportions tonight , did not materialize In I
a degree appreciable to the uninitiated. 1 '
CARDS CAUSE DEATH
Sunday Gams Results in Fatal Shooting
Affray at , Elmwood.
ONE MAN DEAD , TWO OTHERS WOUNDED
Sibluth Quiet Disturbjd by a Regular
Fusillade of Revolver Shots.
WILL HARRIS OF NEHAWKA IS MARKSMAN
George Jones of St. Joseph is Shot in the
Abdomen and Killed.
NARROW ESCAPE FOR ONE OF THE GANG
or M nil u in Hook In .lonopli llnrt'a
leeK ' ( ncllcelH ( lie llullrt mill
. ' nvoh III * l.lfo M 'n Are
IMiuM't ! t'nilrr Arrt-il.
BUM'.VOOn. Neb. . July 2. ( Special Tele
gram. ) About 10 o'clock this morning a
gang of tougliK were congregated on the out-
sklrln of the ( Jr.inil Army of the Republic
reunion grounds playing cards. They got
Into a dispute over the game. Will Harris
of Nehawka drew his revolver and nhot
Ocorgo Jones of St. Joseph through the
abdomen , n man by the name of Malonn
through the hip and Joe Hart of Oklahoma
received n llcsh wound In the left side In' the
'legion of the heart. Hart bad n memorandum
book In his pocket , which W H the means of
saving his life. All portion arc under arrest.
Jones Is dead.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , July 2. ( Special. )
County Attorney J. L. Root received .1
telegram from William Deles Dernier at
Klmwood this afternoon stating that at the
( .rand Army of the Republic reunion threw
men hud been shot and one was dying. Tim
attorney and Sheriff Wheeler departed at
once to learn the particulars of the tragedy.
FRAUD OF FAKIRS EXPOSED
( 'luirjio IK Muilr of Itrniirt ( n ForKory
In Procure Hit * llrrmiin Ito.vrolt
I'loilKC tor Worlil-llrrnlil.
TKKAMAH , Neb. . July a. ( Special ) The
current issue of the Tcknmiih Herald exposes -
poses in a striking way the fraud by which
the World-Herald procured the document
at Herman libeling The Bee and pledging-
a boycott in favor of the World-Herald.
The Herald's article , headed "An Injustice
Perpetrated. " Is us follows :
It Is dlsgiiatlng to many to sec the Worlil-
Herald's nttompt to make political capital
out of the Herman disinter. This relief iiffalr
HlioulM have been kept above the plane of
politics. Thp Herman people who Mgncd
the document of reimuro which appeared In
the Sunday World-Herald were placed In
nn unenviable attitude. Kvcryono undoubt
edly bad a right In this relief matter to act
according to the dictates of their own con
science. Though wo may differ In mcthodi
of contribution , all arc supposed to. pq In.
sympathy with the unfortunates upon whom
ibe l'iiiid"flt hfniiHI-'in Jaiil-so liravlly. Hut
the llgh t"Hr'lh'e 'OfrfaWa-ni-vspRpom"flhould ! (
have no plnco In the relief movement. The
WorM-Hcrald , In our opinion , exhibited very
poor judgment In Haunting the article re
ferred to In Its columns.
John L. Wilson of this city and S. R.
Oray , foreman of the cattle ranch at Her
man , both of whom signed the document
circulated , say when tboy signed It the
heading was written with pen and Ink nnd
on letterhead paper and did not occupy moro
than one-half the sheet ; that Station Agent
Coylo and Hemming of ttio World-Herald
staff were circulating the paper and told
them that It was Just to thank the World-
Herald and compliment Mr. Hemming for
what he had done. At the time tlioy signed
( hero was nothing In It concerning The
Omaha Bee. and If they nad known that
there WHO they would not have signed the
circular. Others say that they also read
the heading before they attached their
names and are positive that thorp was noth
ing there but the first and second para
graphs of the article that appeared Sunday
in the World-Herald.
Much contempt Is expressed at the undue
advantage taken by the World-Herald in
publishing a tirade of abuse over their nlg-
naturrH without their knowledge or con
sent nnd wholly uncalled for at this time.
These parlies admit the valuable sorvlceij
rendered by the Worrd-Hornld and wore
pleased to acknowledge It In a public man
ner , but they unhesitatingly condemn tno
action of the World-Herald In making them
n party to nn Omaha nownpapor light.
NUMEROUS CONGRATULATIONS
Hri OorroHcil by AVhli-h Minx Ponrl
Slillilerllliiil fietN n Vlien-
tlon trip ,
The young women who were winners la
The Bee's Popular Working Girl Voting con
test are being overwhelmed with congratula
tions from tliclr hosts of friends.
There were n"arly 000,000 votes cast , which
Is evidence of the great Intelcst that waj
taken In the contest.
Thcro was a mlstnko in the count by
which Miss Pearl Sundcrland was not given
the number of votes she was entitled to ,
and In order to rectify thlH error The Bco
declares the eighth plnco a tie , thus glvlns
Miss Sundcrland ono of the vacation trips.
Miss Talmage , however , Is given the first
choice of the two trips to be nFfilRnod to
the eighth position In the contest.
Swift and Company's employes worn Jil-
bl.int yesterday over the result of The
Bro'B Popular Girl contest. Nearly every
one Connected with the plant worked bard
for the SIICCCF.S of Miss 1'hllllps and 1bo
outcome was really no morn than was ex
pected. One well known official of the com
pany exprcfcped himself yesterday by saying
that there wubii't enough red Ink In Omaha
in wliiiw how well pleased they were at thn
outcome. The failure to get In the 17.000
vctcfi. which had to be barred on account
of the closing hour arriving , was n severs
blow , but the total showed a neat majority
for Miss PhlHIps even ns It was.
Cudahy's officers and employes , who worn
Interested In Miss MrPann. rcgrerted of
course that their favorite was not first In
ibo list , but they have Ihe satisfaction of
knowing that they worked hard nnd made a
remarkably gcoil showing.
BISHOP NEWMAN IS VERY ILL
CI ITU ; in n M Formerly Stationed In ( he
.MiddleeHl Sleli In Snril-
loun ( ollnue.
SARATOGA , N. V. . July 2. DUhop John
P. Newman of the Mothndln Kplst-opul
church , whose Episcopal residence Is In San
Francisco , is critically 111 at hlu cottage
here.
MoeinenlN of ( leeiin Steamer * , .Inly 2 ,
At New York Arrived La Campagnc ,
from Havre.
At Havre Arrived La Jtretagne. from
New York.
At Movllle Sailed Steamer runletsa , ,
from GlaKgow for New York.
At Philadelphia Arrived Sfamcr Waci-
land , from Liverpool.