The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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3 PART I.
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ESTABLISHED JU2fJ3 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUXDAV M01tyi2T(i, JUNE 1(5, 1001 -TWJiNT Y -FOUR PACES.
SIXGEE COPY P1YE CISNTS.
SUBSIDIZES AIRSHIPS
France Goes Into Bullooninjr lusinsts oa a
Qigtnlio ca!.
PLANS TO STEER THEM ON LONG VOYAGES
Thit Months Afloat on a Tingle Trip
Without Landing.
HEAT AND COLO ONLY BALLAST CARRIED
Oriw of Twabe Msn Nicassary to Oparate
One Full Armsd.
VALUABLE ACCESSORY IN TIME OF WAR
Invrtilm l duty Thlrlj e Year
' Olil, lint lln A I irmly .Made UN
Marl. In Hie Fa'selnutlmf
I'lrlil of Aernnniitle.
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PARIS, June IB. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Upon the rec
ommendation of exports the Chamber of
Deputies nnd the Senate have voted a
subsidy of 500,000 francs to assist In ex
emplifying tho special clans of stecrablc bal
loons Intended for long voyages. The best
known of thcuo Is tho Invention of M. Blbll
lot, who has been at work on It for tho last
ten years. Although much moro than COO.
OOO francs will be required tho state's help
will nt lead permit of a fair start.
M. Slblllot describes his system as fol
lows: "Tho cardinal fenturo of my balloon
Is that It will admit of traveling as long as
thrco months without landing. The bal
loon consists of n largo, oblong, hard
shelled chamber, containing n number of
ordinary balloons. This supports a enr
rlago containing tho propelling and steering
gear. A notable point Is tho automobile
ballast, In which heat and cold are used In
lieu of sand, tho amount of gas remaining
constant.
"The rigid cylinder, designed to bo 130
yards In length und IS yards In diameter,
will bo composed of aluminum and will con
tain many silk balloons of tho ordinary
type, fas bags and other accessories. Be
neath this will be swung a carrlago so
yards In length and 10 yards broad, so con
structed as to become a flat-bottomed bargo
when resting on the water.
t'nrrle Crew of Tnrhc .Mm.
"The weight of the cutlro machlno when
fully stored and equipped, Including a crcw4
of twelvo men and a sufficient armament. If
used In war, will bo 65,000 pounds. When
nil tho reservoirs are filled with pure
hydrogen gas tno minimum lifting power
will bo approximately 63,000 pounds, giving
a margin of 13,000 pound3 for Incidental
utilities. Thero are four special motors
fed by stored gas, as exhibited at the last
Parte exposition. Those motors have al
ready foqnd wide adoption in aeronautics.
A generator, which forms part of tho equip
ment, obviates any unforeseen loss of bus
while the ship Is In tho air.
"Locomotion Is controlled by a screw at
the prow and by lateral fins whose mechani
cal construction gives them, when In mo
tion, a stroke analogous to that of a pigeon's
wings. Other propellers, placed at tho bot
tom of tho craft, nro coupled up only when
tho vessel Is on tho water.
"Spaces In tho nlumlnum sholl are re
served for stores, whllo a steel ladder fixed
to tho outer surface of the shell, leads to n
topmast platform to bo used for meteoro
logical or miliary observations."
M. Slblllot Is only 35 years old, but Is
already well known In this fascinating field
of scientific efforts.
Adcllna Pattl accepted nn Invitation to a
balloon trip with n party comprising Muriel
Wilson, tho duchess of Sutherland, the prin
cess Pollgnae (nee Singer), the grand duke
AlcxU and Edouard do Tolllo, but when the
hour to etnrt camo Paul's heart faled her
nnd sho bogged to be excused. She drove
homo, confessing sheer fright. Tho rest of
the party went up, but owing to a slight
accident remalnod only forty minutes, land
ing within ton miles ot tho stnrtlng place.
CH9ATE WILL DEDICATE IT
American Ainbnannilor to He Sponaor
for .cvrly Itcstorcd NVnsh
tuition House.
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LONDON, Juno 15, (Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) United
States Ambassador Choato has accepted nn
Invitation conveyed In behalf of Karl Spen
cer by Arthur nrnnscombe. author of "The
Cradle of tho Washlngtons nnd tho Home
of tho Franklins." to dcdlcnte. on Juno
28, tho newly restored Washington house,
nn tho carl's estate, Althorpc, Northamp
tonshire. Karl Spencer has Invited n dis
tinguished company for tho occasion, in
cluding tho American embassy staff.
Justice Martin J. Koogh of tho New York
supremo court visited tho House ot Com
inons on Thursday nnd was received by John
Ilcdraond, John Dillon. Edwnrd Illako and
other members of tho Irish party. Judgo
Kcogh Is a native of Waterford, nnd ho
found In tho party Edmund Loamy, who
was his closest school friend nnd subse
quently his prlnalpal rival In tho debates
of tho Watorford Lltornry society.
Sir Thomas Llpton Is telling a funny
story about the king. He avers that the
king said to him: "Look here, Sir Thomas,
if you will do this for mo 1 will give you
au order."
"Oh, sir," responded Sir Thomas, "this
is too kind. It will do me u lot of Rood. I
will httvo n prlco list sent to you nt once."
Tho king meant n decoration, of course,
not an order for tea.
Tho American stnrtlng barrier has been
officially adopted by tho English Jockey
club for nil races except where" special
permission to the contnrary U obtnlned
from the club. It wns ocouted as absurd
and Impracticable when first Introduced
three years ago, but It has since demon
strated Itb efficiency.
BOOTH LONGS FOR REUNION
A'ollilliK Would More Itcjnlcc lllm In
III UtrllnliiK Yrnr Tltiin to
lime IM Mini Aunlii.
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LONDON. Juno 15. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) flramw ell
Booth, being nsked by tho World corre
npondent whethrrUhere was any truth In
tho reported reconciliation betweon Oenernl
Ilooth nnd his son, Halllngton. said: "The
general desires tno to say that he only
hopes It were true. Nothing would so
soothe his declining years or servo to ad
vance the army work in the United States
more effectually. That is all he or I can
.ajr."
KING EDWARD'S TOY BULLDOG
splendid fnniptc of (lie Miirt tluit
Stuart Women Urns
In Dentil.
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LONDON, Juno 13. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) The most
noted pet dog In England Is King Ed
ward's bulldog Peter, whoso portrait lias
recently been painted by Miss Maude Earl.
Peter Is the finest bred toy bulldog In the
world and holds the championship of Great
Ilrltaln. Ho frequently attends his royal
master In his walks and drives. Toy dogs
arc tho smart women's dominant craze this
season nnd toy dogs have doubled In prlco
In consequence.
Mnny women who have- them merely to
be up-to-date, or "twen' cent" In current
slang, systematically drug and dose
the unfortunato animals to render them
quiet nnd Inoffensive. The dogs Inst
only about ninety days under this treat
ment. There is nlso a new pet dog doctor
In St. Jonos street who spurs up their Jaded
nerves with. an elcctrlcnl npparntus.
The projected Anglo-American polo match
has been abandoned for this year. Koxhnll
ICcene, speaking of tho subject to the World
correspondent, said: "No challcngo has
been Issued, nor Is any contemplated, ns no
Amerlcnn team Is available- to come to Eng
land nt tho present time with any possible
chanco of beating a representative English
tenm. Next season, perhaps, wo may ar
range to meet In England on something
like equal terms.
The comparative merits of English nnd
American locomotives nro vigorously dis
cussed, but Colonel Jeffords of tho royal
engineers has afforded proof of the su
periority of tho American product which
remnlns uncontrovcrted. He calculates
that on an- nvcrage of 1.17 penny pur ton
per mile for freight and .88 penny per mllo
for n passenger the locomotives of the Lon
don & Northwestern railway earn $22,600
per annum, whllo nt a charge of only .27
penny for frolght nnd .09 penny for pas
sengers tho Pennslyvnnla locomotives earn
J IS, Wo pr a n nn m.
Mrs. Kendal thus tellingly epitomizes the
qualities essential to n woman seeking re
nown on the stngo: "Tho fnco of a god
dess, the strength of a lion, tho figure of n
venus, tho voice of a dove, tho temper of an
angel, tho grace of n swan, the agility of an
antelopo nnd the kln of n rhinoceros."
It Is opined here that few women lack this
combination, barring tho last nairnd In
gredient. CROKER DIGSJN THE DITCH
Strip to IIIn Shirt to Mmir ICiikIIsIi
I.nhorer llcnv to llniulle
.Shovel.
(Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.)
WANTAGE, Juno 15. (New York World
Cablegrum Special Telegram.) Richard
Croker returned to Letcombe Thursday, ac
companied by Mrs. Croker, his daughter
Florence, his son Frank and his nephew.
Tho party allghtod at Dldcot and drove
tho nine miles to Moat house. Mr.
Croker now almost Invariably uses Dldcot
station instead of Wantage, which is only
two miles from Lotcombe, because, ho
says, tho Wantage people gostp too much
about his affairs. Mr. Croker rocently
bought a smart prlvato hansom with a fast
trotter to take him to and from Dldcot.
Tho family passes tho time Inspecting the
new works and Improvements at the Moat
nouso cstato, Mr. Croker proudly showing
them around. The artificial lake, -iOOx
200 yards. Is approaching completion and
tho dynamos for the electric water power
station have arrived. Mr. Croker's lmpa
tlenco to get tho work finished Is haras
sing to tho laborers. On Frldny, being dis
satisfied with the way some were digging
a trench, ho Btrlpped to tho shirt nnd
himself took a shovel and showed them
for half an hour how they should do tho
work. Tho foreman said to him that such
energy was all right for thirty minutes,
but no man could maintain it for a whole
day. Dut tho men llko him all the same
and say ho Is tho best employer they ever
met.
Ho Is constantly adding to his property
by tho method of buying fields over the
heads of farmers who have rented them a
long while, nnd so causes Irritation. Moat
houso will be ono ot tho prettiest places
In tho district when finished. It wns ro
ported that Mr., Croker would sail on tho
Lucunia todny, hut it Is believed that ho Is
hero now to stay until after tho Goodwood
races In July.
When Croker's Minnie Dee, starting a
hot favorite for tho Ford Mnnor plate at
Llngfield track on Wednesday, was beaten
by Jcttatura, an outsider, thero were loud
criticisms of Johnny Ilelff's erratic riding.
They wero vigorously renewed when the
sports In'tho cnclosuro learned that Croker's
party had not backed tho horse.
The Imperial cup, valued at S2.000, was
won nt tho samo meeting by Croker's
Flnmbard. It was tho occasion of a heavy
plunge by tho boss at short odds, when ho
took $8,000 from tho bookmakers at 6 to i.
LEGACY SWINDLERS REAPPEAR
Scotland Yiiril lllKeuvem Their Trull
TlirmiKli Aiuerlenii
press Company.
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LONDON, Juno 15. (Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Inspector
Forest of Scotland Yard called on Manager
Thayer of the American Express company
today to notify him that the Illalr-Hunter
gang of swindlers, stopped from using the
malls for their confidence game nnd thought
to have been broken up by tho arrest and
prosecution of Hunter, has begun buslnets
again through tho American Express enm
puny. Four letters from these swindlers
have recently been received at Scotland
Yard from different parts of England, thrco
from Now York City nnd ono from Utlcn, N.
Y. They wero addressed to persons who
the swindlers knew had recently died, to
bo opened by the heirs or executors, notify
ing them that the persona addressed share
In recently discovered gold mines amounting
to a, fabulous figure, thus paving tho way
for the usual confidence game. Tho Utlca
letter was signed "M. Harry Crosby, cable
address Hotel Touralne, Iloston," nnd wns
dated May 17. All came by tho same con
signment through tho American Express
company.
Manager Thayor assured tho lnpcctor
that the company would do its beat to pre
vent the iiso of Its system by the swindlers.
Inspector Forest snys that the four letters
will bo sent to the postal authorities In
Washington to bo used In tracing the
swindlers.
David Uelasco, owner ot the British rights
to "Zaza," has refused to permit Rejane
to play It during her forthcoming London
scaiou. Tho great French actress thus com
ments on It to nn Interviewer: "It Is a
shame to refuso me the creation of tho
role. It could not Interfere with his rights.
It would only render them tho moro valu
able. I fancy that many English playgoers
who would sco mo In It would afterward go
see Mrs. LewU Waller, who acts the part
admirably, In ordor to make comparisons.
Such churlishness as this refuial la un
known In France."
WALES RE AWAKES
King Edward Ajain Appreoiat Ways
of Fair Womer
ft-
QUEEN OF MONTE CARLC
FAVORITE
Hsr Name is L'.int de - ,y and 'he it a
Parisian Eeauty.
SLENDER SPLENDOR OF THE GREEK TYPE
Compltxion a Perfcot Brunetto, Eands the
Despair of Art s,i.
COURT SARCASTIC OVER ITS MONARCH
Hitter llei-iiurc of IIIn l.ntest Whim
sical tinier, hntltical liy llensou it
of II Im "lleniit If lit" Htmuple
In toutl .Morn I".
(Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Juno 15. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) King Ed
wnrd lias aroused the nobility nnd tho aris
tocracy to furious Indignation by a decree
which thorc on tho social pinnacle of so
ciety pronounce mean, petty tyranny. To
those whom he hnd Invited to tho royal
Inclosure nt the Ascot race meeting next
week ho bus now sent nn order at tho
Inst moment that nothing but black shall
be worn. His only exception to tho rulo
Is that young girls may appear In white.
Tho opening day of the meeting Is on
Tuesday und the women, of course, hnvo
hnd all of their gowns piepared, each
woman cherishing n design to surpass all
the others In point of novelty nnd beauty.
Now there Is nothing to do but to put on
discarded mourntug and look sombre in
stead of gay.
The rage of tho disappointed fnlr ones
Is at white heat and King Edward Is fiercely
berated everywhere In the ultra set. It Is
dcclnrcd thnt tho small tyranny of tho
sovereign Is becoming unbearable and that
ho Bhall be made to know u. Just whut
form of rebuke It Is proposed to take Is not
defined.
The king's own mourning has long since
ended, except that at tho races there will
be no royal procession nud tho royal stand
will be draped In black. Notwithstanding
the discontent, tho Ascot meeting promises
to be tho most largely attended function of
the year and society will Invade it In un
precedented numbers. The applications for
admission to the royal inclosure nave al
ready exceeded the space available.
Devotion to I'nrlslnn Ilenuty.
In view of the king's fast growing un
popularlty with thu upper set much com
ment Is made on his extraordinary devo
tion to Lluno de Pourgy, the famous
Parisian beauty with no reputation to spare.
The favorite nt different tjmcs of tho king
of tho nelglans, Prince Napoleon Dona
parto, General Boulnnger, tho duke, of
Cambridge, Prince Henry Orleans. Lord
Onslow, Jean Lorraine, tho poet, and of
many other men ot eminence, has been here
two months from Paris preparing for an
appearance at the Palace theater.
Tho king of England is nt hor feet. He
has lunched and supped with her several
times and hi otherwise paid her most
flattering attentions. Tho gorslps are
talking It over with much avidity nnd are
laughing at tho so-called pretenso ot the
monarch when ho first ascended tho throne,
that bo would Insist on the proprieties
nnd would give tho cold shoulder at court
to those with shady records or those who
did not walk tho narrow way. Tho example
ho Is Betting is Ironically called "beauti
ful." Llano de Pourgy Is a slender, splendid
flguro of tho Greek type, a perfect bru
netto with a languorous expression and
what aro reputed to bo tho finest hands In
tho world. She was tho wife of n .French
naval officer, from whom she had a sturray
separat'on when he discovered her In tho
npnrtment of ono of his friends. Then sho
launched upon the gay world of Paris,
where for years sho has led many men to
deeds of prodigality and somo to death.
From having taken a small part at
one of the theaters she called herself nn
actress and later, spurred on by the taunts
of Otero, the Spanish dancer, who actually
wns on tho stage and pretended to regard
her with disdain because of her equivocal
position, she studied and qualified herself
In a way for tho music hall stage.
Other of Her Clna.
De Pourgy has for associate stars In
rapid life of tho French capital such widely
known characters as Cleo do Marode,
Otero, Nellie Neustretter, Yvonne do Tro
vllle nnd Nanette Stnnley, and sho may be
regarded as tho chief of this galaxy of femi
nine loveliness. She Is undisputed queen
of Monte Carlo, whero sho goes every year
and whero the season cannot be told to
have begun until the newspapers havo
chronicled her arrival at tho beautiful
villa provided for her there by a fabulously
rich German banker with whom sho long
ago qunrreled nnd from whom sho fled.
For a long time De Pourgy had for a rival
Otero, whoso rich, dark beauty and sinuous
grace had captivated almost as many men
of many kinds as had De Pourgy herself.
Tho two women met often at tho groat
restaurants and resorts of entertainment In
Paris and clsewhcro nnd each ono sought
to dim tho luster of the other's triumph.
They hated each other iib bitterly as woman
can hate, nnd now and thon nt Paris, at
Nice, at St. Petersburg or somowhero else,
they scowled at each other blackly nnd
said ugly things, until finally thero wns a
personal encounter. Then they stripped
thomselves ot their Jewels, nnd even of
their clothing nnd used the gems nnd gar
ments for weapons of defense. They tore
the things off nnd threw them nt each other
In a wild rage.
Sulclile n mi Advertisement.
Onco when Do Pourgy felt that her star
was waning, sho said she was tired of the
life, she led and would die. She swallowed
a dose of laudanum. Physicians pumped It
out, nnd sho knew they would, nnd the at
tempt nt self-destruction mndo a hit, as
alio also knew It would. Her star went up
ward and has ever since remained firm in
the sky.
Do Pourgy has written n novel or two
and a play; that Is to say, her name Is ap
pended to the productions. It Is no secret
thnt she Is comparatively untutored, that
her grammar Is ragged and that the literary
productions were written for her by two
well known men of Paris.
It Is said that Mrs. Qgdcn Goelet of New
York once bad tho lovely De Pourgy cast
out of a hotel at Homburg, objecting to the
presence In the hotel with her of such a
notorious character, and, more, to tho al
leged fact that a son of the Goelet family
was smitten by the Parisian siren and was
paying her devotions.
The king is certainly the finest catch she
has yet made.
UGLINESS DRIVES TO DEATH
Amerleiiii Cyrano tinmen Kvcry
Wo in nn Wlin See lllm
to Similiter.
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PAH18, Juno 15. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Emllo Smith,
the artist, who committed suicide, because,
as he said In a letter to his brother, he
was so terribly ugly that he could never
find a woman willing to marry him, was not
an American. He was born In Paris during
the siege of 1S71, his parents being fiom
riochcstcr, N. Y. According to French
luw ho could elect either nationality at
21, and he chose French nnd served three
yenri lu the army. Smith was talented and
a great favorite among men because he
was witty, serviceable and brave, but
women could not see him approach with
out shuddering. In play his friends nick
named him the American Cyrano. His
brpther, unlike him, Is handsome and lives
nt Asnleres, near Paris.
General Halllngton Booth It making a
tour of tho Anglo-American colony here,
trying by personal appeal to raise n fund
to erect a new Salvation Army headquar
ters, Ilcth Father Hyaclntho Loyson nnd Gen
eral Booth wero guests ot Mrs. Astor at
her last musical.
Mrs. William P. Moore hnd a unlnuc sup
per party Friday night, when forty
tcte-n-tcto tables Isolated as mnny
couples, the dining room being en
tirely too small. Most of the tables
were In odd places In vestibules,
tho music room, the veranda nnd the
sta'rcasu landing. Father Hyaclnthe's part
ner was Mrs. Arthur Paget. General Booth
supped opposite Mrs. Thelps Dodge.
.Sybil .Sanderson's DnMKer.
Among tho many flornl tributes passed
over tho footlights the night of Svbll San
derson's brilliant return . to the Opern
Comlquu ono contained, bidden among
roses, n dagger blade with the word "du
plicate" written on It In Ink, The dnggcr
w-us not n Jewel, but a solid, businesslike
weapon. Tho singer's frlendt, apprehen
sive that It was a message from somo un
known crank among the many who nre
constantly writing love letters to the beau
tiful Cnllfornlnn, nre guarding her care
fullly from those seeking Interviews.
Tho word "duplicate" they construe to
mean a warning that another dagger llko
It Is held In reserve by tho sender. Miss
Sandorson herself- is said to know more
about tho mysterious token thnn sho Is
willing to admit, but aho nervously de
clines to discuss tho Incident.
MASCAGNI'S PRESERVED OPERA
Verill Telln lllm "Vrntllln" "Will lie
All the llcttcr for HnTlnK
Ilcen Kept.
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ROME, June 15. (Now York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Mascagnir tho
composer, speaking to the New York World
correspondent about his American concert
tour, arranged with Klaw & Erlanger, says:
"I am to be paid J 10,000 a week for eight
weeks, the money to be lodged In a bank In
Italy before I start. My orchestra will con
sist of ninety performers from the Pesaro
lyceura, oi which I am dlreutor. My wife
and chlldron will accompany mo. I ardently
bopo to win favo'r'iAvfth the Americans, as'
American opinion Is rapidly becoming tho
totichstono of artistic success, whether
musical or otherwise.
"I hope, though, that the Amerlcnn man
agers will not work me as did Merman, the
Impresario, In 1809, when I was nearly
killed by forty-two concerts In forty days.
I was fast becoming a nervous wreck,
dreaming every night of nn audlenco wait
ing which I could not get to.
"My opera 'Vcstllia' will not bo produced
for many years yet. Verdi advised me that
It will Improve by being kept. I havo se
lected Sardou's drama 'Hote' for the subject
of my succeeding opera.
"Americans will be Interested to learn
thnt I, with Leoncavallo, Baron Kranchettl
and Giordano, am organizing a species of
composers' trust, so as to enable composers
to remain owners of their music. Florls, a
Sicilian millionaire. Is providing capital.
We hope thnt Puccini, Bolto and Pe'rotl will
Join us."
Shin Iteporteil on Fire.
VICTORIA, n. C, Juno 15. The steamer
Tacoma, which arrived today from the
Orient, reports that on Juno 2 it sighted a
ship on fire, which proved to bo the San
Francisco whaler Charles W. Margate. Tho
Tacoma boro down, but as tho firo was
under control and tho whaler not wanting
further asslstanco the Tacoma camo on.
Tho tnko of tho whaler was reported lost.
Strike In Ituimln leneveil.
LONDON, Juno 15. A dispatch from St.
Petersburg announces that tho labor disor
ders thero have boen renewed. Strikers
from the Baltic naval yards, tho dispatch
says, Joined forces with men from tho
Gvozdllnana works and attacked the lat
ter yostcrday with such ferocity that the
military wero obliged to use their arms
to suppress the rioters.
TO CHANGE MEMORIAL DAY
Modern Wooilnien Adopt Itesolntlons
MnliliiK It Third Sunday
In June.
ST. PAUL, Juno 15. Tho Modern Wood
men ot America bead camp today adopted
resolutions favoring the building ot a fra
ternities building at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition at St. Louis and changing tbo
Modern Woodmen memorial day from tho
first to tho third Sunday In Juno each year.
The loport ot the law committee wns then
again taken up. The lnsuranco commis
sioner of New York having ruled against
fraternal lnsuranco societies providing sick
benefits that matter was stricken from tho
by-laws of tho order.
Ponttac, 111., took first prize ot $500 In tho
drill contests, having a percentage of 09
1-10. Itocktord, 111., with 98.0 Is second and
takes 1100; Kansas City, with 98.S5 takes
$300; Des Moines, 9S.5, takes S?00; Hock
Island, 111., with 08.05, takes JS7.50; To
peka, Kan., with 98.05, takes SS7.50; Du
buque, la., with 97, takes S50. Other
teams ranked as follows: Omaha, 97 1-20;
Lincoln. Neb., 96 1-5; Omaha, 06; Topekn,
Kan., 91 2-31; Kansas City, Mo 91 3-10;
Knlnmnzoo, Mich., 94.1; Jollot, III., 93.91;
Duluth, 93; Kansas City, Mo., 91 g-io;
Kansas City, Kar., 90 9-10; St. Joseph,
80 1-5; Elgin, III., 88 67-80; Kansas City,
Mo S6 1-5; Lincoln, Neb., 85 19-10; Oel
weln, In., 76H; Bloomlngton, III., 75; De
catur, III., 70U.
The list of competitors In tho competition
drills sifted down to twenty-five camps out
of thirty-nine entered. Tho contest closed
at noon today, Pontlac, the winning camp,
attained a mark which equals tho best
Indoor record In Woodmen annals. The
heat today made drilling hard work. When
Kansas City camp 1190 filed off the plot,
J, Woodcock, a member, fainted from the
heat and exertion.
The convention adjourned slim die at
1 o'clock this afternoon. The next meeting
will bt held la Indianapolis in 1903.
NEBRASKA CYCLONE
Buildings Lifted from Their Fouidatiois at
Doichitttr.
BURLINGTON TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK
Eoof of One Car Carried Tarts Hundrsd
Feet InU Field.
WAYCAR LIFTED WITH TERRIFIED INMATES
Jamts Randall) Found for Ctmhe, it
Lrijpltd in Wreck.
WORST STORM IN SECTION FOR YEARS
llenvy Union In nrlnii I'nrtn of the
Mute WIiinIi'.c Itepoi'tH Wnxhout
l.lKlltlilliK Kllln l.ltc
tick.
CRETE, Nob., June 13. (Special Tele
gram.) About 'i o'clock this afternoon n
scvcri) thunder storm passed over this lo
cality. The rain poured In torrents nud the
electrical display was very vlld urn ac
companied by n heavy wind. No damage
was done In tho Immediate vicinity ot
Crete.
At Dorchester, a town nine mills north
west of here, the storm was very bad,
doing considerable damaxo to piopcrty.
Much rain foil anil tho wind blew with
great force. The depot was moed about
a fool on Its foundation. Thu elevators
wero also moved on their foundations. Tho
corn cribs around the elevators und depot
wero badly demolished, being torn to pieces
by tho wind, Some of the dwelling houses
wore slightly damaged and trees wero
blown down.
As engine. 311 as coming In from the
west with a train of freight tho storm was
nt Its height. About a quarter of a mllo west
of Dorchester tho terrific rain nnd wind In
tho form of a cyclone struck tho train
broadside, blowing over nine cars. Tho
empty cars behind tho engine were blown
over and flvo other empty cars nearer the
rear of the train wero also blown from tho
track. The roof of one car was torn olf by
tho wind.
Tho conductor of the trnln says that the
roof of this car was blown nway Into the
fields for 300 feet. One car of merchandise
was damaged through those empty cars be
ing blown from the track. The waycar waj
lifted from tho track. Tho Inmates wero
terrified, not knowing which wny the car
would bo blown by the strong wind.
A tramp who was stealing a ride on tbo
train was blown from tho cars and knocked
insensible. His arm was broken at the wrist
and his faco badly dlsflgurod, being severely
cut ana Druisca. no was pic Keel up and
placed In tho waycar. Tho .trains from tho
west wero somewhat delayed. The wrecking
train camo aown from Lincoln and cleared
tho track.
Severe! In Yearn.
LINCOLN. Juno io. (Special Telegram.)
An castbound frolght train on. the Bur
lington railroad was struck by a tornado a
quarter of a mllo west of Dorchester and
twenty miles southwest of Lincoln at 2
o'clock this afternoon and soven cars were
blown completely from tho track.
James Randall, a tramp beating his way
to Omaha, was Injured In the wreck, but
will recover. Traffic over the road was de
layed until 6 o'clock this evening.
Railroad authorities say the storm was
tho severest experienced In thin section of
the stato In several years. Fortunately,
howovcr, tho tornado did not extend Into
tho thickly populated part and therefore
tho damago Is not great.
According to tho reports received by Su
perintendent Bignell. no ono was hurt ex
cepting tho tramp. Six of the derailed
cars were empty and tho other was filled
with merchandise.
The storm did not reach Lincoln. A
light rain fell, but thero was no severe
wind. Telegraph and telephone companies
had some difficulty with wires a short dls
tanco west and north of tho city, but the
trouble was only temporary.
WINSIDE TRACK WASHED OUT
Ilalniitorm Flood Street, Cover
Park vrltli Water nml UniunKe
Itnllrouil Property.
WINSIDE, Neb., Juno 15. (Special Tele,
gram.) Tho worst rain storm of tho season
began about 1 o'clock today and lasted
forty-flvo minutes. Tho main street was
flooded, tho park was under water nnd
crossings nnd sidewalks wero washed out.
Tho railroad In town Is badly damaged.
Ono mllo west thero Is a washout eleven
rails In longth and a .quarter of a mile west
there Is ono eight rails long. East of town
tho track Is under water for ovor half a
mile and over 200 feet Is washed out.
TWO CHILDREN ARE KILLED
Tornado llemollnlie Home In Ten
One I'll in 1 1 ' Saved liy a
Cellar.
MEMPHIS. Tex.. Juno 15. A torna.ln
passed through tho northwestern nan nt
Hall county Into yesterday and demolished
tno Homes of w. R. Moore and n man
named Wlrkson. Wlckson's family enennni
to a dugout and was unhurt, while tho two
children of Mooro wero killed outright.
Mooro was seriously Injured, and Toin'Mnr
tln, a neighbor who was at Moore's house,
was probably fatally lnlurcd. Mrs. lloom
escaped to the dugout with her Infnnt and
was unnurt.
CLOUD BURSTS IN VIRGINIA
One Child l DrtMvneil nnd the Prop
erty I.okm I .Snld to lie
(.rent.
RICHMOND, Vn Juno 15. A report
roaches hero tonight from Staunton, thnt
a cloudburst occurred at Harrisonburg this
evening, resulting In great loss of property
and the drowning of ono child. The wires
to Harrisonburg aro down.
MltlituliiK' Diunnue nt lluiuihre,
HUMPHREY, Neb., Juno 15. (Special
Telegram.) The storm that occurred hero
nt noon did considerable damage. The
house of Peter Iiodowlg wai( struck by
lightning. A horse was killed 200 feet from
the house. The horse belonged to Mr. Leas
of Tarnov.
I.lKlitilliiK Kill Four llorneo.
OSCEOLA, Neb., Juno 16. (Special Tele
gram.) During a heavy thunder storm this
morning lightning struck, the barn belong
ing to Joe Biggs, two miles from town, and
killed four horses, all that ho had. The
barn was not destroyed;
THE BEE BULLETIN.
! precast for Nebraska Knlr In Western,
shower nnd Cooler In Eastern Portion,
Sunday; Monday l'nlr; Westerly Winds.
Page.
1 I'rnuee Stiholdlte lliilloon i:ttrr
KliiK lliluaril'n l.ntrat Kenini1e.
.VehrnsUn (elone llernll Train.
CoriMirntlmi nn MilrKer of 'I'nves,
- Iliillronil Apportion Territory.
MrekliiM llenil In ."ev orU Harbor
tl I'rolie I'lislon K.xtrat iiuaiiee,
More Clrnftrrn nt HiioIIiih.
I.IiiciIii llti"liern l.oe Their l.neUv
I eiv .Mil Klin (iinrta .luntltleil.
VniiiliilNm In Wiixhlimton.
." Omitliu t'hllil Fatally Horned.
(JiMernor Khnv Mounts Allison,
.loutli Omnliii l.oeal .Matters,
(I Last Week In Onialia Noeletj.
Wo in a a lu Chili and (limit).
7 (Iniuhii llneluu Mntluee u Mieeens.
Aleeiln Win Iteeortl Mihtirhitn.
S Couuell llliMVs nml limn.
I) Iomii Women Honor Heroine.
.Mrs. Kennedy Utility of Murder.
(iraiid .Stand trnslie lu liilenuo.
Ill Horse Are Mill lu Tutor.
tiolr Meason In n (iuod One.
11 I'micres of Western I.eiiKiie.
In the World or Wheeling
Ac hriisKu Chess .Men Ahmad.
Athletes of the Y. M. C. A.
12 Hesults In llae Hull I, entities.
I.i Oppose 'tmidny ll.xeiirsloas,
Chllliuen In Omaha It lull M'hnnl,
Hoard Choline Teaeher.
II Wo in n n i Her n mid Whims.
1.1 Amusement mid .Mnsleitl .Matters.
llehoes of Local Anterooms,
III "Tristram of llleat."
17 Alcohol and the thlele.
Incident In the CurucKle Mill.
.Need of lulform Uliorce I, an.
IS IMItorliit nud Comment.
Ill .Notable TImc-SiitlitK Device.
Ilr. Tncktey on ICuuIIkIi Hoall.
Ull Tale of a Ileal Sea .terpen!.
IM Condition of Trnde lu Omaha.
Commercial nud Fliinueliil rn,
!tt tsenlenccd to -.NehniNhu Pen.
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CAILLES ALSO SURRENDERS
AmuIuiiIiIii'm r:ainple Followed h the
l.nt HemnlnliiK Insurgent t.en
ernl In Philippines.
MANILA, Juno 10. (bulletin.) Insurgent
General Calllcs has signed terms of sur
render. PLATT IS READY TO RETIRE
Will I.enve Semite nt Uuil ot III
Prevent Term, Thnuich Health
I Rood.
NEW YORK. June 15. Tho Tribune will
ay tomorrow! Senator Piatt wll retire
from the United States senate .at the end
of his term In March, 1003. The Informa
tion wns obtained last night nt tho Fifth
Avenue hotel. Mr. Piatt Is fooling better
and Btrongor than usual and bis .determina
tion has not been hastened, It is understood,
on account of poor health. It Is expected
by his friends that ho will mnko public
somo day this week his reasons for laying
down his office nt tho end of the term.
NIT ENTIRELY OUT OF )ANGER
.Mr. McKlnley Mnliitnin the Improve,
inent und In (inliiliifr StreiiKth
liny hy Day.
WASHINGTON. Juno 15. The hope that
Mrs. .McKlnley will recover Is now stronger
than nt nny time since the Inception of her
Illness. Her Improvement so far has been
steady and consistent. She Is not, how
over, entirely out of danger.
Dr. Rlxey, on leaving tho Whlto House
tonight, said that Mrs. McKlnley wns main
taining her steady Improvement. Sho oc
cupied her rolling chair ns usual for a
llttlo while during today.
GETS CLOSE TO YOUNG MEN
Speaker nt V. St. C. A. Jubilee Con
vention I) en I vrlih Topic of
Direct Concern.
BOSTON, June 15. Tho program of the
Young Men's Christian association Interna
tional Jubilee convention today Included
topics more particularly bearing on the
prohlems directly Involving young men.
Several well known speakers presented
subjects at the forenoon session. Thoro
wns no meeting this afternoon, the time
being dovotcd to sight-seeing.
LL.D. FOR MINISTER CONGER
Tuft College Will Ho Honor to the
nistliiHulfthf d Ion nil on
Wcdncsdny.
I1EDFORD, Jlass., June 15. President
Capon of Tuft college stated this evening
that E. N. Conger of Iowa, United Stutes
minister to China, who has accepted an
Invitation to attend he commencement ex
ercises next Wednesday, will receive, tho
degreo of LL.D. from Tufts.
IS BOUGHT FOR STEEL TRUST
Colorado Fuel and Iron Coinpnuy Will
Pas Into the II lie Com.
hluntlon.
CHICAGO, Juno 15. John W. Gates and
his associates have accomplished what they
set out to secure by buying In the con
trolling Interest of the Colorado Kuel &
Iron company.
Tho conclusion points to the merging of
the company Into tho bllllon-dollnr steel
combination.
ROOSEVELT WILL BE THERE
C'omluK West for Itoimh Millers' He.
union nml Colorado' Quarto.
Centennial Celebration.
DENVER, Juno 15, Governor Orman to
day received u letter from Vice President
Rootevelt accepting his Invitation to at
tend tho quarto-contennlal celebration of
Colorado statehood. August 21, nnd the
Rough Riders' reunion, which occurs at tho
same time, at Colorado Springs,
JURY IS LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT
Verdict In Dr. Kyuueily Cnse In Nciv
York I .Vol Yet .tKrrrit
I pun.
NEW YORK June 15. At 11 o'clock to
night tho Jury In the Dr. Kennedy case,
which retired early this afternoon, had
not returned to the court room and Judge
Newberger ordered them Jocked up for the
lllgul.
SEEDED OHAX ROLLS
Nsarlj Ponr Million Dollars of Propsrtjj
Tbt Now Etcaptt,
INCREASE WIULD ONLV BE A JUST ONE
Msrelj Apply the Sams Ratio of Valui t
All Olssies of Fropsrtjr.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON THE MATTER
Inequality of the Returns as Mads it
Admitted by the Board.
PROSPECTS FOR RELIEF SEEM GOOD
Hoard of Kiiirillxntluii Mn Decide to
Put the It leli Corporation on n
Purity with the Poor
.Mu a.
II the packing houses, tv.-k yurds, frnn
cIiimiI ciporciioiis, smelter und bridges
wero ut'essid at tiic s.unu pcrccntago of
their nctu.il utile as 3 other properly
tbcro WUUU be an Iticmito or Juat $3,t!S2,
'J'oi In the total asticsscd vuluatlun of tax
able property lu Douglas county. Without
any lutrinuo In the tax rate this would add
iw.too to thu utiuuul tax revenue, wipo
out within two or thrco years the deficit
In the current cxpensis of tho county, avoid
an Isruo of iitiindlng bonds und enable tho
county bunid to reduce the tax rate within
a few yeuio.
All that- is necessary to accomplish this
great result is for tho Hoard of Equaliza
tion to perform Its duty as pointed out lu
ti complaint filed with It by General John
C. Cowin jcsteidny. The complaint Is aa
follows;
To. thu Hoard of County Commissioners,
.Sluing ah ti liouiil ul initialization: den
tlemun Lnticr that provision oi section TO
of cliitpter Ixxvll of tno Compiled otfttutea
or Ntur.oika, untitled, "Uevciiuu," which,
rendi, "Uu tho application of uuy pr.Oiv
considering hiuiheii aggrieved," I respect
fully HUDmlt that tax lul lb, In section
lu-U-13, lu tho city ot Omaha, assessed in.
tin; Fifth wuril lor taxation tor the year
U"il, Is ni-EcKsed too high according to tho
.ule adopted tor thu vuiunlluu of real es
tate, itmi In luifHiianeo to the, statute, L
ruvncctttnly apply to your board Unit you
ioviow the intseennu'iit and correct ilio
shiiiu us ahull appear to bo Just.
On this application, for tho foregoing
I canon, It Is not necessary that 1 should
complain that tho properly of another la
tissc.tbt'd too low, ami 1 runpcetfully submit
that It Is your duty, upon my application
under the provision ot tho statute nbovo
stnted, to review thu nstitssincnt, a ml It
too high, ns compared with thu general as
sessment, it Is your duty to reduce tho
amount and notlly any other person or
persons or corporations whoso asst'ssmciit
may ho too low that it will bo necessary
to raise the same for proper equalization;
und this 1 submit you nro required to do
Independent of thu further complaint l
herewith make.
And for n second aggrl6vuncu I malio
tho complaint that the above described
renl estate, qwnud by mu, Is assessed too
high us compared with thu uhhussuu'iH "C
tho Omaha Water company, thu Omaha.
Gns company, tho Onulha Htreet Railway
company, thu Nebraska Telephone, company
anil tho New Omaha Thomson-llouHtou
Electric Light company, ami in this regard
further request that tho ussesnmunt bo re
viewed nnd corrected ur Hhall appear to
he Just lit pursuance to thu statute In siicli
case mndo and provided. All of which Is
respectfully submitted.
JOHN C. COWIN, Complainant.
Disposition to Correct Conditions.
Oenernl Cowln's complaint refers only to
tho franchlsed corporations, but thu mem
bers of tho Hoard of Initialization nre ills
posed to rcvlow and correct tho assessments
of tho big packing houses, stock yards,
smelter nnd bridges, ns well as those, ot thu
btrcet railway, gas, wator, telephono and
electric light companies.
All of tho members of tho board were
Interviewed by Tho Uco yesterday nnd thoy
spoke as follows:
Chairman James I. Connolly When the
owner of n (5,000 house Is assessed nt $1,000
tho owner of a J5.C00.000 property ought to
bo assessed at $1,000,000. Thero should bn
absolutely no favoritism In tho levying of
taxes, and, abovo all, tho big corporations
should bo mndo to pay thotr Just nnd equit
able share. I nm In favor of raising tho
assessments of tho packing houses, stock
yards, bridges, smelter and frttnchlscd cor
porations to tho samo perccntago of actual
valuo nt which we assess other property
generally. You can put mo down as being
ready to do that at any time. I know that
all of the big corporations ara assessed at
a ridiculously low flguro and I bellovo It Is
tho duty of tho Honrd of Equalization to
ralso them.
increase I Inevitable.
Commissioner Henry E. Ostrom Thn
total county assessment has boen decreas
ing Instead of Increasing from year to year,
and at tho same time tho county hna boen
gettlnx deeper and deeper Into tho mlrn
of doht. Thero aro today between $85,000
and $100,000 of unpaid bills against the
county thnt should have been paid out of
tho taxes for tho Bcvcral years last past.
Wo nro limited to n lovy of 15 mills for
general purposes, and whllo wo have gono
to that limit wo havo been unnblo to rnlsa
enough money to pay tho running oxpensos
of the county, becauso tho assessments havo
been Inadcqunto. Tho result Is that wo
havo an overlap of debt for current ox
peiiBes nud It Is Increasing ovcry year. It
Is only a question of a year or two when
this debt will havo to bn taken tare ot by
Issuing refunding bonds, unless wo ralso
the valuation, of taxable property. I am
In favor of raising tho vnluatlon now, nnd
I think the franchise corporations nnd other
big Institutions which aro assessed at only
from 2 to 5 per cent of their actual valu
ation tiro tho ones to be Increased. I be
Hove It Is entirely proper to bring their
nssossments up so as to atld $2,000,000 to
tho total valuation of the county. Buch an
Increase would give us an additional $30,000
a year for general purposes and that would
be nearly sillllclcnt to avoid uny further In
crease. In tho floating debt. With the run
nlng expenses cured for, wo could cranomlzo
bo ns to avo enough within two or throe
years to wlpo out tho floating debt without
resorting to an lssuo ot bonds.
Cooinilssloiiers Mont Act.
Commissioner A. C. HnrtoWe nil know
that the packing l.ousos, franchlsed cor
porations, smelter, bridges and stock yards
aro not assessed equitably with other prop
erty, and I think it Is about time, to cor
rect th ti evil. Tbo county debt 1m Increas
ing and the assessed vnluatlon of taxable
property Is decreasing. This Is not ns It
should be, Tho trouble In thnt tho as
sessors nre controlled by tho corporations.
I bellovo tho commissioners sitting ns a
Hoard ot Equalization havo tho right and
ought to Invito tho corporations which
have not breu psaesscd at 16 per cent of
their actual value to appear nnd show
some reason, If they have any, why their
assessments Bhnuld not bo raised. I don't
think It Is necessary for other property
owner to complain In ordor that the board
may take this matter up, I am convinced
4 that the franchise corporation, packlug
