The Omaha Daily Bee.
t5
3CSTAJ5L3S11351) JtKJB 1, 1871.
OJIAIIA, MONPAV MORJSIXG, JULY 29, 1901.
SINGLE COLT FIVK CENTS.
FINAL ACT IS NEAR
Mtnj Tbeusandi Ara ii El P.ino to Witnsii
the Great Ltnd Lottery.
ALL EXPECTANCY AMONG MOM' F,KERS
ETerjono Cenfldflat of Being at-. "Co,.
of the Lnckj Few.
SCENE NOT AS EXCITING AS A "RUN"
Ippl!
cants Hart Eat On Chanca in Thir
teen t Get Pr.zi.
DRAWING TO BE ON PLATFORM IN OPEN
games of Those Ilcnlstered Arr
In Tun Iloim, One for Citrh
District Duplicate Slips .
Stirred In n Wheel.
I lit
EL. ItHNO. Okl., July 28, All U ex
pectancy tonight anions tho thousands of
homcseekers hero over tho grand lottery
thnt bcgltiii tomorrow morning. There nro
13.00J claims to do distributed and so each
of tho 163, &85 persons who havo registered
during tho Inst fifteen days has nhout ona
change In thirteen of winning. It Is a lorn?
t hot, hut everyone apparently feels confident
of being numbered among the lucky and
In nrnscquencu the best ot good naturo pre
vails, While the scene lacks the ureal excite
ment of tho "run" which hns heretofore
been a part of other laud openings In this
part of tho country, tho Inst net In the
throwing open to settlement of the Kloun
C'omnnrhe reservations will not be without
llfo ninl unlmatlon. The drawing will take
place In tho center of the city and will
be witnessed by thousands of people. It will
bo accomplished on a largo platform In the
open nlr, around which tho sloping hillsides
form a natural amphitheater.
('oiii iiiIhmIoii In Clinruc.
A commission appointed last week by Sec
retary Hitchcock and composed of V. A.
Rlrhnrds, nsofstant commissioner of tho
general land office, and who has had rhnrgo
of tho registration I). P. Dyer of St. Louis,
former United States district attorney, and
l'rank Dale, ux-chlef Justice of Oklahoma,
will have the drawing In charge.
Tho actual drawing will bo both novel
nnd extremely Interesting. On the platform
will he two oblong box wheels, each fifteen
feet In length, one to hold the names of
the applicants for homesteads In the El Kcno
district and tho other for thoso ot tho
Lnwton district. Into these wheels will bo
placed envelopes containing names of all
the registered applicants. Tho envelope
will have first been brought to the plat
form In packngeB consecutively numbered,
A corresponding series of numbers upon
Blips will bo placed In another rcccptaclo,
from which they will bo drawn out at ran.
dom. Tho packago of envelopes bearing the
first number drawn will be- the first to be
placed in the drawing box and well dls
'trlbutod when Another number will bo
drawn and another package ot envelopes
distributed, and this course will bo conttu
ued until all ot tho envelopes havo been
placed In the box wheels, after which the
wheels will bs revolved for a sufficient
length of time to Insure a thorough mixing
ot the envelopes.
Two .It en nt Kach Aperture.
In each wheel there are live apertures
from which the envelopes will finally bo
drawn. Ten men for each aperturo will
perform tho octual drawing. The ordor In
which they will begin ot each wheel will be
determined by lot.
Tho first envelope' drawn will bo No. 1,
which will ba at once opened and the Iden
tification slips which it contains will bo
given a corresponding number and th
name and resldcnco which appear upon tho
Up will bo publicly announced. This
.course will be pursued, numbering each en
velope, and Its contents consecutively, until
twenty-flvo numbers have been drawn from
one box, when an 'equal number will be
drawn from the othor box In a similar
taannerv This course will be pursued until
COO named have been drawn from each box,
when, If the committee deem It boat to do
so, arrangements will bo mado tor drawlug
simultaneously from each box.
"After the names havo been drawn and
announced they will be recorded and a
notice prepared to ba made to tho ana
whose namo Is drawn, Tho drawing will
proceed In this mannor until every envelope
n both boxes has been drawn out."
fine Thousand OriMvn Toilny.
Only 1,000 envelopes, 500 for each district,
will bo drawn Monday. After tho first day
the drawlug will proceed with greater ra
pidity and It Is cxpoctcd that the last en
velope will havo been drawn by Thursday
night. The lucky ones will be permitted to
file on a claim In tho order that their num
bers havo been drawn from the wheel. All
Hppllcantn for homesteads have been per
mitted to Inspect the land beforehand to
elect a claim in case he should be lucky
enough to draw n number.
Resides the three commlisloners ap
pointed to superintend the drawing and
the ten men who will draw the envelopes
from tho Wheel, spaco on tho platform will
be provided for newspaper representatives.
Commissioner Klchards declined tonight to
disclose the names of tho ten men who
will draw the numbers from tho whool and
tifid that tho selection would not be made
until Just beforo tho drawing began.
Tho situation here upon the evening ot
tho eventful day Is quiet. Them are proba
bly 5,000 strangers here now and all In
coming trains are loaded. Several slate
delegations have been orgnulzed and
reded Iho streets today. It Is thought
tho largest crowd will bo hero tomorrow
of any day slnco the opening of tho regis
tratlon. MUST RESPECT SUNDAY LAW
PliiMvft Attempt In linn nt l'nn-Aiuer-Icnn,
It lit 1'ollco Clone
Thrill l.'u.
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 28. Attempt of
the midway shows to open for business
today wos n failure. The first show to an
nounce that It was ready for business was
tho Indian Congress, In front of the con
cession wjro two of tho directors of tho
concern and their attorneys, Captain Dag
hiar of the exposition pollco force notified
them to close, which they did under pro
test. Later another attempt was mado to
open the show. Iron pipes wero driven Into
tho asphalt pavement by the police depart
ment. t'Tom i no pipes a rope was
tretched in the form of a square, whloh
completely blocked tho entrance to tho
Indian Congress. The concessionaires then
ordered the ticket sellers to desist. Several
other shows opened their doors for a few
Bilnutej, but wero closed by the police.
INDIAN SPRINGS A SURPRISE
Ken Tuck Gives .Niitlrr of Intention
to I'l e mi (ttinrter III
the Strip.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl., July 28. Keo
Tuck, an Indian, has t'vcn notice at the
land office of i:i Reno c' his Intention to
file upon tho quarter 3cclf'ti of land ad
Joining tho townslto of I.awl n, which will
be the principal town In the iow country
"f tho Kiowa and Comanche r. icrvstlon.
's Is probably the most valuable tract of
"tire 13,000 to be opened.
nllcntlon Is made uudcr a section
or ' d States statutes passed In
18S7, lves to every homeless Indian
the rlgtu o go to any part ot the public
domain and to make entry for any tract of
land that Is not In tho possession ot n
homesteader. Tho section has never ben
repealed and the right ot the Indians who
havo no allotments or who were omitted
from tho tribal rolls Is one that they can
exercise at any time, it Is stated.
With Keo Tuck here were sixty members
of tho Sac and Fox tribe who prppoae to
make Qllnga, and attorneys throughout the
country arc said to be Bcnrchlng for othor
Indians who havo lost their tribal relations
nnd who hnvo not secured possession of
homestead tracts. It Is believed that thero
arc 600 In the two territories who can se
cure choice claims In advance of the ones
who have simply Hied their claims. They
can go into court and ask for restraining
order to prevent the registers and receiv
ers from accepting filings on the. tracts se
lected. This will, If successful, give tho
Indians time to perfect their title to the
bert qunrter section of land.
SCHLEY'S SON
DEFENSE
('nptiilu Thniuns, llii- Ailnilrul'H llldcnt,
OtitllnrN lilnts for Court
of Inquiry.
SALT LA KB CITY, July 28. Tho Herald
tomorrow will print the following:
Captain Thomr.s F, Schley) eldest eon of
Admltal Wlnricld 3. Schley, who Is stationed
at Fort Douglas In this city, yesterday out
lined snmo points, that will bo brought out In
the court of Inquiry as to his father's cop
duct at the battle of Santiago. Ho declared
that some startling facta will bo brought to
light If tho whole truth, shall become known
n'nd that tho reputations' of persons other
than his father are likely to suffer.
"I have Just written to my father," said
Captain Schley yesterday, "that I thought
he ought to sparo nobody and that he should
withhold none of the tacts In his possession
about Admiral Sampson or anybody else."
Captain Schley la an officer of tho Twenty-third
Infantry In command at Fort Doug
las. Although ho has not hnd a letter from
his father slnco tho court of Inquiry was
ordered, ho Is familiar with tho questions
at Issuo and pointed out tome of tho facts
that will be urged in tho admiral's defense.
"When tho court of Inquiry meets," said
Captain Schley, "I would liko to huvo the
prlvllcgo of asking Admiral Sampson Just
ono question: 'If the battle of Santiago
had resulted In defeat, to whom would tho
blame havo been attached?' This, I think,
tells the situation In a nutshell. If Admiral
Schley had lost the battle he would havo
been blamed. He won It and he should
havo the crodlt. ..' .
Tho accusations that aro made aro ridic
ulous when they aro Investigated. Take,
for example, the charge of dlsobedlcnco of
orders In May, 1833. An attempt has been
mado to eaddlo tho responsibility on my
father. Tho fact Is that he has a letter
from Admiral Sampson telling him to do
exactly what ho did and this letter will
bo produeed at the Inquiry. At that tlmo
ho was maintaining tho blockade off Clon
fuegos. Secretary Long wired Admiral
Sampson, strongly ndvlslng that the block
ading fieot go to Santiago, in the hope of
finding the Spanish fleet thero.
"Admiral Sampson sent the dispatch to
Admiral Schley with a note, In which ho
said: 'Aflor duly considering this tele
gram I havo decided to make no change In
tho present plans: that Is, that you nhould
hold your squadron off Clenrucgos.'
"This letter was suppressed."
Regarding tho maneuvers of tho Brooklyn
at tho time of tho battle, Captain Schley
says the facts all go to show this was tho
best possible move under the circumstances.
Thn part played by Brooklyn In the battlo
certainly roinparea favorably with that of
New York, he thinks.
"If this Inqulty Is full nnd fair," do
clarcd Captain Schloy, "some facts will be
disclosed that will startlo the public. My
father has strong cards up his sleeve and
I trust he will make use of them all."
Captain Schley enlisted In tho at my In
1884 nnd was appointed a second lloutonant
In the Twenty-third Infantry seven years
later. He has served with his regiment all
through Its campaigns In tho Philippines,
where ho earned his captaincy. Slnco his
return from the Philippines ho has boon
stationed at Fort Douglas.
EXPECT BIG WEEK AT BUFFALO
Promt One Promises to lie Iteenrd
IlrenLer of I'nn-Ainerlciiu
Hipostllon,
IIUFFALO, N. Y.. July 28.-Of all weeks
nt tho Pan-American exposition tho pres
ent ono promises to bo a rocord-broakcr.
.National Commissioners' day on Tuesday,
Elks' day on Wednesday and tho moramoth
midway on Saturday aro tho weok's special
days.
Tho reunion of the Chlcngo World's Fair
commlsjionerB will bo the first time many
of thoso who presided over the destinies of
tho "White City" have met slnco 1803.
On Midway day In the morning a' parade
of nil nations will be given. After the pa
rade there will be a water carnival. In
tho afternoon thero will be a big flve-rlng
clrcua In the stadium nnd In tho evening
thero will bo a ballet of all nations In the
center of tho court of fountains. '
nUFFALO. N. Y July 28.-Presldent
John O, Mlllburn of tho Pan-American ex
position Issued a statement today which
In part says:
"The exposition has been more than pay
ing Its expenses slnco the beginning ot
Juno and has already accumulated a con
siderable surplus. An attendance during
August, September and October of tho to
tal attendance at Chicago in October nlono
will pay nil obligations of tho exposition
and will leave a large surplus,"
THESE INSURGENTS" ACTIVE
Reports from I'nnnnm Say Itrhcln
Are Operating; In l.nrur , tim
ber Xcnr Ilic City,
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 28. Newspaper
reports received here from Panama assert
that the Insurgents aro operating In large
numbers In tho vicinity of tho city and
that an order has been Issued by the gov
ernment calling upon the citizens to repel
attacks and to protect property. Panama
It guarded from tho sea by a gunboat.
According to the same source of Informa
tion the government Is exercising tho strict
est precautions to prevent news of develop
ments leaking out.
SCHLEY A POPULAR IDOL
Waihiagtin Officiih Bonnd ta Admit His
Hold on tbt Pnblio.
BUT NAVAL CLIQUES FAVOR SAMPSON
Court of Inquiry Is Itonnd to Stir Up
Interest Iiik Hex editions Conucrn
Iiik the SnntlnKO Untile mill It
Wilt lie u I.oiik CuinpnlK.
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 28. (Special.) Tho
demand by Admiral Schley for a court of
Inquiry to Inqulro into tho truth of Mr.
.Maclay's charges will bring up tho whole
Santiago controversy once more nnd will
probably result In keeping that subject be
fore tho public for months to come. Naval
officers have thought for the past yenr or
more that the time would como when thore
would bo an official Inquiry Into the whole
Santiago campaign. The most bitter feel
ing has existed between the adherents of
Schley and tho friends of Sampson ever
slnco tho lattor In sending his celebrated
dispatch to the Navy dppartmcnt Ignored
his chief aid In that great naval victory
and neglected even to mention tho namo of
Admiral Schloy In his report.
Schley Is n man who treats everyone cor
dially. The bootblack who meets him on the
street nnd says "flood morning, Admiral,"
Is as courteously treated as the senator
who may do likewise. Schley In other
words Is n popular Idol. Ho has a faculty
of making friends, Sampson on tho con
trary Is rold, austere nnd repellent In man
ner. During his service In tho Navy de
partment proper he was most cordially dis
liked by those coming In contact with him.
This feeling not only oxtendod to tho navy
officers, but to civilians having business to
do with his bureau. On the other hand,
every naval olllccr admits that Sampson Is
a great naval tactician nnd tho strnngo
feature o' the present controversy is that
fully 00 per cent of the olllcers who served
In the Santiago fleet secniH to uphold the
contention of tho secretary of tho navy
that Sampson Is entitled to tho credit fur
the annihilation of the Spaniards aud that
Schley was merely a subordinate who is not
entitled to any more credit than Captains
Phillip, Evans or any ono of tho other cap
tains In command of the vessels ot the fleet.
It would be safe to go further than this
and assert that, If a vote were taken among
tho office who took part In the magnifi
cent naval campaign as to the relative
merits of Dick Wnlnrlght, who commanded
Gloucester, and of Schley, who ' was on
board Brooklyn, tho majority would bo
in favor of giving the greater credit to tho
lesser officer.
I.nnir Session In Prospect.
Tho court of inquiry will probably bo In
session for somo time. It may bo a month
or moro boforo sufficient testimony can be
secured. Its personnel will glvo it a better
standing with the public than such courts
usually have, but whatever its verdict, It
will be perhaps imposslblo to chango the
verdict of tho American peoplo, which, In
spite of the opinions ot the experts, Is
largely In favor ot Schloy.
An incident showing tho bitterness ot
naval officers of the Santiago fleet came
to tho nollco of the writer a short time
ago. Ono of tho very best known among
them commanded ono of tho battleships
gave a reception to the people of the
stato after which his ship Is named. Dur
ing the evening this officer entertnlned a
party In his private room. Thero were
two or threo congressmen and somo naval
officers and a few others In this room, as
well us n very intelligent black spaniel.
Tho dog showed strong evidences of af
fection for tho naval ofTlccr and tho lovo
was ovldently reciprocated. "Sit up here,"
Bnld tho old salt, "and have n piece of
candy," nnd with that ho throw a pleco
of candy Into tho air and tho dog caught
It, hut beforo he could swallow It the com
mand came, "Drop It, that's Schley
candy." Tho dog Immediately dropped the
sweet morsel nnd with a look of profound
contempt curled his tall between his legs
and slunk away. "Como back," said the
captain; "Sampson sent you that." At
onco tho Uttlo black animal snapped up tho
candy with every evidence of delight. The
experiment was made two or three tlmos.
Sweets were placed on the floor nnd tho
dog told that ono piece was from Sampson
nnd tho other from Schley. Ho would
take up tho Snmpson candy every tlmo, but
even refused to smell that which was sup
posed to como from the other naval com
mander. This only Indicates to what ex
tent the feeling on ono sldo or the other
has grown up among naval officers. There
will probably bo somo very Important tes
timony beforo tho court of Inquiry, nnd It
may bo that somo truths concerning tho
conduct ot the campaign will be brought
out, but whatever the verdict of tho court
may be the controversy Is not likely to be
settled soon. In fact, congress Is to take
up the subject nnd beforo the session which
meets in December Is well advanced m
least a dozen attempts will bo made to se
cure tho appointment of special commit
tees which ahnll go Into the subject fully
nnd the result will bo tho wnshlng of nn
endless amount of dirty naval linen undor
the dome ot the cnpltol,
KfTcct of Westcott's Dcnth.
Tho tragic death of It. S. Westcott of tho
Weetcott Express company Is liable to have
an Important effect on the case now pond
ing against Colonel J. F. Gnynor of Syra
cuse and his nssoclntes In tho Atlantic
Contracting company. It will bo re
membered that Mr. Weatcott was the father-in-law
of former Captain Oborlln M. Carter
of the engineer corps, who was convicted
of misappropriating government funds nnd
who Is now serving sentence for his crime.
Gnynor nnd his associates havo been bailed
beforo the courts at Savannah. It was ex
pected that Mr. Westcott's testimony would
have an Important effect on tho government
case and his death Is likely to provo dis
astrous to the contention that Gaynor nnd
his associates conspired to defraud tho gov
ernment. lnllt from Mm. Mcltlnley's millions.
Mrs. C. M. Moore of Brooklyn has un
dertaken to construct for Mrs. McKlnloy
a quilt to be made from the ribbons that
havo been tied around tho bouquets pro
Bented to her during the last few years.
Mrs. Moore has a great reputation as a
quilt maker. She will bo 78 years of age
on September 1. She expects to have this
work completed about that time. This
patchwork quilt calls to mind a fact that
Mrs. Cleveland, while mistress of tho Whlto
House, was presented with a small old
fashioned article of adornment. On ono oc
casion, while visiting Wyoming, N. Y.,
Mrs, Cleveland expressed n desire, which
In a way was a command In the District
of Columbia, for a duplicate of the room
wh'lch her grandmother, Mrs, Folsom, oc
cupied In tho town. Tho women organized
a bee, n rag carpet started, and when Mrs,
Cleveland returned to Wnshlngton she found
a sitting room exactly Identical with that
occupied by her grandmother, the same
rocking chair, nn old spinning wheel In
the corner and the floor covered with a
duplicate of tho hit-asd-mlss carpet.
PORTO RICO IS PROSPEROUS
Tin Ilrnivu I'p lly I.CKliln tnrx Pro
ldcs Ample .Meunn for Is.
Innd'n Requirement.
SAN JUAN, Torto Itlco, July 23. (Cor
respondenco of the Associated Press.)
Events havo already proved that tho tax
Inw drawn up by tho . legislators of this
island will provide ample means for tho
Island's requirements. This indlcntes that
Porto lllco is moro prosperous than It was
a couple of yo,ars ago. Steady Improvement
has been mado since tho day General Miles
lnnded nt Guanlca threo years ago. The
f cople nro In bettor physknl condition nnd
work with more spirit. Plantations that
went unworked for a long tlmo aro begin
ning to show Blgns of prosperity. There
Is moro shipping In the harbor nnd the
signs generally Indicate better conditions.
Nevertheless, scarcely an lnstnnce can be
cited whero any considerable amount of
American capital has been Invested In
Porto Itlcan enterprises. Numerous pro
motors and capitalists, jiave visited the
Island, havo declared that this or that In
vestment would bring good returns and
then havo gone away never to be henrd
from again.
Manager Charpentlro of, the Finch Hall
way company, who sails for New York on
tho steamer Ponce, tnkos with him the
recently granted franchise to bo submitted
to President McKlnloy for his elgnaturo.
Ho will then proceed to Paris to confer
with tho directors of the company. Tho
franchise, which has been hanging fire for
two years, Is considered tho most reasona
ble yet granted by the council. Under tho
Spanish reglmo tho company was paid a
sutiBldy of 8 per cent of tho capital In
vested In every kilometer of road com
pleted nnd in operation. Much pressure
wan brought to bear to Induce tho legis
lative council to contlnuo the franchise
without the customary royalty and the
company was finally successful, although
on conditions which compel the company to
complete forty miles of road within eight
years. This the company' Is prepared to
do, hoping to sell out' to American railway
interests beforo tho expiration ot that pe
riod. F. H. Dexter, nn American attorney, sails
on tho snmo steamer with n signed
frnnchlso Issued to n telephone company,
empowering them to connect tho local sys
tems of San Juan, Ponco and Mayngucz by
a long distance lino. For this right tho
telephone company, according to tho terms
of Its license. Is to pay tho Insular gov
ernment roynlty of 12',4 per cent on Its
gross receipts, In nccordanco with It
agreement. Mr. Dexter has also authority
from tho city ot San Juan to float a loan
of $75,000 for tho construction ot n pier.
Tho council Is now considering whether to
levy n roynlty on tho city-built pier, But
It is feared that under present conditions
American capital will bo reluctant to assist
either enterprise.
When tho city council camo Into being
thero were upwards of thirty applications
for franchises of various sorts. Today
thero Is none except thnt of tho Porto
Steamship company to rebuild Its pier. The
only franchises of Importance that havo
been granted nro for n railway, Issued to
General Hoy Stono. which Is now seeking
capital: n trolley lino In Ponce, Issued to
DcFord & Co., which Js now under con
struction, nnd water-power rlBhtu to Ra-
rcon Ynldez, which is seeklng-capltal.
i . i ,
STILL CHARGING REVENUE
Cnntonm Ofllclnl In etv Yorlt Pre
tend iKiioriume Aluiut
Porto Itlco.
NEW YORK, July 2S. Tho steamship
Ponce, from San Juan, Porto Rico, July 2.1,
docked In Brooklyn this aftcrtioon. As it
steamed up tho bay tho tug camo along
side and two officers boarded Ponco and
took the passengers' declarations. As soon
as Ponco docked customhouse Inspectors
examined the baggage of tho passengers,
eighty In number. All cigars and cig
arettes wero ielzed and tho owners were
told to "como back tomorrow for them."
Among tho passengers was J. H. Gar
rison, auditor of Porto Rico. Ho Informed
tho Inspectors that according to tho presi
dent's proclamation free trade now exists
between tho United States and Porto Rico.
The Inspectors clnlmcd that thoy had no
official Information to that effect. The
basgago of nil tho other passengers was
similarly Inspected. After this general
overhauling of baggngo n telephone mes
sage wob received to selzo only cigarettes In
lots of over 400. Pnssengcrs who did not
have that many were let out. Ono, how
ever, who had 450 cigars, was required to
turn them over and told to como around
Monday and pay for tho Internal revenue
stamps. The Inspectors claim that while
they knew free trade now existed between
this co-intry and Porto Rico they don't know
It officially and that It will bo several days
beforo tho now order can bo put Into effect.
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING
Prominent ItiiHlneuM .11 nn of CIiIciiko
Arrested In Khiiniis City on
Tito Complnlntn.
KANSAS CITY. July 23. William J. Rold,
a Chicago business mnn, was arrested here
today on n warrant sworn out by V. N.
Gemmlll, a lawyer of that city. Tho war
rant makes a specific charge of embezzle
ment of WOO in mouoy ami property from
Horace H. Stoddard, a Chicago capitalist.
Attorney Gemmlll further charges Held
with forgery aggregating $11,000 by which
tho First National bonk of Chicago was
victimized. Reld says his part In the al
leged forgeries was only to negotiate var'e
ouo notes taken from a mercantile agency
by a Chicago clerk.
Rold was arrested at tho Midland hotel,
whero ho had been stopping for sevoral
days, and taken to the police station. Ho
agreed to go to Chicago without requisition
papors and loft tonight with Attorney Gem
mlll, Hold's father Is mild to bo a wealthy
Burlington, la., wholesale Implement dealer.
R?ld Is said to havo owned a mansion In
Michigan avenue, Chicago, whero ho was
formerly In the saddlery buslncns. Ho Is
23 years old and unmarried.
SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE WOODS
.Senator Knlrlinnkn HemimmenilK Chief
i
Jimtlee Monk of Inillnun Su
preme Court.
INDIANAPOLIS. July 28. Tho Sentinel
tomorrow rooming will eny: It Is rcpnrtod
hero that Senator Fairbanks will recom
mond Chief Justtco J. L. Monkn of the In
diana supremo court, living at Wlnchestor,
to succeed Judge. Woods, deceased, as Judge
of the United States circuit court for the
district composed of Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin, Judge Monks Is 56 years old
and has been on the bench twtnty-clght
years.
Senator Falrbauks has recently returned
from a visit to President McKlnley at Can
ton In company with Attorney General
Knox. It Is tatd tho appointment was dis
cussed then.
MAY BE SETTLED THIS WEEK
Negotiations Between the Conflicting Inter
sta of thi Sttel Strike.
BASIS OF CONFERENCE IS REACHED
I.ntior Lenders Meet J. P. .MorRiin nnil
Others In .ev York nud lllseusN
Sltuiitlon Mills Muy lie
Itcuily to Start Saturday,
PITTSBURG, July 28. The strike of tho
steel and tin workers of the Amalgamated
association against tho United Stntes Steel
corporation will probably be settled this
week. Tho conferonco held In New York
Saturday between the officials of tho United
States Steel corporation and President T.
J. Shaffer nnd Secretary John Williams of
tho workers' organization has resulted In
paving tho way for renewal of negotiations
between the j-yo conflicting Interests.
It Is eald tli at n basis of such a con
ference has been arrived al. This basis
will not bo divulged until later this week.
It tho basis is satisfactory, the conference
will proceed nt onco. If, on the other hand,
the basis Is not satisfactory to the Amalga
mated association the strike will continue.
President Shaffer and Secretary Williams
returned from Now York thl morning.
They spent ninny hourit In conference with
thn lending olllcers of tho Steel trust and
camo homo with hopes for nn early ending
of tho strike. In Pittsburg Mttlo was
known of the conferonco, but tho greatest
Interest In the outcome was shown among
the manufacturers. Vice President Bopo of
tho Carnegie Steel company sold that ho
hnd heord absolutely nothing of tho re
sults nnd did not know that tho conference
was on. I. W. Jenks, general manager
of tho American Steel Hoop company, nnd
Superintendent Harper of tho same com
pany wero equally In the dark.
President Shnffcr wob seen this evening,
but refused absolutely to talk In reference
to his trip to New York.
AVIIIInms I'tnlued to Seereey.
Secretary Williams was found at his homo'
this evening. He admitted thnt he i had
been with President Shnffcr in New York
and had seen J. P. Morgan. Ho would
not Ray what had taken place there. Ho
said he wan pledged to secrecy. Asked If
tho terms as printed In tho papers this
morning, which covered tho settlement of
'the strike, were correct, ho replied that
thoy wero purely guesswork. No terms
could possibly be made without tho full
consent of tho cxecutlvo committee. It Is
learned hero that a meeting of tho executive
board has been called for Tuesday. Addi
tional Information regarding tho Now York
meotlng was nfterward picked up from
reliable sources.
It was stated that two Amalgamated of
ficials loft Pittsburg on Friday night nnd
when they arrived In New York went di
rect to tho prlvato offlco of Mr. Morgan.
Tho meeting between tho Pittsburg men
and Mr. Morgnn lasted from nbout 11
o'clock In tho morning until 4 o'clock In
tho nftornoon. At no time did tho con
ference adjourn to tho offices of .tho Untted
States Steel corporation. During tho. con
feronco President C. W. Schwab and Judge
E, H. Gary were present most of tho time.
Another conferco was Mr. Hawkins, ono
of Mr. Morgan's partners. The Amalga
mated officials directed their attention al
most entirely to Mr. Morgan and President
Schwab. They went over tho grounds on
which tho strike began nnd discussed a
settlement basis. After exchanging views
with the steel officials Mr. Shaffer and Mr.
Wllliums left tio office.
Kxpluln the Hurried Trip.
In cxplnnntlon of tho hurried trip of tho
officers to New York It was said that
until nearly & o'clock in tho afternoon
neither of tho officers know that they would
bo required to icavo IittBburg. Prior to
that tlmo Colonel Gcorgo B. M, Harvey,
manager of Harvoy Bros., the Now York
publishers, wns n caller nt the office ot
President Shaffer. When Colonel Harvey
left tho Invitation to go to New York
had been extended and had been accepted.
It wns positively ntntcd that tho meoting
between tho heads of the Amalgamated as
sociation nnd tho United StnteB Steel cor
poration was duo to no other 'person or
persons than Colonel Hnrvey.
Secretary Williams today dented that A.
M. Garland or Joseph Bishop ha anything
to do with the conferonco In any way so
far as ho knew.
It Is believed that before the ond of the
week tho mills will all be ready to run
agnln providing repairs undertaken slnco
"tho strlko begun nro done. Should tho
wholo project fnll of coming to nn nmlra
ble end tho tight promises to bo more bitter
thun over. ,
Strike Procrnm Not Chnnpretl.
Secretary Williams eald tonight that tho
strike program will not bo changed In any
way between now nnd tho day set for tho
executive bonrd meeting, but nothing of a
radical naturo would likely take place bo
foro then,
A telegram from Wheollng, AV. Vn., to
night says: "At a meeting of tho Amalga
mated association lodgo last night 125 men
of tho Hlverslde tube and etool mills weVo
ndmltted. Thco accessions, Vice Presi
dent Larklns claims, Ineludo most of the
skilled men now employed nt tho Riverside,
This afternoon, a new lodge of tho Amal
gamated association wan formed by 400 em
ployes of tho Wheeling Iron nnd Steol com
pnny, an Independent corporation whose
plant la located In Benwood. These are all
skilled men. McKeesport nnd Wellsvlllo
report unchanged conditions nnd ovorythlng
quiet."
NEW YORK, July 28. Thero was no nows
concerning tho steel strike obtainable In
Now York today for tho reason that nono
of tho magnates incut Interested wero In the
city. J. P. Morgan, after spending tho
night nt nn uptown hotel, left the city.
Just whero ho went Is not known, His
yacht, Corsair, wiled for Bar Harbor Sat
urday and It Is said has ordorn to remain
nt thnt plnco until Its owner Joins It. E.
II. Gory was In tho city, but not nt his
hotel all day. President Schwab also kept
nway from his apartments during tho day
and up to n late hour tonight.
To 1111 Places or Strikers.
SHARON, Pa., July 28. The American
Steel Costing company yestordny Imported
another rnrload of molders and chlppers to
fill tho placos of Btrikcrs. The mon were
brought from tho eastern part of tho state
In n np'jclnl cnr. Tho strikers mndo no
demonstration nn account of the Injunction
rocured agnlnst thorn from tho Mercer
court, The company expocts to Import
nnother cnrload thin week. It Is not prob
able tho grievances of the men will be
arbitrated for somo time, as the company
seems determined to brenk tho strike with
out making nny concession.
Another Conference Toilny,
WHEELINO.'w. Va., July 28. Vlco Presl
dent Walter Larklns of tho Amalgamated
association's local district stnted to the
(Contined on Second Page.)
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Pnrtly Cloudy nnd
Cooler Monday, with Showers In Kastern
Portion; Tuesday Fair; Variable Winds.
Temperature In Omaha Ycnterdn
Hour.
Wear.
Hour.
It
eit.
n a, in
M
Ml
ss
nn
Ml
S7
M.I
S!i
a. m
a. m , . , . a
a, in ,
7.1
T.'l
Tl
7tl
70
7(1
78
a. m
a. m ..... .
in
p. nt
II p. m,
WEATHER BUREAU ENCOURAGED
Until llnxliiu Fnllen nt Last It Be
lieves ttie Corn licit Will
Get .More.
WASHINGTON, July 23. Tho weather
bureau's advices from tho great corn bolt
today arc more encouraging than any that
havo come to hand for forty days, showing
in tho opinion 9f the forecasters that tho
drouth has been broken by general showers
In many portions, ot thnt section and with n
prospect of their continuation tomorrow.
Coincident with tho tall of rnln havo como
reduced temperatures, With tow exceptions
the temperatures reported were not ab
normally high, no maximums of 100 de
grees being reached. West of Iho Missis
sippi river they wero generally In the neigh
borhood of PO degrees,
The forecasters, whlio not making any
Rpcctflc predictions as to tho effect ot the
rnln on tho crops, express thn opinion thnt
all those crops which havo not been Irrep
arably ruined will be benefited by tho
breaking of tho drouth. Tho lato crops nat
urally would bo helped tho most.
The reports show that during thn past
twenty-four hours showcra wero quite gen
eral In tho corn belt anil wero heavy over
much of the state of Iowa aud over part of
the corn bolt not hitherto vUttcd by rains,
Including western Nebraska, southern Mis
souri nnd Oklahoma.
Monday thero will be showers throughout
tho corn belt region except In Its extremo
vestern portion nnd southern part of Indi
ana nnd southern Ohio, and they will con
tlnuo generally on Tuesday In tho Ohio nud
middle Mississippi valleys.
Thero also hnvo been showers nnd
thunderstorms In the northern tier ot
states from the northeast to the Dakotas,
northern Now Mexico, northern Arizona aLd
southern Utah nnd on tho west gulf const.
IOWA IS WET AND THANKFUL
Ituln In n IIIcssIiik That All the
Knriners anil Consumers
Appreelnte.
CRESTON, In.. "July 28. (Special.)
Union county nnd nil southwestern Iowa
are rejoicing over the effectual breaking
of tho prolonged drouth. A henvy rain
storm enmo up suddenly Saturday evening
from tho southwest end tho epectnelo of
running water In the btrocts wns wit
nessed with delight for iho first tlmo In
several months. Tho rain continued at In
tervals during tho night and at noon to
day a steady, soaking rnln Is In progress.
Thn. moisture camo In Just tho right man
ner; Its arrival was opportune and tho
saving ot millions of dollars resulted to
the. farmers. Pastures will bo revived,
creeks dry for a long time nro running, late
potntoos and corn will bo benefited nnd
thero Is a spirit of thanksgiving and joy
pervading the cntlro city and section. In
dications nt this hour point to an nil-day
rain.
BEDFORD. In.. July 28. The drouth In
this section Is broken. Threo Inches of rain
foil this morning nnd it In still raining.
This, means nn SO per cent corn crop In this
locality.
DUBUQUE, la., July 28. (Special Telo
gram.) Tho thirty-four days' drouth was
broken today by almost, continuous rain.
Tho rainfall today was nenrly two Inches.
Totnl for month preceding, .43 of Inch.
Highest tcmpernturo was 10S on July 7:
lowest, 54, Juno 24. Reports from points In
northern Iowa show tho Btorm wns general.
Rain was especially heavy at Fort Dodge,
Munson and Acklcy, Tho highest tem
perature today was 87.1.
CEDAR FALLS, la., July 28. (Special
Telegram.) Two Inches of rain fell hero to
day. Three-fourths 'of tho lato corn crop
will bo saved.
KANSAS THOROUGHLY SOAKED
Steady, rrliillnt Ttnln Saturates the
Soil In the Northern
Counties,
ATCHISON. Kan., July 28. The drouth In
northern Kansas, which had lasted without
Interruption Mnco April 15, wns broken last
night and this morning. The Missouri Pa
cific railroad has received reports from nil
Its stations which extend 300 mlloH west
ward from the Missouri river nnd north
wnrd Into Nebrnskn nnd nil except two or
threo report a downpour of from one-fourth
of nn Inch to two Inclios, Tho rain was a
steady, drizzling one aud lasted In most
places three or four hours. The parched
earth absorbed the moisture as fast as It
fell, Whllo tho recent rains hnvo covered
central and southeastern Kansas, they had
not toucbod the northern counties up to
within twenty-four hours.
TOPEKA, Kan., July 28. Copious rains
havo again fallen throughout Kansas todny.
All along tho lino ot tho Santa Fo, far out
to the western part of the stato, thoro
wero generous supplies of moisture. In To
pokn nenrly two Inches of rnln fell, bo
gtnning early this morning nnd continuing
until afternoon. This makes over four
inches In the last threo duys. Tomorrow
tho farmers of tho stato will begin re
planting their vegotnblcB and will plant
Immense quantities of turnips, kafflr corn
and sorghum for forage, Tho ground Is in
In nn excollent condition for thoso products
now and plenty of rough toed for tho com
ing winter Is assured.
KANSAS CITY, July 28. Rain fell hore
almost nil day, tho downfall amounting to
over on Inch.
NORTH DAKOTA TOO STORMY
Tornado Wrecks Church, Store,
DwelllnK", llnrni nud Depot
ut Tnppen.
FARGO, N. D.p July 28. A heavy rain nnd
windstorm prevnllcd this afternoon over a
good part of tho state and tho greatest dam
ago Is reported at Tappen, 125 miles west
of Fargo, where It amounted to a tornado,
A church, a store, dwellings and barnB were
blown down and the Northern Pacific depot
was demolished. Wires wero down for some
hours. Crops in tho path of tho storm,
which wos several miles wide, were dam
aged. In tho Red River valley rain fell
from thn national boundary lino nil the way
down the atatn line. In the northern part
thero wns not much wind, but around
Fargo nnd over In Mlnnesotn crops wore
rinmaged, Just how nerlouily It is Impossl
blo to determine tonight.
BIG RAINS IN STATE
Nebraska Earth Oeti tht Ihorongh Itming
It Has Thlriud Itr.
LONG PERIOD OF DROUTH IS WELL BROKEN
No Local Rains Thus, but Gtauin Old
Faihitncd Seakiaf.
GENERAL WHEREVER THEY ARE NEEDED
om Lccalitln Btprt Two Inokei ar Mara
of Dewnpeur.
OTHERS A LITTLE LESS, BUT ALL GRATEFUL
From Kvery Tonn Come the Most
(JrntlfylnK lleports of Crop. Suved
DrenchliiK Just In Time to
lie Worth Vast Money.
Sunday In Omaha was a tolerably com
fortable day. Whllo tho humidity was
rather Intense, giving humanity thnt
sticky feeling, the tcmpcraturo wa mild in
comparison with thnt of tho preceding
thirty days.
During the forenoon largo white clouds
frequently svept in between tho sun and
tho earth nnd shut out Bcvcral degrees of
beat that would havo been heaped upon
mortals had tho sky beon clear.
It was n good morning to sleep and
many cltlzeiiB who havo gone short on tho
slumber murkct during thu past few weeks
paid no heed to tho cook when she called
breakfast, but Just rolled over and contin
ued on friendly terms with tho pillow until
tho noon hour.
In tho afternoon thero was a great out
pouring to tho porks nnd to tho country
clubs, It being tho first day In several
wooks when an outing could be taken with
out Buffering from tho heat.
At 5 o'clock In tho morning the tern
pcrnture started In nt 72 degrees and rose
gradually to 7S degrees at noon. The max
imum wns reached at 4 o'clock in the
btternoon, when tho mercury touched tho
90 mark.
Tho humidity of the ntmosphcro was CO
per cent during most of tho day.
Tho lalnfall In Omaha yesterday
amounted to aixty ono-hundredths of ati
inch.
A heavy electrical Btorm visited Omaha
at 1:30 o'clock this morning, accompanied
by a henvy rainfall, Tho downpour con
tinued for over nn hour. The ntorm scorned
to extend over n wido area around Omahi.
GLAD TIDINGS IN NEBRASKA
Scores of Storm Centers Hasten to Let
the World Knurr Their
Crops Are Safe.
HARVARD, Neb., July 28. (Special.) At
6 o'clock Jaal evening rolling clouda with
much thunder and lightning gave evldenco
of a heavy rain, but though tho storm
seemingly contlnuod to gather, no rain of
value fell till about D:30. From that tlmo
till morning a light fall of rain occasionally
came, amounting In tho aggregate to
.35 of nn Inch. This morhiug thero aro
further indications of rain, tho morning
beltig cool and cloudy with n cooling
breeze.
GOTHENBURG, Neb., July 28. (Special.)
Tho flvo weeks' drouth was broken thla
week by light showers. Tuesday thero
wna enough rain to lay tho dust. Thursday
.10 ot an Inch followed. Yester
day thero was n fnll of .28 of nn Inch.
In tho west and northwest tho rains woro
much heavier nud tho farmers roport the
corn crop still In good condition. Rye and
winter wheat aro averaging twenty bushels
to tho acre, barley twenty-flvo bushels, oats
thlrty-threo bushels and spring wheat
flvo bushels. Tho turkey red
Bcems to yield tho best, while tho quality
Is nupcrior to tho other vnrietles in this
section, ns it tests from fltty-nlno
to sixty-two pounds to the bushel.
The hay crop Is heavy and all tho toamu
nnd men In town aro employed at good
wages taking caro of It. .There are three
times ns much small grain raised this year
as last and tho 'country Is full of rough
ness for llvo stock. Grasshoppers and
chlnchbugs are taklnc a Held of corn every
now and then In various localities,
First Since July Fourth.
ROGERS, Neb., July 28. (Spoclal.) Tho
first rain slnco July 4 fell hore today. Only
a light shower foil In town, but Just north
thoro han been a heavy fall, Thero are
prospects of moro. The thermometer has
been from 105 to 110 every day for two
weeks.
EDGAR, Neb., July 28. (Special,) A
good rain fell hero last night, amounting to
almost half nn inch. Tho woatbor has
boen extremely hot for tbroo woeks and
corn wns suffering badly from the
drouth. It Is thought this rain will Im
prove the condition of the corn, but more
will be needed.
LAUREL, Neb., July 28. (Bpeclal,) Tho
country Immediately northwest was vliltod
Friday night with a soaking rain. Tle area
covored was consldernblo nnd farmers are
in town reporting It too wot for stacking.
Farmers report tho corn as having stood
tho tfrouth to bent nnythlng they over aaw.
Smnll grain of nil kinds Is a fairly good
crop and Is harvested In good Bhape.
HASTINGS, Neb., July 28. (Special.) An
inch of rain fell In this county last night
Good rnlns aro reported from various local
ities. Tho rnln will make considerable corn
In Into fields. It will also holp tho second
crop of alfalfa and freshen up pastures,
SULTAN, Neb., July 2K. (Special.) Rain
began yesterday nt 4 p. ra. nnd showers
continued through the night to the amount
at .90 of on Ineh. Corn has not suf
forcd so much an was reported. It bids
fair to mako two-thlrds of a crop,
Listed corn has stood the drouth the best.
Drouth Is KnTcclunlly Broken.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., July 28. (Spo
clal.) Tho drouth In this section waa ef
fectually broken by a fall of one nnd one
half Inches of rain ecrly this morning. Ro
portn show thnt the entire county was thor
oughly drenched. Corn will make nearly nn
average crop, With a bumper wheat crop
and an Increased acreage of oats the farm,
era of Otoo county ore happy.
CRETE, Neb., July 28, (Special.) At
7:30 last night an electric storm from the
northwest passed over this part of Salem
county and with It came the long-wlihed-for
rain. A copious fall, lasting nearly all
night, drenched the parched sol), Pastures
and hay land will be revlvod nnd aome of
tho late corn will be greatly benefited by
the rnln. This morning it Is cloudy nnd it
looks like moro rain,
WATERLOO, Neb., July 28. (Special.)
One and one-half Inches fell here last night,
It began raining hero last evening about 7
o'clock and kept It up a good part of the