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The Omaha Daily B EE. . ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORN IMG, JULY 22, 1902 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. FOR THE GARRISONS Board of Officer! Make Rsport on Armj Post Improvements. ALLOTMENTS MADE FROM APPROPRIATION Full Amount Will Be Expanded During Freient Fiscal Tear. TO COMPLETE POST AT DES MOINES It Will Be Made to Aocommodate Four Troopi of Cavalry. COAST ARTILLERY IMPROVEMENT PLANNED oard Decides to Frortrd at Once With Hreeasary Speclflratlous for Sew Building and Podi, WASHINGTON. July 21. A board of offl eers consisting of Major Oenerals Corbln and Young, Brigadier General Ludlngtoo, Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Johnston and Ma jor Georga Ruhlen was appointed several uki ago by the secretary of war to taka into consideration tha question of pro vision to ba made for accommodations and shelter for troops returned from Cuba and the rhlllpplne Islands, and to consider generally the construction of new posts throughout the United States to accommo date Increased garrisons to be stationed there. The board submitted its final re port to the secretary of war, who has ap proved the recommendations submitted by It. The amounts given are those esti mated to complete the construction of the vartoua works, and while the allotments re msde from the current appropriations, It la not expected that the full amounts will be expended In all cases during the fiscal year. The allotments are as fol lows: For the construction of a new post for a regiment of cavalry at Chlckamauga Park, Oeorgla, $500,000. A new post for a battalion for Infantry at Heine's Mission. Alaska. $260,000. A new post for a regiment of infantry on the military reservation at Monterey, Cel., $12,000. Three new posts, each to aocommodate two companies of coast ar tillery at Fort Worden and Fort Casey, Wash., at the entrance to Puget sound,, and Fort Rosecrans, near San Diego, Cel., $120,000 each. California Improvements. Provision for a regiment of Infantry at the Presidio of San Francisco, $75,000; en largement of Fort Lincoln, near Bismarck, N. D., to accommodate two companies of Infantry, $50,000; enlargement of Fort Meade, 8. D., to accommodate headquar ters and two squadrona of cavalry, $90,000; the completion of Fort McKlnzie, Wyo., to accommodate one battalion of Infantry, $115,000; barracks, quarters, stables, etc., for two batteries of light infantry at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., $200,000; enlargement of Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, to aceommodato two squadrons of cavalry and two batter ies of artillery, $176,000; quarters at Fort Myer. Va.. for the officers of two bat teries of field artillery, provision having already been made for tha barracks, sta bles, gunshed. etc., for these batteries, $50,000; necessary repairs to be msde at Fort Harrison, Mont., to make accommo dations at that post for a battalion of in fantry, $10,000; enlargement of Fort Doug las, Utah, to provide accommodations for headquarters and two battalions of Infantry, $126,000; to begin the reconstruction and Improvement of Fort Bnelllng. Minn., to tnake provision at that post for the ac commodation of a full regiment of in fantry and two batteries of field artillery, $250,000. Complete Post at De Molnea. To complete post at Des Moines, la., to accommodate four troops of cavalry. 1240,000. To enlarge Fort Lawton, Wash., to ac commodate headquarters and one battalion of Infantry. $106,000. To enlarge Fort Wright. Wash..- to ac commodate one battalion of Infantry, $20,000. To enlarge Vancouver barracks, Wash., to accommodate one full regiment of In fantry and two battalions of artillery, $140,000. To reconstruct Fort Ontario, N. T., so ' ai to provide accommodations for one bat talion of Infantry at that post, $160,0000. To reconstruct Whipple barracks, Arliona. to provide accommodations at that post for one battalion of Infantry, $120,000. To enlarge Fort McKloley, Me., to ac commodate one additional company of coast artillery, $66,000. To continue construction of barracks and quarters at Fort Riley, Kan., and Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to provide for In creased garrisons at those posts and the officers of the schools of Instruction to be established there, at Riley $225,000. at Leavenworth $250,000.. The board also took Into consideration the construction of necessary buildings at many of the coast artillery posts on the Atlantic seaboard, on the gulf and at the mouth of the Columbia river and at eome of the Island posts for cavalry and artillery where additional buildings are needed to aocommodate the increased garrisons. It has been decided to proceed at once with the plana and specifications, necessary buildings at tha new posts to be enlarged and to Invite bids for their construction but It Is contemplated to place only a part t the work at other places under contract at present, to avoid the large congestion which would result by throwing too much work on the market at many of these places. The work that probably will re ceive first consideration will be the new posts to be established at Chlckamauga Park, Haines Mission, Alaska, Monterey, and ths Presidio, San Francisco. ELEVEN CONTRARY JURYMEN Aaary with Man Who Falls to Aarea with Them that Thar AI. most I'so Physical Force. . CHICAGO, July 21. After a wrsngls with an obstinate Juror which lasted twenty four houra end became so heated at times that fists ware shaken la tha parslstsnt man's face by his associates, a dlsagrse mant nas resulted In Judge Brentano's court in the case of Martin Howe, a con stable charged with the murder of James F. Harty. Juror Charles A. McDonald stood out per sistently against conviction and the feeling of the othtr eleven members of the Jury against him was so Intense that the angry ta'. co-tlitued after the verdict had been rendered. McDonald aald later that ba stood out for Hows through principle, believing that ha constable acted la self-defense. . TO BE BURIED IN GREENWOOD Remains of John W. Mackay lo Be Taken to Kw York. LONDON. July 21. The remains of . W. Mackay of San Francisco, who dleC yesterday evening, will be taken to 'ht i or lor iniermeni in ureenwooa cemeiei. Brooklyn. The exact date for the removal of the body and the arrangements for the funeral will not be decided upon until the arrival In I.ondon of his son, Clarence Mackay, who sailed from New York on 6a. urday last. Mrs. John W. Mscksy Is quite prostrated with grief. The afternoon newspapers ns well as the morning print long obituary notices of Mr. Mackay. An informal meeting of Americans so journing In London, held at the Carlton hotel this evening, adopted resolutions ex pressing regret at the death of John W. Mackay and tendering sympathy to Mrs. Mackay and ' the other member of the family. Among those present were Gen eral Joseph Wheeler of Alabama, Former Governor of Maryland Frank Brown, Jef ferson M. Levy, former member of congress from New York, and George T. Wilson, third vice president of the Equitable Life Assurance society of the United States. The, Rome correspondent of the Associ ated Press, referring to the death of Mr. Mackay, says a deep Impression has been caused there by the sudden decease of one who was related by marriage to so many leading Italian families. ENGLAND EXPECTS A SLICE Death of John W. Mackay in that Country May Mulct Estate for Inheritance Tax. (Copyright 1902, by Pivss Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 21. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Estimates published here put J. W. Mackay's fortune at $40,000,000, but how far these are based on mere speculation it la impossible to determine. However, in legal circles It is considered a nice point whether the British government is not entitled to claim a death duty of 6 per cent on what Mrs. Mackay Inherits under her husband's will, as, though not naturalised, shs Is domiciled in England. Then a death duty will have to be placed on all the testator's Investments In English securities, so the chancellor of the exchequer calculates on making a handsome haul out of his es tate, as Mackay's English Investments are said to be nearly $10,000,000. Hla friends declare that four years ago. foreseeing a prospect of his estate being mulcted by the English treasury, owing to hla wife being domiciled here, he as signed to her the greater part of the for tune he Intended to bequeath to her. In cluding his English Investments, and that the balance of his fortune goes to his son. LOSE THEIR LIVES IN RAIN Fifteen Persona Drawn In a Tor rential Storm at Kleff, Rnaala. KIEFF, European Russia, July 21. Fif teen persons were drowned yesterday by a audden ln-rush of water Into the base ments of various houses la' the lower ipor tlons of the town. A torrential rain storm, accompanied by violent wind and hall, broke over Kleff during the afternoon and turned the etreets Into veritable torrents, flooding cellars and drowning their occupants before they were able to escape. Large trees were uprooted and railroad embankments were washed away, necessi tating the suspension of traffic. The losses sustained are very heavy. HAYTIEN SITUATION WORSE Provincial Government Divided Into Four Parts and ia With out Authority. PORT AU PRINCE, Haytl, July 21. The situation in Haytl has become worse. Gen eral Jean Jumeau, who supports the can didacy for the presidency of M. Firmln, Is on his way to the capital, and General Balnave, with a considerable force, has started for Cape Haytlen, in order to at tack General Nord, the war minister. The provisional government here Is divided Into four parties one flrmlnlst and three antl flrmlnlst groups and is without any au thority. The population is also divided and It is generally believed that M. Firmln will not meet with any serious resistance la his advance on the capital. TO REINFORCE BERTI'S MEN Government Fleet Sails from Panama for Agua and Dulro with General Supplies. PANAMA, Colombia. July 21. The gov ernment fleet sailed last night with rein forcements and ammunition and provisions for General Berti's army at Agua Dulce. General Salaiar, governor of Panama, Instructed the commander of the fleet to deliver certain letters to General Bertl, and by all means, should the revolution ary gunboat Padllla be met, to engage it In a decisive battle. Governor Salasar be lieves that a big battle Is being fought at Agua Dulce, and if the government troops are victorious In the engagement the rev olution on the Isthmus will be ended. NAME KEANE FOR BISHOP Minneapolis Man Selected to Charge of Diocese at Cheyenne. Take ROME, July 21.-At a meeting of the congregation propaganda fide today It was derided that Rev. James J. Keane, psstor of ths Church of the Immaculate Concep tion at Minneapolis, Minn., ba appointed bishop of the diocese of Cheyenne, Wyo. The meeting approved of the division of the diocesa of Sioux Falls, B. D., as pro posed by Bishop O'Oorman, the new dio cese to have Lead, Lawrence county, as the residence of the new bishop, who will be the Very Rev. J. Stnrlba, tha present vicar general of the diocese of St. Paul, Minn. BATTLESHIP SEEMS ILL-FATED Retvlaaa, Ballt la Philadelphia fer Ruaala, Canaea Death of Seven at Crew, 6T. PETERSBURG. July II. The battle- hip Retvlsan, built In Philadelphia tor the Russian government and which re cently arrived here, seems to be Ill-fated. On her way from Philadelphia five mem bers of her crew were killed by ths explo sion of a water tube, and yesterday two others of the crsw were killed by falling to the bottom of the dry dock while paint ing the battleship's kssL TAFT BIDS P0tE FAREWELL American Party Cordially Beceired by Head f Catholio Church. ""NTIFF PLEASED WITH NEGOTIATIONS Himself v as Being Con. "atlsfactory- Settlement Vacations Now Issue ROME, July 21. The pope received Gov ernor Taft and the members of his party In farewell audience at noon today. The Americans drove In two carriages from their hotel to the Vatican. Judge Taft and Judge Smith wore evening dress, as prescribed by etiquette; Major Porter was In full uniform and Blehop O'Oorman wore ecclesiastical robes. They were re ceived at the great door of the Vatican by the Swiss guards, who rendered military honors. At the foot of the state staircase the Americans were met by Mgr. BlBletl, master of the ceremonies, who was accompanied by several other dignitaries of the papal court. At the door of the pontifical apart ments the noble guards and gendarmes rendered the customary honors, sfter which Governor Taft and his companions were introduced Into the presence of the pope, who welcomed them wtth marked cordiality. To mark his satisfaction at the success of the negotiations the pope presented each member of Oovernor Taft'a party with a personal gift enclosed In a mag nificent morocco case adorned with the paper. Oovernor Taft got a gold goose quill of exquisite workmanship, with Pope Leo's coat-of-arms on the feather. To Bishop O'Oorman was presented a pectoral cross set with rubles and amethysts and having a cameo center bearing the figure of the virgin surrounded with pearls. Judge Smith and Major Porter both re ceived a gold Jubilee medal. The pope gave Mrs. Taft an enamel reproduction of the ancient painting of Saint Ursula surrounded by virgins. The Americans were ushered Into a pri vate library and as soon as the door was opened the pope went half way to meet and greeted Governor Taft with the great est cordiality. The pontiff commenced the Interview by saying he was happy that the negotiations hod progressed so well, and was confident of a satisfactory settlement of the questions at issue. He intimated that an apostolic delegation would speedily bs Instructed as to the cat rylng out of the Ideas in question, saying: "I will see that orders be given him as to his work, over which I will watch per sonally." Expresses Esteem fpr Americans. Turning the conversstlon, the pope er pressed the highest esteem for American methods of treating chi'rch matters. In fact, he bad more than once pointed to the United States as setting an example well worth copying. Governor Taft thanked the pope for the promptness and courtesy shown him during his visit and promised co-operation with the apostolic delegate In prosecuting the questions on the line agreed on at Roma. He expressed regret at the fact that the negotiations had beet Biade the occasion of tha circulation of false reports in various papers and some telegraph agencies, which had given rise to unfavorable comments upon the Vatican. The pope also protested against such false norts, but he prophetically declared that by this time be was accustomed to that kind of misrepresentation. The pontiff then rose with nnusual activ ity, walked with the Americans to the op posite side of the room and showed them the mosaic which he is sending to Presi dent Roosevelt in return for the president's present of a box containing his (Mr. Roose velt's) literary works. The mosaic is a copy of Corrldt's well-known picture of Pope Leo, sitting on' the terrace of the Vatican gardens, surveying Rome. It was made in the vatlcaa workshops. Ths pope then gave Bishop O'Oorman an autograph letter to President Roosevelt. Members of Governor Taft's party asked the pope to bless several boxes of rosar ies and other religious mementoes, which his holiness did most willingly, adding that his benediction waa extended to all their relations and friends. After an audience of forty minutes,' In which the conversation was carried on In French, Bishop O'Gormsn and Major Porter translating, the pope saw the Americans to the door of the library. Oovernor Taft and his companions then called on the papal secretary of state. Car dinal Rampolla, with whom they exchanged similar courtesies. Later Governor Taft, accompanied by Judge Smith and Captain Strother left Rome for Naples. Bishop O'Gormsn will sail for the United States next week. He will take wtth him a letter from Cardinal Rampolla to Secre tary Hay. AMERICANS TO BE HONORED German Cabinet Order Conferring Decoratlona la Hands of Em peror William. BERLIN, July 21. Cabinet ordere con ferring decorations on about $00 Amer icans, who had to do with the trip of Prince Henry of Prussia to the United States, are In Emperor Wtlllam'a hands for signature. The foreign office sent the paper to his majesty a fortnight ago and their return and ths announcements are expected any day. The Hat was largely mad up by Dr. Holleben, the German minister at Washington, though of course Prince Henry personally suggested a good msny nsmes. The delay in fixing up the list seem to have been due to the necessity for ascertaining beforehand whether per sons In official positions would and could accept. There haa been much correspondence be tween the foreign office and Dr. Holleben regarding the attitude of the American offlc'als, whose individual preferences ns set forth in the correspondence are kept inviolate here. However, after month of exchange of vlewa the list wss finally agreed upon and sent to the United State embassy for revision. Tbs United States ambassador, Andrew D. Whits, following precedent in such cases, politely declined to make any sug gestions and returned the list to the for eign office without any expression of opin ion. It appears that a standing instruc tion of tha State department Is that ths bestowal of decorations shall be discour aged aa much as possible, because decora tions hsva no place In the American gov ernment system, cannot be returned In kind, and nearly alwsys lesd to diplomatic announces. It is understood that the decorations are chiefly various classes rf the crown order. Each class of the several Prussian orders hss a number of ahad-s. In the red eagle, for Instance, there are thirty. MISSISSIPPI NOW . FALLING Ilelaht of Flood la Reached Water of Lowlands Br ains to Recede. and KEOKUK. Ia.. July 21. The height of the flood in the Mississippi river was reached today south of here. The river fell an Inch and a half at Keokuk today, and the fall will reach southern points by to morrow, but a rise of a foot or more In the vicinity of Canton, Qulncy, LaGrange and Hannibal today carried the water over thou sands of acres previously uninjured. The highest water Is believed to be at LaGrange and Gregory, where the water on Sunday via well below the rails of the St. Louis, Keokuk ft Northwestern rail way on the bank of the river. Today a flood la pouring over the tracks and reach ing to the steps of tha noaches. This rise extended the flood clear back to the high lands at the foot of the bluffs. The road bed Is superb and trains are delayed only by slow speed while running through the water. The rise today took out some more wheat In the shock which previously stood with its butts in water. Extension of the flood Increased the total damage to a large amount in dollars, although not a very great increase In percentage over the pre vious damage. The farmers are Inclined to report much higher figures thsn a few days ago, but estimates of 11.00(,000 to $6,000,000 In Missouri along the seventy miles of river frontage are conservative. The rise today compelled the Barlow Cultivator work of Qulncy to abut down, but several other factories considered high and dry got slong by pumping out the water flowing In. The river here Is full of debris, the most northern point of the great flood, and the rivers sbove are pouring in much drift from overflowed lowlands. South of here the flatness Includes thousands of rsbblts as passengers on logs, piece of houses and other wreckage. BURLINGTON. Ia.. July 21. The Mis sissippi river is stationary here tonight. The water is flooding the Illinois bottoms. SPRINGFIELD, III., July 21. Since the heavy rains of Friday and Baturday the Illinois river haa risen again and Is seven teen feet and seven inches above low water mark at Havana. The Lacey levee is In great danger, be ing already weakened by the . long strain. The narrow gauge railroad between Lewis ton and Havana has been abandoned in consequence of being flooded. PEORIA. 111., July 21. The Illinois river tonight continues to rise and Is standing at 21.4 feet above low water mark, the highest mark reached In ten years. The Western League baseball park is tour feet under water, and there will be no chance to play ball here for at least two. weeks. The Pe oria team Is scheduled to plsy here on the 29th, but there Is no possibility of the water going down sufficiently within that time. Reports from down river points state that the damage to crops Is dally increas ing and haa already reached thousands of dollars. M'LAURIN REFUSES OFFICE Senator Turns Down Offer Made by President of Vacancy on Co art of Claims. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July ti. This was the quietest weekday at Sagamore Hill since the president arrived. No visitors came during the early part of the day and none was scheduled to come later. Presi dent Roosevelt passed the morning In his library with Secretary Loeb, attending to an accumulation of public business. President Roosevelt is In receipt of a letter from Senator John L McLaurin ot South Carolina, declining the proffered appointment to the vacancy on the United States court of claims. The president, it can be said, very much regrets this de cision, as he believes McLaurln's senatorial experience would have made him a good addition to the court ot claims. The president Is now uncertain what he will do about Senator McLaurin, It Is understood that he is anxious to appoint him to some position In recognition' of what the president regards as his services to the country and his demonstrated abil ity in public life. Senator McLaurln's let ter is couched in the most positive terms and evidently was bssed in particular upon a newspaper article which accompanied the letter. The article eald the senator had sold him self for the purpose of getting auch an office. It can be said that the president regards such a type of accusation as be neath notice, and sincerely regrets that Senator McLaurin should have deemed It necessary to pay any attention to It. Sen ator McLaurin evidently ha changed his opinion about accepting the proffered ap pointment since be was In Oyster Bay on July 11. At that time he indicated his readiness to accept the vacancy on the court of claims and the only question then was when he should resign from the sen ate. Mrs. W. 8. Cowles, a sister of the presi dent, and wife of Commander Cowles of the navy, arrived at Sagamore Hill tonight. She will be the guest of tha Roosevelt fam ily for some time. Secretary Shaw Is ex pected to visit the president some time this week, but the date is not announced. When the president goee to Bea Girt on Thursday to visit the camp of the New Jersey National Guard he will be accom panied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roose velt, Mrs. Cowles and several other women. CITIZENS AFTER A MURDERER Man Who Killed Another Near St. Joseph la In Danger of i Being Lynched. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. July 21. Alfred M. Fenton, a wealthy farmer of kusbvllle. Mo., was shot on the streets of that village by Mark Dunn at 11 o'clock last night. Dunn, who, it is alleged, had been drink ing, was arrested, but escaped from the officer, secured a shotgun and shot Fenton, who was passing In a buggy. Fenton died from his wounds at 1:10 o'clock this morn ing. Ths shooting was entirely without provocation and Dunn Is In dsnger ot being lynched by the citizens of Rusbvllle. He is In chargs of Deputy 8herlff Luther Moberly, who la doing the best he can to protect bis prisoner. Moberly tried to bring Dunn to St. Joseph on the train which pasaes Rushvtlle at 11:20 o'clock,, but the infuriated citizens prevented ths officer and bis prisoner from departing. Many threats of lynching are made and Officer Moberly has pressed sev eral men Into service to protect the life ot the prisoner. Kearoea Driven Oat. WITCHITA. Kan., July 21.-It was re ported hers that a mob of 100 persons drove a negro family out of Wackwell, (kl., last night and burned the house rented to them. No negroes have been allowed .to even work In that city since It was founded. A meaaage received here tonight admit that a negro family attempting to settle thars was ordered away, but that their house was not burnad. CONDITION OF AGRICULTURE Census Bureau Issue Bulletin on Farms in United States. NUMBER IS INCREASING EVERY DECADE There Are Kow Four Times the Num ber of Parma There Were Half a Century Ago and Acre age la Greater. WASHINGTON, July 21. The census bu reau today issued a bulletin giving the con dition of agriculture In the United States for the year 1900. It shows that there were at that time 5,793,567 farms In the interior, which were valued at I16.!74.64,249. Out of this amount I3.D60,198,119, or over 21 per cent, represented the vslue of buildings ami $13,114,492,056, or over 78 per cent, repre sented the value of lands and Improve ments other thsn buildings. The value of farm Implements and machinery was $761, 261,650 and of live stock $3,078,050,041. These values, added to the value of the farms, gives a total vslus of farm property amounting to $20,514,001,838. The total value of farm products for the year 1S9? is given at $4,579,118,752, of which amount $1,718,990,221 was for annual products, including livestock, poultry and bee products. The bulletin place the average size of farms In the United States at 146 acres, and It Is stated that 49 per cent of the land Is cultivated. The total acreage for the en tire country waa 841,201,546. The number of farms in the United States has Increased In every decade for the last fifty years, and so rapidly that In 1900 there were nearly four times as many farms as in 1850 and 25 per cent more than In 1890. The total acreage of farm land also has Increased, but up to 1880 less rapidly than the number ot farms, thus involving a steady decrease In the average size of farms. Since 1880, however, the total acreage has Increased more rapidly than the number of farms, so that the average size ot farms has Increased. The total area of Improved land has increased In every decade since 1850. Important Agriculture States. A comparison by states Indicates that the most Important state In agriculture, beginning at the west, are Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Together they contribute 44 per cent of the total value of farm prop erty and 38 per cent of the total value of farm products. Texas leads with the greatest number of farms 352.190 and also with the highest acreage, 125,807,017. But only a little over 15 per cent of the farm land In Texas was Improved and the value of the farm land in Texas was less than In Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Missouri, Iowa or Illinois, being $962, 476,273. Missouri ranks second In the number of farms, having 284,886. Other states hav ing more than 200,000 farms are: . Ala bama, 223,220; Georgia, 224,691; Illinois, 264,151; Indiana, 221.897; Iowa, 228,622; Kentucky, 231.167; Michigan, 203.261; Mis sissippi, 220.803; New York, 226,720; North Carolina, 224.637; Ohio, 276.719; Pennsylva nia, 224,248; Tennessee, 224,623. Iowa leads the list In the percentage of Improved lands, more than 86 per cent of the farm lands of that state being Im proved. Illinois follows with more than 84 per cent. Ohio comes next with 78 per cent and Is followed by Indiana by more than 77 per cent. Illinois occupies the first position In the matter of total value ot farm lands, the figures for that state being $2,004,318,897. Other State Values. Other state values are: Iowa, $1,834,345, 546; California, $796,527,955; Indiana, $978. 616,471; Kansas, $864,100,286; Kentucky, $471,045,856; Michigan. $690,555,764; Minne sota, $788,684,642; Missouri, $1,033,121,897; Nebraska $747,950,057; New York, $1,063, 723,895; Ohio, $1,198,923,946; Pennsylvania, $1,051,629. 173; Tennessee, $341,202,025; TexaB $962,476,273; Virginia, $323,615,977; Wisconsin, $811,712,319. The livestock farm lands of the country are put down at a value of $7,605,284,273, or more than 36 per cent of the whole. The hay and grain lands at $6,379,543,543, or 31 per cent of the whole. Dairy prod uce over h per cent. Cotton over 5 per cent. There are 61 coffee farms In the country, valued at $1,932,915. A chapter of the bulletin Is devoted to Irrigation, and the following extract from It summarizes the presentation: A comparison of the number of trrlgatora and of the number of acres Irrigated at the beginning and end of the decade of 1889-1899 shows that these have approxi mately doubled. The number of irrigators in the arid states and territories Increased from 52.584 to 102,819, or 95 per cent, and the number of -teres Irrigated increased from 3.664.415 to 7,263,273, or 103 per cent. The percentage of Increase in the number of acres Irrigated Is somewhat lurgrr than than in the number of irrigators and oc curs principally in what may be termed the newer states Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. This Increase is explained by the Irrigation within recent years of large areas on ranches in forage crop and pasture. In California nd Colorado the reverse condition Is noticeable. The Increase both In number of Irrigators and In area, trrl- ?;ated haa been proportionately less than n the new states, showing a decrease In ratio of growth, due to the more complete development and utilization of available water supply. In these states the acreage Irrigated has increased respectively 44 and 80 per cent, or, taking both states together, 61 per cent, while the number of irrigators has increased 86 and 82 per cent, respectively, or together 84 per cent. Thus the number of irrigators Is increasing more rapidly than the area brought under cultivation, showing a more marked tendency toward the subdivision of large irrigated tracts and the cutting of these into smaller home steads, mainly devoted to fruit raising, of the offsprings of his ambition. EXTINGUISH OIL WELL FIRE After Burning for Several Daya the Blase la Smothered by I'a of 'Steam. JENNINGS, La. July 21. The oil well fire was extinguished this afternoon by the use of steam and without the aid of chem icals. Nine boilers of large capacity, con nected with two line of four-Inch pipe, were set in ths field to the northeast of the burning well. One of the lines wss stationary and the other movable, so as to follow the flames, and a man was sta tioned at each boiler to ksep the steam pressure up to 125 pounds. It I esti mated that the combined boilers gave a 225-pound horse-power force. Two four inch water lines, laid from the north with two-inch connection, end fifty feet of bos on each connection, were io arranged that the flames could be cov ered from the east, north and northwest. One of the pumps on the Jennlngs-Hey-wood Oil syndicate well wss used to force wster and the other to force chem icals. Ths steam did the work, extinguish ing the flames, which hsve been raging for a weak. The cbemicala did not have to be used. FORECAST 0FJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair and Warmer mrsaa), vteoneaaay increasing cloudi ness. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Dear. Hour. Org. O a. m tut 1 p. m 7 8 a. m a S p. m pto T a. m 4 8 p. m Ttt fl a. m ...... r 4 p. nt TM a, m TO ft p. m 7U 10 a. n Tl H p. m ..... . TH 11 a. m 74 T p. m TT II a 76 Hp. m T.I 9 p. m. . . . . . VJ FIRST MONEY FOR STRIKERS Financial Assistance I Forwarded to Hen Ia Anthraelte Region from Outside. INDIANAPOLIS. July 21. The first finan cial assistance was sent to the striking anthracite miners tonight when Secretary Wilson forwarded to the secretary-treasurers of the three anthracite districts checks for their respective shares ot the $50,000 appropriated by tha recent convention to be applied Immediately " to relieving the wants ot the striker and their families. Under the recommendations the money was ordered to be divided pro rata among the districts, according to the number of miner in each field. All ot these men who will receive this aid are not member of the union, but the organization will take care of all those on etrlke and their families whether they carry union cards or not. Mr. Wilson does not expect large public donations to arrive for several days yet, as some time will be required to get the machinery for making syetemstlo collec tions In operation. President Mitchell spent a busy day at his office here, attending to office business that had accumulated during his absence. He said he would probably etart for Wilkesbsrre Wednesday afternoon. Hie stay In the east this time will be until the strike Is won. . BHAMOKIN. Pa.. July 21. A call was Issued by landlords of tenement bouses to meet next Thursday to take action on the failure of a large number ot tenants to pay rent since the miners' strike started. The landlord say their losses since the tleup run into thousands of dol lars. Two-thirds of the storekeepers and saloon-keepers have asked for a reduction In rent during the continuance of the strike. MISS YOHE'S JEWELS GONE Gem Valued at 250,000 Said to Have Disappeared with Captain Bradlee-Strong. NEW YORK, July 21. A formal com plaint of grand larceny was made against former Captain Putnam Bradlee-Strong this evening by May Yohe, who visited police headquarters, accompanied by her mother and her lawyer, and there charged Strong, who recently disappeared from his home at Hastings, with the theft of jewels which she valued at $260,000. Her com plaint waa entertained and a general alarm was aent out for the arrest ot Strong. Miss Yohe' counsel aald the safe In the Koiekerbocker Safe Deposit company, where Miss Yohe had kept her jewels, was opened today and It was found that her jewels, valued at $250,000, bad been re moved, nothing of value being left except a few trifling trinkets. He also explained that pawn tickets calling for $100,000 worth of tire missing gems bad been recovered. THREATEN MAYOR WITH DEATH Newly Elected EmecatlTe of Kenosha Asked to Vacate Office or Prepare to Die. KENOSHA. Wis., July 21. Mayor rh.riaa h Pfennig, ths newly elected re publican mayor of Kenosha, ha been threatened with death. During the last ( iiava h has reoslved a number of let ters supposed to 'have been written by an Italian demanding that ne vacate me oi flce of mayor or prepare to die. The letters state the death of the mayor has been planned and that a man has been .ii.rtni to kill him. and the writer of ths letters, which are not signed, claim to be the man selected. Detectives will make an Investigation. SAGE HAS NARROW ESCAPE In Attempting to Board a Car HI Foot Slip and I Dragged Fifteen Feet. NEW YORK, July 21. Ruseell Sag had a narrow escape from serious Injury this afternoon. While attempting to board a Broadway car bis foot slipped a the car moved ahead and Mr. Sage fell. He was dragged a distance of fifteen feet before the car was stopped. Mr. Sage's secretary helped the financier to his feet. Ho was unhurt, though badly shaken up. Mr. Sage went to the Western Union building, where he had an appointment, and later returned to bis office, where It was said he felt no 111 effect from the fall. TO TAKE PLACE "OFTEEHAN Candidate to Succeed Lata Arch bishop Will B Named on Thursday. CHICAGO, July $1. Candidate from whom Rome I to choose a successor to ths lats Archbishop Feehan will be named Thursday, July 24. Each one of the sixteen Irremovable res tore and consulters ot the archdiocese of Chicago today received notice from Bishop Spalding to appear at conference to b held that day In this city. Bishop Spalding, who la the oldsst suffragan blehop in line of consecration In the archdiocese, will preside at the coun cils. Movement of Ocean Vessel July SI. At New York Arrived: Kroonland. from Antwerp; Oallla, from Marseille and Naples; Spartan Prince, from Genoa and Palermo: Blueher, from Hamburg and Southampton; llovlc, from Liverpool; Mln netonka. from London. At Lizard Passed: Kyndam, from New York, for Rotterdam; Frlesiand, from New York, for Antwerp. At Plymouth Sailed: Graf Waldersea, for New York. At Plymouth Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, from New York. At Dremen Arrived: Grosser Kurfurst, from New York. At Philadelphia Arrived: Rhlneland, from Liverpool via Queenatown. At Cherbourg Arrived: Kaiser WV.helm der Grosse, from New York via Plymouth, for Bremen, and proceeded. Balled: Kotni gen Louise, for New York. At Parim Fasned: Yang Tse, from Ta coma and Seattle via Yokohama, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc., for I.ondon. At Brisbane Arrived: Oaorangl, from Vancouvci, B. C, via Honolulu, for 8yd nsy, N. 8. W. DROWN IN T11E ELBE Iiourtion Steamer Prinns Loaded with Pauengeri Cut in Two by Tag. FULLY FIFTY BELIEVED TO BE DEAD Among ths Lilt Art ths Members of Eilbsok Male Choral Society. ACCIDENT OCCURS CROSSING CHANNEL Vf&aj of ths Passengers Saved TJbs Eopei and Boats of ths Togs, DISASTER CAUSES SORROW AT HAMBURG Captains of Both Boata Give Them selves l' to Police and Tell What They Know of Collision. HAMBTJRO. July 21. The steamship Pri mus of Hamburg, with 185 passenger on board, wss cut In two and sunk by tha tug Hansa on the River Elbe at 12:30 o'clock this morning. So fsr a la ascertainable about fifty per sona were drowned. Thirteen bodies al ready have been recovered. Primus was. an excursion steamer from Buxtehude, province of Hanover, Prussia. The disaster occurred between Blankenes and Nlenstdeten. Among the passengers were the member' of the Eilbeck male choral society. At the time of the accident Prlmu wa crossing the river channol near Blankrnex, from the southern Into the northern fair way. According to witnesses aboard Hanaa, the movement was made too precipitately. Prlmu struck the tug' engine room and Hansa endeavored to push It ashore, but the tug grounded and the ship parted. Primus then sank. In the Interval, however, about fifty cl the passengers were able to reach Hanss by means of ropes and ladders. Seventi more were picked up by the tug'a boata while other swam ashore. Disaster Canaea Deep Gloom. The disaster caused deep gloom here Many children lost both their parent. The choral society, which was on board the excursion steamer, consisted mainly of workmen. There were no foreign pas sengers. Captain Petersen of Prlmu ewsua ashore and gave himself up to the police. Captain Sachs of Hansa also surrendered. Primus was the oldest boat on the Elbe. It was built In England In 1844 and had never before met with an accident. The Hamburg-American line, which owned Hansa, Issued a statement to the effect that the weather was fine, the moon was shining and that both vessel were steering absolutely clear of each, other. Buddenly Primus, when about 450 feet from Hansa, put Its rudder hard aport and crossed the bows of the latter. "This mistake," continues the statement, "ren dered a collision unavoidable,-. Ths only possible step for Hansa to take, namely, to go full speed astern, was Immediately carried out, but without avail. Less than a minute elapsed between the time Prlmu changed Its course and the collision. Boats were Immediately lowered from Hansa and ropes snd ladders were thrown overboard. Fifty persons were rescued by the boats. At the same time Hans tried to push Primus ashore, but being deep draught, grounded Itself before the pas senger boat. Primus floated down stream and sank 300 feet from Hansa. Panle Render Aaalataao Useless. ' The terrible panle on board the vessel when the tug struck It rendered assistance almost useless. Fomtnately Dolphin cam up and assisted in saving a number ot persons, while other boat assisted In ths work of rescue. Some of the survivor furnish graphic de scriptions of the awful scene ot the dis aster. According to the story the band was playing and many couples were dancing on deck, when the crash of the collision came like a thunder bolt. The vessel gave a great list. Its deck taking such a slop that it was Impossible for the passengers to keep their feet. Those below scrambled up the companlonway. but most ot tho persons In the saloons were drowned. Hen fought for their own safety regardless ot other. In the midst of ths confusion the boilers exploded, adding to the horror of the scene and many person ar said to have been Injured by flying splinters of metal. More of Primus' passengers would have been saved by the ropes thrown from Hansa had It not been that before those who seized the rope eould be hauled on board tbey were pulled from the line they bad grasped by other persons struggling In the water and all were drowned in the hideous confusion. This morning enormous crowds poured out from Hamburg to the scene of the collision and the shore was thronged with thousands of friends and relatives of those on board the sunken steamer who bad com In heart-rending anxiety to Isarn the fate of thetr friend who were among the ex cursionists. Many sad scene were wit nessed a the bodies of those lost were washed upon the beach or brought ashore by diver. It is assarted that diver have already recovered forty-five bodies, yet It Is Im possible to fix correctly the death list Estimate of the dead ar from fifty to sixty. A largs number of survivors war in jured, though not seriously. Fifty-Eight Harvester Drown. ST. PETERSBURG, July 21. A ferryboat while crossing ths -river Volga today at Beresnlkl, sank and fifty-eight harvesters were drowned. MINERS OF JHREE STATES Interstate Convention la Whloh In dian Territory la Represented Being Held la Kansas. TOPEKA. Kss., July 21. An Intertstlng coDveotlon of the miner ot Ksnsas, Mis souri, Indlsn Territory and Arkansas met In Pittsburg todsy for the purpose of de termining what action the miner of the west will take regarding the enforcements of ths demands upon tbs operators. The wage scale for the ensuing year baa not yet been agreed upon. The general feel ing among the miners I la opposition to a strlks, especially since the action of tha Indianapolis convention, unless It should become necessary to thus enforce their de mands upon the operatore. September 1 was set a the time when soms kind of settlement must be made.- Tbs Kansss con ference will probably be la session for several days.