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Omaha Bee i:sTAi5Lisin:n june 10, i87i. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1902-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. The Daily TALK OVER SCANDAL Remount AfTair is Ee-Aired in tho Homo f Coramoni. DILKE THINKS PU3UC SHOULD , KNOW BafU tho Publication of Etidienoe CuUiuou from doited States. NOLAN CONDEMNS TKE LOOSE SYSTEM Other Member of Honsa l)eptott Method - of Purchasing pom. WAR SECRETARY KAKCS STRONG REPLY fern M.nbr Overlook tb Dlfncnl . tm rnrchaslan; TfcoMi of Ii.nri In Emfritnrf. tX)NDON.' Aug. 4 Tb remount scan dal were re-alr1 In th House of rnmnoni today in the course ot a discussion of the army tlniate end tb -army remounts, Bir Chsrlea DUk (advanced radical) sug gested tha publication of tb evidence tearing on tbe remount scandals obtained from tbe United Btatea and Argentine. Colonel Joia T. Nolnn. nationalist, con demned the loose system of contract under which euch dreadful scandals were possible, while several other members of the house deprecated the method of pur chasing borseB through middlemen, i Mr. BroJrl' k, tbe war secretary, re plying, ald the members overlooked the difEcultiea la prcsrli'.ng 150.004 hoee In an emergency. Hi said the government In tended to probe the charges, but he be lieved lomt remount officers had been isrshly charged. He did not believe that .Lord Kitchener would Join In the univer sal cry against the remount department. In nser. to the war aecretary John lllon (nationalist) asserted that Mr. Brod tlck's vague speech, only strengthened hi pueplclons and he pointed out m an In stance of this" that the government bad Dot denied that Major Btuddert had profited largely through buying horses In Ireland tinder a false, name. Mr. Prodrtck denied that be had no dis position to push tha Studdert and other 'Investigations and said lb 1 government jwouid go to the fullest extremes to convict .the penvftrators of the conspiracy and fraud. Tie vote on the Item of remount was red to, !AC"1"AL TATLuirS - TALKiNG Ctrnti Pros Says Maa 'Who tyi I ; War I Likely i ito " ana Ivaoraat. j. ' ' ! BERLIN', Aug. 4. The utterance at tributed to Pur Admiral Taylor of the .United States navy a to a probable ccn Jlirt irtweKo. Germany and the United IPtates In 1'W . was pri-ited mipfciiouKlv Iter. The Tageblat.t say It require all 'the ron hfadedness of a llneo eoro- Hiln'd with cnmrlpie Ignorance of European '.affairs to ln'r.e that Germany intenda to annex the Netherlands. Any German ad bnlral o indiscreet, the Tsgeblatt con tinues, would be relieved of his duties Im mediately. ' . NEW YORK, Aug. 4. In a recent dls- pstrn rrora waaningion near juimirti Taylor, chief of tbe bureau of navigation, was credited with having given expres !on to the Ideas referred to in tbe fore going message from Berlin, In this Wash ington dlepn'rh Rear Admiral Taylor was described as thoroughly allv to the steady set ot a current which is carrying the United Biates and Germany along con verging lines ia many parts of the globe and brlQRlng tbe two nations Into closer rivalry elsewhere. To Rear Admiral Taylor was given the credit of warning the loaders ot the United 8tates navy and army that preparations must begin at one and- b Vigorously prosecuted from tbta time forth for a grave crisis in German Vkmerlcan relations tn the apring of 1907. The time of thla crista Is fixed coincident with tbe most efficient soa power Ger many now contemplates, the time when th Panama canal will be occupying much attention In this country, the time when tha Cuban republic rosy about have reached th end of It tether, when Ja maica and other West Indian islands will t prostrate tn bankruptcy, when th Js'sthsrlen-ls, according to Admiral Tay lor' predictions, will have been absorbed fcy Germany, leaving Curcao and the other Xutch Island ot tbe Caribbean sea as pones of contention to tore a supreme test of the Monro dortrtn. " CHICAGO, Aug 4. Rear Admiral Tay lor d-sles lis story Trirtd frota V.'arhiss ton to th effect that he believe th United Statee and Germany may go to war in 1907. When asked if he had set a date for a conflict between th two coun tries he said: ) Such exertions aa have been credited to me are without foundation oihcr than tbt 1 have saii our wnmt defetiss should n well protected aatHituit attack by any j uropean power. Ail naval omrers are of this opinion. It wrall be rtillc'iloua fir .in to i re -t a wnr with inv nation. Our ry eiioukt be etrei)glhii.d in readlneaa tor any pib!e war. WILLIAM TO VISIT RUSSIA UtCBlT Prepariatiutis Selcr Xade ay C ar tor the Miioa Aug. 4. Tbs iruperml yacht llofceniollern,' with Eai;ror Wiillam o tord, aailed this mor&ir.s for Reval, Kala. bere his majeoty is tirg to pay a vi.it to tLe ir ou tbe c aciun of the Rusxiaa naval msneuvers. I'lluce litiiiy J iuel tLi emperor oa the trip and thla ois to bavi been a late thought, as nuthliig i known until late v! the prince's loLtntu n to go to Raval. JYtnc lifnry WPtit en" Horterioi!ero last n'.ht. The prince two or three days ago as.'.vted ia earicg the life of the Austrian tl!uiiilct, StroLsthneldar, whose balloon co'iapd over Kiel harbor. The prince ttf the accident, went in a plnnacs him self to rescue the balloonist and took him on board Kaiser W.lbflra II. ET. rKTERSI'.ClUJ, Aug. 4. Extensive prvparatluna ar t-i-lng ni.Je tor tha rscep .Hon of Emperor Wiltiam on bis approach-li-.g visit to H'j..'.a. He will be met by the t -r la the roadstead of Rsval aud together they will wltuess tha maneuvers of the Kuasiau squadron oft th Uland of Carlo. A new commercial treaty between Rus sia and Germany is rsMrded aa still a long wsy off, but th Tsgtbiatt thinks this Is one of ths subjects to b di.cussed by th emperors Eotus goveruiuent jourusl szpress regret that there Is still a siroug Dtl-Uru.an feeling la Kuorfta.il pullttcal (4 M.1 fclll.lt, ASSIST SUGAR CANE GROWERS Cabs Ressl Approve ' Hill to Em sewer Rieeatlrt to Ralso Less of Foor Mlllloa Oollara. HAVANA. Aug. 41. d1s- cussed and aDDroved la r.. power the executive to relv '' "if 14,000,000 at th minimum prlc l' the maximum rat of Interest of . cent, payable In thirty years, to bs Ik to assist th sugarcane growers of the Island, who will b paid at th rat ot 60 . cent per 100 a r robs of sugarcans ground from the laat crop. Thla money 1 to be repaid by the can grower la February, March and April of 1903 at 6 per cent Interest. The bill provide that th executive b authorized to pledg th customs receipts for th republic aa a guarantee for the principal and Interest of this loan and to guarantee Increased expenditure on ac count of the loan. Th executive I also to b authorised to pledge V&o custom re ceipt upon 'certain articles, tariff being raised proportionately. , - Bis month after dat another loaa of $.15,000,000 la to be raised on th same con ditions a to time, price of Issue and In terest a the abov mentioned loan. Four million dollar' worth of the bond of the second loan are to be devoted to taking up the flnet loaa. The rest of tbe 136,000, OCO loan is to b used for paying the debt of th revolution referred la th . paper and to pay th Cuban revolutionary army. Thla latter obligation amount to 121,000, OflO. It I provided that con rr ess, before the closing of th present aesslon,' I to vote a certain portion of tbe Income ot the Island to pay interest oa and provide a sinking fund for th second loan. It I claimed that this bill will sub stantially pas the bouse. Th senats is said to be really opposed to raising a large loan, but to have agreed to this loan. Th Cuban element Is In favor of paying th array, and It 1 said In other quarter that the plan ha been divided into two sec tions In order to allow tbe first loan to b raised and .that th second or big loan will be shelved. That part of th bill re ferring to guaranteeing the $4,000,000 loan by receipt from Increased duties oa cer tain article waa aot approved by the senate. No project ha yet passed the house. The council of secretaries ha decided to ask congress to authorise th expenditure necessary for the connection of the sea wall at La Punta and tbe end ot the prado in order to give work to tbe unemployed. CUBA IS TO BORROW MONEY Want, Less of Talrty-flv Mllliea Dollars to Moot Carroat WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Th Stat de- partment has received the following cable gram from Minister Squlera, dated Havana, August 4:' ' Tit' house ha Passed bill authorlsine? loan 135.0uO,iX0; minimum rat of issue 90 per cent. Maximum interest t per cent, redeemable In forty years. Under the Piatt amendment th United States Is bound to take coguisatMW of every action of the Cuban government. relating to loan. Article t of that amendment pro vide: !-'.,-, That said government shall not assume or contract any public debt, to pay th in terest upon which and to make reasonable sinking fund provision for th ultimate discharge of which the ordinary revenues of the island of Cuba, after defraying the current expense, of the government, shall b inadequate. , No computation ha been made to as certain whether or not the loan provided for In the bill which Minister Squiera re fers to trespasses upon th provision of the Piatt amendment, but it la presumed that the Cuban revenue can pay the in terest and provide a sinking fund beside defraying ordinary axpense of the gov ernment, a provided In tha amendment. . At th asm time ft will no doubt be found very difficult to Interpret thla par ticular provision, as th question of reve nue may fluctuate according to th con ditions In th island. It Is known that the Intention of article I waa to prevent any extraordinary issue of bonds for th purpose of redeeming th bond of th so called rcpublio previous to th Spanish American war and th payment of large bountle to those who had taken part la th Insurrection against Spain. It was intended a a check upon the Cuban gov ernment In th matter, of Incurring in debtedness, although It carries no pro vision indicating what would be the action ct the United States should th Cuban gov ernment exceed the indebtedness pro hibited by the amendment. Neither I there anything in th amend ment Indicating what step, th United State would take to determine whether the tndebtednes was beyond the proscrip tion, or how It would, prevent th Incur ring of such Indebtedness. REGARDS SITUATION GRAVE Bfow . Believe fcy Vetieaa that Cosaae Will Desssaes tao Cosieordat. ROME. Aug. .Th Vatican regard tb present situation In Franc, arising from tbe closing ot unauthorised ongregationls,t school, aa most grav. as it is now be lieved to be the intention of M. Combes, the French premier, to denounce the con cordat. It Is reported that Cardinal Rampolla, papal aecretary of atate, U still in favor of temporUlng with France, fearing that the hostile attitude of the Vatican toward that country would lead to graver com plications. Some of the cardinals advocate an entire rupture with France, thus an ticipating that republic, and prevent th passag e there of further anti-clerical law. CHAMBSRY. France. Aug. 4. Crowd mad demonstration la two neighboring townships today against commissaries ot police who were closing up school con ducted by nun. The tocsin waa njng tod th staters, who refuaed to open their doors to th commissar!, were cheered by the peopls. Th pollc were votually obliged te make brsacbe ia the wall of th building, whereupon th sisters, amid cheers ot their sympathixsrs, left by tha front door. DON CAf.'.ERON SEVERELY HURT Kormr Vattea State lesster Tarawa froaa Carries at Lssies. I.ONDON, Aug 4. While Former United Btatea Senator J. Don Cameron and Mr. Cameron were driving this afternoon from Fort William, InveraeM-ablr. Scotland, to Inverlochy castle, Loihabar, which ha ha leased for lb summer, ths horses skied and the carriage collided with a cart. Both Mr. aud Mrs. Cameron wer thrown out and th souator a severely Injured la th gruia. Vsiih tha exceptlug ot th shock Mr. Ciuuerua waa aot hurt. TO OPERATE AGAIN ON KING Information to tlat Effect Corn to World Through Offioiol Chtnitia. DEFERRED UNTIL AFTER CORONATION I to O Tareosja Coroaatlesr Cere "ussy Before tnrgteon Ar AN lowed o Use the Kalfe - a leessd Time. J (Copyright. 1908. by Pre Publishing Co.) LONDON, Aug. 4. New Tork World Ca blegram Special ' Telegram.) Information reaches tbe World correspondent through an official channel tonight that King Ed ward I really 111, but will go through the coronation and Immediately afterward a further operation will be perforated. EDWARD TO SEE THE RACES rresesee of ths Kins Give Added laterest to the Yacht ftaee . at Cowe. COWES. Aug. 4. Regatta week opened with every prospect for a record meeting and only fine weather I needed to Insure th complet success of the, royal yacht squadron's racing. The presence of th king has eansed aa added Interest- to be taken la the event. There was much speoulatlea as to the performsnc of th Oermsn emperor's Meteor III, which waa to hoist Its racing flag for th first time la British waters. The race for yachts ot over seventy-nine fact proved a disappointment. Meteor and George Waetjen's Navahoe both being scratched. Sybalta, owned by M. B. Ken nedy of Glasgow, sailed over th coura alons. The king wa on th deck of Victoria and Albert all morning watching th yacht start. There are many big steam yachts In the roads, including Eugene Hlgglns' Varuna. ADMISSION FEE TO ABBEY Visiter Hut Fay to View Coroaatloat Deeorat'loa fa West . Blaster. LONDON, Aug. 4. Visitors who will not be able to see the Interior of Westminster Abbey before tbe coronation may do so after that event. It having been officially announced that the edifice would be open from August 11 to August 16. The colonial and tbe natlv Indian troop will b ad mitted free on August 1. On other days the entrance fees will range from td to 6s. invitation to th coronation ceremony hare been telegraphed, at the king's com mand, to the mayor ot all cities of more than 20,000 Inhabitants. ' Rehearsals ot ths coronation ceremony ar held dally, with th exception of ths musical program, which has bean mad a special order for Friday. A structure Is being erected between the Abbey and Parliament buildings, through which members af ths House of Lords and of the House of Common will hays jrl. vate access to the Abbey. ' " EDWARD CAN CLIMB, STAIRS For first Time Sloe. Kie llekae Klasr Ferforsas This . "" ' COWES. Island of Wight, Aug. 4. King Edward today for ths 'first tlms since1 his Illness walked up end' down a flight of stairs without assistance. . He also en joyed a stroll upon the upper promenade deck of tbe royal yacht Victoria and Al bert, from which a splendid view of the yacht races was obtained. Empress Eu genia, who had arrived hers on her yacht. Thistle, visited King Edward today. Queen Alexandra, Prtn'cMS 'Victoria and Sir Frederick Treves took a crulss today on board th royal yacht Osborn. DOUBT HONESTY OF BOERS Believed They Are Coagtreaatlasjr at . Tho Harne to Eallst Datch yaapathw. LONDON, Aug. 8. Th correspondent of ths Dally Mall at The Hague says In a dispatch that It is becoming Increasingly difficult to combat tbe generally accepted Dutch theory that the Boer leaders here are campaigning toward the ultimate sub version of British ruls In South Africa. Th Boer General Luca Meyer (who has juat reached Holland from London), instead of going to Germany, ha (topped at Th Hagu and is going to visit Mr. Kruger, while several other prominent Boer leader are assembling here. Nobody at The Hague, continue th corresponded ot th Dally Mall, believe tbalr story that their mis sion is to collect funds for Boer widows. BANKER SPRECKELS FAILS Kla.oaa of tho Fraaelseo Editor Forced to Close Baahlagr Hoese at Berlla. BERLIN, Aug. 4. Peter 8prckls, a kinsman of th San Francisco Spreckels family, is th principal owner ot the priv ate banking house of Eduoard Rooksch. which closed It door oa Friday with asset nominally ten millon marks (41.600. 000) and llabllltle ot three mlllloa marks ((750.000). Spreckels before and since the failure cabled to bis American relative for help. It appears that the American Spreck els family kept a considerable deposit at Dresden, which Peter Spreckels asked to have uaed for the benefit of hi creditors. DEFEAT BAN!) OF FANATICS Folic Fore of Five Towa la Phil loolae Eagaae la aa I'atkr Battle. , MANILA, Aug. 4. Governor Bsndolts of Tsyabas province has telegraphed Acting Governor Wright that the combined police fore of five town attacked and defeated a fore under Roberto Rio, leader of a fa natical Filipino society. Many of Rioc' follower wer killed or wounded, but only a fw of th pollc were hurt. Tbe fight occurred near Aattmonan. General Davta baa arrived here from Min danao and haa had an extended conference with General Chaffee on the Moro situation. ITALY ADOPTS WIRELESS Order Mansal lyoteas of Telecrayh to Be lass srsltt oa All I (alias Sals. ROME. Aug. 4. Ths government has or dered that th Marconi wireless teWgraoa apparatus b( esiaUlshed oa all Italian vaitblpe. REID IS AT OYSTER BAY loeelal Asabassador to the Cereao tloa Ceremonies Make a He port to the Fresldeat. OTSTER BAT, N. T., Aug. 4. Whltelaw Reid end Mrs. Reld were, rtieets today ot President and Mrs. Roosevelt at Ssgamore HIM. They srrtved in th buy on ths yacht Electric, owned by Elbrirtge T. Gerry, whose guests they wer. The party, landed shout nnoa at th J. West Roosevelt pier and wer drive to the president's country hnmr. Later tha three guest were . Joined by Archbishop Rysn of Philadelphia, who mad th fourth guest at luncheon. Mr. Reld. who arrived from England on Saturday laet, came to Oynter Bay to re port personally te th president upon his trip to England. President Roosevelt I being overwhelmed with endorsement for canlidates for the vacancy on the board of romrr.ltisloner ot the District of Columbia. Thus far he baa intimated te no one whom bs may appoint. Ht Is going over sll the pt-r in the case, bis desire being to select a ttita whose ap pointment will command t';e general ap proval of the resident of Whlngton. The appointment probably will to mad within th next ten days. Gilford Plnchat of Washington, chief of tb Bureau ot Forestry uf the Agricul tural department, arrived ; early in, the afternoon and was a guest tf the president at luncheon. . During the afternoon he dis cussed with ths . president some depart mental matters. Including, questions thst Lave arisen concerning tt national forest reserves. ; i Archbishop Rysn talked briefly with the president about (he work being done among the Indians by the commission to which he wss appointed several months ago' as successor to Bishop Whipple. They dis cussed also the Philippine friar question the president speaking fr-e!y and frankly of his attitude n the matter. Mr. Roosevelt 1 satisfied thoroughly that the Philippine friars have not the confi dence of the natives. It la hi wish, there fore, to have withdrawn from the archi pelago the friars now there, to whom the people will pay no heed, and to replace them with good men as many from Amer ica as possible to whom the natives will listen and In whom they will have confi dence. Mr. Plnchot will leave shortly for the Philippines, where by direction of the pres ident he will make careful Investigation of the forests of tbe archipelago with a view to making an extensive report thereon. During the afternoon the president and Mr. Plnchot went down in. the woods below the Roosevelt home with axes and cleared a space around a venerable beech tree to make practical demonstration of Mr. Pln chot' - forestry . theories. Archbishop -( VI- O.m mnra Kill aaM that he agreed with the president and Gov ernor Taft on the stand they are taking toward tlie friars la tha Philippines. . H believes that the present flurry among Catholic will subside and that the church aa a whole will reallxe that the president is acting for the best Interests of all concerned. , . . . GERMAN ;WARVTERANS f.'EET Amerlcaa Orsraalsatlon mt ConTeatloa 1st Hamilton, Ohio, la Resorted la Excellent Coadltlost. HAMILTON, O., Aug.- 4. The convention of tbe German War Veterans of America was called to order here today by President Conrad Frank Erllng. ' ' The secretary read a number of letter congratulatory on the succeas of the or ganization. Reports were received from sixty-eight societies of a membership of nearly 4,000. The aid fund society reported capital of 114,000 and 1,300 members and paid death funds last year to the families for forty-three members. The financial af fairs of the organisation Is reported to be In excellent condition. - The election of officers will be held to morrow and August Schall of Cincinnati Is prominently spoken of as next presl- dent. John Embs of Louisville, the pres ent vice president. Is also a candidate. . The discussion of the matter of publish ing the bt-weekly organ of tbe society, the Krleger Zeitung. resulted In tbe ap pointment of a committee, Messrs. Vach, Schlenseu and Moersch, who reported at the meeting this afternoon in favor of Rudolph von Ahlfeld as th publisher of the official organ of the bund for the next two year. Mr. Ahlefeld, who It a Cleve land man, ha been the publisher for soms time and ha given great satisfaction. , It Is understood aa Important feature of th convention will be the forming ot a big organisation out of tha three distinct flourishing organisations, the regular Deutseher Krleger bund, tbe ststs Organi sation ot New York, which Include other organizations, and an organisation In Wis consin similar to that of New York. Tbe New York president, Richard Miller of New York City, and the Wisconsin presi dent, Max Hatlett of Milwaukee, are here to discuss and perfect the plan ot consoli dation. The meeting adjourned early this after noon to go to the fair grounds, where a picnic was held, with prixe-sbootlng, a con cert snd dancing. INJUNCTION JS DISSOLVED Mayor Johuaoa of Cleveland Join a Flaht for Lower Street Car rare, i CLEVELAND, Aug. ,4. The circuit eonrt today dissolved the injunction recently Is sued by Judge Caldwell restraining ths city council from granting public service fran chises and especially those giving the low fore street railway company the right to use the streets. Mayor Vlohnson fought tha Injunction suit snd as a result of bis victory today th low fare Hoe will probably be constructed aa soon as possible. Judge Marvin, who read the decision ot the court, said In part: v ' The council is conclusively a legislative bwly. A legislative body is one that he l lie power to enact laws. This o.urt Is not authorised 'to enloln a legislative body from pel forming legislative duties. LASH " FARMER WITH WHIP Ktstseky Has Takea from Heme, Tied to a Treo aad Severely Beaten. OWENSBOROl, Ky., Aug. 4. WUllam Dodwell, a farmer living near Yelvlngton, la this county, was taken from hla borne at midnight laat Bight, bound to a tree and beaten with a blacksnake whip until bs was almost unconscious from Ice of blood. Over sventy-fiv lashes were adminis tered.. The bark was torn from the tree where th rope which bound th unfor- tunat mas touched It and tb whip left marks en th tree. Dodwell' wife and daughter attempted to go te hi rescue, but wer prveat4 by tha members of tie SbOB. TRAIN CREW PUT TO FLIG11T Mob of Enraged fxio&ni Makes Attack wita Pica! and Ehovsls. MEXICAN BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED ft Santa F Pssstsger Trala Crashes Into aa Oil Trala, Wreeklasr Both Eaglses and Killing; Flremaa of Oae of Them. LOS ANGELES, Cel.. Aug. 4. In the yards of the Southern Pacific shops at Los Angeles ths life of 14-year-old Joseph Mirano was accidentally crushed out by th wheels of a car. . Acting on th Impuls of th moment a hundred Mexican laborer mad a rush on th train crew whose engine had caused the accident and with spades, shovels snd picks pursued them across the river flats and ravines almost to ths east slds police station, where tbe trainmen fled for pro tection. A switch engine waa called out and with a couple ot box ears started for the scens of the accident with a squad of policemen and a number of trainmen armed with shotguns, pick handles and other weapons. On reaching ths stock yards ths police found the mob had subsided and there was no further demonstration. : Wreck oa . tho Santa Fe. A Santa Fe passenger train returning from Redondo beach last night ran through an open switch snd crashed Into an oil train. Both engines were wrecked, as was also one coach and four oil tanka. The fuel tank of one of the engines ex ploded Immediately after the crash, setting fire to the wreck. Burning oil was scat tered la every direction and the large oil refinery plant of the Combs Refining com pany was set on fire. The plant was de stroyed, ss were all tb cars in the wreck except one. T. D. Martin, fireman of the freight engine. Is mtsstiig snd It Is thought bis body Is under ths burned wreckage. Sev eral others were badly hurt. ALTON MEETS GREAT WESTERN Houses Other Lines that it Will Cat tho Bate oa Parkins; Hoase Prodaets. CHICAGO, Aug. 4. (Special Telegram.) Trafflo officials ot tbe Alton notified com peting lines today that the Alton would have to meet the rates on packing house products and dressed meats. put in effect by th Great Western. - v-.. . . . V " aM.tw " o fc ft. IMWft MO u. .u executives of th western line with a view to trying to determine a line of action. The reason given by tb Alton wss ths xlstence of sn agreement or contract be tween that compsny snd Swift at Company whereby the Alton guarantees as low rates to Swift's products as those granted by any railroad to any ether packing concern down to II conts per 100 pounds. This con tract wss mad over fiv year ago and the original term which It was to run has ex pired. ''' It Is understood that' the Alton officials have communicated with' E. H. Harrlman to see if he will sanction a cancellation and stand th damages in order to remedy the situation. Tbe situation ot lines running Into Kan sas ' City and also Omaha is . difficult. If the rates ars reduced from Kansas City and St. Joseph the Omaha packers will b In a position to compel a similar reduction there. . It developed In tbe meeting that there is g strong determination to Ignore the action of the Great Western, and the opinion was expressed that the time bad come to make a standard of rates snd their control. The Alton's action, however, proves a severe stumbling block and unless soms way can be found to avoid It there will' probably be a break in the ranks of the trafflo men. After an extended discussion an adjourn-, ment was taken until Wednesday, when It Is hoped that the Alton will withdraw Its notice. SENATOR HANNA GIVEN CANE Employe of Cleveland City Railway - Present Hlea with Tokoa -of Respect. CLEVELAND, O., Aug.-4--The 700 or 800 employe of th Cleveland City railway, of which Senator Hanna Is president, met in A downtown hall tonight and presented Senstor Hanna with a valuable can. In acknowledging the gift. Senator Hanna ex pressed his sincere thank to his employes for their gift and incidentally spoke In the relations that hs hopes soon to see exist ing between capital and labor. In part he aajd: I cannot adequately express my feelings on this occasion. It haa been th one am bition of my life to merit the respect If not the affection of the men In my em ploy. I have been with worklngmen all my life, and have been their employer for many years, and tonight means much to me, for It bring the satisfaction In know ing that such a large number of men in my employ have been SHtlwfled with my career as an employer. Your chairman has referred to the Civic federation. 1 say to you that were it not fur my official po sition and public duties I would devote more time to the policies on which that organisation is founded. When the great anthracite strike was threatening our federation worked hard for weeks to avert it, but fulled. After it wa on we worked bard to settle it, but failed. However, lu that matter it is my personal satisfaction that the promise 1 made at that time that the men would not go back on their word has been kept, and' a sym pathetic strik has been averted. I believe lu manhood. Ijibor organisa tions are not things that can be suexl for breach of contract. They have no cor. f orate existence. Hut I would rather have lie promiae of a laboring man backed only by his sense of honor and bis manhood than any agreement which might be en forced by law. ' Manhood and Integrity are the same whether they belong to a miner, a street railway man or a buss. Fur myself, I have no higher ambition than to work for the purpooe of bringing capital and labor nearer together ana to live out my life in Cleveland, where I have lived for fifty two years. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL 4 First National Bank of Grand Island Has Corporate Ealsloneo ' Extended. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. (Special Tele gram.) Additional rural free delivery service will be established on September 1 at Salem, Henry county, Ia., with one car rier; route embraces an area of lt square miles, containing a population of 400. The comptroller of tbe currency has ex tended the corporate sxlstencs of tke First National bank ot Grand Island, Neb., until the close of buolnea ca August 4, 1922. William R- Teagarden of Be tries, Neb-, has been appointed a cleri; In th laatl fflce at Glen wood Sprites, CJo. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Showers Tuesday; Wednesday Fair. Roar. Dear. Hoar. D. B au sn ' l a. as Mt 6 a. sn ..... . tin So. at...... Ma fan TO 9 p. n H 8a.a 73 4 a. m ...... A' a. a. T4 It a. as ' T lO a. m...... Tit ) s. tm. TM H a. m T T p. m ..... TT 13 as 81 p. aa...... TT a. sn TB PACKERS. FILE DEMURRERS Defeadaat la Case . Aaralnst ' Alleged Beef Traat Clalsa Croaada Insnf Jtelent to Grant Injunction. CHICAGO, Aug. 4. The government ult against th alleged beef trust was sent a step forward here today by the filing In the United States circuit court of de murrers of the defendants, both ss Indi viduals and - ss corporations. The de murrers set up at considerable length that the complaint on which an Injunction I asked I Insufficient. It 1 maintained that th suit I multifarious snd It allowed to stsod would tend to congest th beef trust. In specific terms th demurrers assert that "so much of th bill of complaint ss asks a discovery of the seversl interests of the defendsnts and their business methods "has nota stated such a case as would entitle tbe complainant to the relief prayed for." The effect of the filing of the demurrers Is technically to admit sll the sllegatlons charged in the bill of complaint. The ar gument advanced in support of the pack era' position ta that, admitting th truth rf th charge, no sufficient ground has been shown , for the Issuance of the petitioned writ. The Instrument wa signed by John S. Miller, counsel for all the packer. If the demurrer 1 sustained by the court the original complaint may- be amended and if overruled the defendants have the privilege of answering. It Is not expected that any further steps will be taken In the case by either side until about September 1, when the federal Judge re turn from their vacations. PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM PEN Trala Robber Hyatt Heads Baad la a Dash for Liberty irons Teaa essee ' Prlsoa. NASHVILLE. Aug. 4. Armed with dyna mite with which to blow his wsy out of prison, Louis Hyatt, ths train robber and desperado, tonight led a desperate band of sixteen convicts to liberty from the Ten nessee penitentiary. Fifteen of the escap ing party got entirely clear of the premises, but on. Ed Career, 'a afehlower aent up from Nashville, paid the penalty of death In the bold undertaking. Joe Loss and James Work wer traoed down by bloodhounds and captured, but th rest of the prisoners had gotten so far' out of bounds by midnight that no trace of them eould be had. The prisoners were evi dently 'furnished dynamite from the out side snd .used It In blowing an opening In the main wing of the prison. Hyatt stood off the Inside guard with a brace ot revolvers, which tad been furnished from the outside, whll the men preceded him to liberty. Th dynamite was laid by Doe, the Manchester train robber, snd he made good his escape. Six of the prisoners who got , sway were government convicts, snd the others were state convicts. Bosses with bloodhounds are In pursuit. PINKERJpNS AFTER WATKINS Haa Who ; Married Mis Maad Shoafeld Waatcd la East for Allesjed Misdeeds. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4. Th Call says that Philip D. Watklns, society man and member of a prominent family ot Mont clair, ' N. J., Is being sought for by the police for having obtained larg sums of money in various cities ' by false pretenses. Watklns was formerly manager of the Amesbury (Mass.) File works and Chief ot Police Osgood t that city wires that b Is wanted there for fraudulent check transac tions aggregating about 12,000. In June of this year, while traveling west from Boston, Watklns met Miss Maud Bhon feld, daughter ot Henry Shonfeld of Omaha, who happened to be traveling in the same coach. After a few hours acqualntancs with Watklns the girl consented to be his wife and they wer parried. She bed started with the Intention ot visiting her sister, Mrs. A. L. Ball of Ogden, Utah, but hs thuI 'ar failed to reach there. The Plnkertons have been Instructed to search for the couple. HOTEL- FIRECAUSES PANIC Gaests Injured la Wild Rash to Escape from Blnao la Chlcaato Hostelry. i CHICAGO. Aug. 4. Panic stricken, half a hundred guests at ths Bir William hotel. 70 Randolph street, rushed through hallway and down th stsirs tonight seeking escape from a fire, which resulted in serious' in juries to four persons. Tbs sufferers: Anderson, Grace, burned about head and arms. ' Gray, William M., night clerk of hotel, burned about head. Bchefer, Fred, guest, overcome by gas and burned about head and body. Gray, William, guest, overcome and burned about the head. The fire, which was caused by escaping gas, was extinguished without serious loss. ANOTHER BIG CORPORATION Vnlted Stale Realty aad Construction Company File Article of Ineorporotloa. TRENTON, N..J., Aug. 4. The United States Realty and Construction company, with an autboriied capital of 166,OuO,Ot0, was Incorporated her this evening. Of the capital stock, 110,000,000 Is to be pre ferred, with per cent cumulative divi dends. The company is authorised to pur chase, acqulr snd construct buildings. It is understood that Its operations will bs conducted principally In New York City. Movements of Oeeaa Vessels, Ana. 4. At Ply mouth-Arrived; Kron Prln Wli belin, from New York. . At Movllle Arrived: Pretorlan. from Montreal and Quebvo, for Liverpool, and proceeded. At Boulogne Sur Mer Arrived: Noor dam, from New York, for Hot let dam, and procee4ed. At Cherbourg Arrived: Krn Prlns Wll he.lm, from New York, via l'l mouth, for Bremen, and proceeded. At tiibraliar Sailed: Hohensollern, for New York. At Glasgow Balled: Laurentlan, for New York. A l Now York Arrived: A Her, from Ge noa, Naplee and U.w altar; Ucorgla, from LiverpeuL NEW POLICE BOARD GoT.rnor EsTggo Hand Commissions ta . . Touf Political rrienls. S at na .as APPOINTEES TAKE FORCIBLE POSSESSION Sli Into Offioe While ITo On but Janitor it Pntsnt MAYOR REFUSES TO ACT WITH THEM Old Board Will Bring Qno Warranto Proceeding at Ono. PEACEABLE COURT ACTION IN PROSPECT Governor Sawaaro Said to Hot Threat oaed Violence to Seat His Ap pointees, bnt Finds It Uaaecsseara. Jtew Mercer FolleoCosamiloa. r fN5.rn- Fnlttic. ' Term CP h?. H--R"Publlpn, three year. Governor Savsgs yesterday afternoon at :0 o'clock Issued commlslsons to tbe above ss member of the Bosrd ot Fire and Police commissioners of the city of Omaha, acting under the decision of the su preme court rendered two weeks sgo. These are tbe men agreed oa at the con ference between the governor snd Congress man Mercer" and John N. Baldwin of tbe Union Pacific law department, and the con dition ot their appointment Is understood to be the use of all the board's authority to for tha renomlnatlon ot Mercer for con ares. ,, , (Th method taken by tbe governor In snnouatMng his selection was calculated to throw about it the greatest secrecy. He csme to Omaha on the Burlington train at 1:10 o'clock and went tot the Millard hotel, where he met the men he had se lected and handed them their commissions. The commissions were from August 4 end expire on th first Monday In April of th yesrs mentioned: J. W. Thomas, 1906; W. J. Broatch. 1906; C. C. Wr!Eht, 1904. and Lee Spratlen, 190S. J. W. Thomas Is csshler of the Union Na tional bank. He came to Omaha about six years ago from Kay Springs, where he was somewhat promt.ient In local politics. Hs is a close personal friend of Governor Savage and was selected several days be fore be would consent to accept. W. J. Broatch Is a former mayor of - ----- ' " JVBI, ftlj baa been active In uo'ltlra a.- v. cam to th city. He wss a member of the legislature at th ilm. n.,... o. age wa In that body and was a member of th former notorious ChurchllS-Russell police board. C. C. Wright la the attorney for W. J. Broatch. He was ono of th. .v ' . . ... , -1 V HT- (V uie suit by which th supreme court reversed """" uu emnortxea the governor to sp point the present men to office. He ha been' a candidate for ti.iio, . . , juugo IUU been mentioned as candidate for eongreesft for county attorney and for several city offices. ' ' Lee Spratlen was ons of the leader of the gold democrats. Hs wa for a tlms as sistant cashier of tbe National Bank of Commerce and la now an .,. ... . " " Ul IU3 office of th general manager of th Bur- lln.tAn wall . -- .ft. lifted. lfw CosnsnUsloaor Enter. As soon ss they had received their com missions the men started for tbs city hall. Arriving there, they entered ths Eighteenth street entrsnce and went to tha third floor. The news of the appointment had reached the city hall before the appointees ar rived and ths clerk ot the Bosrd of Firs snd Pollps Commissioners csm to th con clusion that It was tlms to quit for th day. H had Just- locked tb front door of th offlc and wss starting downstairs when the appointees reached tha landing. In hla hurry to closs ths room he had for gotten that a Janitor was lnslds. Tbe Jan itor had Just completed his work snd waa starting out with a bucket ot water In his hands. As he. opened ths door there wss a precipitate rush for the entrance on the part of the appointees. It was touch and go between Carl Wright and W. J. Broatch as to who crossed the line into the rooms of ths commission first. Arriving In the rooms a short session wss held snd It was decided to notify the mayor, the chief .of police and th chief of the fire department that the new board was In tbe office. The mayor cam down before any business was transacted snd hs was Invited to preside at the session of "the bosrd." Acting on advice of th city attorney, h refused to de this, and the meeting wa organised by th "election of W. J. Broatch ss president snd Lee Spratlen a secretary, temporarily. Chief of Police Donahue at this tlms sr. rived and was ssked If he would recognize the authority of the governor's appointee. Ho asked to be given tlm for considera tion. He was gone about fifteen minutes and returned, saying: "I acknowledge and recognise this as tb legal board. I consulted with the mayor and he told me to do just as I plsase. Now there is another thing to this. I am ready to carry out your orders, snd when I cannot do that I will write my resigna tion." Carl Wright, speaking to th ehlef, said: "We are her becaus ot the decision of the supreme court. If there Is to b sny contest ws will be la possession of tbe office until that controversy Is settled That Is sll ws have to say." Fraak Hansom Appear. Th appointee then begsa to discuss th weather and other things, snd several mem bers ot tbe city government dropped in to see how things were running. Frank T. Ransom came in and the board went into executive seaelon to consider the question of the filing of an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the mayor, tbe member ot th Board of Fir snd Police Commissioners appointed by him, th clerk of that board and th chief ot tb fir and pollc department to recognix their authority. Tha recognition accorded th. governor' appointees by the chief of po llc caused a portion ot ths application to be stricken out, and before It wa served C. A. Salter, chief of the fire department, appeared. He was ssksd to recognise tbe board snd was given ten minute t con sider. In less than that tlm b wss back In th offlc and said: "I recognls this as tb lsgal board." W. J. Broatch was th spokesman for tbe appointees oa this occasion. Hs said: "That Is sll. Mr. Salter. Go back te work and let the mea know that there will be no change at this time; thst everything will run along in ths same way." Hs started to say something !, but upon a look from another on of th sp-