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Omaha Bee; I:STA1ILISHED-'JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1902 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. The Daily GIVES THANKS Xdward Issues Address to Hii People on Eve of Coronation. EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR RECOVERY JelieT that Prayers to Dirino Frovidouc Hto Been Answered. PROCLAMATION COMES FROM THE HF.ART Conoeired and Written by King Himself la an Autograph Letter. rOLLOWS TRADITIONS OF THE FAMILY v Vm Laat Observed by Qaeea Victoria Wkn She Addressed Proal Messag-a t th 5atlon, LONDON, Aug. 7. Tb following mmii from King Edward to hii poopU woo mad public tonight: ' To my people: On tho v of coronation, on event which I look upon as on of the meet solemn and Important of my life, I am anxious to expreee to my people at horn and In the colon! and in India my heartfelt, app -erlatlon of the deep eym- Salhy they have manifested toward me urlng a t!m tn my life of such Imminent danger. The postponement of the corona tion rreoy, owlntf So my Illness, has ciuaed, I fear, much Inconvenience and trouble to all who Intended to celebrate It. Hut their disappointment haa been borne fry them with admirable patience and tem per. - The prayer of my people for my recovery were heard, and I now offer up my deep it gratitude to divine Providence for hav ing preserved my Ufa and given me strength to fulfill the Important duties which devolve upon uie aa sovereign of 'this (treat empire. (Hlaned) EDWARD R, and I. Hucklnitham palace, Aug. S, 1S0J. King Ed ward 'a proclamation la personal and spontaneous expression of his majesty's failings. It was conceives and written by himself tn an autograph letter to tho home secretary, C. T. Ritchie. In addressing this communication to tho boms secretary, tbo king lo following the traditions observed by the late Queen Victoria wben sbo sd 'dreaaed personal messages to tbo nation. King Edward did not drive out today. A largs crowd had gathered outside Bucking 'bam palaco In expectation of their m; ties taking a drive, and tho king, who was' lunching Id one of tho front rooms of tbo building, came to a window in full view of tho people, who cheered him enthusias tically. . The king bowed bis acknowlege- ments. , It has been expected that bis majesty would visit Westminster abbey today, but with bis secretary, Lord Knollys. Some rogalla for tho coronation was re moved today from Buckingham and at St. James palaces to Westminster abbey, where Itnlnor rehearaala of tbo coronation cere mony was held. The prince of Wales and tbo duk of 'Coonaugbt paid visits of Inspection to tbo 'abbey. ( , , An official bulletin Issued today says: King Kdwnrd bore the 'journey to I.on don yesterday ' without the l"Bl ' fatigue," I Hi timjuiy had a good nlttht and Ih In excellent health. The wound la practically healed. A bulletin wilt bo Issued on Sunday next. Sunday's bulletin will be the laat and It wllt be issued only with tho object ' of ( iplaclng on record how tbo king bore the coronation ceremonies. MOT READY FOR THE PUBLIC Verms of Agreement Between Eng IUk Government ana Morgan's ' hip Combination. t LONDON, Aug. 7. Replying to tho Houss of commons today to a request of Lord Charles Beresford for assurance that no binding agreement would bo concluded be ,.tten tbo government and the shipping combination without tbo agreement being rmfrtai by rai'itts'caat, tha premier, A. J. Balfour, aatd: I da not thiuk U possibl to negotiate on this oa any other subject If tho pro posed terms ate tp be publicly discussed before the government bas agreed to them. The government, however, is most anxious to take the house Into Its confidence at tha earliest pcsstbl moment " , Mr. Balfour'a reply has particular Inter lost, aa Belfast dispatches today announce that the government accepted J. P Mor gan's offer to give the admiralty claim on 11 the combine'! ships. As evidence of the acceptance, it is stated that the government baa chartered the Corlntulc, the Brat ship built for the combine, which has Just been completed In the Harland ship yarda.- Inquiries made by a representative of tbo Associated Trees show that belief la gen ii ! luol'J. rilul,t ilv.l,u' Cuter prac tically baa been accepted by the govern faient. Tho Belfast dispatch may allghtly anticipate the technicalities required to eloee the agreement, or may not allow euca changes Inserted sine tha offer was orig inally made, but there appears to be little doubt that the spirit of the scheme la ac ceptable to tho cabinet. J. P. Morgan & Co., when asked concerning tho reported statement, adopted the same noncommittal attitude a Premier Balfour. REJECT PROPOSAL OF RUSSIA Great Britain Heplles tt Considers Hinlia System an IndU '.i ret-t Bounty, ;Copyrtght, las, by Tress Publishing Co.) LONDON. Aug. g. (New York World Ca l!ef tain Special Telegram.) The London Pally Mall's St. PeUraburg correspondent says be learns la well Informed circles that the British government has just replied to the Itusalao clrcuUr declining to talt any tart la the proposed conferstc oa the sugar question and reaffirming Ita reasons for re garding the regulation by Russia of Its home .;iir iudus'.ry by a system of Indirect boun ties. The reply contains ho reference what ever to the proposal tor a conference oa trusts In general. The correspondent adds thut all the other powers ars expected to v aJopt a similar attitude. CURRAM URGES AFFILIATION ralnka 1'adera.taadtaar thonld Reached Between Werken of If arena ana America. lie LONDON, Au. 7 Prealdent Curraa pre-' I11 today at Ll.w at the opening of the annual meeting of the British Trade I Diana Federation, He urged an under ataoiilng between the workers of Europe and America to meet the action of capital. The memberaMp of tie federally was reported at tU.ovO. SOLDIERS EXPEL SISTERS tnantharlaed Schools Art Closed ay Officer In rriiet Amid Great Excitement. BREST, .rrance, Aug. 7. Bxeltlng r-eneo occurred today at tho expulsion of f ber of staters from their school at neau, near hero. A special train eonv. detachments of soldiers to Landernesu, where a body of gendarmes bad been mo bilised already. A large erowd assembled at tha school and surrounded the soldiers In tbo oquaro In front of tbo school. When tho commis sary of police arrived, accompanied by a locksmith, the people protested vigorously, shouting: . "Long live tbo slaters and lib erty!" "Down wltb tho ministry!" Women tnrew themselves to tbo ground In front of tho horses of tbo gendarmes. Tbo commissary ordered tbo sisters to open the school door. They refused and tho locksmith picked tho lock and broks tho windows amid tho denunciations of tbo crowd. Tbo commissary ordered tho sisters to leave the school, which they did, leading upon tho arms of tbo townowomea and ac companied by tho priests and thousands of people, they marched to a chureh. Where '.hey sang a hymn. A largo crowd followed the gendarmes to tbo railroad station. shouting. "Death to, the locksmith." Tbo man was protected by tho military. Similar scenes ars expected In other vil lages of Flnnlsterro. where tbo decree against unauthorized schools la to be put Into execution. A priest at Folgoet urged women to kneel In front of tbo School In order to stop tho gendarmes. Tho soldiers and gendarmes reached Lan dernesu at 4 o'clock In the morning, but watchers already had given the alarm. Tho whole population of tho town waa Intensely excited and hurried to the school. At one time wben tho erowd broke through tbo military cordon, tho commissary ordered the drums to be beaten thrioe as a preliminary to charging tho erowd and bloodshed was feared. Emile VUllera, member Of tbo Chamber of Deputies for Flnlsterre, who Is a Con servative, intervened and appealed to tbo people to be calm. ' Vlcomto Lagatlnalo, leader of tbo opposi tion, cried: ' "You can arrest me; my ancestor died on tho scaffold and I deem tt an honor to bo arrested for this noble cause." After the expulsion of tho sisters the erowd again became so threatening that tha commissary ordered tha troops to charge, but the Intervention of M. Vllllars Induced tho people to disperse. A few women were hurt In the disorder. Tho commissary at Croien tried to expel the sisters front a school, but tho gendo armea were unable to fore their way through tho crowd and tb attempt was abandoned. GIGANTIC FRAUD IS EXPOSED Pafclla ' I.oeee One Hanaro Million Dollars In WI14 Cat -, Cnneerna. . . " LONDON, Aug. T. Tbo efflolal receiver abnouhces that be haa Issued summonses against Whltaker Wrlttht and Robert Lo man to recover tTKO.000 In connection with she re transactions between tho Brltiah American corporation hod tb fulled Lon don at Globe Finance corporation, limited. lo. tbo aame report tho receiver say that for the present it is not proposed to prose cute tho directors of tho London as Glob comr-any for mtafeasaece. . The city, however. Is dUplaflng tbo deep est interest In tho London It Olobo group of. companies and tho demand that th pub lic prosecutor act Is Increasingly Insistent. A special petition has been circulated on the Stock exchange and signed by many in fluential men demanding tho prosecution, of Whltaker Wright, and it is considered that tho credit of tho city and the Stock Ox change demands 1 a thorough .Investigation of the London Globe methods of finance. Probably the full extent of tb money lott to tho public by tho company will hover be known, but financial expert cow eotlmata It as upward of $100,000,000. Tho flotation for which Wright waa responsible asgr- gated foriy-cas, wltb tb fcormoui vbpViai of 1111,775,000, and wKb few exceptions alt these companies are either in liquidation. bavo been absorbed or are defunct, - What tbo shareholders Will recover from tho crash can bo imagined from tb an nouncement thst tbo creditors of th Lon don A Globe will reoelv ouly t per cent and that nothing remain for tb hare- bolder. - ' Th compulsory liquidation of th Lco- don at Globe Finance corporation, limited, waa ordered on October 10, 1601, DELEGATE FOR PHILIPPINES Mr. Unlet Wew Centtderea t B tha Man Moat Likely to He Selected. ROME. Aug. 7. The appointment of papal delegate to the Philippines 11 still undecided. The only chibi In th situa tion Is that there la now a greater pros pect of Mgr. Guldl'e selection. Mgr. Outdl himself Informed the Asso ciated Press correspondent todsy that his nomination bad pot been officially decided upon as yet. A dispatch from Rom on A u trust I said that th delay In naming an apostolio dele gat for the Philippine was caused by the deslr of the papal authorities to ap point an American prelate. This dispatch said that should the American prelate de cline tb offer the moat likely candidate waa Mgr. Guldl. The Italia, oa August S, said that Mgr. Guidi had been appointed to the office. ' FLOWERS AT KRUCER'S FEET Pathetic Incident Oeenra nt Pre-Heer Exhibition at toe Ha no. THE HAGUE, Aug. 7. Former Prealdent Kruger of the Traasvaat republlo, accom panied by a number of Boer leaders, visited the pro-Boer exhibition this morning. He seated himself opposite th portrait of th Dutch and French cciubatanta who fell during the war and as bs sat there young girls strewed flowers at his feet. Replying to a speech made by the presi dent of the exhibition. Mr. Kruger paid a tribute to th "bray men who aacrlficed their Uvea ia a disinterested struggl for Juotlc." He thanked artists of all aatlona for their unselfish aid in contributing to th exhibition. Ponrteen Killea In Explosion. SA.VTANDAR, Epala. Aug. 7. Aa x plosion occurred today in an iron works at Cemerie. near here, destroying five bousea, killing fourteen perauna and Injuring tuaay other. EXPLOSION KILLS-THIRTEEN Disaster in Colorado Vio at Bowon tLo Result of Gas. ' WORK OF RESCUE GREATLY DELAYED t -ter Hons Blow l anal tn ' Lou ( Lit la There, '- Entlra Mine la "' Bo Rained. PUEBLO. Colo.. AiTg. 7. A apodal to tb Chieftain from Trinidad say: A dlaaatrou exploalon at 6:S0 o'clock to night at No. I mine at Bowen, a small camp three mile north of this place. Thirteen live ar known to hav been lost. Th exact number of men-working on tbo night shift and .in tbo mine at tb time Is unknown. Tbo , mine Is worked by the Vnlon Coal company of Denver aod is a alopo mine, situated on tho mountain side and about 400 yard from tb tipple below. Tbo explosion occurred about 800 feet from tho mouth of the alope and wa canaed by fir damp. Immediately after tb night shift bad stansd Into tho alope a startling exploalon occurred, entirely suing the mouth of th lopo and hking building and breaking windows for a mil distant. Owing to th mouth of th stop being filled th rescuer were delayed for aome time, but succeeded In reaching part of th men through an old alope and eight dead bodies were quickly brought to the gurfac. Th mtno i Oiled with gas and amok and th rescuer ar afraid of after-damp and ar unable to stay In th mine wore than a very abort time. Mothers, . wives and children of tho dead and Imprisoned miners are almost erased with grief and th so en presented at the mouth of the mine la a most pathetic one. Tho known dead aret JAMES HUNTER, machine runner. TILDEN WINIFRED, colored helper. MIKE CA8SIDY; blown to piece. JOB GORDON, colored driller. JOE BAUCHY, machln runner. THOMAS SIERRA. , FRANK CROAT. - WKLLER ELLIOTT. 1 Th powder house in the mine, usually containing 1,000 pound pt powder, blew tip and it I this which caused such great disaster. ' Th general belief la ' that th entire mine ha been ruined and if not it will take month to get it In working order again. Tb rescuing party ar push ing forward with all posslbl speed and before many hour th exact ' number of live loat and the total amount of damage can be determined. BACK AGAIN AT OYSTER BAY President and Mrs. Roosevelt Retnrn frona a Short Trig ta ; I "rink. OT8TER.BAT. N. T., Aug. 7. President and Mr. Roosevelt arrived at Sagamor Hill soon after 7 o'clock this morning. Tb Sylph reached the bay late last night, but no attempt was made . to land it passen ger. Tho trip frorn Block Island sound waa mati without Incident. ' 1 ' ' The president bad a .number of guests at luncheon today. - Senator Piatt of Connec ticut, Mr.' Phelpa, secretary to th governor of Connecticut, and. Mr. Clark of the -Hartford Courant cam to talk over tho polit ical altuation in. their tat wltb tb presi dent. '..:-., , :. :. Representative Jess Overs treet of In diana, on of the member of tha congres sional campaign committee, discussed with the president tb political situation gen erally, so far aa it relate to tbo eongree tonal election in tha fall. Ha talked to tb prealdent, too, regarding tb latter' propoaed visit to Indiana In September. 8enator Stewart of Nevada discussed' briefly with tha president som western matter in which he i interested. Other present wsr Jama S. Clarkaon of Iowa, Repreaentative Jamea 8. Sherman and Luclen N. LIttauer ' of Now Tork and former Stat Senator John Laugbl in of Buffalo. : V DEMOCRATS JJAME TICKET Gears; J. Seek ' Chosen gov Demo ' emtio- Standard Bearer la ' ! Wyoming;. DENVER, Aug. 7. A special to tho Now from Rawlins, Wyo., says: Tb democ ratio state convention today nominated tbo following ticket: Governor George T. Back, Big Horn eounty. Congressman Charles P. Clemens, Carbon eounty. ...... , Bee rotary of State ;D. B. Btlckney, Al bany eounty. Treasurer Colonel I. Hunter, Laramie county. , Auditor W. Dean Hayes, .Big Horn eounty. Superintendent of Public Instruction Mrs. Delaro, Albany county. All nominations were by acclamation. No nomination wa mad for Justice of th su preme court, but a resolution endorsing C. N. Porter, tb republican nominee, failed of adoption. 1 The platform adopted favor tb election Of United State senator, compulsory arbi tration of labor disputes, municipal own ership of public utliltiea, strengthening of the power of the. Interstate Commerce commission, prohibition of the acceptance of free transportation by publto official and other reform. SINGER'S CASE DISMISSED Writ of Mandaun Atjataet Colorado Knel Concern Denied by Jasgt Johnson. DENVER. Colo.. Aug. 7. Judge Jchnsoa today dismissed the suit of Arthur J. Singer against the Colorado Fuel ft Iron company for. a writ of mandamus to compel th company to permit an inspection of its stock book. The court yeeterday auatained - tho de murrer lo tb,o complaint on th ground that all th director of th company ahould hav been made defendant to th suit and today after hearing arguments refused th plaintiff lev to CI aa amended com plaint. Counsel for Singer took exceptions to tbo decision and asked for ninety days to pre pare aa appeal. MAY BE THE TRATnTrOBBER Man Arrested at St. Panl on Charge of Holdlna t n Bar. llnntoa. ST. PAUL, Aug. 7. Deputy sheriffs to night areeUd a man who gave his nam a Georg McKenaon, oa suspicion of being one of the net who held up the Burllngloa train near Savannah. 111., Monday night Tha sus pect waa arrested wben be arrived tonight oa a Chtoao Great Wtrn train. RATE ON LIVESTOCK1 IS CUT Kaneaa City and Sowefcweet Gets the Benefit, hat Omaha 'Take , Old Ro4. CHICAGO. Aug. 7. (Special Telegram.) Tb weatern freight 'tat altuation devel oped Into a atato of open war oday wben th 8anta F gave notice that; beginning next Monday, that company i would carry livestock between Chicago and Kaunas City for 11 cents per 100 pounds. .'This Is a cot of lift centa, and 1 th lowest rat given on livestock since 189!,- when! ther was a altuation similar to the one (now existing and when tb livestock rats' between th river and Chicago went to it eent. Offi cial of the Santa Fo took no action regarding packing nous producta and dressed meats. Th full purpose of the Santa F is not disclosed, but It la pro fumed, however,, that the main purpos la to take livestock away from! Kansas City and bring it to Cbtcaao. Other Chicago Kansas City roada will be jcompelled to follow tha rate, and it I had to see bow the Great Western can avld doing o. Chicago-Omaha Una hav lot com to a decision regarding action nectesary to take to offset th Great Western jrnov. So tar none of those road hav seek fit to plac Omaha on a parity wltb Kannis City. They now bar th problem of what to do with livestock rate, added to thru gist of put 1. ' , Tb Santa F livestock rat will affect th tariff from points far east of Kansas City to Chicago a th rate from all interior point will bo no more than tb through rate to Chicago. Other lln. from Kaneaa City to get livestock to Chicago will bavo to meet tb la out and under the rulings of tho interstate commission these competing line will be compelled to make tbo same rata from . other points along tha river, or in Missouri river territory that they make from Kaneaa City. j SHOWS UNUSUAL STRENGTH Activity f Lontarlllo ft Xaahvllle '. Gives Rise to a Variety of ' Rwsaora. NEW YORK, Aug. - 7. The unusual Strength and activity of Louisvlll & Nasb vlll share today gav rise to a variety of rumors, tb substance of which waa that tbo trouble which grew out of th at tempt to corner the atock last spring bad been settled in a way-satisfactory to all concerned. 1 These rumor were confirmed in part by persona in authority, but noth ing, like a definite statement on the sub ject wa obtainable. . August Belmont, chairman, of th. Louisville ft Nashville road, and Samuel Spencer, president of th Southern, railway, conferred with repre aentativea of J. P. Morgan ft Co. .during tho day and the return of John W. Gates, counted with hla nrotracted visit; fa Map. gan ft' Co.' office, were regarded aa of mora than passing importance. Tbo atory most persistently circulated waa that Morgan ft Co. are believed to bold 150,000 shares of Louisville ft Nash ville stock, for which they paid 1130, ac cording to report, have concluded to buy tho Harris-Gate holdings, entlmated at omethlce like 100,000 share at S1&0. Questioned en this point's member of th Morgan firm said; . - "Wi are not in a posltiom.io say -anything about Louisville .ft Kbs vllle,- 'bat there are no different and ther will be none." . Coincident with the movement in Louis ville ft Nashvlll was tb aharp rise In Illlnol Central, Hocking Valley Issues and Nashvlll 'ft Chattanooga. So far. a eur face indication went nothing developed to connect the movement in these stock with th ' reported aettioment In Louisville ft Naahvlll. - x DETAILS ARE MADE ; PUBLIC Deal by Which 'Frisco Seenree Coa trol of Chicago A Eastern Rail, road Annoaaoed. NEW YORK, Aug. 7. Detail of the deal by which the St, Louie ft San Francisco rail road secured control of the Chicago ft East ern Illinois road were formally announced today in a ctroular letter sent to tho share holdera of tbo laat named railroad. - Tbo St. Loula ft San Francisco offered in exchange tor th preferred stock of Chicago ft East ern Illinois $150, with quarterly dividends of 1150. Common atock of .tho Chicago ft Eastern Illinois, St. Louis ft Ban Francisco w.111 deliver trust certificate for a corre sponding number of share at the rate of 250 for each share of atock, , with semi annual dividends of $5. Both th common and preferred certifi cate, will b laaued under trust agreement wltb tb Colonial Trust company and will b aecured under agreement. Tb holder of Chtcago ft Eastern Illinois are given until September 15 to deposit their shares. Tho 'Frisco road, ' it ia understood, bas practically control of a largo majority in terest, ao th uccea of U plan 1 vir tually assured. i Accompanying tb circular latter to Chi cago ft Eastern Illinois stockholder la a statement aigned by tb dominant Interests of that property H. H. Poor. Henry Bel bert. Flower ft Co. and Georg ft Ball to the effect that th offer of tb St. Loula ft San Franclaco road la believed to be an advantageous one. , CHANGES IN ROCK ISLAND O. A. "Ratboriord Mad Division Paa aenajerr Agent for Nebraska, with Hendqaartera In Omaha. TOEPEKA. Kan, Aug. 7. Wltb th re moval ' of the general passenger office of th' Rock Island system from Topeka to Kansas City on August 10, a change baa been decided upon in tb passenger traffic management for Kanaa, Nebraska and Colorado. A. E. Cooper of Portland, Or., la mad division passenger agent for Kansas, head quarters at Topeka; C. A. Rutherford, dl vlalon passenger Bert for Nebraaka, head quarters at Omaha, and R. S. Ray, general agent ai Denver. Theae officers will re port to Assistant General Passenger Agent Thompaon at Kansas City. CONFERENCE IN THE WOODS Hew York Politician Arrange Matter While Tahlaar OatlnT ta th Adirondack. NEW YORK, Aug . 7. On Monday next Senator Piatt la to be th guest of his son it Racquette lake and Governor Odell la it atay wltb Lieutenant Governor Woodruff at the latter'a camp tn the Adl roadacks. Chairman Dunne of tb state committee and 6th era have been invited to participate la the conference which will tak plac In th 'northern woods and final arraag ments ar expected to 'be mad for th omlng republican suit cfaavaaUQ SET. ASIDE SALE OF LANDS Inspector Keporta Collusion Among Bidden for Omaha Indian Eaaltj. -a I, i n LAND OFFICE OFFICIALS NOT IMPLICATED Register and Receiver at O'Neill Or ' dered to Hold an Inaalry and aa Interesting Tint 1 Anticipated. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (Special Tele gram.) S. O. Ruby, an Inspector of tbo Department of the Interior, who waa aent to O'Neill, Neb., for th purpos of In vestigating charge made in relation to tb at of certain isolated tracta of land in the Omaha Indian reservation that wer old at th O'Neill land office on May 4, ha submitted hi report to th secretary of the Interior. - Mr. Ruby finds that a combination waa formed between prospec tive bidder and that a fund waa raised to pay certain other prospective hinder to refrain from bidding upon tbo lata. That instead of implicating tha register and receiver of the. O'Neill land office with tho ale, a alleged in on of two populist papers In Nebraska, Inspector Ruby acquits them of any complicity whatever and en dorses tb recommendation of the register and receiver of tho O'Neill land office that th sale be set aside, in view of the col lusion, which on th face of the returns Is apparent Acting Secretary Ryan of, tb Interior department, after a review of In spector Ruby' report, immediately ordered that a public hearing b granted those persona who wer unable to bid at tb al and directed that th register and receiver abould bold an open court for tb purpos of Inquiring Into th matter and that eald register and receiver ahould be empowered to act a time and place for auch public bearing and that persona interested in tho ale ahould hav th right t be represented by attorney. Thla letter went to the O'Neill land office today. In view of Inapeetor Ruby'a report It la said hat there will be Inter esting pro.-eedl;r,s at O'Neill when tb In quiry as to those connected with th re cent sale of Omaha landa la begun. Tho register and receiver of th O'Neill office are ordered to also notify th general land offlc when the hearing la to take place. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. (Special Tele gram.) BIda wer opened today by th supervising architect of th treasury-, for plaater models for the United States poat- offlc building at Creston, Ia. There were four bidders as follows: Jama F. Earley. Washington, $520; Q. W. Loughagen. New York, $562; Boyd ft Shearer, Baltimore, $873; J. Frank Whitman company, Wash ington, 665. ' . B. Bean baa been appointed postmaster at mensnaw, Taylor eounty, la,. Tic Jamea Hlgglna, resigned. Th post office at Sparta, Knox eounty, Neb., haa been moved three miles north- woat, with Joseph V. Holecek, postmaster. The comptroller of tho ourrency haa ap proved tho Merchants' National bank of St Loul a reserve agent for tb City National bank of Lrncoln, Neb. ,. . Frank D. Simon of Avoca, N. Y.j baa been appointed a teacher at the Winnebago In dian school, Nebraaka, . , - E. T. M O.Arthur. . superintendent of tbo Stsaeton Indian school. South Dakota, bas been transferred and appointed auperlfitond ent and aoUng Indian agent at Fort Lapwal, Idaho. " . " - . 1 . Th contract for carrying tho mall from Scbell. to Moomaw, Sheridan county,. Neb., haa been awarded to D. G. Blair of Scbell and from Barnes to Oneska, Ia.. to Q.'Gra- bajn of. Barnes., ..... O'BRIEN IS IN CUSTODY . Corporal Arreated oa' Chare of Per Jnry In Testimony Before Phll lonln Commission. . NORTH ADAMS. Ms., Aug. 7. Follow ing tb arreat of Corporal Richard O'Brien at hla horn here after midnight laat night on' tho charge, of perjury in hla testimony befor tha aenat commute on. the Philip pine It waa decided by tb United Statea authorlttea to tak the soldier to PlttsBeld for a hearing befor United Statea Commts- tnlssioner Wood. Tho start for Piltsfleld was mads during th forenoon.. i From- the moment of arreat O'Brien waa kept continuously under the eye of tho Washington -detective who. took tho cor poral into custody under authority of a benob ' warrant of the supremo court of the. District of Columbis. PITTS FIELD, Mass., . Aug. 7.A brief bearing was given Corporal O'Brien before United States Commissioner Wood,' her this afternoon, th charge being perjury. After consultation of counsel, the case was post poned until tomorrow to await soma definite settlement aa to . ball. 'O'Brien's, father waa tb only person present at tha bear ing beside bis officials and counsel. After the postponement, th defendant waa taken to the house of correction here," where ba will remain until tomorrow's hearing. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. R. T. O'Brien, formerly corporal of Company M, Twenty sixth infantry,- waa indicted by tb grand jury her laat Monday, but tb proceed ing wer kept secret, pending his arrest The action la baaed on teatlmony given before the aenat committee oa tb Phil ippine, May If last, in . which h Severely arraigned the. moral conduct of certain offi cers and enlisted . men. Bene tor Lodge, chairman of th com mittee, shortly after the testimony, called the attention of the attorney general to O'Brien's tatmnta and United States Dis trict Attorney Gold was directed to In vestigate.' Tb cas waa then given to th grand jury. O'Brien will probable- be tried in tb criminal court her early tn tho autumn and Dlatrtct Attorney Gold will personally conduct tb cas for th government,. The wltnaese named in tb indictment are: Fred McDonald, captain. Company H, Twenty-atxtb Infantry; Frank A. Cook, ma jor of the aame regiment, and Charlea B. Riley. The Indictment ae. forth that O'Brien, In hie testimony, "awore, declared and depoael falsely, corruptly, knowingly. y maliciously and contray to bla oath, to tell tb truth." Movement ( Ocean Vessels, Ana. T. At IJverpool Arrived: New Fngland, from Uoton via Queenatown: Majestic, from New York. Sailed: lllreon, for Hue ton via Queenatown; Canadian, fur New York. At Rotterdam Sailed: Rotterdam, for New York via Iiologne Bur ater, and sailed from latter port. At tjueenstown Sailed: Teutonic, for New York; Noordland. for PhliadelpMa. Arrived: New fengland. from Boston, .for Liverpool. At New York Balled: Ia Bretagne, for Havre: Ko-iilen Lulne, for Hrernen via Cherbourg. Arrived: tierinaalc, from Liver pool. At Plymouth Arrived: Columbia, from New York. At Hong Kong Balled: Emprre of China, fur Victoria ani Vancuuvar Via Shanghai auid Yukviiavm CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecant for Nebraska Fair Friday and Saturday. Tempvratara at Omaha Tester "r, lira, nenr Hex. It a. an . . . . tnt 9 a. aa nt T a. ra ..... . !! ft a. m ..... , TO 9 a. m Tt to st. ra ra 11 n. as TH 1 p. m . , . . NO Mil M.'t K4 M4 N4 tct Ml TO S p. an.,.,, 3 p. an .... , 4 p. m. . . . . B p. m . . . ) p. m . . . . . T p. an. H p. an,.,,, 9 p. an .... . 13 SICKNESS IN PHILIPPINES Handreds Dl from Cholora la Island and Epldotnlo I an th ' Inerena. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. Surgeon Gen eral ForwooA today received a report from Lieutenant Colonel P. F. Harvey. chief aurgeon of the division of th Philippines, giving a detailed account of tb health of the troops in those island for tha month ended June 15 last. The report how a considerably increase in percentage of alck, aa compared with th previous month. In south Philippines sickness haa Increased in quarters station hospital and depart ment hospital, but, the report ssys, th reason for this cannot b Indicated at this time. Cholera baa attacked two officers, sixty two Americans and on native aoldler. Most of these esses occurred in Laguna and Batangas. . Th cause in the majority of instanoea baa been tho drinking of In fected water, and a few cases were duo to food, contaminated either by handling or by file. In Samar and Leyt aom case are re ported, but th disease has not ' spread widely. In tho Camarlnes tb epidemto seem to have been stamped out, but in Laguna and Batangaa and adjacent parte of th province of Tayabaa cholera haa apread In virulent epidemic form, many casea baring occurred without report. Outalde of Manila a total of 5 967 case have been reported, with 4.290 death. In th city ther hav been 1,350 cases, with 1,100 deaths. Colonel Harvey says that the additional demand upon medical offi cers haa been met in the most satisfactory manner. Th report says tho people In the small town ar very ignorant. They conalder cholora a visitation of providence and cannot be Induced to tak proper pre cautionary measures. During tho month covered by th report the total alck was J,265, being 7 per cent of th command present, 11,060, and during the earn period there were seventy-nine deaths. Including thirty-seven cholera and one killed in action. ARRANGE ALL PRELIMINARIES Stata Department Prepare for Bab mlaaloa to Arbitration' of Plna '' . Fsind Clalaa Cas.'. .... WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. All th prelimi naries hav been arranged at. th Stat de partment for submission to arbitration at Th Hague of th Plua fund claims case. Tb arbitrators for th United States ara Sir Edward Fry of England, formerly chief justice of th court of appeala of England, aijd F. . Do Martens of Russia, the well known authority in International law. Mex ico has selected as her arbitrators Pagano Gualna Chill, a Judge cf th court pf cas eation of Italy, and i Savorhln Lohman, a V.'dge of tb highest Court In Holland. Thee four men will select an umpire to act In cas of a ti. Tb arbitration tribunal will meet at The Hagu on September 1. Th American party will consist of Judge William L. Fenlleld, solicitor" of th Stat department, who will act a tha eounsel for the United Statea: Jak agent for th United Statea; Walter 8. Pen- peia ana Henry v. Arrnes, assistant counael tor tb United State; Mist Margaret M. Hanna. crlvat secrets rv to Aaalatant (tan. retary Ade, translator of Spanish; and Miss Ll. in. jjarains, stenographer, w. B. Pen field will act aa disbursing officer of th riliAtlnn. TT mtA Vf r 1pm mi will --11 from New York Saturday next to arrange for accommodation at The Hagu of th re mainder of tb party, who will -leav New York on tb 14th Inst SHAW INSTITUTES . REFORMS Secretary of Treasury Makes i Investi gation of Practices of 'De- ' partntent In Past.'. WASHINGTON, Aug, 7. Secretary Shaw ia making a careful and close study of tb practice of tb Treasury department along a number of lias and ia determined to institute reforms where justice or good business principle seem to require them. He mad an important rulibg today rela tive to readmlaslon to this country of ar ticles of foreign productiofi which had one been Imported and duty paid thereon at the t'.m of .th original importation. After careful consideration tb ecretary ha decided that the privilege of free re entry may ba properly accorded to all articles f foreign manufacture or produc tion under proper aafeguarda for tha pro tection of th revenue, provided the arti cle so admitted shall not have been ad vanced in value or Improved in condition while abroad. Th articles should be reg istered with full description at the custom bouse on exportation and a certificate Is sued to the owner, and on their return they must be fully Identified as tb artlclea ex ported. Th secretary bas Issued Instruc tions to tb collector of customs at New York in connection with this decision. Heretofore th .department haa held that no matter bow many time an article of foreign manufacture was brought into this country It must pay duty each time. BUTCHER'S ELECT OFFICERS Convention Adjofcrn After Canelnd. !nar Bslnea Session, to Meet Anala la Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The convention of the Retail Butchers and Meat Dealers' Protective association adjourned today to meet in thla city on tb first Monday In October of next year. The following offi cers wer elected: President, Wtlllsm O. Wagner. New York City; first vice prealdent, James A. Hoff man, Washington second Vic prealdent, M. B. Gardner, Savannah, Oa.; secretary, D. J. Haley, Troy, N. 'Y.; treasurer, George F. Kellogg, Hartford, Conn; aergeant-at-arma, P. C. Jennlnga, Watertown. N. Y.; outside guard, Joaepb F. Ansel!, Merlden, Conn.; trustees, Ira Vf. Bllllman, Danbury, Conn.; H. Meyer, Brooklyn, and Georg J. Htller, Harrlaburg, ra. Tb convention adopted a resolution In structing th various local bodies' to take measures to promote the election of mem ber of congreaa who will favor the elimina tion of the tariff on cattle and livestock. A resolution denouncing the so-called beef trust In general terms waa rejected by the committee oa pulley, to which it waa talerred. FAITH IN PRESIDENT Catholics Tesl Adrainittratioa r7111 Act Tairlj with Triaii ia Thilippinss. RESOLUTIONS EXPRESS CONFIDENCE Belistad that Eooserelt "Will Perform His Duty Under ths Oonititutisn. UNFAVORABLE REPORTS ARE CONDEMNED Desire cf Federated Societies to Cos that Government Understands Question. SYMPATHY EXTENDED TO THE FRIARS Sapport Pledred Them a Anaerlena Cltisen In Upholding Hands of Government In Determination to Them Get Jnatle. C.WCAOO. Aug. T. Th tamper of th con vention of tb Federated Catholic Societies relative to th Philippine question was put to tho teat at th closing session today. John T. Keating, a national officer of the Hibernian, offrd a ausbstitut resolution for thos previously brought befor th meeting. Mr. Keating proposed that th del egatea dismiss th friar and th Philippine' school questions with a mer expression of satisfaction with the manner In which th aubject la being bandied by the Vatican and the administration. When a motion on th subject waa put there was but on afflrma tlv vot, and that on waa Keating'. Th convention? then adopted th following reeo-' lut.lon on tb subject: W hereby express confidence that Hon. Theodora Roosevelt, president of !) l'nWd 8t ten, will perform, hie duty under the constitution and laws, and ou? Arm belief that he will InMltute a rinld Judicial In quiry Into any abuses by vrrtordtnate gov ernment olHolals la our territorial poiee Jlons and promptly rectify such abuses. We are especially confident thst In his dealings with the serious problems ariulng . In the Philippine Islands, property and uer eonal rights guaranteed by treaty, laws nJ constitution will be faithfully aafeguarded and protected. . K.?0l?e' That w tend to th friars In the Philippines our fullest sympathy In , this, their hour of trial; that w appreciate the value of their services In the cause of religion and humanity; that we pledpa them our aupport aa American oitlsen in upholding- the hands of our government In ks determination to ee that they ara treated with that common Justice that be longs to all who enjoy the protection of the American flag. Resolved. That this federation congratu late the Vatican and the American govern ment on the position attained In the nerot. atlnrta regardlnr the queatlona which have arisen In the Philippines, and we express our full confidence thst these negotiation will be continued until a Just and amicable solution shall ba obtained. Confldeaca In Administration. ' Conflldenc in tb administration to do tb right thing In th matter of the Spanish friar landa in the Philippine and as to ed ucation in tb Insular passesslons waa the tenor of th dlacussion at tb morning ses sion of the convention of tb American Fed eration of Catholic. Th resolution on th Philippine waa' spoken to by a number Of prominent cler ical and lay delegates, in particular by ' Fether O'Relily, the Angugllrilen friar, who called upon President Rooeovwlt some time ' ago as a representative of th order to lay th Catbollo view of th question befor him. . . . . Bishop Mesamor and McFaul ana AI phonse Koeble of New York also addressed the convention on tho question. Father O'Reilly eald bs thought b voiced the sen timent of tbo convention- when he aald it waa tha plac of the federation to enlighten th government, aa to tb tru altuation in th Philippines Men, be aid, whoa duty it waa to inform the administration impartially bad been blind to true condition. How, then, was ther to be official knowledg of th Cath olic, view of th matter unless this conven tion let the government know bow Catho-, lies in general stood on the matter. Onco Inform th president and th Department of State, be aald, and there could bo no pos sible doubt that federal officials could co operate with tb Vatican without friction to tho amlcabl aattlcment of tb contro versy, t Tho convention decided not to Send dele gate to tb Catholio antl-salnon conven tion at Washington, D. C, an December SO, but passed resolutions endorsing temper anca. . , Sympathy . for tha Friars, . After further discussion the resolution on the Philippine question embodying word of sympathy and support for tbo friars, con fidence In the United Statea government and respect for Its attitude toward Catholio questions and condemnation of tha unfa vorable reports circulated about the 'riars, -waa passed. Other resolutions regretted th pret circumstance surrounding th Indian schools and pledged actlv and moral aup port In remedying the conditions. Ths es tablishment of Catholio high school where over practicable waa advocated; sympathy waa axpreeaed for the Catholics in , Franc in their present tioubloa and suitable recog nition was taken of th deaths of Arch bishop Faehan and Corrigan. Atlantic City was chosen aa th meeting plac of th convention in th third week of July. 190 J. . Th election of officers resulted In few change. The officers are: T. B. Mlnahan, Columbus, 0., president; uuu.o ... .. ui. , ,,vt- . u i n , uibv tu , president; F. B. Klerce, fian Francisco. ee end vlo president; Daniel Duffy, Fenasyt vanla, third vice president; Anthony F. Me tric, Cincinnati, secretary; II. J. Fries, Erie, Pa., treasurer; Chris O'Brien, Chicago, mar shal. Doard of directors: M. P. Money, Ohio; Ntrholas Oonnor, Iowa; J. H. Rlordan, Indiana; Thomas Cannon, Chicago Dr. Fow lsr, Kentucky;' F. P. Immskus, Pennsyl vania; D. F. Galvln, Vermont. TROYSTEEL PLANT IS SOLD Disposed of at Anetloa to M. Laal Maa for BiB,OoO to Satisfy Jadcment. ALBANY, N. Y.. Aug. 7. The plant of th Troy Steel company was sold todayt ane tloa by direction of th supreme court to satisfy a judgment obtained by th Guaran tee Trust company of New York, as trusts of tha bondholder. Th property Included tb mortgaged premises and all property righta, interests snd franchises controlled by the company. A. F. Donlvan ot Bt. Louis waa ths successful bidder at tS2S,(KK. Mr. Donlvan aald that bs did not cars tj disclose who bis principals are, but atatsd tbat ths plant would be operated again within a short time. The Troy Steel company bed a capital of 12,000,000 and was backed principally by the Wltbebees of Port Henry, H. II. Roberts of tbs Standard Oil company and X P Morgan are euppoaed to bsve bad aa luter est in ths plant. .