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OMAH Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 11), 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1902-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. 1 HE A . HOLMES FOR JUDGE TmlcUnt Appoint! Hotel jiuisachnitt8 Lawyer to tb Snprtine BncL RESIGNATION OF GRAY CAUSES VACANCY HI Health Caar. tatter to Gire Up Po sition and k Etst APPOINTEE SON OF LATE DR HOLMES Wai on Supreme Bench of Bay Btato and Attracted Marked Attention. WILL AWAIT CONFIRMATION OF SENATE Jastlre Orlf Will Hold rnaltlon for Home Tim la Itoorlinrt with Former Caetom I Slat liar Case. OYSTER BAT, N. T., Aug. 11. President Roosevelt Uta thta afterooon announced that he had appointed Hon Cllrer Wendell Holmea, chief Justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts, to be an associate jut tic of the supreme court of the United States, rice Mr. Justice Orajr, resigned. Tha reslgnatiop of Justice Gray was due to Ill-health. Several months ago he Buffered a atroke of apoplexy, which some time later waa fallowed by another. He ha not appeared on the bench alnca he waa stricken the first time. Hit advanced age 74 yeare told against, bin recovery with serious force. Realizing that he prob ably nerer would be able again to assume the plare which he ao long had filled with distinguished ability and honor, be decided a ehort time ago to Under tU resignation t the prealdent. With the exception of Mr. Justice Har lan, he served on the bench of the United fit tea supreme court longer than any of his present colleaguea. He waa appointed ao associate justice by President Arthur oo December 19, 1881, bJa service extending therefore through a period of nearly twenty-one years. Judge Holmea, whom the president has selected a Mr. Justice Cray's successor. Is one of the most dis tinguished lawyers and Jurist of Massa chusetts. Ills career on the bench, par tlcifcurly aa chief justice of the Massachu setts supreme court, has attracted wide at tention. Like Justice Gray, he la a native of Massachusetts. H la a son and name eake of the, late Pr. Holmes, tha pot and essayist. Re1sraalea Rot Unexpected. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Justice Gray Sw.lauai.luu waa uui aivBi.unr uuc.y.v!.w, It waa recognized that be would be unable to resume his duties on the bench and the general Impression waa that he would re alga at or before the beginning of the next term of court In October. His sueceasor, It la said, will tot take hie place on the bench until after his confirmation by the enate. This ia tha unwritten practice in the case of appointments to the supreme court. 1 Justice Gray has been at Nahant, Maaa., lli summer home, for aome time. During his long career on the bench of the su preme court Justice Gray delivered a num ber of Important opinions. . He waa re markably exact and deliberate and fre quently spent considerable time tn tha preparation of hla decisions. Hla apeclalty waa will eases, although he participated In the decision of many Important cases before the court. Justice Gray was with the majority of the eourt in the decisions In the Income tax ease ' and the insular cases. Another case of recent date waa that growing out of the Spanish-American war, in which Justice Gray decided against tha light of the government to seize cer tain fishing smacks, the property of Cu bans, which the United States authortttea claimed were giving aid and assistance to the enemy. Justice Gray waa always aa ardent republican. Jadv Holmea Does Hot Talk. BBVERL.Y. Maaa., Aug. 11. Chief Jus tice Oliver Wendell Holmes was Informed of his appointment to tha supreme bench by the Associated Press at bis summer borne at Beverly Farms tonight. He said: "I do nit like to t Interviewed and I have nothing to say except the Associated Press la the first to Inform ma of my appoint meat." Ha waa aaked If ha would accept, and he replied: "Oh, yea; I ahall no doubt ac cept. " Further thaa thla ha did not car to talk. Ha did add that he was greatly pleased that tha appointment should coma ta him. fkett-h of Jnde Holmea. BOSTON, Aug. 11. Judge Holmes, who baa been honored by appointment to the United States eourt bench, waa born In Boston In M-rch. 1841, and graduated from Harvard university in 1S61. He served In the Twentieth Massachu setts regiment in tha civil war, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Later he aerved a aide ta Brigadier General H. O. Wright, commanding the first division, Sixth army corps. In December, 1865, be became a law atudent In the office of P. M. Morse, and graduated from Harvard Law school in IS 68. He waa admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1867 and afterwards began active practice of law with hla only brother, Edward Jackson Holmea. On December 8, 122, Governor Long appointed him an a aoclats justice of the supreme J "tidal eourt of Massachusetts, In place of Judge Otis P. Lord, resigned. On July IS, lS'.tJ. the lata Governor Wolcon appointed hira chief juatl' a of the Massachusetts supreme eourt to lucrevd Hon. Walbrldge D. Field, deceased. Judge Holmes, In addition to hla eminence la law practice, has achieved koiulneuc aa writer and lecturer on legal subjects, upon which ia many lnstancea he Is a rec ognized authority. At Harvard university he taught constitutional law In 1870 and 1871 and was university lecturer on Jurispru denra in 1871 and Ul He received tbe degree or UU1). from tale and from Har vard in 1896. On June 17, 1872, Chief Justice, Holmea married Miss Fanny Dtxwell, dauhtvr of Epea Sargeut Dixwell of Cam bridge- R02EERS GET A GOQD HAUL Break lata Home ( aa Indlnnn Pay. atrlaa aad lrv.it fT.OOO ta Valnable. VALPARAISO. Ind., Aug. 11. Three rob ber broko Icto tbe home of Dr. A. A. Slenefeurner today and after overpowering, viiiuiua ui it.iui Ui ariif't, tc;4 money, jewelry and negotiable e'-.-urUlea to the value of 7.tw0. Thuy escaped with out leaving a clue. Dr. aud Mr. Stone, burner had gou for a drive, leaving tbs aervaat la charge of the bouse. The gtr! ' waa tumoaatlou when Uiey returned. DROUTH IN NEW SOUTH WALES Sheep Hying by the Million III Mea Formerly Rick Farce Seek Employment. VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 11. Ad'" re ceived by lh steamer M lower v Aus tralia tell of terrible drouth Ink -h Wale and Queensland which baa dev ' "v tbe sheep ranches of that section ot '.' southern colony. Millions of sheep hsvo died and men formerly considered wealthy have been compelled to seek employment. Samuel McCnugbey, tha aheep king of Aus tralia, loat over 1,000,000 sheep of bis herd of 1,250,000 and other large herder hava been equally unfortunate. The Kennifs, the New Zealand outlaws, hava been captured after a chase of thre months, which cost tha government 320, 000. These brothers, having committed a murder, took to the woods. Two police offi cers who pursued them were killed, their bodies burned and the ashes placed In tb saddlebags of their horses with a not stat ing that other pursuers wouid be treated similarly. The horses wandered bank to the police camp, and the hunt was continued with renewed energy. The outlaws wer surprised In their camp and their horaes shot, ao that they had to take to the woods on foot. One stumbled and fell as hs was running and waa captured without diffi culty. The othor was surrounded and eur rendered. The work of wiping out the natives of the South Sea Islands continues, if the reports In the Australian papers are to ba relied upon. The papere give an account of an expedition by Oermana to tha New Hebridea to a ven re. tha murder. ot a Mrs. Wolff. This expedition completely wiped out a village, natlvea from which had com mitted the murder. On hundred and thirty persons wer killed. Including tha native who had led tha expedition to tha village. A combined German and British expedition ha started for Danulo, west British North Guinea, to punish the natives for tha mur der of seven Britishers. GENERALS G0INGT0 ENGLAND Arraaaemeats Being Mad t Enter tain Botha, Dewet sal - -Dclarey. LONDON, Aug. 11. Tha arrival next Sat urday of General Botha, Dewet and Delaray promises to be the occasion of another struggle between Boer and Britain. The oolonlal office has made apectal arrange ments for tha entertaining of the visiting Boers. The naval review will be In pro gress when the Boer arrive, and after their reception by distinguished colonial ofBce representatives, Lord Kitchener and other persons, they will ba conducted on board tbe steamer chartered for the use of the colonial premiers, to witness the naval re view, ii ia upwuMd tL.t CoUsIst S;cti Chamberlain will be on board the steamer. The Boer leaders will spend Saturday night otv.doard this veBsel and Sunday they will be received by King Edward on board tha royal yaoht and In the presence of a number of distinguished personages. The arrival in England of the Boar gen erals will doubtless ba tbe prelude to an other round ot lionizing like that exper ienced by the late General Lucas Meyer, should the generals "decide, to stay In Eng land, but aocording to The Hagna corre spondent ot the Dally Mall, former Preai- dent Kruger of the Transvaal and his party are equally anxious to prevent Botha, Do wet and Delarey from landing In England. Member of the Kruger party hava aent urgent letter and cablegrams to Maderla In an effort to dissuade tha general from accepting British hospitality. It is pro posed to send a Dutch vessel to Intercept them according to the report, and In any case Messrs. Wolmarans, Fisher and Wessal will go to Southampton with that Intention, SHOUT LONG LIVE SISTERS Frefeet Call Meeting; ta Fraae ta Iadaee People to Change, bat Fatla. BREST. Aug. 11. The prefect today called a meeting of the inhabitants ot tho town ot SL Moon, L Folgoot and Plough danlel, which have been resisting the clos ing ot the unauthorised congregatlonlat school by tha authorities, tn order to ex plain the situation to tbem , and Induce thetn to renounce their desperate resist ant. The prefect said the agitation waa casting discredit upon tha country and that his hearers could not Imagine that three communes would be allowed to oppose the Jaw. Tha prefect's speech waa constantly Interrupted with cries of "We will resist to the death!" "There will bo bloodshed!" "We will allow ourselves to ba massacred before w abandon the sisters!" Abbe Gayraud. republican Catholic mem ber of the Chamber of Deputtea from Flnls terre, replied and said that tha agitation was - uplifting tha country In tha eyes of the world. The only way to restore peace, said tha abbey, waa hot to disturb tha slaters. The meeting broke up with shouts ot "Long live tha slaters and libertyt" QUEEN GIVES WAR MEDALS Motley Crowd Attend Presentation f Hoaor Token to Doctors, Mnree aid Others, LONDON. Aug. It Oueen Alexandra pre sented war medals today on tbs grounds of Devonshire house to doctors, nurse and others In the Imperial Yeomanry hospital. The prince of Wales and other royalties accompanied tbe queen, who wae welcomed by the duke and ducbus ot Devonshire, Earl Robert, the commander-in-chief, General Lord Kitchener, Lord Cheylesmora and other. Her tuajasty was conducted to a aland, where under a canopy of blue and yellow silk she handed the medal to the ' recipient, who made up a motley crowd, aome dreeaed in khaki, some in policemen's and firemen's uniforms, and other In frock coat and all kinds ot civilian attire, those receiving tha medals having returned to the posts they filled before they volunteered tor the war. IS A MINISTERIAL VICTORY Government Captaroa All Opposition Ward la Laadesthlns; Elections. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 11 Th Land se ttling election tn tb Faro islands re sulted In a complete ministerial victory. The campaign turned on tha sale of the Danish West Indlea to th United Btatea and the government captured all opposition ward. Otaer wards will hold elections neat month. A good ministerial majority is ccsSdcstly trrrtted. The treMy U ha take up soon after tha opening of the kigtdeg la October. At the last session those opposed to th sal of tb Islands had a majority ot throe la th LtBdtMlMii. ' TOWN IS A PILE OF RUINS Petit Ooarg In Hayti ii Detrjed by Armed Forcee. PEACEFUL INHABITANTS ARE SUFFERERS '""rising of Revelndonlsts la Many of ' ''' Province Adda ta the C'hantla ' Condition Prevailing n tha Island. PORT AU PRINCE. Haytl. Aug. 11. The correspondent of tbe Associated Pres rla Ited Petit Goav yesterday and found that the town had been entirely destroyed, there being nothing left but a pile of rutne. About 4,000 persons are homeless and are greatly In need of assistance. Tha greater number of them have sought shelter In the Slmmonds factorial, near the town. Tbe French cruiser Do Aasa arrived at Petit Goava yesterday with provisions for the uf- ftrers and returned to Port Au Prince with 200 women and children and fifteen wounded men. The authorities refused to permit th Firmlnlsts to leave, fearing they would go to other points and taks up arms again. Each party accuses the other ot having set fire to Petit Goave, but the general be lief Is that General Chlcoye, tha Flrmlnlst commander, resolved to destroy the town when he saw that he could not hold It against the Fotichardist. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Minister Powell ha cabled the Stat department from Cape Haytlen that the provisional (Vaequez) gov ernment of Haytl baa notified the United SUte legation that Gonaive, Port do Palx, Petit Ooave and St. Marc province are In rebellion. Government troo.a captured Petit Ooave after atrong rel'nc. In which mny lives were lost. Firmln'a troops, In re treating to th place, set fir and destroyed the town. Commander McCrea of tha gunboat Ma chine today cabled tha Navy department that a defacto blockade baa been estab lished by the Insurgents ot Caps Haytlen. Machta Is at it anchorage. The following la the text of the dispatch received by tha Navy department from Commander MoCrea ' of the gunboat Machlaa, dated Auguat 11 at Cape Haytlaa: Secretary of the Navy. Washington: Tour dispatch ha been received. Having noti fied the Hytlen admiral, Kllltck, of de termination to protect foreign commerce and telegraphic cable and to renlst bom bardment without duo notice, he replies ac cepting, terms, with notice of all foreign consuls that this port Is blockaded by or ders of the eahlnei council, eatabllxhed at Oonaivee. Blockade ia de facto nd pro hibits the entrance of merchant veeeels. Flrmin sign proclamation. Modr.t tnrp expected to arrive Tuesday from Oonalve t ougni noi 10 leav my anchorage. , McCREA. Acting Secretary of tho Navy Darling aent the following renlr to Commander McCrea: If the blockade Is not effective Cuban, American and unprotected Innocent cltl sens should be protected in their interna tional right. Can vend you collier from Ban Juan if neceaeary. PORT AU PRINCE. Ana. 1L Th na. boat Crete-a-Plrot, which la In tha Flrmin aervice, gave notice of tha blockade o? capo Haytlen. The foreign consuls bera and Commander . McCrea of th United States gunboat Machla protested against thla action. ' Soldier have again gone out irom nor and. a battle in a tew day la believed to ba Inevitable. Tha bad feel ing agalnat foreigners has Increased. A Port au Prince dlsnatch on fUtm-A last gave Information of tha burning of Petit Ooave after an attack bad been made by Fouchardlsts. After th attack General Chlcoye, minister of war in tha Flrmin government, et Or to th town and aban. doned It. TO LEARN COST OF LENSES Member Of United state Board at Appraiser Goes to Germany t Makt Investlvatloaa. BERLIN, Aug. 11. I. F. Flacher of the Board of United States General Appraisers is In Berlin to find out how much it costs to produce unmounted lenses, principally photographlo lenses. The Inquiry probably will result in adding 800 per cent to tha valuation adopted by tha German export ers. Several million dollars' worth of micro scopic, photographic and opera glass lensea ar exported irom Germany to the United State annuallv. on which a ak ... - - w yoi cent la paid. In order to avoid compar- ison Between tn custom Invoice and wholesale price the exporters ship lenses as unmounted, but H la claimed none was aver sold to the trade In the United State aa unmounted. The appraisers frequently succeeded In making the exporters add 60 per cent to tha Invoiced values, but the appraisers' position 1 that about 800 per cent ahould be added. Mr. Flacher in tends to take depositions In certain suits brought by German exporter. In which th value of lenaes was treated. Accompa nied by Customs Inspector Williams of Paris and Partello of Berlin. Mr. Fischer will go to various manufacturing centers In order to secure at first hand knowledge aa to tha cost ot production of th war In dispute. Mr. Fischer sailed from Nsw Tor for Europe on July 81. At that tlma there was much speculation at tha custom house and the appraisers' stores aa to tha reason for hla voyage. A current report was that a firm of importer had been detected in an effort to defraud tbe government ot duties. EASY WAY 0FMAKING MONEY Wholesale Maaafactory for Forced Baakaotea la Discovered' In Haaslaa Poland. LONDON, Aug. 12 A diepatch to th Dally Mall from St. Petersburg report th discovery at Warsaw, Russian Poland, of a wholesale manufactory of forged bank notea aad postage stampa which had been nourishing for the last four years. Enor mous number ot 50 aole hav been put in circulation and the national banka, ac cording to the correspondent, hav cashed 82.000.000 worth of th forged paper. The private loases as a result of the forgeries amount to $46,000. The leaders of the forgers hav been arrested. FAULKNER GETS TWO YEARS t. Lanl Man Convicted of Brlhery entcneed, bnt Appcala ta Supremo Ccnrt. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 11. Harry A. Faulkoer. a member ot the house of delegatee, who e recently convicted af nvtury In eoa. aectlon with th municipal bribery caa, was today sentenced In the circuit court to two year in th penitentiary. Faulkner Immediately filed aa appeal to th supreme court and waa given hla freedom, pending th aaartng, oa a, llO.Ooo bonfV PRINCE CHEN AT OYSTER BAY Chinese Tnrty Pny Iteapeet to Presi dent nnd Later Retarn In Isrhl to Rrw Vark. OYSTER BAT, N. T.. Aug. ll.-jSenator Burrows or Michigan arrived Here today and took luncheon with the president. Senator McMillan's death, said he, will be a sever blow to the state, aa well as to the nation. Shortly after ioon Sylph arrived from New York, boaftng Princ Chen and his party and Third Assistant Secretary of State Pierce, she special representative ot the government. With the princ wer Minister Wu Tlngfang, Sir Liang Chen Tung, Mr. Won . Kai Tat and Secretary Wong. Th visit of the party to Bagamora Hill was very Interesting and delightful, both to the president and to the distinguished Chinamen who wer hla callers. The visi tors particularly appreciated th thought fulnesa and consideration of Mr. Roosevelt In sending Syltjh for them, and ao expressed themselves. Prince Chea took occasion to express to the president on behalf ot the emperor of Chi it a the deep eenae of grati tude tho Chinveo people feel toward th United glatet because the amy of thla country protected and really prevented the destruction of many of the handsome pal area tn th city of Pekln during the trou bles there two years ago. He also ex pressed the hope that the bonds of amity and commerce between th United States and China might become closer and cloeer a time went on. To this the president re sponded that It would be hi effort, by all mean at hla command to promote the good feeling at present existing between the two countries, a well a to promote the commercial relations. ' Th party left for New Tork on Sylph shortly before t o'clock. Prince Chen and his suite returned on Sylph early in the evening. Tonight they were the guest of President Roosevelt at dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. The president was not in attendance, but waa repreaented by Third Aaalstant Secretary of Stat Pelrce. At th dinner Prince Chea toasted tha president and the new minister, Chan Tung Liang Chang, toasted Mayor Low, who waa represented by his secretary, Jamea B. Reynold, and th American people. Mr. Pelrca toasted the Chinese emperor. During tbe evening a delegation from the American Asiatic society ' paid their re spect to th prince. '' , Tha prince and his party will leav to morrow night for Niagara Falls. AIRING ASYLUM a "j CAN DAL Illinois Btmim Board of ' Charities Br aias Invratla-atloa ef 1 Chargts, .. KANKAKEE, 111.,' Aug. 11. Th feature of th opening se-lon of the Investigation of th State lusane hospital her com menced today by the Stat Board of Char ities waa the tctal absence of any pre sentation of any specific charge cf cruelty or neglect toward a single on of the 1,301 patient In the asylum. Instead therw waa aa attempt to show i s necessity for put ting the ins'l'-. ! a ndpr a atato civil aorvloc law. . TuU attempt, ahlch was made by representative of rthe Civil Service league of Chicago, was blocked ta a large extent by tha refusal ot the Investigator to go Into that question. Attorney Fitzgerald, on behalf of 'the Women and Children' Protective associa tion of Chicago, called , tha attention of the board to newspaper articlea coacern'ng charge, but It was held that such article were In the nature of gossip and could not ba taken up In a formal Investigation un less presented la sworn personal testi mony. , The charge that Trustee N. O. Murphy ot Tuscola was staggering drunk from whisky taken at I o'clock in tha morning in the drug room of tha administration buildings and that on one occasion Night Trustee Murphy had tha night clerk awaken one of the nurse, who, at Mur phy' proposal, went to the trustee' bed room, wa mad at th night session of the State Board of Charities by Harry Ball, a former attendant. HOLD FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Private Services (or Late Senator Mc Millan to Take Place at lianti Home. MANCHESTER. Maaa., Aug. . J. H. McMillan and W. C. McMillan, eons ot the late Senator McMillan, and Mr. P. H. Mc Millan, reached Manchester from Detroit this afternoon. They were driven at once to Eagle Head, the McMillan summer resi dence Later plana for the funeral were discussed and It was decided that a brief private service should be held at Eagle Head Wednesday forenoon. Th body will then be taken to a private funeral car on tbe Boston & Maine her. Th body will be taken to Detroit, Senator McMillan' bom. At Detroit public funeral aervlcea will be held Thursday afternoon with Rec tor Dr. Barr ot tbe Jefferson Avenue Pres byterian church, pastor ot tbe deceased, officiating. A private burial service will be held Friday afternoon. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of th Dis trict ot Columbia today a formal announce ment wa mad testifying to th great In terest and pride which Senator McMillan manifested In the welfare of the city of Washington, and directing as a token of respect that the municipal offices b closed on the day ot the funeral and the flags on all the buildings of the district government be displayed at halfmaat for thirty days. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Hoatln Order and Appalatmenta la the Foetal ana Trensnry Da partmeats. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. (Special Tele gram. ) Francis J. Newell has been ap pointed postmaster at ArborvHle, York county. Neb., vice A. W. Shafer, resigned. The poatofflces at Middletow and Latty, Des Moines county, Ia., have been discon tinued. Th comptroller ot th currency has ap proved the application of tbe following per sons to organlz the Farmer' National bank of Brookings, S. D., with 850.000 cap ital: John C. Jenkins. Peter Blnford, A. L. Blnford. I. 8. Blnford and William A Caldwell. Th De Molnea National bank of De Molne baa been approved a reserve agent for the Iowa SUte National bank of Sioux City, and the Northweatern National bank of Minneapolis for th First National bank of Forest City, I. 1 Mania W. Bowman ot Cedar Rapid, M. W. Carver of Burlington, John Seller of Carroll and Edward li. Lubrop of Red Oak, Ia., hav all been amputated railway mail Clerk. PYTI1IANS AT GOLDEN GATE Ban rranciioo in Blaze of Glory Welcome Knigbti to Graad Carnival. DECORATIONS ON A GIGANTIC SCALE Market Street. Covered by Canopy of GIootIbb- Elretrle Balbe, Spreading; Hale of' Light Over Entire City. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11. San Fran cisco was turned over to the Knight of Pythias today, and gold lace and uniform have taken possession of the city. Fully 8,000 visitor arrived yesterday, and today 1,000 knights of tb Uniformed Rank reached the Golden Gate, many of them having traveled over 8,000 mile. General Carnahan stated this morning that, considering the distance most of. the Pythlans must cover to reach the western camp and the time, consumed, the present eonclave wou'd be the most remarkable la Pythian history Market street waa filled with band and brass buttons all day, aa the arriving dele gations were escorted to the encampment by the California knights. Eight companies of the Indian knights of the Uniform Rank came In today. A detrchment ot California knights was kept busy today doing escort duty to the arriving Pythlans. At 10:25 an Installment of Pennsylvania Pythlana were met and wel comed with drawn awords and military aa lutea. They were escorted to the pavilion and lb escort marched back to welcome tbe next delegation from Mississippi at 12:30 o'clock. Tha Missouri delegation la due at 11:65 a. m. and the New Yorkers at 8 a. m to morrow. C. F. Neal, prealdent of the Board of Control of the Endowment Rank of tha Knights of Pythias, arrived from Chicago today. Two member are to be elected to the board, and the prealdent will make his report. In a large vacant lot at Twelfth and Mar ket streets 800 ' tent have been pitched and a model military camp established by the Uniformed Rank. First Formal Exercises. Th first formal exercises In connection with the conclave were held this afternoon when an exhibition of the producta of tha various counties of California was opened In the hall of the Union Ferry building. Mayor Schmita extended tha hospitality of the city to tbe visitor, and Insurance Com tqisbioner Wolf, representing tha governor, spoke in behalf of the state. A felloltlou response was made by Major General J. R. Carnhan of the Pythian order. At 5 p. m. tha military camp waa formally turned over to Supreme Chancellor Ogden H. Fethers, who at once placed General C:h-s !r command The American flag was then unfurled and the dutlea of camp life begun. Early in the evening the com manding officer of .brigade and regimenta assembled at . the headquarters ot Major General Carnahau at the pavilion to receive orders and Instructions for the general parade. ' Later there waa a reception1 tn tha pa vilion which waa attended by thousands Of knights and citizen. When darkne-bad fairly settled over the city the elaborate electric decoration were revealed for the first time in their full beauty. - Never be fore has San Francisco presented so gor geous a spectacle and word failed to ax press the admiration of the city' guests. Tomorrow th grand lodge will begin it sessions in an elaborate council chamber which has been arranged for the occasion at th Palace hotel. Decoration Are Grand. ' The decoration of tha city has been car ried out on a scale never attempted before. Tonight Market street was covered by a canopy of glowing electrle bulbs, the glare from which spread a halo of light over the entire city. The grand court ot honor at tha Intersection of Market, Kearney, Geary and Third streets, Is tha most f trik lng feature of the display. For some distance-along the curbs at either aide of the crossing there have been placed twenty-seven tall, white columns outlined with frosted lamps and loopa ot frosted lamps interlinking them. In the center of tbe crossing and 150 feet above the street ba been hung a diso twenty-five feet In diameter. The inside of the diso i studded with 600 , incandescent electrlo lights In tbe polors of the order, red, yellow and blue one string showing the Knights of Pythias shield surrounded by red lamps. From the disc have been stretched la very direction loop 250 feet In length of clear lamp, aupportlng alx festoons, with sixteen light each, altogether about 8,600 lamp. This elaborate affair la only one feature ot tbe great plan ot decoration. The Mechanlca' pavilion; which will be the headquarter of th knights, ha been almost transformed into a military camp, with many tents and thousands of cots In perfect order, ranged In line. The bead quarter of Major James R. Carnahan, who 1 In command ot tha united force, 1 the most picturesque place In the pavilion. Tha general' tent I flanked by palms and potted palms. Old glory flying from th flagstaff and a sentinel marching up and down before tha entrance give a reallstio aspect. STAGE COACH IS WRECKED On Peraen Fatally lajarcd aid v eral Other Sertoaaly Hnrt In Colorado Accident. DENVER, Aug. 11. A special to tha Re publican from Georgetown, Colo., says that the Grand Lakes stage waa wrecked near Coulter, five mile north of thla city, and five person hurt, on fatally. Th In jured are: Louis Lafty, -"river Internally Injured; will dte. Mra. J. Throckmorton, Georgetown, wrlat broken and knee dislocated. Mlaa Allle T. Tabb, SL Louis, left leg broken. . Mrs. L. Bradley, Kansas City, three ribs broken. Unidentified man, bead cut. GARMENT, WORKERS CONVENE Berla Eleventh Annnnl Convention nt Cleveland with n Has. 4 red Delegate. ' CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 11. The United Garment Workers' Union ot America began Its eleventh annual convention here today. One hundred delegates, representing 81,000" cutter, tailors and overall workers through out the United States and Canada, ar In attendance. The report ot President Larger and Sec retary White showed th organlxatloa to be In excellent condition. Both cfEcsra recommended changes in th constitution, which It I hoped will be of much benefit to th worker. At today' session 81,000 wa donated to tb trlldcg anthracite ealner. CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Shower and Warmer Tuesday; Wednesday, showers Temperatare nt Omaha lesternayi tlnnr. Deo. Hoar. Dm. B n. m I Hi I p. m TO d n. m Kt a p. m Tn 7 i, Hi,,!,, M S p. m ...... T:t at a. m Kil 4 p. nt...... 7.H a. u t R p. m TH id i, m...... 3 H p. m Tl 11 n. m 04 T p. m ..... . Tl ia m en h p. m ...... m 9 p. m . . , ELKS GATHER AT s"ALT LAKE Speclnl Train by the uvi.a from Every Section at Conntry ' .at Utah City. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Aug. 1L Spe cial train by the dosen jammed with Elka from every section of tha country arrived here today and by tomorrow, when the first meeting of the annual cession ot th grand lodge ot Elka 1 held In the Tabernacle, it la believed that fully 12,000 membera ef that fraternity will be on hand. There was no set program for today, and tha time was taken up by the visiting Elk with trip .to Saltalr and other resort, and visits to th big Mormon tabernacle. Among the arrival today wer special trains from Omaha, Sioux Falls, Kansaa City, Baltimore and other eastern point. A drlxillng rsln, something almost unprece dented In Salt Lake City at this time of year, fell occasionally during the day, but not with sufficient volume to Injure the decorations or Interfere with tha sight-seeing. The business district 1 on mas ot flag and bunting, th. national colore .and the royal purple ot the Elks being iiterwlned on nearly every business block in town, while hundreds of residences are also draped. Tha electric effects on Main and other huslnes street are beautiful In the extreme. The business district tonight waa ablase with thousands of incandescent light in whit and purple, draped across and along th side of the street and hanging in festoons and gathered In Im mense set pieces at various corners. The formal opening of the grand lodge of Elk wtll take place at 11 o'clock to morrow morning Jr. the Tabernacle, when Governor Wella wtll deliver an address ot welcome. Grand Exalted Ruler Charles E. Pickett will respond and deliver hla annual address. TO TRY PAYMASTER PENROSE General Coartmnrtlnl Coavcaes aad After Preliminary Work Ad. Joarns Until Tuesday. ERIffi, Pa., Aug. 11. The general court martlul to try Paymaster Penroae convened today with aenlor counsel tor t efense. Major Waller, present. Judge Advocate Roger rcii the z."z" "i :ps:!2 tiers acou:!" Penroae of making fradulent returns, scan dalous conduct, embezzlement, absence without leave and negligence la obeying crdera. Major Waller atated for the In formation ot th court but not a demurrer that tha specification should be amended to ' charge Penross with . drawing money from the First National bank of Erie, Pa., Instead of drawing from the above bank, a govrrnmant depoaltory ."'"' Tha eourt went Into.. .secret Session and finally decided to telegraph to Washington to ask that the court be allowed to put word "of public money" after dollar In th required speci fications. The court-martial adjourned to Tuesday. FEEL EARTHQUAKES IN ALASKA flat Glasa Window Are Shattered nnd Chimney Tambled Down ' nt Bkaa-way. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 11. A special to the Tme from Skagway, - Alaska, says: Yesterday a severe earthquake waa felt here about noon. Tbe first shock wa fifty seconds long. Several large plate glass window were broken and chimney In tho northern part ot the city tumbled down. Tbe water In Lynn canal roae five feet very auddenly, then subsided a quickly. A re port from Juneau says that the little fleet there was pitched around and aeveral boat capsized. The first long shock wa followed by a lighter one. Yesterday evening at T o'clock another light shock was felt. SPRECKLES ISAFTER GAGE San Frnnclseo Editor Swenr Oat Warrant Aaralnat California Gov ernor Far Libel. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11. John D. Spreckle, proprietor of th Morning Call, has sworn to a warrant tn th police court here charging Governor Gage with libel. The alloged libel la contained In a etate ment published Friday, in which the gov ernor said that charges against him re cently published In the Call were mad for th express purpose of attempting to defeat b.ia rtnomlsation. Judge Cabanlss signed the warrant, which waa placed in the bands of a detectlv for serrlc on th governor. ALL ROADS MEET THE CUT Omaha Get Sauna Rate on Lire Stack Shipment as Kansas City. CHICAGO, Aug. 11. It was announced to day that all the other Chicago-Omaha road naa met the cut of the St. Paul on live stock from that point and Sioux Citv to Chicago. This bring all ot th Chlcago- Mlssouri river linen into the fight, which was started by th reduction of narkimr. houee product rates by th Chicago Great Western ten day ago. NOW ON ROAD TO RECOVERY Congressman Knmpl ef lewn, City Shew Star) of Improve ment, CHICAGO, Aug. 1L Congressman Rum ple of Iowa City, who ha been at the Presbyterian hospital in this city for sev eral days, uttering with an acuta attack ot pneumonia, wa reported tonight to be on tbe road to recovery. This afternoon he ahowed marked signs of Improvement and It ia believed the crisis la passed. Movements of Ocean Vessel lag. 11. At London Arrived: Minnehaha, from New York. At Bremen Arrived: BViailrlnh rir n.rn,.. from New York. ' At New York Arrived: Taurlc, from Uverpool; Vadrland, from Antwerp; An chorla, from Olasgow. At Urowhi-ftd l'aed: Cevio, from New York, for JJverpooi. At ilow Arrived; Siberian, from Philadelphia. At Movlile Arrived: Numidlan, from Montreal, for Liverpool. At Plymouth-Hailed: Patricia, for New York. At Sollly Paused: Statendam, from New York, fur Uouluaue aud ltolirdam NEBRASKA LEADS ALL State Shows Graatait ImproTtmant In Corn Crop During July, GAIN OF ELEVEN POINTS DURING MONTH PenniylTanSa Oemat Next with Tan-Point Inoreaie in Com. IOWA FALLS AT BOTTOM OF THE LIST Othar Itatti Show bnt flight ImprYtmn on a Whole. NEBRASKA SHOWS GREAT WHEAT YIELD Estlmnted Average Yield for State is Twenty-Two Oashels ta the Acre, with Exception ef the Spring Crop. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. The monthly report of the statistician ot the Depart ment ot Agriculture shows the condition of corn on August 1 to have been 88.B, aa compared with S7.B on July 1, 1902; 84.0 on August 1, 101; 87.5 at th corresponding date tn 1900, and a ten -year averag ot 84.0. There ha been an Improvement during the month of ten potnta In Pennsylvania, aeva In Indiana and Wisconsin, four In Ohio, 1111 ois and Kansas, three In Iowa and eleven in Nebraska. This substantial Improvement In the moat Important corn stats would undoubtedly have resulted In a marked Improvement In the average for the entire country, but for the fsct that fourteen southern states, con taining 36.8 per cent of the total corn acre- . age, show an average decline during July of 10.7 point. The statistician estimates th winter wheat crop at about 380,000,000 bushels, or an average ot 18.8 bushel per aero. While thla estimate la aubject to revision, thresh ing not being sufficiently advanced In the more northerly sections of tha winter wheat belt to Justify tha making of a definite and final estimate at thla time, it is based on reports ot yield .t acre. In bushel, re ceived from correcpondents and special field agents. It the estimate Is blgbsr than was Indicated by previou report of condi tion It I due to the fact that th crop I turning out aomawhat better than waa ex pected. . Nebraska in the Lend. The estimated average yield per acre In th principal state 1 as follows, th tatea being arranged In order of acreage: Kanaaa,, 8.7; Missouri, 18.2; California, 15; Indiana. 16; Ohio. 16; Illinois, 16.6; Ne- 11.6; Michigan, 17.4. Th averag condition of spring wheat on Auguat 1 waa 89.7, a compared wtth 82.4 last month, S0.3 on August, 1. 1901, 66.4 at tho corresponding date In 1900, and a ten year average of 80.0. There waa a decline during July of 8 points In Minnesota, S la North Dakota, 9 tn Nebraska and 11 In Iowa. ' On tha other hand tha crop of South' Da- kota Is reported at 1 point higher ' than even the high figure, 94, reported last month, and tbe condition in Minnesota, North Dakota and Nebraska, notwithstand ing tha decline above mentioned, ia still considerably above the ten-year average. The average condition ot oats waa 89.4 against 92.1 last month, 716 on August 1, 1901, 85 at the corresponding data in 1900 and a ten-year average of 82.8. There haa been an Improvement ot . 1 point In In diana, 5 pointa in Indiana, 7 In Pennsyl vania and 8 In Ohio. On tha cthar band, there has been a decline of 1 point in Michigan and Minnesota, 3 pointa In Illi nois, 8 in Wisconsin, 12 In Nebraska and 12 In Iowa. Th principal oat states, howevor, whether reporting an improvement or a decline, atlll have an average condition, comparing favorably with their Un-year average. Crop ia Hand of Farmer. The proportion ot tbe oat crop of ast year still In the hands ot farmers Is esti mated at' 4.2 per cent, as compared with 6.9 per eent of tbe crop of 1900 In farmers' hands one year ago and 6.8 per cent ot the crop of 1899 In farmers' band two year ago. , Tha average condition ot barley declined 8.5 point during July, but on August L it was atlll 8.8 pointa higher than at tha corresponding . data In 1901, 18.6 polut higher than on August 1, 1900, and 6.8 pointa abov th mean of th ten-year average. During July there waa an Improvement ot 4 pointa In New York and a Jeclln cf 1 point in Kansas and Washington, 2 points in California and North Dakota, 4 onta in Minnesota, 6 In Wisconsin and South Dakota and 8 In Iowa. ' Tbe average condition of spring rye Im proved 18.2 points during July, on August 1 It wa 6.9 higher than on August 1, 1900, and 6.3 points above the mean of th aver age for the last tan year. Th conditions In tha principal states are a follows! Wisconsin, 100; Nebraska, 88, and Minne sota, 91. One ot the principal atate. bow ever, ahows an Improvement In condition during the month. Wisconsin l 1 point abov th average ot last month an! Ne braska and Mlnneaota show decline of 8 and 8 pointa respectively. Condition af Potatoes. , Th average condition of potatoea Im proved 1.9 point during July, and Aug-iat 1 It wa 165 higher than last year, 6 6 higher thaa on August 1, 101, and 11.1 points above the mean of the August av erages for the last ten yeara. The conditions In the principal states are New York, 92; Michigan, 84; Wisconsin, 98; Pennsylvania, 95; Iowa, 103; Ohio, 94; Illi nois, 97; Minnesota, 99. During July there was a decline of 1 point tn Ohio and t pointa In Michigan and Iowa. There waa an Improvement of 1 point In Illinois; 4 in Wisconsin, 7 In Minnesota, and 11 In Pennsylvania, while reports from New York; Indicate no change during the month. Preliminary return Indicate an Increase of 1.1 per cent in the hay acreage. Of the eleven atate mowing 1,000,000 acre or upward last year, alx report Increased and five reduced acreage. The condition of timothy hay has Im proved 6.1 pointa during July and la 4.1 pointa above tbe mean of th August aver ages for tha past eight year. Report aa to tb production of clover. ar on th whole unfavorable, th per cent- agea in the principal atate, aa compared with a full crop being as follow: New York. 90; Pennsylvania, 6T; Ken tucky.) 32; Michigan, 100; Indiana, 89; Illi nois, 85; W!ecc!!sD, 94; Minnesota. 92: Ohio. 85; Iowa, 89. In point of quality the crop Is below the ten-year averages la all but three of the atatea of tha principal pro duction. During July tbe changes la tha conditio? i N. -aft-' "