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Omaha ' Daily Bee. ESTAJILISIIEI) JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MOM DAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1903. SINGLE COPY TIIIIEI? CENTS. The FRANCE OFFERS CASH Financial Aid to Build Panama Canal Comet to Old Company. S'NTIMENT SHOWS ENTIRE CHANGE People Evince Desire to Prevent United Sta'.ei Ocntrol. ACTIVE LOBBY TO PREVENT TREATY Colombian Congress is Now Considering the Matter at Bogota. ADMINISTRATION IS N.T WORRIED Roosevelt and Har Agree that, Wliat tter Action Is Taken fcr Colombia at This Time, ThU Country Will Build the Ditch. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 28. (Special.) The Colombian congress met In Bogota a week ago. Very meager details of the first work of the members have thus far reached Washington, but this fact has caused no urprlse, as It was expected that the first week would be devoted to organization. The administration Is advised, however, that the various lobbies opposing the rati fication of the canal treaty are on hand In force, and It Is expected that every possible argument will be advanced to en compass the rejection of the convention. It Is laarned that In addition to repre sentatives of the foreign syndicate which Is trying to defeat the treaty, powerful American railroad Interests are also repre sented in the Colombian capital, with a chest full of money and a whole volume of promises. France Has Changed Her Mind. It seems strange to hear that the people of France, who were so recently active and anergetlo In urging the sale of their Pan ama interests to the United States, should now be engaged In an attempt to prevent the consummation of the agreement of ale. It Is explained that up to the time the negotiations were perfected the French company was unable to raise funds for the prosecution of the work. The scandals which had arisen over the proceedings of the De Lessepa corporation, followed by the re ports circulated throughout Europe to the effect that millions of dollars worth of valuable machinery had been allowed to go to ruin, and that hundreds of millions of francs, would be required to complete the project had so disgusted the French people that they refused to Invest more of their avlngs. But about the tlmo the offer was made to the United States the report of the Amerloan commission, headed by Admiral Walker, was published la France. No sooner had tt appeared than a revulsion of feeling ' toward the canal began. In stead of being compelled to beg for funds from the small tradesmen, the peasants and the middle class of the French people, the canal company found itself -with offers of financial aid from all over Europe. It is asserted bythose In position to know that within ten days' from the date of the final rejection of th treaty the French company will be able to control enough ready rash to push work upon the canal to completion, and that It will not be neces sary to borrow a single dollar with which to do this. Directors Will Hot Lose. The present compensation of the board of directors of the Panama canal is but 10 a day for each meeting. These meetings are held twice a month, so that the "sal ary" of the directorate Is but $240 per an num. Should the treaty fail these directors will be continued in office at 110.000 or 112, 000 each per annum, and they are naturally not so anxious to get rid of the property as they were. The syndicate which, if the opportunity presents Itself, will form a sort of construction company, has made offers to the Colombian government which are regarded as far more liberal than the terms proposed by the United States, and in ad dition to this they have employed skillful lobbyists, with plethorla pocketbooks, to look after their Interests. The opposition of the American railroads Is purely selfish and Is fully understood, The same corporate Interests have been active in Washington ever since it became apparent that congress would take up the canal project. The American government is taking no unusual steps toward persuad ing the Colombian congress that the treaty should be ratified. This must be done by the government of Colombia. Cromwell la Sanguine, Mr. Cromwell, the American representa tive of the French Canal company in the negotiations for the sale of the canal and railroad, expresses confidence that ratifica tion will be secured before the adjournment of the special session on July 20, but this confidence Is not fully shared by President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay. But the administration Is not worried. The canal will be finished, and the United States will build it. The United States will also control. It may be that when the work is completed the canal will traverse the republic of Panama Instead of the United States of Colombia. This very lm portant question will be decided within the next sixty days. In the meantime the republic of Nicara gua has shown very clearly that aU hope of a waterway from the Atlantic to the Pacific by the Nicaragua route has been abandoned by notifying President Rooso- velt that the minister from Nicaragua will be withdrawn from Washington and the ligation closed. ' Washington n,e Dos; Days. With the summer capital at Oyster Bay, whither the president removed on Saturday, Washington will for the next two months b devoid of Int. Test and will settle down to the quietness for which It Is proverbial during the "dog Uoys." Of course men of public affair, senators and ni"mler of congress and those seeking political place and preferment will take In Washington to and from Oyster Bey. With tho dinner given to Sir Thomas Llpton. who is again In the United 8tates for the purpose of taking away to Merrle England the Amer ica cup, at the White House on Friday evening, the social entertainments of the president came to an end and the historic j residence of th. presidents will once more be In the hands of artisans to complete the work already begun In making the White House comfortable for President Roosevelt's large family. Not In a generation has there been so much entertaining dene at the White House s President Roosevelt has done since he assumed his high office. President jRoose volt is a delightful host. He Is open and outspoken and likes to have about him the people who were his friends when he was straggling upward In the world of politics. (Continued on Second P; gej HYPNOTIST MAKES A HAUL Catches a Widow and One Million Dollars at the Same Time. (Copyright, 1903. hy Press Publishing Co.) RERUN. June at. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Berlin hypnotist, known In America as "Prof." RMchel, ran away from here with the widow of a millionaire named Von Zimmer man. Zimmerman married his beautiful house keeper when he was 16 yearn old and died not Ions after the marriage. During his Illness Relchel attended him. Afterward the widow became Relchel's patient, and In some way, at present unknown, they got hold of Sl.OOO.OM). The executor complained the money was obtained Illegally.. Relchel .testified that the executor was crazy and d him locked up In a lunatic asylum. e minister of Justice has ordered a 'Kn investigation, neicnei oougm a b. title and la aald to be living some- whv the United States with Mrs. von Zlmrr. ' It Is alleged here that he employ ' notlsm to gain his objects. An Imj. calling himself Baron von Focke, latfc "urned from the United States, has Ju. caught by the Dresden police. His tli ynnd polite bearing ob tained for him entrance Into the best circles of Germany, but wherever he went he left the trail of a swindler and forger. His right name Is Oeorge Alexander Focke and the police have discovered that he has two American wives, both living, and per haps more. He was spending a honeymoon In Dresden when he was arrested. LIPTON OPENS PRISON DOOR Influence with Kins; Secures the Release of P. A. McIInsth. (Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 28 (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Sir Thomas Upton's personal Influence with King Ed ward has Just been strikingly illustrated In connection with the release from prison of P. A. McHugh. the last Irish member sent to Jail. McHugh was arrested a month ago by order of Land Judge Ross for con tempt of court on a decision thirteen months old. This action was strongly dis approved by the viceroy and the Irish gov ernment as calculated to embitter feeling In view of the king's visit. But the viceroy was powerless to release McHugh. According to the World correspondent's information from a high source, when Llp ton was dining with the king a few days before he sailed for New York . he told him the circumstances of McHugh's case and said that he alone could override Ross' orders. Two days later the governor of the Jail where McHugh was imprisoned re ceived an order for his release signed with the king's own hand, and McHugh was set at liberty. Ross had asserted that he would keep McHugh Imprisoned until he apologized, and McHugh had declared that he would rot in prison first. Llpton'a cleverness and tact, aided by the good natured king, enabled McHugh to find a way to freedom. SMUGGLERS USEJWTOMOBILE Put Machines at Top Speed and Ran Past the Customs Guards. (Copyright. 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, June 28. New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Automo biles are now being used by smugglers to cross the Belgian frontier, where tobacco is the chief article smuggled. An auto mobile covered with a cloth for disguise Is rnshed through so fast that it is impossi ble to arrest It or to telegraph a descrip tion for arrest further on. The customs officials are planning some cable arrange ment to stretch across the roads to stop such smugglers. The ministers of Interior and public works have decided to mark all French roads with signs indicating dangerous points to auto- moblllsts, and to remark the declivities, snarp turns, curbs, rising ground, and rails above the road level crossings. The color of the signals will make It possible to see them a considerable distance. Btnce Its works burned down the Mercedes firm have been buying all the second hand machines of Its make with a view to fixing them up and filling the orders on hand with them. Henry Farman Is canfldent that he will win the International cup for speeding between Paris and Chartres easily. He counts on covering eighty miles an hour. YOUNG GIRL WORKS PASSAGE Starts from Paris and Slakes Trip Around the World With out a Son. (Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. June 28 (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Madeleine Cauchet. a young girl from the classic heights of Montmartre, Paris, has Just made the tour of the world without a sou In her pocket, giving lessons in French to pay her way. She took four years for the voyage and traveled through Belgium, England. Amer ica, South Africa. Australia. New Zealand, China, Japan. Siberia. Russia, Germany, etc. Miss Cauchet will soon recount her ex periences before the Paris Society of Geog raphy. TWO YEARS FOR CONSCIENCE French Soldiers Imprisoned for Re fining to Haadle Gait. (Copyright. 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, June 28 (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Two soldiers named Grasselln and Delaol, who refused to learn to handle a gun because of con scientious scruples and were Imprisoned- for two years, are about to be released, their time expiring. If they were to be sent back to their regiment and should continue their refusal the result would be further Imprisonment, but the minister of war, in answer to a petition, has relegated both men to the medical corps, where no gun Is necessary. j WORKING ON POE'S STATUE Jose de Chemoy'e Work Said to Bo a Remarkable Likeness f Poet. (Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. June 2S.-(New York WorM Cablegram Special Telegram.) Jose De Chemoy Is working on a statue of Edgar Allan Pne. which Is said to be a remark able production and the beat of the poet ever produced. A sketch of the work has already gone to America. TRAIN FALLS INTO RIVER I All bat Six of Its Three Hundred Pas senger Killed or Inju-ed. THIRTY OF THEM REPORTED TO BE DEAD Indications Arc that This Estimate Is Under Rather Than Over the Actnal Casualties When Trnth la Known, MADRID, June 2S. Fourteen bodies and fifty Injured persons have been extracted from the wreck of the Rllboa train, which overturned at Nejurllla river last night. According to official Information thirty persons were killed and sixty others seri ously Injured. Many of the latter will die. Of the 800 passengers on the train it Is stated that only six escaped unhurt. Th train, which was composed of two engines and sixteen conches, wr.s crossing the bridge when the couplings between the en gines broke. The second engine left the track and fell, followed by the entire train, into the bed of the river. Fortunately the water was, low. The nearest medical attendance was a mile and a half distant and those passen gers who were least Injured aided the oth ers and did all possible until the arrival of relief trains bringing nurses, surgeons and medicines from Bilboa. The train fell fifty feet from the bridge to the river bed. the coaches piling up In a mass of splintered wood and Ironwork. The scene is described as horrifying. Many corpses were carried down the stream, which was actually reddened with blood. It was found Impossible to extricate num bers of the injured who were pinioned under the wreckage. A railway guard was arrested in the act of robbing the deadt and narrowly escaped lynching. It Is believed that the official figures un derestimate the number killed, some ac counts giving the number of dead as 100. The full extent of the catastrophe will only be known when the wreckage has been cleared away. The latest dispatches from Saragossa, near which place the catastrophe occurred, give the number of dead as ninety and the Injured at 100. The rescue of the Injured from the debris is not yet completed. POPE IN HIS USUAL HEALTH Rumor Which Starts In Madrid Proves to Bo Wlthont Founda tion. ROME. June 28. The Spanish embassy to the Vatican has received telegrams from Madrid anxiously inquiring about the health of the pope, saying that from a re liable source it was learned that his holi ness was seriously 111. The rumor soon spread here, producing the usual sensa tion.' On going to the Vatican, how ever, it was found that it was only another false alarm. The pope is in his usual health, and received today in private au dience the bishop of Ibague, Colombia. The pontiff conversed with him on. the con dltlons prevailing .in the South American republics and the necessity" of raising the standard of the clergy so that they might contribute to the Intellectual progress and moral progress of the people. Tonight his holiness retired sooner than usual, but merely because he, wishes to rise earlier in th& morning, tomorrow being St. Peter's day. TWENTY-FOUR KILLED IN MINE Explosion Takes Place Just the Men Are Quitting Work. as BARRATOERAN, Coahulla, Mex., June 28. Twenty-four miners were killed and about fifty others seriously wounded In an explosion of gas Thursday night In Las Esheranxas coal mines, the property of the Mexican Coal and Coke company. The disaster was caused by the ignition of gas by the flame from a defective lamp. The men were on the point of quitting work for the day. Probably 100 men were in the mine at the time of the explosion. After the shock of the explosion those who were able to move rushed for the exits, but the falling earth and debris carried many down to death. Fully fifty miners escaped with broken limbs and scores of others hurt. At last reports the dead bodies of twenty- four men had been brought to light. Others may die as a result of their Injuries. PLACING BLAME FOR KILLING Conspirators Say It Was King's Sec retary Who Started the Shoot ing; in the Palaee. i BELGRADE. Servla, June 28 King Peter attended the services at the cathedral today without any escort. The official account of the recent assas slnattons, based tn an investigation made by the war minister. Is expected to be pub Ushed shortly. It Is understood that It will say the conspirators did not Intend to kill their majesties, but only to deport them, but they were Incited to the murder by th attack of Lieutenant Petrovlcs, the king1 secretary, who fired the first shot. It ap pears that, it was the king of Greece and not the kins, of Italy who sent his con gratulations to King Peter on Saturday. REGARD WAR AS PROBABLE Relations Between Turkey and Bul garia Seem Very Mack Stralaed. LONDON. June 29 A dlHpatch from Vi enna to the Morning leader says the situa tion In the vilayet of Adrlanople Is very grave. There are many Indications that Bulgaria and Turkey regard an outbreak of war as a probable contingency. It Is reliably stated that the Turkish authorities are organising a regular persecution of the Bulgarian Inhabitants, their villages being raxed to the ground and many notable Bulgarians being Imprisoned on slight pre text. The Turkish troops In the vilayet number 120,000. CELEBRATE FOURTH IN MEXICO President at Dlas to Re the Capital of Slater Republic. Orator MEXICO CITY. June 28 President Dias today accepted an Invitation to attend the celebration of the Fourth of July to be given by the American colony in this city. A feature of the day will be a special luncheon to be given to President Dlas. who will witness part of the day's sport. President Dlas is the orator of the day. launching of the nautilus Sir Thomas l.lpton and Tarty Visit Omnhn Man Enterprise at fancy Island. NEW YORK (Coney Inland). June 28.- (Spec-lal Telegram.) 8lr Thomas Llpton aunched Frederick Thompson's wonderful submarine boat. Nautilus, at Luna Purl:, New York, this afternoon. Designer Fife and a party of friends were present and the affair was performed In the presence of 25,000 people, with band and cannon ac companiment. After the launching of the submarine (Tie entire rarty made the first trip twenty thousands leagues under the sea. Shamrock's owner pulled the switches that started tho air Compressors working and plunged the steel monster to the bot tom preparatory to the voyage. "Twenty j Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" Is the conception of Fredcrtr Thompson, whose trip to the moon was the Pan-American sensation. It has been built by Thompson Ik Dundy at Luna Park at a cost of $200,000. The boat really sinks into the water In full view of those who are left behind, and created .more of a sensation at its launching today than the arrival ef the cup chal lenger. The boat finally lands at the north pole, where an Eskimo village with polar bears, Eskimos and Eskimo dogs with the sleds, seals and sea Hons are found. The dogs and seals had not met before and as Sir Thomas and his friends were landing the animals began a fight that was brief but Interesting. Under the floating Ice bergs and onto them again, engaged In a battle royal, until the seals and sea Hons were driven to cover In the bottom of the Immense tank. REPAIRING FLOOD DAMAGE First Street Cars Cross River at Kansas City line the Overflow. KANSAS CITY. June 28. Street cars crossed the Kansas river about noon today. connecting the two Kansas Cities after an Interruption of exactly four weeks, caused by the great flood. Only one of the three Inter-city lines Is in operation, and this one uses a temporary bridge. Armourdale Is now easy of access, but Argentine will be cut off for weeks yet. 'There Is still no wagon bridge across the Kansas river, but two- will be completed this week. Six bridges are now in use, but only one Is a permanent steel structure. In replacing the destroyed bridges stronger and higher road ways will be built, to withstand future floods. Otherwise the Inundated district will be little changed when fully reoccupled. Rains along the upper Kansas river brought a four-foot rise here last night. Gangs of men watched the temporary bridges to keep them clear of driftwood. The water fell steadily todjly. Fifteen hundred men and 300 teams worked in the stock yards today remov ing mud and rubbish. It will cost $50,000 to clean the yards and repairs will require a large sum. The gas service In Kansas City, Kan., was fuly restored last night. The Kansas City, Kan., relief . fund is now nearly $75,000. Reefuit contributors are the grand lodge of Elks, 1808, and the Thayer estate, Boston,. TiOo. LIFE LOSES ALL ITS CHARMS Brastllan Is Discouraged Over Ioes of Wife, Children and Fortune. NEW YORK, June 28. Heart broken by the deaths of wife and children, bankrupt in pocket and in hope, Theodore Wallkopf put a bullet through his brain today. His weapon was a French duelling pistol. Its handle marked with six deep notches, as If In token of as many meetings on the field of honor. The shot was heard by a servant and Wallkopf was found dying In his bed. Before a physician could ar rive he was dead. Wallkopf, a man of culture and good family, arrived from Brazil two months ago. He carried letters ot introduction from the Braxlllan minister. He spent money liberally, but shunned society. "My heart Is dead," said he in explana tion of his solitary life. "I burled It with my wife and babies in Braxll." Beside Wallkopf's body they found two letters, one addressed to the police au thorities. In this he wrote: "I am going to commit suicide. I do this because life has become unbearable. Ill fate of every description has been with ma for years. Please Inform the Brazilian minister, John N. Prentice, and Thomas Palmer of Chicago." ARRANGING FOR ENDEAV0RERS Bis Tent to Be Erected in Denver with Scat In Capacity of 10,000. DENVER. June 28. Arrangements are complete for the meeting In this city of the twenty-first International biennial con vention of the Society of Christian En deavor next month. The sessions will be held In Tent Endeavor, which will be pitched In a convenient place near City park, and will have a seating capacity of 10,000. Overflow meetings will be held in several of the larger churches. Railroad rates from all parts of the country will be reduced to one fare or less for the round trip, and return tickets will be good until August 31. Tickets from all points In the Western Passenger association territory will be on sale from July 1 to 10. The data of sale for other associations will corres pond. Special rates will be given to En deavorers who wish to make excursions into the mountains. One of the Statures of entertainment for the delegates and visitors will be a grand concert In Tent Endeavor on the night pro ceding the opening of the convention. The local committee advises all who anticipate attending the convention to get In touh with their state transportation managers as soon us possible. Most of the state del egations are arranging to come to Denver in special trains. ENDORSES ROOSEVELT'S ACT Aastrlan Paper Reminds Russia Its Position Regarding; Massacre. of VIENNA, June 28. The action of the American government concerning the peti tion to the cxar regarding the Klshlneff massacre is watched with the closest at tention here on account of Its poBsihie ef fect on eastern affairs. The Neue Frele presse savs: "President Roosevelt's Influence with Russia will redound to his undying fame. The Kusalr.n autocracy cannot remain un moved to the fact tint the president as an advocate of humanity reminds It In the face of the whole world of the dutleu It owes to humanity and Just'ce." VISIT 10 MOTHER CHURCH Eighteen Thou and Christian Scientists Gather at Bos'.on. THREE IMMENSE SERVICES ARE HELD Many Special Trains Are Chartered for Today for a Pilgrimage to Mrs. Baker Eddy's Home In Concord, BOSTON, June 2S. The annual commun ion service of the mother church of the Christian S-lence denomination, the first church of the Christian Scientists, was held In Mechanics' hall today, the three con gregations aggregating over 16,000 persons. Each service was impressive, especially In the silent communion, when the entire con gregation knelt. At each service the read ers of the First church, the directors and other members of prominence, had scats on the platform. Prof. Herman 8. Herlng, formerly of Johns Hopkins university, and ., .. . j ... TK. ,..i , . , . I the president and his ramlly. The presi w ho Is a son of Dr. Constantino Herlns, i ' ' . r me of the founders of homeopathy In this country, officiated as first reader, and Mrs. Ella E. Williams was second reader. There was no departure from the order of service followed at previous annual communions in the mother church, and it closely fol lowed the service In the individual churches of the denomination. The sermon was a compilation of Bible readings, with co-relative selections from j the Christian Science textbook. Before each service was brought to an end Prof. Herlng read a letter from Mrs. Eddy, In which she expressed her love for her church and Invited communicants to visit her tomorrow at her home in Concord, N. H. , Mrs. Eddy's Letter. Mrs. Eddy's letter was as follows: My Beloved Brethren: I have a secret to tell thee and a question to ask. Do you know how much I love you and the nature of this love? No. Then my secret Is In communicable and we live apart, but yes, and this innermost thing becomes articulate and my book Is not all you know of me but your knowledge with Its magnitude of meaning uncovers my life and your heart has discovered It. The spiritual bespeaks our temporal nisiory. jjimcuny, annota tion, constant battle against the world, the flesh and evil, tell my long-kept secret evidence a heart wholly In protest and un utterable In love. The unprecedented progress of Christian Science Is proverbial and we cannot be too grateful nor too humble for this, Inasmuch as our dally lives serve to enhance or to stay Its glory. To triumph in truth, to keep the faith Individually and collectively, conflicting elements must be mastered. De feat need not follow victory. Jov over good achievements and work . well done should not be eclipsed by some lost opportunity, some Imperative demand not yet met. Truth, life and love will never lose claim on me, and here let me add: Truth happlfles life In hamlet or town. IJfe loses all pride. Its pomp and Its frown, Love comes to our tears like soft summer showers, To beautify, bless and Inspire man's power. With everlasting love. MARY BAKER O. EDDY. Response (to Letter. The following message, prepared by Ed ward A. Kimball of Chicago and unani mously adopted by each service, was sent in response to Mrs. Eddy: Availing ourselves of our strcred Chris tian privileges, thousands of Christian Sci entists are again assembled to re'ehrite the holy communion ordained by our Mtwter and -lovingly observed by our church. " Like all the generations of earth we are a people who in times past were In bond see to nearly every sin and nearly every disease. Many of us have been redeemed from the most obdurate sin. Others who were once dying have been restored , to health and usefulness. Coming thus, as a peculiar people to bow in mute gratitude before our God, we give thanks to Him for the Christian salvation which legitimately heals the sick as well as the sinful. Many thousands of Scientists will make the pilgrimage, and already numerous special trains have been chartered. It is estimated that 18,000 members of the de nomination have come here to attend the services, and the . Mechanics' building, which covers several acres. Is entirely de voted In a business way to the accommoda tion of the visitors. Admission to the mother church, which Is situated only a short distance from Mechanics' hall was reserved to members today and will be dur ing the week. The communion services to day were of a public character. WARRANT FOR BARRINGT0N Mrs. McCann Chartres Illra with the Murdel of Her Hus band. ST. LOUIS, June 28. A warrant was sworn out today by Mrs. James P. McCann, charging F. Seymour Barrlngton with the murder of her husband, James P. McCann. As the alleged crime was committed In St. Louis county the city authorities today gave Barrlngton over into the custody of Sheriff Hankon, and the prisoner was taken to Clayton and placed In Jail. The body of the man supposed to be Mc Cann, which was burled soon after being discovered several days ago at Bonflls, was exhumed today and an Inquest was held by Coroner Koch of St. Louis county. The body was in a terrible state of decomposi tion and the features were gone owing to the ravages of vermin. Notwithstanding, Mrs. McCann positively Identified the body as that of her husband, partially by a gold tooth. Coroner Koch made a rigid Investigation and returned a verdict that two bullet holes were found In the dead man's head and bullets were extracted corresponding In cal iber to the caliber of the revolver found In Barrlngton's trunk at the Vnlon station here last night. He also found a deep gash In the throat and a cut In the palm of the right hand, leading to the assumption that the man had been attacked first with a knife and in defending himself had seized the blade, which cut deeply into his hand, and that finally his throat had been cut and he was ultimately shot twice In the head. Barrlngton maintains his Innocence. RABBIS MEET IN CONFERENCE Question of Chang-lag- Day to Be Observed as Sabbath I p for Discussion. DETROIT, June 28. Leaders in the Jew ish faith from all parts of the I'nlted States, and several from Canada as well, are expected to attend the Central Con ference of American Rabbis, which will begin Its fourteenth annual meeting here In the Temple Bethel tomorrow night. About 100 delegates are expected and they will be In session until Friday morning, with av religious service Saturday morning, at whlc Ratal Samuel Hlrschberg of Bos ton will preach the conference sermon. The report off the Sabbath commission Wednes day morVilng. on the question of changing the Jewish Sabbath from Baturday to Sun day, la expected to result In (in Interesting and Important discussion. Papers on theo logical and historical subjects will be read by p. -eminent rabbis from all parts the country. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Tartly Clnnpy Mniiflnv. Iroliiihlv Showers and Cooler In West Portion;' Tusday Fair In West and North, Showers In the Southeast Portion. Temperature at Omaha Vesterrtnyi Hour. It n. m . O a. ni , T a . m . 8 a. m . 9 a. ni. 1' a. m. 11 a. m . 12 m.. . . Ilea. . on . OS . 7 Hour. 1 P. a p. H p. 4 P. ft p. O p. T P. ' M p. O p. IH-ar. M ( M HO K5 ft-i K2 T4 TO HO ni . m , PRESIDENT HAS QUIET DAY Attends Church and Receives Greet ings of Neighbors and Friends. OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. June 28 President Roosevelt passed a quiet Sunday with his family at his Sagamore Hill home. During the nfternoon some relatives and personal ,.. nr.t-A tn vfnit their vreetlnsa to arm, nccompuiuuti i mio their children, attended divine service this morning at Christ church, of which Mrs. Roosevelt Is a member. At the conclusion of the services an opportunity was taken by the members of the parish to pay their respects to the chief executive. It Is announced by Secretary Loeb that the president will receive few callers at Sagamore Hill this summer, and those who hope to see him will be obliged to maka engagements through Mr. Loeb In advance of their arrival at Oyster Ray. The presi dent will devote his mornings to the tran saction of executive business and his after noons to recreation and rest. During the afternoons, too, he will receive such callers as may have engagements with him, or those whom he may summon to Sagamore Hill. The executive offices selected for Secre taries Loeb and Barnes and the clerical force this year are much more commodi ous and convenient than those occupied last year. They consist of six rooms In the second story of the Moore block, and are well arranged and admirably adapted to the purposes of the executive staff. The desks and other furniture In the offices are chiefly those which were used In the execu tive offices of the old White House. President Roosevelt will spend no time in the offices, his work being done In his library at Sagamore Hill. The offices are In direct communication by telephone with Sagamore Hill. SHOOTS BROTHER IN THE FACE Irving' Keltncr Accidentally Dis charges Blank Cartridge to Brother's Discomfiture. Otto Keltner was accidentally shot In the face yesterday afternoon by his brother. Irving Keitner, 618 North Thirteenth strest, and since that time neither boy has been seen by the police or their relatives, though vigorous search has been made for them. Whether the wound is serious Is not known. The charge was from a blank cartridge.- According to Ben Wallace, a little colored boy, the shooting was a Judgment sent on the two boys for doing wrong. Ben was standing -in -an- alley near his home at 1720 Cass street, having a good time all by himself, shooting blank cartridges In a 22-callber revolver. The two Keltner boys, so he said, came along, and by superior force and numbers took the revolver from him and began their celebration. Aftjr taking a few shots they stopped to fix the mechanism of the revolver, when it sud denly went off and the charge struck Otto in the face. The three boys then ran, the Keltner boys first throwing' the revolver away. Sam Garver, who was passing, found the revolver and turned it over to the police. The colored boy Web located and told the police the story or the shooting.- Late yes terday afternoon the boys had not gone home and their whereabouts were unknown to the police. CALL THE LAWLESS TO TASK Sons of Revolution Deplore Condi tions Existing- In Portions of Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Ky., June 28.-The annual session of the Kentucky Sons of the Revo lution, at the residence of Major H. B. Mc- Clellan In this city, closed with the adop tlon of the following; We. of the Kentucky Socletv of the Son of the Revolution, descendants of those who staxei ineir lives, their property, thetr all, to win for themselves and for ns froertnm from tyranny and the right to make laws guaranteeing unerty without license, per sonal security and the rights of property; reverencing the memorv of our ancestors cherishing the Institutions they founded and the laws they established, realizing that those Institutions can only be nreservert hv strict obedience to and faithful execution of those laws by all the citizens and officers of me state, wnicn was -the tlrst to be ad mitted to the union for the recognition of which they shed their blood, do hereby Kesclve, That we do most sincerely de plore the condition of lawlessness that has Drought reproach on the state we love snd do most severely condemn those officials to whose criminal connivance or Inefficiency Is due the disregard for the lives and property of citizens. And we do further call upon all officers of the commonwealth of Kentucky, be they county, district or state officers, to do whatever may be necessary to stamp out crime nnd punish the criminals who are re sronslbta therefor, whether they be private citizens or public servants. ARMY DEDICATES A CITADEL Senator Hanna and General Young Address Gathering of Salvationists, CLEVELAND, June. 28. A fine new citadel, to be used as headqunrters for the Salvation Army In this city and vicinity, was dedicated today. Senator Hanna was chairman of the occasion nnd made an ad dress of half an hour's duration. He spoke almost entirely of the work done by the army and praised It. He said that If he had time to preach he would help the Sal vation Army with his voice. Commander Booth-Tucker. In introducing Senator Hanna, said that he was a man who was well known and resiected In this country and England. Colonel Myron T. Herrtck spoke briefly In praise of the army's work Among other visitors of special prominence at the dedication whs General S. B. M. Youtjg of the United States army, who is a guest of Colonel Herrlck. Commander Booth-Tucker said that the citadel In this city will be at Inspiration to the army in other cities to erset a similar structure. The building Is worth 1100,000. Movements of Ocean Vessels June ZH. At Liverpool Arrived: Cedrlc. from New York; Ktrurlo, from New York. At Boston Arrived : Philadelphia, from Indnn. At New York Arrived ; Furnessla, from Glasgow; Patrt. from Marseilles and Na ples, Cymric, from Liverimol. At Queenstown Sailed: Lucanla, for New York. At Southampton Sailed: Bremen, for New York. , METEOR IS A WINKER Emperor's Yacht Aea;n TaVes Tint Plao3 in the Kiel Races. AMERICAN SAILORS ARE SPECTATORS Ambas ador Tower One of Eaiser'i Qoest on Board the Yacht KEARSARGE OFFICERS GIVE RECEPTION Crews of German Bhirs Are to Be Enter tained Aboard Battleship. AMERICAN SAILORS WELCOME ASHORE Surprise the People hy Riding- Around the City In Cults nad Generally Having; a Good Time In , Gcrmnny. KIEL, Prussia, June 28. Ttte emperor's yacht Meteor crossed the line first In to day's race for cruising schooners, Class A. and kept the load all the way over the thlrty-mllo course, beating Hamburg in a ten-knot breexe by 14 minutes. The em press' yacht Iduna was Qpnln twenty mln-ut-s behind. Emperor William had as his guests on board Meteor during the race, t'nlted States Ambassador Tower, Prince Henry of Prussia Prince Adelhert, the emperor's son, Count Tlele-Wenckler, Count Redern and I'lilted States Naval Attache T. M. Potts. Tho emperor was quite a different man aboard the yacht than when abonrd the battleship, talking about yachting and sporting matters the whole time. When lunch time came his majesty helped each member of the party himself from the large cold dishes pro vided and Prince Adclbert photographed the group. Though Hamburg was a close second dur ing the whole of tho race. It lost a minute by its elubtnpsall going by the board. R. W. Goclet's Swan, In the race for yachts of Its class, finished $4 minutes ahead of Gustav Stlnn's Oluckauff, but' had to take second place under the handi cap, which gave the latter i minutes' time allowance. Hetty VI was third. In the cutter yawl race Navahoe easily disposed of Its only competitor, Comet. Therese unexpectedly beat Commodore and the big English schooner Cicely turned the , tables on Herr Gullleaum's Clara, which won on Friday. Cicely finished three min utes ahead, but Clara protested, owing to Cicely carrying only one anchor, wherevs, under German rules, two are necessary. In the handicap match for cruisers Irion, giving Navahoe 1H minutes and Comet 14 minutes' time allowance, won by 2 min utes from Navahoe, and Comet was no where. x The officers of Kearsarge will give a re ception on Monday afternoon, to which the emperor and empress. Prince and .rlncess Henry and all the notabilities at Kiel have accepted Invitations. pppntlnn will tt rlvan sbisrd fCgi sarge probably next Tuesday for the crews--of the German fleet. - The German - sailors , will be able to see inside the ship, and will be entertained by the crew. There has been nothing to complain of regarding- tho be havior of the American sailors who have been allowed ashore. They are weloomed along the water front and the' shops and restaurants are engaging interpreters for their convenience. Signs are displayed everywhere, "Americans are welcome to KleU" The American tars cause considerable wonderment to the Germans by driving around In carriages and car?e At least half the limited supply of there vehicles Is thus nightly employed. AVERT MACHINISTS' .STRIKE Men Modify Their 'Demands and It la Thought Employers Wiit Accept. PITTSBURG, June 28. The threatened strike of the machinists in this vicinity on July 1 was probably averted today" by the men agreeing to a compromise. ' Over 1.00) machinists attended the mass meeting today, and after much discussion agreed to cut their demand for an Increase In wages from 15 to 10 per cent and withdraw bodily their original proposition to make entirely union all shops where union men in any number are employed. A committee will wait upon the manufac turers tomorrow to present the modified scale. If this conference falls to agree the nearly 4,000 machinists will be ordered on strike Tuesday. As the organization of the shops has been the stumbling block, it Is believed the manufacturerswlll agree to the 10 per cent advance In wages. The moldera will. In all probability, strike on July 1. This craft, after several confer ences with the employers, has failed to agree on a new scale. Arbitration has also failed and a mass meeting will be held In order to get the sentiment of the whole body on strike or acceptance of ths em ployers' ultimatum. EFFORT TO SETTLE TROUBLES. Miners and Their Snpcrlntendents Will Make an Effort to Get Together. , WILKESBARRE. Ta., June 28. The miners, through their superintendents and foremen throughout the Wyoming coal fields, will make an effort to clean up the petty disputes and grievances which exist so as to not burden the conciliation board with such matters. The award f the coal strike commission says that the miners and superintendents should make an attempt to end disputes among them selves by conferences, and this will now be done. Only grlevsnces which cannot be settled In this way will ha brought to the attention of the conciliation board. Cars Ron at Richmond. RICHMOND, Va . J'ne 28 The strike situation tonight was entirely quiet. Cars i were run on all lines today and tonight under military protection, as usual. TRAVELING MAN FATALLY CUT Assnultrd on Streets of St, Joseph by an t nldenllled White Man. ST. JOSEPH. June 28.-L. M. Wilson, who says he Is a traveling salesman for the Armour Packing company, was as saulted st Second and Cherry streets here today and fatally cut. Many wounds rover his body. He claims to be Ignorant of the identity of Ms assailant other than that he wci a white man.