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Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 187X. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1903-TAVELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. The Omaha TORNADO SLUTCEN Fit Illinois Towns Tsristal and '. EeTana'.in : Harrio-ne. SCORE FATALLY HURT AT STREAK). Bai Ball, Street Bailwa; and Driving Parki Hu'rrd by St.rm. MENDOTA ALSO DISASTROUSLY VISITEO Four Dead, Sine Maimed, Eesidet Family EureJ n Haute. TRAIN BLOWN )VER AT BLO0M1NGTGN Campos Ha Fa:allty, Enilcla Wrecked nritl Rumor Reports Gardner Wipe! Out of Existence. la BTREATOR, III., July 17 A tornado this evening killed Ave persons, fatally Injured a, tcore of others and caused a property lore Of 12,000,000. The dead: LARRY DOYLE. NELS P. HIVE!. R. PURCELL. CHARLKS SNYDER. FRED BROWN, colored. FataUy Injured: Gevrge Doyle. Mrs. Doyle. Jessie Boucher. t harles Snyder. Frod Crone, fractured skull. Mrs. Crone. Mrs. Smith. Miss Smith. Captain Peabody and wife. Ralph Boucher. ' -Mrs. Henry Pease and baby. George Hunter. George Doyle's little child. Three children of A. J. Dougherty and a man employed on the latter's farm. Four Die on Racetrack. Many more are reported to have suffered broken bones. Of those killed all but Mr. Pur cell were on the race track, where new buildings had ' just been erected. Not a building is left standing. All the buildings at Eleotrlc park were de stroyed, and the fences and amphitheater of the ball park were blown away. Staut ' ser's pants factory, a two-story brick bulld ' Inc. was blown a own and all the stock was ruined. The Vulcan Western company's plant suffered heavily. The Indiana, Illi nois ft Iowa bridge, costing $1,000,000. la nearly half gone. The hoisting: works end buildings at Spring Kill shaft vwere ruined. Many buildings in Kengkley, four miles west of Streator. were blown down ?nd several persons were Injured there. Many houses were unroofed and otherwise dam aged. The Vulcan Western factory was erected at a cost of 1150,000. Not a wall Is left standing. ' About fifty men were employed there, but all had stopped work for the ' day about an hour before. Only one man, Richard Purcell, the night watchman, was In the factory and was killed. .A iarter.ofjuJJenQnhBaetJsiw Adolph Blabber's clojUu .factory. This also was rased, i About 100 pee pie v were"1 employed - u?ejn .uui an ntu text nau an nour DS fore t .' -,' . Passing on tlia t ' iado caught a number of small houses, wrecking some, turning others half way around, J twisting huge trees and breaking tbem off at the base. The baseball park, the street railway park and the driving park were in the storm's path. A $15,000 amphitheater was in the course of erection at the driving park. The storm took In these three parks and de stroyed buildings, fenoes and grand stand. At the driving park about fifty carpenters hal Just stopped work. There four per sons were killed outright and fifteen In jured. Nine horses also were killed. s At A, J. Daugherty's dairy farm on the edge of town a house was blown down and several who were in It were badly Injured. . Four Dte at Meadotn. L MENDOTA, HI.. July 17.-Four persons were . killed and ten others seriously In jured by a tornado which struck the north ern part of this city tonight The path of the storm was about eight miles In length. Everything In the storm's track was lev eled to the ground. ' The desd: CORA ROIESDORF. sged 15. ORA LT'NY. red 19. BCHAMEL, boy. aged 13. SCHAMEL, boy. aged . The injured: Mrs. John Wlrschem. Miss Wlrschem. Mrs. Oscar Mllllgsn. Jerome MUligan. Alice Wilson. F.da Austin. James Bmlth. Henry Schweitzer. Mrs. James Smith.' Besides the foregoing nearly every mem ber of the Bolesdorf family was Injured. They took refuge In their cellar to escape the storm and the house fell in on them. Campus Also Has Fatality. PEORIA. 111., July IT. Emington and Campus, two small towns on the Wabash Railroad, suffered severely from the storm. At Emingtoo two houses were utterly de molished and four persons were seriously If not fatally Injured. At Campus one man was killed, while two others sustained Injuries which may prove fatal. The tornado was accompanied by a ter rific rainstorm, which washed out bridges, culverts and thousands of feet of railroad track. The loss of crops is heavy. Freight Trala Blewa Over, BLOOM1NGTON. IU-. July 17.-A wind storm swept central Illinois tonight. In McLean county many small buildings were destroyed. Near Gardner an entire trala of freight cars on a siding was blown over. Taluk Gardner Destroyed. CHICAGO, July 17 Ther, are uncon firmed reports that Gardner, In Grundy county, has been destroyed and many peo ple killed. All wires trading to the town down and no definite Information ta . are learned. THINKS TELEGRAMS FAKES Missing Mnu's wife Rerelvee Mas. eases Dated rram Nonexistent Town. " NEW TORK, July 17. Friends of J. L, Russell, the secretary of the Journay A Durham company of Brooklyn, who has been mtsalng for some time, have received telegrams, dated Mliledgevllle, Tex., pur porting to- be from Russell, in which hs says he will be home oa Monday. Mri. VRjatell does not believe the telegrams err sent by her husband. . 1 There Is no Mliledgevllle In Texas, but 1 there Is a town of that name In Tennes see, where the Western Uoloa has an YANKEES SUCCOR BESIEGED American Commander Removes Many Foreign Residents from Ven esaelaa Town. SOLEDAD. Venezuela, July 17. 7 a. m. 'withstanding that the armistice term d at midnight, no engagement be ' the government forces and the i , 'has taken place up to the present h(,ir. General Gomes has completed the Investment of Cludad Bolivar and none can now leave the city. , Lieutenant Commander Culver, command ing the United States gunboat Bancroft, j after a long conference with the command ing o nicer of the Venezuelan squadron, de cided to take under his protection all the river steamers belonging to the American Orlnco Staemshlp company, which were r. ccr.tly seized by the revolutionists at Cludad Bolivar. He also requested the women and children of the American and other foreign colonies at Cludad Bolivar to take refuge on the steamers In order to escape the dangers of the selge, the shell ing of the town and a possible battle. At Lieutenant Commander Culver's Invitation many women and children, some of Ger man nationality, embarked early today on the American steamers, which, flying the American flag and escorted by Bancroft, left in the direction of Ban Felix, prob ably on the way to Trinidad. Meat, milk and other provisions are al ready scarce in the besieged town. The British consul yesterday paid $150 for a cow. The swift current running In the Orlnco as the result of heavy rains pre vent direct communication with Soledad and Cludad Bolivar. The revolutionists have also destroyed the means of trans port between the two towns. SHOWS BRITAIN'S PROSPERITY Chancellor of Exchequer Decries j Fiscal Changes While Empire Flourishes. LONDON, July 17. Rt Hon. Charles Ritchie, chancellor of the exchequer, waa the guest of honor at a dinner given at the Mansion house tonight by the lord mayor to the bankers and merchants of London, and addressed the gathering briefly and in general terms on the proposed fiscal re form. He said It rested with those desiring a change In the system under which Great Britain was so prosperous to show that the change was necessary and pointed out the Increased prosperity of the trade and com merce of the country as shown by sta tistics for the last six months. Then show Ing that consols were still the greatest and best of the world's securities, compared with the premier securities of other coun tries, he congratulated the public on the condition of the sinking fund, which, ho said, in four years would reach $5,000,000, and by 1915 would wipe out the debt of $800,000,000. EXPEDITION TO HUDSON BAY Cai adlaa Government Charters Vessel to Carry Sclesrtlfle Party. ST. JOHNS.. N. F.. July 17.Tbe Canadian government hea chartered the Newfound- land sealing steamer Neptune to convey a scientific expedition to Hudson's bay. The expedition will winter at Chesterfield Inlet Its object Is to determine the availability of the region for a Canadian grain route. Captain Samuel Bartlett, for several years navigator of the Perry steamer, is In com mand of the ship, the crew of which. con sists of Newfoundlanders familiar with Ice work. The scientific party la composed of Canadians. The ship will also enforce the Canadian customs laws agalm Amerl can whalers who are operating in Hudson's bay. This is the second ship chartered 'Within a month, the British admiralty securing the Terra Nova, recently, to convey a relief expedition to the Antarctic steamer Dis covery. CANAL FOE ADMITS DEFEAT Colombia's Ex-President Declaros Treaty Will Bo Ratlfloa la End. BOGOTA, Colombia. July It (Via Pa nama, July 17.) Senor Caro.' the former prealdent of Colombia, who Is President Marroquln's political, rival and who has (been the leader of the opposition to the i Panama canal treaty, today declared that although personally still opposed to the . ... . .. k. ,niii ,,,). treaty. In his opinion the opposition would be beaten and the treaty would ba ratified, Thls expression from .the treaty's most prominent foe has been received with great satisfaction by the friends of the canaL NIPS CONSPIRACY IN BUD Portugraeso Army Oflieials Are to Bo Cenrt-Mart laird In a Plot Against King Charles. BERLIN. July 17. A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from Lisbon says that .a number of officers of the Fifth Portuguese Infantry have been arrested on the charge of conspiracy against King Char lea They will be tried by court-martial. ' . . Suspicions of a widespread conspiracy against the dynasty have been entertained for some time, the Instigators being officers who were cashiered some time ago. "ther regiments are said to be affected. LAND BILL GOES TO LORDS Commons to tilre Irish Measure Its Third Reading on Tues day. LONDON. July 17. The report stage of ths Irish land bill was completed In the j acquaint you that this department Is ln Iloure of Commons this afternoon. The formed by the American embassy n fit measure will pass Its third reading on te,D"r. h J1!1 fovernment Tuesday and will then be sent to the House of Lords, where it is expected to (.ass without a hitch. Hawaii Voles Fair Cash. HONOLULU, July 17. The territory of Hawaii has appropriated $30,000 for an tx hlbtt at the BL Louis exposition. It is understood objections have been made to hulahula dances and other slmllrr dlsplaya Preparations have been hereto fore made for showing In an attractive j manner the resources of the Hawaiian ' islands. Hawaii Wars oa keotera. HONOLULU. July 17. The board of health having become convinced that ths germ of dengue, a disease now epidemic in the Island, la rpread by mosquitoes, has planned a war oa those tnaecta - Other Interests will aid the (yard, and It is hoped to eventually exterminate (he mosquito. RUSSIAN PROTEST DROPPED Befuial to EeooiT Kisbiaeff Petition End American Action. PRESIDENT NOT AT ALL SURPRISED ttulte Prepared for Mneovltes, Aeso. late , Declination to Consider Docnment Official Corre spondence Published. WASHINGTON, July IT. It Is stated by the secretary of state that the Incident ' c rested by the question Of the Jewish pe- j titlon to Russia is closed. . The State department today made public ! the correspondence that has taken place . respecting the petition. Its substance hns i already been forecasted in the press die patches. The correspondence consists of lnstruc ., . ,. . ,,, ' tions to Mr. Riddle. tnlted States charge , at St. Petersburg, reciting In detail the petition, and Instructing him to present the me to the Foreign office, If It Is willing to receive It. . It is stated by Mr. Riddle that the For eign office would not receive It under any circumstances, and Secretary Kay has no tified the B'nal B'rlth committee in a brief telegram. Correspondence Is Published, the official statement of the facts as given out by the State department follows: The Russian government has declined to receive or consider the petition relating to the condition of the Jews In Russia signed by several thousand citizens and cabled to St. Petersburg by direction of the presi dent. At the conference last Tuesday the presi dent confeired with Messrs. Levi, Wolf and Straus In regard to the presentation of the petition, and decided to send the fol lowing dispatch to Mr. Riddle In St, Peters burg: Tou are Instructed to ask an audience of the minister of foreign affairs and to make to him the following communication: 'Excellency: The secretary or elate in structs me to iniorm you that the presi dent has received from a large number of citizens of the United States of all relig ious affiliations occupying the highest po sitions In both public and private life, a respectful petition addressed to his majesty. tne emperor, relating to tne conamon oi the Jews in Russia and running as follows: Text of the Petition. To His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Russia: The cruel oulragea perpetrated at Klshlneff during Easter of lSuS have ex cited horror and reprobation tnrougnouc the world. Until your majesty gave spe cial and personal directions the local au thorities tailed to maintain order or sup press the rioting. me victims were jewe ana me assault was the result of race and religious preju dice. " 'The rioters violated the laws of Russia " The local officials were derelict In the performance of their duty. me jews were , tne victims oi inae fenslble lawlessness. These facts are made plain by official reports and by the official acts following the riot. " 'Under ordinary conditions the awful calamity would be deplored without undue fear of a recurrence. But such Is not the case In the present Instance. Your peti tioners are advised that' millions of Jews, Russian subjects, dwelling in southwestern Russia, are In constant dread of fresh out breaks. They-feel that Ignorance, supersti tion and bigotry, as exeropltlied by. the UwtaiB.-ase-'ever ready , to persecute thbtri; J,tn4 the local officials, unless .hereunto aaiDonisneo, cannot pe.xeueu on as sirrn uojs broteetors of their Deace and security: that a public sentiment of hostility has Deen engendered against tnem ana nangs over them as a continuing menace. " 'Even if it be conceded that these fears are to some extent exaggerated It is un questionably true that they exist, that they are not groundless and that they produce eneots or great - importance. Migration Exceeds Historic Exodus. " The westward migration of Russian Jews, which has proceeded for over twenty years, is being stimulated by these fears, and already that movement has become so great as to overshadow in magnitude the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and to ranK wim tne.exoaus irom Egypt. " 'No estimate is possible of the misery suffered by the hapless Jews who feel driven to forsake their native land, to sever the most sacred ties aid to wander forth .to strange countries. Neither is it possi ble to estimate the misery suffered by those who are unwilling or unable to leave the land of their birth: who must part from friends and relatives who emigrate; who remain in never-ceasing terror. " 'Religious persecution Is more sinful and more fatuous even than war. War is some times necessary, honorable and Just: re' llgious persecution is never defensible. " The sinfulness and folly which give lm pulse to unnecessary war, received their greatest check when your majesty's Intl- atlve resulted in an international court of peace. " 'With such an example before It the civ. lized world cherishes the hope that on the same initiative there will be fixed in the ' early days of the twentieth century, the ",",,""n X1 "Si'..Zi.., ; your majesty will proclaim, not only for "e government oi your own sutyecta. but also for the guidance of all civilised men. . (nat shall ,uffer , p,rBoa property liberty, honor or life, because of his le- llgious belief; that the humblest subject nr citizen may worsnip accoraing to the dic tates of bis own conscience, and that gov ernment, whatever Its form or agencies. must safeguard these rights and Immunities by the ezerclse of its powers. " 'Far removed from your majesty's do minions, living under different conditions and owing allegiance to another govern ment, your petitioners venture, in the name of civilization, to plead for religious liberty and tolerance, to. plead that he who led his own people and all others to the shrine of peace will adi new lustre to his reign and fame by leading a new movement that shall commit the whole world In opposition io religious persecutions. ' I am instructed to ask whether the netl tlon will be received by your excellency, to be submitted to the gracious consideration of his majesty. In that case the petition win do at once lorwaraea to Bt. I'eters burg. You will report at the earliest possible moment MAT, Reply o f Russian Government. This was sent out on July U, and on the same day Mr. Riddle was informed by the Russian minister of foreign affairs that In view of the publications wblh had ap peared In the newspapers, fbe Russian government wished to notify him' that the proposed petition would not be received under any circumstances. The secretary of state then addressed the following letter to Messrs. Wolf and Levi: nirr f am directed hv th am.m. ,ider the petition in relation to the condT tlon of the Jews In Russia which waa ad va emsm viui T Ug COf)- dressed to his majesty, the emperor, by a Urge number of citizens of the United Slates, and which this department, by di- j recuon vi picmucu. kuu at your re quest, undertook to transmit to Its high destination. I am. air, very respectfully yours. JOHN HAT. President Hot Surprised. OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. July 17.-Presldent Roosevel, was not surprised that the Rus sian government should decline to receive the B'nal B'rlth petition, or any other rep rensentatlve regarding the Klshlneff mae sacrea The action of Russia has been fore casted unofficially. The Information of Russia's declination was received here late last night In a long telegram from Secretary Hay. Toward midnight the president sent to Secretary Hay an extended reply.. Tha contents of other messages are not Continued oa Second Pag.) THURSTON i PRAISES ALGER Tells Santiago Veterans Senator's Administration Waa Greatest la World's History. DETROIT. July 17. Veterans of the Santiago campaign, to the number of 100, Including many prominent officers, at tended the banquet given tonight In the Masonic temple to the members of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, who are attending the convention here. John M.' Thurston 'was the speaker of the evening, responding to the toast, "Our I Country." A feature of Mr. Thurston's address was n" praise oi mo war aamimsirauon uii Kussell A. Alger, or wnom he said: ! Michigan has crowned Its great war sec- l i. aVX n hVvo n. Z I I erous In bestowing their praise, bjt mere have been some qulbblers and faultfinders i wno nave nougni " i;inrp ine setieiury hl jtri..l. . ,v,,. ... ., with the minor mlsMke and shortcomings nU Nebraska home, where aftar his vaca incldent to so grrnf a work crowded into 1 tlon, which he has earned In the estima so short a time. This country know, snd Uon of the State denartment. he will re- the world knows, and imiartal hlsiory will ; dpolul.e that tne w,r administration of Ru.vsill A. Alger stands first in all the annals of recorded alme. Colonel Arthur Wagner responded to the toast, 'The Regular-Arms'," General Jo seph Wheeler to "The Cavalry Division." ueneral Mammon b. nawKins io tne toasi. , The Infantry." and Major General Charles Dick of the Ohio National guard to the American oom,cr. w I "'"" Breckenrldge, who was to have responded to "Our Heroic Dead,' but who was un- able to be present At the afternoon business meeting the , . . , . j u.u -'-'- and a new incorporated society was formed I ... . . i In connection with an act of congress ; passed a year ago. The old name was re- I talned and the old officers were all re elected, as follows: President. Major Gen eral Hiram R. Shafter; first vice president. Major General Joseph Wheeler; second vice president. Major peneral John C. Bites; third vice president. Major General Adna R. Chaffee; secretary and treasurer. Major Alfred C. Sharp; historian. Major. J. Crelghton Webb; registrar. Major Phillip Bead; first division registrar. Captain L. W. V. Kennon; second division registrar. Captain James T. Kerr; third division reg istrar. Captain Charles Morton; fourth division registrar. Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Astor. '' At the first business session today of the reunion of the Society of Santiago de Cuba Major A. C. Sharp; secretary and treasurer, reported that the tal members In good standing was 1,791' t For delinquency and other reasons 1,SM members have been dropped. Major Sharp reported a balance of 70q In the treasury. This afternoon B emorlals were given for the following offltcrs: Major General H. W. Lawton. Major General Ludlow, Lieu tenant Colonel John Miley. Major John A. Logan, Captain Anton Springer, First Lieu tenant E. Kohler and Second Lieutenant Maxwell Keys. ALTER BIBLE' TO BREAK WILL Defendants Change Age on-Tomb stone sal Family Record! to Aect Law Salt. arjfcrirrTr.'jB,i7!-The tw-t ot tha suits brought by" W. C. "Prlddy and -otbyr heirs of Nancy Prlddy to secure possession of residence property on Independence ave nue valued ar $1,000,000 was deelded against tha complainants today by Judge Gibson in the circuit court. ' Nancy Prlddy died In Oregon in 1893, aged 66. A tombstone placed over her gravs was put In evidence by the defendants, who asserted that the figures had been changed to "60" in an effort to prove that the woman when she transferred her prop erty years ago hod not been of age. It waa shown also that the fnr.-lly bible con taining the date of birth bad been mutll a ted. In deciding In favor of the defendants. who Include some of the most prominent men of Kansas City, Judge Gibson said "I believe the tombstone was desecrated and the family bible was mutilated for the purpose of this suit" WOMAN AND HER BABY DEAD Autopsy Indlentes Poison and Maa to Whom She Was Engaged Is Arrested. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 17. Mrs. Annie Mull died suddenly Monday evening and her Infant daughter thirty-six hours later, An autopsy indicates poison by carbolic add or similar drug. B. C Crowell, who was engaged to marry the woman, has been lodged In Jail on sus plclon. He threatened Suicide last evening, although he protests his Innocence. Mrs. Mull was divorced last January. Coroner Hoye believes Mrs. Mull's death was due ' to an Irritant poison. She died suddenly after a violent hemorrhage of the stomach. SWINDLES LEAD. TO SUICIDE Commercial I'nlon Assaraaea Com paay Defrauded Out ot Many Thousand Dollars. v NEW TORK. .July 17. Alfred R. Tong, aged E7, an Englishman living In Brooklyn, has been arrested on a charge ot swindling operations which cost the Commercial Union Assurance company, an English con corn having a branch office In this city. many thousands of dollars. The discovery of these swindles led to the suicide yester day ot George P. Osborne, one of the old est and most trustworthy employes dt the company. CORN FOE FOUND IN MISSOURI Professor Discovers Sew Bag, Hopes Boon to Inocu late It. hat COLUMBIA, Mo., July 17. Prof. Btedman of the department of horticulture of the T'nlvAraftv tt MtMrturf f t r a thwitivk d. -v. i a. . . ,, Charles. 8L Louis and Franklin coun ties, reports tnai a peculiar pug 1 injuring corn. Prof. Btedman is going to collect a quan tity of these bugs for experiment. He hopes to be able to Inoculate them Just as the chinch buga are Inoculated. HARRIMAN PLANS FINE VILLA Will Kreet Italian Uouao la Row York's Wilderness of , Ardea. MIDDLETOWN. N. Y.. July 17.-E. H. Harriman Is having plans prepared for the erection of an Italian villa In the wilder ness of Arden. The work of construction Is to begin as eoon as Mr. Harriman returns from Europe, BUSINESS CIIANCES IN CUBA Consul Biehr Speaki of t . Outlook In the Vicinity of Cifofnegoa, UNITED STATES TAKES MOST OF EXPORTS Retnsal to Give Long Credits, How ever. Drives Moat of the Import Bnslness to Enropean Coaatrles. (From a Staff Correspondent) aohiauivw, July 17. (Special leie- gram.) - Max J. Baehr of Nebraska, consul at Clenfuegos, Cuba, Is In Washington on hl" nn,t le"v lnc he was transferred from a consulate in Germany to the young republic. Consul Baehr Is on his way to .,- u. move his his estab family to his new post and close establishment in St. Paul, Neb. Mr. Baehr Kpeaks in very glowing terms of his position and looks for a healthy senti ment so far as business Interests are con cerned from bis consulate. Two subcon- uI ,ncle. ,., through Mr. Baehr to ... con8ul .,., th .ncu t.in- locatea at 8asue and cabalrln. Since Mr. Baehr assumed charge of the consulate at Clenfuegoas nearly $1,000,000 exporte, , BUKar eid ,arKe amounla , tobacco ho,)ey RnJ all,Kdtor tlJdeis According to Consul Baehr. ; per . , ., . ,. . . . . cent of the output of the district In which located goes to the United S.atej . . . , .. . and but 42 per cent Is purchased from the United States, England, Spain and France getting the remainder of tfte imports. This, the consul believes, is out of proportion and very materially to our detriment, but Just exactly how to change the condition he Is at a ions to know, because of the very delicate diplomatic position which he holds. Mr. Baehr does not hesitate to sty. however, that the United States is at a loss on account ot the manner In which manufacturers give credit. He states that a bill of lading from the United States la usually accompanied with an Immediate re quest for payment, whereas firms In Eng land and Spain do not hesitate to allow six months In which payment may be made, and this, the consul says, is quite a consideration Jn Latin countries. Huy American Interests. In the district in which the consulate is located there ar many American Interests, particularly In fugar plantations, is. A. Atkins of Boston Is interested In the Sole dad sugar estate, Mr. Pembert In the Hor meguiere estate and Mr. Spellman In the Constancla sugar plantation.. In addition to these sugar planters very large Ameri can capital Is Invested in the famous Man Icargarua valley, probably the finest tobacco-growing valley in the world. Mr. Baehr aald that unless the recipro city treaty with Cuba Is adopted by con gress the United States will lose the trade of the young republic. Mr. Baehr, accord ing to reports In the State department, is held In high, regard by citizens of Cietw fuegos, a letter on file there showing that on the Fourth of July the. Cuban people. so far as Clenfuegos was onearaed: made our Independence day a holiday, -the mayor, thief of polieetiomraander of the rural guard. General Saquerra and his aide-de-camp and all the authorities Joining with Mr. Baehr in felicitation over the day. The American flag, with the flag of Cuba, was displayed from all public buildings and the day generally given over to festivity. Mr. Baehr was at the State department today, where he received many kind words for the seal and discretion he had shown In his conduct of the consulate at Clenfuegos. He. leaves tomorrow for Ne braska, to return to his pool tlon In Oc tober with his family. SETTLES LONG CONTROVERSY Hew York Company Secures Contract for Sewerage System at Fort Dos Moines. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July 17. (Special.)-The long contest between various bidders for the work of Improving the sewerige -system at Fort Des, Moines was settled today by awarding the contract for the work to the Municipal Construction company of New York. Its bid was $20,670, and con templates a modern up-to-date system of sewerage where the 'danger from typhoid or other organic germs Is reduced to the minimum through means ot sand filters. Quartermaster General Humphrey Is about ready to advertise for proposals for the construction of officers' quarters and barracks for the accommodation of two batteries of artillery at Fort D. A. Rus sell. This post Is to be largely Increased and a number of new buildings will have to bo built. Rome Miller of Omaha is In Washington and was among those who called upon Sec retary Shaw today, simply to pay his re spects, hs said. Mr.. Miller stopped off In Washington upon some private business, be ing enroute to New York. The application of Ackley Hubbard, Franklin Floete. W. I. Bender,, William FUndt and Andrew R. Smith to organise the Citizens' National Bank of Spencer, la., with a capital of $50,000, has been ap proved by tho comptroller of the currency. These Iowa rural carriers were appointed today: Harlan, regulars, Oliver N. As qulth. Abram B. Fluke; substitutes, T. C. Asqulth. Ida Fluke. Harper, j regular, Frank E. HoeHscher; substitute, Hollls Hoelscher. Remsen, regular, Frank Peters; substitute. Edward Telgea. W. W. Brtggs was today appointed post master at Buxton, Monroe county, la-, vice Margaret A. WUlis, resigned. The postoflloe at Band Creek, Saunders county, and Roc hen. Clay county, Neb., have been ordered discontinued. The leave of absence granted Second Lieutenant Harry Parahall. Twsntr second Infantry, department ot the Missouri, has been extended one month and twenty daya First Lieutenant Alfred M. Mason, artil lery corps, has been detailed for general recruiting service and will proceed to Omaha not later than September I and as sume charge of the recruiting station at Sixteenth and Dodge streets, relieving Sec ond Lieutenant Benjamin H. Kerfoot, artil lery corpa DECLARES JUDGE TOOK BRIBE Lawyer Swears Aaotker Attorney Told Him How aad When Harney Got Cash. i BUTTE, Mont., July 17. In ths course of the Shores disbarment case today Attorney H. L. Maurice of Butte, for the defense, swore Attorney Root had told him Judge Harney had been bribed In the Minnie Healy decision. Blata Senator J. M. Ken nedy was said to have paid him the money in the office of a Butte semi-weekly newspaper. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Saturday; Fair, with Rising Temperature, Sunday. Temperatnro at Omaha Yesterday I Hour. Dear. Hoar. a. an t 1 p. a. m . . . . . p. T a. ns Tl S p. 8 a. sa M . P- 9 u. m 0 5 p. IO a. ns...... ra . it i. n Tp. 19 m. T8 A P P- De. T TS T4 TT T TT TS T n i. .... i. .... CAUGHT ON TRESTLE BRIDGE Boy Roeelves Probably Fatal Injuries from Illinois Centrnl Train. In an accident which occurred on the Illinois Central railway bridge across Cut-Off lake at Fifteenth and Manderson streets, at $: last night, Dave Johnson, aged IS years, son of A. Johnson, who lives at 1160 North Nineteenth street, hsd his right leg severed Just above the ankle and hfs left leg badly mangled midway between the foot and knee. His head was also badly lacerated, and It Is a gravs question If he can live. Johnson, with companion, had been out to Cut-Off lake during the evening for the purpose of bathing. In going home they took a short cut across the Illinois Central railway bridge. It Is not known exactly how tho accident happened, but J. Bruce and G. Stull, two men who had been to the lake fishing, were almost under the bridge at the point where the accident oc curred. They said that they heard some one scream when the train reacnea me point where Johnson was found, snd s they had seen Johnson and his companion go onto the east end of the bridge some time previous, they thought there might have been an accident, and accordingly climbed a stairway which leads up to the bridge and found Johnson on the track. When they reached him he waa In the act of rolling over anQ ever, trying to get off the bridge. He was perfectly conscious at that time, but lost consciousness a few mo ments afterwards. Another boy who hap pened along was dispatched to notify the train crew. The train was switched back and Johnson was loaded into a box car and hauled to Sixteenth and 8prague streets, ffoT where a telephone call was sent to the police station. The ambulance responded to the call with Police Surgeon Schleler. The boy's Injuries were dressed enough to permit his removal to Clarkson hospital. Johnson Is a clerk In the employ of Schulen Newman, a grocer at 602 North Sixteenth street. His father, Anton John son. Is a carpenter. About two hours .after tho accident oc curred the sister and father of the In jured boy called at the police station, not knowing how badly the boy was Injured, Tony Vanous, patrol conductor, informed them how seriously the boy was hurt and they left for the hospital. The train which caused the accident Is a regular freight on the Illinois Central, which runs .between- Council "Draffs and South Omaha. It was drawn by engine No. 185 and waa In charge of Conductor Smith. Nona of the train crew were aware of the accident trntil they were notified by the boy who was sent to tell . them. The engfheer'dld not "see anyone on "the track; probably on account of the fact that there Is- a bend In the bridge at the point where the accident happened about 100 feet from the west end and consequently the head light would not throw Its rays upon the track at that point, but .off to one side, It is said that Johnson's companion called to him to get out onto one of the caps of the bridge to escape the train, but be took no heed of the warning, though why he did not do so Is unknown. GRAND ARMY JAEN TO 'FRISCO Official Train of Nebraska Delegation Will Leave Omaha August IS or 14. ' Department Commander Lea S. Estelle announced last evening that the official train of the Nebraska department. Grand Army of tho Republic, will leave Omaha on August U or It over the Burlington for the national encampment at San Francisco. Tho route will be by way of tho Burlington to Denver and from Denver to Ogden over tho Union Pacific, and thence to Ban Fran Cisco over the Southern Pacific. The na tional encampment begins at San Francisco on August 17 and will continue through the week. From the present Indications a big delegation of Nebraakans will attend. The faro for the round trip will bo Stf. Tho Nebraska Grand Army delegation will consist of Lee S. Estelle, department commander, Omaha; John Lett, senior vice commander, York; W. J. Blythestone. Junior vice commander, Lincoln; J. B, Ralph, medical director, Omaha; Rev, Erastus Smith, chaplain. Alma; E. K. Valentine, judge advocate. West Point; W. H. Aakwlth. adjutant general, Omaha, and Quartermaster General Harmon of Lincoln. Delegates Andrew Trainor of Omaha, C. 8. Lucas Of Central City, V. A, Stuart of Fairmont, D. M. Allen of Fremont, Ferd Brother of Beatrice, R- 8. K. Bpeuldirux of Omaha; alternates, Jonathan Edwards of Omaha, James McKelvy of Juniata, Brad P. Cook of Lincoln, W. D. Pruitt of Arapa hoe, E. A. Bishop of Blue Springs Charles Harrier of Valley and H. W. George of Broken Bow. In addition to these a number of the past department commanders of Nebraska will attend as members ex-officlo of the national encampment. The officials and delegates of the depart ment Woman's Relief corps will also ac company the official train. JAILED FOR ATTACK ON NUNS Columbus Dentist Must Servo Year for Assaulting Slaters. Owe BAN FRANCISCO, July 17 Dr. William Belbach. a dentist of Columbus, O., ar rested for an assault on Dominican sisters In Market street, was found guilty today and sentenced to the county Jail for one year. Movements of Oroaa Vessels July IT. At New York Sailed Cedrlc, from Liv erpool. At Sydney. N. 8. W. Arrived (previously) Sierra, from San Francisco, via Honolulu At Liverpool Arrived Belgenlaad, from Philadelphia: New England, from Boston; CarpathU, from New York. Bailed Cym ric., for New York; Armenian, for New York, At Genoa-Arrived-Prinsess Irene, from New York. At Hamburg- Arrived Phoenicia, from New York. At Plymouth Arrived Moltke, from New York: Grotwer Krufurst, from New York for Cherbourg snd Bremen (and proceeded) At Greem.ck Arrived Carthagenla. from' Philadelphia. At Movllle Sailed Anchoria. for New York' Tunisian, for Montreal. At Cherbourg Arrived Kaiser Wtlhelm Der Grosses from New York, via Plymouth for liremen (and proceeded). At Queenatown Arrived Lucania. from New York for Llvenol (and proceeded). At Bouglone Bur Mmr Arrived IkyudUm. trura New York.- via Rotterdam A ,E0 MAY LIVE WEEKS A pain Improves 8o that Docton Bop to Indafinitaly Prolong Lifo. POPE TOO WEAK TO DRESS HIMSELF inds it Feoeasary to Allow Valet to Assist Him to His Clair. MASS CELEBRATED FOR SICK PONTIFF 'fstival of Baint Leo 0bsmd at Patient's Special Bequest SLEEPING SUFFERER APPEARS SKELETON While Awake Brilliant Eyes Give Evi dence of Life aad Strong, Clear Mind Asserts Itself Almost ' Continually. ROME. July la Again the unexpected has happened, and while not recovering. Pope Leo Is slightly Improving, so that now several days, and possibly weeks, are given him to live. The change was first noted by the doctors at their usual ex amination yesterday morning, when Instead of finding the pontiff a stage nearer death. as they expected, they were able to report him a trifle better thsn the night before. The rally, if so It may be called, continued all day. "the evening bulletin confirming the morning hopes, and today again the news is still better. (shortly after 2 the pope fell asleep, rest ing fairly easily till 4, when he woke, rest less, but apparently no worse. During the day his holiness complained . of soreness, got out of bed and seated himself In his armchair for several mln- utes; later he received his confessor, and at $ fell asleep for a short lime. Toward night his appetite partially returned and he took some soup, a piece of toast and a little wine almost with relish. Complains of Long Illness. Dr. Mazzonl entered the pontiff's bed room at 8:30 yesterday morning after Dr. Laponnl had reported to him how his holi ness had passed the night. He found the patient, as Pope Leo himself said, "unre- freshed and tired." His holiness complained that while the doctors had promised that his Illness would not last long. It If now two weeks since he Went to bed. The pontiff prefers to sit up on the bed. as in that position he feels less oppression on his lungs and can breathe more easily. , Dr. Mazzonl spent . much time examining him. As his holiness Is reduced almost to a skeleton. If a new operation Is decided upon It will not he because of any hope of saving the patient's life, but simply tor the purpose of rendering the death agonies less. Tho doctors, although not entertain ing the least hope of their patient's re covery, consider his general condition to day somewhat better, whereas they ex pected htm to be much worse. The pontiff's pulse is exactly aa It waa on - Thursday and hie temperature Is about the aaraoi while bin rqilrsUancowsV. little knprovemrtit . having' returned to AtrhaS lt wee on Wednesday.' Ilia appearance, how-, ever. Is that of one who could not laet an-' other hour. ' Dr. Laponnl, wishing to leave the Vatican - on urgent personal business, asked perrais ' slon of the pontiff, who not only said "yea" readily, but added: "I am so glad to have you go. ' I feel great remorse, as you are all perfect martyrs on my behalf." ' Dr. Laponnl remained In the sick room half an hour. Rings Often for Company. While he does not want anyone constantly In tho room, the pontiff rings frequently , for triflal causes, thus showing beyond ' doubt Ms desire for companionship. He has taken frequent sips of meat broth, alternated with half . spoonfuls of chicken gelatin. Ills urine continues scarce, amounting In the last twenty-four hours to thirty-six cubic centimetrea When asleep the pontiff appears to be dead. His cheeks are sunken, his eye are hollow, his bones are prominent, the -skin being tightly drawn over them. When awake the pope usually appears to retain life only In his brilliant, black eyes, though he recovered the lucidity of his mind this morning and gave fresh proof of his wonderful memory, saying: 'Today Is the fete of St. Leo. I have never failed to assist at mass since when, almost a boy, I came to Rome to participate In the Jubilee of Loo XII. I wish to hear mass today." , The pontiff's desire wsa Immediately gratified by Mgr. Marsonllnl. who again celebrated mass In the chapel adjoining tha sick room. Refuses to Stay la Bed. After ths visit ot the doctors the pope said be could not stay In bed. aa It made him testless.' His limbs were uncomfort able and he felt pains all over bis body. Therefore, he wished to go back to his arm chair. No opposition was made, as the doctors think that nothing can now do the pope mnch harm, but to the pontiff's astonishment he found he could not dress himself as be did some days ago, or walk to his chair, so his ever-watchful vslet clothed the pope and almost carried him to the arm chair, the pontiff frequently thanking him and his servants, and re marking that they must be very tired. The pope understands the gravity of his condition and says he Is ready p die, but he does not realize the Imminence of his danger, as was again demonstrated when his confessor. Mgr. PI fieri, asked to see him. The pontiff, on being Informed of the monslgnor's request, replied, somewhat petulantly: "Not now; tell him I shall not le without calling for him." The doctors really think that, unless a complication arises, the -pope may live for daya and even weeks longer. During the afternoon his condition ehowed some amelioration. The liquid In the pleura has not continued to rise and the doctors have decided to further postpone the opera tion. Rampella Agra la Bs Pope. After the doctors' morning visit the pop received Cardinal Rampolla, who remained In the sick room only a few minutes. He ' again gave the pontiff a full report of tho prayers offered on his behalf all over the world. Hla holiness, raising- both hands, said: "I bless all those who pray to God for me." In Vatican circles there Is much gossip over the great reception given by Mgr. AgaU, at Lisbon, to celebrate his elevation to the cardlnaiate, and over the solemnity with which Cardinal Aglararl today took posreasion of hie new office of vice chan cellor of the church. It Is, however, offi cially stated that the pope himself. In his last interview with Cardinal Aglararl, urged the performance of today's cere mony. In sharp contrast with these ceremonies are the continuous preparations at the Vat loan for tha death of the pontiff. A huge spit, twlve fet long, which haa been.
