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2 THE OMAHA DAILY ilEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST -4, 1903. Tsl. fit M.' During July and August Ws Clone Knitted M Specials 'H.n;CSv .' Women's gauze H! sleeve, also low value 'at 10c each. C Women's wide knee pants, lace trimmed, cellular meih weave, pne of our best garments reduced from $1.00 to 50c per pair. Children's ribbed union suits, low neck, sleeveless . knee "lengths, regular prices 50c and i5c, In this special sale 25c each. ; Children India gauze vests and pants, long or short sleeve vests, knee or ankle length pants, sizes worth up to 38c, in this special sale, 15c each,or 2 for 25c. :Y. M. G. Building, . Corner Sixteenth and Douglas St e 4 ! , bodices, wIlh'coW?d"corsets outside, spot- 1cm white handkerchiefs on their heads and sandals laced with leather thongs to the knee. The men were lees gorgeous In velvet knee breeche. with gold buttons. The group, camped In the shsdow of the obelisk, 'eating watermelon, makea ao brilliant a picture that alt on the piazza, especially the foreigners, feaated their eyea on the char acteristic scene? i" Cardinal Has Woman Cook. One of the dally eights at the Vatican la the arrival of the nun whom Cardinal yaasary, prince archbishop of Gran and primate of Hungary, brought with him from Hungary to act aa hla : cook. Car dinal Vaasary desired to have hla cook ' enter the conclave, but the presence of women being forbidden by all the rules, he arrange4 14 have. Tier cook hla dinner out side and brtjBg.ttMaJIy to, the Blstlne chapel. She comes th a cab, escorted by two Hun garian soldiers In uniform. k It Is reported that when Cardinal Sarto, patriarch of Venice, received the good Wishes of his friends he replied, smilingly: '.'Oh, no. I purchased a return ticket when I left Venice." ' Those who art superstitious are saying 4ha a Ka rftnnMftve onenad on St. lernatlue Loyola day It. will probably close tomor row, th day of 'Bt Dominic, one of the fighting saints in the calendar, thus ful filling the. propbw.Af'-St.MalaQhai, who predicted thai the motto of the next pope would be Ignis Ardent" ' There are. those, who imoless tonight to believe that , a . pope bat been already elected, but. the fact i la .being kept secret. They recall that In August," 1840. Cardinal Iambertl, Benedict XIV, wo elected pope In the evening, but that.th conoiave post poned the notification of W llectlon all night, keeping the election secret even from the conclavists,---. -.., VJ- ' On that occasion the head that was to wear the :to:n:. aaa uneasy, , Cardinal Lambertl ccuildnqt sleep and his conclavist hearing him moving Inquire the. cause of his nervousness. , XV laat the cardinal, no longer able to contain himself ..shouted: "I am pope, now ctn vgu sleep,, Just try."' . RAIN DOES-' MUCH - FOR- - GRAIN . Recent Precipitation Brians Oat Cora and ivfioat yield If better ; Than Rspocted. Jii:-it .'".- Jojrt'J' intfMH ' The TL A M rrnn renort.for the week just passed shows that the yield of wheat, Is less than had been expected, while corn Is In better condition, than at the time of the previous report. The forepart of last week was hot and dr and brought 4be corn dut wonderfully- well -Then; tho dry spell was broken by heavy rains that were gen eral throughout Nebraska and Kansas. In ths northwestern 'territory and along the line .west of Newcastle there was. plenty of rain, but between Felix and Billings ths ranges are drying up for want of moisture. In Colorado arld Wyoming the rains have oeen genr-iJ tindtl.thV copdltkmSj are prom ising for alV. of the crops, y: Prftctlcaily' all of, the "winter wheat Is cut and either1 'threshed or' in the shock waiting for1 threshing. The yield has not threshed -out as weir as .had been antici pated, generally.' In .'western Nebraska there ..was' fttod ylrld. though, It run ning between fifteen and thirty-five bush sis west of" '6rand Island and Kearney. Corn Is in excellent condition and there Is promise" pt "J tint of a normal crop, he hot xweathar ,t the Xorepart of the week brought it'ouf wonderfully and ths rain of .the.lasr. few days came just as It was. needed. 1 Oats are not doing, as well ao previously reported, but ths yield still promises t be) 'greater , than ths average. In southeastern Nebraska the heads are not ws,lf, filled, ,,; The potato crop In Ne braska probably wlU be .sufRclent for homs consumption. Pastures and 'ranges' are generally good, luch hay has been cnt and the crop la unusually heavy. 'Alfalfa la- also' doing finely. :.u r . !-,-; Soldier Fonnd Dead In WyontlasT. .CHirftrtNB.t. Wy'o.. Aug. l.-(6psclal Telegrs.nl.) Tha .body of a man who had been dead since' the first week In July was found ;today on Big Goose creek near Sheii dan. ' Papers on the body Showed that the deceased wss a discharged soldier of ths One Hundred and Fifteenth coast battery and had served In ths Philippines. He was 7 years o)d and bora' In Edwardsville, III. The flams had been erased from' the papers. roar Drown at DaVenport. DAVENPORT. la.: Auar. i.An n.in. oua, aged li Laura Redlllous and Otto Lundaulest. tmetl 19 nt xr.illn n r... Redlllous,' 'aged """lO,' of ' Chicago were arowneg in the Mississippi river this even mg hii boating. ' ' - :r . WAITED 0 YEARS i ';.' For tbe Proper Food. i it . .' , A man whp was a seml-lnvalld for ) years got well tn about t month when he fauna ths tight food. Hs says: "When was It yeara of age I had a sevsrs attack of Vyphoid fever and after almost starving to tn 4 was left In a citable condition 'My nervous system was S6 shstterel that I had to walk with a cans for six monthr after X, get on my feet and my stornah was terribly distended. This was """I jwi (u aim unci inai ums 1 het vtr known hsalth although I bad trlsd. doctor after doctor, until six months agd I It art" articls about Graps-Nutt that Impresses me so I thought I would try it. 'TBo I gave Orape-Nuu a trial, m6rs as . something- W oat- than with any idea would help me. My Improvement com menced Immediately and has kept light up until now, l' hays used T packages and I feel tike another persoq. I am, In better health ; than f hav. bfn sines boyhood and am strong and contented. Orais Nuts food helped me after everything else filled, and logk .on .this af an evidence of the, great pQwer of proper food."' Name : given by.' PoMtum. Co., Rattle Creek, Mich. SeVd d tfl Co. for particulars by mall . of extension of time on ths $7.400.0.) coiki iMtttost for T1S money prises. Saturdays at 1 p. m. Be. Aug.' t, 1W. Underwear ribbed vesta,, low riecki short neck sleeveless, a special good In consideration of such contract. Strictly mAakintf nA monav has been advanced in consideration of the contract, but the goods purchased by the government were paid for on aeiivery. as recommenuru vy m. jmuhv advocate general, the opinion of the attor tiev aeneral will be asked whether within the meaning of the statute suck payment constitutes an advance for which a de mand should be made. (3.) To determine whether any officer of the army who was concerned In msking the contract was culpa Die wunin ins true in- tAnt nt tha law. On this I find no evidence that the facts known to the officers of tne quartermas ter's rianartmant Indicated tnf other rela tion between the firm of Llttauer Brothers and the furnishing of gloves to the gov ernment than the lawful relation described at the beginning of this memorandum. The contracts were all made In Compliance with the requlrementa Of law an publlo adver tisement, upon awards to the lowest re sponsible bidder and each contained a declaration by the contractor that no mem ber of congress was Interested, the prices - X . . - 1. . I.I. h . Anr- appear id iiuve uet-ii , i mwhibwit. w... a " . ernment appears' to have got full value for Its money, tne inspection appears jo navt been rigid end the requirements of the specifications appear 10 nave oeen emurceu. iur Influatwea end no motives exceDt a de. sire to attain the beat Interests of the gov ernment appear to have operated on ths omcers oi uie army in in imuiniuu. EUHU ROOT. Secretary of War, WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Kuinber of Rural Mall Carriers Ap. pointed for Nebraska and Iowa Routes. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. I. (Special Tele mm unrti letter carriers appointed Iowa-Charle, regular, William E. Heln len; substitute, Andrew Helnlen. Nebraska -Syracuse, regulars, William B. McCon nell, Homer Harlan; substitutes, . Anssl McConnell, . Wt'.llam McFarland. tv, Katinnal t.ive Stock tank of Chicago has been approved as a reserve agent for the First National bank of Quthri center, j tl .TnnB Vina tiUit annotated substitute clerk In .the Lincoln, Neb., postomce. rrnnir a. 'Miller of Red Oak, la., and Richard Jones of Hill City, 8. D., have been flppohlted ' .assistants In connection tvlth ilm bureau Of " forestry. Miss Kate Arnett Of Wichita, Kan., has been appointed teacher .at ths. Genoa In dian school, Nebraska . 'retrolenm Predoetloa f Year. WASHINGTON, Aug. i.-Ths United States geological survey gives out the fol lowing information ss a preliminary state ment of the production of petroleum .In 1902: Total production for the year, to,- 894.C90 barrels, valued at $69,10.4. or 16 cents per barrel. WIFE SHOOTS HER HUSBAND Man Fires Thrice and Tnen Moots Death at Hands of W MATEWAN, W. Va., Aug. t. William Adair, a prosperous farmer and timber dealer, was shot and killed last night by his wife. Adair, who had been In Cincinnati dis posing 'of- some timber, returned here rather unexpectedly and found his Wife away- from horn. Ho went th search of bar and, finding her In a neighbor's house, became jealous And, pulling' a revolver, fired thrss shots at her, all of Which went wild. 'Mrs. Adair fan " into her house, seised her husband's Winchester and ' re turned to the yard just as ho Was entering ths gats. Har attempted to esoape by run ning toward the woods nearby, but a bullet from the Winchester laid him low. He fell to the ground mortally wounded and died without uttering a word. Ths woman rods to Williamson, where she surrendered, and is now in JaJl. She will enter A plea of . lelf-dsfense, as she claims shs saw her husband reloading his revolver and realised that hs meant to kill her. . ,- , . ... SAILORS ARE DISSATISFIED Trroatr-Tnree In .Reveaae Marino Paid Off, Deelarla Food Is Bad and wages Are Withheld. PHILADELPHIA, . .Aug. .-Bcauss .of dissatisfaction among tha sailors tn ths orew of the I'-nlted States cutter Onondaga twenty-three of them were paid off at their request on ths arrival of ths vessel at this port today. Onondaga was on th way for a cruise off ths NewEngland coast It la possible that the firemen will make a similar de mand tomorrow. 1 ' Ths men's grievance is that ths food Is not up to standard, and that under a new regulation of th Treasury depart ment a certain sum of th seamen monthly wages Is held back.' Ths report that the dissatisfied men hsd been tu ashore n Staten island was denied by the ojnesrs of Onondaga. , . . MISS ANTHONY HAS LOW SCORE CkSatpUa Woman Gaiter Renos List After Rainy Oaae Qlen. - ' ,-i -Vlow. ., : f- i ! CHICAOO. Aug. 1 -Miss Bessie Anthony, ins western woman goir cnatvolon, re turned low score In tha Oualit1n mum of. the women's apen tournament at the Olenvlew club today, her ' card for the eicrueen. note being ICO.. . . , Mies Anthony led sixty-one comnetltomi which constitutes a record-breaking field tn a local woman's open tournament. Mies r,uwiiii Loniinn rr . (iinvww. Mlei Franres Cverrtt of Rcioor and Miss M Morris of Evanston tied for second plate Meet of tha eonteetanta were ihnrnnthl drenched by the deluge whirh e--veried the course Into a river to snots and fntr fered materially with the play. Only ten I'nder ths conditions the scores of th twenty-four cneisnts who qualified for inree rupa in mmti or etsht esrh were de cldedly aooct Tfce nutelde suelifvlna fim urea ww whlrh mill, k t rm H. A.' Peldler of I.We OetkevSj and Miss Disuguier oi crunHoo, DEMAMDGLOVEMONEY (Continued from First Page.) fud suspects on stand ett and White Both Testify on Own Behalf in Kironm Murder Case. ADMIT ALL CHARGED EXCEPT CRIME Proseootlen's vWltneases Corroborated In Detail on All Minor Points, bnt Cosnbatted on Matters InrrlmlaatlusT Prisoners. CTNTHIANA, Ky., Aug. 1-In the Jett artd White trial today Bruce Little, a spe cial bailiff of th Breathitt county circuit court during th first trial of Jclt at Jack son, testified thst ha and several men, with soldiers, captured Tom White after an 118 mlle rids over the mountains st 4 o'clock In ths morning. After hs was taken White said to Little: "In a iew minutes more you would not have gotten me, as I would have left here." Woodson McChord, sheriff of Clsrk county, was called. He testified that hs ar rested. Curtis Jett Mondsy morning, May 10, In Madison county, at his mother's homs. hat after being arrested he: asked for whisky, which was not given him, and Jett said: "I am sorry to be arrested on Bun day, as I would not ba taken to Winchester on another day. I could be taken to Jack son, where I would be all right." Witness said he asked Jett where he was when the killing occurred, and Jett replied: 'None of your business." C. H. Blanthon, who was recalled by the prosecution, testified (nat In a conversa tion with Captain Ewen ths day after the shooting of Marcum, Ewen told him who did the killing. At 10:11 a. m., after having presented forty-two witnesses, Commonwealth's At torney Byrd announced that tbe common wealth rested the case. Jett Gives Evidence. The defense called Curtis Jett, one of the defendants, who said he was friendly-to B. Marcum, and with th exception of a few words with him some four years ago they had always been friends. He corrob orated Barney Schiff, called for the prose cution, who said Jett was talking to Joe Moore and himself before the murder. After ths shots were fired he walked Into the courthouse and looked about, but see ing nothing returned by the side door and went across the street. He did not aid Marcum, who was then dying. Jett said he saw. Ewen running around the courthouse. A few minutes after hs met Tom White on the street and went down 4o a place near, the depot, where they crossed the river and visited his grandmother, Hargls, ' mother of Judge Hdrgis, and there had dinner. . He met Mrs. .Mary Johnson, who asked him If he had killed her brother. He told her he did not, but they would accuse him of It. He and White both came back to town that evening and went to Freeman's saloon and there called for beer. Before he left town that morning he bought a bottle of whisky at Goodloe Combes' and took a part of it to his grand mother. . Jett's. testimony corroborated many other witnesses- who havs testified for the prose cution as to his actions ot that , fateful day,- but he, denies.! having conversations with witnesses- who declared on the wit ness stand he had spoken tq them about the murder, of Marcum. , ,., . - " "'White-Ale n grand. ' The main feature today was the ' cross- examination of Thomas White, who was next Tlaeed on the' stand by Tom L. "Maf- eum:'1 Mr? Marcum Is rme of the -attorvieys for the prosecution and Is, a brother of the dead man.' , . . . White said he came from a place fifteen miles from Jackson, looking for work, which he did not get, although he had tried for two days. His testimony cor roborated several witnesses for the prose- cutlrn. Who said he had gone In the side door of the courthouse and had come out th front door. This was Ewen's testl mony and agreed with Mis Clark And Miss Rawlins, who testified on Raturday. Whit did not deny that he bad turned and looked at Marcum ss he passed out Of the front door. His testimony corrob orated Mrs. Horde, another sister of Mar cum's, who said that he and Curtis Jett came Into her house on Sunday afternoon looking for her brother, only that -White said Jett was not the person with him at that time. White also corroborated Mrs. Johnson's testimony as to a conversation between Jett and Mrs. Johnson, but the substance of what was sftld he denied. White sstd thst after dinner on the day Marcum was killed he left Jett at hla grandmother's, while Jett says they both came to town together In the afternoon. He said hs was looking for Callahan be iur me auui was nrea. jmiss Clark on Saturday said she saw Sheriff Callahan In Hargls' front store door, Immediately In iron t or tne courthouse, seated In a rock ing chair, when the shots were fired, when he sprang to a window with a revolver In his hand. , Y0SEMITE VALLEY IN DANGER Forest Flro Threatens to Overwhelm Valuable Timber la National Park. YOSEMITE VALLEY, Cal.. Aus-. l.-A big forest firs I raging tonight just outside the Tosemlte Valley and paat the gateway guarded by El Capltan and Cathedral rocks. Should ths sfforts of ths fire ftghf"- er prove futile the flames will enter the valley and destroy much valuable timber. Forest fires have been quite numerous 111 the vicinity of the valley lately, doing considerable damage to valuable timber re serve land held by tha national govern ment. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. I-Brush fires, supposed to havs been started by campers, threatened to destroy the mining town of Blgham. twenty-five miles southwest of Salt Lake, last night. The flames st one time were within 1.000 yards of Carr's Fork, which bisects the camp, and, fanned by strong wind, was being driven over the hills with great rapidity. The fire fighters, however, succeeded In controlling th flames. CONVICT BAND IS SEPARATED Thoagbt Nor that dome of Them May Bo Captured by Local OAeers. FOL80M, Cal., Aug. 1 Two bands of es caped convicts, of five and three members each, r reported to be Iocs ted and It Is thought they will soon be captured. Ths Attention of ths posses Is now centered on these two groups, no attsntlon being given to Gordon and Robertson, who are believed to have wandered ptt by themselves.it being thought these men will eventually enter some small town and be captured by local officers. Reports thst ths escsped convicts have been seen at Dutch Flat or anywhere else In that locality hav been found to be false Asserts Ha Was Tonckod. J. B Goeather. S61S Capitol avenue, visited V1 North Ninth street last evenln and after Optir'lnat discovered his rncketbook ron. RMnrnlne:. ha asked the woman who w"urle1 ie rilare If she hid seen it and aha rnen ana hud end returned It to him. OfwutiT elnn the money was short It a nil mad comnlniit t the police end tne womsn, wno goes nv the p-na or French Oeorrle. was srreeted and ths man held aa complaining witness. RUSSIAN STRIKERS RIOT Incendiary Fires and Mala foasaks Mark Mob Ravages Krat TISIs. LONDON, Aug. 1 Correspondents of ths Times report continued labor trouble and continued suppression of traffic on ths Baku-Tlflls rsilway, which connects the Black and Caspian seas. Even Tlflls ha been deprived of meat for some time.. Incendiary fires smong the oil wells In the Raku district are of dilly occurence. The situation Is so serious that General Von WaAI. the assistant minister of ths Interior, who Is In command of gen darmerie, hAS gone to Baku. Many cos- sacks ars reported killed In encounters with the mobs. At Baku every tram car la ac companied by two armed soldiers. Strikes ars reported throughout Russia. Twenty-five thousand men are idle at Odessa and ths bulk of the workmen at Ellsabethgrad, Ekaterlnoelav and Nlko laelovav and other large centers havs struck. The main grievances of the work men, the Times correspondent, says ars the Impossible long hours. Inadequate wages and liability of dismissal on trivial pretext. Thus far no serious disorders have occurred at Odessa. RECOMMENDS GOLD STANDARD Mexican Monetary '' Bnhcftm -nltteo Adopts Antl-Bllver Report Submitted to It. MEXICO CITY. Aug. ,I.-The third sub committee of the monetary conference has adopted the report made by Rlcardo Gsrcla Grander, which, after showing figures re garding the world's present stock of gold, say sthe figures demonstrate that gold Is at present nominally "not scarce," but tends to predominate absolutely as the sole standard and measure of values, but Is being relegated to a secondary and sub sidiary rote as a token of coinage. The report continues: Our commerce Is Carried on exclusively with gold-standard countries and If we wish 10 nvoia or mitigate a monetary and mer cantile crisis It is Imperative that we In troduce a monetary reform that will give stability to our currency. The adoption of this report by the com mission Is taken to Indicate that . a gold standard Is likely to be recommended In a modified form by the entire monetary commission, which met today for the first time In full session. ... PRELATE FOR PRIVY COUNCIL Catholic Archblsbop Likely to Bo Appointed aa Resnlt of K Iris's Irish Visit. LONDON, Aug. , iAceordlng to the Chronicle It Is not Impossible that tho king's Irish visit will result In the ap pdntment of Archbishop William J. Walsh ol' Dublin to tho Irish privy council. - Hitherto no Cet:,ollc prelate has been cn the council, but It Is said to have been a cherished dream1 Of Lord Beaconsflold to appoint a prelate possessing the confi dence of the. Irish people and the pope. PROMOTES SUGAR EXPORTS Planters' Organisation Will Giro For- elarn Markets Preference In Manufacture. CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 1-The sugar planters' organisation will soon formulate a scheme fer promoting1 the Export of sur plus sugar to England and the continent. It has been agredto'export SO per cent of the product and not to sell sugar for the locaj. market until the. supply for ex port has been manufactured. UNION . DISOWNS STRIKERS United .Mine Workers Refuse to Sap- port Wllkesbarre Hen Who ' Quit ' Work. i - - - . . - WILKESBARRE, Pa., Aug. 3.-The strike at the Red Ash colliery may develop Into a protracted struggle. The miners have been out for twelve daya and the leaders of the United Mine .Workers have informed them that they could not and would nut sanction their action and could not give them any support. Notwithstanding this the strikers pro pose to continue the strike upon their own responsibility. About 040 men are involved. Electrical Workers Quit. NEWCASTLE, Pa., Aug. S.-As a result of the trouble between the Pennsylvania engineering work and the members of tha local union, No. 33, of ths International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, nearly all departments of the bttr plant are ldlo ! today. Chief Engineer Edward W. Beadle ! stated that the. plant will be running as usual tomorrow, , when the places of the electric cranemen, their helpers and othexs will be filled. ' Tailors' Inlon Growing;. ELOOMINOTON. 111.. Aug. $.-At today" session of tho law committee of the Jour neymen Tailors' Union of North America, the report of National Secretary John Len non was read. It showed that 137 new unions had been organised during the year, an Increase In membership of 1.73 recorded, making a total membership of U.5W. The sum of 134.262 was paid for. strike benefits, while there were 118 strikes and lockouts. CLEVELAND ESCHEWS POLITICS Promlaea to teer Clear of Contro versial Matters at Chicago Club Dinner. CHICAOO. Aug. I.-James H. Eckles o the Commercial club has received a letter from Grover Cleveland promising to at tend on October 14. In the course of his letter Mr. Cleveland says: I wonder If It cannot be given out that not a single word of politics will cros my Hps, snd that my so-called addresa will simply be an after-dinner talk of probably half an hour ALTON OUSTS FREIGHT UNION Long Railroad Strike Ends, Men Being Flnully and Completely Routed. CHICAOO. Aug. 3.-The striks at th Al ton freight shed, which began two months sgo, was ended todsy. The strike was de clared a complete failure three weeks sgo, but th strikers maintained pickets until todsy. The result Is a complete loss of ths Alton to the union. . ' Murphy Jury Disagrees. CASPER. Wyo, Au. S (Speclsl Tele gram.) The Jury In the Murphy murdi'i case failed to agree after being out forty eight hours, and was discharged. E. B Murphy, who is charged with the murde of Frits Kessahn. will have a third trla In September. The Jury in the first trial also failed to agree. The last ballot take today showed eleven for manslaughter an ' ons for acquittal. A Burn Jterer r.urns. After Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil Is ap p led. Relieves pain Inatantly and heals al the same time. For mad or beast. Price, 25c. SIOUX DEMAND BLACK ROBES fiosebnd Agency Indian Atki Catholic to Bend Mor Misiiontriet, ROOSEVELT WRITES TO CONVENTION Declares His Interest In Work Done . by Church Societies to I p II ft Moral Life Of ' Katlon. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 3.-The third day' convention of the Catholic soci eties began with a solemn requiem mass in fit. Nicholas Catholic church In memory of Leo XIII. Right, Rev. Bishop Messmer of Green Bay, Wis., was the celebrant and Vicar General Fox of the Trenton dloceso preached. President Endorses Work. President Roosevelt sent the following letter to President Mlnahan: OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. July V, 1903-My Pear Bit : I have received your letter and also have spoken personally about the mat ter with Bishop McFaul. I regret greatly that it Is out of my power to accept your kind invitation. 1 belieye most heartily in the work you are doing In your Amer ican Federation t Catholic societies and it would have been a peculiar pleasure to have accepted your Invitation. I am well aware of what your societv hns sc Cnmplished for the social betterment not only of Catholics, hut of all our people, In promoting the unification end naturalisa tion of our countrymen and In working for morality and decency, especially In the In timate home relations, upon which rest the ultimate well being of the entire coun try. Wishing you all success and congrat ulating you on what you have done in the past;, 1 am. with great regard, sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Delegate Joaquin Ferran of Porto Rico addressed the convention. He said that In his country there were only ninety-five priests for nearly 1,000,000 Catholics. He urged the convention to ask the American government for an order directing that the title to church lands In Porto Rico be placed In tho neme of the church, as, al though the church was In possession of the property, the title had never been placed on record In Its favor. e When the report of Sioux congress came up. . Chief Mlntani Hanska addressed the convention In his native tongue, being In terpreted by Father P. F. Dlllman, S. J., the pastor of the Rosebud agency South Dakota. Dakota Sioux Ask Missionaries. The chief said in part: I am glad to look In-your face, for I know you are my friends. I know you will p1?.,et. tne -rights of the Indian. If you will nelp the poor old filoux people I know you will help their children and will help tho Schools of their children snd the blaok robes (missionary priests) who are trying to make all the Sioux good. My people love their children well and want them to have good, strong bodies, but they also want them to have good souls. They want to have good lives here and also hereafter,, and we do want more schools and want more "black robes" to teach our children When I left mv people, far, far away, they said: "You go to the great big federation and the federation will give u more schools and more black robes." The chief added that he was a catechlst, but the nearest church to- his home being forty mites away he collected his people every Sunday and led them in prayers and singing. tn closing he said:- ... All I have heard, and sH I havs seen I will tell my people when I go back to them, and It Will gladden their hearts. May you all prosper and may the Great Spirit bless you. - r , PH'semu Jlo Cure. So Tny,- Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO OINTMENT alls to cure Ringworm, Tetter. Old VIcers'and Botes, Pimples and Blackheads o ' the 'lace, and alt skin dis eases. ' 60 cents. ' ' MISS DOVEY MAKESBIG HIT Kebraskn Girl Wins High Prnlse from Eastern Audience at Atlantlo City.. . ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August ..-(Special Telegram.) Tonight Miss Alice Dovey appeared here In "Miss Bob White" in the role of Golden Rod. The young Nebraska girl sang In a wsy that captured the hearts of the New York and Philadelphia crowd that was present and compelled the easterners to cheer the young western girt to the echo. She made the hit of the performance. ... Are Mmnlr Perfect. Dr. King's New Life Pills ars prompt, safe, gentle and always satisfy or no pay. Best for stomach snd livery 2oc. For sale by Kuhn A Co, An a a HGGgO, M Mich Ml Hundreds of other ideal resorts in Wis consin and Michigan -Descriptive booklets free. Tickets, 1524 Farnam St. NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING Young- Man R earned and Revived nt Manawa After Reins; Appar ently Dead. While bsthlng In l:ske Manawa late yes terday afternoon a young man named Hlghstreet came very near drowning. He was rescued with greet difficulty by the manager of the bath house and other. He resides at Arcadia, la, Hlghstreet' distress was first noticed by George Munro and Hugh Murphy and others, who were crossing the Inks on a steam launch. At that time only a por tion of the man' head was visible above the water. They called for help, but. ac cording, to Mr. Munro, no one seemed to comprehend that the man was drowning. The head gradually sank and then disap peared. After the man had teen under water several minutes, said Mr. Munro, the keeper of the bath house and one other party went Into the water after him. With much difficulty they succeeded In bringing him to land. ' To all appearances Hlghstreet wss dead when iaken from tho water. His face had begun to turn black and his breath had stopped. He was rolled over a barrel and after an hour's hard work he was resusci tated Several parties were in bathing close to tho man, but none attempted to savs him, and there wero no facilities at the bath house for saving the man. At the beach with Hlghstreet was a sis ter and a Mrs. Brady, both of whom High street asked for as soon aa he was brought back to life. He Is about yeara of ago and could not swim. CENTRAL IMPROVEMENT CLUB Omaha View First In with Its Cre dentials nasi Initiation i Fee. Oms'ha View was the first club to feder ate with the Omaha Federation of Improve ment clubs, presenting the names of George W. Sancha, E. F. Morlarty and Charles Johnson, with Initiation fee of 12. Dele gates from ths Prospect Hill club carrying credentials were J. M. Talbott, John F. Dally and A. J. Plerson. Credential had been received previously from the Grand View club, tha Orchard Hill club and the Central Park club, giving a formal mem bership of fifteen. Considerable time was tment in a dis cussion of parliamentary law and order of procedure, and finally the recently adopted constitution was read. Adjournment Was then taken until next Monday night, each club being asked to select delegates to the central organisation before that time. The Omaha View Improvement Hub will give a social at Thirty-third and Lahe streets Friday evening. All of the city of ficials will be present and an exceedingly interesting meeting Is anticipated. NEGRO SOUGHT BY Mol JAILED Indicted, Pleads Guilty and la Sen tenced All In ' Two' Hours. DANVILLE, III., Aug. 1 James Wilson, a negro whom a mob attempted to lynch on July 26, was indicted on the charge of at tempt to assault Mrs. Burgess of Alvln, 111. He was taken Into court, allowed to enter a plea of guilty and sentenced to a long t.-rm In the state prison. The wnole proceeding cocupled about two hours. ' The grand 'Jury was convened today to HAND SAPO-IO FOR TOILET AND BATH It make the toilet tomethlnf to b Joyed. It remove all stain and roughness, prevent prickly heat and chafinf, and leave the skin white, soft, healthy. 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