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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, F1UDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1903 TEN TAGE8. SINGLE COIY THREE CENTS. C. A. R. ELECTS BLACK ! Xllineli Offioer 8ekoted u Hew Ooniinander-ln-0hiif of Order. NEIRASKA NOMINATES A CHAPLAIN irison Candidate, Eowerer, Wins Out on ths 8eoond Ballot f BUSINESS SESSIONS ARE COMMENCED General Stewart and Others FreMnt Annual Reports to Veteran NET LOSS TO MEMBERSHIP IS 7,245 i t AT Declared, to Be la Flourishing tato ana lib(Hli( Organisa tions Hit Do Well Dit. Ui lac .Year. O. A. R. Ofneers, Commander-ln-Chlef Gneral Black of llllnola. John C. Senior Vice Commander Colonel C. Ma- on Keene or California. Junior Vice Commander Colonel Harry C. Kesaler of Montana. Burgeon-in-Chlef George A. Harmon of Ohio. Chaplainvln-Chlef Wlnfield Scott, Ari Sona. BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2a The Grand Army of the Ropubllo today (elected Boa ton aa the plaoe In which the encampment of ISOt will be held, and elected officer. The only content waa over chaplain, for Which two ballots were taken. On the rst ballot Broaa of Nebraska received 288 vote, Hoott of Arlsona, KM, and Bradford af Washington, 25. Bradford withdrew and Bcott waa elected on the second ballot. Boston and Denver were the only places named for the next place of meeting- Be fore the ballot had proceeded far It be came apparent that Denver had no chanoe and It was withdrawn. Boston was se lected by acolamatlon. The remaining- officers will be choaan tomorrow and the committee on resolu tions will report. It Is ezpeoted that the encampment will be adjourned at noon. During; the afternoon a reception under th auaptcea of the Press elub was held at Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. In the evening there was a reunion and dog watch by the Vaval reserve which during the day had paid a visit to the Mare Is land navy yard. The commander-in-chief was received by the Ladles of the Grand Army In Union Square hall and the Wom an's Relief Corps, department of Massachu setts, held a reunion In Golden Gate hall. All the social funottons were well at leaded. - - The trip across the continent proved too rmuoh for one of the veterans, and th eon- ventlon heard th sad news today that Samuel Birch, a member of Boser post. No. Mm, Arcanum, O., was dying at a local hos tile!. Th Medical department reports the health of the veterans as good as aver since their arrival, only alxty-nvs cases being under treatment, all of a trivial XaraotvT. ; . . .. ' Boslaess Meeting; Opens, Th ' seventeenth annual - encampment of ' th Orand Army, of th Republic opened this morning at the Grand Opera house. Commander-in-Chief Thomas J.; Stewart read his annual report, which waa received Jaith applaua. It was In part as follows: For the second time In Its history the Grand' Army of the Republic baa journeyed to the Pcll)c slope to hold ita annual en campment. When we met In the olty of Ban Francisco, seventeen years ago, the astern shores Of the Pacific ocean marked the western boundary of the republic. Bine that time the fuea of other days, the mm Who wore the blue and gray In the greatest war known In all time, have marched to- netner unaer tne nag oi a unnou luuuvijj ml carried It forward in the march of olvMiaation and of progress. Today, aa sur vlvlng soldiers of the war for the suppres sion of the rebellion, and the preservation and oontlnuanre of the union, we rejoice in the added glory of the t)ag, and the -,. mrA tha nnwer of the nation, all of which emphasises the grand results of the war In which we bore a part, and the crowning glory of which waa th lnestl aaabls blessings conferred on ths human race. Th gains In membership the past year were by muster, .1K3; transfer, S,60; re instatement, 11,672; the losses, by death, R Me; honorable discharge. 730; transfer, I.SMO; suHpenslon, 13,61; dishonorable dis charge, ft; delinquent reports, 6,022; net loss. 7.246. Observance af Memorial Day. Th observance of Memorial day waa of a character to assure ua that ths heart of the people of the land Is still in sympathy with th beautiful and Impressive service. There bav been, as there always will be. soma who will disregard the obligations that rest upon all the people to pay tribute to those whose valor secured tliera the 'blessings and the security which this and tijtura eenpiRtiona will enloy and share. We cannot but hall with delight the par ticipation in the ceremonies of the school children of the land. I believe that In this .Hrx-tlim la rail of the ways, if not the surest way. to perpetuate the day. We ntuat Invi.kn aid in the work. Our Hum bers grow less, and the aacred mounds in crease in number with each passing year. In many localities appropriate services are held in the publlo schools, and the children told the atory of the days of tha war, and the meaning of service of Memorial Day. What mure Impressive sight than to see the children or tne isna garnering irora fields and garden, hill and valley, the sweet flowers of springtime, to ley them lovlnglv t,ruin soldier and sailor Braves, or with song cast litem upon the waters in tribute to our brave ones who sleep In the gardens of th sea. Let them In childhood strew the flowers snd sine- ths minus, and they In turn will teach their children to do the same, and thus truly win our deaa De re inemhered by our children, and our rhll dren'a children through the generations tl to be. Women's Helief Oops. The Women's Relief Corps continues with timtbated seal the splendid work to which it is devoted and for which it Is organised. The ladles of the Grand Army la none the ea earnest an 1 active in the work in which thev are so lovinalv snd loyally enaaaad. The name. Sons of Veterana. is full cf meaning. They feel that thelr'a Is a herl- tagu of glory, that thuy stand apart In s measure from "the young men of their time, linns the bovs uu nearer the post room, nearer the Grand Army, and they will form the new line of union loving, patriotic men, whose flag and purpose and altar will be that of tholr fathers The reanonse to the general order te- quostlng contributions of aid the comrades In the Southern department In the work of celebrating Memorial Day, have been 11 u er.il. The noble and laudable effort of the Orand Army of the Keiiumio to place love of roun try and flag permanently before the youth of the land liaa been eminently successful. find has reached all parts of the Kvr-ubltc snd Its dependencies. The tendency toward the enactment of laws directing patriotic education and reverence for the flag la en-couraalna- and cumnu ndnble. Contributions to a limited extent for the V home at Mountain Hprings, Ala., nave ten received from every pari or tne country. Malor Falltner. the chairman of the com mittee on ways aud meana. aald to the commander-in-chief. "The fraternal feeling anil the kind sentiments expressed by the different Grand Armv of the Republic posts and the Individual members thereof throughout the nortn lias toucneo ana sort ened the hearts of every confederate sol oler in th south. Question at Pensions. Ths administration by th Board of Pen aious of ike paakn laws, that fur so Beany (Continue oa beeoad PagrO M0R0 SULJ5ES PL0GY ays That Bis lasaa Son Was Caas I Attack oa the Troop. MANILA. Aug. 20. 1:20 a. m. The sultan of Denser has appeared before Major R. H. Bullard with a large retinue and has made a full and complete apology for the Insult tendered the United States flag, and for which reparation was promptly demanded by Major Bullard, then in command. The sultan declared that his craiy son, since disinherited, was alone responsible for th outrage. The sultan of Bacolod Is reported as re fortifylng his various camps and demand ing a substantial Indemnity from the United States on account of war losses be fore he- will tender his submission. The sailing of the transport Sherman, now out from Manila twelve days, home ward bound to San Francisco, was delayed by It having been quarantined In conse quence of the outbreak of cholera on board. Only one case was reported and It was cured when the vessel left. It carried home th Tenth Infantry regiment with Generals Atwood and Cragle. Ladrones, It is reported, attscked th town of Taorlsc recently and fought th inhabitants for an hour, while the majority of the constabulary acting as garrison were in the field. TARIFF COMMISSION Br. ambers af Commerce Rec ,'A onsideration af Prefer. . f ' trade Scheme. MONTREAL., "0. The congress cf Chambers of Con. , it ths British em pire today decided , recommend th Im perial government to appoint a committee consisting of representatives of Great Britain and Its colonies to consider ths adoption of a commercial policy within the British empire, based upon th principle of mutual benefit. The resolution' was Introduced by Lords Strathcona and Bossey. The delegates were the guests tonight of the Montreal Board of Trad at a ban quet, at which the governor general, the art of Mlnto, made a remarkable speech, declaring for closer union between the different parts of the empire on a basis of preferential trade. He asked if Mr. Chamberlain, with his splendid record and present position, would care to Jeopardise his fife's work for the sake of a mere Im perial dream, and concluded by saying that now was no time for those who had th welfare of the empire at heart to ait with folded arms. RAMPOLLA STANDS NO CHANCE Pop Is Not Ukely ta Reappoint Lea's , Secretary at . State. ROME, Aug. 20. Plus X, having several times received Cardinal Rampolla in long audiences, the rumor obtained currency that th cardinal might be reappointed sec retary of state to the Vatican. A denial of this rumor has, however, been obtained from a reliable source. It la explained that tha conferences. were due partly to ths pope's desire to become personally ac quainted with all foreign questions, and to the fact that Cardinal Rampolla, being Pope Leo's executor,. musif consult th pontiff whenever controversial points arise. Mgr. Kennedy, rector of tha American college, gave a dinner tonight In th villa of th American college at Castle Gandof in honor of Most Rev. J. J. Harty, arch bishop of Manila.- Among ths quests were Cardinal Batolll, Mgr. O'Connell, rector of the Catholio university at Washington, and Mgr. Fowler, Archbishop Harty's secre tary. .' BOWEN LAUDS VON STERNBERG Declares Germans View Americas love for Ambassador as a Sla. BERLIN, Aug. JO. The Local Anselger today published an Interview with Herbert W. Bowen, the United States minister to Venesuela, In which Mr. Bowen says he does not consider it ' peculiar that he should represent two countries at Th Hague. I i "Neither does my government," he con tinued, "I go where I am sent, even to th north pole, I take th part only of th wesk against the strong. I cannot understand the attacks of th German press on Baron von Sternberg. I learned to know him as a clever diplomatist and an excellent exponent of German Interests. It almost seems that the friendship Ameri ca i feels for Baron von Sternberg is re garded in Germany as a sin." MACVEA&H ANSWERS BALFOUR Declares Venesnelaa Delay Not Da . to Language Which Is Already Decided. LONDON, Aug. I!. Wayne MaeVeagh, senior counsel for the United States In th Venesuelan arbitration, has written a long letter to the Times calling attention to the statement made by Premier Balfour In the House of Commons on August 14 that there waa an unexpected delay in th set tlement of th Venesuelan question be cause France and Spain objected to th uss of ths English languaga before the tribunal, and that the question had been left to th tribunal Itself to decide. Mr. MacVesgh says Mr. Balfour must have' been either misrepresented or mis informed, since the language difficulty had been already decided, It having been de cided that English should be used. SALISBURY IS NOT SO WELL Illness af th Nelea Eagrllehmaa Haw Rea-ardea as Critical. Is LONDON. Aug. 20 The condition of Lord Salisbury this afternoon Is regarded I as being critical. The most serious elsment of his Illness Is nervous prostration, which, on several occasions, has been scute. Ixrd Salisbury Is suffering from Blight's disease. ' Viscount Cranborns. aldest son of Lord Salisbury, says his father was Improving in health until last week, when a slight so dden t led ta a recurrence of the complica tions hs had been Suffering from. Including marked weakness Of th heart and circula tion. Ths arm of ths chair in which th aged marquis was sitting broke snd he sustained a nasty fall. Lord Roberts Is Cess inc. LONDON. Aug. 20. Field Marshal Lord Roberta and his staff have booked passage an the steamer Mayflower, which sails from Liverpool aa Beptatober a fox Boa too, SULTAN CRINGES TO CZAR Turkey Implores Withdrawal of Squadron, Promising to Sethi All Demands. REBELS SLAY NO WOMEN AND CHILDREN Destroy FortlSed DwtlUagi aad Bac cate Bulgarians Act In as Spies, bat Spare Innoeeat Na combatant. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug-. 20. Tewflk Pasha, Turkish foreign minister, yesterday visited the Russian ambassador and noti fied him that ths Turkish government ac cepted all th Russian demands and begged that the Russian squadron be withdrawn from Turkish . waters. Neverthelees th ships arrived Off Inlada and anchored late in th afternoon. The news of th arrival of th Russian squadron is spreading notwithstanding the continued suppression of all telegrams and announcements on the subject. Th gen eral opinion of Europeans her Is that th time has arrived for a vigorous Inter vention and th abandonment of all semi measures which are regarded as the cause of ths present rising. According- to Turkish official reports th strongest positions of ths Insurgents ars at Krushevo, Merlhoro and Fiorina, Con trary to previous reports It is now stated officially that Krushevo 'is still occupied by th Insurgents. Th headquarters of the revolutionists are in the Perlnterl mountains in th vicinity of Monsstlr. Women and children ar not molested by th Insurgents who have destroyed only fortified dwellings occupied by rloh Turks. It is not denied that they kill all Bul garians and Greeks found acting as Turkish spies, but th strictest orders have been Issued not to Interfere with women or children. British Fleet Net Galea:. LONDON, Aug. 20. The admiralty today denied the Dally Chronicle statement that Armlral Donvllle, commanding the British Mediterranean squadron, now off th coast of Portugal, had received urgent orders immediately to dispatch some of his ships to th vicinity of Salonloa. Th officials informed the Associated Press that nothing had been done regard ing th dispatch of a British foroe to Turkish waters and it was not expected that such action would be taken, in view of Great Britain's announced support of the policy of Russia snd Austria, unless a radical change in the situation should occur. The British Foreign office has been no tified of th orders Issued to ths Italian squadron, which appear to have been com' munlcated to all the capitals and which the Italian diplomats say does not mean that Italy intends to withdraw in the slightest degree from co-operation with tha powers. Powers Act la Harmony. Th Austrian embassy vouches for th continuance up to th present of th har monlous agreement between th powers relative to Macedonia. Neither th Austrian or Russian, nor the Italian embassies have any knowledge of th reported exchanges ef .communications between the continental powers In regacd to a Joint naval demonstration oft Balonlc. All the embassies here unite In tha state ment that th news from Macedonia is ex aggerated. It is officially supposed, how ever, that th Turkish government hag about 10.0C0 troops In th disturbed district and this number is accepted as being an indication that a large majority of th population is engaged in the Insurrection, While there is a general belief that the United States will not intervene In Turkey, Interest is displayed in diplomatic circles as to whether th authorities at Washing ton will order American warships to Turk ish waters. Kearotlatloas la Progrrees. The Associated Press learns that Impor tant negotiations are in progress between the powers which promise to result in the early adoption of a new plan for tha set tlement of the Macedonian trouble. A foreign official said this afternoon It IS somewhat premature to say that a aennlte agreement on the subject nas al ready been reached, as stated by the Ind pendence Belgn of Brussels, but notes are being exchanged in this direction. In other quarters it was intimated that th scheme was partially an the lines re f erred to by the Belgian newspapers. There is no doubt that I agreement of some kind has been reachea, as at the be ginning of the negotiations . the powers started with the general . purpose of' co operation and this harmony has continued, Berlin Fears Serloas Troable. BERLIN, Aug. to. The rising in Mace donia is regarded here as bringing on a darkening stage. The Insurrection Is in creasing In proportions unexpected by th German dlplomatio agents. Bulgarian feeling, excited by ths mur ders and tortures across ths border, is less restrainable by the Bulgarian government and the movements of the Russian and British fleets add to the nervousness on th bourse and among traders and bankers owning Turkish railroad shares or having commercial Interests In Turkey. The German government maintains its 'passive attitude, with the desire to Join the other powers ' in any communications to Turksy or Bulgaria designed to prevent war and tending to confine the disturbance to any Insurrection which Turkey must suppress. To Snpprese the Revolt. BRUSSELS, Aug. 20. The Independence Beige says It hears the powers have ar rived at an understanding' regarding the steps to be taken to suppress th revolt and apply reforms In Macedonia. According to this unconfirmed report Rus sia will act on ths sea, occupying the Dardanelles and th Bosphorus; Austria will act on land and Italy will exercise surveillance over Albania. After peace shall be reatored the powers are to with draw and restore to Turkey Its full sover eignty,. Exarch Refaaes to Interfere. SOFIA. Aug. 30 The Greek patriarch asked the Bulgarian exarch to address a circular note to ths Bulgsrtan ministers and school teachers In Macedonia urging them to remain quiet and not fight agalnat the aultan. The exarch replied that he wis sorry he waa not In a position to serve the sultan. As all the 'Bulgarian ministers and teachers had been caat into prison snd the churches snd schools closed, his voles could not be heard there, only the sound of runs was audible. v Fugitive families from Krushevo. who have arrived at Monastlr, give terrible de tails of the situation In Krushevo sfter its capture by the Turks. The latter, they aay, acted like fiends, running from house to house and street to street, slaughtering everybody they met. The town la now a heap of ruins. Tha Sofia Post prints a strong article (Continue on Second PageJ POSES AS SENATOR'S SON Cashiered Army oSseer Hives Special TrVlns aad Cashes Roans i Cheeks. NEW TORK, Aug. .-Alfre4 Crosby Owen, 28 years of .Mrs, who says his horn Is in Washington .D. C, was locked up at police headquarters today charged with passing two worthless checks on th Waldorf-Astoria and Fifth Avenue hotels. The polios believe ther have the man who has been spending the last few weeks In th west, chartering? special trains and posing as tha son of Stephen B. Elklns. Word wss sent from Chicago that th real Stephen B. Klklns, Jr., waa In that city and had learned that someone had been traveling acroas th country telling railroad officials he was th son of th senator from West Virginia. Owen took a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday and . Manag-er Boldt . cashed a check for him for 160 drawn on the Elklns National bank and signed by 8. B. Elklpe. "I am Senator Elklns' son snd I am a little short of ready .cash," he said. He went from there to th Fifth Avenue hotel and engaged a room. Th clerk at that hotel cashed a check for 16 to "self," signed by 8. B. Elklns, Jr., and drawn oa the Elklns bank. When arrested Owen simply said that he was well acquainted with Senator Elklna and his son and would get out of the trouble all light. - He claims to hsve been a lieutenant m the United States navy, having graduated .from Annapolis in 1897. The polios say Owen waa dismissed from the navy in December, 1902, on charges of failing to pay debts. . DESIRES AMERICAN SHIPS Walter Greshasa Tells Commercial Cena-reas Merchant Martae Is Needed br Trade. SEATTLE, Aug-. 20. Th Transmlsslsslppl congress today listened to an address by Walter Gresham of Qalveaton on "Ths Ne cessity of First-class Harbors to the Com merclal and Industrial Development of Our Country. ' He said In part: The American neonle. until within th last rew years, nave neen too busy extena Ing railroads, bulldii.g factories and de veioninc tneir country to pay mucn anea tlon to foreign comnvirce, but now we ere oneratina- three-fifths of the railroad mile age on the globe, otir manufactured pro ducts are greater than tnoee of Ena-lana France and Germany combined, we ars raising the largest surplus of breastuff, hog products and cotton of any country in the world, and these products are transported within our borders at a less average cost fr ton mile than those of any other coun ry. These facta demonstrate conclusively the necessity for the early Improvement of our harbors on plans commensurate with the needs of the modern instrumentalities of commerce so that our surplus products may reach the markets of the world with the least delay ana ths smallest transports' tlon charges possible. We have entered the cohtest for the commercial supremacy of the world, and every racllity that the fov emment can extend must and will be pro vided bv oonsress. One other thing la essential to Insure our complete and permanent success as a great commercial nation, that Is a merchant ma rine, manned by American seamen and carrying the American flag. Let congress provide for deep and, commodious harbors and enact liberal ship registry laws, and the genius of ths (American merchant, backed by American enpltal, will soon sup ply us vessels. - .. . . i i. in ' Ml i i ., ADDICKS1 ACCUSED JN COURT Gaa Company Receiver Declares Poll ticlaa Fraadaleatly Received $1,000,000 Stock, y WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. . In , the United States circuit court today George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, receiver of the Bay State Gas company of Dela ware, filed a bill of complaint against J. Edward Addlcks, United States Senator J. Frank Alee and others, alleging fraud In connection with a transaction Involving the stock of the company, said to be valued at $76,000,000. The bill charges the directors as defend ants, except Addlcks, with entering into an unlawful combination to issue to Addlcks 1,600,000 shares without consideration. The writ Is asked to order Addlcks to deliver to the receiver a cancellation certificate for these shares, and that the defendants be ordered to pay an amount equivalent to any loss sustained by the company on ac count of this alleged fraudulent issue. The stock is alleged to have been trans ferred on July 3, 1902, to Edwin M. Post, a Nsw York broker, who is alleged to have been in the employ of Addlcks to sell th stocks. It Is further set forth that of th $76,000,000 of stock Addlcks is believed to still control a large portion. - ' STEEL TRUST GETS ORE LAND Seventy Million Tons of Minnesota Iroa Reck Porcbased by Giant Comblae. NEW TORK. Aug. 20. Ths dsal for the purchase of iron ore lands on the Mesaba range, Minnesota, by the United States Steel corporation, which has been reported occasionally since the first of the year, waa verified today by local officials of tha corporation. By this purchase the steel corporation takes off the market ths last large single block of ore property In the Mesaba range which Is for sale. It la said the importance of the purchase cannot be overestimated. In all about 70.000.0CO tons of excellent ore, much of It high grade bessemer, has been measured up on the land acquired and It la estimated that an even larger yield will be obtained. The properties wsre pur chased from ths holdings of the Chemung Iron company. The lands are mostly leased properties, on a baais of 26 cents a ton royalty, which is considered to give the stsel corporation an immense addition to Its ors reserve at no undue cost. Boms of the deposits measure up to 63 per cent Iron and down to .016 per cent phosphorus. SAYS MUNSEY WRECKS PAPER Stockholder Seeks to Eajola Sale of the Row Tork Dally News. NEW TORK, Aug. 20. Edward M. Shepard, counsel for Colonel William Brown, owner of 140,000 ahares of ths Dally News corporation, asked Supreme Court Justice Davis, todsy, to grsnt sn injunc tion restraining the sale of the paper which has been advertised for tomorrow. Mr. Shepsrd ssld that for many years the Dally News has run st a profit of llOO.Oiio a year and that the year before Mr. Munsey acquired possession ths News made a net profit of 172,000 and had In Its treasury 190,000. "Now," said Mr. Shep ard, "that $90,000 has vanished snd th psper owes IMo.OOO." Mr. Rushmor. counsel for Mr. Munsey, ssld ths sale could not be enjoined. He said ths paper waa wrecked befor Mr. Munsey acquired Mrs. Wood's stock. Decision was reserved. COTTON POOL ffllS STATES BeoreUry Wilson Declares European Na tions Seek to Escape Gambler. EGYPT MAY COMPETE WITH AMERICA Britain, Frame, Germany and Asiatic Countries Stimulate rreanctlen svad Freedom for Traasat start Financial RlnSTa, WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Secretary Wil son of th Agriculture department. In aa Interview today declared that Infinite mls- ehlef Is being- done cotton manufacturing and Industry by speculative movements In cotton. "The speculators hav cornered th mar ket," said the secretary, "and put np the price so high that manufacturers cannot use raw cotton. - At existing prices there Is no profit to them. The price of man ufactured goods cannot be manipulated like the price of raw cotton. "The manufacturer found It more profit able," he continued, "to sell his cotton to the gamblers. Mills were closed down be cause no raw material was left and In some Instances cotton which waa sold to European manufacturers has been brought ; baok to this country and used la the rambling operations." Secretary Wilson aald most European nation which manufacture cotton aad own lands In outlying provinces where -cotton might be grown are anxious to become Independent of American speculators and are organising and holding out Induce ments for the development of the cotton raising Industry, The British, the French, the Germans and others own lands In Africa, and have, been for sometime ar ranging for th production of cotton. "They know," said Secretary Wilson, "that we are ' training scientists her to study the cotton plant, and thsy hav been anxious to get our high class men over there to organise for them. Th United States sent 28,000.000 to Egypt last ysar to pay for long staple Egyptian cot ton. Th Department of Agriculture Is trying to grow as good a staple at home by by-breding the new varieties. "Th secretary of agriculture for Egypt paid me a visit not long ago and said that with their Irrigation of large areas along the Nile valley, growing out of th com pletion of the yreat dam, the cotton pro duction - of Egypt would be greatly In creased. They pay 15 cents a day for labor there. There is a breed of cattle which does all the work and stands the hsat better than mules. Those European nations owning territory In Africa have been coming to our southern states and engaging- expert labor to go over there and organise the natives. "Twelve-cent cotton In the United State Is a great encouragement to all those peo ple to Increase their output The nations In Asia are doing everything to Increase their cotton production and become in dependent of us. There has been a feeling for some time that It would be wiser to crow more cotton, but gambling operations this summer had th Immediate trect of stimulating tha feeling." , Ask Baaspr for C'aaal News. Minister tJeadpre-at Cogeea has asked by the Stats department to send mor definite Information concerning' pro ceedings on the Isthmian canal treaty. The only dispatch' received .today - from Minister Eeaupre was dated Ausust 12, and was Indefinite, although it conveys the impression that farther offorts are being made to secure favorable action on the treaty. The Costa Rlcan minister called on Acting Secretary Adee today, but said his visit was one of courtesy snd had no reference to the Isthmian canal. TROLLEY ACCIDENT IS FATAL Hlfhty-Flve Passengers Hart When Motorsnaa Loses Control ht Cars. , BRADDOCK, Pa., Aug. 20.-In an acci dent tonight on th Pittsburg Railway company's electric line Archie Hamilton, aged 20, of Eddewood was Instantly killed and Philip Burns, .28, conductor, of Home wood was fatally hurt. Nearly every one of the elghty-flv passengers on the car suffered minor bruises and cuts. Motorroan Fulton lost control of his car, apparently through the failure of ths brakes to work, and th car, going at a terriflo speed, as It rounded a curve lurched so that, while It was not derailed. It threw all th passengers from their seats. Ham ilton and Burns war thrown from th car with great force against an Iron trol ley pole, Hamilton striking it head first, literally splitting his skull open. Burns was hurled agalnat the pole at th same Instant, fracturing his skull. PASS UP BOODLE "CHARGES Seraataa Selectmen Refuse ta Ces Committee. SCRANTON. Pa., Aug. .-By a vote 12 to 1 the select council tonight indefinitely postponed action on th report of th "boodling" Investigation committee, recom mending th unseating of Selectmen Evens, Reagan and O'Boyl for alleged solicitation of bribes In connection with th Dalton street railway franchise. Th Investigation was th outcome of charges that Evans demanded MOO each for himself and eleven other selectmen to vote for th ordinance. Th demand was re fused and the quorum waa broken by th leven men, whom Evans la alleged to hav claimed he represented. O'Boyle and Rea gan were charged with having made Indi vidual demands for money from th seras promoter. EX-POSTMASTER GENERAL ILL Wllsoa S. Blssell Is Strlckea Down with Severe Brlfht's Disease. BUFFALO, N. T.. Aug. 20.-A telegram from Bar Harbor, Me., says former Poat maater General Wilson S. Blssell Is 111 there, and his friends fear he cannot re cover. Mr. Blssell Is a sufferer from Blight's disease. CROWDS WATCH DARING THEFT Robber Breaks Jeweller's Window aad Deoamps with S3.000 , Worth of Diamonds. CANTON, O., Aug. 20. While the strssts were crowded with shoppers todsy a man smashed the show window of W. A. Wort man's Jewelry store, In the heart of the city, and escaped with a tray containing 13,004 worth ef diamonds. CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraaka Fair Friday and Warmer In Eastern Portion; Saturday Fair and Continued Warmer. Tern per at nr at Omaha Teeter duty! Hear. Dear. Hoar. Dear. a. as 1 p. m...... M a. at UI p. as St T a. as 4 p. m M a. as...... 4M p. en...... M a. 'as Tl p. m a 19 a. m TS p. an 84 It a. m TM J 9. m at 11 aa... 79 dp. m T8 9 p. aa...... TO CAROLINA NEGRO LYNCHED Assaelts ill Mardera Little White Ctrl, Paying Penalty ta Death. HALIFAX, Iff. C. Aug. 20. A negro who confessed to having Vssaulted and mur. dared Mary Jenkins, a 11-year-old whits girl, wss tonight hanged by a mob to a tree and his body riddled with bullets. Th negro oonfeaaed after the noose had been placed around his neck. After disposing of ths negro the mob. which made no attempt at concealment, dispersed. The body of the child was found In tha stable or Cantaln Griffin, her rr.nir.thw .n.i,t i.K h iK,.i t 1 grandfather, tonight, with th throat cut from ear to ear. A kgro employed hv Captain Griffin, when searched, was f 'iv I to hav the keys of the stable, a bloo'y knife and blood on his hsnds snd clothes, and waa at one arrested by citizens. LJVE WIRE CREMATES BOYS Tan alters Climb Electric Tower and Ave Electrocuted oa To?. SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. 20.-James Budd and Eugene Moss, boys, were electrocuted tonight by- an electrio light tower by com ing In contact with a heavily charged wire. It has been the practice of boys playing in the neighborhood to climb the tower, which Is US' feet high to the plat form at the top. ' Tonight when young Moss reached the top and touched the wire carrying a heavy current his body burst Into flame. Budd in an attempt to rescue his companion suffered th same fate. Th electrio cur rent on th weat side of th city was turned off and linemen secured th bodies. TRAIN CRASH . MAIMS NINE Baltimore A Ohio Passeagrev Smashes Throoa-h Moving; Freight la Coanellsvllle Tarda. CONNELLSVILLE. Pa., Aug. 20. A Baltimore A Ohio passenger train In going through the Connellsvllls yards to Fair mont this evening ran . through an open switch and crashed Into the middle of a moving, freight train on the westbound track. Nina persons were hurt. ' Th seriously Injured: O. It, Pore, passenger engineer. Dennis De vine, passenger conductor. Mrs. Kleffer, Dunbar, Pa., aged SO. a pas senger, i . Th. wreck was due. It Is said, to the negligence of a yard employ In leaving the switch open. LEAVES WORKMEN IN THE AIR SeasTola Falls, Slaying; Three, While ' Others Clla ' to th i Girders. PITTSBURG. Aug. 20. By th collapse of - a scaffold tonight In th annex to tha Joseph Horn company building' on Penn avenue Samuel Brooker was killed and two other colored workmen were so seriously hurt that they will probably die. ' Ten workmen were on a scaffold on the sixth floor, engaged In tearing down a partition between th two 'buildings. From some unexplained cause the scaffold gave away, falling- ninety-five feet. Seven of the workmen, clung to steel girders stretched across th building; and so es caped. KILLS SELF WITH WATER CURE Salt Lake Has Clinches Water Tap la Teeth Till Death Is . Are. ' , SALT LAKE CITT, Aug. 20.-Andrw Adams, a waltsr, who last Saturday mur derously assaulted and frightfully slashed Mrs. Jennie Gerald with a rasor afterwards cutting his own throat, committed suicide at Holy Cross hospital tonight. He evaded his nurse and went Into a bath room, got into ths tub and placing his mouth over ths tap, turned the water on full force. He clenched the tap between his teeth and held on until unconscious. He died within a few minutes OLDEST POSTMASTER DEAD Appointed by President Bachaaaa, Ultaels Omelal fervee Forty- BLOOM1NGTON, 111., Aug. 20.-Frank J. Bchrelber, ssld to have ssrved longer than any other postmaster In ths United States, died today at Cruger, Woodford county, aged Tl. Schrleber was appointed postmaster during President Buchanan's administration in 186 and served continu ously for forty-four years. i Only On Baak Closed. BEAUMONT. Tx.. Aug. 20 All the banks except the Cltlsens opened for busi ness as usual today. It Is not believed any other Institutions will be affected. Th capital of th bank, 1100,000, la absorbed by the failure, and about 1180,000 In addition is Involved, part of whloh represents the sav ings of poor people. Major Ktlboara Is III. ST. PAUL, Aug. 20 -The condition of Major Charles E. Kllboums, paymaster cf the United fttates army, who is suffering from an uloeratloa of th stomach. Is se rious. Masked Mea Shoot a Boy. WASHBURN, Wis., Aug. 20 Two mask ed men held up the boarding house of James Hall at Sioux River last night and shot Willie Ernest, aged 12. Ths men escaped. Movemeats of Ocean Vessels Aagr. BO. At New Tork arrived: Norge from Co penhagen and Chrlsllanaaiid. Balled: Bluerher for Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cherbourg; La gavoi for Havre; Bremen for Bremen. At Loudon Called: Arcadian for Mon treal. At Queenstown Sailed: Weatemland for Philadelphia; Teutonic for New Tork. At Liverpool Arrived: Caledonian from Boston for Manchester; lvemla from Boa ton; Pomeranian from Montreal. Sailed: Custodian for New Orleans. At Glasgow Sailed: Siberian for St. Johns, N. J., and Philadelphia. At Marseilles Balled' Achilles from T aroma, via Manila, Cebu and Hung Kong, for Liverpool. At Hamburg Arrived: Graf Walderse, Xrom Mew Tork. YACUTS SAIL IN VAIN Belianos Gains If any Minutes in Drifting Match for America' i Cap. COMMITTEE DECLARES RACE OFF AT TURN lefender Bounds If ark After Being Kepeat edly Becalmed on War Out SHAMROCK HANGS AROUND WAITING WIND Elements Again Oonipire to Bender Contest Hull and Toil YANKEE BOAT OUTPOINTS ITS RIVAL Cballeaces Baa Bad Lack with Flakey Breesoa, hat Is Also Clearly Ont sailed la OpealnaT Ces. teet, Rellaaeo Leads at Baa. The first race tor America's CUP WSS d. clared off at the turn when Relfanoe was ,xt(M,n ,!. ,h, havlna- nined that much In a fifteen-mile drift. NEW YORK. Aug. 20. -One of the big gest crowds of sightseers and yachtsmen that ever sailed down Bandy Hook to wit ness a battle for ths yachting supremacy of the world, returned to New Tork tonight disappointed because th wind failed, loav-' Ing the yacht disabled. Nevertheless th crowd was Jubilant In ths conviction that Sir Thomas' latest challenger, Ilk the two which had preceded It, was doomed to re turn to England empty-handed. Of course the race today was not abso lutely conclusive' owing to the light and shifting character of the air, but In a fifteen-mile beat to windward, a portion of which was sailed In a driving rain. Reli ance showed Ita heels to Shamrock III In commanding style, and that, too, under weather conditions supposed to be to th particular liking of th challenger. Fife's latest ireatlon has been heralded as a won der In light breeses lit windward work, es pecially with a Jumpy sea on, while Reli ance, In Its trfals, had don Its best reach ing and running In a whol sail wind. Yet today, with a breese varying from on to twelve knots and against a Ions ground swell, the defender outfootsd snd out pointed Bhamrockin. Shamrock Way Behind. Shamrock did not turn the outer mark and there Is no way ef knowing how badly it waa beaten, but It is eatlmated that It waa more than a mile astern, or about sixteen minutes In th existing wind, when Reliance rounded. As a result of the trial, . the experts believe, blow high or low, Re liance will win this, the thirteenth, ssrles for the America's cup. ' The day was a miserable one, A mist lay over the city and bay In th morning and when the great fleet ef excursion steamers, steam -yachts, tugs and sailing vessels reached th starting line, where racers were Jockeying for position, threat ening clouds wera gathering ever the Jr ssy highlands. . , Th breese was not ever7 Six knots. Th course was set fifteen' miles ' Southwest,' l I W . Jt ),. Tama.. . t .. t At the start Captain Barr cleverly out generaled Captain Wrings, sending Reli ance over the line two seconds behind the challenger, but In the windward berth. In the first twenty minutes the defender showed its windward qualities drawing up on even terms, with tha challenger about 200 yards to windward. Then' the storm broke and for thirty minutes the rala came down In torrents, th wind meanwhll In creasing to twelve knots. When the storm passed the defender waa seen to be firmly established on Shamrook's weather bow and was never after headed. During the last two hours of th rac. Reliance steadily Increased Its lead, round ing th turn a. mile ahead of Shamrock. Heading back for home, close hauled. It had Just reached Shamrock, still outward bound, when it being apparent that ths race could not be finished in th time al lowance, the regatta committee boat at' S:45 declared th race oft. Patrol Oaara Conree. The work of the patrol fleet was per fect. Moving at right angles, line ahead snd line abreast, the revenue cutters kept th yachts in th hollow of a moving angle as free from Interference as if ihey had been sailing In mldocean. Under ths rules of the race, fifteen miles to leeward or windward and return, Is now postponed till Saturday. ' ' Reliance reached the starting Hns at 10 a. m. and dropped Its towllne. Bh&eirock III arrived ten minutes later. No sooner had Shamrock ' III filled away than Re liance bore down on It from a windward position and hauled on th wind alongside In a position to blanket the challenger. Captain Wrings promptly wore ship and bore away from Reliance refusing to take part in ths brush. The New Tork Tacht club tegatta com mittee's tug established a line between the Sandy Hook lightship and Itself at 10:20 a. m. and signaled that the race would be fifteen miles to windward and return, the first leg southwest. The wind was then blowing about five knots. There was a moderate sea running In long ' ground swells and the boats were pitching rather heavily. The conditions were' unfavorable for Reliance Judging from its early trials. Shamrock Til was expected to have an advantage In the light winds and rough waters prevailing'. The preparatory signal was fired at 30:46 and ten' seoonds liter came the warning signal. When the start was mads Shamrock III led the American boat across the line by about fifty yards but Reliance held th windward position. Official starting time: Shamrock III. 11:01:45. Reliance, UM.il. Both boats sailed assword for an hour and twenty minutes. Th wind dropped to about four knots soon after ths start. Within twenty minute after starting Re liance had overhauled Shamrock III and was abeam and 200 yards to ths windward. Reliance had not only footed faster, but pointed higher than the challenger and was showing that undsr conditions sup posedly unfavorable It was th better boat. Rala Tell Racers. ' ' Half, an hour after the start, when th boats were four miles from the starting line, rain swept across the course and ob scured them from all observers. The shower brought a shift of wind to the westward which enabled th racers to lay a course direct to ths mark. This robbed Reliance of moat of the advantage ol Its windward position and put ths boat on almost even terms. They held that po sition until thsy had salted eight miles, when ths wind sgaln shifted back to south by west, and restoring to Rellsaco Its for mer advantage In being to windward. - When they mad their first tack at 12:20 Shamrock III was tgeeward and astern