Fhe Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1903 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
POWERS STANDING BY
Bnmen of Joint Action in Baftata Art
Strong? tad OSoiallj Denied.
BRITAIN REASSURES TURKISH MINISTER
Xtalj Withdraws, Decliicn to Bend Hoot
ta fultaa'a Wtten.
KUSSULMAM SOLDIERS PILLAGE AND SLAY
Arnault Women d Commit Otter Ei
eemt is Xnuhevo.
FIVE HUNDRED PERSONS ARE MURDERED
rrlMitri Are Stripped Baked ay
Savsg-e Troops aad Maay Bar
- aerifies Art Practiced
hy Ceae.oerors.
LONDON. Aug. a The Turkish minister
Called at the Foreign office today to tr ke
Inquiries rersrdlng the report that '
the Intention of the powers to ma
Joint naval demonatratton tn Tur
watera and ta enter a crotest if snythik. V
of the kind ws contemplated.
The Foreign office offlrlala made It clear
to htm that Great Britain has taken no
action of this character, and It appeara aa
If Italy will alao refrain from earning out
Ita decision to dispatch warships to Turkey,
aa the Italian embaesy says no notice of
their dtparture has yet been received.
This ia taken by the embassy to Indicate
that there have been developments making
the atep inadl visible or unnecessary at the
present moment, perhepe because of the
Turkish aoceptanoe of the Russisn demands,
which waa confirmed at the Turkish em
baasy. The negotiations respecting Macedonia
re conducted on the continent. Foreign Sec
retary Lsnsdowne and most of the ambas
sadors being away from London.
The Turkish ambassador leaves London
tomorrow for the country, where he will
remain for aome daya.
The diplomats point out that the scheme
for a settlement of the Macedonian ques
tion outlined by the Independence Beige
yesterday could not be approved by the
powers, aa It la evident Turkey would
never submit to a peaceful occupation of
the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.
A Turkish official said thla could only be
dona after fighting.
According to a Belgrade dispatch to the
Dally Mall the Turkish troops, under" the
pretext of pursuing revolutionary bands.
have destroyed the villages of Armenski.
Arpbrobl, Letschanl, Peekopanje, Neklaal.
Zellnlch, Patella and Banitsa, massacring
the women and children. The male In
habits nta fled to the mountain and Joined
the Insurgents, who are especially numer
ous In the Chogane mountain range, where
there are alao many women under the
leadership of a female teacher, named
Lrnkanaumef.
Xtobllisatlea ( Balgarlaa Arsar.
SOFIA. Bulgaria. Aug. a. The current
rumen of the approaching moVUixatloti of
the Bulgarian an-y arc wamr-efnclaliy da
Wed. - ' . v ' . ,
Husala'e naval demonstration In Turkish
waters ta declared here to be an encourage
ment of the revolutionists In Macedonia.
There la Increasing alarm In regard to the
situation.
Revolt ta Spreading;.
AH the dlapatrhe received today Indicate
that the revolution III Macedonia is spread
ing. Tha moat alarming Information re
late ta aa outbreak covering a consider
able area In the Adrianople vilayet, where
the li:urgenta captured Vaailiko. taking
tha chief Turkish rasldenta prisoners to the
Bulgarian frontier, where they liberated
them. Tha Turkish, officials, fearing to
return ta VaaiUko, sought the protection of
tha Bulgarian authorities,' who aent them
to a betel In Burgee, where they are at
liberty to remain or depart.
Tha insurgents burned the villages behind
Vaelllco and attacked a Turkish military
post at the monastery of Elijah, south of
Tirnovo. Tha eastern part of tha Adrian
ople vilayet la a mountainous region and
tha villages are few and scattered, Tha
strength of tha Insurgents la unknown.
It la thought tha outbreak ia not an
organised movement, but Intended as a
diversion ta draw tba Turkish troops from
tha other districts. Tha peculiar danger
of tha latest frontier outbreak lays In its
proximity to the Bulgarian frontier, thua
creating situation long foreseen and
dreaded by tha Bona government. The
Turks are now certain to sand considerable
forces to this territory, which will necessi
tate tha atrengthenlng of tba Bulgarian
troops along tha frontier. With the two
armies close to each other under tha pres
ent atralned relations the situation becomes
extremely grave, though tba Bulgarian
government la taking every possible atep
to prevent a dash. The offlciala express the
greatest concern.
reaalsur Eaeltesaeat Dssgeren.
In addition ta tha danger of a collision
between tha military forces there is the
o smaller one of popular excitement get
ting .beyond control and forcing tha gov
ernment to adopt a bclllgerant attitude.
Meanwhile tha court remains quiet, even
tha Macedonian part of tha population
Showing bo particular anxiety or enthusi
asm. Tha insurgents completely burned Vasl
11 ko and also twelve vlllagea In the neigh
borhood. Tba Bulgarian offlciala arrested
tha insurgents who brought the Turkish
offlciala at VaaiUko to the Bulgarian fron
tier. Severe fighting ia reported near Gegehle,
with heavy loasea on both aidea.
Tha Sophia Dnevjnjk Ctxiarea that all tha
Turkish vlilayeU In Macedonia will be tn
full revolt by August a. and that tha revo
lution is spreading from Selonica o the
dletrtcta toward Berea.
Several new bends have appeared In tha
district of Voden. southeast from Moasatlr.
A general panic prevails In the vtliayet of
Vekub. where tha Inhabitants are hiding
their property.
' Rivals I alte far rrateeliaa.
The Turkish and Christian Inhabitants at
Kumanavo have agreed to mutually support
each other la the event of aa attack either
by Insurgent bands or Turklah soldiers. At
Kreiovo half the Turklah garrison has da
swUd, tha men saying they had enough ta
da at home. The Turkish authorities have
mobilised their whole forces la Macedonia,
numbering ! men. A large body of
Asiatic troops la ready to aeeve- Twenty
four regiments are only awaiting marching
orders.
The Macedonia military Jrganlaatlona
are preparing heavy assessments la the
rich districts of Bulgaria, Tbey have
erawa up a complete list of namea, with
tha amounts ta be demanded from each.
Ruaaia'a move In sending warships ts
(Continued oa
ragaj
INTEREST ,SJLRE ,NTENSE
Hasabert Trial la Parle Ceatlaaes
to Draw Large
rrewii.
PARIS. Aug. a Public Internet la arrow -Ing
more intenae aa the Humbert trial la
nee ring it a close and the crowds at the
palace of Justice were much augmented
today.
Although the general expectation la that
a verdict 2.Hl be reached tonight, the
court offlciala believe that the advocate
general will reply to Malt re Labor! leading
counsel for the defense, thua poetponlng
the verdict until tomorrow. Among those
who had reaerved pi area near the Judges
today u Senora Caetro. wife of the
president of Veneauela, who waa accom
panied by the Veneaulean mlniater.
Maltre I .abort continued hi a addreaa for
the defenae, urging the larger credltora
had acted through attorneys, who ahould
be held reaponalble. while the small credi
tor would have been paid If the rente
vtagree had not been wrecked through the
premature prosecution of the Humberts.
Maltre Labor! caused a considerable sen
sation by a bitter denunciation of M. Cat
tail I, the money lender, for prosecuting the
Humberta, and. Incidentally, mentioning
M. Waldeck-Roussesu's and M. Valia'a
part In the prosecution. He declared the
political party leaders had become degen-
t -rate. M. Valle. counsel pointed out, first
- "ed aa attorney against me numoeria
. afterward became minister of Justice,
j, ising their prosecution. M. Cattaui,
h -ted, belonged to that class which
Is . dishonor to France and seeking
to ga through the use of money, thus
corrup e public administration.
The cl ji of Maltre Labor!, although
avoiding fcpeciflc accusationa, reflected se
verely on the chief persona in tha adminis
tration of Justice.
SAILS TO RESCUE EXPLORERS
British Goveraaaeat Expedition Sets
Oat ta Soccer Aataretle
Pleaeera.
DUNDEE. Scotland. Aug. a. -The auxil
iary relief hip Terra Nova, formerly a
Newfoundland steam whaler, nailed today
for the Antartio regions to relieve the Brit
ish exploring vessel Discovery.
Terra Nova hss been fitted out by tha
British government acting Independently
of the scientific societies which fathered
the Discovery expedition. Premier Balfour,
In the House of Commons last May, criti
cised tha action of the Royal Geographical
society and the Royal society la sending
out Discovery without being fully prepared
to safeguard It.
Terra Nova. In material and design, is
admirable fitted to force ita way through
the ice. It will proceed to McMurdo bay,
where Discovery was left last February by
the relief ship Morning.
Discovery had been thea fro sen tn for
eleven months at the foot of Mount Erebus
in south latitude 770 east, longltuds 164
south. Morning transferred Its provisions
by sledges over tha Ice. Terra Nova will
carry guncotton. which will be used to
blast out a channel, and If Discovery can
not be extracted It-officers and men will
be transferred to Terra Nova and Discovery
will be abandoned. . - .
WORK; GIVES FRU
"VIG03
Flare la Theatrical Orchestra aad
Fraetleea aa Doctor,' Thee
' Aveldlas; Weartaess.
BERLIN. Aug. a. Prince Ludwtg Ferdi
nand .of- Bavaria, who la a physician, a
musician and a nephew of tha regent of
Bavaria, has told the Hungarian writer
Deslder Baomomry, that he la a prince who
never suffers from weariness.
"I go to the Prince Regent theater every
morning." he said, "and take part In the
rehearsal. I find that submitting myself to
the sharp discipline of the director is amus
ing, rather than depressing. After leaving
tha rehearsals I occupy myself until t
o'clock in attending my patlerta and fulfill
ing my duties aa a doctor. Then I must go
off to tha theater and play in the orches
tra." The spectacle of the prince playing tha
horn ia one of the sights of tha Munich
opera house.
JAILED FOR JOKING KAISER
Gcrxaaa Artor Makes Fss aad Mast
Row ray Peaalty fa
BERLIN. Aug-. Zt Konrad van Fiellta,
an actor, was today sentenced to nine
months' Imprisonment on a charge of less
msjesto In libeling the German emperor
In his Jokes at the theater.
Fiellta waa engaged at tha German the
ater at The Hague at tha time when the
emperor was honoring Field Marshal Lord
Roberta in Berlin. He sang couplets voic
ing tha feeling among tha Dutch against
Emperor William. After tha perform an oe
there were festive gatherings In . which
Fiellta Indulged In pleasantries which two
Germans present considered Insulting ta
Emperor William and reported to Berlin.
On Flellta'a return to Berlin ha was ar
rested. The publle prosecutor asked for
a sentence of fifteen months' Imprison
ment. Lortaser Betaras ta Hew Yertc a
LIVERPOOL. Aug. B-Rer. Dr. George
C. Loiimerf New Tork ts a passenger oa
tba Dominion lino steamer New England,
which sailed from this port today for Bos
ton. Ha had been drawing great congrega
tions during his stay in this country, but
refused all overtures to accept a call In
London.
Ask for Shorter Day.
CRIMM1TZSCHAU. Saxony, Aug. TL
About T.KS textile workers of thla district
have struck for fewer hours of labor. Tha
police broke up four meetings because aon
resident offlciala of the Textile Workers'
union addressed them. A fifth mass meeting
was allowed to continue.
rape Rewards Cear Lav lata.
ROME, Aug. a The pope has decided to
issue a brief according compensations ta
the priests who acted aa conclavists. To
some will be given ecclesiastical dignities,
to others spiritual favors and to the rest
of them pensions, tha amount of which
depends on the pope.
Fraaee Steads by Osage State.
LONDON. Aug. a. A Brussels dispatch
to the Dally Telegraph says a secret agree
ment waa recently concluded by wUi-h
Franca will not permit any aggressioa
against the Congo Free Stats or any viola
tion of Its territory. .
Saatoa-Dasaoat Seehs Health.
PARIS. Aug. a The Tempo says M
SaaUie-Dumoat la guir.g to Brazil ta re
store his broken health and that accord
ingly hla experimeuta with military au
tosaobUa bsOlooos have been postponed.
SALISBURY SLOWLY SINKING
Lata British Framier Only Kept Aim Jb
Artificial Means.
STATESMAN'S FAMILY SURROUNDS HIM
Death Is Kaowa to Be Mora Matter
of Hoars, Althoagh Patleat
Straggles Hard for
Victory.
LONDON. Aug. a. Lord Salisbury Is still
alive, but bfc Is slowly sinking.
He received the last sacrament yesterday
evening. Oxygen ia being administered.
Thla evenlng'a official bulletin announced
that there had been no change in the pa
tient's condition since- morning. Premier
Balfour arrived thla evening.
All the members of his lordship's family
are gathered within call of his bedroom at
Hatfield House.
The end la expected any moment,, though
tha oxygen may prolong his Ufa for a few
hours.
For twenty-four houre tha late premier
has been fighting for every breath. Tha
heart weakness, which has been tha moat
dangeroua feature since his last setaure, ta
hourly becoming accentuated and tha mar
quis la gradually sinking. He does not
suffer much pain and haa only brief peri
ods of conadouaneaa.
Tejesjrama poured In all day from notable
men throughout tha world. lata in the aft
ernoon King Edward telegraphed for addi
tional information, although hla majesty
has been kept Informed by bulletins. There
was a continual stream today of callera
on foot and In carriages.
Hatfield House, the family seat, where
the former premier Ilea dying, la a gloomy
structure, though one of the most magnl
cent remaining specimens of Ellzabethlan
architecture. The marquis waa always re
garded In the town in which' hla estate la
aituated aa the highest type of England's
great nobles, and he retained the love and
respect of hla tenants and neighbors, which
he reciprocated In many kindly ways, espe
cially by opening Hatfield park completely
for the use of the townspeople and residents
In the vicinity, reserving only a small por
tion for his own use.
This afternoon, while tha statesman lay
dying, boys were playing cricket In tha
brilliant sunshine on the smooth lawns
within earshot of the unpretentious room
occupied by the patient. This, his favorite
room, overlooks the old-fashioned and his
toric gardens where Queen Elizabeth
walked and where, it la said, she received
the first announcement that she was qneen
of England.
On one aide the cricketers laughed and
chaffed each other, on the other and almost
equl-dlstant from the house, was an omi
nous contrast, for there the workmen were
finishing the grave of the' countess of Gal
loway, Lord Salisbury's half-sister, in the
family burying ground. The countess died
J a few daya ago,' but It la understood Lord
Salisbury waa not Informed of her death.
Her funeral will take place, at her own re
quest, at Hatfield, tomorrow at noon.
, Tha gates of Hatfield house were closed
at midnight , with tha announcement that
there had been no change tn-.tha .patient's
condition since, early ia tha erwimy and
tnat-" ft jottwr.itfriBrhj -wna-rTvtel -tra
morning. ' ' - ' --"- ,
Newspaper correspondents representing
tha whole press of the X'n!ted Kingdom.
are gathered at Hatfield anxiously await
ing further' news. The geaeral belief Is
that his lordship will last through the
night, but there is little expectation that
the improvement of last evening will prove
more than a last flicker.
The ex-premler has been suffering from
Bright's disease for years, and haa beon
practically dying alnoa Whitsuntide. Hla
condition waa aggravated by tha recent
fall from hla chair.
CATHOLICS AID AGED INFIRM
Beaevoleat Tales Establishes Coatta-
aeat Faad for Mesahers af
Dtahaaded Locals.
PITTSBURG. Aug. tL The Irish Catholla
Benevolent union adjourned sine die today
after the election of officers and tha selec
tion of Providence, R. L, for tba next meet
ing place.
Tha election resulted: President. Daniel
Duffy, PlttsvUIe. Pa.; secretary. John E.
Davis, Philadelphia: treasurer, Thomas 3.
Foley. Gloucester. N. J.
A resolution favoring a uniform ritual
waa adopted. Resolutions were passed ex
pressing sorrow for the death of Pops Leo
and extending the hearty support of tha
society to the new pontiff and wishing him
a long reign.
The establishment of a contingent fund
which was lost yesterday was taken up
today on motion and carried. Thla con
tingent fund. It waa decided, shall be
maintained by a general levy of t cents
over the SO cents per member now being
paid. Tba fund la for the relief of mem
bers of disbanded locals wha ars too old
to Join this or other organlsatlona. Such
persons shall be entitled to draw sick bene
fits of Sib at the rata of t per week, and
after tha tiSO la exhausted shall draw tt
a week for five weeks In each year. '
TRAMPS SLAY A HARVESTER
ate aad Awakes Sleealaa; Mea
1. Kaaaae a.d Thea
hoot,
WICHITA. Kan.. Aug. a. Ransom Wood
ruff. A. H. How man and Alva Sims of
Washington county, Indiana, young men.
cousins, , were held up and Woodruff waa
killed by three tramps at the railroad water
tank near Augusta, Kan., last night.
Tha Indiana men. who were on their way
home from the harvest fields, had camped
for the night beaide the tank with the
tramps. During tha night they were awak
ened by tha tramps going through their
pneketa. Woodruff and one companion fled
and the tramps fired on them, hitting
Woodruff. The third man waa robbed. The
tramps boarded a train and escaped.
TIN PLATE FIRMS MERGED
ladepeadeat Trast ts Formed ta Pitta.
haraj Capable of Mark
PITTSBURG. Aug. XI. Br the merging
of a number of sheet and tin plate com
panies tn the Pittsburg district aa In
dependent combination known as tha
United Sheet and Tin Plate company, with
headquarters in Pittsburg and Columbus,
haa been formed.
The estimated annual output of tha con
pan r will be from 40.003 to 65.00 tons of
billets, sh-t and tin plate bars, JO.ora
tons of blak sheets, plate arl tin plats
and talvcnlsed Iron, which will be in the
snaps of corrugated iron conductor p'po
and steel ceilings.. M. F. Strauss of Phil
adelphia Is president af the zjsw sasaatoe.
UNION BOSS SERVES MASTERS
Brotherhood at Rallr
id Eaaptoyes
raclsa
Orgaalser Caaadla
secret Ages
OTTAWA. Ont, Aug. a. The report of
the Royal Labor commission, appointed to
Investigate the industrial trembles' in Brit
ish Columbia, has been published.
One of the strikes under investigation waa
that of the Canadian Pacific railroad men
of the western division. The report aays
the men were organised by the Brother
hood of Railway Employes, which la char
acterised aa a "secret society, bound to
gether with a strong oath and under con
trol of a foreign executive."
The brothrrbood'a headquarters are In
San Francisco. The chief organizer for the
brotherhood In Canada, the report aaya,
sold hla sci rices to tha railroad, together
with a confidential letter be had received
from the president of the order. The or
ganizer also acted as one of the railroad
company's secret service mea while still at
the head af the Canadian branch ,of the
order.
The report condemne International organ-
Izationa of labor, which may at any time
place Canadian working-men under control
of an American executive, and It la rec
ommended that such ordara be declared
Illegal.
NEW TORK, Ang. a. Samuel J. Parka,
the labor leader who has been on trial for
several daya. charged with extortion in de
manding and receiving money from various
employers under threat that ho would call
strikes, waa found guilty tonight. Recorder
Goff remanded htm until Monday. The pen
alty la Imprisonment for not more than five
years.
BUFFALO. N. T.. Aug. S. It was an
nounced tonight that the strike at the
plant of tha Buffalo Dry Dock company had I
been satisfactorily settled. The men will
resume work on Monday. Nine hundred
men have been on strike for three weeks.
The question of wages waa taken up and
settled by tha United Trades and Labor
council.
AIRSHIP MOST COMPLICATED
Laaarley's Fly lost Maehlae Prepared la
Pa Hie View tor Trials
. Today.
WIDE WATER. Vs., Aug. . Langley'a
big aerodrome waa placed in position on
the superstructure of tha houseboat lata
thla afternoon. The whole airship force
worked on the body, arranging machinery
and adjusting the wings. The flyinfc ma
chine waa then returned to the interior.
It waa tha first time that It had been ex
posed to the press representatives.
The machinery and dimensions were
plainly visible. Amidships Is a great mass
of wheels, rods, boilers, pteaons and va
rious other mechanical devices, it Is ex
ceedingly complicated. The body con
sists of several long steel bars centrally
located. With bowsprit and rudder It will
measure aixty feet. Close to the motor la
tha navigator's ear. Thla Is built for a
weight of ISO pounds. It probably will
carry Prof. Langiey, who waa In it- re
peatedly this afternoon.
Ths gasoline motor, 'arhleh - weighs t.a
pounds, generates something la excess of
twenty-savea horse power. U fa connected
by -.bars la . tbe -prop ilv boi!t six feet
In diameter aad capaiUa of revolving- lWJ
times - per minute. The motive-, power la
sufficient - to produce a velocity of forty
miles aa hour. ,
Placed equally about the ahlp are fire
empty conical bodies, designed as floats
to keep the airship up when it strikes the
water. Fore and aft are two strong
platforms, on each aide to support tha
wings. These are of delicate but rigid
construction, 10x10 feet, allowing a sus
taining capacity of SOD square feet
During the work repeated photographs
of - the machine were made. The wings
were placed in compartments on the su
perstructure snd repeatedly adjusted. With
good weather conditions a teat la expected
tomorrow.
JUDGE REFUSES TO TRY CASE
Declares He Caaaet Be Impartial la
Harder Trial aad Leaves
Beach.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. a. Believing that
ho will not be able to be Impartial In
the second trial of Lulu Prince-Kennedy
for tba murder of her husband. Judge John
W. Wofford todsy swore himself off tha
bench and named Judge Joshua W. Alex
ander of Gallatin to try the case.
At her first trial Mrs. Kennedy was given
ten years In the penitentiary. She is said
to have killed her htuband, Phillip H.
Kennedy, agent for a local transportation
company, a month after their marriage
because be refused to live with her.
TAYLOR DEPOSITION IS READ
Forsaer Ceveraer af Kjratacky Gives
- TestlsBOay ta Caleb Powers
Case.
GEORGETOWN. Ky.. Aug. n.-In the
Powers case today the. deposition of former
Governor Taylor, the reading of which was
begun yesterday afternoon, was concluded.
The court excluded fifteen questions
asked. Aa to cor eria tion with W. H. Cul
ton; as to hla (Taylor's) reaaona for pardon
ing Caleb Powers; the political complexion
of the general assembly at ths 1900 session;
tha Sling of his certificates of election; and
hla reaaona for leavlrg the state of Ken
tucky after being indicted.
These were held by tha court Incompetent,
CHEWS DYNAMITE AND DIES
Dearer Seeks Straage Deeta After
Ltavlag El Paso Ball
Reeaa.
EL PASO. Tax., Aug. H. The body of an
unidentified man was found north of ths
city today. He had committed suidds by
biting a piece of dynamite which ho had
wrapped In his handkerchief. His head
was blown Into fragments.
Near tha corpse waa found a copy of' a
Loo Angeles paper, but there waa nothing
that served to identify the remalna. The
clothing on the corpse had been purchased
la Ban Francisco. Ths man waa in full
evening dress and must have killed him
self last night after leaving a ball room.
CROWDS WATCH DARING THEFT
Robber Breaks Jeweller's WlaSew
aad DeeasBOte wtth SZrOw
Worth ef Dlasaoada.
CANTON. O.. Aug. .-Wt!!e the streets
were crowded with, shoppers today a man
mashed the show window of W. A. Wort
man's Jewelry store. In the heart of the
city, and escaped with a tray containing
&O0S worth ef diamonds,
TWO HORNS TO CANAL PACT
Colombian Prnidtat Exposes Dilemma, is
Fmeatinr Treaty t) Congress,
SOVEREIGNTY OR COFFERS MUST SUFFER
Marreejala Rejoices that Others Mast
Decide Which Proas to
aad Shoalder All Respea-slhtllty.
CARACAS. Venezuela, Aug. n.-Tha fol
lowing dispatch haa been received from
Bogota, overland, via Cucuta:
Before presenting tha Panama canal
treaty to the Colombian aenata President
Marroqula aaid:
My government Is confronted with this
dilemma: either our sovereignty must suffer
detriment . or we must renounce certain
pecuniary advantages, to which In U4
opinion of many we neve a right: or we
must vigorously maintain our sovereignty
and claim In a peremptory manner the
pecuniary Indemnity to which we consider
ourselves entitled.
In the first case,, by consenting to tha
diminishing of our authority and not as
piring to an Important Indemnity if the
canal should be opened through the Pan
ama iFlhtnus the Just desire of the in
habitants of that department and of all
Colombians and also the goveramo.it
would be satisfied, but the government
would be exposing Itself to having the
charge brought against It later that It did
not duly defend our sovereignty and that
it sacrificed the Interest of the nation.
In the second case, ahould the canal not
be opened through Panama the govern
ment will be reproached with not having
allowed Colombia to obtain that advantage
which is considered an essential condition
of our aggrandisement.
T have already expressed my desire that
the Interoceanlc canal be opened througrt
AWn.- f thtnlr that Vfl t I t
cost of aome aacrifices we ought not to
place obstacles in the way of so grand an
enterprise, both because It will be a gi
gantic material improvement to our coun
try and because once the osnai is opens i
bv the North Americans we rhall
strengthen and widen our relations with
them which will result in an Immeasurable
rain to our industry, commerce and wealth.
Happily for me, the responsibility must
rest on congress whose duty it is to defi
nitely spprove or disapprove of the agree
ment proposed by the North American
government.
A patriotic demonstration occurred In
Bogota after the disapproval of tha treaty
by the senate.
LEAD TRUST IS ORGANIZED
Hew Casahtao Said to Be rrieadly to
Varied States Ssseltlas; aad
Retains; Cobb pea y.
NEW TORK. Aug. a. Details concern! no
the organisation of the United Lead com
pany, which hss been under way for sev
erai months, were announced today. The
company will have a capital of t2T.000.00u,
of which tl2.O0O.00O. will be In bonds and
tha balance la common stock. Payment for
the constituent companies will be made in
large part in the bonds of the parent com
pany. The following subsidiary companies are
taken over by the United Lead company:
Chad wick-Boston compan y ' of Boston,
llerrell Iad oomnanr of 8t- Louts.
American Bbot and Lead company of
Chicago. . . ,
Rayatond Lead company of CWcago.
.r.ibeoa A-Price compauy-of Cleveland.
-V. T A ..11 . . w . K,,e-at7,
t-t -nlofr LMiind Oti opuuf t Brtacfti:
Raymond It Blatchford company of Chi-
cay a.
Hoyt Matal company of St. Louis. .
According to trustworthy . reports tha
combination will eventually take over tba
plants owaed by Latham Bros, of thla city
and Philadelphia and also the Pitcher Lead
company of Joplln. Mo.
It ia understood that Barton Scwell, vice
president of ths American Smelting and
Refining company, will be made president
of the new combine. The relations of the
new company with tha American Smelting
and Refining company ars expected to be
close.
DENVER PACIFIC ELECTS
Hew Writers Road Progresses Favor
ably, Aeeordlasr ta Oaarlal
Reports.
DENVER. Aug. a. At the annual meet
ing of tha Denver, Northwestern dt Pa
cific railroad this afternoon an directors
and officers were re-elected aa follows:
Directors. D H. Moffatt,' W. O. Evans,
C. J. Hughes, Jr.. Frank B. Gibson. 8. St.
Ferry,'' W. S. Cbeesemaa and Thomas
Keely.
Officers: D. H. Moffatt. president; W. O.
Evans,-'.vice president: Frank B. Gibson,
secretary; Thomas Keely, treasurer, and
C. J.' Hughes, Jr, .general counsel.
It was reported by ths Colorado-Utah
Construction oompany, which haa tba con
tract for building and equipping the Mof
fatt road that work waa proceeding rapidly
and ths temporary Una over the range
would soon be commenced. Reports abow
that surveying parties weet of the range
are seeking the most advantageous route,
and that there is every reason to believe
tha route will be eaay.
ROOT LEAVES FOR ENGLAND
Declares Ho WIU Leave Cahlaet Bar
lag Winter Aeeordlasr to
Preeeat Pleas.
NEW TORK. Aug. a. Secretary Root
sailed for Liverpool today on Celtic, of
the White Star Mne. He goes to Eng
land to act with Senator Lodge aad former
Senator Turner of Waahlngton aa the
United States representatives in the Alas
kan boundary dispute.
Before sailing he declared he would, ac
cording to his present plans, get out of
the cabinet about the middle of tha win
ter. Ha would not discuss his future plana,
except to deny that hs waa going to
actively enter politics In this state.
With the secretary went Mrs. Root snd
Miss Ethel Rout, while oa the same ateamer
Bailed Judge John M. Dickinson of Chi
cago, J. W. Foster of Indiana, former sec
retary of state, snd Hannls Taylor of Ten
nessee, former minister to Spain, who. aa
councillors for tba United States, will pre
sent Its side of tha dispute before the com
mission. STAB WITH HAT PIN FATAL
Mleklgaa Wesaaa Aveagee laealt by
Slaytag; aa Issseest
Passerby.
KALAMAZOO. Mich.. Aug. TL-T. B. Mc
Arthur, a stockman from Saco. Mont, was
stabbed In ths stomach with a hatpin by
an unidentified woman oa the streets to
dsy. He waa passing oa the sidewalk In a
large crowd when a small boy brushed a
little feather duster ia a woman's face.
Tha woman thinking It waa Mx Arthur,
grabbed her hatpin and Jabbed It lata
his stomach. McArthur cannot live
CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER
Forecast f"T Nebraska Partly Cloudy St-
urdnr, ITorrly Thunder ttorms snu
Cooler at Night In East Portion; Sunday
Fair.
Teasperatere at Omaha Yesterday!
Hoar. Iee. Hoar. lea.
5 av. aa 1 p. sa
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T a. a To 3 p. aa n
a a. sa T 4 p. sa m
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in a. as T a n. sa
It a. as aa T p. nt
IS aa M a a. as at
tt p. as TN
OMAHA VIEW GETS PROMISES
. Hopes of Secarlag What It
Is After.
Tha Omaha View Improvement club met
last evening with Its usual big attendance.
In the absence of President Callahan.
Vice President Forbes occupied the chlr,
and In the ahoence of St .relary Monroe,
George Bancha was selected as temporary
serretary.
John F. Daly of the Prospect Hill Im
provement club addressed the club. He
enjoined upon all members, while looking
for tha general goad of the city, to at the
same time adorn and beautify their own
premises in order that their example may
be followed by others. He thought that
the city prisoners should be put to work
cutting weeds on the streets. The weeds
should be cut in any event before the
opening of school.
The streets and lights committees sub
mitted short verbal reports to the effect
that certain needed street croeslnga were
to be laid shortly as a result of the com
mittee's work. Promises were made tha
lights committee that new lights would
be placed at needed points as soon as the
light companies could get to It.
The park committee submitted a verbal
report, and also that It had prepared fifty
petitions for distribution among the mem
bers of the club to obtain signatures
thereto regarding the proposed park near
Prospect HU1. The petition reads aa fol
lows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun
cil of the City of Omaha: Gentlemen We
the undersigned citizens of Omaha, appre
ciating the necessity of a public place of
recreation in the northwestern part of the
city, and realising that the financial con
dition of our city is such that further
purchase of park property at this time
would be unwire. and as a tract of land
comprising thirty-two arras, especially
adaptable for park purposes, sltusted be
tween Parker and Lake, and Thirty-second
snd Thirty-fourth streets, can be ob
tained by a lease of ten years of the Byron
Reed ' company, the only consideration
asked is that said tract be exempt from
taxation, we respectfully petition your
honorable body to take the neceessry
measures to acquire said tract aa proposed
at your earliest convenience.
These petitions will, when the lists are
filled, be aubmltted to the city council
with the request for Immediate action.
Issue was taken with the communication
of Mr. Cornish relative to his opposition
to the Prospect Hill park proposition which
waa recently published In the city papers.
GETS AFTER THE CUDAHYS
rXVereace of Oplalea Regsrtlag Color
of Osee Cats Vlaaaelal '
" 1dr"re.
LEAVENWORTH Kan.. Aua. a.-rtSpe,
dal Telegram.) Tha United States commis
sioner of Intern at" revenue at Washington
is after the Cudahy Packing- company of
Kansas City, claiming that tba packing
company haa been placing uncolored rev
enue stamps, coating a fourth of a cent
each on colored oleo, whereas a 10-cent
stamp should be used. Nearly SOO.OOt of
these stumps have been used and If tha
commlsisoner proves his case Cudahy will
be compelled to pay the additional revenue
tax amounting In all to about tlT.OOO. Cud
ahy claims the oleo ho makes la not col
ored and tha chemists hare so declared,
but ths revenue commissioner thinks dif
ferently and a big fight is looked for. Ths
matter haa been referred to tha Kansas
revenue office here, where Cudahy buys his
stamps.
SHAREHOLDERS DO NOT APPEAR
Meettag f Perse as latereeted ta Ve-
' hraska Hesse Balldlagr Cosa
saaf la Silas.
Only. three shareholders In tha Nebraska
Home Builders company came to room til
In the New Tork Life building laat night
to unravel the mystery of what haa be
come of the concern. Thla waa due. it Is
thought to tha absence of former Presi
dent Irving R. Baxter and Secretary Harry
Nott from the city. When they return
several interested shareholders will call
another meeting and endeavor to have
some accounting made to them of tha com
pany, of which they have heard nothing
since laat December or thereabouts. Char leu
B. Clapp has stated that 'he was not ap
pointed receiver, aa haa been aaid, but
made application for a receivership, as at
torney for Edsoa Rich. No receiver was
ever appointed It seems.
PAVING CONTRACT SIGNED
Agreeaseat Betwoea City atad Barker
Aephelt Ceaapaay Ready for
Kzeeatlea.
Ths contract with the Barber Asphalt
oompany for the general repair of as
phalt paving was aigned yesterday by tha
corporation and the Board of Publle
Works. A special meeting of the council
haa been called for thla morning ta ap
prove the contract, which will then go to
the mayor for signing. This Utter detail
will be done by Monday, It la planned, and
repairs begun on that day.
GOLF BALL KILLS A GIRL
kail la Freetared aad She Dlee
.After Lylaar rsesssrlea
Slaee Taeaday.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. H -After lying
unconscious since Isst Tuesdsy Bertha Har
mon, aged 14 years, died lata last night In a
hospital here from the effects of being
struck on tha head with a golf ball.
The child was watching the play when
trie ball etruck her asd fractured the akull.
She fell unconscious and lingered In that
condition until death ensued last night.
Mevesaeete of Oeeea Vessels Aeg. SI.
At I Jverponl Arrived: Germsnlc. fmra
New Tork. Balled: Arabic, for New Tork
Via Queenstown: Armenian, for New Tork.
At Glasgow Arrived. Pumeranlan, from
Montreal, fur Liverpool; Sicilian, from
Montreal.
At Ouewsttea-Arrived : Ms.ytVwer, from
Boston, for IJverpool. Sailed: New Eng
land, from IJerrool. for Roaton.
At Movllle fettled: Tunisian, from Liver
pool, for Mnnt ! Anchor!, from Ulas
row, for New York.
At Southampton Railed: Moltke, for
Hemkura via Cherbourg.
At Havre Arrived: La Champagne, from
New lark.
C. A. R. STRIKES CAMP
TkirtT-Fint Ansnal Gatbtriuf. Brourtt to
a Closa st Sta Francitcv
GENERAL BLACK APPOINTS HtS OFFICERS
Trtraor it ths HobruVt Kcmbor sf Ooatcil
of Administration. '
VETERANS PUSH PENSION DEMANDS
President it Apposed U to Ail Soldieri
of tha Civil War.
HONOR OF FLAG STRENUOUSLY UPHELD
Amy Decides ta laealeate Revereaee
for Colore by Edaeetlea aad
Other Meaas la It
Power.
SAN FRANCISCO. " Asg. a.-The na
tional encampment of the- Grand Army of
the Recubllc closed Its thlrtr-svenh sn
riual session this afternoon, after a pro
tracted morning meeting. The newly
elected officer, with tha exception of Ju
nior Vice Commander Keesler, who Is now
on his way from the Philippine, were in
stalled. Commandcr-ln-Chlef Black announced
the following appointments:
Adjutant General C, W. Patrldge of
Illinois.
Quartermaster Msjor Charles Burrows
of New Jersey, reappointed.
Judge Advocate General James Tanner
of New Tork. ,
Inspector Heneral E. B. Wcasen Of Iowa.
Council of Administration Nebraska.
Andrew Traynnr; Alabama. M. D. Wjck-
era nam; Arizona. Oeorsre Atkinson: Ar
kansaa, A. A. Uhtseso; California and Ne
vada. A. V. Barrett; Colorado and Wyo
ming. U. S. HolllKter: Connecticut. A. C.
Hendricks; Delaware. Snrr.uel Worrell;
FIoi-Mr. t'harlee Imnovui: e-rr1a 1 A
Sumerford; Idaho,-Gcorse M. Parsons; 11-
imi.. i. n ecott; Indiana, it. A. Hoot;
Indian Tenitorv. James itawtneM- k'nu
T. H. Coney; Kentucky. Jacob F-lbert:
I-oulsiana and Mississippi. C. C 8hute;
Maine, Louis Welblnz; Mary'snd. R. 8.
Bunstrom; Mas?Jcrr.iett. J. v. S. Har
sey; Michigan. S. B. Fenton; Minnesota.
U W. Colltijr Mlsourl. J. T. Dew; Mon
tsns. S. H. Ha-H; New Hampshire. I.
H. F-jeter; New Mexico, John R. McFle;
New Tork. James Owens; North Dukota.
S. K. McGlnnls; Ohio. A. A. Tavlor: Okla
homa. A. W. Taylor: Oregon. W. M. In
gram; Pennsylvania. Thomas C. Sample;
Potomac. B. F. Entrcken: Rhode lslaml.
J. T. Lenyon; South Dakota. A. B. Nel
snn: Tennewee, N. Hacker; Texaa, R. M.
moons; t.tan. w. . Koetapn; Vermont,
crown: Virginia ana Isortn Carolina,
F! W. Fuller: Washlnrinn and Alaka. 8.
W. Clark: West Vh-sinla. O. . Wood
cock: Wisconsin, Philip Cheek; lewa, 8. C.
Jaanea.
Oarers' Reports Adopted.
The reports - of the various retiring
officers were sdopted. and a vote of thanks
given each for efBdtnt service. It waa re
solved to telegraph President Roosevelt
tha resolution favoring tha pensioning of
veterans -or 62 years, of age, which was
adopted yesterday.
The committee on resolutions presented
a number, en which action waa taken.
The proposition to make all past adjutant
generals members of tha encampment wss
defeated. A resolution favor Ing.. lagisla-
tlon to prevent, by education aad la other
ways, the desecration" of, tha flag, was
adopted. ,v.-.V'v-r j
Ths endorsement by tha commlttoa cf
tha service pension law waa approved..
The proposed establishment of national
soldiers' homes dt Fort Sherman, Idaho.
In Florida and in Oklahoma wak endorsed.
It was resolved to appoint a - eemmittee
of five to Investigate cases of 'discrimina
tion against veterans in ths civil service.
Laad Cohoral . Miles.
The encampment unanimously adopted
the following resolution, Introduced by
Captain P. H. Coney of Topeka, Xan.i
Reeolved, That we congratulate- that
splendid soldier, exemplary oommr.ncef and
patriotic citizen. General Nelson A. Mllea,
vpon his attainment of a (XstlngoistH-d and
honorable - retl-emtnt after a mntchles
record as a soldier of over forty-two years
of service, without Just criticism of bla
official conduct, which began a lieutenant
in the Twenty-eecond Massa'-hueetts in
fantry, progressing by the brightest grade
of heroic patriotism from Manasses to Ap
pomatnx, during the greatest of all civil
wars, from 1361 to 1, and Illuminating thla
record by his great military achievement
as a successful Indian flahtar, and again
as a' great military disciplinarian and or
ganiser. A committee of seven waa appointed to
provide for the perpetuation of Memorial
day In tha south, and a committee of three
will revise the blue book.
The committee ea resolutions explained
that it waa deemed nawiae to offer several
resolutions which had been presented to
it, aa their introduction might provoke ex
tended controversy. .
It waa resolved to ask congress to erect
a statue to the memory 6f General Meade.
Major General Mac Arthur waa Introduced
and delivered a brief address, whleh waa
warmly received.
. A delegation of Bona of Veterans, which
order the encampment denied tha privilege
of participating In the meeting of posts,
was presented. A resolution to reconsider
tha previous action of tba encampment waa
laid on tha table.
Tha formal Installation of officers took
place, ths installing officer being Senior
Past Commander-in-Chief Louis Wahhar of
Pennsylvania
Commander-in-Chief Black was .given
authority to Install ths Junior commander-in-chief
and also tha newly appointed Judge
advocate general, who were absent. .
A resolution thanking tba people aad
press who contributed to tha encores of the
gathering was adopted with cheers.
The encampment adjourned to meet la
Boston next year.
Cassp Fire Cleelas; Meetlag.
Ths closing feature tonight was a na
tional campfire at ths Mechanics' pavilion.
The Immense building was packed to the
doors. An address of welcome waa deliv
ered by Major General W, R. Shatter, com
mander of tha Department of California
and Nevada. It waa responded to briefly
by General John C. Black, tha new 'com
mander-in-chief, who received ad ovation.
Major General MacArthur spoke on "The
Regular Army." and "Tba pasaJitd drend
Army" waa the subject of a few remarka
by paat Commander-in-Chief Stewart.
Corporal Tanner paid a tribute to the vet
erans of tha civil war, paat Commander-in-Chief
Torrence eulogised the Americas sol
dier. Other addresses were: "The Early
Daya of the Grand Array of the Republic.
by Robert B. Booth, past commander-in-chief;
"The Cetlored Soldier' Lucius Field,
vice department commander of Massachu
setts; "The American Soldier aa He Was
and la. General Charles A. Woodrus. U.
8. A.
After ths speech-making the owning was
gives up to Informal entertainments, the
old soldiers enjoying the pleasures Of aa
old war-time campfire.
Commander-in-Chief J. C. Black received
the following telegram from Osnsra Gor
don, commander-in-chief of tha United, Con
federals Veterana:
My hearty eocg ratuhzUotia ta yea and essr
