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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, F1UDAY MOUSING, AUGUST 28, 1903 TEN TAGES.
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TURKS KILL CONSUL
American EVrtuentatlve it Beyroot,
Byria, Victim of Assassin,
if WARSHIPS READY TO GO TO TURKEY
Admiral Cotton Instructed to Enforce the
Demandi of the Government
PUNISH PERSONS GUILTY OF MURDER
Tbii ii the Fint Demand of the Acting
Secretary of Bute.
TURKISH GOVERNMENT IS NOTIFIED
Murdered Maa Is William C. Magels
n, Who Wo Appelated from
Minnesota ' About Tw
Years A so.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. The State de
partment has received a cablegram from
Minister Lelshman at Constantinople, an
nouncing that William C. Magelssen,
United States vice consul at Beyroot. Syria,
was assassinated yesterday while rldli.g In
a carriage.
The American minister Immediately
brought the crime to the attention of the
government and demanded action by
Turkey. Acting Secretary Loomls today
cabled Minister Lelshman, Instructing him
to demand the Immediate arrest and pun
lahment of the persons guilty of the
murder.
No demand for mnn.v fnri.mnitv for th. I
man's family has yet been made, but that
probably will follow. Magelssen was ap-
pointed from Minnesota.
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Prompt and vigorous action la being taken
By uie i nlted States government to secure
.mpiicaitm
OW VIM
Beyroot,
irain at
Constantinople, who reported the fact to the
Btate department, has been Instructed by
that department to demand a thorough In
Vestlgatlon of the matter and the punish
ment of those Involved Ih the -crime, and
the European squadron, consisting of three
warsnips, win be ordered to Beyroot to
aupport tho demand of the United States
Should this he fnunri nrMurv. This I t - I
j ir wtiioiiiucin m iiiuse persons
llConrul William C. Magelssen at
W. i
ter measure waa determined upon aa a re-
ult of the conferencea which have been I
"fleid over the telegraph and telephone wires I
Between me omctale here during the day
ana tne evening with' the president at I
oyster Day. The latter felt that no time I
ahould be lost In dispatching Admiral Cot- I
ton'a aquardon to Turkish waters, and he
ling that Imemdlate order be given Admiral I
Cotton to proceed at once.
Attempt to Barn College
The president's determination to lose no
time Jn getting the squadron to Beyroot
was also due In part to Information re
ceived by Acting Secretary Loo ml a of the
Btate. department tonight from tha pre si
dent of the American Board of Missions of
Boston. Indicating that an attempt had
been made to burn the Euphrates college
buildings at Harpoot. Thla dispatch aald
Information Just received that an attempt
had been made to burn the Euphrates col-
Inge buildings. Conditions Increasingly
alarming. Great snxlety felt for the safety
of American cltlsena there.
tontaht cabled
tonigni Caniea I
o minister ieinnman at Constantinople to
make Immediate demand on the porta to
take adequate measures for the protection
or an Americana at Beyroot and to pre-
vent any attack on the college buildings.
Admiral Cotton Reports.
um.r4 voi ion, wno, waa airecxea toaay
m noiu nis squaaron in reaaineaa to pro
ceed at a moment's notice . to Beyroot.
cabled tha Navy department as follows
under date of Nice, France:
Cable lust received. Machlaa at flenna
for coal. Brooklyn hae seven days, San
Franclnoo els und one-half days coal at
ten knots. Cannot exceed that speed with
Machlas. If squadron going west should
coal s.t Marseviies. it east, at Genoa.
COTTON.
Admiral Cotton's Instructions are to sail
at once. It la probable he will go ahead
to Beyroot with Brooklyn, leavlne-
Machlas and Ban Francisco to follow.
It la estimated that Brooklyn, e-olno- at
f ull speed can reach Beyroot within alx
days.
Turks Plead Igaoranee.
Acting Secretary Loom Is received a rather
remarkable cablegram from Minister Lelsh
man tonight in which the latter stated
that he had called at the Turkish foreign
office at Constantinople this evening to in
quire about the assassination of the United
States vice consul and that the minister of
foreign affairs emphatically denied any
knowledge of the report. He also attempt-
ed to discredit It. The cablegram gave no
other Information. Under the circumstances
the State department officials are Inclined
to believe that the Turkish foreign office Is
not In touch with the situation at Beyroot.
They do not attach sufficient Importance to
Minister Lelshman's last message to cancel
the order for the squadron-to sail
Acting Secretary Darling and Captain
Cowles of the Bureau of Navigation are
In conference tonight. Acting under the
Instructions of the president that Admiral
Cotton's' squadron be directed to proceed
Immediately to Beyroot Mr. Parting cabled
aauiirai nu. wn".v ...v. "-""
him to go to tfeyrout at tme. jno presi-
dent's Instruction on Oils audit will be car-
rled out to the latter.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. .-Wllllam C.
Al&geissen, vice consul ei ueyrooi. oyria,
who was assassinated Sunday, is a young
man and la a orotner-in-iaw or tne consul
who appointed him about two years ago,
Revolatloalsta How lp Trala.
SOFIA. Aug. n The eastbound dally
express from Budapest to Constantinople
was blown up near Bulall Burgas, about
twenty-five miles south of Adrlanople, early
today
Seven persons were killed and fifteen in
jured. Dynamite' bombs were used and
every car was smashed. Apparently the
outrage was the work of revolutionists who
traveled on the train.
mviiu,iiii i.- i .... ktk. i
which wrecked a train near Kulell Bursas,
waa thrown by a third-class passenger who
was In the buffet car. Only two cars wars
destroyed. The dead Include two mussel-
man women, two children And three train
men. '
The appointment of Marshall Ibrahim
Pasha to command the troops In Mace
donia has been cancelled and the command
glvsn to Ceneral Naaalr Pasha, who com
manded the brigade sent to Pacify the Al
banians earlier In tha week.
lhroaldeat lssaoe Orders.
OT8TVK BAT, N. T., Aug. 17. President
Roosevelt tonight Issued orders that the
European squadron, under command of Ad-
v Continued aa Fourth Pa4
DOCTOR IS KILLED IN DUEL
Result of a Bitter Personal Qmarrel
Between Physicians ia
Berlin.
BERLIN, Aug. 17. Dr. Schwarts. man
ager of the State Blck Insurance hospital
at Mulhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, killed Dr.
Br-hloss, the leader of a strike movement
on the part of outdoor physicians at Mul-
hausen, In a duel two-or three days ago.
The surviving principal and the seconds
apparently tried to conceal the cause of
Dr. Schloss' death, attributing It to blood
polsonlug, according to one report, and to
an operation according to another. The
police took possession of the body as It
was about to be cremated at Ootha, and
the arrest of Dt. Brhwarts followed.
The duel was the result of a contro
versy, lasting for months, between the
management of the national sick Insurance
hospital funds and several thousands of
physicians employed by the free hospitals
fr.a. outdoor relief.
About three months ago the physicians
threatened to leave the state's service in
a body unless their compensation waa In
creased from 7H cents a visit to at least
10 cents. They also demanded certain
other ameliorations of their condition.
The physicians in the Mulhausen hospi
tal, under the leadership of Dr. Schloss,
actually did go on strike for a time, but
resumed their duties pending an investi
gation, ur. scnwarts ana ur. dcuium
since then had a bitter personal quarrel.
ROOT LIKED ATTHE VATICAN
Resignation of the Secretary of War
Is Greatly Regretted
la Rome. (
ROME, Aug.-The resignation of Elthu
Root secretary of war Is regretted at
the Vatican, as under him the negotiations
regarding the friar lands In the Philippines
were conducted with reciprocal satisfaction
I UABauap th. that hn will he SUC-
aa Kv T iij-l era Ta fr mtam rf.Vrl With
gTtmt p,ea,ure tne governor having left
vcMti aj WUUB msv " - " .
ths bfst lmpreBBlon fter his visit , nere
l.,Cv... m rA hln nFinnflllV ItnOVll tO
most of the cardinals who, under the
present pope, will have leading Influence
at the Vatican
An Impressive ceremony occurred at the
Vatican today. Cardinal Herreo y Kspi'
noaa. archbishop of Valencia, who waa at
the point of death during the conclave, and
..in i. in delicate health, drove from the
n.ni.h nnlleee. where he has been stay
t0 tha Vatican, where he was carried
. . . , . . i. w- I.t. wn'm
to me pipu aparimBii., ii uw i k -
Bedan chair, to have the red hat privately
conferred upon him.
Except In unusual cases the cardinal's
hat la presented at consistories. The pope.
assisted by Cardinal Deacons Oreglla, Mao-
chi and Moran, performed the function,
GERMANY WANTS AN ISLAND
Woald Take Fernando Po from Spain
to Protect West Afrleaa
Colony.
BERLIN, Aug. JT. Major Morgen, the
well-known German colonial expert,, writing
In the Cologne Gh setts asserts that the
German government- ha .- already '-taken
stepa and is preparing to taxe rurtner
steps to Insure the Island of Fernando Po
coming into the possession of Germany
whenever Spain is ready to dispose of It,
Major Morgen says
If the Island were to fall Into the hands
of a military and naval power like Great
Britain, It would conntltute a weage in our
"unn " we n"ve Permittee, w ne
... manv nn ntN. hut ivhlnh
we must hereafter guard against,
The writer adds that the possession of
Fernando Po carries with It the commercial
and military , domination of Germany's
West African colonies and urges German
capital to emulate the recently formed
TJvemnol syndicate and TireDare to achieve
m., rnnaueat of Islands.
REVOLUTION FOR PERSIA
hah Mast Pnrge Country of Foreign
Religions or Flat Moham
medans. BERLIN, Aug. n. The Christian Orient,
a German missionary paper, published In
Berlin, prints correspondence rrom ueneran
alleging that the leaders of the Persian
Mohammedan church have served notice
on the shah that unless he purged the coun-
try of foreign religious ana commercial in
fluences, especially British and Russian, the
church will precipitate a revolution. The
church leaders also demand that the shah
restore the religious and economlo condi
tions which prevailed In Persia a century
ago.
The correspondent says the anti-foreign
movement Is not directed against the Ger
mans because the natives are convinced
that Germany has no political Intentions
and that they consider Turko-Oerman
frlenaah,p l0 be a forerunner of good feel-
lng towards Germany throughout the Mo
hammedan world.
GREAT NORTHERN IN CANADA
Ballders Attempt to Cross Canadian
Parlde aad Clask with
Rival Line.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. ?7.-Early this
morning a construction gang of the Van-
..1, ,, WMimlmiir A Yukon railroad.
. ' . ,n k. . ,, o( th(l 0re.t Nort-
bullt . crossln ovef the Canadian Fa
i .nn ,... tr-rka n,ar SaDDerton. flf-
, h . Permlaslon had not
I y, .ranted bv the Dominion government
,h. Pon.tructlon of the crosslnx. The
Canadlan paciflo offlclala declare that in
maklna. thla crossing the Vancouver. Wee
min-, A Yukon neonle tore tin a portion
of the track, and that it would have caused
an accident If the watchman had not gone
to the spot. A gang of Canadian Paciflo
men have removed the crossing. Both
aldea are getting out injunctions.
California Mngter Wede.
PARIS. Aug. r. Prof. Benjamin D.
Woodward of Columbia university was
married today In the American church In
the Rue de feerri to Miss Gladys Van Buren
Plver, the Callfemia singer. A small in'
klvlted party waa present at the Weddln
ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward later
started on an extended wedding trip.
Deales Coaaeotloa with Humberts.
PARIS. Aug. 17. Former President
Casslmlr-Ferrter has written an open letter
denying all connection with the Humberts,
except In the matter of receiving a trifling
political purpose. He specifically denies
the report that he sought ths hand of a
member of the Humbert family.
Baalahed Prlaeo Retaras.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 57. Chinese represen
tatives from Peking assert that the ban
Ished Prince Tuan Is there Incognito and
that he has had several secret Interviews
with the dowager while tha emperor was
asleep,
LAWYERS TALK OF TRUSTS
Committee on La " bmiti a Eepcrt of
Rac? tore.
GENERAL MAK
DOES NOT LIKE IT
Rays tha'
Rend
r
.lea of Report Will
atloa Aaaader and
.to Is Offered by
'Virginian.
HOT SPRINGS. Va., Aug. 27.-At the
morning session of the American Bar asso-
elation today the annual address was de-
llvered by Hon. Baron B. Colt of Rhode
Island. United States Judge for the First
district. Judge Coifs subject was "The
Reasonableness of Law."
W. 8. Logan of New -fiork made a verbal
report from the committee on law. He
commended the national bankruptcy law.
Dlrousslng the trust question, he eald It
would have to be settled by the lawyers; If
they did not the demagogues would. If
comblnatlons continue competition would
cease, ana commercial junspruaencs
eventually -would be entirely changed. The
committee., he said, had reached the unan-
mous conclusion that modern Industrial
combinatfons should be stayed.
Hon. Charles F. Manderson of Nebraska
said the report was calculated to rend
the association assunder. He asked that
me report ds read. There was opposition I
to the motion and considerable confusion
The convention, however, agreed to hear
the report
cussed.
at once, and It waa fully dls-
On the subject of trusts, the report says
this is the Important question now before
the American bar. It says combinations
are rapidly driving out of business the
small dealer and the small producer.
These two classes heretofore have fur-
nished the largest number of petitioners In
oankruptcy courts, but now industrial com- l
blnatlons of gigantic magnitude too large
ror a Dannruptcy court to manage ana too
rich to need ever to be called before it,
have been substituted. The report adds:
Object of Combination.
The modern combination's primary ob
ject Is to control trade and commerce In
plain articles or production ana to suosti
X!.mr'.",1f.8" ".?'y V?
chunaes entirely the baslo orlnciDle of com-
mercial relations between man and man
and, if they are to continue to grow and to
develop in the future as In the past, will
render necessary most important changes
in the principle of our commercial laws. I
JrTl.tl .??U2,JSi,fc
The producers are combining, transnorta-
tlon companies are combining, tradesmen I
fvi n i-uiiiumiiiK, wumnien wen mm uijiuy I
Itnmlnr Intn ma fnrm nt nmhlnntlnn and
even-body seems to be a combiner. The
competition that still remains Is fast dls-I
appearing. Workmen are refusing to com- I
pete tor jods. ianor unions are enlarging
the spheres of their activity and extending
their operations. The union of the em-
fxoyers is still stronger and more far-reaeh-ng
than the union of the workmen. We
are now having combinations of combina
tions.' The United States Steel corporation
Is a combine of a dosen heretofore compet
ing producers who themselves were combi
nations of still other producers, and these
In turn often combinations of still others.
To trsce them back to their beginnings Is
like discovering all the multitude of
sources that go to make up the volume of
tne swollen : Mississippi. in .property
which the .Amalgamated "CoLpef company
now controls wss once perhaps a thousand
mining claims, each one very likely owned
in common Dy a nsii uozen miners.
' Work of Some Combinations.
The department store trust has combined
the business of hundreds of merchants,
some portions of which they acquired by
purchase, and others la some other way.
it is emimaieU that the Standard oil com
pany has taken, by contract or by force,
the business of l0,HO corporations and mer
chants in all parts of the Union. The few
present great railroad lines of the country
have been made up by the combination of
hundreds of smaller lines, some exten
sions of one and some of other competing
lines.
The tmbltlon of the shipping trust, per
haps the project of the gre.it American
combine has been to control all the ships
that sail the ocean. A hundred years ago
there were hardly two shius owned by the
same individual or corporation, and even
ttfty years ago there was scarcely a Shop
ciwner, individual or corporation, that
owned a half dozen ships. No one knows
but that within' the aext ten years a greater
than J. Piurpont Morgan will arise who will
combine Into one orfcanlxatlon all the ln
duHtrles of the land so that the workman
who works for wages can And but one
possible employer and the purchaser of
wares but one possible seller. The steps
toward the formation of one universal In-
dustrlal corporation which shall crowd out
Si! Th'e8 InSrof tne T.'nTVa'vei.1
ready been more tnan nair iiiKen. it is not
so far to go from now to that end as we
had to go to reach present industrial con
ditions. I
A monopoly la economically desirable:
that is. tor the monopolist. The United
States Steel corporation can produce (no
matter what It sella them for) its goods
cheaper than the elements out of which the
comUiantlon is composed ever produced
them. The Standard Oil company is eco
nomically holy ror it pays 40 per cent.
dividends. . The sugar trust Is economically
correct, for, whereas the Individual sugar
renners lost money on small capitsiixatlon,
the sugar trust pays big dividends on
larae canltalliatlon. The railroad combln-
atlons are econmlcally Impregnable for they
tay. If Mr. Morgan's shipping trust and
Mr. Schwab's shipbuilding trust are fall-
ures, they are exceptlous to the rule.
Cannot Rely oa Katural Forces.
We cannot, therefore, rely on natural
forces, on the laws of supply and demand
or on economic considerations to limit the
growth of modern combinations. If they
ur undesirable, if the beoDle of tha Amer
ican nation would be better off without
them or with limitations put on them,
action of their legislatures, their congress
and their courts. The American Dar must thews of St. Louis, charged with accept
act and the American Bar association I - t,rih tram r J Kellv for his vnt
must take the lead. If the Northern Be- in a DrlDe rrora ' J' Ke"r ror nW vot
cuiitles corporstlon had been allowed to
go on. tne next tning to ioiiow it wouia sued for Whitney ltyton and J. H. Rein
naturally have been a United States Be- I . . i,i. c.n.tnr. w it u.n..
curitles company, which would hold the har ' Bt' i"'' en.'t0" H: "y"e"
majority or me stoca or every raiiroaa
where the American flag flies.
The report proposed the following reme-
Jles:
First We can tax them to death; or. if
that is too radical a remedy, we can tax
them until their growth and enlaraement
is Impeded. There are constitutional pro
visions requiring direct taxations to be
uniform, and in view of these provisions
It is probably Impossible to discriminate
In the matter of direct taxation against
corporations holding large amounts of tax
able property. There Is. however, a fran
chise tax Imposed by the most of the states
upon corporations at the time of their in
corporation and annually thereafter. This
franchise tax, is in almost all states In
some way graded so as to tax the small
corporation at a higher rate than the Urn,
one. The first ILOwU") pays a higher rte
tnan auosequeni minions, in our judgment
the gradation should be continued, but it
should be a grading up invlead of down.
We would leave, perhaps, the first Sluo.iiOO
free end the nrst U.ObO.oou cheap and raise
the rate with each suoceedlng million. Tho
United States Steel corporation has a capi
talisation of over tl.OAOuO.OOO. The grada
tion stages might be slow and easy enough
to please the most conservative and vet
ari.AVej&'.S?'
United States Bteel corporation continue
under that system or taxation!
Red nee Prices by Law.
Second We can com pell them to render
better than cheaper msrvlce. If the com
bination of the Northern Pacitla and the
Great Northern railroad Is a great enough
public disaster to have warranted the at
tention which It has attracted, It could
have been prevented much easier than ty
a hundred Sherman anti-trust laws by a
single United Btates statute that required
any corporation engaged in interstate com
merce to reduce its rates 60 per rent to
and from every point where competition
has been prevented by combination, merger,
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western matters at capital
Rnral Delivery Rentes Established
and Number of Carriers
Appelated.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. Aug. Z7. (Special Tele
gram.) Iowa postmasters appointed: Kel
lerton, Ringgold county, Charles K. Adams,
vice C. E. Teale, resigned; Little Turkey,
Chlckasha county, A. Jones, vice Ia H. Lee,
removed.
These rural carriers were appointed to
day: Nebraska, Oxford, regular, Walter B.
Lee; substitute, Dock Lee. Iowa, Atkins,
reirillnr. Tln imv TLf Jnhmnn Slihstltll.
Marraret n.r- r.rllsle. r.eul.r. Joe
Petre; substitute. Russell Petre; Cedar
Rap,dSi r.guim,ri Myron Lubbock; substl-
tut9i charlwl L. Lubbock; Dallas Center.
r,Kulari HarrT E 8hanlt; substitute. Myron
c. Reynolda; Qlenwood. regular, William
d. Ant.n- .h.tm,.. niHnv
Humeston. reaular. George Kinr: substl-
tute, Clyds Lattlmer; Norway, regular,
Glennle Brown; substitute, Newton Brown.
These rural routes have been ordered es
tablished October 1: Nebraska, Odell, Gage
county, two additional: area covered, fortv-
six square miles; population, 1,060. Pick-
erell. Gage county, one route; ares, thirty
square miles; population, 535. Uttca, Sew-
ard apunty. one route; area twenty-five
square miles; population, 526. Iowa, Percl-
val, Fremont county, one route;, area cov-
ered, twenty-two square miles; population,
630. Pomeroy. Calhoun county, one route:
area, forty-five square miles; population.
tso.
RH Tfl QCC IflUM MITPUCI I
-w " "wiiui.a.
Bllssonrl Mine Operators Leave for
Indianapolis Hoping; ta Avert
Strike. ,
KANSAS CITT, Aug. 17. The members
of the coal operators' committee to confer
with John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers' union, with a view to avert
ng a strike that threatens to close every
Missouri coal mine on September 1. have
departed for Indianapolis. The conference
with Mr. Mitchell will probably be held to
morrow.
The representatives of the union coal
miners continue to asaett that Mitchell
and the national council have no anthnr.
"r of an advisory nature to Inter,
'ere with the threatened strike In Mis
sourl. The operators are acting upon the
theory that Mr Mitchell has full authorHv
Jneory "r- Mucnen nas lull autnorlty
' act and he will be asked to order that
the Missouri mine workers' do not go on
Pending arbitration. The operators
belleva that President Mitchell will Issue an
order next Monday against a strike, pend
uf arbitration.
NEBRASKA DAY AT ST. LOUIS
tBnMI Ml 1 twul"
At Request of State Commissioners
, October IS Is So Designated
hy Officials. .
8T.- LOUIS, Aug. 27. The committee on
ceremonies has -designated October U, U04,
as Nebraska day at the World's fair, the
assignment being made at tha request of
the Nebraska commission.
Chief Coburn of the live stock depart'
kui' poetaoa--rejMrnia .eyaar.
from Dea Mdlnes, la., where he attentd
the state fair and conferred with mem-
bera of the Iowa commission In reference
to their prospective exhibits of live stock
at St. Louis next year.
C. M. Reevea, secretary of tha Joint com
mlttee on legislation and territorial ex
hlblts, returned today from a trip made
in the interest of municipal exhibitions at
the World's fair. He visited Toledo, De
troit and Chicago, and reports that each
city will probably make a display at the
exposition.
TRAMP TEN MILES TO WEDDING
Coapla Divorced la Omaba Havo In
teresting; Experience In
Remarrying.
GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) What Is known aa a "hot-foot"
marriage occurred here yesterday evening,
when Eugene II. Ferrln of Omaha and
... ,. " , . ... ... ..
MU" Foiiy Be were remarried by Judge
McCall. The couple was dlvoroed some
h' " "lt beln
to reassume her maiden name. Yesterday
they came here and were Informed by a
clerk In the recorder's office that divorced
persons could not remarry within a year.
The couple took the train for Denver, In
tending to have the knot tied In Cheyenne.
Going to Denver, also, waa County Clerk
Pattee, who told them divorcees of Ne
braska could remarry here and advised
I that they return to Golden, which they did,
tramolna- ten miles, reachlnr here at
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o clock, after which the knot waa re tied,
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DnlDC I AlCn IU Dt InlCU
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Missouri Attorney General Ready to
Opea Case Against Senator
Matthews.
JEFFERSON CITT, Mo., Aug, V. At-
I torney General Crow announced today that
ne wllj be reajy Monday when the circuit
I court meets to try Senator B. W. Mat-
on the alum bill. Subpoenas have been le
ui i. j uwryu u c. ui muciiq,
Cornelius Roach of Carthage, secretary of
tn, aenate. and Joseph Tall, clerk of the
house. Senator Matthews stated when
her, JaBt wtek that he would be ready for
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FRAUDS ARE TALKED ABOUT
Postofllee Matters aad Flaaaelal Leg
islation Matters Considered
by the Preeldent.
OTSTER BAT, Aug. 27. Proposed flnan'
clal legislation and the postofllee Investl
gatlon were the most Important subjects
discussed today by President Roosevelt with
I his visltora
Among those whom President Roosevelt
entertained at luncheon were Representa
tlve Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey and
Hamlin Garland, the writer.
IS THE CHAMPION
Englishman Defeats Amerleaa Teaals
Player la All Three Bets
at Newport.
NEWPORT. R. I., Aug. 7.-In the tennis
match for the championship of the United
States between H. L. Doherty, the English
champion, and W. A. Larned, American,
Doherty won the first set, f-0; points, 10-15.
Doherty won the second set, 4-1; points.
16-SO.
Doherty won the third set, 10-1, and the
United States championship.
WANTS AN UNBIASED REPORT
Betretary Hitoboook Will 8nd Man Hot in
Berrioe to Indian Territory.
LAND FRAUDS ARE NOW ADMITTED
Department Seems at Loss ta Know
Exteat at Combination and Wilt
Stake Sweeping; Investl-
gatlon.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Z7. The determin
ation of Secretary Hitchcock to send to
the Indian Territory a man not connected
with the Department of the Interior to
Investigate conditions there la understood
to be for the purpose of supplementing the
work of the secretary himself and of other
representatives of the department In that
territory. Since early last spring the sec
retary has been giving personal attention
to the situation in the territory and a num
ber of Inspectors and other offlclala of the
department have been engaged In the ef
fort to ferret out frauds and protect the
Interests of the Indiana. The following la
an abstract of an authorised statement of
the department's attitude toward the sit
uation, aa well as an outline of what Is
being done there for the protection of the
Indians:
The secretary made a tour of the terri
tory In May, largely for the purpose of
making Inquiry regarding reports that had
come to him of efforts to deprive the In
dlana of their rich landed inheritance, and
the result of this personal Investigation
was to confirm the report that there waa
a persistent effort to secure the Indian
lands at prices far below their real value.
As a consequence of thla Inquiry he made
a radical revision of the regulations for
the sale of the allotted lands, and the de
velopments since that change was made
Indicate that he has. saved the Indiana a
large percentage over what would have
been paid them If the original regulations
had atood.
Provisions of New Rules.
The new rules require that all Indian
lands which are for aale be advertised and
appraised by a competent official. The
eecretary has cancelled all sales made
prior to the time that the new regulations
took effect There are O of these deeds,
calling for an aggregate payment of 1368,-
000. All these deeds, with the checks, have
been returned to the purchasers, and it
Is thought that under the new regula
tlons ths prices paid will exceed the old
prices by from 16 to US per cent. The
majority of the Indian land owners are en
tlrely Ignorant of business methods and
are easily made the tools of designing
men, whether leaders of their own race
or white men.
Secretary Hitchcock discovered that clerks
In the office of the Indian agent had denied
a hearing to the Indians' national attorney.
who represented some 11000 Indians. The
secretary denounced thla transaction as an
abuse of official authority and provided for
the adequate punishment of the persons en
gaged In It. A favorite method for securing
the leases is to have the Indiana approached
by merchants, who, by offering their wares
In exchange, can secure the most favorable
terms from them, and the understanding Is
"quite generaf that when control of a piece
of land Is once secured by meana of leas
ing It will be held by some means until It
can be secured at the lessees own figures.
Lands Worth Many Millions.
The surplus lands belonging to the In
dians In the' territory are worth many mil
lions of dollars and Secretary Hitchcock
and his advisers understand perfectly how
great a temptation they are placing before
men. '
It Is estimated that there are now 'fully
600,000 white people In the territory, among
whom many combinations have been made
to control of the disposal of the lands.
The secretary himself discovered that a
number of officeholders, many of them out
side of his own department, were stock
holders and officers in these combines, and
he Immediately made known his disap
proval of this system. Former Revenue
Collector Cobb on finding that the depart
ment Old not consider membership In one
of these companies compatable with the
holding of a government position, resigned
his official place to enter on a business
career.
The object In sending a man from private
life to Inquire into conditions Is to make
the investigation still more searching, still
more disinterested and to give the finding
more complete credence with the public at
large. The secretary's Instructions to this
agent, when secured, will be to go Into all
phases of the question without favoritism
on the one hand or fear of public clamor on
the other. He takes the position that while
it Is necessary and, right to protect the In
dians It Is neither necessary nor right to
punish Innocent officials.
Investigate Dawee Commission.
Two members of the Dawes commission
who were absent from Indian Territory
on their annual leaves when the charges
were made by the Indian Righta associa
tion have been recalled to their posts for
the purpose of meeting the criticism pub
lished against them. Indian Inspector
Wright, who haa been a trusted employe
of the government for twenty years, will
be expected, like all others, to give his
attention to the inquiry.
The secretary realises that while there
may be shortcomings on the part of some
of the government officials, there are, on
the other hand, many men not employed
by the government, whom he designates
aa "grafters" and by whom any ofliclal
who may oppose their designs Is certain
to be made the aubject of the harshest
censure. The secretary announces his de
termination to protect offlclala who are
doing their duty against the achemss of
all such people.
Several officials who already have been
detected In questionable transactions have
been summarily dismissed, while tho resig
nations of others have been requested.
The secretary takes the position that It
does not promote the public Interest to
publish the names of dismissed officials.
These dismissals and others occurred be
fore the Indian Rights association had
called attention to Irregularities In the
territory, and most of them were the re
suit of the personal investigations of the
eecretary.
Mysterious Illness of Children.
A report has been made to the health
officer of the district of the mysterious Ill
ness yesterday of thirty Inmates of the
Industrial home near Washington. Re
cently fifty of the children In this same
Institution suffered a similar illness. The
examination when made failed to disclose
the cause of the sickness. The children
were given for breakfast yesterday oat
meal, bread and butter and tea or coffee,
and some of the older ones were given fried
potatoes. Several hours afterward they
were seised with violent vomiting and
aome of tbetn with symptoms of falntness.
The case Is being Investigated. .
The secretary of the Interior today la-
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CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Frldayi Sat
urday Fair and Warmer.
Temper at ere at Omaha T ester day I
Honr. Dec. Hoar. De.
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B a. m T3 5 p. n T9
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RAILROADS BADLY TIED UP
Tracks and Raadbeda Are Inuadated
aad TrnfJIo Is Seriously Cos
t vested as Result.
Only two of the railroads which run In
and out of Omaha were free from washouts
and other Interruptions due to the heavy
rains of Wednesday afternoon and night
The greatest damage to the railroads seems
to have been done In that section of country
lying along the eastern bank of the Mis
souri and extending twenty miles eastward.
By the time that the eastbound Chicago
trains were due to depart Wednesday even
ing the rain had already exerted its force
and the Illinois Central waa the only road
whoso service wus not Interrupted. The
Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul was caught
with a bad washout between. Neola and
Council Bluffs and sent their evening and
morning trains out over the Illinois Central
line. The Northwestern also had a bad
washout somewhere Just out of Council
Bluffs and the eastbound trains were held
at the Council Bluffs transfer all night,
while their trains from the east failed ab
solutely to show up. Yesterday the
track to the eastward waa still Impassable
and more tralna were held at the Union
station.
The Rock Island had a washout to the
west of Wesaon, la., and did not have a
train through from the east Wednesday
night or yesterday. The water's being
over the track precluded a careful examina
tion of the wrecked tracks and culverts, but
It waa rapidly going down.
There were only a few washouts west
of Omaha, the Union Paciflo having a
aerlous washout on Its Manhattan
branch south of Beatrice. The North
western track between Omaha and Fremont
was somewhat softened and washed.
although It has been Impossible to deter
mine the amount of damage aa yet be
cause of the water covering up large
section of it. It is not thought that the
damage Is extenslvs and the 'Boaesteel
train la to leave In the afternoon if plans
do not miscarry.
Early after the rain began Wednesday
afternoon the approach to the Union Pa
ciflo bridge began sinking on the north
side and, by morning, 600 feet of the three
most northern tracks had sunk about
twenty feet. The rest of the embankment
waa also shaky and all tralna were taken
ovor at a snail's pace. The company began
refilling at once with cindera and gravel
but la will be a question of several weeks
before the entire damage can be repaired.
The B. As M also had a landslide, the
embankment of the eastbound track at
Fourth and Hickory streets sliding down
onto the lower westbound track and bury
ing it In three and four feet of clay and
graveL . An engine,, passing on the lower
track at the time, waa caught by the
debris and wedged fast without being
shoved off of the track or In any way dam
aged. The 80C feet -of covered track waa
shoveled free before noon and the upper
track was almost In normal condition.
About twenty feet of the westbound track
was also washed out near Gibson and waa
replaced yesterday. While the Burling
ton brought Its train In from Chicago
Wednesday night only a little late, the
morning train waa reported indefinitely
late. It waa impossible to ascertain the
definite cause of tardiness. -
On the main line of the Union Pacific
there was little delay of the tralna and
that waa caused by high water near
Papllllon and Millard.
The Illinois Central still had a Chicago
Una on Thursday night and the Milwaukee
Northwestern and Rock Island were all
using the road to carry their tralna into
Iowa, where they awltched onto their own
tracks as soon as possible. The Burlington
sent No. i to Chicago by way of St,
Joseph, but began abandoning Its trains
from the west here last night and sent Its
Chicago-bound passengers on the Illinois
Central tralna
No repairs have been completed on any
of the roads and the Northwestern was
forced to bring its train In from Fremont
over the. Union Paciflo tracks after waiting
for aeveral.houra with the hope that the
damage could be repaired in time, but it
had not been fixed Thuradsy night.
BODY OF YOUNG SOLDIER
Remains of Oliver P. Moore Will
Arrive la Omaba from Manila
la Fow Days,
The remains of Oliver P. Moore of the
Eighteenth battery, United States field ar
tillery, who waa killed at Pasay garrison,
Manila, sre expected to reach the city In
a few daya. The deceased is the son of
William W. Moore, an employe of the
Union station, and who Uvea at 848 South
Twenty-third street. The body Is on Its
way from San Francisco now.
The cause of young Moore's death Is
stated In a Manila paper to be suicide, but
his parents are Inclined to doubt the state
ment as recent letters received from him
Indicated that he waa cheerful and hopeful
and waa looking forward with much pleas
ure to his early discharge from the army,
and they have aaked an Investigation. He
was but 18 years of age and enlisted In the
navy May 11. 1901. He was discharged
from the navy after about a year's service
and then enlisted in the Twenty-ninth
coast artillery under the flame t George
E. Miller, and waa transferred to the
Eighteenth field artillery. He enlisted
without the consent of his parents and
they had no knowledge of his enlistment
until after his arrival In the Philippines.
A brother, W. F. Moore, lives at Adams,
Gage county, and a sister, Mrs. Bert
Church, at Montesano, Wash. Ths latter
will not be able to be present at the
funeral. Arrangements are being made to
give the dead soldier a military funeral
and have the Thurston and Millard rifles
and Omaha Guards participate. The funeral
will be held from the undertaking rooms
of Messrs. Bralley A Dorrance, at Twen
tieth and Cuming streets, when the body
arrives. Interment will be at Forest
Lawn.
Movemeats at Oeeaa Vessels Aug". S7.
At New Tork Arrived: Phoenicia, from
Hamburg. Bailed: Augusta Victoria, for
Hamburg via Plymouth; Iabretagne, for
Havre; Konlgen Lulse, for Bremen Via
Plymouth and Cherbourg.
At Glasgow Arrived : Carthagenlan,
from Philadelphia via BL Johns.
At Quftnulown Balled: Germanic, from
Liverpool for New York: Belgenland, from
Liverpool for Philadelphia.
At Liverpool Balled : Mayflower, for
Boston via Queenstown.
At Hagree Passed: Calchas from Ten
don, Glasgow and Liverpool, for BeetUs.
RAIN BREAKS RECORD
rail HeaTiett in Any 0n Say fiinoa Open
ing- of Local finnan.
NEARLY TEN INCHES IN THREE DAYS'
snaaanummUat
City li Boaked and Muoh Damage, la 6n-
tained in Places,
STREETS SUFFER EXTENT OF THOUSANDS
FrlTata Dwelling! Feel Preainr and Many
Cellart Are Water- filled.
RAILROADS AT MERCY OF WEATHER
As a Whole Terrldo Downpour Is One
of the Most Severn tbnt Hae
Ever Visited Omaba and
Vicinity.
"There are aome very remarkable features
connected with the recent heavy ralna in
this locality " said Weather Forecaster
Welsh at ths federal building. "The rain
fall for a twenty-four hour period, from T
o'clock a. m. Wednesday to 7 o'clock Thurs
day morning, was S.98 Inches and la the
heaviest on record In this locality. The
amount of rainfall from 2 25 Wednesday
morning to 7 o'clock Thursday morning was
7.22 Inches. From Monday night to 7 a. m.
Thursday the total precipitation Is !.18
Inches. Adding to this the .41 of an Inoh
that haa fallen since 7 yesterday morning
It makes a total of 859 Inches of water
falling here since Monday night. This Is
nearly one-third of the annual average
precipitation for this section.
Wednesday afternoon for a period of two
minutes the remarkable quantity of one
fourth of an Inch of rain fell here In
Omaha. The rainfalls have been very heavy
throughout the corn belt At Unlonvllle.
Mo., a precipitation of 7.S0 Inches Is re
ported. There were also very heavy down
pours at Marysvllle, Kan. The heavy rain
falls have been unevenly distributed
throughout the district. The rains liava
been general throughout the valley and
lake districts. The heavlost have, however.
been In this section of Nebraska and
through Iowa, where there have also been
some exceptionally heavy downpours.
I wish to say I was misquoted Wednes
day and made to say that one-half an Inch
of rainfall over one a,cre would be equiva
lent to 900 barrels of water. The equivalent
would be 800 barrels of water over that
area with one inch of rainfall."
Heavy Damage to Streets.
Damage to the streets, both paved and
unpaved, will amount to thousanda of dol
lars. Publlo worka department offlcere
could place no estimate upon the expendi
ture that will be required, but it . waa
stated that If 116,000 covered ths cost of
repairs they would be surprised. All
morning telephone and personal mesaagea
related tales of devastation by the waters.
Demands were made from all parts of tha
city for syphons and pumps to relieve
water-congested basements. Aa many men
and as muoh equipment aa the city had
available had been put to work during tha
night and applicants yesterday had. to
wait their turns.
The visible supply of red lantern globes
In the Omaha market haa been nearly ex
hausted and there are atlll many danger
ous breaks in the streets that will have to
be guarded.
"There Is not an unpaved afreet In town
that Is not in bad shape this morning," said
Street Commissioner Hummel yesterday.
"Every Hillside has deposited tons of mud
on the pavements that lie at the foot of
declivities. A great deal of the old wooden
pavement went out and left bad holes,
some of them several feet deep. In' some
of the dirt streets fills were washed out
that will take a thousand or more yards
of earth to replace. I have acorea of re
ports of damage on my desk, but I have
had nq chance to classify or estimate the
damage In dollars and cents."
Anticipates tho Flood. '
Fortunately, as though It had a "hunch"
that the deluge, waa about to come, the
council on Tuesday night appropriated
81,000 for repairs to unpaved streets and
8600 for repairs to eross-walks. The mayor
has not yet signed the concurrent reso
lution making the money available, bat
there Is no reason to believe ho will not
do so. The publlo works department la
figuring on putting on a largo force of men
Friday, provided the rain ceases.
"Reports of broken sewers stopped up,
walls undermined, basements filled, are
coming in from all parts of the city, but
we cannot make investigations or repairs,"
said City Engineer Roeewater, as he looked
at the pouring rain outside. "In soma
places we have refused to make excavations
for sewer repairs for fear of weakening
walls of buildings and precipitating a
collapse. The rains mean that repairs to
asphalt pravements will coat several
thousand dollars more than was originally
estimated. The oontract to the Barber
Asphalt company, being fought out In
court, la estimated on the holes aa they
appeared several weeks ago. The contract
In a measure Is elastic, the bidding being
by so much per yard. Of course the con
dition of the repair fund will not permit
more than 818,000 or 817,000 worth of work
being done, unless relief provlsons are made.
Recommend Storm Sewers.
Reports have come In that a consider
able part of the asphalt Intersection at
Twenty-third and Cuming streets has been
undermined and washsd out The section
surrounding this point la low and is not
provided with atorm sewers. I shall rec
ommend that storm sewers be built at once,
as we have the money to do it and they
are badly needed."
Half a dosen frame dwellings at Seven
teenth street and St. Mary's avenue are In
danger of total destruotloa from the
waters. They are owned by Herman
Kountxe, are old and flimsy, and art Con
structed on wqoden foundations which
have rotted away. These foundation being
below the street level, are easy prey for tha
torrents of water that have been sweeping
down the avenue for several days. The
tenants have been warned to move out.
City officials would like to see the destruc
tion of the "shacks," as they are called,
aaylng that they should have beea pulled
down long ago.
"So far aa I have learned," said Assist
'ant City Engineer Craig, "the worst dam
age haa been to the fill on the Nebraska
approach to the Union Paciflo bridge. Thla
Immense embankment, upon which thou
sands of dollars have been spent during
the last year, haa gone down with Ave
tracks. The foundations for the paw
power house for the street railway com
pany at the foot of Jones street may be
seriously Injured. They are completely
Inundated. Wednesday workmen battled
with the water with a huge pump, tut
were beaten. Back water from sewers and
bursted sewers are flooding cellars and