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The Omaha Daily Bee. KSTABLISLIED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1903. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. LOOKING FOR TRADE Commercial Interests Combininir to Pnih i P.A'- :,l n j. TAKE UP WORK WHERE PAVIS LEFT OFF r armor j and Buslne Element Unable to Agree on the Program. NEWSPAPER MEN ARE COMING WEST Union Pccifio to 8bow Them What it Being Done Out Here. LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS ON THE INCREASE glaflstlc Show (he Internal Com. merce of the CoanlrT to B In a Moat Healthy Ton dltlon. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Aug. JO. (Special )-A gtronger effort thrn has ever been made be fore will lie put forth at the coming ses sion of the Fifty-eighth eongres to secure reciprocal commercial relHtlona with Can ada, Commercial reciprocity with the Dominion hag been a dream of the leading statesmen of the United State and Canad for year pest. Had Cushman K. Davla lived It la confidently believed that com mercial treaties would .have been made Willi France Hnd England. The death of the late senator from Minnesota brought atop to further activities In this direction. Kadi yeir, however, brings Canada and the I'nited Stairs Into closer commercial relations, notwithstanding the barrier ex isting between the two dominating factors of the northern hemisphere. The work be gun by Senator Cushman K. Davis la not to stop, according , to a well Informed Canadian who waa In Washington thla week. Instead of a commercial war of re prisals and retaliation there Is to be commerclaj union between Canada and the I'nited States. Already a league haa been formed among business men on the border land of tha United States nearest the Canndlnn possesion looking to the enact ment of legislation at Washington and It Is expected some meaKUre of good will come out of the league's work during the next session of congress. The great business In terests of the north section of the United Stales bordering en the Canadian line de mand a commercial union with Canada. The farmers and the small business Inter ests have placed themselves In opposition to commercial reciprocity with our neighbors on the north. Just where the line to a reciprocity treaty ahall be drawn la still In a nebulous state, but those who are Interested on one side or the other look forward to trade relations with Canada In tha not far distant future. Worked Well la Fast. In view of the determination of the Na tional Reciprocity league to establish head quarters in Washington during the next session of congress It la recalled that a eom tneijrloj.., treaty btweeiv..ro 1'nlted State and the Canadian provinces waa negotiated In 1864 which waa In . force for almost twelve years and which according to ex perts accomplished great good for the two countries. Thla treaty made no provision for fixing the duty on dutiable articles coming from one country Into the other. It Imply provided that certain enumerated articles being the growth and products of Canada and the United Statea ahould be admitted Into each country free of duty. The treaty was terminated in 188, Just at the close of the civil war. Many reasons are given for the termination of that treaty, the principal of which, however, is that the reconstruction period was Just abreast and that money waa needed to put the re public In the forefront of the nations. In 1S74 another treaty known aa the Brown Draft treaty was negotiated contemplating the admission of wood. coal, ealt and lum ber. Tlila treaty, however, failed of rati fication and up to thla time there haa little or nothing been done to bring th two countries together, although the great ma jority of Canadians and the people of the United Statea apeak the nam language, profeas the same religion, enjoy the same liberties and are full copartners In advanc ing the nigh measure of civilisation of which the Anglo-Saxon race la the pro jector, Newspaper Maa Comlngr West. Twenty-five Washington newspaper men, reureaentlng the leading newsoeptrg of the United States, will leave Waahlngton thla week aa the guesta of the Union Pa cine railroad to attend the National Irri gation convention to be held in Ogdon on September 16 and 14. The Union Pacifio railroad proposes showing these men who write what the west Is today. After the convention the Waahlngton correspondents will be treated to an object leaaon of ex isting irrigation canal throughout the In termountaln country. All aorta of enter tainments are being arranged for the men who go on thla weatern trip. Many of them are taking their yearly vacation for the purpose of Informing tnemaejve upon the very great queetion of irrigation, which queation promisee to be a factor in the coming eoaelon of congreee. The first national Irrigation convention was held at Salt Lake City In 1S1. In that year about I.WO.OuO acre were under irri gation In the arid region, all through pri vate enterprise and co-operative effort, wholly due to the Mormona of '87, who first put k Irrigation to practical account In that taction. Today there are nearly e.mjo.ooo acres under Irrigation and the west Is Just beginning to wake up to the tremendous possibilities afforded by the government in projecting new Irrigation enterpriser The coming Irrigation con gress will be the eleventh convention of that body and will be attended by many of the leading men of the country. Lire stock Receipts. Internal commerce conditions throughout the United States, aa reflected by the July report of the Department of Commerce and Labor, through Ita bureau of statistics, ure quite satisfactory. Receipts of live stock at five markets thla year to the end of July amounted to 1T.TS4.MT head. Last year 17,U2.0t4 head were reported to the corresponding date, and li.Sisi.3S3, head In 11. lu lfr'l a total of 2J4 J cars of atock arrived at the aame file markets, 106.11$ car In IW, and Stl.stil cars In 14. The total receipts of stork for thla year were divided aa follows: At Chicago. 1 5T7.M head In lTO.Stft cars; at Kansas City, :.j0. ST. head In M.J10 cars; at Omaha, 1.731.4.' head in W.MS cars; at St. Louis, 1.0ol.i& head In 17.771 cars; at St. Jospeh, 1.773.260 head In 30.029 ears. July receipts of cattle at Chicago thla year were the heaviest since l&i. with the tingle exception of those of July, 1501. The Increase In native as compared with range and Texan stocks was characteristic of July arrivals The state of the provision market, a tCoutlausd on Fifth PagO M. WITTE HEADS MINISTERS Former Russian Minister of Finance Leads Committee, bnt May Lose Influence. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. J0.-An Imperial rescript dated August 2!, Is published ap pointing Minister of Finance Wltte. prei dent of the committee of ministers. The rescript at the same time entrust him with the work of bringing to a speedy successful conclusion the negotiations for the Russo German commercial treaty and with the continued supreme direction of the min istry of finance In order that his close ac quaintance with the requirements of Rus sian commerce and Industry may be fully utilized. The official messenger announces the appointment of M. Fleske, director of the Imperial state bank, as minister of finance. Although the resignation of M. Wltte aa minister of finance was expected ever since his last budget statement, which had a valedictory tone, the secret was well kept. M. Wltte went to I'eterhof after midnight and repeated to the czar his resignation and 'recommended M. Tleske as his suc cessor, simultaneously in order to forestall any intrigue In the Interest of M. Flehvc, minister of the Interior. M. Pleske has made a good reputation as director of the Imperial stale bank but he has not In itiated anything, remaining a loyal subor dinate . T M. Wltte, and doubtless he will try t, 'V on his policy. The 't, of president of the commit tee of n. Is one of great honor, but M. WltteV 'Vy Influence Is regarded as problematic, tf. sl promotion is consid ered a trlumpi. ""e riehve Interest. A special com. ' ha been formed at the prefecture, -d of factory In spectors and varloub Nonaries of the secret police, with oK Tom Minister Plehve to prevent strike., at all hazards. The commission 1 arresting and banishing workmen by hundreds and has been author ized to employ both preventive and repres sive measure. MOTOR BOAT RACEORAWS WELL Crowds All Along; tha Hirer Selna Gather ta Witness tha Contest. PARIS, Aug. JO. Great public Interest ha been aroused In an automobile boat race which started from Pari to the ea, 220 mile. Fifty-seven boata started, rep resenting the principal maker of auto mobiles. There will be six stages. The Journey will take six daya. owing to the numerous lock on the Seine, the flniah taking place next Friday. The contest takes place under the patronage of the minister of marine and three other mem bers of the cabinet. A great crowd. Including many notables, witnessed the start of the race thla morn ing, the boata starting at Intervals from t o'clock until 11 o'clock. The boats carry motors of from twenty to sixty horse power and are capable of making twenty- two knot an hour. Mercedes arrived first at Nantes, at 6:45 o'clock this evening and Flora arrived second. All the towns along the river are making prcrra!cna to en tbuelastlcally greet the ot peting motor boat. . f . VISITS CARLIST STRONGHOLD Young King; af Spain Enthusiastic ally Received by tha Peasantry. MADRID, Aug. SO. King Alfonso, accom panied by the prince and princess of A turias, left San Sebastian yeaterday on a provincial tour. The first stop wa made at Eetella. Navarra, the former Carllst capital, where the king visited the scene of the battle with the Carllst in which the marquise of Duero, the commander of the liberal army, wa killed. Everywhere the peasants, who are noted for their Carl lst sympathies, gave the royal party the warmest welcome. In many case kneeling aa the cavalcade passed. For several hour the Journey waa made on horseback and In carriages across the Baaque and Navarra highlands, and the loyalty displayed on the route I held to be a proof that Carllam la almoat dead. LABOR FIGHTSCHAMBERLAIN Seat la Parliament for West Dlrmlng. ham to Be Contested at Next Election. LONDON, Aug. 80. Aa an outcome of the recent successes at the parliamentary bye elections the labor party la organizing contest for Beats in Parliament at the next general electlona on an unprecedent ed y large acale. Among others, Mr. Cham berlain's seat for West Birmingham will be contested by the prominent labor leader, W. J. Davis, a strong free trader. Rnesla Launches Battleship. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. .-The battle ship Slava, which is one of the largest vessels In the Russian navy, waa launched yeaterday at the Baltic yarda in the pres ence of the czar and the royal family. Slava, which waa laid down In 1901, Is of 13.600 ton displacement. 16.000 horse power and S76S feet long. It has an armor belt of 1.4 Inchea and carries an armament of four twelve-Inch guna, twelve six-Inch gun, twenty-three one-Inch gun, twenty three-pounder and six one-pounders. Ita peed I to be eighteen knot and it crew will number 740. Chlaeae Reformer Commits Suicide HONOLULU. Aug. 30.-Charles Ahl. prominent member of the Bow Wong so ciety, committed suicide today by shoot ing himself through the head. He had re cently returned from China. Persecutions there on account of his reform record caused him to come to Honolulu. He wa expelled from college In China and was despondent over hi Inability to remain there. Crowds Watch F.rapllon. ROME, Aug. JO. The eruption of Ve suvius continues In all Ita grandeur, but without apparent danger to the neighbor hood. Hundreds of the people remain up all night long to witness the spectacle. The lava emitted la of an unusually liquid form and consequently has covered a larger area than at prevloua eruptions, adding much to the beauty of the scene. Hunt's Visit Palltlral. SAN JUAN. P. R.. Aug. JO.-The republi can leaders here aay Governor Hunt's visit to Senator Mark Hanna was to settle the admission of Porto Rlcan delegatea to the republican national convention, to arrange for answering the democratic attack on Porto Rico and to discuss the possibility of running Governor Hunt for tha vice presi dency. German Warships taming. HALIFAX. N. 8.. Aug. 30-Tbe German warship. Vine's. Gaselle and Panther, will leave, hare tomorrow (or liar Harbor. VETERANS OF PHILIPPINES Important Questions to Be Settled at Heft ing of the National Society. MANY CITIES WANT THE NEXT SESSION Chicago, St. I.onla, Chattanooga, Buf falo, Cleveland and Put-In-Bay Slake Offer for the Meeting;. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 30. Delegates are beginning to arrive for the annual reunion of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines, which will begin It sessions tomorrow afternoon In the state capltol. All last' evening and today the reception committee waa busy receiving delegates and escorting them to hotels and other placea of accommodation. The east is sending a large delegation and word re ceived at the headquarters Indicates that the western and southern states will be well represented. The reception commit tees expect fully 5.000 will attend and It has accommodatlona for all that have made application. The 8f. Louis delegation has already es tablished Itself and Is making a vigorous campaign for the next reunion. The city that desire the next reunion will have to make a strenuous canvass to land It. for Chicago, which ha the second largest camp In the United States, Is out to cap ture It. Chattanooga, Put-In-Bay Island. O., Buffalo and Cleveland have also made attractive offers. The encampment proper will open at 5 o'clock with a business session In the senate chamber of the state capltol. Two questions of vital Importance to the society will lie discussed at It business sessions. At present contract surgeons who erve In the army of the Philippines are not eligible to the society. Many that have served In that capacity desire to become enrolled. It la thought at this reunion that the bylaw will be so amended that con tract surgeons may become members. In addition to thla question the society will consider the advisability of forming a woman's auxiliary, similar to the one In connection with the Grand Array of the Republic. Wednesday will be the greatest day of the encampment. At 10:80 In the morning the military parade will be held. Nearly 1,000 will be In line and the military and semi-military organization of the city, and even aome from adjoining cities, will make up It six division. Tho governor of Minnesota, North Da kota and Iowa will participate. The gov ernor of Iowa will probably be accom panied by hla taff. General Kobbe and etalt, General Wheaton, Sommers, Mer rltt, ' MacArthur, Funs ton, Metcalf and Brigadier General Charles King are ex pected to be in attendance. The parade committee nlso extended an Invitation to the eleven Minnesota regiment of the civil war, which will be holding a reunion here at the same time, to Join them In the parade. HOPES FOR RACE DASHED Captain. Bar Say Pen. la To HiaTu . for America Cnp Contest Today.' BANDY HOOK. N. J.. Aug. 30. - The weather conditions tonight render It highly Improbable that Reliance and Shamrock will meet tomorrow. The northeast wind, which continued all day, abated but slightly toward evening and at sunset wa blowing twenty-cne mile an hour; the rain com ing In blinding drifts and the sea running high. Captain Charles Barr of Reliance was ashore late In the afternoon and Bald that the probability was greatly against a race, aa even If the wind abated tho sea would be o high that the boat would not dare attempt it Sir Thomaa Llpton expressed himself forcibly today on the allegation that De signer Fife and Captain Wrlnge were In bitter controversy over the cause of the defeat of Shamrock III. He said: I want to say that I am absolutely dis gusted with the continual repetition of the etory that I have criticised Mr. Fife end that Mr. Fife and Captain Wrlnge ore at loggerheads. I want the Associated Press to say distinctly and forcibly that I have never criticised Mr. Fife. I had Mr. Fife build me a boat. He built me a beautiful, and. I think, a fast boat. He pnt In It his best endeavors and I have never questioned his loyalty and hi ability, rt la not lis fault that Mr. Herreahoff built a better cne for these waters. It is not his fault that the wizard of yacht building Is In this country, and a wizard he Is. Bo, too. the stories of Mr. Fife's having any contro versy with Captain Wrlnge are without foundation. Captain Wrlnge haa Balled Shamrock III In the aame manner as Mr. Fife built It to the best of hia ability. I have no fault to find with him and the statement that I have found fault with Captain Wrlnge or that Mr. Fife or I have Interfered with him Is ridiculous. Mr. Fife has done his full duty by me and so has Captain Wrlnge. There Is no controversv between me and either of them, and none between them I will vouch. Sir Thomas, said tonight that he thought there waa a chance for a race in the morn ing, adding that Shamrock had weathered a stiff gale coming over and that he would like to see It in a good sea tomorrow. NEW YORK. Aug. SO.-The local weather bureau received the following dispatch from Washington at 10 o'clock: The wind over the International yacht race course Monday will be brisk to high and mostly northeast, with cloudy and pos sibly rainy weather. Owing to the continued threatening weather It was announced at the New Tork Yacht club tonight that no decision as to whether there will be a race tomorrow will be reached until T o'clock, when the regatta committee meet, and having decided upon racing or calling off the race for the day, will at once notify Sir Thoma Llpton aboard Erin. That Sir Thoma regarded the prospect for a race very remote was shown by the fact that this evening he Instructed H. Heir Davis, his personal representative In New York, to notify all guesta Invited on board Erin tomorrow that the sea waa so rough and the prospects for decent weather so bad that he thought it not advisable for any of them to come aboard and that In consequence the tender used to convey guests from the city to Erin would not make Its usual trip. Two daya after the final race Sir Thomaa will be the guest of honor at a banquet to be given at the Waldorf-Astoria by the Order of Pilgrims. At midnight the wind at Sandy Hook waa from north-northweat, twenty miles an hour. There waa a heavy aurf running, but It wa not quite so bad a at the same time Saturday. The mist had cleared and It waa possible to see for a distance of fourteen miles off shore. In these condi tions and with a possible decrease of the wind' velocity after sunrise, there Is a fair prospect that the achta may be able to race today. Iter Hnna tmirk. RACINE. Wis., Aug. go. In a panic at Die first annual Picnic of the butchers of R u-lne. held at Punside park today, four laarsun were severely Injured by a mad steer which broke loose and ran through a crowd of 1 OK) people. A hundred or more persime mere ano-'Nea dona and three umeo fainted. DETECTIVES BALK ROBBERS Trainmen on Grant Northern Heavily Armed Expecting; Visit from "Kid"" Carry. HAVRE, Mont., Aug. 30. What Is sup posed to have been an attempt to hold up the westbound flyer of the Great Northern by "Kid" Curry and bis gang occurred Friday night, near Malta, It has Just been learned, and waa only frustrated by de tectives riding on the engine. Three sus picious looking characters boarded tho train and two started to climb over the tender when they were discovered by of ficers who covered them with guns and ordered them off. They promptly slid off tho aide of the tender, disappearing In the darkness. For three days the train crews, mall clerks and express agents on passenger trains between Glasgow and Havre have been heavily armed and a score of de tective have been riding up and down the line anticipating a holdup. Several day ago the company received what they considered reliable Information that Har vey Logan, alias "Kid" Curry, was back In Montana and would attempt a holdup. The men who boarded Oie train at Malta Friday night were I;avlly armed. Malta Is but a few miles from Wagner, the point where the Great Northern holdup occurred two year ago. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 30 Harvey Logan, alia "Kid'' Curry, Hwed at Dodson, Mo., a small town about (eleven miles from Kansas City. He wa the leader of tho robbers who held up a Great Northern train on July 3. 1901, and secured J4",00 In unsigned National bank notes after dynamiting the safe. He escaped from the county ;ail at Knoxville, Tenn., on June 27 last, while awaiting removal to the penitentiary at Columbus, O., to which he had been sentenced to twenty year' Im prisonment after hav.rg been convicted of uttering altered tmnk notes, being these that he had taken from the Great Northern express car. . Jle Is charged with other crimes and there In a standing re ward of 11,100 for hi arresf and conviction. COAL MINES JtoAJf NOT CLOSE Prealdent Bner Haa Returned from Europe and Vires . Little Credit to Rumor. READING. Pa.. Aug. 30. George F. Baer, president of the Reading railway, and fam ily arrived at home hero from Europe late last night. Mr. Baer will be at his office In Philadelphia tomorrow. Interviewed to day a to reports from the upper anthra cite region that some eolllerle .there would have to close, Mr. Baer kald that he had not kept In touch with the coal situation, and could not Bay whether for the present any of the Reading company' collieries would be ordered to hut down. It was hla Impression that there had been a steady active demand all summer for dd mestlo alzes of anthracite and that the surplus size which th. y were obliged to store consisted of rice and buckwheat coal. These enter into steam making Industries exclusively. For the first time In the his tory of the anthracite Industry collieries have been running; dnajng the warm sea son (hla 'year and' It' would be a surprise to the coal and railroad officials here gen erally If order should be issued for the collieries to close now that the fall and win ter trade Is about to open. PRIEST OBJECTS TO - OATH Call on Typographical Union to Modify Obligation af Members. MARSHALL, Mich., Aug. 30.-Rev. Dr. P. A. Baart, rector of St. Mary' church of thla city, today, In a sermon on "Educa tion," said no Catholic could consistently take or keep the oath of some labor unions, and he mentioned particularly the Typo graphical union, part of whose oath he quoted a follow: I hereby solemnly and sincerely swear that my fidelity to the Typographical union and my duty to the members thereof, shall In no sense be Interferred with by any al legiance that I may now or hereafter owe to any other organization, social, political or religious. Father Baart said tflls oath placed the union before the church and before the state and distinctly Impeached the loyalty and catholicity of those who take such an oath. Possibly the leaders may not have realized the full force of the words they used In their oath, he said, but whether they did or not, every patriotic citizen and every sincere, consistent Catholic should Insist that such an oath be modified and that the objectionable clause be cut out. FIRE IN COAL BUNKERS Flagship of Naval Training gqundroa Reaches Newport with Crew Fighting; Flames. NEWPORT. R. I Aug. 30.-The flagship Yankee of the Naval Training squadron, which Is flying the flag of Rear Admiral W. C. Wise and which has been engaged In the maneuvers off Portland, entered the harbor thla morning with her midship bunker afire. The fire waa discovered Thursday morning by smoke on the gun deck. Some 200 tons of coal were removed from the top of the bunker, leaving some 300 tons. Then the fire hose was used and since that time the fire has been smoulder ing. The crew Is still engaged In moving the coal from one bunker to another. Yankee coaled at Bar Harbor, August 9, and thla la some of the soft coal that was taken aboard there. Admiral Wise will In spect the training station tomorrow and the tralnlngshlp Monongahela. The latter vessel will then go to League Island for repairs. RISE IN THEPRICE OF COAL Knnsns Operators Tack Twenty-Five (cats Per Ton ea Their Product, TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 30. At a meeting of the Oeage county coal operators, held her today, the price of coal from the mines that supply the northern and eastern Kansas markets waa advanced from $2.S5 to $3.10 per ton at the mines. This is the highest price ever charged for this coal. One of the operator said the Increased cost Is the result of the Increased price of labor. BRYAN CANCELS HIS DATES Clves No Reason for Not Speaking In Ohio Ruling Coming; Week. CLEVELAND. Aug 30. Mayor Johnson tonight received a telegram from W. J. Bryan asking that hla engagements to speak during the coming week In Ohio be cancelled. lo cause wo give. SHIPS TO GUARD AMERICANS Washington Authorities Still Feel that Veneli Should Go to Turkey. LONDON HEARS THEY ARE NOT WANTED Reports that Minister Lelahmau Has Requested I'nited States to Remit European Squadron from Turkish Wnters. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. -Other than the advices from Admiral Cotton announcing his departure with the cruisers Brooklyn and Son Francisco for Beyroot, there were no developments In the Turkish situation today, so far as Washington Is concerned. No additional Information came today from United States Minister Lelshman. Secre tary Hay saying tonight he had not heard from our minister to Turkey since yester day morning. The orders to Admiral Cotton to proceed to Beyroot will not be canceled. It 1 au thoritatively stated tonight, unless the president so directs. Such an order at this time, however, apparently would not avail anything, as the admiral la now on his way to Turkey. The Associated Press Interview with Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister, at hla summer home at Sayvllle. L. I., was a topic of almost general discussion In offi cial circle today. That the minister Is manifestly perturbed over the situation of affairs In Turkey Is fully realized here. His uneasiness over the presence of an American fleet In Turkish waters, lest It be taken by the revolutlonlsta as an evi dence of the American government's sym pathy with their cause. It la thought, will not be a strong enough reason for Its withdrawal. The administration regards It as n sacred duty to see that adequate and prompt assistance and protection should bo given American Interest In the dis turbed districts and for this reason feels Justified In having the washlps Bent to Turkey. European Squadron Enronte, Contrary to expectation. Chekib Bey had not arrived In Washington up to 9 o'clock tonight and Inquiry at the leading hotels failed to disclose that he had telegraphed he was coming. A number of dispatches are awaiting his arrival here. Presumably some of the dispatches are from Constan tinople and Secretary Hay will grant the minister an audience tomorrow If he comes to the city. With the departure of the cruisers Brook lyn and San Francisco for Beyroot this morning, as announced by Admiral Cotton to the Navy department, the entire Euro pean squadron la now on Its way to the Turkish seaport, the gunboat Machlas hav ing left Genoa yesterday. The cruisers are much faster than the gunboat and Ad r.lral Cotton cabled that he expected thiy -would reach Beyroot by Friday next. The Bureau of NaIgatlon of the Navy department haa been advised by cable that the cruiser Brooklyn and San Franclaco sailed from Genoa this (Sunday) rr.ornlng and are expected to arrive at Beyroot Friday next. Hunting for tba Culprit. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. SO.-Slnce the representation made by United State Min ister Lelshman, regarding the attempt on the life of Vice Consul Nagelsaen, the authorities at Beyroot are displaying a marked activity In their efforts to find the culprit. Warships Not Wanted. LONDON, Aug. SO. A dispatch from Con stantinople, dated August 29, to the Ex change Telegraph company say It is un derstood that after an interview with For eign Minister Tewfik Pasha, Minister Lelsh mun requested Washington to recall the European squadron, which has been or dered to Beyroot. The Sofia correspondent of the Time telegraph that it is explained that the Beyroot affair wa merely a wedding party engaging in a feu de Jole, and the shot were not directed with design against the United Statea vice consul, Mr. Magelssen. Cruiser to Port Said. GENOA. Aug. 10,-The United States cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco sailed at 12:25 p. m. today for Port Said, where they expect to find instruction Indicating their future movements. SHAW TO INSPECT EXPOSITION Ottlcials Say They Hava Earned the Subsidy Voted by Con gress. CHICAGO. Aug. 30. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw held a confer ence In Chicago today with a committee of officers and directors of the Louisiana Fur chase Exposition company and perfected arrangements for his Inspection of the World's fair grounds at St. Louis on Tues day next. Tha committee which met the secretary today wa composed of Vice President Corwin H. Spencer and August Chener, Director J. F. Wade, John Schroer. A. L. Shaplelgh and George T. Cram, and Secre tary W. B., Stevens. Secretary Shaw and the member of the committee from St. Louta will leave to morrow evening, arriving at Bt. Louie Tues day morning. They spend the forenoon in making an inspection of the work done at the fair grounds, where four of the big exhibit buildings have been completed and nine others being well advanced in con struction. The secretary also will Inspect the government building and the govern ment fisheries building. At the conference at Chicago today the secretary waa In formed that within the coming week the exposition company will have expended tlO.000,000. Under the act of congress the government appropriation of S5.000.000 be comes available aa soon aa the exposition haa expended $10,000,000. The secretary goes to St. Louis to see for himself how the $10,000,000 has been spent and to consider plans of the disbursement of the $5,000,000. In St. Louis Secretary Shaw will be en tertained at luncheon by the Mercantile club on Tuesday afternoon, when officer and directors of all the banka and trust companies of St. Louis, aa well aa the di rectors of the exposition, will be present. Secretary Shaw is expected to address the assemblage. LIQUOR DEALERS TAKE HAND Deride to Oppose tha Re-election af Low as Mayor of New York. NEW YORK. Aug. SO.-The Liquor Deal ers' association of New York met today and passed resolution denouncing Mayor Low. and announcing that the association ha determined to enter the municipal cam paign thla year aa a nonpolltical body to oppose the election of Its enemies and espouse the cause of Ita frlenda. Police Commissioner Greene waa also de nounced In the resolution. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecsst for Nebraska Fair Monday and Tuesday; Warmer in Southern Portion Tuesday. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterday! Hour. Ilea. Hour. Uea. S a. m r 1 p. m HT a. m rts 2 p. m TO T a. m nn a p. n no Ha. m fM 4 p. su AM Ha. m hi ft p. m TO lft a. m 41-t p. m ...... H 11 I. n U T p. m CM 1 m v4 H n. ra Mt n p. m US FIGHT WITH DESPERATE THIEF Special Officer C osgrove Nearly Loaea Hla life In the Railroad Tarda. About 8:30 o'clock last night, while Spe cial Officer A. J. Cosgrove of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha Railway company was making hla rounds In the Webster street freight yards, he saw some one In the act of breaking Into a freight car. He quickly ran to the spot with the Intention of arresting the thief. The man, who turned out to be John Meahan Of 1417 North Twenty-third street, heard him com ing, turned quickly and covered the officer with a revolver and ordered him to throw up his hands. When the officer complied with the command. Meahan asked him If he had any weapons, and when he replied In the negative ho said he believed lie would search him and did so, keeping him covered with the revolver. The officer hod no revolver but possessed a billy which was in one of his hip pockets. This Meahan secured. He also tried to get C'osgrove's watch which was In his vest pocket, but the officer kept backing oft and he could not reach It. While Cosgrove was keeping away from the man and backing off the robber sud denly stumbled over a rail and the de tective waa upon him Inatantly and grabbed the gun. A lively tussle ensued which lasted for several minutes. Meahan was getting the better of the officer and finally wrenched the revolver loose, placed it agulnst the body of the detective and pulled the trigger. Cosgrove saw what he wa attempting to do and mnde a quick move to one side Just as the bullet left the gun so that It did not strike him, but the powder burned hi clothes. The shot at tracted the attention of one of, the awltch Ing crews who was working In the yard and they ran to the spot. As aoon as they arrived they lent their assistance toward making Meahan a captive. He was quickly overpowered and taken to the nearest patrol box, where a wagon call was sent In and he was landed in the city Jail charged with highway robbery. Meahan la a young fellow about 20 years of age and he and some of his brothers are well known to the police, having been under arrest a number of times for various of fenses. While the young man was on his way to Jail In the wagon he waa asked If he would have killed the officer had It been possible for him to do so. He at first hesi tated but finally replied that it wa hi In tention to kill him when he fired the shot and he thought he had surely dona ao for a moment. After Officer Cosgrove1 return to the .freight yard he found aome braes and other material in a sack near the spot where Meahan wo captured. If It Is found that the bra was secured by breaking open car In the yards the charge of burglary will alio be placed against the prisoner in addition to the charge already against him. WHEN COLONELJLAKE COMES Emmet Branch of Irish National League Plans a Big Meeting; for Him. A meeting of the Omaha Emmet branch of the United Irish league wa held In the Paxton cafe yeaterday afternoon to make preliminary arrangements for the observ ance of the one hundredth anniversary of tha execution of Robert Emmet. A num ber of Irish-Americans, including some women, were present, but it was decided to postpone the appointment of committees until a meeting at the same time and place r.ext Sunday. J. A. Connor presided In the absence of T. J. Mahoney, the president. Secretary Howard read a telegram from Colonel Blake, stating that he would not be able to be In Omaha September 20, the date first set, but would be here Sunday, Sep tember 27, when he will deliver a lecture for the benefit of the United Irish league. The Emmet branch some time ago for warded to the general treasurer of the league in New York $771.60, and desire to send another donation of as large a sum a possible In response to an urgen ap peal sent out last month from the head quarters of the league. Of the Irish mem bers of Parliament sixty are without pri vate means, and aa they receive no salary from the government they would be unabfo to occupy their seats, and work for the benefit of Ireland, but for the funds pro vided for them by the United Irish league. Colonel Blake Is a Went Pointer and was an officer in the United Statea army. Three year ago he went to South . Africa r.nd organized the Irish brigade, which he com manded during the Boer war, the brigade being credited with fighting as hard and a gallantly against the English armies us any body of Boer. HEARS OF ALLEN IN MEXICO tatted State Minister I Assisting In Locating the Absconding Preacher. BOSTON, Aug. SO. A dispatch was re ceived today by Chief Inspector Watt from United States Minister Powell at the City of Mexico, In relation to the report that Willard H. Allen, the defaulting treas urer of the Preachers' Aid society of the Methodist Episcopal church hud been seen In that city last Sunday. Minister Powell aald he had no personal knowledge that Allen had been there, although he had heard the report. The telegram also said that the minister would co-operate In every way with the authorities to find Allen. Movement of Ore a Vessels Aug. SO. At New York Arrived Patrla. from Mar seilles, Naples and Palermo. At Scllly Passed Kaiser Wllhelm II. from New York, for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg. At Llverptml Arrived Canada. from Montreal; Celtic, from New York via Uueenatown. Sailed Georglc, for New York. At Moville Arrived Bavarian, from Mon treal, for Liverpool, and proceeded. At Glasgow Arrived Columbia. fom New York via Moville. Sailed- Sicilian, for Montreal, and passed Instrahull. At Bremen Hailed Grosser Kurfurst. for New York via Cherbourg, and passed lumger'". SOIh. At Jueenstown-8alled Etrurls, from Llverrx'o . for New York. At Boulogne Sur Mer Kalled-Blaten-dani. from Rotterdam, for New York, and passed Prawle Point. At Plymouth Arrived. August 31 Kaiser Wllhelm II. from New . York, for Cher bourg and Hamburg, and proceeded. At New York Arrived Zealand, from Aalmefgb REVERSE FOR REBELS Sustain Severe Defeat in Engagement Where 1,000 Men Are Killed. PORTE ASKS BELGIUM FOR OFFICERS At Same Time Swede in Turkish Service Eeceive No Faj. SERVIAN ARMY IS BEING MOBILIZED Diplomatic Agent Sara This Meant No Hostility Toward Turk". TEACHERS WOULD KILL CHRISTIANS Moslem Preach that Time for Holy W'ar Haa Come and People Must Be Rendy to Respond to ummona. SALONTCA. Aug. SO.-The Bulgarian In. surgents sustained a severe reverse at Smllovo Friday, 1,000 of them being killed. The Insurgents to the number of 3,000 occu pied a position on a height, which waa stormed by six battalions of Turkish troopa commanded by Scrvet Pasha. After losing 1.000 of their number the Bulgarians fled In the face of the heavy Turkish artillery fire. The Turkish losses were insignificant. Insurgents Rnle nt Monnstlr. SOFIA. Bulgaria, Aug. SO.-Dlspatehes re ceived today from Constantinople, Salonlca, Monnstlr and Adrianople reveal an equally unsatisfactory condition of affair in Mace, donla. From Salonlca came report of new uprisings. At Monasllr the Insurgent are said to be masters of the situation. Tele grams from Adrianople declare that the Insurgent bands are continuing their ravHRes. At the moment that the porte Is asking Belgium to supply officers for the Mace donian gendarmerie, the Swedish ambassa dor at Constantinople has notified the Turk ish government that unless they receive their pay Immediately, the Swedish officers now at I'skub will leave the country. The Pnvenlk says the Servian diplomatic agent has notified the porte that two divi sions of the Servian army have been mobi lized wtthout any hostile intention as re gards Turkey, but they will be sent to the frontier to prevent Albanian Incursion Into Servla. A new outbreak I reported to have oc curred In the environ of Salonlca and sev eral skirmishes have taken place between Glevgyell and Salonlca. There has also been a fight near Edldjevarda, both Bide losing heavily. Turkish Troop Discouraged. In the district between Kaaterla and Fiorina, south of Monastlr the Insurgent have destroyed all the fortified realdencea of the wealthy bey. A notorlou brigand ' named Abdul MedJId recently delivered a harangue to the Inhabitants of Tetuvo tell ing them ptepare themselves to slaughter all the Bulgarian upon the first appenr ance of revolutionary banda in the neigh borhood'." Many"'woVnded,Ttt'fklsli Mldltrtf have been brought Into Salonlca from Uskub, Sere and Mjanastlr. The Turkish troops are reported to be greatly discour aged and many deserters have been thrown Into prison. According ta the Dnevnlk the hodjn (teachers attached to the n.oaque) In the vilayet of Kossavo axe preaching that the time for a holy war la come and that the people must be ready to kill the Chris tian in the vilayet. Insurgent bands are said to be In complete control of the dis tricts of Demlrhlssar and Kltschevo and the chief mountain passe In the vilayet of Monastlr. The total strength of the banda In the vilayet of Adrianople 1 estimated at 6,000 men. The Insurgent have blown up the barracks at Ghloktlpe, hear Malketernovo, killing sixty soldiers. They also attacked and set fire to the Turkish ramps at Egrl palanks, Kratovo and Kotchenl. A great panic ensued, the troop firing Into each other. , The Bulgarian government has sent an other regiment to strengthen the frontier forces In the neighborhood of Kosteudll. A private telegram from Rula, Bulgaria, near Kostendll, say the reservist In tha frontier village have received orders to ba ready for mobilization the moment fighting occurs at frontier post. Insurgent Levy Fine. BALONICA, Aug. 30. The Bulgarian In surgents on capturing the town of Nevk August 26, seized the arms and ammunition of the garrison, levied a contribution of $5,000 on the town and then withdrew to the mountains. Thej Turkish troop on their arrival bombarded the town, but to rching no response they entered the town without molesting the Inhabitant. Anatrlnn Consul Kenr Fire. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 30,-It appear that the report by the Austrian consul at Uskub that a detachment of troopa dis charged their rifles at the Austrian con sulate there arose from the simple cir cumstance that a party of reservists leav ing Uskub In a train, fired In the air, a Is their custom in Joining the color and the Austrian consulate happened to be close to the station. Agitation In aervln. BELGRADE, Servla, Aug. $0 A crowd of thousands of people gathered In tha theater square this afternoon and demon strated In sympathy with the Macedonians, fie vera I well known politicians spoke. They condemned Turkish misrule, appealed to the Servian to assist the Macedonians In their struggle for freedom and declared that Servla, Bulgaria and Montenegro ought to occupy and rebuild the Turkish empire. The meeting called on the gov ernment to interfere In behalf of the Macedonians. Reports are In circulation hera that tha monastery of St. Prochov, on the Servian frontier, waa attacked Saturday night and utterly demolished by the Turk and Bul garians. Garlbnldl on ftltautlou. ROME, Aug. 30 General Kicclottl Gari baldi, who fought on the aide of Greece against Turkey in 1897. has been Inter viewed regarding the rumor that Greece will support Turkey against Macedonia. He aald he did not find it atrange that Greece and Turkey should unite In sup pressing the Macedonian Insurrection. "I myself," he continued, "have urged Greece to come to an agreement with Tur key before Russian pan-Slavism or Aus trian pan-Germanism gain the mastery over all the eastern Adriatic coast. Greece, Albania and Italy have only one road to safety and that i a fu'l and cordial un derstanding with Turkey. "Boris Karafon asked my advice In or ganizing the Macedonian Insurrection, com plaining that I waa unfavorable to It. I ajiswered that I could not approve It because the insurrection waa baaed On tha hope of A us I ro-Russian intervautlas