The
Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1JH3.
SINGLE OOFY THREE CENTS.
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BULGARIA FOR PEACE
Ptoidei to Wair.tain Attitu3a of Etriotut
. Neutrality in Freient Affair.
WILL ADOPT MOST STRINGENT MEASURES
Anything Likely to Cama Disturbance
With Turkey to Be Aroidai
CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY COST OF WAR
f eari It Will Not Be Permitted to Reap
Advanttge.
NATION IN POSITION TO MAKE DEFENSE
l Hostilities Are Declared Will Ac
cept Challenge Fearlessly Army
Can Be Mobilised la Three la
Twelr Dare.
BANK OF ENGLAND NEEDS GOLD
Raises Discount Hate la Stop fhe
Drnla oi I Rfttnr
apply.
LONDON. Sept. ,1-Th unusual step
taken by the director of the Hank of
England In raising the rste of discount a
full point to 4 per cent In the flr.t week
of September la a prompt admission that
the financial altuation In Europe I almost
aa abnormal, though for entirely different
reasons, aa the monetary position In New
York. The Bank of England has today
a atock of coin and bullion fully 10,000,W
leas than It had"- year ago, while the re
serve la pearl: W down. In that
condition the baA., satisfy heavy
demands from the ' ',f Europe.
Oermany la by far the heaU' ' 'rawer
of coin, and the drain of bum
Berlin Is likely to continue until li.
000.000, which Is the British governmen.
payment for the Netherlands Transvaal
railway capital, la fully paid. Scarcely
10.000,010 of thla obligation has been dis
charged up to the present time.
Germany's national requirements are,
however, of a far wider and more Interest
ing character. Ita Imperial revenue has
lately fallen short of Ita expenditure, and
there Is reluctmca to bridge over the rap
ALASKA MAY GET A DELEGATE
t
Brad and Swineford Are the Two Chief
Aspirant
SUBCOMMITTEE FAVORS THE PLAN
Senators Wka Visited the Big Posses
sion. However, Are Said Is) Oppose
a Territorial Form of
Government.
.OFIA. Bulgaria, ovi. (I. According to
reliable reports from Varna at the recent
ouncll of ministers presided over ly j by calling on the separate German states
Tlnoe reromann at ui palace or tuiin
ograd. It was resolved that Bulgaria should
continue to maintain an attitude of the
Strident neutrality In the Macedonian ques
tion and further that the most stringent
measure ahould be adopted to prevent any
thing likely to cause a disturbance In Bul
garia's relations with Turkey. The war
minister Is reported to have spoken
strongly against sny thought of Bulgaria
declaring war on Turkey, first, on account
of the enormous expenditure that such a
war would Involve, and, secondly, because
the great power would never permit Bul
garia to reap the advantage If she were
Victorious.
Should Turkey attack Bulgaria, declared
the minister, the army could hold the
Turks In check for the first few daya while
the entire Bulgarian army could be mobi
lized In three to twelve daya. Bulgaria
would never declare war, he added, but If
war was declared against her she would
accept the challenge fearlessly. As an evi
dence of Bulgaria's peaceful Intentions, the
council decided that, upon the first symp
toms of disorder on the frontier, martial
law would be proclaimed at Burgas, Kos
tendll, I'hlllppopolls aiid Sofia. The minis
ters expressed the opinion that the powers
would aoon reach the conviction that the
Macedonian question could not be decided
Without their intervention.
'Where Towns Were Destroyed.
The Autonomic publishes the names of
fifty villages burned by the Turks In the
following districts: Resen. thirty villages;
Kostur, fourteen; Brushevo, six, and one
monastery, ' The Turks burned four vil
lages In the district of Strushknpollsk and
murdered the priest. The population fled
to the mountains. The Turks have de
stroyed all the flour mills In the district
of Reeen and also every church. A fight
la reported to have taken place at the vil
lage of Vetrsko, in the district of Kuma
novo, between a lody of Insurgents and a
Turkish battalion. It' lasted four hour
' and iha'Turxs hist heavily.-
Reports have reached the revolutionary
headquarters here of atrocities by the
Turks In the village of Velmomt In the
district of Debre, , The troops and Baahl
JiasoukS are aald to have surrounded, the
village and part of them entered and began
plundering the bouses and assaulting the
women. The other soldiers remained out
side and killed those Inhabitants who tried
to escape. The Turks then set fire to the
village In four places, burning twelve
women and children. One child waa hanged.
Altogether sixty pen Bants were killed and
their bodies were left lying In the streets.
Lelahman Awaits Developments.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. . United
Btatea Minister Irishman is not taking any
steps regarding the attempt upon Vice
Consul Magelssen at Bnyroot, but Is
quietly awaiting developments on the part
of the port.
Referring t the declarations made by
Chekib Bey, minister to Washington, In an
Interview August 29, cabled here. It Is
pointed out In Constantinople thst the
ports would have obviated all the present
disagreement between the United Statea
and Turkey had It executed Ita engagement
mads laat year, and therefore the Ottoman
government Is alons blamablo for the pres
ent relations between the two countries,
It Is also declared that the charges made
by Chekib Bey against the American mis
lonarie of inciting the Armenians against
the Mussulmans are unfounded.
The Interior of most of the smbassles
hers are guarded by armed sailors from
their respective guardshlps. The German
embassy, in the absence of its guardshlp,
Loroley, which Is cruising In the Black
Sea, Is guarded by Turkish soldiers.
How Boat Waa Destroyed
The survivors of the Hungarian steamer
Vaakapura, destroyed In the Black sea.
attributed to explosions caused by the In
surgents, state that two explosions oc
curred on board the steamer at 4 o'clock
Tuesday morning. Two dynamite bombs
lor lncret.se.1 contributions. The Econo
mist points out today that such a course
might cause political complications, and
It is thought preferable to wait until a
new and higher customs tariff Is In fores
and ths revenue thereby Increased. Mean
while the government has plans for fur
nishing the army with new artillery and
rifles and for increasing the navy, to carry
through which the government prefers to
resort to large new loan' rather than to
Impose fresh taxation. The Bank of Ger
many is now preparing to finance these
loans, doing so both by enlarging Its own
resources and by attracting to home In
terests German capital now employed In
England and other countries. 1
Beside this outward movement, the de
mand of gold for Egypt will be excep
tionally heavy In order to finance the ex
cellent cotton crop. Shipments of gold to
the United States, though not yet begun
are only proposed. Altogether, financial
houses are abundantly justtfled In expect
ing that the drain on the Bank of Eng
land's resources will be exceptionally se
vers towarda the end of the year.
INVESTIGATE ITALIAN NAVY
Premier Promises to Appoint a Com.
mission V'pen Socialist Editor's
Demands.
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ROME, Sept. . Deputy Ferrl, the editor
of the socialist paper Avantl, who was
acquitted September i of the charge of
libeling the navy, brought against him by
thirty-five naval officers on the ground that
the latter could not represent the whole
navy, has filed an Interpellation to be made
on the reopening of the chamber. Insisting
again on a parliamentary Inquiry Into the
condition of the navy from the time of
the battle of Uses, In 186. in which the
Italians were defeated by the Austrlans,
until the present time.
It was on the occasion of a previous
attempt to obtain WparllamenCary Inquiry
that Signor Ferrl made his attacks on the
navy which led to the suit for libel being
brought against him. It Is believed, how
ever, that before the reopening of the
ohsmber Premier Zsnardelll will appoint a
committee of naval Investigation, aa he
promised when the proposition for sn In
auiry wss previously - rejected by the
chambers.
BARTHOLDT GETS MEETING
International Arbitration Conference
Will Hold Session nt St. Loats
Exposition.
VIENNA, Sept. 6. The conference of the
Interparliamentary union for International
arbitration will meet here tomorrow. A
session of the council was held today to
consider business. Congressman P.lchard
Bartholdt, the American delegate, succeeded
In securing the next conference for St.
Louis In 1904 to bs held In connection with
the exposition upon the condition that the
official Invitation be extended to the con
ference by either the president of the
United States or congress.
Mr. Bartholdt assured the congress that
such an Invitation was sure to bs secured.
ROME FEARS DEMONSTRATION
Forbid Public Commemoration of
Death of Philosopher Because
f Csare Visit.
ROME, Sept. . The police forbade
public commemoration of the death of the
Italian philosopher Bovle, which the ex
treme parties had arranged to hold today
as they believed It was Intended to convert
It Into a demonstration against the comlug
visit of the csar to Rome,
Troops ware kapt In readiness In case o
disorder, but nothing occurred to call for
Were thrown by men, supposed to have I their Intervention. The extremists hav
mbarked at Varna, one In the atoke hole deolded to hold the commemoration nex
and the other on the bridge. The vessel
Was In charge of the first and second mates
the captain being asleep. The whole bridge
With the captain and ths two matea was
Mown off while ths stoks hole was wrecks!
and an apprentice killed.
- Ths explosions were followed by an out
break of fire In ths forehold. Altogether
fifteen persons lust their lives but all ths
engineers and most of the passengers were
saved. Ths crsw behaved with great gal
lantry. Private advices from Adrienople report
that the troops In the Ktrk-KUlsse dlstrlot
are treating ths Inhabitants with great
rigor. Every Bulgarian village furnishing
recruits to the Insurgents has been bom
barded and destroyed, ths Inhabitants be
ing given barely time to escape. In the
vilayet of Monaster equal isverlty Is ihown.
One pasha told his troops that ths booty
belonged to them and ths honor to him.
Aa a result ths troops are pillaging even
ths vlllagea whioh. remain neutral.
There has been a heavy fall In Turkish
securities during ths past two days on the
unfounded rumor that the Turkish troops
bad crossed ths Bulgarian frontier.
LONDON, Sept A letter fron Bey
root dated August XJ, describe the condi
tion there under ths present vail as scan
dalous. It says:
Not only bribery and corruption era
rampant in every branch of the legisla
tion, but a certain lawlessness is manifes
ting Itself among the Moslem element,
which If not suppressed is sura to cause
trouble In the future. The native Chr.s
tlans are oppressed but they do not cotn
t.l.ln while the Europeans no longer en
joy the security which existed a few years
ago. The house of the Italian consul was
latelv rifled by burglars and Sunday. Aug
ust 23. the American vice consul was fired
at Arrests were made, but it always hsp-
pens that the innocent man la made to
suffer for the crime. ,
HO MB. He pi. .Plus X has represented
to the Austrian emperor ths advisability,
Sunday In spits sf police prohibition..
(Continued so Second Pag)
Gatagr Baek ta the Apa.
LONDON, Sept. I.-A Melbourne dispatch
to the Dally Chronlole says ths admin
latrator of British New Guiana report
ths discovery of an extraordinary tribe of
marsh land dwellers In the Island of Papua
Owing to the swampy ground and tangled
tropical undergrowth, walking and canoe
Inr are almost impossible. Ths natlv
dwellings are built in trees, arid ss a re
suit of ths conditions the natives sre grad
ually losing ths uae of their lower limbs
and are unable to walk on hard ground
without their feet bleeding. Their bodies
have developed enormously, while their
legs and thighs hsvs become atrophied
Id figure and carriage they are ape-like.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-(8peclal.)-There
Is every prospect that Alaska will
be granted a delegate In congress this win
ter. It has long needed one and the need
has greatly Increased with the unexpected
development of the resources of the mighty
territory in recent years. The subcommit
tee of the senate committee on territories,
which has Just returned from Alaska, li
In favor of representation by delegate, but
Is hostile to a territorial form of govern
ment for the great possession.
The committee went to Alaska for the
special purpose of Investigating conditions
and there Is little doubt that Its recom
mendations will be approved by the com
mittee and the senate. On the house side
there has long been a feeling favorable to
Alaskan representation. Now that we
have delegates from Porto R!oo and little
Hawaii there seems to be no valid reason
why we should not have one from the
most extensive of our territorial posses
sions. In the event that a delegate is given
Alaska, In all probability ihe republican
candidate for that office will he the present
governor of Alaska, John Green Brady.
Governor Brady Is a New Yorker by birth,
his early education, however, having been
received from Judge John Green of Tipton,
Ind., to whom he was sent by the Chil
dren's Aid society of New York when a
tiny tot. Later he worked his way through
Yale and the Union Theological seminary,
where he graduated. Later In life lie en
gaged 1.700 acres, of land In Texas where
he proposed to establish an industrial re
form colony for New York slum boys, but
on account of the lack of funds It' was
bandoned. Governor Brady went to
Alaska in 1871 as a missionary with Dr.
8heldon Jackson and later became manager
of the Sitka Trading company. He was ap
pointed governor of Alaska, June IS, lc97,
and waa reappointed June t, 1900, his term
expiring In 1904.
Swlaeford Is Democrats' Choice.
The demooratla candidate Is likely to be
Alfred P. Swineford. After many years of
prominence in the upper peninsula of Mich
igan Mr. Swineford became Cleveland's
governor of Alaska eighteen years ago. He
had a long training In mining countries. He
had been a state legislature and oandldate
for lieutenant governor and for congress.
He had for years conducted-what was and
s still regarded as the best newspaper In
Michigan's upper peninsula. - He made one
of the most popular governors the Russian
purohase ever had. Governor Swineford
has made Alaska his home ever since. He
has appeared frequently In Washington In
Alaskan Interests.
Few people In the United States have any
due comprehension of the "magnificent dis
tance." of Alaaka-Jt taken Qovaranr Brady
or ex-Governor Swineford to give a man a
reasonable conception of the far-reaching
areas added to the American domain by
William H. Seward's little negotiation with
Csar Alexander II. In the current Issue of
the Connecticut' Magaxlne, a valuable his
torical publication. Judge Lyman E. Munson
has an article In which he says: "The
Alaskan Islands are crowned with golden
sunlight at midday, while midnight darkens
the capltol at Washington."
America's Wonderland.
' Governor Swineford of Alaska some years
sgo gave to a newspaper correspondent a
story which was widely published. In this
he said: "When I am sitting In the execu
tive residence at Sitka I am farther east
from Attu islands that westernmost of ths
Aleutian islands than I am west of Port
land. Me. If the capital of the United
States wss located In the exact center of
our country It would be In the Paclfle
ocean 600 miles north by west of San Fran
cisco."
This was before our country became a
world-girdling power; It was before the
gold discoveries of the Klondike and Nome
and before the mighty rush of people from
everywhere in Alaska. At the same time
the then governor spoke of the agricultural
possibilities of the "American Wonderland'
and amased the Washington newspaper
men by telling them that Indian children
played baseball and danced barefooted be
fore the executive residence In Sitka on
Christmas day. He also delighted In ex
hlbltlug a map of Alaska made on the
scale of an ordinary state map. It was a
hugo affair rolled In a big bundle, so largo
no wall In Washington could be found big j
enough to hang It on. In actual land area
Alaska la clmost seven times as large as
Nebraska not counting the Islands, and In
extent of land and water, from the Russian
to the British boundary it is something
colossal.
It will be no small honor to be Alaska's
Crst delegate, and Incidentally the mileage
to and from Skaguay to Washington each
session of congress, during the term (and
sometlrnaa there are three sessions) will
make the Alaskan delegate the best puld
men In congress with the possible exception
of the frisky end tawney Prince Cupid of
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Oar "Lack of Preparedness."
The lack of preparedness which England
showed on going Into the Sjuth African
war and which has recently been made
public through four bulky blue books Is
sued last week In London by the Commis
sion of Enquiry has been the subject of
universal comment in army and navy cir
cles hereabouts. It has done one thing,
however, that may be far-reaching In Its
results and that la it has drawn the at
tention of the heads of army and navy de
partments to our own lack of prepared
ness should we be forced into another war.
One of the highest army officers, whose
NEW COAL HAULING ROAD
Projected to Open Lands la Kentucky
in Connection With New
, Mining Company.
CINCINNATI, Sept, -A mortgage to
secure bonds on a new railway from Co
lumbus. O., to Msysville, Ky., to connect
east and west trunk lines in the north
with the Chesapeake Ohlo.he Louisville
ft Nashville and other southern lines, was
recorded yesterday and today It Is an
nounced that this new line will also ex
tend ninety miles from Maysvllle, Ky.,
through Jackson, Pike, Flcrd and Martin
counties In Kentucky, so Is to form nn
outlet to the coat fields on the west side
of Big Sandy river, ,
The Great Northern Coal and Coke com
pany, recently organised with a capital
isation of $10,000,000, owns 600,000 acres of
coal lands In that region, and la said to
be promoting the new railway. It Is pro
posed to ship this coal by rail, as well as
down the Big Sandy and Ohio rivers, as
has been done for years. Jt Is said that
the Great . Northern and the Pittsburg
coal companies will then control the coal
trade from Pennsylvania , and all states
along the Ohio river to . New Orleans.
Large elevators . and tipples are to.be
erected at Marysvllto for transferring coal
into barges for the trade along the Ohio
and the Mississippi valleys.
The Great Northern will have Ita land
and railway headquarters In New York. Its
shipping headquarters at Maysvllle and Its
selling headquarters at Cincinnati. The
temporary organisation of the Great North
ern Coal and Coke company Includes J. M.
Camden and ftprtgg Camden of Parkers
burg, F. A. Dlnlcy and Robert Nomlon of
Chicago. George C. Howe of Duluth. J. C.
Maya of Palntsvllle, Ky., and members of
an eastern syndicate whose names are not
made known. It Is said that with con
nections at Columbus. O., this combination
Intends also to enter the lake coal trade.
FATAL FIGHT OVER WOMAN I condition ofjthe weather
Bishop's Salary Suppressed.
PARIS, Sept. I. Premier Combes has sup
pressed the salary of Bishop Andrleu of
Marseilles because of the violently worded
circular Issued by the blahop to the clergy
of his diocese, denouncing the authorities
and also on account of a recent demomtra
tlon In the cathedral at Marseilles on the
occasion of a visit from the bishop of
Nancy, whose salary had been privately
suppressed by ths government.
HUSBAND IS UNDER ARREST
Millionaire Las Anarcles Official
Charged With Attempting to
Kill . His Wife.
Is
David Houser ii Etabbed and Mortally
Wounded by Charles. Ellsworth.
TROUBLE STARTS AT HILL'S ROAD HOUSE
Termination Is on Road Leading ta
City Man Who Don the Massing
Arrested Later by Coanctl
Mian's Police.
David Houser was stabbed to death . by
Charles Ellsworth about one-half mils
southwest of Hill's road house on the main
road leading Into Omaha, at 13:30 o'clock
this morning. Both men reside In Council
Bluffs and had been at the road house to
attend a dance. Houser's death was not
Instantaneous. He died about an hour
after the wound was Inflicted, In Dr.
Hobb's office at SKlt Sherman avenue.
John Fosdlck and David Houser attended
a danca at Hills road house yesterday
evening together. A woman with whom
Houser had been on somewhat Intimate
terras wss also attending the danoa, and
during ths evening had shown some at
tention to Ellsworth. This Houser re
sented. He and Ellsworth had some words
during the evening at different times.
About 11:30 Houser and Fosdlck decided to
return home. Fosdlck took ths buggy and
was In company with a woman. Opal La
Blanche, while Houser started to walk on
shead. After they had gone about a mile
Houser, who seemed to be considering the
Incidents of the evening, turned to Fosdlck
and aald: -
"I don't like the way I have been used
I gutss I will go back and settle with that
fellow."
Fosdlck attempted to dissuade htm, and
told him that he was foolish to go hunting
trouble as there were Ave or six men In
the other party while he was only one.
Fosdlck says he thought Houser had given
tip the notion of going back or waiting to
meet Ellsworth, but that h. had dropped
back behind the buggy and when he looked
for him again he waa gone.
Another Man Interferes.
Forecast for Nebraska Showers and Much
Cooler Mondsy; Tua day Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi
Hoar. Deg. Hear. Deg.
S a. m fl-J 1 p. m 4
a a. m ea a p. m
7 a. m 4 il p. in '
R a. m IT 4 p. m ...... XI
n a. m to n p. m :l
II) a. n TS p. m...... T
11 a. m Til T p. m TS
19 m S2
Fnsriink than tnlri the vonns: woman In
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. ..-Colonel : the buggy with him that he was going to
Griffith, a millionaire resident of this city
and a member of the board of park com
missioners, has been arrested On the charge
of assaulting his wife with murderous In
tent. Mrs. Griffith is In a hospital suffering
from the effects of a pistol shot wound In
the head and a compound fracture of the
shoulder. She was shot.' last Thursday
evening in her room at the Santa Monica
hotel, where, with her husband and son,
aged 15, she had been spending the summer.
In her statement to ths district .attorney,
Mrs. Griffith said her husband shot her
after forcing her to answer at the pistol
point some Irrational 'questions aa to her
faithfulness and knowledge of any attempt
to poison him. When he shot her she was
on her knees, fine jumped up and ran to
a window, out of which she Jumped, falling
on a roof some fourteen feet below, frac
turing her shoulder blade. Mrs. Griffith
wsnted a charge of Insanity preferred
against her husband.:.
Colonel Griffith lnr)"',i that his wtfa was
wounded aooldontal.i.rw was twrMfng bvrf
a trunk, according to his; story, when ha
heard the report of the revolver and turned
to see Mrs. Griffith fall to the floor. The
weapon, ha says, was one of his own which
Mrs. Griffith came across In gathering to
gether their effects for packing. How it
was discharged Colonel Griffith does not
know, as he asserted that his back was
turned. He denied that there was any pos
sible cause for a quarrel between himself
and Mrs. Griffith and declares that re
ports of his having fired the shot are abso
lutely unfounded.
DEFENDS MODERN JOURNALISM
Prof. Erie Sparks Saya Newspapers
Are the Barometers af
Society.
CHICAGO, Sept. . Prof. Erie Sparks
defended modern Journalism before the
regular weekly session of the Cook county
teachers' Institute at the normal school
and declared the newspapers were the
barometers of the times. He deplored
the "sensational ideals" of the modern
editors, but said that they reflected the
Ideas of the times.
The remarks were made In the course of
a lecture on "Rerorm Movements in Amer
ica." The lecture was a critical study of
Horace Greeley, with special attention to
the great reform movements of ths middle
of the century In which he was Interested
abolition, temperance and woman suf
frage. Ho told of the high principles which
governed Greeley In the management of
the New York Tribune and compared them
to the methods of later editors.
'The newspaper Is, however," he said,
"sn accurate barometer of the times. An
accurate estimate can be formed of a per
son by the way he reads a newspaper.
Some men will turn to the sporting page
at once; other men will begin at the first
page and read column after column; others
go at once to the financial page. A woman
will pick up a paper, glance at the first
page to see If there are any elopements
or romances, and then turn to the 'woman's
page' and but, good Lord, deliver us."
The Institute closed this afternoon. Prof.
Sparks lectured In the afternoon on "The
Moat American of Our Presidents."
turn back and see what had become of
his friend. He turned the horse and drove
back a few hundred yards, and was just
In time to see Ellsworth jump from his
buggy and attack Houser, who fell Into
tbe weeds by the roadside. Fosdlck ran
up to render some assistance to his fallen
friend, but another man who was In ths
buggy with Ellsworth, whose first name
Is Charley, and who In the meantime had
gotten out, warned him back and made
a pass at him with something which he
held In his hand, but what Fosdlck waa
Unable to state. He gave it as his opinion
that It .was either a pair of knuckles or a
knife. Fosdlck then Jumped back and tried
to reason with the two men and finally
they allowed him to approach his friend.
Ellsworth and the man named Charley
got Into their buggy with the two women
who accompanied them and started down
the road. Their rig waa behind that of
Fosdlck. As they, passed him he was In
the act of assisting Houser Into the buggy
and una w UtiWsHwNKr- wotn'i- .iiliwwerte
or ths other' he could not state, out at htm
with the whip as they, turned out to paps,
When ' Fosdlck had gotten Houser Into
his buggy he told him to drive on and find
a doctor as soon as possible. . Houser re
plied that ha was feeing quite weak, and
said that he believed he was pretty badly
hurt. He was able at that time to sit up,
Fosdlck again warned him to hurry. for
ward as fast as possible and And a physi
cian. It was Fosdlck'o Intention to follow
along on foot with his woman companion
as all three could not ride In the buggy
very well and It did not occur to him thiit
there was danger of Houser dying. Houser
drove on ahead and finally went out of
Sight.
Lylnar In Bottom of flatrgry.
When Fosdlck and his companion reached
NO ONE HURTJN" RUNAWAY
Dr. Paris, Family and Coachman
Hara Kxcltlag Time, bat Ara
Rot Injnred.
A fine team of carriage horses belonging
to Dr. B. B. Davis performed a feat yes
terday which resulted In the demolition
of the doctor's carriage and came danger
ously near terminating seriously for Its oc
cupants, the doctor, his family and coach
man. Fortunately, however, none was hurt
and the horses themselves got off without
Injuries.
Dr. Davis, Mrs. Davis and their little
son were In the carriage, which was being
driven by their coachman to the Madison
at Twenty-first and Chicago streets, where
the family wss to dine. At Twenty-second
end Chicago the horses scared and 'soon
got beyond control of their driver. They
whisked Into the front yard of Judge
Doane's residence, paying little heed to the
fence which partially surrounds the place.
Picking a favorite tree, they made a few
fancy turna around It, and then decided to
romp over Into the next yard, which wss
that of Count Crelghton. In the meantime,
however, Mrs. Davis first, then the father
with his boy, and last - the coachman,
emerged safely from the rig. which waa
still attached to th horses. It looked like
a cinch for the death of two mighty fine
horses and the destruction of the carriage.
The latter Just about came true, but
despite the fact that the horses. In their
mad race, took a desperate lunge over the
six-foot terrace of Count Crelghton's place,
they landed safe and sound, ready for an
other good scamper. They took the scamper
and finally turned up In their stalls st
home, leaving remnants of the carriage
behind them. -
Those who witnessed ths runaway wonder
how the occupants of the csrrlage got off
without serious Injury.
CRUSHED UNDER MOTOR CAR
Thrown on Trnck In Front of Moving;
' Car fey a Fractions
Horse.
John R Wilson of South Omaha received
Injuries about :80 last evening which re
suited In his desth a short time, afterward
at the South Omaha hospital. Wilson v
out driving and coming down the hill at
Twentieth and L streets his horse got be
yond control.' Wilson was thrown out and
onto the motor track Immediately In front
of a moving car. When picked up he was
stlil alive, but died within a few minutes
after arriving at ths hospital.
There It no conductor on the cars on this
line and at this point the motnrman, Fred
Patterson,' wss, Inaids the car collecting
fares and waa powerless to prevent the
accident.
Wilson was about 27 years old and waa
employed by the Omaha Packing company.
He had been married about two years.
INDIAN LAM DEALS
Correspondence Between Secretary of tbe
Interior and President Oarrett.
FORMER CALLS LATTER DISCOURTEOUS
Head of Association Thinks Charges More
Important Than Courtesy.
INSPECTORS MUST BE ABOVE SUSPICION
India Bights Association Execntire De
fends His Agenta's fieport
COURSE Of DEPARTMENT IS DEFENDED
Many Changes Mad Have Already
Been Investigated, Officers Have
Been Removed and Work Is
ta Be Coattaaed.
WASHINGTON. Sept. . Secretary
Hitchcock today made public the follow
ing correspondence between himself and
Philip C. Garrett, president of the Indian
Rights association:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WASHINGTON. DC. Aug. 19. IDtiS - Hon.
Philip C. Garrett. President Indian Rights
Association. 1.15 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Sir: I have received yours nated Alandar.
Mass., August tf, replying to mine of the
20th Inst., and quote the first psi-Hgraph of
the same as lollowa: "I am away from
home, as I have been much of the summer,
and do not recall exactly how the copies
of Mr. Broslus' lettor were sent out."
This In reply to my letter of the 20U Ic
you, which whs as follows: -
"l.'pon my return to the city yesterday I
And your letter of the Mth Inst.. Inclosing
a letter from your Washington agent. P. Ihl.
Broslus. In which you stale, seams to me
(you), io present grave Irregularities on the
part of officials uppolnted by the govern
ment which have a tendency to wrong the
Indians the very wards of the nation whom
they are appointed to protect; and I tako
the liberty of submitting a copy of It to
you In order, if you thought proper, the
subject may be offlclslly Investigated."
Before replying more fully to your letter,
as above acknowledged, I will thank you
to kindly inform me whether or not the
widespread publication In the press of the
country, on or about the date of your let
ter to me enclosing said letter, was auth
orised by yourself or by any officer of your
association?
Publication Was Discourteous.
My purpose In thus addressing you was
to ascertain whether or not you had auth
orised or were aware of the fact that the
letter of Mr. Hroslus, enclosed with yours
to me of the 13th, which I did not receive
until my return to the city on the lth,
hud been given wide-spread circulation
throughout the country, mid before I had
an opportunity to make any teply. Inas
much us such publication seems to me as
being most discourteous, under the clruum
stHiues. Hence my Inquiry which, ss a
matter of courtesy, I deem due to your
self. I sincerely regret that you can not
iiw recall exactly how the copies o: jur.
Broslus' letter wtre tent o it.
Returning now, in further reply to yours
of the l.Uh Inst., 1 note with pleasure your
desire not to wish to exasperate any of ths
evils In the administration of the Indian
bureau, and beg to state that the "grave
Irregularities on the part of officials ap
pointed by the government" with which you
stem to have been impressed by the re
port made to you by Mr. Broslus, have, for
monl.is ;,ast, had my personal attention,
thua anticipating your courteous request
that the subject may be. officially investi
gated, i
Orll -tals " Are 'Hemm ed.
ARTILLERY TAKES LONG MARCH
Ordered to Make Eight Hundred Mile
. Trip From Tennessee ta Fart
Myer,- Va.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Sept. . Ths
Third Vnlted Btates artillery, which has
been stationed at Chattanooga park for
nearly two years, leaves on Tuesday for
Fort Myer, Va., where It will be located
the Missouri Pacific viaduct on Sherman : The organisation, consisting of about 300
avenue they saw a buggy standing at the
side of the street. At first they could see
no one Jn the buggy as it was dark, but
on looking closer they beheld a man lying
in the bottom of the rig. Fosdlck hur
ried forward, saying at the same time:
"That Is Houser and I guess he Is done
for."
When he reached the wounded man ha
men, will undertake the longest march
ever attempted in time of peace by a body
of the regular army.
It Is about MO miles from here by roads
to Fort Myer, and, acting under orders of
the War department, the artillery will
march the entire distance, carrying with It
all of Its equipment. The men will ride
on the cannon and ammunition carriages
still breathing and he Jumped into the ! and the mules in the command. It Is ex-
NEW WORLD'S TRAIN RECORD
Baltimore Ohio Passenger, Covers
128 Miles la 13S Mlaates Be
tween Junction aad Chicago.
CHICAGO. Sept. 6. What Is claimed to
be a new world's record for long-distance
running made by a passenger train was
made on the Baltimore Ohio railroad
early this morning. A stretch of 128 miles
name for obvious reasons Is suppressed, i was covered in 126 minutes. No stops were
said to The Bee correspondent today that
the National Guard of the several states.
while making a splendid nucleus for a mag
nificent army, needed much more care In
made. The distance traversed is between
Chicago Junction, O.. and Garrett, Ind.
During the run a speed of eighty-five mIK-s
an hour was reached. This was ths maxV
Aeala British Pride.
LONDON, Sept. C-The' Dally Mall ap
peals this morning for a British syndicate
to forestall the attempt of an American
combination to buy all ths Doresetshire snd
Devonshire "ball clay" mines, with a view
to obtaining control of the British pottery
trade.
French Village Destroyed.
CHAMBRET. France. Sept. -The vil
lage of La Blse was destroyed by firs yes
terday afternoon. Thres women 'wars se
verely burned.
drill and practical education in the life of mum. Bursts of speed at seventy snd
a soldier then was being given to It. While I seventy-five miles an hour were frequent,
admitting that the recent militia bill was a ' The train was made up of five cars and
step in the right direction, he said that ' ' pulled by locomotive No. 1460. In
much more was needed than the Dick ti l charge of Engineer William Dunton. This i . number of years, and It appears has nevsr
contemplated. The volunteer soldier of to- ! locomotive Is of the new Atlantic type, j n considered a vicious msn before. The
buggy and called to ths woman that he
would drive with him to a doctor.
The first physician ha could find was
Dr. Hobbs, whom he arouaed. The Injured
man was carried upstairs Into the doctor's
office, where lis expired In about two or
three minutes. Dr. Hobbs said that the
cause of Houser's death was hemorrhage.
He hod a wound about three and a half
Inches In length and about four Inches deep
in his left shoulder and a large artery was
severed by the cut. The physician said
that If the Injured man could have had
medical attention in time his life probably
could have been saved, but he expressed
surprise that he had lived as long aa he
did with such a cut and no effort made to
stop the flow of blood.
Fosdlck. aftrr leaving ths Injured man
at the office of. Dr. Hobbs, drove to the
police station as rapidly ss possible and
gave notice of ths commission of the crl-ne.
Captain Mostyn dispatched a man to the
Douglas street bridge to hesd off Ells
worth and his party In case they attempted
to cross to the Bluffs, but the officer was
too late. The party had crossed about
thirty minutes before the officer reachs I
the toll station on the bridge. The gite
keeper said that Ellsworth, whom he knew
by the description given, was very anxlou
to know If a rig had crossed the bridge a
short time shead of them containing three
people. The gatekeeper could not tell him
and he grew angry and made some in
sulting remsrks, but finally drove on. He
seemed very nervous and chagrined that hs
could get no Information.
F.llsworth Arrested.
The Council Bluffs police were also noti
fied by the Omaha department, and were
on the lookout for Ellsworth to arrive In
that city. He wag arrested there at 2:40
this morning and Captain Mostyn and
Sergeant Dempsey went across the bridge
to bring him back.
Ellsworth Is a driver for ths Bartel ft
Miller Grocery company In Council Bluffs.
He has been in the employs of the firm for
pected the distance will be covered In about
forty-five days.
KERFOOT GOES TO VIRGINIA
Is gnoceeded at Hoeraltlngr Station by
First hdeatennnt Alfred M.
Mason, Who Arrives.
First Lieutenant Alfred M. Mason, Vnlted
States coast artillery, arrived In tne city
yesterday to take charge of the recruiting
station here, relieving Lieutenant B. H.
Kerfoot, of the United States artillery, who
has been In charge of the regular army
recruiting station hers for a long time past.
L'eutenant Kerfoot, upon being relieved of
his duties here today will go to Fort Mon
roe, Va., where he will undergo examina
tion for promotion. There will be no ma
terial changs In ths personnel of ths re
cruiting party here. Sergeant Richards
will continue In charge of ths recruiting
detachment, a position that he has faith
fully filled for nearly a year past.
dsy and the volunteer soldier of forty
years ago were two different propositions,
"The volunteer soldier of tbe present gen
eration la a dllletante alongside his brother
of a generation ago. He Is soft and needs
pampering; otherwise he will not do the
work that devolvea upon htm. He Insists
upon rich food and If passible would like
to carry bathtubs with hi in with shower
attachments, so that he might bathe with
due regularity. He wants hair mattress -a
and In summer dsys electric fans la his
tent. The men who fought for the preser
vation of ths union forty years ago were
Continued ea SUUi PagaJ
weighing 177.000 pounds. It Is the most
powerful style in service on the Baltimore
A Ohio road. An extra large water tank
helped in thla performance, saving stops
for water. From Oarrett to Chicago an
other locomotive of the same type took
the train. On thla run a speed of seventy
six miles an hour was reached. The per
formance between Chicago Junction and
Garrett could have been duplicated, had not
the train been blocked by a train ahead,
which compelled slowing down several
times. The dlxtanre of 131 miles between
Garrett, Ind., and South Chicago was cov
ered In 1SS minutes, making the whole run
of t4 miles ta 171 minute.
fact that ha waa more or less Intoxicated
last night probably had a great deal to do
with the commission of the crime.
Houser was In the employ of the Cal
Hafer Lumber company In the Bluffs up to
a month ago, but since that time he has
done nothing. He 'has. It seems, never
worked at any one place very long at a
time, but has been in the habit of drifting
around from one position to another.
The crime was committed Inside the
boundary lines of Nebrsska, but not within
the city limits of Omaha.
Fosdlck snd ths La Blanch woman were
(Coailnusd on Second Page.)
ALTON ENGINEER IS KILLED
Locomotive Bailer Explodes While
Train Is Raaalng at
Fall Speed.
BLOOM INGTON, III.. Sept. .-Whlls
passing Greenvlew at full speed today, the
boiler of a locomotive pulling a Kansas
City fast freight, westbound, on the Chi
cago ft Alton railroad, exploded, killing
Engineer Frank J. t.'pton of Bloomlngton,
probably fatally injuring Fireman C. C.
Keltner of Bloomlngton, and severely In
juring' Brakeman J. A. Montgomery of
Rood House.
Many cars wer thrown In a 'ditch and
broken. The track was blockaded for sev
eral hours.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Sept. O.
At Queenstown Arrived: Cymric from
New York for Liverpool ana proceeded.
Sailed: Cumpanla for New York.
At Southampton Sailed: Koenig Albert
for New York.
At The LI sard Passed: Kroonl&nd from
New York for Antwerp; Minneapolis from
New York for Ixmdon; Ryndom from Rot
terdam for New York.
At Klneale ffei. eadem from Boston
for Liverpool.
At Uverpool rri e.l : Damara from
Halifax via Bt. Johns, N. F. ; l.'mbrla from
New York.
At Moville Arrived: Ionian from Man,
treal for Liverpool and proed-d.
At Ht. Michaels-Arrive i: Vancouver
from Boston for 'lllirjltir. Naples ant
Genoa.
At New Tork Af Ived: Furnea!a from
Glasgow; Vnlted HUI' I Km Copenhagen,
sus.
This investigation wsa made by trie while
on a vlnlt to Indian Territory in May, m
a result of which certain removals from
office by dismissal and enforced reoignntlnn
resulted, and upon, my return here amended
rules and regulations were prepared and
Issued on July 10, th, purpoxe of which was
to inure fully protect the Creek Indians in
the matter of alca of ttieflr land by a
proper notice and ths requlreirtmit of sealed
bids, by which .Suth satisfactory results
have been iiccoirlplliihed In the matter of
the sale of Inherited lands In other reserva
tions throughout :he country, none of the
original deeds for the sale of hind under
the Inherited act, nor of lands In the Creek
Nuilon, having been tip to that time nor
since appiovei,1.
On the contrary, fn the matter of the
sale of inherited land under the sealed bid '
order we are receiving in mmiy cases from
15 per cent io 125 per cent advance over the
o lKlnnl pi low tcituered hy the s.inis parties
for the ame land; wh 1h the Creek deeds
under the old system have all been dl
apprnved to the number of K'.i deeds, and
returned with their accompanying checks,
amounting to mote than &it'.i.Xio, thus show
ing that, In the matter of nrn-lal irregu
larities and Ihe adoption of snid regula
tion, the interests of the Indians have not
heen jieglected by the department, as is
indirectly charged by Mr. Broslus. whose
report I do not care to further discuss, be
cause the accusation therein contained r
to receive a full and rigid investigation.
They have been promptly denied snd such
Investigation demsnded by the members of
the Dawes commission and Inspector
Wright, who are, of course, entitled to be
presumed innocent In the meantime.
Beady, to Accept Asalataace.
This department Is, and always has been,
more than ready and willing to accept the
assistance of your association in ascertain
ing and rectifying any Irregularities It may
discover, or believe to exist, when properly
presented and substantiated, and la always
f lad to do anything toward the betterment,
n all respects, of the Indian wards of the
government. There are, however, proper
and Improjer methods of procedure, and I
think that It was not Justifiable, but dim
couiteous to me, and unfair to them, to
publish broadcast to the world the material
gathered by Mr. Hioslue, without further
verification and without his having af
forded to Ihe otilrlala whose reputations he
attacked any opportunity to explain what
seemed to him objections ble.
The department does further maintain
that its inspectors and other officials should
have respect and confidence until a clear
case Is made against them and that the
riresent policy of dealing with the Indians
s the result of accumulated experience and
Is being pursued Intelligently and Vigorously
with a view to the Indians' best interests.
Your obedient servant,
E. A. HITCHCOCK. Secretary.
Mr. Garrett's reply was as follows: -
i Letter From Oarrett.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4. lfrOS.-Hon. E.
A Hitchcock, Secretary or me Interior,
Wablilngtou, D. C Kir: I have the honor
to acknowledge yours of tne 2fUh ultimo,
reminding me of my letter of the S.'ith ult.
which partially leplled to yours of the
2oth. To enter upon Hie question of personal
discourtesy wVitch you lalre, would, II
think. Involve a long discussion. 1 must
therefore content myself with utterly dis
claiming the least Intention of discourtesy
to you. I have not had the honor of much
personal acquaintance with you. but my
profound legard for the president, my
knowledge that he esteems you highly, anl
my deep conviction of your own Integrity
and faithfulness to your high trust, wnuU
forbid Intentional discourtesy.
The publication of the Broslus report wss
In accordance with the custom ot the as
sociation to give to the preen matters of
Importance In which the public are sup
posed to be Interested. . That It created a
great deal oi putio interest is quite evi
I am slad to have learned sinca the letter
of Mr. Broslus called ths subject to mv
attention that you had. kno-vn something
of the dangers to whsVh he refers pre
viously, and am epecluliy pleased to Mow
that you had taken steps to Investigate
them and am well contented that the de
partment should have the entire credit of
ft, satisfied If we can aid in some degree
In preventing the wrong that might have
resulted to the Indians from being con
summated and especially gratified If the
Investigators ahall be absolutely unblafsl.
Iaspeetora Seem to Whitewash.
Too often these officials appear to bs
under Influences from members of con
gress Interested In them and 1 am bound
to say that inspectors too often seem to
whitewash men utterly unfit for their po
sitions. You will observe that I ssy ' seem "
I do not claim Infallibility.
We make no charge up to this time
against any member of the Dawes commis
sion, nor. 1 lM-lleve, does our Informant,
Mr. Broslus, whose allegations, you will
observe, are general In their character and
Invite attention to a certain rluss Of Insti
tutions with which soma of them are con
nected ss they ought not to he it they wish
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