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The Omaha l Daily Bee. For News Quality and Quantity The Bee Greatly Excels. Omaha's Preferred Advertising Medium is The Dee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1S71. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1903 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. BODY OF PAUL JOXES American Ambassador! Take Charge of Remains of t1 Hero. CEREMONIES IN PARIS ARE IMPOSING Caiiet ii Vow Guarded by Bqnad of Blue Jackets. GREAT OVATION FOR THE MARINES Appearance of Yaii.ee Tan on Boulerards Create! Enthusiasm. SPEECHES BY PORTER AND LOOMIS Body Takri to (htrkoirg on Special , Trala Darin the Right It Wan Trnnsferred Fleet. V v PARIS, July .-ln the presence e highest dignitaries of France, the matlc representatives of many foreign , ernments and civil ana naval officials of . United States, the body of Admiral Jol. Paul Jones was today formally deliverer to the United States government. The cer emony was one combining Impressive dig nity, with brilliant military and naval pomp. In which the soldiers and sailors of France, and the sailors of America united In rendering honors to the illustrious founder of the American navy. The unusual sight of a detach ment of United States sailors and marines swinging througn the central thoroughfares of Paris today aroused great Interest and brought out an enthusiastic ovation from the crowds along the line of march. Ths American naval contingent, numbering BOO men vlth twenty-five offi cers, left Cherbourg In two special trains at S o'clock this morning, arriving at the Invalades railroad station at 11:45 a. m. In spite of the hard night s ride the sailors and marines presented a fine appearance as they emerged from the station. They were uniformed as a landing party, wearing the regulation gaiters and carrying rifles with fixed bayonets. A company of French Infantry was drawn up fronting the sta tion to receive the Americans. The latter formed In battalion and unfurled the American flag and naval ensign. At the same moment the French troops came to the salute, the French standard was dipped, the French band struck up "The Star Snangled Banner" and the great crowds which had surged across the Alexander bridge shouted, "Vive Les Amerlcalns" and "Vive La France," the entire multitude uncovering respectfully while the Amer ican anthem was played. March Through Streets. Another outburst of enthusiasm greeted the "Marseillaise," and then the French escort took up the Una of march across the Esplanade of the Invalides to the Avenue Piquet, and thence to the military school. All along the route the streets .were lined by dense crowds eager to see the "Arriertra,hB,"50men Waved their handker cyhlefa and miniature flags and there was ' a continuous shout of "Vive Les Amer Icalrics." The Americans made a most favorable Impression by their sturdy bronzed ap pearance and the smartness of their move ments. They were received at the mili tary school by a battalion of French troops drawn up in the great court. Again the national anthems were played and salutes were exchanged. The Americans were then taken within the military school, which serves as the barracks during their stay here. The American sailors and French sol diers were soon on the most friendly basis, frater ting, eating and chatting together while awaiting the ceremony of the delivery of Paul Jones' body at the American church on the Avenue de 1'Alma at 1:30 this afternoon. t Americans Receive Body. rrk. ........ . 0 Y .1 ..1 ., ... . v, of Admiral John Paul Jones to the rep resentatives of the United States was held at 1.30 this afternoon In the American church on the Avenue Ie 1'Alma In the pres ence of a distinguished gathering of the highest official, military and naval digni taries of France, the diplomatic representa tives of many countries and the special am bassadors and naval authorities sent from the United States to receive the body. Within the church was beautifully dec t . orated with flowers. The casket rested in front Of the chancel with a silken Amer ican flag draped over it, while Innumerable floral emblems were banked about It. The front pews were occupied by Ambassador McCormick, Senior Special Ambassador Porter, Junior Special Ambassador Loomis, Rear Admiral Slgsbee and the commanding officers of the American squadron. Across . the aisle sst Premier Rouvier and other cabinet members, and practically the en tire members of the , diplomatic corps. The American Naval league, the Sons of the Revolution, the Order of the Cincinnati and the other patriotic organisations with many women occupied the body of the church. The formal ceremony consisted of the delivery of the body by General Porter, as the finder and custodian, to Mr. Loomis. representing the United States, appointed to receive it, and Mr. Loomis commission ing Admiral Slgsbee to 'transport it to America. In discharging his duty General Porter aid: An earnest expression of recognition Is due to the accomplished savants of Fiance to whose acknowledged skill and entire ac curacy we owe til absolute certainty of Identification of the body which is so mar vellously preserved. Whoa congress adopted the present form of the American ring It embodied In the same resolution the appointment of Captain Jones to command the ship Hanger. Wlieu he received the news history attributes io him the tollowlng remark: ''The Aug and 1 are twins. Born the same hour from the same womb of destiny, we cannot be parted In lite or death." Alus. they were parted during 11S years, but happily they are now reunited. Mr. Loomis Replies. Mr. Loomis, in receiving the tody, said: America unfortunately exemplified the Idea that republics at ungrateful and in the stress of the struggle ot building a new country forgot for a lime Its great hero. France, be it said to us credit, remembered Jones In appropriate, handsome and louch- ng ways, showing as ever Its Intimate and .plendid appreciation of aenius. Now- He me lapw of more than a century through the peislstent endeavors and patriotic pur- Cnse of (ieneral Porter and with the ever tndly and generous assistance of the French government, the body of Paul Jones was discovered. I have the honor in behalf of the presi dent of the United States to accept the cus tody of the casket which encloses It slid h commit the Udy to the worthy hands of Admiral Slgsbee. In a brief speech Admiral Slgsbee ac cepted the commission of conveying the body to the fulled States. At the conclusion' a detachment of ma rines bora the casket to an artillery caisson In waiting at the doorway and the cortege (Continued, on Seoucd Page.) FRENCH SOCIALISTS BARRED M. Janrr Will ot Re Permitted to Speak in the German Capital. MERLIN, July . Chancellor von Buelnw telegraphed to Prince Radolin. the German ambassador, at Paris today to Inform M. Jaures. the French socialistic leader, that the German government thought It best to debar him from speaking in Berlin, July 9, as It had been announced he in tended to. Thi Invitation to "M. Jaures came from the socialist executive committee ruling the party and was designed to advance the so cialist opposition to the government's Moroccan policy and to demonstrate the similarities of view on foreign questions of socialists of all countries The subject chosen was the task of the social democ racy In the preservation of the world's peace and the solidarity of the Interna tional proletariat. Allusions had been made In the Reichstag by Chancellor von Uuelow to the contrasts between Herr Rebel, the German socialist leader, and M. Jaures to the disadvantage of Herr Rebel and an ac count had been circulated In the newspa pers and not denied that the emperor made a complimentary anotatlon on the margin of a newspaper clipping concerning M. Jaures In his course in co-oprratlon with "he nonsoclallstlc parties on some public testlons. Therefore when some of tho servatlve papers Intimated that M. .ores would not be allowed to speak the idea was not accepted generally. Whether Herr Rebel will speak In Paris as Is also announced Is not certain. Herr Rebel him self Is out of town. The French govern ment forbade Herr Rebel from speaking In Paris six years ago and the German government prohibited Herr Bueb, a mem ber of the Reichstag from speaking on the French side of the frontier near Muel hausen, two years ago. Precedents are not numerous In most of the continental states. Nevertheless the exclusion of M. Jaures Is certain to cause much discussion. The government's action Is not known to the public yet. The semi official North German Gazette will con tain the news tonight. Herr Singer, who next to M. Rebel Is the leading socialist In Germany, says the action of the government Is ridiculous and Is a confession of weakness. PARIS, July 6. Something of a sensation has been created here by the announce ment that Deputy, Jaures, leader of the French socialists, had been prevented by the German government from speaking at Berlin next Sunday. The proposed address attracted much discussion owing to Its sig nificance as foreshadowing the common program to be adopted by the social de mocracy of the two countries. M. Juares' secretary was seen tonight and said that the deputy was preparing to leave for Berlin. He said that M. Jaures knew nothing of the Interdiction, but that If the report proved true he would go all the same and find a way of delivering a speech. BALTIMORE FLOOD SUBSIDES Much nam age Done by Overflow St rem in Which Passes , Through City. of BALTIMORE, July 6.-The flood last night, which was caused by the overflow of Jones Falls, a stream which runs through the central part of Raltlmore and which re sulted from a cloudburst at Tlmonium, in Baltimore county, has completely subsided, the water in the falls having fallen almost as quickly as It rose. In the city no lives were lost and the dam age will be confined to the streets In the vicinity of the falls. On these streets are located a large number of machine shops and small stores, the contents of which have been damaged, but there was no very heavy single loss and the total loss is roughly estimated at 150.000. In the country north of Baltimore the storm was terrific and the fall of rain ex traordinary, the people being panic-stricken for several hours and many fleeing for their lives. The suburban towns of Mount Wash ington, Luthervllle, Cockeyvllle, Melvale and other points were hemmed In until an early hour this morning, but so far no re port of the loss of life has been received. The Intervening farm lands were Inundated, fences everywhere were swept away and small buildings along the falls from Mount Washington to the Pennsylvania railroad bridge. Scores of small farmers were com pelled to abandon their houses and flee for their lives, in some Instances their homes, furniture, cattle and wagons being carried away In the flood. No accurate estimate of the losses In the county can now be made, but the aggregate will be large. CHICAGO STRIKE MAY SPREAD Drivers for City Kx press Companies Threaten to Go Oat Beranse of an Injunction. CHICAGO, July 6. Indications tonight are that the teamsters' strike will spread to the 450 employes of the city express companies. Injunctions compelling these concerns to make deliveries to all Arms irrespective of their connection with the teamsters' strike were issued today by Judge Holdom. At a special meeting of the Teamsters' Joint council called tonight to consider what action would be necessary successfully to combat this new develop ment. Is was unanimously decided to call these express drivers out Just as soon as a demand is made on them to make de liveries lo strikebound houses. Instead of calling ofT the strike, as far as their organization Is concerned, as was expected, the department store drivers, by a referendum vote of their members, de cided to remain In the tight until some sort of settlement Is arranged which will Include all the strikers. ARKANSAS NEGRO LYNCHED Black Man Who Eloped with White Woman Taken from Jail aad Hanged. ST. I.OUIS. Mo., July .-A special from Dumas, Ark., says: A negro named Joe Woodman, of Rives, Ark., was lynched here early today after having eloped with the daughter of J. S. Small, a white man. The elopnient occurred yesterday and Sher iff James Gould of line Bluff cauglit th couple at Tamo on board a train. The girl was returned to her parents and the negro was placed In Jail here. AH was quiet dur ing the night, but today the Jail was found broken open and the negro's body dangled from a tree a mile distant. Standard Oil Company Flies Reply, TOHBKA. Kan., July 8. The Standard Oil company has filed an answer in the su preme court to the ouster suit brought aalnt thet company by tUr lle of Kan sas. The answer d. niee everything alleged by the state against the Standard, and In addition, as its main aigument. attacks the validity of the Knui anti-trust law. If the court again declares the lsw to be valid, the cue will be appealed to the Lulled Slates suurstue uourl. CIVIL WAR ON BLACK SEA Report that Knias Potemkine ii Bombard ing Tbeedosia. GARRISON ENGAGED IN LOOTING Ineonnrmed Rumor at Odessa that Battleship Is Blown I p Fleet Leaves Senas- topol. LONDON, July 6. The correspondent of the Dally Mall at Odessa says It Is re ported there that the Knlai Potemkine is bombarding Theodosla, that the town Is burning and that the soldiers of the gar rison are engaged in looting. He says It is also reported that another torpedo boat has Joined the mutineers. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram com pany from Theodosla says at t o'clock this morning a boat from the Knias Potemkine was sent ashore and was met by an in fantry fire which killed two men and caused seven to Jump overboard. The tor pedo beat In the hands of the mutineers fired a shell which fell over the town and at noon the Knlaz Potemkine and the torpedo boat left the shore, but continue to maneuver in sight of the town. Theodosla, it is added, has been declared to be in a state of war. Rumored Destrnctlon of Vessel. ODESSA, July 6.-11:69 p. m. It Is re ported that the battleship Knlaz Potemkine has been blown up near Theodosla. The Knlaz Potemkine still occupies tho center of the stage hero. The authorities are well informed about its movements and its operations at the various Black sea ports form the topic of continuous speculation and comment In business and official circles. But as the opinion pre vails here that it will not return to menace Odessa, the Odesslans view its doings Interestedly but not coupled with any particular alarm. The fact that the Knlaz Potemkine Is still at large, cruising In the Black sea, threatening ports and holding up steamers and other craft is beginning to bring criti cism upon the naval authorities owing to their apparent slowness and lack of energy In pursuing and terminating its piratical career. The torpedo boats, which It Is reported are trailing the Knias Potemkine have done nothing, although the whereabouts of the battleship has never been a secret. The Black sea is so small that it has never been out of reach of the fleet which left here yesterday and which Is popu larly supposed to be following the ship for the purpose of effecting Its surrender or sinking It. If the fleet Is In earnest it can easily meet the Knlaz PotemVlne within a comparatively few hours. The be lief Is general, however, and there Is gen eral confirmation of It that the main diffi culty confronting the fleet regarding the Knlaz Potemkine lies In the fact that the crews of the ships are strongly disin clined to engage! the mutinous battle ship. It Is reported on good authorities that their crews have actually refused to attack It. ' In the nvnntlme commerce on the Black Sea Is being slowly resumed and coast wise and other steamers are clearing from Odessa on their for-ner schedules. Officials Expecting; a Battle. ST. PETERSBURG, July 7.-3:30 a. m. Up to 3 o'clock this morning no report was received from Theodosla of the ar rival of the squadron from Sebastopol, and It Is not known whether an encounter with the Knlaz Potemkine has taken place or whether the battleship has executed Its threat to bombard the city last night un less furnished with the supply of coal de manded. The latest dispatches from Thoodosia re ceived here, timed 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, reported that the Knlaz Potem- , klne was cruising offshore In sight of the town, but It Is possible it may have left that vicinity before the arrival of the squadron. A press dispatch from Sebastopol gives a rumor that the Knlaz Potemkine went seaward late Vesterday afternoon. If the squadron arrived before Its departure either the surrender of the battleship or a battle Is regarded as certain, as Admiral Chouknln, it is believed, would not have dispatched his ships In search of the mutinous vessel unless silre that there would be no repetition of the Odessa fiasco. Many Rnmora In Circulation. Rumors of the most diverse nature are In circulation, one of which Is that two torpedo boats attacked the Knlaz Potem kine and were sunk by it. The cruiser Chernomoretz, which was due at Sebasto pol Monday and for which considerable anxiety was felt, has arrived at Yalta, on the Bouth coast of the. Crimea Advices received by the minister of the In terior, Bouligan, report a serious antl Bemltlc agitation In the governments of Ekatertnoslav and Kherson. According to dispatches from Odessa, the lawyers' association has been given by the authorities notice to leave the city within fifteen days. The dispatches also say that the Insurance companies are refusing to pay the losses by fire In the port during the disturbances. The papers, commenting on the Odessa tragedy, strike the same note that the mut iny Is not an Isolated Instance of discon tent, but is symptomatic of a deep political crisis which demands an Immediate rem edy or it will be too late. The Nasha Shlsn predicts that the ruin of the port of Odessa, the center of the Russian grain export trade, will bring In its wake famine and disaster. Signs of Revolt In the Crimea. Such news as came from the Black sea and Caucasus during the day was extremely alarming. The whole . Crimean peninsula Is on the verge of revolt and anarchy reigns in the mountains of the Caucasus from Ratoum to Baku. At Theodosla the workmen are backing the mutineers. The crews of several ships In the harbor have Joined the mutineers and the well-to-do class rf the population has fled In panic. The gup", of the Knlaz Po temkine are trained on the city and a bombardment is momentarily expected. Only six hours away on the other side of the peninsula Admiral Choukln's fleet, which Included six warships, not counting Rar Admiral Kruger's squadron, lies at anchor under the menace of the guns of the fortress. Choukln evidently Is afraid to test the loyalty of his crews by setting them the task of capturing the mutineers. According to reports current In St. Peters burg four torpedo boats with volunteer crews on board have sailed for Theodosla to sink the Knlaz Potemkine, but the re ports lack confirmation and must be ac cepted with reserve. Consternation at Capital. The Stremltelny, which actually had a volunteer crew on board for tnat purpose and missed Its quarry at Kustenjl, -left Varna yesterday. Several boats which 4ConUnud oo Second Page.) LIST OF VICTIMS OF WRECK So One Killed In' Great Northern Accident, awt Blaay Are Hurt. s l ST. FAUL, Minn., July 6.-About thirty people were Injured, one eer(ously. In the wreck of the Great Northern westboun.l flyer at Pprtngbrook, twenty-one miles east of Wllllston. N. D. Seven cars were burned by a fire which' broke out Immediately after the wreck, presumably caused by the ex plosion of a gas tank under the smoking car. The mall car and the special car Jollet. containing Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago and a party of physicians, enroute to Portland, did not leave -the rails and Were unharmed by the flames. The officials of the road here say that It was a miracle that numbers were not killed, as the train was running at a high rate of speed when it left the rails. According to their report there was no spreading of the rails and they are unable to account for the accident. As the cars left the track they partially upended, but did not break In two. Most of those Injured suffered from burns, the flames spreading so rapidly that many were scorched before they could be removed from the wreckage. Dr. RUUngs and the physl clans In his party at once took charge of the Injured and dressed their wounds pend ing the arrival of a relief train from Wll llston. All of the Injured were able to re sume their Journey today except C. H. Stryker, who Is reported to be In a serious condition. Stryker was In the baggage cur enroute from St. Paul to Boise, Idaho, and was badly cut and bruised. All mall ana baggage was saved. C. H. Stryker of Boise City Idaho, had His head crushed and cut. He Is In a critical condition. A number of Injured were removed to the hospital at Wllllston. The list of the less seriously Injured Includes: Dan Farrell of St. Paul, D. A. McOregar of St. Cloud, Minn.; Ed Grant and wife of Wllllston, N. !.; Jonas Ixiomis, Grand Forks, mall clerk; Roy C. Ralley of Mlnot, N. D. ; Thomas Boyle and wife of Ottawa, Ont.; J. W. Boyd of Minneapolis. H. T. Thomas, hrakeman: Frank Lyons i f Rugby, N. I).; James E. Harvey of Ray, N. D. ; O. C. Johnson of Ray, N. D. ; E. J. Kevgler of Odessa, Wash.; Martha Windier from Ger many enroute to Spokane; V. D. llaynes and wife of Devil's Ike, N. D.; Engineer D. N. Hlnes, Mrs. I lines, face and Tiands burned very badly; Joseph Sullivan of St. Paul, Mrs, Addle Peters of Columbus, O. ; Miss Annie Mulvlhill. Ottawa, Ont.; Mrs. Mary C. Lewis of Danville, la.; Harry L. Thomas, brakeman of Mlnot: Ed C. ' Ed monson of St. Paul. W. H. Legan of St. Paul, J. 8. Cavanaugh of St. Paul. CONDITIONS ON THE ISTHMUS Chairman Shonts Discusses Life Along; the Cnnnl and Plans of the Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 6. -Life on the Isthmus of Panama Is to be made healthful, comfortable and enjoyable be fore the real work of digging the canal Is begun, according to an announcement of policy made today by Chairman Shunts of the Panama canal commission. Mr. Bhonts said: Our first duty Is to create sound under lying conditions. This is now vastly more Important than the moving of dirt. Tho men must have suitable houses In healthy surroundins. they must hare wholesome and nourishing food at reasonable cost; they must hae suitable trans portations f&r.iU'.te,; rv.' . rA from their work, and theynjt have opportun ity for recreation afforded them. It will be the policy of the commission to provide these essentials as quickly as possible and to only Increase the working force, aside from the mechanics necessary to provide these necessities as fast as the facilities Indicated can be furnished. The commission realizes that its adherence to this policy will result in the actual handling of less quantities of material temporarily, but It Is also known that with healthy un derlying conditions vastly more will be ac complished later on at less cost and with less friction. As an evidence of the consideration the creation of health conditions Is now re ceiving, It may be well to state that 12ty per cent of the total number of employes are assigned to that work under Governor Magoon. In regard to the wages paid and the statement that so many men have left be cause of the reduction In salaries, the fact Is that wages. Instead of being reduced, have been very considerably Increased in every branch of the service on the Isthmus during the life of the present commission. It will be the fixed practice of the com mission as far as practicable to fill the higher and more desirable positions by the promotions of deserving employes. .The entrance or beginner's salary for the cleri cal positions such as bookkeepers, stenog raphers, typewriters. Is ll.Bon oer annum, and for draftsmen from Jl.&oft to $2,000. Tho wages received In the outdoor positions are from in to 25 per cent higher than those paid In the United States, being In gen eral for switch engineers, I12B; engine fore men, 1100; helpers, $75; track foremen, $S3 to 1100, and supervisors. tl50 to $175 per month. All the mechanical tradesmen, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, machinists, etc., receive 56 cents per hour. In addi tion, all emnloyes are furnished quarters or allowed 15 per cent Increase In pay In lieu thereof and are given six weeks' leave of absence per year on full pay- LAWYER MAKES SACRIFICE James Dill Gives Vp Practice of f.100,000 a Year for Place on en Jersey Bench, TRENTON, N. J.. July 6. Governor Stoke tonight announced the appointment of James Dill as Judge of the court of ap peals, to succeed Judge P. Voorhees of Camden, resigned. Mr. Dill has published books on the corporation laws of New Jer sey which are recognized as an authority, and he was consulted and employed In con nection with the Incorporation In this state of many of the large syndicates. . NEW YORK. July 6. James R. Dill, In accepting the position of Judge of appeals of New Jersey, the World tomorrow will say, surrenders an Income of $300,000 a year from his law practice to become a Judge with a salary of JK.orm a year. His last private act was to refuse a retainer of $25. 000 offered by an Insurance financier. According to a close friend of Mr. Dill, the s;ep from the riches of corporation law to the comparative dignified poverty of the bench was taken after mature thought In which the recent scandals of high finance and the demands made upon lawyers to save wealthy clients from the law, had weighty influence upon his decision. COLONEL PRATT LOSES SUIT Wyoming Judge Decloes that Award of Letter Estate Commls. mlssloners Must Stand. CHETENNE, Wyo.. July . (Special.) Judge Scott this afternoon decided against Colonel J. II. Pratt of Omaha In the cele brated Pratt-Leiter suit, holding that the partition of the property of the company in this state, valued at over $5x,0u0, as made by the commission appointed by the cojrt, was Just and equitable and must stand. The court stated that plaintiff had had plenty of opportunity to explain matters to the commission on partition, but that he let the matter go by default. The find ings of the commUslon were much the same as the findings of a Jury and he could not find any grounds to warrant changing their findings. The attorneys for Colonel Pratt gave no tice that an appeal will be taken to the uprema Murk ROOSEVELT SPEAKS TODAY President Will, Make Two Addreisei Before Education Association. ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS HELD Nathan C. Scharffer of Pennsylvania Is Chosen rreldent-Row Over Plan of Reorganlma tlon. ASBURY PARK, N. J., July "..-President Roosevelt's flying trip here tomorrow, when he will deliver two sddresses, will bring to a close the annual convention of the National Educational association. The president's first address will be In the Auditorium and the second at the beach front. Officers were elected today and directors from .the different states chosen. There was a slight stir at the meeting of the national council over the adoption of the directors' report relative to rein corporation. The original Incorporation as a natlonnl body was for a period of twenty years, and the association by limitation ceases to- exist January 2(5 next. The di rectors expect special laws to be passed by congress and reported In favor of tak ing advantage of them and forming a new organization to succeed and continue the present one. When the report came up for adoption Miss Margaret Haley of Chi cago objected to the approval of the plan. She charged that the report was a plan to turn over to a corporation not yet formed the rights and property of the association. President Maxwell ruled her out of order. Miss Haley appealed to the meeting from the president's ruling, but failed to have her appeal sustained. She then announced she had power of attor ney from a large number of the members hjid would make a fight in the courts against the plans. The report was adopted, but Miss Haley continued to speak, and the meeting was in an uproar, when some one moved to adjourn. This was carried. Election of Officers. The officers of the organization chosen today were: President Nathan C. Schaeffer of Penn sylvania. Vice Presidents William H. Maxwell of New York, Miss N. Cropsey of Indiana, J. H. Hlneman of Arkansas, Ed 8. Vaught of Oklahoma, John H. Rlggs of Iowa. Jo seph O'Connor of California, D. B. John son of South Carolina, H. O. Wheeler of Vermont, J. Y. Jovner of North Carolina, J. W. Spindler of Kansas, J. Stanley Brown of Illinois. Treasurer J. M. Wilkinson oi t.ansns. Secretary Irwin Shepard of Minnesota. The directors chosen Include: Arizona, A. J. Matthews; Arkansas, George B. Cook; California, Arthur H. Chamberlain; Col orado, 1 C. Greenlee; Idaho. Miss Fran ces Mann; Illinois, J. A. Mercer; Indian Tarit,.i-v .Tohn I). Benedict: Iowa. A. W. Btom,: Kansas. L. D. Whittemore; Mis souri. W. J. Hawkins; Montana, Oscar J. Vralg; Nebraska, George L. Town; North Dakota, P. G. Knowlton; Oklahoma, An drew 11. Hieham; South Dakota. M. A. Lange; Texas. L. E. Wolfe; Ltah. D. L. Christensen; Wyoming. T. T. Tynan; N ash Inelon. E. T. Mathes. Mrs. Emelye Williamson, president of the New Jersey State Charity association made an offer to donate two prizes, one for $200 and the other for $100 the best and second, best form, of report Tor use In the work of child saving and probation. The association declined the offer today on the ground that it was contrary to Its prin' clples. Manual Training; in the Grades. At the general meeting In the Auditorium the flrst speaker was Lorenzo D. Harvey, superintendent of schools of Menominee, Wis. His subject was "Manual Training in the Grades." Mr. Harvey was followed by William Bar clay Parsons of New York, who delivered an address on "The Practical Efficiency of Educational Work." Mr. Parsons declared that unless special educational tralnlni; can show some actual value In making men and women better able to meet the ordinary demands of life, no matter how desirable It may seem. It has no reason to exist and In the end must give way to other work or to other subjects that will employ the stu dent's time more profitably. Frank A. Vanderllp, vice president of the National City bank of New York, spoke on "The Economic Importance of Trade Schools." In declaring that this country must recognize the new demands of tho times and provide the educational requisites which the changed conditions make lmprra tlve he said he wished to particularly env phaslze the difference between a system of trade schools and of the movement to en large the present condition of existing schools by the Introduction of manual training, the later belonging, he said, to the category of the "fads and frills." In the department of child study Frank Webster, assistant president of pedagogy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. discussed "Child Study in Normal Schools.' Committee on Salaries Reports. In Its report the committee on salaries said : The facts collected relating to salaries represent s per cent ot the cities and owns oi or more innaDltanls. Such cities and towns In the United States number 547 and employ nearly lOO.twj leacners. r rum oi tnese, or per cent, salary data, more or less complete, was secured, and for 4ii7, or ftft.4 per cent, com plete reports were received. The total number of teachers and super vising otttcers in the 4t7 cities and towns were 92,hltt. Of this number 70,230, or 75.6 per cent, were teachers, (not including principals), In elementary schools, and all except 1.5(0 of the "latter were women. That Is to say, the women teachers in the elementary schools constitute 74 per cent of the entire number of persons employed either as teachers or In suiervisory posi tions In connection with the schools of these 467 cities. High sellout teachers (not Including principal!.) make up 8,u23, or 86 per cent of the wiole number, and princi pals of elementary schools 6,313, or fi.7 per cent. The average salary of high school teach ers (not including principals) was $1.04(1, the average for the women separately being $M03, and for the men separately $1,303. This large difference between the averages for women and men Is due to a consider able extent to the fact that such a large per cent of the men are In the cities of Im.OuO population or over, where salaries are high as compared with those In the city ot average size. The average yeaily salary of principals of elementary schools was $1.1X9, the aver age for women separately being $H70, and for men separately $1,542. As In the case of teachers of high schools, the greater percentage for men Is to a considerable extent due to the fact that such a large portion of the entire number of men are in the larger cities, where salaries are relatively high. The average yearly salary of the teachers In elementary schools was $c!, the average for the women separately being $60, and for the men separaielv $1,181, W. P. Suulres, day school Inspector at Standing Rock Agency, N. D., said: A properly equipped day school, In charge, of a competent. Christian teacher and housekeeper, Improves the moral condition of the camp wi.ere the school is situated and by example of a good garden shows the advantage to be derived from agricultural pursuits. In following the plan for in dividual gardens, as given In the course of study for the Indian tchools, the pupil becomes Interested In his garden at school, talks It over at home in the evening, the Indian parents become Interested and it is a common occurrence to see the pupil bring the parents to school to show thern with pride the results of his labors. From these Individual gardens the pupil Is al lowed to take home at leaut half of the froduce, which not only Increases the In erest of the pupil, but by its Influence has caused the parsuls la enlarge the gardens NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fnlr Friday and Saturday. Tempernture at Omnha Yesterdayi Hour. Dev. Ilonr, Iea IV a. m U 1 p. m Trt a. m Oa SI p. m TS T a. m :i .1 p. m TO) Ma. ru ui 4 p. ru...... TT a. m M (t p. m TT ! a. m 74 II p. m TT II a. m Tl T p. m T H m TT 8 p. m 7i ft p. m T4 VICTIMS OF TEXAS STORM Twenty-Mx Persona Are Known to Be Dead and Over Fifty Injured, FORT WOHTII, Tex., July .-Twenty- slx persons are known to have been killed and fifty Injured by the tornado which swept over a portion of Montague county. In the northern part of this state, yester day afternoon. The property loss will prob ably total $200,000. Following la a revised list of the dead: A. P. EARL, XADIE EARL. lll'CK I'.AHL. INFANT OK UWRENCR PILLOW. MR. TOMLINSON. HIS WIFE AND F(Hit CHILDREN MRS. C. C. SHACKELFORD. 1.1NNIE SHACKELFORD. MRS. S. L. TUMLESON. THREE CHILDREN OF MRS. TUMLE SON. .MRP. MARY LESTER. Fol'R CHILDREN OF MRS. LESTER. CALEP. WHITE. MRS. C. H. WILLIAMS. FRANK EAKIN. TWO UNKNOWN PERSONS AT JACK8- RORO. u Among the more seriously Injured are Miss M. Potts, may die; C. C. Shackelford. four Shackelford children, severely hurt; Clalborn White, may die; Miss Annie Aus tin, J. B. Wood and Frank Wood. DALLAS, Tex., July 6. Today's advices from Montague county In the northern part of the state Indicate that the tornado which swept over that section late yester day was very destructive. The larger towns apparently escaped the violence of the storm, but country residences and farm houses suffered severely. A dispatch from Nocona, Tex., says four teen persons were killed and many Injured In that town and vicinity. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and full reports are not obtainable. OREGON LAND FRAUD CASES Jodare Issues Bench Warrants for Defendants Who Fall to Appear In Conrt. PORTLAND. Ore., July 6. Defendants In the land fraud cases now on trial In the United States circuit court have been slow In appearing before the court and today Judge De Haven ordered bench warrants issued to bring several of them Into court. In the case of the United States agalnBt Henry Meldrum, ex-surveyor general; George E. Waggoner, formerly chief clerk In Meldrum's office; David W. Klnnaird, ex-examlner of surveys; Benjamin Q. Mln- ton and Guetav Klaetsch, land surveyors. and Levy Btlpp, notary public, the defend ants failed to put In an appearance and plead to the Indictments as ordered by the court yesterday, and bench warrants were Issued. George Sorenson, defendant In the same case, was present In court and pleaded not guilty, waiving the reading of the Indictment. The case against Frank H. Duncan was dismissed. State Senator Brownell was not present In court, but his attorney appeared for hi and filed a demurrer, which was submitted without argument. One Indictment against Brownell was dismissed. Demurrer to the Indictment against J. H. Booth, charging violation of his office as receiver of the the Roseburg land office for private gain, was argued and submitted. FIVE KILLED IN ACCIDENT I'nexplalned Explosion Wonnds One Fatally and Four Others In . Addition to Dead. UNIONTOWN, Pa.. July 6.-As the result of an explosion early today at the shaft of the Taylor Coal and Coke company at Searlght, Pa., six miles west of here, five men were killed and four Injured, one fa tally. Two of the dead were negroes and the other three were foreigners. The men were working about twenty feet below the surface when the explosion occurred. Mine Inspector Robey of the Fourth dls inci qoudib wnetner tne explosion was due to mine gas or the small tank of gaso line which was located at the head of the shaft where the men were at work. Other reports are to the effect that the accident was caused by a premature discharge of dynamite. A rescuing party of four miners nar rowly escaped -death while trying to locate one or the victims. When seventy feet down the shaft the concrete wall and tim bering at the top caved in burying the men under hundreds of tons of concrete and scaffolding. Enough crevices were left In the wreckage, however, to supply them with air until they were rescued. The men were nearly overcome when brought to the surface. HIGH WATER IN MINNEAPOLIS All Brldjrea In the City Dwellers la Flats Are la Dancer. and MINNEAPOLIS, July 6.-Every bridge In the city of Minneapolis and all homes on the Mississippi flats are In danger from the high water In the Mississippi river. Thousands of dollars worth of property Is placed In Jeopardy and the lives of the people living In the houses along the water's edge are threat ned. There are many millions feet of logs packed together In one mass three miles north of Camden, In North Minneapolis. If the boom should break thousands of dollars worth of prop erty in Minneapolis would be swept away and homes of a great number of people would be placed In danger. The flat dwell ers living north of Camden already have begun to move to higher grounds. The Mississippi rose six Inches today and the weather bureau predicts a rise of six Inches more during the next twenty-four hours. Today the river stands higher than It has at any time during the last eight years. Movenients of Ocean Vessels Joly 6. At New York-Sailed: Bluecher. for Ply mouth Arrived: Majestic, from Liverpool. At Havre At rived: I -a Lorraine, from New York. At Liverpool Arrived: Kensington Montreal: Frlesland and Teutonic. New York. Sailed: Virginian, for from f rom Mon- treal. At Greenock Arrived: Leurenttan, from Philadelphia. At Glasgow Sailed : Coresn. for Boston. At Qjeenstown Sailed Ceilrlc. for New York; Haverford. for Philadelphia. Ar rived: Carpathian, from New Voilt. At Shanghai Arrived: Oanfa, from Se attle. At Kobe Arrived : Volga, from San Fran- ROOT IX HAY'S PLACE rormer Secretary of War Will Eetnrn to Cabinet in New Office. ANNOUNCEMENT MADE FROM NEW YORK Accept! Position Tendered Eira by the President, bnt Will Not Talk. RESIDENT RETURNS TO OYSTER BAY Special Train Arrival Ahead of Time and Surprises the Family. DISPOSES OF WORK WHILE ON STEAMBOAT Accumulated Correspondence Is Die patched While Ran Is Mad front Jersey City to Vonm Island City. NEW YORK, July 6.-It can be definitely staled that President Roosevelt has offered the position of secretary of state to Ellhu Root and that Mr. Root has accepted. President Roosevelt will make an an nouncement today regarding Ellhu Root's decision on the preferred offer to him of the office of secretary of state. Mr. Root de clines to discuss the matter at all and re fuses to muke any statement at the present time for publication. Mr. Root boarded the special train Just before It left for Cleveland Tuesday after noon. All phases of the situation were considered carefully, but at the time Mr. Root did not Indicate definitely that lie would accept the portfolio. On the return Journey their conference. Interrupted by the mission on which they had gone to Cleveland, was resumed. A formal tender of the secretaryship of state was made to Mr. Root. His acceptance of tho proffer announced In New York today Is believed to be without reservation at all. OYSTER HAY, N. Y., July 6.-After his return from Cleveland this morning Presi dent Roosevelt passed a quiet afternoon and evening at Sagamore 11111. He took a horseback ride and rlayed tennis, but re ceived no visitors. A story became current In the village late In the day that Ellhu Root was to spend the night at Sagamore Hill, but the only foundation for It was that Mr. Root had left New York to Join Mrs. Root at their country home. The president will leave Oyster Bay at U o'clock tomorrow morning for Ocean Grove, N. J., where he will deliver an address In the afternoon before the National Educa tional association. Immediately after de livering the address the president will start on his return trip to Oyster Bay, being scheduled to arrive here at !:30 p. m. President Roosevelt and his Immediate party arrived at Oyster Bay on their return from Cleveland at 10:48 a. m., seven min utes ahead of schedule time. The presi dent's carriage, which was to have met the train, had not arrived at the station and the president entered a carriage with Secretary Loeb. . The president had scarcely gone 200 yards from the station when he met Mrs. Roosevelt coming' in an open cab for him. He stepped from Mr. Locb's car riage and, entering the cab with Mrs Roosevelt, drove directly to Sagamore Hill. The trip from Philadelphia this morning, after the cabinet members had left the train lo return to Washington, was without In cident. Tho president had as guests at breakfast former Secretary Ellhu Root, former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, Attorney General Moody and Secretary Loeb. At Jersey City Mr. Root, Mr. Mor ton and Mr. Moody left the president's party. Attorney General Moody will go to Massachusetts, where he will spend his va cation. He will be absent from Washington until about the flrst week In September. The trip of the president and his Immedi ate party from Jersey City to Long Island f ty was made on the Pennsylvania rail road tug Lancaster. On the trip around Manhattan tho president and Secretary Loeb were engaged In disposing oi a man of official correspondence. A crowd of sev eral hundred people had assembled at the Long Island station er.i extended to the president a very cordial greeting. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Mllltla Officers Kanjed to Attend Military Sonool at Leaven worth. ( (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July .-(Special Tele gram.) Joseph. Novotney has been ap pointed regular and F. D. Novack sub stitute rural carrier for route 1 at Brain ard. Neb. The following named officers of the or ganized mllltla are approved by President Roosevelt to attend and pursue the regu lar course of instruction at the infantry and cavalry school at Fort Leavenworth, subject to their passing the examination required, reporting at the school for ex amination not later than August 16: Cap tain Edwin Pickett, First Infantry, Ne braska National Guard, Broken Bow; Cap tain Albert B. Bryant and Second Lieu tenant William Smith, Fifty-fourth In fantry, Iowa National Guard, Newton, la.; First Lieutenant John F. Read, Fifty fourth infantry, Iowa National Guard, Fairfield. Ia.; Second Lieutenant Roy E. Brady, Fifty-fifth Infantry, Iowa National Guard, Knoxvllle, Ia. W. A. Richards, commissioner of the general land office, returned to Washing ton today after an absence of some six weeks spent on his ranch near Rawlins, Wyo. A pretty home wedding occured last night at the residence of Judge and Mrs. J. M. Hlatt, former residents of Alma, Neb., their oldest daughter. Miss Jose phine B. Hlatt, being married to Mr. Fred Lees of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Lees, after a wedding supper, left for New York and eastern cities and watering resorts. After August 1 the couple will be at home to their friends at 417 A street, southeast. GENERAL BLACKMAR'S TOUR Commander of the Grand Array ftarts West on fleeond Inspection Trip. BOSTON. July S.-General Wilmon W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the GranJ Army of the Republic, accompanied by Mra. Blackmar and her sister, Miss Brewer, left this afternoon on his second tour of the year, this time going into the northwest. The party Is due back In Boston about August g. General Blackmar goes direct to Chicago, thence to Wyoming, and to Rolse. Idaho, where he expects to arrive on July 11. Iter he will visit Portland, Ore.; Tacoma and Seattle, Wash., and then Sitka, Alaska, where a reception will be tendered to him by Past Commander Wil liam L. Dustln of Illiuols, surveyor gen eral ot Alaska. t
