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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1905.
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TURN DOWN CHINA
Beqnmt for preinUtion at Feaco Con
ference Will Be Rejected.
"AR'S GOVERNMENT IS WILLING
lhkado Cannot See that Pretence of Celes
tials Would Aid legotiatioia,
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RECEPTION
All the Enroje Will Probably Call on
President at Ofiter Bay.
JAPANESE FLAGS ON RUSSIAN SOIL
Occupation of SakUailn Island Bars to
Be Pramlital Factor la
tfco Settlement of
Tinu,
WASHINGTON, July 9.-Chtnas req -4.
to b represented In the Washington cc
fcrence pa the ground that it is vitally U. '
terested In Ita proceedings, haa been re
ceived -by the president and InXormally
transmitted to tna belligerents. Whether
the president haa received I he formal re
plica cannot be learned, tut It can be
elated- that while Russia la Inclined to
favor 'rhe suggestion, Japan will not con
sent to It. 'Japan haa already made public
Us aaaurajnee that Manchuria la to be
restored to China. That la one ot the prin
ciples for- which It says tt haa been fight
ing. Japan regards itself aa fully ca
pable of executing this promise without
the assistance of China and In view of
China's Inability before the war to cope
with Russia in Manchuria, the Toklo gov
ernment la unable to aee what possible
assistance a Chinese representative would
be in the Washington conference. More
over, the Japanese have all along taken the
position that when peace negotiations were
begun they would be conducted directly
with Russia. It is altogether unlikely that
the Washington government will press the
claim of China and the official 'view here
falls to sympathise with the Idea.
The last week has seen few developments
in the plana for the negotiations. Negotia
tions for an armistice are not expected to
be concluded until after the plenipoten
tiaries meet. It la pointed out again that
the beginning of the rainy season in the
war sone removes the necessity for the im
mediate signing of an armistice. Little
doubt ia fe,;. however, that this will be
the first subject discussed by the plenipo
tentiaries and probably their initial act will
be the signing of a protocol providing for
the cessation of hostilities for a limited
period.
Baron Rosen will go to New York within"
the next few days 'and thence to Oyster
Bay to be presented to the president.
Meantime he ia in dally conference with
the attaches of the embassy and has had
several long talks with Count Casslnl, who
posted him each step in the negotiations
up to th(a inomenk- No- P' " l 64611
finally selected for- the holding of the con
ference, ,but thla Baron Rosen will dis
cuss with the president on Thursday. Ex
pecting that some place in New England
would certainly be selected. Baron de Rosen
chose Manchester for the summer head
quarters for hla embassy. It Is believed
hers that the choice lies between Ports
mouth, N. H., and Portland, Me., with the
chancea la favor of tbe former.
' Plana for the Reception.
Mr. Takahlra, the Japanese minister, will
be an early visitor at Oyster Bay to dis
cuss the arrangements for the conference.
It is the belief here that Instead of the
president making the tedious trip to Wash
ington to greet the plenipotentiaries the
plan which probably will be adopted is for
the plenipotentiaries to go to Oyster Bay,
the Japanese boarding the Mayflower at
the navy yard, Washington, and the Rus
sian envoys going in the Dolphin from
New York to oyster nay, wnere tney wui
Jointly received by the president and
presented formally to each other. They
could go by boat thence to the place se
lected for the conference, returning to
Washington at the conclusion of their
labors for the formal signing of tbe treaty
jrf Washington, . provided their labors are
ao successful.
Cassia! Starts for Homo.
Count Casslnl, Russia's first ambassador
to me t-niietj oiaic u oven j r.i
I service hers, left today for New York,
whence he ' will sail Tuesday for Europe
, and will later go to his new post at Madrid.
Gathered at the station to bid him God
speed were nearly every diplomat remain
ing here and a number of the ambassador's
personal friends. The ambassador, ac
eotnpanled by his staff, reached the station
fifteen minutes before the scheduled hour
for the train' I departure and among those
awaiting hint were the Italian ambassador
and Baroness Mayor des Planches, his
closest friends In the corps; I Bran, the
Danish minister, and Mr. Bamboa, the
Mexican charge d'affaires, and his staff;
the secretaries and attaches of the Italian
embassy. The ambassador led the way to
his car with Baroness Mayor des Planches,
followed by the Italian ambassador and
the remainder of the party. Shortly before
the train left Baron de Rosen, reached the
station and was among the last to say
goodbye, greeting hla confrere In Russian
fashion w'th a kiss. The Inst to bid him
adieu wsa Baron Mayor des Planches, who
succeeds Count Caaainl as dean of the
corps.
Count Casslnl was frank In his expres
sion of regret In leaving his friends here
and took occsslon to reiterate to them the
" kindly feelings he cherished for the coun
try which hss been his home for the last
seven years. The ambassador will spend
today and tomorrow In New York, where
several dinners will be given him. lie
goes to Bt. Petersburg direct to see ths
emperor and later to several watering
places In Europe for a rest. The ambassa
dor will probably not take up his duties at
Madrid before late In the autumn.
Job) Flaw oa Russian Boll..
ST. PETKR8BIRQ. July 10.-1 a. m.
. With the ' Japanese nag hoisted for the
first time on Russian sol) after eighteen
months' of war, the importance of the
landing on the Island of Sakhalin Is gen
erally admitted, both in newspaper com
ment and In government circles. Complete
. occupation of the tslsnd is regarded aa a
foregone conclusion.
The Novoe Vremya voices the general
sentiment In holding that control of Sakha
lin puts a powerful lever In the possession
of Japanese diplomacy, which finally has
something tangible In its hands to thro
upon ths scales with the sword in ths
'fce
f a coining conference.
( There Is a dlvercencv of onlnlon with .
gard to the effect It will have upon the
Bsgoliatlona at Washington, some of the
IVeBUauad) oa Second Page.)
GERMAN EMPEROR IS POOR
Lara; Income Is Absorbed by Fixed
Charges and Ho Mast
Economise.
BERLIN, July 9.-(8peclal Cablegram to
The Bce.)-It Is a popular delusion that the
German emperor is a very rich man. Inas
much as the matter of money and of wealth
is purely relative If the kaiser should be
placed In financial comparison and com
petition with some of the kings of Europe
or some of the American captains of In
dustry he wsuld be called a poor man. For,
he has the greatest difficulty In making
both ends meet. It Is true that he has an
annual Income of approximately 1.000.000,
but It should be remembered that he has
tastes luxuriant and expensive as well as
unique. People generally Imagine thst he
receives a salary In his capacity aa Ger
man emperor Just as the president of the
United States receives a salary of 150.000
yearly. Aa a matter of fact Emperor Wil
liam doea not receive one farthing In his
capacity as German emperor, but fulfills
the duties of this honorary position free of
charge to the fedeiatlon of German statea.
The kaiser draws his Income first as king
of Prussia and second aa private land
wner.
Many of the facts regarding the poverty
the emperor'a resources were brought
' ' tht In connection with the recent mar-
of the crown prince. In some re
in connection with this wedding,
e would have supposed would have
' one of the wonders of modern
the strictest econonilea were
pd these economies were mat-
be
Get
prac,
ters g
.esslty. Fortunately the crown
prince .oarried a woman with money not
always the case where marriages of state
are sometimes brought about and When
questions ot geography and race and rank
figure for more than the actual cash. It
la eatlmated that the bride of the crown
prince brought to the family a nice little
nest egg of $30.000,000 certainly enough to
set any ordinary family up in housekeeping.
And this addition to the Income of the
reigning family of Prussia, It may be ob
served In passing, was doubly welcome to
the kaiser, who hss been hard pressed for
funds during the past year.
Though Emperor William receives no
Income aa emperor of Germany, his Income
as king of Prussia amounts to about $4,000,
000 per annum. The emperor of Russia re
ceives an annual allowance of approxi
mately 15,000,000 and the emperor of Austria
an annual allowance of more than 14.000,000.
Both of these monarchs receive additional
allowances for certain definite purposes,
and both of them own vast landed estates
far superior In acreage to the German em
peror's possessions. The sultan of Turkey
receives an annual allowance of 110,000,000
and the king of Italy draws over 13,000,000
per annum, while the Incomes of several
monarchs of smaller states are nearly as
large as that of the king of Prussia. The
amount of $4,000,000 granted annually to
the German emperor in his capacity of
king of Prussia Is not taken from the na
tional exchequer, but from revenues from
state dominions which were formerly the
private property of the Prussian royal
house. Crown lands were handed over to
the estate and In return the state paya a
fixed annual Income to the monarch. '
The German emperor Is obliged to live,
on his royal income of 14,000,000 per annum,
which is altogether Insufficient for his re
quirements. Though the katsef has many
eccentricities he. really has few personal
extravagances, but Uvea a simple and
strenuous life of hard work and little
luxury. He spends little money on his
table, for the cuslne ot the German Imperial
residence is notorious for Its Inferiority.
The kaiser Is not a indy and spends a
comparatively small amount yearly on his
clothes. The horses he rides are not of
particularly good breed and not unusually
expensive. He Is not a gambler and does
not indulge In other dissipations which
would be excused in a person of his posi
tion. BARBARITIES ON THE CONGO
Free State Correspondent Tells
of
Horrors of Life Under Rale
of Belgians.
LIVERPOOL, July . (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) A harrowing story of the bar
barities practiced on the natives of the
Congo Free State by the Belgian officials Is
told In a letter from a Congo correspondent
to James Irvine, a West African merchant,
with headquarters on Castle street, thla
city.
The once flourishing village of Naongo
Mbovo, states the writer, haa been deso
lated and seventy-aeven natives murdered
because they did not bring In sufficient
quantlttea of rubber from the forests to
satisfy the Congo government officials.
Many other natives. Including three women,
have been barbarlously mutilated. One
woman was tied to a forked tree and slowly
cut to plecea. A pointed stake was forced
Into the body of another woman, who was
finally shot. A third woman's cheek and
nose were silt. Her right hand and left
foot were then cut off and ahe Waa left to
die.
Natives' huts, too, according to the cor
respondent, are constantly being destroyed
snd their Inhabitants hounded Into the
woods In search of rubber, which it Is
sometimes Impossible to secure. These
facts have come to light, adda the cor
espondent, since the departure of the
commission sent out by King Leopold to in
vestigate the atrocity charges.
Captain Baccard, who waa aent hy the
Italian government to report on the Congo
Free State, aaya that offlcera have to be
mere alave drivers, and If they refuse they I
are treated aa rebels. Every officer Is
obliged to tnke an oath that after he leaves
the Congo service he will never divulge
what he haa seen there.
LAST OF AFRICA IS ASSIGNED
With Award of King- of Italy the
Dark Continent la Appro,
printed.
ROME. July t-SpeclaI Cablegram to The
Bee.) After a careful examination of the
map ot Africa by geographers and students
of international boundaries It beenmea ap
parent that the recent award of the king
of Italy respecting the Anglo-Portuguese
frontier In liarotaeland (northwestern Rho
dela, the last piece of land not definitely
appropriated In Africa, has been disposed
of. For the first time In the history of the
world, therefore, there are no new lands
for the various nations to acquire, and
countries in Barch of colonies will be com
pelled to seek out some other grand division
of the earth's surface unless they tread
upon the toea of other nations. And thla
In Africa, aa elsewhere, may mean war.
Advices from Lisbon are to the effect
that the award haa given satisfaction there.
The new Anglo-Portuguese boundary la
formed by a line following the Kwando
river from the Zambesi to the twenty
fourth meridian of east longitude, and
thence along the meridian as far as the
thirteenth parallel of south latitude, fol
lowing that latitude until the Congo Free
Stale frontier la reached.
FRAUD ORDER AGAINST BAM
St, Lonii Concern Managed by E. 0. Lewii
Barred from Use ot Mailt.
STATEMENT OF POSTMASTER GENERAL
Promoter Has Received Over Two
Millions In Subscriptions and
Loans Nearly All to
Himself.
WASHINGTON. July 9.-Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou tonight announced the Issu
ance of a fraud order against the Peoples
t'nlted States bank of St Louis. Mo., Its
officers and agenta. and E. G. Lewis, a pub
lisher, effective July 9. The sctlornbars the
company from the use of the malls after an
Investigation by the postal authorities as to
the details of the business of the Institution.
The postmaster general, In his announce
ment tonight, aays:
It la understood that the funds of the
bank, which have not been borrowed by
Mr. Lewis and his , enterprises, smounting
to about two-thirds of the total amount re
mitted, are deposited In hanks and will he
available, toward relmhurxment of the
stockholders, who number upwards of (,
oho. It Is the Intention of the officers of the
I'ostofflce department to co-operate with
the secretsry of state of Missouri in every
proper way for the Interests of the Invest
ors and depositors.
Promises of Promoter.
The announcement of Mr. Cortelyou says
that although In early articles In his mag
azine, "Mr. Lewis represented that ho
would subscribe to the capital stock a dol
lar for every dollar subscribed by all
others, so that he would own half of the
capital stock, and that later he represented
that he had pledged his entire fortune,
every dollar he had, and his business in
this banking enterprise, and that his sub
scription would exceed $1,000,000, the Inspectors-found
that Mr. Lewis had not co
operated to the extent of a single dollar of
his own money, although the bank had
been In operation seven months and had a
paid up capital stock of 12,000,000."
Continuing, the statement says:
The most Important of the representations
were that all funds of this bank would be
loaned by a committee composed of three
directors each from the five principal banks
of St. Louis, etc
Loans Money to Himself.
The evidence showed and Mr. Lewis ad
mitted that hundreds of thousands of dol
lars were loaned to himself and his various
enterprises, that no committee of fifteen
had been established, but that the loans
nad been maue practically at Mr. Lewis'
will. On March 15, the day after the In
spectors began their Investigation in the
bank, Mr. lwls placed In Its assets two
notes, one for $jo.tm0, signed by himself
alone, without collateral, and the other for
$146,375.63, signed by the board of directors.
Mr. Lewis received no money from the
bank at that time, the notes being put Into
the bank to cover money previously ex
pended by Mr. Lewis. The last mentioned
note Mr. Lewis claimed covered money
spent In promotion of the bank, but as
the secretary of state of Missouri declined
to allow the Item tt stands as a personal
loan to the directors.
On March 15 Mr. Lewis had loaned from
the bank's funds to himself and his en
terprises $394,604.63, the paid In capital stock
of the bank then being $600,000. On March
ti. when $2,0UO,OuO capital stock had been
paid in, a statement furnished by Mr.
Lewis at the hearing upon request showed
he had loaned to himself and his enter-
f rises $907,6H8.S3. These loans include 1146.
75.63 to the directors, $.190, Out) to tlie Lewis
Publishing company, $H46,163.20 to the Cnl
verslty Heights Realty and Development
company and $26,00" to E. (3. Lewis. At
that time Mr. Lewie had $43,730 of the
bank's money Invested In stocks and bonds
of his entemrlses.
The evidence further showed that Lewis
had agreed to loan $666,666.66 ot the bank's
money on an unsecured note, but was pre
vented from doing so by Secretary of State
Bwanger.
June 5 last John E. Swangej, secretary
of state of Missouri, made a number of de
mands upon Mr. Lewis as to the future
conduct of the bank, which corroborated
the report of the Inspectors as to the con
dition of affairs above outlined. Since
these demands, which among other things
required immediate return to the bank of
all funds borrowed by Mr. Lewis and his
enterprises, Mr. Lewis hss failed to pay
the loans. Mr. Iewls Is receiving a large
number of remittances for stock in the
bank In his own name. It further appears
that It is the Intention of the bank to In
crease Its stock to $5,000,000 and remit
tances are being asked for on that account.
It la Impossible to separate the bank from
Mr. Lewis in thla matter.
The announcement quotee an opinion of
tbe attorney general, to whom the post
master general submitted the matter, sus
taining the action announced tonight. The
order was Issued July (, but the fact has
been kept secret until it took effect.
EIGHT MEN BLOWN TO PIECES
Premature Explosion of Blgr Blast of
Rock Powder Kear Hsrrlibnrg,
Pa., Worka ' Havoc.
HARRISBURO, Pa., July 9. Eight men
blown to pieces and two othera were In
jured by the premature explosion ot a big
blast of rock powder on the Pennsylvania
railroad lmprovementa near New Cumber-"!
land at 7. SO o'clock thla morning. The
accident occurred directly across the Sus
quehanna river from the scene of the Penn
sylvania railroad wreck on May 11, in
which twenty-three persons were killed
and many others injured.
All the victims of today's disaster were
employes of P. S. Kerbaugh tt Co. (Incor
porated), contractors, who are now build
ing the double t.acks for the Pennsylvania
railroad to connect with the Enola yards.
The bodies of the men were terribly
mangled and particles of flesh and bone
were scattered for a distance of M0 yards
from the scene of the explosion.
The dead are:
JAMF.9 WISEMAN.
AKTHI'R GREEN.
ROBERT THOMPSON.
FRANK Ml'I-LACH.
THREE ITALIANS and ONE SLAV,
known only by numbers.
An Inquest waa held thla afternoon by
Sulre Coble of Lamoyne. The Jury ren
dered a verdict of premature Vxploslon
from an unknown cause and ho blame at
tached to the contractors
BANKER COMMITS SUICIDE
Silas McDonald, Formerly of St. Jo
seph, Mo., KlUa Himself In
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. July . Silas McDon
ald, who waa for years cashier of the State
National bank at St. Josph, Mo., and who
came to this city after that Institution went
into liquidation, committed suicide here to
day by cutting his throat in the presence
ot his wife. He had been In 111 health. Hla
wife waa aeverely cut In attempting to pre
vent him from committing the deed.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., July 9.-8llas McDon
ald, the, Philadelphia banker who committed
auiclde In that city today, owing to 111
health. ' waa for twenty-five yeara promi
nent In business circles ot fit. Joseph, both
as a banker and merchant.
He left here two yeara ago to engage In
the banking bualness in Philadelphia. Hla
brother. Daniel McDonald, a prominent
bualness man, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself here eight years ago. The body
of Silas McDonald will be brought here for
burial.
MAIL TRAIN STRIKES FREIGHT
Engineer and Fireman Probably
Fatally Hurt Flsht (are Are
Demolished.
GREENCA8TLE. Ind., July .-Whlle
running at the rate of sixty miles an hour
this afternoon the eastbound New York
fast mall train on the Big Four sidewlped
westbound freight No. 99.. which was pull
ing Into a siding at Oakdale. five miles
west of here. Fireman Tippy, aged 40, of
Indianapolis, wss fatally and Engineer A.
M. Garner of Mattoon, 111., seriously In
jured. Both of the Injured were on the
mall train. None of the mall clerka or
passengera were injured. The engine, one
mall car, and the combination car left
the track and ran fifty feet Into a cornfield.
Eight of the freight care were demolished.
Engineer Garner, who. It Is believed will
recover, says he owes his life to Fireman
Tippy, who assisted him in leaving the
cab. Tippy was pinned between the engine
and tender for two hours before he waa
extricated.
Trainmaster Costen of Terre Haute, who
visited the wreck, said tonight he was at
present unable to fix the responsibility. He
said, however, that the mall train had the
right of way.
EFFECT OF RECENT STRIKES
Many tnlons In Mew York Disrupted
by Labor Troubles In the
Past Few Months.
ALBANY. N. Y., July 9. In Its quarterly
bulletin, which Is the first that covers a
period since Commissioner Sherman took
office, the state department of labor speaks
of the disastrous effect of recent strikes
upon the labor organisations that prose
cuted them. The report says:
The failure of the strike on the rapid
transit system of New York resulted In the
disruption of unions emhrsclng a member
ship of more than 4.0i)0 men; that of the
glaziers was followed by the dissolution
of a union of 6u0 men; while the disputes
In the Fulton county glove manufactures
also caused very large losses. In some
Industries trade has only recently recovered
from the recent depression, whlrrf greatly
weakened the workmen's organizations.
Between Octotier 1, 1904, and April 1, lSt,
165 organizations in thla state dissolved and
twenty more amalgamated with other
unions of the same trade. On the other
hand, only ninety-nine new unions were
organised, causing a net decrease of eighty
six anf leaving 2.41S organizations in ex
istence at the end of March. The aggregate
number of members of unions was then
374.262. signifying a net decrease of 17,414
since September. New York City lost 8.74)
or 8.4 per cent of Its membership, but still
has 245,078 unionists.
MEMORIAL FOR SECRETARY HAY
Services Held by Jewish Congrega
tions In Sew York and Phil
adelphia. ' "
PHILADELPHIA, July .A meeting In
memory of John Hay waa held In the syn
agogue B'Nal Halberstam today by Rou
manian Jews. The attendance waa very
large. The principal speaker waa Rabbi B.
C. Ehrenrelch, who spoke of the greatness
of the late secretary of state and of tho
service he rendered to humanity In hla
famoua note to the powera in behalf of the
Jewa In Roumanla. The rabbi said the only
true way to show gratitude for what Sec
retary Hay had done foffhem waa for the
Jewa to become American citizens.
NEW YORK. July 9. Jewa of the East
Side thronged the synagogue of the Roumanian-American
congregation in Rover
ton street today to honor the memory of
the late John Hay, aoeretary of state.
After prayer by Rabbi Radln, Congressman
Goldfogle delivered an eulogy on Mr. Hay.
Reaolutlons were passed declaring that
by hla acts in behalf of the oppressed Jews
of Roumanla Mr. Hay had endeared him
self In the hearts of all Jews and that In
his death the nation had lost a great states
man and the Jews a sincere friend.
SUNDAY AT OYSTER BAY
Prealdent Attends Choreh and Hears
a Sermon by the Bishop of
' Cnbn.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. July . President
Roosevelt passed an unusually quiet Sun
day at Sagamore Hill. Although five yacht
ing parties were in the harbor, no visitors
were received. The president and Mrs.
Roosevelt had as house guests Mrs. Rich
ardson and Captain Robert L. Ferguson of
New York. Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt,
Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Captain Ferguson,
the president attended the morning service
at Christ Episcopal church, listening to a
sermon delivered by the Right Rev. Albion
W. Knight, bishop of Cuba.
Secretary and Mrs. Loeb expect to leave
Oyster Bay In about ten days on an ex
tended trip to the Yellowstone National
park. During Mr. Loeb's absence the ex
ecutive work will be directed by Assistant
Secretary Barnes.
RIOT ON EXCURSION TRAIN
Cowboys Open Fusillade Beenuso One
of Them la Ejected and Two
Are Killed.
WHEELING, W. Va., July ".Telephone
messagea early thla morning from Clarks
burg and Burns, W. Va., tell of a battle
between excursionists from Clarksburg on
a Baltimore A Ohio train and cowboys.
members of a wild west ahow. One of the
mwuujB w ua ejeciea xrom tne excuraion
train and hla comrades opened a fusillade
on the train. The fire was returned, and
Joe Johnson, proprietor of the show, anl
Mexican George, a cowboy, were killed.
Several excursionists a-ere shot and seri
ously wounded by the cowboys. I
The excursion train bearing the wounded
ia expectel to reach Clarksburg at t a. m.
JAIL FOR CIGARETTE SMOKER
Violator of New Indiana Law Given
m Twenty-Nine Days'
Sentence,
LAFAYETTE. Ind., July 9.-Edward
Hammell, traveling salesman for a patent
medicine company, who, having been con
victed of smoking cigarettes, is aervlng a
sentence of twenty-nine daya In default of
payment of a fine of $23 and coata, assessed
by Judge Foster of Otterbeln, will In all
probability be compelled to serve the entire
sentence.
WIND STORM IN TEXAS
Heavy Damage to Property In
j Vicinity of Navasota Two
earora Are Killed.
BEAUMONT. Tex.. July 9.-A special to
the Enterprise from Navasota aays:
A windstorm or tornado struck Navaaoti
late Saturday night, doing thousands of dol
lars damage to residence property and
wrecking farm fences and buildings in a
wide swath to the westward for many
! miles. Two negroes were killed on the Mul-
Ilia farm.
RIVER IS SOW RECEDING
At Highest Point Bandar Morning, Ac
cording to Official Beading,
WAS OVER TWO FEET BELOW DANGER LINE
Damage Reported Is Mot Great In a
Monetary Way, hot Many People
on Low Lands Suffer hy
Loss of -Crops.
When Local Forecaster Welch went down
to the river at 7 o'clock Sunday morning
he found the official measurement to be
15.4, which means two feet and six-tenths
below the danger line of eighteen feet and
half a foot higher than the reading of
Saturday morning.
The Big Muddy went down to a per
ceptible degree Sunday and the Indications
are will soon bo flowing past Omaha at
Ita normal atage. A number of people
living along the river In the north part of
town said the river reached Its greatest
height during the present rise at midnight
of Saturday and then began to recede,
which would tend to indicate that the of
ficial reading of Sunday morning at 7
o'clock was not the highest figure reached
at this point.
The danger point is said to have been
passed here and the damage reported is
not great. A number of cornfields have
been Inundated and numeroua bottom
dwellers Inconvenienced by the overflow
from the river. Not a few families north
of East Omaha are communicating with
the outer world by means of boats.
Sightseers Oat In Multitudes.
As many of Omaha's population as could
get away Sunday took to water, for It Is
not often that the denizens of this part of
the country are permitted to view ao much,
water as was to be seen Sunday. Every
vantage point from Gibson to Florence,
along the river on both sides, waa the i
rendesvous for hundreds of people who
gathered along the banks. ' Cut Off lake,
now a pretentious body of water, attracted
thoussnds of visitors, while the East
Omaha bridge waa the rriecca for several
thousand more.
North and east of the city Is a veritable
lake region, numerous little bodies of water
being left by the receding overflow. The
street cars running to Courtland beach and
East Omaha were taxed to their utmoat
capacity 8unday afternoon, while the roada
In that section were lined with vehicles and
pedestrian.
All Knfe nt South Omaha.
All day long Sunday the high banks at
South Omaha along the river were crowded
with people watching the river run by.
There w-as no material change from Satur
day. All of thoae living on the bottoms "
were given warning in time and moved to
higher ground. The City Emergency hoa
pltal Is still surrounded by water, but un
less there should be a change In the cur
rent the hospital will not be damaged to
any great extent. There la still no way for
garbage wagona to reach the river and no
effort will be made by the city officials to
build a road, aa the water la reported to be
falling.
South of the city and in ;the vicinity of
Bellevue the river haa washed out truck
gardens and potato patches. Tom Hoctor
reports losing sixty acre of potatoes and
other farmers report heavy losses."
So far the city haa not been called upon
to extend aid to any of the dwellers oi) the
bottom lands in the ' vicinity of South
Omaha.
Damage Wear Plattsmouth.
PLATTSMOUTH,. Neb., July 9.-(8peclal.)
Reports received here Indicate that some
damage Is being caused on the Iowa side of
the river, northeast of this city, as a result
of the high water. At a point near Henton
station the water Is said to be overflowing
the railroad tracks and some of the inhabi
tants are preparing to move. Since Thurs
day night a rise of over four feet Is re
corded and the Indications are that these
conditions will continue for some time. It Is
feared that If the rise continues as rapidly
as yesterday it will be only a short time
unttl the Iowa bottoms are flooded.
River Falling: at Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY. Ia., July 9. (Special.) The
Missouri and Big Sioux rivers, whose high
waters occasioned considerable alarm here,
are now falling, and further danger Is
passed. The Missouri's swirling current cut
oft many acres of valuable farm lands. The
Big Sioux threatened the fine boat houses
at Riverside park.
Danger Passed nt Kanaaa City.
KANSAS CITY, July .-Although the
j Missouri and Kaw rivers are still rising
slowly, all danger of a flood here Is past,
owing to cessation of ralna In the Kaw
valley. The Kaw is falling rapidly In its
upper course and tonight will begin to re
cede here. Practically no damage was
done to crops In the Kaw valley, because
the land was overflowed for only twenty
four hours.
WILL ASK KELLY TO RESIGN
Governor of Kanans Snya State
Treasurer Haa Not Conducted
Hla Office Properly.
TOPEKA, Kan.. July 9. Another confer
ence of attorneya waa held today to discuss
the situation arising from the loss of the
ttate funds In the defunct First National
bank. It la announced that Governor Hoch
will demand the resignation of State Treas
urer T. T. Kelly, on the ground of Im
proper conduct In office, and that Kelly
y"! resist the demand. The matter will
probably have to be settled In the courts.
Governor Hoch is understood as being
extremely anxious to secure the resignation
of Kelly. Considerable difficulty arises
from the fact that all the laws which were
especially designed for cases like the pres
ent one were repealed by the last session
of the state legislature. Some definite ac
tion will be taken tomorrow.
KANSAS CITY. July 9.-The United
Statea court at Chicago will be aaked to
morrow to Include all of C. J. Devlin'a "111
nola property In the receivership granted in
Topeka laat week. Devlin's Illinois Inter
ests Include the Toluca coal mines and the
Toluca, Marquette dt Northern railroad.
SOCIALIST CONGRESS OPENS
Meeting at Constance Adjourns to
Swltserland Because Foreign Dele
gates Are Not Allowed to Speak.
CON8TANCE. Grand Duchy of Baden.
July 9. The international socialist congress
opened here today. The Baden government
had forbidden apeechea by foreign mem
bers" because they refused to ignore German
politics. Herr Bebel. the socialist leader in
the Reichstag, attacked Prince von Buelow,
the imperial chancellor because he pro
hibited M Jaures, the socialist leader In
the French Chamber of Deputies, speaking
at Berlin today. The conference then ad
journed to the neighboring Swiss town of
Kreuzllnen so as to enable the foreigners
la satsak.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Tuesday
Flr.
Temperatnre at Omaha Yesterdnyi
Hour. Dea. Hoar. Dev.
5 a. m ha 1 p. m rti
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T a. m Ml 3 p. m T2
a. m no 4 p. m T3
a. m Al K p. m TS
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p. m , 1)7
DICKENS' LETTERS ARE SOLD
Important Collection of Autographs
Are Disposed of at Auction
la London.
LONDON. July 9 (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) An Important collection of auto
graph letters and documenta was aold this
week by Messvs. Putttck A Simpson of
Leicestershire. Several Dickens letters were
among them. Ten pounds wa,s paid for a
letter which the great author wrote to Har
rison Atnsworth In 1839. It waa couched In
somewhat sharp terms and Its purport was
to deny a breach of agreement on the part
of Dlckena as regards Bentley, the pub
lisher.
Harrison Atnsworth Is charged with bad
faith In these terms:
You do countenance Mr. Bentlev In these
proceedings to hearing him express his
opinion of Forster snd not contradicting
him. and have aggravated him. Indeed, hv
such thoughtless sets as first procuring an
umavnraDie notice or the mlscellanv In th
Examiner and then showing it to him with
assumed vexation and displeasure.
rorster must ana snsu he set right not
Ith Mr. Bentlev. but with the men to
whom these stories sre carried. And 1 wish
to know distinctly from you who shall do
so without the delay of an Instant you
or I?
"Mr.' Savage Landor, who holds such men
as Mr. Bentley In as little consideration as
the mud of the streets, and also Is violent
and reckless when exasperated." says
Dickens, "Is aa certain by some public act
to punish the bookseller for this treatment
as the sun Is to rise tomorrow."
In another letter written to Benjamin
Webster, the actor, In 1857, the author of
Pickwick" says: "There is a Chrlstmss
story 'coming out of which I have done the
greater part (Wilkle Collins having done
one" chapter), which, I think, will make a
tremendous noise. It lights up all the Are
that Is In the public mind at thla time and
you might make your theater (the Adtlphl)
blate with It."
This document was knocked down to
Messrs. Quarltch for about $27.
FREE WILL AGAINST FATALISM
English Writer Tells What He Deems
Necessary to Progress In
Tropics.
LOND6N, July 9. (SpeclAl Cablegram to
The Bee.) Alleyne Ireland, a writer upon
life In the tropics and upon political and
economic questions, has evolved an Interest
ing theory regarding the matter of a gov
ernment for the people of the tropica. In
an Interview he aaya:
The reason why our economic conditions
have produced the desire for an Increas
ingly popular form of government la not
onjy that economic slavery produces suf
fering which It Is hoped may be relieved
by legislation, but tbe Idea of economic
enslavement., threatens that liellef In free
will which is part of our religion. Economic
pressure and Christian morality have been
at the root of political progress In Europe
and It Is useless to expect that there can
be any natural growth Of political activity
In tropical countries untlU economic pres
sure and the Idea of free will take the
place of economic ease and the philosophy
of fatalism. Until these changes take
place every movement In the direction of
popular government In the tropics can
rest only upon artificial foundations and
can lead only to failure, disappointment
and chaoa.
SARAH BERNHARDT AS AUTHOR
Play Said to Be from Her
Will Be Preaented at
Paris.
Pen
PARIS, July 9. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Friends of Mme. Bernhardt say
that she hopes to make her forthcoming
season at the Coronet theater one of the
most perfect In her career from the stand
point of the artistic. She is now In London
arranging details and will begin the season
at the Coronet theater there with Hugo'a
"Angelo," and will afterward revive "La
Dames aux Camellas" and Sardou'a "La
Border."
One of her most Intimate friends says
that she will also produce a new play with
an old title, "Adrlenne Lecouvreur."
Though she will not admit It for the mo
ment It la known by friends who are In the
secret that the divine Sarah herself Is the
author of the new play. She haa completely
rewritten the old drama, retaining the cen
tral character. She haa been hard at work
during the past few months upon her ver
sion of the life story of the famoua French
actress.
MUTILATED B0DY FOUND
Remains of Woman with Skull
Crushed Burled In Quicklime In
Cellar In Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. July 9 With the back
of the head crushed in, mutilated from
head to foot and several bones broken,
the body of a woman known as "Apnle"
waa found today burled In the cellar of
a house in the northeastern part of the
city, formerly the home of Charles Bluhm,
a German who died In a hospital on May 18.
The police believe that Bluhm murdered
the woman, who was his housekeeper, and
burled the body In the cellar to hide the
crime. A hole had been dug In the middle
of the cellar and a quantity of quicklime
thrown In. The body was then Kjaced In
the hole and covered with earth.
After ap Investigation the police came
to the conclusion that Bluhm killed the
woman during a quarrel and In his frenzy
to hide the crime hacked the body with a
hatchet and burled It. The quicklime had
consumed only a small portion of the body.
TRAIL SHOWS DO NOT OPEN
Concessionaires at Portland Make So
Attempt to Defy the Fair
Authorities.
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 9 "The Trail"
concessionaires did not attempt to open
their attractions today aa they stated yes
terday was their Intention. The Lewis and
Clark exposition authorities absolutely re
fused to recede from their position and
even went ao far aa to order It guards to
close by force If necessary any attraction
that attempted to violate ita contract.
September 14 haa been decided on aa the
date for Missouri day at the Lewis and
Clark exposition. A message has been
received by the Missouri commission from
Governor Folk that he will be present on
that day. Elaborate plana are being made
for the entertainment of Governor Folk.
A banquet, to which exposition officials and
many other prominent western men will
be invited, haa been arranged for the evening.
KRUCER TAKES SHIP
Kniai Potemkine Again in Charge oi
Officer! of Enisian Havy,
- I
RCUMANIA SURRENDERS THE VESSEL
Eing Charlei Orders it Turned Over With
out Any Formality.
TORPEDO BOAT RETURNS TO 00ESSA
Crew Sayi tho Untineeri Forced Them to
Follow Battleihlp.
REVOLT IS LEAD BY MATUSCHENK0
Survivors Say that He Killed Tea)
Officers Engineers Forced to
work with Revolvers at
Their Heads.
KCSTENJI. Roumanla, July 9. Admiral
Kruger thla afternoon arrived and took
poasession of the Russian battleship Kniaa
Potemkine, King Charles of Roumanla hav
ing sent Instructions to the commander of
the Roumanian aquadron that the vessel
be delivered to the Russian authorities
without raising difficulties.
The torpedo boat which accompanied the
Knlas Potemkine, however, left for Odessa,
without surrendering, declaring that It had
not mutinied, but that the Kniaa Potem
kine had forced It to follow.
Admiral Kruger arrived with hla aquad
ron thla morning and after exchanging the
customary salutes Intimated that he had
come to arrange for the transfer ot the
Knlax Potemkine. Admiral Kosltnsky,
commander of the Roumanian aquadron,
boarded the Russian battleship Tchesme
and Informed Admiral Kruger that King
Charlea had ordered Mm to turn the ves
sel over to the Russian admiral. The for
malities of the transfer were completed
this afternoon and Admiral Kruger boarded
the Knlai Potemkine.
The Associated Press representative In
spected the Knlas Potemkine after the
withdrawal ot the Roumanian guard. De
spite the efforts of the Roumanlana to get
thlnga In shipshape everything aboard the
battleship was still In a state ot wild dis
order. The officers' cabins were stripped
of everything of any value and bloodstalna
were everywhere. There waa sufficient
ammunition aboard the Knlas Fotemklne
to have enabled the mutineera to make a
desperate resistance.
Leader Resists Surrender.
It Is said that during the last few days
the veasel waa navigated by two englneere
and an officer with revolvers at their heada.
All of the sailors wished to surrender with
the exception of Matuschenko, the leader ot
the mutiny, who resisted for some time
and wanted t- blow up the ship.
Seven officers were prisoners aboard the
Knlas Potemkine. They were in a pitiable
condition from HI treatment. They declare
that Matuschenko himself killed ten offlcera
of the battleship.
All the papers and booke belonging to
the vessel were, destroyed.
it nnnears that the decision to surrender
the Knlas Potemkine waa made when it
became evident that ho other veasels would
Join In the mutiny. The crew of the battle
ship seemed to be unaware of the sur
render of the Georgi Pobledonosti and ex
pected that it also waa coming to Kua
tenji to capitulate to Roumanla.
Twentv married sailors from the Kniaa
Potemkine have applied to the Russian
consul here to be sent back to Russia.
The crew of torcedo boat No. ZB7 were
given half an hour in which to surrender
or leave port.
A number of the crew of the Knlas Po
temkine aurrendered to the Russian
squadron, alleging that they acted under
compulsion. -
. The coal supply of the mutinous battle
ship was nearly exhausted, but there waa
ample food on board.
A Ruasian priest, after the transfer, held
a service of purification on board the Kniaa
Potemkine, sprinkling the vessel and ita
flags with holy water.
Admiral Kruger'e squadron, which
brought a crew for the Knlas Potemkine,
Bailed with it for Russia this evening.
Government Awaiting; Report.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 10. 2 a. m.
The government le awaiting a report from
Admiral Kruger before maklrg representa
tions to the Roumanian government for tha
return of the mutineers of the Kniaa Po
temkine. It waa atated at the Foreign
office yesterday that no official Information
of the attitude of Roumanla towards the
mutineers had been received.
A dispatch from Theodosla statea that
during a parade of the "volfla regiment a
shot waa fired from the ranks at the
colonel, but missed him. The Bhot waa
signal for an outbreak, which waa quelled
after an officer and a private had been se
verely wounded. The trouble evidently waa
a reflex of the mutiny on the Knlai po
temkine. Terrorlats Arrested.
RIGA. Russia. July 9. The police have
arrested thirty-five terrorists, who are held
responsible for the preparation of boraba
and attacka on the police. During an at
tempt at the rescue of the terrorists on
man was arrested and two policemen were
wounded.
Bomb-Throwing nt Tiflls.
TIFLIS, Transcaucasia, July 9. Bomb
throwing continues dally. Two Dvornlka
were killed and thirteen persons pounded
by a bomb, and a policeman waa shot last
night.
PENGUINS ARE SOCIALISTIC
But While Voting Are Subjected to
Law of Survival of the
Fittest.
LONDON, July 9 8peelal Cablegram te
The Bee.) One of the addresses which at
tracted the most attention at the Interna
tional congress Just held here was that of
Dr. Wilson, who discussed his Antarctic
Investigations on board the Discovery. His
account of the penguins was full of new
facts, tending to Illustrate some of the
Darwinian prlnclplea. Dr. Wilaon showed
i a photograph of the curious akin with
which the young birds are covered from
above, as they are protectei from below
by the platform of the parent's feet. When
they are a little older the chicks are
herded In great ro'.onles and their life Illus
trates in a very ruthless way the principles
of the survival of the fittest. The colonise
are left to be shepherded by two or three
old birds, while the rest of the parents go
off to seek crustaceans In the cracks of
the Ice. Each parent as It retuina Is
usually unable to find Ita own young, ainco
it ia mobbed at sight by the more vigorous
birds and finally obliged to disgorge the
food by the more persistent. All of the
foebler chicks thus die of starvation and
are eaten by the Skua gulia.