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The Omaha Daily Bee. CHEAPEST BECAUSE BEST THE BEL CLEAN AND CONSERVATIVE THE BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOUSING, JULY 17, 1905. SINGLE COrY THREE CENTS. ANSWER FOR JEROME State Superintendent Hendricks Make a Lengthy Statement. COPY ORDERED GIVEN TO ATTORNEY Unqualified Denial that Report Was Edited a FsTor of. Anyone. NO PRETENSE DGCUVENT IS COMPLETE Report Only Preliminary and Corered the Vain Featnrei. FULL TRANSCRIPT OF TESTIMONY TAKEN Hendricks Ala Denies that Copies or Any Portion of It Given to Aar on. ' 'ci Has Not Been ' to All. AL3ANT. N. . ly 1.-The answer of Superintendent J. ,i Hendricks of the Stat Insurance d Tient to the pub lished criticism of Iclal acta in con nection with the tes. ' taken by him Jn the Investigation ot Equitable Llfo Assurance society and ellmlnary re port thereon Is made In a .extended state ment issued from the Insurance depart ment tonight. Incidentally the suarrln tendent publishes a letter addressed by him to his deputy, Robert H. Hunter, at New York, instructing hlra to deliver his copy of the Equitable testimony to Dis trict Attorney Jerome. The statement Includes an affidavit by William A. CnmMtock. Superintendent Hen dricks' confidential stenographer, certify ing that he alons did the stenographic work and transcribing of notes in connec- .i V. th f.blnff nf th testimony and the preparation of Superintendent Hendricks' preliminary report and that he personally knows that no change or oniUsljn was mads In the testimony or the report; that outside of the persons of ficially employed In the conduct of the Investigation no person heard, read or saw the report or the testimony excepting Gov ernor Hlgglns and his counsel, Cuthbert W. Pound. Report Not Doctored. The statement is as follows: The statement made in certain news papers that my report and the testimony taken was edited and altered in the in terests or at the suggestion of certain In dividuals Is unqualifiedly false. - No per son except those employed by me In the conduct of the Investigation read or had access to the report prior to the time It was delivered to the printer, except Gov ernor lilgglns and his counsel, Cuthbert W. Pound. No suggestion was made by either of them as to any modification of the re port! and no change was rnnde In the re port ss prepared by me. The report as printed is in the exact form in which It was finally drafted by me and my coun sel. At the Interview with the governor and his counsel I was asked by the governor whether J had been successful In securing the facts relative to all matters under In vestigation. I stated to htm that I had not, tiiat the investigation still was neces sarily Incomplete, that among other mat ters whU'h had not been fully covered was one which I deemed of immediate Import ance, twit- concerning- which I had been unable to procure the facts, by reason of not having learned of it until the prelim inary Investigation was about completed. I then stated to him that I had been In formed that the Equitable society was carrying a loan In the Mercantile Trust company or iim.uuu, or wnicn no recora , appeared, on Its books as a liability. The governor stated to me that he believed that a fiiVtber effort should be made to thoroughly Investigate that subject. In accordance with that suggestion I then directed my counsel to make a further in vestigation and examination relative to that Item and by reason of such action my report was delayed until the conclu sion of his effort. Our efforts In that particular were un successful. At that time we were unable to secure the facts relating to the matter and consequently my report remained un changed. Never Pretended it la Complete. With reference to the criticism that my report does not fully cover all of the facts Drought out-In the testimony, I never Intended that It should specifically refer to everything that was developed by the testimony. On the contrary, 1 stated at me ouisei inn 11 am noi; mat me report was preliminary In character and covered only such matters as I deemed of Imme diate Importance to the policyholders. I undertook to comply with the promise that I made to the Insurance commissioners of other states early In May to present a report as early as June 16, and It was ( Impossible in the limited time I had to refer In detail to all masters developed during the Investigation. The further charge made that some of the testimony taken was suppressed or edited in the Interests of certain individ uals is likewise unqualifiedly fajse. Every word of the testimony given and taken was transcribed by the stenographer In the transcripts of the testimony absolutely without change. Mr. ' Hendricks goes on to say that on July he sent a copy of his report to Attorney General Julius M. Mayer at Albany and one to Robert H. Hunter, his deputy In New Tork City, transcripts of Ills letters to these officials appearing in his statement. The other copy, he de clares, since completion has remained at all times In the department vault. In his letter to Mr. Hunter, Superin tendent Hendricks says: Should tha district attorney desire ac cess to this evidence you are at liberty to deliver It to him or allow him to ex amine It. ffK . !....-. The charge that a copy of the testimony was procured by any other person from this department is absolutely false and without foundation. At the time of the publication in the newspapers of a part of the testimony the copy in the New York office was Intact and the seal upon the same hd not been broken. The other copy hal not been removed from the vault In the department at Albany. tatas ' of Hnrrlnaen. With reference to the Inquiry as to why Mr. Harrlman was not examined, Mr. Hendricks In his statement says: "He was not a member of either the ex ecutive committee or the finance commit tee, by which committees the business of the society was transacted. There was nothing In the records of the society or lu tho transactions disclosed by any of the schedules furnished In which Mr. Harii nian's name appears as either selling fo or purchasing securities from the society, except as mentioned in my report.' Al though tho eocl-ty has been a large pur chaser of so-called Harrlman securities, . ! careful examination of - the schedules ciiv.. ,- a. - "' - ru.ilMIICU llj- I4JSS 1 y reason cf such holdings." . Appended Is the affidavit of Mr. Corn stock, the stenographer, relating to the taking ot the testimony and the precau tions employed In safeguarding the report. R0CF FALLS ON WORSHIPERS Sixteen Women Killed and Thirty Two Are Injured by tho Accident. FK R MO. Italy. July W.-The roof of the chapel of the woman's hospital fell In this morning during the ' celebration of mans, killing iliiMa Women and Injuring thirty use. I MARCHAND ON FASHODA AFFAIR French Colonel Says Minister Del cause Is Sot Responsible for 1 the Incident. FARIS, July 1. (Special Cablegram to The Bt-e.) So many contacting reports have been made concerning-the Fashoda affair that Colonel Marchand decided this week to put an end to all speculation lo the matter by Issuing a statement as to the origin of the expedition. It was on November 11 IK, that M. Berthelot, minister of foreign affairs, signed and approved of his plan for French Intervention In the Bshrael-Chazal and on the Nile. The scheme, however, lay dor mant until the following spring, when the Soudan expedition was announced by Eng land. The atutude of the French govern ment changed immediately. M. Guleyesse, the minister of the colonies. Implored the writer to start as soon as possible, and if he had obeyed he would have left within forty-eight tiours, completely1 'unprepared for a Journey of over 10.000 kilometres of country. M. Berthelot, who had so far forgotten himself as to tell Lord Salisbury that he declined all responsibility for the consequences to which the Soudan expedi tion might lead, quitted the Qua! d'Orsay a few days after he had used such pecu liar language, and as M. Loon Bourgeois, the president of the Council, could not find anyone to succeed him, he took his place. About the first thing M. Bourgeois did was to send for Colonel Marchand, preparations for whose Journey were then hurried on. This was in March, 1896, and a few weeks later the Bourgeois ministry fell and was replaced by the Mellne Cabi net, with M. Hanotaux at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. M. Andre Leon, the new minister of the colonies, was not as gen erous in the matter of resources as M. Bourgeois would have been, but the writer was again enjoined to start as soon as he could. The first convoy sailed from Bordeaux on April 25, the others being transported in steamers that followed. Colonel Mar chand himself left Marseilles on June 25, 1894, at which date the troops which were to accompany him across Africa for the occupation of Fashoda, if they arrived there before the British army, were com pleting their movement on Tlinbuctoo, on Daklr and on Libreville, in the French Congo. The writer says that his officers and his own companions In the expedi tion were not aware of the destination until eighteen months afterwards, when they were In the very heart of central Africa. It has often been affirmed that M. Dclcasse had something to do with the organisation of the Fashoda expedition. Colonel Marchand, however, terminates his explanation with the following emphatic words which close this discussion: "M. Delcasse, whom I hardly knew, and who from February, 1R95, to July, 1R98, had no share in the government the very re verse, indeed, was the case had nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the consid eration, the preparation and the execution of an expedition, of which he only became informed to put an end' to It in October, 1158. AH that has been said contrary to this affirmation, which I make on my honor and which Is based on history itself, which can be easily examined. Is only a tale, which I wish now to demolish with one blow, as I think that the time has come for ma to do so." Thus does Colonel Marchand dispose of one of the charges brought against tho late minister ot foreign affairs, which was to the effect that, though he had beeo an aotlve promoter of the Fashoda expedi tion, he deserted Colonel Marchand when England adopted a resolute attitude. Colo nel Marchand'. explanation has created quite a. sensation in political circles. KITCHENER 0NJNDIAN ARMY British bffleer Snys Present System Mast FnU In Cnso of War. v - LONDON, July 16.-(SpeclaI Cablegram to The Bee.) The official reports Just pub lished show that Lord Kitchener has not been afraid to criticise the army In India. Among other things ha said: No one dislikes change more than I do. but If necessary I do not fear it. I would certainly not continue a rotten system be cause I was afraid to stretch out my hand and take a sound one. The question is an Imperial and not merely an Indian, one. The present system is faulty, inefficient and Incapable of the expansion necessary for a great war. In which the armed might of the empire would be engaged In a life and death struggle. He explained how the military member of council Is "really omnipotent In mili tary matters, while the commandar-ln-chlef cannot even issue orders for the move ment of troops, although he Is the man responsible to the government." The fact is. our Indian military admin istration has been framed mainly to meet peace requirements, and the consideration thatoin army exists for war has been over looked. Peace routine has overshadowed prepara tion for war, and unimportant details to gether with the multiplication of criticisms and discussions on side Issues, have ab sorbed the time and energies of the higher ortU'luls, while real requirements have been. In war the present system must break dow.i; and unless it Is deliberately intended to court disaster, divided counsels, divided authority and divided responsibility must be abolished. It is impossible to formulate or carry out anv consistent military policy. No nteded reform can be Initiated, no useful measure can be adopted, without being subject to vexattous and for the most part unnecessary criticism. The fault lies simply in the system, which has created two offices which have been trained to unfortunate Jealousy and an tagonism, and which therefore duplicate work, and In the duplicate destroy prog ress and defeat tne true ends of military efficiency. Owing to the separation of offices it Is Impossible for the commander-in-chief to know how his schemes are progressing or whether a hitch has occurred. ' Thus the offlcts become paper-logged with more or leas unnecessary verbiage and I am not surprised that mistakes oc casloually occur. Tne only continuity of policy that ' has been maintained by the present military system and is inherent In It. is that of making It eusy to stand still and extremely difficult to move forward a comUtion which cannot be regarded as satisfactory. In presenting the the House of Com mons Ms annual statement on the finances of India Mr. Broderlck furnished some In teresting details regarding Lord Kitch ener's reorganization schemes. To carry out the plans the Indian secretary asked for tl2.6ou.OM The main Drovlsl ! Kitchener a schemes. Mr. Brn,lri-ir out, included the creation by India of nine - - . , increase of the field army from 80,000 to 140,000 men and the regrouping of troops so as to bring them nearer the northwestern frontier. The expenditure, said Mr. Broderlck, was large, but ths need was pressing. Alluding to what he called "some fric tion" between the military department and Lord Kitchener, the secretary of state for India admitted that the government had not been able to conceal from themselves the fact that Lord Kitchener's position bad become an anomalous one since bis proposals were reviewed by the array mem ber of the council, who was his subordi nate lo military work. HEAD OF G. A. R. IS DEAD General Blackmar Diet While on a Impaction Trip. TAKEN SICK JULY 10 WHILE IN IDAHO Had Been 111 Before Starting; on Trip Which Was Delayed on Orders ot Physician, hot Condition Mot Thought Serions. BOISE. Idahp, July 16. General W. W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died today of nephritis. His wlie was with him during his Illness. The body will be embalmed and taken to the home of the family at Boston. The general arrived here on July 10 on a tour, during which he Intended to visit grand army posts throughout the northwest. He was ill when he arrived and gradually failed. The seriousness of his condition was kept from the public at the request of his wife. General Blackmar was born July 25, 1841, at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted In the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry and subsequently Joined the First West Virginia, He served with distinction throughout the war and at Five Forks was promoted on the field by General Custer to the rank of captain. Throughout three - administrations, those of Governors Long, Talbot and Rice, he was Judge advocate general of Massa chusetts. At tho laaj. national encamp ment of the Grand Army he was elected commander-in-chief. BOSTON. July IS. Except to two or three officials of the Grand Army the- news of the death of Chief Blackmar was received with great surprise In this city. The home of General Blackmar was In this city and since his elevation to the position of commander-in-chief, the headquarters of the organisation have been here. General Blackmar is succeeded by John R. King of Washington, senior vice commander. Two weeks ago the commander-in-chief broke down and was ordered to his bed in his summer home at Hlngham bj' his physicians. At the time his indisposition, however, was regarded as slight. On July 7 General Blackmar's condition had appar ently Improved and it was decided to per mit him to continue his visits to western departments, which he had begun early In the year. Assistant Adjutant General ,E. B. Soi lings, commander of Kinsley post No. 113 of this city, of which General Blackmar was a member, will leave Boston tomorrow for the west. t He will assist Mrs. Blackmar in arranging the funeral, which will prob ably be-held In this city. HINGHAM. Mass., July 16. The news of the death of General Blackmar was en tirely unexpected by the residents of Hlng ham, where General Blackmar lived during the summer months. Former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long said tonight: "I am pained beyond expression to learn of the untimely death of General Black mar. The town of Hlngham has lost a faithful and conscientious citizen and the Grand Army ot the Republic has sustained an Irreparable loss In the death of one of the bravest and best of many brave soldiers who fought for the union. --, --.-. BALTIMORE. July 16. By the death of General Blackmar, Captain John R. King of this city, senior vice commander-in-chief, becomes, under the ' laws of the Grand Army of the Republic, acting commander-in-chief, and wjll continue such until the next national encampment. Captain King Is pension agent for Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and has an office in Washington. SENATOR CLARK DOING WELL Doetor Thinks Ho Will Bo Abla to git Vp Within the Next Ten Days. NEW YORK, July 16. The condition of Senator William A. Clark of Montana, who yesterday underwent an operation from an abscess In the middle ear, today was pronounced very satisfactory by Dr. James F. McKernon, whdperfornied the operation. ' Dr. McKernon said that the senator rested well last night and was doing nicely this morning. Unless something now unforseen develops the doctor said the patient would be able to sit up In about ten days. It was not true, the doctor added, that he was summoned to the Clark home at 2 o'clock this morning At 11 o'clock tonight Senator Clark was resting comfortab!ywlth his general con dition unchanged. Dr. McKernon, wl)o paid a second visit to the senator during the evening, left at that hour, not expect ing to return unless summoned during the night. He declined to comment on the senator's condition, referring all Inquiries to Lewis R. Morris, the son-in-law of Mr. Clark. It was learned at the Clark home that the patient's temperature at 11 o'clock was about 100. This was not un expected. His pulse was normal. Tonight, after a refreshing sleep, the senator awoke In good spirits and ex pressed himself as grateful at the result of the operation and that he waa feeling so well following such a grave condition. FIGHT AT CHURCH DEDICATION Police Called la to Keep Poopla from Overcrowding; Edifice. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 16. A crowd of over 2,000 persons fought with the police today In a wild scramble to gain admit tance to the dedication services of the new synagogue of the Congregation Sharia Sphard. and a number were clubbed, but not seriously hurt, hats- were crushed, wo men's dresses torn and several women fainted. After the parade from the old yn&gague to the new, the edifice was quickly filled to Its capacity and of ne cessity the doors were closed upon the crowd that filled Wash street for a block.' The outsiders Immediately began to force the doors open and 'a cordon of police waa summoned. For an hour the police endeavored to keep the crowd back, but a number of persons grew belligerent and police clubs were brought into play. In the ' confusion, B. Frank, one of the directors of the congregation, who waa stationed at a door, was dragged into the street and roughly handled. Finally 'the police got the upper hand and ths street was partially cleared and order restored. The services lasted four hours. In his dedication prayer and blessing Kantor B. Lleberman referred to the late Secretary of State Hay and eulogized his services In connection with the Jewish race. Alexander's Condition Better. NEW YORK. July 1.-The condition of James W. Alexander, former president of the fc.iultsbU Lll Assurance society, who is 111 at a retreat on Long Island was lu (Uy reported lo be generally Improved, WITTE PREPARlffc FOR WORK Rnaslan Am basse doe Has n Confer ence with American Representatives. ST. PETERSBURG. ; July 16.-M. Wltte spent an hour with Mr. Meyer, the Ameri can ambassador, at the Klelnmelchel pal ace today, discussing the forthcoming peace conference. Before leaving for Psrls next Monday M. Wltte will have still another audience with the emperor. In the mean time he must pay a round of official visits to all the Imperial ministers. M. Wltte Is expected to be the bearer of a personal message from the emperor to President Roosevelt. The Associated Press Is authorized by M. Hartwlg, director of the first depart ment of the Foreign office, to deny In the most categorical fashion the report of the alleged contents of the Instructions of M. Wltte, published in Paris by the Echo de Paris and elsewhere abroad. "Reports pretending to reveal the char acter of the Instructions to the Russian plenipotentiaries are mere guesswork," said M. Hartwlg. "These Instructions have been seen by only four persons, the em peror, M. Wltte. Foreign Minister Lams dorff and myself. "The Echo de Paris report says they consist of five pages, whereas the fact Is they cover over twenty pages. "The paper says the instructions are very vague, while on the contrary they are very detailed. On one point only, ac cording to the Echo de Paris, are they ab solutely specific, namely, as to the leveling of the fortifications of Vladivostok: but I can say to you that there are many other points." ' ' M. Hartwlg also pronounced the stories that M. Muravieff's displacement was the result of intrigues by Foreign Minister Lamsdorft to be pure inventions. The Novostt says It believes that the desire of the anti-German coalition, which Great Britain la trying to engineer to re store Russia as a threat against German aggression, should be a powerful diplo matic weapon In the hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries. "Europe wants, to end the war," says the paper, "as Russia's preoccupation In the far east destroys the political equi librium. Austria is in danger from Ger many, which seeks a thoroughfare to the Adriatic, in exchange for compensation In the Balkan peninusula. Germany has pre tensions now which it would not have dreamed of before the Russo-Japaneee war. It is evident from the Morocco incident that Europe wants peace in order that Russia may safeguard It against German ageresslon." Prince Mestersky, editor of Grashdanin, In warmly supporting M. Witte's appoint ment, declares him to be the only Rus sian statesman equal to the task set him. Reports are printed that M. Futkevaky, formerly Russian financial agent at New York, will be added to the 'commission, or will replace one of the counsellors to the plenipotentiaries, M. Shipoff, director of the Russian Treasury department, but these reports cannot be confirmed to night. . Count Ignatieff, Instead of Prince Sviato-polk-Mlrsky, will succeed M. Boullgln as minister of -the Interior, according to the Slovo. MILITIA, PROTECTS . PRISONERS Sheriff Asks for Assistance Governor Promptly Fin nishes It. and MONTGOMERY, Ala.. July 18. -At 10 o'clock tonight Governor Jencks received the following telegram from Gadsden, Ala.: My Jail and prisoners confined therein threatened by mob. Prisoners In Jail charged with statutory assault and murder of white man. Need military assistance. Answer. The governor immediately wired Cap tain L. Braney, commanding the Gadsden company of state troops, to place his company at the disposal of the sheriff and to keep the executive office advised of further developments. 'At midnight nothing further had been heard from the scene of the threatened lynching. The negroes in the Gadsden Jail are Vance Gardner, William Johnson, E. D. Johnson, Bud Richardson, Jefferson Alford and Fan nie Mayo. Their alleged victim was Mrs. S. J. Smith, a white widow. The crime was committed Sunday night. Early' Sun day Vance Gardner reported discovering the woman's dead body. The police found her nude body lying partially concealed In some bushes by the roadside three-quarters of a mile from Gadsden. Mrs. Smith had been attacked on the roadside and after having been repeatedly assaulted was dragged by her hair down an embankment over rocks and stumps Into the clump of bushes, where she was left after efforts had been made to conceal her body. The details of her condition were shocking. Her neck was broken. A pair of scissors and a case knife found close to her body evi dently aided her In the struggle. A mob of 800 people gathered on Broad street in Gadsden at dark and late tonight marched on the Jail, demanding that the doors be opened. One young man had the rope ready to swing Vance Gardner, one of the negroes implicated in the killing. Sheriff Chandler and Judge J. H. Disque were prepared to meet them. Company C, with Lieu tenant A. R. Brlndley in charge, was called out and had pickets out,. Repre sentative Burnett and Judge Disque made talks and the mob dispersed, there being less than 100 men now present. The mob lacked a leader. This alone prevented bloodshed, as Lieutenant Brlndley, with his men, Sheriff Chandler and Judge Disque are determined to protect the negroes. The coroner's Jury had been in session all day and has Just adjourned until 3 o'clock Mon day afternoon. No further trouble la loked for tonight. FIGHT AGAINST LEASING, LAND Oklahoma People Want Permanent Settlers Instead of Tcnnnts. LAWTON, O. T., July 16-(8peclal Tele gram ) The newspapers of Caddo, Co manche and Kiowa counties, comprising the entire original Kiowa-Comanche coun try of southwest Oklahoma, have united in their fight against the leasing of a half million acres In Indian reserve land In Comanche county for agricultural purposes as proposed by Secretary Hitchcock for a term of five years beginning January 1 next. . They are backed up by nearly 260,000 In habitants of this section of Oklahoma, It Is not the desire of ths citizens of Okla homa to have this country populated by SiO.Ou) families of, tenants. During the coming session of congress the Oklahoma people will fight strongly to have tills land opened to settlement. Congressman Stevenson of Texas and ex Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma have ex pressed their determination to work to that end and ths war Is now waging to accomplish this. BOARD READY TO E0UAL1ZE Change in the Law Beraewhat Simplifies the Work of the Board, CLASSES OF PROPERTY MAY BE CHANGED Some Conntr Clerks Have neglected to Add Increase In Real Estate Made by tho State Board Last Year. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. July 18 (Speclal.)-The State Boa id of Equalisation will meet tomorrow to pass upon the work of the various county assessors and to equalise between the valuations of the counttes; This year the board has authority to increase or de crease the value of a certain class of property instead of Increasing or decreas ing the valuation of the entire county by a' per cent. This change in the law waa made by the late legislature and its in tent was to prevent Injustice to, owners of certain classes of property, but it Is now claimed by persons who have studied the questions that the change will not. result In a better assessment. Under the old way it Is claimed that the real estate owner would keep his eye on the banker and the stockmen would watch out fqr the farmer, etc., because It one man who owned a certain clnss of property should return a low assessment, which would being down the average, the entire county would suffer. Under the new clause. It is claimed that no one will pay any attention to his neighbor's returns and thus grad ually the assessment will get less and less, as they did under the old revenue law. This has not been the result this year, however, as a great majority of the coun ties have made substantial Increases. In one county In the state. It is claimed, where the state board ordered an Increase of 5 per cent, the county clerk last year Instead of adding the Increase to all the property In the county merely increased the state levy to make up the difference. As a result the real estate and other prop erty In that county was returned at about the same valuation as last year. A num ber of other counties failed to return to the board the valuation of real estate as fixed by the state board last year, but re turned the figures of the assessor. It will take little time, however, for tle secre tary of the board to add the Increase. It Is not expected that many people will come before the board to protest this year, and the meetings promise to be short and without much interest. It Waa Hot at Lincoln. It happened in Lincoln, July 16, 1906. On the bed in the little room on the tnlrd floor of the big building lay a young man, pale and emaciated. Wearily he rolled his tired, hot body out of the pool of presplra tion which had dripped from him. Occa sionally a sigh would escape him. A com panion sat reading andpaylng little atten tion to the sufferer on the bed. The com panion was of massive build and tanned by tho aun and exposure, his grlzsly white mustache standing out In bold relief from the bronsed background. It' was plain these two followed different callings. The one hod spent his days in an office and the other bore evidence of the harvest fields. Through a rent in the curtain which had been tightly drawn to shut out the scorching sun, the pale young man saw a little bird Vitb mouth wide open, panting for breath as It sat upon a little limb. Suddenly, without warning. It let go Its hold and - dropped to the ground dead. A dog with tongue lolling out, dragged Its panting sides to a little shady spot and collapsed. Still the pale young man groaned and tossed upon his bed and the bronzed veteran read on without a word. Not a breath of air was stirring. 1e leaves hung downward without ambition or a spark of freshness. Up and down the street the houses were closed and people sweltered and sweat and swore as did the pale young man. 'The hot steam arising from the earth beat against the doors and windows like big waves rolling against a shin. ' Slowly the young man spoke to his com panion: ' ' "Bill, it's as hot as blazes, ain't it?" "Yea," slowly answered Bill. "It Is pretty warm, but It Is mighty good corn weather. I remember back In forty" But with a noise like the blowing off of a safety valve the pale young man leaped from the third story window and Joined the dog and bird. State Fair News. At a meeting of the Board of Managers on July 16th contracts were let for the erection on the fair grounds of one swine ?..f rrtT-P'"" ZZCiT' tiT.0' "lent and bruised, but. Donnelly was the only addition to the amphitheatre 128 feet lensth. In the matter of Polled Durham cattle, which were not assigned a lot In the premium list, it was ordered that entries may be made under the head of discre tionary, and that the same rules and classification shtJl govern as In Red Polled cattle and the same money premiums be offered. The executive committee of the grand lodge , of the Ancient Order of United Workmen has appropriated -funds for the erection of a permanent headquarters building on the fair grounds and a location for the same has been assigned on Fra ternal avenue. It Is understood that other fraternal orders are also arranging to erect like permanent headquarters. Space for such headquarters buildings is free, the fair management reserving the right to approve of the plans. The educational exhibit will be greatly superior to any before made at a state fair, and Wednesday, September 6th, will be School day. It Is urged that school officers delay the commencement of the school year until September 11th in order that teachers and scholars may have an opportunity to attend the State fair which. In itself, is a great object school. The outlook for a, successful fair was never more encouraging than at the pres ent time. CARNEGIE OFFERS A LIBRARY Will Glvo Institution to Town Where Lord Nelson Went to School. LONDON. July 16. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Mr. Andrew Carnegie, with his usual generosity, has offered a free library to North Walsham, where Horatio Nelson, England's great naval hero, went to school. Mr. Carnegie mads the offer In response to an application made by a resident, who. It seems. Informed him that If Waterloo wras won on the play ' grounds of Eton, so was Trafalgar on the play grounds cf the Pas ton grammar school at North Walsham. Two Brothers Drowned. O LATHE. Kan.. July 16 George and William Ulblx ns, brothers, wei drowned today while bathing In a lake near here. ' bourg. George Gibbons was seized with cramps. At Hamburg Arrived: Bleuther. from and Lis brother wtot to his rescue (New York, U Plymouth and Cherbourg. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Pair and Continued and Tnesdny. Warm Monday Temperntnrc at Omaha Yesterdayi Honr. . Ilea. Honr. Den. n. an T 1 p. m t2 n. m TO 2 p. m :l T a. m T 8 p. m f.1 n. m sso 4 p. m 04 "a. as no, n p. ra o.i JO n. ns B4 p. m 04 11 n. m na T p. m 02 IS m. ... i ... . OO Hp. n ..... . CO 9 p. m T WASHINGTON. July 18. The weather bureau tonight announced that the cur rent week opens with high temperature and dry weather in practically all dis tricts in the United States. Rising tem peratures are predicted in New England and New York, while elsewhere the pres ent high temperatures will continue for several days. HEART FAILS IN THE WATER Edward White Dies While Bathlna; t Conrtland Beach Soon After Entering Water. While bathing In the lake at Courtland beach about o'clock Saturday evening Edward White, 1724 Douglas street, a book keeper employed at the People's store, was seized with an attack of heart failure and died In less than two minutes after going Into the water. White, who waa 13 yesrs of sge, went to the lake about T o'clock, and after being at the beach for something like an hour, secured a' bathing suit and started into the deepest water o.' the bathing place. He bad been In the water but a short time when he sank to the bottom of the lake, which Is fully fifteen feet deep at this point. He only went down once. Dr. B. D. Mercer, who waa on the grounds at the time of the accident, was Immediately called and stated that death came rrom heart failure and was not the result of drowning. There were no signs which usually accompany drowning accidents. Oscar Norton and John Haynes, the Courtland beach swimming experts, were on hand and Mr. Haynes dived down In the water for the body of young White and brought It to shore. There were no signs of life when the body waa brought to land. x William Kortlang and E. B. Murray, who were associates with White, say they saw him early In the day In a downtown drug store and he was apparently In the best of health. Later the three met at Courtland beah. White has been living with his mother at 1724 Douglas street. His mother con ducts a boarding and rooming house. Coroner Bralley was notified and removed the body lo the morgue. An Inquest will likely be held Tuesday. DRIVERS TO REMAIN ON STRIKE Two Berloae Riots Grow Ont of Chi cago Labor Troubles on Sunday. , CHICAGO, July !. The express drivers formerly employed by the seven railway express companies will remain-on triKi for, the present at least. This waa decided upon today by the memberav of the Ex press Drivers' union when a . referendum vote was taken on the propo.sK Ion of calling off the strike. N A serious riot was narrowly averted to night between a number of union nnd non union teamsters. Nearly a hundred of the nonunion teamsters who haVe taken the places of the strikers have been living In the vicinity of union headquarters. To night when the union men were leaving Bricklayers' hall they encountered some of the nonunion drivers. A fight followed Immediately. The nonunlonlsts wora get ting the worst of H but reinforcements were sent for to their headquarters r.earby and a general fight was soon In progress., Clubs and bricks were being lsm1 indis criminately and several snots were fired, but police who had been summoned when the trouble commenced arrived In time to prevent bloodshed. It was necessary to make several arrests, however, before the opposing factions could be subdued. Later In the day another dlatuvbince was furnished by the delegates to a meet ing of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Dissatisfaction over the manner In which the election of officers of the federation was being carried on brought about the trouble. During the disturbance revol vers were brought Into play and the ballot boxes were destroyed. Michael Donnelly, president of 'the Amalgamated Butchers' j Union of America, was severely beaten by the rioters and was taken unconscious I one who received serious Injury. It was necessary to call the police to restore or der before the voting could be resumed The department store drivers tonight do elded by a referendum vote to continue the strike. The vote was practically unani mous. COREANS WANT INDEPENDENCE Ask, lotted States to I'se Its Good Offices In Their Be half. HONOLULU. July 16.-Coreans here have raised a fund to send Rev. P. T. Yon, a Corean and a Methodist minister, to Wash ington to sea President Roosevelt for the purpose of asking that effort, be made by the United State, in the forthcoming peace negotiations to bring about an agreement by which the Corean nation will become Independent within twenty earB if It shows fitness for, self-government. Rev. Yon will solicit the good of fices of Pesldent Roosevelt to ssk Japan to grant independence, as the United Slates did Cuba after the Spanish-American war. A memorial embodying the desires of the Coreana was presented to Secretary of War Taft here. Rev. Yon states Secretary Taft replied that it was a delicate matter and declined to say anything regarding It, but expressed his willingness to give Rev. Yon letters of introduction to the presi dent. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jnly 10. At New York Arrived: La Bretagne. from Havre: Numldian, from Glasgow At Queenstown Sailed: Campania, for New York. At Dover Sailed: Patricia, from Ham burg for New York via Boulogne. At Rotterdam Arrived: Nuurdam. from New York via Boulogne. Balled; Rotter dam, for New iork. At Gibraltar Arrived: Romanic,1 from New York, via Ponta del Gads, for Naples and Genoa, and proceeded. At Bremen Arrived: irremen, from New York, via Plymouth and Cherbourg. At Chriatiansand Arrived: 1'mted States, from New York for Copenhagen. At Liverpool Arrived: Lake Manitoba, from Montreal and tuebec; I'mbria, from New York via U'leenatown. At (ilaagow Arrived: Parisian, New Yoik via Movtlie. At Southampton Arrived: New from York Clitr- from New York via Plymouth and JAPS CAIN GROUND Drive the Bnuians Northward in Sakhalin and Cores, ARTILLERY AND AMMUNITION CAPTURED Loues of lien on Both Sides Ire Compara tively Slight, RUSSIAN CRUISER A COMPLETE WRECK Japanese Commander Reports it is Impos sible to Save It, BEACHED BY COMMANDER AFTER BATTLE Force of Russians Said to Be Aa anoint- from Vladivostok Toward) the Corcan Frontier, but Object In Doubt. TOKIO, July K.-I p. m It is officially announced that the Russian center, holding Darllne and vicinity, was attacked July 11 and offered stubborn resistance. The at tack was renewed at dawn of July 12, when the Japanese dislodged the Russians, anv Ing them in the direction of Mauka. Thla victory ensures complete occupation of South Sakhalin by the Japanese. Eighty prisoners were taken by the Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant Maxlmta, Four fleldpleces.. one machine gun and am munition warehouse were captured. The Japanese loss was' about seventy men killed or wounded. The Russians lost 160 fhen. Admiral Yamada, commanding a squad ron sent north on a reconnaissance, reports that the Russian cruiser Isumrud is a com plete wreck and that there is no hope of refloating It. The vessel Ilea beached, heed ing west-southwest, on the north point of the southern entrance to Vladimir bay, about 200 miles northeast ot Vladivostok. A report by Captain Baron Feraon of the Izumrud said that during the battle of the Sea of Japan, the Isumrud was cut off from the remainder of the fleet and steamed at full speed for Vladivostok with Japanese cruisers In pursuit. Subsequently ho changed his course and made for Vladimir bay, arrived there on the night of May 29. At 10:30 on the morning of May 30 ths Izum rud ran on a reef at the entrance of the bay and being short of coal the captain or dered the crew ashore and blew up the vessel. Drive Russians Korth. Reliable Information has been received here that the Russian forces in northern Corea have gradually been driven north ward since last month and are now holding only two positlona south of the Tumcn river. The latest Information from the front, however, reports the advance south of a large force from Vladivostok, but It Is be lieved the Russians will halt at Noklefsk, north of the Tumen, and concentrate their force to make . a resolute stand there against the Japanese advance. The rainy season has set' In in Manchuria and pre vents movements on a large scale. x . Reinforcements for Ltiiortteh. It is officially rer;?rttd .that General Linevltch's force nuiuhtrs nearly 400.000 now, and It la said that he is extensively using water transportation to bring for ward men, supplies and ammunition. An' official who recently returned from Manchuria expresses the opinion that Llnevltch plans a great demonstration to synchronize the meeting of the plen ipotentiaries, but . that he does not Intend real aggression. Warships Are Busy, ST. PETERSBURG, July 16. Japanese warships have appeared to the northward of the Island of Sakhalin and are presum ably meditating a descent on the Island. NIKOLSKOI. Asiatic Russia, July 16. Four Japanese torpedo boat destroyers reconnoltered Olga and Vladimir bays, northeast of Vladivostok,' July 14 and 15. They made soundings and examined the shores and were evidently Investigating the possibilities of landing troops. They ex amined the wreck of the Russian cruiser Izumrud by means of divers. Army In Good Position, ' GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, July 11 Reports that tho Russian army la In a pre carious situation appear to be without foundation. Investigations made by corre spondents of the Associated Press show that neither flank has been turned and that In fact the Russian wings are more advanced than the center. The Japanese center Is strongly fortified. Many siege guns have been emplaeed along the Changtufu-Nanchenze line, and there is a triple ring of forts commanding the Mandarin road. The Japanese are using a novel elephant trap style of entrench ment, consisting of ditches covered with platforms which are balanced In the middle and which tilt Into vertical positlona under the feet of attackers. The Japanese have a captive balloon eight miles south of Ncnchepze. JAPANESE PAHDOS A FREMCHMA Had Been Convicted of Being py for Russia. TOKIO, July 16. i-remler Katsura, on the authority of Emperor Mutsuhlto, has signed g pardon for Captain A. K. Bougonln end Makl. his Japanese clerk. The amnesty Includes freedom from police survoillanco. rsntaln Bougouln. a prjiu'm-nt French "ldpnt of Tklo and formerly a a. hed . to '"ch lpgM'on ihe"' :"'tr hls stepson, C. F. Btransje, wnc is an Englishman, and Makl, a Japanese clerk who acted as Bougouln'. assistant, wore arrested In May charged wlln being Ice for Russia. Bougouln was sentenced July 10 to ten years at hard labor, ih- J.idjuent declaring that he had boen engage! in searching for and reporting artillery secrets. Makl confessed and was also sen tenced. 8trange was rele.iicd ofer the preliminary examination In June, thej-n not being enough evidence at h ind to waiiant holding him. LID IS UFTEDWITH NIGHTFALL Sunday Thirsts Are Naked at K ren ins; In St. I.onls Summer Gardens. ST. LOUIS, July 16. A sizzling ,eun caused Innumerable thirsts In St. Louis tu day and the rumor that there were "wet" spots In the city despite the enforcement of the Sunday closing law was in some degree borne out by the fact that three arrests were made for selling liquor. The barber shops threw on tha lather and dealt out Sunday shaves In regular form today because the criminal court of correction recentl declared that a Sunday shav was a necessity. Consequently the polios did not molest the barbers. In the sum mer gardens the lid was held down today, but when dusk began to fall the lid began to rise and thoae who thirsted became com fortable. However, no arrests were made
