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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