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The Omaha Daily Bee. PEOPLE ARE NOtf KNOWN BY WE PAPERS THEY READ BEST PEOPLE? READ THE BEE BECAUSE IT IS BEST ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THUUSLAY MORNING, AUGUST 10. 1905 TEN FACES. SINGLE COrV TIIHEE CENTS. I ENVOYS BEGIN WORK Bauiia and Jgpaneit Plaipotititriei lfet tad Exchange Crtdeatiali. GENERAL FEELING OF PESSIMISM PREVAILS Apprehentioa that th Kegotisuoni Will Com to Hsnght. JAPANESE DEMANDS PROBABLY TOO GREAT Bo Propotitiooi Wr Submitted Daring tlx Dst, Howtvtr. TWO SESSIONS WILL BE HELD DAILY Mlnntes of the Mwllilli Will Be Written In Prtirh Mil English Ftrintr to Coatrol In Case of Dlapate, PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Au . With th probability that Baron Koinurm will to morrow reveal to the Russian plenipoten tiaries the terms under which Japan la willing to conclude pence, opinion as to the outcoma among those who are con gregated here to watch the proceeding has become decidedly pessimistic. This la due to the growing conviction that Japan'a condition! Will not prove as moderate aa were at one lline anticipated, and espe rlally In tha matter of Indemnity, may preclude the possibility of their accept ance by the Russian envoya as a basis of negotiation. T'.ie firm attitude of M. Wltte In private conversation against the payment of an Indemnity and the ln latent report emanating from Japanese quarter! that a stiff war contribution ap proximating the cost of the war, variously estimated at from 161X1,000.000 to $S00,O00,UOO, constitutes one of Japan's demands, Indi cates a wide If not an Irreconcilable dif ference between Japan'a Irreducible mlni imuin Ana what Russia Is prepared to ac cept. Upon tha question of the payment of a large Indemnity the Instructions of the Russian plenipotentiaries are bellved to admit of no concessions, although It Is possible a certain compensation In kind might be arranged. For Instance, It is suggested that for tha relinquishment of the Island of Sakhalin, now potentially in Japan'! hands, the possession of which by Japan would give It command of the whole Siberian littoral, Russia could with pro priety pay a largo sum. Forebodings May Be Premature. Gloomy forebodings, however, may be prematura at this Juncture, as everything Indicates ' he plenipotentiaries upon both aiaes are sincerely qeslrous of concluding a treaty of peace. The first meeting of the plenipotentiaries today was of an entirely Informal character, so Informal in fact that Baron Komura did not bring his letter of credentials to the Portsmouth navy yard, where! M Witt was armed with tha original document In Russian setting forth tha -powers conferred upon him and also with a translation of tha document. Tha latter he read. Baron Komura, was emfcarraid.AUd-Crd..te ernd to tha hotel for hlretrnlfrtoraeiTfion. but M. Wltte expressed hi! faith that the credentials were full and ample an, It waa arranged that bfflclal exchange of credentials should be mada tomorrow.. Later In the afternoon copies ot tha credentials were formally ex changed In order that they might be ex amined before tha meeting tomorrow. It la known that tha credentials differ lightly. In exactly what respect could not be ascertained tonight, but the Associated Press correspondent is assured by the Jap aneae and Russian emissaries that the dif ference Is not essential and constitutes no obstacle to the Official Opening of the nego tlatlons. Indeed tha president was offi cially Informed tonight that the credentials were fu!l. ample and satisfactory to both sides. . Two testons Bneh Dais'. It wat decided today to hold in ,n sessions, one in f i , , . - ---- .... isiiiuini ii l? 30 and On In the afternoon beginning rt t TO avoid delav aa iv. th. 3potntlarla and delegate time for conaul tatlon between sessions. , It haa been ar ranged that luncheon will ha m.. .v.. Davy yard and that tha envoys upon leav ing their duarter la th morning will not return until the afternoon session adjourns. Three secretaries for each aid will be In attendance t draw up to protocols of the meetings, which will be written In both English and French. The French text, however. In case of dispute wilt be accepted In evidence (fair ' fol). The official versions of today's moet lng give Out by each aide described It as natlofactorr." and other accounta Indi cate that while everything passed off amicably, considerable reserve waa dls llayed upon both sides. Baron Komura. whom M. Witt had met In 8t. Petersburg during the former s serv ice as Japanese minister there, waa pleas antly greeted by tha chief Russian envoy in French, bat the baron waa obliged to shake his head and turn to his secretary, Mr. Hopda. who explained that Baron Komura had forgotten th little French he knew while In St. Petersburg. While the Russian plenipotentiaries expect the Japa nese to present the Japanese terms Imme diately ppon, th official exchange of cre dentials tomorrow, they admit they are In the dark. Baron Komura and hla col leagues decline to give any Intimation of their course of procedure. Pursuing the tactics which they neve constantly followed In all their diplomatic and military operations, they are carefully guarding all their plans regarding the pres ent meeting. There wss some disposition today ta attribute Baron Komura'! forget fulness In not bringing his credentials to tha meeting to a desire to spar for time, and for that reason some doubt was ex pressed "whether the Japanese will show their bands tomorrow, but the Russians do net question Baron Komura s good faith. Official Call Exchanged. This evening tha amenities were obaerv! by a general exchange of cards. M. Wltte, Tin run Rosen and his suite sending theirs through tha hotel office, while the cards of th Japanea mission were left at the door i f the members of the Russian mission by i little Japanea messenger boy. Commander Wlnalow and Gibbons also a u-.td their official calls upon I he two mls- ilons late this afternoon. me Japanese ana ttussian newspaper .-orrespondenta have broken the Ice and have begun to fraternlae. It Is perhapa significant that the correspondents on both sides are sending to their respective homes dispatches of anything but an optimistic character. In th opinion of the Russian the emperor's manifesto promulgating the national assembly project will materially strengthen the position of the Russian en- V voys by relieving the Internal situation. J Because th Russians Ilk to smuke while t th table, the entire Russian mission (Continued on Second Page.) KING SEES COMBINED FLEETS Edward Celebrates Coronation Annl. vrraary by Herlrnln the Ships of Tno nlnns. PORTSMOUTH. Kng .. Aug. - King Ed ward t"d the anniversary of his coronal y reviewing the combined French fe British fleet, aggregating some i r fliipp. As a spectacle t lie event v I newhat marred by gloomy and shower ther. but the enthusiasm of the cr g vas undiminished. Enormous masses ipe thronged both shores and there i S fleet of excursion boats filled to cars The yacht Victoria and Albert welghe lor at 10:30 o'clock and. fol lowed few privileged yachts, slowly passed the lines of the fleets. Aa K'n - approached the French and British flagships the firing of a royal salute commenced and the entire combined fleets Joined In a salvo of lol guns, ills majesty, wearing the uniform of an admiral, stood alone on the bridge of the royal yacht at salute. All the ships were dressed and manned and their hapds played "Ood Save the King." The review lasted an hour, and then the Victoria and Albert returned to its moor ings. Later the king proceeded to the battleship Massera, the French flugshlp, where he was the guest of Vice Admiral Calllard at luncheon. Th. prince of Wales and the duke of Connaught accompanied his majesty. The French fleet then weighed anchor and entered Portsmouth liatbor. As soon as the ships were docked the civil and mUltary officials paid formal calls on them, which mere later returned by the. French officers The French officers were banqueted at the naval barracks. Speeches were made by the prince of Wales, Admiral Calllard and Admiral Sir John Fisher. Toasts to President Loubet and the prince of Wales were enthusiastically cheered. SERIOUS TROUBLE AT RIGA Twenty Thousand on Strike nnd Riot ing: Takes Place In the Streets. 8T. PETERSBURG, Aug. .-4:40 p m. The rumors of serious troubles all Riga were today officially confirmed. Twenty thousand men are on strike there. Many of the strikers are desirous of working, but the socialists deter them with threats of murder. It Is declared that there Is a sufficient number of soldiers at Riga to handle any disturbance arising from the strike. A regiment of cavalry Is patrolling the streets and keeping order more or less success fully. Last night numbers of shop keepers had to stop work under compulsion. The agi tators sacked a meat market because the owner refused to Join the strikers. Two million dollars' worth of perish able merchandise Is awaiting loading or reloading and th merchant have applied for soldiers to act as stevedores In order to save this property. Riga contains 12 factories and mills. Private advices received here tonight from Riga sjr that one person was killed and several wounded In a conflict between th trlkr and Cosack today. Ship ping agents her ay thst the commerce -of tha -port of Riga la complete' paralyzed. I n residents there are organizing a volun teer committee for self protection. RUSSIANS FORCED TO RETREAT General Llnevltrh Tell of Turning of Flanks by saidler of Japan. 8T. PETERBBl'RG. Aug. 9.-General Linevitch, In a telegram to the emperor dated Auguat g. reports that the Russian forces operating to the eastward of the Mandarin road advanced August 6 towards a defile near the village of Chagon. twenty four miles south of Taulu. The Japanese assumed the offensive and turned- both flanks, compelling th Russians to retreat to the northward. The Japanese followed In pursuit and again encountered part of the Russian force, which halted In the Nadoulln gorge, but after a hot fusillade they returned to the aouthward. The Russians In the Hallung Cheng district, the general saya, occupied th village of Yulangtae, after a skirmish. ARMY AND NAVY RECEPTION Thrones Attend Fete Given ln Honor of Taft and Mis Resit, elf. MANILA, Aug. I-Throngs of people at tended the reception given to Secretary Taft, Miss Alice Roosevelt and the other members of their party by the Army and Navy club tonight. Rear Admiral Enqulst of th Russian navy and hi staff were present. The reception was the most brIU llant In tho history of Manila. During the morning the party, In automo biles. Inspected new Fort McKlnley and re viewed the troops. In the afternoon the tobacco planters were given a hearing, Sen ator Scott of West Virginia acting' as chair man of the meeting. TRADE WINDS NOT BLOWING Ship Drifts From Hoaolola to Dela ware Breakwater In a Steady Calm. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. s.-An unusual condition, the absence of trade winds at sea, was today reported by Captain Good win of the ship Dlrlgo. which arrived at the Bprecktes sugar refinery from Honolulu with a cargo of raw sugar. The Dlrlgo. according to Captain Goodwin, practically drifted from Honolulu to the Delaware breakwater, a distance of H.ouo miles. The run required 1M days. On several dava the Dlrlgo, which Is one of the fastest clipper ships afloat, made only fifty miles The weather in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans was calm and sultry, with Incessant rains, like cloudbursts, deluging the big ship. Only two vessels were seen until quit close to the land. LIGHTNING STRIKES OIL TANK Another Flro la Haa.fc.le Kiel Cansea Lose of Many Tkonsand Dollars. HOUSTON. Tex., Aug !-Llhtning struck two tanks of the Guffey company on th Humbl oil field today, setting both on fire. Over luu.Ou) barrels of oil were stored In the tanks, all of which was de stroyed, entailing a loss of between 130 OuO and eto.GuO. In. addition a number of small settling tanks were burned, causing a further loss of 2.000 barrel. The burning oil spread to the field, wher a number of wells wer enveloped by the Are About a dosen der rick, with machinery, were burned. - A number of air planta, used In raisin the oil and a lot of machinery wer also destro) L TOTAL TAX LEVY IS FIXED Eighty-STn. and Eight-Tent hi State, County, City ana EchooL THIS IS ON ONE-FIFTH VALUATION o ( hanae la Total for County of Last tear, bnt the State Is One Mill More for Debt. Total tax levy for 16 In Douglas countv 87 8 M'lls. State General fund 4.6 Bchool fund S I'nlverslty fund T. 1.0 State debt fund 1.0 7.0 . 9 0 . 26 . 2 5 . 16 . S 16 8 County General fund Koad fund Bridge fund Homl sinking fund Soldiers' relief fund Clty- Oeneral purposes. $760.(); bond Kinking ' fund, $J50,(M. water board tax. $1(0 000.5:0 School fund 13 0 tt.O This table shows that In Douglas county for 19H6 the total tax levy, for state, county, city and school purposes, bused on a one-fifth valuation of property, pur suant to the provisions of the revenue law enacted by the legislature of 1903, is fixed at 87.8 mills. The table shows the details of the levy. The city council having certified Its levy to the County Board of Equalisation, that board yesterday fixed the levy under Its Jurisdiction and adjourned sine die. The Board of County Commissioners then met and approved the rate. Incidentally, as County Clerk Drexel pointed out ln The Bee yesterday, the Board of Equalization had adjourned before Attorney General Brown had time to pro mulgate his avowed scheme of compelling by mandamus the county authorities to ex tend the assessment ordered by the state board against the Woodmen of the World's reserve fund of $2,000,000, so that matter was not contemplated ln the figures dealt with by the county board. Just what ac tion the attorney general can take Is not known, but Mr. Drexel says the board has adjourned sine die and Intimates that the whole thing Is, In diplomatic language, a closed incident, at least for this year. The one-flfth total assessed valuation of property in Douglas' county on which the county rate is based. Is $29,819,300. Last year this amount was $28.W2,29. The city's one, fifth would be $21,331,640. In the total for the county there Is no change of last year's rate, but In the detail two slight changes are made: the road fund Is brought up half a mill and the bridge fund lowered that much. The state rate is Increased one mill, to carry out the provisions of the Sheldon act. calling for a one mill levy throughout the state, the proceeds of which are to apply toward the obliteration of the state debt. The county had no option In this matter. ROCKEFELLER PLANS GIFTS Rapes to Make Chicago Cnlvefstty tho Orontoat Heat -wf Learn Ing on F.arth. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 8,-The World News today says that at conferences now taking place at Forest Hill between John D. Rockefeller and. President William R. Harper of Chicago university, plans are being formulated for the further endow ment of that educational Institution by Mr. Rockefeller. President and Mrs. Har per arrived ln Cleveland today. The visit of the Harpers to the home of Mr. Jtocke feller Is said to be one of a social na ture, but it is known plans involving the outlay of $50,000,000 are under considera tion by Mr. Rockefeller, who designs to make the University of Chicago the great est seat of learning ln th world. It Is believed that-the final steps ln the matter will have been taken before President Harper leaves Forest Hill and that his re turn to Chicago will be followed by the announcement that the work of enlarging th scope of the unlyeislty will" be begun Immediately. BENNINGTON REPORT IS READY rinding: of Board of Inqalry on Canse of Disaster will Be Made In a Day Or Two. BAN DIEGO. Cal.. Aug. .-The-Bennington court of Inquiry today again engaged In listening to a reading of the testimony that has been heard up to the present time and In authenticating documents. It Is ex pected that the report of the board will be made In a day or. two. The flagship Chl crfVo and the Bennington will leave for Mare Island Saturday evening. On Satur day morning a memorial service will be held In lsis theater In remembrance of the Bennington dead and. ln the afternoon the officers and men of the Chicago and the Bennington will pay a visit to Fort Roue era ns and the military cemetery. The remaining Injured sailors In the hos. pltal are doing well. Ensign Campbell of the Chicago will be ln charge of the Ben nington until It Is taken away, Ten more bodies burled on Point Loma will be exhumed and sent to relatives In the east. VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN TICKET Platform Adopted at Roanoake and Foil Ticket Named for State Offices. ROANOKE, Va., Aug. .when' the re publican state convention reassembled to- ! day the resolutions committee brought ln ' the platform which was adopted. The plat- form endorses the national republican plat- ' form, especially sound currency, protective ' tariff, expansion, the Monroe doctrine, th ! Panama canal and a larger navy. It en dorse President Roosevelt's administra tion and his "determination to give every one a square deal." After the platform was adopted a new plan of organisation of the party was read and adopted and th following nom inations were made For governor. L. L. Lewis of Richmond; lieutenant governor, W. 11. Kent of Wythville; attorney gen eral, George A. Rlvercomb of Allegheny; treasurer, John Aker of Rockingham; su perintendent of public Instruction, J. N. llarman of Tazewell. Telephone Assorlatloa Names Officers. PEORIA. 111. Aug -The question of the location ot the next state convention of the Illinois Independent TeUpt.one as sociation was left to the executive com mlttee. It is understood, however that Peoria will be again selected. Vice presi dents were elvcu-d as follows. A. J'Ver ncr. Kankakee; Frank Zinnell. Savannah F. M Ash. Kewanee: B. F. Waaaon. Clin ton; G. H. Glass, Pekln: P. K. McUilston Monmouth: J H. Hamaey, Aubiun- 11 tj' Ktnpe, Marshall; William H. Btt'er fit Louis and C. t. Hull, Salem. PROTESTANTS TO FORM UNION representatives of Twenty Four Re Melons DeaomlaattOBs will Hold Mrrtllf la New lork. NEW YORK, Aug. l.-Twent y-four re ligious denominations,, containing 18.000.000 comunlcants. have each appointed from five to fifty delegates to meet In this city on November 15 to take part ln an Inter church conference on federation. The meet ing will be held iij Carnegie hall for a week, the object being the federation of the Protestant forces In America. Presi dent Roosevelt has expressed his sympathy with the movement and it Is expected that one or more members of hla cabinet will be able to take part In the discussions of the conference. The sixty speakers on the program and the presiding officers include five bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church, six bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, a bishop of the Reformed Episcopal church, a bishop of the Morovlan body, representa tives of the Presbyterian, Congregational. Baptist and other denominations, two United States supreme court Justices, two Judges of state courts, a United States senator, a congressman, a governor, a mayor and several college presidents and professors, editors and ministers. Among the Issues to ta hroupht before the church and nation by the conference are religious education, the social organi zations, evangelization, home and foreign missions, the fellowship ot fnlth, the na tional life nnd Christian proRress. Besides declaring faith ln the essential unity of the Protestant churches, several speakers will rehearse the practical workings of pres ent federation movements in cities, rural districts, states, foreign lsnds Hnd Interde nominational works Denomination-..! ral liea, a platform meeting devoted to young people's movements, and a reception to the delegates at ihe Waldorf-Astoria, given by the half dosen denominational social unions ln thl city, will be among the more popular features of the conference. The chairman ot the executive committee Is Dr. William Henry Roberts of Phila delphia; the secretary, Dr. E. B. Sanford of New York. v The chairmen of other commltees, all New York men, are: Program. Dr. Wil liam Hayes Ward; finance. Stephen Baker; hospitality, Prof. E. 8. Tipple; reception, Dr. K. B. Tupper; meetings. Rev. M. E. Dwlght; publication. W. T. Demarst; pulpit supply, Dr. Wallace MacMullen; press, Dr. John Bancroft Devlns. SHEA DEFENDS HIS COURSE President of Teamsters' I nlon Under Fire In National Convention at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. I.-Cornellus P. Shea of Boston, president of the Inter national Brotherhood of Teamsters, de fended his conduct of th recent strike In Chicago at today's session of the brother hood's annual convention. After giving In detail the events that led up to the trouble, President Shea defended his course during the strike. "I say to you," ha said, "that I did my duty there as I saw It, and what ever responsibility Is attached to the con duct of tnat strike I amlryit afraid to tell you 'put It on the shou1dT of Shea.' " President Shea came in Tbr criticism when the reports of xeuttv officers were read at the afternoon session. Michael Casey of San Francisco, third vice president of the organisation, ln his report character ised the strlko as a dismal failure that had brought tha teamster Into disrepute. He then said: The organisation has suffered In prestige and 11 will take years to wipe out the dis grace resulting from It. It will be a mis take for this convention to whitewash the officers who were responsible for this. Chris F. O'Neill of Buffalo, fifth vice president, upheld President Shea In his con duct of the strike. He said that In a short time tha organization would be In a better condition than ever and added: The question arise as to what th em P,P,Yrs of Chicago have to show for the million dollars they squandered ln the futile effort to disrupt our organization. The seventh vice president, John Sheri dan, of Chicago. In his report recommended that: No local should become Involved ln a strike, sympathetic or otherwise except bv a -two-thirds vote of th local member's together with the endorsement of the Joint council and the approval of the general executive board. The charter of a local should b 'revoked for a failure to comply with these conditions. No action was taken on th recommenda tion. The committee on resolutions made a partial report Involving the Jurisdiction of the brotherhood and other labor bodies over certain classes of teamsters. A propo sition to establish, m death benefit fund was defeated after considerable debate. The financial report for th last year shows a small balance in receipts over ex penditures. Laat year eighty-six new locals were organized and eighteen discontinued. There was a falling off In membership of 9,tiS, due. It Is declared, to lack of discip line. CITY NATIONALJBANK REPORT Condition of Affairs of Kansas City Institution a Shown by - Comptroller, WASHINGTON. Aug 1 -The flrst report of 'the receiver of the City National bank of Kansas City, which closed It door on i July 30, 1W6, was received today by the i comptroller of the currency and shows th following classification of assets: Good, $Slu49; doubtful, $551, S9; worthless, $71,5)! Liabilities to be as follows: Individual deposits Public deposits Certificates of deposit Due to national bonks Due to other banks and bankers. Outstanding drafts Canhler's and certified checks.... Bills payable 240,917 lo.uti) SiMM ,? 2'.tKiO 2I.W10 11,77 275.UUO Total I1.1K0.067 Messrs. Charles A. Loomts and C. H. Pat- tlson of Kansas City called at the comp troller's office today and had a long con ference with the acting comptroller ln re gard to th proposed organization of a trust company at Kansas City to take over th assets and assume the liabilities of the City National bank. They wer advised that the proposition could not be enter tained In the form presented. Another plan was outlined. This would j accompusn in eneci ine results desired to t attained by the plan submitted by thla committee, but ln a mora definite legal manner. Th committee expressed Its de termination and confidence of being able to carry It Into effect without material delay. KANSAS CITY, Aug .-Deposltors of to City National bank met her today and discussed the trust company plan for ad ministering th affairs of the bank. A mem ber of a committee, of local banker who examined th condition of the City National In order to report to th banker from ad Joining states who are organising the trusj company, asserted later that the depositors had igned an agreement to accept stock In th proposed new concern. WILL COMPEL ASSESSMENT Attorney General Eayi Woodmen of World Mo.it Pay Tax on Beierrei. THREATENS TO BRING MANDAMUS SUIT Mate Official Declares Artloa of Coaaty Beard la trlkla Assessment from the Rolls Is Illegal. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb , Aug . (Special Tele gram.) "Unless the county clerk of Doug las county proceeds Immediately to extend the assessment of the reserves of the Wood men of the World and the Woodmen Circle ln his book, this department will Institute mandamus proceedings," said Attorney General Norrls Brown today. "The action of the county board In strik ing out the assessment of the M.000.000 re serve Is without authority of law and a nullity. I do not want to drive the organ ization from the state, but the law and constitution of the state requires the assess ment of the reserve and they must be en forced." The action of the county board Is a nul lity, according to Brown, who states that their sole power Is to meet and make the levy, even If they might at one time have had the power to drop the assessment of the reserve from the books, which he de nies. He asserts that there Is no way in which the property csn be exempted with out a violation of the laws, and asserts that he proposes to see that the statute and the constitution are upheld. He stated that no action on the part of the State Board of Equalization and Assessment, which recently Issued the order to County Assessor Reed to assess the property, is necessary since his department can act on Its own motion under the direction of the governor. He said that the extension will not have to be made for jeveral weeks, and before the time expires mandamus pro cedlngs will be Instituted In the supremo court, which has original Jurisdiction In revenue cases. Other State In gnme Condition. Brown said this afternoon that the or derly and legal method to pursue had It been desired to test the right to tax the organization would have been for the lat ter to have brought suit to enjoin the col lection of the taxes. He says that he has examined the constitutions of other states and has failed to find where they provide for the exemption of such companies, and on that ground he bases his belief that the organizations will not carry out their threats to leave the slate, although he states that he has no desire to force them out, unless such result should follow tha enforcement of the la', violation of which he cannot condone. , Governor' Mickey, who returned to the city this afternoon, when asked about the matter, stated that he would consult with Brown. He said that the question as to the taxation of the reserve had already been made an issue ln a suit brought by the Royal Highlanders tn Hamilton county, where the order has Its headquarters. It Is pointed out that there could be no Im mediate action If the stats board wer re quired to act, aince a majority of the mem ber are out of town. It Is regarded aa significant at this Juncture, that one mem ber, A) Oalusha, the secretary of State, voted aganst the resolution of Treasurer Mortensen, which was the basis for the crder requiring the assessment of the re serve . The attorney general's office Is authority for tho statement that there can be no attempt on the part of the stste board. which Is supreme In all matter relating to taxation, to apply any penalty to the Doug las county board, although a similar act by County Assessor Reed might have sub jected hlra to forfeiture of his office. Regarding Attorney General Brown's ststement that he would force the county clerk by mandamus to extend the assess ment against the Woodmen of the World's $2,000,000 reserve fund. County Clerk Drexel said: 'The County. Board of Equalization has adjourned sine die and the levy Is made. The levy cannot .be reopened. There Is no longer any board of equalization In Douglas county and will not beintll next year. I guess the attorney, general Is e little late." SCOTTISH SAILORS STARVE Horrible Story of Saffer!nsr Told by Crew of British Steamer ' Harmon. CHESTER. Pa.. Aug. .-Thtrteen Scot tish sailors taken from the fever-stricken steamship Barnfan, and now In the Chester hospital, tell a horrible tale of suffering. The say that stores could not be procured In foreign ports and when they were at sea all the meat became unfit to eat, but they either had to accerft It or starve. The men said that Captain MacGregor was not to be blamed for the condition of food which spoiled after the vessel had left shore. After th men entered the Chester hospi tal they began to rave for food and Insisted on being given a full meal. The doctors found that the, worst of their sufferings were the result of being nearly starved to death. The patients are doing well. They are fed every three hours, their diet con sisting of milk, soft boiled eggs, cereals and broth. They eat heartily, always call ing for more. SHONTS PROMISES MORE DOCKS Accommodation for Hnndllnc Ocean Freight at Canal Terminals to Be Increased. COLON, Aug. . Before sailing for the t'mted States on the steamship Mexico la-t evening, Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the Panama Canal commlitlon, gave a hear ing to the steamship agents, who urged lilm to use his best efforts to secure better docking facilities here. Superintendent H. G. Prescott, representing the Panama rail road, and Mr. Garland of the Pacific Melt Steamship company, were also present at the conference. After listening to the state ment of the agents relative to the detention of steamers. Mr. Shonts expressed his regret at the present Inadequate dock accommoda tion, which he confessed was primarily due to the filling of large orders for canal pur poses. He said that an adequate number of docks would be built, and the proper housing of the canal employes, together with modern sanitary arrangements, would all be attended to. i Harness Again Swims Channel, DOVtn. England, Aug l.-T. W. Burgess started this morning from the coast guard station at Lydden, four miles northwest of this port. In another attenmt to swlml across th channel. After being six hours In the water, be was about twelv mil's out and waa going strong. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair ad Continued Wnrm Thhrsdayt Friday Fair and Cooler vet Portion. In Morth. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Monr. Den. Honr. Dei. . . . . 1 6 a. m ..... . To a. m TO T TJI a. m TH a. m mi 1" a. m R.t It a. m SH IS m w I p. m . II p. m. .1 p. ra . 4 p. m. n p. m . 5 p. m. 7 p. m . s p. ni . . m. 2 IHI ht ! M Sit RIOT IN BAKERS' STRIKE Attack on 'hope In Which ononlon Men Are Employed Bread Wagon Overturned In Street. NEW YORK. Aug. 9 Frequent outbreaks of rioting, calling for drastic action by tnc police, marked the course of the strike of the Hebrew bakers on the East Bide today. In an attack on a bakery in Allan street, fifty rioters broke Into the place, completely wrecked It ard upset barrels of flour and dough In the street The police reserves had to be called out before the rioters could be dispersed. A committee of 100 sent from strike headauarters to a hAkerv in Orchard street to Induce nonunion workmen to quit, attacked the shop, hearing of which hundreds of strikers rushed from the meet ing to the scene of conflict. One police man who attempted to defend the nonunion men was severely beaten, but held his ground until rescued. The patrol wagon. bringing a squad of reserves, was fvulonslv assailed by the mob, who stopped the horses and even dragged some of the men from their seats. The rest quickly alighted and charged the mob through a rain of bottles and bricks that poired from roofs and win dow's. After ten Minutes hard fighting the mob was dispersed. At many points on the East Bide wagons carrying bread were attacked, the drivers beaten and the contents thrown into tho street. Many women bartlclnated in th:.s attacks. According to the strikers, the loaves thus destroyed were supplied from snops In Philadelphia and other nearby towns. Throughout the whole lower East Side a bread famine was aenernl imnm the He brews for the people not only refused to eat any but kosher bread, but appeared to be bent on destroying all the bread of that character which they could lay their hands on. WILL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK Kansas City Stork Yards Reported to Contemplate rVnnhllna It Isane. KAN8A8 CITT. Aug. 9.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Rumors of a large Increase in the capital stock of the Kansas City Stock Yards company, placed by some at as high as $10,000,000, have been in circulation among live stock commission men and packers for several days. Colonel C. F. Morse Is In Europe and the other repre sentatives of the company In Kansas City say they do not know whether these re ports are true. The capital of the Kansas City Block Tards company In 1R7I was $96,000. In 1876 It was Increased to $144,000. Every year thereafter H waa Increased until In l"9fi It waa paying S .82 per cent dividend on . a capitalisation of $7.S6.S.50. In 1901 the capi tal sfbek was Increased from $7,soo.oro to $g.00,ono. the present working x-apltal. The $10,000,000 Increase talked of Is not for the purpose of making Improvements, but rather to settle some differences with th packing companies. An increase ln the authorized capital does not necessarily mean an Increase of an equal amount ln th capital actually Issued and It Is hardly probable that the 6tock Yards company will give th packers a controlling Interest In the ysrds until they are forced to do It. But the combine packer have been build ing a market of their own that is redu cing the revenue of the tock yard $1,000 per week or more. laying the foundation for still heavier Inroads on the business. NEW FOTRIVI OF MOnIy ORDER Postmaster General Approves Blank Which Will Make Forgery Mora Dtfllenlt. WASHINGTON, Aug .-Bfore leaving for hla vacation Postmaster GeneraJ Cor telyou directed the Issuance of a new from of money order which It Is believed will be l.roof against alteration at the hands of forgers. The department has been greatly annoyed at the operations of persons who purchase money orders for small amount and raise them, passing them upon mer chants after office hours. Although the direct loss falls entirely on those who accept the orders, the depart ment refusing to cash them except as originally drawn, there has been a heavy' Indirect expense Involved In the pursuit, arrest and conviction of the offenders. The form adopted will be issued as soon as the new plates can b prepared and other necessary preliminaries can be made. JEWS MAY APPEAL TO WITTE New York Men Are Discussing Matter of Asking Leniency for Co Religionist. HEW YORK. Aug. !.-The presence In America of Serglus Wltte, the Russian peace envoy, Is th result of a lively de bate going on among the east side Jews, many of whom favor the sending of a delegation to M. Witt with an appeal for the amelioration of their brethren's condition In Russia. Those with revolu tionary ideas are stoutly opposing the Idea and the plan ha thus far taken no definite sha?e. . The Jewish newspapers have taken up the discussion. One of them is inviting the vote of Its readers to settle the question. PINCKNEY, SUCCEEDS STOHR General Freight Ageat of Chicago Great Western Tenders Reslgxna. lion to Take Effect at Onre. ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. i J. q. Stohr, general freight agent of th Chicago Great ' Western railroad, tendered his resignation i to take effect today and It was at oncu I accepted, and W. K. Plnckney assistant j fceneral freight agent, named as his sue. ! cessor. Movement, of Ocean Vessel. An.. B. At New York-Arrived: Prini Oskar from Genoa; Barbaroea. from Bremen Balled: Oceanic, for Liverpool, Potsdam' for Rotterdam. ' At Ht. Joiins. N. F Arrived: Siberian from (Jlasgow. At UuM-iisiown Arrived: Ivernia. from Boston: Teutonic, from New York At Naplrs Arrived Cretic, from New York. At Dover Arrived: Rhaetla. from New I York. At Liverpool Bulled Raltlc. for New York; llaverfoid, lor Philadelphia. 1 KMPPELLE IS DEAD Archbishop of Tew Orleans Boscnmb u Attack of Yellow ferer. J ILLNESS COVERS ONLY FIVE DAYS He Wai Taken Bfltldenly Worn Tuesday aid Ind Came at 11 Yeiterdat. ! WORK OF CLEANING UP THE CITY Thousands of Volunteer! Aid Laborer! ani Prisoner! on the StrieU. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS ARE LIGHTER Small Towns T4 hlch Depend oa lew Orleans for Supplies Are Short of Provision and Ask Relief. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. . Report of Board of Health to 6 p. m : New cases 3 Total rase to date f.t reaths 7 Total deaths to date 11! New sub-foci U Total to date ISO Cases under treatment NEW ORI.KANS. La.. Aug. .-A sudden change In his condition today speedily cul minated ln the death of Archbishop P. I Chappclle of the diocese of Louisiana. Th end came at 12:50 this afternoon. Th news of the archbishop's death created a profound shock. Monnlgnor Chappelle ws taken 111 with yellow fever on Friday. He had returned to the city three day before, having Just completed a tour of Louisiana and an nounced on his arrival his intention of co operating In the efforts then In full swing to stamp out the fever. The archbishop, however, left his house only on on occasion before he was taken sick. That was to take a drive with his niece. On Friday he complained of the symptoms which are the forerunner of yellow fever. Dr. Larue, the archbishop's physician, was immedi ately called. Cm Friday h diagnosed th case as a genuine attack of yellow fever. From the flrst Dr. Larue wa appre hensive as to the results of the attack, owing to the physique of his patient. Archbishop Chappelle was very stout of build, full-blooded and past HO years of age, and the fever Is always alarming In a patient under those conditions. Th best available medical and nursing talent was pressed Into service, the apartment were screened and every effort made to con diet a successful scientific fight. The dis ease, however, made steedy Inroads upon the venerable patient and yesterday he was found to be in a serious condition When Dr. Larue saw him early today there was no Improvement, but, on tha contrary, showed signs of increasing weak ness. This forenoon there -wa an alarm ing change for the worse Itj his condition. Eminent physicians were tmmediataly sum moned for consultation, but tha archbishop was beyond succor. The end cam with (Treat rapidity, dissolution ensuing at 13:10, Funeral Service Today. The body of the archbishop, waa trana f erred at 8 o'clock from "hi late residency it Esplanada avenue to St. Louis cathedral, where it Is lying in state. The obsequies will take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the cathedral. There will be a Gregorian requiem high mass sung, every member of the Catholic, clergy In the city participating. The body will be Interred In the crypt of the cathedral, where his pre decessors repose. There will be none of the clergy from other points ln the arch diocese present because of their Inability to return to thlir homes on account of quarantine restrictions. Hundreds of tele grams of condolence have been received. At a late hour tonight 'the arrangement of the obsequies were changed so as to provide for the final Interment Saturday Instead of tomorrow. The high mas will be celebrated at 10 o'clock tomorrow And will be repeated Friday and Saturday aft ernoon, when the casket will be lowered Into the crypt. The body will II In stata In a closed casket until the final rite ar performed. The remain wer embalmed at 6 o'clock. Owing to the discoloration, th face w-yi hot be exposed to view. Sketch of HI Career. Right Rev. Placlde Louis Chapell. apos tolic delegate for Cuba and Porto Rico, Is one of the best known Catholic prelate In the united State. He has taken a prominent part ln the affairs of the church, both here' and ln the Philippines, whet h settled the dlhpute between the friar and the t'nlted State officials, after the occu pation of the Islands. He was born tn th diocese of Mcndc, France, In 1842, and came to tha United States In 184. H took a complete theological and philosoph ical course In St. Mary' college and taught In St. Charles college from 1S63 to MS. In the latter year he was ordained a priest and announced that he would devote hla time to missionary work. In 1m8 St. Mary's college conferred the degree of doctor of divinity upon him. In 1870 the young priest was called to the assistant, pastorate of St. John's church, ln Baltimore, and Ills work was so remarkable that within the year he wa made pastor of the church, which, under hi direction, prospered greatly. Later he was transferred to St. Joseph's church, where he continued his good work. In 1&2 he became pastor vof St. Matthew's church ln Washington. He took a promi nent part ln tho religious life of th city, being renowned as a leading theologlst. ln l8l h wa chosen coadjutor bishop to Archhlbhop Salpolnte In Santa. Fa, With right of succession, and consequently titu lar bishop of Arblssus. He was promoted to be arclibluhop In May, Ik'jS, on the resig nation of Archbishop Salpolnte, becoming Archbishop o' Santa Fe. He was appointed archbishop of New Orleans in November, 1MW. Hi Holiness Pope I -co created him apostolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rlo September 1!, 1&S8, and one year later he wa sent to th Philippines at a time when the very ex istence of the church was endangered by diHputes that had been left a a legacy by the Spaniards. Tills mission- completed, he returned to Rome, where he wa granted private audiences y the'pope, who show ered hliu with high honors. Later he went to Cuba and Porto Rico, remaining ther some time. Work In lasalar Possessions. In lH'M Archbishop Chappelle was mad bishop coadjutor of Santa Fe and became archbishop of that diocese In 18&4. Three year later, on tha d ath of Archbishop Janssens, he was named as archbishop of new Orleans,. Then folium Ing the Spanish American war he was appointed by the pope as apoittollc delegate to Cuba, Porto Klin and the Philippines. He went to th Philippines auM si-nt much tlm there In connection with the settlement of th conditions growing out of the change of soverelanty in the Inlands He took Up tl.t cause of th friars and, lougU hi