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The Omaha. Daily Bee BEST PEOPLE READ THE BEE BECAUSE IT IS BEST PEOPLE ARE NOW KNOWN BY THE PAPERS THEY READ s OMAHA," MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1905. SINGLE COrY THHEE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. M 3& St i f ' i t r BIG JUMP IN EXPORTS - More Manufactured Product! Bold Abroad Than in Anj Hear of Historj. HUNDRED MILLION MORE IhAN LAST YEAR 3reater Than Export of All Kinds in the Oeateonial Year. IRON AND STEEL LEADER IN T - ST Rotable Feature ii the Number of tirei Sen . to Japan. GREAT SHOW NG MADE IN COTT More Than Doohl Amount In IfMMl Than In P, Year, Orient Bring ' Consumer. 30- 5 ft ODS rted WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. Statistics com--Jlpr1 by the bureau of statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor show that the exports of manufactures In the fiscal year Just, ended amounted to $613, 0,297. as against 1452.415.W1 In the preceding year, l4.13.8M.7i In 1900 and $183,595,743 In 18!5. The export for the pant fiscal year were not only the largest on record, but are In excess of the combined exports of all articles In the centennial year, 1876, and nearly $140,0110,000 more than the total Im ports and exports of the country at the close of the civil war. The growth in the exportation of manu factures Is shown to have largely exceeded the growth In population. Out. of thirty leading articles only seven show a falling ofT for the year as compared with 1904. Iron and steel manufactures supply about one fourth of the total exports, having been $134,727,921, as against $111,948,586 In the pre ceding y T. Bteel rails showed an Increase of W.000,000, chiefly In shipments to Canada, South America, Mexico, the West Indies. Japan and other oriental countries. Machin ery also showed an increase In 1!00 of more than $8,000,000 over 1904. A conspicuous fea ture is the large Increase In exports of loco motives to Japan, 151 engines having been sent thither in 1905, as against 74 In the previous year. Mexico and Argentina In creased their purchases of machines, while Japan Increased Its purchases of electrical machinery and builders' material In a sub stantial degree, j Copper manufactures take second rank with a total valuation of $86,225,381 In 1906, as compared with $57,142,081. There was an Increase of $10,000,000 In the copper ex ports to China. There was an Increase in the exportation of mineral oils the third article of Im portance of over 100,000,000 gallons, but owing to a falling In the price, the value remained practically stationary. The oil export for 1906 was 961,080,000 gallons, as against 847,000.000 gallons. The value for 1906 was $71,888,317 and for 1904 was 171. 753.652. To Great Britain and Ireland 221,080,000 gallons were sent, Germany 147. 000,000 and, to . tba . Netherlands 117.OXI.0iJi. Only 56,000,000" ' gallons were exported to South America. Big? Jump In Cotton Goods. Cotton manufactures present one of the striking features of the year'a export, hav ing advanced from $l2,403.713 in 1904 to $49,666,080 In the year Just ended. The growth occurred chiefly In cotton cloth exports, $14,606,199 being the total In 1904 and 441,320,642 the figure for 1906. To China there was an Increase of about 400,000,000 yardi over last year's export of 79,O0O,000, and the value of cotton cloth exports to that country Increased from $4,000,000 In 1904 ta $'.7,750,000 In 1906. Japan was the only other country to show a considerable lncreane, the total being 16,000,000 yards as against 440,000,000 yards In 1904. Leather and Its manufactures, fourth In importance In the list of manufactured articles exported, showed an Increase of $4,000,000, the total In 1906 having been $38,000,000 as compared with $36,000,000 In the preceding year. In this class also Japan is credited with the chief Increase, Other Important articles exported were agricultural Implements $20,750,000; chem icals, drug, dyes, etc., nearly $16,000,000; wood manufactures, $12,500,000; cars, car riages and vehicles, $10,667,000; scientific Instruments, $8,000,000; paper and manu factures, $8,600,000; paraffins and paraffins wax, $7,760,000 fiber manufactures, $6,7tO,000; tobacco rnanufactures, $5,667,0)0; books, maps, ate, nearly $5,000,000 and India rub ber manufactures, $4,750,000. YAQUIS TREATING FOR PEACE Long; Contest with the Mexican Government Aboat to End. MEXICO CITT. Aug. 13,-It Is repbrted on the best authority that the Taqul In diana of Banora. tired of the long, disas trous warfare carried on against the gov ernment, are now asking peace and that negotiations are actually being carried on looking to that much desired end. The war against the Yaquis has done Incalculable damage to the state of 8o nora and haa retarded the development of Its resources to a greater extent than Is generally believed. It Is understood that the peace conference, which has been called to meet at t'rea, will result In a settlement. The claims of the Indians are that some years ago they were given lands to own and cultivate and that after they reclaimed the wild lands anput them Into cultiva tion they were told that a mistake had bee;, made In the survey and that they would have to accept other lands which they did without protest, only to have the same thing happen to them a second time. It Is now believed that they will be satis fled If they are given lands In some plsce where they can live and cultivate (heir crops with the a trance that their pos session of the land will never be Inter rupted. NATIVES CAN GET NO ARMS Capetown Denies Story Told by Ger mans Reaerdlaa; Action of British Colonists. CAPETOWN. Aug-. II -(Special Cable gram to The Bee.) Inquiry In official quar ters here shows that there la no truth In the reports widely circulated by the German newspapers to the effect that the people In Cape Colony have been aiding the na tives of Africa In their quarrels with Ger many. In the first place, there Is ap parently no feeling against Germany in southwest Africa. But more than-this, It Is almost Impossible for the natives to ob tain a supply of arms and ammunition. Since the war the government regulations about arms have been moet rigid. Every one must have a permit for each weapon owned, and permits are given only to re anonaible Dereona. NORWAY VOTES DISSOLUTION Referendum Practically 1 nunlmoua for Dnlns Awuy with 1'nton. CHRIPT1ANIA. Aug. 13-The Norwegian people in a referendum taken today pro nounced In favor of the dissolution of the union with Sweden with remarkable, though not unexpected unanimity. Of 4fA non voters .ICO.noo cast ballots. While the full result will not be known for some hours, up to midnight returns showed that about rn person In 3,"O0 voted against the dissolution. The difference between the total number of voters and the number of votes rast Is attributable to absentees, such as sailors abroad and others who are out of the country at present. The weather was favorahle and there were scenes of the greatest enthusiasm everywhere. Thousands of women who did not have the right of franchise signed petitions In the streets endorsing the dissolution. In Chrls tlanla and other cities the total population turned out, every one wearing long stream ers of the national colors and pictures of Fremler Mlchelsen. One of the members of the cabinet said to the Associated Tress tonight: "The result surpasses the most sanguine expectations. The next official steps will be taken after the Storthing meets on August 21, when the result of the plebis cite will be communicated to Sweden through the Swedish cabinet and the Rlgsdag. The Storthing will repeat the request that the Rlgsdag declare the Rlg sakt in operation and the union dissolved. The Btorthlng will also express a willing ness to negotiate concerning the details of the dissolution. It Is the earnest deslro of Norway to conclude the dissolution amicably. Norway will never retract, but everything will be done to meet the wishes Of Sweden In other directions. "If pence depends upon abolishing the forts they will be abolished. Norway must remain a monarchy; the people do not de sire a republic." At midnight reports from 176 places showed a vote of 95.935 for and 37 against dissolution. HOUSE OF LORDS UNPOPULAR London Dislikes Objection Offered to Extension of Its System of Tramways. LONDON. Aug. 13. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) It would seem that not since the famous home rule agitation has there been as much popular feeling against the House of Lords as at the present time, I because that body appears Indisposed to allow the extension of the Ixmdon tram way systems. Even the earl of Aberdeen, speaking this week at a liberal garden party, said that he certainly was not proud of the House of Lords at the pres ent moment, because of the division on the bill for allowing tramways along Westminster and Blackfrlars bridges and along the Victoria embankment. He gave the adverse majority credit, however, for sincerity of motive and goodness of In tention. If the lord chancellor said that the course was the right one to pursue It must be right in the opinion of the noble lords. But the earl of Aberdeen added that ha was pretty sure that the tramways would come House of Ixjrds or not. At a meeting of the Southwark Borough Council a resolution was passed by forty votes to six condemning the action of the House of Lords In having rejected the over-tramways bridge bill. The mayor (the Rev. A. W. Jephsott) pointed out that twenty-one out of the twenty-eight metro politan boroughs had supported the meas ure, while the remaining seven had not expressed an adverse opinion. This is taken as a measure of the reflection of the popular sentiment and as a criterion of the feeling against the House of Lords In this connection. AFGHANISTAN JTHE NEXT TASK Prediction Made that Britain Will Find More Trouble. Than Russia In Manchuria, LONDON. Aug. 13.-(Speclal Cablegram to The Bee.) Colonel H. R. Hanna is out in an Interview in opposition to the for ward movement from India to Afghan. He eats: "The Afghan today ' la a far more for midable foe than he was In 1880. He is better armed and we have taught him on many a bloody field that In unity there Is strength. "Our task on the Afghan border will be found more serious and severe than that which haa confronted Russia in Manchuria. I It Is proposed to construct railways to Kabul and Bamian, Kandahar and Seis tan. This gigantic undertaking could never be carried out. It would plunge us Into a third Afghan war, bleed India of its re sources and ruin Its finances. Peshawar, at one extremity of India's northwest fron tier, is 300 miles from Bamian and is sepa rated from that place by a succession of deep, dangerous defiles and of high, rugged passes, all of which are Infested by warlike tribes who would attack the working par ties, pull up the rails as fast as they were laid, Interrupt the communications and cut off supplies of food and material. The railway proposed would terminate In one of the high, narrow upland valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains. At the other ex tremity of the frontier the railway to Sels tan would run through hundreds of miles of waterless desert whilst Its rail head would end In a pestilential marsh." SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ARE BUSY Germans Will Carry on Campaign in Army, Especially Among the Recruits. BERLIN. Aug. IS. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Encouraged doubtless by the success of their efforts In Russia the social democratic party In Germany have resolved to carry on their campaign among army recruits In a more -systematic and active manner than hitherto. They will seek, in the first place, to circulate socialistic liter ature among the recruits, with the object of Instructing the men how to shield them selves from 111 treatment, making also a special point of the mild punishment meted out to sergeants who maltreat their men, and the terrible fate In atore for the com mon soldier who la guilty of an ordinary breach of discipline. Saxony will be the first country where this agitation will be attempted. Trial of Matlaeere. 6EBA8TOPOL, Aug It. As a result of the trial of fifty-three mutineers of the training ship Pruth, fifteen have been ac quitted, four condemned to be shot, three sentenced to penal servitude for life and the remainder to various shorter terms. The court recommended that two of the death sentences be commuted to penal servitude for life and the two other to ten years' im-prisoument. DECREASE IN FEVER CASES Death List at New Orleans is Larger, Howeer, Than it Eat Been. CHANGES IN PLAN OF ORGANIZATION Bora-eon fieneral Is Seeking- to Secure More Prompt screening: of Pa tients and Infection Breed Ins Places, NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 13 Following Is the official record up to 6 p. m.: New cases 5S Total cases 9h3 Heaths 12 Total deaths 154 New euh-foci 14 Total sub-foci 22 Cases under treatment 343 The heavy Increase In the number of rases which began four or five days ago Is beginning to manifest Itself In the death list, which can be expected to grow stead ily for the next few days.. The number of new cases today seems small In comparison with yesterday's record, but Is really nine teen short, as that number of cases were turned In by an Inspector Just after the hour for closing the report. These will figure In tomorrow's report. Among the cases today is Louis Cueullu, Jr., cashier of the Peoples bank, who re sides far out on North Johnson street. Another case Is Maurice Kenny, ex-councilman and ex-member of the legislature. Two of Kenny's daughters were stricken yesterday. Only five of the new foci are above CanSl street. Surgeon General White today made a change In his organization by which he hopes to accomplish results much quicker. The fumigation and screening work was all done by a central department under Dr. Gessner, which sent squads on notification of cases by physicians. Dr. White this afternoon assembled all his subordinates In conference and decided o put the screen ing and examination work under the dif ferent headquarters. The work will be di vided up among the district surgeons, and Dr. Gessner will be given charge of one of the districts. Conditions In Algiers. Assistant Surgeon Corput has concluded a pretty thorough Investigation of condi tions in Algiers, that portion of New Or-, leans on the we.t bank of the Mississippi river. There had been two cases in Al giers since the outbreak of fever and Dr. White determined to ascertain by a house to house canvass If there had been any spread among Itheni. Dr. Corput reported today that he had not found a single sus picious case, which Indicates that the prompt steps taken to screen and fumigate the original cases have been effective In preventing a spread. Dr. White says that if he could learn of every case In the city and apply the proper methods Immediately he Is conn dent he could stamp out the disease here in a short time. The great cause for the spread of the disease has been the concealment of cases and the change of residence of people who have been Infected. Dozens of cases are on record which show conclusively that the people moved away from a house where In fection had existed. This Dr. White pro poses to stop and while no drastic measures are being taken he Is enforcing his author ity. The effectiveness of the district head quarters, which are making close Investiga tions of the teventeen districts, is re sponsible for the large number of the new cases which have been reported In the last few days and as the efficiency of that force Increases, an Increase In the number of cases daily can be expected. Physicians who have failed to report cases discovered are given time to correct their omission, but a second offense will result In prosecu tion under the law. This has also brought oyt a large number of cases that were under cover. At Other Points. Patterson, which Is the largest center of infection outside of the city, reports three new cases today and the first death. The victim Is a young woman. She died this morning and this has naturally de pressed the spirits of the people. They have had thirty-nine cases there so far. They have opened an emergency hospital, which now has seven patients. At Bon Ami, In Calcasieu parish, there Is only one case of yellow fever with no new cases and no suspicious cases. At the detention camp near Tallulah, In Madison parish, there are two cases, one of which Is in a serious condition. State Health Officer Sanders of Alabama and Quarantine Officer Moore of Mobile are making an Inspection of the Mississippi coast towns for the purpose of determining whether It would be wise to lift the Alabama embargo against the Mississippi coast. They reached Gulf Port tonight without having struck any suspicious cases at any points visited up to then. Growing; Less Malignant. While the mortality rate In the early stages of the visitation indicated that the type of yellow fever was particularly ma lignant. It is now apparent that it Is not much worse than the fever In 1897. The death rate, according to the official record, which shows 963 cases and 154 deaths, Is Just 16 per cent. During the last two weeks In July the death rate appeared to be 25 or 30 per cent. The falling off la due to two things. One Is that nearly all the cases are being reported now and the other Is that many of the Italians I are being given proper care and treat ment. Yellow fever requires careful nurs ing and very little medicine and absolute abstention from solid food for a week Or more. A large proportion of the deaths are due to patients who have practically recovered Indulging In solid food before the stomach is prepared for it. One ca-e occurred to day. An Italian had been discharged from the emergency hospital as cured and warned to abstain from solid food for several days. He went off, but yielded to his hunger and was found dead a few hours after in a garret. v BOYCOTT IS POLITICAL NOW Fears Are Entertained of Anil. Foreign Outbreak In South ern China. SHANGHAI. Aug 13 Soo Chow reports that the anti-American boycott is assum ing a political character. An anti-foreign outbreak Is feared. Only the northern Chinese authorities are sternly repressing the movement. The viceroy of Nanking apparently la undecided what steps to take. Boo Chow has a population of l.ono.onn and la situated In the most populous dls trlcl of China, 12S miles southeast of Nan king. IXJNDON. Aug. 14 The Daily Tele graph's Shanghai correspondent says the governor of New Chwang haa warned boy cottera of American goods that their ac tion Is punishable by death. EXTRA SESSION IS IN DOUBT (lis s Mow MM to Re Against the President (ailing f onvress. OYSTER BAT. N. Y.. Aug. 13 -Notwithstanding the more or 1iss definite announce ment which has emanated from various sources during the lest few months, con gress may not be called Into extraordinary session next November. Indeed, the Indi cations are now that no extraordinary ses sion will be held this year. This statement Is made on the authority of President Roosevelt himself. He has not decided the question definitely yet and probably will not reach a determination of it until he shall have returned to Wash ington the latter part of September. The chances of nn extrsnrdlniry session ap pear, however, to be fading. Strong pressure Is being brought to bear upon the president to Induce him not to call an extra session. So much Interest has been manifested in the subject throughout the country that the president has received a large number of letters regarding It. Many senators and repre sentatives have argued against an extra session. They point out that practically nothing will be gained by an extra ses sion that will begin not more than three weeks before the opening of the regular long session, and that It will cause some Inconvenience to many members of con gress In both branches. Taking these things into consideration, the president has reserved a definite decision of the matter, the chances as noted being that the ses sion will not be called. Last spring 4t was the president's Idea to issue at the proper time a call for an extraordinary session of congress to be held In October, for the purpose of enacting If possible railroad rate legislation. Inci dentally It was expected that some recom mendations might be made by the president regarding proposed changes In the existing tariff laws. The Idea of the October session finally was abandoned'and subsequently the presi dent made arrangements for a two-weeks trip through the south, beginning on Oc tober 17. It then was announced that the proposed extraordinary session would not be held until after the November elections. If finally the president should decide to call congress together the session will begin on the first Monday after the November elections, which will be Just three weeks before the beginning of the regular session In December. In this connection It can be said to be not unlikely, In view of the prevalence of yellow fever In New Orleans that the presi dent may decide to make his trip through the south In two sections, visiting the At lantic coast states in October and Louis iana, Arkansas and perhaps Tennessee at a later date. No arrangements to this effect have been concluded, but the matter has been considered Senator Lodge of Masachusetts, who re turned late yesterday afternon from his European trip and was a guest last night at Sagamore Hill, left today for New York, whence he expected to go direct to his home in Nahant, Muss. "My visit to the president at this time," said Senator Lodge, "was of no significance whatever. It was purely a personal visit." Being a member of ' senate committee on foreign relations the senator In his so journ abroad manifested a natural Interest In the attitude of European powers toward the United States. He found everywhere In Great Britain and France evidence of a particularly cordial feeling both in official circles and among the people for America, and that President Roosevelt is held by Europeans In general In high regard. SEVERE STORM AT NEW YORK Number of People Injured nnd Uvea of Many Are In Jeopardy. NEW YORK. Aug. 13 Widespread dam age was caused by a thunderstorm of un usual violence, accompanied by a high wind and a deluge of rain that burst over New York and vicinity today. A boat house at the foot of West 1.12nd street. In which a large number of persons had taken shel ter, was struck , by lightning and Miss Jeanette Freer, aged 20 years, was Instantly killed. A dozen other persons were ren dered unconscious, but quickly recovered, sustaining no serious injuries. A Webster avenue trolley car, carrying nearly 100 pas sengers, was struck, the lightning running down the trolley pole and grounding through the tracks. Although the car and its occupants were unscratched. a panic was precipitated among the passengers, who struggled frantically to escape. Fourteen persons, almost all women, were Injured, nine of them so seriously that they had to be removed to a hospital. Small boats were capsized In the harbor. The Immi grant steamer, John E. Moore, effected rescues. Five hundred Immigrants were in danger for an hour, when, two barges broke away from the clock at Ellis island and were blown down the bay, pitching and roll ing In the heavy sea. Three tugs grappled the barges and succeeded In holding them until the storm subsided. One death, and three cases of prostra tion resulted from the heat, which was Intense before the storm broke. SMOTHER THE FRENCH GUESTS British Show Profuse Attention to the Visiting; French Sailors. PORTSMOUTH, England. Aug. IS The last day ashore of the French naval vis Itors was marked by scenes of enthusiasm unprecedented during the week, in which the English simply smothered their guests with attention, from able seaman to ad- miml Knnrmo..- crowd, r.f ...M,rUilt. . thronged the town, harbor and navy yard. The closing function was a reception given by Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas, commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, at Ad miralty house, after which the French offi cers and men boarded their ship prepara tory to their departure. The torpedo boats, the first section of the fleet, will leave at 6 30 tomorrow morning, followed by the battleship, and cruisers. mUrtlxt " f ... p rU. rl t hi .ntlp. . ...Ill be on Its way to France. .Vice Admiral Calllard has issued an auto graph message to the people of England thanking them for their magnificent recep tion. INDIAN VILLAGE IS BURIED Terrible Disaster Heperted from Re mote Portion of British Columbia. WINNIPEG. Man.. Aug. 13 -An Ashkroft dispatch reports a terrible landslide on the Thompson river this afternoon. An Indian village was embedded with its popu lation and the river bed is blocked Ashkroft is an Indian village with a population of b), situated in the north western portion of Yale district, British TWELVE KILLED IN A WRECK Passeager Train on Nickel Plate Crashes Into Freight LARGE NUMBER OF OTHERS ARE INJURED Mlxnp In Orders Is Said to Be Responsible for Disaster Which t'ansea Loss of So Many Lives. CLEVELAND, O.. Aug. 13 A fast east bound passenger train on the Nickel Plate road collided with a westbound freight train early today at Klshman, O., near Ver milion, resulting In the death of twelve persons, while at least twenty-five others were Injured, eight of whom will probably die. The wreck, according to the officials of the company, was caused by a misunder standing of orders or neglect to obey them on the part of the crew of the freight train. The dead: CHARLES W. POOLE, engineer of pas senger train. Conneaut, O. JOSEPH ALEXANDER. Newark. N. J. FRANK WEAVER, Flndlsv, O. DoMEMCO PQMONDOKO, Italian lab orer. ANTONIO GRILLO, Italian laborer. JOSEPH PAH All. laborer. FRANK HLSCINI, laborer. FRANCISCO SC1LLI, laborer. NATALE ACHILLE. laborer. GALLAGfS TKAVOLA. laborer. COLOU.0 CAULIANI. laborer. The Injured. John W. Long, Cleveland. Richard A. lxng, son of J. W. Long. Mrs. John W. Long. Louis helnbolt, Bascom, O. E. E. Ohara, Findlay, O. B. L. Kerr, Grafton, O. John W. Murphy, West Haven, Conn. Philip Basklm. Tiffin, O. Floyd Trumler, Ada, O. John Dexter, Tiffin, O. Frank Phillips, Findlay, O. John Jafa. Leonardo Syracusa, Charles Buccufusu. Veoua Leonardo. Charles Dutnont. Joseph Dumont. Tony Trevalll. Charles Degar. Albert Jama. Frank Uallla. Tony Veranca. Roy Winch. Findlay, Internal Injuries, and hurt about chest. Deud Mostly Italians. Aside from the engineer the men killed on the passenger train were all riding in the smoking car at the head of the train and were mostly foreign laborers In the employ of the Standard Oil company on their way from Fort Seneca, O., to Brook field. O., In charge of a foreman. Engineer C. C. Poole of the passenger train was killed at his post while trying to reach for the airbrake after seeing the head light of the freight train. His fireman, Haefner, saved himself by Jumping. The high speed of the passenger train threw its locomotive and first threo coaches over on the engine of the freight train, telescoping the car following. Tho forward cars of the freight train were splintered to fragments. Of the passengers in the smoker none escaped Injury. Fortunately there was no fire, but the heavy timbers of the wrecked cars pinned down many and prevented the.n from getting out until assistance arrived. ' Reamers Promptly on Hand. As soon as possible after the wreck occurred doctors were sent on a special tram to the scene from Lorain. The Injured were hurried to Lorain and placed in the hospital tjiere. The dead were conveyed to the morgue at Lorain, awaiting Identincp.tlon and disposition When the trains came together almost everybody In the smoker was dozing. The sudden Jar hurled them out of their seats Into the aisle and threw several persons to the roof and sides of the car, which seemed at once to crush In like a paper bag, pinning down each passenger in the position in which he had been caught. The passengers In the second car escaped more easily, as there the violence of the Impact was not so severe, although few got out without cuts, bruises or broken bones. The rear cars were sleepers and they withstood the shock without suffering serious harm. No passengers In the sleepers were Injured. The men on the train who escaped Injury worked as well as they could without tools to save life and limb and the residents In the sparsely settled vicinity soon arrived to helj. The sleepers were used for the accommo dation of some of the Injured, as were sev eral houses near the siding. Tho officers of the Nickel Plate, as soon as they learned of the accident, ordered every possible as sistance to be given and no expense spared In taking care of the Injured. Freight Crew to Blame. President Canlff of the Nickel Plate today stated that from the information in the hands of the officials the freight train crew had orders to go on the siding at Klshman and there await the passage of the passenger train. Why this was not done In time to permit the passenger train to go by or a flagman sent out. has not yet been learned. A rigid investigation Is, however, being made by the railway offi cials. It Is said that the watch of the engineer of the freight train was slow and that the engineer believed he had eight minutes to get 'his train on the siding before the pas senger train was due. The freight train had slackened speed and was about to back In on the siding from the main track when the passenger train came tearing along at the rate of forty-five miles an hour and dashed Into It. Collision on Santa Fe. KINSLEY. Kan., Aug. 13. The second action of the westbound Atchison. Topeka ' 8an,a Fe Passenger train. No. , crashed ! ,n, tne ,"ar "n1 of a ,re,Kht "" at i I'W,B- ,ght m,le9 e"M of Kiny- ar'y today. The way car and two rrelgnt care I wor" n'"1"""'1 an1 the 'nSne n ba gage car of the passenger train was wrecked. Henry Swartt of Newton. Kan., fireman of the passenger train, and a yard man named Bteegle were killed, and En gineer Ramsey of the passenger train was seriously injured. The passengers were shaken up but none was seriously hurt. j " " '"a b"' of the rder ' enrou,e to i 1 1 C I . RECURRENCE OF ORANGE RIOTS Twenty Houses Wrecked nnd Many Heads Are Broken Daring; the Fray. LONDONDERRY. Ireland, Aug. 14. Flerce Orange riots, the worst In many years, occurred here today on' the occasion of the celebration of the relief of Derry (which was unsuccessfully besieged in li9 by James II). A great number of perns j were Injured, but no deaths have been re ported. Twenty houses were wrecked by Orangemen, who also attacked nationalists and stoned the police. The whole 'iffatr Is an unpleasant re minder of ol'jen days, and It Is feared that a recurrence of rioting throughout the country may be expected. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday and Tuesday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Pew. Hour. Pea, fl a. m Tl 1 p. m Ts A a. m Tl It p. m f T a. m Tl .1 p. m SI a. in Tl 4 p. in svi ! a. m Tit n p. m si Id a. m...... T3 p. in St II a. m Tn T p. m Tn U m TH p. ni TO II p. m Tl EXACTS PENANCE OF KANSAS Blight of Standard Oil la Seen Kvery- where In Southeastern C'onntles. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 1S.-AH southeast ern Kansas is auTerlng from the blight of the Standard Oil company. All classes, ranging from stockmen to pleasure parties, are affected by It. So complete is the desolation that it may be truthfully said that the threat of the local manager of the Standard Oil company, made last spring. to "wipe Kansas off the map," Is partly fulfilled. It was the refusal of the Standard Oil company to take the greater part of the Kansas oil and the consequent waste of this part of the production that has caused the trouble In the southeastern rgountles. The owners of oil wells, with no market for their product, allowed it to run from their wells into the creeks, and livers. The agents of the trust also allowed thousands of barrels to run into the rivers when they removed the pipe lines from the wells of firms and persons with whom the Standard was on tin lriendly terms. Fish In the Neosho, Verdigris, Fall. Elk and Caney rivers and their tributaries can not be eaten, so thoroughly are they saturated with oil. After the men who have made their living fishing for a num ber of years In these rivers marketed their first fish this summer they found that their customers wanted no more. The earlier bathing parties were com pelled to leave the streams and retire to the bath tubs for a cleaning. Since the condition' of the streams became generally known there has been an absence of bath ers. Stockmen who have been depending for years' on the grass of the hills In Elk, Chautauqua, Montgomery, Neosho and Wilson counties for their animals have been compelled to reduce the slxe of their herds and keep only those which can be watered by the supply from the wells. Occasionally an Isolated pond covered by the oil la fired and then the country Is lighted for miles. There have been no fires along the creeks or rivers yet, but It Is feared that the coming of the camp ers this fall will add the dangers of rivers of flames to the troubles the residents of the oil district are already encountering as a result of the refusal of the Standard OH company to accept Kansas oil. FLEEING PRISONER IS SHOT Dead Man Had Assaulted and Prob ably Fatally Injured Minister and Hie Wife. A BAL8TON. N. T., Aug. 13.-Rev. Bernard Schulte and his wife of New York City were attacked at Mechanicsvllle last nUht and probably fatally Injured by a negro, who was today shot and killed in Saratoga while resisting arrest. Early lust evening William Curtis, a negro whose home Is In Saratoga, presented himself at the door of the rectory an 1 asked for a drink of water. Mr. Schuke was In the act of turning back to get the water when the negro drew a piece of leud pipe from beneath Ills coat and felled the clergyman with a terrific blow on tho head, following this up with a rain of blows until his victim lay unconscious and apparently dead. Mrs. Schulte, who was up stairs, hurried down on hearing her husband fall and was met In the hall by the negro, who Instantly struck her duwn before she could utter an outcry and continued beating her with his heavy weapon until he had inflicted Injuries from which she can hardly recover. The clergyman and his wife were found unconscious and covered with blood by neighbors, and a search was made for the negro, who had been seen leaving the house. Policeman James Sullivan discovered Curtis today In Soaring's Alley, a negro colony in Saratoga, and arrested hhn. The. negro, however, broke away and ran, and after firing one shot In the air to halt him, Sullivan fired again, shooting him through the head and killing him instantly. The condition of Mr. Schulte and his wlfa was said tonight to be very precarious. PIPE LINE PROJECT NOT DEAD Backers Simply Ask a Little More Time to Finance the Deal. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 13.-John F. Mundy of the Chanute district, said today: "The proposition to construct a pipe line from Kansas oil field to the gulf Is not a dead one by any means, and Its prospects are more favorable today than at any time since It was first susgested." Mr. Mundy, who has Just returned from the east, where he went to consult with the men who are expected to finance tho deal, arrived here today. "The story that the Mellons of Pittsburg, who are to put up the money, had thrown us down, is abso lutely without foundation," said he. "They simply asked to be given until September 15. A deal of this magnitude cannot be turned In a day or a week. It means a deal of I2!,00fl.ou, and $7,600,000 of the amount must be available when the time for start ing the work arrives. If the proposition is acted on favorably next month, the work will be started along the line at a dozen different points and should be completed within six months. Large tanks will be erected In the fields so that an enormous supply of the oil will be on hand when the pipe line Is finished." CONFER ON SHIPPING RULES Live Stork Men Object to Regula tion for Feeding Stock in Transit. WASHINGTON. Aug. 13-8ecretary Wil son and Dr. D. E. Salmon, c hief of the bureau of animal Industry of the Depart ment of Agriculture, left tonight for Chi cago to attend a conference with the traf fic managers of railroads entering Chicago and representstlves of the National Live Stork association next Tuesday. The con ference relates to rules rerently made by Dr. Salmon as to "stable cars" In connec tion with recent legislation to protect cattle In transit. It is said the railway and ship ping officials want the rules changed to allow forty-five seconds instead of five minutes for feeding a carload of stock en route. FIRST SNAG IS COREA Saturday's Discussion of Conferees All Relate to that Counlrj, RUSSIA UNWILLING TO ADMIT JAP CLAIMS Tokio Tapers Discus Progress of the Peacs Negotiations. ONE EXPRESSES BELIEF RUSSIA IS BLUFFING Sakhalin Island Already in Possesiion of the Japanese. OTHER MARITIME PROVINCES AT MERCY Another Journal Advises Japan Had Better (in Ahead Tilth War Prep arations, Serin No Hope for Peace. PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. Aug. IS. No pro gress has been made with the peace nego tiations over Sunday. They stand exactly where they did last night. The session of the plenipotentiaries which was to have been held this afternoon wss postponed by mu tual Agreement out of reverence to the fact that It was the holy Sabbath which Is universally observed In Russia as a day of rest. The Russians had not been anxious for a session today and this morn ing the Japanese took the Initiative, and through the Intermediary of Mr. Pelrco It was decided to postpone the sitting until tomorrow morning. The situation therefore remains tho same. It would perhaps not be too much to sy that the general feeling is more hopeful In spite of open predictions made by per sonages connected with both sides of the negotiations that before next Sunday the plenipotentiaries will reach an Impasse where rupture will become Inevitable. This pessimistic view is based upon the fact that so far as known the two big barriers to an agreement Indemnity and Sakhalin remain as high and Insurmountable aa ever. Mnln Problem's I'ntonchcd. The real struggle Is only postponed. The main problems are no nearer solution than when the plenipotentiaries met. The prin cipal reason fot optimism lies In the fact that confronted with absolute refusal of the Russian reply to admit the dlsousslon of either Indemnity or the cession of Sak halin the Japanese proposed to take tip the consideration of the conditions seriatim. It is assumed that the Japanese are pre pared to yield, or have reason to believe a way will be found to overcome the ob jections of their adversaries when the cru cial test comes. An intimation comes from a high source that very strong outside Influences are at work on both cldes and that for the mo ment the effort Is to gain time. The plan of having Russia practically satisfy Japan's claim of reimbursement for the cost of the war by the purchase of the Japanese military evacuation of. Sakhalin continues to be advanced. Such a solution would per mit Russia to say that It had paid neither indemnity nor ceded a foot of territory. Spectre of Yellow Peril. The debate In yesterday's conference over the first- condition, the recognition of Japan's preponderating Influence over Corea, Involving Its right to control the ad ministration of the Hermit kingdom, use the littoral for Strategic purposes, etc., was of a remarkable character. Indeed, the position taken by M. Wltte was sensational In the extreme. His altitude reveals plainly I the Russian tactics. They propose to raise before the world the specter of the "yellow peril." Russia claims that Japan's present purpose is to get a foothold on the Asiatic continent from which to extend Its influence and dominion. M. Wltte made no objection, but he de clared words "preponderating Influence" did not adequately describe what Japan proposed to do, N and he Insisted that the language used should show Japan's' true purpose which, he contended, was to make a Japanese province of Corea. Hla argument might be summarised aa follows: "Russia has no objection to Japan taking Corea, but you must avow It plainly. If It Is to be taken It should be taken offi cially so that the world will understand your purpose to take possession of the per sons, of the entire administration of the kingdom, from the emperor down to the smallest of the people. Corea will have no representative abroad who can explain the situation from the standpoint of the Coreans, all of which means that Corea la to belong to Japan. So be It. Russia will not object, but Japan should avow a pur pose which Is against the Interests of Europe and America, especially against the Interests of the l ulled States, China and even your ally, England. If this la satis factory to Europe and America, Russia raises no protest. You propose to destroy every vestige of the sovereignty of the emperor of Corea, but you desire to employ a formula which will conceal your true purpose. The country which will suffer most is America, which will understand it In about ten years, when it la too late." Japanese Take Issue. To this argument Baron Komura dis sented most vigorously, although In the most friendly manner, contending . that JapHn only sought to aecure for itself la Corea the commercial and Industrial po sition to which It was entitled and to aid In Its civilisation and development aa well as to protect the kingdom from admin istrative anarchy. The fact that the Corean question should be the first to be discussed In the peace conference Is strangely fitting, as It was over Corea that the long struggle between Russia and Japan, which culminated In the present bloody war, began. After Japan was forced out of Port Arthur and Llao Tung in lKtb both became ausplcloua of the Intention of the other's Influence In Corea and first In the LobanofT agree ment In lSfxi and later In the Klssi-Rosea agreement of 1M they entered upon mu tual obligations. In the former Japan se cured the right to protect the Imperial family and to build the Seoul-Fusan tele graph and Russia to establish telegraph llr.es from Seoul to the Russian frontier. In the latter, while there were mutual obligations to protect the Independence and territorial Integrity of Corea, Japan's In dustrial and commercial position In Corea was recognised. Hraaons for Secrecy. The Japanese vei slon of the origin and history of the decision of the plenipoten tiaries to observe the strictest secrecy re garding the proceedings of the peace con fere i ce differs materially from the Rus sian. From an authoritative Japanese source the Associated Press Is Informed that secrecy was one of the conditions ar ranged between the representatives of the two countries at Washington before the plenipotentiaries arrived In this country. One of the chief reasons advanced by Count
