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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1905)
2 TF.LEPHONE (IM. 1 Dr1rt My anal Auga-st w cloaa Saturdays at Dressing Sacqucs & Klmonasat halt regular prices. COLOREP 8ACQUF.S AND KIMONAB, made of figured lawn, asorted style and Sites. All tl.OO Sacque for 60c each. All $1.25 Bacques for 62'4c each. All $1.50 Bacques for 75c each. AH $17$ Bacques for 874c each. SPECIAL NOTICE. Saturday, August 19, will take place one of the greatest clearing sales of col ored and black silk remnants, as well as many dress patterns of this eaon"s most beautiful silks ever held In the history of this store. See display In our Sixteenth street window. Hundreds to choose from. ThONP50N.pELDEN&f,Q Y. M. C. A. Building, Cor. 16th and Douglas. claim, which In tbe present condition of the combatant Is without precedent. Is shared bv the united nations of Christendom. If Japan stands out for sn Indemnity It will forfeit must of the sympathy and financial sipport which It has hitherto enjoyed In this country and the I'nlted States. The Tjally Telegraph's Portsmouth cor respondent, who three days ago. estimated the chances against peace at 100 to 1. this mornlna: distinctly concedes the possibility, if not the probability of a solution of the, crucial points being reached by mutual coil cessions. The Dally Telegraph's Toklo correspond ent says that there Is a distinct change In the feeling In the Influential circles there. Peace prospects, -ho says, are considered excellent. A strong .memorial to the throne, the cor respondent adds, comes from F'lrld Mar shal Oyama and the field officers at the front, strenuously advocating the imposi tion of stronger tewns. ' Duron' ,11a ash I Interviewed. Baron lla.jhlf Japanese minister o Great. Britain, declared to the Associated Press today, that th pessimistic dispatches from Portsmouth were not worthy of con sideration., lie sa4d: If the war .continues our forces will cap ture Vladivostok and Harbin, taklnjr by force territory of greater value than the payments demanded by Japan, after which our army will entrench an advantageous line, from 'which It will require treble the number of the enemy to dislodge us. Baron Hsyashl said that the plenipoten tiaries on both sides possessed full power to conclude pea'c and that the ratification of the terms would only be a matter of for mality. He added that he had been receiv ing full advlcea of the proceedings dally. DELAYS MINERAL LAND ENTRY Acting! Secretary Ryan Issue Regarding the llntfth Reserve. Rale WASHINGTON, Aug. I7.-Actlng Secre tary Ryan of the Interior department has, decided that while mineral entries are per mlssabla now on forest reserves In the Uintah reservation In t'tah, such entries will not be allowed on others of those lands for sixty days. The decision was prepared In response to a request from ' the commissioner of the general land erne; The decision also covers the question of water- rights on the reser vation and. the test I aa follows: First That 1 the 1 lands not bounded within the boundaries of foretit reserve are row open tp mineral exploration and loca tion. Befon'd That during the sixtv-day period rirorlde for in the proclamation the lands o be opened can be settled upon, occupied and entered only In accordance with the terms of the proclomntlon and are not sub ject to mineral exploration or location. Third That after that period such of these lands as are mineral In character will be suhject to the opratlon of the mining laws as are other public lands of like char acter. Fourth That the control and use of the waters .flowing over and upon these lands are governed by the laws of the state. Fifth Thut these lands are not subject to the control or under the jurisdiction of the Indian bureau of this department nfter date fixed (or opening of the lands in the presi dent's proclamation. 6ALT UKK CITY, Aug. 17.-The decision of the Interior department that the control of the waters of the I'lntah Indian reserva tion la vested In the state of Utah will have an Important bearing on the right of settlers who will make homestead en tries under the privileges acquiring under th drawing now going on at Provo. Prac tically all the water In these lands has been Aled on by parties and corporations under the laws of Utah, three corporations alone having made filings for more water th4n in flowing on the reservation. If their claims shall be granted the homesteaders will have to make terms with them for the purchase of the water, as the lands subject to homestead entry is valueless except under Irrigation. The state engineer has not yet passed upon uny of these claims on file In his office and the homesteaders prob ably will be given an opportunity to apply befor the water rights are finally granted. New Autumn Headwear Hats and Caps for boys &rd girls, II styles, all fabrics Advance Showing Children's, Boys' and - Youth's Clothing Specials for Friday OS THE OVERALL RACK Boys' blue strip Jumpers, worth toe. at , 25c Boys' Indian Jackets, In tan. OS were oc,. uow 3t Boys' Khaki Suits, worth !., at 1.15 jrTfrjRI.B DftF.tftlLS Washable Sailor Dresses, Attt to 12, worth up to I800 IX BOYS' BLOISKS Military Blouses, ages t to O E , worth Sue and Tic, at OC Boys' Mannish Blouses, worth wic and 7uc, at S9c and 'c Mannish Blouse at : 50c 69c Our new ahoe section U nearlng completion. Foot, form shoa for all ages up to li year will arrive In tea day. . BENSON &THQRNI Phone lTOl. IBIS Denglas. Bee, AugTist IT, 16. Half Price We will sell Friday rmrixinj th ba.la.nce of cvr stock of White Sacqties and Klmomas. All $100 Bacques for 60o each.' All $1.25 Bacques for 61Hc each. All $1 50 Bacques for 75c each. All $1.75 Bacquei for 7Hc each. All $2.25 Bacques for tl.lIHc each. All $.1 00 Bacques for $1 50 each. All $5 W Bacques for $2.50 each. At the extremely -low prices quoted they cannot be returned nor exchanged. GRAIN RATES CO TO PIECES BSBaaaa) Fight Between Railroads Over Tariffs Becomes Etill Mora Complicated. SCHEDULES EAST, NORTH, SOUTH CUT Chtcfitro Hreat Western Starts Things by t utting Rates Cent and Half to the Peoria Basis. Grain rates are again bsdly confused and there Is no telling where the war, which was started Thursday, will end. The announcement Is made by the Burl ington that effective August 19. the pro portional rates east, north and south wilt be cut. The new rate on grain to Chi cago will be wheat S cents, other grain 7 cents, and the same rate will apply to Minneapolis and St. Paul from Missouri river points, except that from Omaha It will be 1 cent less, or 7 cents on wheat and 8 cents on other grain. The rate to St. Ixuls will be 5 cents for wheat and i cents for other grain. The old rate was 12 and 11 cents, and 3 less for St. Louis. The cut was occasioned by the announce ment of the Chicago Great Western of a cut of a cent and a half, or to the Peoria basis. Another reason given for the break Is the elevator charges that the roads are forced to pay. Under the old scale three elevation charges were paid of a cent and a quarter each, making a total In some Instances of 8 cents for elevation. Under the new scale the railroads will not absorb the' elevation charges. "Making the going basis public" Is the way that one railroad official expressed the present situation. Extent of Great Western Cat. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 17.-Th Chi cago Great Western railroad has an nounced a reduction In grain rates between Kansas City and Chicago and Omaha and Minneapolis, and between Omaha and Chi cago and Omaha and Minneapolis. The re duction of the Great Western Is said to be a sweeping one,' but reports differ as to the extent of the reduction. One report Is that the rates are to bo eight cents on wheat and seven cents on com from' Kan sas City to Chicago and from Kansas City to Minneapolis. The present rates to these points are twelve cents and eleven cents on wheat and corn respectively. The new rates between Omaha and Minneapolis will be nine and one half cents on wheat and eight and one half cents on corn, and be tween Omaha and Chicago, ten and one .half cents on wheat and nine and one half cents on corn. VALUATION OF ROAD VARIES (Continued from First Page.) llsh rates for the information of the pub lic. Second If a rate Is found unjust the com mission he given power to annul It until a court decides the matter. Third If a carrier Is found to discrimi nate against persons or places he will at once be ordered to conform to the rules. Fourth No corporation be allowed to la crease a rate without first consulting the Interstate Commerce commission. Fifth That any railroad company or cor pc ration be compelled to give up Its books tothe commission If It demands such. Sixth That the taw give the commission power to make rules and regulations for the government of private car lines. Seventh That section 4 of the net to reg ulate c ommerce Is not full and definite and bhould be amended Klghih That heavy penalties bo levied on ivji iM'iauoni noi oueying oraers. Ilinea Replies to (barge. I.OL ISv ILLE, Ky.. Aug. 17. Replying to the charges made by Itullroad Commis sioner Burr at the Deadwood convention Second Vice President Walker D. HI nes of the Louisville tt Nashville road said: Mr. Hurt statement is simply a delllx r- aie misrepresentation No one contends inai ii in proper 10 assess lor taxation a very uni emunerative property at what it would cost to reproduce It. We did claim, and the lilil so stated, for the purpose of testing the railroad commission's rates, the cost of reproduction was the proper value. The two values were, necessarily on very uinerem oases, ana mere was no incon sistency between them. McCarthy Talk to Old Settlers. OSMOND, Neb., Aug. 17. (Special Tele gram.) The first day of the old settlers' picnic wa attended by about I.OoO people, all of whom bad a good time. The address of Congressman McCarthy wa a masterly effort and waa liberally applauded. Free man brother' show and the Wallace & Scott street show attracted large crowds, while the balloon ascension wa one of the best ever made by Wlntermger, the aero naut. It waa voted by the association to hold the next .annual picnic at Hadar, Neb. A heavy shower of rain thl afternoon In terfered somewhat with the program, making It necessary to call off one ball game. The gam this . morning between the high - school teams of Osmond and Pierce resulted In favor of Pierce. Big Crowd at Salens Chantaao.ua. BALEM, Neb., Aug. 17.-Spclal Tele gram.) The largest crowd since the open ing ot the yimjlAuqua wa seen upon the grounds tCAipy. Fair estimate place the crowd at 6uX0- Mrs. Anna R. Bimmona delivered hr h-sture to a very large crowd In the laianaxg. Prof. Elchorna Junior chorus is doing nice work. Governor Jos eplt W. Folk wa warmly greeted by hi audience and hla lecture on "The Reign of Law." waa a pointed effort. At the close of hla address an Impromptu recep tion waa given him by the chautauquana. Injared by Dynamite Cap. SHERIDAN. Wyo., Aug. 17.-(8peclal Tel egram ) Edna Hartsough wa seriously In jured thl morning by the explosion of aynanme cap. tier Brother found a cap and exploded It by hammering. Her leg. face and one eye were badly Injured. Tenth Warder ICndorse Hoy. id lentn ward Republican club at Its meeting last night unanimously endorsed Fred Hoye for sheriff and Coroner Bralley bad the club's hearty support and a uuaol- iuuu cuavrseiuttuu PLEA FOR FEDERAL CONTROL Balpb W. Bracienridge Addresses Conten tion of Insurance Agents. STATE SUPERVISORS ARE CRITICIZED People's Interests Are Itieared for While Officials t se Fees Kxaeted from Companies to Pay Political Debts. DENVER. Aug. K.-Ralph W. Brecken rtdge of Omaha, chairman of the Insurance committee of the American Par associa tion, delivered an address on "Federal Su pervision of Insurance" before the National Insurance Agents' convention today. Mr. Breckenridge made a strong pfea for federal control of Insurance. He said the Insurance companies are handled by state Inspectors as sheep to be shorn, their money being wanted to pay political debts and the people's Interests going uncared for. He spoke of President Roosevelt's advocacy of federal control and extolled the president on this account. Mr. Breckenridge quoted the statutes to prove that federal control of Insurance Is not unconstitutional and Is perfectly legal. He said that a number of state legislatures need to learn that "these states are a union and not a mere pack of snapping and snarling wolves." Mr. Breckenridge said In part: Gets Publle to Thinking. Recent disclosures in connection with the management of the Equitable and other companies have set the public thinking and talking about a new subject, and the gen eral Ignorance about insurance which had passed Into a proverb is being replaced by knowledge, Indifference has given way to a spirit of keen Inquiry and a public senti ment Is rapidly crystallizing that will assure the condemnation and expulsion of un sound and Irresponsible companies, the aholitlon of a system of state supervision of Insurance under which blackmail has become a si lence and high crime and dis honesty flourish and grafting without limit has reduced the funds which men by toll and sacrifice have saved to provide for their wives and children and for themselves when old age erects an impassible barrier against the activities of life. You doubtless are familiar with many features of Insurance supervision, miscalled, by the several states; that is, you know that your companies are required every year to pay certain sums In fees and taxes; but on what pretense so vast a sum of money as J.'S.ukj.iiik) should be annually exacted by the states from the Insurance companies of America or what possible advantage the several states can confer upon either companies or policyholders In return for this enormous drain no one can tell. The best and perhaps the only reason Is that money In sight Is easy to get at. The ignorance at the bottom of all such legislative raiding is both astounding and Intolerable, these burdens are laid upon the shoulders of the policyholders and not on the corporations which transact the Insur ance business! A dim recognition of this truth penetrates the legislative mind when through local influence or log-rolling laws are enacted which discriminate In favor of local companies as against those of other states and countries. nobbed Inder Form of Un, Moreover, as already shown, the states have long since departed from the policy of merely supervising Insurance companies ana exercising tne runctlon of sovereignty which requires from these companies a demonstration of solvency and sound busi ness methods and many of them have be come as remorseless In their exactions as highwaymen; hut they have robbed the people in tne name and through the ma chinery of law. So dense has been the public Ignorance of the principles which underlie legitimate underwriting and so supine the public Indifference to the treat ment accorded by state legislatures to the Insurance companies that It has become the fashion to exact money from them as though It were a virtue Instead of a wrong, as though tt were good business and not folly, and I have seen the report pf the insurance commissioner of a nearby state to the governor of that state which" boasts that more money was produced last vear by his department than by any other branoli or the state government. It1 is certain that when, the people who yearly pay Jl.onn.nno.noo for insurance find Out that they are being plundered, whether through needless or excessive taxation or by dishonest Insurance ottlglals who put on ebe airs of n Roman governor and treat the money of their policyholders like the tribute paid to one, they will arise In their wrath and might and put a stop to both kinds of pillage. It Is high time to nwske! No legitimate business Is so constantly as railed, so cruelly burdened, so little under stood as yours, and you are not free from blame for this condition of nffalrs. You are to blame because you have permitted your companies io ne rotinen right and left, on the theory that you have not been In dividually prejudiced; because you have not raised your voices In the states where you live against incompetency or corruption in the Insurance departments of your several states; because you have been so com pletely immersed In commercialism that asks to be let alone at any price, that vou have submitted to the domination of cheap fiouucians rainer man to stand out boldly n your several communities In fearless anil emphatic denunciation of the dishonor and wrong done your business and. through the companies you represent, the people you In sure. You. the local fire Insurance agents of the I'nlted States, have in vour hands the opportunity and the power to correct these abuses, iou can. through your con tact with the vast armv of policyholders. create such a clamor for an economical and efficient supervision of insurance us shall surely bring it about. Mate Supervision Ineffective. The public has no confidence in state su pervlslon. The compnnlcs expect from the Insurance departments of the several states only demands for money, and the state In surance commissioners, with some very noiaoie exceptions, seem io regard tne com panies as sheep to be shorn and their pub- in c service performed when they make them pay the last farthing. This Is not super vision; it gives no protection to the public. The state Insurance departments are mere collection agencies creuted and kept run ning to help some state otlicer pay off his political debts. Of course, the states can pot be deprived of the exclusive regulntlon nf IntprstMte liuairteuK tliut la hmln... 1 done by the companies within the states where they are creuted. Hut the time has arrived for a chango from state supervision of Interstate Insurance that Is, business done by the companies within the states where they are created to supervision that alms at something higher and better than the collection of tolls and license fees; that will require an accounting uf the uses made of the Immense sums accumulated through the prudence, sacrifice and thr'ft of mil lions of policyholders; that will forestall mprovldent and Improper Investments and extravagant management; that will punish the rraud It does not prevent; that will re duce the cost of insurance lv cutting off many millions of dollars of useless expendi tures under the present system. ECONOMIST OF OLD SCHOOL Native Indlanlan Tells Hotel Clerk Horn to Save Money and Yet Enjoy Life. Henry Verden, a native of eastern In. dlana, wa in the city Wednesday enroute to the Portland exposition and stopped over enroute at the Murray for lodging. iou win not want your meals, then?" asked the urbane clerk. "Oh, no. You see. I am going to make this trip cost me Just a little of the need ful as I can. I've got my victuals with me. Mother fixed them up for me. that's my wife. I always call her mother. Wa have dead oodles of grub back home, but mighty little cash. I could Just save up enough to pay for the trip and taking in a few days on the tow path out there. So mother, she put me up three or four boxes of lunch. That box there, (pointing to a young box car) Just lasted me to Omaha, and I've got two more of them. One Is to last me to Ogden and the other to Port land. Say, It s a great scheme. Them din ing car shark can't work me for 11 for a 15-cent meal. I'm going to be a little saving out at Portland and think I'll have enough lunch to last me back to Omaha, and then maybe I'll stop and take supper with you. 'Bay, do you know this traveling around 1 great? I'm beginning to like It. Hanged If I don't believe I'll take a trip to New York next year to see John, Rockyfellow nd Andy Kearnagy. A fellow might a well see thing while he' living. I till you w people stay at home too much. "KhucV" e(ariilt.l . .ir.lwir,. i.- , - ;- - - a Itor from Iowa, who' overheard the Irt dlanlan, "I've seen things right here In Omyha that II do me fur a while. There sln't no use 'er you going clear to New York Jest to 'see things.' Put your money in the right plase here and the rest will come." IOWA IDEA CONTROLS (Continued from First Page.) dard of tariff, which means simply a mini mum tariff and nothing else." Hemark by Governor Cbmmina. Governor Cummins of Iowa was the next speaker. He said In part; I do not pretend to be master of the sub ject that you have under consideration, but 1 do know something of the consequence of standing for that policy. I have on my political body some scats and some wounds received In t.'ie light that 1 have endeavored to cany on during the laat few years. (Applause.) Reciprocity has been damned with faint praise and with false friends long enough. (Applause.) The time has come to unmask so thut the people may know who stand for and who stand against this doctrine. (Applause.) The friends of reciprocity, the advocates of reciprocity, have passed through years of depression and discouragement, simply because It has been coddled In conventions and crucified in congress (Cheers.) It hHS bee euloglxi?d In the abstract and condemned In the con Crete (applause), and the hour has arrived when It Is fair to ask those who are hostile to the policy to avow It; and I am gratified beyond measure that in the course of this struggle there appears to be some sign now that those who light It will como ,.iit In the ficpn. The fn v of ma ntaining a tarin scneouie tv,,.t xl enahln us to Sell tl.OoO of manu factured merchandise In our own markets, but which will prevent the sale of IKi.miO of manufactured or agricultural prouucia in foreign markets is so striking that It can onlv be explained upon the nvpotnesis mat we have surrendered to a senseless fear of disturbing commercial tranquillity. The demand we make is pot pew. i m i-nen m-lio loony n re t ne exponent, i-i m.j stand pat theory of government are not pro tectionists; tney are exciuni"uiin. The first step toward reciprocity is a plant deep In the mlndsor tne people ine trutn that many oi our i-in-uuit.- .v... high and should be reduced, to create a sentiment that duties can be changed with out Imperiling business -stability, bo long as Is popular a rvstem mat manes me num. consumer pnv more than the foreign con sumer for the same piduot from the same factory there Is no hope for reciprocity. 1 appeal to the protectlopists of the fnlted States to stand by the old doctrine to follow Blaine and Garfield, Sherman and MoKinley, and not to confound the time honored and time-tried -policies exemplified In those leaders or men ana leaoers oi thought with the selflsn fallacies that are now proclaimed as the faith of the fathers. After several brief speecnes me repoii. of the committee on resolution wa taken UP- 1 , ' ... The first resolution was amenaea ay agreement ot the committe to read as fol lows: - Resolved, first that this committee, rec- ognlilng the principle of protection as the established policy of our country advo cates Immediate reciprocal concessions, by means of a dual or maximum ana mini mpm tariff, as the only practical method of relieving at this time, the strained sit uation, with which we are confronted. Congressman Holllday, of Indiana, moved that the second resolution be stricken out. This motion precipitated a spirited discus sion. In the midst of which the convention adjourned until 2 o'clock. For Permanent Organisation. When the convention reconvened for the afternoon session, the rest of the resolu tions were adopted, after which the ques tion of the formation of a permanent or ganization was again taken up. A resolu tion was finally adopted, as follows: We recommend that a permanent organi zation be formed tinder the style of the American Reciprocal Tariff league, and that a committee of fifteen be appointed by the chair to have full powier to organlzo and further proseoule the work for which the convention had assembled. Said committee shall have power to In crease its membership to fill vacancies when necessary. 'That the chairman be requested to confer with the committee on nrranirements.i andr- the various, organiza tions represented In this convention and take the time neellWl fof the proper selec tion of suitable members. . . - With the adqptioa of this , resolution. the conference, adjourned,, sine die. PRIMARIES FOR DEMOCRATS Direct Method Adopted of nomination to for the First Be Time by Them. For the first time in history the demo crats of Douglas county will trust to a primary for the nomination of their county ticket. Direct primaries, whether or not the supreme court upholds the Dodge primary law. were decided upon by the democratic county committee at a meeting held Wed nesday afternoon. A resolution. Introduced by L. J. Plattl, covers the point and com mits the party to accepting the primary returns if the supreme court knocks out the law after the primary Is held. If the law is wiped out before the primaries then the method prescribed will be followed out Just the same, wtth the candidates who have filed with the county clerk as Con testants. A committee, composed of Chairman Arter, J. E. Reagan and O. J. Bauman, was appointed to confer with, the repub lican committee and see If Joint primaries cannot be held If the law falls. The ac tlon means that Douglas county democrat have tardily swung over to the direct primary system, after watching Its volun tary operation by republican for several years. Part of the committee' time was taken up arranging for the filing of names for committeemen from each precinct, aa this must be done by Saturday. O. J. Bauman, J. E. Reagan, Thomas J. Flynn, L. J. Plattl and A. Wagganer were appointed as a committee to pick out th delegates to the state convention. The committee will meet again at the Paxton hotel at 4 o'clock August 26, PERMITS FOR ARMY HOUSES Leave Granted by City for Erection of Ballding at Fort Omaha. Permits authorizing construction to the value of nearly JJX,l0 for government buildings for the signal corps station at Fort Omaha have been Issued by the city. Ten separate buildings, all of brick, are listed, as follow: Electric substation, $4,000; administration building,, fld.uOO; quadruple set of noncommissioned officers' quarters, $16.0(10; single set of the same, 4,000; two double et lieutenants' quar ters, 110,000; brick double barracks, $5S.0Q0; hospital, H8.000; double set lieutenants' quarters, fl(.6uu; one double set captains' quarters, ii,uuu; neia omcers quarters, 111.000. Another large permt was taken out to day by Count John A. Creighton for a six story brick warehouse at 1007-11 Jones street. It wtl be 6x132 In ground dimensions and will cost 5,000. Charles Cleves is the architect and Parks, Johnson & Parks the builders. Other permits were to A. G. Connor, tl.OuO frame dwelling at 4340 Krsklne; Guy French, SI. at) frame dwelling at 5121 North Twenty-fourth; Anna Mellhede, two SI. 20 frame dwelling at Nineteenth and Spring Sam Rogers, S1.&0 brick addition to store at Twelfth and Douglas; George Warren Smith, 13,000 one-story brick store and alterations at 1902-oa Farnam. Rlertrte Light Damaged. No serious damage was done by last niaht's electrical storm, so far as has been learned, except at Twenty-ninth and Arbor streets, where an arc light was struck by lightning and broken In several pieces. 1 IK live wires were danellnsr from the pole but no one was Injured. The electric light company was immediately nuui.eu uu sent rue to rtpir Ui damage dune. FEVER SITUATION IMPROVES Varioa Hospital Eurgeuns Are Encouraged bj Loir Deatb Bate io New Orieaua, MANY OF "THE NtW CASES MILD Large Increase In Mortality Predicted for Auanst Falls to Materialise Addresses by Dr. (ulteras. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 17. Offlclal report of yellow fever situation to 6 p. m.: New cases 77 Total cases to date 1,2;3 Deaths 4 Total deaths to date l'i New sub-fool 14 Total sub-foci to date Ki Number of cases under treatment 4J7 Aside from the fact that the systematic work of the federal authorities and the full compliance by the local physicians with Dr. White request for the report of every suspicious case, again developed a stout total of new cases of yellow fever today, the local situation continues to give, satisfaction. Those who studied the rec ords of former years predicted In July that August would bring a heavy Increase In the mortality, but with more than half of the month gone by and the daily death totals not greater, and In some cases lower than In July, even the most pessimistic of the community are lieglnnlng to take a cheerful view of the outlook, believing that there is little danger to be feared from an attack of the fever in It prpaent form. Even with the present measure of Improve ment, there has been and thefe is to be no relaxation of the supreme efforts that are being made to wipe out the fever, the forces of employes are being steadily aug mented and every dollar needed to carry out the plans of the federal control on It most elaborate scale Is to be available as It Is needed. Dr. Brady of the marine hospital service went to Waggaman. In Jefferson parish, to day to look Into conditions that threaten a spread of Infection. A number of people are 111 near there with the prevailing sick ness. They refuse to believe It Is yellow fever and are constantly exchanging visits and refusing to obey the health regulations. Dr. A. J. Montx and two male nurses went to Sarpy today, In which vicinity there Is a considerable number of cases. The Rate Board of Health had a dispatch today from Rayne saying there was a new case of fever there. Rayne Is In tbe cen ter of the rice country on the Southern Pa cific. Dr. Maudestry, In charge of Issuing permits to the detention camps, is still overwhelmed with applications. One hun dred and seventy people ore now In the three camps undergoing the five and six day detention. One hundred and eighty five are on the waiting list. Dr. Juan Gulteras, of Havana, made his first address here tonight telling of the ex perience In Havana and giving his views of the mosquito theory. Engagements are being made to have him speak at various points in the city. Dr. White Is also filling lecture engagements whenever he can get away from his desk. Dr. R. B. Leach, of Minnesota, also made an address tonight In the St. Charles hotel on his arsenlzatlnn theory. Dr. Leach Is disappointed at the-failure of the medical fraternity to co-operate with him In his experiments. The doctors here, however, are practically a unit in the opinion that arsenlzatlon will render ho one Immune to yellow fever, holdng that the theory Is not new, that It has been tried and tbat It has been unsuccessful. Meantime, thou sands of people here are dally eating ar senic, which the doctors assure them can do them no harm If taken In Infinitesimal pert toi tonic purposes. SECRET ROOMS OF S. J. TILDEN Workmen Find Strange Places While Remodelling Old Home at Gramerey Park. NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Subterranean pas sages, lending from a secret staircase to stone vaulted chambers beneath the old Tllden mansion In Gramerey park, have been , brousht to light by contractors en gaged In tearing out and remodeling the structure, which Is now under course of transformation Into a home for the Na tional Arts club. Many other peculiarities exist in the mansion which must have been the conception of Samuel J. Tllden him self and which have remained undiscovered up to this day, although the famous old' dwelling has housed many tenants since his removal to Graystone In 1879, where he died In August. 1SS. Thero is a legend among the old-time residents of the neighborhood that Tllden, who aroused a host of enemies by the part he took In tho exposure of the Tweed ring, had a fear of secret assassination and built his house accordingly. The Interior of the mansion was a work of art In its day and Is scarcely equaled In some respects even now by the palaces of upper Fifth avenue. In the work of re modeling, now under way, the secret stair cases and underground passages were dis covered. As the builders, like Mr. Tllden, long since Joined their fathers, no explana tion can be given for the mysterious pas rages other than that mentioned by old neighbors. It was found that the building had three roofs. Instead of one, and that a tiny stair case led to a secret passage from the sec ond floor. Entrance to It was gained by pressing a knob on a beautifully carved walnut panel. In the cellar a puzzling labyrinth of vaults and passages was found leading to a bricked tunnel, the walls of which are covered with mold, but which was other wise perfectly dry. The tunnel, so far as It could be explored, led straight south from the mansion, but Its terminus evi dently had been closed for many years and the air was found so bad that the wreckers have not ventured more than twenty-five feet Into the passage. TRAIN PLUNGES INTO RIVER Fifty Person, Mostly Xrxroea, Killed by Wreck of Kieuraton Train In Virginia. NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 17. Owing to the Inability of Engineer D. L. Relg to control his air brakes, an excursion train from Klnston, N. C, bound to this city plunged through an open draw over the western branch of the Elizabeth river eight miles from Norfolk this afternoon and half a hundred persons, mostly negroes, were drowned. Up to a late hour tonight only seven bodies had been recovered from the wreckage. The list of Injured, so far as can be as certained, numbers nearly 100, though most of these are slightly hurt. Among the victims, the only white ones were Edward Joliffe, manager of the ex cursion and Edward Forbes, who assisted him, both of Greenville, N. C. The train, consisting of the engine and six coaches, plunged through an open draw of the bridge at Bruce station, the engine and one coach being completely submerged in about twelve feet of water and the sec ond coach . partly submerged. It Is be lieved that every person in the first car perifhed. none having yet been accounted for. With the exception of the train crew and the promoters of the excursion, all ubuurd were colored. The engineer, fireman and conductor escr.ied. Tbe specific ufdera cf the road to slop al. trains at the bridge whether the draw Is open or not. was apparently Ignored. The trala plunged Into the abyss. Both en gineer and flremnn discovered the open draw too late to stop the train. The sir brakes were applied but did not work properly. GERMAN STATESMEN CONFER Harry Call Made for Vnn llnelow and Assistant to Meet the Emperor. BERLIN. Aug. 17 According to several high officials of the government. Irlnce von Buelow, the Imperial chancellor, who yes terday left Norderney. where he was spend ing his vacation, for Berlin, went today to the castle of Wllhelmshohe to see Em peror William. Dr von Muehlberg. under secretary of the Foreign ofni-e, who left Berlin for a vacation, was suddenly re called to Join the chancellor at Wllhelms hohe. The reason for these movements Is so far only the subject of conjecture, but It Is j known that the relations between Great Britain and Germany have recently been ' on the point of breaking to sn evtent h. yond the knowledge of the public. Precisely what happened has not been learned, but a serious situation existed; in deed, It is understood It has not yet been dissipated. The British government ap pears to hold the conviction that the Ger man emperor Is seeking to form a Euro pean combination against Great Britain. Norway Arts as I'nlt. CHRI9TIANIA. Norway. Aug. 17.-Com-plete returns from last Sunday's referendum on the question of the separation of Norway from Sweden shows that SCT.IfO vote were cast for dissolution and 1S4 against it. The size of the vote is very gratifying to the leaders of the Storthing and has aroused Intense Interest. At the last general elec tion for members of the Storthing only 236,641 votes were cast. Phlppsra Plead ot Guilty. INVERNESS, Scotland, Aug. 17.-Jay S. Phlpps and Henry Carnegie Phipps, sons of Henry Phipps of rittshurg, Pa., wer formally arraigned today In the high court on the charge of shooting at salmon fishers on the Beauly river and pleaded not guilty. The case was remanded for trial at Edin burgh. The defendants contended that they merely fired In the direction of supposed poachers and had no Idea of hitting them. Relief Ship Sail for London. BERGEN. Norway. Aug. 17. The Arctic steamer Terra Nova, which, .under the command of William S, Champ, secretary of the late William Zlegler, rescued An thony Flala and other members of the Zlegler polar expedition, sailed today for London. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUN Characteristic of Old Sol a Helen tlArally Observed During th Busy Summer Season. No one has ever seen the sun. This Is not an epigrammatic pleasantry, but the cheerless scientific truth. A series of con centric shells envelops a nucleus of which we know absolutely nothing, except that It must be almost infinitely hotter than the fiercest furnace, and that It must amount to more than nine-tenths of the total solar mass. That nucleus is the real sun, for ever hidden from us. To regard the outer shells as the sun, the shells to which our scant solar knowledge Is limited, would be very much like considering tho atmosphere which Incloses this globe of ours as the earth itself. Although we can never fathom the se crets of the . nucleus, we have been for tunate enough tq ajialyze with partial suc cess the various shells. Surrounding the Invisible core of the sun. Is, first, a layer of Incandescent clouds, which lias been called the "photosphere," and which has been found to consist of countless "gran ules," each about 600 miles In diameter, floating In a dark medium. The great bias ing disk that passes for us as the sun Is really the photosphere. After the photo sphere comes a stratum 1,000 miles thick, which for technical reasons cannot be given here, Is known as the "reversing layer." The dazzling clouds of the photo sphere arise from the "reversing layer." Overlying the "reversing layer" for a depth of about 5,000 miles Is' tho "chromosphere," a gaseous flood, tinted with the scarlet glare of hydrogen and so furiously active that It sometimes tosses up great tongues of glowing gas ("prominences" Is the astronomical name for them) to a height of thousands of miles. Beyond the photo sphere, far beyond the prominences even, extending outward for a distance that may sometimes measure 850,000 miles, lies the diaphanous, pallid "corona," visible' only during total eclipses; and therefore the phenomenon which will receive most at tention during the eclipse that occurs at the end of this month of August. Book lovers Magazine. Urnrd and Hall Win, SOUTHAMPTON, L. I.. Aug. 17-The lawn tennis players reached the semi-final round of both the singles and the doubles today in the tournament at the Meadow club. W. A. Lamed, ex-natlonal champion. played in the doubles with uenry nun. This was a change, as W. J. Clothier of Philadelphia was-unable to contest because of a badly cut foot, which may keep him out of the game for the remainder of the season. l.arne( anrt Jloit won wie semi finals in the doubles event. Woman t.ets Hard Fall. While alighting from a Park avenue car ui.tooniii mid leaven worth streets about 6 0 o'clock Thursday evening Mrs. Marv Dutson of 192' South Thirteenth street fell to the pavementand sustained severe injuries aooui llie nip emu n.-v, ...... .r,.in,i tr a nenrbv riruff store and her Injurle attendwl by Dr. Philip Sher. after 'which she was removed to ft. Joseph s hospital. She is resting easily wr. attempted to get off the car before It had come to a full stop. Recruits for the Navy. The United States naval recruiting party hm thus far secured nine recruits for the navy. The detachment was sent to the Norfolk navy yard Tuesday evening for Instructloo. Thfr have been numerous applicants for enlistment since and the recruiting party will remain here until Saturday, hoping to run the number of enlistments up to twenty at least. Broken Boot I Going Some. ..i.-.r." T-V unH' X' V. Altar 17 (Qntt-Iil nrwic ii-.' n . ' , ... . .... Telegram ) Broken Bow won It fifth con- secutlve game xooay, i nroioro, one oi me crack clubs In this part of the state, being Its opponent. The score was 14 to 1. Anders nd Riiriitism were the battery for Broken Bow and Murphy and Collender for Thed ford. A dance was given tonight at the opera house in honor of the Tliedford boys. Mortality gtallsile. The following births and deaths have been reported to the Board of Health during the twenty-four hour ending at noon Thursday: , , Births-Patrick Weelllzott. 3'.3 Oak, girl; James Grant. M Chicago, boy. Deaths tuner uoromy iirson. nv Pj.auldlng, 4 months; Mary Ryan, Alliance, Neb.. 27. Baptised While He Sleeps. At 11 p. m. Wednesday, while Isaac Ruth steln, proprietor of a Hide store at 111 Bouth Eleventh street, was dozing con tentedly In the hallway of his place of business, strangers emerged from the gloom of a pearby alley and poured a barrel of DON'T FAIL TO SEE PAYNE'S FIRE WORKS, At W. O. W. Carnival at Courtland Deach, Every Night This Week. Wiinv'1WaTjL'aii,Tr"",tUi'iiii.'ri'i gwr1 The Secret of Making Money ' Is tlip gocrpt of savin It No man's Income can put blm on "easy street," unless lie saves part of It. Our facilities ore arranjtetl only for the convenience of savers. lb-poslts of any amount accepted niid 4 per cent compound Interest pukl. CITY SAVINGS BANK, 16th and Dongas Stt. water over him. It was a small barrel which two men carried up a stairway, from where thev emptied the water. By the time Mr. Ruthsteln could swim to shore he saw two men going far Into the night with three pairs of shoes taken from nls store. Jt was a new and novel experience to Mr. Ruthsteln. so much so that he had I hearty laugh over it. The matter waa reported at police headquarters. I.nrget ltrn Crop In Prospect. LOS ANCJKLE8, Cel., Aug 17. From re cent estimates made of the citrus crop for next year indications point to a record breaker. That there will be upwards of 3n."0 carloads Is certain, and the aggregate may reach 40, m cars. Utah Man a Winner. FROVO, Utah, Aug 17. Ray Daniels of Provo, Utah, was the first name drawn from the box at the drawing for home steads In the Uintah reservation, which began here today. The second name drawn was Noah M. Balbock of Angora, Colo. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Captain T. F. Crelgh has gone to the northern part of the state on a ten days' business trip. William Turple of Columbus, O., stopped li Omaha on his way to North Platte, where ho has a ranch. Pension Examiner H. W. Morrow has re turned from an extended business trip through the Black Hills country.- Dr. M. E. Donohue has returned to Omaha after some two or three months spent In western Nebraska and South Da- kota. Mrs. Dexter L. Thomas ha returned from Brooklyn, N. V., where she has been for the last eight week visiting her on, Hugh S. Thomas. Martin Reum entertained some twenty or more of his friends Tuesday night at hi home. 2)119 Decatur strset, In commemora tion of his forty-flrst birthday. Ralph W. Hogs of the Omaha National bank, is rejoicing over the arrival of a daughter at the Hoge residence. 243fi North Twentieth street, Wednesday afternoon. Captain T. B. Hacker, purchasing com missary, United States army, at this point, has gone to Schuyler to Inspect certain subsistence supplies recently contracted for there. ' Captain Eric Johnson, editor of the Wnhoo New Era, is the guest of City Comptroller Lobeck. The captain Is Just back from a trip through Mexico, Includ ing a trip on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where the National railway Is built from coast to coast. 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