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OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1905-TWKLVE PAGES.
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GRANT TO RUSSIANS
Imperial Manifesto Creating Fopnlar Ac
lembly Issued Yesterday.
WILL BE READ IN ALL CHURCHES TODAY
Delegates to B. Elected by Pepular Vote
from All Distriola.
POWERS ARE CHIEFLY ADVISORY
New Body Charged with Preliminary
Elaboration ef Measures.
WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE BUDGET
BIftht to Chajife Ike Organisation
Need oft (ho Empire Mar Re
quire la Reserved Y the
Autocracy.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. ll.-RuHn' na
tional representative mmWy, the fruit of
decad-. of .tres. uid striving for reform
which endow the Russian jeople with the
right of being consulted through thrlr
chosen representative In the suggestion,
preparation and rep' of legislation, today
takes Its p'.ace among the fundamental In
stitution oi the empire.
In a solemn manifesto Emperor Nicholas
announces this morning to his subjects the
fruition of his plans summoning the repre
sentatives of the people, as outlined by him
In a rescript Issued on March S last, and
fixes th date for the first convocation as
mid-January and In a ukase addressed to
the seriate formally orders that body to
register as the Imperial will a law project
formulating th. nature, powers and proce
dure of the new governmental organlza
tion. '
The manifesto, ukase and project are pub
llshed this morning In special editions of
the Official Messenger in St. Petersburg
and Moscow. They will be given out for
publication at noon to all newspapers
throughout the empire, many of which are
preparing to Issue extra editions to signal
ise a momentous historical event, over
shadowing In Importance the liberation of
the serfs In 1861. The date of the occasion
has been happily chosen with due regard to'
the poetical symbolism ao dear to the Rus
sian heart, for on this day Is celebrated the
religious feast of the transfiguration of
Christ, with the bringing to the church of
the first fruits of the new harvest
Power of the Assembly.
The national assembly will be a consul
tative organisation. In connection with the
council of the empire, and not a legislative
body. The powers of the emperor remain
theoretically absolute. As the emperor is
the supreme law-giver and autocrat, the
decisions Of the council have only a recom
mendatory and not a binding force, though
the rejection of any legislative measures
by a two-thirds majority of both houses la
sufficient to prevent mat measure irom d
coml'r.lw,Tl'e. representatives of the
people mtU 4iaw not only the right to be
beard on any legislation proposed by the
government, but also can voice their de
sires on new laws and will have the right
to exert a certain supervision over budge
tary expenditures.
The suffrage, though wide. Is not uni
versal ' It Is based on property qualifies
tion. th. peasantry having a vote through
membership In communal organisations.
A considerable portion of the residents
of the cities possessing no lands, together
with women, soldiers, civil functionaries,
etc., are without suffrage.
Text of the Decree,
The manifesto follows:
The empire of Russia Is formed and
strengthened by the indestructible solidar
ity of the emperor with the people and of
the pePl with tne emperor. This concord
of emperor ana people is ui ,,7
course of centuries by protecting It from
. .11 L. arA V, U
T-onstltuted up to the present time a pledge
of unity, Independence, integrity,
,.iiwr, muA Intellectual development.
i- 7Uoif..m r February 24. 1903. we
called to a close understanding all the
faithful sons of the fatherland In order to
protect the organisation of the stale by
establishing on a firm baals the domestic,
life of the empire aud then we devoted
' i.f co-ordinating- elec
tive public Institutions with g governmental
authorities and of removing the disagree
ment. Misting between them which had
reacted .o disastrously on
the norma
course ot our iimnjiw
Power, of the Assembly
Th. autocratic emperors oar ancestor,
constantly had that object In view and the
Urn. h". come to follow out their good n-
tentlons ana to lumraun - j---
lives from the whole of Russia to take coil;
I,'T'5.-..7.io of rnea.ures. and with the
examination of the state budget.
It la for this reaaon, that while preserve
lng the fundamental law regarding th
have deemed It wei
to form a gosudarslvennala douma (lower
house of th assembly) and to approve the
regulation, for election, to this douma, ex
tending the validity or mf iw. . ...
whole territory of the .mplre. with such
exception, only a. may be considered neces
sary in the case of some regions In which
special condition, obtain.
As regards the participation In the labors
of th. gosudarslvennala douma of delegates
from the grand duchy of Finland on ques
tions concerning the empire in general and
the grand duchy In particular, we will take
special measure. , . .
At the same time w. have ordered the
minister of the interior to submit immedi
ately for our approbation regulations for
th. election, to the douma so that deputies
from 0ty governments and from the mili
tary province of the Don may be able to
assemble not later than the middle of Jan
uary, lr.
Mack Tower 1. Reserved.
Wa reserve to ourselves entirely the care
of perfecting the organisation of the
' gosudarslvennala douma. and when the
course of .vents shall have shewn the ne
cessity for changes corresponding com
pletely to the nteds of the lime, and the
welfare of th. empire we shall not fail to
8 iv. at th. proper moment the necessary
irecllons. , ,,
W. r. convinced that those who shall
bave been elected by the confidence of the
whole people and who will thus be called
upon to participate In the legislative w..rk
of the government will show themselves
In the eyes of all Ruasla to be worthy of
the lmnerlal trust. In the virtue of which
they have been Invited to co-operate In this
great work, ani thai In perfect harmony
with other Institution, and authorities of
V, th. .late established by us they will con
's' tribute prorttablv and sealouHly to our la
. J4 bom for the well being of our common
y ' mother. Russia, and for the strengthening
of the unity, the security ami ttie great
ness of the empire, as well as tor the tran
quillity and prosperity of the people.
Prayer for the Katloa.
Ia Invoking the bleeslng of th Lord on
the labor, of the Institution established by
us and Willi unshakable confidence In th.
grace of God and in the Infallibility of the
great historical desllnle. reserved by divine
providence for our beloved fatherland, w
firmly hope that with the help of God Al-
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- IlllftMljr I, I, will! iiiw wmuiim -
t lis sons Ruseia will emerge triumphant
y-from th trying ordeals through which It
rJi pe suing and will be born a.aln In the
strength, the greatness and the glory of lis
History, exienaiiig inrougn a iiiousana
years.
Given at Peterhof, thl. 17th day of Au
gust, In th year of grace, ljf, and th.
eva,iu yea of our rciau.
GRAIN RATE WAR IS ENDED
Fight Otft Schedule Brought
Finish hy I nnlrrrnpr of
Traffic Official.
to
The grain rate war was short lived.
Traffic mnnager of all western and south-
rf! lines got together In Chicago Thursday,
fter the announcement of the cut by the
hlcago Great Western and the announce
ment of the Intended further cut by the
Burlington and decided upon rates from
the Missouri river points to Chicago, St.
Paul and St. Ixiuls. The new rates form
reduction of 14 cents, or Just the same
s the rst cut by the Chicago Great
West , The rates ara now Vi' cents on J
"iimi -f ..en in i.ii iPiu k'.v iikohu niiu
1 cent "v than that from Omaha to
Mlnneai d St. Taul, and 3 cents less
. v. . . t . ,.(., ,1
from Om. . St. IjoiiIs.
Railroad.
pay the same elevator
will pay them but twice
nes as formerly. They
s at each end of the
will be effective Au
what, for a time,
charges, bu J
Instead of t,
will now pay
haul. The new
gust 19, and si
looked like a gra
a war of large pro-
portions.
Omaha elevators have been holding back
their grain In the expectation that there
would be a rate comparable with that of
laEt year and they would have a chanoo
to ship to Chicago at practically half what
they are paying now. Only one car was
named In the record of outbound grain
Friday.
There was a rumor In grain circles that
the Northwestern might not agree to the
rate on grain to Chicago and St. Paul from
Omaha, but that It might stir up matters
again by announcing a still lower rate.
GRAND ARMY APPOINTMENTS
Commander Kins: Announces Ar
rangements for the Coming;
National F.ncampment.
ROSTON. Aug. IS. Commander-in-Chief
Joe R. King of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Issued today from the national head
quarters an announcement of three women
to be honorary aides on his staff at the na
tional encampment to be held In Denver.
The appointees are Mrs. Knte B. Sherwood
of Ohio and Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller and Mrs.
Elisabeth Turner of Massachusetts, all of
whom are past national presidents 6f the
Women's Relief corps. This Is the fl-st
time that women have served upon the
Man" of the commandcr-ln-chlef. B. V.
Backus and C. W. Mason, both past senior
vice commanders-in-chief, of San Francisco
and George Stone, past department com
niander, of San Francisco are appointed a
committee In furtherance of the resolution
adopted at the last national encampment
relative to changing the State Soldiers'
home at Youngsvllle, Cal., to a national
soldiers home.
Thomas B. Rogers, assistant adjutant
general, of Missouri Is named a member of
the' committee on rules, regulations and
ritual. The commander-in-chief also an
nounces the appointment of James P. Wor
rell of learned, Kan., as aide-de-camp on
his staff.
CHICAGO MAN IS MISSING
Telephone Message Says that II Will
Be Found lu the
River.
CHICAGO. Aug. 18.-R. H. Davidson, a
building contractor. Is missing from Chi
cago, and hla friends and relatives think
he has met death at the hands of a union
labor slugging gang.
Davidson was In the employ of Frank W.
Adams as superintendent of the construc
tion of a new building at Rockwell and
Thirty-seventh streets. The construction
of the building has been marked by con
tinuous labor troubles. After he had dis
charged a number of bricklayers Davidson
received a call from a man who Is sup
posed to have been a union business agent.
That was seVeral days ago. The Inter
view between the contractor and the
stranger ended In a violent quarrel. In
which Davidson knocked hi. caller down
on the floor of the now building. Two
days later Davidson left his work as usual
at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, but did not
reach hi. residence. The next day an un-
known person called Frank W. Adam, on
the telephone and said: "You will find
your man Davidson In the river." Since
that telephonic communication no word
ha. been heard from Davidson or about
blm.
CADETS ON PRACTICE MARCH
West Point Stadeats Will Spend Five
Day. la Practical Military
Exercise.
WEST POINT. N. Y.. Aug. 18.-The cadet
rifle team started today for Sea Girt, N. J ,
where It will participate In the national rifle
competition on August Jl. The entire corps
of cadets will cross the Hudson river to
morrow to Garrison, whence they will enter
upon a Ave day.' practice march, ;whlch
will be devoted to practical military ex
ercise. It Is Intended to make the tnlp one
purely of Instruction. Everything will con
form as closely as possible to the actual
condition obtaining In the time of war.
There will be on the march 33) cadets, sev
en ty-Ave or lit) enlisted soldier and four
teen officers. Five piece of artillery will
be taken along.
ASKS RECEIVER FOR BANK
Denver Saving Instltwlloa Bald to Be
Victim of Fraad of
Officers.
DENVER. Aug 18 Attorney Edwin H.
Park, for William Corbett and other, filed
a suit In the district court today asking
for the appointment of a receiver for the
Denver Suvlngs bank. Fraud, connivance,
disregard of the Colorado laws regarding
savings hanks and Illegal preference for
certain depositors on the part of th bank's
officer are the allegations In the complaint.
it Is charged that Ionard B. Imboden
and associate obtained from the hank, on
questionable securities, loans aggregating
rtS6,flO. In consequence of the suit a second
run on the bank was started today.
DUNN STOPS THE DIGGING
HUnol. Tunnel t oinpaay Must Protect
Balldlag. Before Paahlac
Work la ( hlcago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 18 -Practically all con
tructlon work on the underground tun
nel of the Illinois Tunnel company wa
(topped today by the order of Mayor Dunne
and no work will b permitted to go on
until the company devise, some method of
constructing It connection, bypasses and
drift to prevent the danger of th. sinking
of building and the settling of th streets.
It was deemed necessary to tak (om Im
mediate atep to protect the office buildings
and streets from th. result, of th. vudtr-niiixing.
FRANCIS HEADS CONGRESS
Bt. Louis Man Will Be Elected P resident of
Transmississippi Association.
DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINING
Proposition for the Creation of
New Cabinet Office F.ndoraed
Demand for Mew I m ml
(ration Law.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. IK.-The commit
tee on permanent organization of the
Transmississippi congress this afternoon
unanimously decided to recommend the fol
lowing officers for the following year:
President David R Francis of St. Louis.
First Vice President Colonel Jl D Tt ve
la nil of San Francisco.
Second Vice President Ex-Governor I.
B. lYlnce of New Mexico.
Third Vice President M. B. Larrvmore
of North Dakota.
Fourth Vice President R. A. Fellows f
Kansas.
Secretary Arthur B. Francis of Colorado
(Incumbent.!.
I reasurer H. B. Topping of Missouri.
In response to a question as to whether
the American Mining congress had ever
taken any action that would tend to rem
edy certain alleged trust conditions said to
affect the copper mining Industry, J. H.
Richards, president of that organization, re
plied that the board of directors of tho
mining congress has arrived at the unani
mous conclusion that there Is no force on
earth except the I'nlted Sfates government
able to control the conditions suggested.
Ex-Governor David R. Francis of Mis
souri, president of the Iouislana Purchase
exposition, addressed the congress on the
Influence of expositions. Governor Francis
said that the benefits derived from the ex
position fully compensate for every ex
penditure. Mr. Francis advocated the im
provement of the Mississippi river.
L. W. Morgan Draper of San Francisco
advocated the establishment of a depart
ment of the mines and mining.
The last speaker on the subject was Ed
ward' H. Benjamin of San Francisco, presi
dent of the California Miners' association.
Dr, Roland Grant of Vancouver, B. C.,
an authority on the scenic beauties of
America, who was especially Invited to ad
dress the congress, delivered an address on
"American Scenery."
Resolutions Adopted.
The resolution on the subject of Chinese
exclusion, as It will go to congress, peti
tions the president to make necessary In
vestigations Into the cause of the present
boycott, and to then send to the federal
congress recommendations for a compre
hensive Immigration law framed to remove
all unreasonable restrictions, such law to
exclude all undesirable persons of every
nation.
One other Important resolution was
auopten in commutes i.jaay enaorsing me
establishment of a department of mine.
at, a mining.
Among the resolutions Introduced In the
congress today were one favoring the Is
suance by congress of lldfl.OOO.foO In bonds
to form a permanent fund for the Improve
ment of rivers and harbors, and one recom
mending separate statehood for Oklahoma.
It is probable that the next cong-fss 111
go to Kansas City, and that ex-Governor
Francis of Missouri will be the next presi
dent. The permanent organization commltte to
day unanimously named Governor Francis
for the presidency. As It Is the custom of
the congress to select its president from
dm aht. In wht,H the atnlA rnnvnntLin tn I .
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to oe ncm. this is taaen us an indication
that the convention will go to Kansas City.
Denver Is preparing to make a hard fight
for the distinction, however.
STEAMSHIP LEAVES MUCH MAIL
Company May Be Held In Damages
by Government for It.
Action.
SAN FRANSICO, Aug. 18-The Paclfto
mall steamer Siberia sailed! from this port
on Wednesday last, August 1. for the
Orient, leaving behind 250 puckagea of mall.
The steamer took away In all 42$ packages
of mall. Of the 260 nackaaes left behind
! and returned to the postofflce, forty-two
pouches and forty-one sacks were destined
for Manila, thirty-nine pouches and ten
fcacks for Honolulu, 30 sacks for United
States warships of the Asiatic fleet and
ninety-eight sacks for China and Japan,
making a total of 81 pouches and 109 sacks.
Most of the local registered mall was left
behind. The 426 sent on were unaccom
panied by letter bills, and the bills of lading
for 8,000 tons of cargo were also left be
hind. The local superintendent of mall, holds
the steamship company ' responsible for
failure to send enough wagons to take the
mall away In time, claiming that It Is the
duty of the company, under Its contract
with the I'nlted States to call for the mall
at the door of the postofflce and to con
vey It to the ship.
LOCAL FIRE INSURANCE MEN
B. L. Baldwin of Omaha Elected One
of the Vice President of the
' National Association.
DENVER, Cola. Aug. 18.-The National
Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents
today elected officers as follow.:
President, E. J. Tapping. Milwaukee; vice
presidents. C. F. Wilson, Iienver T. W.
Kff enliauaer. Texarkana, Tex ; J Gano
Wright. Cincinnati, O.; E. W. Reardsley,
Hartford. Conn.; L. W. Chlldrey. Norfolk.
Va.; Charles E. Anderson, Hnltlmore: B.
L. Baldwin. Omaha: J. It K I we 11, Van
couver, Wash.; John A. Eaton, Kansas
City: Wlnshlp Cabanas, Macon. Ga.; sec
retary, Henry A. Putnam, Boston; treas
urer. W. H. Mandevllle. Olean. N. Y.J
chairman executive committee, E. B Case,
Chicago: chairman grievance committee, W.
B. Fllncklnger. Erie. Pa ; chairman legis
lation committee, Emll H. Rhoades, Au
burn. N. Y : chairman of the slate organ
ization committee, A. P. Rose, Columbus.
O.
No place was selected for the next con
vention, but Indianapolis probably will get
the meeting.
TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE OFF
C. r e a t Northern Operator. Vote to
Return to Work Northern Pu
rine Men Balloting.
ST. PAt'L. Aug. 18-The strike of tele
grapher, on the Great Northern railway
system wa. officially called off at 9:16 to
night, the men on that line having voted
by a large majority to return to work.
The question of continuing on strike or
returning to work 1 being voted upon by
the Northern Pacific telegrapher, but up
to 11 o'clock tonight not lufflclent advice
had been received at headquarters to make
a definite announcement as to th result.
President II. B. Perham. however, stated
that the Indication were that the Northern
Pacific operator would vote to continue
the strike. He expects to hav. a definite
knowledge pf th. result of Ui. vol. aum
Uiu tonwrew.
INFERNAL MACHINE FOR SCHIFF
Sew York Banker Receive. Boa
Which I. Turned Ot
to Police.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1. An explosive
package capable of causing death was
sent to Jacob H. S'-hlff. the banker, to
day at the office of Kurn. Loeb ft Co., of
which he Is a member. Mr. Schlff was at.
Bar Harbor today, and when the machine,
enclosed In a wooden box about six Inches
long, was received at hla office clerks Im
mediately sent It to the police. At first
the police reported that the affair was a
Joke, but further Investigation by an ex
pert revealed the presence of thirty-one
grains of a high explosive powder and
twj 32-callber loaded cartridges. Ar
ranged so as to fire this charge merely by
ordinary handling of the package was a
cylinder of emery paper lying In contact !
with both the powder and several matches.
The flash of this powder would have dis
charged the cartridges, which had been
carefully filed at the fulminating pniR.
Lead slugs were packed In behind the
bullets, evidently to make the discharge
more dangerous.
Throughout the machine there was an
oily saturation to Insure the flash of
any oqe of the matches reaching the pow
der. The whole mechanism was concealed
under a newspaper wrapping of Wall
street stock quotations.
Mr. Schlff was one of the delegation
which recently visited M. Witte, the Rus
sian envoy at Portsmouth, In Interest of
the Jews In Russia.
A second Infernal machine, resembling
that sent to Jacob H. SchlfT, was received
through the mall today at the office of
M. Guggenheim's Sons, 71 Broadway. The
contents were nearly the same as those
of the Schlff bomb. A clerk was supl
clous of the packing, as the address was
made of printed letters cut from a news
paper, and he placed the package tn
water. After standing there a short time
there was a slight explosion, due. It is
thought, to gases generating tn the box.
In addition to the contents of the Schlff
bomb that received at the Guggenheim
office contained a small glass vial tn
which was some liquid, thought to be
either nitroglycerine or olive oil.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Shenandoah, la,. Is Allowed One
Additional Letter Carrier
September 1.
fFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. IS i Special Tele
gram.) The postmaster at Shenandoah, la.,
was today authorized to employ one addi
tional letter carrier, to commence service
September 1,
The postmaster general has Issued an
order making Des Moines a first-class free
Mivery ofn.e Tjctober 1, three grades
of carr,rgi , foIlow8. Carrlerg of ,he fir!,t
class, whose salaries shall be ILO0O per
I arnum each: carriers of the second class.
whose salurles shall be $S50 per annum
each; curriers of the- third class, whose
salaries shall lie 1600 par annum each.
The forestry bureau advised that Glf
ford Plnchot. forester Of. the 'Department of
Agriculture, who ha. recently been In
specting the timber cutting In the Big Horn
forest reserve In -Wyoming and on the
Black Hills forest reserve tn South Dakota,
has completed his task and started for
Portland, Ore., to attend the Irrigation con
gress, which convenes there August 21.
Rural routes commencing October 18: Ne-
nraSKa uavey
Ijincanter county, route 1,
population 66. 101 houses; Friend, Saline
county, additional service route 6, popula
tion ffuj. 10i) houses; llavelock, Lancaster
county, additional service, route 3, popula
tion 4(0, 80 houses: Lincoln, station B. Lan
caster county, additional service, route 6,
population 450, 90 houses; Sprague, I-anca-ter
county, route 1, population 500, IK)
houses; Wilbur, Saline county, additional
service, route 4, population 412, 100 houses.
Fred A. Decker has been appointed car
rier and Dick A. Decker substitute on the
force at Clear Lake, S. D.
The comptroller of the currency today ap
proved the I'nlted States National bank of
Omaha as reserve agent for the Stockmen's
National bank of Casper, Wye.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Den
mark, Lincoln county, Dick El.on, vice A.
P. Anderson, resigned.
SEED MEN FORM A NEW UNION
Societies Co-Operate to Secure Legal
Action and Favorable Ruling.
from Government.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. At a meeting
here of .representatives of the American
Association of Nurserymen, the American
Seed Trade association and the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental Horti
culturists, an organization was formed with
F. R. Plerson of Tarrytown. N. Y., chair
man, and Charles N. Page of De Moines,
la., sevretary, for the purpose of co
operating In all matters of mutual Interest.
Among the subjects agreed upon for such
co-operation were the securing of legisla
tion favorable to one or more member of
the allied association; the defeat of legis
lation unfavorable to either association;
the securing of favorable ruling by col
lectors of customs regarding Import, of
seeds, plants, bulbs, trees and horticul
tural merchandise and supplies; a discon
tinuance of governmental free seed dis
tribution. The giving of commission to
gardener and other making purchase for
public institutions or large private buyer,
was condemned and an effort will be made
to abolish the practice. The allied asso
ciation also proposes to deal with the
question "of graft or commissions pre
sented to the agents of buyers," and a
special committee was appointed to make
Investigation. The meeting adjourned sub
ject to the call of the chairman.
DAVIS HEADS THE EAGLES
President Pellctlcr Withdraw, from
Contest and Cleveland Man 1.
Chosen by Acclamation.
DENVER, Aug. 18. Grand Worthy Pre.l-
dent-Hy D Davis, Cleveland, O.
Grand Worthy Vice President Edward
Krause. Wilmington, Del.
Grand Worthy Secretary A. E. Part
ridge, Kansas City, Mo.
After electing the above named officer
the grand aerie of the Fraternal Order of
Eagle tonight proceeded to hold nomina
tion for the "Remaining officers of the list,
who will be voted on collectively tomor
row. The election of officers demanded the at
tention of the delegate from early morn
ing until nearly 11 o'clock tonight. All
were chosen by acclamation, although (he
ballotting for the president continued for
five hour and ten minute, when the pres
ent grand worthy president. John F. Pel
letter of Hansaa City, withdrew. Davis'
election was then made unanimously. Pel
teller recognised the sentiment against a
second term for the president and ordered
bi Daw. withdrawn.
NEW ORLEANS IS HOPEFUL
Condition Above Canal 8treet Improve
with Adoption of Government Plana,
NEW CASES IN OLD INFECTED QUARTERS
People Sow Take Precautions Which
Have Heretofore Been Disre
garded When Temperatore
hows the Fever Stage.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. is. -The following
Is the official record to 6 p. m. Friday:
New casses 62
Total to date l.5
Deaths 8
Total to date 1SS
New foci ie
Total to date
278
415
Number of case, under treatment..
The figures of the day show nothing of
special Interest. Eleven of the sixteen foci
are above Canal street. Two more case,
have appeared In the French asylum on St.
Anne and Derblgny streets, making Ave of
the eleven. Of the deaths, two were In
the charity hospital and two tn the emer
gency hospital. One occurred In Algiers.
News from outside of the city continues
unfavorable. One case ha been found
In Hanson City, Just above Kenner, two
cases In Shrewsbury, five miles from New
Orleans, and one case In McDonogesvllle,
across the river from New Orleans.
Pecan Grove plantation in St. Charle
parish has five cases In two houses.
Patterson reports six new case and ni
deaths.
At Alexandria one patient, C. J. Hayden.
died today.
There were no new rase in Mississippi
City, today.
The situation above Canal street con
tinues to Improve. In that section obed
ience to the federal regulation t. more
general and the results are more plain.
While the report showed five new case,
only three new squares are Infected. Th.
unexpected decline In the death rate 1
giving such a feeling of satisfaction here
that people are beginning to believe that
the possibilities of the visitations have
been overdrawn. The doctors, however,
say that the low death rate Is due to the
fact that practically the whole community
has been educated up to the necessity of
calling a doctor the moment the tempera
ture develops.
The Louisiana Board of Health was ad
vised today by one of the physician who
has been on duty among .the sick on the
river side plantations In St. Mary's parish
that there has been a total of forty-eight
new cases of fever and three deaths there.
Southbound Traffic I'nlnterrnpted.
Considerable feeling has been aroused
over the circulation of report attributed to
representatives of railroad lines which do
not operate Into New Orleans to the ef
fect that the quarantine against the city
has affected the handling of freight passing
from the Interior of the United State.l,ne har, of the lUv ja todayi wltn a
through this port. Letters on the subject, pOKSibl(. charge of kidnaping hanging over
which are to be widely distributed, have hlm whlle pretty Indeh Fonder Is speeding
been prepared by freight agents of the hRek home to her parent. In Oconee, Neb.
Northeastern, Mobile A Ohio, Illinois Cen- i There Is no official charge against Mc
tral, Mississippi Valley, 'Frisco and Louis- Mullen, jlet frequent telegrams to the police
vllle & Nashville lines. They' show that j department from ihe girl's parents advlslnf
all freight trains operating south are being the chief of her disappearance put them
handled without detention and that all
shipments are being made from New Or
leans a usual. The regulations prohibit
in some Instance and restriot in others,
the movement of northbound shipments
from here to local points, but the move
ment of southbound trains Is perfectly free.
It Is also made plain that all the steamship
lines to Mexico, Havana. Vera Crux. Great
Britain and Europe are In operation and
assurance Is given that they will continue
their service absolutely without any Inter
ruption. Uuarantlne Lines Tightened.
CAIRO. III., Aug. 18. The City of Cairo
tonight took action In unison with the
State Board of Health of Illinois to en
force the yellow fever quarantine against
the world. A much larger force of In
spectors will be employed and every train
entering Cairo will be Inspected. The en
tire river front will be patrolled.
AID PHILADELPHIA STRIKERS
Printers' I sles Vote. 92AO a Week on
Condition that Local Organisa
tion Pay. I.Ike Amount.
TORONTO, Oftt.. Aug. 18.-The Interna
tional Typographical union at It. session
today voted to pay 1250 a week to aid the
union printer. In their strike against a
Philadelphia paper on the condition that
the Philadelphia union will subscribe a tike
' amount.
A resolution that no union man shall Join
the militia was voted down. The author
alleged that capitalists can use the militia
to further their own ends. A resolution
was offered asking the union to have a bill
passed In the I'nlted Stales congress to
pay a pension of $13 a week tn wage-earners
who have earned 11.000 a year continu
ously for twenty-one years. It was rejected.
The antl-tlcket scalping law wa. con
demned. At the afteenoon session an alleged school
book monopoly In the I'nlted State win
discussed.
CHICAGO, Aug. 18. The tereotypers
organization, which ha been affiliated with
the International Typographical union,
today, while tn annual session, voted to
stand by the Typographical union and to
keep up the special assessment for the de
fense fund which Is being collected. The
movement favoring withdrawal from the
Typographical union wa defeated by a
large majority.
OSTEOPATHS ELECT OFFICERS
Dr. C. B. Atscr of Omaha Chosen Owe
of the Trustee, of American
Association.
DENVER, Aug. 18 The American Osteo-
pathlc association elected officer tonight
and adjourned sine die. The following were
chosen:
President, Dr. A. L. Evan, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; first vice president. Dr. J. T. Bass,
Denver; second vice president. Dr Lena
Ori.well. San Diego. Cal.; secretary. Dr.
H. L. Chiles. Auburn. N. Y ; assistant sec
retary. Dr. C. A. I pton. 8t. 1'au
" ?iMe,,la,SI
treasurer. Dr H
I trustees. Dr. J. L. Ray. Fort Worth; Dr.
C. B. Atxer. timarva. and ur. ora Tanker,
lxis Angeles.
The convention voted to meet next year
at Put-In-lsland, tn Ijtke Erie.
AMERICAN YACHT A WINNER
Canada Cup Passe late Haads of
I'nlted State, a. Result
f Race.
CHARLOTTE, N. Y., Aug. 18 Th Amer
ican yacht won the Canada cup today by
winning from the Temeralr th fifth and
deriding race. The Iroquois finished two
minute and alxtean aecoiid. ahead of ii
rival ,
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Generally Fair Saturday and Snuday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday i
Hour. Dea:. Hotir. De..
tt a. m (Ml 1 p. tn TH
6 a. m 00 8 p. m
T a. m nil fl p. ni HO
Ma. m W 4 p. m ..... . Til
f a. m M K p. m TT
ID i. m (is A p. m TT
11 a. m 7 It T p. ni Til
la m TU H p. m T4
0 p. m T1
KNIGHTS VISIT GRAND ISLAND
Oraa,ha Men Royally Entertained
by the People of that
City.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Aug. 18 (Spe
cial Telegram.) Omaha money would not
pas. current here today. The Hall county
people refused It. It wa all on account of
the excursion of Knights of Ak-Sar-Ren
and members of the Commercial club who
arrived here at 'noon on a special train
run over the I'nlon Pacific.
The excursionists were met at the sta
tion by a committee consisting of A. W.
Buchhlet, A. L. Beegle. Joe Sondermann,
M. J. Eggee and John Sink. Lead by Har
rison's band and the local committee the
visitors were escorted to the Lledorkrani
hajl, where an elaborate luncheon was
served and the keys of the city delivered by
Mayor 8chufT, who made a neat little
speech, which was responded to by Judge
Howard Kennedy, Jr., of Omaha. On be
half of the business' men of Grand Island
Charles G. Ryan, president of the Commer
cial club, offered a few remarks and was
followed by Attorney Searle of Omaha.
After the luncheon and speaking the guests
dispersed according to Inclination, some
going to the ball park and other to the
harvest festivities.
It was the unanimous opinion that the
visit of the Omaha people served well to
cement even still closer the ties that bind
Grand Island and Omaha.
The only discordant note heard during
the day's festivities was the arrest of
Judge Kennedy and Frank Dunlop. Dunlop
wa arraigned before Police Judge Gam
on a charge of vagrancy, while Judge Ken
nedy wa up for petit larceny. Kennedy
promised to leave town and thus secured
his discharge, while Dunlop talked his
way out of court. The affair was more
than a Joke for Dunlop, as he happened in
town on business and missed an afternoon
train on account of the practical Joke
played on him.
NEBRASKA GIRL SENT HOME
Young; Man ot Butte, Mont.. Arrested
and May Face Kidnaping;
Charge.
BTTTE, Mont., Aug. 18. (Special Tele
gram.) Fred MeMullen ts locked behind
on the lookout for MeMullen. Detective
M. P. Mclnncry mailed a letter to him
and watched the delivery window. He
heard MeMullen ask for his mall, but
Mclnnery did not arrest him at the time.
This morning MeMullen was taken In by
the detective a he came off shift at the
Mountain Con mine. The girl was found
at his home at 101 West Quartz street,
where MeMullen lives with his mother. She
aid she was visiting Mrs. MeMullen. The
parents of the girl say she Is but 15 year
of age. MeMullen says she Is 17.
MeMullen at the city Jail this morning
said: "This spring while I was In Ne
braska for a few months I worked for this
girl's father. They were unkind to her and
she wanted to get away. Oconee wa
formerly my home, and the girl knew my
mother well. A week after I left she ran
away from home and has lived with u.
ever since. I furnlBhed her with the neces
sary money. We are not engaged to be
married, but I want to marry her when
he t old enough."
DESIRE HOSPITAL RECORDS
If These Are Introduced Captain Tag
gart's Attorney. Think Case
1. Made.
WOOSTER, O.. Aug. 18-The case of
Captain Taggart now centers about the
records of Christ honpltal in Cincinnati.
J If these records can be produced, Tag-
gart'a attorney claim his case Is made.
The assemblymen and Mr. Taggnrl will
In all likelihood not take the stand untit
Tuesday at least.
An Indication of the shift the defense
will take was dropped by Attorney Smyzer
In a chance remark. This la that Taggart
wa not In his right mind after he came
back from the Philippines. There Is no
belief that Taggart wa Insane, it Is said,
but an attempt will be made to prove
that he lost control of himself at tlm"
and suffered from hallucination. His tet
ter already Introduced will be used a
the chief evidence of this.
POSTAL CLERK MAKES FIGHT
Require Pour Men to Overpower Hlm
When Arreated for Theft
from Mall.
CHICAGO,
Four men
William N.
Aug. 18 (Special Telegram.)
with difficulty overpowertd
Jefferson, colored, a letter
tamper, when Postofflce Inspector Jame
E. Btuart arrested him today. Colonel
Stuart, exhausted with the struggle, finally
secured his revolver and cowed Jefferson.
Two special delivery letter and $123 were
found In Jefferon's possession. Colonel
Stuart, who wa concealed In the lookout
above the stamper' head, say he saw him
take 25 cent In coin from a decoy letter.
Jefferson wa. taken to th central police
station, where he will he held until Monday
morning, when he will be arraigned before
a United State commissioner.
Jefferson live at 8137 Dearborn street and
ha been In the rvlce since last March.
i HI. relative live in Om.ha.
Movement, of Ocean Vessel. An. IS.
, . . . ., .. ,,
At New Vork-Arrlved: Cltta dl Nspoll.
from Genoa and Naples; Ij Savole. from
Havre; Algeria, from Marseilles; f ampania,
from Liverpool. Sailed - Cedric. for Uueera
town and Liverpool; Bordeaux, for Havre.
At Liverpool Arrived : Republic, from
Boston; Cevic, from New York. Sailed:
Celtic, for New York.
At Glasgow Sailed: Parisian, for New
Yo'V.
i :..Vr,r, n.,rH...
At Dover Sailed: Hamburg, for New J
York. .
At Hamburg Arrived: Patricia, from
New YorV
At Hav re-. Arrived; Hudson, from New
York
At Leghorn Arrived: Italia, from New
York.
At Palermo Sailed: Calabria, for Nw
York.
At Queentown Arrived; Lucanla, front
New York.
READY FOR
LAST I'JQRI
Strong Probability tint Peace EnTOji Will
Diiagree Tneaday.
BLACK PESSIMISM REIGNS IN PORTSMOUTH
Only Pressure from Ontside Can Arert
Break in Negotiations.
POWERS ARE PROBABLY AT WORK
President Has Long Conference with Mr.
Peirce by Telegraph.
JAPANESE STAND BY ORIGINAL TERMS
In
the Six Day.' Discussion They
Have yielded Nothing Russia
Accept. Seven Condi
tion Outright.
PORTSMOl'TH. N. H.. Aug. 18. Black
pessimism reigns at Portsmouth tonight.
The prevailing view Is that the fate of th.
peace conference Is already sealed, that it
has ended In failure and that all that now
remains Is for the plenipotentiaries to meet
on Tuesday, to which day they adjourned
this afternoon, upon completing the seriatim
consideration of the Japanese terms, sign
the final protofol, go through the conven
tions and bid each other farewell. In other
words, that the meeting Tuesday will be
what diplomacy calls th "seance d'adleu,"
but there Is "till room for hope of a com
promise. Neither President Roosevelt nor
the powers will see the chance of peace
shipwrecked without a final effort and that
pressure la being exerted especially at
Toklo to Induce Japan to moderate It.
terms Is beyond question. Just whst Is
being done or Is to be done has not trans
pired. King Edward Is understood to he
now lending a helping hand and the finan
ciers of the world ara known to be exerting
all their Influences. At Toklo and St. Peters
burg the final Issue will be decided. The
Japanese have been Implacable throughout
the six days' sittings. They have listened
and explained, but they have yielded not au
lota of the substance of thetr original de
mands. M Wltte accepted outright seven
of the twelve Japanese conditions, one In
principle and four. Including the main Is
sues, Indemnity and Sakhalin he rejected.
The other, the limitation of sea power and
the surrender of Interned ships, might have
been arranged had there been any prospect
of agreement on the two points upon which
the divergence seemed Irreconcilable.
Both Ask Instruction.
In the oral discussion of the terms, M.
Wltte yielded upon two more articles, out
substantially the result of the thirteen sit
ting of the plenipotentiaries ha only bett.l
to emphasize th position taken by M.
Wltte in the written reply, h presented
last Saturday to the Japanese term.. And ,
now. both side, turn to home for the last
word before tho card are thrown face up
ward upon the table next Tuesday, for the
Impasse reached today by the plenipoten
tiaries la recognized to be only a diplo
matic Action, if tn the Interim fresh In
structions are received by either lde. com
promise Is yet possible. But the chances
are recognized to he slim. So far as the
Russian plenipotentiaries are concerned,
there never wa a chance of their yielding
both Indemnity and Sakhalin. The cession
of Sakhalin without Indemnity, was, ac
cording to the best Inside Information, the
extreme limit to which M. Wltte would
ever consent to go, and the emperor ha.
not yet given the word even to concede
f that. And tonight, suddenly a new factor
has been Introduced, which. In the opinion
of those most competent to Judge, lessen,
materially the chance that he might do n.
namely, the issuance of hi. manlfe.to
granting a popular representative body to
his subjects. The bearings of this "his
toric document," as M. Wltte described It a
few days ago, upon the Issue are easily
comprehensible. It Is bound to ameliorate
the Internal situation In Russia, it Is the
entering wedge for the realization of the
century old dream of the Russian people.
"It will create enthusiasm at home." said
one of the most prominent member, of tho
Russian mission, "because all thinking men
believe that It means eventually a great
change In the composition of the Russian
state. It will be followed by a true parlia
ment, a responsible ministry, a premier and
Russia will become a constitutional moti
Manifesto Well Timed.
It 1 pointed out that the manifesto 1.
timed like what the French call a coup d
foudre, and that It significance 1 too
plain to be questioned. It was to have
been Ifsued last Saturday when the Rus
sian reply wa presented, but It wa held
over until the conclusion of -the oral con
sideration of the Japanese terms. Mean
time the terms had been published every
where throughout Russia. The press, even
the liberal press, had replied that Russia
could not pay money for the privilege of
getting out of Manchuria'. The emperor
had publicly proclaimed to hi ubject on
July 28 In reply to a telegram of the Orem
burg clergy: "The Russian people can
rely upon me. I will never conclude a
peace humiliating or unworthy of great
Russia."
The manifesto Is Emperor Nlchola.' an
wer to the Japanese demand for the pay
ment of a war tribute. The grant of thl)
broad reform is considered a virtually an
appeal to the Russian people for support to
resist it.
At Toklo tt I Impossible to tell what
view will be taken. Peace probably can be
even now secured by the sacrifice of the
Indemnity. Vague Intimations tonight come
from the Japanese side that "the demand
for the cost ofvthe war" might be moder
ated, but M. Wltte's reply Is that he will
pay liberally for the maintenance of the
Russian prisoners in Japan, "but not a
kopeck for tribute."
View, of Roth Side.
The gravity of the situation from th.
Japanese point of view is contained In th
'following authoritative statement given to
the Associted Press:
! I cannot sav positively because all thlnK.
I are iKmmble. but I fear that the meeting on
1 ..,,,,. wli 1 the farewell session of lb.
w n , conference. Japan has don Its
,,, fr pea, e. Russia now know.
Japan'. Irreducible minimum,
M. Wltte himself tonight gave not me
rllghtest encouragement. For publication
ie said:
"We meet Tuesday only to sign the pro
tocol," with the accent on the word "only."'
Another bad sign whs the change In the
personal attitude of the plenipotentiaries
toward each other. During the week they
have been growing more and. more friendly
at the luncheon which they take together at
the navy yard. This conversation wa lively
and even gay at times. Today they sat to
gether and at. tn sll.rtv. All aecm4