For News Quality and Quantity The Bee Greatly Excels. The- Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha's Preferred Advertising Medium Is The Bee. -m - - ESTABLISHED JUNE SPEECH BY MICKEY 8ttt8 Exocutffe Chief Orator it Hebraiki Day at Portland. PRESENT STANDARDS NOT SUFFICIENT Thia ii tho Aga of Suiting for Ideala Along All Line. EXPOSITIONS ARc AID TO PROGRESS Eequira Blf. Sacrifice, but Ara Profitable to 8,aia la Which The Are Held. SORRY THAT OREGON IS NOT LARGER Line of t.ntted states Should Have Ileen get a as to Complete!- Control rM Somnd, PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 21. Hundred of N'ebrusKans, including Governor Mickey, were present today to celebrate Nebraska day at toe Lewis and Clark exposition. A feature of the exercises was the singing by tne Nebraska society quartet of the national hymn, in which the audience took part standing. At the conclusion of the set program a reception was held in the Nebraska pavilion. Governor Mickey, in his speech, said: nr. Chairman, Ladles and (ientlenun: Any great assembly of people or of Impr ests tnat is not educational In Its tendency may well be considered of doubtful nro- nrlnlv Thl. 1.. - . , ... . f.."'j. , ib a. irnciuiai MRR. I ne in Ightened world la seek in rnr i Present standards are not siifllcient. There is a continual reaming after better meth ods of living, belter sanitation, more whole some and better prepared foods, more adaptable machinery, better and faster means of transportation, more skillful prj- men ana women, oelter educators, better applied science, more labor-saving and wealth-producing Inventions. higher n, nigner meals, more practical patriotism as applied to national, state and municipal government, truer men and women. It Is in response to this popular demand that the great expositions of the past half ""u"f nave iounn reason tor tneir exist ence. Burn exploitations as the Centennial, tne World's fair, the Transmlssisslppi, the Louisiana, Purchase and other notable ex positions of comparatively recent years have probably done more for the general dissemination of human knowledge than any other one agency, and now we are par ticipating In another of these great educa tional enterprises, the Iwia and Clark ex position of your own state and city. The object lessons here presented are Innumera ble, -comprehensive, far-reaching. It is safe to say there is no one who has passed through these buildings and streets, filled with the products of the host thought of the nation and of the world, but that has had his views of life materially broadened and has received an Inspiration of perma nent value. I want to congratulate the people of Portland, of Oregon and of the 1'aclno coast on the magnificent public n -It V. . . ........ . . I M . . . . -,,.. htt iiktd umuiir-sieu in conceiving and siecutlng the plans which have re sulted In this marvelous array of Industrial nergy which is gathered about us. I know something of the spirit of heroism neces sary to such a task, for It is heroic. We had a similar enterprise at Omaha a few years ago and It was a great success. But it required much bf self-sacrifice, large contributions of time and money from our busiest men, many annoyances and great perplexities, and yet from it all came a compensating gain to our state and to all Ce7l.?rVr'ff'1 tlrin. n. t la mnuence win oe ifii mu viuj tni ; veer, but next year, ana tnrougn me sue- i ceedlng years. It will attraot Interests here I that no other magnet could havs drawn and the Oregon of the future will be greater, more resourceful, more ' enduring because of It. tin Should Have Uont Korth. I never look at that portion of the map which represents these nortuweslern states without wishing that the boundary line had been pushed -up a few degrees farther to ward the pole, as it might nave been at one time had our statesmen of a little more than a generation ago been as far seeing as are our statesmen of today, it seems to me that no other portion of our common Country is richer in natural resources than Is this particular section and that is the reason 1 wish we had more of it, and still 1 am not covetous. I only regret that at the time the Oregon boundary was agreed on ws did not press our territorial rights to the full limit, thus securing several de grees of the country to the north to which tne right of discovery and exploration en titled us, and. Incidentally, complete control of the entrance to Puget Bound. Neither do I ever look at the portion of the map previously rererrea to witnout experiencing a feeltnif of reverent emtltutlM to thut grand old patriot. Dr. Marcus Whitman, tnrough, whose efforts we have preserved to us as much of this northwestern country as is now Included within our bounduries. If there was ever a man Willi a far-seeing mind, capable of penetrating the veil of future years and reading advance history by the dim light of the times in which he lived, that man was Marcus Whitman. 1 The wonderful sacrlllrn tie made and the suffering he endured during that eventful midwinter horseback ride from Walla Walla to St. Louis, and on to Washington, undertaken that Oregun might be saved to the nation. Is a narrative of exceeding in terest and thrills the pulse of every true American heart. Hut the strangest tiling is tli lethargy and Indifference with which Whitman s account of British aggression In the northwest was received at Waihlnn. loll, Involving as it did acute danger of ii, iuu ui an una princely empire. mwgiiis Lnuwi mates senators arguing against the possibility of ever settling- so remote a country and Insisting thut the entire area was not worth the energy and rirrnmv lirvr.oo I J iu me IMinVOy OI a Set' tiers train so great a distance, and yet such scenes as this were oft repeated In the halls of congress and were participated in py our wisest statesmen. It was only by the most herculean efforts that the friends of Oregon, aided by Whitman were finally enabled to rally suftlclent support and thus preserve to the I'nion one of Its brightest gems. All honor to Marcus Whit man. If every county In Oregon and Wash ington should erect to his memory an en during monument it would be no more than merited recognition. 1 am glad to know one of the great counties of Washington bears his name and that Whitman college. Walla Walla. Is one of the leading educa tional Institutions of the coast country. ' Interest of Nebraska. Nebraska has more than a pacing- In terest in this Iwis and Clark centennial observance. The slate which I have the honor to represent Is an important part of the territory acquired by the Louisiana purchase, and has a right to share in the giory attaching to those Intrepid pioneers of western exploration. Messrs. Lewis and Clark. These gentlemen, with their escort passed a number of months in Nebraska in 1hmL and the records they left are In valuable to our state archives, and furnish some of the earliest data of our history On August 4 of last year, there was cele brated at Fort Calhoun, Neb., the cen tennial anniversary of a famous council x parcipitated In by Lewis and Clark, rep resenting the government, and by ranking Indian chiefs of that locality. This anni versary was attended by many of our citi sens. and waeian occasion of murh Interest. It was my privilege to be present and to listen to a very eloquent commemorative address delivered by Hon. William F. Gur key of Omaha. I am also reminded that this particular date Is the loisl anniversary of the death of Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark company, which event occurred In Nebraska territory near the present sits of Dakota City. Lut recently our citizens havs reared a monument to his memory and havs dedicated it with 111 tins observance. l.oaliy to state is one of the cardinal virtues or Neliraskana. we wno are sath ered here are Justly proud of the splendid display of our resources which has beeu made in the agricultural building by our slate commission, rnougn the appropria tion for the worr in hand was small the commissioners havs expanded it with uch rare discretion that I he results lie most grain log. All whom I have rard expnes themselves upon the sub lect hav Keen profuse in praise and .ti press r.as given mucn tavorsois coin nent. wa are a great state anil in em phasis of the fact let me coll to your mind .hai in Ikoi we marketed beyond sis is lines (Coaiuiued on uu4 Page.) 19, 1871. RUSSIAN REFORMERS IN JAIL Police Raid Vleetlna of Central torn mlttee of Professional l.eaane. ST. PETERPRrRG, Aug. 21.-The police lit list have eppllcd a check to the activity of the central bureau of the league and con federation of professional rrrorm organisa tions, by descending today on a meeting of the cer -.1 committee and arresting ten of the.le present. In this committee are Inclu ; university lecturers, doctors, engineer! . vyers and other professional men. Tl I tanlzatlon of which the league Is mad are composed of the most advance ormers and since its organiza tion, the , - ral hlireHtl hfls naniMl th.n,,cH radical Many c have I sedltlo prohal league again. to the verge of ' revolution. liter proclamations and appeals couched In terms almost as I those of the socialists. It is lit the government feared the about to Inaugurate a campaign dotima. Paul, M. MIliikofT. at whose home near St. Petersburg the arrests were made and who was among those arrested, formerly was a professor In the t'nlverslty of St. Petersburg. He had Just returned from a lecture trip down the Volga with the llt- erattir Tahn, one, pf the socialist leaders and an article frtim his pen violently de nouncing the douma project- had appeared In the latest number of the weekly Prnvo. MllukofT was one of those arrested on January 23 last along with Gorky, An nensky and Hessrn. PROPOSES TO MISS ROOSEVELT Saltan of gala Lives Ip to Character Clvn Him by American Playwrtaht. JOLO, Aug. .-Vla. Manila, Aug. 21, (delayed In transmission. )-Secretnry Taft and party'arrlved here at noon and Im mediately proceeded to the parade ground to witness an elaborate program arranged for their entertainment. The sultan of emu and other Moro dignataries occupied seats on tne grand stand along with See rotary Taft and MIrs Roosevelt. rr . jnousnnas or Moros, residents of Jolo, and from the neighboring islands, were present to take part in the festivities which were wonderfully picturesque. In the after noon there were carnbao and bull fla-hta. etecretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt were presented with many Moro oresents hv h sultan who offered his hand In marriage to Miss Roosevelt and would make her sultana of the Bulu archipelago, savin that his people desired her to live among them. While, some members of the party were bathing in the afternoon Frederick O'Brien, editor of the Cable News, was seised with cramps, and the undertow was ranldlv carrying him out to sea when Representa tive Longworth of Ohio, seeing his peril, started after him and rescued him at the risk of his own lifs. GENERAL STRIKE IN POLAND President Protests Against Discrimi nation Shown In the Csar's Proclamation for Congress. WARSAW, Russian Poland. An. -n Kn?tRWrWflnBPmertrrors7. gard of the rights of the Poles In the, scheme for the repreeentatlon In the na tional assembly.. The strike began here today. Employee of the Vistula railway quit work and many trains were left stand ing at Intermediate stations. Eighty socialists, carrying arms, while attempting to enter the city, Were Apposed b ya detachment of Cossacks. Eight of tha socialists were killed and the others ar rested. Employes of Warsaw, Lods and Poblance have Joined the strike. Besides the Vistula railway, the Terespol line and the light railways have been compelled to suspend service. SYMPATHY FOR LORD CURZON Friends Sorry He Resigned After Conducting; Fight from Bed of Sickness. SIMLA. British India, Aug 21. Among the public general sympathy Is ex pressed for Lord Curson of Kedleston, viceroy of India, who for eighteen weeks has been confined to his bed, from where he conducted his fight single-handed against the cabinet. There Is widespread regret that he has felt himself obliged to resign. despite the unanimous support of the press and commercial bodies. Friends of Lord Kitchener are Jubilant, and the commander-in-chief of the forces, now stands at the de facto viceroy, with his prestige greatly enhanced. In the opinion of the natives Lord Kitchener's power is supreme. FATAL FEUD IN TENNESSEE Battle Takes Place Near Alice Station and Three People Are Killed. HARRIMAN. Tenn., Aug. 21.-According to Information received here a bloody feud battle has occured near Aflce station on the Queen tt Crescent railroad, a few miles south of Harrlman Junction.. Frederick Miller and his son John Miller, aged 23, and Fred Johnson were killed and Henry Miller, another son of Fred Miller, aged 18, was dangerously wounded. The men were eoroute to the station where young Miller was to leave to Join the army. When they were two miles from the depot they were fired upon by men from ambush. IN- GERMAN SOUTH AFRICA Civil Government Will supersede Military (.ovrrninent and Troops Will Fliht Native.. BERLIN, ' Aug. 21. Civil government which has been superseded for more than a year by martial law in German South west Africa, will soon be restored. The resignation of Colonel Leutweln, the gov ernor whose functions were taken over by Lieutenant General von Trotha. commander-in-chief of the military forces, has been accepted, and Herr von Linde- qulst, consul general at Capetown, has been appointed In his stead. The cruiser Thetis, now on the East Asiatic station has been ordered to Tiast Africa to co-operate with the cruiser Beeadler In landing detachments. LONDON, Aug. 21-Ths Telegraphs Toklo correspondent says that despite the heavy rains the Japanese have advanced In northern Corea. The Russians have abandoned their advance works snd were driven back. After crossing the liver, the Russians destroyed the bridges snd there were no signs ot the Russians south of Tumen. The Japanese army In Corea has already effected a certain ootnmunica- Uua with, field Marshal Oyatua. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, IRRIGATION CONGRESS MIS Thirteenth Annnal Convention la Now in Progreaa at Portland. ADDRESS BY GOV. PARDEE OF CALIFORNIA Messaae from President Roosevelt Pointing; Out Importance of the Work Veecta by Texas Delegate. PORTLAND, Ore. Ang. 21.The thir teenth annual meeting of the national irri gation congress, with more than l.Onn dele gates present, representing more than four fifths of the states In the union, assembled today at the Lewis and Clark auditorium. Governor George C. Pardee of Califor nia, president of the congress, called the congress to order. Governor George E. Chamherlan welcomed the delegates to Ore gon. Governor Chamberlain prefaced his welcome by emphasizing the Importance of Irrigation. He criticized severely the ex isting laws which he believed lacking, espe cially In conferring sufficient nnwer In j condemn private property. Mayor Harry Ine of Portland extended a cordial welcome In behalf of the city. Governor Albert E. Mead of Washing ton was the first of the visitors to respond. He made a brief address In favor of irriga tion. Congressman J. B. Stevens of Texas in his response agreed with Governor Cham berlain's assertion that the reclamation law Is faulty and advocated such recon struction of the arid land law as would both extend it and make it effectual. He thought especially that the provision which allowed New Mexico, in whose confines the three big rivers which traverse Texas had their source, to obtain of the reclama tion funds to the exclusion of Texas be cause of that fact was unjust. Colonel H. D. Lovelanrt of San Francisco, president of the Pacific coast Jobbers' and Manufacturers' association, and Hon. J. Henry Smith of Salt Lake City followed In short Speeches. When Mr. Smith had concluded Governor Pardee summarixed the work before the congress In hin annual address. He said in part: A new branch of government activity, the reclamation service, has been estab lished and is organized In a manner which gives the f romlse of the highest efficiency in it nas neen assembled a force of 4X) r:,"""T,"i assistants and experts, all chosen absolutely without regard o pol- - .. i niier competitive elvll fhL Lr,e ""i" 'nation. It Is. I am satisfied. ". """' " corps or tne Kind ever ii o" " lu l"r a similar purpose. ,'';' have not yet secured the money in quite auch abundant measure as we have secured the men, we have at least made a start, for we have .Tf).ono nno fh J ' ?' '"" Mies in the arid states" W.U, thl" f'""! nearly a score of larRe sta U.n5" nav bp" "fried In a doi?n under ws?. f ,,h'''n alrpady " well Ho T am now a M Mr......)... , "iisiiniuinir yu. thif tl.1 'r.n'h ntlonaI Irrigation congress that for the first time, we have nations snr'SonL0n.. " f" Wt and not? as U o long remained, merely an Ideal. Message from Roosevelt.. A messkge from President Rnii the congress was read by Glfford Plnchot chief Jorestefcjp-- "-'-MStates. The' uu.1.. -".a i the develov. ' country and counseled patience untfr Trfe operation of the reclamation act should be come more extensive. The Importance and wide scope of the act was dwelt upon, the president pointing out that the act unites east and west. 'The reclamation act Is the most pow erful foe of all land monopoly," he said. The president also warned the people against "letting public lands pass Into private hands for fictitious reasons." The necessity for forest protection was indicated, the president asking for the hearty support of the congress to the forest service as an aid to future Irriga tion work. President Roosevelt's message was re ceived with rounds of applause. FATAL STORM IN MINNESOTA One Man Killed ear Pilot Mound I nnd n Number of Persons Are Reported Missing. LA CROSSE, Wis., Aug. 21.-One man was killed, severul reported missing at lianas boro and Rushford, Minn., and crops have been destroyed by a tornado which swept southern Minnesota Sunday night, accord ing to a dispatch fo the Chronicle. All telephone connections have been cut off by the storm and details are larking. Tosten Danlelson was killed at Pilot Mound In the wrecking of a church. Five men have reported the entire destruction of their homes and the loss of members of their families to the authorities at Lanes- boro of whom they have asked assistance James Till, a farm hand employed by Frank Sanders, is missing. Search has been made. but this man and members of the families of C. Danlelson, R. Boe, A. Menus, W. Crocker and Frank Sanders had not been found up to a late hour tonight. Thousands of dollars damage was done to buildings and crops. No estimate of the damage In Minnesota can be made as reports are meager, communication for the most part being destroyed. . TROOPS TO GUARD PRISONERS Kentucky Soldiers Ordered from Camp to Do Real Military Duty at Huaaellvllle. FRANKFORT. Ky.. Aug. 21-Governor Heckhani today wired Adjutant General Haley at Camp Yeiser. Paducah. to des patch state troops to Russellvllle to pro tect R. Fletcher and Guy Lyon from mob violence. The men are charged with crlin Inal assault upon Mary Gladder, a young German girl. The crime waa committed In May last and Fletcher and Lyon have been in Jull at Bowling Green since that time. Their case Is to be called for trial at Russellvllle on Wednesday next. The Lexington and Frankfort companies of In fantry and a detachment of a battery with a Hotchklss gun, under command of Major L. E. Bally will go on a special train tomor row to protect the prisoners during the trial. . WILL FIGHT THE MEAT TRUST rhlraco Hotel Men and Wholesale Batchers Will Construe! Two Parkins; Plants. CHICAGO. Aug. n.-Chlcago hotel men. wholesale butchers and restaiaunt keepers have formed a combination against the "Beef trust." Two plsnts. one costing $150, 000 and the other UOn.Ouo. are In course of erection, and a third to cost tS.oOu.OOO Is contemplated. Martial Law at Courtlaad. MITAL", Russia. Aug. 21. Martial law has been declared throughout the Baltic (Muvlac of Courtlaad, v HYDE TALKS OF COTTON CASE Nebraska Man Denies f barae that Ilia Estimate Was rarposely Made Too Ion, LONDON. Aug. a.-Jol,n Hyde, former statistician of the fnlted Plates depsrtmriit of agriculture, who at present Is in London. ma wn un.-icr tne care of a physician for several weeks and is still prohibited by his physician from attending to business. To the Associated Press tonight he said: r-liiLV" il"'t fnr ,h'" nr' '" the rexlsed cotton aereae report. Issued bv the I nlted States 1 .nrt mont n & on Jul W. The crop esilmatlng board re duced Ihe official estimate of June 2 bv more than l.loo.mio acres and even goes so lo--2".i.to "V ,hHt 1 mnp ,hp estimate lower than the rnnrti r,.,-,.!.. t a, clal reporters employed by the hureau wsi-I ranted. To this tin.m.ni i . w j denial and assert that the most trustworthy or the varl.is sets of figures on which the M'i ot june 2 was based afforded the most ample warrant for mv estimate. It Is only by an entire tHreo,.rrl f h. re porta of county and township corres pondents that the department's acreage reports can ha t becoming the laughing etoek of the world I v nen concerned nnk- m-th . . tne growing crop, except under special cir cumstances, the ppimri. ,.e township rnrpfgnnnrlnrif r-A ...hi, value. When, however, these correspond ents report either upon the acreage, or upon the size of the crop In lles, their re ports are absolutely worthless. For In- ""-e, me crop -taat year was estimated rnnA?nlhl,p ,,,rsnnrirtenta at less than iz.nnn.nno hales and bv county correspond ents as less than H.nnfiAiO bales. Failure on the part of the hoard to recognize the widely varying degree of reliability which characterise the reports of Us different classes of correspondents will Inevitably destroy the value of Its reports for general statistical purposes. Mr. Hyde said that he gave his Inter view to the Associated Press against the earnest protest of his rm.vstotan and that he had forwarded an affidavit to Washing ton covering his connection with the cotton report, lie said that he expected to return to America about October first. THREE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS Selamle Disturbance Extends Over Parts of Missouri, Illinois, In diana and Kentucky. ST. LOUTS, Aug. 21.-St. Louis and vicinity was vfslted by an earthquake to night shortly after 11 o'clock. Three dls tlnct shocks were felt by thousands of persona In St Louis and 6t. Louis county as far eaRt as Rellevllle, III., as far south as Paducah, Ky., and as fur north as Springfield, 111. While the tremors lasted scarcely a minute they were distinct enough to awaken sleeping residents of the city, to cause dogs to bark in alarm nnd to cause sleeping children to awake and cry out in alarm. The shock from a comparison of tne time they felt In the districts visited seemed to travel from east to west. There was but an inflnltejrimal period between the shocks, but a second Intervening be tween the first and second sDasms. and about three seconds between the second and third and final shock. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Aug. 21. Two dis tinct earthquake shocks were experienced here tonight at 11:15 o'clock. The disturb ance was more appreciably felt In the eastern suburbs than In the city. The shocks were ot brief duwiu. CAIRO. 111., Aus nhook the strongest frrredat lt:(vfc " q-eS shock was pre ceded by loud rumbling noises. Many per sons were frightened and took refuge In the streets. OWENSBORO, Ky., Aug. 21. Owensboro and Henderson. Ky., and Evansvllle, Ind., were visited by an earthquake at ll:u o'clock tonight. Two' distinct shocks were felt. Citizens of Owensboro were greatly frightened. "Many rushed from their homes. No damage was done. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Selection of School Land by the State of Wyoming Are Approved. (From a Staff Correspondent.) e- WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. (Special Tel gram.) The acting secretary of the Interior today approved the selection of the state of Wyoming to 1,902 acres In the Sundance land district. The lands are to be used by the state of Wyoming for school pur poses. Forest Supervisor Zeph Jones of the Wind River division of the Yellowstone forest reserve has changed his headquarters from Kendall, Wyo., to Plnedale, Fremont county, Wyo. James W. Sussex of Illinois has been ap pointed an assistant engineer In the re clamation service and ordered to report for duty at Casper, Wyo. Rural free delivery routes have been ordered established commencing November 1: South Dakota, Strandburg, Grant county, route 1; population 610. 102 houses. Postmasters appointed: Wyoming, Holmes, Albany county, William A. Mclntyre, vice John R. Cordwlner resigned. The comptroller of the currency has ap proved the application to organize the First National bank of Iverton, Neb., with a capital of $:5.(Xi0. A. V. Dann of Kearney, Neb., N. J. Paul, E. R. Green, Guy Dann and H. V. Slead are the applicants. WOULD END TAGGART SUIT Attorney tor Major Vainly Asks that Crossbill of W lie. Be Dismissed. - WOOSTER, O.. Aug. 21.-When the Tajr gart divorce case opened today Attorney Sterling, for the plaintiff, made an address to the court. In which he claimed that Mr. T&ggart, as a nonresident of Ohio, has no right in court here except In answer to tier husband's petition and thatshe cannot un der the laws of Ohio be granted a divorce, being here by right only to make a general denial to her husband's claim. Sterling said that Mrs. Taggart's cross petition Is really no cross petition, In that it does not state a cause of action, that no summons had ever been Issued on the cross petition and served on the defendant. 'The whole matter Is alleged to bo based on Mrs. Taggart's answer when a witness In the Rope rase at the mayor's court the other night. In which she charged Rope with perjury and whereupon, being called as a witness, she answered that she had lived In Chicago and San Francisco, not giving Wooster, O., as her legal residence. Judge Eason refused to dir. miss the cross petition. TWO DEATHS JFROM THE HEAT High Temperature and Eseesslre Humidity Cause Great gaffer, lav la Windy City. CHICAGO, Aug. U.-Two deaths and number of Prostrations were reported to day as a result of the heat. The tempera ture did not exceed SS) degrees, but the humidity made the day exceedingly op- prektivt. 1903-TEN TAGES. CENSURE FOR ENSIGN WADE Benairgton Board of Inqniry Reoommenda that He Ba Court-Martialed. STEAM GAUGE SHUT OFF FROM BIILER Safety Valve Was Xot In Working Order nnd Pressure Was Prob ably Several Hundred Pounds. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Pecretn.ry Bon aparte today received and as soon as he had himself read, made public the proceed ings and findings of the court of Inquiry which Investigated the explosion on the gunnoat Bennington at San Diego, Cal , on July 21. The findings were a complete aur prise, for they at once set at rest the stories that had been circulated to the ef fect that the Bennington's hollers and Perhaps those of other naval vessels of the same age were defective. As a matter of fact the court found the explosion re sulted from the rinsing of a valve which connected the exploded boiler with its steam gauge so that the pressure on the boiler may have been several hundred pounds to the square Inch when the acci dent occurred. While praise was accorded to the officers and ship's company for their conduct during the harrowing scenes fol lowing the accident the officer and men who were responsible, in the opinion of the court, are pointed out and court martini proceedings supgested In the case of the only one of them surviving, Ensign Charles T. Wade. The court consisted of Commodore Stev enson, retired, and Captain E. J. Moore, and Captain Thomas S. Phelps. The find ing recites the arrival of the Bennington nt San Diego, and says: Wrong; Valve Closed. About 9:20 1 on. July 21st, after both boilers had been filled and the furnaces started It was observed thut n,- , ... howed about five pounds of Ev.., rt,'';VU, "nrt Bt ,hlB lil"e Oiler ill . i e.J 0"anl- acting as water tender, directed I. N. Iloliun.t i,m elua- , . u , ...i,i.xii, pi ,, .1.1.. ""- l"e air cock on boiler H. that the said Holland climbed up and closed a valve and almost Immediately the steam gauge on boiler "B" failed to register any tiZtV t,h.'lt ,nl?- wa" "PParentTy not no tlied by either the water tender or the nreman and no attention appears to have ... io ine tact thut ihA guuge failed to register, but they kept on working the fires and firing heavily; that when the steam gauge on boiler "A" snowed 130. lto pounds, there was no pres sure, showing on the steam gauge of bollc- Safety Valve Out of Order. No one seems to have noticed any es l 'f feam from the safety valves of an or the boilers and no one can stale that any of the safety valves blew oft at any time that morning; that we can find ...u,u .u me saiety valve or boiler "B" Having been overhauled since July, "l!s)4 nor any positive evidence of it having been done, though orders had been given for this to be done In March, 1905: that there is no record of the sentinel valves having been overhauled since July l!)q that the safety valves were set at 145 pounds, but en route from Honolulu to this port orders were given to carry, the steam pressure at from 130 to 135 pounds; not ex ceed the latter, but the safety valves were not changed; that this order had been clearly understood; that the hand gear for lifting the safety valves was not in working order, and there Is no nraH nnr The court is of the further opinion tha further proceedings should be imd in the case of Ensign Charles T. Wade, l 8. N.. who was in charge of the engineering de partment of the I'. 8. S. Bennington at the time of the explosion, and since Octolier, 190. In this, that he, the said ensign, Charles T. Wade, did fall to see that the safety valve on holler "B" was overhauled at the proper time and kept in proper re pair, accepting the verbal statement of his subordinate or subordinates that It had been overhauled In March, 1!J6, and fur ther that he, the said ensign. Charles T. Wade, II. 8. N., did fall to keep the sen tinel valves on the said boiler In good working order, and further that he said ensign, Charles T. Wade, V. 8. N.. did fall to cause the sehtlnel and safety valves to be tested In accordance with article lt0a, paragraph 12, I'nlted States navy regula tions, 196. In all of which he, said ensign, Charles T. Wade, U. 8. N., In charge of the engineering department of the 1. 8. B. Bennington, was negligent In the perform- v,i- a,, and the court recommends "hat he, the said ensign. Charles T. Wade, U. S. N., be brought to trial before a gen eral courlmaruai. NATIONAL Y. WC. A. MEETING Question of Association Buildings and Work In Industrial Cities Dis cussed at Yesterday's Session. WILLIAMS BAY. Wis.. Aug. 21. The question of association buildings was dls cusued at the National Young Woman's Christian association conference here today. Mrs. J. W. Finney, of Detroit, spoke of the model building valued at lltO.OOO. just dedicated there, the money for which was largely given by one family. Rockford and Elgin. 111., reported buildings under course of erection. The associations at Des Moines, Terre Haute, Toledo, Akron and Omaha, also report that canvasses for new build ings are In progress. An interesting lea ture of the day was the first club members' conference conducted by the national ex tension secretaries. Miss Helen F. Barnes and Miss Florence Dunne of the Chicago Woung Woman's Christian association who work among those employed in factories In four states, discussed methods of christian work among young women In industrial cities. Akron, O., reports that a manufactur ing firm had by co-operation of the lounB Woman's Christian association agreed to open and malntalln a home for women employes. Dr. Frank l. ayiey. pastor of Plymouth Congregational church at Den ver made the chief address or tne day. WATERLOO, la.. Aug. a. The midsum mer gathering of the middle western sec tion of the National Young Women's Chris tian association Is being held here. Tho sessions are being held at the camp grounds at Cedar Park. The meeting will last ten days. Delegates ara present from fourteen states of the middle west. GUN COTTON IN CIGAR BOX Police Captalo Miles O'Reilly of Sew York Receives Infernal Ma chlee by Mall. NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Gun cotton enough to kill a man. arranged In an Infernal ma chine and disguised as a gift cigar box, was received today by Precinct Police Captain Miles O'Reilly. This Is the third deadly explosive Instrument of similar construction sent through New York malls In the last four days, the other two having been re ceived last Friday by Jacob II. Schlff, the banker, and M. Guggenheim Sons. Captain O'Reilly received a cigar box which In weight and every detail mislead him Into taking It for a genuine present. I'nusually heavy and tenacious nails fasten ing down the cover, however, caused a sus picion. When the box had been carefully o)ened at the ends, matches were found glued to Its Inner surface In such a man ner that they would be Ignited on enmry by the friction necessary to raise the lid. , The police found that the flare of one ef the halt dexen would have caused the dealt! of Captain O Reilly. SINGLE NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Partly Cloudy Tuesdayi Probably Showers In South Portion. Wednes day Pair. Temperature at Omaha Testerdnyi llonr. De. llonr. Dear. ft a l a T a M a n a 10 n 11 a IS m Tl TO To Ii Tl TT H-i HJ 1 P. 2 P. 3 p. 4 p. p. p. T p. H p. O p. i . . . i . . . . m , , m , , I UN T Ml 4 M2 CONFERENCE ON GRAIN RATES Traffic Officials Meet In rhlr... Try and Settle Differ ences. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. (Sneclst TeWram A meeting will be held In this citv row for the purpose of trying to efr.- some sort of a settlement of the grain rat r, hut as other conferences have proved futile and nothing new has developed to warrant the belief that this one will be anv more successful, th. rtrosnerts ir. nr.. "rignt. i nere s no dei n tv, part of !.-. i .. . "injority to engage n a ruinous rete ar on tne threshold of the crop movement season which promises to break all records in the west. But the Chicago Great West ern claims that no satisfactory and lasting peace agreement can be reached unless all lines unite In abolishing elevator allow ances. The other roads already have de clined to abnte this allowance. Last month at a meeting of the traffic officials of the Missouri river lines It was agreed to raise the rates on panking houm Frontlets something over 10 cents a hundr-1 pounds. The old rate was 23 cents from me Aiississippi and 33 cents from the Mis -o.iri river and the new rate agreed upon to ..o,e -neenve August 7 was published as 35 cents from the Mississippi and tsu, rents ii. mi tne Missouri river. Since then It Is believed there has been secret cutting by one or more of the roads. At all events the present tariff Is shaky and the resump tion of the old one may be announced by some of the roads any day. HERBERT GATES PASSES AWAY Former Omaha Ranker Dies Home of His Mother In Denver. DENVER. Colo.. Aug. 21.(Specal Telegrams-Herbert E. Gates of Omaha, passed away yesterday at the home of his mother Mrs. Elizabeth J. Gates. 1270 Logan avenue! Mr. Gates was a well known cltlr.cn of Omaha being for eighteen years assistant cashier of the First National bank In that city. About three years ago his health began to fail and he resigned his position with the bank and went to Europe, hoping to receive some benefit from travel abroad His European tour did not prove as bene ficial as he had expected and he soon re turned to America. As a last resort for consumption his physician advised him to try the climate of Denver and he was brought here last Thursday by his brother Elmer O. Gates. He had passed the point where he could receive any benefit from Collins Ga7e f cl,mate "' yesterday the Mrs. EllMtietnQnVL w?" 61 VPBr" "Id O. Gates ana-., .i.terT Mrs. Nettle Davison, all of Denver. SEARCH FOR BOGUS NAMES Republican and Democratic Com mltteea Will Make Special Canvass of City of Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21,-The regular republican organization today took steps looking to the purging of assessors' lists of alleged bogus names. Mayor Weaver In his crusade for good municipal govern ment recently ordered a thorough canvass of the city to determine accurately the number of voters In each precinct. The canvass was conducted by the police and other city employes under the direction of the department of public safety and at its conclusion. Director Potter of the de partment announced that 60,000 fictitious names had been discovered on the asses sor's list. In order to refute If possible the charges the republican city committee at a meet ing today decided to make a house to house canvass. Chairman Donnelly of the democratic city committee late today is sued a call for a meeting of the committee to be held next Friday, when a similar canvass will be ordered. FOR UNIF0RM LEGISLATION Commission Considers Steps Looking Toward Identical Laws on Marrlaare and Divorce. NARRAGAN8ETT PIER, R. I.. Aug. 21. The commission on uniform legislation which has been In session here since Frl day adjourned today to meet next year In Chicago. Plans looking toward uniform marriage and divorce laws were considered. A special committee on the subject reported that the governors of the several states were work log on suggestions previously made by the conference and It was decided to wait another year before further action. A com mlttee was Instructed to collect In the meantime statistics on marriage and dl vorce. RECEPTION FOR MR. FAIRBANKS Vice President and His Wife Are the Guests of Citisens of Man. Chester, Vt. MANCHESTER. Vt.. Aug. 21.-Citlxens tonight tendered an informal reception to Vice President and Mrs. C. W. Fairbanks and Congressman and Mrs. Davis J. Foster! who have beeti stopping at a hotel here for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks will leave for Ogdt nsburg. N. Y , in a special car tached lo'the regular 7:16 o'clock train to morrow morning. Movements of Ocean Vessels Aug;. 21 At New York Arrived: Ryndam, from Rotterdam: Mesaba. from 1-onrtnn; Grosai Kurfiitat, from Bremen; Zealand, from Ant werp. At Glasgow Arrived : Columbia, from New lork. Sailed: Pretoria, for Montreal At Liverpool Arrived: Luke Manitoba Montreal. At Flume Arrived: Pannonia. from New York At Genoa Arrived: Koneign Lulse, from New York. At Cherbourg Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm II. from New lork. , At Liverpool Arrived: South wark, from Montreal. At l-ondon Arrived: Minnehaha,- from fw York. At Hover Arrived: VgiYrland, from New York. At Naples Sailed : (in mania, fur New York. At Boulogne Bailed: Furst Bismarck, for New Xura. COPY THREE CENTS. WAITING ON THE CZAR Aniwer from Kiehola. Relathe to Propoted Compromise Expectoi Toiaj. ATTITUDE OF EUROPEAN POWERS British GoYernment Will lot Bring Presinre to Bear on Japgn. FEELING OF PESSIMISM AGAIN PREVAILS No Intimation that Either Eide Will Conoede Anything. PRESIDENT AND THE JAPANESE There la Xo Indication that He Has Communicated with Them, but They gay He I nderslanda Their Attitude. PORTS Mot 'TH, N. H.. Aug. a.-The re suit of President Roosevelt's effort to save tne n'mT conference rrom failure remains In suspense. No direct reply to the presi dent's proposition communlcuted 1y M. Wlite yesterday has come from Emperor Nicholas tod-iy, but other advices received from St. Petersburg Indicate Hint the em peror and his councillors are unshaken In their determination neither to cede terri tory nor to pay war tributes. What the president is doing on the Japa nese side remains as deep a mystery as ever. Little light Is shed upon the visit of Raron Kanekn to Oyster Hay. The Japa nese do not even admit that he Is their medium of communication with the presl. dent. They go no further than to reiterate that Mr. Roosevelt understands their posi tion nnd that they have the fullest con fidence In him. They siow not the slight est Indication that they have in any wisa changed their position or nre prepared to yield more than they were last Friday when the plenipotentiaries adjourned until Tuesdny. Conference May He Prolonged. If M. Wttte does not receive fresh In structions before S o'clock tomorrow when the conference Is resumed, the situation will be exactly what It was before the ad- Journnient was taken on Friday. It will be safe to assume that in the absence of such a reply the conference will be pro longed after tomorrow, and every delay. In the opinion of (he president's friends means hope, faint though It lie. Mr. Roose. velt's object was described today as being to "prolong the negotiations." There is warrant for the statement that M. AVitte personally sympathies with the president's proposition no matter how it may be regnrded by his Imperial master nd his advisers. It Is a mistake to sup pose that In considering such a proposition he emperor consults a regularly ordained council. Throughout the, conference he has been calling In council such advisers as he deemed wise, some of his relatives, tha grand dukes, members of the court and certain chosen ministers. The Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholavltch, one of the most pow erful of his advisers, Is known to be abso- . lutely opposed to yielding an lota beyond what M. Wltte has already conceded. . As ciuoe II..1W3 on r,.T ..... n. .. Powers Hana-lnsr Back. The general belief here is that President Roosevelt, while he has the moral support f one of the neutral powers, has not re ceived the active support he expected. England's refusal to urge Japan to moder te Its terms has caused disappointment, although it is fully appreciated that any ttempt to do so might be misunderstood. Thore are evidences here that co-operation by Great Britain would have been resented by Japan. Among the Japanese tonight no note of hope Is sounded. With genuine reluctance they seem almost resigned to the shipwreck of the conference. They declare that their position is unchanged and they speak of re newing their war with a snap of their black eyes which speaks volumes for their confi dence In the success of Oyama when the word is given to advance. As to Sakhalin. In article V. the cession of Sakhalin, the Japanese claim that they are entitled to the Island as well by reason of their natural rights to Its posesslon as because of Its present occupation by the Japanese forces. The Russians on the contrary Insist that up to 1S60 Japan had never claimed any right to Sakhalin and at that time only twenty-live unmarried Japanese lived In the south of the Island during the fishing seuson. Admiral Peoutlallne opened the eyes of the Japanese to the value of Sakhalin when he went there In ISM and Initiated negotiations for the pos session of the entire Island by Russia. It was then that Japan In order to make good Its claims tried to colonize the Island and stated that the- Alno race which lives there belonged to the same family as the original Inhabitants of the northern Mauds of Japan. i In 18S9 Mouravleff, governor general of Amur, tried to persuade Japan to yield In its claim to the south part of Sakhalin, but did not succeed ss Americans had al ready began to support the Japanese In their attitude against Russia. The reports of all the Russian consuls In Sakhalin up to the year 1H70 stated that the Japanese effort to colonize the Island had failed because of the rigorous climate. The ne gotiations between Russia and Japan started in l!06 and continued for twenty years, ending with the treaty of 1S76, by which the sovereignty of Russia over the whole Island was recognized. With regard to article Ix the protocol re peats the arguments already Set forth several times In the press dispatches. The Japanese claim for reimbursement for the expense of the war on the ground that they were forced by Russia's aggression to resort to arms for self-preservation and having been victorious at all points on sea snd land are entitled to reimbursement. Russia, on the contrary, denies absolutely that Japan Is In a position to dictate such a condition, as Russia does not acknowl edge defeat and appeared at the conference not Imploring mercy, but because of Its love of peace and Its willingness to conclude on an honorable basis. Claim for Indemnity I aprereden ted. Russia declares that a claim for In demnity under the circumstances is un precedented and reviews the historical oc casion where Indemnity was paid In sup port of Its contentions. Most of these precedents have already been made publlo In connection with a recent Assoclatod Preis Interview Willi Mr. Maartens. The protocol also slates that Russia throughout Its hlbtory has never paid a war indemnity, not even when Napoleon the Great Invaded the Muscovite empire in Mi and occupied Moscow. In regard to article x (the Interned r shlpsl Japan insists that the surrender of interned waifchlp which tavs sought i i