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r; THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1003. TlCLEFfiONk M A Stumble May Prevent a Fall, How to select a corset. Shape is the first requisite. Our new fall cortets are here. Thev are high, medium and low bust. Nearly all models have garters front and sides. For the slender figures we have models that give chlo, stylish figured allowing perfect breathing and motion, and round the thin figure Into artistic outlines. Medium and stout figures fire particularly cared for t our Corset department. A woman mar be stout, but there Is no necessity of ever ap pearing fat or ungainly. A properly fitted corset will do much for the stout figures. Price start at $1.06, up to $15.00 eaeh. Special Clearing Sale of Black Dress Goods Rem nants, Saturday, August 26th. Waist lengths, aklrt lengths and a fine assortment of dress ralteros, of Ki",k and wool Eollennes, Crepe de Paris, Mohairs, Etamlnes, Voiles, etc. See display In Sixteenth- street window. We close at one o'clock on Saturdays daring July and August. Tti0HP5ON.RELDEN&Pfl Y. M. C. A. Building, Cor. 16th and Douglas. ! given of the statement that such a com xun'catlon has been forwarded. No Prmnr on Enror. An Impression U likely to be created by some recent reports of the president's ac tivity In the peace proceedings that he Is exerting the powerful Influence he possesses to force the envoys Into some sort of agree ment. No such Impression Is warranted by th efforts ha tins made. From the ln clplency of the negotiations, the president has been actuated by motives of the mutl sincere friendship for both belligerents, and by a desire to do all that In him lies to terminate a conflict so sanguinary that It has shocked the entire clvlllxed world. Moeed by the prof6tind desire to restore peace, the president has lent his good ofllces to the representatives of both of the war ring powers, but he has refrained from any effort which might be regarded as offensive either by Russia or Japan. He has main tained his position as an Intermediary, mak ing suggestions when suggestions were re Quested, and giving counsel when It was miusht. Impressed by the belief that an agreement can bo reached by the envoys after full discussion and thorough consideration of nil phases of the question at lssu?, President Roosevelt finally. haa appealed for peace to the Bt. Petersburg and Toklo govern ments, communicating his appeals simul taneously to the envoys themselves. Buch suggestions as he has offered and auch propositions as he has made were, for the consideration of the -plenipotentiaries and were presented with a view to facilitating their labors. It is known that both the Russian and Japanese governments appre ciate the disinterested' friendship of the president and that both "have expressed that appreciation of his efforts to insure a last ing and honorable peace. Japan Will 1 unlit on Payment. According to competent . Japanese au thority, Baron KomuiAt and Mr. Takahlra are opposed to the waiving of Japan's de mand for reimbursement, of war expenses. This authority said: In tha conference the Japanese contention "when it conceded the ante-bellum de mands of Japan, Russia admitted either that it was beaten or that its attitude prior ' to the war was unjustified and In either case Japan holds that Russia should pay the cost of the ar.F Jaiwn feels that Russia's talk of "saving its face" Is hardly reasonable, claiming that Its face was lost -wnen it conceded tli "ante-bellum de mands", which constituted the real casus belli. Advice rarweirtrriese' mission from home say the Japanese public Is not only ' bitterly opposed to further conces sion, but favors even harsher terms than those originally presented. "Better fight it now while we have a'n army In the field," they say, "than to make a. trues for ten years or more and then reopen hostilities." Russia Will Rot Par. BT. PETERSBURG. Aug. 25.-8:15 a. m With regard to a dispatch that has been re ceived here saying M. Wltte was awaiting Instructions, the foreign office says it Is daily In constant communication with M. Witt and that ha will be fully able to go ahead on Saturday. The latest developments clearly Indicate that the .Associated Press dispatches de claring that Russia will never consent to the payment of an Indemnity In any form, represent; Russia's last word with refer ence to th principle ef monetary compen sation and the expenses of the war. The authoritative statement made to the Asso ciated Press at Portsmouth, which Is In the same tenof, was followed last evening by a declaration from the official spokesman of th foreign office, which was made almost with tha force of a formal communique, that under no circumstances and no dis guises would tha principle of Indemnity be admitted and this decision is accepted by the Russian public as final. It was declared at the foreign office also that Russia's sin cere desire for peace was manifested In the spirit of concession shown by the Russian mission on the othor disputed points and that if Japan was willing to waive this de mand, which was consistent neither with the honor nor the dignity of Russia, there would ba no trouble. in arranging peace, BAD BLOOD Invites disease The blood supplies nourishment and strength to every part of the body when it is rich, pure and healthy. 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The emperor's Inflexible determination to continue the war rather than yield to a demand which is regarded as warrantable only in the case of a vanquished nation. Is strengthened by the latest dispatches received from General Llnevltch, In which he reports the strength of the Russian position and speaks favorably of the spirit and condition of his latest reinforcements and the morale of the entire army. Reinforcements for the front are reported as steadily arriving. The Thirteenth corps Is now en route and the war ministry Is DreDarlna to dlBLitch composite corrs In case negotiations for peace fall. Only rogu lar troops and not reservists are now being forwarded and It Is reported that the city of Moscow Grenadiers have received march ing orders. Vladivostok Prepared lor Sleare. A competent military attache of a Euro pean power who Is acquainted thoroughly with the defensive facilities at Vladivo stok has Informed the Associated press that the Jnpanese will find that fortress a harder nut to crack than Port Arthur if they decide to break off negotiations. Thl authority declares that the Japanese fleet will not be able to co-operate with the attacking army except In the way of an ineffective bombardment of the sea front as the mine fields and heavy artillery make It out of the question for big ships to run by the fortress and get in touch with the besiegers on the mainland. This attache noticed on a trip through Russia, from whore he has Just returned, that the south ern fortresses were practically denuded of heavy artillery, which has been replaced at the approaches to the fortress at Vladi vostok. The correspondent of Reuter's Telegram company was today authorized by Count Lamsdorff, the foreign maltster, to state officially and in the most formal manner, that Russia will pay Japan no contribu tion, direct or indirect, nor will it make any cession of territory whatever. Baron Roeen Refuses to Tnllc. MAGNOLIA. Mass., Aug. 24.-M. Wltte and Baron Rosen, the Russian plenipoten tiaries, arrived here this afternoon from Portsmouth, N. H., and spent some time at the. Russian embassy. : Mr." Wltta left the embassy later in an utomoblle for Ports mouth.' Baron Rosen was shown the ReutertTele gram company's news dispatch from St. Petersburg to the effect that Count Lams dorff authorised the statement that Russia would pay Japan no contribution, direct or Indirect, nor make any cession of territory and also a Paris dispatch saying that the Tempa expressed editorially the sentiment that Russia was losing ground by delaying j acceptance of the "peace terms. The am- bassador read the dispatches with apparent Interest and once having finished them re read them carefully. He declined, how ever, to comment on either of them. ' Concerning the report that the Russian plenipotentiaries had been advised that Em peror William was to visit Emperor Nicholas at Peterhof he said: "We had no Information about It." Later Baron Rosen, his wife and daughter went driving. Kaiser Hopes far Peace. BERLIN, Aug. 24. Emperor William, the Associated Press Is Informed, has ex pressed to the members of his entourage his tordlal recognition of President Roose velt's -fforts for peace and his hopes that they will prove successful. Precisely what the president Is doing seems to be unknown to the German gov ernment, but the postponement to Saturday of further sittings of tha conference Is re garded as Indicating that both belligerents desire to prolong negotiation and Is seek ing fresh grounds for agreement. Ail Rus sian shares were firm on the Bourse today, bonds advancing three-tenths of a point. Both the belligerent governments are putting out news paragraphs designed, seemingly, to strengthen their diplomacy. The Krupps, contrary to their usual cus tom, but doubtless In accordance with the desire of the Japanese government, an nounced the receipt of an urgent request yesterday to hurry Japan's orders for armor plates and guns costing $11. 280,000, while the Russian government has Issued an authorative statement that It will never pay a kopeck for Indemnity. PROPOSE INTERNATIONAL BANK Buslaese Between America and Hun gary Will Be Sought by New Concern. NEW YORK, Aug. 24. An international bank with a capital of ll.000.0UO Is being formed for the purpose of carrying on bank lng operations between the United States and Hungary and to handle the accounts of Immigrants to this country from the Balkan peninsula. The new bank Is being organised by interests Identified with the Hungarian General Credit .bank of Buda pest In co-operation with a, number of prominent New York -banking houses. Heretofore banking . business that has been done with, their home countries by European Immigrants to America has been transacted almost entirely through private banking houses. While the new Institution will be established largely with American capital, it will maintain close relations with Hungary and will have lta head offices In Budapest, with brajiches at various points In the t'nlted Stales. . CHOLERA APPEARS IN MANILA Two Soldiers, One American Woman ad Several Natlvea Die of the Plaaae. MANILA. Aug. 26. An outbreak of chol era in Manila has been reported. It Is thought that it Is due to green vegetables from Hong Kong. Yesterday two soldiers died at Camp McKlnley, which is now quarantined. In the city several native and one Amer ican woman have died. The sbrgeeus uf the Board of Health atate that the diseaae la not serious and that heroic, efforts will be made to place It under control MISS ROOSEVELT TO CU1SA Daughter of President to Faj Visit to Dowager Empress. TAFT PARTY SEPARATES AT HONG KONG Secretary and Larger Somber Will Return to America, While Other Go to the Chinese Capital. TACLORAN, Aug. 24 (Via Manila.)-The transport Logan arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning with Secretary Taft on board. The distinguished visitors, after enjoying a tide through San Juanlco strait on coast guard cutters, witnessed a great parade of citizens of Tacftban, who showed every sign of business prosperity. They were subsequently entertained at luncheon, after which they witnessed a dance of native school children. Governor Curry of Samar Island intro duced a delegation of 600 natives from that place, whose appearance constituted one of the most picturesque features of the festiv ities. The transport Logan will sail for Legaspl, on the Island of Luton, tomorrow, August 26. The party will separate at Hong Kong. The following will then return on the Pa cific Mall steamer Korea, sailing on Sep tember t: Secretary Taft, Senators Patter son, Foster, Dubois, Scott and Long, Rep resentatives Paine, Grosvenor, Curtis. Smith, DeArmond, Hepburn, Jones. Loud, Drlscoll, Hill. Cooper, Scott, Gilbert, Otjen, Howard, Wiley, McKlnley, Sherley and Foss; Colonel Edwards, Major Edle, Cap tains Thompson and Kelley and Secretaries Carpenter and Pedlgo. The following members of the party will proceed to Peking to be royally entertained by the dowager empress of China, accom panying Miss Roosevelt, the specially In vited guest of the empress: Senators New lands and Warren and Representatives Longworth, Gillette and Cockran. The party will be In charge of Major General and Mrs. Corbln and Mrs. Slocum. The Pacific Mall steamer Korea will sail from Yokohama on September 17 direct for the t'nlted States and wnl attempt to make a record run across the Pacific. Miss Roosevelt and party will sail from Yoko hama for America on the Pacific Mall com pany's steamer Siberia, leaving October 7. LAWYERS 0N BANKRUPTCY Bar Association Passes Resolution Opposing; Federal In yt Govern ing; Insolvency. NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. I., Aug. 24 An address, entitled "The American Law yer," was delivered today by Alfred Hemen way of Boston, In which the speaker touched upon many topics of Interest to the legal profession, was the feature of the second day's session of the American Bar association. The reeommendntlon of the committee on commercial low that the association opposo the repeal by congress of the present bank ruptcy law was adopted. A minority re port by Walter H. Logan of New York urged the adoption of a resolution which proposed two specific remedies for unlawful combinations which may threaten com merce, one being the extension of the equity Jurisdiction of the Sherman anti-trust law, the other the taxation of corporations at an Increasing rate in proportion to capital added. - A steamer trip and shore dinner were pro Vi4e4 by,. members of the Rboda Island as sociation In the afternoon. ' An address by Richard L. Hand of Ellsa bethtown, N. Y., on the topic, "Government by the People,," opened the evening meeting and was followed by a general discussion. The reception of reports of standing and special committees closed the session. The evening session m-as prolonged until midnight by a heated discussion of Mr. Logan's minority report. A statement by Mr. Logan that he had agreed to put the matter off for another year precipitated a debate. A resolution to adopt Mr. Logan's report was finally defeated by a vote of 70 to 68. BIBLE SCHOOLS FOR NEGROES International Association Makes Ap propriation for Workers In Southern States. CLIFTON, Mass., Aug. 24. The central committee of the International Sunday School association at lta meeting today au thorized the addition of negro workers In the southern field up to the number of forty arid voted to appropriate S350 as salary and $100 for expenses for every worker for whom a southern state would contribute a like amount. A commission of three with Dr. Frank Woodbury ot Nova Scotia as chairman was appointed to make a visitation of the West Indies and South Africa. The appointment of a committee of seven or more to consider the relation between the International association and the va rious Protestant denominations was author ised. The scene of the world's fifth convention in 1907 was a subject of discussion. The city of Rome has been suggested, but tha central committee of the world association will make a decision. If it Is found Inad visable to hold the convention in Rome, It is said that Geneva, Switzerland, may be considered. It was announced that II. J. Heins of Pittsburg would provide the sal ary for three years of a worker In Japan. A banquet was held tonight. MERCHANTS CALL ON MAG00N Panama Dealers Ask That Commie aarlats Be Limited to Furatsblaa Neeeeeary Supplies. PANAMA. Aug. 24 The merchants' com mittee held a conference today with Gov ernor Magoon, Chief Engineer Stevens and President Amador and his cabinet. Tha greatest cordiality was shown throughout the meeting. The representatives of the merchants said that as the Canal commis sion considered "commissariats throughout the sone necessary to the building of the canal, the merchants were not willing to put obstacles in the way of the under taking, but proposed to limit the commis sariat privileges to articles of absolute necessity. It waa also urged that the Canal bommisslon permit the laborers to make their other purchases from the com mercial houses by means of coupons which the commission should redeem. Governor Magoon and Mr. Stevens have taken this proposition under consideration. FIRE RECORD. Cotton Warehouse In Sew York, NEW YORK. Aug. 14. -A loss of more than SJOO.OOO was caused by a fire in stores Nos. J, 40 and 41 of the extensive plant of the Bush Terminal Warehouse company at the foot of Forty-fourth street, Brooklyn. Started by lightning during a terrlflo storm. Just before midnight, the fire was still burning at an early hour this morning. Tha firemen then expected to confine the flame in the one big building In the Forty-fourth street block. The Bush stores extend from Forty-fourth to Fiftieth street. The Bush stores are among the most mod ern warehouses in the world. Each build- ing covered a block and every structure was divided Into compartments known ss stores. The walls of the warehouse build ings are ' from eighteen to twenty-four inches In thickness and to prevent a spread of fir the main structures are separated by lanes eighty feet In width. HILL .OS LAND LAWS (Continued from First Page.) Introduction of an amendment to a resolu tion endorsing the present reclamation law, especially . those provisions which afford an opportunity for home making. This amendment advocated a repeal of that portion of the national Irrigation law which compels the disposal of any acreage in ex cess of 160 acres In the possession of one land holder. The motion Was bitterly at tacked by the supporters of the small land holders and after a spirited debate the amendment was defeated and the report was adopted as presented. In substance the resolutions adopted by the congress follow! Endorsement of statehood for the terri tory of New Mexico and Joint statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory; the congress believes that too much capital, publio and private, cannot be invested In the reclamation of arid lands. Another resolution of much the same pur port declares that government as well as private enterprise should both be extended to the utmost and believes that govern ment enterprise should not unneressarlly interfere with private enterpr'se, nor should private enterprise unnecessarily in terfere or prevent government enterprise ,from building reservoirs and other works lor reclaiming arid land". In order to encourage Deer sugar produc tion In the t'nlted States the congress as serts Its opposition to the granting of fur ther concessions to tropical Islands. The resolutions advocate federal legislation In behalf of the Industry. It Is the opinion of the congress that, the national Irrigation law should be so ex tended ss to Include the state of Texas within Its provisions. The congress de clares that there Is not nor has there been any connection whatever between the Na tional Irrigation congres.- and the National Irrigation association. It announces that no person or company Is authorized to collect money on behalf of the congress. The congress also favors the early recla mation of Small tracts of land whenever the cost per acre of reclamation does not exceed the cost per acre of larger enter prises of similar character. The federal congress is iwged to enact such laws as will enable the national government to ex ercise the right of eminent domain when necessary to carry out the purposes of the national Irrigation law. The congres en dorses the effective and business-like ad ministration of .the forestry bureau, the efficiency of the work of the reclamation service, but recommends that the reclama tion service and Its representa Uvea co-operate with state officials In matters affecting the state's landed Interests. The resolu tions commend the work of the experiment stations of the Department of Agriculture and the Vnlted States weather bureau for its assistance to the reclamation service. The congress expresses a high apprecia tion of the present national Irrigation law, contending especially its beneficlent pro visions for home making, and urges the speedy completion Of the present govern ment projects now under construction. Constitution Amended. In order to remedy the unsatisfactory provision of the constitution of the congress which compels It to conduct Us deliberations In sectional meetings, the constitution was amended so as to provide for a general session each day during the convention of the congress, but the congresa may, if It deems best, also conduct sectional meet ings. ' The chairman of the nominating commit tee, to which was referred the matter of the selection of a nominee for a secretary, announced that his committee had finally unanimously agreed . on Mr. Maxon. A spasmodic attempt to defeat Mr. Maxon was nipped In the bud, and the committee's report as submitted waa adopted. The reports ot tha, chairmen of the differ ent sections, were , submitted and the thir teenth annual amnion ended. . . FRENCH SP01LATION CLAIM Heirs of Men.' Whose Ship Waa Seised In 171)0 Make Showing;. NOR WALK, Conn., Aug. 24 An Inter esting French spoliation case which has been In preparation for a great many years for a hearing will begin In the probate court today before Judge Henry W. Greg- ory, when administrators or the estate of the next of kin will present their claims for indemnity. In 1799 the schooner Washington sailed from this port for a trading cruise in the West Indies and while on the high seas It was seized by the French cruiser Le Ronomlnee and condemned as a prize at Bass Terra, Guadalpupe. The schooner was built here In 1793 and was owned in equal parts by James Selleck, Ellphalet Lock wood and William Lockwood of this place. It has been decided that Its seizure and condemnation was Illegal and the heirs of the owners of the vessel and its cargo have been granted redress. ONE VIRGINIAN RUNS AMUCK Interrupted In His Pastime of Chas ing Walters, He Knocks Down Policemen. NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Incensed by lack of attention la a well known uptown res turant last night, a man of athletic mould, who said he was Colonel Tazewell Ellett of Richmond, Va gave battle to several wait ers and caused a stampede of diners to the street. Police who interfered were badly mauled by the colonel and it required the Joint effort of five bluecoats to land him In the station. Just whaat started the battle Is not known. The unusual noise attracted a big crowd around the doors and the police had to force their way In. They found tho Irate colonel chasing the waiters In all directions. He was dragged to the sidewalk, and on reaching Broadway he turned on his captors, knocking four of them down In quick succession. Reserves were called and the prisoner waa soon overpowered by th reinforcements. WOULD CHANGE REGISTRATION Carnegie Institute Desires to Save Time and Trouble for Sclen- I tlata' Ship. WASHINGTON, Aug 24. The Carnegie institute baa asked the Department of Commerce and Labor to reclassify the yacht Gallllee so that It will not be com pelled to enter and clear at customs ports while engaged In making a magnetic sur vey of the north Paclflo ocean in the inter, esta of navigation. The yacht has been chartered at Ban Francisco by the department of terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie Institute. Four scientists have been engaged to make the survey, tor which 128,000 has been appro priateed, and the work will probably cover a period of three years. The yacht Is now registered as a merchantman, which would require that It call at all domestic and foreign porta entered. To escape this provision the yacht would have to be registered as a pleasure yacht. Clerics Win la Costa Rica. NEW YORK. Aug. J4 Advices received here from Han Jos. Costa Hica. report that the presidential elections In Costa Rlaa have ended with serious disturbances and bloodshed and that Dr. Panfllo J. Val verde, candidate for the clerical party, has received a majority at the rills. The gov ernment Is now In the hands of the liter als, and serious troubles are feart-d as a result of the succrss of the chilli 1 party. The liberal candidates aert: Cleto Gun zales Vlques. x-pr-ldnt Bernardo Suto. Maximo Fernande aod ea-oeireiary of War Tublas Zuiitga. ULTIMATUM TO MOROCCO Francs Iosiiti Upon Immediate Esletsa of Merchant Arrested on Frontier. REFUSAL MEANS MILITARY INVASION Entire French Legation Instructed to Leave at Onee If Demand le Not Compiled With. PARIS. Aug. 24 As the result of a spe cial meeting of the council of ministers today It was announced that a military demonstration will be made against Morocco unless the sultan promptly yields to the French demands for the release of the French-Algerian cltlsen. a merchant named Bouilan, who was unjustifiably ar rested at Gharb, a Moroccan town on the Algerian frontier. Instructions were sent to the French minister at Fes, St. Rene Talllandler, to make a final and Imperative demand on the sultan. The minister was Informed that If this demand should be refused the entire personnel of the legation was to depart from Morocco and a military movement would simultaneously begin along the Al gerian frontier. Will Occupy Ilorder Town. It Is the intention of the military authori ties to occupy a Moroccan border town, probably Oudjdn, owing to Its strategic command of the route to the Moroccan capital. However, the officials are confi dent that the sultan will yield before the threafof using mllltnry force. The demonstration as plnnned Is some what similar to that which nn Amerlcnn squadron made at Tangier to compel the release of Ion Pcrdlcarls. who was captured by the bandit Ralsull. The French authori ties deemed a naval demonstration Inex pedient owing to possible International com plications resulting from other countries sending warships to observe the demonstra tion, while a military movement against Morocco would be largely a police measure, not Involving the general political question of French authority In Morocco. The per sistent refusal of the sultan to yield, how ever, might compel the French to advance farther than a border town. Germany has approved the French demands for redress, but fears are expressed In some quarters that the sultan will refuse to yield In the hope of secuHng the aid of Germany. Powers Approve Action. Practically all the leading powers have approved the determination of the French government to adopt a firm course. The proposed course cannot be put Into execu tion before another week, owing to the time necessary to communicate the final de mands to the sultan. A military demonstration against Mo rocco was considered by the ministers to be preferable to a naval demonstration. The latter might Involve International complications, as other powers, notably Germany, would probably send ships for the purpose of observing the 'French dem onstrations. However. France Is the only power capable of executing a military dem onstration without transporting troops, ns there Is a large force of French and native Algerian troops now stationed In Algeria close to the Moroccan border. The French hyidquarters Is at Lalla Marnla, sixteen miles from the Moroccan town of Oudjda, the occupation of which would place the French within 200 miles of the Moroccan capital of Fes. MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANTS Question of City Ownership la Dis cussed by International Conven tion of Electricians. ERIE, Pa., Aug. 24. Municipal elec tricians discussed papers during the entire cecond day's proceedings of the Interna tional convention here today. The first was on "The Erection and Maintenance of Municipal Electric Light Plants," by C. L. Williams of Laurel, Miss. Many of the delegates favored municipal ownership If the cities would place the management of the plants In competent hands exclusive of political manipulation. Other papers read during the day Included "The Effects Of Electro-Static Influences In Telegraph and Telephone Circuits," by H. R. Allcnsworth of Columbus, O. "Electric Light Engineer ing," by A. 8. Hatch of Detroit, Mich., and "The Need of a Rigid Inspection by the Municipality," by T. C. O'Hearn of Cambridge, Mass. WESTERN PACIFIC MEETING Work Will Soon Be Started on Grad ing for Proposed Gonld Line. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24.-The stock holders of the Western Paclflo railroad have met here and formally voted to In crease the capital stock of the company from 160,000,000 to $75,000,000. W. J. Bart nett, Judge F. Vail of Denver and several local parties held the proxies of George J. Gould and other easterners to vote at the meeting. Mr. Bartnett Is first vice president and chief counsel. Mr. Vail Is chief counsel of Gould's Denver A Rio Grande railroad system. Representatives of the New York banking firms which recently took up the 150,000,000 bond Issue of the company were present at the meeting. The contracts for grading the roadbed are to be let within a few days. , PEOPLE IN BUILDING WARNED Albany Bulldtha- Known to Be I'nsafe an Hour Before Ite Collapse. ALBANY, N Y.. Aug. ?4.-The coroner's examination of workmen who were digging a cellar tinder the Meyer's department store at the time of Its collapse recently shows that the men were warned of the approaching disaster, nearly an hour be fore the structure fell and killed thirteen persons. When It was noticed that the earth was crumbling away from two of the big piers In the cellar, the whole force of men was put to work to brace these piers. The men continued their work until the Inst minute, when reallrlng that their efforts to save the building were useless, they rushed out. All escaped uninjured but Foreman Mltchel who waa caught and badly bruised. WOMAN'S DEPOSITION IS READ Judge and His Daughter Speak Good Conduct of Mrs. , Taaaart. of WOOSTER. O., Aug. 24 The depositions of Circuit Judge Berry and his daughter of Newport. Ky., were read at the opening of the Taggart divorce case today, both declaring that Mrs. Taggart had always to the best of their knowledge conducted herself properly. Emma Lyttle, the colored servant em ployed by the Taggarts for nine years, then took the stand. She swore that Captain Taggart had often been unkind to his wife; that on one occasion the captain had thrown Mrs. Taggart out of the bouse and used abusive language. Trlee to Slop Boycott. SHANGHAI Aug. 24.-The senior consul J bere baa interviewed th taotal. who stated that It was bis Intention to Issue a proc lamation oderlng Chinese merchants to re sume their former trading In American goods, but apparently th local offlrlsls are somewhat half hearted In the matter. FORTY PIESEVERY MINUTE Machine-Made Wonders Said to Be ae Mce aad Sweet "mm Mother I serf to Hake." Nlre, sweet. Juicy pies, tha kind that mother used to make, are to be turned out by a Pittsburg man at the rale of forty every minute, or 24.000 every ten hours. The man who Is to accomplish this won derful thing is E. L. Sons, a baker, who hss Just Invented a machine which will work these wonders, and at the same time do away with pie pans and the regu lation oven. One machine with such a capacity can be handled by three men, who will take the places of 100 bakers. The machine will work on much th same principle as a waffle Iron and It was from that Instrument that Mr. Sons got his Idea. The machine contains a great endless chain like a waffle Iron, except that the "cups" ore In the shape of a round pie. A man will stand at one end of the machine and fill the "cups" with dough. They will pass through a furnace which will partly bake them before reaching the man who will Supply the filling. Then a third will put the "lids" on and the pies will pass through another furnace and come out ready for the table. Mr. Sons has completed one of the machines and says that it works perfectly. The variety of pies baked at one time la without limit. Pittsburg Dispatch. PRISONER EVENS WITH SHERIFF Nehraska Man Swears Out Warrant for Cripple Creek Official. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.. Aug 24 (Spe cial Telegram.) Frank Buster who was arrested at Grand Island, Neb., and brought to Colorado to be tried for the murder of Martin Conner here last April, today swore to a warrant on which Coroner Gessell ar rested Edward Bell, Bhertff of this county Buster's complaint says the sheriff unlaw fully arrested and detained him, but Bherlff Bell declares political enemies conspired with Buster to get him to swear to the warrant. Buster Is still In Jail and Justice of the Peace Curry, who Issued the war rant, went to the Jail to take Buster's oath. ' MAN PROMISES TO STAY AWAY Hasband Who Eata Policeman and Annoys Wife Saya He Will Re ttood. John McDonald, the eZpresaman who eats a policeman for breakfast every morning, was discharged In police court Thursday morning, with a warning from Acting Police Judge Foster to remain away from the home of Mrs. McDonald, who entered the complaint against McDonald. The husband has been restrained from entering the premises of his wife, but said in police court he did not know of the order. During the last few months McDonald has been In a hospital twice aa the result of encounters with policemen. He promised Judge Foster to settle down and be quiet. WOMAN FALLS DEAD AT HOME Mrs. Amanda Bell, While Talking; to Friend, Drops Lifeless to Floor. Mrs. Amanda Bell, aed 40 rears, dropped dead at her home. 2661 Jones street, Thurs day morning. Mrs. Bell gave birth to a child about two weeks ago and had ap parently recovered. She had resumed her household duties and Thursday morning was talking with a woman friend and suddenly fell dead. A physician happened to make a call at the house at tha mo ment and though rendering every possible assistance It was with no avail. The cause of death Is attributed to heart dis ease. Mutually Satisfactory Arrangement. They had been married In due and an cient form. "Geoffrey," said the young wife, "you en dowed me with all your worldly goods, didn't youT" "I did," answered the young husband. "Well, I hereby give them back to you." "Gwendolen," he said, "you promised to obey me, did you notT" "I did." "Well, dear, I hereby solemnly command you to do as you please hereafter, no mat ter what orders I may give you." On that basis they lived happily ever after. Chicago Tribune. A Condition, Not Theory. "Why don't you go to work 7" asked the kind-hearted but conscientious woman. "You would surely have more self-respect." ,'Tt's kinder dls way," said Mr. Eraatus Plnkly, "when I lives on what I kin earn I has mo" self-rerpect, but when, I puts In de time huntln' up de white folks dat kin 'predate politeness I has pie a heap oft ener." Washington Star. Looks Rather that Way. In the eyes of the law It does not look quite right for two men to be seen hurry ing along the streets In the proscribed district at the hour of 3:40 a.m., with four bottles of beer under their arms, as Ernest Taylor and W. H. Bhull were doing Thurs day morning, when Officer McCarthy and Detectives Patulla and Horn arrested them on the charge of being suspicious char acters. The police ar Inclined to believe from th recent movements of bottled beer at all hours of the night that some saloon man is cleverly evading the closing ordi nance. Taylor and Shull refused to say where they bought the br and would not give their addresses. When arraigned In police court Thursday morning they were each fined $5 and cuats by Acting Police Judge Foster, who says he believes there la a time and place for everything. Redwood Cornea Kaat. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24 An Import ant deal has Just been closed here, con tracts hsvlng been signed for the shipment of l,600,uuo fiet of redwood to New York City. It Is the largest single shipment of redwood ever made direct to New York and the first to go by the water route. l'ndr the contract the cargo Is to be loaded at Eureka by the middle of Novem ber and delivered In Nw York In April. Th value of the cargo la about 175.000. Driver's Leg la Broken. Aaron Bchwartz, driver for the Adams Installment company, sustained a broken leg Thursday morning at Sixteenth and Nicholas streets by Jumping from his wagon because his horse became frightened and threatened to run away, gchwarls was at tended by Police Surgeons Cox and Lang don and removed In the police ambulance to his home at 1U South Sixteenth street. Sarpy County (lay, O. E Oolder of York. Pa., a brick expert, was at the First National bank Thursday morning telling business men of the results of his examination of Sarpy county clay. He had samples of th brick made from th clay and they were of a fine quality. Mr Golder la Interested In a brick and til ing plant at York and he and P. E. Her expect to enlist Omaha capital for the man ufacture of brick at Sarpy City. Minnesota Golf fhamploaahlp. PCLI'TH. Minn., Aug. 24 Harrv G. Legg of the Mlnnlkahrta Golf club of Minneapolis won the Minnesota state championship from Lynn H Juhneon of th same club by a score of 4 up and t to ply at the North land Country club links this afternoon. 7eet ueaar Gavel. A. gavel made from sugar beet and dried will be presented to the presiding officer of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic wl.en the in-etlng Is held In Denver next mon'h The beet was gixwn In the South 1'iatte country, iiear sterling. CEORCE IIAECRE GOES FREE Man Acsnsed ef Arson fifties,! if d After Jus- "7- tio Court Preliminary. STATE FAILS TO MAKE A CASE Such la Derision ef Judge Foster Argument Over Admissibility Evidence as to Blood hound Case. tff On the motion of Attorney Jefferls, for the defense, In the case of arson filed in Justice Foster's court against Qeorg Haecke by Andrew Wellman, manager Of the Cremona 8tock farm, Haecke was dis charged yesterday ' afternoon, after a lengthy trial. The defense took the posi tion that tha state had not made a case against the defendant, which contention was supported by the Judge. After tha evidence was all offered and the state had, made its arguments. Attorney Jefferls wa content to submit his case without argu ment. The strongest link In a chain of circum stantial evidence offered by the state against Haecke was that on Sunday, th 13th Instant, the day after the burning of a straw stack on the Wellman place, a bloodhound, owned by Dr. i Fulton, of Beatrice, took up a scent on the only . footprints leading from the burned stack' through a cornfield and followed the scaut to the home of Haecke. The evidence was strengthened by the testimony of Wellmatir. who said on the stand that Haecke had threatened him last winter and that on h day of the fire Wellman saw Haecke drlv, Ing toward the Cremona farm. Sullivan's Decision Brought In. Much of the time yesterday afternoon was taken up by arguing whether the evi dence as to the conduct of the dog could be admitted, the defense citing the decision of Judge Sullivan of the supreme court of Nebraska. Part of Judge Sullivan's de cision reads, "The conduct and behavior of bloodhounds after being set upon the tfalt of a fugitive criminal may not be given In evidence by the state for the purpose of proving that the scent of the accused and the scent of the person who perpetrated the the crime, which Is being Investigated, ar identical." In submitting the case the state claimed that the Hrott casn (to which Judge Sulli van's decision refers) Is not applicable to the Haecke case In that In the later casa the object of the state In offering the testi mony relative to th conduct of the dog was to show that the scent of the person who fired the straw stack waa the same aa the person who went to the Haecke house, making this evidence merely corroborative of the other circumstantial . evidence offered against Haecke. ' Deputy County Attorney Fitch moved that the defendant be bound to the district court, but Justice Foster declared tha state had not made a case and referred to the Judge Sullivan decision relative to the conduct of the bloodhound. BOY BRINGS GRIEF TO HOME Arrested on Grand Larceny Charge nd Parent Ai Heart Broken as a Result. Raymond Nelson, the 20-year-old son of Thomas R. Nelson, was Thursday morning . bound over from the police to the district court on one of two chartes of grand lar ceny, on which he waa tried before Aottng Police Judge Foster. . The first charge against Nelson waa sworn to by Tpm Strlbllng,. proprietor, of,. a . cigar store at 314 South Twentieth afreet, which place It was alleged the youth en tered and stole therefrom $28 and a watch. . It was the contention of Judge Foster that , the state failed to make a case of grand larceny against the prisoner In that Com-, plaint, which was dismissed. The second charge, on which Nelson waa bound over in the sum of 1500. was that of Mrs. A. Rlseman, who has a grocery at 1136 North Eighteenth street. The woman testified Nelson was in her store to use the. telephone and that 175 disappeared from her till while Nelson was In the store. . Nelson denied having been In the store. Raymond Nelson is the only child of his parents, both of whom are members of the People's church. Rev. Charles W. Savidge, pastor of that church, was an in terested spectator during the trial of Nel son, as waa-also the boy's father. It la stated Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are heart broken over th charges filed against their son. COY SAYS LAND IS HIS OWN n Iter's Secretary Asserts Ho Bought Tract for No One Else, as Rumored. L. E. Coy, who paid 113,000 Wednesday for the Dumont tract of forty acres to th cast or Rlvervlew park, says he will bold the land for purposes of speculation. Ha says It is good trackag property and capitalists may be Induced to locate factories there. It Is thought by business men tbat Mr. Coy bought the land for some one else. Some suggest It Is for the Interurban Land company, of which he Is secretary. Others think tha Burlington has gained possession of the tract through Mr. Coy In order to keep the city from buying the land for park purposes. In which Instance the road would have to build viaducts, aa It Ilea between Rlvervlew and the other tract. Mr. Coy refutes both these theories, but aays he has no definite use for the- lajid at pres ent. A friend of the homer A foe of the Truof Poudor Compiles with tho Pure good Laws of ail States. AMCSKHKgTS, KRUC PARK poutic RCtpar SPKCIAL KNOAOEMINTI' " . UBERATI'S FAMOUS BAUD PAN FAR I CORPJ AND CONCERT COMPANY SO-OP NltV YORK CI TY-gd This Afternoon and Eveqiny OREATItT 0 ON EARTH, NO ADVANCE IN PRICES. KRUG Prices lie, Sc. We, Tie Sun. Mat. 10c, 2&c. tuo Wednesday and Satur day Mat. sit R t - 9aa STAHTISG SINI1AY M A Tl K r; THE GItKAT WKHTKHN MKLOI'RAMA AT CRIPPLE GREEK Tbursdar "Coalc eat of Wile. Oaluiiiot Balling !i I
