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The Omaha Sunday Bee. NEWS SECTION. PAGES 1 TO 8. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1571. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORXIXO, AUGUST 27, U-tf-FOUH SECTIOXS-THIRTY-FOUR TAtJES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SWEDES ARE WILLING Uorwegiani Hay Hare Separation if They Betllj Desire to Go. EASY TERMS TO DISSOLVE UNION Special Commission lakes Report Rikidag on Matter. to NORWAY ASKED TO HOLD ELECTION New 8torlhing Wanted to Secure More Popular Expression. RULER FOR NORW Y MAY BE iWEDE Prince Carl of the Brrnadollc Lli Likely to lie tolled I pon to A am me the Empty Hi rone. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 26. (Bpeclal Cablegram ) Since last Tuesday the silence of the political sphinx has been broken. The areola! commission which wai ap pointed by the Swedish Riksdag to delib erate on the Swrtjiah-Norwegian crisis, after a long silence, has at last let the Swedish people know the stand of the Klksdag In regard to the Norwegian revo lution. One of the first things we notice In the report of this commission Is that the Swedish cabinet has not been given a man date to act In the name of the Swedish people. The Swedish-Norwegian union has been nothing but a blessing to Norway It has reaped from this union political advan tages In the form of Internal peace, econom ical and political protection, prestige, com mercial and Industrial progress and many Other good things, and has therefore no good reason to art as It has towards Sweden and Its aged and beloved monarch Norway has broken the law which It once declared Itself willing to obey. Norway has shown its lack of fldeltlty to the brother nation by fortifying the frontier, etc. and, finally, there Is no proof whatever that the Norwegian revolution was In re allty a work of the whole Norwegian na tion. What la Proposed Owing to these and other reasons, the special commission did not see Its way clear to grant the cabinet a mandate to negotiate direct with the revolutionary Nor wegian cabinet, but made the following proposition: 1. That the Riksdag, not being able to accept the king's proposition In Its present form, has no objections to negotiations be ing carried on with Norway in regard to the dissolution of the union. In case ,i Storthing appointed by new elections should make & request to that effect, or In case urn a reijuesl Is received from Norway after the Norwegian people have expressed their wish for such dissolution by a gen eral vote. 2. That the Riksdag may, onv account of the propositions made in the Riksdag, give authority to the treasury to prepare access to lno.noo.flno crowns, on conditions which the board of directors of the treasury hat a right to make, by making use of credits or by taking up loans, which sum, after the decision of the Riksdag, shall he ac cessible for taking steps which may be called for hy the conditions which called for the calling of the present extra session of the Riksdag. This report of the special commission has now been accepted by the Riksdag, and the probable conditions which Swe den will finally put up when It comes to the definite dissolution of the union are as follows: 1. The Instituting of a neutral ione around the southern end of the Swedish Norwegian frontier. 2. The regulation of the rights of the i Cnrkl.h 1 ana nna.xau . V. I I Jt - I . 'lion a-. , ' j (jaciuir, 1 1 1 1 1 I ri iii'T I In the Norwegian mountains during that part of the year when there Is no pas ture for them In Sweden. S. Guarantees for unobstructed free rail way traffic from the one country to the other. Advantages Matnal. All these conditions are reciprocal and cannot possibly imply any national hu miliation. The advantages of having these questions derided In a satisfactory manner are mutual, and therefore the two nations ought to come to an agreeatila separation In a very short time If good will Is dis played In the negotiations. The tenderest point la naturally the dismantling of the frontier fortresses, but as Sweden does not propose to have any frontier fortresses to menace Norway, so Norway should be willing to remove every sign of menace against Sweden. The most remarkable thing about the report of the special commission Is that it was unanimously agreed to by every member of the commission, although the commission was composed of all the vari ous elements cf the Riksdag. It was self-evident that the cabinet would resign when the Riksdag refused to give the cabinet the desired mandate to negotiate with the revolutionary Norwe gian cabinet, but the most remarkable point was that the cabinet resigned as soon as the report of the special commis sion, was made public and did not wait for the Riksdag to sanction the report, thus, though the Riksdag has decided to give a mandate to the cabinet to negotiate with Norway as soon as tha conditions put up by the special commission have been agreed to by Norway, still the Riks dag Is Ignorant of what cabinet It ha given this mandate to. But tht Rlksd tg cherished unlimited confidence In the old king as being capable of placing such men at the helm of state In this crisis as will be best fitted to carry out the will of the people. Probable ew Preailer. It Is not yet known who will succeed Tremler Itamsiedt. but 11 will probitbly be Christian Lundrbrrg. vice chairman of the First Chamber of the Klksdag. As (he I nearest assistant of Mr. Lundetx-rg. namely as minister fur fuiclgn affairs, Count ('. Wachtmrlster has the best chances of suc cess, as his urbane and winning manners make him specially suited to this post. As minister of war. Colonel Tingssen is thought to have the best chances, and us minister of the marine, the director of the state telegraph. Captain Commander A. I.lndman. The other members of the cab inet are supposed to be U. A. Berg, J. Widen, J. E. Ulersert. K. H K Hammarsk Juld. A. Petersen of I'aboda, G. A. Peter son and hf. Staff, but It Is not yet known what offices they will All In the cabinet. Norway has decided to refer the ques tion of the dissolution of the union to a general popular vote, to be held on August 13. on which day the world will know If the Norwegian government, has acted on its own risk or has rt-ally expressed the popular wish by breaking the union. tailors to ttoekholsa. Sweden has lately b,n visited by nut only the German kaUer. but also by the aged empress of the fallen French empire. Empress Eugenie, who. In spite of her ho years, took In all the museums and sights of Stockholm. , Stockholm has also been visited by many American tourists, among whom we might (Continued on Second. Page.) RUSSIANS BURYJRIEST ALIVE Putor Who llerrys Horrid uperstl tloua Practice la Thrown Into a (irate. ODESSA. Aug. 2.-8perlal Cablegram to The Hee.) A Russian village prist 1ms been buried alive by a mob of peasants at Svlno Krlvza In the Crimea. The people had ascribed the prolonged drought which had ruined their crops this season to the death of a certain old man who had been regarded as an "Opyr" or wizard, no rain having fallen since his burial in March last. According to the popular superstition It was necessary In order to appease the sorcerer's spirit that his remains should be exhumed at midnight, and after being sprinkled with holy water by a priest te placed In the grave. Accordingly, on Sunday night a proces sion of villagers, headed by boys and girls carrying torches and accompanied by fid dlers and flautists playing dismal dirges, set out for the cemetery. The body of the dead wizard was duly ex humed and placed In a sitting posture against a tree, around which .forty or fifty of the peasants danced a weird dance to the accompaniment of the village musicians. In the midst of the curious ceremonial Father Cnnstantln, the village priest, ar rived. The villagers, thinking that he had come to consummate the ceremonies by pouring holy water on the corpse, hailed him with Joyful greetings. To their surprise and disappointment, however, the priest not only declined to assist them In the affair, but upbraided them for their superstition and their sacri legious barbarity. The crowd at this grew Indignant. Some among them who were under the Influence of vodka shouted that he was the real wlrard. as the spirit of the dead man had entered Into his body. The priest was accordingly seized and, despite his shrieks for mercy, was hurled by four men Into the reopened grave, the remains of the corpse being flung In after him with earth and stones. ORGANIZATION OF JEWISH BUND Member of Rnsalnn Secret Society Telia Why It Was First Formed. PARIS. Aug. 2V (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) A writer In the Petit Republlque has obtained from one of the leaders of the Jewish worklngmen's union, known In Russia UK the bund, some Interesting de tails regarding this organization which to day counts nearly 40,(W adherents. The association began In Is!? with a socialist propaganda In the region of Minsk and Vllna. Speedily the Idea grew up that the deliverance of the oppressed race might be effected by means of a close alliance between all Its members. The government discovered the agitation, and In W sent to Vllna a well known detective from Moscow named Zouhatoff with full powers to stamp out the move ment. Eighty Jewish workmen were dis covered In a single day and sent to Siberia, The printing establishment of the union was also discovered and the Arhelterstlmme. which was printed In Hebrew letters, hut written In a Jewish Jargon and a German patois, was suppressed. The bund, however, was not stifled out of existence. Secret organizations through out the northwest led to fresh govern ment Intervention, and some time later twenty more revolutionary Jews were ar rested and publicly flogged at Vllna. A Jewish workman, I.eckert by name, re solved to avenge his conirndes. He fired on the governor, was Immediately arrested and was hanged. This art drove the bund Into a state of fury. There was a serious ( movement In favor of terrorism and a secret governing committee was formed which has already organized thirty-five armed demonstrations against the police. BRITAIN WOULD HOLD WHEAT Desires to Have Grain In of Floor Shipped from America. Place LONDON, Aug. 2. (Special Cehlegram to The Bee.) "What the country requires for national safety Is that some arrange-1 ment should be arrived at by which the I American and Canadian farmers should store their wheat here Instead of storing It on the other side, and let us have small quantities as we want it." nl these words Mr. Yerburgh, M. P., re fers to the report of the royal commis sion, which has been investigating the question of the nation's food supply In war Um'- H wa to Mr- Terburgh's Initiation that the appointment of the commission was chiefly due. It has often been said that Brltlh wheat being naturally damp w 11 not keep for any length of time, but 1 disproved this some time ago by buying British wheat and sending it to Berlin, where It was dried by a special process," burgh. said Mr Yer- " "That wheat kept excellently for two !'""""""'--' "ana years and made flrst rate flour. I have ! XCeV one f few Tnlle" ln lenth' Whero frequently advocated the use of this drying 1 rOCky' arren coun'ry llke Montenegro process among farmers in England, but ,k" mnl!lcent roads through most of the without avail. It Is obvious that the coun- i land and 'Very Vlllan P0"""" a tele try must depend largely on America and raph ,,aUon n a 'cho Crete enjoys r-ua f.., rwi i o. ... ,i- nnp "f these, and, what Is more, they are ! vantage of an acreage bounty for wheat raising at home. The soil might not be i suitable. It would 1h far bettep for the government to have large stores of wheat under Its control, and to know Just where t n 1st' handa on It lo me of un eirtep. ' gency." GERMAN SUICIDE STATISTICS Faprrlally tinong Old Men and t hlldrea. BERLIN. Aug. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Some curious statistics relating to suicides have Just been published by the government statistical department here. From these statistics It appears that during the past few years the number of suicides has been steadily increasing both among men and women, although so far the men exceed the women In the proportion of four to one. The report shows that suicides among scnooi ennuren are largely Increas- Ing. especially Just before and after exami nation. In one year sixty-nine children under 15 years of age took their lives. The age when most suicides occur among men Is between 50 and 60 and among women be tween 30 and SO. Moat suicides occur in the spring and fewest ln December. In nine-tenths of the rases the methods adopted are drowning, banging and shooting., There are compara tively few Instances of the use of poison, which is the means chosen chiefly by women. Women, says the report, show an Inveterate dislike lo select any mode of deaUi which might disfigure their faces. Among men It is need or pecuniary embar rassment which drives most to take their own lives. This fact also plays an Im portant part with women, but in addition a strong body of them are urged to suicide because of unrequited afff ctiua. CRETj; ft TURMOIL Island in Throes of Revolution and Inter national Troops Are "Jpless. PRINCE GEORGE Ma, VAIN APPEAL Asks Insurgent! t .urn to Homes Under Fair Partial Law. PRESS Mr jES i ALL CENSORED Real Condition of Affairs on Island Has Been Carefully onoealed. REBELS HAVE N F ITH IN PRINCE Grecian Ruler ald to Have Abolished Liberties Which Were Even Recognised by the Saltan of Turkey. ATHENS, Aug. 2fi. -(Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The Island of Crete has now been In the throes of a revolution for four months and the International troops whojo duty It Is to restore order are In a help, less position. Prince George, the high com missioner, ha- appealed to the insurgents to return from their mountain fastnesses to their homes. He bus threatened thm with dire penalties fnlllng their submission, and as a lust resort Is establishing martial law throughout the Islnnd. Instead of checking the revolt three methods have accelerated Its pace, and the high com missioner and the four supervising pow ersBritain. France. Italy and Russia are fared by a very difficult and delicate prob lem. AH messages to the foreign press are being rigorously censored, and the real position of affairs Is by this means con cealed. The Insurgents number thousands, and although for commissariat reasons the armed forces In the mountains are kept within limits, they have the sympathies and will have the active support. If need be. of the whole population. From the resigned members of the min istry downwards there Is unanimity In the demand that the regime of Prince Qeorge shall come to an end. The men are encouraged and led by Cre tans of education and social prominence. They are well armed with rifles and have plenty of ammunition, and It would take at least twice the fi.floo foreign troops at present In Crete to drive them from the almost Inseersstble heights which they have made their strongholds. Prince George has promised reforms, hut the Insurgents have no faith In his prom ises Their only hope Is to precipitate the Interference of the powers by rev olutionary means. The present deadlock cannot be allowed to continue, and as there are many Indica tions that worse Is coming, the knot may have to be after all cut by the sword. It will be remembered that certain mem bers of the International consular corps at Canea at the time of the outbreak of the present revolt declared that the move ment was only a local one. Unfortunately this has proved sadly Incorrect. The situ ation Is one, that may at any moment lead to trouble among the powers of Eu rope Prince Is Arbitrary. It might be thought that the Cretans have no cause to be troublesome. They have been freed from the bondage of the j Turk; a prince of Greece with full local powers has been placed in authority over them, and the necessary "sinews" placed at his dlsposal and at the disposal of the Island. Therefore, their Action ma v anneur ' to savor of Ingratitude. Yet this Is not wholly the case. In plac ing a Greek prince over them, Europe at tempted to wash Its hands of the whole af fair. There ar consuls at Canea whose business was to watch over the admlnlstra- tlon of Prlnre George, but this they have most obviously omitted to do Prince George has ruled the Island In much the same manner Russia. his cousin, the cxar, rules It is true that the prince plaoed Greeks from the mainland In all the leading posts, but this the Cretans admitted at the com mencement, at least, to be only right. But soon Prince George withdrew one privilege of liberty after another. Anyone daring to remonstrate was persecuted and even Im prisoned; deputations of the most Influen tial Islanders were abused by the prince as If they were mere schoolboys, and he him self superintended the elections. The result was that the Parliament be came a farce, the councillors nothing but the creatures of the prince and every man ! . , . . ' "f"' V,"atSer" t0 1 th"'r "a l6"" T'0"' enJyed I , ""tl Turk'8h ' rle- with- 1 "B lu" mauo io me isiana Dy I the powers was frittered away and today ' , V. n m- - - . A - . I i . . i mt evn contemplated. Turkish Rale More Liberal. Towards the end It was a common remark of the Islanders that they enjoyed more liberty under the Turks than under the autocratic rule of Prince George. As all remonstrances failed slgnallv, since elec- ll"1' Mr. umeen in an interview thil lions were declared to be "cooked" and ! v,erk- The plan 6P'"'arB lo hve con popular feeling muarled. a few "traitors" slsted ,)f havin Bonie rard Printed with gathered together and talked matters over ' our name an1 then 'ailing at the hotels Venlzelos. a noted lawyer and later le-,1,.,1 i where the richest visitors were known to of the now obliterated opposition, was and Is still the brain of the movement. . A Greek patriot and nobleman named Mn,, Balliol. Oxford man. too. by the way! joinra mm ana piacea runas at his dls- pi sal. Very soon an influential commit- tee was formed. a . With great secrecy their plana grew tQ maturity, though the discontent was widely- known, and one evening several hundred men mobilised In the mountains behind Canea. It was there at Theriso that the i leaders busily organised their men, con- J structed a provisional government and drew up many proclamations. Some very half-hearted attempts were made to dislodge Went by the local authori ties which, however, only resulted ln the death of a few unhappy gendarmes. The international troops were culled out, and marched ln an aimless manner to and fro, to the Intense amusement of the "Insurg ents." and very much to their own disgust. The "traitors" were surrounded, Isolated and threatened, but still they managed to live heartily and became the masters of the situation. It Is believed that there are only two so lutions to the Cretan problem. One plan suggested Is the removal of Prince George by the powers." The other la annexation to Greece. The winter may scatter the revo lutionists and prevent them from success- (Continued ft - " Ln j GRAIN GROWING. IN CANADA Bine Rook of Rrltlah Hoard of Trade Tells of Present Con ditions. s LONDON. Aug. 26. (Special Cablegram to The Bre t The blue bonk of the Board of Trade containing the report of Prof. Mavor of the University of Toronto on the present condition and future prospects of wheat growing In the northwest of Can ada Is Just out. Mr. Mavor does not hold out any great prospects of the northwest provinces ever being able to fully supply the wheat requirements of Great Britain. Among other things he says: Very gnat Improvements In the pro ductive power of the country and a very considerable Increase in the effective pop ulatlon, as well as a more exclusive re gard to wheat cultivation, would have to take place before the northwest could be regarded as being In a position to be relied upon to produce fur export to Great Britain a quantity of wheal even nearly sufficient for the growing requirements of that country. An exclusive attention and regard to wheat culture he believes to be extremely unlikely. Experience has shown the un wisdom of such a policy, and the tend ency Is entirely in another dlrertlon. For what surplus wheat there Is Mr. Mavor anticipates that Japan will in the future enter largely Into purrhaslng competition with Great Britain and the United States. The report contains a great deal of In teresting Information regarding produce, climate and transport, but perhaps the jmost interesting section Is that dealing with emigration and settlements. Incidentally he criticises the colony of Brltanla, promoted by the Rev. Mr. Barr and the Ret-. Mr. Lloyd in the spring of J witnesses were Interested for a cotisldera 19"3. The land selected was 9i miles tlon In money and It was claimed thnt In from a railroad station, and "this Immense distance," says -Mr. Mavor, "had to be traversed by trails at a time when the spring thaws had made them almost Im passable. "A great deal of unnecessary gallantry was exhibited," he adds, "In overcoming wholly unnecessary difficulties. Equally suitable land could easily have been ob tained within easier reach of the existing railways. Colonies of this kind, occupied by people unaccustomed even to rural life In a settled country, can only be success ful. If at all, after great suffering to the colonists and great expense to the admin istration." The settlers largely consisted of com mercial men. bank clerks And artisans from English towns, and when Mr. Mavor visited the colopy of Britannia last year ; he fmmrt ihe,i , ,u . . . he found that many of them had gone elsewhere and that those who remained were not making much progress, owing to 1 their Ignorance of agriculture.. . . . ine numner oi emigrants to the north- Washington, where he remained sev west provinces Increased from 12 31 In eral days. He has never thought of leav- 1W? to 130.-31 last year. A remarkable i ,n V" ''".V"'!?'1 bntulVh' m "'i"?-.0"".?!! . . , ... . . i an Investigation which will disclose the feature of the returns Is the steady and reai far.B Bnrt which he knows will cstab- Increasing Influx of Americans. In 197 they numbered 712; In 19ni, B.1S7; In 1M, 36.010. FLOGGING IN BRITISH NAVY Secretary of Admiralty Saya Punish ment Is Keeesaary and Must Re Public. LONDON, Aug. 2. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Mr. Hunt, M. P., recently asked the secretary oi the admiralty why, In view of the fact that boys at the public schools are not really held down. It Is considered necessary In the navy not only to tie the boys down, but to flog them In public; and why the boys of the work- ,n cle should be subjected to the i "-uun ci nemg noggea in puonc. I when 8uch punishments are not Inflicted ! un tne hons of ,nPr classes. I Mr- 1 rettyman In tne parliamentary pa pers Just Issued has answered Mr. Hunt's j sucn an emergency. Mrs. Marie Nelson questions. ' heard the alarm, but Instead of Informing "The reasons for flogging a boy," he anybody of the fact, she ran In to make explains, "are the same In principle. a personal Investigation. A revolver was though the exact methods may differ. As pointed nt her head and she and the clerk regards the publicity of the punishment, i were ordered to keep still on pain of ln no degradation Is Intended; the only pur- ; ant death. The thieves then rushed from I le la to secure a deterrent example. All ! punishments In his majesty's navy are Public." lr. Hunt also asked the secretary to the admiralty whether boys under 18 In the navy can still be given twenty-four strokes with the birch, two men giving twelve strokes each, and whether a boy after being birched is taken to the sick room to be attended by the doctor and afterwards kept a' prisoner guarded by a marine for about twelve hours. Mr. Prettyman admits It, but, 88ys: "This punishment Is only Inflicted In very serl- ous and exceptional cases and the Inspec- tlon by the doctor Is precautionary, as Is the similar Inspection before the pun- Ishment takes place," and, he adds, "the boy Is treated as a prisoner to prevent the possibility of his Injuring himself ln any ' way after tha punishment ART COLLECTORS SWINDLED Men Representing Themselves aa Agents of Dealers Fool Many American Bayers. LONDON, Aug. 26.-(Speclal Cablegram to The Bee.) By passing themselves off as representatives of Duveen Bros., the well known dealers ln works of art, a gang of swindlers have been victimizing several wealthy American visitors In Paris by sell ing worthless nilniatures'and bogus curios ! as valuable works of srC "The principal victims have been rich American visitors staying at the chief ho- I "taln Bv means of Imitation mlnla- A .ui ami .uii", ni hi ai 1 1 1 7 niuai a ooul j I " - "" ""out a sovereign, ami a piausii.ie tale as to! i thelr itory Hntlquity. considerable art nt, at r.f muriAV u A r nrillilniol In nn i " ' " " ! "ance a miniature supposed to be byj Cosway or Englehurt was sold for a large j , 'mount amount. Valuable works of art have also: been obtained from some of the dealers ln I'aiis by means of these bogus cards." TAKE LAND FROM POLITICS Revelations In Australia Ci Pro. posed Cbaage la l.awa of south Wales. SYDNEY, Aug. 26. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Owing to the extraoidlnary disclosures resulting from the recent in quiry by a royal commission into the tor- late President McKlnley's tomb Is located, 1 a (jue.-nstown nulled: Republic, for rupt trafficking in crown lands by poll- was destroyed by fire today. The origin is I Boston. Arrived: Eiruria. from New Yoik ticlans. the New South Wales government I unknown. The fire started in the kitchen.! At Glasgow-Arrived: Sicilian, from Mon r.ron.,e to remove ii,- fV... ri.,Hi h . Ileal, hailed : Astoria, for New lurk; La- now proposes to remove the administra tion of such lands from political control, and to vest the necessary powers In a commission similar to the Railways com mission. 1 The government newspapers, though apologetically supporting the government, urge the premier, Mr Carruthers. to retire temporarily during the Investigations as a legal firm, of which he Is the senior art- .r i ImkllaUail. INSPECTOR LET OUT Wilton Takes Money from Men Having Cases Before Land Department. SAYS HE TRIED TO ENTRAP PEOPLE Explanation is Not 8alisfattory and He is Dismissed. ECHO FROM MITCHELL INVESTIGATION Witnesses Te.'.ifisd tnat Wilson Promised Favorable Reports for Fay. STATISTICIAN HOLMES FAILS TO APPEAR Attorney for Indicted Man Says He Will File Rond Monday, and that He Desires Investi gation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26,-The secrr;ary of the Interior today dismissed from the service of that department Inspector George F. Wilson on account of disclosures made In connection with the Investigation of charges against United States Senator Mitchell of Oregon, it was stated by some of the witnesses In that case that Wilson had promised favorable recommendation in some of the cases In which some of the one case he had accepted i?X. When called upon for an explanation he ad mitted that he had received the money, but said that It had been exacted to en trap the man from whom It was taken and that he had Intended to return the amount. This- explanation was unsatisfac tory and Wilson was removed. Wilson was appointed from Rhode Island. Holmes Falls to Appear. Former Assistant Statistician Edwin S. Holmes of the Department of Agriculture failed to appear before the court today and give bonds for $10,000, as his attorney had promised he would do. His attorney promised to produce him Monday. Con cerning the previous whereAlmuts of his client, Attorney Lester said: Mr. Holmes was In a far western state wnPn 'he first publicity was given to what is rallfd the cotton leak. He at once re- tllrnPll , ,ha rv ,, r n,lnp(1 Ihp ,. trlrt attorney of his presence and that he would be on hand If he was wanted. He stayed here for some time and then took an extensive trip west, going as far as lish his Innocence. CHICAGO JEWELER ROBBED Three Men Armed with Revolvers Take Tray of Diamonds Worth Several Thousand Dollars. CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Three robbers, one of whom was afterward captured, com mitted a daring robbery this afternoon In the Jewelry store of C. W. Johnson, 270 Wells street. They secured Jewelry and uncut diamonds valued at several thousand dollars. The three men on en(erlng the store re quested F. E. Llndahl, the clerk In charge, to exhibit some diamonds. He laid the tray on the counter, and as soon as ho did three revolvers were pointed at his head and he was ordered" to put up his hands. Llndahl complied, but edged off to an electric bell placed In the floor for ; the store, taking with them the tray of ! rings and diamonds and ran to a buggy i which, they had stationed two squares dls- i tant. witn nrawn revolvers tney arove through the streets at a high rate of speed ! and fired several shots at pedestrians as j they passed them. A patrol wagon from I the East Chicago Avenue police station i was soon on their trark and finding the ! pursuit warm the robbers separated, One of them, who gave the name of W. L. Edwards, was found ln a lumber yard, where he was attempting to hide, lie ad mitted his guilt, but said that he robbed i the store by himself. A portion of the plunder he declared he would surrender j If the police would allow him to go and I get It. He was taken to the place under j guards, and a number of the rings and a I few of the diamonds were recovered. The greater part of the booty, however, Is In the possession of the other two men. Lln dahl said tonight that he was unable to give the exact value of the Jewelry taken, but that it would be several thousand dol lars. FATAL FIRE IN PENNSYLVANIA Yacht Captain Holding Medal from Congress Loses Life In the Flames. ERIE, Pa., Aug. 26. Captain Patrick Mac Mahon of the yacht Mystic, was burned to death, and eighteen persons were almost suffocated In a fire which started on tho third floor of the Charles Beck block early today. The flames were seen bursting from the front windows and when the firemen arrived they found the eighteen occupants of the building asleep and almost dead from suffocation. It was with much diffi culty that they were finally gotten out of j dangor , .. flrft ,artpd ln MacMahon'a room and was probably caused by him leaving ; a ght(.d llKar Btub on ,he floor when , retired. Captain MacMahon was prominent , he maI jne interests and was recently .nuished bv receiving a medal from , ..,. ,i .. ., ! congress iui iravuius man who was drowning In the harbor. The monetary loss by the fire was not heavy. FIRE AT CANTON CEMETERY Barracks Housing Soldiers that Guard McKlnley's Tomb Are Totally Destroyed. CANTON, O.. Aug. M.-The Cnlted States barracks at Wt-stlawn cemetery, where the but IJeutenant Goodwin, who is In com mand, saya there had been no fire In the kitchen stoves since early Friday evening. The flames spread so rapidly that soldiers sleeping In a room Jn the barracks were able only to save personal effects. Twelve guns and 6Ki round of ammunition were burned, exploiting rsririuges sent bullets In all directions. The detachment now at Westlawn cemetery can, here last Monday I rout iiounnau. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for ehraaka Fair nday and Cooler In rlhnrt Portion. Monday Fair. , F.WS SFCTION F.laht Pages. I Snetlrn la w llllnar to Divorce. Island of Crete In a Turmoil. Land Office Inspector Is l.rt Oat. Crnr of Rnasla Sends l.aat Word. Fight Aaalnat the bellow Fever. Internal Troubles In Ttnaaln. 3 News from All Parts of ebraska. 4 Resnlts of Sntnrday's Hall tiamea. Ormonde Wins the tireat Fntnrlty. ft Hayes Wins Tennis Championship. Ak-ar-Ren Show la st Winner, fl Paat Week In Omaha Society. Lender eeded at Play tirnnnd. 7 (nnnrll lUnrta and Iowa Sews. I'.tprrlrnce of a Mlnneaota Hoy. f Fchora of the nte-Hoom. Sens from the Army Posts. EDITOnlM, SF.t'TIO Klaht Pages. 1 Omaha F.aales Win High Praise. Teachers Heady for Work Again. Low Tm Levy for Fathers. Populists Plan for o Meeting. 2 Kdltorlnl. R Some Facta hnnt Aaphalt Paving. H Condition of Omaha's Trade. 7 Flnnnclnl and Commercial. 5 Dentist Talks of Core of Teeth. Objection to F.veesslve Interest. IHI,F-TOF. sF.CTIO F.lght Pages. 1 Sherlock Holmes Story. 2 Snn's I 1 Ipse at Omnhn. Ooaalp About Noted People. H Plnya and Pinters. Tersely Told Tnlea. 4 Lawn Tennis na Healthy Sport. ehrnakn Fvblhit nt Portland. (Inalnt Featnrea of Life. i nrinns Capers of t nptd. ft Twenty Years of Congo State. Cuban Iron and Copper, fl For and Ahnnt Women. Hlnta on Latest Faahiona. 7 t.rist of Sportlna f.oaalp. H Prattle of the 1 onnaaters. COLOR SF.CTIOM Ten Pages. 1 llnater llrnn n. It Mnklnic (iermans firncefnl. From Near and Far. 3 Coming F.cllpse of the Snn. 4 I'naclentlHc Love of Scientists, How to Walk Properly. ft Star Lore for Wlfe-f boosing. French Law to Compel Marital Love. l Princesses Seeking Hnsbanda. 7 Top o" the Mornin'. 8 Lncy and Sophie Sny Good-Rye. W illie Han kahaw Amateur De tective. A Mystery of the Locked Room. Gallant Act of Itnaalan Herq to Hfir of Stage lleanty. Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday llonr. ft a. i a. i 7 a. i M a. l R a. i Doit. , . !( . . m . on . . mi . . 70 . . 72 . . 7tt . . 78 I Hour. 1 p. 2 P. 3 p. 4 p. ft p. p. 7 p. leg. . . 7! . . HO . . N2 . . K . . K. I lO a. i It a. i 12 m.. H2 HI PRESIDENT SEES SUBMARINE Mr. Roosevelt nnd Friends Witness Test of the Plunger In Oyster Rny. OTSTETl BAY, L, I.. Aug. 26. President Roosevelt, with a party of friends and relatives, today witnessed a test of the submarine torpedo boat Plunger from the deck of the naval yncht Sylph. The weather was quite different from that of yesterday, when the president himself made a dive In the Plunger and watched nt close range, even participating In the maneuvers of the tiny vessel, forty feet below the surface of Long Island sound. A stiff northeast wind yet was blowing, but the rain had ceased and the sun soon burned away the early morning haze. The test of the Plungor took place In the waters of the sound a short distance out side the entrance to Oyster Bay. The boat operated In about seven fathoms of water. After maneuvering a few minutes, making In the meantime several dives, the Plunger came to the surface and discharged a tor pedo. The bow of the vessel rose a few feet out of the water, there was a rush of foam several fathoms ahead and the tor pedo skimmed along the surface of the bay for perhaps yards. The projectile was picked up by one of the Sylph's launches. On account of the pressure of business "1 connection witn tne peace negotiation President Roosevelt was obliged to leave the Sylph at l:3n o'clock and return to j mlse proposition on Wednesday, the dlplo Sagamore Hill. Before leaving he expressel I rii;,tlc move passed to Russia and it was M. his satisfaction with the maneuvering of j wine's turn naturally to present the the vessel and the notable skill of the men j counter proposition of his government. If who handled It. He had learned, he said, that the officers and men on the boat were receiving for the services they are now rendering only shore pay, although It was manifest that at no time would their ser vices be more hazardous than It Is at pres ent. The president has directed that hereafter they shall receive sea pay for their present duties. Their sea pay will begin next Monday. "OPEN SHOP" FIGHT BEGINS Prospect for Trouble In Printing Trades at Chicago la Par ticularly Bright. CHICAGO. Aug. 28. Chicago today came the center of the struggle of em ploying printers throughout the country against the International Typographical union to defeat the hitter's attempt to se cure the eight-hour day. Open-shop no tices were posted In four of the large print ing establishments, members of the Ty- i pot hetae. The spirit of the Independent declaration will be carried out by the employment of nonunion printers at once Other mem bers of the Ty pot hetae have planned to follow suit. I.'nlon officials say that the fliRt nonunion man to appear In any of the Typot hetae establishments will be the signal for a general walkout in every plant controlled "by the master printers' organl- ! ration. Movements of Ocean easelu tun. 11. At New 1 ork Arrived: La Toniuine 1 from Havre; 81. Paul, from noutliuiopiou, Celtic, 1 1 oin Liverpool; I'mbria, from Liver- pool. Bulled; M.silia. for Iunlon ; I'hila- delphiu. for Plymouth; Z.eelan.i, lor Ant- wcip: I ulctlomu, lor Glasgow, Algeria, tor' Nu'.lea ! V, At Antwerp Sailed: Vadi-rlund. for New 1 lai-iil 1.1 ii. for Halifax At Li'.' rpool fcvalled' 1',-vlc, for New York; I.uianta. tor New York At Southampton Saih d: New York, for New 1 ork. ! At 1 'In rlioui g -Arrived : Moltke, from New York. ' At Bremen -Sailed : Bremen, for New 1 Yflt. ! At l'l niuuth Arrived St. lxuis, from New York At Km teruHTn Arrlved : Noordni, from e York. Sailed. Putadaiu. (ur JS'tw 1 v -it CZAR'S LAST WORD Nicholas Says He Will AgTee to Division of Sakhalin Island. NO TRIBUTE DIRECT OR INDIRECT Will Fay for Care of Prisoners, but Will Make N Further Concessions. JAPANESE ASK FOR AN ADJOURNMENT Conference Takes Recess Until Monday Upon Motion of Baron Komnra. SECRETARIES EXCLUOED FROM MEETING Indications that W Itte Has Forced the Mpponeae to Play Another Card Refore Delivering; Emperor's t Itlmslnm. ST. rETERSBVRG, Aug 27. !:M a. m. The curtain has been rung down on tha St. Petersburg stage, but center of In terest in the peace negotiations has been transferred to Portsmouth. Emperor Nicholas, after carefully weighing tha consequences of his art, has said his last word. Russia will make no fiscal rontrlbu tlon to Japan ln any form whatever, and tinleFs Japan accedes to President Roose velt's efforts to effect a compromise be tween Russia and Japan his efforts will have proved unavailing. Mr Meyer, the American ambassador, yesterday Informed President Roosevelt of Russia's ultimatum It agrees to ceda half of the Island of Sakhalin and to pay Japan for the maintenance of prisoners of war. but nothing more. Russia declares that It has met Japan more than half way and has proved to the world the sincerity of rer desire for peace, but that It would rather flght than pay an Indemnity. On this point. Russia has not changed lta opinion one hnlr's breadth. Answer Communicated to Meyer. Saturday morning Mr. Meyer received his latest communication from President Roosevelt, and as a result called on For eign Minister Lamsdorff later In the day. "Wltnt final proposal was contained ln President Roosevelt's communication It was Impossible to learn accurately, but there Is reason to believe that It sug gested a compromise on the basis of Rus sia paying Japan for Sakhalin. Russia'a final answer was communicated to Am bassador Meyer, who at once Informed the president. No stone was left unturned, and no effort was spared here to secure a settlement. Every slnirle nhstaele save one standing In the way of the signing of a peace treaty i at l orismoum was overcome, in inn mn-i of a fiscal contribution, Russia's answer was a nrm and persistent rerusai, ana mere Is excellent authority for the statement that If the Portsmouth negotiations fall It will be solely on the question of money. In his determination not to pay an In demnity Emperor Nicholas believes he has all of Russia at Ms back. The payment of an Indemnity would Inflict a fiscal bur den upon the entire Russian people. In crease discontent and consequently threaten the vital Interests of the empire. Jnpa Aak Adjournment. FORTS MOI'TH. N. II., Aug. 26 As Indi cated ln these dispatches last night there, was no rupture In the peace negotiations today. Peace Is by no means assured, but an Important crisis has been tided over and the fact that the life of the conference haa been prolonged Into next week adds mate rially to the rhances of a favorable Issue. According to the Russian version, It was Japan and not Russia which weakened this afternoon. M. Wltte publicly announced after the sitting that It was Baron Kofflura who asked for an adjournment until Mon day ln order to have time to submit a new proposition. Yet it Is known that M. Wltte has received Instructions sent after the president's lntercosslon at Peterhof through Ambassador Meyer to agree to the division of Sakhalin and to permit liberal compensa tion for the Russian prisoners of war and the cession of the Chinese Eastern railroad, but to continue absolutely to refuse to pay war tribute under any guise. This was described as Russia's "ultimatum," leav ing over the same old Question of money the stumbling block to an agreement. Secretarlra Are deluded. In the regular course of proceedure after the presentation of the Japanese compro- he succeeded, as Is intimated, In withhold ing his card Hue forcing the Japanese to play again he undoubtedly gained a ppl.it In the game. But no adequate account of proceedings at today's meeting Is forth coming. The plenipotentiaries, by agree ment, excluded the secretaries. There were, no minutes. There Is no record. This ln Itself Is extremely significant. When men who are fighting a desperate battle lock themselves In a room alone, It Is the best evidence that they are terribly In earnest. It is a hopeful sign. All that Is formally announced Is that the minutes of the last session were approved and upon Baron Honiara's motion the conference adjourned until Monday at 3 o'clock, but whether or n,.t the eoonter-oroiiosttlon of Russia waa submitted at this afternoon s session, It e- , . ,, ,, ' seems to be "up to Japan" to formally re ; nounco its demand for the "frals de guerre" and try to obtain a partial recomjiense In another way, for" Instance, by a bona fid sale of the northern half of Sakhalin. j (tar II el 11 sea fo Pay. I Emperor Nicholas's response lo Mr. Meyer 1 and his instructions to M. Wltte are re . nmiked as Ills last word o far us Indemnity . is concerned. Comproniine by which Japan . can secure a comparatively moderate sum ' of money is still om ii. But the gulf to be ' spanned Is still wide between the two ad versaries. Russia now Is willing to divide SaWialln. tn Wednesday Japan claimed . the entire Island by right of occupation, j offering only to sell back the northern half 1st the price of the "cost of the war." And it should be borne In mind thut the elimi nation of articles X and xi (surrender of Russia's Interned warships and limitation ' ,,f Russia's sea power) was conditional , ,,, ,. 'upon Its acceptance of Ills proposition. Baron Komura and .Ml laKalilra want lime to consult their government before agreeing 10 yield further. The medium of communication between Baron Kamko. who Is acting for Japan In the pourparler wild the president and the Japanese plenipotentiaries, has been disiovired It Is Mr. I'chlda, the Japanese c'-iimuI gem ral at .'ew York. After Baron Kaneko's visit to lisster Bay yesterday a long ai count of the Interview mus trans mitted by telegraph In cipher to liar 011 Komura by Mr. I'cliidi. President Receives Refusal, OYSTER BAY. N. Y ., Aug. -Rua.ua j has refused finally to accede W Prvsldeut
