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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1905.
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SHAW T0 CUMMINS
Calls Attention of Governor to Remarks
Had in Becent Speech in Chicago.
DENIES STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM
Never Said French Eeoiprooitj Treaty
Qave Zvervthinj to that Country.
WHAT HE DID SAY REGARDING FRANCE
Condition! Made it Imperative Not to
Discriminate Against England.
TRADE OF JHAT COUNTRY TOO VALUABLE
Asks that the Governor Correct W ha
lie A Hears la a Mlsrepresentn
tloa of the Attitude of
the Hrrrrlirfi
CHICAGO, Auk. 27. Secretary of the
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw today made pub
lic the following letter, written by him to
Governor A. B. Cummins, of Iowa, In reply
to statements made by Governor Cummins
before the recent reciprocity convention
at Chicago:
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-My Dear Governor
Cummins: In a carefully prepared address
delivered before the Reciprocity convention
at Chicago which the papers say you lead
'lest you might be mlsreported," you used
this language:
The Becretnry of the Treasury In a speech
recently delivered in Des Moines Is re
ported as saying that the explanation of
t lie refusal of the senate to consider the
French treaty la, that It gives everything
to France ana nothing to the United ntates.
1 must do lilm the justice to believe that
lie never read the treaty, ror otherwise he
bus committed a wave offense against the
properties of debate.
Mecrrtary'a Speech, aa Reported.
"I did not see that portion of your ad
dress until I camu west and have delayed
wilting that I might ascertain where 1 was
reported to have made bucIi a statement. I
knew 1 did not say It or anything that
could be so Interpreted, but I was not sure
about the report. The occasion was an
Informal luncheon and the speech was Im
promptu, though not extemporaneous. I
tlnd that both of the Des Moines republi
can dally papers represented at the lunch
eon reported me as saying:
I was an enthusiast among those who
favored the reciprocity treaties. Among
these treaties was one with France. 'J lie
French contract Rave iter an advantage In
entering the American market over every
other cwunlry on seventy articles, in con
sideration of which Hlie agreed to apply her
minimum tariff to our exports to France,
except as to twenty articles, including
horses, butter, eggs, cheese, leather gooux,
machines (machine tools dynamos, etc.
That is, we would treat France better than
we did any other country, France would
treat us about as well as she did any
otner nation.
Ot course the treaty was not ratified. I
say "of eoume." 1 mean merely to say
It was not ratllled. There were those in
the senate who declared that they did not
believe mis nation should not discriminate
against Great Britain where we sell Suuo,
Uiu.UKt of our exports for the benefit of a
nation which takes less than S.'oo.'wO.OuO.
Provisions of Treaty.
"While -tho report 1 uot verbatim, it la
substantially correct. W hether 1 read the
treaty befoie making the statement Is rela
tively of little Importance, but if the treaty
as negotiated did not give France a re
duction from our regular tariff rates ou
substantially seventy articles tto be exact,
sixty-nine articles, counting every variety
of silk manufactured aa one article), then
It may be conceded that I hud not read
it; and if It did not exempt twenty Amer
ican ai tides from the provisions of the
French minimum rate of duty, as follows:
Horses, butter, lucerne and clover fodder,
cast Iron, skins and hides, prepared; boots
and shoes and parts of same, belts and
cords and other leather articles manufac
tured for machinery; dynamos, machine
tools, dynamo conductors and parts; arc
lamps, known aa regulators, sugar, chicory
roots, green or dried; eggs, cheese, honey,
porcelain, cardboard, rough In sheets; then
It may be conceded that I violated the
proprieties of deba .-, though un informal
talk at a luncheon is several removes, from
a debate.
Asks for Information.
"You, my dear governor, and I, have had
Some experience in the trial of cases, and
we have seldom lost through the misrep
resentation of our opponents. Attorneys
.usunlly. and lawyers always, exercise great
care lest they Incorrectly stale the po
sition of their professional adversaries.
Certainly friends and adherents of the
same political party will be more careful
till, knowing therefore that you would
not 'violate tho proprieties of debate' by
quoting me without authority ns having
made a specific statement, I write to In
quire where you saw the report of my
speech as given in your Chicago address.
1 huve not seen It and I wish to correct
the record as soon as possible. Pleaae ad
vise. Very alncerely yours,
LESLIE M. SHAW."
BOY SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPED
Bronjght to Chicago from Buffalo and
Compelled to Beg on the
Streets.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Declaring that he
was kidnaped from his home in Buffalo,
N. Y., by a man who seized him and
hurried him away on a train. John Beach,
15 years old, tonight told the police a story
of how he had been held captive and tor
tured by the stranger durli.g the Journey
frott Buffalo to Chicago.
According to the story told the police
by Beach, he was playing in front of his
home in Buffalo with several companions
when a man approached and seised him by
the arm Before he could realise what
was taking place, he said, he was taken
tn the Lake Shore depot, placed on a train
and hurried away. When they bonrded the
train. Besch told the police, tho man lieat
him severely and threatened him. Besch,
according to his story, arrived in South
Chicago with the stranger early last Fri
day morning. H was, he aald, made to
beg on the streets, but later managed to
make his escape1 and come to the police.
EXCURSION TRAIN IN DITCH
Two Known to Be Dead and Many
Are sap posed to Bo
lnjared.
LGCANSPORT. Ind.. Aug. 28.-1 a. m
Two parsons are known to have ben killed
and many Injured in the wreck of a Penn
sylvania excursion train returning to this
city from Cincinnati. The known dead
are Pat Graney. engineer, and his fireman,
name not given.
The train was ditched three miles south
east of this city and several of the cars
toppled over au embankment. Relief trains
loaded with physicians have been dis
patched to the scene. Several hundred peo
ple were on the train and it is bUeve4
tl list of CouualUe will b Ufa.
QUEST FOR SPANISH GOLD
Some Coin Discovered at Site of
Mnklns; of Armada Treasure
hip.
LONDON, Aug. 27 (Sppeclftl Cablegram
to The Bee ) The quest for Spanish gold
on board the Admiral of Florence, the
treasure ship of the Spanish Armada at
Tobermory on the Argyllshire coast. Is
proceeding with every prospect of ulti
mate succepa. In the boulder clay brought
t y the digger an antique handmade
. candlestick has been found and
2 ! have also been recovered five gold
"pieces of eight" In excellent
jVervatlon, two stone cannon balls and
JJ of iron.
-aptaln Burns, the director of the West
tland syndicate which Is carrying on
C5 present search, has decided to sus
nd operations with the digger for the
esent for fear of destroying any silver
ate that may be found. He has reverted
3 the use of the powerful suction pump
m board the diving ship Beamer.
The duke of Argyll has delegated to the
syndicate his rights conferred by royal
charter In 1M1. It Is averred that the
ninth earl of Argyll In 1669 employed a
Swedish expert with a diving bell and that
a two months' search brought up two
cannon. It Is also stated that some years
later Sir William Sachevercll. governor of
the Isle of Man, agnln made a bold bid
for the treasure with results not re
corded, and that In 1637, on the invention
of a new diving apparatus, the next earl
of Argyll formed a company, the success
of which la not known to history. In 1740
John, the second duke of Argyll, i said
to have made another attempt with a div
ing bell, bringing up a bronze cup.
The present syndicate is supplied with
all of the modern appliances a powerful
steam pump whlrh sucks the sand and
clay and all smull materials from the
bands of the diver and a strong digger
that can In a forenoon pierce a hole six
feet square Into the mound of clay and
sand to a depth of eighteen feet. The
Swede and other experts of bygone times
could not descend eight fathoms without
the diving bell capsizing, and they could
only work with tongs from the Inside of
the bell. The syndicate have had full ac
cess to all historical documents and re
ports and to the archives, plana and charts
used In former searches.
In 1661. when the expert from Sweden
began the search for the marquis of
Argyll. It was found that the deck and
a portion of the vessel's sides were blown
off from the mlzzenmast forward and
that the hull was full of sand and mud.
The poop, however, whlrh was not dam
aged by the explosion, was standing up.
and the heavy oak beams and planking i
up the sides were intact, the bow belng
In eight fathoms, and the stern in eleven
fathoms at low water.
Under the poop was the strong room
and the treasure. The salvors Immedi
ately began to tear away the planks and
beams, but the Clan MncLean, under their
chief, drove them away from their work
after they had recovered five or six heavy
cannon. Subsequent workers were also
driven away by the MacLeans, who built
a fort overlooking Tobermory.
GERMANS WANT INFORMATION
For that Reason Woold Have Early
Session of Relchstaar Called
by Kaiser.
BERLIN, Aug. 27. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Efforts are being made through
out the empire to bring pressure to bear on
the government to summon the Reichstag
for an early autumn session. The chief
matter regarding which the nation wents
Information Is the condition of affairs in
Southwestern Africa. Although operations
have now been carried on for eighteen
months and a constant drain of men and
money has been leaving Germany for this
protectorate the end of the war is not yet
within sight, both the Hereros and the Hot
tentot tribes being apparently able to carry
on their gorrllla tactics for another eight
een months. Various estimates have been
made as to the cost of the expedition so
far, some authorities putting it as high aa
$.V).ntio.Ofo.
It is suggested In influential quarters
that the Reichstag should be given an op
portunity of discussing the entire position
with the object of showing the government
that some sort of an honorable peace Is better
than this continuous drain on the resources
of the country. Feeling is all the more .bit
ter on the subject inasmuch as it is well
known that the greater part of Southwest
ern Africa Is nothing better than a hopeless
desert.
STOESSEL ON 0UKT0MSKY
Russian General Accuses Admiral of
Cowardice In Face of tho
Enemy.
PARIS, Aug. 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) General Stoessel has put In the
hands of the St. Petersburg correspondent
of the Matin a long statement In which
he defends himself against the accusa
tions of the Russian press and violently
attacks the Russian admirals for their
management of the fleet at Port Arthur.
Speaking of Admiral Ouktomsky. ho
asks: "What sort of respect can one have
for an admiral who, terrified at the Japa
nese shells, remains at a distance and In
visible, reduces his flag to the size of a
pocket handkerchief and then lowers It
completely? There is probably no other
case on record of an admiral lowering his
fing out of fear of the enemy's bullets."
In reference to articles written praising
the Russian fleet, he adds:
"By what right have so many excellent
qualities been attributed to the Russian
naval heroes? Heaven preserve Russia
from heroes of a sort able In three or
four days to lose an Immense squadron of
battleships and cruisers."
MANY LETTERS ARE MAILED
In On Year Over Two and One-Half
Billions Are Posted In Great
Britain.
IINPON, Aug. 27-(Spectal Cablegram to
The Bee ) Figures only to be described as
staggering are dealt with In a return that
has Just been Issued by the postal union for
the year 1. and the mind falls to realize
what Is contained In the statement that In
that perold of twelve months $,57,000.000 of
letters wers posted in Great Britain. The
correspondence of ail other countries la, of
course, tabulated. In regard to postcards
Germany heads the list with 1,11,0o0.iX). to
be followed by the United States with 770.
500.000 of such missives. Great Britain tak
ing the third place with 613. M), 000. .
That, however, is a striking total and Is a
good evidence of the popularity of the pic
ture card, which, of course, has been a
largely contributing factpr to the vast
mass. Germany, It is Interesting to note,
has the fourth place In the world's em
ployment of postcards and used about i87,-
Ikrt.tW during ths saiua period.
FEW FEVER CASES REPORTED
Change in Temperature, However, In
creates the Fatalities.
PROMINENT MERCHANTS AMONG AFFLICTED
Matches Rnafd of Health DlnroTfn
a .Number of Cases In that City
Claimed to Be Traced to
Mew Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 27.-Followlng is
the official report to S p. m. Sunday:
New cases 31
Total to date l,U:
Deaths 13
Total lun
New foci IS
Total ij
Remaining under treatment 119
The record shows the smallest number
of new cases since August 6 and the largest
number of deaths on any day since the
fever made Its appearance. The unusual
number of deaths Is attributed In a meas
ure to the change In the weather, last night
being cool and pleasant. In great contrast
to the weather of the preceding week.
Three well known merchants are among;
the new cases. Only two names that can
be traced to Italian origin ore among the
thirty-one. Of the deaths, eight are Italians.
The principal news from outside the city
was the announcement from Natchex of the
discovery of six cases there and the at
tempt to blame New Orleans for them.
This Is regarded as rather strange In view
of the fact that of all the tight quaran
tines against New Orleans, Natchez has
maintained the tightest, not even allowing
Its own people to return there if they had
been near New Orleans.
Other reports from the country are aa
follows: Patterson, no new cases and no
deaths; Amelia, two new cases; Bayou
Boeuf, one case; Pecan Grove, three cases
and one death; Elizabeth plantation, one
death; Hanson City, four new cases and
one death; St. Rose, two cases; Port Bar
row, two cases; Ninth ward of Jefferson
parish, one cftse; Lake Providence, three
cases; Gulf Port, three cases; Mississippi
City, no new cases.
The Southern Pacific railway at the re
quest of the State Board of Health has
put on a special coach for the accommoda
tion of people traveling between Infected
points on that road. It will be run every
other day.
strict at Cairo.
CAIRO, III., Aug. 27. The waiting room
at Central station, where quarantine per
mits are issued, gave strong evidence today
that Cairo has a rigid quarantine In ex
istence. Crowds of through passengers
were detained at the headquarters because
they were not supplied with permits and
a guard was placed over them until they
could be sent on their way. A number
of arrests were made In each case of per
sons who were trying to evade the officers.
nnilier of Cases at Natrhri.
VICKSBURG, Miss., Aug. 27. Physicians
of the Natchex Board of Health today ex
amined and pronounced as yellow fever
two patients, a white woman and a negro
man. Examining further five negroes con
valescent from yellow fever were found In
the northeast end of town, together with
seventeen 1 suspicious cases f; sickness,
thirteen of which were undoubtedly yel
low fever. The infection Is traced to a
negro woman who came from New Orleans
on July 19. ,
Luke Providence, La., reports five new
cases, making a total of fifteen.
SH0NTS CALLS ON PRESIDENT
Lays On? Steam Shovels Until Tracks
to Handle Dirt Are In
Order.
OYSTER BAY, Aug. 27. Theodore P. !
Shunts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal
commission, was a dinner guest of the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt tonight. He
came to talk over with the president some
matters In connection with the canal work.
Chairman Shonts said, in response to ln
ouirles about the resignation of Sunerln-
tendent Present t of the Panama railway, j
that Mr. Prescott had resigned presumably
because of strictures made upon his conduct
or the road. He Bald that Mr. Preecott
had been succeeded by Mr. Balrd of tho
Rock Island system, who Is now en route
to Panama to aasmue his new duties.
"I have laid off all steam shovels," said
Mr. Shonts, "until the railroad tracks have
been put Into proper condition for their
use. I have found that at least six steam
shovels out of which the operators were
not getting to exceed 25 per cent of ef
ficiency. The condition Is not to be al
lowed to go on, so we have ordered all
steam shovel work discontinued for the
present. ,
"We have no difficulty In getting all the
labor we may want. The superintendent
who has charge ol that branch of work has
worked 76,000 men on a single contract, and
he says he could get 100,000 blacks for work
on the canal If so many were needed. Tho
principal idea at present is to provide quar
ters for the employes, to establish good
sanitary conditions and to arrange for the
prompt payment of the men. After these
preliminaries are arranged we will begin to
make the dirt fly."
W. C. Blerd of Chicago, who has been
appointed superintendent of the Panama
railroad to succeed H. O. Prescott, has
been the superintendent of the Chicago
terminal division of the Rock Island rail-
' road system. He is a comparatively young
man, but relinquishes a higher paying posi
tion with the Rock Island system to accept
the new appointment, which carries a
salary of $H,000 per year. Mr. Prescott,
the retiring superintendent of the Panama
railroad, wijl remain with that company
In another position.
MINERS DEMAND RECOGNITION
Statement Attributed to John Mitchell
In a Speech at Tamaqaa,
Pennsylvania,
TAMAQUA, Pa., Aug. V. John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers of
America, in a speech at Manila park to
day made an unequivocal declaration that
( bis uig,aiiia.tluti fclll at the expliallun of
tne present wage agreement In April next,
d'lnand recognition of the union and an
eight-hour day. President Mitchell said
that he hoped that by that time he would
be able to go before George F. Baer, presi
dent of the Philadelphia & Reading com
pany, and pointing to 150,000 men and boys
who are employed In and about the mine,
say:
"Wo have fixed the price of our labor.
You can take it or leave It."
Commits Swtctdo tm Church.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 27. -But a few
minutes after the close of Rev. W B.
Riley's address at the Ftrt Baptist church,
a man who is thought to be W, Rnwen
of Sublette, III., got up In a pew and fired
a bullet through his heart, dying Instantly.
On search of his clothes a draft for $700
was found on his person, made out tn
the name of W. Rower.. Sublette. III. Borne
small change was found la another pooksL
PRINTERS' STRIKE PROSPECTS
Job Men In Chlraao Will Probably
lie Ont Before the End of
the Week.
CHICAGO, Aug. T.-Refore the middle
of this week every union printer In the
thirty-seven shops controlled by the Chi
cago Typothetae will be on strike, and
before another week the fight may be ex
tended to twelve of the principal cities of
the middle west, the employers of which
are organized, with the Chicago Typo
thetae, In the middle west association.
This forms a part of tho national body
of master printers.
That the printers will put up a long and
bitter fight against the typothetae was
foreshadowed today, when Typographical
union local No. 1 met at Brand's hall
and raised the strike assessment from 2
to 6 per cent. The union also decided to
force the fighting by presenting at once
the demands for an eight-hour agreement
and an agreement for closed shops.
The raising of the strike assessment
means an addition of fct.000 weekly to the
defense fund, and printers nay they can
keep no men on the street without touching
the $1,000,000 fund which the union says it
Is ready to spend if necessary.
MADDEN DENIES THE FLIGHT
Saya He Did Not linn Away from New
York to Escape Jail
Sentence.
LOUISVILLE. Ky , Aug. 27 -SpeclaIs
from Lexington state that John E. Madden,
the turf man, arrived there today from
New York. Mr. Madden denied that he
had fled from New York to escape the
sentence of thirty days confinement In
Jail and a fine of $250 Imposed by Jostles
Burr for contempt. Justice Burr's ruling
was based on the failure of Mr. Madden
to appear or to give a deposition In the
divorce suit brought by Mrs. Madden.
It was Intimated that Mr. Madden might
go to Cincinnati some time next week
and give the required deposition there,
after he has conferred with his attorneys.
It Is stated that Mr. Madden's attorney,
Charles J. Bronston, exacted a promise
that Mr. Madden would give no deposition
In the divorce suit until Mr. Bronston's
return from Europe.
NO BONANZA FOR SETTLERS
Mttle Good Land Left After Indiana
Are Given Their Allot,
menta.
SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 27. Many pros
pective settlers on government lands In
i the I'intah reservation are reported to be
returning, having become discouraged by
the scarcity of good lands available. Wil
liam S. Gray of Lehl, Utah, Is one of these.
Mr. Gray drew No. 13 in the allotment and
expected to secure a good farm. After
looking carefully over the land he has re
turned, determined not to file upon any
land. Mr. Gray says that all that Is left
for settlement after the Indians have taken
their allotment Is precipitous hills and
alkali flats. He reports that men with low
numbers who went out to get farms are re
turning by hundrsdA Similar conditions
are reported by Daniel S. Burch of Ogden,
who drew No. 19 and who has returned
without making a tiling after Inspecting the
lands on the reservation.
FEDERATING CATHOLIC ORDERS
Proposition Advanced In Convention
of Catholic Knights of
America.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Plans for a federa
tion of all Catholic military organizations
In the United States were discussed at the
ocnventlon of the Catholic Knights of
America today. L. J. Kadeskl of Qulncy,
111., commander-in-chief of the order, was
the principal advocate of the Idea and
speeches favoring such a federation were
made by the leading delegates.
For the purpose of sounding the sentiment
of members of the various military orders,
a conference of officers of the organizations
will be called In a few days. This meeting
will decide whether or not the orders are
ready for amalgamation.
The convention will remain in session to
day and possibly tomorrow.
MINE OPERATORS TO MEET
Attitude to Be Taken at Next Wage
Conference with Minora to
Be Dlacuaaed.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 27. Announcement
was made today that a general meeting
of all of the bituminous coal operators of
the country will be held in Chicago, No
vember 22, to discuss what attitude the em
ployers of the vast army of miners shall
take In respect to the next interstate
wage conference. This announcement, fol
lowed by the further one that a wage
agreement has Just been reached between
the miners and operators of what is known
as district No. 19, including Ten
nessee and Kentucky, and which becomes
effective next month, at the same rate of
pay aa last year, has excited much specu
lation and discussion in the other bitumi
nous districts.
MILITIA GOES TO MINE CAMP
Ordered Out to Prevent Threatened
Trouble Where Men Are
on Strike.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Aug. 27 Seven com
panies of the Third regiment, N. G. S. T.,
left their camp at Hurriman today at 12:30
to proceed to Tracy City, where striking
union miners are threatening trouble.
Goes Bark to Old Home.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D., Aug. 27.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Mrs. Wallace D. Scott, for
merly Mrs. Roland B. Molineaux of New
York, together with Mr. Scott, their little
son and a maid, left Sioux Falls at !
o'clock this evening for Gotham, where
they will reside In the future. They de
parted twenty-four hours earlier than
originally planned. A short time prior to
their departure, P. A. Scott of this city,
father of Mr. Scott, agreeably surprised
his son and the Utter s wife by announcing
that b would on each birthday anniversary
of the little son of the couple deposit in
a bank the sum of $1,000 to the credit of
the youngster.
Krlesjer Vrrrks Convention.
JOLIET. 111., Aug. 27 The national con
vention of Krleger Vereln of America
opened here today with an elaborate
parade. Large delegations sre here from
Chicago and other cities. "Festday" was
celebrated at Hers park, where Mayor
Burr welcomed the delegates. The busi
ness session of the convention will begin
tomorrow.
Xriro Lynched In Morth Carolina.
NEW BERNE. N. C. Aug. r7.-John
Moore, a negro, 30 years old, was
taken from the Craven county Jail In this
city early today and lynched by a mob of
bx mucked luca aitneil wlUi rifles au4 revolvers.
STATISTICS OS TEACHERS
One Instructor for Each Seventy-One
Persons of School Age.
PERCENTAGE MUCH LARGER IN NORTH
Hatlo of Teachere to Population Has
Mora Than Doubled In Lnat Thirty
leara and la II la li eat In '
mm cities.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Z7 -The census
bureau has Just published as a bulletin
an analysis by Prof. Walter F. Wlllcox of
Cornell university of the census statistics
relating to teachers. Calculating the school
age as from 5 to i!4 the report finds that
taking the country as a whole, there Is an
B j
" ;
average of one teacher to every seven
one pupils, of 140 for every 10,000. The
computation shows that the supply of
teachers in proportion to school popula
tion has more than doubled In the last
thirty years and that teachers exceed the
total number of clergymen, lawyers and
physicians.
In 1W0 Nevada had the largest propor
tional number of teachers, Vermont ranked
second, Maine third and Iowa fourth. The
proportion of teachers was smallest in
some of the southern states. During the
last decade the proportion has Increased
In every 'state and territory, the increase
reaching a maximum In tho state of Wash
ington. The states in the north and west
showed a greater Increase than those of
the south.
The proportion of teachers In continental
United States Is smaller than In England
and Wales, but greater than In Germany,
France, Italv Canada, Mexico, or Cuba,
and In the following states the proportion
Is greater than In Lnglaml and aies.Dor, , f .,, .,,,,,., ,,, ,,,u
Maine, New Hampshire, ermont, Massh-
chusetts. District of Columbia, Ohio, Min-1
nesota, Iowa, North Dakota. South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Nevada,
Washington, Oregon and California. Dur
ing recent years the proportion of teachers
increased In this country to a greater ex
tent than In England, France, Germany or
Canada. .
(Hies. In the Lead.
The proportion of teachers In cities hav
ing at least 25,000 Inhabitants is greuter
than In smallerclties or country districts.
This condition, however, does not pre
vail in all districts of the United States.
In the north Atlantic and north central
divisions the larger cities are not so well
supplied with teachers as the smaller
cities and the country districts, a fact
which suggests the Inference that where
an effective educational system Is of recent
growth It has developed more rapidly In
the cities, but where It has been estab
lished for a generation or more It has
established a larger ratio of teachers to
popuiaflon In the slowly growing rural
districts than In the rapidly growing
cities.
The Immigrant population contains pro
portionately fewer teacners man me n-i
initiation. The cliimren or immini
nowever. nave engtigeu in imrainn ij
n it rsifni uinv ,11.7 (,i.pn.i i,"u
mnnir A rill lt nf t lila elans exceeds the
proportion among white children of native i
In continental United States, as In aJl
countries for which figures were obtainable,
the greater part of the teaching Is done by
women. The excess of female teachers
over male Is greater In this country th.in
In any other. .
In the larger cities of every geographical
division In continental United States about
four-fifths, or 80 per cent, of the teachers
were women, while In the country the per
centage of women teachers varied from
69 6 tn the south central division to 77.2 in
the north Atlantic division.
AGITATION ON THE INCREASE
Peaaanta Only Willing to Pay 6ne
Tenth of Crop to the
Landlord.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27. There is a
great Increase in the agrarian agitation In
various parts of the country. There, how
ever, have been but six disturbances. In
the Gori district the peasants are forcing
the nobles to announce to the newspapers
that they are handing over their holdings
to the peasants freely, or are accepting
one-tenlh Instead of one-quarter of the
crop yield. The refusal of the peasants In
the village of Inchadeshan to pay Prince
Inukransky the proportion of the crop to
which he was entitled led to a serious con
flict. The Cossacks fired on the peasant, kll
ing and wounding, according to an official
account, nineteen and according to an un
official account seventy.
Peasants came from the mountains to
the assistance of the villagers, resulting
in fresh disturbances, in which one Cossack
was killed. Prince Inukhransky himself
had a narrow escape from shots fired at
him.
BAD WEATHERJDRIVES FLEET IN
British Ships Reach Rendezvous
Twelve Honrs Ahead of
Time.
SWINEMUNDE. Aug. 27. Owing to the
bad weather the British channel fleet ar
rived here this evening twelve hours be
fore It was expected. The German fleet
will arrive tomorrow to greet the British
ships, and a visit from Emperor William la
considered not Improbable.
The channel fleet, consisting of eleven
battleships, eight cruisers and a flotilla of
torpedo boats, under command of Admiral
Sir Arthur Wilson, sailed from Eplthead
August IK for the Baltic sea.
TWENTY LABORERS KILLED
Careless Handling of Dynamite
Reaponalble for the
Accident.
MAZATLAN, Mex," Aug. 27. Twenty
Mexican laborers we,re killed and a num
ber of others injured by the premature
explosion of a quantity of dynamite at
the port of Manzanillo. It la thought
the explosion was the result of
carelessness on the part of some of the
laborers. The families of those killed have
been indemnified by Colonel Edward Smoot,
the contractor in charge of the Manzanillo
port works.
BOYCOTT HURTS MERCHANTS
Government to Aid Them la Dis
posing of American
Goods.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 27. The Chinese For
eign board has appointed a special commls-
.in in aasiat Chinese merchants here
,o dispose of the enormous quantity of
American goods eoniraciea ror oorore ineiyllle; Etrurla, from ,ew York, via (queens-
boycott was
announced, hoping thus to
vert a financial panic.
Health of Army Good.
LIPI APl'DZE. Manchuria. Aug. 27. Re
ports telling of a large number of typhoid
cases among the soldiers have been exag
gerated. There are some cases, but the
general state of health in the army Is ex
cellent. Aa typhoid generally arises through
the soldiers drinking unboiled water, mov
able machines for the boiling of water are
bslo rapidly established.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Monday. Tneadny Partly Clondyi
Showers anft Cooler In est Portion.
Temperatnre at Omnhn Yesterday!
Hoar. De. II, .nr. He.
ft a. m t) i . m
a. m m a p. in RJ
7 a. m...... 72 a p. m il
H a. m Ta 4 . m Kit
On. m 7:t (1 p. m as
1 a. m Tft (I p. in HH
11 m TS T p. m XT
1' m H2 H p. m 8ft
0 p. m M.1
HOW PASSPORT WAS SECURED
Men Are Fined In London Conrt for
Breaking Faith with Gov
ernment. LONDON, Aug. 27-iSppeclal Cablegram
to The Bee.)-A fine of 5o0 has been Im-
POSed In W'llAt hAS hArtrinia Well lf,w,wn In
the worl( ag tho pa8sport ,.Kat
rebruary a serious bomb explosion took
place In a hotel at ' St. Petersburg. The
owner of the bomb was blown to pieces by
his own explosive, and amid the wreckage
of his room was found a passport, mado
out In the name of MoCulloch, duly signed
by the British foreign minister and vised
at least twelve times In different Russian
cities Inquiry showed that the would-be
assassin was not McCulloch at all, who
had been Induced by a friend to apply for
a Russian iasport, not with the inten
tionas he stated in his application of
using it himself, but that he might pass
It on to another person. That friend was
a Journalist, named Iirallsford, a student
of Russian affairs, and apparently an ac
tive sympathizer with the reformers, or, ns
tho authorities of those countries prfcr to
call them, the revolutionaries of east Eu
rope. Brallsford wanted to give the pass-
. .
but whether he gave It to the man who
oiew nimseir to pieces there has been noth-
ing to Indicate.
He disclaimed any knowledge that the
passi ort was wanted for an advocate of
physical force, or for a bomb-throwing as
sassin, and In this there Is no reason to
doubt his word McCulloch's action in the
matter was simply that of complying with
the request. The ultimate result of the
action of Brallsford and McCulloch whs
that this passport, obtained under false
pretenses enabled a bomb thrower to move
freely about Russia. It was argued for
the defense that a passport Is so easily
obtained that it really means very little,
and that these documents can be freely
transferred from one person to another.
The lord chief Justice laid stress upon the
essential character of a passport as a sort
of guarantee of respectability, any general
abuse of the privilege soon leading, espe
cially In a country like Russia, to the en
forcement of vexatious and minute for-
mu)i,i
Nelther Brallsford nor McCul
loch, In carrying out this deception, had
anv personal gain in prospect. Brallsford
only Idea was to be of service to an ac
quaintance presumably at variance with
the Russian government. His motive was
political sympathy.
ARMIF.S IX MANCHIHIA ARK ACTIVK
Japanese Kvldently Preparing; for
Some Movement.
O UN-SHU PA38, Manchuria. Ac;. 87.'- In
telligence of the constitutional grants by
the government has been received by the
army, and general Information relating to
Portsmouth affairs continue to reach here
from threo to ten days late.
Since the Japanese reconnnltered the Rus
sian center about twenty-five or thirty miles
on August 10, which resulted In retaliatory
skirmishing, as well as the checkmating
of a wide movement of considerable bodies
of troops throughout three days, nothing
Important has occurred. During the long
quiet valuable reinforcements have reached
oom sines, giving tne tneatre of war a
j rnlloh changed appearance. The front has
j hen greatly extended, made possible by the
ue cf the wireless telegraph, and because
j Df the unexampled size of the armies, the
character of the third stage of the war,
whether It be active hostilities, demobiliza
tion or the garrisoning of contested terri
tory, will be complicated.
The relative positions of the two armies
Is comparable to that of a year ago, and
the country Immediately facing the Japa
nese Is slmost Identical with thnt which
confronted them at Liao Yang. The ac
quisition of the railway ajid rivers by the
Japanese at Mukden, together with their
Feng Wang Chang connection, and Oeneral
Kawamura's new line of communication and
j defense, running from the head of naviga
tion on the Yalu river across to Kaiyuari,
with the occupation of the Changpalshan
mountain region makes control of the
administration of south Manchuria as com
plete as that achieved In the north, by sim
ilar organization and In the rapid consolida
tion of these connections, the destiny of
Manchuria is clearly fixed regardless of
other Influences
The Associated Press correspondent trav
ersed 200 miles over the old Imperial hunt
ing reserve on the east flank, which was
opened to settlement several years ago.
Heavy crops of oil beans, millet, malse, In
digo and hemp are under cultivation there
now. This comprises a region extensively
scoured by the Japanese, who appear bold
and active pending the negotiations. The
people complain of horse thieves and rob
bers. There is general appreciation throughout
of the demonstrations in the United States
for M. Wltte. After an enormous rainfall
during the past ten days it is believed that
the rainy season Is closed.
ACTIDKXT IX HKHI.I THEATER
Collapse of Statclim Cauaes Injury of
Thirty Actora..
BERLIN. Aug. 27. The collapse of the
timber work of a terrace sixteen feet abovo
the stage, daring a rehearsal at the M. tro-
pole theater this afternoon while thirty
performers were on the terrace and the
stuge was crowded, caused the Injury of
twenty persons. Panic-stricken actors and
actresses rushed Into the streets in stagi)
attire. It is feared that four of tbe In
jured will die, Max Steiden, the most popu
lar comic singer In HerJIn. being among
the number. Nearly all of the others in
jured are young girls.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Auk. 27,
At New York Arrived; Hamburg, from
Dover and tiouiogne.
At Southampton Arrived: St. Louis.
from New York, via Plymouth and Cher
biiurs:. At Hamburg Arrived: Moltke, from New
York, via t'lymouin ana i nerimurg.
j At Liverpool Arrived: Cedrlc, from New
! York, via Uuecnstown; Cymric, from Bos
; -'v ? t'inTn.'TrC;,, reJZ
town.
At Moville Arrived: Numldtan. from
New York for uiasgow and proceeded.
At London Suited: Minnehaha, for
New York.
At Naples Sailed: Romnnle, for Genoa
for Boston, via Ponle del Gaila.
At Boulogne Sailed: Polmlam, from Rot
terdam for New York (and passed The
Lizard).
At Cherbourg Balled: Bremen, from
Bremen for New York.
At Queenstown failed: Lucanio. from
Liverpool for New York.
At Dover Sailed: Patricia, from Ham
burg for New York, via ttuulvgna.
WAIT ON TOKIO SOW-
Peace Conference Delayed for a Day to
EecsWe Word from Japan.
CHANCES FOR PEACEFUL OUTCOME GLOOMY
Japanese Envoy Indicates Little Hope of
Favorable Answer.
RUSSIANS WILL NEVER PAY INDEMNITY
Believe Latest Move Will Alienate
Sympathy from Japanese.
DIPLOMATIC GAME ONE OF THE KEENEST
Public sentiment In Japan Opposed
to Foreakltin; Indemnity or Giving;
I p Any Part of Sakhalin
Island.
ni'l.l.KTI.
TOKIO, Aug. SS 7:45 a. m. A specially
summoned council of the cabinet and
elder statesmen is now in session discus
sing the latest final phases of the pcaoa
conference at Portsmouth.
Bl 1,1 F.TI.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 2S.-L10 a. m.
There Is a persistent report that President
Roosevelt has made a new appeal to tha
emperor of Japan.
HVI.I.F.TIN.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 2S. Shortly after
midnight Baqoti Komura was called to the
telephone at the Hotel Wentworth and
talked lor fifteen minutes In Japanese to
someone.
PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Aug. 27.-The Ufa
of the pence conference today seems to
hung by a thread, but the thread will not
be broken tomorrow. At 10 o'clock tonight,
after a conference between Mr. Takahiia
and M. Wltte In the tatter's room in tha
hotel annex, the announcement of a post
ponement was made, M. Wltte explained
to the Associated Press that Mr. Takahiia
hud told him tluu no new Instructions had
reuched him from Toklo and fearing none
might bo received before the meeting
scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, ho hud
suggested the propriety of postponing the
meeting until Tuesdny. To this M. Wltte
said lie hud readily assented. Mr. Tak
ahiia made the following statement to tha
Associated Press:
Inasmuch as this conference was Initi
ated by the friendly offices of your presi
dent, after consultation we felt that we
should be cautious about terminating its
labors."
Pressed as to whether he regarded the sit
uation as hopelrsn, Mr. Tivkahlm said: "No.
not hopeless, but almost hopeless."
This In Itself from one who has always
spoken In the most guarded manner, Is suf
ficient to show tho desperateness of the sit
uation. The reel crisis In the negotiations
Is at hnnd. It is very acute, but will not
bo over for several days and without a
rupture a basis of peace acceptable to both
sides may come very suddenly. But to save
the situation now Japan must speak. If
on Tuesday it has nothing to offer, all la
over.
I n to Japanese Emperor,
M. Wltte, even if he would, is powerless
to take a tiew step. He now occupies the
role of an Imperial messenger who trans
mits his master's orders to Baron Komura
and .Baron Komura turns them over to
Toklo for the response. The conference
room has ceased to be a place for negotia
tions. It la simply the place where the em
perors of the warring countries exchange
their communications by the hands of their
envoys, and upon the point of Indemnity
or reimbursement of the cost of the war,
under any disguise, Emperor Nliholas has
given the Japanese emperor his lsst word.
M. Wltte accepts It ns final and In writing
yesterday informed the Japanese plenipoten
tiaries that Russia would have nothing
further on this subject. Russia would cede
half of Sakhnlla and pay the coat of tha
maintenance of the Russian prisoners, but
that was all. Emperor Nicholas had given
the same response to the president through
Ambassador Meyer.
The Russians generally seem not dis
pleased with the situation. They believe
Japan has been diplomatically maneuvered)
Into a corner from which If she now per
sists in her attempt to exact tribute with
the alternative of a continuance of tha
war, she cannot extricate herself before
the public opinion of the world.
Pnts Japan In a Hole.
Japan hern and In Europe, .they ssy, sp
pealed for sympathy on the ground that
Russia had compelled her to take up
arms to protect her life. The fortunes of
war had gone In her favor and Russia,
recognizing that she had been beaten and
preferring not to continue the war, waa
prepared to secede upon every point In
volved In the quarrel. She was willing to
allow Japan full swing In Cores, she was
willing to get out of Manchuria bag and
baggage and commit herself to the recogni
tion fif Chinese Integrity and the policy of
"the open door." But Japen insisted on
tribute, and because Russia refused, pro
longs the carnage. In that act they con
tend Japan would change the purpose and
character of the war which would ceasa
longer to be one of principle, but degen
erate Into a war for the exaction of money.
There Is no doubt that the Japanese are
worried over this aspect of the situation
and they do not propose to be placed In
this position If It can be helped. With tha
sentiment existing in Japan demanding re
imbursement for the expenses of the war,
a money payment beyond what would ba
obtained for the maintenance of Russian
prisoners and the Chinese Eastern railroad
could not be foregone. But If redemption
by Russia could be placed upon purely a
commercial basis, Russia might agree to
It. Logic points In this direction for the
ultmate compromise If there Is to be one.
President's Mot In Doubt.
Whether the president has renewed his
efforts cannot be ascertained here. His
former suggestion for a compromise failed.
He made his appeal simultaneously to
both the csar and the emperor of Japan.
He proposed the "Indemnity-Sakhalin"
combination, but not In the form In which
it was presented by Huron Komura at
Wednesday's meeting. Instead Of setting
the price (l,2J,0uo,00 yen, the estimated
cost of the war) he suggested that If un
agreement could not be reached the fixing
of the price should be left to a board or
commission, but the Japanese Instated upon
innertlng the sum and thus mad It im
possible, la view of tha Russia declara-
