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t - IT I The Omaha Daily Bee. OAKS GROW FROM ACORNS BEE ADS BUILD BUSINESS fiG BUSINESS OR LirUC BEE ADS WILL BOOST It OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1905-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. SPREAD OF CHOLERA Appearance of the Flague in Pmiti Cuiei Excitement. TWELVE FOCI DEVELOP IN FIVE DAYS Thirty-Four Cseei in Town Scattered Over Large Area. HAMBURG ONE OF INFECTED CITIES Btrong Fight KeceJtary to Keep it Within Control CABINET CONSIDERS THE SITUATION Cautionary Sotleee Posted In All Village In Districts Affected l.xperta Make Inapeetlon Tour a. BERUN, Auk. :U.-The spread of cholera from two loralltieii on the Welchsel river five days ago to thirty-four cases In twelve localities, extending from the Baltic to the Warthe river. 15'1 miles south, and Its ap pearance In Hamburg has given an un pleasant tlirlll to the people of Germany, for It muy mrnn a long and steady fight, as In lKQ-m, to prevent the disease from get ting beyond control. In those years It la estimated that &r,o00 persons died In Russia from cholera. The I'russlan government Is keenly aware of the. possibilities of the danger, which o far Is not regarded as giving occasion for apprehension. A committee of the cabinet consisting of Dr. Btudt. minister of madlcal affairs; Heir von Sudde, minister of state and minister of public works; Herr Moller, minister of commerce and industry, and Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, minister Of. the Interior, has the direction of the preventative mensures. Numerous bacteriologists have been sent Into the Infected district to assist in the surveillance of the prisoners who have con tracted cholera. Cautionary notices are published In all towns and villages in the affected area. Two Deaths Near Raatenhnrn,. RASTENBUHG. East Prussia, Aug. 31. There has been one death, believed to have been caused by cholera in the village of Paarls and one In the village of Warnl keim. and In both villages the government commissioners have discovered several sus picious cases. UNBROHQ-ON-THE-WAnTHE, Trus sla, Aug. II. Two deaths from cholera have occurred among the river men in a village at tne Intersection of the Warthe and the Nctxe. Rnsalnn Craft Quarantined. EINLACE. West Prussia. Aug. 31 No boats or craft nor any fishermen from Rus sia will be allowed to pass the locks here, All arrivals ore detained under Inspection In three divisions. The first, for cholera cases, contains one pntlent; the second, for suspects, also has one; the third, for those exposed to disease, has forty-seven river men. One C'pae on Steamer MoltUe. LONDON. Aug. 31. The Hamburg-Amer-. Kan Steamship company telegraphs the fol lowing to the Associated Press from Ham burg: Ou August 38 a Russian emigrant, who anived on the previous day, died in the city hospital at Hamburg under circum stances Justifying the suspicion that death was due to cholera. The Hamburg-American Steamship company consequently de cided to dispatch on the Moltke cabin pas sengers only, the steerage passengers be Iiik detained at Hamburg for further ob servation, although t lie Hamburg authori ties have given posltlvv assurance that there Is not the least danger. Two Deaths In Austria. LEMBKRO. Austria. Aug. 31. Two deaths from c-iolera nave occurred here and several suspected cases are under ob servation. The deaths occurred In the family of a river boatman who has been working In ths Vistula district of Prussia. BRITAIN AND JAPAN CLOSER New Treaty Guarantees Protection of Interest of Kacjl. In t'aae of War. LONDON, Aug. II. The report that an Anglo-Japanese treaty was signed August 12 by Forelgfl Secretary Iansdowne and Minister Hayashl is confirmed. While secrecy is maintained for the pres ent regarding the exact terms. It may be said that the document is of far-reaching .Importance. It affords mutual guarantees for the protection of British and Japanese interests,, even If the two contracting pow ers ura only threatened by a single hostile power, and assures the maintenance of the status quo in the far east. The new treaty was found to be a powerful factor in in suring the peace of the world, at any rate so fur as the far east Is concerned. SCIENTISTS FINTJBAD WEATHER Resnlts of Observation of Eclipse on Island of Majorca Are I Indifferent. LONIK3N, Aug. 31. A telegram from Sir Norman Lockyer. chief of the eclipse parly at Palma, Island of Majorca, says: "The results wre Indifferent owing to unfavor able weather," Professor Hugh Callendar of the Royal Collegs of Science. I-ondon. reports from Castellon de la . Plana, near Valencia, Spain, that ths first and Jast contact were observed In a clear sky and thst good records of the radiation and temperature were obtained. TAFT PARTY SJARTS FOR HOME Miss Roosevelt Receives Many Pres. ents from the Natives After She Embarks. MANILA. Aug. 31. Secretary of War Tsft and party sailed on the transport Logan at noon today for Japan. There was a notable demonstration In the bav lust before the Logan sailed. Many valuable presents were presented to Miss Alice Roosevelt by the natives after she bad gone aboard the Logan. Darwin at Johanaeaburg. JOHANNESBURG. South Africa, Aug. a Prof. George Howard Darwin, second son of the lats Prof. Darwin, and professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge, England, addressed the British association st the meeting Just Celestial held hre on the subject of Evolution " Swedish Order far 'America. STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Aug. M.-Klhg Oscar has conferred ths honor of knight hood of tne Royal Order of Vssa upon B. Lowensteln of Memphis. Tenn. Mr. Lowensteln has been a constant visitor to wedea tor tweUa )sara Strike of Job Prlntera In the lnT city Rrirhn an Mage. Acute CHICAGO, Aug. SI. An acute stage has been reached In a new labor war In Chi cago. Nineteen of the larger Job printing houses o' Chicago were without union romp. this evening, the result of a series v rlkes Inaugurated by Tpo grapMc 5 " on No. 1H against members of the "o Typothetae, the purposa of the 1J, being to compel the Typo thetae a. rganlzatlon to accept the demands ? "closed shop" and that eight hour 5 Itute a day's work. Fur ther strike expected In case other houses unde to do work for concerns at which str. .ve begun as the result of posting res of an intention to Inaugurate "o p" and "nine hours" where It Is t. .. .1 cnnlrary conditions had been the nne. Pending such assistance to strike affected firms, the strike leaders pronounced the strike complete and de clared the outcome a matter of endurance, a spread here or to other cities not being contemplated for the present at least. Not counting other employes in the nine teen printing houses Involved, printers to the number of nearly are idle. The strikers claim that eight large es tablishments will remain neutral, not ac cepting work for houses where strikes are In progress, and that In the eight and elsewhere, 2.5TO members of the union would be at work, helping to supply funds for strike benefits. Among the establish ments at which, today, the latest strikes were Inaugurated were Poole Brothels, M. A. Donahue & Co, and the Methodist Book Concern. Contrary to the assertion of the officers of the Typographical union, Secretary Hamm of the Typothetae says emphatically that he does not know of a single desertion and that the effect of the strike here would be overcome In short order. At union headquarters today It leaked out that union printers from various parts of the country are talcing advantage of the offer of Chicago strike affected prtntshops to come to this city in the guise of strike breakers, ull traveling expenses paid. After reaching here the unionists desert lnstanter. NEW ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY Statement that It Provides for Defen sive Alliance and tiunrantees Terms of Portsmouth Treaty. LONDON, Sept. 1. The conclusion of the new Anglo-Japanese treaty of alllunce, which the Associated Tress announced on August 25 had been signed, has only now become definitely known to the English newspapers, which are keenly Interested In It and are anxiously discussing Its prob able contents. An Important modification binding either power to come to the assistance of the other if attacked by one, instead, as in the old treaty, of two powers, causes dis quietude in some quarters, where It is thought to add enormously to Great Bri tain's responsibility, but on the whole complete satisfaction is expressed as to the scope of the new treaty, as far as it Is at present known. The Daily Telegraph, representing the views of the government and well reflecting j .... opimo... o. inujocy o. .ne new.- papers, in an editorial says: The new Anglo-Japanese treaty will guar- ntee the terms of the Portsmouth treaty. ante It will check any Insane idea of Russian revenge, will render Impossible anv atiti- Japanese coalition and effectually terminate the scramble lor China. It is supposed that the new treaty estab lishes an unqualified defensive alliance be tween Great Britain and Japan and It IB believed not unlikely t hut India Is Included In the sphere of territory over which the treaty alms for the preservation of the status quo. Should this prove t lie case its value to Great Britain will be enhanced. HUSBAND FOR CENTENARIAN Love I.oaea No C'harma for Colored Woman from Dixie Who Paaaes Her Hundredth Milestone. An odd character Is enjoying the hos pitality of Matron Etta Anderson at the city Jail, the visitor being Sarah Johnson of Warrington, W. Va. Mrs. Johnson is enroute from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, at which latter place she Intends to take unto herself a husband when she arrives there. Wednesday she lost her purse and ticket and called on the police for assistance. It was reported by the Council Bluffs police that the missing articles were found at the Bluffs transfer station. Mrs. Johnson will proceed on her Journey at once. The old colored woman does not know how old she Is, but believes her age is over 1UU years. She looks the part, al though her eyes twinkle yet when she talks, especially of that husband. She wears a wig and has lost most of her teeth. She was enjoying a llttt siesta Thursday when several bold reporters were shown Into her apartments In the matron's de partment at the city Jail. "Ah doan know how ole Ah be, chile, but Ah knows Ah cooked lots ob meals foh dem Yankee solyers. But dey'a got mail age In Massa Nlch'laa' old Bible. Dat wss de bes' family In Ole Varglny. Only one thing Ah hud agin dem and dat was dey sole niuh husband. Ah have neber seen him no inoah. Ah'm going west, honey, an' am going to take another hus band." y SUBPOENAES IN BEEF CASES Former Employes of Parking Inter ests lu Kansas City Will Testify In Chicago Trlula. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 81. W. D. Miles, formerly manager of the d reused beef I department of the Armour Packing com pany of Kansas City, and Thomas P. Hudy, presldnt of the Interstate Ice and Cold Storage company of this city, have been served aith subpoeuaes ordering them to appear In Chicago early In Octoler to tes tify in the trial of packers Indicted by the federal grand Jury in the beef inquiry. Mr. Miles testified before the grand Jury st Chicago as to methods used by ths Ar mour company to secure business. AERONAUT BLOWN TO PIECES Man Giving; Exhibition ef Van of Dynamite from Balloon Killed la Mid Air, GREENVILLE. O.. Auj. 31.-Aeronaut Baldwin of Losanteville. lnd., was today blown to shreds with his balloon at a ' h'ht ot 10,0 ,eet- H wa sivlng an exhibition ot tne use oi aynamite from a balloon for war purposes and had three sticks of the explosive with him. When he was 1.000 feet In the air. In full sight of thousands of people attending the ouun fair, by some accident the dynamite 'ex ploded and the balloon and man were liter ally torn to frsgments. Baldwin's wife Waa a witness of tea horrible scene. YELLOW JACK ON THE WANE Forty-One Hew Cases and Four Deaths at New Orleans Teiterday. GENERALLY HOPEFUL FEELING PREVAILS Disease lias .Neurly Hon Its Coarse In . Leevllle Another Doctor Is stricken by Disease. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 81. Tellow fever report to 8 p. m. : New cases Total cases to date Deaths Total deaths to date New foci Another doctor was stricken today, . .1,919 . e . 277 . 6 Dr. Homer J. Dupuy, who resides on isortn Rampart street. Of the deaths all but one are Italians. Surgeon Von Eidorf returned today from Leevllle and reported that while conditions have Improved, there Is nothing to be done but supply their needs and allow the dis ease to run its course through the whole settlement. He says that 273 of the people there have already had the yellow fever, of whom If are now under treatment. Ha also found two cases at LaRose. thirty-five miles north of leevllle. The most interesting news from the country was brought by Dr. Brady, who made a thorough inspection of the planta tion between Houma and Sehrtver, In Terre Bonne parish, finding upwards of sixty cases scattered among the Italians. Qulfport reports three new cases and one death. The new business year in New Orleans, opening tomorrow, finds the yellow fever situation so evidently under control, that based on April conditions, businessmen and financiers are looking forward to ex ceptional activity in all lines of Industry when the fever Is finally stamped out and free Intercourse resumed. ' Telegram from Rooaevelt Evidencing his deep sympathy with New Orleans, President RooBevelt today sent a notable acknowledgement to Mayor Behr man of a telegram applauding the presi dent's service to humanity In restoring peace between the warring nations in the far east. The president's reply follows: OYSTER BAY, Aug. 31. Hon. Martin Behrman, mayor. New Orleans. No tele gram has touched me as deeply as the telegram from you showing that In the midst of her great trial. New Orleans Is so keenly alive to all that affects the In terests of the world and the honor of our country. You have given fit expression to the feelings of your brave and gallant people, for only those with lofty souls can In the midst of their own grief find time to think of others. I trust I need not say how deep and constant my anxiety Is for the welfare of vour city and state. (Signed.) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. PURGING THE POLL BOOKS Director of Pnblle Safety of Phila delphia Orders Policemen to Make Showing. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 81. Director of Public Safety Potter today Issued orders to i the various rtnllce lieutenants of thin cltv UlHnl to deta, to ap. a,ges8or, of the,r regpe0. ,,,,. ,,....,. ,k. n. ....... t . ' fepfmber 5 and present to the assessors an nctmous names ana tnose or persons I who have died, moved or are Illegally upon tne voting lists, ana request the assessor was arresieo. tor imoxicauon ana cununeu to strike the same from the roll. After a at the city Jail. There he complained of recent canvass by the police it was an- feeling 111 and the city physician was called nounced that they discovered more than for when the discovery was made that ho 60,000 names illegally upon the election lists. I came from near New Orleans. The time The department of public safety has pre- for his breaking out with the disease has Tared 60.0HO affidavits, sworn to by police- j passed, according to his statements, but he men, and these will be presented to the as- was locked uff anyway as an extra precati sessors when the demand is made upon I tlon. them to strike off the alleged bogus names. ! Special Agent Myers of the federal land Peter J. Wagner, assessor of the Thirty- office at Washington was In Des Moines seventh division of the Twentieth ward, I today on his way to Red Oak to Investigate was held in Jl.Bno bail todav and Lewis J. the alleged land frauds there which re- L. Buck, William G. Turner, Lawrence Farrcll, election officers of the division, were each held In $1,000 ball, charged with conspiring to make false returns of the February election. John H. Fulmer, re publican leader of the division, was arrested in the hearing room and held in SoOO ball, charged with Intimidating a witness and ob structing Justice The Twentieth ward 1s In the fashionable section of the city. This was offered to show that men who had been dead for years were voted, and that persons who had not lived in the division for years were placed on the assessor's list and their names voted. FRATERNAL CONGRESSES JOIN "Associated Fraternities" and "Fra ternal Congress" tn Be In vited In One society. MILWAUKEE, Aug. 31,-The agreement reached by the committee for consolidation of the Associated Fraternities and the National Fraternal congress was submitted to the convention and ratified today It provides for the name "International Fra ternal congress," a basis of representation giving societies with 0,000 members two votes, 60,000 to 100,000 three votes and an extra vote for each additional 100,000 mem bers. The executive board will be the governing body between conventions. The committee on consolidation was con tlnued and will meet in the near future with the full committee of the National ! lected by the commissldn bearing on Fraternal congress In order to decide on ,he IV-5" ot the proposed canal. The board details of amalgamation. It Is expected ! I" ' nink its recommendations to the that the two national executive boards j isthmian canul commission, which in turn will call conventions ojr the respective as- will report to the president, soclatlons to be held early in December ! Today General George W. Davis, chalr at the same place and time, when the con- nian of the consulting board; General ference committee report will be submitted Ernst, General Halns. Admiral Endicott and probably ratified. There was an In- j and Major Hurrod, members of the lsth terestlng discussion of the subject of fed- mlan c.tnal commission, held a meeting erul supervision. The discussion was edu cational In, character and purely for the edification of the delegates. Installation of officers followed and after some minor matters Incident to the closing up of the convention's work was disposed of, the gathering adjourned. OMAHA MAN IS BOUND TO WED Refused License I Colorado, Will Go to Wyoming; and Try Again. DENVER. Aug. II. (Special Telegrams James A. McCllntock of Omaha was re fused a marriage license In the courthouse today because he had been divorced in Colorado last January. McCllntock de clared that he had never heard of a law which prohibits remarriage of any divorced person within a year and mas greatly de pressed when he learned that he could not make the woman of I. is choice his wife until next year. McCllntock was divorced from his wife In the district court last win ter on a charge of desertion and nonsup port. He said that he would go to Cheyenne in eiitc to evade tne Colorado ! RATES ON CORN PRODUCTS Commission lasnea Rnllnsr on Differ enttala Between Missouri River and Tactile C aat Points. WASHINGTON, Aug SI The Interstate Commerce commission today decided that j the present freight clwrges on corn pro ducts and corn from Missouri river points to Taclflc coast terminals Insofar as the rate on corn products f more than t cents above the rates on corn, constitute a dis crimination against corn products and pro ducers thereof at places on the Missouri river. It was shown by the decision that he t rates on corn and corn products from Missouri river points to California ter minals for about one year after January L 1890, there was a difference of I cents against corn products. Then for about one and one-half year it via t cents In favor of corn produrts. The rates were the same between July, 15S2. and March, 18P5, when a differential of 8 cents against corn products was established. In Decem ber, 1H97, the differential was increased to 10 cents, and in July, 19(1. it was made 30 cents. During March, 1!H. the differ ential was fixed at , 17Vi cents, and In October of that year it was reduced to 10 cents, and has since remained at that figure. Changes In the relations of rates on corn and corn products from Missouri river points to north Pacific terminals were not greatly different frpm those mentioned except that in December. 1TO7. the rate was made the same on cord and corn products and there is now not aiiy difference unless the minimum carload for corn Is the marked capacity of the car. In which case the rase shows a differential of 10 cents against corn products.; A derision was rendered also In the mat ter of rates on corn and corn products from Missouri river points to points in Louis- , lana. It was held that prior to July 1, 1906, rates per 100 pounds from Missouri river points to points in Louisiana were 6 cents lower on cornmeal than on corn, but on that date the differential was re moved by respondents and the rate on corn and cornmeal made the same. Such action having obviated the complaints herein no order Is considered necessary. HANDSOME PROFIT FROM FAIR Inanrea Extensive Improvementa on Gronnda for Next Year. (Prom a Btaff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. Aug. SI. (Special.) Offi cials of the state fair sold today that there is assurance of a big profit in this year's fair and that this Rssured elaborate Im provements In the buildings and grounds for next year. The afternoon nnd evening crowd was so large yesterday that the at tendance far exceeded the expectations of the ticket superintendent. There were 4V 121 gate tickets sold yesterdny and the total receipts were It3.7M.R3. where for the same day last year they were $n8,347.35. The total attendance yesterday was a little less than flO.000, as announced today noon at the con clusion of the counting of ths tickets and passes. There will be no further letter from Gov ernor Cummins In reply to the last lettter of Secretary Shaw on the. French treaty controversy. George W. Johnson,' a negro, who came to this city from within twenty-five mllei of New Orlenns and was unable to show a clearance card, has been locked up In the Detention hospital In this city. The negro suited in the arrest of H. M. Seymour of that city on an Indictment charging him with selling what he claimed was govern ment land for 11.25 an acre. There is no government land In Montgomery county. Agent Myers is hopeful of finding more extensive frauds than was at first sup posed after the arrest of Seymour. It la claimed now that Seymour will be brought before the federal grand Jury. State Veterinarian Paul ltoto said today that the prompt measures taken to stamp out Texas fever among the cattle In the southern part of Madison county had re sulted In effectually stopping the spread of the disease, as no new cases have de veloped. CANAL ENGINEERS TO MEET Conaaltlna; Board to Decide Between Sea Level and I.ork Construc tion for Panama Ditch. WASHINGTON. Aug. 31.-The board of consulting engineers of the Panama canal commission, which is to make recommenda tions as to whether the Panama canal shall be constructed with locks or should be a sea level canal, will meet here to morrow. This board Is made up of army officers and eminent engineers of America and foreign countries. The board was created by President Roosevelt in the executive order made last June,' and to it I be referred all data that has been col 1 and discussed the preliminaries of to I morrow's aathering. with a view of brine. lug before the board the data which the commission has on hand In a manner to secure the best results and expedition. The data consists of reports, surveys, maps and other documents bearing upon the sub jects to be considered. Several members of the consulting board have personal knowledge of conditions on the Isthmus as they have served on other commissions I cnmmander-ln-chlef, received his reslgna whlch have msde a thorough study of the ! tlon few days ago. and will announce canal nroblem. OYSTER BAT. Aug. 31. President Roose velt today slgoed an executive order fixing the compensation for the members of the advisory board of engineers of the Isth mlsn canal and the amount the govern ment will pay hem for personal expenses. Each member of the board will recelva ISA) on the completion of the repert on the canal plans which the board Is to make snd an allowance of 115 per day for personal expenses In addition to cost of travel. rroaa-Exaastnattoa of Mrs. Tassart. WOOSTER. O, Aug. Jl. The cross-examination of Mrs. Tasgarl by Attorney Stealing in the Taggart divorce esse con tinued today, the questions being generally along lbs sum Unas as those of esieiday. DEPEW COMPANY PAYS UP Land Syndicate Settles with Equitable Li Assurance Booiety. SENATOR MAKES AN EXPLANATION Sara "eenrlty for the Loan Was Ample at Time It Was Made and There Was Jto Intention to Defrand. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Announcement I was made today by the officers of the Equitable Life Assurance society that the indebtedness to the society of the Depew Improvement company was paid this after noon, the principal and Interest amount ing to 393,AS0,82. The correspondence in cident to the transaction was also at the suggestion of President Paul Morton made public to the end, Mr. Morton said, that an Impression unjust to Senator Chauncey M. Depew might be removed. The correspondence onnslsts of three letters of even date, the first addressed to Mr. Morton by Henry B. Anderson of the law firm of Anderson A Anderson, at torneys for the Depew Improvement com pany, announcing that the reorganization committee of the Depew Improvement company, having perfected the title to the property not covered by the Equitable mortgage was prepared to take over the property which secured the loan, paying In cash to the Equitable the face of the loan and interest. ' The second letter, also addressed to Mr. Morton, is from Senator Depew, who states explicitly his part In the transaction between the Improvement company and the Equitable Society and points out what he "ares are Inaccuracies In published state ments. through which a grave injustice has been done him. Senator Depevr'a (explanation. Among other tilings, Senator Depew says: I had nothing to do with the organisation of the Depew Improvement company, not even authorizing the use of my name, nor was I in any way connected with it until five years alter Its Incorporation, when 1 purchused for Ilou.OOo In cash, a one-tlt-teenth Interest In the stock of the comp.uiy. iV.,h f "l '.""A " ,r"' I ...iiv. ,i,munK U houui i.ieij nuo-uivuieu , . . it lot3 and 2ti acres not sub-divided.- I sued by the Ijihor day parade committee The Equitable Life loaned upon and by the Teamsters' and Freight Hand- w "UcfedaTc " " t1" valuable tracts there. At the time the l "ay- mortgage whs made these lots were selling ! Some months ago, the Chicago Federation -"! U'al a' an1. the. h'Khest at IM of Llibor declared that all union musicians each. 1 lie valuation placed upon the plot ... , . . , by the Equitable appraisers at the time ) nould wear a uniform of a certain de was HK3.76I.I, and upon the balance of the ; sign, and a flying squadron has been ap lam! owned by the company V.m ,a total ! pointed to see that no musician appears HI UO IH'II V' MIC I'lMff! 'I t.'nO.tl"'. ' I appraisal was at the same time made and submitted to the Equitable by William U Cutter, one of the leading real estate men of Buffalo, In which he appraised the value of the lots loaned on at JTiW.iUO. In 1901 a real estate depressoln set In and about Buffalo, which lowered values and checked the growth In the town of Depew. It was at this time, October 7. 1001. nnd not when the loan was made In January, 1W, that the Insurance company appraised the part of the property covered by the Eqult able's mortgage at tloO.OCO. Charsrea Are Denied. Mr. Depew then recites the charges that have been made against him, denying each. Of the charges which related to transac tions resulting from the default of the company and the foreclosure of the loan by the Fqultiblf, he ays that as a result of the company's embarrassment a reorgani zation was determined upon, and though there were unavoidable delays the plan was progressing as rapidly as possible. The company was to be Incorporated and was to issue bonds for $730,000 to supply funds j advertising for proposals for the construe to take up the Equitable mortgage, prlncl- I tlon of an earthen dam and appurtenances pal nnd Interest, nnd to pay the other debt'. ' and seventeen and a half miles of canals, of the company. There was never any j Involving about 2,SnO,0OO cubic yards of other purpose than that the Equitable ; earthwork, 3,000 cubic yards of rock excava- should be fully protected., ROYAL ARCANUM RATE CASE Discussion on Change of Assessment Continues Before Supreme Council at Pat-ln-Bnr, Ohio. PT'T-IN-BAY. O., Aug. 31. At the meet ing of the Royal Arcanum today the mat ter of the change of rates was threshed out pro and con by prominent members from various sections of the I'nlted States. Edwin Heben of Baltimore recommended that what is known as "Table A" in the new ruteB be made operative by the su preme council as to the age of entrance and not of present attained age, and the, maximum age of admission be fixed at 43. The committee appointed to hear, the pro testing delegates and pass upon their sub missions Is: Chairman, S. M. Llndslcy, New York: A. R. Robinson, Missouri; P. F. McGowan, New York: Z. T. Brlndlev. Pennsylvania; D. R. Benedict, Colorado; H. C. .Miller. Illi nois; J. M. Washburne, New Jersey; M. J. Murray. Massachusetts: George T. Hughes Missouri; Rev. F. T. McFadden, Virginia; Bernard Mcllugh, Illinois. The hearing of protesting delegates Is to be continued tomorrow. OLD CANNON IS LOADED Ma Breaking Ip Scrap Iron at St. Louis Blinded for Life by Explosion, EAST 8T. LOUIS. 111.. Aug, Sl.-While engaged In breaking up scrap Iron with a sledgehammer at the Republic Iron and Steel plant today, George Jones was proba bly blinded for life by the explosion of ! an old cannon which his sledge struck. The sledge was hurled through the roof, tearing a great hole. Jones was badly lacerated and burned. At St. Marys' hos pital the physicians say he was probably permanently blinded. He the old cannon was loaded. did not know COLONEL HARRISON RESIGNS Adjutant General of the I'nlted Order of Spanish War Veterans v Retires. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Aug. Sl.-Colonel Russell B. Harrison of Indianapolis, who is here attending the annual reunion of the One Hundred and Sixtieth regiment, Indi ana Infantry, has resigned as adjutant ' general of the United Order of Spanish War ! Veterans. Captain William E. English. the appointment ot ins successor at tlv national encampment to be held next meek at Milwaukee. SULTAN RELEASES BOUZAIN Action Accompanied br a Letter Which Does Not tatlsfr French Demands. PARIS. Aug 31. The French minister at Fei, Morocco, telegraphed this morning that the sultan had releised the Algerian citizen Pouzaln, but that he had accom panied his release with a letter not giving satisfaction for the French demands. The government Is determined to press Its claUn until they ais fully satisfied. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Partly Clnndr Frlrteyi hnwera and Cooler In Hast Tortlon. ntnrdnr Fair. Temperatnre at Omaha leeterdavi Ilonr. Dea. Ilonr. Den-. K a. nt . . . . . . IT 1 p. m A 0 a. m I7 2 p. m fT T a. m 417 , 3 p. m R a. m fl 4 p. m "T a. m 7.1 R p. m Ml 1 a. tn 7ft O p. m M 11 a. m 71) 7 p. m M 13 m a n p. m PO (t p. m 71 CROWDS POUR INTO DENVER Fifteen Thonsnnd Visitors Heach City Yesterday Local O. A. R. Com mittee Caught Napping. DENVER. Aug. SI. Although the date for the opening of the thirty-ninth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Re public Is four days distant, crowds of visi tors began pouring Into the I'nlon station today and by night the estimated number of arrivals was lS.onf. Regular trains leaving Chicago and other mid-western points soon became over crowded, necessitating additional coaches and engines. In one Instance the regular Burlington train had grown to such pro portions thst when Denver wss reached It was running In six sections, each larger than the original train. The Influx of visitors, beginning early this morning, was unexpected by the local ex eutlve committee of the Ornnd Army and when they awoke the first Intelligence they received was that several hundred old sol diers were waiting at the t'nlon station for assignment of quarters. These visitors were hurriedly attended to and arrangements made to station guides at the I'nlon station at once. Other incoming trains were met by these guides and the Grand Army people (riven attention. TROUBLE AMONG LABOR UNIONS Conflicting; Orders Aboot Mnslclnns' t nlforma May Lend to Clash nt Chicago Monday. CHICAGO. Aug. 31,-Confllctlng orders Is In the parade without this uniform. If one Is discovered, the orders of the "flying squadron" are to take the musical In strument away from him. The Teamsters and Freight Handlers unions have contracted for bands, whose members, although union men, do not wear the uniforms prescribed by the Chi cago Federation of Labor, and they assert than any attack upon their musicians by the "flying squadron" will bo promptly re sented. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Proposals Asked for Construction of Belle Foorche Irriga tion Dam. (From a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-(8peclal Tele gram.) The secretary of the interior is tlon, 24.000 cubic yards of concrete masonry and 45,000 pounds of steel and cast Iron. This work is In connection with the Belle Fourche Irrigation project In South Dakota, located twelve miles northeast of Bello Fourche. Proposals will be opened Sep tember 26 next at Belle Fourche. A cablegram from Rio Janeiro states the transfer of D. E. Thompson from ambassa dor to Brazil to that of ambassador to Mexico Is officially announced at that city. OLD-TIME TELEGRAPHERS DINE Annual Meeting; of Association Con cludes with Banquet at Waldorf Astoria M. E. Stone Presides. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. A dinner of the Old Time Telegraphers and Historical asso ciation and the society of the I'nlted States Telegraph Corps tonight marked the dose of the annual convention of the organiza tions. The dinner was served at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Among the speakers were R. C. Clowry, l N. Bethel), Thomas F. Clark, H. D. Estabrook and W. B. Wil son. The dinner company burst into cheers when Melville K. Stone, as toastmoster, de clared that with the whole world ringing with the Joy of peace, he offered no apology for proposing as the first toast of the even ing the health of President Roosevelt. Standing, the diners drained their glasses and then sang "My Country, 'TIs of Thee." Thomas A. Edison and Clarence H. Mac kay were among the guests. ALLEGED LETTER OF JEWS New York Newspaper Publishes Pur ported Message Addreaaed to Witte by Americana. NEW YORK, Aug. SI What I the full text of a i an i nounced to be letter concerning Russia's treatment of the Jews submitted to Serglus Witte, the Russian peace envoy, by a committee of Hebrew bankers and merchants, is published to day by the American. The communication Is signed by Jacob H. Schlff, Jacob Belig man, Adolph Lewisnhn and others. It covers arguments and contentions of the committee made before M. Witte by the delegation recently for the amelioration of the conditions under which people of the Hebrew race now live In the land of Em peror Nicholas. Civil and political liberty for the Jews on an equality with all other Russian sub jects, is the keynote of the communication Movements of Ocean Vessels Aug;. 81. At New York Arrived: Peninsular, from Lisbon: Main, from Bremen. Sailed: Ham burg, for Hamburg; La Touralne. foi Havre; Grosser Kurfuist for Bremen; Parisian, toriiasgow. At Liverpool Arrived : Noordland. from Philadelphia; Baltic. from New York Sailed: bouthwark and Virginia, for Mont real. At Hamburg Arrived: Graf Waldersc. and DeutKchland. from New York. At Havre Arrived: Bordeaux, from New York; Pomeranian, from Montreal fui London. At Cherbourg Arrived : Fredrli he d Grosse. from New Vo-v Silled: Knit' Wllhelm II, for New York. At Naples Arrived: Frinzess Irene, from New York. Sailed: Italia, fur New York At Bremen-Sailed: Neckui. York. At Queenstown Sailed: Majestic, f" New York. Arrived: Arabic, from Nev York At Genoa Arrived: Prlni Oskar. Iron O'sw Voik, AGREE TO ARMISTICE Envoys Instructed to 1'rovide for Suspen sion of Hostilities. RAPID PROGRESS IN DRAFTING TREATY Ten of the Fifteen Articles Are Already Com plated. WILL PROBABLY BE SIGNED NEXT WEEK M. Witte is Anxious to Sail for Europe September 12, C2AR THANKS THE PRESIDENT Mchnlua Sends tnhlearam Express ing Gratitude for Action of Sir. Roosevelt as Mediator. PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Aug. 31-Japan, through Baron Ko:uura, has agreed to the Immediate conclusion of an armistice. At 11 o'clock tonight Mr. Tskahlra went to Baion de Rosen's room and explained thst he and Union Komiira received Instruc tion to arrange terms of an armistice. Baron Rosen immediately communicated with M. Witte and It is probable that a meeting will be hold tomorrow morning for the proclamation of a complete suspension of hostilities preliminary to the arrange ment of the details by the two generala upon the battlefield. Rapid I'rnareaa on Treaty. Rapid progress has been made today in the drafting of the treaty of peace. Baron Komuia. at M. Witte s request, tomorrow will probably fix a day for Its signature. Russia's consent to a suspension of hos tilities reached M. Witte tonight in a cable gram from Count Lamsdorff whom Em peror Nicholas has empowered to deal with the important phase of the negotiations. So rapMly and well is M. de Martens, with Mr. Dennlson, performing his delicate anj Important task, of drafting the treaty, that he was able to return from the navy yard tonight to report to M. Witte the practical completion of ten articles of the treaty. It Is expected the treaty will In Its entirety consist of fifteen articles ex clusive of the preamble. Japan's original demands are enid to have numbered thirteen. Only twelve, however, were presented to the Russians, as Presi dent Roosevelt is credited with persuading the Japanese plenipotentiaries before the convening of the conference to withdraw one of the conditions which he regarded as unjust. Whether this thirteenth demand dealt with the fortifications at Vladivostok can not be learned. Having waived three of the demands pre sented, the Indemnity, the Interned ships, and the limitation of Russia's naval strength in the far east, the Japanese final conditions were nine. Several of these, however, will he divided In the treaty and grouped Into two or more articles. M ill Be Binned Next Week. K Witte is r ,iiiny anxious to sail for home on September 12. In the mean time he is to take leave of President Roose velt and personally present the thanks of his emperor for the president's asslstanoe. He is therefore doing what he can to hasten the drafting of the treaty, which he would probably be prepared to algn by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, at the latest, unless some obstacle should arise. The only difficulties which have thus far appeared, have been due to the ambigu ous language of certain parts of the dally protocols which form the framework of the treaty. It Is here that the long experience and recognized authority of the famous nternutlonal lawyers are proving of assist ance to Japan as well as Russia, Both M. de Martens and Mr. Dennlson, who is also well grounded In International law, are selecting with gTeat care the language of each article in order that the treaty may furnish no ground for differences in the future, and accurately record the exact spirit as well as the substance of the agreements concluded In the conference bf the plenipotentiaries. It thus happens that the framers sometimes spend an hour in " the selection of one word to find finally that they are both striving to express tne Identical Idea. ( lar Thanks Roosevelt. OYSTER BAY, L. I., Aug. 31. Emperor Nicholas of Russia hos recognized grate fully the great part which President Roosevelt played in the successful negoti ations for' peace. In a cablegram received by President Roosevelt today Emperor Nicholas congratulated and thanked the president for his efforts. The cablegram follows: PETERHOF, Alexandria, Aug. 81. Presi dent Roosevelt: Accept my congratula tions and warmest thanks for having brought 1 1 if peace negotiations to a sue cessful loniiiisiun owing to your personal energetic efforts. My country will grate fully realize the great pall you have played in the Portsmouth peace conference. Ml ItUliAO That the Russian emperor should thank President Roosevelt for his efforts to in sure peace between Russia aM Japan was to have been expected, but it is particularly significant that in his cablegram Emperor Nicholas extended to President Roosevelt Ills "warmest thanks for having brought the peace negotiations to a successful con clusion." The dispatch is regarded as one of the most remarkable of its kind over sent by the head of one nation to that of another. Congratulatory messages by the score yet are pouring in upon the president. The ex ecutive office force here is completely swamped and It will be many days before acknowledgement of the receipt of all mes sages can be sent out. It will be Impossible for President Roosevelt himself to respond to the fellcltallons of his friends every where, but In the course of time the sender of each message will receive a response. Japanese Are Dissatisfied. TOKIO. Aug. 31.-4 p. m. The attitude f the Japanese government indicates that there Is no lin.iicdiate intention to issue a formal statement relating to the. result of the peace conference. It is possible that Japan's envoys to Portsmouth will publish a statement at the termination of ll.rlr labors. The Foreign office intimates that there will be no publication here until a Mgned copy of tile treaty reaches the emperor and Its approve I Is -nztted. whlh will probably be a month hence, or until Baron Komura appears before the diet and makes a report on the peace conference and Its results. The date for the assem bling of the dlei nas not yet been deter mined. Premier Katmra and Marquis Ito sre the recipients of numerous protests and me morials against the versions of settlement of the war as given by the newspapers. The Yorozu Siiiinbun, an Independent radical newf paKi , attacks the peace pact, opening Us tiitici.Mii with the words, "Arise brethren." U thtn reviews the agitation , v. itivsciilalive govtmiusnt, wlta. ..Iftfc