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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI-NO. 53. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1906-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. t 1 t ! G. i R. TO SARATOGA City n ths Hadion Captures ths flirt Auul Eioampmsnt COMMANDER MAKES APPOINTMENTS - ... - : ' I J -n, Joseph W. lBeail of Ohio is tbs flsw I f Adjutant General. DEBATE ON PROPOSED WIRZ STATUE OsBSUSmSiaaWSt Protest JUralnst Iu Erection Sent to Southern Veterans' Association. CANTEEN QUESTION LAID ON TABLE PrMUni Roosevelt Sends Tolo-rani of arcwtii to tho neamp moat Throagta Conssnaauer Taaaor. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Auf. 17. The ' Grand Armr of the Republic completed Ite . fortieth noampixt UU today end ad ' Journed to me?-' -t. Vretoga, N. Y., In 1107. The encampment, . -, - exciting debate. decided that a protee V'-'t the erection of ft statue to Henry V Auld be sent to Oeneral 8. P. Lae. t,, nander-ln-chief of the Southern VeV 'i' associa tion. Thle action wna declds vonly after long debate, which at ".Jj, be came energetic and acrimonious, s The proposition to depreciate the llon of congress In abolishing the canteen from tho old soldiers' homes raa laid on the table Without debate. Jut prior to the final adjournment, the new mmander-in-chlef, R. B. Brown of Zanervllle, O.. announced the following staff appointments: Adjutant general, Joseph W. ONeall of h,- . , Assistant quartermaster general, J. H. Holeomb of Philadelphia. Chief of staff. J. V. Wlnans of Ohio. esl Case la Saratoga. When the encampment was called to order this morning the first question up for settlement was the selection of the place for holding of ths next encamp ment. The Invitation of Saratoga, N. Y., was presented yesterday and that of Cin cinnati was made as soon as the meeting was called to order today. The vote pro ceeded smoothly enough until the name of Kansas was called. Captain P. H. Coney of the Kansas delegation cast Its entire forty votes for Cincinnati. The vote waa Dromotly - Questioned on the ground that Kansas did not have any such number of delegates In the hall. A long debate ensued, which was ended by the ruling of the commander-in-chief that Kansas could vote only as many men as were actually present. The number hap pened to be som thing less than twenty. The final vote showed 403 for Saratoga and ITS far Cincinnati. A delegate from WIS' constn attempted to bring up the canteen question, but was squelched summarily, the whole question being laid on the table at once. MiBaritr nort os Wlri. vWUUWi-A. Ketcaam eC Indianapolis then " 'presented a minority report from the com mittee on resolutions which had been silent on the question of the. proposed statue to Wlrs. He moved that an address should be sent to General 8. V. Lee, the com mander of the Southern Veterans' aasocla- elatlonj asking that the Influence of the southern soldiers be used against the pro ject 'Mr. Ketcham spoke for thirty min utes In support of his motion, and was fol lowed ' by Past Commander EX Torrance of Minneapolis? who declared that the grand army should not. In his opinion, take official cognisance of the matter at this time. Both speakers were - loudly cheered as were others who spoke on the queetlon. Commander-in-Chief Tanner, who had urged In report that a protest be made Against the erection of the statue, gave up the chair to make an Impassioned appeal' from the lloor In support of the minority report of Mr. Ketcham, which was in line with the suggestion made In his report. The debate grew very warm, and a few personalities were Indulged In. The minority report was adopted by a viva voce vote, and apparently by a large ma jority.; 1 Greeting; frosa Presides. Resolutions were passed asking the sec retary of war to' purchase the ground on which monuments have been erected on the battlefield of Bull Run and asking that statistics as accurate as possible of the mortality In southern prisons be Issued by the government. During the day Commander-in-Chief Tanner sent a' telegram to President Roosevelt Informing him of the fact that :he encampment was In session. To this the following reply was made by the presl lent to Commander Tanner: Many tharks for your telegram. Through you 1 extend to the Grand Army of the Republic my heartiest greetings, not merely personal, but official. In behalf of all the people of this nation whose ex istence Is owing to what you and your comrades did In the heroic days of the .civil war. THEODORE. ROOSEVELT. STENSLAND JNTHE SOUTH Chicago Chief of Police Expeeta to Hear of His Arrest la Alabama. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Chief of Police Col lins said he expects to receive word any minute of the arrest at Mobile, Ala., of Paul O. Btenaland. fugitive president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chi cago. The Polish National alliance of the L'nlted States of North America today filed a bill In the superior court asking that an other reoelvek y the Milwaukee Avenue State bank b Ippolnted. The bill asks that Judge BrenUnu set aside a Judgment enured in the circuit court by Judge Gibbons hi favor of T. T. Kids against the bank. The bill sets forth that the judgment In favor of Elde wn fraudulent because the appearance en tered by John Waege. who claimed to rep resent the bank, was not authorised. The bill Is based on the allegation that the alliance has 141.000, which, being death benefits, are exempt by law and should be separated from other funds In the bank, that the alliance represents the majority of creditors and Its Interest should ho protected. Although Receiver Fetser waa made a party defendant to the proceedings, no .objection waa made to his appointment as- receiver la the new case. Ellis Drake, who was In control of the (larneld Park bank, for which a receiver was appointed yesterday, gave notice to ' day that be would ask that the receiver ship be set aside. Drake Insisted that he had amide funds to pay obligations of the bank, which, he ays, amount to IIM00. MASSACHUSETTS BANK FAILS lastftwtloa at Chelsea Loads Too Hack. Money to Officers aad Directors. WASHINGTON. Aug. !?. The comptroller of the currency has received advices by telernun from National Bank Examiner Ewer that the First National bank at Chelsea. Mass., has been closed by action of the directors. Examiner Ewer has been appointed receiver. The failure is said to be due to larre excessive loans to officers and directors of the bank. A statement of the resources and lia bilities of the bank at the date of Its last report of condition was made to the comp troller Jane 18, 1908. This shows loans nrt discounts to be S1.1U.6SS; cash on hand. 867,37; capital stock, f3u0,000, and deposits, CHELSEA. Mass., Aug. 17.-Followlng the official Information 'given by Bank Ex aminer Ewer to the comptroller at Wash ington, that the failure of the First Na tional bank of Chelsea, the doore of which were closed last night, was due to exces sive loans made to officers and directors of the bank. It became understood today that the principal factor In the suspension of the bank waa a large Indebtedness on the part of Its president, Sylvester B. Hinck ley. This Indebtedness Is unofficially esti mated at from $.0,000 to 1500,000, but state ments made today by directors of the bank Indicate that President Hinckley has trans ferred to the Institution his equity In large real estate holdings, which. It was expected, would provide for the payment In full of all depositors. President Hinckley Is said to be fatally III at his home in Newton. Developmental today Indicated that Mr. Hinckley waa Involved In extensive real estate transactions from which he expected to realise splendid profits for the bank as well as for himself. The failure of his plans In connection with his Illness, as well as dissatisfaction on the part of at least one of the directors with the nature of some of the papera priced with the bank as collateral, accounts for the closing of the bank. Examiner Ewer has been appointed tem porary receiver by the comptroller. Director Martin, who Is said to be re sponsible for the Investigation which closed the bank, said today that he had discovered things which led him to make an Investi gation. As a result of It he obtained from President Hinckley the title for the bank In certain real estate held In the Back Bay and Brighton by Mr. Hinckley. When pressed for a statement as to what in par ticular attracted his notice, Mr. Martin said that paper, which he did not consider genuine commercial paper, was being handled. When asked if this paper waa signed by fictitious names Mr. Martin said: 'There are some papers' there that are very doubtful." MEXICAN LABORERS BARRED Governnsont Pats Stop to Praetlce of Importing Men to Work oa Railroads. WASHINGTON. Aug.' 17.-An Important question respecting the importation of labor from Mexico Into the United States for work on railroad construction In Texas has been determined by the " department of Justice at toe Instance, yf-the department of commerce and labor. ' The question was whether men employed as laborers on ordi nary railroad construction were "skilled" or "unskilled," In the naming of the law. The department of Justice through an opinion, rendered by Acting Attorney Gen eral Charles K. Robb, has decided that the men are "unskilled" laborers and that therefore under the law, be admitted Into the country under contract. The case came up on an appeal from the decision of a board of special Inquiry at El Paso, Texas, who ni June, 1906, and In June of this year had . denied admission to Mexicans on the ground that they were contract laborers. The appeals were taken by the Ben Heney company of Tucson In the first case and by J. E. Hutt and George H. Mosher In the case this year, all named being contractors who furntshed labor to rauruaus east ana west oi AIDuquerque and on the Pacific coast. The question In volved the construction of the term "skilled labor" In section i of the Immigra tion act of March S, 190S, It being con tended by the appellants that laborers or dinarily employed In the construction and maintenance of the tracks of railroads were skilled laborers within the meaning of the term as used In the act, and that If labor of like kind could not be unemployed In the ' United States, laborers of this class could be Imported Into the United States under contract. Immediately upon receipt of the opinion Acting Secretary Murray of the department of commerce and labor dismissed the ap peals of the aliens and ordered them to be deported. . . . DAVIS MAY LEAD THE EAGLES Indications that Head of Order la Re-elected, bat Result Will Sot Bo Kaowa latll Today. MILWAUKEE, Aug. 17.-Whlle the of ficial result of the contests for offices in the grand aerie. Fraternal Order of Eagles, will probably not be known until tomorrow, those in a position to make a forecast predict that the present head of the order, Henry G. Davis of Ohio, will be re-elected over Edward Krause of Wilmington. Del. Congressman Theodore Bell of California appears to be leading In the race for worthy grand vice president and Boston and Norfolk are the leading cities for the next convention. The afternoon was takes up In consid ering the report of the committee on griev ances. Exempllflratiqn of the degree work waa the feature of tonight's session. The report published that the next meet ing la to be held In Seattle is erroneous. The queetlon baa not, been decided. PROBING MINNESOTA RATES Ooveraor Johasoa Caases Railroad Commission to Brlag Cosapaales l lor Hearlaat. ST. PAUL. Aug. 17 In response to a letter sent to the stste railroad and ware house commission by Governor ' Johnson yesterday, the commission today sent no tices to all railroads operating In the state to show why rates on coal and farm prod ucts should not be reduced. The hearings will be begun at once. The governor's letter stated that ths hearings heretofore held had demonstrated that rail road reus were too high and that the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Boo railroads, by offering to lower their rates on grain as a compromise to. a void further rate hearings, had shown that they could affurd to reduce freight rates. HARRIMAN STOCKS BOOMING Union Pacific Placed on Ten Per Cent Bull and Southern Pacifio on Fire, RUSH OF SHORTS TO COVER CAUSES PANIC Both tssaes Advaaeo Rapidly and Two Pools Clean t'p Twenty-Five Million Dollars la Proflts. NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Amid scenes of frantic trading on the stock exchange Union Pacific common stock rushed upward 17i points a share and that of Southern Pacific tPi points today after an announce ment of dividends far In excess of whet the traders had any reason to expect. The result was that a large number of traders who had sold stock short suffered sharp losses, and. according to an estimate re ported by the Evening Post, a pool In Union Pacific stock realised profits amounting to 81B.flnO.onO and a similar pool In Southern Pacific $10,000,000. Notwithstanding the meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the Union Pnclflc and Southern Pacific roads In this city yester day the bulk of the brokers were totally unprepared for the announcement of divi dends which was made public soon after the opening of today's market. The divi dends were: Union Pacific, preferred, 2 per cent semi-annual; common, 5 per cent semi annual; Southern Pacific, common, ZV4 per cent semi-annual. Union Pacific common heretofore paid 8 per cent and today's dividend was the first ever declared on Southern Paelflc common. Mad Struggle to Bny. Brokers were swept Into a mad struggle to buy the two stocks within a minute after the announcement was circulated and the excited scenes which ensued had hardly been exceeded since the great struggle to control Northern Pacific five years ago. The shorts In both Pacifies were surprised and unprepared for the upward rush which followed and led the scramble to cover. Within half an hour after the announce ment Union Pacific bounded up more than 8 points and Southern Pacific nearly 7. Feverish activity prevailed In the two stocks throughout the session with various halts In the upward movement when the traders sold to realise profits. Except for these halts the upward movement in Union Pacific continued throughout the day al .nost to the. close of the market, when there was a slight recession , on profit taking. Southern Pacific's advance, how ever, was halted early and held. Union Pacific's extreme waa from 162 to 179. and Southern Pacific from 83 to 89. Union Pa clflc closed at 17SH and Southern Pacific at 87. The total sales of Union Pnclflc were 647,100 shares and those of Southern Pa cific 481.GOO. London Market Excited. . LONDON, Aug. 17. The American section of the Stock exohange this afternoon be came excited upon receipt of the New York opening prices accompanied by reports , of the dividend announcement of the Union Pacific and Southern Paelflc railroad com panies. Union Pacific immediately jumped 8 points from 167 to 176 and Southern Pacific advanced 6 points from 84 to 91. Trading was active and excited and the close prices wero a few points below the best. The shares absorbed the attention of tho market, other shares being prac tically untounched. The excitement In the American section continued long after the stock exchange had closed. Curb trading In Union Pacific and Southern Pacific assumed large dimen sions, the buying being chiefly for New Tork account. Union Pacific touched 179 and Southern Pacific 92. United States Steel, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Pennsylvania were also largely dealt In at prices hlger than the official close. HARLAN FOR COMMISSIONER Appointment of Chicago Maa Com pletes New Interstate Com merce Board., i OTSTER BAT. N. T.. Aug. 17.-Presldent Roosevelt today appointed James S. Harlan of Chicago a member of the Interstate Commerce commission. Mr. Harlan Is a son of John M. Harlan, associate Justice of the supreme court of the United States. He is a lawyer of extensive practice and held for some time the position of at torney general of Porto Rico. The ap pointment of Mr. Harlan completes the membership of the commission as provided for under the new railroad rate law. FIRE RECORD. Business Block at Memphis. ASHLAND, Neb., Aug. 17. (Special.) Fire was discovered In the loft of a livery stable at an 'early hour this morning In the neighboring town of Memphis. As the result of the town lacking a water plant the west half of one square of business blocks was wiped (jut. The hardware com pany of Anderson & Frank was one of the heaviest losers, though Its stock was half covered by Insurance. The origin of the fire Is not known. Red Cloud Rnnlon. RED CLOUD, Neb.. Aug. 17. The old soldiers and the people of Red Cloud are making every effort to have the best Inter state reunion this year ever held In the valley. The dates are August '27 to Septem ber 1. More thnn double the usual number of attractions are already promised for the "Pike," and there will be an abundance of amusement. One of the best hands In the state Is to be In dally attendance, as also numerous noted speakers. The railroad has granted a rate of one fare plus 60 cents for the round trip from all towns within 100 miles. Physicians at fileawood. GLEN WOOD, la., Aug. 17. (Special.) . The Southwestern Iowa Medical associa tion met here yesterday and was well at tended. The extremely hot day made in door sessions very uncomfortable. The program waa carried out except ths much looked for paper by Dr. Oregory. whose subject, "Euthanasia," was slngoJarly at tractive, the plan being to have It deliv ered ' In tho same building and grounds with 1.000 defective children. Dr. Roy Crummer of Omaha delivered a paper on "Collca Mucosa," und Dr. B. B. Davis spoke on the treatment of wounds. American's Relative ot Beaten. .AVON, N. Y, Aug. 14.-A dispatch was received today by Mrs. Herbert Uadswortn from her netce. Miss Nelka Smit noft, in Kin land, saying that she is well and knows nothing of the c-tse i f Miss Smirnoff, who was beaten by the Chevalier guards at St. Petersburg several days sgo. When the re port of the St. Petersburg outrage first reached America only the last name if the victim was given and It was erroneously reported that ths young woman was Miss Nelka Smirnoff. A dispatch to ths Asso ciated Press last night fixed the identity of the victim of Miss Anna SnUrnoS of fit. Peteisbuix. COMPROMISE FOR PRINTERS Omaha Itelesrate Seeeeeds la Dressing Powa Political Boom for W. R. 'Hearst. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 17. What for a time had the appearance of a dangerous storm cloud over the proceedings of the International Typographical union convention waa dispelled today by agree ment among ths delegates tipon a com promise substitute for a resolution Indors ing and commending William R. Hearst. The Hearst resolution was offered by Del egate Roberts of Washington and com mended the New Tork congressman for his efforts and achievements In behalf of or ganised labor. Opposition to the resolution was headed by Delegate T. W. McCullmigh of Omaha, who declared the measure a political one and announced his unswerving opposition to having the International Typographical union made a tall to any man's political kite. The compromise sub stitute, which is expected to pass with a fight, commends sll editors who have ex erted themselves In behalf of union labor, making Incidental mention of the fight con ducted by Mr. Hearst, with specific mention of the Los Angeles field. The report of the committee on politics, which recommends that the printers Join with all other branches of organized labor In supporting the men snd political organ isations that have manifested a friendship for labor and a favorable attitude toward legislation that It asks, was received by the delegates with enthusksm, Mr. McCullough of Omaha being outsboken In his Indorse ment of the move. He nrged the delegates to remember their good Intentions upon re turning to their homes and to go to prima ries and elections determined to put In office men from the rank of alderman to that of senator who can be counted upon to vote for labor legislation as well as talk for labor votes. A resolution formally approving the atti tude and declared policy of the American Federation of Labor on political activity by labor unions was adopted unanimously. With the declaration' that the fight for the eight hour day Is practically 'won, the fifty-second annual convention of the Inter national Typographical union today voted to reduce the strike assessment from 10 per cent to 8 per cent of the wages of em ployed printers. At this time 38,300 mem bers are working etght hours, 1,666 are un der a nine-hour contract and 4.709 are on strike. The expense of the strike to date has been approximately $1,60,000, all of which, with- the exception of 847,716.94, has been contributed by members working un der undisturbed conditions. It was decided today that the sum allowed members on the strike roll be not In excess of $7 for single men and $10 for married men, and that where men refuse to work because the amount earned does not equal the strike reneflt, that they be cut off the benefit list entirely. It being evident that the dis position as shown Is not In accordance with the true spirit of unlonfsm and a desire to advance the out-of-work settlement. Char acterising the Injunction feature of the strike as a "wrong method of regulation of Justice," the eight-hour committee reports as follows: ! The Injunction has foe come a club used by Idolatrous capital to beat the trades unionism Into submission to deprive It of all of Its liberties and privileges guaran teed under the constitution. Relative to charges that the management of the Union Printers home had been pur chasing from merchants who were members of the Citlsens' alliance, formed In Color ado during the reign of the Western Fed eration of Miners, the home Investigating committee made Its report today exoner ating Superintendent Deacon, praising him for the excellency of his work. and con demning the persons who made the charges, saying that the motives prompting the attack were not motives emanating from true unionists. , OMAHA GETS FIREMEN'S HOME Stationary Brotherhood Votes to Re tain Headqnarters Hero, bat Meets Next In Detroit. The International Brotherhood of Station ary Firemen closed its eighth biennial session at Labor Temple at noon Friday, after deciding by a spirited contest to retain Omaha as Its official headquarters. These were elected officers for the ensuing blen nlum: International President Timothy Healy, New York. First Vice President M. P. Flanagan, Boston, Mass. Second Vice President Harry W. Bausch, Toledo, O. Third Vice President Thomas F. Kane, Danbury, Conn. Fourth Vice President I. S. Smith, New ark. N. J. Fifth Vice President Patrick Farrell. St. Paul, Minn. Sixth Vice President Newton James, Washington, D. C. Seventh Vice President Thomas Miu grove, Btrlln. N. H. . Secretary-Treasurer C. L. Shamp, Omaha. Delegates to the American Federation of Labor Convention Joseph Morton, Chicago; Timothy Healy, New York; C. L. Shamp, Omaha. The next biennial convention of the broth, erhood will be held at Detroit, Mich. Resolutions were adopted at the morning session expressing appreciation of the en tertainment given - the convention by tho local organisations and to the press of the city of Omaha for courtesies extended. The bylaws were so amended as to slightly Increase the per capita tax, so as to in sure an expense revenue for the Interna tional organisation of approximately 850,000 for the ensuing two years. Miss Burkett, official stenographer of the meeting, was presented a purse and $30 In gold. Mrs. C. L. Shamp, wife of the secretary-treasurer, was presented with a purse of SDO In gold for her work In con tributing to the entertainment' of the con vention, and $10 in gold was presented to Miss Gladys 8hamp In commemoration of her tenth birthday, which was on Friday, August 17. The delegations generally departed for their homes during the afternoon. The New l York delegation, accompanied by Interna I tlonal President Healy, left Friday after- noon for a several diys' tour through the Colorado mountain resorts, i The convention Just closed was one of I the most largely attended and successful In the history of the organisation. DEATH RECORD. James H. Seville. BLOOMTNGTON. III., Aug. 17.-James B. Neville, mayor of Bloomtngton and mem ber of the Illinois Warehouse and Railway commission, died suddenly this morning at I o'clock while visiting at West Baden. I Mayor Neville wss appointed by Oovernor Yates as a member of the State Board of Warehouse and Railway Commissioners, which position he held at the time of bis death. He is president of the German Na tional bank of 'his city and has been promi nent in politics for several years, being a close political friend and associate of ex Governor Yates, lie was ii years of age. KEPRESSIOX IN PROGRESS Banian Government Takes Etronc Oronnd Arainit TerroriH8 How Operating. AGRARIAN AGITATORS TO BE CURBED Armed Legion of Social RevolnJIonlsts lo Be Seat to Siberia If Csar t'aa nave His Way. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.-The activity of the terrorists and revolutionists and lack of support of the public are steadily forcing the government's hands In the direction of repression. The events in Poland have given a new Impetus to the talk of a dic tatorship, which, according to tho Com rade (formerly the Nasha Shlsn). Is one of the subjects for consideration enumer ated In the call for a meeting received by the members of the council yesterday. The authority of the Comrade Is not above question. The prevalence of agrarian strikes and disorders has Impelled Premier Btolypln to send another circular to the provincial au thorities, directing them to spare no efforts to suppress them and prevent their repeti tion. The members of the social revolutionary party's armed legion still In St. Petersburg and Moscow will be banished to remote parts of Siberia. Constant discoveries of laboratories for the manufacture of explosives and stores of bombs are chronicled and the arrest of three more members of the outlawed Par liament. The commission which has been examin ing the budget, with the View to securing the money needed for famine relief, has succeeded in raiting a fund of $10,ono,noo. half of which will be taken from the army budget. Government advices from Warsaw place the casualties In the encounters there dur ing the night of August 10, nine civilian killed and twenty wounded. Reports of Deaths In Poland. WARSAW, Aug. 17.-Durlng yesterday throughout Poland eleven policemen and one gendarme were killed and four police men were wounded. Meyer Thinks Lnll Will Continue. BERLIN, Aug. 17. Mr. Meyer, the American ambassador to Russia, who is going to Klssenlng today to take the cure, says tho concensus of opinion In Su Petersburg Is that the present lull In rev olutionary movement will continue for sev eral months. RUSSIAN ROBBER ESCAPES Lesser of Gang; that Looted Moscow Bnnk Jumps from Run nlng Train. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 17. Belenxoff, the leader ' of ' the band which pillaged the Credit Mutual bank of Moscow, dar ingly escaped while on his way to Moscow from 8wltserland whence he had been extradited. He was on board a train, heavy guarded and when near Pskov, dove through the glass of a window, gained the forest and eluded pursuit. Belenxoff left Warsaw In a special car, attached to a fast train, In charge of a captain . of gendarmerie, four gendarmes and six soldiers, two of whom were always sitting on the same seat as Belnsoff and carried loaded rifles. Suddenly as the train slacked speed at an up grade Belen xoff rose and hurled himself bodily through the glass of a window, rolling down the embankment and disappeared In the woods. The train was Immediately stopped and the guards followed Belensoff's bloody trail for some distance, but finally It was lost In a swamp. It Is announced that 210 members of the militant section of the social revolutionists were arrested In St. Petersburg and Mos cow In' three days. Fnneral of Mrs. Cralsrle. LONDON, Aug. 17. The funeral services today over the body of Mrs. Cralgle (John Oliver' Hobbes) at the Jesuit church in Farm street was largely attended.' Am bassador Reld and Mrs. Reld and many other Americans and a number of English authors and writers were present. . NEGROES' WITHDRAWAL ASKED President Will Kot Act on Texas Petltloa t'ntll After Depart ment Reports. OYSTER BAY, L. I., Aug. 17. The mes sage from a committee of citlsens In Brownsville, Tex., requesting that yis negro troops who committed an outrage there last Monday night be replaced by white soldiers, was received by President Roose velt today. He at once referred the dispatch to the War department with a request that an Immediate report upon the matter be made to him. He will take no action upon the committee's request, pending receipt of the report from the War department. BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Aug. 17. With both parties prepared for an attack and each believing It to be Imminent, there have been no special developments today In the situation growing out of the recent trouble between the negro troops and the citizens of this place. The citizens' committee has been advised that the troops will not be withdrawn pending an Investigation and state troops will not be sent here. Judge' James B. Wells, whose word Is practically law along the border, . Is on his way home and when he arrives It Is probable that there will be some move made . to relieve the tension. He has secured a promise from Senator Bailey to go at once to Washing ton to endeavor to secure the removal of the negroes. News reaches here that the negro troops at Fort Mcintosh, near Laredo, are be ing kept closely within bounds of the post to prevent further trouble. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.-General Alna worth, the military secretary, received a telegram today from Oeneral MeCaskey, commanding the Department of Texas, stat ing that everything was quiet at Browns vlllo and that a full report of the recent disturbances had been sent by mall to the War department. FIFTY MEN ENTOMBED ALIVE Accident la Tunnel at Cllarhporr, Vs, May Result la Great Loss of Life. BRISTOL. Va., Aug. 17. Fifty men were entombed . alive In the Clinch mountain tunnel at Cllnchport, Va., as a result of a cave-In which occurred today. It Is not known whether the men are dead or alive, but the work of rescue is being rushed as fast as possible. Air Is being pumped Into the tunnel by several pumps for a dis tance of 700 feet ano a large force of m.-ii are working In an effort to rescue the un fortunates before they perish, If they are not already dead. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Temperature at Omaha Yeeterda Hour Den. Honr. lesr. 5 a A a T a a a T 1 P. a p. a p. 4 p. n p. a p. T P. H p. n p. m , . m . . . . m . . . . . m. . m . . . m m . . m . . ra TH 8a . P .t . 4 . ns . VI . H . T .'SI . sa in a. nt 4 11 a. m hm Vi m., 02 RIFLE CONTEST AT FORT SILL Cnptaln Allen of Twenty-Ninth In fantry Makes Beat Score In . OMIcers' Class. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl., Aug. 17.-The annual rifle contest of the southwest di vision at Fort Sill, participated In by thir teen ofllcers and eighty-three enlisted men, selected from the posts In the division thhough-post snd department competi tions, ended today. In the commissioned officers class Cap tain R. 11 Allen. Tvyenty-nlnth Infantry, took the gold medal, scoring 809 out of a possible l.ono. In the enlisted class Setgesnt David York, Company B, Twenty-ninth Infantry, took the gold medal, with a score of 741. As competitors for the army rifle team representing the southwestern division, the following distinguished msrksmen were named: L. B. Willis, sergeant, Company B, Twenty-sixth Infantry, 752; Preston Savage, private. Company C, Twenty sixth Infantry, "19; II. C. Clement. Jr., cap tain, Twenty-ninth Infantry. 744; Carl Schmidt, sergeant. Company A, First cav alry, 73). For the highest score In the pistol con test Burch M. Jarvls, corporal, Troop E, Fifth cavalry, wns awarded the1 honors, with a score of 277. Chief Trumpeter Mel vln Weed, Fifth cavalry, distinguished his total shot snd made the following score: Blow Are. 8S; times fired. 89; rapid Are, 94; aggregate, 271. . MONEY PLENTIFUL . IN 'FRISCO Insurance Companies Are gettllasr Losses at Rate of Million Dollars a Day. SAN FRANCISCO, Cat., Aug. 17.-Wltt money pouring In at the rate of 81,000,000 a day from Insurance alone, the banks of this city are more crowded with deposits than ever before In their history. Com paratively little Is being drawn, and alter all local demands are met with loans, there Is a surplus which seeks an outlet. "We had to send another half million east today," rsld President Will Crocker of the Crocker-Woolworth bank. "I never knew such a plethora- of ready money as exists In the city as now. We are refusing no applicants for loans here and we are send ing big sums te New York, where the rates of Interest are lower. There Is Just now a demand for money to move the crops of the state, and we are responding to this with the usual credit, but still there Is more money offered than we wish to carry." Cashier Palmer of the Humboldt Savings bank said: "The Insurance companies have been pay ing over 81,000,000 a day for the past two months, and the circulation of such a sum Is enough to make money plenty." APPLEBY GETS HIS ANNUITY Will Continue to Draw Ten Thou sand a Year for Hot Marrying. 4 ST. PAUL, Aug. l'i.-Judge Hallam today decided that the ante-ruptlal agreement be tween Dr. E. W. Appleby and Cornelia Day Wilder, which provided lliat Dr. Ap pleby should dram' from the estate of Mrs. Appleby annually $10,000 a yeat, providing he did not marry again. Is valid. The estate of Mrs. Appleby Is valued at $850,000 and Is a part of what Is known as the Wilder charity, which by the wills of Mr. and Mrs. Wilder and their daugh ter, Mrs. Appleby, all deceased, was loft In trust to the worthy poor of St. Paul. The entire estate amounts to about $2,000, 000. Dr. Appleby sought to have the ante nuptial agreement declared void. He also tiled to have set aside the charitable be quest In his wife's will on the ground that It was void and that the Wilder home, with a fund of $5,000 a year for mainten ance, was rightfully his, whether or not he lived In It. The probate court decided adversely to Dr. Appleby on all these points and an appeal waa taken to the district court, which today decided with the probate court. LINDSEY RECOUNTING BALLOTS Kumber of Irregularities Discovered la the Five Boxes Examined Friday. DENVER. Colo., Aug. 17. The recount of ballots today before Judge Ben B. Llndsey In the franchise election contest showed but little change In the Ave boxes exam ined. The condition of the boxes and some of their contents, however, was Irregular in several cases. In one box eleven ballots were found with figures placed on their face which George C. Watterman, an election clerk In that precinct, deposed must have been placed on them after the ballots were put In the box. In another case a box marked "Denver Gas and Electric Company" was found to contain the pollbook and ballots used In the election of two years ago. In still another case the ballots In a bos were not numbered and the number posted according to the law. FORM CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY Concern to Do Business at Omaha and Other Places Chartered la Kansas. TOPEKA. Aug. 17. The Co-operative Live Stock company has been Incorporated here to do a general live stock commission busi ness at Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and St. Joseph. It 'is said thai, the company was . organised for the express purpose of fighting the National Live Stock association. The Incorporators are Iowa, Kansas,' Colorado and Texas cattle raisers. MASSACHUSETTS FOR BRYAN State Committee Felicitates Xe brnskaa on Keturn to Take Command of Party. BOSTON, Aug. 17. The democratic stats convention will be held here October 1. The state committee unanimously adopted a resolution fellrltstlng William J. Bryan upon his return to the United States to as sume the leadership of the democratic forces In the next presidential campaign. CHILE IS SHAKEN UP Bepnblio of the Andet Visited j Earth qua i Shock Friday Moraine. RUMORS OF IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFi Many Bnildinet in Valparaiso Damaged and Pebris Is Burning;. CITY OF LOS ANDES REPORTED DgSTROYEO Cabla Officials Unable to Hear from thi Disturbed District. DISTURBANCE FELT IN UNITEp STATE Vibrations Recorded on Seismographs In Washington and Albany. X. Karly Resorts Probably Exaggerated. NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Except for a few private messages received early today re porting an earthquake in Chile and damage to buildings In Valparaiso no definite news from Chile has us yet been received. The early reports coming from different points stated that the. earthquake had resulted in great! loss of life and widespread damage to property. I'p to 11 o'olock tonight, however, there had been nothing to con firm these reports. The Associated Press correspondent at Buenos Ay res cables that It Is feared the -town of Los Andes, in the province of Aooncagua, has been destroyed. . At the same tlniu he points out that Buenos Ay res hus no direct communication with the dis turbed district. ' . No official information has reached Wash ington from Chile, and, white positive In formation Is lacking, New .York officials of cable companies having connection In South America tonight express the opinion that the Arst reports of the earthquake were exaggerated. v All Cables Interrupted. All cables reaahlng New York from Chile and Valparaiso early tonight were evi dently much delayed, according to the statements of these officials, who are them selves unable to get any Information bear ing on the situation other than the fact tliat an earthquake had occurred; that the disturbance has disarranged 'telegraphic apparatus and Interfered with communica tion. . There Is much anxiety tonight among those who have friends and relatives In Chile. The cabla companies and news papers are making every effort to secure definite Information. ' It is pointed out that the entire absence of word front any oAicial source In Val pura'so and other-points In Chile majr be taken as Indicating considerable exagger ation In the reports of loss of life and ex tent of damage. 'A private cable dispatch to W. R. Grace & Co., from Valparaiso received by way of Lima, Peru, says that the earth quake .In Valparaiso was severe and. that business In the city haa'been totally sus pended. The dispatch further 'stated that Grace ft Co.'s buildings In 'Valparaiso Were badly damaged but that none of the occu pants were Injured.. Aldrmlst Report from Hamburg. The reports received from various quar ters of tho globe regarding ths Val paraiso disaster have varied, greatly, some going so faras to compare the havoo wrought to that of the San Francisco catastrophe, with details much the same. It Is said that the city, at Arst shaken by a violent earthquake, took Are and was burning Aercely, many scores perishing Iu the Aames and the ruins of the falleu buildings. The latest of the reports along this line comes by way of London and Is to the effect that a Mamburg Arm has re ceived a dispatch stating that numerous districts In Chile have been destroyed and that Valparaiso has been practically de molished, many ships Iqst and more than 100 persons killed. It Is added, however, that the dispatch Is not well authenticated. This Is true of all dispatches and rumors which purport to give details of the dis aster. One Ixindon Arm has received a cable gram from Valparaiso, which says: "Severe earthquake; commerce paralysed; town afire; staff safe." No mention Is made of serious loss of life In this brief but probably accurate dispatch and this Is regarded as a hope ful sign In the situation. . The central cable office of the Western Union Telegraph compan yln New York has received s service message saying the Valparaiso office closed at 11 :S0 . o'clock tonight, eastern time. This Is an unusual proceeding, but is not explained. Sunday night U the only night the wires sre closed st Valparaiso. None of the private message coming from- Valparaiso, some of them responses to measages of Injulry as to the safety of relatives or friends, make mention of serious loss of life. Buenos Ay res Is still cut off from Chlls. Buenos Ay res Without Information. BUENOS AY RES, Aug. 17.- p. m.-In the absence of telegraphic communication beyond Puente Del Inca, It has been Im possible up to this hour to obtain accurals details of the destruction by the earth quake In Chile. The managers of the tel egraph companies here state that nothing Is coming through. Press reports purport ing to come from Chile are purely Imag inary. London snd New York are eagerly seeking for news from the affected district. Offic ials of tht Pacifio railway say that It Is their belief that the damage at Valparaiso is not nearly so serious as has been stated, but they express the fear that the loan of Los Andes has been destroyed. The newspapers this evening publish tel egrams from Mendosa (which Is an entrepot for the trade between Buenos Ayres and Chile, with which It communicated by tho mountain passes of I'spallata and Portlllo) to the effect that many houses In the Los Andes district were destroyed by the earth quake and that there have been a large number of casualties. The Interruption of all means of communication with Chile causes much anxie ty. Many rumors of dis aster are afloat. Los Andes Reported Destroyed. LONDON. Aug. 17. A dispatch to the Reuter Telegraph company froai Buenos Ayres this evening says: Telegraph com munication with Chile is still Interrupted. Santiago and Valparaiso are completely cut off. The ParlAf cables are only working from Iquique northward. It is certain that a number of houses have been wrecked at Los Andes. Los' Andes, also known as Andes and Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Is a town of Chile, province of Aconcagua, elghteegi miles by rail from Sun Felipe de Anconca gua, capital of the province of Aconeagua.
