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The Omaha Daily Bee - VOL. XXXVI-NO. 58. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1906-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TTIREE CENTS. 4 1 V1 BUYS MACHINE CUSS Oriels f Beport that Cuba Asked lid of United States. GENERAL BANDERA KILLED IN BATTLE 'Death of Kem Leader Deals Hear Blew to Insurrection. FIGHT FIFTEEN MILES FROM HAYANA Fierce Hand-to-Hand Conflict Between Ken Armed with Machete. THREATS AGAINST WESTERN RAILROAD Gaerra'a Band Captures Wter Tr mlaal aad KotlSea Uutftr Ha Will Blow la Bride it Troops Ara Moved. HAVANA. Aug. 28. Font Sterling, secre tary of tha treasury, late tonight, cleere up In a, statement to tha Associated Press, a misleading announcement made at the Palace tonight to the effect that tha Cuoan government had asked the United States tor eight rapid fir (una manned by Amer ican artillerymen to be used In the sup pression of the Insurrection. The facts are, according to the secretary, that the government has ordered from an Amer ican arms company four rapid Are guns and these will be manned by former mem bers of the artillery branch of the Amer ican army now here. If these guns prove to be effective four or more additional will be ardered and It Is expected that the experienced gunners can be procured to man them In the United States. The United States has not been asked to do anything In the premises. The subject of American Intervention Is much discussed here and Is regarded as a remote possibility, there being general con fidence that tha government will be able to restore order in 'a short time. The killing of the insurrectionary leader, General Quentln Bandera, today In an en gagement between rural guards and a band of his followers Is regarded as dealing tha Insurrection a heavy blow. Captare of Saa Juan Martlae. The government Is acting with energy in sending rural guards and volunteers against the Santa Clara rebels and in dispatching 150 more men to'defand Plnar del Rio against Pino Ouerr. The cap ture of San Juan Martlnes by Guerra's band was not a great surprise though It was not expected to occur so soon. The place was protected by a very small detachment of rural guards, while Guerra's strength was much greater. The taking of Plnar ' del Rio will be quite another matter, since there are in that vicinity twice as many troops as to Insurgent Pino Guerra can muster. It Is regarded as more than probable that the troops will take the of fensive and If possible draw Guerra Into an open fight. While government reinforcements are be-fnC-ferwarued, Guerra' following- Is not believed' to have been greatly augmented by his occupancy of the two Vuelta Abajo towns. Publlo opinion appears to vary according to locality from enthusiastic adherence to tha government to open rebellion. In this oily the general attitude Is one of loyalty. Tha opposition and Independent newspapers discuss with analytical coldness the cry that If the government Is not able to squelch the Insurrection within two months other forceful means must be em ployed for the restoration of peace. There are no ringing calls to arms. The moderate newspapers print with approval the resolu tions declaring adhesion to the government by their padty organisations, but there has been nothing which could fairly be described as a general rising of the people in defense of the government. General Bandera Killed. Tha body of the negro general, Quentln '. Bandera, tha most daring Insurgent In Ha vana province; lies In the morgue at Ha .' vana today flanked by those of two mullato comrades, all frightfully gashed by the long, heavy machetes of the rural guards, who ended their carrers. Across the street, In Neptune park, a great crowd, mostly negro ftiends of Bandera, are watching the morgue with silent Interest. The ar rival of Bandera's body here was the first news of the fight In which he met his death. The conflict occurred at the Sllviera farm, near Punta Brave, fifteen miles from Ha vana. A detachment of thirty-eight mounted rural guards under Captain Ignatlo Del gado and Lieutenant Martinea was search- i4C throughout the night for Bandera. A.t, I o'clock Tuesday the guards were bricking through a wire fence at the edge Of the Blrvarla farm, when they were sud denly fired upon by Bandera's followers. twenty la number. The guards rushed upon the insurgents, but with the exception of their chief and his two leading comrades ' they all succeeded in getting away. The guards made the chief and his two com panions a special object of attack and all three reoeived several bullet wounds and were horribly mutilated by maohet cuts. Not one of the guards was wounded. Killed by Blows. ' The bodies of Bandera and his compan Ions were placed In a wagon and taken to Havana. An examination of Bandera's ' body showed that his principal wound was a severe machete blow on the head which ' cut off his left ear and made an ugly in- clalon in his face. He also had bullet wounds In his arms and breast. The eondl. tlon of Bandera's two dead companions was even more shocking. Their faces and heads were terribly gashed and they also bad ma' cbete wounds In their breasts and on their arms. The clothes of all three men showed every evidence of the hard life which thoy had been leading while eluding their pur suers. It .lias been an open secret among the rural guards that Bandera would never live to bo tried for treason, his death being the main object of the government forces operating in Havana province. The small ness of the party accompanying Bandera has caused surprise here, but It is believed that he only had a portion of his band with him. In any case It is believed the insur rectionary movement In western Havana has been broken up by Bandera's death. Frlseaer Talks of Crtaae. The man who yesterday evening at tempted to assassinate General Emlle Nunea, governor of Havana pro vino, as the bitter was entering his home, gives tha name of Luis Morales and says he is a resident of Havana. He does not attempt to Justify hi act. He said he had ridden his horse for a dlstano near the governor's earrlaga and wouk, have shot Into the vohlole and escaped had the opportunity afforded. Nunaa and his followers have always (Continued on Second PaaaJ JEROME ON STATE ISSUES Weald Bring MeKlaley Aaaaaslnatloa lata Ceateet with Hears la . Raw York. NEW TORK, Aug. U. District Attor ney William T. Jerome again talked of the political situation In this state. He said he believed the time was now i1k for the many leaders of Tammany Hall to state their positions. He also declare that Mr. Hearst, as a man, did not figure in the coming campaign. "If Mr. Hearst was nominated by 'be democratic convention, would . you sup port hlmT" Mr. Jerome was asked. "You will never face this situation." he replied. "Let's discuss something practical. The democratic party has hd to swallow some bitter draughts In tae post, but It will never stand for that medicine. Hearst, the man. Is of no Im portance and of no Ideas. He Is like Mur phy: The question about Hearst resolves Itself Into the persons who are about him, whose Ideas, working on the addled brain of Csolgoss. armed his hand to slay a president and, working rlong those line. Is reflected In the conduct of the greit leader of the Independence league, Bor President Bird Coler, who went . 4the line of the Brooklyn Rapid Jncltlng riot. ' .y - should not be severely critl . Is a Christian world and a Chi ' ' mple. This Is a campaign of ti. 'ommandments' platform. Hearst Ik, 1.. (s going to, and Ode!) Is the gre.. ent of us all. Mr. Hearst rnn i to be the prophet who came dow. .om the mount like the Ten Commandants. He haa habitually been more Ilka Moses, who, on a certain occasion,, when irritated, broke them all at once. The way to settle a fight Is to fight The leaders might all lead. Murphy has led, now let some one else lead. "The democratic convention voices the will of the people and there Is to be a convention soon. I am for. seating ell delegates, waiving every technicality. If the democratic party has not vitality enough to fight out Its own battles, then what's the use? I am against a conven tion when three or four little ducks go In a back room and talk of the availa bility of a man. Availability always means how much money can he raise for the . convention fund. This bunch then report to the convention the name of the man and there is a 'rah, rah, rah,' and It is all over. No rotes follow such a candidate." PRUSSIAN BAKERIES DIRTY Goverament Medical Department Is sues a Resort After In-restlga-tlng Boascs at Berlin. BERLIN. Aug. a The government medical department has issued a report on the sanitary condition of the Prussian bakeries and slaughter houses to which the newspapers are giving sensational prom inence, one of them using . the caption "America in Prussia " The report seta forth that many of the butchering establishment were found m a vary andean oondltoiv'. Some -of tttetn were located In data cellars where clean! ness was Impossible and others had no facilities for the employes to wash them selves.' The government Inspectors found particularly objectionable conditions In the bakeries. In one town boys kneaded the dough with their feet and one batvry waa occupied by cats and bens. In another town a baker's oven served, ad Interim, as a goose pen. In .many places bakeries were found In close proximity to the un sanitary appurtenances of the house. One baker admitted that bis floor and vats were scrubbed only once a year. PORT DALNEY IS TO BE OPENED Japaa Aaaaaaee Pre Trade far Leased Use After First at September. i i. , . i , LONDON, Aug. 23. A cable dispatch to the Japanese embassy here explains that Port Dslny will be open to the commerce of all nations from September 1 and that It will be a free port, so far aa the Imports and exports of the "province of Kwang Tung the leased territory on the Ltao Tung peninsula through Port Dalny are concerned. Japan has also decided to permit ships of all nations to engage in trads and navi gatlon between Port Dalny and. the vcrl ous open porta of Japan from the same date. Woald Cemblae Republics. SAN SALVADOR, Aug. 2S.-A unionist party has been organised here to work In favor of the formation of a Central Amer lean republic to , Include all the Central American republics is . now constituted. A central committee has been elected to further the aims of the new party. A number of prominent Central Americans are Included in Its membership. Saaalaa Strike Coatlauea. BILBO A. Spain, Aug. Zt The military governor here haa unsuccessfully attempted to arbitrate the dispute between the env ployers and the strikers. The latter, who number over 60,000. firmly maintain their demands for shorter hours. Spanish Royalty at Home. BAN 8BBASTIAN. Spain. Aug. 22. King Alfonso and Queen . Victoria arrived here from England today on the Spanish royal yacht Glralda and proceeded to the Mlramar palace. LONG TUNNELS ARE PLANNED Westera Parlia Rxaoets to . Eater Callfarala Wltheat Gotoa Over the Moaatalaa. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. la The Western Pacific is perfecting plans to enter Cali fornia, and when the road is completed it will be one of the greatest railroad en gineering feats in modern times. The engineers In chsrge have Instructions to keep one object In view; the stralghtest line with the least grade. To accomplish this forty-five tunnels will be bored In eastern California, between Orlvllle and Beckwtth Pass. Instead of going around mountains the Western Pacific is going through, them. The longest of the tunnels is that at the head of the 8prlng Garden, twelve mile east of Qulncy. This Is cut under the ridge dividing ths north and middle forks of the Feather river. It . will be over T.000 feet In length when, completed. The next longest tunnel on thi road will be the one under Beckwltb Pass. This will be over 4.000 feet In length, and it le being bored at both ends. Ths third tunnel will probably be the moat difficult engineering feat of all. aa it wilt cut . through solid rock for a distance of 1.200 feet. This will be aorta of Qulncy, on tpath creak, NEW GUARD FOR THE CZ1R Oetsaok RetimenU Fnrniih Soldiers for Banian Holer's Personal Escort. MARTIAL LAW IS NOW TO BE REGULATED Central Oeverasseat ta Retala Ialtla tire la Declaring Provinces t Ba la "Exceptional State," Repairing Farce. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 23. A new regi ment, selected from ths squadrons of the different Cossack guard regiment, haa been created to act aa the personal escort of the emperor. Some of the commissions which have been engaged In drawing up projects of law for submission to the new Parliament giving out the results of their work. One commission, which has been dealing with the question of questionable laws, will recommend for adoption the principle that certain conditions alone . can Justify the proclamation of martial law or other stages of "exceptional severity." When a province or locality is proclaimed by the central government to be In an "exceptional state" the conditions Justify ing the step must be announced simul taneously. The Initiative, however, will rest, as heretofore, with the central gov ernment or upon the application of local military authorities. The Russian government has definitely decided to proceed with Its ortglnal plan of settling the agrarian question by the distribution of land, regardless of Parlia ment, and to go to the country upon the Issue at the coming elections. An Important aeries of conferences began last night at Peterhof on the question of the Immediate distribution of the crown lands and appendages to the teasanta. In an attempt to find a partial solution of the agrarian question by measurably appeasing the land hunger of the peasantry. soldiers Talk Rebellion. After the dissolution of Parliament the soldiers held meetings and marched to the quarters of the commander. Colonel Lemkoul, to present their demands. It appears that Father Palmoff, the chaplain. who was greatly beloved by the men, sought to enact the role of peacemaker and waa beseeching ' Colonel Lemkoul to make some concessions, when the latter shot him down. The soldiers thereupon fired at the colonel, who fell, pierced by fifty-two bullets. The officers fired on the soldiers from the windows of their quarters ' and the infurated men rushed Into the building and killed six of the officers. A secret meeting of about 200 soldiers. Including representatives of some of tho guard regiments, has been . held in the woods near the camp at Kraanoye-Selo. It is reported that a large portion of the men were ehown to be In entire sympathy with the cause and would refuse to 3 re on them when ordered to do so, but it was also determined that the time was not ripe for a general mutiny, as the ma jority of the troops at the capital were still nominally loyal. Without a geneial rising of the people, which would offer a prospect of sivceees. tha leaders declared, it - waa hopeless . to expect ' any active sup port from the army.. Insignificant muti nies were characterised by the speakers as useless sacrifices and the . agi tators, who prematurely precipitated the risings at Sveaborg and Cronstadt, were severely criticised. Treable la Caucasus. The Associated Press learns by mail that that strictest censorship is exercised over press dispatches in the Caucasus to con ceal the true state of affairs, both re garding the true Inwardness of the Tartar Armenian warfare and the fermentation among the Russian troops In the - garri soned towns of Transcaucasia. The corre spondent of the Associated Press has not been permitted to telegraph many items of news, and in other cases (the censor would only accept his dispatches when supported by the official version of the affair they reported. The Armenian-Tartar situation Is worse than la known to the outside world. Al most ' all ths Russian military unit are dlffaffected, and even the Cossacks are rebelling against doing police duty. The latest mutiny is that of the Pultava Cos sacks, who several days ago at . Tiflla formally demanded to be relieved from po lice duty and asked for the discharge of those who had served over three years. The regiment was disarmed and confined In their barracks under guard. Another version of the Dsshlagar affair, In which a number of officers were killed. Is to the effect that the sailors of ths Black sea fleet Implicated in the Knlas Potemklne mutiny, who were attached to a disciplinary battalion at the village of Kusir, on the Caspian sea, near Nashlager, had been in communication with the Samur regiment, which constituted the gar rison of Samur. Caaeplrators aa Trial. MOSCOW, Aug. .-The trial of three persons charged with having been con nected With the conSDlracr aaainat tha lit of former Governor General Doubaasolf began here today. One of the accused Is a daughter of General Keller. CENTRAL GIRLS GO ON STRIKE Chteaa-o Telephone Employes qbjeet to Going Through Alley to Their Work. CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Two hundred tele phone girls employed in the central ex change of the Chicago Telephone company struck today, badly crippling the service. The cause of the strike was an order Issued by the company directing the girls .at "central" to enter the building through a rear door, which. In order to reach they were compelled to go through a passage 100 feet long. The glris declared that the passage war Is muddy even In the day time and dark, slimy and slippery at night. There ara three saloon entrance on the alley and the girls declared that they are annoyed by the hangers-on of those places. One hundred and fifty other' girls struck within an hour of the first strike, making a total of IB0 who went out. Seven thou sand telephone in the business district were put out of commission. WIND BREAKS THE HOT SPELL ttTta Deataa aad aeveateea Prestra tloaa la Caleagra Before Relief Caataa. CHICAGO. Aug. tt.-A brisk northeast wind brought relief this afternoon from the hot spell that haa prevailed her since last Monday and caused a drop in the tempera ture of fourteen degrees. Seven deaths and seventeen prostrations from the heat were reported today. The mercury at 10:20 stood at n degres, but soon after dropped. HEAVY RAIN IN MISSOURI Nearly tlx taehes at Water rails la Tare aad Oae-Half Boars. KANSAS CITT. Aug. 2S.-A terrific rain storm prevailed In Kansas City and vicin ity early today, causing more or less seri ous damage. In Kansas City I.S2 Inches of i water fell, a record far' tho time, three hours and a half. Low-lying lands were flooded and tho police and Are departments were called upon to rescue persons from basements In Little Italy, In the north end of town, and fn tha east and west bottoms. where the water entered- many small houses. Several down town basements were flooded and good damaged. Trees were stripped of their foliage and hundreds of sparrows were killed. ' At Elm wood cemetery, five miles east of the business district, serious damage was done. Practically- the entire cemetery grounds were flooded and In the - lower ground a strong current was formed. This resulted In the washing out of dosens of graves. At least 20 bodies were exposed. Monuments were wrecked and other dam age done. Two brick buildings In the out skirts of the city were undermined and col lapsed. They were unoccupied and no one was hurt. At Fifteenth and Indiana a lum ber yard containing several thousand feet of finished lumber was washed away and partially damaged. " At Kansas City, Kan., and at Armour!ale and Argentine, Kan., across the line from here, much damage was suffered by rail roads, wholesale houses and packing houses, and several families had to be taken from their home by firemen. At Kansas City, Kan., lightning wrecked the front of the Slavonic Catholic church. a small structure, and a small commission house at-the ctty market waa undermined and collapsed. In Northrup avenue, seven blocks from the business center, three families whose houses are on low ground were surrounded by water. The freight yards of the ' Missouri Pacific! the Rook Island and the Union Pacific, in the west bottoms, were . flooded and traffic tem porarily stopped. The shops of these roads also were flooded and work stopped for an hour - or so. Water entered the basements of the packing plants of Armour &. Co., Swift and Company and Schwars berg 4. Suliberger and It was necessary to put men to work pumping out The water drained off quickly, however, and the dam age waa comparatively light. ' , At Argentine forty families were forced from their homes In the bottoms, but re turned to them soon. Suburban street car traffic on the Kansas side. waa tied jp for several hours. EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 22. The heaviest rain In nine years fen here lost night, the total precipitation being 2.44 Inches In two hours. Many Mexican houses collapsed under last night tain and the street were badly washed. The railroad are all damaged. ' 1 ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. a. Heavy rains today broke a drouth that was doing con siderable damage to corn 'and late fruit. Railroads and bridges were washed out In many place and buildings In process of erection were damaged. Part of a wall of the new Auditorium fell hi, entailing much damage. . 'f GEN.' BELL' SEES1 .PRESIDENT i . - Chief of BrasT of Array Desire la atraoftaaa Rearardlaa? Aetteas at BrowavUle. OYSTER BAT. N. T., Aug. 22. Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff , of the army, and Gilford Pincbot, chief of the forestry bureau of the Agricultural depart, ment, were In consultation with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill today. Gen eral Bell said he came at the suggestion of General Ainsworth, military secretary. In order that the War department might know exactly the president's Ideas and desires regarding the difficulty at Brownsville, Tex., between United 8tates colored troops and the resident of that place. General- Bell ald the colored' troops at Brownsville had been removed to Fort Reno and replaced by a company of white soldiers. This action had been taken In compliance with telegraphic request from the state officials. It waa desirable, be said, to discuss the whole situation with the president before any further action was taken. Mr. Plnchot said he came to Oyster Bay to discuss the forestry situa tion with the president. Both expect to return to Washington today... . On leaving Sagamore Hill General Bell said the army post at Brownsville, Tex., would ba temporarily abandoned aa soon a orders to that effect. Issued yesterday by the War department, could be .carried out. The company of white troops now stationed there will remain only so long as is neces sary to guard government property. Mr. Plnchot said that the president would address a letter to the Irrigation congress to ba held shortly at Boise City, Idaho. This letter which Mr. Plnchot will take to the congress, will be a hearty endorse ment of the .plans for Irrigating the arid landa of tha west. President Roosevelt consulted today with Postmaster General Cortelyou, who I also chairman of the republican national com mittee. Mr. Cortelyou has a summer lodge at Huntington, L. I., and drove to Saga more hill this morning. It Is believed that the president's keen Interest In the con gressional campaign has prompted him to gather political Information from every source and that Mr. Cortelyou's dlsousslon with him was mainly on the political situ ation. DICK 0UTLINESHIS POSITION Ohio Seaater Favora Kaatber of Caaagee la Maaaer at Caadaet laaT State Ooaveatlaa. AKRON, O.. Aug. 2a.-In an Interview given out tonight United States Senator Charles Dick, who I also chairman oi the republican state executive committee of Ohio, outlined his position with reference to the coming republican state convention. Senator Dick declared in favor of the mak Ing of a platform by the convention in committee of the whole. In which ail Issues are to be debated and without tho Inter vention of a committee on resolutions. As to the Issue of tha endorsement of the two Ohio senators. Senator Dick says he Is willing that two resolutions shall be presented to the convention, one endorsing and tha other censuring the senators and the delegates choosing between them. Tha administration of President Roose velt and the work of congress, he says, will be heartily and strongly endorsed unani mously. Going further, the senator de clared in favor of a change in the rules of the party organisation and suggests that the committee on rules bring in a rule providing for the election of the chair man of the stats executive committee by the convention Itself In the same manner that csndieata far sua off nor r r-ftrunl RAILROADS WILL BE GOOD ittorteji for Southeastern BocVli Give Ont Beinlt of Deliberation!. HEPBURN LAW SHOULD BE OBEYED Resolatlea ressaaeads to the Fair aad Loyal Ottservaaee at Carriera la Spirit aad Par-aose. NEW TORK. Aug. 22.-S. F. Parrott. vice president of the Georgia Southern dt Florida Railway company, who acted as chairman at a meeting In this city July 37 of execu tive officers, traffic officials and legal repre sentatives of all the Important rail and steamship lines operating to and from the territory south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi river, to day made an official statement regarding the object and action taken by the conven. tlon. as follows: The object of the meetin was primarily to consider the recent rhans-es made in the act to regulate commerce, aroved June tf, I!. As those matters Involved questions of ww, me meeting aeterminea to appoint a committee of attorneys, consisting of the general counsel of most of the companies represented st the meetin. and to refer to said law committee certain printed ques tions which had sugrnsted themselves to the executive and traffic officials ss requir ing Immediate consideration. The law committee held its sessions st Atlantic Cltv on Aus-ust 14 to 18. ln. In clusive, and took np the questions aerlatum. Most oi tne questions related to the street of the changes made by the Hepburn bill. diii a numner or tnem related to the con struction of the act prior to the passsgs of the Hepburn bill. Resolution of lawyers. At the conclusion of Its meeting the lsw committee unanimously adopted the follow ing resolution: "Rpsolved, That, now having answered to the best of our ability, with the lights be fore us and with our opportunities for con sideration, the questions which have been suDmitted to us relating to the practical operations of the carriers, we commend this law to the fair and loval observance of the carriers In a spirit of full and frank recognition or Its spirit and purpose." On the 2M day of A u rust. 1P06. the con vention of the executive and traffic officiels reconvened st the W&ldnrf.AstnrIn hotel. when they received the report from the law committee aoove referred to ana aaoptea the following resolutions: "Resolved, Thst this convention return Its thanks to the law committee for the labor bestowed by said committee upon the question heretofore propounded to It by this convention and that, aided by the ad vice contained In the report of said law committee, the executive and traffic offi cials here present will. In the administra tion of the properties confided to their management, use their best endeavors to comply to the fullest extent with all the provisions of the act to reeulate commerce. as amended in June. 1906." TROOPS GUARD NEW T0WNSITE Wyoming Militia Ordered ta Fremont Couatr to Aid Sheriff la Pre serving Order. qHEYDNNE. Wyo., Aug. Upon re quest of Sheriff "Stough of Fremont county Governor Brooks Inst night ordered out Company B, of the state national guard stationed at Lander, to proceed to the Shoshone reservation to aid the sheriff In preserving order on . the new town ' site on the reeervatlon. . . .. , . . i The difficulty on- the reserve Won began on the night "of August 14, the "dhy before the reservation was opened, when about 200 sooner gathered on the border of the reservation and - on the morning of. the J6th every town lot on the new townstte was occupied -by a squatter. Indian Agent Wads worth held that the rule restricting general settlement on the reser vation homesteads until October 15 applied to townstte settlements and drove the set tlers off with federal troops. Commis sioner of the General Land Office Richards secured a contrary .ruling from the secre tary of the Interior and It Is expected Wadsworth- will receive It today and with draw the troops, a his authority on the reservation is ended. Militia I expected to arrive on the scene before the with drawal of federal troops and will aid In preserving order. Some bad feeling exists among squatters who have already been driven off and who may have difficulty . In regaining their .claims, but no serious trouble Is expected. SPARROWS JN STANDPIPE Health Official at Three Oaks, Mica., Finally Discovers Caasa of Typhoid Epidemic. THREE OAKS, Mich.. Aug. 23-The cause of an epidemic of typhcid fever among the 1,000 inhabitants of this place was discov ered today when a member of the Board of Health climbed to the top of the water works etandplpe and found the dead bodies of several thoussnd young sparrows In va rious stages of decomposition covering the surface of the water. Immediately the mayor gave instructions to empty the standplpe, scrub and paint It. Hundreds of sparrows' nests havs been built on a ledge that runs around the summit of the standplpe snd the young bird are sup posed to have fallen Into, the uncovered standplpe while trying to learn to fly. The cover made for tha standplpe when it was constructed, was never put on. There are now twenty-one cases of typhoid fever In' the town. PANAMERICAN CONGRESS ENDS Actio a Takes Look lag Toward a I'alversal Gold Baals far Carreaey. RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. -The Inter national American congress today con cluded Its actual work, finally disposing of the projects of sanitation, commercial rela tions, patents and copyrights, the Pan amerlcan railway and the codification of International laws. The Buchanan report waa adopted recom mending that the several countries In the conference prepare tables showing the fluc tuations of exchange during the last twenty years and the effect . thereof on commerce, the idea being to facilitate the establish ment of a universal gold basis. Two more sessions of ths conference will be held Sunday and Monday, August 21 and 27, to perfect certain details. FATAL CALIFORNIA ACCIDENT Oa Fereoa Killed aad Fear Iajared Whoa Trala Itrlkee tag LOB ANGELES, Aug. 23. One person waa killed and four were more or less se verely Injured late yesterday afternoon in the running down of a mountain resort stage at Asusa by a Santa Fe limited pas tenser train. Ths dead: MRS. D. RHODEN. Pasadena. Mrs. Hunt, wife of J. S. Hunt of Santa Monica, sustained concussion of the brain, eontuetona about bead and shoulders. Her eoaditlna is serieua NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair la West. Showers and Cooler In Rast Portloa Friday, gatarday Fair. Hear. Dev. Hoar. Or. B a. ra T4 1 p. ta a. m m a a. at "M T a. at T4 8 p. a " a. as TO 4 a. at M a. aa T5 B p. as to a. at T fl "p. m T 11 a. at at T p. m. ..... TT II n P4 p. m T4 0 p. m ..... . T3 PLANS FOR BRYAN RECEPTION "ebraskaa Will Laad Taarsday at Foar O'clock la the NEW TORK. Aug. 23.-At a meeting to duy of the executive committee which has charge bf the reception to William J. Bryan it waa announced that Harry W. Walker, chairman of the press committee, had received a letter from Mr. Bryan, mailed before he sailed from Gibraltar, accepting an Invitation to dine with Uie newspaper men at the Waldorf-Astoria on the evening of Saturday, September 1. In his letter Mr. Bryan said: "Shall be delighted to meet the boys of the press. I have not found any better newspaper men anywhere than our own." Lewis Nixon gave the program as at present arranged for the 30th. Mr. Bryan Is to land at 4 p. m. at the battery, where he will be met by a small subcommittee and welcomed by Acting Mayor McUowan. Headed by a small police escort, Mr. Bryan will be driven up Broadway to Fiftieth street, thence to Fifth avenue and south to the Victoria hotel. In the first carriage with Mr. Bryan will be Acting Mayor Mc Go wan, Governor Folk of Missouri and William Hoge, president of the Commerolul Travelers' Anti-Trust league, which started the movement for the reception. At the hotel Mr. Bryan will be received by a delegation from the reception com mittee consisting of five members from each state. At 7:46 Mr. Bryan will be escorted to the garden and the meeting will begin at 8. After the meeting Inside. Mr. Bryan will address an overflow meeting in Mad ison Square. LYNCHING IN SOUTH CAROLINA Negro Who Attempts to Eater Girl's Room Hanged to Tree by Mob. COLUMBIA, S. C. Aug. & William Spain, a negro, 21 year old, was shot to death by a mob near St, Oeorge. DorcheJ ter county, this afternoon. This Is the third lynching In South Carolina within tan days. S. L. Connor, manager of the Dorchester Lumber company's store at Badham, waa notified by ' a negro that he saw another negro attempting to enter a window of his home aad then run away Into a nearby cane patch. Connor Immediately started for his home, going through the cane field, and suddenly came upon Spain and grappled with - the negro, striking him a severe blow, breaking several bones In his hand. The negro finally freed himself and ran Into . nearby . wood. . Connor notified his neighbor and about two hours later Spain was saptured 'and locked up in Jnll. Shortly afterward a posse of forty or fifty men went to the sheriff and securing the key to the ' Jail, took the negro to the house ' of Connor, where his eleven-year- old daughter positively Identified the negro aa the one who had tried to climb through the window. . The mob then took the negro to a nearby oak tree, strung him up to a limb and fired about Boo shots Into his body. , SONS OF VETERANS ADJOURN Edward M. Amies of Altoona, Pa., la Elected Commander-in-Chief. PEORIA, III., Aug. 23. The national con vention of Sons of Veterans closed their sessions today with the election of officers and the selection of Dayton, Ohio, as the next meeting place. Edward M. Amies, of Altoona, Pa., was elected commander-in- chief. Other officers elected were: Senior Vice Commander F. M. Johnson of Maryland. Junior Vice commander J. K. wolfram. San Francisco. Secretary Horace K. Hammer, Reading, Pa. Treasurer James I Rake, Feeding, Pa. Council In Chief Thomas Hannon. Bos ton; Ralph Sheldon, New York; Thomtfa W. Blair, Heading, fa. The ladles' auxiliary elected these of ficer: President. Mrs. Julia Moynlhsn, New Tork; vies president, Mrs. Ida Patterson, Rockford. III. ; secretary, Mrs. Frances Fox, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, Mrs. N. K. Her bat. Canton, O. ; council, Mrs. Millie Donnellson. Peterson, N. J.; Mrs. Stella Rlchxrds, Mass.; Mrs. Katie Hardcastle, Philadelphia; Judge advocate general, Wil liam B. Moynlhan, New Tork. SOUTH DAKOTA TROOPS DRILL Militia Given Work la Ma rr blag, Gaard Work, Teat Pitching aad Cooking. FORT RILET. Kan., Aug. IJ.-The Kan sas and South Dakota national guard bad maneuver work in marching, advance, flank . and rear guard, tent pitching and In dividual cooking today and they worked all day. The regular troops were divided Into brigade and worked on a different problem, but the work of tbe two forces waa conducted as If tbey were the armies of two countries at war. The men were out all day under marching order. They carried besides their arms, shelter tents, haversacks containing uncooked food, can teens filled with water and fifty rounds of blank ammunition. The Kansas men did especially good work and were fre quently credited by the umpire aa hav ing caused the enemy (the regulars) heavy loss, while the Kansans suffered very lit tle loss. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Postmastera aad Carriera Appelated for Nebraska Rnral Rentes. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. (Special Tele gram.) Nebraska postmastera appointed: Georgetown, Custer county, Peter P. Beck, vice W. P. Wilson, resigned; Ray, Holt county, C. O. Johnson, vice C. Vlqulst, re signed. Rural carriers arpolnted for Nebraska routes: Crofton, route I, Leroy Blrdsell, carrier; Oeorge Steele, substitute; David City, route X F. M. Klrby, carrier; James Klrby. jr.. substitute. Captain William H. Oury, signal corps, I relieved from duty with company I, sig nal corps, and ordered to Fort Omaha for duty. IN STATE OF SIEGE Army and Hary Takelharte ef Affairs in Valparaiso, POLICE CILLECT AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD Water Supply ii Tairly Adeqnare and Kepairt Are Froresaine. NATION COMES TO AID OF THE CITY Fonr Million Dollars Appropriated for Belief of Destitute. LIGHT SERVICE PARTIALLY RESTORED Electric Cars Are Hnnoln oa Soma streets Over sis Hundred Bodies Burled 1'p to Taraday Noao. VALPARAISO, Aug. 23. Ferdanea Blanco, governor of the province of Val paraiso, has proclaimed the city of Val paraiso In a state of selge and has con ferred supreme authority on Navy Cap tain oOmii Carreno. The prefect of police Is charged with the duty of collecting and distributing food. One of the first acts of the military governor was to issue on order that all persons found breaking water mains should be shot. The water supply la fairly adequate, the repairs are actively progressing at Baron Hill. Vina del M.ir and Ramlditas, where a lrge number of mains were broken during the earthquake. The mayor's office now Is In Victoria square, besides the governor's tent. The whole of Vlctoris street tonight Is illuminated by electric lamps. Two other streets are also lighted and tomorrow night Cerro street will lie lighted. Electric cars already are running between Baron station and Becreo and probably tomorrow the operation of cars will be extended to Vina del Mar. Over Six Hundred Bodies. The total number of corpses burled up to Tuesday AugURt 21, was 648. The main poatofliue has been reopened. At LIbIUrI there is not a single wall in good condition. There were thirty person killed there. At Cablldo the railroad ststlon waa damaged. At Quillota many buildings were pros trated. The earthquake waa very severe at Con con and Colnio. The dead In those plui.es number 25. Telegrams of sympathy have been re ceived' from Secretary Root, President Barredo of Peru; M. Barrlgos. foreign minister of France, and Rothschild A Son, as well as from the city of Buenos Ay res. Meat and bread are scarce. Meat Is now being distributed by the authorities. The grocer shops that were not destroyed by the earthquake are now nenrly out of stock. Canned meats, sardines, condensed milk and biscuits are much needed. The weather Is somewhat cloudy. Sani tary conditions are being established In the encampments and 'most of the people are light hurted though four or five earth quake shocks' of moderate violence are ex perienced dally. The Red Cross la caring for thousands of Injured. Appropriation by Government. Some of the business houses here re opened 'today for the first time since the earthquake. Telephone and telegraph communication has been re-establiuhed, but the lines are used almotst exclusively by the government officials. The city I still under martial law. Traffic ceased at i o'clock in the evening and everybody is compelled to take some part In the work of restoring normal conditions. As a first Installment the government has appropriated 14,000,000 for the relief of the destitute. The cus toms house was reopened today and traffic by water and by rail has been resumed. The postal service also Is in operation. One of the greatest difficulties encoun tered by the authorities Is In the Inter ment of the bodies recovered from the ruins, as all the cemeteries were de stroyed. At the varloue temporary morgues hesps of coffins have accumulated. awaiting the designation of their place of burial. Kpldemlo to Ba Avoided. The work of recovering the bodies 1 being pushed to the utmost. In order to avoid an epidemic, In fear of which many families are leaving the city. Through the whole length of Brstll avenue and all over Victoria square large shed have been constructed to shelter th homeless from the severe rains. Survivors of the earthquake say that during the shocks it was Impossible to stand erect without support. A movement Is on foot to organise a company to facilitate the raising of the money necessary to reconstruct the city. It Is proposed to advance the sums needed without Interest for ths first six months. The plan Is to construct th new build ing of light materials and to lay out the streets so that they will have a uniform width of twenty meters. All the provinces of the north and south which have not suffered from the earth quake are sending supplies of food and money to the stricken cities and town. Baatlago Helpa Saffererk. The department of pubtld works at San tiago has appropriated 1 100,000 for the con struction of sheds to shelter the refugees from Valparaiso and elsewhere, who con tinue to arrive at the Chilean capital Id large numbers. The railroad line between Llmache and Qullpue, in addition to suffering sevsrely from the earth shocks of August IS, Is threatened by several enormous crevices newly formed In Its vicinity. Valparaiso Is still without street lights, ' but oidur is maintained owing to the se verity of the authorities, who shoot all persons caught committing robberies. Among the buildings which fell at ths time of the earthquake are the Palace of Justice and the Maritime prefecture. Oa Raad Slightly Damaged. LONDON, Aug. 21. The Chilean Trans Andlne railroad hue received a cable dis patch from Us manager at Los Andes, say. Ing that ths damage to the road is not serious and that traffic will be resumed la ' a few weeks as far as Juncal. tory of Deaths. LIMA, Peru. Aug. 22 Further details re ceived here today from Valparaiso Show that out of forty employes of the telephone company thirty-eight were killed. When the house of President-elect Moutt collapsed his wife fell from the balcony In the street, and bandits who were pass ing cut off her ears and fingers to rob ber of her Jewelry. She was taken In a dying state on board the Chilean warship O'ilig gins. Among tbe dead at Valparaiso 1 Far' jrltja A
