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The Omaha ' Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII XO. 54. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOKXIXO, AUGUST 20, 1907 TEX PAGES. SIXGLE COPY TWO CENTS ALLEN RILLS FUSION Brother Soils Combine Agia b. Vi Md Trick. e. - G0E3 BACK C TTER WBITEJO ' V-i lends Out Circ, t Puts Crimp in P s. POPS AND DEMOS UP IN THE AIR , fudge Albert Can' Feel Frost Erery where He Turns. FINDS LOOMIS HAS SLANT FRIENDS Colambas Pea Into Permlt- ttn Himself hXiIIiI( Finds Something- la lk af a Trnnan'sed Crooo. Fusion on the state tlrHet may not b ef- . !ected this ysr. Tommy Alien has gone to writing letters again. When tha democratic state committee met 1own at Lincoln last month many populist leaders ware In attendance, supposedly as democrats. Bat It now develops at no time had they any Intention of deserting the standard of the common people, but merely were In attendance In the Interest of square deal. The meeting failed to discover anyone willing te stand for the democratic and populist nominations, al though aeTsraJ present were willing, provid ing they were assured of the support of both parties. It was agreed there should oe no disparagement of the candidates of either party by the other. With this understanding- Oeorge f. Loomls of Fremont a few days later filed for the democratic nomination for supreme judge and Judge Albert of Columbus cams out for the populist nomination. A Lincoln attorney also consented to get Into the game on the democratic side. F"or a time the fusion papers treated the several candidates Impsrtlally, but sud denly there was a change and Judge ljoomls frequently of late has been referred lo ss the probable Moses. This Is very displeasing to the friends of Judge Albert and also to the Lincoln candidate. Conference la Omaha. A conference of several of the friends of Judge Albert was held in Omaha Satur day, at which the Judge was present. At i his conference It came out that Tommy Allen had sent out several communications decidedly of press bureau complexion and more than favorable to Judge Loom la. One i T those present claimed to have read one of the letters before It was published. "This busjness hsn pot to mn right here .rr there will be something doing," holly I'eclared; District Clerk Gttenther of PlaMc county, and tne sentiment expressed was 'unanimously endorsed. Then It was de cided to send a representative to Lincoln L to Interview the powers that be and to file a pmtest. . Afterward an- adjournment was taken to the sanctum of the Omaha organ of democracy and populism and some sar castic observations Jfere Indulged In for the benefit of the lieutenants In charge. -;'Itrttrt meantime the populist Judicial can didate Wandered away from the crowd and later was found by a "friend gazing at the ; display m the window of a clothing store. Anything bat Politics. IDon't tell the boys you found me here; they think I'm shaking hands," he re marked - apologetically, "but somehow or otltar, I always take more Interest In this aort of thing than I do in' politics any how. "An Incident of my own brief newspaper career will answer that question," he con tinued, when asked If he had read of the Allen . articles. "It was my privilege to direct the course of a country weekly for si months a number of yeara ago. On one occasion I. found It necessary, as I thought, to say luttit mean things about one ef the leading" rittsens. A few days later I met him and. stricken with re morse. I started lo agologlse. 'But I haven't seen the story. said he to me. 'Where can I get a few copies of the paperr "I wonder where I could get hold of a couple of those letters?" BOY WOULD USE WAR CLUBS Vi. wear Kherldaa, Wyo., .Planned Wholesale Harder ' f Mr a. SHERIDAN, Wyo.. Ag. 19 (Special.) Roy Fink, a lt-year-old boy. is under ar rest, charged with attempting to kill several mea at the Weltner ranch. It is alleged 'hat Pink. In preparing for the slaughter, manufactured two wicked-looktng war rlubs and purchased a quantity of carbolic sold and turpentine. His Idea was to olub Ms victims to death, and then pour car bolic acid down their throats to give the Impression that they had committed sul fide. Pink waa betrayed by a boy he took Into his confidence, and his arrest fol lowed. . OIL FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVES Wyoming Rait Crwk Field Is to Be Dewlap (or Tkla Par CASPER. Wyo., Aug. IS. -(Special.) The Lobelia, owners of the Salt Creek and Popo Agio oil wells, are authority for the state ment that they propose to build a railroad from Orln Junction to the Salt Creek lelds. a distance or about 150 miles. Sur reys are to be made at once. They also Kopose to build a pipe line from the Popo gle wells to Lander, and supply the North astern with oil fuel In Its locomotives. With the completion of the railroad and pipe line, oil refineries are to be built at Lander and at, the Salt Creek Ida. ON WAY TO PROVINCETOWN rresldeat Roosevelt aad Family De part from Oyster Hay to Make Trlaw OYSTER BAT. Aug. IS.-Presldent Roose velt started for Provlncetown. Mass., todsy to take part la tomorrow's , anniversary celebration of the landing of tha pilgrims. The president boarded the yaoht Mayflower Just before II o'clock and was greeted with a saluts ot twenty-one guns. A few min utes later the Mayflower started up the sound ooovoyed by the torpedo boats Wordeo and Hopklna. Ttie president waa accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and Queotla. Prlneo Wllaelaa Arrives. NORFOLK. Vs.. Aug. II -The Swedish cruiser Fylgla, wrth Prince WUhelm aboard, passed SB Capo Henry at U o'clock. SUMMARY OF THE BEE Taesday, Aaarast lf, UNIT. 1907 August 1907 sua mom rut. wto rsu rsi gT 3 I 5 f I 2 3 4 5 6 7' 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TKB WEATHM. Forecast for Nebraska Fair, wUh rising temperature. Temperatures at Omaha yesterday Hour. Leg .. su ,.. TS ,.. ,.. SI ... t ,.. 4 Hour. Deg. a. S a 7 a. I a. 1 p. in 1 p. m I p. m 4 p m 6 p. m p. m 10 a. U a. 12 m m..., m.... 65 7-p. m 87 - 8 p. ra 9 p. m BOBUSTia Delegates from nineteen employers' ss soclations meet at New York to form an organisation. Page 1 Secretary McVann of the Omaha Grnln exchange visits Washington and later confera with railroad men In Chicago. Page 1 W. A. L. Gibbon, first president of the' Omaha Commercial club, diea In Chicago. , organizations of employers have responded Pags 1 ' to the call to form a federation. Sftecl- Army officials will recommend a chains I nrally. our purpose is to defend our com , - ,, . . i mon Interests as employers and as public In the uniform of the enlisted men of . ,pirlted citizens sgainst assault from tny the army. Pag 1 quarter. There Is not the faintest shadow President Roosevelt starts on the yacht ot """th ln the report that the federations' Mayflower for Provlncetown, Mass. Page 1 Royal welcome given to Prince Wilhelm of Sweden by Swedish-Americans et Jamestown exposition. Fags 1 Assailant of Alma Whitehead at Turnersville, Pa., tracked by bloodhounds and caught. Page 1 Crop predictions made In the east are favorable to large production In north west. Page 8 Sheridan. Wyo., boy planned wholesale murder with war clubs. Page 1 Saratoga, Wyo., will have a trout bake to celebrate the completion of new En campment railroad. Page 1 roaiioa. Peace reigns for first time ln Lex te. Page 1 Outbreak is feared In China because of . , , . , the ! . I. D UV.l. I ... V. 1.1WIUIIVIII..J ... protested districts of foreigners. Pairs 1 Moorish tribesmen again attack Casa blanca, but are repulsed. Pag 1 Isthmian Canal commission Is securing title to ail deeded land by degrees. Page 1 nUSSASXA Second fire within two weeks destroys half the business section of Axtell that was left by previous fire. . Page 3 Representative Harrison of Otoe county declares himself for Sedgwick. Page S tifDrrW HI CRD rniD DIDIflC WRECK NEAR tJcUAR RAPIDS Milwaukee Trala Collides with Haad Car aad Tweaty Peraoas Are lajared. CEDAR RAPIDS, la.. A"-" l--Paa ger train No. . on the .Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, was wrecked today at Keystoae, thirty miles west of here. Twenty persons Were injured, 'several seriously. The wreck was cauaed "by the train colliding with a handcar on a twenty-foot embankment. The express and mail cars went down the embankment. The Injured include: C. T. McElwaine, express messenger; serious. and : lniern.1 lnJ.SlT;T VrTouV F i ? m Th w" h .iT. ? " Baggageman I (eland, scalp wound and " m- 'Tne French used field and ma -hine probable fracture of skull: serious. j guns with deadly effect In repelling fhe F. VV. Stockton, conductor: "rtmis. attack of the Moors, and shells from David Reynolds of Marlon, bridge car- I ,. , . ' . T penter: badly cut. t tne cruiser Gholre rendered efficient serv Frsnk Wlcheal. fireman; badly scalded on j Ice. The Spahls and sharpshooters each leg- i lost one man killed and had !vral Carl Mershon. Olln: probably internally ijured; condition quite serious. injured llHrry bruised. Ktelnberg, news agent; severely brV Wooley..Toronto. Mo.: P - ' - ira noDinnon, m. jamea, aao. ; painiuuy bruised Frank Jaloua. Oxford Junction; alight. W illiam Jaynes, Marlon; slight. John Machuon. Dubuque; slight. Adolph Johnson. - Marlon, foreman bridge gang; severe Injury o leg. TROUT BAKE FOR SARATOGA Caaaaletlea of Karatoaw at Eseasip seat Railroad ra Be Prop erly Celebrated. SARATOGA, Wyo.. Aug. 19 (Special.)- Colorado towns have their watermelon ; days, corn roasting days, etc., and ': Wyoming towns have their frontier days ! concealed in the foreign quarters of the and other festivals, but It remained fortuities, thus placing themselves outside the Saratoga to arrange and patent an orig- j Jurisdiction of the Chinese courts. The Inal festlval-trout bake. The first annual revolutionary agitation" recently was car trout bske will occur here on August !-2. j rled Into the army. The provincial of At noon each day there will be a grand j flcials sre doing their utmost to suppress free trout fry. the trout being taken fresh J the revolutionary movement, and promote from the Platte river and prepaied right before the eyes of the thousands of visitors. Everything will be free, and people will have a chance to get their fill of tooth some trout. There will be speaking each day by prom inent men. Including Senator Clark, Con gressman Mondell, Governor Brooks snd othera Each afternoon a race program wilt be run. Including running, trotting and pacing events, cow ana pony races, tmok- Ing and pitching contests, relsy races, etc. The first annual celebration of trout day hi, references at the opening of the lntei wlll also commemorate the building of the naxtoni socialist congress yesterday, to the I nrm rsuroao-tne baratoga ft uicampment -to this place. ...... jGlnLS' ASSAILANT CAPTURED iBloodhoaads Ran Dtwi Tramp Whs Committed Deed at Turner- i olllo. Pa. . " YOl'NGSTOWN. O., Aug. It -The tramp who assaulted Alma Whitehead, the four- j teen-yesr-old dsughter of Rev. J. M. ! Whitehead of Tumerjvllle. Pa., on Batur- i day niwht was run down by bloodhounds .'from W.rren. O.. snd c.ptured shortly i after midnight last night In a swsmp asar . Wk'k. Aahtabula county. He waa taken to the Mead4He. Pa.. Jail. The capture was msde by Chief Frank Flowers of ths Warren police. The officer being close at hand, no attempt was made to harm him and he was taken across the country to Mvadville. GREENVILLE, ' Pa.. Aug. II Sheriff Marshall of Crawford county lodged . the alleged assailant of Alma Whitehead ln the Meadvllle Jail early today. The man was caught about I S o'clock this morning near : Dorset. O.. and waa taken thirty mllea across the country in an automobile. Sheriff Marshall stated that the man ad mitted hla Identity and gave tha name of H. Wagner FEDERATION OF EMPLOYERS Movement to Organize Various Na tional Associations. COMMON INTEREST TO DEFEND President Vaa Cleave Denies that Money aad Indnence Will Be tsed la Effort te Crash Oat lalonlsa. NEW lORK. Aug. IS. Delegates from nineteen employers' associations in the United States met at the Waldorf Astoria today to form a general federation of or ganizations of eVployers. The movement Is the outgrowth of a resolution adopted by the National Association of Maiufac turers at Its annual meeting In May. Officers of the national association tv:ie instructed to establish and finance a council to serve as a means of hatmonit Ing and federating the various natloiuil and state organizations of en-.ploy-rs, merchants and citizens so as to get thm to co-operate with the manufacturers In an educational campaign "for the promo tion of Industrial peace and mutual good will." James W. VanCleave of St. Louts, presi dent of the National sseociatlon of manu facturers, who presided pending formal organization, said: x, , , llwk ,,,.,, money ana innuence are io oe ujto 10 crush labor unions. Organizations represented at the meeting are the Citizens Industrial association of America. Uie National Association of Ag ricultural Implement and Vehicle Manu facturer, the National Founders' associa tion, the National Association of Employ ing Lithographers, the Merchant Tailors' National Protective association, the Na tional Wagon Manufacturers' association, the National Plow association, the Na tional Erectors' association, the National Association of Muster Plumbers, the Na tlonl Metal Tradts association. the American A nti,-Boycott association, the American Cotton Manufacturers' associ ation, the I'nited Typotuetae of America, the National Association of Master Sheet Metal Workers' the Hardwood .Manufac- I " -" ";" 7 Maaier .oipcr urxvi u& iiiv i. imcu Slate, the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers and the Carriage Builders' National association. TRIBESMEN AGAIN FIGHTING Areas la Preach Service Seat Agalmst Them aad Bloody PlRht Hesalta. CASABLANCA, Aug.' IS. Sunday a large force of Moors suddenly descended upon the French camp early this morning, but were driven off sfter a sharp conflict. The tribesmen advanced to within 09 yards of the ctt. when General Drude sent against them, under cover of the guns of the wa,rr ships, a detachment of fifty Algerian spahis f Arab horsemen. ID .the French' serv ice). The Moors permitted tola small boilv 4of cavalry to advance for -a half mile un molested, whed they sudtjeniy-iambuscaded them and tn a wild charge got right among the spahis. The head of one spahl was cut off with one sweep of a big Moorish sword. The French officer ln command of tbe spabls and several of his men were wounded, but the officer ralllled his force and -lowly retired, fighting, until a large body of spahis from the town succeeded their comrades and routed the Moors. , The fighting covered a front of about .. ,,.,.,, ,-.., .. . . , j wounded. Including taptairt Coud of the opania. adoui a aoxen norses were killed. Qgp N CHINA FEARED Revoletlaalats Are Coaeeollas; Them selves la Foreiga Q a art ere af Maay Cities. BERLIN. Aug. 1.-A special dispatch from Shanghai, published today, says thst the situation in China, especially In the Tang Tse valley, continues unsatisfactory, ft Is rm possible, tbe mesnasre adds, to say whether a general outbreak Is Impending, but the revolutionary movement gains strength daily and the secret organisations are growing visibly. The Chinese officials say that thousands of revolullonsts sre I reforms, but they feel themselves helpless. Murderous plots against the manchus continue to be discovered In Peking. ADVICE GIVEN SOCIALISTS German lesser Says Asaerleao Work aarmea Shoald head Dele gates to Congress. j BTCTTOART. Aug. li.-Herr Rebell. the i German aoclallat leader. In the course of ' Haywood murder trial at Boise. Idaho, j whlchi" n .tated. "ended with the brll- llant acquittal of our comrade," said: '-Tbla trial has shown all the world that In the . I'nited States liberty, law and Justice exist only on paper. It Is to be hoped that these , inoiriMtita will ntlr 11 n the AmHrin wnrW. j ingmen that, like their Engllah eom- ! radea. they will soon send a good number . of representatives to Washington." A series of lmmenae mass meetings held j yesterday were attended by 40,000 to sO.uOO ! persona. I ( SULTAN'S POSITION UNKNOWN Preach Foreign Oflleo Has No Rows of Intended Protest ot M PARIS, Aug. IS The government has not received aay confirmation of the re port that the sultsn of Morocco Intends to protest to the powers asrajnst Francs a action at Casablanca. The foreign office discredits the rumor. Alesaador Jeoier la Dead. SHAWNEE. Okl . Aug. la -Alexander Jester, who a few years sgo was Indicted, tried snd acquitted of the murder of Wil liam Gates, brother ef John W. Gates, Is dead at the home ot hla sister, near here, aged St) years. John W. Gates hunted Jes ter for thirty yeara SHAW dN BUSINESS OUTLOOK ( Itaa Heal Searees af the People's Wealth Are Vet A treated. NEW YdRK. Aag. 18.-tslle M. Shsw. former serfetsry of the tressury, author ized the foHovrlng interview on the present financial aad Industrial conditions today: "Our farms produce more thsn SS.ofO.noo.MO per annum, and the prospect is good for an averase crop. Our mines yield more than O.Sf.oniMi " and our forests more than tl.OOO.flSrttrm And neither of these source of wealth has been exhausted. The output of our factories. In other thsn food prod ucts. Is over $1X,(0.00. and no fires have hewn extinguished. The -ailways earn more than t?.000.'O.OM and Hiey are all In suc cessful operation. The payrolls of our fac tories and I railways aggresate approxi mately t2J0tCun.rX, and the scale of wages has not bees reduced. In other words, the real sources f the people's weslth have nt yet been affected, and the ability of In dustrial concerns lo pay dividends is not measured by the market prices of their stocka. Ixitknl reasons for serious condi tions re therefore waintlng. Psychologic! reasons are (ever wanting. "If I judgcrrectly. the people will have exactly what they expect. If those who have moneyjln the banks withdraw It and lock It up; If the banks refuse to grant ac commodations, and If the consuming public declines to (lare orders, then we will soon witness the sffects. Let those who think Ihst times off disaster follow each otUer at regular Intervals bear In mind that this country nevet yet experienced a period of severe depression that was not traceable to financial or economical regulation. "In 1PSS tha redemption of greenback In sliver tnsteaji of gold was openly advo cated: the party In power was under prom ise to remove the protective tarlfT from our Industries and the free coinage of silver a the ratio of Hi to 1 was championed by prominent members of both parties. The country might have survived sny one of( the sources o-fi alarm, but it could not sur vive all three. "At this time tto one questions our flnsn clsl system jand the tariff will not be touched for at least eighteen months. "Some chec In the speed at which we sre going is 4st desirable, and the check ing process has probably begun. It wl'I require a fair measure of confidtnte and courage to prevent ' undue retardment in our Industries Capital cannot be forced Into activity, but it can be forced out of activity. I hafe never seen the time when universal sanity waa more essential to our well being." W. A. L GIBBON PASSES AWAY First President af the Omaha Com mercial Clah Paaaes Away at liome In Chicago. I CHICAGO, iiug. .-.'. A. L. Gibbon. former preaidetor the Board of Trade of Omaha, died t ft night at the family resi dence. Oak f k. at the age of fit yeara. Mr. Gibbon fe inded the Omaha Commer cial club and i as Its first president. i W. A. L. Gibbon moved to Omaha from Burlington. 1. suout ISTS. He filled a position with, the old Paxton Gallagher wholesale greoery firm as bookkeeper and credit man fef several years. Resigning that position, engaged In the real estate business for rW short time. He then went Into the heaVy Siardware: baslnees and was Junior member of tlioflrm of Edney-GJbbon company from ISH6 to 1888, when tbey sold their business to the Bautn Iron company. Mr. Gibbon then went Into the wholesale hat and glove business and the firm was known as W. A. L. Gibbon A Co., and he belonged to that part of the city that went to pieces ln 1896 and 1K37. All who had business dealings with Mr. Gibbon, includ ing his local bankers, pronounce him a, man of high Ideals and possessing fine business honor. He first came Into prominence before the public while president of the Board of Trade in his argument before the Inter state Commerce commission for better grain rates for Omaha shippers. He had a wide acquaintance and a host of friends in Omaha and Nebraska. He moved from here to St. Ixiuia and engaged In whole sale hat and cap business. From there he rsme bacg to Omaha two years ago look ing for a location and finally accepted the position of cashier tn Pearson D. Smith's bank at St. Edwards, Neb. He remained in that position less than a year and went to Chicago, where he has since resided, and during which time he has not been actively engaged In business. His picture bangs in the Bosrd of Trsde room among those of the other presidents of that or ganisation. . FINE FOR ASPHALT -CONCERN sjermadea Comaaay Assessed Twenty Fonr Million Bolivars hy eaeanela foart, WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. American Min ister Russell, hss cabled the Slate depart- ! men from Caracas, under date of Wlllem ' atad, Auguat 18. confirming the. press re ' port of the Imposition of an enormous fine . by the Venesuelsn court of first instance j Boon the New York A Bermudes Asphalt I company. The minister says the verdict I was for 24.OHO.OW bollvsrs. on account of the ' alleged connection of the company with the so-called Mates rebellion, and. more : over, the Judge authorised other assess ments to be madje against the company . under five particulars, such as the loss of government revanne through the revolu , tlon, the killing of Venezuelan cttisena, etc. ' The minister ssys an appeal may be taken la this case first to the superior court, then i to the federal court and finally to the court of cassation. PEACE REIGNS IN LEYTE American Troops Withdraw from Field and ttalet for First Tint Prevails. WASHINGTON. Aug. , Pulajanlam haa been eradicated tn the Island of Leyte ; for the first time, it is said, since the American occupation, according to ad j vices received at the War department, and ' peaceful conditions now prevail there. It ' Is said that there is but one chieftain. ; Fillplo Tdaao, still at large. Major Bell and all of ths American troops hafe with ! drawn -from the field in the island. ITALIAN FOUND STABBED jMan at Plttshnrc Waa Evidently At j tacked While Asleep la Lod- Insr Homao. PITTSBl'RG. Aug. li.-Wtth a stab wound In his aeck extending through the Jugular vein into the base of the brain, Amato Dlblaalga, was found dead early today on the cot on which he waa sleep ing at an Italian rooming house In Popular Alley. The man had evidently been at tacked while asleep. The proprietor and three roomers wore arrested. - STRIKER CHARGE LNPROVEN Claim of Western Union Beinsj Un sanitary Dissipated by Connell. HEALTH OFFICER INVESTIGATES Ideally the Telearaphere . A (fairs Can tlaae ta Tara aa the Case mt the rlceared Opera- tor, Archibald. In answer to the complaint filed by a com mittee of striking telegraphers, alleging unsanitary conditions In the offices of the Western I'nlon Telegraph company, Health Commissioner Connell has investigated con ditions and found no ground for the com plaint. The strikers said certain rooms In the Western l.'nion offices were being used for working rooms, dining rooms and sleeping rooms and rf'sultina conditions endangered II. e heelth of the men working then-. They said sonic of the plumbing was unsanitary. Dr. Connell found both complaints un grounded. Since the strike began many of the op erators alio refused to walk out have been sleeping in the building, preferring to stay there day and night rather than be sub jected to the unpleasant net's or meeting the strikers on the street, but Dr. 0nnt II says the sleeping quarters are pleasant. At strike headquarter Mondiy evening the only news available was that 'h strikers had-succeeded In making a union n.an of the operator In the ofiici of Mer rill Co.. grain, brokers. The statement was inadtv that the company would he asked to sign the scale at onct. It is said that the I pdlke Grain company h;is not yet jdgned. but has agreed to t lie Union's demands, except In one paitloi lar, on which an agreement is soon ex pected. Both the Western I nion and the Postil Telegraph companies reported they got through the heavy work of Monduy ln a fairly satisfactory way. On the other hand, the strikers seem conlident thai neither company could have, handled Til the buslress offered and got it over the aires In a manner satisfactory to patrons. i ok mai. tDiTHs Ksc Med-j Heads of Trlesrraph fonipaalea Say Strike la Over. NEW YORK. Aug. 1. President Clowry said today: "The Western Vnlon company's force of operators is sufficient to handle Its traffic with little or no de lay. In fact, it can be said that normal conditiona have been resumed. The teleg raphers' strike altogether la a thing of the past." E. J. Nally. vice president and general manager of the Postal Telegraph Cabls company today gave out the following: "Noon reports from all points east, west, north snd south Indicate that we start this morning under almost normal con ditiona, with Improved traffic and In creased forces. Not a single place ln the company's system this morning where we are not giving good service and where we are not prepared to give prompt handling to any business the public may file with us. So far as the company Is concerned the strike is over." BUOKEHI ARE HOLDING OUT 'Efforts fBelaa Iat Forlh by I' a lotto , te stasia These !". CHICAGO, Aug. 19. A committee of the striking telegraphers today visitd tne brokerage firms which have not yet signed the scale demanded by the unbn and gave them until 1 o'clock today to accede to the union demands or have a strike. Four of the large brokerage houses in the city have not yet signed the scale, and they declare they Will not sign. Many of the messenger boys of both the Western Vnlon and Postal companies re turned to work today. The boys struct on the day following the walkout of the operators. There was no material development In the general strike situation todsy. BoUi sides report the conditions as satisfactory to them. No progress Is being made in the direction of peace. The leased wire operators In six broker age houses where the union scale was refused were called out this afternoon. COMMITTKh. TO SETTLE STRIKK Gompera, Mitchell and Keefe kin trasted with Bis; Task. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. President Sam uel lompers of the American Federation of Labor today reported to the executive council of the federation that he, John Mitchell of Indianapolis snd Daniel J. Keefe of Detroit had been entrusted by united labor with an attempt to ' bring' about "an honorable adjustment of the telegraphers' strike at an opportune time." Mr. Gompers was asked when he thought that time would arrive and replied that he could not ssy, that It might be "in an hour, a week or a month, or perhaps not at' all." POPE COMPANY TO CONTINUE Receiver fayo Baelaesa Will Be Carried on aa Before Fa II a re. NEW TORK. Aug. 19.-(8pecla1 )-Agents i for cars made by the Pope Manufacturing 1 company and Ha allied Interests in differ ent parts of the country yesterday received the following self-explanatory communica tion from Albert L Pope, who waa ap pointed receiver by the courts: "The business will be continued without Interruption by the receiver under an order from the court, and our product will not suffer any delay on -account of the new conditions. Any rumors that we have offered for sale any of our 107 cara to any other than our regularly appointed dealers or that we have offered these csrs st less than regular list price, are without founda tion. Theae cara will be sold in the future, aa in the past, only to our regularly au thorised dealers, and at ths present estab lished prices." TAFT ARRIVES AT COLUMBUS Elaborate Decorations Are Made for Reception eftee Presiden tial Caadldate. COLI'MBl'S. O., Aug. IS. Secretary Tafl arrived here today from Newark. O., where he was met by a committee of citlsens snd escorted to this city. The city Is probably more elaborately decorated than since the welcome to McKlnley. Secretary Taft held a conference with hia political manager, A. I. Vorys. during the day and will prob ably stsy here tomorrow to meet political leaders from throughout the state. He held a public reception Uiis afternoon and will dine with Governor Harris and atate officers this evening. Tonight he delivers the speech at Memorial hall, which It la under stood will be the opening gun of bis eampalera for the presidential nomination. CROP PREDICTIONS IN EAST Wheat May Reach snn.liOO.OOO Rash els aad tara Over Two Bll lloa aad a Half. NEW YORK. Aug 19 -iPpeclal.)-It has been the conviction of the Price Current thai the possibilities of the crop pointed to shout fi6rt.rui.ttM, and this apiears to be well supported in the official indications, notwithstanding the lowering of the aver age condition of spring wheat the past month, a feature not fully In line with the views of some observers as to compsratlve conditions In the norwiwest. The corn crop Is not t so near a basts of certainty as wheat, hut the prevailing conditions during the pat month and more have favored the process of betterment of the position of the crop, and it can be ac cepted with confidence that It will reach iPCU.W.OflO to S.TiiO.KHi.tW bushels, or a quan tity gieatcr than credited to any crop pre vious to the last two harvests the possi bilities appearing favorable to equaling the earlier one of these two crops. The official data appear to Indicate About 87.0iO..nXl bushels of oats, asalnst !.(O0.(nn credited to the crop last year. Very likely this estimate i'or this .season will not be followed by a higher final reckoning. The train appears likely to be deficient In qual ify to more than usual extent. The average condition of the rye crop when harvested Is shown to have been moderate- lower than last year, when Hlie crop was credited with a total yield of 33. STS.iiO bushels, compared with which there appears likely to be shown some decrease, but larger production than either of three years next preceding. The average condi tion of barley is considerably lower than a year aao. and the acreage J4 per cent short, the present situation pointing to about lTC.OiiO.Ot" bushels, against last year's record of 179,um.Oii0. which decidedly ex ceeded any estimate for previous crops and makes It appear likely that a revision of acreaije basis last year may have con tributed to the apparent gain. The indications for potatoes appear to favor as large production as last year, the only previous record of equal quantity be ing for ISfM. The yield of hay Is not officially a matter o? estimate, but the indications are for larger production than last year. xixLE TO LAND IS SECURED Isthmian Canal Commlsaloa Has Va ried F.iprrlenrr with Land Owners. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. -Gradually the government of the I'nited 8tates. through the Isthmian Canal commission. Is obtain ing title to all the lands it needs In the canal zone ceded bn the Panama govern ment for canal purposes. Some of these; tracts were In the hands of private parties when the grant was made and negotiations with them or other proceedings hsve been necessary to secure title. In some in stances this has been accomplished without any .great difficulty, and at almost nominal price, but in otheis the commission of ar bitration appointed for that purpose has not been so fortunate. In one case the owners were insistent In ssking a price a score or more times greater thsn the com mission was willing to give. During the recent, meeting of the arbitra tion commiasion an agreement was reached on the price to be paid to the owners for three Islands In- Panama bay and for tha Improvements now there. They also agreed on the amount to be paid to certain prop erty owners In Panama who had claims pending for damages done by a big fire which swept the city several years ago and which, it was asserted In behalf of the claimants, originated from work being done by the American authorities In cleaning up the city. In other cases the commissioners have failed to reach an agreement as to the price 'to be paid for certain property wanted, and these will be referred to an umpire unless through private negotiations a settlement can he reached. i CALIFORNIA MAN ROBBED Wealthy Ranchman Mlaaaed anil Relieved of $1,000 la Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 19. John Schmidt, a wealthy ranchman of south ern California living not far from I.ns Angeles, was sandbagged, drugged and robbed In this city today. At 4 o'clock j this morning he found himself ln the i-ooenoin uisinci, recovering from the attack. He was able to give a clear ac count of the affair to the police, whim ; led to the arrest of two young men who j later admitted they had drugged snd robbed Schmidt. The Callfornian says : he was struck from behind on the street. The next thing he remembered wss two j men lesntng over him In a bathroom. They gave him something which he claims v contained knockout drops. snd when he regained consciousness he dis- : covered thst all his money, nearly $1,000, ; was gone. The money was not found on the men arrested. BONAPARTE , CN ALTON CASE lie W III Make Stalemeat as Soon aa He Consalts Jadaje La ad la. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 At the' close of the conference between Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte and District Attorney Sims of Chicago and attorneys for the Chicago A Alton road relative to the question of Immunity claimed In behalf of the railroad. Attorney General lloni parte aald that there was no statement thst he could make In regard to the mat ter until after he made a further com munication to Judge Ijimlls. He expects to communicate with the Judge without delay. YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA Private Robert Wallace Dlea of the Diocese Snnday at Marlaaao. i . WASHINGTON. Aug. 19,-t'nder today s date Chief Surgeon Taylor, at Mariano, Cuba, reporting on the fever situation, says thut Private Robert Wallace died yester day from the disease. He adds that with the exception of two serious esses, tha others sre doing well snd there are no new ; cases in the command. BRAKEMAN MOLLER KILLED Body Cat la Pieces by Cars at'XIrkrr- o a Home at t ham paiae. III. FREMONT, Neb.. Aug. 19. (Special Tel egram.) Brakeman Phillip Moller, aged of Norfolk, was killed north of Nlrkerson on the Northwest this morning. He fell between the cars and his body was cut to pieces. Moller's home ts at Champaign, Ilk M'VANX IN THE EAST Secretary of Omaha Grain Exchange Look-in; Up Bates. HAS CASES OF SEVERAL JOBBERS Alleged Discrimination Agaiiul Omaha Firms Looked Into. PRAISES WORK OF C0MJOSSI05 System of Filing Tariffs Excites Woo. j der and Admiration. WILL ATTEND CHICAGO MEETING Conference Will Adjest Ratea oat 4; rain from Mlaaoarl River Points to the Wlady City. (From a Stsff correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-(8perlal.)-B. J. McVann. secretary of the Omaha Grain exchang. who has been spending his va cation In the vicinity of Washington during the last two weeks, is now In Chicago at tending a meeting of railroad lines look ing to s readjustment of Missouri river rates on grsln to Chicago, St. Louis and other points. This meeting waa arranged for-before Mr. McVann left Omaha on his vacation, the Chicago and Missouri river railroads having agreed to such a meeting at the instance of the boards of trade and grain exchanges of Omaha, Chicago. Kan sss City snd St.' !xius. While in Wsshlngton Mr. McVann took advantage of his vacation to look up mat ters for Oinaha Jobbers In connection with some Instances of freight rate discrimina tion as agsinst Omaha. This brought him In direct contact with the officers of the In terstste Commerce commission snd hla treatment by that commit sion gave Mr. McVann an opportunity to say something about Its workings. He spoke In cnthusl sstic terms of the comprehensive manner In which the files are kept. He said that the system adopted enables one to go bsck ss far aa necesrary for any purpose and the wonder to hliif was how Ihey could secure ln such limited spare file that must necessarily be of great Import ance to the litigation of the future. Needs Betiding of Its Own. It was Mr. McVann s opinion that the In terstate Commerce commission should bo provided for with a building of lis own, where the files might be kept In Urger quarters and where' the commission Itself might hsve greater facilities in which ta do its growing business under the amended Interstate com.nerce act. Mr. McVann spoke enthuslsstleally of Secretary Moseiey, whom he denominated "The fingerboard of the Interstate Com merce commission." ln this connection it la interesting to know that Secretary Mostley hss been as sociated with the Interstate Commerce commission since its beginning. For years it was his business to make disposal of ' every esse, but In recent yesr It has been Impossible to give more thsn general super vision to the work . of the commission. There are ow employed ln th wrk ef. the Interstate Commerce commission 8M men, whose duty It Is to look after tariffs and compile matter In relation to the rail roads and th shippers. Conference mm Land Matters. 8. W. Clark, attorney general of South Dakota, has been for several days con ferring with officials of the. forest service about questions affecting the . disposition ef school and other state lands In the national forest reserves. Attorney General Clark says plans recently suggested by Forester Plnchot for the settlement of this stste's land question will be welcomed In his state, and he suggests ail early meet ing of the land and the legal officers of western states with officials of the na tional government to work out in detail tha necessary legislation to be submitted ta congress at the next session. G. It. Wood, cashier of the Security hank of Ponca. Neb., with Ills wife and daugh ter, passed through Washington today en route to the Jamestown exposition. CHANGE IN UNIFORM NEEDED ! Knllated Men of the Army I" Troa j Irnl Climate eed New Fort of, At tiro. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19-Change In uni form for the enlisted men of the army, with a view to making It more practical for every day service purposes is receiv ing sttentlon st the War department Just as the matter of changes In the uniform of the enlisted men of the nsvy Is Just now being agitated and which forms the basis of the work of a board of which Captain Osterhaus Is chairman. Various recommendatlona are being received at the War department on the subject, one of which has come from Colonel L. M. Maus, whose observations are based on his ex perience with the militia In the field. He believes that the present regulation fett hat la unsulted for campaign purposes ht a hot or tropical climste and that the In fantry marching trousers should be made full around the knee snd the cuff extended down the leg far enough to be .enclosed by the top of the marching shoe, thus doing away with the legging. ROYAL WELCOME FOR PRINCE , Swedish-Americans Throne Jamea- tawa F.spoaltloa to Greet Grand son of Klag Oscar. NORFOLK, Va.. Aug. 19. Ths Swedish cruiser Fylgla with Prince Wilhelm. grand son of King Oscar, aboard arrived at noon and anchored off the Jamestown exposition. Salutes were exchanged between the Fylgla snd the guns at Fert Monroe and Admiral Kvana squadron. Prince Wilhelm will land at the exposition ' later .this afternoon, where he will be met by the exposition authorities. Admiral Harrington, General Grsnt, or the latter's personal representa tives, and under escort of a detachment from the Twelfth I'nited Stales cavalry, : will be driven over the grounds. Tliou ; aanda of Swedish-American clttxens and othera are on the grounds waiting to give the prince a royal welcome. TOUR IN TROPICS TWO YEARS Unlisted wen to Be Limited to This i Period la Warm Cll- I mate. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19-Dlrectiona have been given that the tours In the troptrajor all rnltsted men of the army be fixed st two years, except for the ordnance depart ment, which the chief of ordnaute re quested bo except