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PART I ST T T R T "ABLISHED JU SUBSIDIZES AIRSHIPS| France Goes Tnto Ballooning Eus Gigeantio Ecale. 15 on & PLANS TO STEER THEM ON LONG VOYAGES agle Trip | | | Thres Months Afiat on a Without Landing. | HEAT AND COLD ONLY BALLAST CARRIED | Crew of Twelve Mon Ncosssary to Operate One Fully Armed. | | | | | | VALUABLE ACCESSORY IN TIME OF WAR Onty Hax Inventor Is . o1d, hat Mark in Field of Aeronnuti Press Publishing Co.) (New York World Ca Upon the rec- Chamber of | (Copyright, 1901, by PARIS, June 15. blegram—Special Telegram.) ommendation of experts ihe Deputies and the have voted a subsidy of 500,000 fravcs to assist o ex- emplitying the special class of steerable bal- loons intended for long voyages. The best known of these is the invention of M. 8ibil- lot, who has been at work on it for the last ten years. Although much more than 500,- 000 francs will be required the state's help will at least permit of a fair start M. Sibillot describes his system as fol- | lows: ““The cardinal feature of my balloon 1s that 1t will admit of traveling as long as three months without landing. The bal- loon consists of a large, oblong, hard shelled chamber, containing a number of ordinary balloons. This supports a car- riage containing the prepelling and steering gear. A notable point is the automobile | ballast, in which heat and cold are used in | lleu of sand, the amount of gas remaining constant. “The rigid cylinder, designed to be 130 yards in length and 18 yards in diameter, will be composed of aluminum and will con- | tain many silk balloons of the ordinary | type, pas bags and other accessories. Be- neath this will be swung a carriage 50 yards fn length and 10 yards broad, so con- structed as to become a flat-bottomed barge when resting on the water. to Carrien Crew of Twelve Men, “The welght of the entire machine when fully stored and equipped, including a cre of twelve men and a suficient armament, if used {o war, will be 55,000 pounds. When all the reservoirs are filled with pure hydrogen gas tBe minimum lifting power will be approximately 65,000 pounds, giving a margin of 12,000 pounds for incidental utilities. There are four special motors fed by stored gas, as exhibited at the last Parle exposition. These motors have al- ready found wide adoption in meronautl A generator, which forms part of the equip- ment, obviates any unforeseen loss of gus while the ship iv in the alr. ‘Locomotion Is controlled by a screw at the prow and by lateral fins whose mechani- eal construetion gives them, when in mo- tlon, a stroke analogous to that of apigeon wings. Other propellers, placed at the bot- tom of the craft, are coupled up only when the vessel {s on the water. “Spaces in the aluminum shell are re- | served for stores, while a steel ladder fixed | to the outer surface of the shell, leads to a | topmast platform to be used for meteoro- logical or miltary observations.” M. Siblllot is only 36 years old, but {s already well known In this fascinating field of sclentific efforts. Adelina Patti accepted an invitation to a balloon trip with a party comprising Muriel Wilson, the duchess of Sutherland, the prin- cess Pollgnac (nee Singer), the grand duke Alexis and Edouard de Tallle, but when the hour to etart came Patti's heart failed her and she begged to be excused. She drove home, confessing sheer fright. The rest of the party went up, but owing to a slight accident remained only forty minutes, land- | ing within ten miles of the starting place. p CHOATE WILL IEDIOATE IT American Ambassndor to He Sponsor tor Newly Restored Wash- ington House, (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 16.—(New York World Cablegram — Speclal Telegram.) — United States Ambassador Choate has accepted an invitation conveyed in behalf of Earl Spen- cer by Arthur Branscombe, author of “The Cradle of the Washingtons and the Home of the Franklins,” to dedicate, on June 28, the mewly restored Washington house, on the earl's estate, Althorpe, Northamp tonshire. Earl Spencer has invited a dis- tingulshed company for the occasion, in- cluding the American embassy staff Justice Martin J. Keogh of the New York supreme court visited the House of Com- mons on Thursday and was received by John | Redmond, John Dillon, Edward Blake and other members of the Irish party. Judge Keogh Is a native of Waterford, and he found in the party Edmugd Leamy, who was his closest school friend and subse- | quently his principal rival in the debates | of the Waterford Literary soclety Sir Thomas Lipton is telling a funny story about the king. He avers that the | king said to him: “'Look here, Sir Thomas, | it you will do this for me I will give you an order.” “Oh, sir," responded Sir Thomas, “this 18 too kind. It will do me a lot of good. I will have a price list sent to you at once,” The king meant a decoration, of course, not an order for tea The American starting barrier has been offclally adopted by the English Jockey club for all races except where special permission to the contarary is obtained from the club. It was scouted as absurd and impracticable when first Introduced three years ago, but it has since demon- strated it efficiency. BOOTH LONGS FOR REUNION| Nothing Would More Rejolce § His Declining Years Than ave His Son Again, (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 1b.—(New York World Cablegram—Speclal Telegram.)—Bramwell Booth, being a spondent whether'there was any truth o the repertud reconciliation between General Tooth and his son, Ballington, sald: “The goneral desires me to say that he only hopes It were true. Nothing would so #00the his declining years or serve to ad {are the smart women's dominant ¢ | cussed | day. | wint 04 by the World corre- | ments on it THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. NE EDWAR a TOY BULLDOG KING Splendid Sample of that Smart Wome b Denth, by Press 15.—(New the Sort Drug (Copyright, LONDON 1001 June Publishing ¢ York World Cablegram—Spectal Telegram.)—The most noted pet dog In England ¢ King Ed- ward's bulldog Peter, whose portrait has recently been painted by Miss Maude Earl Peter is the finest bred toy bulldog in the world and holde the championship of Great Britain, He frequently attends his royal master in his walks and drives. Toy dogs ze this scason and toy dogs have doubled in price in_consequence. Many women be up-to-date, slavg, the quiet only ment in St who have: them or “twen' cent systematically drug unfortunate animals to and inoffensive. The about ninety days under merely in current and dose render them dogs last this treat- Jones street who spurs up their jaded ves with.an electrical apparatus. jected Anglo-American polo mateh n abandoned for this year. Foxhall ene, speaking of the subject to the World correspondent, said No challenge has been fssued, nor is any contemplate American team Is available to come to Eng land at the present time with any possible chance of beating a representative English team. Next perhaps, may ar- range to England something like equ The co American season, meet in I terms. ative merits of English and locomotives are vigorously dis- but Colonel Jefferds of the roy engineers has afforded proof of the periority of the American product which remains uncontroverted. He we on 88 penny per mile Lon & Northwestern rallway earn § per annum, while at a charge of only penny for freight and penny for pa sengers the Pennslyvania locomotives earn $48,665 per annum Mrs. Kendal thus tellingly epitomizes t qualitics essential to a woman seeking re- nown on the stage dess, the strength of a lion, the figure of a venus, the voice of a dove, the temper of an angel, the grace of a swan, the agility of an lope and the ekin of a rhinoceros." oplned liere that few women lack this combination, barring the last named in- gredient CROKER DIGS IN THE DITCH| Strips to His Shirt to Show English (Copy Press Publishing Co.) WANTAGE, June 15.—(New York World blegram—Special Telegram.)—Richard Croker returned to Letcombe Thursday, ac- companied by Mrs. Croker, his daughter Florence, his son Frank and his nephew. The party alighted at Didcot and drove the nine miles to Moat house. Mr. Croker now almost invarjably uses Didcot station instead of Wantage, which is only two miles from Letcombe, because, he says, the Wantage people gossip too much about his affairs. Mr. Croker recently bought a smart private hansom with a fast trotter to take him to and from Dideot. The family passes the time inspecting the new works and improvements at the Moat house estate, Mr. Croker proudly showing them around. The artificial lake, 400x 200 yards, is approaching completion and the dynamos for the electric water power station have arrived. Mr. Croker's Impa- tience to get the work finished s haras- sing to the laborers. On Friday, being dis- satisfled with the way some were digging & trench, he stripped to the shirt and himself took a shovel and showed them for half an hour how they should do the work. The foreman sald to him that such energy was all right for thirty minutes, but no man could maintain it for a whole But the men like him all the same and say he is the best employer they ever met. He is constantly adding to his property by the method of buying flelds over the heads of tarmers who have rented them a long while, and so causes irritation, Moat house will be one of the prettiest places in the district when finished. It was re- ported that Mr. Croker would sall on the Lucania today, but it Is belleved that he Is here now to stay until after the Goodwood races in July. When Croker's Minnle Dee, starting a hot favorite for the Ford Manor plate at Lingfleld track on Wednesday, was beaten by Jettatura, an outsider, there were loud criticisms of Johnny Reift's erratic riding. They were vigorously renewed when the sports In the enclosure learned that Croker's party had not backed the horse. The Tmperial cup, valued at $2,000, was won at the same meeting by Croker's Flambard. It was the occasion of a heavy plunge by the boss at short odds, when he took $8,000 from the bookmakers at 6 to 4, LEGACY SWINDLERS REAPPEAR Scotland Yard DA Through pres Vel American Company, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 15.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—Inspector Forest of Scotland Yard called on Manager Thayer of the American Express company today to notity him that the Blair-Hunter gang of swindlers, stopped from using the malls for their confidence game and thought to have been broken up by the arrest and prosecution of Hunter, has begun business again through the American Express com- pany. Four letters from these swindlers have recently been received at Scotland Yard from different parts of England, three from New York City and one from Utlea, Y. They were addressed the swindlers knew had recently died, to be opened by the heirs or executors, notify- ing them that the persons addressed share in recently discovered gold mines amounting to a fabulous figure, thus paving the way for the usual confidence game. The Utica letter was signed “M. Harry Crosby, cab'e address Hotel Touraine, Boston'" and was dated May 17. All came by the same con- signment through the American Express company. Manager Thayer assured the inspector that the company would do its best to pre- vent the use of its system by the swindlers Inspector Forest says that the four letters be sent to the postal authorities in Washington to be used in tracing the swindlers. David Belasco, owner of the British rights to “Zaza," has refused to permit Rejane to play it during her forthcoming London season. The great French ctress thus com- to an interviewer t is a shame to refuse me the creation of the role. 1t could not interfere with his right 1t would only render them the more valu- able. I fancy that many English playgoers who would see me in it would afterward go see Mra. Lewis Waller, who acts the part Their Ex- (Copyright, 1901 vunce the army work in the United States more effectually, That s all he or I can bay” admirably, in order to make comparisons. Such churlishness as this refusal js un- koowan in Fraoce, to | There {8 also a new pet dog doctor | , as no su- | caleulates | {that on an average of 1.17 penny per ton | | per mile for freight and | for a passenger the locomotives of the | don “The face of a god- | to persons who | OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING JUNE NTY-FOUR PAGES SINGLE ( | King Edward Azain Appreciat of Fair Wom QUEEN OF MONTE CARLC | | Heor Name is Liane de . yand (heisa Farisian Eeauty, SLENDER SPLENDOR OF THE GREEK TYPE ;Comp]u‘nn & Perfect Brunetts, Eands the | Despair of Arts.n | COURT SARCASTIC GVER ITS MONARCH | Wi Latest wieal of Hix “Beautiful by Reason o Example Mornis, | Press Publishing €0.) 15.—(New York World Telegram.)—King Ed- nobility and the aris- ignation by u decrec | (Copyrignt, | LONDON, June | Cablegram—Special | ward has aroused the | tocracy to turious in which thore on th clety pronounce those whom he | Inclosure at the { week be has now sent an order at the last moment that nothing but black shall | be worn. His only exception to the rule | s that young girls may appear in white | The opening of the meeting Is on Tuesday and the women, of course, have | bud all of their gowns prepared, each | woman cherishing a design to surpass all | the others in point of novelty and beauty, Now there Is nothing to do but to put on discarded mourning and look sombre In- stead of gay. The rage of the disappointed fair ones is at white heat and King Edward is fiercely | berated everywhere in the ultra set. It s declared that the small tyranny of the sovereign is becoming unbearable and that | he shall be made to know 1t Just what | form of rebuke it is proposed to take Is not | definea The king's own mourning has long since endad, except that at the races there will be no royal procession and the royal stand | will be draped in black. Notwithstanding the discontent, the Ascot meeting promises to be the most lurgely attended function of the year and soclety will invade it In un- precedented numbers. The applications for admission to the royal inclosure have al- ready exceeded the space available. Devotion to Parisian Beauty. In view of the king's fast growing un- popularity with the upper set much com- ment is made on his extraordinary devo- tion to Liane de Pourgy, the famous Parlsian beauty with no reputation to spare. The favorite at different times of the king of the Belgians, Prince Napoleon Bona. parts, General Boulanger, the duke of Cambridge, Prince Henry of, Orleans, Lord Onslow, Jean Lorraine, the poet, and of many other men of eminence, has been here two months from Paris preparing for an appearance at the Palace theater. The king of England is at her feet. He has lunched and supped with her several times and has otierwise pald her most flattering attentions. The goesips are talking it over with much avidity and are laughing at the so-called pretense of the monarch when he first ascended the throne, that he would insist on the proprieties and would give the cold shoulder at court to those with shady records or those who did not walk the narrow way. The example he is setting Is ironically called “beauti- ful.” Liane de Pourgy Is a slender, splendid figure of the Greek type, a perfect bru- nette with a languorous expression and what are reputed to be the finest hands in the world, She was the wife of a French naval officer, from whom she had a stormy separat‘on when he discovered her in the apartment of one of his friends. Then she launched upon the gay world of Varis, where for years she has led many men to deeds of prodigality and some to death. From having taken a small part at one of the theaters she called herself an actress and later, spurred on by the taunts of Otero, the Spanish dancer, who actually was on the stage and pretended to regard her with disdain because of her equivocal position, she studied and qualified herselt in a way for the music hall stage. Others of Her CI De Pourgy has for associate stars in rapld life of the French capital such widely known characters as Cleo de Marode, Otero, Nellle Neustretter, Yvonne de Tre- ville and Nanette Stanley, and she may be | regarded as the chief of this galaxy of femi- | nine loveliness. She is undisputed queen of Monte Carlo, where she goes every year and where the season cannot be sald to have begun untll the newspapers have chronicled her arrival at the beautiful villa provided for her there by a fabulously | rich German banker with whom she long ago quarreled and from whom she fled | For a long time De Pourgy had for a rival Otero, whose rich, dark beauty and sinuous grace had captivated almost as many men | of many kinds as had De Pourgy herself. The two women met often at the great restaurants and resorts of entertalnment in | Paris and elsewhere and each one sought to dim the luster of the other's triumph. They hated each other s bitterly as woman | can e, and now and then at Paris, at Nice, at St. Petersburg or somewhere else, they scowled at each other blackly and sald ugly things, until finally there was a personal encounter. Then they stripped themselves of their jewels, and even of thelr clothing and used the gems and gar- ments for weapons of defense. They tore the things off and threw them at each other in a wild rage Sufclde as an Advertisement. Once when De Pourgy felt that her star was waning, she sald she was tired of the | 1ifo she led and would die. She swallowed a dose of laudenum. Physiclans pumped it out, and she knew they would, and the at tempt at self-destruction made a hit, as she also knew it would. Her star went up- ward and has ever since remained firm in | the sky. De Pourgy has written a novel or two and a play; that is to say, her name is ap- pended to the productions. It is no secret that she is comparatively untutored, that her grammar is ragged and that the literary productions were written for her by two well known men of Paris. It is sald (hat Mrs. Ogden Goelet of New York once had the lovely De Pourgy cast out of 4 hotel at Homburg, objecting to the presence in the hotel with her of such a notorlous character, and, more, o the al- leged fact that a son of the Goelet family was smitten by the Parisian siren and was paying her devotions. The King is certainly the finest catch she has yet made. 1901, To royal ean, petty had fovited Ascot tyranny the day FAVORITE | social piunacle of so- | meeting next | UGLINESS DRlES TO DEATH American Cyran n Woman Who Sees Him to Shudder, (Copyright, 191, by Press Publishing PARIS, June 15.—(New York World ¢ | blegram—Special Telegram.)—Emile Smith, the arist, who committed suicide, because. | a8 he said in a letter to his brother, he ! was 0 terribly ugly that he could never | find a woman willing to marry him, was not | &an American. He was born in Parls during | the siege of 1871, his parents being fiom Rochester, N, Y According to French {law he could elect either nationality at | {21, and he chose French and served three | Every years in the army. Smith was talented and 4 great favorite among men was witty, servicoable and | women could not see him aj out shuddering. In plar hie friends nick- | named him the American Cyrano. Hie | brother, unlike him, 1s handsome and lives | | at Asnleres, near Parts. General Ballington Booth i+ making a | tour of the Anglo-American colony here, | trying by personal appeal to raise a fund | | to erect a new Salvatlon Army headquar- tors Beih Father Hyacinthe Loyson and Gen- eral Booth were guests of Mre. Astor at ber last musical Mrs. William P per party couples tirely he but ithe because brave, roach Moore hud Friday night tables fsolated the dining room small. Mogt of were in odd places—in vestibules, the music room, the veranda and the sta‘rcase landing. Father Hyacinthe's part- ner was Mrs. Arthur Paget. General Booth supped opposite Mrs. Phelps Dodge Syhil Sanderson's Dag 1 uninue sup- when forty as many being en too the tables Among the many floral tributes passed | over the footlights the night of Svbil San- | derson’s brilliant return o the Opera | Comique one contained, hidden among | | roses, a dagger blade with the word “du- | plicate” written on It In Ink. The dagger was not a_jewel, but a solid, businesslike weapon. The ainger's friends, apprehen- | | sive that it was a message from some un- | | known crank among the many who are | constantly writing love letters to the beau- | titul Californian, are guarding her care- | tullly from those seeking Interviews. The word “duplicate” they construe to mean a warning that another dagger like {1t Is held in reserve by the sender. Miss Sanderson herself- is said to know more about the mysterious token than she fs willing to admit, but she nervously de- slines to discuss the incldent. | MASCAGNI'S PRESERVED OPERA Verdi to Tells Him “Veatilia® Wil He the Better tor Having Been Kept. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) ROME, June 15.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Mascagni; the composer, speaking to the New York World correepondent about his American concert tour, arranged with Klaw & Erlanger, says: “I am to be pald $10,000 a week for eight weeks, the money to be lodged in a bank in Italy before I start. My orchestra will con- sist of ninety performers from the Pesaro Iyceum, of which T am director. My wife and children will accompany me. I ardently hope to win tavdF with the Americans, as Ameriean opinion is rapidly becoming the touchstone of artistic success, whether musical or otherwise. “I hope, though, that the American man- agers will not work me as did Merman, the Impresario, In 1899, when I was nearly killed by forty-two concerts in forty days. I was fast becoming a nervous wreck, dreaming every night of an audience walt- ing which I could not get to. My opera ‘Vestilia' will not be produced for many years yet. Verdl advised me that it will improve by being kept. I have se- lected Sardou’s drama ‘Hote' for the subject of my succeeding ope “Americans will be interested to learn that I, with Leoncavallo, Baron Franchetti and Giordano, am organizing a specles of composers' trust, so as to enable composers to remain owners of their music. Floris, a Sicilian millionaire, 15 providing capital We hope that Puccini, Bolto and Perosi will Join us.”" Ship Reported on Fire, VICTORIA, B. C,, June 15.—The steamer Tacoma, which arrived today from the Orient, reports that on June 2 it sighted a ship on fire, which proved to be the San Francisco whaler Charles W. Morgan. The Tacoma bore down, but as the fire was under control and the whaler not wanting further assistance the Tacoma came on. The take of the whaler was reported lost. Strikea in Russia henewed. LONDON, June 15.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg announces that the labor disor- ders there have been renewed. Strikers from the Baltle naval yards, the dispatch says, joined forces with men from the Gvozdilnana works and attacked the lat- ter yesterday with such ferocity that the military were obliged to use their arms | to suppress the rioters. | {TO CHANGE MEMORIAL DAY Modern Woodmen Adopt Resolations Making it Third Sunday in June. . ST. PAUL, June 15.—The Modern Wood- men of America head np today adopted resolutions favoring the bullding of a fra- ternitles bullding at the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louls and changing tte| Modern Woodmen memorial day from the| first to the third Sunday in June each year. | The report of the law committee was then | again taken ap. The Insurance commis- | sioner of New York having ruled against | traternal insurance socletles providing sick benefits that matter was stricken from the | by-laws of the order. Pontiac, TIl., took first prize of $500 in the arill contests, having a percentage of 49 1-40. Rockford, 111, with $8.9 {s second and takes $400; Kansas City, with 98.85 takes $300; Des Molnes, 98.5, takes $200; Rock Island, Ill, with 9505, takes $87.50; To- peka, Kan., with 95.05, takes $87.50; Du- buque, la.. with 67%, takes $50. Other teams ranked as follows: Omaha, §7 1-20; Lincoln, Neb., 96 1.5; Omaha, 96; Topeka, Kan., 94 2-34; Kansas City, Mo., %4 3-10; Kalamazoo, Mich., 94.1; Joliet, 111, 4 | Duluth, 83%; Kansas City, Mo, 81 9-40; Kansas City, K 90 9-40; St. Joseph, 80 1.5; Elgin, 11, 88 67-80; Kansas City, Mo., 86 1-5; Lincoln, Neb., 85 19-40; Oel- weln, Ia., 76%; Bloomington, Ill, 75; De- catur, 111, 703 The list of competitors In the competition drills sifted down to twenty-five camps out of thirty-nine entered. The contest closed at noon today. Pontiac, the winning camp, attalned a mark which equels the best indoor record In Woodmen annals. The heat today made drilling hard work. When Kansas Clty camp 1490 filed off the plot, J. Woodcock, a member, fainted from the heat and exertion, The convention adjourned sine die at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The next meeting Will be held iu lndiaaapolis ia 1903, I | James | passed through the northwestern part of | NEBRASKA CYCLONE Buildings Lifted from Their Foundati Dorchester. BURLINGTON TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK Roof of One Car Carried Tares Hundred Feet Inte Field WAYCAR LIFTED WITH TERRIFIED INMATES ! Rancall, Found for Cmaba, (rypled in Wreok. is WORST STORM IN SECTION FOR YEARS Heavy Ruins Various Parts of State=Winsice Re —Lightning CF E, June 15.~ (8 gram. )—About o'clock this afternoon a severe thunder storm passed over this lo- cality. The rain poured in torrents Aw the electrical display was very vivid «H ac- companied by a heavy wind. No damage | viclaity nl’ Neb., was done In the immediate Crete, At west doing Much Dorchester, a town nine milis north- of here, the storm was very bad, considerable damage (0 property. | rain fell and (he wind blew with great force. The depot was moved about a foot on its foundation. The elevators were also moved on their foundations corn cribs around the elevators and depot were badly demolished, belng torn to pleces by the wind. Some of the dwelling houscs | were slightly damaged and trees blown down. As engine 344 was coming in from the | west with a train of freight the storm was at its helght. About a quarter of a mile west of Dorchester the terrific ramn and wind in the form of a cyclone struck the train broadside, blowing over nine cars. The empty cars behind the engine were blown over and five other empty cars nearer the rear of the train were also blown from the track. The roof of one car was torn off by | the wind. The conductor of the train says that the root of this car was blown away into the flelde for 300 feet. One car of merchandise | was damaged through these empty cars be ing blown from the track. The waycar was lifted from the track. The inmates were terrified, not knowing which way the car would be blown by the strong wind. A tramp who was stealing a ride on the train was blown from the cars and knocked insensible. His arm was broken at the wrist and his face badly disfigured, being severely cut and brulsed. He was picked up and placed in the waycar. The trains from the west were somewhat delayed. The wrecking train came down from Lincoln and cleared the track. Severest In Years. LINCOLN, June 45.—(Special Telegram.) —An eastbound freight train on the Bure lington rallroad was struck by a tornado a quarter of a mile west of Dorchester and twenty miles southwest of Lincoln at 2 o'clock this afternoon and seven cars were blown completely from the track. James Randall, a tramp beating his way to Omaha, was injured in the wreck, but will recover. Traffic over the road was de- layed until 6 o'clock this evening. Railroad authorities say the storm was the severest experienced in this section of the state In several years. Fortunately, however, the tornado did not extend into the thickly populated part and therefore the damage is not great. According to the reports received by Su- perintendent Bignell. no one was burt ex- cepting the tramp. Six of the derailed rs were empty and the other was filled with merchandise. The storm did not reach A light rain fell, but there was no severe wind. Telegraph and telephone companfes had some difficulty with wires a short dis- tance west and north of the city, but the trouble was only temporary. WINSIDE TRACK WASHED oUT Floods Streer Covers ater and Damages road Property. we Lincoln. WINSIDE, Neb., June 15.—(Special Tele. gram.)—The worst rain storm of the season began about 1 o'clock forty-five minutes. The main street was | floodcd, the park was under water and crossings and sidewalks were washed out, | The rallroad in town is badly damaged. | One mile west there is a washout eleven | rafls in length and a quarter of a mile west | there s onc eight ralls long. East of town the track is under water for over half a| mile and over 200 feet is washed out. today and lasted TWO CHILDREN ARE KILLED Tornado D —0n lahe ne in ily Saved by n Cellar, Texas ¥a MEMPHIS, Tex., June 15.—A tornado| Hall county late yesterday and demolished | the homes of W. R. Moore and a man named Wickson Wickson's family escaped to & dugout and was unburt, while the two | children of Moore were killed outright. | Moore was seriously injured, and Tom Mar- tin, a neighbor who was at Moore's house, was probably fatally injured. Mrs. Moore | escaped to the dugout with her tnfant and was unhurt. | CLOUD BURSTS IN VIRGINIA| One Child is Drown 1y Loas d and the Prop s Sa Great, RICHMOND, Va., June ~A report reaches here tonight from Staunton, that a cloudburst eccurred at Harrisonburg this evening, resulting in great loss of property and the drowning of one child. The wires | to Harrisonburg are down Lightning's Dumage at Humphrey, HUMPHREY, Neb., June 15.—(Special Telegram.)—The storm that occurred here at noon did considerable damage. The | house of Peter Bodewlg was struck by lightning. A horse was killed 200 feet from the house. The horse belonged to Mr. Leas | of Tarnov | Lightning Killsa Four nen. OSCEOLA, Neb., June 15.—(Special Tele- gram.)—During a heavy thunder storm this morning 1ightning struck the barn belong- ing to Joe Biges, two mlles from town, and killed four horses, all that he had. The barn was oot destroyed i { prohlems directly THE BEE BULLETIN. recast for Nebraska—Falr in Showers and Cooler in_Eastern i Monday Fi Westerly Western Portion v Winds, on Express n Shilrkers Railronds vrtio Seeking I Territory. arbor ks, South Omaha Lo Last Week nell Bluts wa Women Mrs. Ke Grand Stn the World of Wheellng. rature at Dew mahu Vest Hour. 1 (CAILLES ALSO SURRENDERS Aguinaldo’s Example ¥ Nk Insurgent Gen- How .ast Remain eral in Philippines. MANILA, June 16.—(Bulletin.) General Callles has signed Insurgent terms of sur- render, PLATT IS READY TO RETIRE Will Leave Sennte at End of His Term, Though Health s Good. NEW YORK, June 15.—The Tribune will eay tomorrow: Senator Platt will retire from the United States senate at the end of his term In March, 1903, The informa- tion was obtained last night at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Mr. Platt is feeling better and stronger than usual and bis determina- tion has not been hastened, it is understood, on account of poor health. It is expected by his friends that he will make public some day this week his reasons for laying down his office at the end of the term. NOT ENTIRELY OUT OF DANGER WASHINGTON, June 15.—The hope that Mrs. McKinley will recover is now stronger than at any time since the inception of her illness. Her improvement so far has been steady and consistent. She s not, how- ever, entirely out of danger. Dr. Rixey, on leaving the White House tonight, said that Mrs. McKinley was main- taining her steady improvement. She oc- cupled her rolling chalr as usual for a lttle while during today. GETS CLOSE TO YOUNG MEN Speakers at Y. M. C. A. Jubflee Con- vention Deal with Topics of Direct Concern, BOSTON, June 15.—~The program of the Young Men's Christian assoclation interna- tional jubilee convention today included topics more particularly bearing on the involving young men. Several well known speakers presented subjects at the forenoon session. There was no meeting this afternoon, being devoted to sight ing. LL.D. FOR MINISTER CONGER Tufts € Distinguished lowan Wednesdny. to the on BEDFORD, Mass., June 15.—President Capen of Tuft college stated this evening that E. N. Conger of lowa, United States minister to China, who has accepted an invitation to attend the commencement ex- ercises next Wednesday, will the degree of LL.D. from Tufts. IS BOUGHT FOR STEEL TRUST Co CHICAGO, June 1i.—John W. Gates and his associates have accomplished what they set out to secure by buying in the con- trolling interest of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company. The conclusion points to the merging of the company into the billion-dollar steel comb'nation. | ROOSEVELT WILL BE THERE Coming West for Rough Riders' Re- union and Colo o's Quarto- Centenutal Celebration. DENVER, June 15 —Governor Orman to- day received a letter from Vice President Roosevelt accenting his invitation to at- tend the quarto-centennial celebration of Colorado statehood, August 21, and the Rough Riders' reunion, which occurs at the same time, at Colorado Springs JURY IS LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT Verdiet in Dr. Kgnuedy ( York Is Not Yet Agreed Upon, W YORFK June 15.—At 11 o'clock to- the jury in the Dr. Kennedy case, retired early this afternoon, had ned to the court room and Judge Newberger ordered ther locked up for the night, to in New night which not re OrY FIVE Cl by the | the time | 1R R e B B R g PAGES 1 TO 12, B R o O R o il st g MEEDED 0N TAXROLLS | [N rly Fonr Million Dollars of Property That Now Evoapes. | INCREASE WOULD ONLY BE A JUST ONE | Morely Apply the Same Ratio of Value te All Olasses of Froperty, | COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON THE MATTER | | Inequality of the Returns Admitted by the Board, FOR RELIEF SEEM GOOD PRCSPLCTS a or Put the Rich Cor Prartty Muy Deelde to atlons on a v with Mamn, packing houwes, coiporetions, smelter (isessed At the sam actual value nere wouia be 1902 1 th able It the Kk yurds, frane and bridges percentage ot as wr o property tncrea t Just $3,082 ed valuation rty in Douglas county in the tax rate this would add to the annual tax revenue. wipe within two or three years the deflelt In the current expenses of the county, avold AN ssue of retunding bouds and enable the ity board to reduce the tax rate within few year AIL thit is neccssary to accomplish this great result is for the Bourd of Equaliza- ton 1o perform its duty as pointed owt In compraint filed with it by General John C. Cowin yesterday. The complaint is as toilows: T, the Siting | temen of ch, {eh their f tax- Without totul agues pr any increa 8% Board of County Commisgloners, W Bourd ol Equalization: Lnaer thut provision oi section Apter XXV of the sl f LI coraska, entitled, “Keveaue,’’ which On' the application of any person Jering himseir agsrieved,” 1 respects submit thas tux 1ot 1%, in_ section 15, the city ot Omiha, assessed in rth ward tor taxation tor the year el (b0 high according to the for the Vaiuation of real pursiance o the siatute “pply to your rd that you Wksexsment and corveet the hall appear to bu just applica’ the foregolng that 1 snould )t another 18 tully submit wy apphication ute ubove and 1t an in truly th as this proper( AL at it Is your e under - the “proviston "ot th stated, to review the assess too high, as compared with sessment, 1t 18 your duty amount and notity any persons or corporations w may be too low that it will be to ralse the same for proper e and this [ submit you are required to independent of the further complaint herewith make. And for a second aggrievance [ make the complaint that the above described real estate, awned by me, Is asw high compared with the usse the Omaha ter company, the Oma Gas company, the Omaha Bfrect Raflwa company, the ‘Nebraska Telephone compuny and_the' New Omuha ~Thomsons lectric Light pany, ana in this regard urther request the assessment be re- viewed and corrected as shall appear (o be Just In purauance to the statute in suci case made and provided. All of which s respectfully submitted, OHN C. COWIN, Complainant, Disposition to Correct Condit i General Cowin's complaint refers only to the franchised corporations, but the mem- bers of the Board of Equalization are dis- posed to review and correct the assessuients of the big packing houses, stock yards, smelter and bridges, as well as those of the street raflway, gas, water, telephone and electric light companies. All of the members of the board were interviewed by The Bee yesterday and they spoke as follow Chairman James P. Connolly—When the owner of a $5,000 house is assessed at $1,000 the owner of a $5,000,000 property ought to be assessed at $1,000,000. There should be absolutely no favoritism in the levying of taxes, and, ahove all, the big corporations should be made to pay their just and equit- able share. I am in favor of raising the assessments of the packing houses, stock yards, bridges, smelter and frtinchised cor- porations to the same percentage of actual valuo at which we assess other property generally. You can put me down as being ready to do that at any time. I know that all of the big corporatio assessed at & ridiculously low figure and I belleve it s the duty of the Board of Equalization to raise them. rense Ix Inevitable, Commissioner Henry E. Ostrom—The total county assessment has been decreas- ing instead of increasing from year to year, and at the same time the county has been getting deeper and deeper into the wmire of dent. There are today between $55,000 and $100,000 of unpaid bills agaiust the county that should have been pald out of tho taxes for the several years last past Weo are limited to a levy of 15 mills for gencral purposes, and while we have goune to that limit we have been unable to raise | enough money to pay the running expenses of the county, because the assessments have been inadequate. The result is that we have an overlap of debt for current ex- penses and It is increasing every year. It 15 only a question of a year or two when this debt will have to be taken care of by issuing refunding bonds, unless we raise the valuation of taxable property. I am In favor of raising the valuation now, and |'I think the franchise corporations and other big institutions which are assessed at only from 2 to & per cent of their actual valu- ation ure the ones to be increased. I be- lieve it s entirely proper to bring their assessments up 8o as to add $2,000,000 to the total valuation of the county, Such an increase would give us an additional §30,000 a year for general purposes and that would | be nearly suMcient to avold any further in- crease in the floating debt. With the run- ning expenses cared for, we could economize 14 to save enough within two or three | years to wipe out the floating debt without resorting to an issue of be foners Must Commissloner A. €. Harte—We all know that the packing houses, franchised cor- porations, smelter, bridges and stock yards are not assessed equitably with other prop- erty, and I think it is about time to cor- rect the evil. The county debt Is Increas- ing and the assessed valuation of taxable property is decreasing. This is not as it should be. The trouble is that the a sessors are controlled by the corporations |1 belleve mmissiouers sitting as Board of Equalization have the right and ought to invite the corporations which huve not be 1 at 16 per cent of thelr actual values o appear and show some reason, If they have any, why their assessments should not be raised. I don't think 1t s necessary for other property owners to complain in order that the board may take this matter up. I am convinced Atbat the franchise corporations, packiug 50 Act.