Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 4, 1901, Page 1

THE OMAHA ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. HULL IS SKEPTICAL Provinoial Governments SAYS THEY WON'T STAND HARD KNOCKS While Touring with al Ohaffos, Forms the Osnol Gen SEES WORRY FOR DUAL GOVERNMENT, TOO { Colleotion of Land Taxes Will Ocoasion Bome of It HE FURTHER SUGGESTS SALARIES BE CUT Thinks All Except Clerks and Minor Employes Are Too Numerous Too Well Paid, Wl R MANILA, July 3.—Congressma Towa, who accompanted General his southern tour, characterized the newly established provinclal governments as “‘hot house plants, unable to withstand adversi- thes."" He sald to the correspondent of ths Assoclated Press that there will be many difficulties under the dual civil-military sovernment, which will be Inaugurated to- morrow. Mr. Huil belleves that thelr natural richness insures the eventual pros- perity of the islands, but he s convinced, from conversation with the governors and army officers, that in the southern provinces poverty and other obstacles will prevent the successtul collection of land taxes. He belleves that the salaries, excepting those of the clerks and minor employes, are t0o high, from the commissloners down- ward, and that the provinces ought to have far larger areas and fewer officers. The United States commissioners agree with this, but defer to the wishes pf the in- babitants Mr. Hull approves of the proviucial laws, but Is of the opinion that the bulk of the territory should be under military govern- ment until absolutely pacified and cleared of ladrones. He is convinced the natives In general are not concerned about the gov- ernment. These views are typleally those of the generality of army officers. The American civilians, as a rule, are not in- clined to await a fair trial of the cxperi- ment of partial self-government and they are not in favor of any removals of troops. General Sumner urges that the native police of Tayabas province ought to be dis- armed or coutrolled by a milltary governor Colonel Gardiner of (he province insists upon controlling .the police. The pending Lill for the organization of the entire insular policy provides for civil control of the police, and army officers predict clashes unless the military control the police in the disturbed localities. A er Story of the Trouble. MANILA, July the Assoclated Pri much _Filipina critielsm of the recently establfshed . American civil service system arlsing from the fact that under the sys- tem Fillpino and American civil employes are not pald equal salaries for the work of the one In Spanish and the other in English The whole matter lles on the question of relative usefulness. Civil employes epeaking English are of greater value to their departments than are Filipinos, and furthermore, an American requires a larger ealary to live on here than does the na- tive. Consideration of these facts led the Civil Service commission (o establish the increased salary for the Amerlcan Filipinos declare that the clvil servico employes speaking Spanish should receive the same pay as the man speaking English The ~ivil service commissioners say that 1f they pay Americans the same wage they ofter Fillpinos, the varlous departments would at once'be without competent help, a8 Americans would not work for the money oftered Filipinos. The Filipinos argue that discriminations are made agalnst them- selves Up to the present time no Filipino has taken the civil service examination in Eng- 1ish, although numbers are rapidly learn- fng that langauge Filipino civil employes, ignorant of Eng- lish, have of necessity been given minor employments. To this a number have ob- jected, holding it to be beneath their dig- nity, and several have resigned Up to the present time 459 applicants tor civil employment have been examined by the civil service examiners in English and of this number 260 passed. Six hun- dred and fifty-two applicants bave been examined in Spanish, of these 297 passed. HANDLERS’ STRIKE SPREADS More E Down 3.~(Correspondence of t St. Louls Frelght Men Lay Their Trucks — Drivers of transfer Wagna Quit. ST. LOUIS, July 4—A total of 1,805 men employed as freight handlers, drivers of transter wagons and platform clerks by the twelve rallroads in East St. Louis are out a result of the strike of frelght bandlers for an advance In wages. Of this number 1 re treight handlers, the others belng 8 drivers and 300 clerks, who struck out of sympathy tor thelr fellow employes. Deputy United States marshals have reached there from Springfleld, 1l to guard the property of the Vandalia Rallrcad company, which fs in the hands of a receiver. Special oficers from all polnts along the | lines of every railrond are arriving dally Several hundred deputy marshals patrol the barbor constantly, but violence been attempted. The strikers hold sessious anlly fn their headquarters at Jacklesch's ball. Groupe gather about the warehouses, but make no attempt to use force. Th thousaud loaded cars are {dl» Many contain vegetables and perishable #00ds which should have been sent to their destinations early in the week. Not a wheel {8 turniug In the great rallroad yards | except of the switch engines, which are kept at work making up passenger trains The doors of all the railroad warehouses e€xcept those of the Chicago & Alton and Big Four arc closed. The lliinols Central fmporied 120 carpenters from Calro to build bridges. Upon thelr arrival an effort was made to Induce them to take strikers' places, but they refuscd. The same road imported two carloads of negroes from Mounds, 111, where they have been loading freight. When the men arrived and learnel that a strika was on they refused to go to work and asked to be sent home. Chief of Police Hauss keeps & reserve force men constautly at the station to answer any calls that may be sent In. Federnl Judge Mo WASHINGTON, July 3.—Addison Brown, United States district judge for the south- ern district of New York, has resigned. Hiy resignation was handed to the president to- day by Attoruey General Knox. has mnot | FRENCH TROOPS ARE TO STAY Presence In Pao Ting Fu Necessary event Farther Dine LONDON. July 3.~A dispatch from Pekin saye: The French propose to delay their | evacuation of Pac Ting Fu until autume They , ve that their presence there s necer ““%, the disorders, which have been “4g ), are increasing. The so- cloty of « V" jy -ors is replacing Boxer organiz. soclety was o8- tensibly formed 1. tection, but it is really insurrectiof ~esists the collection of the regular ecause the villages suffered heavily lagy ear and oh- jects to the additional taxes for the ex- penses of the court’s return and indemnity for the Catholic converts, who greatly out- number (he Protestants The prople huve some ground for com- plaint, it is sald, but, money being needed, the government must make demands and when they are resisted the Chinese troops must enforce the government's orders. !f these troops fail the forelgn troops must Interpose. Hence, there |s good reason for the French remalning, as the converts are under their protection. Another reason Is that the rafiroad runs through the dis- turbed districts and must be protected. The Germans intend to evacuate Pao Ting Fu by July 15 The DBritish and Japanese sections fn Pe- kin have been formally transferred to the | Chinese, says a Pekin dispatch to a news | agency. There is dclay on the part of the | Itallans, French and Germans In transfer- | ring thelr sections in the Tartar city. The | Germans have transferred their section of | the Chinese city, all of which Is now under 'lh' Jurisdiction of ten police censors. The | British, Germans and Japanese retaln some | supervision over the city and are responsi- | ble for the settlement of quarrels between )lnnl(nen A thousand new Japanese troops have ar- rived here and neariy 4,000 more are com- ing to replace the force in the province of Chi Li. The Japenese, French and Ger- man commanders have consented to Gov- ernor Yuan Shih Kal's troops coming within eeven miles of the city. The British commander has not yet decided whether to consent or not. The British, French and Japanesa say that they will not evacuate until the troops of the other powers have Arrangements are being made for the return of the court. Orders have been given for the rebullding of two of the large gates of the city. The cost of this work i3 estimated at 1,000,000 taels for each gate. The merchants In the ruined portion of the city are rebullding, showing that they expect the court to return. ROBERTS GIVES HIS REASONS Forelgners in Transvanl So Hostile 1t Was Necessary to De- port Them. LONDON, July 3.—Lord Roberts testified today before th. royal commission which is considering the claims of foreigners de- ported from South Africa. The com- mander-in-chlef dealt with the plots against his life and the deportation of the ringz- leaders. He sald the officers and employes of The Netherlands rafiroed were so hos: tile to the British thut -many of them had to be deported. Every consideration wus shown them. He personally investigated the great muajority of the cases and sanc- tioned none unless on adequate grounds No differences were made on account of nationality. BOERS THEMSELVES OBJECT Prisoners at St. Helena Described as ed by Stories of Cruel Treatment. Exanpe LONDON, July 8.—The report of the gov- ernor of the Island of St. Helena, dealing | with the year ending March 31, says “The lies in European papers about the treatment of the Boer prisoners even ex- pcrated the prisoners. Tho latter en- joy large liberty and are well behaved, well contented and anxious to work. Many of them are employed by the farmers and others are employed on the roads and wharves." MINISTERS REACH NO RESULT Effort to Formulate Acceptance of China's Offer Proves a Fallure. PEKIN, July 3.—-The meeting of forelgn ministers today was barren of re- | sult, only matters of minor importance be- | ing discussed, despite the efforts of two of tho ministers to force consideration of the indemnity questions ao that a satlefactory reply might the ofter of 450,000,000 taels at 4 per cent Interest, ADOPTS SOCIAL PLATFORM National Political Conference nt De- troit Announces Its Views—Prof. Bohannan Withdraws. DETROIT, Mich., July 3.—~The second na- tional tuclal and political conference today adopted the following platform We deciare for direct legislation and pro- portional representation; direct nomination of candi r office, equal suffr all regardles x or color; how - | tlons, free from all partisan ‘manipulation or contral; di fon through prog sive 'and inheritance and’ | taxes; public ownership of public utliitle an elght-hour day; ole control of the me. dium of exchange by the goverr rule; postal savings banks, state Insirance and 'w s compensatfon for industrial njurles osition to militarism and con quiest al arbitrati and liberties f, as for ourselves, In the preamble to the platform the con- ference expressed Its condemnation of monopolies, the concentration of wealth and the present policy of this government with regard to its .nsular possessions. One of the features of the morning session was the | withdrawal trom the conference of FProf. W. C. Bohannan of Chicago, because he was not permitted to talk on a resolution after the previous question had been moved. MANSFIELD BANK IS CLOSED Deed of Asslgnment s Given to At torney Dirlam by Its Owne MANSFIELD, 0., July 3.—The Sturges baak hore closed its doors today, when its ownar filed & deed of assignment to How- ard B. Dirlam, ap attorney. The bank was a private concern. Sturges was reputed to be worth $150,000. He owns considerabls real estate, lumber works and a controlling interest In the Mansfleld Machine works, a large concern capitalized at $300,000. The assets and labilities have not been glven out. Later iu the day A. Peck was ap- pointed recelver for the Mansfield Machine works. M. Sturges was & close business triend of the late Jobn Sherman. the | the be given to China, accepting! nent; home | T | | FROM LAKE OF THE WOODS TO THE GULF | poration were filed today for the Continen- | OMAHA, NEW ROAD THROUGH 10WA| Continental Railway Company Incorporated at Dos Moinon Extend Throngh Middle States Minnesota and Tesas— Promoter of Line is Hon, Wile am T. Smith, win Between DES MOINES, July 3.—Articles of Incor- tal Rallway company, with principal of- | fices at Des Moines and a capital stock of | $100,000, with the privilege of Increasing it The company proposes to build an air line 1,600 miles long from Lake of the Woods in British North America to the Gulf of Mexico, through the states of lowa, Min- nesota, Missourl, Kansas, Indian Territory | and Texas, keeping as close to the ninty- | fitth meridfan ae possible. The promoter | of the line fs Hon. Willlam T. Smith of Des | Moines. Associated with Mr. Smith are Hon. A. E. Harris, Hon. J. K. Wilson, Charles W. Thompson and J. T. Brooks A REST| o the AUDITORS ~ TAKE Visiting Rallroad Men Rocky Mountains Breathing Spel to tor The visiting rallroad auditors who have been at work on a system of unification in | the office of Auditor Young of the Union | Pacific, have suspended overations for the | present. They left for Denver yesterday | afternoon to spend the Fourth. Whether or not the quintent of repre- sentatives of the Southern Pacific account- log department will return at once to Omaha is undecided. They still have much | important work with Auditor Erastus Young of the Union Pacific and his lleu- tenants. The working plans of Union Pacific audit- ing have been thoroughly reviewed by the Southern Pacific men and they take back | with them copies of all blanks used in the department here. The morning was passed with Mr. Southard in the passenger de- partment of the road. Mr. Kiink and his assoclates express themsolves as highly | pleased with the system in use here and | they are so impressed with some features | that they will adopt them at once. | The next logical step in the unification | will be a retura visit by Mr. Young, Mr. Southard and Mr Stirling to the Southern Pacific offices In San Franclsco. This is the present plan, but Mr. Young has not | sald whether or not it will be carried out. It the Union Pacific officials go there they | will simply go through the same process of investigation of the methods employed by thelr sister road as did the visitors | TWO SHAMROCKS RACE AGAIN here. LOW RATES FOR MERCHANTS Dates of Red Fares for Country Dealers Who Visit Went. ern Citles. CHICAGO, July 3.—All western roads have agreed upon a set of dates at which time reduced fares will be allowed country merchants who go to the various trade cen- ters for the purpose of purchasing their winter's stock of goods. The dates and places are as follows Chicago—August 7-14, August 2128, Sep- tember 4-11, September 15-25. St. Louls—July 24-31, August 7-14, Au- gust 21-28, September 4-11. St. Joseph—August §-15, August 26-Sep- tember 2, September 9-16, Kansas City—July 24-31, August 25-September 4. A rate of one and one-fifth fare will be allowed for the round trip to the cities des- ignated. HARRIMAN TO FIGHT TAXES Will Reaist the RHecent Increase (n Value of R by Nevada Annessors. August 14-21, SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—E. H. Harri- man is preparing for a strenuous fight in the courts to set aside the recent increase of the Central Pacific assessment in Ne- vada. 'The Nevada assessors added $5,000,- 000 to tne former valuation of the road by increasing the rate from an average of $11,- 000 a mile to $20,000 a mile. Other roads were assessed about 40 per cent and by ! thewe means the state assessment roll was | increased from $26,000,000 to $40,000,000. The Nevada people are determined to maintain the legulity of the assessment which was advanced under a law of the last legislature putting all the railroads in a separate class for taxation purposes, regardless of difterences of gauge. The rallroad people contend that such a classification is {llegal Pl ————, WO00D HAS TYPHOID FEVER His Allment so Dimgnosed and Root Invites Him to Come Home. HAVANA, July 3.—The {liness from which Governor General Wood has been suffering has been officially diagnosed as typhoid] fever. | WASHINGTON, July 3.—The secretary of war today issued an order to General Wood, governor general of Cuba, authorizing him | to come to Washington at his own con- | venlence for consultation with the secre- | tary of war upon Cuban affairs. It is said | that this order has not reference to political conditions in the island Challenger Gets the Best the | Start in an Open Sea Trial. of ROTHIESAY, Firth of Clyde, July 3—The two Shamrocks arted on a orough | racing trial today over a forty-three-mile | course. A brisk: Lrecie was blowing when the start was made. The yachts carried Jib headers. In order to give the Sham- rocks a fair trial in open sea a triangular course was laid out ror toda; race, start- ing at Garrock Head, thence to Holy island around the Erin, thence ten or twelve miles to the southeastward around F and a reach back to the starting point 8ir Thomas Lipton invited the reporters aboard Erin to witness the racing, but Mr Watson cancelled the invitation, de- siring to preserve the secrecy with which he has endeavored to surround all the chullenger's movements. The hoats fetched out of the bay Jib-headed topsails was rufing under A brisk easterly breeze | the water and giving a fine racing wind all the way down. = Although the formal race commenced oft Garrock Head, the boats were sent off from Cralg- | more pler in racing order. ‘The challeager | took up a position on the weather bow of the older boat as It crossed the line and ruptdly opened a way, Shamrock 1 follow~ ing inits wake. t the finish of the actual raclng Shamrock 1 led by a minute and a half, HURSDAY MORNING of | the exogption of the July condition, reported | vers, Jasper county, Ia., with Gomer Davis JULY 4, LOOKS LIKE A SETTLEMENT Steel Combine QR‘F « and Amnalgn. mnated Leaders to Have a Conference. July 3.—~There were no de- velopments today In the strike situation the steel, sheet and hoop workers Veither of the combines affected has seem- ngly made any attempt to break the solid front of the men at any of the unicn plants. They still announce that mills not running this week are shut down for re- pairs. A private telesram from Youngs- town, received in this city last night, stated that the American Steei Hoop company would go direct to the men at Its union | plants In Girard, Youngstown, Warren, Greenville and Pomeroy today with the de- mand that they return to work next Monday | at the scale figures asked by the assocla- tion. No word of such action has been re- | celved at the men’s headquarters, however. President Shaffer of the Amaigamated as- soclation stated this morning that he had | called upon officers of the independent sheet mills in reference to the recent cut in prices made by the sheet combine and they all agreed with him that the reduction was made to keep the independent concerns out of the market ‘It they persist in this,” | sald he, "I will call a conference with the Independent people next year and arrange a scalo with them When asked If he expected any develop- ments soon he said: “T expect to get into communication with the combine people before the close of the day. They called | for me by long-distance telephone yester- day, but when I reached the office I was unable to get them. ! am to call them up | today and there may be some results.’ When seen later President Shaffer said | the telephonic interview with the combine oMclals had been unsatisfactory on account | of the wire conditions and was barren of results. The signatures to the Amalagamated | scale of the Kansas City Bolt and Nut com- | pany of Sheffeld, Mo., and Phillips, Nimick & Co. of the Sligo mills, this city, were recelved at headquarters today, COME TO OMAHA STATION| Thirteenth Cavalry Troops and Bat- talion of Twenty-Third Infantry. PITTSBURG WASHINGTON, July 3.—Secretary Root has ssued orders assigning to stations in | the United States the troops just returned | from the Philippines. The order assigas | the Fourth cavalry headquarters staft and | band and two squadroms to Fort Assini- boine, Mont., the remaining squadron to the Department of the Columblia. Coast Artillery—The Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth companies to the Department of | California; the Thirty-second and Thirty- | third companies to the Department of the Columbia. Field Artillery—First battery to San Francisco; Eighth battery at Vancouver barracks, Washington; Twelfth battery at Fort Douglass, Utah; Thirleenth battery at Fort Logan, Colo. Fourteenth Infantry—The hendquarters, staff and band and the Second battalion at Madison barracks, New York: two com- panies at Fort Porter, New York. and two companies at Fort Nlagara, N. Y. Eighteenth Infantry—Headquarters, staft and band and the Second and Third bat- talion to the Department of the Colorado, the headquarters, staff and band to take station at Fort Douglass, Utah. Twenty-third United States Infantry— Headquarters, staft and band and”one bat- tallon at Fort Logan, Colo.; one battalion to the Department of the Missouri; Com- pany H, Fifteenth infantry, will proceed from Fort Porter to Fort Ontarlo, N. Y. The following changes in the stations of troops are ordered: Troops A and C, Thir- teenth cavalry, from the Department of the Dakotas to the Department of the Missourl; one troop, Eighth cavalry, from Fort Riley, Kan, to Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory, and one troop, Eighth cavalry, from Fort Riley, Kan,, to Fort Sill, Oklahoma Terri- tory. CONDITION OF COTTON CROP With Two Exceptions the Cotton Belt Fal Below the Te Year Average. WASHINGTON, July 3.—The monthly re- port of the statisticlan of the Department of Agriculture will show the average con- dition of cotton on June 25 to have been 511, as compared with 516 on the 20th of the preceding month, 75.8 on July 1, 1900, $7.8 at the corresponding date in 1899, a ten-year average of 86.3, and a fifteen-year average of 87.5. A condition of 81.1 s, with last year, the lowest recorded conditiou re- ported at this season. The condition in the principal states is reported as follow North Caroitna, South Carolina, 70; Georgla, 72, Florida, 75; Alabama, §0; Mississippl, 86; Louisiana, §4; Texas, 85; Arkansas, §4; Tennessee, 55; Oklahoma, 91; Indian territory, 88 With the exception of Mississippl, where the reported average condition is one point above the mean averages reported on July 1 in that state for the last ten years, and in Oklahoma, where the figures available for comparison cover only six years, the condition throughout the entire cotton belt compared unfavorably with the ten-year averages, Texas and Tennesseo being 1; Loutsiana, 3; Arkansas, 4; Alabama, 6; | Florida, 8; North Carolina, 10; Georgia, 13, and South Carolina 17 points below their respective ten-year averages. SIBLEY’S RURAL FREE DELIVERY Francis Cole and G. A. Stamm Are to Ride with Letters Over Eighty Square Miles. WASHINGTON, July 3.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Rural free delivery service will be established August 1 at Sibley, Osceola couaty, Ia. The route embraces -eighty square miles, containing a population of 1,020, Francis Cole and G. A, Staman were appointed carriers The postofiice at Meadows, Sarpy county, Neb., is re-established and Jacob A. Cain ts commissioned postmaster. William M. Wallace s appointed post- master at Tobias, Saline county, Neb., vice C. E. Van Patten, removed. A postoffice has been established at See- postmaster. Pruden Leaves the Army. WASHINGTON, July afor 0. L Pruden, the former assistant secretary of the president, who was appointed a pay- master in the regular army in May, has resigned his position In the army and has been reappointed to his old position of sistant secretary to the president. This 15 the office to which the late Adelbert Hay was to have been appointed. Major Pruden bas abandoned his career in the army on account of personal and business reasons to assume his former duties at the White House, | whose complaint Rev. | strong minded and an effort | made by the administrator of her father's | grations. 1901- —'l’\'\' ELYV Pi PAGES, COWBOY PREACHER'S SUICIDE Evingelist Brosker Driven by Pain to Desperation. JUST ESCAPES DEATH BY POISON Accidentally Swallows Aconite, Then by Design Sends Into His Body with Rencued, Bu KEARNEY, Neb., July 3.—(Speclal Tel- egram.)—Rev. Brooker, a former evange- listic clergyman of this city and known years ago as the cowboy preacher, com- DAILY BEE. E C SINGI CONDITION OF THE WEA for Nebrask Warm {n West 1 Thunder Showers fon; Fr Fafr, ) | stern Portion; Varlable Forecast No Thursda 4 N Winds mperatare nt Omaha Yesterday: our. Dew. Nour. | s .18 " ™ ™ st s 86 80 .M | o 10 1 WM Motorman Ki | Jured Crush Near Cedar | Rapidw, an in mitted suiclde at his home here at 9:15 this | morning by shooting himselt twice, once in the left eye and once in the left side, death belng {usiantaneous. Mr. Brooket returned a week ago from Oklahoma, where be had been for several months doing field work for the United Evangelical church, preparatory to the organization of the church in that territory. He was worn out when he returned and had been complatn- Ing of severe pains in bie head caused by elck headaches. Tuesday night he arose to take a dose of celery tonic. By mistake he took a spoonful of aconite. Assistance was called and emetlcs administered and he was out of danger, as far as the effect of the poisot was concerned The pains in the head had returned, however, and driven to distrac- tlon by the long continued pains, he took the means of ending his iite. Mr. Brooker was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, ‘Modern Woodmen and Maccabees. Accused by n Woman. Later information of the Brooker suicide develops the fact that he had become in- volved with Harriet Longmate, who had been an intimate friend of the Brooker family durivg their Island. The sheriff from that city arrived in Kearney this morning with a warrant for his arrest on a charge made by the girl, who desired acknowledgment of the pa- ternity of bher child. Mr. Brooker de- clared his innocence to the sherlff, who then stepped out to get a guard for the prisoner, and while the eheriff was absent the fatal shots were fired. The woman is unmarried and 30 years old. Mr. Brooker was a highly esteemed resident of this city, having come to this place twelve years ago. Guardian Soukht for the Woman. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., July 3 Telegram.)—Miss Harrlet Longmate, upon L. G. Brooker was arrested this morning at his home at Kear- ney, is an orphan. Though she Is nearly 30 years of age she is alleged not to be has been —(Special estate to secure a guardian for her. She bought a home and the Brooker family re- sided with her. She is sald to have been consideably under the influence of Brooker. ‘The latter's family left for Kearney early in the spring, about two weeks before he left. The girl charges thst it was in the Interim that the clergyman wronged her, accomplisking bis p¥rpose by wiles. He was known here as the cowboy preacher and while not an accomplished clergyman he was not generally belleved to be a man of a character such as to anticipate any such charge GLORIOUS FOURTH A IS HERE with a Confusion and Colored Fire. s Rent Notne ot For persons with nerves instead of nerve, Omaha today will be & good place to stay away from. A degree of solace may be found at the various parks, while Lakes Cut-Off and Manawa will furnish asylums to those who would flee fiom the madden- ing firecracker. It would appear that the parents of Young America have veen especially lavish this year in supplying their hopefuls with money wherewlth to celebrate the nation's holiday, as ever since the embargo on fire- works was lifted at 6 o'clock last night the alr has been rent with an intermittent din and there seems little hope for reliet for at least another twelve hours. There have been all kinds of notse, from the petulant snap of the five-cents-a-bunch cracker to the deep reverberation of the 60-cent bomb, with all the intermediate grades. To those who apply the match this is the acme of patriotic sport; to the others it comes as a sort of penalty for living in the greatest country on earth. Many Ways Are Open. Fortunately there are scores of ways to entertain one's selt today outside the the city limits of Omaha. There is the ball game between Omaha and Des Moines out at Vinton park, both morning and afternoon. There will be an interesting program at Krug's park, the Y. M. C. A. athletic meet, the Omaha Amateur Athletic | base ball game, the Omaha Gun club shoot acrose the river and a game of golf at | the Country club. The Eye and Hand club will give a plenic at Cut-Off lake and wick- edest and most fascinating of all, there will be the bull fight as the top liner of South Omaha's street falr. For those who haven't time to leave the city, there will be the parade at Twentleth and Martha streets at 1 in the afternoon, the stock company at Boyd's theater and the concert at Bellstedt's tent. There will be every varlety of ectertainment, many | of them tempting. Omaha proper promises to be a caldron of fireworks all day, and until far into the night. There will be many accidents, many narrow escapes and many incipient confla- The man who didn’t know it was loaded will be abroad in the land and his twin brother who shoots ball cartridges will he active and numerous. It will be a glorious Fourth of July. Every careful wother will bave lald in a supply of arnica, sweet oll and absorbent cotton, the police surgeon will work over time and the en- thusiastic lad with the toy pistol will spend the next three days before the mirror plck- ing powder out of his countenance with a palr of tweezers. PRECEDES THE TEACHERS Secretary Sheperd of the National Edueational Association Starts 'hings at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., July 3.—The advance guard of the National Educational asso- clation, which holds its annual convention in this city July § to 12, has arrived in the person of Secretary Irwin Sheperd of Winona, Minn. Mr. Sheperd has opened a temporary office in the Hotel Cadillac, where he is handling the preliminary busi- ness of the convention and arranging with the local committee for caring for the 12,000 to 15,000 teachers who are expected to attend the convention. The general session of the convention, beginning Tues- day afternoon, will be held in the Light Guards' armory. residence at Grand | CEDAR RAPIDS, July 3.--Two | collided tonight killed and several passengers were Jured. | GREAT NORTHERN Robbees Escape with | the Booty ve Thousand Dol- Ofiered. Prairie lars Reward | R | BUTTE. Mont., July 8 | ern passenger train is sad held up at Wagner, Mont., miles west of Glasgow seventy-flv by who afterward escaped across the prairie 1t is not known what booty | obtained, but it mu | the agent of the Great Northern | 8t. Paul officials direc tho robbers, Private ad received here | confirm the report that the Great Norther| | Wagner station, Montana, further detalls are obtainable. today hours. | i | | | | | ner, Mont., about 1 p. m. by a laws. The Great Northern express | secured. Ensily Outro: ondon Club in Chal lenge Cup Trial Race—Le- ander Alno Wins, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, July ing club. The result today were as follows: tord. Time, §:08. The Grand Challenge Cup—First he: Leander Rowing club beat New colle, Oxford. Time, 7:09. Second heat, club by three lengths. Time 7:01 2-6. Ladies’ Challenge Cup—First Worcester college, Oxford, beat Jesus col lege, Cambridge. Worcester's time, 7:17, Thames Challenge Cup—Fourth Trinity Hall, Cambridge, beat the Londo: Rowing club. Trinity Hall's time was 7 Second heat: The Royal Artillery Rowin, Second heat: Christ “College, 8106, The their boat house upj when they left {t. exhaustion on the the crew. The stroke, Gardiner, said: “We pulled pretty had any doubt about the result.’ Ellis Ward, the coach, sald: did the work Their performance, 1 belleve, creditable. But to'me it There was no ad stations today and the race and the perfect as possible. In the Dlamond Sculls Johnson beat A. H. Cloutte. The Diamond Challenge heat: G. Ashe beat W. C. Bond. 548 Ladles' Challenge Plate—Second Eton Rowing club beat Trinit Dublin. Eton won easily in Thames Challenge Cup—Fift Royal School of ham Rowing club. Diamond T. Blacks was Sculls—Secon heat collegs at: affe beat W. A. Hickman of 8i John, N. B, Time, 9:2 Thames _ Challenge Cup—8ixth hea Kingston Rowing club beat Exeter coll Oxford, Time, 7:21. Visitors' Challenge Cup—First heat: college, Oxford, beat ford. Time, 8:11. Thames Challenge Cuj Worcester_college, Oxfors lege, Cambridge Wyford Cha |1‘an Cup—Third heat: Thames Rowing ¢! ing club. Time, § minutes. Fourth heat:' Trinity Hall, beat First Trinity, Cambridge. beat Calus col ‘Time, 7:29. terfering with Members Metal Trades A of oclation, CINCIN sssoclation, following up its a blunket | machinists using coercion, injunction chinlsts’ union nent injunction, Valentine Turus on the Light. VALENTINE, Neb,, Telegram.)—One of strations ever participated in here was July | of the electric Iight plant. F cornet band clation step of the citlzens has been taken. With all its ente Valentine as the arc and incadescent ligh and the metropolitan airs aud proud of it ory western Warm n COLLISION OF ELECTRIC CARS 4 Passcngers Ine electric cars on the Cedar Raplds & Marion line Motorman Jud Lyon was in- HOLDUP Across A Great North- to have been ve a gang of men the robbers bave been large, as Express company has received a message from the ing him to advertise | & reward of $5,000 for the apprehension of tonight | | westbound express No. 3 was held up near Ni Great Northern officials here state that | they have mo information beyond the fact | | that the train was held up and delayed six ST. PAUL, Minn,, July 3.—According to advices to Chiet of Police O'Connor, train 4 on the Great Northern, leaving Seat- tle Sunday evening, was held up near Wag- ng of out- ate was | blown open «nd $40,000 is sald to have been QUAKERS WIN THE FIRST HEAT 3.~The Henley Royal regatta openmed formally, al- though owing to the large number of en- tries for the Thames challenge cup three heats in the contest for that trophy were rowed yesterday afternoon and were won by Trinity Hall, Cambridge, the School of Mines Rowing club and the Kingston Row- Wyford Challenge Cup—First heat, Kings- ton Rowing club beat Trinity colloge, Ox- Penn- sylvania university beat London Rowing heat, heat: Cambridge, beat the Royal Artillery Rowing club. Time, Pennsylvanias after their heat for the Grand Challenge Cun disembarked at purently as fresh as here was no sign of part of any member of lively at 'the finish, but there was no time in the race when we ‘The crew today Wwhich I expected. most as 'no_surprise. ntage whatever in the Il the conditions of management were as Challenge K. Time, £ The ines beat the Twicken- hallenge Sculls—Third heat: 8. New rinity college, Ox- Seventh heat: The 1b beat the London Row- Cambridge, EMPLOYERS GET INJUNCTION Order Reatraining Strikers from In- NATI, July 8.—The Metal Trades declaration that its members would not submit to in- terference with thelr business by labor or- ganizations, today applicd to Judge Thomp- son of the United States district court for against the strikiug They charge the strikers with violence, intimidation and | boycott to prevent men from accepting em- ployment without the sunction of the ma- A temporary injunction was allowed until Judge Clark can return from Chattanooga, when argument will be heard for a perma. 3.—(Special the greatest demon- that | of tonight, the occasion being the opening Crowds of peo- ple filled the streets and there was music | by the Ladies' cornet band and the I. 0. 0. The firiug of cannon and extraordinary dlsplay of fireworks all tend to show the extent of rejoicing and appre that this advance prise and progress nothing has so enlivened town feels that It is taking on FIVE CENTS. OB USES DYNAMITE y Striking Miners in Tolluride, Col Reported Wildly Rietous ALREADY NUMBER ado, Are VICTIMS FIFTEEN Lose Their Lives in Encennters at Smuggler Bhafte. PbiTO"ICE BLOWN AWAY WITH EXPLOSIVE All Wires Cut and Oaly News Oemes frem Ouray, EIGHT HUNDRED MINERS ARE ARMED Men from the Camp Bird, Liberty Bell and Teomboy Sk Sald to Me Aldiug the Smukgler Strikers. DENVER, July 3.—News reached hero late this afternoon of am outbreak of the atriking miners of the Smuggler miue near Telluride, in the southwestern part of the state. The information was to the effect that the postoffice had been blown up with dynamite and fitteen mem had been killed 1a the riot. All wires leading into Telluride have been cut by the miuers. The uews of the riot came trom Ouray, Colo, across the mountains from Telluride and was telo- phoned into Ouray from the Camp Bird mine which I8 between Ouray and Tellu- ride. The Camp Bird Is the property of Milliosalre Thomas A. Walsh, formerly Parls exposition commissioner and now a resident of Washington. It is sald that miners from the Liberty Bell, Tomboy, Revenue and Camp Bird mines bave joined with the Smuggler strikers and that 800 men now surround the Smuggler mime. This dlspatch received Lere from Ouray stated that the shooting was still golng on when the dispatch was sent. The strike In the Smuggler mine has been on for some time and only recently was a citizens' committee appointed at Telluride to try to effect a sottlement of the dif forences between the miners and the own- ers of the property. The sheriff of the county in which Tul- leride is situated has wired the governcr for troops to assist In suppressing the rioters. A call for the militia to assembie at their armorles at 8 o'clock tonight was {ssued from the adjutant general's depart ment and directed to the companies at Denver and Pueblo DENVER, July 3.~A special to the Re publican from Telluride, Colo., says: Mat- ters are quieting down. The miners' union 1s In possesaion of the Smuggler mine The sheriff will revoke his request for the militla it the ealmness continu LOOKS INTO ROMAN CANDLE o Bleknell of Bk Creek Fin Lighted and Losded and is Laid Up for Repali 1t ELK CREEK, Neb, July 3.—(Specfal.)-- Elsle Bicknell, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, R. E. Bicknell, looked into a Roman candle he had been shooting last night, when it discharged another ball, striking him in the face and burning him severely. Both his eyes are closed this morning and the skin is burned from his nose and face, but the doctor thinks his eyesight {s un- impatred. LIKELY TO LOSE BOTH EYES lowa Lad Manufactures Fireerackers ‘Which Explode Prematurely in His Face. t, n & FORT DODGE, Ia., July 3.—(Special Telegram.)—Freddle Skeg, agod 14 years, ot Bode, may lose the sight of both eyes as a result of the premature explosion of Lomemade firecrackers this atternoon. The sufferor was brought to Fort Dodge and placed in the hospit where it Is feared the eyes cannot be od. EXPLOSIVES SAVE THE TOWN Destruction of Frame Dwelling Re- sponsible for Glohe, Arizona, Being Still on the Ma 4| GLOBE, Ariz., July 3.—Fourteen bulldings were destroyed by the fire here last night. The loes is estimated at $80,000. The fire started in the general merchandise store of T. J. Morris & Son. Only the blowing up of a frame dwelling in the path of the flames saved the entire town from de- struction. Ten familles were rendered homels t. P Loss at Dubuqu DUBUQUE, la., July 8.—(8pecial Tele- gram.)—Following is the loss from last night's fire: Dally Telegraph, $12,600; A. R. Koight, jewelry, $2,000; G. A. Grimm, drugs, $600. All were tully insured. The Telegraph plant cannot be used for a week. The paper Is being Issued from the Globe-Journal office. NEBRASKA'S PIONEER BANKER Samuel Moffatt Dies in Hudson, N. Y., Leaving & Record in the An- telope State, HUDSON, N. Y., July 3.~Samuel Moffatt, the oldest brother of David Moffatt of Denver, died In Goshen yesterday. In 1857 he established the Bank of Nebraska, sald to be the second west of the Missourl river, making the journey on horscbick and carrying $50,000 in gold. He retircd trom active business in 1575 Health Resort Hotel, RICHMOND, Va., July 3.—~The Home- stead hotel at the Virginia hot spriugs, In Bath county, was totally destroyed by fire early today. All the occupants escapod, but many of the guests lost their valuables. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Homestead had a capacity of 450 guests and has numbered s its patrons many of the most prominent people of the United States, includiug President and Mrs. Mc- Kinley and members of the cabinet. Marvest Hands Hel KANSAS CITY, July special to the Star from Wamego, Kan., says: Six- teen harvest hands returning home from the wheat flelds of western Kansas were held up and robbed by a gang of men near Junction City last night while riding on & treight train. They were compelled at the point of revolvers to surrender thoir money. One refused and was shot ia the I The robbers escaped, after eecuring from §10 to $30 from each man. Up. A e