Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1901, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ISTAERLISHED H\\L \(] ]5 NE;\R%'ND'AN SPRINGS A SURPRISE SCHLEY A POPULAR 1DOL Many Theusands Ars in El Reno to Witnem the Great Land Lotery, ALL EXPLCTANCY AMONG HOM' '[K[RS;-‘M. upon the quarter ’ 0, Everyone Cenfident of Being a b -~ of the Lucky Few. SCENE NOT AS EXCITING AS A "'RUN" | vy, /) ~iadl Applicants Have Bat One Chazes in Thir- teen to Got Pr.ze. DPAWING TO BE ON PLATFORM IN OPEN tered Are ¥ One fo ate Stips Stirred in a Wheel. Names of Those Re In Two I EL RENO, OkL, July pectancy tonight among homeseckers here over the grand lottery that begius tomorrow morning. There are | 13,000 ciaims to be distributed and so each | of the 165,885 persons who have registered during the last fifteen days has about ons chance fn thirteen of winning. It is a long &hot, but everyone apparently teels confident of heing numbered among the lucky and In ccnsequence the best of good nature pre valis While the scene lacks the great excite ment of the which has heretofore been a part of other land openings in this part ot country, the last act in the throwing open to settlement of the Kiowa- Comanche reservations will not be without lfe and animation. The drawing will take place n he center of the city and will be witnessed by thousands of people. It will be accomplished on a large platform in the open alr, around which the sloping hillsides form a natural amphitheater. a 28.—All the thousands | ot “run Com in Charge, A commission appointed last week by Sec retary Hitcheock and composed of W. A. Richards, assfstant commissioner of the general land office, and who has had charge of the registration D. P. Dyer of St. Louls, former United States district attorney, and Frank Dale, ex-chief justice of Oklaho will have the drawing in charge. The actual drawing will be both novel and extremely interesting. On the plattorm will he two cblong box wheels, each fitteen feet In lengih, one to hold the names of the applicants for homesteads in the El Reno district and the other for those of the Lawton district. Into these wheels will be placed envelopes containing names of all the reglstered applicants. The envelopes will have first been brought to the plat- form in packages consecutively numbered. A corresponding series of numbers upon slips will be placed in ‘another receptacle, from which they will be drawn out at ran- dom. The package of envelopes bearing the first number drawn will be the first to be placed In the drawlng box and well dis- tributed when another number will be drawn and anothor package of envelopes distributed, and this course will be contju- ued until all of the envelopes have been placed In the box wheels, after which the wheels will ba revolved for a sufficlent length of time to insure a thorough mixiug of the envelopes. Two Men at Each Aperture. In each wheel there are five apertures trom which the envelopes will finally be drawn. Ten men for each aperture will perform the actual drawing. The order in which they will begin at cach wheel will be determined by lot. The first envelope drawn will be No. 1, awhich will be at onee opened and the iden- tification slipe which it contains will be glven a corresponding number and the name and residence which appear upon the slip will be publicly announced. This course will be pursued, numbering each en- velope and its contents consecutively, until twenty-five numbers have been drawn from one box, when an equal number will be drawn from the other box in a similar manver. This course will be pursued until 500 nemes have been drawn from each box, when, it the committee deem It best to do #0, arrangementx will be made for drawlug neously from each box. “After the names have been drawn and announced they will be recorded and a potice prepared to be made to the one whose name 18 drawn, The drawing will proceed fn this manner until every envelope 1 both boxes has been drawn ou One Thourand Drawn Toda Only 1,000 envelopes, 500 for each district, will be drawn Monday. After the first day the drawlng will proceed with greater ra- pidity and it is expected that the last en- velops will have been drawn by Thursday night. The lucky ones will be permitted to file on & claim in the order that their num- bers have been drawn from the wheel. All wpplicants for homesteads have been per- mitted to inspect the land beforehand to lect & claim in case he should be lucky enough to draw a number Besidea the three commissioners ap- pointed to superintend the drawing and the ten men who will draw the envelopes trom the Wheel, space on the platform will be provided for newspaper representatives Commissioner Richards declined tontght to @isclose the names of the ten men who will draw the numbers from the wheel and ##d that the selection would not be made until just before the drawing began. The situation here upon the evening of the eventtul day is quiet. There are proba- bly 5,000 strangers here now and all in- coming trains are loaded. Several state legations have been organized and ra- taded the streets today. It is thought tho largest crowd will be here tomorrow of any day since the opening of the regis- tration, MUST RESPECT SUNDAY LAW Shows Attempt to Run at Pan-Amer- feam, but Pol Them Up, Close BUFFALO, N. Y., July 28.—Attempt of the midway shows to open for business today was a fallure, The first show to an- Bounce that it was ready for business was the Indian Congress. In front of the con- cessfon ware two of the directors of the concern and their attorneys, Captain Dag- fuar of the exposition police force notified them to close, which they did under pro- test. Later another attempt was made to open the show. Iron pipes were driven into the asphalt pavement by the police departs ment. From the plpes a rope was stretched In the form of a square, which completely blocked the entrance to the JUNE % | the righ. | homesteader | can go nto court ndian Congress. The concessionaires then ordered the ticket sellers to desiat. Several other shows opened thelr doors for a few winutes, but were closed by the police, I 19, Keo Tuek Gives Notice of Intention o Fie Quarter in the Strip. CITY, Okl h OKLAHOMA Tuck Indian lan of El 28.—Keo at tih ntion to July notice his in n of land ad e of Lawi n, which will town the cow country Comanche 1. iervation 10st valuabie tract of office Reno ¢ ven ning the towns the principal ‘[ the Kiowa and < 18 probably the tire 13,000 to be opened olication Is made uuder a section ( States statutes passed in gives to every homeless Indlan ) KO 10 any part of the public domain and to make entry for any tract of land that is not in the possession of & The section has never been T aled and the right of the Indlans whi bave no allotments or who were omit from the tribal rolls is one that they exercise at any time, it Is stated With Keo Tuck here were sixty of the Sac and Fox tribe who propose (o make Alings, and attorneys throughout the country are said to be rching tor other Indlans who have lost their tribal relations and who have not secured possession of homestead ts. It s belleved that there are 500 in the two territorics who can se- 1887, members {8 ex- | cure chofce claims in advance of the ones who have simply filed their claims. They and ask for restraining order to prevent the registers and recelv ers from accepting filings on the tracts se lected. This will, if successtul, give the Indians time to perfect their title to the beet quarter section of land SCHLEY'S SON IN DEFENSE| inn. the Admiral's Eldest, for Court Captain Th Outlines Pol of inquiry. SALT LAKE CITY tomorrow will print the following Captain Thomas F. Schley, reldest eon of Admiral Winfield 3. Schley, who is stationed at Fort Douglas in this city, yesterday out lined some pointy that will be brought out fn the court of Inquiry as to his father's coy- duct at the battle of Santiago. He declared that some startling facts will be brought to light if the whole truth shall become known and that the reputations of persons other than his father are likely to suffer. “I have just written to my father,” said Captaln Schley yesterday, “that I thought he ought to spare nobody and that he should withhold none of the facts in his possession about Admiral Sampson or anybody eise.'” Captain Schley is an officer of the Twen- ty-third Infantry in command at Fort Doug- las. Although he has not had a letter from his father sinco the court of inquiry was ordered, he {s famillar with the questions at {ssue and pointed out some of the facts that will be urged in the admiral's defense. “When the court of nquiry meets,” said Captain Schley, “I wolld like to have the privilege of asking Admiral Sampson just one question: ‘It the battle of Santlago had resulted In defeat, to whom would the blame have been attached? This, I think, tells the eftuation in a nutshell. It Admiral Schley had lost the battle he would have been blamed. He won it and he should have the credit. foaanlon " The accusations that are made are ridic- ulous when they are Investigated. Take, for example, the charge of disobedience of orders In May, 1898, An attempt has been made to eadcle the responsibility on my father. The fact Is that he has a letter from Admiral Sampson telling him to do exactly what he did and this letter will be produced at the Inquiry. At that time he was maintaining the blockade off Clon- fuegos. Sceretary Long wired Admiral Sampson, strongly advising that the block- ading fleet go to Santlago, In the hope of fnding the Spanish fleet there. “Admiral Sampeon sent the dispatch to Admiral Schiey with a note, In which he sald: ‘Afier duly considering this tele- gram I have declded to make no change in the present plans: that Is, that you sheuld hold your squadron off Clenfuegos, “This letter was suppressed.” Regarding the maneuvers of the Brooklyn at the time of the battle, Captain Sehley says the facts all go to show this was tho best possible move under the circumstances. The part played by Brooklyn in the battle certainly compares favorably with that of New York, he thinks. “If this inquity is full and fatr,” de- clared Captain Schley, “some facts will be disclosed that will startle the public. My father has strong cards up his sleeve and I trust he will make use of them all.” Captain Schley enlisted In the army in 1884 and was appointed a second loutenant in the Twenty-third infantry seven years Inter. He has served with his regiment all through its campalgns in the Philippines. where he earned his captaincy. Since his return from the Philippines he has been stationed at Fort Douglas. EXPECT BIG WEEK AT BUFFALO Present One Promises to Be Brenker of Pan- Expositio July 28.—The Herald Record erican BUFFALO, N. Y., July 28.—0f all weeks at the Pan-American exposition the pres- ent one promises to be a record-breaker. tional Commissioners' day on Tuesday, ks' day on Wednesday and the mommoth midway on Saturday are the week's special days, The reunion of the Chicago World's Fair commissioners will be the first time many of those who presided over the destinies of the “White City" have met since 1893, On Midway day tn the morning a parade of all nations will be glven. After the pa- rade there will be a water carnival. In the afternoon there will be a big five-ring circun In the stadium and in the evening there will be a ballet of all nations In the center of the court of fountalns, * BUFFALO, N. Y. July 28.—President John G. Millburn of the Pan-American ex- position fssued a statement today which in part says “The exposition has been more than pay- Ing its expenses since the beginning of June and has already accumulated a con- slderable surplus. An attendance during August, September and October of the to- tal attendance at Chicago in October alone will pay all obligations of the exposition | and will leave a large surplus.” THESE INSURGENTS ACTIVE Reports from Are Oper, Panama Say Rebels ing In Large Nam- bhers Near the City, KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 28.—Newspaper reports recelved here from Panama assert that the insurgents are operating in large numbers in the vicinity of the city and that an order has been lssued by the gov- erament calling upon the citizens to repel attacks and to protect property. Panama 1s guarded from the sea by gunboat According to the same source of informa tion the government s excreising tha strict- st precautions to prevent news of develop- ments leaking outy { of misappropriating government funds and | OMAHA, MC | Waabingten Officials Bound te Ac¢mit His | Hold on the Publio, BUT NAVAL CLIQUES FAVOR SAMPSON | Court of Inaniry 1s Bound to Stir Up | Interesting Hevelutions Concerns | ing the Santingo Battie and It | Will Be a Long Campaign, | (From a Staff Correspondent ) | WASHINGTON, J 28.—(Special.)—~The | | demand by Admiral Schiey for a court of !'inquiry to Inquire into the truth of Mr Maclay's charges will bring up the whole Santlago controyersy more and will probably result in keeping that subject be. fore the public for months to come. Naval | officers have thought for the past year or | more that the time would come when there | would be an official inquiry into the whole | Santiago campalgn. The most bitter feel- | Ing has existed between the adherents of | Schley and the friends of Sampson ever | since the Iatter in sending his celebrated dispatch to the Navy department iguored | his chlef ald In that great naval victory and neglected even to mention the name of | Admiral Schley in his report | Schiey s 4 man who treats everyone cor- | dlally. r'he bootblack who meets him on the | street wnd says “Good morning, Admiral” | is as courteously treated as the senator | who may do likewlse. Schley in other | words Is a popular idol. He has a faculty of making friends, Sampson on the con- trary is cold, austere and repellent in man- | ner. During his servige in the Navy de- artment proper he was most cordially dis- liked by those coming In contact with him, | This feeling not only extended to the navy officers, but to civillans having business to do with his bureau. On the other haud, cvery naval officer admits that Sampson is a great naval tacticlan and the strange feature of the present controversy is that fully 90 per cent of the officers who served in the Santiago fleet seems to uphold the contention of the secretary of the navy that Sampson is entitled to the credit fur the anaibilation of the Spaniards and that Schley was merely a subordinate who is not entitled to any more credit than Captains Phillip, Evans or any one of the other cap- tains in command of the vessels of the flect. It would be safe to go further than this and assert that, if a vote were taken among the officers who took part in the magnid- cent naval campalgn as to the relative merits of Dick Wainright, who commanded Gloucester, and of Schley, who was on board Brooklyn, the mafority would be | In favor of giving the greater credit to the lesser officer. Long Session in Prospect. 1 can The court of inquiry will probably be in session for some time. It may be a month or more before sufficlent testimony can be | secured. Its personnel will give it & better | standing with the public than such courts usually have, but whatever its verdict, it will be perhaps impossible to change the verdict of the American people, which, in spite of the opinions of the experts, 1s largely in favor of Schley. An fncident showing the bitterness of naval officers of the Santiago fleet came to the notice of the writer a short time ago. One of the very best kmown among them—commanded one of the battleships ~-gave a reception to the people of the state after which his ship is named. Dur- ing the evening this officer entertained a party In his private room. There were two or three congressmen and some naval officers and a few others in this room, as well as a very intelligent black spaniel The dog showed strong evidences of af- tection for the naval officer and the love was evidently reciprocated. t up here,” sald the old salt, “and have a plece of candy,” and with that he threw a pleco of candy Into the air and the dog caught it, but before he could swallow it the com- mand came, “Drop it, that's Schley candy.” The dog immediately dropped the sweet morsel and with a look of profound coutempt curled his tatl between his legs and slunk away. “Come back,” sald the captain; “Sampson sent you that. At once the little black animal snapped up the candy with every evidence of delight. The experiment was made two or three times. Sweets were placed on the floor and the dog told that one plece was from Sampson and the other from Schley. He would take up the Sampson candy every time, but even refused to smell that which was sup- posed to come from the other naval com- mander. This only indicates to what ex- tent the feeling on one side or the other has grown up among naval officers. There will probably be some very important tes- timony before the court of inquiry, and it may be that some truths concerning the conduct of the campalgn will be brought out, but whatever the verdict of the court may be the controversy is not likely to be settled soon. In fact, congress is lo take up the subject and before the session which meets in December s well advanced a. least a dozen attempts will be made to se- cure the appointment of special commit- tees which shall go into the subject fully and the result will be the washing of an endless amount of dirty naval linen under the dome of the capitol ' Effect of Westcott's Death, The traglc death of R. 8. Westcott of the Westcott Express company 18 liable to have an important effect on the case now pend- ing against Colonel J. F. Gaynor of Syra- cuse and his associates in the Atlantlc Contracting company. It will be re- membered that Mr. Westcott was the father- {n-law of former Captain Oberlin M. Carter of the engineer corps, who was convicted who 1s now serving sentence for his crime. | Gaynor and his assoclates have been bailed | before the courts at Savannah. It was ex- pected that Mr. Westcott's testimony would have ap important effect on the government case and his death Is lkely to prove dis- astrous to the contentfon that Gaynor and | his assoclates conspired to defraud the gov- ernment | Quilt from Mrs. McKinley! Mrs. C. M. Moore of Brooklyn has un- dertaken to construct for Mrs. McKinley a quilt to be made from the ribbons that have been tied around the bouquets pre- sented to her during the last few years. Mrs. Moore has a great reputation as a quilt maker. She will be 78 years of age on September 1. She expects to have this work completed about that time. This patchwork quilt calls to mind a fact that Mrs. Cleveland, while mistress of the White House, was presented with a small old- fashioned article of adornment. On one oc- caston, while visiting Wyoming, N. Y., | Mrs. Cleveland expressed a desire, which| 1ln A way was a command in the Distriet | | Ribbons, of Columbia, for a duplicate of the room | which her grandmother, Mrs. Folsom, oc- | cupled in the town. The women organized | a bee, a rag carpet started, and when Mrs. | Cleveland returned to Washington she found a sitting room exactly identical with that | occupted by her grandmother, the same rocking chair, an old spinning wheel in | the cormer and the floor covered with a | duplicate of the bit-aud-miss carpet. | substdy ot § | was brought | where INI'AY MORNING PORTO RICO Tax IS PROSPEROUS Drawn Up My Vides Legixlators P Ample Means for Is land's Requirement 0- SAN JUAN, Porto respond of the Events have already proved that the tax law drawn up by the leglalators of this | island will provide ample means for the | {sjand’s requirements. This Indicates that Porto Rico is more prosperous than it was & couple of years ago. Steady improvement bas been made since the day General Miles landed at anica three years ago. The reople are in better physical condition and work with more spirit. Plantations that went ynworked for n long time are begin- ning to show slgns of prosperity. There is more shipping In the harbor and the signs generally indicate better conditions. Nevertheless, scarcely an Instance can be elted where any considerable amount of American capital has been Invested in ¥ Rican enterprises. Numerous pro- moters and capltalists, have visited the Island, have declared that this or that in- vestment would bring good returns and then have gone away mever to be heard trom again Manager Charpentire of the Finch Rail- way company, who sails for New York on the steamer Ponce, takes with him the recently granted franchise to be submitted to President McKinley for his signature He will then proceed to Paris to confer with the directors of the company. The tranchise, which has been hanging fire for two years, is considered the most reasona- ble yet granted by the council. Under the Spanish regime the company was paid a per cent sof the capital in- n every Kkilometer of road com- and in operation. Much pressure to bear to induce the legls- uncll to continue the franchise without the custon royalty and the company was finally successtul, although on conditions which compel the company to complete forty miles of road within elght years, This the any s prepare to do, hoping to sell out'to American railway Rice, July 23.—(Cor- Assoclated Press.) vested pleted latlve © com JULY | BASIS OF CONFERENCE 29, 1901. 'MAY BE SETTLED THIS WEER Negotiations Between the Conflioting Inter- osta of the Stee! Btrike, IS REACHED Labor Leaders Meet J. P. Morgan and Others in New York and D Sttuntion=Milln Rendy to May We aturday, PITTSBURG, July 28.—~The strike of the steel and tin workers of the Amalgamated assoclation against the United States Steel corporation will probably be settled this week, The conference held in New York Saturday between the officials of the United States Steel corporation and President T J. Shaffer and Secretary John Willlams of the workers' organization has resulted in paving the way for renewal of negotiations between the Jwo conflicting Interests. It 1s said that a basis of such a con ference has been arrived at. This basis will not be divulged until later this week It the basis is satisfactory, the conference will proceed at once. 1f, on the other hand, the basis Is not satisfactory to the Amalga- mated assoclation the strike will continue. President Shaffer and Secretary Willlams returned from New York this morning They spent many hours in conference with the leading officers of the Steel trust and came home with hopes for an early ending of the strike. In Plttsburg 'ittle was known of the conference, but the greatest interes! in the outcome was shown among the manufacturers. Vice President Bope of the Carnegle Steel company sald that he had heard absolutely nothing of the re- sults and did not know that the conference was on. I W. Jenks, general manager of the American Steel Hoop company, and Superintendent Harper of the same com- pany were equally in the dark fnterests before the expiration of that pe- riod Y F. H. Dexter, an American attorney, salls on the same steamer with a signed franchise issued to ps¢elephone company, empowering them to connect the local sys- tems of San Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez by a long distance line. For this right the telephone company, according to the terms of its license, is to pay the Insular gov- ernment royalty of 121 per cent on its gross receipts, In accordance with its agreement. Mr. Dexter has also authority from the city of San Juan to float a loan of $75,000 for the construetion of a pler. The council Is now considering whether to levy a royalty on the city-built pler, But it is feared that under present conditions American capital will be reluctant to assist either enterprise. When the city councll came into being there were upwards of thirty applications tor franchises of varlous sorts. Today there is none except that of the Porto Steamship company to rebulld its pler. The only franchises of importance that have been granted are for a rallway, lssued to General Roy Stone, which is now secking capital; a trolley line in Ponce, iasued to DeFord & Co., which is now under con- struction, and water-power rights to R won Valdez, which is seeking capital. STILL CHARGING ~ REVENUE Customs Ofcials & York Pre- tend About New Iknorance Porto Rico. NEW YORK, July 28.—The steamship Ponce, from San Juan, Porto Rico, July 23, docked in Brooklyn this afternoon. As it steamed up the bay the tug came along- side and two officers boarded Ponce and took the passengers’ declarations. As soon as Ponce docked custombouse inspectors | examined the baggage of the passengers, elghty in number. All cigars and cf areties were selzed and the owners were told to “‘come back tomorrow for them." Among the passengers was J. R. Gar- rison, auditor of Porto Rico. He informed the inspectors that according to the presi- dent's proclamation free trade now exists | betwoen the United States and Porto Rico. | The iaspectors claimed that they had no officlal information to that effect. The baggage of all the other passengers was similarly inspected. After this general overhauling of baggage a telephone mes- sage was received to seize only cigarettes in lots of over 400. Passengers who did not have that many were lot out. One, how- ever, who had 430 cigars, was required to turn them over and told to come around Monday and pay for the internal revenue stamps. ‘The Inspectors claim that while they knew free trade now existed between this country and Porto Rico they don't know | it officlally and that it will be several davs | before the new order can be put Into effect. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING nent Business Man of Ch A in Kansas City on ., Prom Arrest Two Compla KANSAS CITY, July 28.—William J. Reld, | a Chicago business man, was arrested here President Shaffer was seen this evening, but refused absolutely to talk in referenc to his trip to New York. Willlnums Pledged to Secrecy. Secretary Willlams was found at his home’ this evening. He admitted that he had been with President Shaffer in New York and had seen J. P. Morgan. He would not say what had taken place there, He sald be was pledged to secrecy. Asked it the terms as printed in the papers this morning, which covered the settlement of ‘the strike, were correct, he replied that they were purely guesswork. No terma could possibly be made without the full consent of the executive committee. It ls learned here that a meeting of the executive board has been called for Tuesday. Addl tlonal Information regarding the New York meeting was afterward picked up from rellable sources. It was stated that two Amalgamated of- flclals left Pittsburg on Friday night and when they arrived in New York went di- rect to the private office of Mr. Morgan. Tho meeting between the Pittsburg men and Mr. Morgan lasted from about 11 a'clock In the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. At mo time did the con- ference adjourn to the offices of the United States Steel corporatlon. During the con- ference President C. W. Schwab and Judge E. H. Gary were present most of the time. Another conferee was Mr. Dawkins, one of Mr. Morgan's partners. The Amalga- mated officials directed their attention al- most entirely to Mr. Morgan and President Schwab. They went over the grounds on which the strike began and discussed a settlement basis. After exchanging views with the steel officials Mr. Shaffer and Mr. Williams left the office. Explain the Hurried Trip, In explanation of the hurried trip of the officers to New York it was sald that until nearly 5 o'clock in the afternoon neither of the officers knew that they would be required to leave Pittsburg. Prior to that time Colonel George B. M. Harvey, manager of Harvey Bros., the New York publishers, was a caller at the office of President Shaffer. When Colonel Harvey left the invitation to go to New York had been extended and had been accepted It was positively stated that the meeting between the heads of the Amalgamated as- soctation and the United States Steel cor- poration was due to no other fperson or persons than Colonel Harvey. Secretary Williams today denied that A. M. Garland or Joseph Bishop had anything to do with the conference in any way so far as he knew. It 1s believed that before the end of the week the mills will all be ready to run again providing repairs undertaken since ‘tho strike begun are donme. Should the whole project feil of coming to an amica- ble end the fight promises to be more bitter then ever. st Secretary Willlams eald tonight that the strike program will not be changed in any way between now and the day set for the executive board meeting, but nothing of a radical nature would likely take place be- fore then A telegram from Wheeling, W. Va., to- night says: “At a meeting of the Amalga- mated assoclation lodge last night 125 men ke Program Not Changed. today on a warrant sworn out by W. N. Gemmill, a lawyer of that city. The wa rant makes a specific charge of embezzle- | nent of $400 in money and property from | Horace H. Stoddard, a Chicago capitalist Attorney Gemmill further charges Reid | with forgery aggregating $11,000 by Mhth the First National bank of Chicago was | victimized. Reid says his part in the al- | leged forgeries was only to negotiate var ous notes taken from a mercantile agency | by a Chicago clerk Reld was arrested at the Midland hotel, he had been stopping for several days, and taken to the police station. He agreed to go to Chicago without requisition papers and left tonight with Attorney Gem- mill. Reld's father is said to be a wealthy Burlington, Ta., wholesale implement dealer Reid is sald to have owned a mansion in Michigan avenue, Chicago, where he was formerly In the saddlery business. He is 28 years old and unmarried SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE WO00DS Senator Fairbanks Recommends Chiet Justice Monks of Indiana Su- preme Court, INDIANAPOLIS, July 28.—The Sentinel tomorrow morning will say It is reported here that Senator Fairbanks will recom- | mend Chief Justice J. L. Monks of the In- | diana supreme court, 1iving at Winchester, | to succeed Judge Woods, deceased, as Judge | of the United States circuit court for lh»1 Aistrict composed of Indiana, Illinols and | Wisconsin. Judge Monks is 66 years old and has been on the bench twenty-elght years. Senator Falrbanks has recently returned from a visit to President McKinley at Can- ton in company with Attorney General Knox. It I said the appolntment was dis- cussed them. of the Riverside tube and steel mills wére admitted These acceselons, Vice Presi- dent Larkins claims, include most of the skilled men now employed at the Riverside. This afternoon a new lodge of the Amal- gamated assoclation was formed by 400 em- ployes of the Wheeling Iron and Steel com- pany, an independent corporation whose plant {s located in Benwood. These are all skilled men. McKeesport and Wellsville report unchanged conditions and everything quiet.” NEW YORK, July 28.—There was no news concerning the steel strike obtainable in »w York today for the reason that none of the magnates mcet interested were in the city. J. P. Morgan, after spending night at an uptown hotel, left the city Just where he went is not known. His yacht, Corsalr, sailed for Bar Harbor Sat- urday and it is sald has orders to rematn at that place until its owner joins it. E H. Gary was in the clty, but not at his hotel all day away from his apartments during the day and up to a late hour tonight To Fill Places of Strikers, SHARON, Pa, July 28.—~The American Steel Casting company yesterday Imported another carload of molders and chippers to 61l the pluces of strikers. The men were brought from the eastern part of the state In a special car. The strikers made no demonstration on account of the injunction | secured court against them from the The company expects to import another carload thix week. It {8 not prob- able the grievances of the men will be arbitrated for some time, as the company seems determined to break the strike with- out making any concession Anoth ce WHEELING, W. Va,, July 28.—Vice Pres| dent Walter Larkine of the Amalgamated assoclation's local district stated to the Mercer Conf, Today. (Coatined on Secoud Page.) the | President Schwab also kept | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER| Forecast for Nebraska—Partly “ooler Monday, with Showers Tuesday Fair; Varia Cloudy and Eastern on; e Winds erature tn Omahn Yesterday Dex. [ Dex L o 8t s s | " ST 85| WEATHER BUREAU ENCOURAGED n oAt Last It Bee elt Will Rain Having Fa Meves the Corn Get Mo SHINGTON, July 28.—The weather bureau's advices from the great corn belt today are more encouraging than any that have come to hand for forty days, showing in the opinion of the forecasters that the drouth has been broken by geueral showers in many portions of that section and with a prospect of thelr continuation tomorrow Colncident with the fall of rain have come reduced temperatures, With few exceptions the temperatures reported were not ab vormally high, no maximums of 100 de- grees being reached. West of the Missis- sippl river they were generally in the neigh- borhood of 80 degrees, The forecasters, while not making any specific predictions as to the effect of the rain on the crops, express the opinion that all those crops which have not been irrep- arably ruined will be benefited by the breaking of the drouth. The late crops nat- urally would be helped the most The reports show that during the twenty-four hours showers were quite gen eral {n the corn belt and were heavy over much of the state of lowa and over part of the corn belt not hitherto visited by ralus, includfug western Nebraska, southern Mis- sourt and Oklahoma. Monday there will be showers throughout the corn belt region except in its extreme western portion and southern part of Indi ana and southern Ohio, and they will con- tinue generally on Tuesday in the Ohio aud middle Mississippi valloys There nlso have been showers and thunderstorms in the northern tler of states from the northeast to the Dakotas, northern New Mexico, northern Arizona ard southern Utali and on the west gulf coast. IOWA IS WET AND THANKFUL That Al Consumers past Rain 18 a Blessing the Farmers and Appreciate, CRESTON, la, <uly 25.—(Special.)— Union county and all southwestern lowa are rejolcing over the effectual breaking of the prolonged drouth. A heavy rain- storm came up suddenly Saturday evening from the southwest end the spectacle of running water in the streets was wit- nessed with dellght for the first time in several months. The rain continued at in- tervals during the night and at noon to- day a steady, soaking rain is In progress. The. moleture came in just the right man- ner, its arrival was opportune and the saving of milllons of dollars resulted to the farmers. Pastures will be revived, creeks dry for a long time are running, late potatoes and corn will be bonefited and there s a spirit of thanksgiving and joy pervading the entire city and section. Tn- dlcations at this hour point to an all-day rain. BEDFORD, Ia., July 28.—The drouth in this section s broken. Three inches of rain tell this morning and it is stlll ralning. This means «n $0 per cent corn crop in this tocality. DUBUQUE, Ia., July 28.-—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—The thirty-four days' drouth was broken today by almost continuous rain The rainfall today was nearly two inches Total for month preceding, .43 of inch. Highest temperature was 108 on July lowest, 54, June 24. Reports from polnts in northern Iowa show the storm was general. Rain was especially heavy at Fort Dodge, Munson and Ackley. The highest tem- perature today was 87, CEDAR FALLS, Ta., July 28.—(Speclal Telegram.)—Two inches of rain fell here to- day. Three-fourths of the late corn crop will be saved KANSAS THOROUGHLY SOAKED Steady, Driszling Rain Snturates the Soil in the Northern Counties, ATCHISON, Kan,, July 28.—The drouth in northern Kansas, which had lasted without tnterruption since April 15, was broken last | night and this morning. The Missouri Pa- cific rallroad has received reports from all its stations which extend 300 miles west- ward from the Missouri river and north- ward into Nebraska and all except two or three report a downpour of from one-fourth of an inch to two inches. The rain was a steady, drizzling one and lasted fn most places three or four hours. The parched enrth absorbed the molsture as fast as it tell While the recent rains have covered central and southeastern Kansas, they had not touched the northern counties up to within twenty-four hours. TOPEKA, Kan., July 25.—Coplous rains have agaln fallen throughout Kansas today. All along the line of the Santa Fe, far out to the western part of the state, there were generous supplies of mojsture. In To- peka nearly two Inches of rain fell, be- ginning early this morning and continuing until afternoon This makes over four inches in the last three days. Tomorrow the farmers of the stat will begin re planting their vegetables and will plant {mmense quantities of turnips, kafir corn and sorghum for forage. The ground s In in an excellent condition for these products now and plenty of rough feed for the com- ing winter is assured. KANSAS CITY, July almost all day, the over an inch NORTH DAKOTA TOO STORMY Wrecks 28 —Rain fell here downfall amounting to Tornado Church, Store, Dwellings, Barna and Depot at Tappen, FARGO, N. D,, July 28.-A heavy rain and windstorm prevailed this afternoon over a good part of the state and the greatest dam age 1s reported at Tappen, 126 miles west of Fargo, where it amounted to a tornado A church, a stors, dwellings and barns were blown down and the Northern Pacific depot was demolished, Wires were down for some hours. Crops in the path of the storm, which was several miles wide, were dam- aged. In the Red River valley rain fell from the national houndary line all the way down the state line. In the northern part there was not much wind, but around rgo and over in Minnesota crops were maged, just how serlously it 1s impossi- ble to determine tonlght. I | From Every Town BIG RAINS IN STATE Nebraska Earth Gets the Thorongh Seusing Tt Has Thirsted Fer LONG PERIOD OF DROUTH IS WELL BROKEN No Local Rains These, but Geamine 0.d- Fashioned Soaking. GENERAL WHEREVER THEY ARE NEEDED Report Two Inches or More of Dewnpeur, OTHERS A LITTLE LESS, BUT ALL GRATEFUL Come the Moat t Crops Saved n Time to Vast Gratitying Reporia =Drenching Just Be Worth Money, Sunday fn Omaba was a tolerably com- fortable day. While the humidity was rather Intense, giving humanity that sticky fecling, the temperature was mild in comparison with that of the preceding thirty days. During the forencon large white clouds frequently swept in between the sun and the earth and shut out several degrees of Beat that would have been heaped mortals had the sky been clear. It was a good morning to sleep and many citizens who have gone short on the slumber murket during the past few weeks paid no heed to the cook when she callod broakfast, but just rolled over and contin- 1ed on friendly terms with the pillow until the noon hour. In the sfternoon there was a great out- pouring to the parks and to the country clubk, It belng the first day In geveral weeks when an outing could be taken with- out suftericg from the heat At & o'clock In the morning the tem- perature started in at 72 degrees and rose &radually to 7S degrees at noon. The max- mum was reached at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the mercury touched the 90 mark. . The humidity of the atmosphere was 60 per cent during most of the day. The iatufall in Omaha yesterday amounted to sixty one-hundredths of an inch. A heavy electrical storm visited Omaha at 1:30 o'clock this morning, accompapied by a heavy rainfall. The downpour con- tinued for over an hour. The storm seemed to extend over a wide area around Omah. GLAD TIDINGS IN NEBRASKA Scores of Storm Centers linsten to Let the World Know Thelr Crops Are Nt upon HARVARD, Neb., July 28.—(Special.)—At 6 o'clock last evening rolling clouds with much thunder and lightning gave evidence of a heavy rain, but though the storm seemingly continued (o gather, no raln of value fell till about 0. From that time till morning & light tall of rain occasionally came, amounting in the uggregate to 85 of an inch. This morning there are further indications of rain, the morning belug cool and cloudy with *a cooling breeze, GOTHENBURG, Neb., July 25.—(Speclal.) ~The five weeks' drouth was broken this week by light showers. Tuesday there was enough rain to lay the dust. Thursday 10 of an inch followed. Yester- day there was a fall of .28 of an inch, In the west and northwest the ralns were much heavier and the farmers report the corn crop still in good condition. Rye and winter wheat are averaging twenty bushels to the acre, barley twenty-flve bushels, oats thirty-three bushels and spring wheat five bushels. The turkey red seems to yleld the best, while the quality is superior to the other varieties in this section, as it tests from ffty-nine to sixty-two pounds to the bushel. The hay crop s heavy and all the teams and men in town are employed at good wages taking care of it. There are three times as much small grain raised this year as last and the country is full of rough- ness for live stock. Grasshoppers and chinchbugs are taking u iield of gorn every vow and then in various localities. First Since July Fourth, ROGERS, Neb., July 28.—(Spectal.)— The first rain since July 4 fell here today. Only a light shower fell in town, but just north there has been a heavy fall. There are prospects of more. The thermometer has been from 105 to 110 every day for two wecks, EDGAR, Neb, July 28.—(Spectal.)—A good rain fell here last night, amounting to almost half an inch. The weather has been extremcly hot three woeks and corn was suffering badly from the drouth. It 15 thought this rain will im- prove the condition of the corn, but more will be needed LAUREL, Neb., July 28—(Speciai)—The country immediately northwest wus visited Friday night with a soaking rain. Tte area covered was conslderable and farmers are in town reporting it too wet for stacking. Farmers report the corn as having stood the drouth to beat anything they ever saw Small grain of all kinds is a fairly good crop and s harvested in good whape HASTINGS, Neb., July 28.—(8pecial.)—An inch of rain fell in this county last night 3004 raing are reported from various local- ities. The rain will make considerable corn In late flelds. It will also help the second crop of alfalfa and freshen up pastures. SULTAN, Neb., July 2.—(Special.)—Rain began yesterday at 4 p. m. and showers continued through the night to the amount at .90 of an inch. Corn has not suf- tered s0 much as was reported. It bids fair to make two-thirds of a crop Listed corn has stood the drouth the be outh s Effectually Broken. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., July 28.—(8pe- clal)-~The drouth in this section was ef- tectually broken by a fall of one and one- half inches of rain early this morning. Re- ports show that the entire county was thor- oughly drenched. Corn will make nearly an average crop. With a bumper wheat erop and an increased acreage of oats the farm. ers of Otoe county are happy CRETE, Neb, July 28-—(Special.)—At 7:30 last night an electric storm from the northwest passed over this part of Salem county and with it came the long-wished- for raln. A copious fall, lasting nearly all night, drenched the parched soil. Pastures and hay land will be revived and some of the late corn will be greatly benefited by the rain. This morning It is cloudy and :t looks like more rain. WATERLOO, Neb., July One and one-half inches fell here last Tt b o'clock tor 8. —(Special.) - 1ght. n raining here last evening about 7 and kept it up & good part of the