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He was then driven back to the station and in ten minutes the train started out. Loyal Sons of Lawrence, LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 26.—President Roosevelt and his party, amid the booming ot a salute, were recelved here by Mayor Leonard and members of the city govern- ment today. & temporary stand erccted at the station, where he addressed one of the largest erowds that ever gathered this city. Splendid weather conditions favored the event. The president was greeted with en- thusiastic cheers when he arose to make bis address. He said \This {8 the secfion of the country in which the first blgod was shed In the revo. Jutionary war-that made us a nation, and it was here also that the two cities of Lowell and Lawrence gave thelr sons to pour out their life blood, the first of the aeenn of life blood poured out from 'Sl to "85 to keep this nation one and great and free. And so It wad characteristic of your which sent these men. here to the up.- My. ent, with in your served before Bantiag turn sprang to tha country's call when once agaln there was war in the Iand, heers and applause) and other comrades of yours, men whom we knew, men of the Ninth regiment, other men in the far off Philippines, have, after three years of un- speakable toll and hardship, agalnst a cruel, reckless and elusive foe, finally won vietory for the American flag Opr people owe the greatest debt pos«i- ple to you who fought in the great crisis in the great war, but there is a debt owing algo to the men who so gallantly did thelr duty during the past three years to save the honor of the flag which you handed to them unatained, should be kept undimmed (applause), and now they have fought and thelr success has meant what the succees of the American soldler has always meant. Men Go Baek to the Plow. You triumphed, and your foes and de- tractors said that as mighty an army as yours was meant the establishment of a despotism In this country, and the minute that the war was over you went back to the plow, to the factory and the farm amd the office and became citizens again. (Ap- plause). And now In the Philippines "“{ soldiers have fought and won. To do what? Tc leave the country and establish the rule of civil authority under the American flag: And now we have brought peace to the Mands, They are better off than ever be- tore. ever in their history has each man had, as he has now, such a good chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness, You have brought self-governing in- dividual freedom to the Filipinos of a kind that they could have never known under an anarchic tyranny of their own. Now we wili govern the islands well will govern them primarily in their inter- Puts, but In our interests aiso. Whether we Will or not, we, as a nation, confront a kreat destiny, We can decide: whether we Will o _our work badly or well, but we cannot help doing it. We have got to do it somehow and I ask that all men stand shoulder to shoulder as Americans to see that they do it well. After speaking the president.stepped back to the train. As it began to move, whistles trom & dozén engines were blown and the battery guns boomed again. The train left it 10:30 on schedule fime for Haverhill. Prestdent Talks of the Navy. HAVERHILL, Mass., Aug. 26.—President Roosevelt's epecial train arrived in this city st 10:45 a. m. In a briet address the president sal Naturally, at the home of Secretary Moody, I should Ifke td say a word or two about. the navy. You see that when one Massachusetts man would leave the Navy Qepartment 1 had to find another Massa- chusetis man to take his place. 1 think that whenever we touch the navy sure of a hearty response from apy American audience. We are just as sure of wneh o response out of the mountains and great plainsg of the west as upon the Atlantic or Pacific seaboarts. . The entire country is vitally interested in the navy, because an efficlent navy of an adequate size is not only the best guar- anty rof peace, but it is also the wurest means, for seeing that I war docs come the result shall be horprable to our good name and favorable to.our national inter- ests. fiw-l’el y greMt nation must. be pecullarly. sensitive to two things: Stain on the national honor at home and dis- race to the nafional arms abroad, Our flonor at home, dur honor in domestic and internal affairs, is at all times in our own Kkeeping and depends simply upon thé na- tlonal possession of an awakened public consclence. But the only way to make our honor as affected, not by our own deeds, but by the deeds of others, is by readiness in_advance. In three great crises in our history dur- the nineteenth century—in the war of 1813, in the civil war apd again in the Bpan- ish war—the navy rendered to the nation whom 1 we a services of literally incalculable worth. In the clvil war we had' to meet antagonists even more prepared at sea than we were. On both the other occasions we encountered forelgn foes and the fighting was done en- trely by ships built long in advance and by officers and crews who had been trained daring years at sen when seamen’s quali- ties were put to the final test. It was tais preparedness which was the true secret of the enormous difference in efficlency between our navy and that of the Spanish nation. There was no lack of cour- age and devotion among the Spaniards, but our side, in addition to the courage and votion, there was also that training which comes only as the result of years of thorough and painstaking practice. Ann- is, with the sole exception of its ‘ademy at West Point, the most democratic and American school and preparation that there is entire country. each man enters on his merits, stands on his merits and graduates into a service where only his merit will enable him to be of valu The enlisted , and fine material thus provided the an-of-war-man is evolved by service. -1t is impossible after k of war to improvise either the or the men of a navy. The ship- builders and gunmakers must keep ever on the alert so that no rivals pass them by, and the officers and enlisted men on boar the ships must in their turn, by the exer- cise of unflagging and intelligent zeal, keep themselves fit 1o get the best use out of the Weapons of war intrusted to their care. The instrument is always important, but the man who uses it is more important still. Shots That Count Those That Hit. ‘We must constantly endeavor to perfect our navy in all its dutes in time of peace, above all, in maneuvering In « . sea: way and marksmanship with the great guns. In battle the only shots that count are those that hit and marksmanship is a matter of long practice and of lntefllsenl reasoning. A navy's cTclency in a war depends mainl; reparedness at the outs r. We are not to be excused & nation if there Is not such Pffipll'fidneu of our navy 0 nation has a right to undertake a big task unless It is prepared to do it in master- ful and effectly It would be an intolerable humi! to embark on such a course of action followed from our declaration of war with Spain and not make good our words by deeds—not b ready & Drove our truth by ‘our endeavor whenever dlh- nekld g.l.:l.ildl good work of building up the nav; must ‘n on without ceasin 4 ’Fhe modrr: war ship cannot with advantage be allowed to rust In disuse. It must be used In active service even In time of peace. This means that there must be a constant replacement o Lho tlflcllv. by the effeetive. The work of bullding up and keeping up our navy is therefore one which needs our constant and unflagging vigilance. Our {s now efficient, but we must be content with: no - ordinary degree of efficlency. Every effort must be made to bring It nearer to perfection. In making such effort the prime factor Is to have the head of the navy such arr'official us your fellow townsman, Mr. Moody, and the next Is to bring home to our people as a whole the need of thorongh 'an: ple rnvn&cn in advance; this preparation to ake form, not only of tontinually bullding shipe. but of keeping those sh in commission under conditions which w develop the h‘I’.hnl degree of efficlency in the officers and enlisted men aboard them. Dover's First Presidential Visit, DOVER, N. H., Aug. 26.—For the first time in the history of Dover, which w founded in 1602, a president of the United States 'was & guest here today. Thousands Jolned in the welgome to President Roose- velt. On the arrival of the presidgntial Dparty they wers received by Mayor A. G. Whittemore and a committee. The gugsts scorted to the platform in Pranklin where the president delivered an He said: 1 speak here in one of the oldest cities Will be roused to its natural dutie and your biliousness, headache an constipation be cured If you taks Hood’s Pills 80ld by all druggists. $5 centa, The president was escorted to | We | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDN ESDAY, AUGUST 27, of the old_thirteen colonfes from which sprang the United States, and both In your past and your present you esitomize much of the national life. We are all of us apt 1o get to thinking of the nation and state as abstractions. 1f we will think of our- selyes and our neighbors, how we get along and how they get alonk. we will have a pretty fair idea of what can be done, sim- ply on a larger scale in-the state and the nation. Look at your own history here in | Dover; go through the ploneer days.and from them down to the modern city, the product of the sreat industrialism of our time. | We are here now—you are here now—I | am addressing you all, because of the great | Industrial expansion ‘symbolized by your | factories. by the rallroad. the telegraph and all of their atendants. We would not be here if It was not for them. but their exercise has caused great questions to rise in our nationai life. Jt is a more compli- | cated business, Me. Mayor, to run than it | was to run Dover swhen Dover .consisted of a dozen log cabims. With the growth in wealth and prosperity has come an accen- taatlon of differefices between man and | man -which do harm in twg wAys, which do | harm ‘when they make one man atrogant, which do equal harm when they make an- other man envious. Road to Salvation. Out ‘salvation now, as ih the old days, lies in the practical applying of principles that in theory we admit to be the only principle nu*urd‘.'ll fo whieh it ie possibie 10 administer this republic. "The principle of treating with man on his worth as man is the principle of recognizing facts as they are, of recognizine our material needs and therefore the absolute necessity to the prosperity which must satisfy these | material needs, ‘and of recognizing further that nothing is to be hoped for from people who are coutent only to0 satisfs. their ma. terial needs. 1f we have not got it in us the lift toward righteousness, the lift to scmething more than material needs, pros- perity will be a curse instead of a blessing. I don't care how honest a man is If he is timid He 1s of very litfle in the world u have got to have courage as well a honesty. 1 don’t care how brave and hon- est a man is If he is a natural born fool you can do little with him. (Applause.) President in Maine. PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 26.—President Roosevelt came into Maine this afternoon after having visited many places in the other New England states and before his departure tomorrow ulght he will have visited every congressional district in the state, the principal city in each district {and the home. city of each of Maine's | United States senators. At evety stopping | place along the line ‘a great ¢rowd had | gathered, and the president was accorded a genuine Down Bis greeting. At Old Orchard, where thefirst.stop was made atter crossing the state, line, thousands of people from York and dower Cumberland countles had gathered. The halt was for only twenty minutés, but the president, after recolving a. tumyltuows . greeting, spoke bri€fly- before ‘the Jourmey. whs con- tinued. The president addressed: hls opening re- marks to several Grand ¥ veterans who were present and spoke.of Maine's record in the civil war: for the way her sons bore themsalyes in war. Since then and now she 18 @.lesson to us because of the high average of citi- zenship that shows within her borders, and I thivk it is the same reason in on e as in the other. The fact, I8 that here on the whole you have remafned true to the old American theory of treating each -man as to his worth as a man without regard to his_position. Now, you over there (pointing). He was in the great war. When you went to war and moved into battle you took immense interest in what the man on your right | hand and on your left did, but you-did not iho least wheilier tliey weip ba lumbermen. or farmers or what If they stayed “put” (cries of “That is right'). That Is what you wanted (cries of God ‘bless you"). What you wanted to know was whether the right kind of stuff was In him, if he had you were, fgr him nd if he did not you were not for him. ou have got to have the same principle in”citisenship, . You have got: 1o apply the same principlé in civil life that you made In those days Maine was a lesson to ail a success in the days when you fought be- cause the nation calied you in. her direst need. ‘When the train left for Portland Senator 'William P. Frye had-joined 'the party. Greeted by Naval Reserve: It was just after 2 when the presidential party reached here. As the train arrived at Union etation, a salute of' twenty-one guns was, fired by the Portland naval re- serves. President Roosevelt was met by Mayor Boothby and was Introduced to a delegation of citizens, including Thomas B. Reed, Judge Willlam L. Putnam, Judge Claren Hale, ex-Governor Henry B. Cleaves, General Joshua L. Chamberlain, James H. Baxter and ex-Governor Freder- ick Roble. The president was escorted to a raised platform just outside the train shed and spoke for fifteen minutes to a crowd that fllled the great squa Compliment to Reed. The president sald: I wish to say a word to you In recogni- tion of the great services rendered, not only to all our country, but to the entire people of democratic govefnment lhrnu_fh- gut the world. by orle gf your citizens. The best institutions are nd’ good if they won't work. If you build the handsomest engine and it would not go its usefulness 1is limited. Well, that {s about the way con- gress had become about the time Thomas rackett Reed was elected speaker. We had all the machinery, but it did not work. That was the trouble and you had to find some powerful man who wauld disregard the storm of obliquy gure tojbe raised by what _he did, to get It to work. Such a man was found when Tom Reed was ma Spoaker. Now we amuy differymetig our selves as to policy. We may differ among ourselves as to what course the govern- ment should follow, but if ‘we possess any intelligence we must.bé & unit. If govern- ment cannot go on it is:fib government. If the legislature cannot enact laws, then there is no use of mis naming it a leg! tive body and if aceording to principle the majority 18 to rule, .some method by which it can rule must be.provided. Government by the majority in Gongress had practically come to & stop when Mr. ‘Reed 'became speaker. Mr. Reed, at the rost of infinite labor, at the cost of the fiercest attack, succeeded in restoring that' old “prineiple and now through congress we can do well or {Il; according as the people demand.’but at any rate we can do something. We will be that much ahead and we owe it more than to any other one man to your fellow citizen, Mr. Reed, and it is & great thing for the cauntry, a great thing for Any man fo.be able to feek that in some ome crisis he lert his mark deeply scored for good In the history of his country, and Tom Reed Bas the right to that: feeling. Kind Words for Veterans. Now, & word or two more, I was greeted here not only by your mayor, not only by other men standing high, but by you, gen- eral (turning te Géreral Joshua L Cham. berlain), to whom it was given ‘at the supreme moment of the war ta win the supreme reward of & soldier. All honor to the man and may we keep ourselves from envylng, because to you came te supreme 00d fortune of winning the medal of honor or mighty deeds done in the mightiest battle that the nineteenth century sa Gettysburs. 1 see everywhere I°stop men who In the times that tried the nation's worth rose level to the nation's need and offered up life gladly to the nation's altar. men who fought in the great giyll war from 1861 to 136. They taught us mucn by thelr lif: in wartime and they have taught us as much by their life ever since. They were soldiers when, we needed sol- diers, and they were of the very best kind, and when the need ‘was for citizenship in civil lfe the shewed us they could give the highest kind of citizenship. Not merely did they give us a reunited country, not { merely did they leave us the memory of the great deeds they did. to be forever after an inspiration to us, but they left us the memory of the way the desd was done. All the time, gentlemen, we have people— often entirely well meaning—-who will rise up and tell us that by some patent devise we can all be saved in citizenship or in soctal lfe. Now, general. and you, and you (pointing), who wear the button, when you came down to the root of things In | wartime you had to depend upon the quail. ties “of manhood which had made good soldiers from the days when the chfidren of lstael marched out of Eevpt, 'Rifies now. Ingtead -of bows then: but {he man behind the rifie iy more important than the rifle ftself . At 4:30 the president” hoarded his traln aud the party was off for lewiston five minutes later. TROOPS TO PROTECT BOERS Btrong Foros is Hurriedly Despatohed to Western Transvaal. ARMED NATIVES INCLINED TO TROUBLE Boers Returning Unarmed to Their Farms Are at the Merey of the Colored Tribes, Makin Situation Precarious. JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 26.—~A strong torce of British troops has been dispatched 1o the western border of the Transvaal, ostensibly to relleve troops ordered (o India, but it is currently reported that this #tep is taken owing to disturbances among the natives. Rumors are also current here of an intention to annex or establish a protectorate in Swaziland, where a strong force of constabulary s mow posted. A recent dispatch from London thus quoted one of the foremost South African authorities: “Among the immediate dangers in the Transvaal, native attacks on Boers returning to their farms and other assaults are threatening to lead to serious conflicts between Boers and blacks. A great number of blacks in the country have managed to secure arms. There Is therefore the anom. olous situation of unarmed whites and armed blacks living in proximity on outlying tarms."” Natives of the Transvaal have been re- ported as wandering about the country armed with rifles. In an article published August 23 in the Vienna Fremdenblatt General Botha was credited with saying: “The civilization of South Africa is threatened by the Kffirs. England armed these tribes to fight for her, and now the war le ended the Kafirs have not returned their arms, but have retrqated with them to Inaccessible places in the mountains, where they are reported to be engaged in dally shooting exercises and preparations for war. Unpless the English authorities display the greatest energy the Kaffirs are likely to cause great trouble.” Swaziland 1s Inhabited by a warlike Kafir race and lies to the east of the Trs al. The western front of the Transvaat is formed by Bechuananland, which is inhabited chiefly by the Kafir race of the Bechuana: COMPLICATIONS OVER CANAL Rebel Leader Issues Proclamation Concerning the French Franchise, ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The proclama. tlon just issued by General Uribe-Uribe, one of the leaders of the revolutionary forces in Colombla, urging his followess to continue the warfare agalnst the govern- ment forces until 1904, when, he declares, the franchise of the Panama Canal com- pany will be invalid and negotiations can be carried onm directly between Colombia and the United States, is regarded with considerable interest in Uentrai ana South American diplomatic quarters here. The officials of the Colomblan legation {n Wash- ington admit that the six years' extension to the Panama company's franchise, granted by former President San Clemento, s open to a question of legality, for the reason that, while it was approved by the Colom- blan cabinet, it was not ratified by the Colombian congress. Indeed, it is stated here, the proposed extension was not even submitted to the, Colombian congress, the cquntry being then In a dlsturbed condi- tion, which precluded a calling together of that body. However, Colombian officials here point out that the questioned extension of time has nothing whatever to do with the present negotiations between the United States and Colombia in regard to the canal. No one in Colombla, they state, questions for a moment the valldity of the franchise up to 1904, The intervening time they con- sider ample for the clearing of title by the French company, and the transfer of its rights to the United States government. The extension of the franchise, they claim, will not enter into the matter at all. The officials are inclined to scoff at the 1d that a revolution of sufficient strength to prevent the government from carrying out its plans in regard to the canal can be kept up until 1904, Senor Concha, the Colomblan minister here, has furnished the officials at Bogota with & number of modifications which Se retary Hay has proposed in the terms of the canal treaty. These modifications, it is atated here, have not been received with disfavor at the Colomblan capital and the officials are confident that they will be agreed to. The Colombian legation tonight received a cablegram from Bogota corraporating pre- vious official reports announcing the paci- fication of the interior of the country, and aleo glving Minlster Concha further de- talled instructions regarding the canal treaty. The dlspatch says the iuterior of Colombla is now entirely at peace and that there s nothing left of the revolution, save on the Isthmus of Panama and a small force of the revolutionilsts in the state of Magdalena. The latter, according to the latest official advices, is giving the Bogota government no uneasines: About 10,000 men are being dispatched to the isthmus and probably 1,000 of them will be detailed to cope with the situation in Magdalena. It is eaid that someé sharp action may shortly be taken by Colombla as the result of reports that the rebel gunboats are coal- ing and recelving arme and ammunition at the Nicaraguan port of Corinto. LOCALIZATION OF INDUSTRIES Certain Towns Practieally Monopelize Main Lines of Manu. faet; WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The census buresu today {ssued a bulletin on the lo- calization of industries, which shows that, measured by the value of products, more than 85 per cemt of the collar and cuff manufacture is carried on in Troy, N. Y.; more than 64 per cent of the oyster can- ning industry in Baltimore, Md.; more than 54 per cent of the manufacture of gloves in the adjoining cities of Glovers- ville and Johnstown, N. Y.; more than 48 per cent of the coke manufacture in the Connellsville district, Pa.; more than 47 per cent of the manufacture of brassware in Waterbury, Conn.; more than 45 per cent of the manufacture of carpets in Philadelphia, Pa.; more than 45 per cent of the manufacture of jewelry in Provi- dence, R, 1, and the adjoining towns of Attleboro and North Attleboro, Mass.; more than 36 per cent of the silverware manufactured in Providence, R. more than 35 per cent of the slaughtering and meat packing industry In Chicago, Il more than 32 per cent of the manufactu of plated and britannia ware in Meriden, Cona.; more than 24 per cent of the agri- cultural implement industry in Chicago and more than 24 per cent of the silk Industry in Paterson, N. J. The number of wage earners engaged in slaughtering and meat packing in South —_—— New Germ Destroyer. Dr. King's New Discovery kills consump- tion and grip germs. Cuges coughs, colds and lung troubles or o pay. b0c, $i. Omaha, Neb., constitute 90 per cent of the total number employed in all industries in the city during the year. The iron and steel industry formed 89 cent of all the Industries in McKees- P port, Pa.; the pottery industry, §7 per cent in East Liverpool, O.; the fur hat in- dustry, 86 per cent in Bethel, Conn.; the glass industry, 81 per cent in Tarentum, Pa.; the cotton goods industry, 80 per cent in Fall River, Mass.; the boot and ehoe industry,« 77 per cent in Brockton, Mass.; the silk manufacture, 76 per cent in West Hoboken, N. J.; the glove manufacture, 75 per cent in Gloversville, N. Y.; the jewelry manufacture, 72 per cent in North Attle- boro, Mass.; the oollar and cuff industry, 69 per cent in Troy, N. Y. CONCERNING ORDER TO MILES Explanation s Made at War Depart- ment of Delay in His De- parture. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. — President Roosevelt's order to General Miles to visit the Philippines reached the War department in the mail today. General Miles is in- structed to ‘proceed about September 15 to the Philippines to inspect the army there with reference to instruction, discipline and supplies.” It is the understanding that in that ca- pacity, though of superior rank, General Miles will not Interfere in any way with cither General Chaffee or his successor, General Davis, in the direction of the army in the Philippines. He will critically ex- amine the conditions as he finds them, de- voting his attention entirely to matters of army administration and not to political affairs, and the results of his work will be embodied in & set of reports. Tt is belleved here that he will be ac- companied by at least two members of his staff, namely, Lioutenant Colonel Whtney and Colonel Reber, the latter his son-in-law. Colonel Maus, who Is the inspecting officer of the staff, also may accompany General Miles 1f his health, which Is somewhat im- paired at present, permits. It developed that General Miles applica- tion to go to the Phillppines was of com- paratively recent date, and was in no way connected with his application of several months ago. When the first application was made it was coupled with certain sugges- tions as to terminating the war, and Secre- tary Root's refusal to grant the first re- quest was based largely upon these phases of the application. In view of this it is un- derstood that General Miles restricted his eesond application so as to make the trip one for purely military purposes. Although the text of the application was not given out at the War department, it 1s sald that one of its features is a request that the return from the Philippines be by way of the eastern route. As the application is approved, General Miles will return by this route, which will fosure his visiting Europe on his way back to America. It 1s expected that Mrs. Miles will accome pany the general to the Philippines and it may be that his married daughter, who s the wife of Colonel Reber, one of the gen- eral's aldes, also will accompany the party. The general will return tomorrow from his New England trip, when his plans will be more fully made known. NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Major General Nelson A. Miles came to New York this afternoon from Sandy Hook, where he had been attending a meeting of the ordnance board of the army. The general declined to talk about thée situation in the Philip- pi g! has b in the papers about that already. THINKS KLONDIKE A FROST nadians’ Representative Cold Water on Invest- ments. Throws WASHINGTON, Au 26.—The golden star of the Klondike is on the wane, ac- cording to the report of George 'H. Hées, Wwho recently was sent to Dawson by the Canadian Manulfgcturers’ assoclation.: to make a thorough examination into the business prospects of the Yukon territory. The State department teday made public a communication from United States Con- sul Brush at Niagara Falls, dated August 8, giving some of the principal features of Mr. Hees' report. Mr. Hees points to the fact that the total yleld of the Kilondike last year was $24,000,000 and that the pro- duction of the coming year will not, ac- cording to government estimates, exceed $14,000,000, a falling off of nearly one-half. Moreover, no new discoveries have been made for over a year, although since 1897 thousands of prospectors have been explor- ing every creek and mountain in the coun- try. At Dawson Mr. Hees reports ten ap- plicants for every job, yet boatload after boatload of men continues to arriv: Major Richard E. Thompson, acting chief of the signal office of the War department, recelved a telegram today announcing that the army telegraph line between Fort Li: cum, at Port Valdez, and Fort Egbert, at Bagle City, Alaska, which has been in the course of construction for nearly two and & half years, has been opened. This will be welcome intelligence to officers of the signal corps, for now all that is needed to open communication with Yukon terri- tory is the successtul installation of the wireless system, for which contracts have been let. General Randall, commanding the Depart- ment of the Columbia, who has just re- turned to the Pacific coast from Alaska, has Informed the War department that the progress making in the construction of the army post at Haines' mission in Alaska is not sufMiclently rapid to permit of its oc- cupation this winter. Therefore he bas de- cided to keep the troops mow In that sec- tion at Skagway. ARMY IS TRYING NEW SIGHT Makes Special Experl ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The army ord- pance bureau is experimenting at several army posts with a new type of rifle teles- coping sight. The new sight is known as the Longfield sight, and Is attached to the rifle, running parallel with the barrel. The bureau aleo has sent out to the Phil- ippines a consignment of bolo bayonets, which are in demand among the troops there, who believe the curved weapon to be wuperior to the etraight weapon in a hand- to-hand fight. The troops have found difi- culty in withdrawing the straight bayonet once it has become embedded. The cavalry- men want to try detached bolo bayonets for cutting through underbrush. Colorade Decldes to Take Part. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—A telegram was received at the War department to- day from Governor Orman of Colorado, stating that that state had reconsidered its former decision mnot to participate in the army maneuvers at Fort Riley, Kan., next fall. The governor says that he will be able to dispatch 350 of the Colorado National Guard. Bombarded for Two Days. WASHINGTON, Aug. 206.—Upited States Minister Bowen at Caracas, Venezuela, advises the State department by tele- graph that a government war ship re- cently arriving at La Buayra, reports that for two days it hombarded Ciudad, Bolivia, after which it withdr having ex- hausted its ammunition. Vietims of Astatic Ch: A WASHINGTON; Aug. 26.—The War de- partment today received & dispatch stating that W. B. McCall, of Branch port, N. Y., & clerk in the Manila postofce, died yester- day of Aslatic cholera and that David Buck, formerly of Junction City, Kan., died at Mapils of the same disease August 34 RUSSIA MAKES A THREATE | Minister of Finance Expresses Views en the NATIONS ARE NOT GOVERNED BY JUSTICE Guided by Their Own In Which Event Ru Itselt Free gard Treaty § ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 9-(Corre- spondence of the Associated Press.)—The laet note of M. Witte, the Russian minis- ter of finance, to the forelgn press on the sugar question has not been published in Russia. Among those Russians who have read it in foreign papers, it appears to have caused unbounded astonishment. M. Witte's conviction “that in this question the powers will bé guided by their in- terests and not by what is right,” and his threat in case any Increase of duties is enforced against Russian sugar that “the Russian government will consider Itself free to disregard treaty stipula- tions when it thinks fit,” along with the system of guerrilla tariff warfare he laid down, are considered as outwitting even the Russian finance minister. The Russian crities of M. Witte point out that as the sugar convention will be- come effective after the expiration of most of the Russian ‘eommercial treatles, the finance ministry will be wise not to “take general measures against the powers col- lectively,” but to adopt “measures which will be the most advantageous for Russia fn the special circumstances of each case.” They also point out that about a year ago M. Witte was fulminating threats of what he would do in case Ger- many carried out its tariff policy, threats of which nothing more has been heard.\ Embarrasses Other Russians. Always a subject of lively interest, M. Witte and his financial system and policy have lately more than ever engaged the serious attention of Russian economists and men of affairs generally. They are filled with unconcealed misgivings when they consider the situation of the country atter ten years of his administration and it is expressing matters mildly to say that the possibility of his plunging the coun- try into a series of commercial confiicta has caused downright alarm in wide cir- cles of the Russian public. The anxlety from this source would be intensified were it not suspected that M. Witte s indulging in a bit of bluff. Since M. Witte procured the closing of the fm- perlal free economical soclety after over LOOKING FOR IMAGINARY FOE So ers on the Atlantie Coast Scan Seas and Rush to Arms. NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 28.—~The warm- ing up exercises of the army of the defense in this vicinity become quite brisk today with almost comtinuous target practice | trom daylight to dark, and a general alarm over an imaginary foe this evening. No | leave was given to the men from any one of the three forts defending the entrance to' Narragansett bay. Every gun in Forts Greble and Wetherman, as well as the mortars, was used today. Shortly after 8 o'clock came the roll of the drum and the scurry of troops to the parapets. Almost a dozen searchlights burst forth and began a critical inspection of the channel, while signal lights were used in addition to the telephone in com munication - between the two forts. As only a few belated flshermen were dis- covered running in from sea the game did not seem worth the candle and the troops were recalled. - Searchlight practice was kept up for some time after. The little fiying squadron of torpedo boats arrived early this morning from the eastward. POINT JUDITH, L. I, Aug. 26.—A squad of tweaty-six men from the warships with wireless telegraph instruments and & war balloon arrived here today and encamped. The squad is in command of Lieutenant Cliftord, and e understood to be one of numerous Jike bodies which are being sent to man the most advantageous points for observation in this vicinity in order that the movements of the aggressive fleet In connection with the maneuvers may be quickly ascertained. ¥ NEW LONDON, Conn., Aug. 26.—Major General MacArthur, commanding the De- partment of the Bast, accompanied by all the army officers here, today visited the forts in this vicinity and considered in detall the plan of action and the best methods of thoroughly testing the ef- ficlency of the forts. FISHERS ISLAND, N. Y., Aug. 26.—For several hours after midnight last night the searchlight of the army station at Nepa- tree Point, off Watch Hill, exchanged sig- nals with a light at Fort Trumbull, New London, presumably conveying informa- tion to the army officers regarding the war’ game between the army and navy, which is to begin next Friday at mid- night. Summer residents of this {sland have for weeks been déeply interested In the plans for the maneuvers'and the presence of a camp of artillerymen, among whom the strict @iscipline of actual wartime is al- reidy enforced, has of late added to tha Interest: “From a hill' road near the cen- ter of the island It is possible to look 100 years of homored activity, his eritics have been largely silenced except in pri- vate conversation and in foreign publica- tions. Lately, however, they have taken courage. The official report of Russia's foreign trade for the first months of 1902 shows the American importations to be virtually the same as in 1900, apparently indicat- ing that Russian buyers have become fully convinced it is better to buy American machinery in spite of the discriminating duty against it. ‘The comparative fgures for 1900, 1901 and 1902 are respectively 8,980,000, $7,158,000 and $8,918,600. In the meantime German and British imports have fallen, their figures belng $34,061,500, $32,216,500 and $30,207,000 and $15,064,000, $14,317,000 and $10,894,000. The whole importations have continued falling, 80 that the share of America is relatively larger than in 1000. The exportations continue to increase. LIMITATION STATUTE VOID United States Court of Appeals De- clares Colorado Law in Violation of the C itution, ST. PAUL, Minn,, Aug. 26.—Judge San- born of the United States court of appeal in deciding the case of Aaron Keyser against John W. Lowell, brought here on an appeal from the circult court of the United States for the district of Colorado, held that the Colorado statute of limitation s vold and in violation of the constitution of the United State: The case dates back to 1885, when the plaintiff recovered judgment against the de- {‘endlnl in the Utah courts. In 1901 action pon the judgment glven in 1885 was begun and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintift for $9,052.61. When the judgment was obtained the cause of action was barred by the Colorado statute of limitation. Judge Sanborn's decision was very lengthy and re- verses the decislon of the lower court. PUTS PUPILS ON THE BOTTLE Chieago Will Require School Ch| to Bring Thelir Drinking Water \ with Them. CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Because of the poor condition of the city water the Board of Bducation decided today that it would be necessary to shut off the water supply from all of the public schools when they open next Tuesday. The committee having the matter under conmsideration hopes that the water can be improved before the schools ppen, but if this cannot be done the water will be shut off. Pupils desiring a drink of water during school hours will be com- pelled to bring a bottle of bolled water from their homes, or go without. An unlimited use of the er would, the members of the board fear, cause an epidemic of typhold fever among the pupil CAPTAIN DISAPPEARS AT SEA Probably Attacked by Vertigo While Over the Rafl Fell Overboard. NEW YORK, Aug. 26—Captain C. W. Phillips, com! anding the Panama Rall- road company’s steamship Advance, dis- appeared at sea on August 21, during the voyage of that vessel from Colon to this port. He was 62 years old and resided in Brooklyn. It was thought on board that while leaning over the rail he was at- tacked by vertigo and fell into the s Among the passengers who arrived om Advance was H. A. Gudger, United Btates consul at Panama DELAYS OPENING OF SCHOOLS as Puplls Without Textbooks on TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 26.—State Superin- tendent Nelson said tonight it was prob- able that the opening of Kan schools would have to be postponed next month on account of the inability of the Ameri- can Book company to furnish books. The company has a contract with the Sta Text Book commission which it has been prevented from fulfilling by a temporary injunction {ssued by a court here. down ‘upon the military reesrvation and observe the bustle of activity within, but no near approach-to the fort is permitted. Major Genmeral MacArthur, commanding the Department of the East, has arrived here, accompanied by General Harrison and his personal staff. The general declined to be_interylewed regarding the army's part in the war maneuvers. He ajd how- ever, that all the detalls would be perfected Just - as quickly possible and that the army. would, give & good account of itselt n the game of war INVESTIGATE STRANGE DEATH Pollce Can Find No Trace of the Body FARMS VERSUS RAILROADS Seven Por Oont Profit. in Farming, While Railronds Make Average of 5 Per Oent. COMPARISON THAT 1S - INTERESTING Shows Why Nebraska Farma Are in Great Demand and Why No More Rallrol Are Being Co stracted In the State. (Issued Under Authority of the Railroads of Nebra#ka.) This is a compatison that has been sug- gested by many of fhe bowntry press, and as it s a fair question to be asked, we bave been able to compile tha fgures aftér considerable research. s No better ‘estimate of the-value of Ne- braska rallromds can be uhed than the figures presented to the stockholders of the varlous ralirona companies by the officers of the roads in their annual Teports It is not probab)l t they would under- value the value of the property’ of the company in .that instamce. ‘From these ofolal reports the average value of a mile of railroad in Nebraska 18 $36,079, and from that investment the average net earnings in Nebraska in.1900 was $2,040, out of which sum $203.15 whe pald for taxes; leaving the sum of $1,836.85 as the net revenue, out of which Interest or dividends were paid. With this sum of money the investor could have purchased 740 acres of land at $50 per acre, a sum over tem times the average that improved land Is returned for In Nebraska for taxation (I.e., $3.47 In 1900), and the following would have been the results if only the average crop wi raised, which the census feturns, or those of the “Bureau of Labor and Industrial Btatistics,” report of that year for the state of Nebraska. It planted .in the following - crops the figures would be as follows, taking the State Bureau of Statistics” figures as being corroct: T40 acres carn . 1 110" 0084 “HT 514 T8 740 acres wheat 16, . 1840 . 520 00 0 acres hay., 188100 1021 .16 538 15 For a period of twenty-fiye years the value of the ¢orn crop In Kansas has aver- aged $7.31 per acfe, and:in 1895 the Finan- cial Chronicle’ édthplled” statistics - which showed that for thAt year the dverage value of the corn crop In the United ‘States was $6.01, and of wheat $6.99 per acte, which confirms the above figures, dnd is a banner ¢ofn’state, the ‘Kune is low enough on that crop. . To ralse a orop -of wheat the onty relfable data that could be secured 'was from'the State Board of Agriculture of Kansas, From & compilation of 'reports from 120 farms and nineteen years' experlence they give the cost of production of wheat as follows, per acre: & e cost of plowing (or disking’ verage cost of harrowing . Average cost of seed and sesding. Ayerage cost of harvesting. stacl or Even of the Place Where Man Died. CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Peculiar circum- stances surrounding the reported death of Philetus Jones, represented a Boston millionaire engaged in a large real estate deal dn:Ohicagoy came to the notice of the police today. Notices in last Saturday's papers told of the sudden death of Mr. Jones of heart disease at the residence of a neph in Astor street, but neither the name of the nephew nor the street numbe! was given. The police have found no one here who knew Mr. Jon excepting John A. I Lee, through whom, as ‘agent, Mr. Jones was reported to be negotiating the purchase of certain property. From. Mr. Lee it bas been learned that the body has been shipped to Boston, but no record of the death can be found In the health d partment offices here nor have the officials issued a permit for the removal of the body from the state. Lee says that Mr. Jones was accompanied by a nephew, Mr. Alton by name. Leé says that an agree- ment to purchase the property was signed by Jones within a specified time and that on August 23 he recelved a note from Alton announcing the death of Jones, that the body would be taken to Boston and that after 'the funeral he, Alton, would returl and complete the purchase. The police learned that the house at 142 Astor street, in which Lee said Jones lived, had been sqld recently by the for- mer owners to a stranger. The doors and windows of the hou ere locked, and it bore every evidence aving been closed for the summer. Neighbors sald they did not know the new occupants of the house, but they were positive no funeral had beeg held there and no body had been taken awdy, unless it had been done secretly. The detectives will investigate further the sale of the Astor street residence, and if it shall be found to have been sold to Jones, it may be broken {nto and searched. Dr. Thomas, an attorney, claims that Lec was indebted to. him for money loaned, legal fees and office rent, and to satisfy this debt Lee had assigned to Thomas $1,100 of a commission to be received in the Jones' real estate deal. The police have & theory that “Phijetus Jones” is & myth. Lee is nearly 70 years of age and Is sald to be a member of the Lee family of Vir. ginia. For eight years in that state he served as a judge of the circult court. BOSTON, Aug. 26.—The name Philetus Jones does mot appear In the Boston or Cambridge directories nor the state dl- rectory. KENTUCKY TO BLOCK MERGER Governor Beckham s Com: Called to Take Preveative Action Al »t Road FRANKFORT, Ky, Aug. 26.—The state raliroad ‘commission will be called to- gether eurly next week to investigate the proposed merger ‘of the Loulsville & Nash ville and Southern rallway by the Morgan interests. This action will be taken at the suggestion of Governor Beckham, who addressed a letter to Chairman McChord of the commission today, calling his at- tention to the persistent rumors of the merger. The goverdor asks that the fn- vestigation be made in order that he may take steps to forestall the merger If the commission - finds that ome is proposed. Section 81 of the Kentucky constitution probibits parallel or competing lines of raliroads, telegraphs, telephones or com- mon ecarriers: from combining their capital stock, This section has been upheld by the supreme court of the state and under its provisions Governor John Yousg Brown prevented the merger of the Loulsville & Nashville and the old Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern road & few years ago. A BGCBEERS Guaranteed Pure. None So Good. Order from H. May & Company [ (or shocking) Average cost of in car Avers terest on tools . ced .l with P 1nt|n planter, lowing A e s Hna tel of tool Total . Thus {t would seem that the “following net result would dccrye from the average farm of 740 acres, if properly conducted in the year 1900 in Nebraska: 1‘ Net eceipts 40 acres whent, Gross Operatin FRCTR G0 1.0 6 10 e Ty et I MAAD o000 T8 or an average of $42,640.40 net recelpts, if the three crops had been planted. In the foregoing figures we do not credit the farm production with the average value of the wheat straw (80 cents per acre), or cornstalks and fodder (§1.14 per acre), which would bé an additional profit, It esti- mated. In Nebraska improved lands were re- turned for taxation At an average of $8.47 per acre In 1900. This figure would ‘make it appear that this land woyld have been essed at $2,467.80 ‘that year, end as the average rate of taxation was $4.27 pef $100 in 1900, the tax colleetéd ~ would - have amounted to $105.37. The' comparisoh would figure as below: . . e Fosnt’ | NetTimx Net o investea . " &:’;‘n hoads du,m.m $203:1591,836.85. 10 in farms £,640.40 106.37 2,685.08 4 it certainly does not show_ that the farmer has the worst of I “ 2 The rallroad fnvestor ii 1800 averaged 6 per cent on his investment in Nebraska. The tarm invesfor fn 1900 avefaged 7 per cent on his Investmént in Nebraska. - The raflroad investor paid nearly twice as much tax as the farmer. HOTEL EMPIRE BMle and 634 St, N. Y.City Vireprout Moderate Ra Bstemstve Librar Criiagigh Sogie very yeaing b o STEIEHTS Bovem . onugn' diaing H ! aing Hotel PP e e oy DifiwER, 1, T T P, s e e—p— AMUSEMENTS, ROYAL ITALIAN it o | BAND Fifty-five Musiclans. Twenty Sololsts, VERY Al RNOON and EVENIN: LE ’o‘:grocl g 15 o'clock. AT AUDITORIUM PAVILION, Fifteenth and pitol Ave. WUSIGAL | FESTIVAL CAVALIERE EMILIO