Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1903, Page 1

” XE b‘ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JU OMAHA, BREWER ON LYNCHING Justion of Buproms Oourt Disonsses the Evil and Tts Remedy, CONDITIONS REQUIRE PROMPT ACTION Moving Canse of Most Lynohings Naturally Rouse Resentment of Men, MO8 VIOLENCE BRUTALIZING ANTIDOTE Oonfidence Should Be Restored in Orderly Motbods of Punishment. COURT'S DELAYS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE Avoentes the Ellmination of Tech- wlealittes and Gr NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Associate Justice David J. Brewer, of the supreme court of the United States contributed to Leslies’ Weekly an article on ‘“The Crime of Lynohing,” in which ho says: Our government revently forwarded to Russia & petition In respect to alleged at- rocities committed on the Jews. That efnment, as might have been expect nwilling to hinve its internal affairs & mi er of conmideration by other government: deslined o receive the petition. — If. in- #toad of so doing, It had replled that it d put & stop to all such atrocities when this government puts a stop to Iypohings, what could we have said? t In well to lovk the matter fairly in the fuue, any §ood men join in these up- orrified at the atrocity of the nd eager for awift and summary unishment. “Of course they violate the w themselves, but rely on public sentl- ent behind them to escape punishment. of theso lynchi are accompanied y the horrible barbarities of savage tor- fure and al that can be said in paiiiation in ! troeity of the oftenses which led up to them. = For a time they were con- fined largely to the South, but that sec- ton of the country o longer has a monopoly. The chief offense which causes those Iynchings has been the rupe of white women by colored men. No words can le found 0o strong to describe the atrocity of such & erime. It is no wonder that the community is excited. Men would disgrace their manhood if they were not, and If a few lynchings had put a stop to the of- fonse, woolety might have condoned such breaches of it laws; but the fact is, if we may credit the reports, the crime, in- stead of diminishing, is on the increase. The black beast (for only a beast would be lity of wuch an offense), seems to be not loterred thereby. More than that, as might expected, lynching for such’ atrocious grimed 1s no longer confined to them, but s ing resorted to for other offenses. Whst Ci Be Don What can be done to stay this epidemic ot lynchiag? One thing is the establish- ment of a greater confidence in the sum- and certain pu nt of the crimi- are X s = uw:ulm‘l de- o results. t ey doubt the Integrity of the judsca. it ¢ that the law abounds with tachni es and that appellate courts will often reverse a judgment of convic- - of sugh rules, notwith- atan, a_full bellef in the gullt of the wyuje ly an hed the inducement to lynch would taken away. n “an address ivered before the American still bflm-'l:‘ I:Il° v.vbdoT in eriminal court. In Bogland the rule has been that there ‘Was no ap| in eriminal cases, although r question of doubt might be reserved by he iding judge for the consideration brethren. lon. Ba. J. u - ation, told me that only two cases were Does anyone doubt that administered by the En #0_reversed. {ustice was, fully h courts? Clatms Ext, tion, It is said In extenuation of lynching In ease of rape that it is an additional cruelty 1o the unfortunate victim to compel her £0 g0 upon the witness stand and in t! presence of a mixed audience tell the story of her wrongs, especially when she may be subject 10 Ccross-examination by over- sealous counsel. 1 do not belittle this mat- ter, but it must be remembered that often the unfortunate victim never lives to tell the story of her wrongs, and if she does survive she must tell {t to someone, and the whole community knows the fact, Even in the court room any high minded judge stay counsel from any unnecessary mination, and finally if any Wy ould attempt it, the community may treat him as an outcast. T can but Sning that it the communit felt that the would certainly r unish. gnl he deserves and receive it lo:n. l‘h ling of lynching would soon disappear, and the gathering of which mea often the destruction of jalls and other W’. and -mo loss of {gnocnet lives, ul ity ish in number. One is certain, the tendency of cflu to. ui ine respect for the w, and unless i checked we need not astonished if it be resorted to for all kinds of offenses and oftentimes nnucent men sulfer for wrongs committed by others. Mouses in St. Louls, Alton and Sur- rounding Sections Are Shaken. 16—-An earthquake at 3:54 this morning. the residents of Alton thought the powder had exploded and an explosion had occurred the lend works. The shock broke a of plastering loose in the main suditorfum of the Methodist church on Bixth street. At Eust Alton bricks wero shaken from several chimneys and glass ‘broken in several windows. From the best fnformation the shock lasted nearly eight seconds. ST, LOUIS, Aug. 16.—An earthquake shock which lasted for several seconds was dintinetly felt in all parts of St. Louts early this morning. So marked was the sesimatic @isturbance that many slumbering residents of the city jumped from their beds ip fright and walted trembiingly for other and #reater shocks, but they did not matertalize. According 1o those who felt the disturb- ance the shock took place at 3:53. All agree that it was & jar rather than a trembling of the earth, but so violent was its nature that houses shook at their foundations as Wough they were momentarily to totter and fall. No damage has been reported. RABBIS HOLD CONVENTION | Question of Education of Jowish Children Ome of Things Constdered. PHILADELPHIA. Aug 16.—The first Business session of the second annual con- wention of the United Orthodox rubbis of America was held here today. Rabbi Yoffs. Brookiyn, presided. The session was only publie one during the convention, and was devoted to the question of estab- Bahing sparate schools for Jewish children B executive commitiee tonight the conven- Ton appointed & comumittes 1o draft a sys- t-matic method of teaching Jewish chil. @ron. Delogates from every section of the Wity wd Caseds i ke Bblendance A | Vesuvius somewhat increased today. CYCLONE DOES GREAT DAMAGE Breaks Upon Yucatan Coast Terrific Fury and Wrecks Plantations MERIDA, Yucatan, Aug. 16.—The effects of the tropical cyclone In this city and over a widespread area are terrible wind commenced In the early hours of the night and although everybody had been prepared for the gale in consequence of warnings given sometime before, punic had quickly seized the community. The terrible destruction wrought overthrew the anticipated calm. The wind increased in velocity and soon It was tearing up trees by the roots, blowing roofs away and de- stroying houses and plantations. Great damage was done in a very short time. Naturally the cyclone was more terrible along the coast. Great efforts were made to save small vessels but to no avall and twenty of these lying in the path were cast upon the shore. Among other damage done by the cyclone was the destruction of hun- dreds of bales of cotton which were on the docks at Progresso ready for shipment. POWERS. ARE UNPRECEDENTED Rosstan % Aneny Comment on the >t Viceroy of, B -4 8T. PETERSBURG, unanimously dilates . powers conferred on Vice JAlexieft, the new viceroy of the Amuritory, and the Kwan-Tung province, was even exceed- ing the authority conferred on the governor general of the Caucasus during an insur- rection and explains the difference as being due to internailonal complications. The newspapers agree that the innovation strengthens the Russian position in the far east and renders immediate action on the spot & more easy matter, The minister of the interfor has allowed the St. Petersburg Vedomosti to resume publication, which had been forbidden for unknown reasons since February 2. LONDON, Aug. 17.—According to a Toklo Qispatch to the Times, the Japanese con- sider Admiral Alexieff, the new viceroy of the Amur territory and the Kwang Tung province, tuelr ablest and most bitter enemy, COREANS GREATLY WORRIED Fear the Ultimate Outcome of Ri- valry Between Japan and Ru 4—The press enormous LONDON, Aug. 17.—The Peking corre- spondent of the Times, telegraphing from Seul, August 13, describes the situation there as the outcome of the Russian-Japan- ese rivalry as very serious and the exten- sion of Russian activity into Corea as most ominous. Corea, he says, is inevit- ably destined to be the fleld where the great problem of Russlan or Japanese supremacy in the far east wlll be solved. At present, Corea is exceedingly anxious, fearing its future as an independent em- pire is gravely menaced, and that reasons only too well founded lead to the belief that Jepan, in order to restore the balance of power .disturbed by Russian aggression in Manchuria, may quickly occupy Corea. The correspondent adds that the domes- tic concerns of Corea are falrly prosperous. The reports of a great influx of Japanese are incorrect, but Japan retains and is in- creasing its commercial predominance. ISTHMUS WANTS THE CANAL Petitions for Ratificatio: Being Forwarded ‘Bogota. ot Treaty to PANAMA, Aug. 16.—The following tele- gram In favor of the canal was sent this afternoon: The' Vice President of the Republic, Bo- gota.—Numerous munieipalities request congress to approve the Hay-Herran treaty, which signifies the salvation of the isthmus. 1 am .nd]nfi by mall the orig- inal petition. Inform house of representa- tives, the senate and publish. (Signed) ETRIO BRID, President of the Municipality of Panama. Nearly all the municipalities of the isth- mus have answered favorably the request of the municipal council here to send a petition to congress in favor of the ratifi- cation of the canal treaty. HARTY CONFERS WITH POPE New Archbisho, © d Pontiff Discuss mditions in Philip- pines. ROME, Aug. 16.—~The pope at § o'clock this afternoon recelved at a private audi- ence in his apartment Archbishop Harty, ‘Who was yesterday created archbishop of Manila, with whom he spoke at length on the situation in the Philippines. The pope sald the efforts of the clergy toward the pacification of the archipelago and the triumph of Catholicism would always re- ceive the warmest support at Rome. Vesuvi NAPLES, Aug. Quieting Down. 16—The eruption of The stream of lava flowing from the crater is divided into two branches. The longer reaches a distance of 2,500 feet in the direc- tion of the village of Ottajano. The other 18 now 2,30 feet toward Pompell. There is | no immediate danger. ALLISON AND CANNON CONFER Prospective Speaker is Nomcom: eative Regarding the Meeting. CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Senator Willlam B. Allison of lowa and Congressman Joseph G. Cannon of Ilinols, slated as speaker of the next house, held a conference at the Auditorium Annex tonight, but neither statesman would discuss the meeting. “I saw Senator Allison, man Cannon, “but there is nothing I can say about our meeting. I am on my way to Nebraska." Senator Allison remalned but a short time in Chicago, and as he did not see any | other politiclan durink his visit it is sur- mised that he came especially for the con- ference with Congressman Cannon. TROLLEY STRIKES A BUGGY Person is Fatally and Three More Are Seriowaly Infured. Oue KANSAS CITY, Aug. 16.—A buggy con- taining four persons was struck and wrecked by a street car on the Electric park line today. Mollle Berens was per- haps fatally hurt, and the following were seriously injured: Ida Cross, George Under- wood, James Goodwin. The motorman and conductor were arrested, but later re- & The | MONDAY MORNIN( AUGUST 17, 1903 SINGLE COPY THREE Retirement of Elihu Root Removes One of Its 8trong Men, GENERAL STAFF BILL HIS MEASURE Was Carried Through Congress by the Indomitable Energy of the Sec retary Who Will Soon Re- + turn to Private Life. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—(8pecial)—The declsion of Secretary Root to leave Presi- dent Roosevelt's official family and to re- sume the practice’of law in New York city does not come as a surprise to those who keep In touch with public events. More than six months ago it was announced on what appeared to be excellent authority that Mr. Root would retire from the cab- inet after the general staff bill had been put into practical operation. Perhaps no man in the public service has labored more zealously for a cause than has Secretary Root for the general staft bill. By force of indomitable energy, per- severynce and sagaclty he beat down all opposition to the measure and finally suc- oceeded In getting the bill through congress. It is true he had valuable assistance In General Corbin, General Bliss, General Bates and others occupying important po- sitions In Washington. At one time sev- eral heads of departments in the war branch of the government objected to the manner in which they would be legisiated out of office and compelled to return to thelr regiments after long service in the CABINET LOSES A LEADER( staff. These objections, however, were met and where injustice was seemingly done these features were corrected, and finally the general staft bill as It now stands upon the statute books was the outcome of tireless and persistent hammering. ‘Was Leader of the Cabinet. Secretary Root when he joined the presi- dent's family and assumed the war port- follo brought to his high office one of the keenest minds that ever filled this impor- tant position. A brillant lawyer, a force- ful speaker and a thorough American he became at once the leader of the cabinet. Like all men of his temperament he ap- peared cold and avstere to the world. This reputation, however, did not deter him a little bit from going ahead and working out the problems that were presented to him as secretary of war. The antiquated methods of doing business in the War department were a source of great irrita- tion to Mr. Root. He saw the War de- partment moss grown and covered with barnacles. He saw men who had never seen service clothed with official power and held in position by family connections, or by mean and servile flattery. This wa: a constant source of irritation to the secre- tary and as rapldly as he could without endangering the work of the department he began a systematic reorganization of the war bureau, Under Secretary Root the War depart- ment has become a wholly different prop- osition. The business of the department is conducted today along business lines. Sentiment has ceased to exist, every{hing about the department is wholly practical. After August 15 -the old ‘ways of doing things will wholly disappear. The general staft will be charged largely with the war branch of the government, and men who have never done staff duty will have a chance of learning the staff and men who have never seen the work of the line will have an opportunity df coming face to face with Tommy Atkins. This amongst other things Is the achlevement of Elihu Root, who will go out of the cabinet after the Christmas holldays. Mr. Root's family does not like Washington. They do not like the official life of the capital. They are unused “to the fetch and carry" idea which prevalls in the soclal life of the city, and the secretary, t0o, who while belng an indefatigable worker, does like his ease and comfort, has agreed with the views of his family and In consequence he will go back to New York and resume the practice of his profession in which he occuples 'so high a position. Some Immigration Statistics. Political economists will never tire of discussing the immigration question. Statesmen throughout the country, find in it quite as fruitful a theme for discussion as the tariff or finance. Although the last congress amended the immigration laws with & view to restricting the number of immigrants, it is equally true that the laws at present in force have utterly falled In this purpose. The tremendous immigra- tion of last year, larger than any preceding year in the history of the country, is a subject of serlous consideration among the thinkers of the nation. Over 80,000 persons of forelgn birth of the immigrant class came to America last year as against 650,000 the year preceding. The fact that the im- migration of the fiscal year just ended exceeds in number that of any preceding year, and that a marked change is apparent in the relative share of the various coun- tries in supplying these immigrants, seems to justify the large consideration that is being given the subject in the public prints. The total recorded Immigration into the United States since the organization of the government 1s, in round numbers, 20,000,000. The number of forelgn-born persons now residing in the United States is more than 10,000,000, and the number of persons of forelgn parentage exceeds 26,000,000, How the Figures Have Grown. Prior to 1820 no records of immigration were kept. Samuel Blodgett, a statisticlan of more than ordinary research and ability, who wrote on this subject in 1806, when the facts In regard to the immigration of that period were fresh In the minds of those haying opportunity to study the sub- ject, expressed the opinion that the immi- gration during the period from 1784 to 179 did pot average more than 4,000 per annum. Seyfert's “Statistical Annals” estimates the arrival of immigrants from 17% to 1810 at an average of 6,000 per year. From 1810 sald Congress- | to 1516 the relations between the United States and Great Britain caused a cessa- | tion of immigration. 1817, however, peace | having been declared, the tide of immigra- | tion s resumed with greater force than er, and in that year the total number {of immigrants arriving was estimated at | over 2,000. The tide of immigration con- tinued to rise from 183 to 1854, when the total number of forelgn-born persons | dropped back a bit over preceding years, but the very next year it was higher than ever before, and 80 it has continued. The Industrial commission in its report for 1899 says upon the question of Immigration “The most influential factor in immigra- tion is the prosperity of the country. The highest number coming to this country in one year was in the exceptionally pros- perous year 18K, when it reached 759,00, after which it declined.” In the decade ending with 190 the total number of arrivals of immigrants was 3844359, Of this number 3,700,%0 were from HIGH WATER CAUSES NO ALARM Kan City is Able to Stand Fifteen Feet More Before it is Dangerous, KANSAS CITY, Aug. 18—Notwithstand- ing the fact that the Khnsas river at this point had risen a foot in the twenty-four hours up to 2 o'closk this afternoon, when it became stationery, and that a further rfse 1s expected tomorrow, no great damage is llkely to result, West of here at Law- rence and Topekn the Kansas river has risen slightly since last night, and at Salina and Junction City its tributarles, the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, are rising at a steady rate and sending thelr waters this way. Most of this water will reach Kansas City within another twenty- four hours, but while a further two-foot rise here is predicted, a fall from that time on is looked for. Traflic between the two Kansas Cities is still suspended, as the temporary pile bfidges are unsafe. A sand scow broke away today, striking the James street bridge, the principal outist bhetween the two cities, knocked several piles loose and rendered that structufe unsate for street cars or vehicles. At the Beit Line bridge the current was so swift that it became necessary to remove a sectlon of the bridge to let the great mass of driftwood through. Fearing a temporary abandonment of some of the railroad yards in the lower part of the bottoms, the Swift Paeking company removed several tons of provisions to this side of the river today. The water must rise fifteen feet before it can reach the plant or the business houses, however, and this is not at ail likely. GIVES GROUNDS OF DEADLOCK Question at Issue Not the Right of Operators to Discharge Employe 3 BCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 16.—District Presi- dent T. D. Nichols of the United Mine Workers, a member of the concillation board, denies that the question of the em- ployers' right to discharge for any reason other than membership in a labor union is the vital question on which the board dead- locked, and which required the appoint- ment of an umpire. The demand of the Rock Mens' union, that its members share in the award of the commission s the main point of dispute, Mr. Nichols says. Other points on which the concillation board is deadlocked are the alleged main- tenance of a “black list” by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation company, and the alleged breaking of an agreement entered into by Coxe Brothers of the Hazel- ton district when their employes returned to work after the lockout which followed the award of the strike commission. Still another point on which there is a deadlock Is over the case of an Individual engineer who worked twelve hours be- fore the award and tem hours now. He claimed the same wage as he earned be- fore. The Mine Workers' representatives on the board claim he is entitled to what he asks and the operator's representatives claim he is not. The settlement of this case will establish an impoftant precedent. President Nichols himself as well satisfied with the a of Commis- sioner of Labor Wright a8 the umpire on the conciliation board. LAYS DOWN RULE FOR CHINESE New Regulation Prescribed for All Who Seek to Enter This Country, WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—A new set of Chinese regulations, prepared by Commis- sioner General of Immigration Sargent, and approved by Becretary Cortelyou of the Department of Commerce and Labor, jurisdiction of the matter of the exclusion of Chinese having been transferred from the Treasury department to the latter de- partment, were made public today and are ready for distribution. These rules desig- nate what Chinese persons are allowed to land at United States ports under the ex- clusion law, together with the ports at which Chinese other than Chinese diplo- mats may land, and name the offic-rs who have been Invested with the power and authority heretofore conferred on collect- ors of customs, glving their stations and Jurisdiction. Conditions are named to which every Chinese person must subscribe seeking ad- mission inte the United States under the provisions of the act of 1302, for the pur- pose of taking part in any fair or exhibl- tion authorized by congress. VETERANS ARE FLOCKING IN Generals M#ics and Black and, mander-ln-Chief Stewart Reach the Ceast. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16—While the formal exercises of the national reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic do not begin until tomorrow, the department was to all intents and purposes opened today with the arrival of General Thomas J. Stewart, commander-in-chlef, on a speclal train bearing 365 members of the different Pennsylvania posts. Other distinguished arrivals today were General Nelson A. Miles and General John C. Black, who i most prominently spoken of as the next commander-in-chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic. Trains arrived all day and late tonight bringing many veterans. The registration bureaus and information booths were be sleged all day. It will be midnight before all incoming trains will have arrived, and on Wednesday, the day set for the parade, it is estimated that there will be 50,000 visitors in the city. Tomorrow the local posts will Inaugurate the encampment with Teceptions to thq veterans. TROLLEY CARS IN A CRASH Two People Fatally a riously Injure oty KANSAS CITY, Aug. 16.—In a rear-end collision of two trolley cars tonight on the Independence-Kansas City line, two per- Several Se- Kansas sons were fatally injured, four seriously | hurt, and half a dozen others sustained | minor bruises and cuts. The seriously injured A Cobb, aged 30, will ai Willle Wood, 16 both legs broken and | badly cut; will die. Minnie Damer, . C. H. Ingalls. Barney Haney. Ed Brown, conduetor, The cars were returning to Kansas City from Forest park and were crowded with passengers. The trolley of the had slipped the wire and while it being replaced the second car, running at a rapld rate, crashed Into the rear end The seriously injured were on the rear platform of the first car, which was badly | making first car INDIANS ARE NOW WORKING Noble Red Men on Pine Ridge Beservation Rapidly Beooming Self-Supporting. RADICAL CHANGE DURING A FEW YEARS Are Becoming Prosperous in Live Stoek and Larger Proportion of Children Are Attending School. RUSHVILLE, Neb., Aug. 15.—(Special.)— Visitors to Pine Ridge agency and reserva- tion this summer, who go from here by stage, have complained that “things are not what they seem,” or words to that effect. A number of them who have ar- rived here on the trains from the east and Jeft In some fear and trembling on the stage coach for the agency have re- turned declaring that the “glory of the noble red man" of which they have read and heard In the east has forever departod. Those who took trips to some of the points fitty or more miles from the agency, where | there are small villages of Indians, admit that they saw much that was picturesque and interesting, including some real In- dians, that is, those who still cling to the blanket and old-time customs. But the agency itself within the last few years, with its schools and churches and other institutions, has in fact become a very civilized place. Even those from this and other towns near the agency who have lived here but a comparatively few years can see that a wonderful change has taken place. It has been recalled a number of times within the Jast few days in connec- tion with the retirement of General Miles that during the winter of 190-1%1 he was here in command of thousands of roldiers, and that it was only after the Indians had for several weeks terrorized the people and in a number of cases pillaged the ranches along the Cheyenne river oast of the Rlack Hills in South Dakota and also along the Nebraska boundary of the reservation, vnd after the affalr at Wounded Knee and sev: eral hot skitmishes, that they were in- duced to come into the agency and at least make a pretense of giving up thelr arms. Guns Not Materianl Now. But while it wvas known then to those well acquainted with the situation uull it was, at jeast to a very large extent, only a pretense, and that the Indlans in fact retained a majority of thelr rifles and am- munition, the fact of their having 100. or 1,000 or any other number of guns Is of no interest today to the people living around the reservation. For the changes Wwhich have taken place since then, and especially since Major Brennan took charge of the agency about five years ago, are so great that there is no longer any possibility of another outbreak so long as the Indlans are treated, both in discipline and in other ways, in a proper manner. Major Brennan was one of the first white men to penetrate into the Black 'Hills, now nearly thirty years ago, and had a number of experiences for years afterwards with hostile and bloodthirsty Sfoux. He also had experience with them later as a frfend, and again in the last troubls of twelve years ago {n helping to get them in to fhe agefcy and protect the property and lives of the white settlers along the Cheyenne.. So that he is peculiarly fitted for the position of agent, and has both the respect and confidence of the Indians. There are now about 400 Indlans work- ing on the reservation building roads and dams, digging irrigation ditches and reser- voirs, and the work is being well done and will be of permanent benefit. The Indians are pald $1.25 per day, or $2.50 per day for man and team, and this money is in lleu of all rations. And as all able-bodied In- dlans are now stricken from the ration rolls during the summer the *noble red man” has at last discovered that he can work just as well and as industriously as the white man. Old Chief Sitting Bull’ sons are now working on dams and ditches, and like all such Indlans have complied with the order to cut oft their long halr. Other Indlans Working. A large number of other Indians are also at work off the reservation, and as thera is not enough work on it to keep all of them busy they are encouraged to find teaming, rallroad and such work. Over 100 of them are employed on the Black Hills division of the Northwestern railroad in various capacities and are glving satis- faction. The roundup & few Wweeks ago showed that the losses during the last winter were unusually large, just as they were oft the reservation. But still the Indians are progressing and growing richer in livestock, those on the Pine Ridge reserva- tion now having about 50,000 head of cattle and about 50,000 head of horses. They are also being taught how to take better care of thelr stock, and therc are regulations for their protection in disposing of them, as well as in slaughtering them for thelr own use. Money Earmed by Them. During June the government paid to the Indians over $125,000 in cash on account of old pony claims, grasing tax, Interest money, from sale of hides, for labor per- formed during May, and for freight and wood delivery. But & very few years ago the only money which would have been pald them would have been for the old claims and interest, and the Indians would all have been idle. The new system of the Indlans work, and making them more self-supporting every year, Is certainly working well on this reserva- | tion, though it was predicted three years | g0 that It could not be put in successful operation among these Sloux. The educational work on the reservation is also progressing rapidly, and it undoubt- edly goes hand in hand with the policy of making the Indlans self-supporting and will materially aid in carrylng it out, There are thirty day schools on the reser- vation, with an attendance of about 500, and the large boarding school at the agency has 52 and the Holy Rosary Mi sion school, four miles away, has 200 pu- il Tost largely attended in the history of the reservation, and was attended not only by reservation school teachers, but by teachers from the Indian schools at Rapid City, Plerre and Chamberlaln. The complaints of visitors from the east who expect to find the old conditions stid | existing, and to possibly have some excit- ing efiperiences during & trip on the reser- vation, are therefore well grounded, at least so far as the Pine Ridge reservation 1s concerned. Grain Shock Da: COLUMBUS, Neb, Aug. 16-—(SBpeclal)— | Threshing has been greatly retarded in { this county by the continuous wet weather. Many fields of rye and wheat in shock are reported to be sprouting and growing, and | ghiy those who managed to get their grain | stacked can feel In any way secure. Oats |are not all harvested yel and they will probably not suffer so much &s ether cropa. od. The institute this summer was the | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER| Fair Portion; Monday and Tuesday Forecast Warmer in . T4 76 77 70 7™ 4 k&l 7 POLITICS AND PROSPERITY Prominent Denver mistie and Says Democrats Will Elect M. E. Smith Governor. i aa [ a7 . 70 ntractor is Optis W. C. Strohm, a prominent contractor of Denver, was in Omaha yesterday, and said of affairs in his state: “Colorado {s fn better condition than it has been for years. The mining industries are Incrcasing rapidly, especially in the reducing of what were hitherto classed as |low grade ores. New processes for re- ducing these ores are being constantly dis- covered, and fortunes will yet be realized from the dump heaps about the mines that have hitherto been looked upon as so much waste. There is a great amount of rail- road buflding belng done in Colorado, and the contractors are all full of work. Den- ver is bullding very rapidly, and the festi- val of mountain and plain to be held there this fall will be the greatest ever given in Denver. “Considerable politics is afloat in Colorado just now. The democrats especlally are very active, and we of that faith figure on electing our candidate for governor this year with & big majority. It looks very much just now, at this ¢istance, that M. E. Smith of Denver, the present chairman of the state democratic committee, will be the nominee of his party for governor, and he will be elected, too" TAKES LONG CHANCE TO ESCAPE Braves Death in Ocean fin Effort to Aveld Trial on Murder Charge. NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Braving Reath in the ocean rather than face trial for mur- der, Herman T. Coates broke from his guards and leaped overboard from the Old Dominfon liner Monroe when two miles oft Sea Girt today. Coates was being brought back to Nanuet, near Spring Valley, Rock- land county, where there fs an indictment against him for the murder of a coachman in 1902. He was In the custody of Charles D, Fisher, a deputy sheriff, and A. N, Smith, chief of police of Buftern, Rockland county, when he made his effort to escape. It was from Fisher that he broke away, and nearly carrying the deputy sheriff with him, leaped from the upper deck, turning a somersault before he hit the water and disappeared from view. A boat was quickly lowered and Coates was rescued and brought aboard. PRISONER DRIVEN TO SUICIDE Was AMdavit Filed Stating Man Kicked w Heaten by Jaile BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 16.—On the strength of a signed statement made by Edward Dorval, chief operator of the Western Union Telegraph company here, to the effect that he was an eye witness to a terrible beating administered to Frank Orloff, the Wyoming stage robber, who led the jail break several days ago, Coroner Egan has ordered an autopsy performed on Orloft's body. Dorval alleges he saw Orloft kicked on the stomach repeatedly in an effort to make him divulge the name of the person who gave him the gun used in the break, until the man's groans and frantic cries for mercy were hushed by insensi- bility. Orloft's body was found hanging in his cell yesterday and it is alleged the prisoner was driven to sulcide by the treat. ment at the hands of the jalers. DENIES REPORT OF NO APPLES Cass County Man Says Crop is Not Entire Fallure by Any D. L. Garrett of Cass county, was in Omaha yesterday and takes exception to the report that the apple crop of Bastern Nebraska is going to be a failure this year. “It is true,” he said, “that the corn crop will not be a very heavy one, but we will produce some of the finest apples down along the Missour! river, and over in the Nemaha valley this year that we have ever grown. There will also be lots of grapes, though not as large a crop as usual, but the deficlency In quantity will be made up in quality. Corn is doing well con- sidering the season, and If the frost will only keep off we will have about a two- thirds crop. Some wheat down in our section went as high as thirty-five bushels to the acre and the quality is of the best. The oats crop was good and the potato crop is going to be a big one.” TO BE BANNER CELEBRATION Froutier Day in Cheye This Year Will Beat Record, Says Wyo- ““'We are going to have some mighty do- ings at Cheyenne next month at the Fron- tier Day celebration,” said Easton Bur- nett of Southern Wyoming yesterday. “There will be the biggest crowd of cow- boys there that has ever been gathered in that section. Roping contests, broncho busting, fancy riding, shooting tourna- ments and a roaring good time generally | will be had. There is some talk of on antelope chase if we can get the antelope, if not we will substitute jack rabbits. Then we will have a coursing meeting that will | bring out some of the best running dogs in Wyoming. There is to be all sorts of fun and If you fellows down here want to have a rattling good time, come up, we will treat you all right. ———— Movements of Ocean Ve Aug. 16, At Kinsale—Passed: Cevic, from Liver- pool, for New York. Zeeland, from At' The Lizard—Passed: New York, for Antwerp. At Dover—Passed: Friedrich der Grosse, from Bremen, for Cherbourg and New York. At Prawie Point—Passed: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam, for Boulogne and New At New York—Arrived: Bluecher, from Hamburg, Southampton and Cherbourg; Columbia, from Glasgow and Moville. At Bt Michaels—Arrived: Cambroman, trom Boston, for Naples and Genoa. At Moville—Arrived: Parisian. from Mon- treal and Quebee, for Liverpodl, and pro- ceeded. 4 At St. Johns, N. F.—Arrived: City of Bombay, from Glasgow and Liverpool, for Halifax. N. 8. and_Philadelphis. Jmbiria, from ‘Queenstown —Salled: At New' York—Arrived—Minnetonka, trom Landon. iverpool, for New York. { Salonica %00 prisoner ARRAIGNS THE TURKS Bulgarian Government Submits s Memo- randum to the Powers, TELLS A STORY OF RAPINE AND MURDER Bulgarian Inhabitants Are Everywhere Plundered and Porseonted. GIVES DATES, DETAILS AND AUTHORS Redhot Irons in Some Oases Applied to the Poor Peasants. PRIESTS AND TEACHERS SENT TO PRISON All This is Alleged to Have Been Done by Turkish Ofclals Under Gulse Instituting Reforma, SOFIA, Bulgaria, Aug. 16.—~The Bulgarian government has presented a memorial to the powers setting out at great length the condition of affairs during the past three months In Macedonia, since the Turkish government undertook to make the prom- ised reforms. The most preciss details, dates, places and names of persons are given in the memorandum, the whole con- stituting a terrible category of murder, in- cendlarism, plllage and gereral appression committed by the Ottoman soldlers and of- ficlals. / These particulars were obtained entirely from officlal sources, such as the reports of the Bulgarian consuls and agents of the Bulgarian government, and in many in- stances the reports made by Turkish au- thorities. The Bulgarian government guar- antees the absolute truth of every state- ment, and challenges the porte to disprove a single charge made in the memorandum. The memorandum begins by stating that during the past three months the Ottoman government has taken a serles of measures Wwith the alleged intention of Inaugurating the era of promised reform, and of assur- Ing peaco and tranauility to the Bulgarian population of European Turkey, but which have had the contrary effect of exasperat- ing this population and reviving the revo- lutionary movement. Instead of proceeding wolely against persons for breaches of the public order, the military and civil authori- ties have sought every possible pretext to persecute, terrorize and ruin the Bulgarian Inhabitants alike in the large cities and in the small villages. Wholesale massacres, individual murders, the destruction of vil- lages, the pillaging and setting fire to houses, the arrests, ill-treatment, tortures, arbitrary imprisonment and banishment, the closing and disorganizing of churches and schools, the rulning of merchants, the collection of taxes for many years In ad. vance—such, proceeds the memorandum, are among the Ottoman administration's acts of the vilayets of Salonica, Monastir, Us- kub and Adrianople. Kl and Torture, The memorandum_ next relates In’ detail » number of much.. vilayet. -Boslunnln‘ ‘with, mwm‘u 4y states that in the town of Salonica Itself the Bulgarign professors of the university, the students and the shop keepers, in fact all the Intelligent Bulgarians In the coity, have been cast into prison. One hundred and twenty soldiers entered the village of Gorna-Ribnitea on May 19 and tortured to death five men and two women. During the first three weeks of July twenty-five villages in the distriot of Tikavitch were subjected to the depredations of the Turk- ish soldiers and Bashi-Bagouks. The vil- lagers were beaten and tortured, the women violated and the houses plundered while the administrative authorities looked on In the vilayet of Monastir artillery bom- i barded and razed the flourishing town of Smerdesch, the 300 houses being left a heap of rulns. At the beginning of July two Greek bands, with the connivance of the authorities, pillaged Bulgarian villages and murdered many of their inhabitants. In the vilayet of Uskub the entire Bulgarian population has been systematically perse- cuted since last May. The director of the normal school at Uskub was imprisoned because his library contained the ‘“revolu- tlonary” works of “Othello” and *Les Miserables.” 1In the districts of Palanka, Koschiana, Kosovomo and Kostigar th prisons are flled with Bulgarian priest school masters and merchants, 3 Red Hot Jrons Used, During June the eoldlers and Bashi- Bazouks terrorized the {nhabitants of the Schtlif dlstrict, torturing the pesple with red hot frons, Similar ntrocities perpetrated in the vilayet of Adrianople are cited. Al. together the memorandum gives particulars of no less than 131 individual and general cases of excesses and outrages committed by the Turkish authorities, In summing up the details of outrages mentioned, the memorandum declares that wholesale massacres were perpetrated by regulars and Bashi-Bazouks in the town of Salonica and the villages of Baldavo, Banitza, Echourilivo, Karhinza, Moghil, Smerdesch and Enidje, while the ecenes of carnage, pillage and incendiarism were overywhere terrible. At Smerdesch over 200 Bulgarians were shot, killed with swords or burned to death. Over 250 houses and the churches and schools were set on fire with petroleum and plllaged, the property being sold by the soldlers and Bashi- Bazouks in nelghboriug places. Similar scenes occurred at the villages of Gor Ribnita, Igoumenete, Dobrilaki and Niko- dot. The villagers there abandoned their homes and fled to the mountains. Over 300 men, women and children fled from the sanjak of Seres and even more from the sanjak of Kirkklisse, It is difficult, says the memorandum, to obtain the exact number of Bulgarians who were imprisoned, mostly on the fitmsi- est pretexts, as when they were released others were immediately arrested. The timates obtainable, give for the village of for Uskub, 500; for Monastir, %0, and for Adrianople, 650, & grand total of 280, As Information 18 lacking from many distriots in these vilayets it is thought that without exagger~ ation the number of prisoners may be placed at even three times this total. Merchants Are Rulued. Dealing with other acts of oppression the memorandum states that the Bulgarian merchants and artisans lving in Constan- tinople and Salonica were ordered to re- turn to their native villages and were not allowed any time or opportunity to dispase of their business or property. Some of these Bulgarians, who with their families had been established for twenty years or more, were utterly ruined. As the order applied equally to professors and school masters, the Bulgarian schools were closed before the end of the school year. The authorities, rigorously eaforced ihe same order against the Bulgarian priests, making every effort to paralyse the dovelopment of religlous and educational wogk aad deprive