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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA, TUESDAY ESTABLISHED JUNE TURKS SLAY WOMEN ‘Wholesalo Inuar.u Reported from Twenty Villages in Disturbed Distriot. 19, 1871 1903—TEN SHAMROCE HAS NEW SAIL|START TRIAG OF RIOTERS Agal First Defend Completed and Danville Jury Gets Cawe Today, MORNING, AUGUST PAGES. FEW OF POPULISTS ON HAND Bome Signs of Opposition to Renomination of Judge Buliivan, 25, SINGLE THREE CENTS. ENGLISH JEWS INTERESTED Scheme Is Proposed to Establish a Colony in East Atrie corPY CONDITION OF THE WEATH EATHER WO MINUTETROTTER Showers and South Portion Tuesday; Wednesday Falr, Except Showers In Southwest Portion. Evidence A Forecast Challenger Will Pat Ratsey Canvas to the Wind Today. LONDON, Aug. 24.—English Jews are! by v deeply interested in the announcement' DEFENDER OF CUP WILL WEAR NEW JIB TOWNS ARE TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE { made by Dr. Theodore Hersel, president of | the Bixth Zionist congregation, at its open- | ing session at Basel, Switzerland, that Second Measu of Shamroek Great Britatn, in view of the collapse of | Comfirma Time Allowanee—Light to the protest to establish Jews on the Sinai Fresh Wi Sowen peninsula, had offered the Zionists a large tract of territory in East Africa for coloni- i s e zation by the Jews, who would be given an autonomous government under British for n Long-Prophesied Horse Arrives in form of Lou Dillon, the Peerless. , PERFECT CONDITIONS AID CHAMPION Before Large Orowd She Olips Over Two Beconds from Best Time. GAIT SO SMOOTH AS TO DECEIVE ALL DANVILLE, N, Aug. 3 —The riot case was begun in the circuit eourt today before Judge Thompson with the trial of Winfield | Baker, who s charged with making an assault on Sheriff Whitlock with intent to kill. Baker is 3% years old. He came from Kentucky last March and has been work- ing on a farm. It is charged that on the night of the assault on the jail Baker was the ringleader at the door,of the jail office DEMOCRATS ARE FOR GOING IT ALONE Delegates Alru;:-:und at Colum- bus Practically a Unit in Th o nt Iosurgents Are Also Guilty of Similar Atr.oities Upon Helpless Ones. lon—Differences Re- sarding Platform, LUCKLESS INHABITANTS IN SAD PLIGHT Qountzy Ravaged First by One and Then Other of Contending Foroes TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SHUT OFF Unleas Trouble fs Settled Soon the Distriot Affected Wil Simply Be an Uninhabited Wilder. BALONICA, European Turkey, Aug. %.— An insurgent movement fs afoot In the vilayet of Sulonfca. It Is tearel that it threatens Vodena, forty-six miles bere, Balonica and other towns, Well in- formed persons here share in the general disquietude. Large bands are reported to have been organized by Bulgarians who, it Is expected, at a given signal, will re- Bort to general incendiarism. The Turkish population 1s resolved, should great distur- bances occur, to exterminate all the Bul- garians in this city, Consequently, a num- ber of Bulgarian residents are leaving Sa- lonfea. - VIENNA, Aug. 2—The Neue Frete Prease’s Constantinople correspondent tele- @raphs that A band of Bulgarians has at- tacked the Turkish town of Urgas, south of Iniada, on the east coast of Turkey, and bas blown up the government butldings with dynamite, It is reported that 200 persons were killed. Insurgents Murder Troops. CONSTANTINGPLE, Aug. #.—According 10 the Turkish advices, when the insurg- ents captured Vasilky they killed the gar- rison, consisting of fifty soldiers and about 100 of the inhabitants. The insurgents are now threatening Midfa, sixty miles northwest of Constan- tinople, and are reported to be attacking the important town of Kirk-Kiliosch, thirty-two miles from Adrianople. Christlan, \Greek and Mussulman refu- &ees have arrived at the mouth of the Bos- phorus from the nelghborhood of Milia, * fearing & massacre there. They have been sheltered and fed at Anadolikavak by the authorities, The Itallan embassy has notified the porte that it holds it responsible for any injury which may be done to the consul ot Italy*at Monastir, and demands the pun- ishment of those who insulted the consul mnuy by calling him a “glacur” (i~ ). Turks Massacre Women. reported to have massacred all the women and children in twenty-two villages of the Qistriots. of Flortns. and Monastir, and afterwards to Nave’ burned The streets of Krushevo are said to have been strewn with dead, and the survivors are afraid to bury the bodles, fearing to incur the suspicions of the Turks, Following the praclamation of the revo- lution throughout ‘the vilayet of Adria- nople, the insurgents cut all the telegraph lines connecting ' the city of Adrianople ‘with the eastern part of the vilayet. There are unconfirmed rumors hege that fighting and messacres are proceeding in the streets of Adrianople. ‘With the rumors of massacres and the murder of prisoners in Monastir now au- thenticated, the general sitwation is con- sidered here as fast becoming intolerable. Official and diplomatic circles alike are con- cerned, having every roason to fear that only & part of the horrors snacted in the interfor of Macedonia have come to light a8 yet. The revolutionary committees are doing their ‘utmost to force the hands of the Bulgarian government and the immedi- ate ouglook is exceedingly serious. It ap- pears that the Turks have obtained the upper hand In the vilayet of Monastir and the ing\rgents are planning to remove the center of thelr activity olose to the Bul- garian frontiers. g Outlook is Gloomy. Dispatches arriving today from the dis- turbed areas are exceedingly gloomy. ¥From Adrianople comes the rumor of a Turkish defeat and the extension of the revolution- ary outbreak and from Monastir the news of the Turkish victories accompanied by barbarous excesses. While many of the reports remain with- out confirmation, sufficient authentic detalls are forthcoming to ceuse the authorities the gravest anxiety. According to the Sofia Dnevnik, the Turks committed un- speakable excesses at Krushevo. The muti- lated corpses of ninety women and children were found in one bullding and pleces of the bodies had been thrown into the street. Fifteen of the principal merchants of the. wwn were killed and their heads exhibited on poles. Churches Are in Ashes. At Monastir the churches were demol- ished, the houses sacked and the town ls now in e heap of ashes. The populace fed to the hills, where they are in a starvini condition. general massacre has taken place In the whole vilayet of Monastir. Nearly all the villages have been destroyed. ‘The treacherous murder of eighty in- surgent prisoners by their guards st Mon- astir has made an especially bad impression bere. Many rumors are current of massa- cres In the city of Adrianople, but con- Zrmation s lacking. The situation there, “however, undoubtedly is serious. The pop- ulation is afraid to leave the houses. The prisons are full and the vall has taken private houses to be used as jalls. When the Rubsian consul protested at the situa- tion the vall is#reported to have answered that he Was powerless against the fanatical population. Reports from Monastir, authenticated by the Russian and Austrian consuls, give horritying detalls of maskacres and atroci- ties. At the village of Armensko the Turkish troops destroyed 180 houses out of o tofal of 157 and massicred every man, woman and child. The women were sub- jected to the most terrible atrocities by the soidiers Eight revolutionaries, cap- tured at Krushevo, whe were sent in the direction of Monastir In chalns, were slaughtered by their guards. The sanitary goolitions of Krushevo are described as revolting. The cead are lying in the streets, stripped of every garment, the Turks even taking the vestments off the body of a priest. Anarchy exists at Losengred. Fighting —_——— Mbontinued on Becond Page) I"# trom | | suzerainty Socept the propositien. of the Assoclated Press: East They Africa will located within American territory. I ¢ gords, they will simply be colonies (1 a be ac The mh, sald o oppo will and Sir ¥. at Basil, will, proposal. 1t proved by emigration.” doned or the Britsh proposal acvepted. L Arrives from Egypt. HATFIELD, England, Aug. at the end of the week, ward Cecll, military secretary Egyptian ceased statesman, from Egypt. of shall the death of Lord Saflsbury. wi follows: ha fath 'he people of the will sincerel, ngland in statesman. United afternoon. The service will be will be service most private. will be held in Westminster Abbey. At the funeral service in St. Etheldreda's church at Hatfleld the representatives of the king and royal family will be seated in a private chapel north of the chancel. The oak casket bearing the body now lies te on the 11d 18 engraved with the dead states- man's full family name, his orders and de- | grees and the date of his birth and death. A message was received at Hatfleld House today from King Bdward couched in prac- tically the same terms as the royal tribute in the death chamber. The brass p. published in the circular last night. Goes to Island to O of Brith Dealing with Natives. MANILA, Aug. M.—General for some time, observing adopted by the British government natives, conditions of the country. Taft, put into operation in these islands. campalgn in the Jolo archipelago, tions in Borneo. PORTE TO SATISFY Promises to Punish Sol sulted Itallan © Monastir, | sart, the Itallan consul at Monastir, |calling him a “Glaour.” The soon reach 30,000, They hope to checkmats vaal war, Pontiff W Sending Com- sratulations. and vagabonds. Csar to Visit Emperor Joseph. VIENNA, Aug. 3-It is announced that it 1s definftely settied that the csar will pay & five days visit to Emperor Francls Joseph Bere at the end of Beptember, While some opposition is ex- pressed, they believe th® congregation will Lord Rothschild said to a representative “Fearing Jewish emigration from the British isles, the gov- ernment has offered a tract of land In to Jews emigrating there. have rights and privieges of British subjects, the same as their brethren enjoy here and elsewhere in the empire. They will be under British rule, the same they would be undsr American rule if In now whether the proposition will of the Jews in England afe acceptance. Tsrael Zang- Montefoire, who are + belleved, uphold the The editor of a Jewish newspaper said: “In any event a refuge is not desired for the Jews of England or America, but for | Russia, Roumania and other Buropean states whose condition can only be ime The editor reiterated that the idea of acquiring Pualestine had not been aban- SALISBURY COFFIN CLOSED Funeral Will Oceur as Soon as Fourth 24.—Lord Salisbury's coffin has been finally closed. The servants and family will act as pall | bearers at the funeral, which will be heid | when Lord Ed- the | ‘my and fourth son of the de- reach England Ambassador Choate today telegraphed te | Hatfleld expressing the American sorrow at The text of Mr. Choate's message, which addressed to Lord Cranborne, was as I have heard this morning with the deep- est regret of the death of your illustrious States sympathize with those of eploring the loss of the great Later in the day It was announced that Lord Salisbury's funeral will take place August 31 at Hatfleld at 3 o'clock In_ the in' Bt Etheldred's church. The interment will be FIA. Sulgert t beside the hody of his wife in the private i : Aug. 3—The Turks 78 | |, 1al ground adjoining. The ceremony Simultaneously & WOO0D PAYS VISIT TO BORNEO rve Methods Leonard Wood has returned from a visit to the governor of Borneo, where he has been | the methods to pacify and promote the Interests of the and to improve the ocommercial QGeneral Wood reports that the British government has obtained remarkable re- sults in the uplifting of the natives of Bor- neo, and returns to the Philippines with many new ideas, which he will, with the cognizance and assistance of Governor General Wood is preparing to begin a into which territory he will go accompanied by an escort of sufficient strength to permit his entering the interior, where he expects to obtain good results in his desling with the natives by applying some of the ideas he has evolved as a result of his observa- ITALY ROME, Aug. 2.~The porte has promised the Itallan government satisfaction and the punishment of the Turkish soldlers who were guilty of Insulting Count Devi- by Turkish The Dnevnik also says that a | officers who falled to intervene between the soldiers and the consul will also be pun- Bulgarian Insurgents now clalm to have over 20,000 well armed men at their dis- posal and the number, they declare, will | the Turks by adopting the same tactics as those followed by the Boers in the Trans- PIUS, POPE OF THE POOR Oatholics of Cologme So Greet New BERLIN, Aug. ¥.~The annual conven- tion of the Catholics of Cologne has tele- graphed its congratulations to Plus X, caliing him “The Pope of the Poor.” Strees was lald on the work of organizing the workingmen against the soclalists. Dr. | Porsch, & member of the Reichstag, ad- | dressing the delegutes, sald the German statesmen had not the courage to remove from the statutes the small paragraph placing the plous fathers of the Jesult so- clety under police control, as criminalists NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—The local Weather bureau is in recelpt of the following from Washington: To Observer, New York: The winds Tuesday over the international yacht course will be light to fresh and variable, though moetly from some easterly point. Un- settied weather, probably showers. FRANKENFIELD. NEW YORK, Aug. M.—In tomorrow's race Shamrock III will carry a new maln- sail. The new sail was bent onto the spars today after the challenger had reached its anchorage. The new sall is a Ratsey and Sir Thomas Lipton and Captain' Wringe assert that the | change 1s made not because the other main- sall was considered inadequate, but that the new sail that had been tried before and found a good one may be better in the style of racing to be followed tomorrow. The new mainsail when fully stretched, was a much better fit than the old one, To an Assoclated Press correspondent Sir Thomas Lipton said: The remeasurement was simply a mat- ter of form so that every porton of the conditions under which the race is made will be complied with. 1t is the simplest thing in the world to add the anchor in the chain and take out the same amount of our lead ballust, or to leave on the lead and remove the anchor and chhin. Tell me what difference it is will you? Mind you, I am vot finding fault, but simply making a query as to what was galned by the remeasuremern:. Lipton Not Despondent, THeri Wik a smfle, aha pdfaung 6 a bunch of telegrams on the table he said: 1 see 1 am accredited with being despon- dent and unhappy over Saturday's result. Well, I am nefther. I wish we might have won, It is true, but I am not at all willing to concede Rellance is a winner. My boat Il make a good showing yet. I also want it understood that I have not eriticised Captain Wringe's salling of Shamrock III on Saturday. Shamrock 11I did not go out after re- turning to New York. Reliance's crew watched with interest Shamrock’s men on their new sail Rellance will go out tomorrow with a new jib, but otherwise the same as before. The new measurement of Sham- rock Il made here today shows that it differs by 1-5000ths of a foot which would not affect the time allowance more than a very, small fraction of a sec- ond. The time allowance, therefore, stands at 1 minute and §7 seconds. The boat was measured At the dry ing taken on board its cable and anchor, as required by the rules affecting the meas- urement of the cup yachts. Sir Thomas Lipton was on board. The measurement was taken by Charles D. Mower, officlal measurer of the New York Yacht olub, and watched by Mr. Fife, representing Shamrock IIL and by Secro- tary Carmack, representing the New York Yacht elub. Ne Change in Allowance. When the measurement was concluded 8ir Thomas Lipfon sald that he had been informed by Mr. Mower that Shamrock III's racing rank had not been affected and that it would Be unchanged. It is presumed that sufficlent welght was re- moved to equalize the welght of the an- chor and cable. Rellance was run out for a sall at 10 o'clock this morning. A “The cup is mever won until the ‘Detter boat has taken three races,” sald C. Oliver Iselin today just before getting aboard Rellance. Asked whether he thought the remeas- urement of Shamrock would have any ef- fect on the future races, he said: "I know no more about it than you do. The fact is that attention was called to the absence of the anchor and chain, not so much on account of its effect on any racing as to follow absolutely the rules. 8ir Thomas would have felt it much more keenly if the issue had been raised after he had won a race. Sir Thomas would not discuss the race of Saturday or the questions raised con- cerning the salling of Shamrock further than to say: “Both boats were well han- dled.” The bay inside the Hook was compara- tively deserted today except for the pres- ence of Reliance and its tender. The wind was fluky from north and east and not strong enough for the boats to have gone j over the course in time had it been a race day. $ Reliance stood out beyond the Hook, with Its main sail, club top sall and b salls set. It tacked out to windward, evi- dently stretching its sails. After it had been out & half hour a new Jib was tried and 1t was evident that the boat was out for the purpose of trying some new sails. NEW YORK, Aug. %.—8ir Thomas Lip- ton has been elected an honorary member of the Eureka Yacht club of Newark, N. J., for resculng Rear Commodore Zelgler and a party of friends from & cat boat which was disabled July 2 last. The boat met disaster | & squall gvhile safling near Erin's anchorage at Sandy Hook 8ir Thomas headed the rescuing party in & launch from his yacht WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL National Bank Autherized to © - Business Clarks, (From & Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—(Special Tele- gram.)—The comptroller of the currency has authorized the First National banks of Clarks, Neb., and Harvey, la., to begin business with a capital of $26,000 each. Reserve agents for lowa national banks approved today: Hamilton National of Chicago, for Commercial National of Charles City; Merchants’ National of Ce- dar Rapids, for First National of Graet- tinger; National Bank of Commerce of St Louls, for First Natianal of Moulton. Clarence O. Turner has been appointed postmaster at Bethany, Lancaster county, Neb., vice E. E. Kepuner, resigned. An additional rural free delivery route will be established October 1 at Cambridge, Stery county, Ia. The route embraces an ares of sixteen square miles, contalning & population ef G4 Peasants Invace Estate of Prince ROME, Aug. M—The peasants around Rome bave invaded the estates of Princes Chigll, Torlonla and Plombino, clalming the right to cultivate the land and sbhare o its profita Soldicrs Bave been st (9 the asked te procesd agaiust the switghmen's |as 0 whe would Dkely be the next demo- dock in Erfe basin early today, after hav-| and demanded the keys. He had a big | revolver In each and, it is sald, when refused the keys, declared that the mob would secure the negro prisoner, James Wilson, who had been arrested for an as- sault on Mrs. Burgess, if It had to demolish | the Jail. . After Sheriff Whitlock had fired into the mob through the broken pénel of the office door and the sssaulters had made an at- tack on the residence portian of the jall, Baker, it s alleged, stood {n front of the jall and fired two shots at Whitlock as the sheriff was standing on the porch. Baker denied all the charges, saying he was not at the jall. He sought tolay to prove an alibl, but was unsuccesstul. The evidence was concluded this evening and the case will go to the jury tomorrow morning. Two men were run out:of town tonight for attempting to rescus a negress who | had nearly bitten & policeman’s thumb oft while resisting arfst. The policeman finally dragged the bitiag woman to jail. | The woman's husband followed the police- man with a club, A crowd chased the hus- | band out of town and returned to find that | the woman's son was trying to release his mother. The son was cfilssd into the coun- try. RACE WAR - IN CHICAGO Negroes Spirited Away by Officers Who Fear Prisoners May Be Lymched. CHICAGO, Aug. %4.—To prevent a posst. ble lynching a Chicago colored man and woman were spirited away from a crowd surrounding the jail at Batavia, IIL, to- night and locked up in the county prison at Geneva. The prisonors had been ar- rested after a series of violent encounters between residents of the village and par- ticipants In the picnic of the negroes of the Quinn and the Bethel chapels. About 3,000 colored men and women made up the plcnic party at Mill Creek, two miles south of Batavia. The negroes took possession of the lawn of Mrs. George Burton's place and when she ordered them to leave she was repeatedly struck by two of the negro ‘women. City Marshal Kelley arrested the two women, but was at once attacked by a crowd of 200 negroes, who succeeded in re- leasing the prisoners, leaving Kelley un- consclous upon the ground. Later in the day Sheriff Robert Burke of Geneva, with a posse of forty-five citizens, arrested three of the negroes, Willlam Al len, Harry Bell and Fanny Shelby, taking them from a train at Batavia, after a des- perate battle in the the depot platform. | Shelby woman w jall_until the gathering of & large crowd of cltigens caused the city officials to order thelr removal tp Geneva. Allen later was released. T0 TEST Coal ITS EFFICIENCY Strike Co; mion Work Valueless 1f Present Nego- tiatio: Fall WILKESBARRE, Pa., Aug. 24.—District Presidents D. T. Nicholls, Willlam Dettery and John Fahey of the United Mine Work- ers left for New York today, where they will attend the sessions of the concillation board, which will meet tomorrow and which promises to be the most important meeting vet held by this board. Umpire Carroll D. Wright is expected to meet with the members and decide five vital questions upon which the board is now | deadlocked. It is sald that the operators will ask the miners and operators that both again bind themselves to abide by the decision of the umpire, and a resolution to that effect will likely be presented when the men come together. This session will have added Interest, owing to the alleged state- ment of Mr. Dettery that he would be in favor of resigning if one of the conten- tions of the operators touching the right to discharge workmen for any cause, ex- cept membership in the miners' union, be sustained by the umplre. Should the board disagree over this ques. tion, the work of the coal strike commis- slon will go for naught. NEWS FROM THE FAR NORTH Seattle and St. Michaels Are Now Con- mected by a Telegraph Line. BEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 2—A dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer from Dawson says: Captain Nesmith, who is in charge of Fort Egbert, announces that the last | link connecting Seattle and St. Michaels by telegraph is complete. Messages are now forwarded to Nome by malils. This marks the completion of the American govern- ment's great Alaskan land system. A royal commission has finished taking evidence against the famous Treadgold concession. Treadgold, when on the stand, stubbornly refused to divulge the identity | of his backers. He testified that he has over $4,000,000 with which to install a glant | water system from the Kiondike if harrass- ing difficulties could be removed. He sald that he could start work next March. The Pelly river strike proves to have been exaggerated The stampeders have returned disgusted. Two weeks of rain will save hundreds of thousands of dollars this yeur to miners OBJECTS TO A UNION RULE Dlineds Military Authorities May Pro- | ceed Against Switchmen SPRINGFIELD, LI, Aug 2—Colanel J. | Mack Tanner, commanding the Fourth in- | fantry, Diinels National Guards, has turned over to Colonel John G. Brennan, attorney for the Ilinols Central raflroad, | the case of Lieutenant Charies R. Taylor | of Company C, Carbondale, who sent In his resignation and did not come to Camp | Lincoln with his company, claiming that | the Switchmen's union at Carboudale, of which he was & member, threatened to ex- | pel him If he did not resign and retire | from the Hlinois National Guard Should the charge of Lisutenant Tayler prove trwe, Attorney General Hamlin will be | umion | space to revenue and entirely eliminating | rison, enroute on & tour of the Yellowstane | (From a Staff Correspondent.) GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 24—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—Only a handful of popu- lists have reached here for tomorrow night's convention and ‘among them but two or three of the old-time leaders, No detalls for the program have been worked out beyond the renomination of Judge Sulllvan, and, even for this there are signs of opposition. One delegate at any rate declares he will propose to nominate a straight populist ticket, and if necessary pick up some lawyer who is absent so he cannot be cijoled into declining. For regents several names are men- tioned, among them J. H. Boyston, Fred Hawxby, Senator Miller, Dr. Webber and a Lincoln traveling man named Patter- won. The two out-going fusion regents are not to be considered. “Too much Pound,” says one of the knowing ones. The populists never agree on temporary organization until they meet and this convention is no exception to their rule. M. F. Harrington came in on the evening train. 1 haven't written out a word for the platform,” declared Mr. Harrington. “If I were to write the platform, however, it would not contain more than twelve lines. It would simply protest against the domination of our judiciary by the corpora- tions.” “Do you think Judge Sullivan would run on such a platform?" “Why not? innocently answered the Holt county statesman. V.R For Stralght Democracy. COLUMBUS, Neb., Aug. 24.—(Special Telegram.)—If the sentiment of a majority of a number of leading democrats who are here is the sentiment of the state conven- tion to be held tomorrow night, a stralght democrat ticket will be nominated. Only about a dozen delegates have arrived, but nearly all of them are in favor of break- ing loose from the populists and as a re- | sult telephones are being kept busy all | over the state to find out the sentiment. Among those who are most prominent in the hotel lobby are Chairman Hall of the state committee, C. L. Scott, Judges Sullivan, Oldham, Hollenbeck, Lee Herd- man, C. C. Wright and a few others. The nomination of Judge Sullivan by sc- clamation of course s included. Just what the platform will be remains for dis cussion. The idea of those here is to con- fine it to state issues only, devoting much national affairs. ‘Word comes from Fairview that Mr. Bryan wants the platform to contain much of national affairs. Unless the parties get together before to- morrow night it is predicted that a fight ‘will result in the convention. Among those billed for Speeches are W. J. Bryan, Judge Oldham, W. H. Thompson, C. J. Straight and others. Judge Loomis of Dodge will be the temporary chairfman and In all probability will be made permanent chair- man. A judicial district convention will be held here in the morning. Judges Grunison and Hollenbeck are candidates for renomina- tion and so far have no opposition. Today a county convention was held and one pop- ulist was given a place on the ticket after & hard fight. SAYS CHARGES ARE UNTRUE Porto Ricam Director of Charities Denles Reports of Leper Col- ony Conditio POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. Aug. 4—B. H. Osterhout, director of charities of San Juan, Porto Rico, who is visiting in this city, makes emphatic denlal of the news- paper reports to the effect that because of alleged unsanitary conditions of the leper colony near San Juan the Whole island of Porto Rico is threatened with contagion, He sald to the Assoclated Press represent- tive: The reports are untrue. There are twenty lepers In the colony, twelve males | and elght females They afe well houscd in bulldings of heavy masonry. The poesi- Dbllity of contact with the outside world is impracticabl d according to all recent reports of investigatior of the disease the danger of contagion is reduced to a min- imum. I can state from my own personal knowledge and frequent inspection that the Jepera of Porto Rico confined in the colony are well housed, well cared for, well fed, well clothed and as contented as people in their unfortunate condition could possibly be. The charges made in the reports are absolutely false. The lepers are given no money and all the employes are paid in checks, cashable only at the Ban Juan | bank. OMAHA PHYSICIANS TALK Two Address Fraternal Press Con- Now Session at Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE, Aug. 24—The National Fraternal Press association, representing fifty papers and comprising & section of the National Fraternal congress, convened here tonight preliminary to the opening of the general convention tomorrow. The medical section was addressed by Dr. Ira W. Porter of Omaha, a striking portion of his remarks being directed against child labor. Dr. Porter declared that sanitariums should be established for the treatment of consumption and advocated action by the tnsurance fraternities of the country. Dr. Holovtchiner, also of Omaha, read a paper in which he declared that consump- | tion should be eliminated from the insur- ance application blank, but that as to cancer present researches had net yet| given enough definite results to warrant | radical action. HARRISON READY TO QUIT Chicago’s Mayer Says He is Through with Politienl Ofices When Term Expires. BUTTE, Mant, Aug. 24—Carter H. Har- National park, rested in Livingston this morning for several hours. Regarding the Chicago politicel situation, the mayer said that as far as he was concerned, he was through. “When my term has expired” declared Muyor Harrisan, “T shall retire and | hope to be left alane. I will never be a| candidate fur any political position, bat will always be initerested in the party’s socoess.” Mr. Harrison would not express himelt prestdantial nomines | ing that the Seventh, Twenty-second and | Orders have been recelved at headquar- | | inancial statement, | ana severely bruised. He righted his ve- | oualy injured. TWENTY-SECOND TO LEAVE Regiment Under Orders to Return to nes Early in the Fa WASHINGTON, Aug. .—Orders have been issued at the War department direct- Twentleth regiments of infantry go to the Philippines to relleve the Fifteenth cav- alry and the Thirtieth, Twenty-elghth, Twenty-seventh and Eleventh Infantry, the troops to go In the order named. The Twenty-second infantry, U. 8. A. is under orders to proceed to the Philip- pines and expects to leave between now and November 15. The regiment now occu- ples the following stations: Headquarters and band and Companies D, E, F, G, H, | 1, K, L and M, at Fort Crook; Company | A, at Fort Reno, Okl, and Companies B and C, at Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark. ters of the regiment to be in readiness for early departure, and for this reason the Twenty-second will not participate in the army maneuvers at Fort Rileg. Two battalions of the Seventh infantry will leave for the Philippines by September 1, leaving but one battalion of that regi- | ment here; which will depart as soon as the first two battalions reach Manila. The Twenty-second will follow Iimmediately upon the arrival of the last battalion of the Beventh infantry at Manila. It is not yet known What regiment will relleve the Twenty-second infantry at Fort } Crook, but it will possibly be one of the returning regiments, either the Thirtieth or the Twenty-seventh. The Seventh infantry, which will precede the Twenty-second to the Philippines, is stationed in the Department of California, with headquarters at the Presidio, San Francisco. The Twentieth Infantry, which is also ordered to the Phillppines, is sta- tioned in the Department of the Lakes, with headquarters at Fort Sheridan, IIL DOUGLAS FARMERS ORGANIZE Form Association to Look After In- terests Outside the (e tit The Douglas County Farmers' union held a well attended meeting In Woodman's hall in McArdle precinct Sunday afternoon. It was unanimously agreed to make the organisation permanent and a committee consisting of Charles Grau, Charles Wilte, Patrick McArdle, Willam Van Doran and Isaac Noyes was appointed to draft a con- stitution and by-laws. A committee of one member from ‘each precinct was appointed to solicited mem- bership. The object of the organization is to deal with questions gffecting the tax- payers of Douglas county (outside of the citles of Omaha and South Omaha), in soctal, financial and especlally political wrongs that may arise in the future. The fast and reckless driving of automo- biles on the country roads, resulting In runaway teams, upset and broken vehicles | and injure versons, was severely censured and a committes appointed to seek legal redress. The election of a county assessor and ap- pointment of deputles was thoroughly d cussed and will receive future attention. The next meeting will be held at the| same place October 11, 198, at 1 o'clock p. m. sharp. CHARLES WILTE, Becretary pro tem. HENNINGS WANTS BUYERS Advertises for Proposals of Purchase of Renewal Bonds for om City Treasurer Hennings has advertised for proposals for purchase of the renewal bonds, saying “Sealed bids will be recelved up to 3 o'clock p. m. of the 8th day of September, 1908, for the purchase of $484,000,000, 20-year, optional after 10 years, 4% per cent semi- annual interest renewal bonds of the city | of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska, to|A be dated September 1, 1903, and in denomina- tions of $600 each. “Each bid must state amount of bonds bid for, price and premium offered and that accrued interest will be pald to date of delivery and payment for bonds at the fiscal agency in New York, and must be accompanied by a certified check on & na- tional bank in & sum equal to 2 per cent of amount bid for, payable to the city of Omaha. “Papers evidencing legality of issue, will be furnished successful bidder. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids." CAR GETS BEYOND CONTROL Down Ambulance and Wagon and Injures the Dr ST. LOUIS, Aug. M—A Tower Grove street car that got beyond control today ran down an ambulance, an ice wagon and a dirt wugon and Injured the three driver: The ambulance yas struck first, and the driver, Fred Grenner, thrown to the street hicle and continued his journey, coming | upon the overturned ice wagon and Driver James McAlvey, severely bruised, but Mc- | Alvey would not go to the hospital Some distance further the ambulance met the overturned dirt wagon and Driver Jemse Carter lylng weconscious. He was placed {n the ambulece and taken to the | hospital, where he wris found to be seri- Movements of Oceun Vessels Aug. 24 At New York—Arrived -Rotterdam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne; Kroonland. from Cevie, trom Liverpool: California, Dles. Hamburg—8ufled—August 21, Tetmes, for San ) At The Lizard—Pussed—Finland, from New York, for Antwerp At Scilly—] d—Memaba, from New York. for Plymouth —S1fled — Pretarfa, Hamburg, for New Vor vAlkav——wld: Sardin‘an, ‘ork. At Manchester—Arrived —Caledonian, Bostan. Gibraltar—Arrived—Lahn, from | New | for from from New from ! | Dreatn: Fow Realised Mare Was Making Epoch in History of Turf. CHEERS GREET CALIFORNIA WONDER Millard ders, Who Guided Her #9 Record, Prophesies Faster Work, as Last Quarter Was Made in 20 Secomds. READVILLE, Mass, Aug. 24-—Before a great crowd of spectators at Readville to- day and with track and weather conditions perfect, Lou Dillon trotted & mile in two minutes, a new world's record. 8o that no breeze might interfers, Millard Banders, driver of the great mare, brought out the daughter of Sidney Dillon for the attemps early in the day. For pacemakers thers were two runni horses hitched to road carts, Peggy fro Paris, driven by “Doo" Tanner, and Caf rie Nation, driven by Scott MoCox. The first score was frultless, Lou Dillo making a break just before reaching the wire. On the second attempt, however, the word was given, Btarting Judge Walker rang his bell, but Tanner nodded for him to say “go"” and, turning to Sanders, called to him to come along. Tanner kept Peggy from Paris directly in front of the peerless chestnut trotter while McCoy lay at her wheel. In this way the trio went to the quarter pole in thirty and one-quarter seconds. With never a skip Lou Dillon went so smooth-gaited down the back stretch as to lead those not timing the mile to believe that her speed was not alarmingly fast. The half was clicked off in 1:00%. Around the turn to the three-quarters pole the clip quickened, the third quarter being in 301 seconds, making that mark of her journey in/ 1:81. Faster and faster came Tanner with the runner and right with him trotted the handsome California-bred mare. Sanders was sitting perfectly still, but McCoy was crying aloud to his runner to cheer on Lou Dillon. To the amaze- ment of all the quarter was driven in twenty-nine seconds, thus making the mile in the wonderful time of two minutes. Sanders Predicts Better TH ‘When Sanders jogged the mare back to the wire, those who had witnessed the per- formance leaped to their feet and sent forth cheer after cheer. Lou Dillon ap- parently was as fresh as though she had only been out for a jogging exercise. San- ders sald he fully believed that before the season closes he will drive mare in 1:8 or better, / Favorites won il the four tacing events. ‘e two of the winners, Scott Hudson Nervala and Dillen Bey. " . Buda Dobie pulled oft the Blue Hill stake for $,000, with Kinney Lou, while Curry had no trouble in winning with Al Bock. It was announced that on Friday, Major Delmar will go against the gelding record for trotters, 2:08%, held by The Abbot. Re- sults: 2:08 class, pacing, purse $1,500: Nervala, b B (Hydson): Locanda, br. h. (Broodbine). Kavalll,'b. h. (Young). Terrell 'S., ch. g (Lase Dandy Chimes, b Armorel, Suffreet, bik. Council 'Chimes, Tha Buas Hii, 23 o trottl The lue L class, trotting, purse $5,000: Kinney Lou, br. h. (Doble). Patchen Maid, blk. m. (Derider)... Marguret Bathgate, b m. (Titer) trinka, b. m. (Miller).. . B 5 ng, Al Bock, bl{ h.{ urry). Centrific, blk. m. (Quin: Merry Master, br. m. (Hudson),, May, b. m. (Cox).. blk. m. (O'Neil).. m. (8tarr). me 1:“*. 2:14 class, trott “"l-fu". $1.500. udson) Dillon Boy, ch. h. (i The Questor, b. & (Geers). Norrie, b. g (Shank).. er. br. h. (Loughiin). Prince Greenlander, br. g. Oxford Chimes, blk. g. (Dodge) dmiral Dewey, b. h. (Titer) Crescent, & g. (Curry) Summer Fern, ch. 0§, '2:09 ,, Aug. M4.~Lou Dillon d on the Santa Rosa stock farm. It is sald that when a colt Lou Dillon was offered for sale for $160, with no takers. She is by Sidney Dilion, out of Lou Milton, both local animals. FULFILLS STONE'S PROPHECY Lou Dilion Mal Good Omaba Vet- 's Prediction of Two- Minute Trotter, The achlevement of the gallant mare, Lou Dillon, in breaking the world's trote ting record at Readville, Mass., Monday by going & mile In two minutes flat, recalls the prophecy made by Dr. R. M. Btone, the veteran horseman, of Omaha a few years ago that the day of the two-minute horse was not far distant. ‘““This achievement of Lou Dillon’s is the epoch marker of the trotting horse's record and stands second to Yankee's great work in 1806 in being the first horse to go a mile under three minutes.” sald Dr. Stone yes terday. “His record was 269, It is quite interesting to know that from 1506 to 1908 - ninety-seven years—only twenty horses were concerned In making the world's trotting record, and but eighteen in making the world's pacing record. It is also in- teresting to note that nine of the twenty trotters were mares and they have made the greatest impression on the tiotting record. They lowered it twenty-six of the forty times the world's record was made Goldsmith Mald lowered it six times; she found it 277 snd left it at 2:4 Maud 8 lowered it seven times: she found it 2:00% and left [t 2:28% four seconds less. Nancy Hanks lowered it three times, finding ft 208 and leaving it 2:04, but reduced it more seconds than any other had ILou Dfllon found it at Cresceus’ record of 1:08% and today brought ft down to 3:00. “Another (nteresting fact regarding Lou Dilion is that on Amgust 17 she trotted the fastest quartar and fastest half at Brigh- ton Bemch ever trutted. The quarter Was | made tm W% and the Balf fn 58 “Mand 8 was the first trotter to brehk the 2:19 record which she did August 2, 1854, 2:09% Then came Nancy Hanks in 1892, who brought ft down w0 204 Them

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