Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 28, 1903, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE TURKS KILL CONSUL Ameriean Rovresentative at Beyroot, Byris, Viotim of Assassin. WARSHIPS READY TO GO TO TURKEY Admiral Ootton Instructed to Enforoe the Demands of the Government. PUNISH PERSONS GUILTY OF MURDER This is the First Demand of the Acting Becretary of Btate — TURKISH GOVERNMENT Mordered Man is Willlam C. Ma sen, Whoe W, Appointed from Minnesota Abeut Two Yei Awgo. IS NOTIFIED WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—The State de- partment has recelved a cablegram from Minister Leishman at Conatantinople, an- nouncing that Willlam C. Magelssen, United States vice consul at Beyroot, Syria, was assassinated yesterday while riding in & carriage, The American minister {mmediately brought the crime to the attention of the government and demanded action by Turkey. Acting Secretary Loomis today cabled Minister Leishman, instructing him to demand the Immediate arrest and pun- ishment of the persons gullty of the murder. No demand for money indemnity for the man's family has yet been made, but that probably will follow. Magelssen was ap- pointed from Minnesota. Prompt Action to be Taken. Prompt and vigorous action is belng taken by lha United States government to secure o"punishment of those persons implicated n the assassination of United States Vice pJConrul Willlam C. Magelssen at Beyroot, Bunday last. Minister Leishman at Constantinople, who reported the fact to the Btate department, has been instructed by that department to demand & thorough In- vestigation of the matter and the punish- ment of those Involved in the .crime, and the European squadron, consisting of three warships, will be ordered to Beyroot to support the demand of the United States hould this be found necessary. This lat- ter measure wus determined upon a8 & re- sult of the conferences which have been dield over the telegraph and telephone wires botwoen the officlals here during the day and the evening with-the president at Oyster Bay. The latter felt that no time should be lost In dispatching Admiral Cot- ton's squardon to Turkish waters, and he gave Instructions to Acting Secretary Dar- ling that imemdiate order be given Admiral Cotton to proceed at once. Attempt to Burn College. The president’s determination to lose no time tting the squadron to Beyroot ‘was dlso due In part to Information re- celved by Acting Secretary Loomis of the Boston, indicating that an attempt had been made to burn the Euphrates college bulldings at Harpoot. This dspatch saf Inormation just received that an attempt made o burn the Euphrates St fage " bulldings. Conditions . Increas! alarming Great anxisty felt for the ty of American citizens t Acting Secretary Lo(rml. tonight cabled to Minister Leishman at Comstantinople to make Immediato demandd on the porte to take adequate measures for the protection of all Americans at Beyréot and to pre- vent any attack on the college bulldings. Admiral Cotton Reports, Admiral Cotton, who was directed today to hold his squadron in readiness to pro- ooed at moment’s. notice to Beyroot, cabled the Navy department as follows under date of Nice, France: Cable just recelved. Machl: lt Genoa for coal. n hll sV days, San nciseo -half days coal at ten knots. nl that speed with Machias. dron ing west should t es. If east, at Genos. Admiral Cotton’s Instructions are to sail at once. Tt is probable he will go ahead to Beyroot with Brooklyn, leaving Machias and Ban Francisco to follow. It 1s estimated that Brooklyn, going at full speed can reach Beyroot within six days. Turks Plead Igmorance. Acting Segretary Loomis received a rather remarkable cablegram from Minister Lelsh- man tonight in which the latter stated that he had called at the Turkish foreign office at Constantinople this evening to in- quire about the assassination of the United Btates vice consul and that the minister of forelgn affairs emphatically denied any knowledge of the report. He also attempt- ed to discredit it. The cablegram gave no other information. Under the circumstances the State department officlals are inclined 1o belleve that the Turkish foreign office is Dot In touch with the situation at Beyroot. They do not attach sufficient importance to Minister Lelshman's last message to cancel the order for the squadron to sall. Acting Becretary Darling and Captain Cowles of the Bureau of Navigation are in conference tonight. Acting under the instructions of the presideat that Admiral Cotton's’ squadron be to proceed immediately to MM ng cabled the admiral ls . directing bim to go w The presi- dent's lum Int will be car- ried out to 'bl ST. PAUL, Minn., AU'- 27.—~Willlam C. Magelssen, vice consul &t Beyroot, Syria, who was assassinated Sunday, is a young man and is & brother-in-law of the consul who appointed him about two years ago. Revelut! ists Slow Up Train, BOFIA, Aug. 21.—The eastbound daily express from Budapest to Constantinople was blown up near Bulali Burgas, about twenty-five miles south of Adrianople, early today. Seven persons were killed and fifteen in- jured. Dynamite' bombs were used and every car was smashed. Apparently the outrage was the work of revolutionists who traveled on the try CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 37.—The bomb which wrecked & traln neéar Kulell Burgas, ‘was thrown by & third-class passenger who was in the buffet car. Only two cars were destroyed. The dead Include two mussel- man women, two cmnn And three tvain- men. The appolntment of Marshall Ibrahim Pasha to command the troops In Mace- donia has been cancelled and the command given to Oeneral Nassir Pasha who com- manded the brigade sent to Pacify the Al- banians earlier In the week. Vresident lssues Orders. OYSTUR BAY, N. Y., Aug. 27.—President Roosevelt tonight lssued orders that the Buropean squadron, under command of Ad- T {Continued oa Fourth Faged THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 19, 1871 OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1903—TEN PAGES. SINGLE OOPY THREE UENTS. DOCTOR IS KILLED Result of a Bitter Per Between Phyafeln Berlin. IN DUEL BERLIN, Aug. 2.-Dr. Schwartz, man- ager of the State Sick Insurance hospital at Mulhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, killed Dr. Bchloss, the leader of a strike movement on the part of outdoor physicians at Mul- hausen, in a duel tworor three days ago. The surviving principal and the seconds apparently trled to conceal the cause of Dr. Schloss' death, attributing it to blood- potwoning, according to one report, and to an operation accordfig to another. police took possession of the body s about to be cremated at Goth the arrest of Dr. Schwartz followed. The duel was the result of a contro- versy, lasting for months, between the management of the national sick insurance hospital funds and several thousands of physiclans employed by the free hospitals fom outdoor rellef. About three months ago the physiclans threatened to leave the state's service in & body uniess their compensation was in- creased from 7% cents a visit to at least 10 cents. They also demanded certain other ameliorations of their condition. The physiclans in the Mulhausen hospi- tal, under the leadership of Dr. Schloss, actually did go on strike for a time, but resumed thelr duties pending an investi- gation. Dr. Schwartzs and Dr. Schloss since then had a bitter personal quarrel. ROOT LIKED AT THE VATICAN gnation of the Secretary of War is Greatly Regretted in Rome, it and ROME, Aug.—The resignation of Elihu Root as secretary of war s regretted at the Vatican, as under him the negotiations regarding the friar lands in the Philippines were conducted with reciprocal satisfaction. However, the news that he will be suc- ceeded by Judge Taft was recelved with great pleasure, the governor having left the best Impression after his visit here last year and being personally known to most of the cardinals who, under the present pope, will have leading Influence at the Vatican. An impressive ceremony occurred at the Vatiean today. Cardinal Herreo y Espi- nosa, archbishop of Valencla, who was at the point of death during the conclave, and still 1s In delicate health, drove from the Spanish college, where he has been stay- The | ing, to the Vatican, where he was carried to the papal apartment, in the late pope's hat is presented at consistories. The pope, assisted by Cardinal Deacons Oreglia, Mac- chl and Moran, performed the function. GERMANY WANTS AN ISLAND Would Take Fern Po from Spain to Protect West African Colony. BERLIN, Aug. 21.—Major Morgen, the well-known German colonial expert, writing the Cologne Gaszette -ru that the rian steps and to take further steps to insure d of Fernando Po coming into the possession of Germany whenever Spain is ready to dispose of it. Major Morgen say: If the island were to fall into the hahds of a military and naval power like Great Britain, it would constitute a wedge in our esh such as we have permitted to be driven' into us at many golnu. but which we must hereafter guare The writer adds that the polnulnn of Fernando Po carries with it the commercial and military domination of Germany's West African colonies and urges German capital to emulate the recently formed Liverpool syndicate and prepare to achieve economic conquest of island REVOLUTION FOR PERSIA $hah Must Purge Country of Forelgn Religion Fight Moham- medans. BERLIN, Aug. 21.—The Christian Orient, a German missionary paper, published in Berlin, prints correspondence from Teheran, alleging that the leaders of the Persian Mohammedan church have served notice on the shah that unless he purged the coun- try of forelgn religious and commercial in- fluences, especially British and Russian, the church will precipitate a revolution. The church leaders also demand that the shah restore the religlous and economic condi- tions which prevailed in Persia a century ago. The correspondent says the anti-foreign movement is not directed against the Ger- mans because the natives are convinced that Germany has no political intentions and that they consider Turko-German triendship to be & forerunner of good feel- ing towards Germany throughout the Mo- hammedan world. GREAT NORTHERN IN CANADA mpt te Cross Canadian Pacific and Olash with Rival Lin VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 2.—Early this morning & construction gang of the Van- couver, Westminster & Yukon raliroad, supposed to be a link of the Great North- ern, bullt a crossing over the Canadian Pa- cific rallway’s tracks near Sapperton, ff- teen miles from here. Permission had not been granted by the Dominion government for the construction of the crossing. The Canadian Pacific officlals declare that in miaking this crossing the Vancouver, Wes- minster & Yukon people tore up & portion of the track, and that it would have caused an accident if the watchman had not gone to the spot. A gang of Canadian Pacific men have removed the crossing. Both wides are getting out injunctions. Calitornia r Weds. PARIS, Aug. 21.—Prof. Benjamin D. Woodward of Columbla university was married today in the American church in the Rue de Kerrl to Miss Gladys Van Buren Piver, the Califernta singer. A small in- vited party was present at the wedding ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward later started on an extended wedding trip. Denies Commection with Humberts. PARIS, Aug. %.—Former President Cassimir-Perrier has written an open letter denying all connection with the Humberts, except In the matter of recelving a trifilng political purpose. He specifically denles the report that he sought the hand of a member of the Humbert family, Banished Prince urns. SHANGHAL Aug. 2T.—Chinese represen- tatives from Peking assert that the ban- ished Prince Tuan is there incognito and that he has had several secret interviews with the dowager while the emperor was asioep, A r, to have the red hat privately | Th co! upon him. in unusual cases the cardinal's LAWYERS TALK OF ]RIJSTS WESTERN WATTERS AT CAPITAL | ANTS AN UVBlAbED REPORT Oommittee on Lar Rad -hmhl a Report of tore, GENERAL MAN . ! 4 DOES NOT LIKE IT ¥ Says that m of R rt Wil Rend ation Asunder and [ HOT SPRINGS, Va, Aug. 2.—At the morning session of the American Bar asso- clation today the annual address was de- livered by Hon. Baron B. Colt of Rhode Island, United States judge for the First district. Judge Colt's subject was “The Reasonableness of Law. W. 8. Logan of New York made a verbal report from the committee on law. He commended the national bankruptey law. Discussing the trust question, he sald it would have to be settled by the lawyers; it they did not the demagogues would. If combinations continue competition would cease, and commercial jurisprudence eventually ‘would be entirely changed. The committee,, he said, had reached the unan- mous conclusion that modern industrial combinatfons should be stayed. Hon. Charles F. Manderson of Nebraska said the report was caleulated to rend the association assunder. He asked that the report be read. There was opposition to the motion and considerable confusion. The convention, however, agreed to hear the report at once, and it was fully dis- cussed. On the subject of trusts, the report says this is the important question now before the American bar. It says combinations are rapldly driving out of business the small dealer and the small producer. These two classes heretofore have fur- nished the largest number of petitioners in bankruptey courts, but now industrial com- binations of glgantic magnitude too large for a bankruptcy court to manage and too rich to need ever to be called before it, have been substituted. The report adds: Object of Combination. The modern combination's primary ob- ject is to control trade and commerce in lain articles of production and to substi- ute a more or Jess perfect monoj place of more or less free competition. changes entirely the basic principle of com- mercial relations between man and man and, If they are to continue to grow and to develop in the future as in the past, will render necessary most Important changes in the principlea of our commercial la- Combination us an economic coming to take the place of compe!luon o Droducers are combining, r tion companies are com¥inin uo combl nlnfi workmen as wi Il mploy- bining; everything seems to unmlnl Inlo som everybod to be a o eomaetldon “that etill remains i fast dis: ng. Workmen are refusing to ocm- ter Jobs. Labor unlons are enla: ha spheres of thelr activity and exten ns. The union of the P oyers is still stronger and more far-reach: than the union of the workmen. :ln now havi ations of !omhlnl o the. it g0 _to make u] volume of now ‘perh thousa! mlnln' nlll 8, each one very llklly m in common by a half dozen miners. Work of Some Comb) tions. The department store trust has combined the business of Lundreds of merchants, purchase, and others in some other wa, It is estmated that the Standard Uil con; pany has taken, by contract or by forc the business of 10,0w corporations and me; chants in all parts of the Union. The few resent sreat railroad lines of count ave been made up by the combination of hundreds of smalier’ lines, some. exten- slons of 'one and some of other competing he ‘embition of theshippiag trust, per- haps the project of ‘the greut Américan combine, been to control all the ships ThaL bl the ouman. A indred. yaere Abo there were hardly two ships owned by the same individual or corporation, and even fifty years ago there was scarcely a shop- qwner, individual or corporation, ~that owned a half dozen ships. No one knsws but that within the Mext ten years a greater than J. Plerpont Morgan will arise who will ombite into one organization all the in- dustries of the land so that the workman who worka for wages can find but one mplover and the purchaser of but possible seller. The steps toward the formation of one universal n- dustrial corporation which shall crowd out all other corporations and assume to itselt all the indystries of the land, have al- ready been more than half taken. It is not 50 far to go from now to that end as we bad to go to reach present indpstrial con- tions. A, monopoly is economically, desirabl that is, for the monopolis ‘he Biaten™alee) orporation ‘can produce (o matter what it ‘sells them for) its cheaper than the elements out of whic the comhjantion ever produced them. The Bnndl Dll company is eco- nomically holy for it pays per cent. dividends. The sugar trust is economically correct, for, whereas the individual sugar refiners lost money on small capitalization, the sugar pays big dividends on Jarge” capitalisation The Fallroud Sombin: ations are sconmicaily Impregnable for they 1f Mr. l‘nllln, ipping trust and §iY" schwalve shipbullding trust are fatl- ures, they are exceptions to the rule Cannot Rely on Natural Forces. rdy on mnatural ly and demand Bis Yo 1tmit tha or on'economic consid: wth of moderh oomblnldonl It they are undesirable, if the M{u he Amer- ican nation would ler off without them or with limitations put on them, they must put those limitations on by the actfon of thelr legislatures, their congress and their courts. The American bar must act and the American Bar_ assoclation must take th . 1t the Northern Be- utties dorporation. had ‘begn ailowed i3 g0 on, the next thing to follow it would naturally have been a United States Be- curities company, which would hold the majority of the 'stock of every rallroad where the American flag files. The report proposed the (olla‘nng reme- dles: First—We can tax them to death; or, if that is too radical a remedy, we can tax them until their growth and enlargement is impeded. There are constitutiohal pro- visions requiring direct taxations to Le uniform, and in view of these provisions it is probably impossible to discriminate in_the matter of direct taxation against corporations holding large amounts of tux- able property. There is, however, a fran. chise tax imposed by the most of the states upon corporations at the time of their in- corporation and annually thereafter. 'Chis franchise tax ls in almost all states in some way graded so as to tax the small corporation, at & higher rate than the largs one. The first §1, s & higher rate than subsequent munon- n our Judgment he gradation should ontinued, but it shoula'be & & nstead of down. We would le: he first $100,000 free and the cheep and reiss {he rate with sach succeeding million. ' Tho United Btates Steel corporation has a capi- tallzation of over $1,060,00000. The gr tion stages might be' slo easy ehough to please the most conservative and yet result in a taxation of 10 per cent upon the last N000.00. How long would tne nited States Bteel corporation continue Under that systam of tAXAUORT Reduce Prices by Law, Becond—We cun compell them to render better than cheaper service. If the com- bination of the Northern Paeific and the t lention which it attracted, it could ve been prevented much easier than by & hundred Sherman anti-trust laws by a single United fl(llu statute that required any corporation cgaged in interstate com- merce Lo res tes 50 per cent to and from av ‘.foinl where competition has been prevented by combination, merger, ((.OIHNI‘ on Becond M (From a Staft Coffespondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. #.—(Special Tale- gram.)—lowa postmasters appointed: Kel- lerton, Ringgold eounty, Charles E. Adams, vice C. E. Teale, resigned; Little Turkey, Chickasha county, A. Jones, vice L. H. Lee, removed. These rural carriers were appointed to- day: Nebraska, Oxford, regular, Walter 8. Lee; substitute, Dock Lee. Iowa, Atkins, regular, Miss Amy M. Johnson; substitue, Margaret Gasser; Carlisle, regular, Joe Petre; substitute, Russell Petre Cedar Raplds, regular, Myron Lubbock; substi- tute, Charles L. Lubbock; Dallas Center, regular, Harry E. 8hank; substitute, Myron C. Reynolds; Glenwood, regular, Willlam D. Antell; substitute, 8idney Pence; Humeston, regular, George King; substi- tute, Clyde Lattimer; Norway, regular, Glennie Brown; substitute, Newton Brown. These rural routes have been ordered es- tablished October 1: Nebraska, Odell, Gage county, two additional; area covered, forty- six square miles; population, 1,060. Pick- erell, Gage county, one route; area, thirty square miles; population, 535, Utica, Sew- ard aounty, one route; area twenty-five Square miles; population, 525. Iowa, Perci- val, Fremont county, one route; area cov- ered, twenty-two square miles; population, 630. Pomeroy, Calhoun eounty, one route; :'r:. forty-five square miles; population, GO TO SEE JOHN MITCHELL Missouri Mine Operators Leave for indianapolis Hoping to Avert Strike. KANSAS CITY, Aug. #1.—The members of the coal operators’ committee to confer with John Mitehell, president of the United Mine Workers' union, with a view to avert- ing a strike that threatens to close every Missourl coal mine on September 1, have departed for Indianaj The conference with Mr. Mitchell will probably be held to- morrow. The representatives of the union coal miners continue to aseft that Mitchell and the national counefl have no author- ity except of an ddvisefy nature to inter. fere with the threatened strike in Mis- sourl. The operators are acting upon the theory that Mr. Mitchell has full authority to act and he will be asked to order that the Missouri mine workers' do not go on strike pending arbitration. The operators believe that President Mitchell will issue an order next Monday aga{nst a strike, pend- ing arbitration. NEBRASKA DAY AT ST. LOUIS At Request of State Commisgloners October 18 s So Designated My Officials. 8T. LOUIS, Aug. t.—m committee on «designated October 18, 1804, as Nebraska day at the World's falr, the assignment belng made at the request of the Nebraska commission. Chiet Coburn of live stock depart- from Des Mdines, Ia., where he att the state falr and conferred with mem- bers of the Iowa commission in reference to thelr prospective exhibits of live stock at St. Louls next year. C. M. Reeves, secretary of the joint com- mittee on legislation and territorial ex- hibits, returned today from a trip mad in the interest of municipal exhibitions the World's fair. He visited Toledo, De- troit and Chicago, and reports that each city will probably make a display at the exposition. TRAMP TEN MILES TO WEDDING Couple Divorced in Omahs Have In- ter Experience Remarryl GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 2T.—(Special Tele- gram.)—What is known as a ‘“hot-foot" marriage occurred here yesterday evening, when Eugene H. Ferrin of Omaha and Miss Polly Beese were remarried by Judge McCall. The couple was divorced some time ago in Omaha, the wife being allowed to reassume her maiden name. Yesterday they came here and were informed by & clerk in the recorder's office that divorced persons could not remarry within a year. The couple took the train for Denver, in- tending to have the knot tied In Cheyenne. Going to Denver, also, was County Clerk Pattee, who told them divorcees of Ne- braska could remarry here and advised that they return to Golden, which they did, tramping ten miles, reaching here at 9§ o'clock, after which the knot was retied. BRIBE-TAKER TO BE TRIED Missouri Attorney Gemeral Ready to Open Case Against S Matthews. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Aug, 2T.—At- torney General Crow announced téday that he will be ready Monday when the circult court meets to try Senator B, W. Mat- thews of St. Louls, charged with accept- ing a bribe from D. J. Kelly for his vote on the alum bill. Bubpoenas have been fis- sued for Whitney Layton and J. H. Reln- hart of St. Louls, Senators W. H, Haynes of 8t, Joseph and E. A. Dowell of Labelle, Cornelius Roach of Carthage, secretary of the senate, and Joseph Tall, clerk of the house. Benator Matthews stated when hére last week that he would be ready for trial Monda: FRAUDS ARE TALKED ABOUT Postoflice Matters and Fi felation Matters Consl, by the President. nelal Leg- red OYSTER BAY, Aug. 27.—Proposed finan- cial legislation and the postoffice Investi- gation were the most important subjects discussed today by President Roosevelt with his visitors. Among those whom President Roosevelt entertained at lymcheon were Representa- tive Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey and Hamlin Garland, the writer, DOHERTY IS THE CHAMPION n Defeats American Te Flayer in All Three at Newpert. NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 2.—In the tennis match for the champlonship of the United States between H. L. Doherty, the English champlon, and W. A. Larned, American, Doherty won the first set, 6-0; points, 30-15. Doherty won the second set, 6-3; points, 36-30. Doherty won the third set, 108, and the United Btates champlonship. { Beerotary Biwhmk Will S8end Man Not in Bervioe to Indian Territory. LAND FRAUDS ARE NOW ADMITTED Department Seems at & Loss to Know Extent of Combination and Will Make Sweeping Investi- \ sation. WASHINGTON, Aug. Z1—The determin- ation of Secretary Hitchcock to send to the Indian Territory & man not connected with the Department of the Interior to Investigate conditions there is understood to be for the purpose of supplementing the work of the secretary himselt and of other representatives of the department in that territory. Bince early last spring the sec- retary has been glving personal attention 1o the situation In the territory and & num- ber of inspectors and other officials of the department have been engaged in the ef- fort to ferret out frauds and protect the interests of the Indians. The following is an abstract of an authorized statement ot the department's attitude toward the sit- uation, as well as an outline of what is being done there for the protection of the Indians: The secretary made a tour of the terri- tory In May, largely for the purpose of making inquiry regarding reports that had come to him of efforts to deprive the In- dians of their rich landed Inheritance, and the result of this personal investigation was to confirm the report that there was a persistent effort to secure the Indian lands at prices far below their real value. As a consequence of this inquiry he made a radical revision of the regulations for the sale of the allotted lands, and the d velopments since that change was made indicate that he has saved the Indians & large percentage over what would have been pald them If the original regulations had stood. Provisions of New Rules, The new rules require that all Indlan lands which are for sale be advertised and appraised by a competent officlal. The secretary has cancelled all sales made prior to the time that the new regulations took effect. There are 420 of these deeds, calling for an aggregate payment of $360,- 000. All these deeds, with the checks, have been returned to the purchasers, and it is thought that under the new regula- tions the prices pald will exceed the old prices by from 16 to 1% per cent. The majority of the Indian land owners are en- tirely. ignorant of business methods and are easlly made the tools of designing mén, whether leaders of thelr own race or white men. Becretary Hitchcock discovered that clerks in the office of the Indlan agent had denied a hearing to the Indians’ national attorney, who represented some 14000 Indian The secretary denounced this transaction as an abuse of officlal authority and provided for the adequate punishment of the persons en- gaged in it. A favorite method for securing the leases is to have the Indians approachetl by merchants, who, by offering their wares in exchange, can secure the most favorable t ge ‘that when control of a pléce of land i¥ once secured by means of leas- ing it will be held by some means until it can be secured at the lessees own figur Lands Worth Many Milllons. The surplus lands belonging to the In- dians in the territory are worth many mil- llons of dollars and Secretary Hitchcock and his advisers understand perfectly how great a temptation they are placing before men. It 1s estimated that there are now fully 50,000 white people In the territory, among whom many combinations have been made to control of the disposal of the lands. The sectetary himself discovered that a number of officeholders, many of them out- side of his own department, were stock- flolders and officers in these combines, and he immediately made known his disap- proval of this system. Former Revenue Collector Cobb on finding that the depart- ment did not consider membership in one of these companies compatable with the holding of a government position, resigned his offictal place to enter on a business career. The object in sending & man from private Iife to inquire into conditions s to make the investigation still more searching, still more disinterested and to give the finding more complete credence with the publlc at large. The secretary's instructions to this agent, when secured, will be to go Into all phases of the question without favoritism on the one hand or fear of public clamor on the other. He takes the position that while it 18 necessary and right to protect the In- dlans it is neither necessary nor right to punish innocent offict Investigate Dawes Commission, Two members of the Dawes commission who were absent from Indian Territory on thelr annual leaves when the chary were made by the Indlan Rights assoc! tlon have been recalled to their posts for the purpose of meeting the criticism pub- lished against them. Indlan Inspector Wright, who has been & trusted employe of the government for twenty years, will be expected, ltke all others, to give his attention to the inquiry. The secretary realizes that while there may be shortcomings on the part of some of the government officials, there are, on the other hand, many men not employed by the government, whom he designates as “grafters” and by whom any official who may oppose their designs is certain to be made the subject of the harshest censure. The secretary announces his de- termination to protect officials who are doing their duty against the schemes of all such people. Several officials who already have been detected In questionable transactions have been summarily dismissed, while the resig- nations of others have been requested. The secretary es the position that it does not promote the public interest to publish the names of dismissed officials. These dismissals and others occurred be- fore the Indian Rights assoclation had called attention to irregularities in the territory, and most of them were the re- suit of the personal investigations of the secretary. Mysterious Iliness of Children. A report has been made to the health officer of the district of the mysterious 1ll- ness yesterday of thirty inmates of the industrial home near Washington. Re- cently fifty of the children in this same institution suffered a simllar iliness. The examination when made falled to disclose the cause of the sickness. The children were given for breakfast yesterday oat- meal, bread and butter and tea or coffee, and some of the older ones were given fried potatoes. Several hours afterward they were selzed with violent vomiting and some of them with symptoms of faintness. The case is being investigated. The secretary of the interior today is- T (Continued on Second Page.) | B Miller, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Friday; Sat- urday Fair and Warmer. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Hour. Des. 5 a [ @ a or T a Ld 8 a ™ o kel 10 =, 73 11 & o8 12 maiiee ™ RAILROADS BADLY TIED UP Tracks and Roadbeds Are Inundated and Trafo is weate Only two of the rafiroads which run in and out of Omaha were free from washouts and other Interruptions due to the heavy rains of Wednesday afternoon and night. The greatest damage to the rallroads seems to have been done In that section of country Iying along the eastern bank of the Mis- sour] and extending twenty miles eastward. By the time that the eastbound Chicago trains were due to depart Wednesday even- Ing the rain had already exerted its force and the Iilinols Central was the only road whose service was not interrupted. The Chicago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul was caught with & bad washout between Neola and Council Blufts and sent thelr evening and morning trains out over the Illinols Central line. The Northwestern also had a bad washout somewhere just out of Council Bluffs and the eastbound trains were held at the Council Bluffs transfer all night, while their trains from the east falled ab- solutely to show up. Yesterday the track to the eastward was still impassable and more trains were held at the Union station. The Rock Island had & washout to the west of Weston, Ia, and did not have & train through from the east Wednesday night or yesterday. The water's being over the track precluded a careful examina- tion of the wrecked tracks and culverts, but it was rapidly going down. There were only a few washouts west of Omaha, the Union Pacific having a serious washout on ‘its Manhattan branch south of Beatrice. The North- western track between Omaha and Fremont was somewhat softened and washed, although it has been impossible to deter- mine the amount of damage as yet be- cause of the water covering up large section of {t. It Is not thought that the damage is extensivea and the Bomesteel train is to leave In the afternoon if plans do not miscarry. Early after the rain began Wednesday afternoon the approach to the Union Pa- cific bridge began sinking on the north side and, by morning, 500 feet of the three most northern tracks had sunk about twenty feet. The rest of the embankment Wwas also shaky and all trains were taken ovgr at a snall's pace. The company began refliling at once with cinders and gravel, but is will be a question of several weeks before the entire damage can be repaired. The B. & M aiso had a landslide, the embankment of the eastbound track at Fourth and Hickory streets sliding down ontg the lower westbound track and bury- ing it in three and four feet of clay and Eravel. An engine, passing on the lower track at the time, was caught by the debris and wedged fast without belng shoved off of the track or in any way dam- aged. The 30 feet.of covered track was shoveled free before noon and the upper track was almost in normal condition. About twenty feet of the westbound track was also washed out near Gibson and was replaced yesterday. While the Burling- ton brought its train In from Chicago ‘Wednesday night only a little late, the morning train was reported indefinitely lite. It was impossible to ascirtain the definite cause of tardiness. On the main line of the Union Pacific there was little delay of the trains and that was caused by high water near Paplllion and Millard. The Illinois Central still had a Chicago line on Thursday night and the Milwaukee, Northwestern and Rock Island were all using the road to carry their trains into Iowa, where they switched onto their own tracks as soon as possible. The Burlington sent No. 2 to Chicago by way of St Joseph, but began abandoning its trains from the west here last night and sent its Chicago-bound passengers on the Illinois Central trains. No repairs have been completed on any of the roads and the Northwestern was forced to bring its train in from Fremont over the Union Pacific tracks after waiting for several_hours with the hope that the damage could be repaired in time, but it had not been fixed Thursday night. BODY OF YOUNG SOLDIER Remains of Oliver P. Arrive in Omaha fro; in Few Days, Moore Will My The remains of Oliver P. Moore of the Elghteenth battery, United States field ar- tillery, who was killed at Pasay garrison, Manila, are expected to reach the city in a few days. The deceased is the son of Willlam W. Moore, an employe of Unlon station, and who lives at 88 South Twenty-third street. The body is on its way from San Francisco now. The cause of young Moore's death is stated in & Manila paper to be sulcide, but his parents are inclined to doubt the state- ment as recent lotters received from him | indicated that he was cheerful and hopeful and was looking forward with much pleas- ure to his early discharge from the army, and they have asked an Investigation. He was but 18 years of age and enlisted in the navy May 1L 101 He was discharged from the navy after about a year's service | and then enlisted in the Twenty-ninth coast artlllery under the hame 8f George and was transferred to the Eighteenth fleld artillery. He enlisted without the consent of his parents and they had no knowledge of his enlistment | until after his arrival In the Philippines. A brother, W. F. Moors, lives at Adams, Gage county, and a sister, Mrs. Bert Church, at Montesano, Wash, The latter will not be able to be present at the funeral. Arrangements are being made to give the dead soldier a military funeral and have the Thurston and Millard rifles and Omaha Guards participate. The funeral will be held from the undertaking rooms of Messrs. Brailey & Dorrance, at Twen- tieth and Cuming streets, when the body Interment will be at Forest Mov At New York—Arrived: Hamburg. Sailed: Auguste Victoria, for via Plymouth; Labretagne, for onigen, Lulse, for Bremen Via nd Cherbourg ow—Arrived: from Philadeiphla via Bt. At Queenstown—Sailed: Germanic, from Liverpool for New York: Belgenland, from Pl)mnulh At Gla Carthagenian, Johns. " Liverpool for Philadeiphia At PTave —Salled: Mayflower, for so.ton via Queenstown. Bagres—Passed: Calchas, from Lon- acn, Glasgow and Liverpool, for Beattie. the | RAIN BREAKS REGORD Fall Heaviest in hy One Day Bince Open- ing of Looal Bureaun, NEARLY TEN INCHES IN THREE Oity is Soaked and Muoh Damage is Sue- tained in Places STREETS SUFFER EXTENT OF THOUSANDS Private Dwellings Feel Prossure and Many Oellars Are Water- Filled. RAILROADS AT MERCY OF DAYS WEATHER As & Whole Terrific Downpour is One of the Most Severe that Ha Ever Visited Omaha Vielnity. “There are some very remarkable features connected with the recent heavy rains in this locality " sald Weather Forecaster Welsh at the federal bullding. *“The rain- fall for a twenty-four hour perfod, from 1T o'clock a. m. Wednesday to 7 o'clock Thurs- day morning, was 698 inches and Is the heaviest on record in this locality. The amount of rainfall from 2:35 Wednesday morning to 7 o’clock Thursday morning was 7.22 inches. From Monday night to 7 a, m. Thursday the total precipitation fs 9.15 inches. Adding to this the .41 of an inch that has fallen since 7 yesterday morning it makes a total of 9.50 inches of water falling here since Monday night. This Is nearly one-third of the annual average precipitation for this section. “Wednesday afternoon for a period of two minutes the remarkable quantity of one- fourth of an inch of rain fell here fin Omaha. The rainfalls have been very heavy throughout the corn belt. At Unionville, Mo., & precipitation of 7.50 Inches is re- ported. There were also very heavy down- pours at Marysville, Kan. The heavy rain- talls have been unevenly distributed throughout the district. The rains lLave been general throughout the valley and lake districts. The heaviest have, however, been In this section of Nebraska and through Towa, where there have also been some exceptionally heavy downpours. “I wish to say I was misquoted Wednes- day and made to say that one-half an inch of rainfall over one gere would be equiva- lent to 300 barrels of water. The equivalent would be 300 barrels of water over that area with one inch of rainfall.” Heavy Damage to Streets. Damage to the streets, both paved and unpaved, will amount to thousands of dol- lars, Public works department officers could place no estimate upon the expendi- ture that will be required, but it was stated that if $15000 covered the cost of repalrs they would be surprised. All morning telephone and personal messages related tales of devastation by the waters. Demands were made from all parts of the city for syphons and pumps to relieve water-congested basements, - As many men and as much equipment as the city had available had been put to work during the night and applicants yesterday had to walt their turns. The visible supply of red lantern globes in the Omaha market has been nearly ex- hausted and there are stjll many danger- ous breaks in the streets that will have to be guarded. “There is not an unpaved street in town that is not in bad shape this morning," waid Street Commissioner Hummel yesterday. “Every Hillside has deposited tons of mud on the pavements that lle at the foot of declivities. A great deal of the old wooden pavement went out and left bad holes, some of them several feet deep. In some of the dirt streets fills were washed out that will take a thousand or more yards of earth to replace. I have scores of re- ports of damage on my desk, but I have had no chance to classify or estimate the damage in dollars and cents. Antleipates the Flood. Fortunately, as though it had a ‘hunch" that the deluge, was about to come, the council on Tuesday mnight appropriated $1,000 for repalrs to unpaved streets and $600 for repairs to cross-walks. The mayor has not vet signed the concurrent reso- lution making the avallable, but there is no reason to believe he will not do so. The public works department is flguring on putting on a large force of men Friday, provided the rain ceases. “Reports of broken sewers stopped up, walls undermined, basements filled, are coming in from all parts of the city, but we cannot make investigations or repalrs," sald City Engineer Rosewater, as he looked at the pouring rain outside. “In some places we have refused to make excavations for sewer repairs for fear of weakening walls of bufldings and pracipitating & collapse. The rains mean that repairs to asphalt pravements will cost several thousand dollars more than was originally estimated. The cgontract to the Barber Asphalt company, being fought out in court, 18 estimated on the holes as they appeared several weeks ago. The contract in & measure is elastic, the bidding being by so much per yard. Of course the eon- dition of the repair fund will not permit | more than $16,000 or $17,000 worth of work being done, uniess relief provisons are made. Recommend Storm Sewers, Reports have come In that a consider- able part of the asphalt intersection at | Twenty-third and Cuming streets has been | undermined and washed out. The section | surrounding this palpt fs low and is not provided with storm sewers. 1 shall rec- { ommend that storm sewers be built at once, as we have the maney to do it and they are badly needed.” Half a dozen frame dwellings at Seven- | teenth street and St. Mary's avenue are in danger of total destruction from the waters. They are owned by Herfan Kountze, are old and fimsy, and &re oen- structed on wgoden foundations Which have rotted away. Thest foundations being | below the street level, are easy prey for the torrents of water that have been sweeping down the avenue for several days. The tenants have been warned to move out. ! City ofcials would like to see the destruc- tion of the “shacks,’’ as they are called, saying that they should have beem pulled down long ago. “80 far as I have learned,”” said Assist- ant City Engineer Cralg, “the worst dam- o has been to the fill on the Nebraska approach to the Union Pacific bridge. This immense embankment, upon which thou- sands of dollars have been spent during the last year, has gone down with five tracks. The foundations for the pew power house for the street rallway com- pany at the foot of Jones street may be seriously injured. They are completely inundated. Wednesday workmen battled with the water with a huge pump, but were beaten. Back water from sewers and bursted sewers are flooding cellars and