Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 10, 1903, Page 1

t;‘\"vlrlhdm the feeling in official quar- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE COTTON IS ON GUARD Hears American Admiral Will Be Asked to Protect All Poreigners. HOLDS LANDING PARTY IN READINESS Bays That United States Ships Are Now Oleared for Action. BERLIN THINKS IT COMPLICATES MATTERS Isterjects Blement Which Will Aot Inde- dependent of the Powers ACT MAY EXCITE TURKISH GOVERNMENT Dther Powers May Send Ships to Bey- root and Situation There is Sald to Be Very Grave. BERLIN, Sept. %.—A delayed d&ispatch from Constantinople to the Lokal Anseiger (which sometimes prints official news) says that telegraphie consul reports recetved bere (Monday) says that the murder of Christians in different parts of Beyroot eontinues. Disorder prevails and traffic is @estroyed. The consuls also decided to eall on Rear Admiral Cotton for eventusl protection of the foreign consulates, which he later agreed to furnish. It is considered that the Americans could lapd 50 men. Some Amer- dcans, it is believed, have already landed. ‘The American ships are cleared for action. Other warships are expected. The German Foreign office approves of Admiral Cotton's intention to land a guard to protect the United Btates consulate at | Beyroot, If necessary, and of his holding | & landing party in readiness 1o protect the foreigners there. ers over the appearance of the American ps off Beyroot appears to be that complicates the Turkish situation, ‘‘be- cause,” it is new olement has been brought in, which acts independently of the powers, now that the pressure of the powers is more or less co-ordinate, and the porte may know what to expect. But the American action is not easlly ecalcu- Jated and will tend to excite the Turkish government and add to the perplexities. Several of the German newspapers, while ither restrained in thelr language, look th distrust on the presence of the Amer- warships at Beyroot, as likely to dis- the Mussulmans. Other papers, how- over, say it is not fair to ascribe the out- break to the arrival of the Americans. Moslems Fight Among Themselves. BEYROOT, Syria, Sept. 7.—(Via Port Baid.)—Vice Consul Magelssen, when he was fired at recently, was near a police booth. His assailant is not yet known. The ‘authorities are indifferent and thus far have given no satisfaction. The Moslem mection of the city from Fridey to last night was In a state of anarchy and thirty persons were killed, among whom, how. were no forelgners. ry the streets deserted iment is seemingly unable Mng to assure the safety of the resi- @ents. The arrival of the American cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco was most opportune. Admiral Cotton is on the alert and = wignalman and a guard slept at the United States consulate last night. The men on board these warships are ready to disem- bark on a signal from the consulate. The boats of Brooklyn and S8an Francisco have recouncitered the coast below the property of the American mission In order to melect landing places in case of need. The Amer- fcan missionary authorities have demanded Guards from the governor for the protection of mission property. An attempt to enter an American resi- @ence on Baturday was frustrated. The Americans here' think the United States government should insist on the dismissal ©of the vall of Beyroot, a notorious bribe- taker, and to whom all the disorders. are t ted. The opinion here is that the Powers should take action with a view to bringing Beyroot under the jurisdiction of h sutonomous Christian government for the Lebanon district. Consular Accounts Change Stories. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 9.—Consular ®ocounts recetved here from Beyroot totally difter from the Turkish version of the break The vall of Beyroot was not on board the United States fagship Brooklyn when the first brawl occurred, but was in the coun- it mans One of the pillaged houses belonged to a French citizen. Though there has been no further disturbance at Beyroot since SBun- @ay great uneasiness, amounting to a panic, prevatls among the Christians, many of ‘whom have left Beyroot and sought refuge in Lebanon. The forelgn consuls at Beyroot met on Monday and decided to make serious repre- mentations to the local authorities looking to the preservation of order. They also de- cided to telegraph to their respective am- bassadors or ministers at Constantinople demanding the recall of the mcompetent Beyroot and reghesting that war sent for the protection of the Eu- Pusha, vall of Syria, was ordered Damascus to Beyroot, where he ar- yesterday. porte announces that he was sent %o Beyroot with two battalions of troops to temporary charge of affaire there. vall of Beyroot, it i also announced. not been deprived of his authority, but ‘will “probably remain tn active duty at post” during the stay of Nasim Pasha Beyroot. Appeal to Admival Cottom. ‘While the rioting was iIn progress, the Beyroot advices further state, an appeal Was made 10 Rear Admiral Cotton to land marines, but he replied that he could mot fatervene in a quarrel among Ottoman sub- probable that France will ts here drew the of the porte on Monday to t Beyroot, demanding that 19, 1871 OMAHA, THURSDAY ILD A GREAT CANAL abinet Decldes to Again WILL BU Prussian BERLIN, Sept. has decided to again propase to the Land- tag the construction of a great cross- country canal to connect the Rhine, Weser and Eibe, thus completing the emperor's Droposed system of internal waterways. Congressman Burton, chalrman of the rivers and harbors committes of the house, who has returned here from his Inquiry into the river and harbor improvements in eastern and southeastern Burope, says this is the only canal project seriously consid- ered in Europe that compares in expense to the proposed Brie canal improvements. The Rhine-Elbe canal was estimated to ©cost $60,000,000, though it is now thought it will cost conwiderably more. Mr. Burton, who accompanied by Major F. Mahan, Usited States engineer corps, retired, and his secretary, Mr. Floyd, was recelved with the utmost courtesy in the countries through which he passed. Russia provided government steamers for his transportation and Prof. Timonoft and other engineers went with Mr. Bur. ton and his party on Volga and visited | several Black seat harbors, the Danube and the upper Eibe. Speaking of his investigations, which were begun early in June, he said: We found illustrations throwing lght upon almost every proposition In the river and_ barbor works of the United Btates. Everywhere in E *here is a disposition to make increased use of the inland water- ways, whether river. or canals. The value of this means of transportation is coming to be realized more and.more. In France and Germany and portions of | Russia the quantity of freight carried by water is increasing more than that carried by rail. There is a strong movement for the improvement of the inland waterways, and there is a growing opinion , though not as potent or universal, in favor of tolls on the waterways which are improved. 1t would seem that Europe affords better opportunities than America to study the relations between railway and transportation, because fr quently a state which is improvin | rivers and bullding canals also owns the raflways, but for various reasons the field is_not much better. In some countries the policies adopted to- | ward the two methods of transportation are widely different. In others the railways and waterways are managed by different governments, each trying to make a good showing, and the competition which arises is almost as keen as in the United States. Mr, Burton will visit the lower Elbe, near Hamburg, and the canals of northern France before going home. PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS - AN | American Woman Painting Likeness of Ruler of China for St. Louis Fair. PERING, Sept. 10.—It has been decided that the portrait of the empress dowager now being painted by Miss Kate Augusta Carl, an American artist, shall be exhibited | at the St. Louls exposition. It is oontrtrs‘i to Chinese traditions to have likenessés of | their semi-sacred rulers made and this in- novation has caused quite a sensation ntl the Chinese court. The painting of the portrait was suggested and the dowager emprens’ consent obtained by Mrs. Conger, wife of the United States minister. |his remarks the president | with preventable causes) because our lack | MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903—TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. CAUSE OF BRITAIN'S PERIL English Scieftist Bees It in the Lack of Higher Education. GOVERNMENT MUST LEARN FROM OTHERS President of Association for Advance- ment of Science Says State Must Asa, Private Funds Are Not Encugh. ¥ ® "We have in this cam BOUTHPORT, England, Sept. 9 British Association for the Advang of Science met at the opera house ¥ uight. Sir Norman Lockyer delly address, entitled “The Influence Power on History.” ds ain During the co. s of referred at length to the struggle for existence in mod- ern communities, showed that British in- dustries were suffering from international competition, dweit on the necessity for a body such as the British assoclation, deal- Ing with the matters of sclence, and sail Our position as a nation and our success as merchants are in peril chiefly (dealing | of completely efficient universities and our negiect of research. We in Great britain have eleven universi- Ues competing with 1%, state and privately endowed in the United Staies and twen: two siate endowed in Germany. The Ger- man government gives L0 one universily more than the British government gives (o ali the university colleges in kngland, ire- land, Scotiand and Wales put together. These are the conditons which regulate the production of brain power iu the United States, Germany and Great Britain, respectively, and the excuse of the govern: ment that this is & matter for jrivate ef- fort. Private Ald Inefiecient. Do not our ministers of state know that other civilized countries grant eficient Siate aid, and further, that private effort has provided in Great Britain less than 10 per cent of the sum thus furnished in the United States in addition to state aid? What are the iacts relating to private en- dowment in this country? In spite of the munificence displayed by a small number of individuals in some localities the truth must be spoken. 1n depending in our coun- | | iry_upon this form of endowment we are trusting to a broken reed. 1f we take the twelve British university colleges, the fore- | runners of universities, uniess we are to perish from lack of knowledge, we find that private effort during sixty yedrs has found ess than £4,000.000; that is £2,000,000 for bullding and £40,00 a year income. ives us an avera nd £330 for yearly income. What is the scale of private effort we have to compete with in regard to the American universities? Work of United States. In the United States during the fast few rears ‘universities and colloges have re. celved more than £40,00000 from this Jource alone. Private efforts supplied Do 0000 in the years etween 199§ » . Next consider the amount of sta: a to universities afforded in u'l!l!A buildings of the new University of Etras- burg have already cost nearly a million, that is about as much as has been founded by private effort for bulldings in Man- Chester, Liverpool, Birmingkam, Bristol, rne"ulfl.u nd‘n !hetfllol'd.m e government nual endowment of same German university is more than £45,000. state ald only ean tition possible with either. study the facts, the more stat gone into, i large istics are . the more de we find that we, to Miss Carl has resided in the palace the | ends past month as a guest, with spartmentg near the empress, who gave hef daily sit- tings. Miss Carl has frequently dined with the fmpertdl Nousehold. DEMAND SEVERE PUNISHMENT Army Officers Insist that Assassins of King and Queen Pay Penalty. BELGRADE, Bervia, Sept. 9.—The Servian army officers recently arrested succeeded today in publishing & mew proclamation calling on all the officers to stand together in demanding the most severe punishment | fd* the murderers of King Alexander and | Queen Drags. The officers declare that either they or | the murderers must leave the service. 1"!'8y proclamation conciuded with ecalling for | cheers for King Peter. The Servian public now openly takes sides with the arrested officers and demands their release. Great dissatisfaction prevails on account of the appuintment of General Gynkics, one of the chief conspirators, to command the army division of Nish. WILL BUY BATTLE FIELD Oarnegie Sald to Be Negotiating for the Famous Bannock- burn. |pended on “brain power’ | & short-lived 1 &t vate “Soa Power” and “Brain Power.” The president then compared the vast sums spent by the British government on “sea power” and the small amounts ex- and advocated | duplicating the navy bill of 18855, $120,000,- 00, and devoting that amount to the in- crease of Great Britain's brain power, add- Let this sum be assigned and borrowed as it is wanted: there will be & capital sum for new bulldings to be erected in the next five or ten years, the interest of the re- mainder to ‘go towards increased annual endowments. It s the case of battleships over again, and money need not be spent more freely in one case than in the other. This sum is not to be re as practi- cally gone when spent, as in the case of DRUGGISTS ELECT OFFICERS Wholesale Dealers Discuss Many Business Matters at Thelr An- wal Convention. BOSTON, Sept. 0.—The featurs of today's session of the National Wholesale Drug- gists’ association was the spirited address | of Thomas V. Wooten of Chicago, secretary of the National Association of Retall Drug- gists, In which he presented the views of | JOHNSON OPENS CAMPAIGN Demoeratic Ca nte for Govermor of Ohio Starts Denuaciation AKRON, O. Sept. 9.~The opening mest- ing of the democratic state campaign was held in a tent here tonight, addresses be- ing Melivered by Hon. Tom L. Johnson, car N os for governor of Ohlo; John H. o candidate for United States sen- Md Henry George, Jr., of New York. Srowd at the meeting was estimated L000. In his speech Mr. Johuson said ‘part: i it r“n u".‘( hi uestions to present to the ot Ohio. hicwo e~ the questions Of home rul equitable taxation and the destroying o the unholy, if not corrupt, alliance between certain managers of the republican party and the owners of valuable epeclal privi- eges The city of Cleveland furnishes an ex- cellent illustration of the issues of the democratic party in this cam ign. C land has become known as the most com- letely enjoined city in Ohlo. Since I hav n mayor fifteen injunctions have been issued againet the city in the interest of the owners of valuable special privileges like the street railroads and the gas and electric light companies, aud _after each injunction the demogratic pluralities have been larger than befare. Scnator Hanna, who i financlally inter- ested in some of the puslic corporations, with the ald of Attorney General Shee: has been abie to prevent the clty from com- pelling the public service corporations to pay their just share of the taxes and has 80 far blocked the establisliment of & 3-cent fare street railroad to compete with his b-cent fare monopoly t The last injunction issued against Cleve- | land strikes at the very liberties of the people, as the supreme court restrains the people of Cleveland from expresaing their opinion as to whether they would operate their own electric light plant or aliow it to be operated for private profit. The in- Junetion prevented the election. In his address John H. Clarke, candidate for senator, said: The decision in the Northern Securities case is proof positive that through the seven years in which the trusts have been taking possession of the business of the country there was ampie faw i it Oiu beew entorced to have prevented the formation or to huve restrained the exactions at least of every trust engaged in interstate com- merce, and most of the great ones are so engaged As to remedies in the way of controlling the trusts, the first is the taking of the tariff from all articies the manufacture or sale of which Is controlied by & monopol and the second limiting of the capitaiiza- tion of all corporations engaged in inter- | state commerce. PUNISHMENT FOR OFFICERS Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Booth Found Guilty of Mismsnagement and Negligence Handling Stores. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Sept. $.—~The findings in the court-martial proceedings against Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Booth of the Seventeenth infantry were made public today by Brigadier General Funston, commanding the Department of the Columbla, who reviewed the case. Colonel Booth was In charge of the quar- termaster’s stores at Fort Davis, Alaska, and was tried by generil court-martial on charges of irregularity in his department. The court held Booth gullty of mismanage- ment and negligence and rentenced him to remaln at the foot of the list of lieutenant colonels during the rest of his active serv- ice—elever, vears. » tente reduced the time to five years. Colonel Booth was for several vears in the Seventh infantry, being transferred major to the Seventeenth. He entered thy military academy from Vermont in 1868, was commissioned as second leutenant in the Seventh infantry and reached his ma- | Jority ut the elose of the Spanish war. GUESTS OF THE PRESIDENT Rallroad Men, Soldiers and News- Take Luncheon at OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. 9.—The presi- { dent entertained at luncheon Paul Morton of Chicago, vice president of the Santa Fe | raiiroad system; Francis E. Leupp of Wash- ington and Lieutenant Gordon Johnston of | the army, who was & member of the presi- dent’s regiment of Rough Riders. Mr. Leupp, who is a Washington news- paper correspondent, was appointed by the president several months ago as a commis- sioner to make an investigation of alleged Indian frauds in Oklahoma Territory. He has completed his work and today made his report to the president. Later in the afternoon Archbishop Harty, who will sail very soon for Manila, paid his | respects to the president and talked with him about the situation in the Philippines. Colgate Hoyt, president of the Ohio So- LONDON, Sept. §.—It is said that Andrew | the retal] drugsists to the manufacturers. | clety of New York, Invited the president to Carnegie is negotiating for the purchase of | the famous battlefield of Bannockburn, near Stirling, Scotland, In order to save it from falling into the hands of bullders. Turkish Atrocities Considered. LEICESTER, England, Sept. 9.—The pro- oceedings of the trades union congress were | temporarily suspended today by a motion | calling the attention of the labor congress | to the "Turkish atrocities, which made the | ears of every British subject tingle with in- | dignation. A resolution on the subject was | ! referred to & committea, A cable message ' | from Samuel Gompers, president of the | American Federation of Labor, congratulat- | ing the gates, was read with much enthusiasm. Comelliation Bill is Dropped. MELBOURNE, Victoria, Sept. 8—The premier announced in the Commonwealth House of Representatives today that the conciliation bill on which the common- wealth government was defeated yesterday by the adoption of a labor amendment, making the measure apply to rallway em- ployes. had been dropped for this session, but that the government would make it & plank in thelr platform in the coming elections. | | Governor Dole Will Retire. HONOLULU, Sept. S.—In an interview today Governor Dole stated that he would | not resign his office but would retire at the | end of his term, which expires in May next. | Governor Dole Is anxious to resume the practice of law and for that reason will not permit his name to appear as a candi- | Gate for the ofice. Governor Dole stated | that he has never had second term aspira- tions. LIST OF INJURED INCREASES LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Sept. 9—The list of those injured in the collapse of the grandstand during the sham battle on the reservation Tuesday afterncon has been in- creased by twenty-four, making a total of | niearly seventy known injured. None is reported as in & dangerous con- dition with the possible exception of J. Henson. aged 8 years, who is ai the fort bosgdial and may dle, ™ -4 The conditions of retall druggists, he said, | are unsatistactory. There are 40,000 and more retail druggists in the United States. | Thousands of them are prosperous, but all | Tealize that any moment they are likely to | be reduced to the precarious lving whick'| is the lot of other thousands through the | operations of the rate cutters The Na- that this destructive work must be stopped and it calls upon the proprietors and job- bers to help stop it. These officers were elected: President, C. F. Shoemaker of Philadelphia; vice president, C. ¥. Michaels of San Francisco; mecretary, J. B. Toms of Indlafiapolis; treasurer, 8. B. Strong of Cleveland; mem- ber of board of control, Henry W. Evans of Kansas City. It was learned that after adjournment and as the result of a long conference, the wholesalers had agreed to a resolution ap- proving the serial number plan for selling proprietary goods in a form satisfactory to the members of the National Retail Drug- | gists’ association. | The delegates o the annual comvention | of the Proprietary Association of America | today elected the following officers: Preat- | dent, D. F. Chamberlain of Des Moines; secretary, Joseph Leeming of New York treasurer, Henry H. Woods of New York. AUTOMOBILE KILLS SPECTATOR Fatal Accldent at ot Races e Track Near Detrott, at DETROIT, Sept. %.—Whils Barney Old- field's racing automoblle was runuing nearly sixty miles an hour &t the Grosse Pointe track this afternoon in the ten-mile | open event, one of the front tires on ihe machine burned through and exploded, throwing the car into the fence and in- juring Frank Shearer, @ spectator so ter- ribly that he died in an ambulance enroute to the hospital The car went fifty feet through the air, and Oldfield, who kept his seat. bad & marvelous escape from death. He received several cuts about the body and had one rib broken. It was an afterncon of accldents at the track, two other high-power machines, those driven by Harry Cunningbam and Heari Page, the Parisian, coming 10 grief because of th tires. Fortunately no one was hwrt in iher of (hese wccidents, ~ attend the annual dinner of the soclety to be held next winter. While no definite an- swer was given, it is understood the presi dent indicated he would not be able to at- tend the dinner. VERY IMPORTANT DECISION | tional Assoclation of Retall Druggists says | Right of Coal Operators te Discharge Employes May Reopem Question. WILKESBARRE, Bept. 3.—Coal operators of the Wyoming division look upon the decision of Umpire Wright, giving them the right to discharge employes, as a very im- portant one. The officiais of the United Mine Workers claim that the privilege given the employers is apt to be abused by mine foremen, who, acting upon instructions’ from headquarters, can make it very unpleasant for the men who were act've in the last strike. The superintendent of one of the large coal companies says that the decision is tar reaching, and will either bring per- manent peace in the anthracite region or open war upon the part of the union miners. He points out that %0 per cent of the petty strikes that have taken place since the strike commission made its award were caused by the discharge of some employe for cause. In order to have him reinstated, all the employes of the mine would go out. FIGHTS BURGLAR WITH SABER Thief Finally Shoots His Antagonist Makes His Escape trom House. ABHLAND, Ky., Sept. 9.—Sheriff Hene, with a posse, is hunting & burglar who shot and seriously wounded Colonel Mor- | propeller, which broke about the middle | decal Williame In his country home before daylight yesterday. Colonel Williams, in discovering the bur- glar ransacking the house, fought him with & saber until the burglar shot him and es- caped. Mrs. Willlams and thelr small granddaughter were the only other ocecu- pants of the Normal homestead, midway between Ashland ani Catletisburg, and they called the neight/ors, who summoned & physician Colonel Williams has regained conscious- ness and is resting well today, but the Seoling & Lhq community is lutense, e T0 MAKE SEPARATE REPORT Attorneys Botmaparte and Oonrad Have Looked Into Postal Affairs. SUITS BARRED BY LIMITATION STATUTE Investigation by Lawyers Made at th Personal Request of the Presi- Postofice Department. WASHINGTON, Sept. $.—By direction of President Roosevelt a thorough investiga- tion has been made into the charges pre- ferred by Seymour W. Tulloch against the management of affairs of the Washington, D. C, postoffice. This investigation has been made by Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte and Hon. Holmes Conrad, special counsel of the government in the prosecution of the postoffice cases, and it is independent and supplementary to the report made by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bris- tow. Mr. Bristow's report, Mr. Conrad says tonight, was simply a collection of facts in the case reported by postoffics Inspectors | and contained no opinion as to the merit of the charge. The investigation made by Messrs, Bonaparte and Conrad will go into the merits of the charge and will express |an opinion as to whether or not the ac- cused persons are vindicated or are gullty of the offenses charged against them. The conclusions drawn from their inquiry will be embodied in a report which will be sub- mitted to the Attorney general the latter part of the week. Whether or not this report will be made public Mr. Conrad could not say tonight, as that matter rests with the officials of the administration. No prosecu- tion will arise from any results of the investigation, as the offenses, if any have been made, are barred by the statute of limitations. Have Worked Five Weeks. Mr. Conrad sald he and Mr. Bonaparte had been engaged for five weeks in the {inquiry, They had examined thoroughly | the matters themselves, with all charges on the subject made by the Treasury and Postoffice departments. The president, said Mr. Conrad, was very anxious that the whole matter should be gone over caretully 0 that if persons named in the charges of {Mr. Tulloch were not guilty they should | be vindicated and 1f they were that this fact might go on record. Their duty had been to act in the capacity of a master in chancery and report on the facts as they found them. Not a Political Affair. Tt was not a party affair with the presi- | dent, Mr. Conrad declared, but an honest democrats and republicans being involved in the charges. The president was anxious to have the matter thoroughly sifted and any criticism, credit or blame arising from the inquiry would be borne by him. Mr. Conrad expressed .the opinion that both he and Mr. Bonaparte would agree as 10 the recommendation to we made to the atiorney general. The irials of those persons indicted tn the postoflice frauds cases it is expected will ~4Degin at the October term of the <listrict coutt. This was the opinion expressed by Hon. Holmes Conrad, one of the kpecial counsel erigaged by the government in the prosecution of the cases. The government will consolidate the cases ‘where this is practicable, 8o as to expedite matters, unless the accused persons shall | demand separate tria To Dedicate Sherman Statue. Arrangements are belng made by the local committee of the Army of the Po- tomac for the annual meetirig October 1§ and 16 next, when the Sherman statue is to be dedicated, General Nelson A. Miles is the chairman of the committes, which includes many other well known army offi- cers. A large number of special committees have been appointed to take immediate | charge of the numerous detals incident to the gathering. The exercises attending the unveiling of the SBherman statue are under the direction of the Soclety of the Army of Tennessce. These will be held October 15, when there | will be an address by President Roosevelt, an oration by the former speaker of the [house of representatives, Hon. David B | Henderson, and remarks by members of |the armies of the Potomac, the Cumber- {1and and the Ohlo, which also meet here |during the week. General Daniel Sickjes will speak for the Army of the Potomac On the evening of October 16 there is to be a joint banquet of all the army societies. one of the speakers at which will be Gen- eral Brooke, president of the Boclety of | the Army of the Potomac. Banks Withdraw Cireulation. Applieations from national banks for the retirement of circulation are reaching the Treasury department in unexpected num- | bers and amounts. For the seven business days of the present month the applica- tions aggregate $2.76250. Under the law only $3,000,000 in eirculation can be retired in any one month and the applications ane granted in the order in which they are received. For several months past the re- tirements of circulation have been only | nominal, and during the refunding period ! the circulation Increased by about $40,000,- {000. The present movement is accounted for |at the Treasury department by the high | price of bonds, the banks evidently seeing | a greater profit in selling their bonds than {1n keepirg them in circulation. ! Admiral Sumper to Return. | Rear Admiral Sumner, commander-in- | ehief of the Bouth Atlantic station, today | hauled down his flag and will return to {the United States. He retires in December, Rear Admiral Lamberton succeeds him in | command of the Bouth Atlantic station. Secretary Wilson Goes to Utah. | Becretary Wilson left “here today for | Ogden, Utah, where he is to deliver an address before the Irrigation congress Sep- tember 16. LANGLEY HAS MISFORTUNE Propeller of Acrodrome Breaks and Does Comsiderable Damage te Other Parts. WIDE WATER, Va, BSept. 8.—Prof | Langley's airship was disabled again this | afterncon by the wreck of the starboard | under pressure of Its own velocity. One of the blades dashed against the frame- work, doing considerable damage The blade whirled through the air at & fast rate, barely missi"g several men on the deck of a tugboat. Prof. Manley, who was 10 the car, at once had the machine placed inside. The structural weakness which this se ond accident indicates may require much work before a launching is attempted Prof. Langley was not here today, but & test would bave been made If all had gone el ~ desire to get at the facts in the case, both | | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Thursday and Warmer in East Portion; Friday Fair and ‘Warmer. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday BEEcouand craensve=F ALLEGED SMUGGLERS CAUGHT ald te Be Engaged in Ullclt Importation of Tobacce Arrested. NEW YORK, Sept. .—The examination of James Wahrman, a dealer in leaf to- bacco, today before United States Commis- sloner Ridgeway on a charge of buying smuggled goods brought out the fact, if the confessions of two sailors arrested Monday are to be believed, there are a number of tobacco merchants fn New York engaged in filicit trafic in tobacco. For many months the treasury agents have Men was a well laid conspiracy to smuggle into New Yerk Sumatra leaf tobacco used for wrapper on expensive cigars and bearing & very high rate of duty. It can be pur- chased in Holland for &) cents & pound and easily disposed of in the United States for $2.50 per pound. lfuch of it is smuggled, it is declared, from The Netherlands, by sali- ors, particularly the men In the engine and stoker rooms, and the federal officers had been unable to get thelr hands on the re- ceivers or purchasers. Sunday night two treasury officials fol- lowed two saflors of the Koenigen Luise, giving the names of Thome and Schoon, whom, they say, delivered smuggled to- bacco to Joseph Wahrman. Today when the three men were arralgned before the commissioners the two sallors made con- fesslons, testifying in behalf of the gov- ernment and against Wahrman. The com- missioner held Wahrman for trial in $1,500 bafl, which was furnished. Wahrman de- nied the charge most emphatically and in- sisted he was a victim of curcumstances. The sallors were paroled. PRIZE FIGHTER IS DEAD Joseph Riley Dies and Club Manager Under Arrest at Phil delphin. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10.—Joseph Riley, a bantamweight pugllist, died shortly after midnight at St. Anges' hospital. Jast night engaged in a six-round bout with Grif Jones at the Southern Ath- letic club. The fight ended in a draw and Riley seemed in good condition at the con- clusion of the fight, but shortly after reach- ing his dressing room he fell to the floor and in an unconscious condition was re- moved to Bt. Agnes’ hospital He never regained consciousness. Grif Jones, Willlam Hohl, the proprietor of the club, and several seconds of the two men in the bout are under arrest. The dead man fought under the name of Joreph Riley, but it is upderstood that hix right name was Olin Knight, He was 23 years of age. MAYOR LOW IS ENDORSED Tammany Hall Will Name Pres- ent New York Execoutive. NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—At the fusion con- ference tonight the name of Seth Low was | endorsed as the candidate for mayor to bs | presented at the fusionist convention by |all the bodies afliated with the fusion Imfl\'em!hk except the Greater New York democracy and Kings county demoecracy. The conference was held at the headquar- ters of the Citizens’ union. The committees, representing the bodies |affiliated with the fusion movement at the conference, were: York, Kings, Queens and Richmond coun- tles republicans, German-American Mu- nicipal league of Brooklyn, Austro-Hunga- rian Anti-Tammany association, German- and the Italian-American league, LOOKING FOR THE MURDERERS Body of Stranger Found in San Fran- clsco Bearing Address of For- mer Semator from Arkamsas, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.—The police are searching for the murderer of & man whose dead body was found in & wacant lot on Telegraph Hill late yesterday after- noon. The police have unearthed no clue beyond the fact that on the Buffalo news- a label bearing the name and address of Hon. J. K. Jones, Washington, Ark., and immediately under it the words, “The Bul- letin.” The detectives have a theory that through carelessness of the malling clerk the slip bearing the name of Senator Jones was inadvertently pasted on the paper, which came to this city among the exchanges of the Evening Bulletin. CONFESSES A DOUBLE MURDER Man Admits That He Kille vorced Wife and Mother. SPRING GREEN, Wis, Sept. §.—George Brandt today confessed he last night shot and killed his divorced wife, Mary Brandt, aged 32, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Mur. phy, aged 6, at their home near here. A il-year-old son of the Brandta wit. nessed the shooting. After the murder Brandt attempted suicide, but falled. Me gives no reason for the deed Movem «f Ocean Vessels Sept. . At New York—Arrived: Graf Waldersee, from Hamburg: Akrania, from Liverpool; Majestic, from Liverpool; Laurentian, from Glasgow. Sailed: St. Louis, for Southamp- ton; Potisdam, for Rotterdam. At Moville—Arrived: Ethiopla, for Glas- gow gnd proceeded At Queenstown—Arrived: Teutonic, from New York. Bafled: Saxonla, from Liver- ool for Boston; Carpathis, from New York lfor Liverpool and proceeded. At Southampton—Arrived: Philadelphia, from New York. Salled: Kaiser Wilheim | 11, from Bremen for New York via Cher- | bourg. At Liverpool—Arrived: Friesland, from | Philadeiphia. At Browhead—Passed: Englishman, from Portland for Lives ‘assed: Ethlopis, from At 'rorl Island. New York for Glasgow. Al The Lizard—Passed: La Lorraine, ffom New York for Havre. At Dover—Passed: Memphis, from San Francisco via ports for Hamburg. At Glasgow—Arrived: Kaiser Willlam der Grosse, from New York; Tritonia, from Montreal via Liverpool. At _Cherbourg—Salled: Kalser Wilhelm . from Bremen and Southampton, for New York. At Antwerp—Arrived: Switzeriand, from Philadelphia At Hong Kong—Arrived previous) —gh-l?:’-.m!m been investigating what they felt assured | Riley | | Political Organizations Opposed ul The Citizers' union, New | American Municipal league of Manhatten | paper in which the body was wrapped was | ) CONGRESS OF MINERS Second Day's Session Held at Lead Hear Many Resolutions X'roposed. ADDRESS MADE BY JOHN L WEBSTER Omaba Man Speaks on Bubject of “Gold and Oivilisation.” YELLOW METAL IS MEASURE OF POWER Bearching for It, Nations Have Been Founded, DIRECTOR OF FEDERA! MINT TALKS LEAD, 8 D., Sept. $.—Today the Ameri- can Mining congress moved over to Lead, and after receiving a cordial welcoms from Mayor E. F. Irwin on behalf of the city proceeded to transact the buminess of it eixth annual session where it left oft at Deadwood last night. Three sessions wera held today and no session will bs held Thursday to enable delegates, members and attendants at the congress to inspect the mines and mining plants in and near Lead and to view the chief sceuic points here- abouts. Three more sessions will be held in Lead on Friday, and then the congress will go back to Deadwood, where it expects to conclude its work on Saturday afternoon The regular order of the morning session, which was to consist of a formal welcoming of members and delegates to the city of Lead was not followed, it being decided to Ppostpone that feature until afternoon. On motion it was decided to read resolu- tions which are to be submitted to the con gress for action. Among thess was one submitted by Edward F. Brown of Denver, to petition the congress of the United States to pass a law forming a department of mines and mining, which should have the same standing as the Department of Com- merce and Labor, to be administered by a head regulariy appointed by the president and who should take his official place with other members of the president’s cabinet. Ask Carnegie for House. A resolution was submitted by C. L. Dig- nowity, delegate from Pennsylvapia, asking the mining congress to petition Andrew | Carnegle to build a suitable and permanent bullding at Washiagton, D. C., for the ex- clusive benefit of the miming interests of America. Resolutions were referred to the regular committee. Reading of the constitution and bylaws to govern the American Mining congress, which wer drafted by the executive com- mittee, was called for. After the secretary finished the reading the delegates voted 1o postpone discussion of these and they were made a epecial crder for Friday evening. John Llatchford of Terry, 8. D., rend a paper on “‘Ore ;Deposits of the N Black Hilte” 5fter which the Journed untif ::3p. m. The attendance at the congress was in- creased by the arrival Jast night of nearly 1100 \delegates from Oregon who had been delayed by a railroad accident and whe had intended to boost Portland as the place for the next annual sessjon. The principal speaker at today's thres | Sessions wero George E. Roberts, dirsctor lof the mint; John L. Webster of Omaha |ana E. W. Parker of the United States | Beological survey, Washington, D. C. Mr. Roberts and Mr. Parker spoke in the after- noon and Mr. Webster in the evening. Each speaker was listened to with the closest attention by the audlence and each given a rising vote of thanks for honoring the congress by attending its sessions and for their well prepared and interestiug addresses. { Hopes for Silver. Mr. Roberts, just before concluding lis ! address, referring to the recent Increase |in the value of silver, said he belleved silver had seen its worst days and that it would before long reach and maintain a staple standard of value. The statement was recelved with a great burst of ap- plause This reference by the director of the mint to silver led a Deadwood delegate (o sub- mit a resolution against “any further legis- lation by congress tending to restrict the further colnage of silver as & real money or to depress its value upon the market,” The resolution, the reading of which elicited some applavse from delegutes, was referred o the commitiee on resolutions. Director Roberts’ Address. = George £. Roberts, director of the mint, spoke, saying in part: The output of gold. which recelved temporary check by the war in the Trane- vaal, will amount this year 10 a new rec- ord, 'and next year in ail probability to an- ather new one, for the Transvaal will not | fully recover ifs posttion unul then and il of the imj lant gol lucing of | The ore deposits in sight, the advance made in metalurgy and the abundance of capital seeking investment in the industry, com- bine to give assurance that the yield will not decline for a long time to come. Down 10 twenty years ago the worid's supply of gold came mainly from placers. Prof. Buess, the Austrian geologis d’ his famous argument for Fimetalism in 1874 upon the iheory that placers were and ulways would be the chief source of suppl and that as the world had been nearly ail explored the snnual vield of gold in the future must bs @ diminishing one. The metalurgical discoveries of the last twenty years, the new processes of reduction, are 10 be cred- ited with the new golden stream { The people who are counting on stagna tion and liquidation to follow th present era of prosperity may not be gi ug due importance to this annual addition (o the monetary stock of the world. A period of enterprise and free investment exhausts the funds of liquid capital and a halt is ordinarily nccessary until the fund is re- enished by savings. The process may be entified by a raise of interest rates and a fall in the value of investments that yiekl & fixed rate. and its influence, of course, in 1o put a stop to the latter. Every addith 1o the bank reserves at such a time has direct bearing on the situation, and a flow | of $850,000,000 of new goid every year into | the financlal centers of the world will be a | factor not to be overlooked. Its accumula- tion in the banks will naturally force i terest rates down, which in turn forces t { value of fixed investments up, and the re {sult is & stimulus to enterprise until the new supplies are absorbed, when the pro- | cess is repeated. The address of Mr. Parker, which had nothing to do with gold, seemed to be something of a novelty to & majority in the hall, but was followed with evident interest. He sald in part: Country's Wealth in Ceal. How many of you are aware that tn 1801 the ited States nmd-mfl“rruun.lly 40 | per cent of the entire worid's supply of big iran and @ per cent of the entire out. put of steel? In 1M2 this country sdded nearly 2,000,000 tons to the pig iron product of 191 and reached a total of nearly 18,00, 000 Jung tons. How many of you are aware that in 192 we produced almost double the amount of pig iron made in this country in 182 ten years before. and aboul four times that made in 188 How many of that in Arst T ot et e e Tl i { | | |