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

” d o THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903—TEN PAGES. BRITAIN GIVES DATA| eroment Beard Irsues Blue Book on Insular Free Trade. INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS | No Deductions Drawn, bat Work Teeme with Faots. CHAMBERLAIN PROCEEDS WITH PROGRAM Probable That Ho Has Modified Original Tdess Bomewhat ASPECTS OF MAY ABANDON TAX ON RAW MATERIAL London Newspaper Intimates That There May Be More Than One Resignation from Cabinet as Resnlt of Policy. LONDON, Sept. 16. On the heele of Pre- mier Balfour's academic exposition of h personal views on the fscal problem, contained in the pamphlet on “Insular Free Trade,” a@vance sheets of which were is- sued lust night, came the Jong promised and mauch demanded government statistics deal- ing with that subject, They were lssued today, by the Board of Trade, in the shape of a blue book of nearly 50 pages of bewildering tables of figures showing the various aspects of British and foreign trade, and the industrial conditions. No deductions are drawn, though the pro- references to forelgn trade were chiefly con- fined to ¥rance, Germany and the United Btates. . The Pall Mall Gasette says it understands til Jate in the autumn, and that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain will pro- ©eed with his expository program. The pro- “It will probably be found that be has modified his proposals, so as to bring them in harmony with Mr. Balfour's views, as set forth in the pamphlet. The main feature of Mr. Chamberiain’'s modin- cations will be the disappearance of all sug- ons in the direction of the further tax- tUon of foodstuffs and raw materisls. A valusble explanation is given of the coms of mports Gver exports, ‘whioh has #0 often been held to be a sign Britgh trade decline. The blue book says that while the excess, yearly, averages about $5,000,000, the income recelvable from foreign investments, calculated at $312.500.- 000, wdded to the earnings of the British merchant fleet engaged in foreign trade, caloulated at $450,000.000, “is probably more than sufficlent to account for the uverage excess of imports. Buch estimates have never before been included, hepce the misleading character of the ususl Americans have made large investments in the United Kingdom of recent years, and American purchases of rallroad and Other sequrities are wdmitted 1o bave, to some extent, affected the fiscal figures, but “they are not likely to form a serious factor.™ Much attention is devoted to the tin plate industry and the effect of the Dingley and McKinley tariffs. The figures show that the exports of tn from the United King- has declined only & little over $5,000,- noe 1897, with a marked increase in the Quantity produced and in the value of & number of mills since 18%. Oriticises American System. Dealing exhaustively with the tariffs of all nations, the blue book says the Amer- ¥ield an export bounty to the best squipped manufacturers while others sustain a loss.” In & table showing 4he advalorem equiva- lent to import duties, levied by forelgn ocountries on the principal articles of Brit- | fsh exports, Russia comes first with 1X per cent, the United States next with T per cent and Austria follows with & per cent Though Germany comes sixth it is pointed ©Out that her existing tariff is so effective & to be more highly pretective agaiust Great Britaln than the per centage shows. Before the trade of the United Kingdom and any of the colonies could be reserved to British vesscls the Board of Trade asserts that existing treatios with Austria, Greece and other countries would have to be re- nounced. The tables ahow that the United Kingdom 1» most dependent on imported ‘wheat, the United States being wholly in- Qependent. » The question of wages and the cost of Uving, eapecially the price of food, which Las figured 8o largely in the recent Cham- berlain agitation, takes up several pages and is summed up as follows: Oompurison of Wages. ““The avevage level of wages in the United States is 1 1-13 times greater than in the United Kingdom, while in Germany wages are only 3-8 and in France ¥ of the average prevalling in the United Kingdom.™ The percentage of family incomes, taking New York as typical of the United States, 1s estimated, on the basis of 10 per cent for the United Kingdom, for the United » CONGRESS MEETS EXICAN t rew MEXICO CITY, Sept. 16 —President Diaz read his semi-annual message to Congress #t the evening session of that body this evening. The messuge declares that Mex- feo’s relations with all foreign powers are wholly friendly. In regard to the present epldemic fever at Tampico he mays that the government and local authorities are co-gperating to combat the disease. The e’y I, gives much space to education, ar professors have been sent to B ses to study manual train- Ing sche ’Q says show a growth of 2 kilometéro . munications have been extended, . pts have in- creused 3 per cent i federal in- come for the past fisth. Jéar amounted o $74,000,000, The efforts made by the government to- ward bringing about a batter internationai understanding as to silver has met with hearty and cordial response in the United States and Europe. The national monetary commission appointed to study the fluctua- tion of silver in its use as & money will #0on render a repert and with this report in hand the executive will be able to jpre- sent to Congress measures which shall tend to bring about the desired reform. The president speaks at length of the measures taken by the government to pre- vent ihio general construction of rallways In this country, which. in his opinion, would consiitute a public danger and menace to the future prosperity of the republic. military army has been strengthened, mod- ern weapons bought and supplied to the troops. CUBANS FIGHTING OUTLAWS Forty Men Cause Trouble in Santiage Provinee and Meet Guards in Battle. PUERTO PRINCIPE, Cuba, Sept. 16.— Benor Yora, secretary of the interior, has received several reports from Santiago re- garding the outbreak of outlawry in that district. The rural guards, under the com- mand of Colonel Guerra, are pursuing the outlaws, who are believed to number forty. A slight encounter took place yesterday on Caney Hill, but was without result. Two members of the band have returned w San- tiago and declage that they, with many others, were forced into Jolning the outlaws. One member of the band was wounded yes- | terday. General Rodriguez, commander of the rural guards, who is accompanying President Palma on his tour, has wired de- talled orders for crushing the outlaws and relnforcements will be sent If necessary. President Palma is not perturbed by this insurrectionary incident. He says the Jead- ers are men who failled in their examina- tions as guards and have stirred up the trouble out of vindictiveness. MANY CASES OF PLAGUE Suburban Digtrict of Manila Has One Hundred Cases of Bubonic Disorder. o CNTLA, Sept. ¥.One hundred of bubonic plague are reported in Tondo, the most northern wnd populous suburban | district of this city. Of these, eighty have had a fatal termination. Twelve cases, with nine deaths, are also reported from Cebu, from the province of Visayas. Cholera is prevalent in all parts of the islands, the result of an absence of rain. Fanatics attacked the headquarters of the constabulary at Sandis, in the province of Nueva Felja, tsland of Luzon, and at- tempted to take the place by storm. After a lively fight the attacking force were repulsed with a loss of eight. The constabulary lost five men in the fight. The Filipinos are about to petition con- gress for an increased representation on the civil service commiasion. SIX HUNDRED ARE KILLED Imperial Troops of Morocco Badly Slaughtered by Insurgent Forces. MADRID, Sept. 16—Private dispatches from Morocco say that Benjual, command- ing a detachment of the imperial troops, and 60 of his men were killed recently in an engagement with the insur- gents. The suitan is reported to have narrowly escaped falling Into the hands of the enemy. A dispatch received by the French For- elgn office on August 2 from Moroceo, said that a large imperfal force, which was going to the relief of the troops com- manded by the sultan, had been surprised and almost annihilated by insurgents. MARQUIS IS FATALLY SHOT PARIS, Sept. 16—The Marquise de Sevil- lon has been mccidentally killed at her chateau, Pontvde Hochez, near Langdon by her nephew, the Comte de Goyon. The Comte, with a gun sjung on his shoulder, stepped into the garden to pick flowers. He slipped and the trigger of his gun struck a stone, causing a discharge which fatally wounded the marquise Semtenced for 1 ing Jews. BERLIN, Sept. 16 —Paul Koch, an guthor, was today sentenced to three months’ im- prisonment for insulting the Jewish re- ligion in & pamphlet on “Ritual Murder, in which he endeavored to prove that ritual murders were practiced in Germany Gibhons Starts for Home. CHERBOURG, Sept. 16—Cardingl Gib- bons has arrived here and will sail for New York tonight on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Persian Grand Visier Dismissed. PARIS, Sept. 16—The Forelgn office has been informed that the Persian grand virler has been dismissed. M'KINLEY MEMORIAL FUND CLEVELAND, O, Sept. 16.—Judge Wii- Bam R Day, presidept of the McKinley Memorial assoctation, sald tonight in dis- cussing the work of the . ssoclation The | PRESIDENT IN A HURRICANE Trip from Oyster Bay to New York Fraught with Great Peril VESSEL FOUNDERS AS YACHT PASSES On Visit te El Executive In ofce, pects Immigratio He Has Exeiting Jourmey. NEW YORK. Sept. 16.—President Roose- velt is resting quietly on his train tenight after a day of strenuous and vatled ex- periences. While en route from Oyster Buy to New- York on the naval yacht Slyph, he passed through a terrifying wind and rain storm, during which the vessel was in immediate danger. Subsequently he vis- ited the immigration station on Ellis Island. New York bay, and made & thorough in- spection of the institution. After dining on the Sylph tonight he went on the revenue tug Chamberlain to Jersey City, where he boarded a special train on the Pennsylvania raflroad, which is to con- vey him, Governor Murphy and their in- vited guests, to the battlefield of Antietam ! There tomorrow will occur the ceremonies incident 1o the dedication of the monument erected to the memory of New Jersey sol- diers who fell in the civil war. Shortly after 30 o'clock this morning. nearly an hour later tham had been ar- | ranged. President Roosevelt boarded the Sylph in Oyster Bay. He was accompanied Mrs. Roosevelt and their son Kermit, Mrs. Richardson, a New York friend of Mrs Roosevelt; Secretary loeb, Prof. Albert Bushellhart of Harvard college, Prof. J. B. Moore of Columbia university, C. Grant La Farge of New York and Jacob A. Riis (01 Richmond Hill, Long lsland. In additior | the guests of the president included mem. bers of the executive staff and representa- tives of the press assoclation. Sylph Meets Hurricane. ‘When the Sylph weighed anchor the skies were dark and forbldding and as the vessel drew out of the bay a lght rain fell. Less than an hour after the Sylph had entered Long Island sound §t run into a rdin and wind storm. The storm increased in se- verity rapidly and off Fort Schuyler it developed into a hurricane. The wind, ac- cording to an estimate made by Lieutenant Preston, commander of the Sylph, blew at | the rate of sixty-five miles an hour. The Sylph, a comparatively small vessel, pitched | heavily, and off Willetts Point, lifted very sharply to starboard. The president and ! his guests had been forced to 1o below and { beyond a drenching, none of them suffered inconvenience. - The storm became even more severs as the vessel neared Hell Gate. The waves and wind swept the deck, making it almast impossible fol the sallors to remain posed to their force. The baggage of the party, consisting principally of hat boxes and dress suit cases, was swept about the deck and everything movable on deck had 10 be clewed down to prevent being swept overboard. In Hell Gate a quarter of a mile off the port bow of the Sylph a tug boat, hgving in tow a large three-masted schooner, was capsized by the wind and Bhe wen. down -slern - foremost, but did not settle compietely out of sight for perhiaps five minutes. A small boat from the tug put off with the crew except two men, who clung to the bow until the vessel disappeared. It appeared from the Sylph that the two men were taken aboard the yawl. Fears Safety of Sylph. Lieutenant Preston wished to stand by to render such assistance to the tug crew as he could, but Captain Willlam H. Brain- ard, an experienced pilot who was at the wheel, declared it would be foolhardy for {the Sylph to attempt a rescue in such a storm; that she almost certainly would be wrecked herself in the attempt. President Roosevelt knew nothing of the capsizing of the tug boat until nearly an hour afterward. He then expressed the wish that some assistance had been ren- dered the crew. Owing to the severity of the storm, which still raging with furious energy, it was found impracticable to make a landing at Twenty-third street. The naval tug { Powhattan, in command of Lieutenant i(‘ommnder Poundstone, ran alongside the Sylph. Commander Poundstone suggested that & landing be made at the Brooklyn |navy yard. s Lieutenant Preston reported to the presi- {dent the absolute impracticablity of pro- ceeding to Ellis island in the face of the storm. He was supported in his judgment by Lieutenant Commander Poundstone, who megaphoned that it would be impos- by such @ gale. Very reluctantly President lflucnvrl( consented to abandon for the day his trip to the immigrant station. Mrs. | Roosevelt. Mre. Richardson, Kermit Roose- velt, Prof. Moore, Prof. Hart and Mr. La Farge were landed at the Brooklyn navy yard. Boat Makes Ellis Island. Resr Admiral Rogers, commandant of the yard, went aboard the Bylph and the the trip to the isiand could be made in safety. and arrived off Ellis island at 2:35. The | Despite the furlous storm a large party | had assembled at the island to greet the | president. He was welcomed by Commis- {sioner of immigration Williams Among |the invited guests were Senator Platt of Connecticut, Rev. W. H York mittee In the last house: Frank P. gent, commissiorer geveral of immigration Frank C. Travers, Ralph Trautman, a leader in ctaritable work among Germans in New York City; Arthur Von Briesen, president of the Legal Aid Bociety of New | York; Nathan charities of ! Bijur, head vew York; Ti of the Jewish omas W. Hynes, commissioner of charities and corrections, | and a number « public life After the informal sloner Wililams conducted the president and party to the restaurant, where a hand- some luncheon wis served. other prominent people i Appolnts Inyestigating Committee. Before beginning his tour of Inspection of the station President Roosevelt informed Commissioner Williams that it impossible for him to make sueh an in- spection as he would like in the limited time at his Qisposal Commissioner Willlams the president to appoint a committee to make a complete inspection. The presi- dent named ws the committee Eugene A Philbin, Thomas Hynes, Arthur Vo Brie- sen and Ralph Trautman The committes will report personally to the president of the conclusion of its investigation. At the conclusion of the president’s inspection he expressed his pleasure at the condition in which he found everything on the island. During the afterncon many interesting in- cldents occurred, the president acting oo then requested At 2.06 ths Sylph again weighed ancher | { president and his party were safely landed. | Douglas of New | chalrman of the jmmigration com- | Sar- | reception Commis- | would be | SINGLE CoPY THREE CENTS. FOR SUPREMACY OF WHITES Maryiand Democraty Nominate Tieket aad Sound No Uneeriain N Race Qurstion. BALTIMORE, s-mjt—'rn- democrats of | Maryland held their state convention in this |eity today and nommmted the following {ticket: For governer, Bdward Dickinson . Where Chief | o¢ jioward county; fot state comptroller, | Dr. Gordon T. Af n of county;, for attorney general, Sheparo Bryan of Ballimore City | A platform was adgpted, of the following fs the substance: The Ppresent democratic administration of Governor John Walter Smith is endorsed; pledges are made n bebalf of a primary election law for the siate to conform to the present law in Bfltimore City: the necessity for protecting the oyster of Somerset William which of good roads throughout the state is a proved. The race lesue plank, which is re- garded as the most important in the pist- form, declares for wWhite supremacy in state, city and county goverument. The | cinuse relating to the wee question is as follows: We believe that the pelitical destinies of Maryland shouid be shised nd controlled by the white people of 1he state and, whiks we disclaim any purpose whatever 10 Our colomed populaton, we do- clare without reserve our resolute purpose to preserve In every conservative and con- etitutional way the pelitical ascendancy of our race. .;sronz FALLS 70 PAVEMENT | Huge Coping Block Becomes Detached Descends Tneonty Storfes, Bursting Into “Vagment NEW YORK. Bept. Ji—~A huge block of stone coping fell from the upper part of the twenty-story ¥latiron bullding. Twenty- third street, Broadway and Fifth avenue, early today g The mass landed on t1. Fifth avenue side of the building with a «#ach. A large hole was torn in the yavement and fragments of the stone flew in all directions. One of the pleces struck John Fvyple, a bartender, as he was passing along the avenue, half a block away, and broke his leg. Another fragment hit 4 passing team of horses und caused them to run away. A Broadway car, comfortably filled with passengers, was also damaged by the shower of small stones. Half a dozen of the windows in the car were shattered and sev- eral of the passengers wore slightly injured. | No. cause for the loossning of the stone | could be ascertained Th: Flatiron building, { a comparatively new skyecraper, of peculiar | build and great size, st.nds in one of the busiest quarters of thé city and at any | other hour the fallingystone undoubtedly ‘would have caused sevel « Latalities. NONSUIT IS NCT GRANTED Proceedings Agatas: John Wana- maker for Slander to Continte. BEAVER, Pa, Sept. '€—In the slander sult of Thomas Robns . ex-state super- Intendent of pablic ., mgeinst ex- Postmaster Geusra) Joh Wanamaker, J. Gay Geordon. mttorney J0< the defendant. asked for a nonsult, claimiug that the evi- dence had mot proved the iruth of the al- leged innuendo, and that according to the evidence, the words were spoken in a pub- Iic address during a political campaign and were uttered fn a proper criticism of a public official In a public place, and not with any maliclious Intent Attorney McQuiston replied to Attorney Gordon, claiming that a deliberate state- ment of a falsehood was never privileged, no matter by whom or where it was ut- | tered. | Judge Wilson interrupted him by stating that un'ess he confined himself to the | specific evidence of slander there would have to be a nonsult granted. This after- | noon a nonsuit was refused by Judge Wii- son. Mr. Wanamaker will probably be sent for to testify 'OFFICER CONFESSES FRAUD Implicates Others in Scheme to Sub- stifute 0Old Chinamen for Th Ordered Deported. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16 — Deputy United States Marshal Gamble has made a complete confession to United States Dis {trict Attorney Woodworth of his conmec- tion with the substitution of old and de- sentence of deportation. For his connec- tion with the plot for liberation of the sible 1o effect a landing at the island in | men who were ordered transported Gamble was arrested on Monday and released un- der a bond of $2,0M. Under the rigid scrutiny and questioning of Mr. Woodworth he has confessed, im- | plicating several well known Chinese and several whites, some of whom are in the | employ of the government and only one deputy sheriff Gamble's confession completely upsets the stories of several of the suspected per- storm having abated, it was decided that | sons. Several more arrests will prvbnhlri | be made as a result of Gamble's confes | sion, which, it is reported, was made und | promises of such a hature as to assure | Gamble that he will not be made to suffer very much for his conmection with the | plot. ?PROSFEROUS YEAR FOR MONON Present Directors Are Re-Elected and Fioancial Statement is Made Public. | INDIANAPOLIS., Sept. 16—The stock- | holders' and directors’ meeting of the Cl | cago, Indianapolls & Loulsvil'e Rallway company was held here today | Shaw of Chicage, | tayette and Volney T. Malott of apolls, whose terms as directors expired, were re-clected. The officers announced that the Mofon had just completed the most prosperous year in its history. The annual report to be $5,00631, compared with $4,561.158 the previous year. Net earnings for 18 | for 192, $17%.03. operating ex- | penses and taxes for 188, $3,116,37; for 1902, $286213 There was an increase on gross earnings of HMITLST; in | 5%.83; in net earnings, $22 26,3048, and James Murdock of L 5: in divis. in total lsurplus, $223,. |SENATE AGREES T0 TREATY mbian C WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The following bulletin was posted today at the State de- fl partment | Under date the i4th instant Reaupe telegraphs the Department of State ihat the Teport of the canal commissio ipfln—l e sesatls wnaslmously. Chespeake bay is recoguised, and building | to any injustice ! crepit Chinese for young Chinamen under | Gilbert B. | Indian- | showed the gross earnings | operating expenses, $364.- | (0.N NOT BADLY DAMAGED Most Points in Oorn Growing Section Re- port Injury as Small. | FROST, HOWEVER, GENERAL OVER STATE Most Severe In Northwestera Sectio Where Comparatively Litt) Cereal is Raised—Ranges Are Nipped. | LINCOLN, Sept. 16.—Frost came to nearly every part of Nebraska last night and in | the north and western portions of the sta the damage is considerable. In these sections it was sufficlently heavy to kill, while in the eastern and southern portions of the state the frost was light enough to help the development of the corn, but not heavy enough to damage it. The results, thererore, are about equalized Garden vegeiables were damaged in all parts of the state Grains were not seri- { ously hurt in any portion of the state. LEIGH, Neb., Sept. 16.—(Special)—A heavy frost appeared during the night and this morning all outdoors was white. Many thiuk, however, that corn in this immedi- ate vicinity was not damaged to any great extent. The early corn is entirely out of the way of frost and much of the late corn would not have been ripe enough to escape frost had It stayed off until October. There will be some soft corn, but that was ex- pected, owing 10 the exireme wet weather during the summer months. FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 16—(Special)— | places 1ce formed. Just what effect it will { bave on corg is problematical, but the gen- eral opinion is that it will do it no good. though a few think it will not injure it There will be a large quantity of unmark- etable corn in this county No Damage at Papilhon. | PAPILLION, Neb., Sept Telegram.)—This section was risited by quite a heavy frost last night, but the corn is not thought to have been damaged Sidewalks and bufldings were white, but {tee was not formed and small gardeh truck | was not hurt { Corn is soft in many places, but with a 16.—(8pecial be past. WEST POINT, Neb., Sept: 16.—(Special ) |—A slight frost visited this section .ast {night, but did not do any material dam-| age. Ice formed about one-eighth inch | thick. Corn seems to stand the frost re- {markably well, no injury being apparent {The weather today is fine and much warmer than the three preceding days | BEEMER, Neb, Sept. 16.—(Special)— | There was a heavy frost last night. It will not damage early planted corn. It is cloudy this morning so the frost will come out gradually and will not do so much damage. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb, Sept. 16.—(Spe- clal)—A heavy white frost was visible in {this vicinity this morning. The farmers i say that it will be a benefit to the corn, as it will stop the growth of the stalk and ear and drive the sap from the stalk into and ripen the corn, Corn Not Imjured. “SUTTON; Neb Sépt. 16.— {Speclal.)="There wak a light frost here this morhing, the | first one of the season. No damage done to | corn. | WISNER, Neb., Sept. 16.—(Special.)—This | morning the ground was covered with a | heavy white frost, and in several places a | good thickness of ice showed, but the sun | has come out warm and vegetation shows | omly the tops killed so far, and the chances | There was a frost last alght and in some | few days of warm weather all danger will | |ing of the advisory b | | | | | are that the frost has done no particular | | harm only to late corn. | HARVARD, Neb, Sept. 16.—(Special)— | made for the door, with the furrier Last night was the first real frost of the | season, quite a heavy white frost cover- | ing the ground this morning, »nd ice hav- | ing formed to the amourit of one-eighth of |an inch thick. The effect on vegetation is uncertain at this time. | REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb., Sept. 16— | attracted by the proceedings. | (Spectal )—This section was visited last ' night by a very hard fros & good deal of damage to late corn, Kaffir corn and third crop of alfaifa E Nips Corn at Rivert RIVERTON, Neb., Sept. 16.—(Special)— A hard frost visited this vicinity last night, killing much vegetation, especially | affecting corn, which was very late here on account of being planted after the | floods. The prospect for corn here, up | until last night, was for a yield of fifty- five bushels to the acre. WAYNE, Neb., Sept. 16—(Special Tele- | gram.)—A heavy frost fell here last night, which did damage to the corn crop, but to what extent cannot be estimated. Some | farmers think the damage will be small | danger. NEHAWKA, Neb, Sept. 16—(Special)— The first frost of the season fell last night | on the lowlands, but nothing was injured except the most tender vegetation. A | good deal of corn s out of the way of frost now, and ten days or two weeks of dry weather would insure us a good corn crop. HOLDREGE, Neb.. Sept. 16.—(Special Tel- egram.)—The first frost of the season vis- ited this section last night and was plainly to be seen this morning. Some damage is done to late corn, but it is hardly possible | at this time to tell how much. The tem- | perature fell to the freexing point, or per- haps below, and in places a thin coating of ice was formed { Predicts More Frost. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The Weather | bureau today issued the following bulletin | Heavy frost tonight in the Dakotas, N braska and western Minnesota. Danger of serious, frost tonight in lowa, {and Wisconsin_lessened by increased cloud- iness in those districts CHICAGO, Sept. 16.—The Weather bureau says that reports from the prominent crop aters, Kansas City, Omaha and Minne- in‘mll. show freezi temperature, with | light to killing frosts general in Nebraska. western lows and extreme northern Kan- sas Dakotas, but no importance is attached to them now i Rain at Des Moines. DES MOINES, Sept. 17—Early event reports last night indicated clearing skies, | with the probability of frest over nearly {all of lowa. According to weather of { ficer's report conditions changed by night. Burlington reports rain and n prospect of frost. Rsin began to fall Des Moines at 12:30 a. m., with & temper ture of #. At 1 a. m. northwest lowa alone seems in danger of frost. The temperature at Bioux City was 3 above, at Omaba 12 and at Des Moines 40 yesterday. Grain reports declare that a strip of country from Fonda to Rockwell City, in the northwest, suffered from frost last night, but that the damage was not as serious as might be imagined “All Jowa is (hreatened with from.” said J. R. Sage, director of the lowa weather and crop service “Two weeks of warm | [ ‘ (Continued on Third Page) {ent frame building to an adjoining lot. | Leavenworth street { buildings and they were given an oppor- CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Warmer in West Portic and Warmer. and Falr Fair Thursday Friday perature at Omaha Yesterday: Deg. Hour. Dex. ar a3 55 57 ax 4 I L ». PAY FOR HOUSE IN TAX LEVY Counell Promises to Provide for Ex- pense of New Engl n) Mayor Moores brought up the matter of making arrangements for the purchase of new fire department equipment at the meet- ard yesterday after- noon. He sald that a new steamer, an eighty-five-foot truck and four huse wagons | are necessary in anticipation of the open-| ing of the new engine house about the first of the year. he towal cust is estimiied to run from $20,000 1o $25.00 and the mayor| and fire chief were instructed to take the | matter up and secure prices. The coundil | has promised to make arrangements for | the expense in the tax levy next year. 1 { P. J. Creedon, who holds the contract for the fire engine house Twenty-seventh | street, appeared before the board and ob Jected 1o being required to move the pres- He | sald his contract did not oblige him to do his and he preferred to tear down the building. City Attorney Wright saiq while | the specifications did not particularize in what manner the alte is to be cleared, yet in any event the material belonged to the | city, and Mr. Creedon's claim (hat the oid | material would recompensate him for the cost of tearing down was erroneous. May: T | Moores attempted to effect a compromise | by inducing Creedon to stand half the ex- pense of moving, but this he refused to do. on | Thereupon the board ordered the bullding | | inspector to have the structure moved &nd {to charge the cost up to Mr., Creedon. Ancient frame dwellings from 1711 to 117 were ordered torn down, as was an old structure at 1218 Har- ney. Complaints that bufldings at 046 South Sixteenth street have been erscted in violation of the building ordinances will be investigated two weeks hence. A num- ber of agents and owners assured the board that they would remove condemned tunity so to do. FURRIER FINDS MISSING COAT Shukert Has n Sessfon with a Cus- | tomer That Attracts Much Public Atten Some excitement occurred in the vicinity | of 315 South Sixteenth street yesterday afternoon about & o'clock, when G. E. Shukert, the proprietor of the fur store) at that number attempted to recover a sealskir coat from a women whe had put| it on in his place of business and walked out with it ;i Accorditg to'the story 1old the police, the womun had stored a coat with the furrier tast spring. Yesterday she called for it and it ¢ould not be found. After a contin- ved mearch the proprietor suggested that| she buy a coat and allow the value of the | old one to apply on the purchase price of the new. This scemed satisfactory to the | customer and & new garment, valued Al; $20, was brought out and tried on. When the woman got the coat on she coolly| inl overtook her in the | close pursuit. He street and attempted to take the garment away from her. Emergency Officer Pat- | tulo happened to be passing the place on| the car and saw the crowd which had been He quickly | quelled the disturbance and, with the two parties to the controversy, went inside the . which will do | *10re. The woman sent for her attorney.| Mr. | When still refusing to remove the coat Shukert also telephoned his lawyer. {the two lawyers arrived a sort of truce | was patched up and the search for the missing garment was resumed. After some time it was located and the woman de. parted, happy in the possession of her own coat. The attorney for the woman served | notice on the proprietor of the store upon | his departure that a civil action for dam- ! ages would be entered on behalf of his| | client this mornin las a great deal of the crop was beyond | Bryan attended the theater { | Bryan, i | | | | Bryan—one that she was engaged to Cap- Minnesota | There uave been killing frosts in the | mid- | in | The woman travels for an eastern nub- lcation and visits Omaha perfodically. Anmouncement M Wed W. K. Leavit port Artist. LINCOLN, Sept. 16.—(Special Telegram.) ~The engagement of Miss Ruth Eryan daughter of W. J. Bryan, to Mr. W. I Leavitt of Newport, R. L, was announced this evening. The announcement was made at a party given by Mrs. Mary Pitzgerald. | After the party Mr. Leavitt and m.u; Mr. Laavitt is an artist and, among other things, he had painted a portrait of Mr and it was while engaged In this work that he became acquainted with Miss Bryan. He has been in Lincoln for the last three months, & portion of the time a guest at the Bryan home This announcement disposes of two re- cent storfes concerning the future of Miss | tain Richard Hobson, formerly of the navy and the other that she was intending to devote her life to the work of Hull House in Chicago. MANDERSON TALKS FOR OHIO Will Be Prine cation of Mo sfon Rid 1 Speaker at Dedi- COLUMBUS, O. Sept. 16.-It was an- nounced this evening that General Charies F. Manderson of Omaha, former United States semator from Nebraska, would be the leading speaker at the dedication of the | Ohio monument on the Mission Ridge bat- Uefield October —— Vessels sept. 16, Lahn, from er. Bailed: New York. for Statendam. for Rotterdam and Boulogne: Majestic. for Liverpool At Nantucket Lightship—Passed: Oce- anic, from Liverpool, for N York At Liverpool: Airived: Ivernis, from Boston. Bailed: Bouthwark, for Quebec, and Montreal; Teutonic, for New York, and ~Jueenstown At Southampton—Arrived St Louls, from New York. Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse. from Bremen, for New York, via Cherbourg. Baiied ew York. Arrived Antwerp—Satled: Phledel;hia ¥ Southhampton, Carpathia, from Anchoris, from Switaerland, for | repeal of these | the trans-Mississippt L why | and | dlate repeal SETTLING ARID LAND National Irrigation Congress Hears About Many Bohemes of Oolonisation. WHAT THE SALVATION ARMY IS DOING Commander Booth-Tucker Tells of Sucoess- ful Experiments in West. MANY RESOLUTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED George Maxwell Asks That Ideas of Presi- dent Be Favored. WOULD REPEAL THE DESERT LAND LAW Expected That Lively Comtest Will d When the Latter Presented for Ttah, Sept. 16.--Tt developed to day that the fight over the proposition to commit the national rrigation congress in favor of a repeal of several of the ex- unguished land laws, including the desert land set, the timber and the commutation clause of the homestead nct, will be a very - clgse Champloge toth for and ngainst such action were neard at today's sesston of the congress. George H. Max- well of the executive committey and Senator Paris of Montana favoring such action, while Congressman Mondell, in a lengthy speech, took strong grounds agginst such repeal It was evident from the feeling displayed that If the congr. - Goes recommend the law, and it is ihe belief that the committee on ‘esolutions will re- port favorably, that it ». only be after a hard fight. interest in the assible action of the ccngress on this polm fact, over- shadows everything else thal ha come be- fore it This was a day of hard work for 1. egates. Besides lstening o half & o interesting speeches, numerous resolutic were introduced and referred to the reso- lution committee of which Senator Smoot of Utah has been elected chairman. Action on the iong considered consolidation with congress was - als) one Gibson del- en taken. The committee, through its chairman Senator Carey of Wyoming, reported against such action on the ground that the time had now come for such action and the irrigation congress would best preserve its individuality in the Work it set out to do. The report was adopted. Talk of Col sing. The morning session of the congress was devoted to colonization and the opinions of rajlroad men and soclalists on the best methods of settling the arid region with a desirable class of farmers and small stockmen were listened to with much in- terest. The feature of the morning session was the sprech of Commander Tucker of the Salvation army, who gave a very completa description of the methods pursued o the army of Californis anft Cy m 4 with pecple iToa the venement s the east. The commander made a ple for govern- ment ajd for the great colonization projects of the Salvation army to be under the con trol of the secretary of agriculture. All of the speakers urged more complete co- operation between states, land owners and railroads in'the general schetne of coloniza- tion, without which, they claimed, the scheme of irrigation would be of no value Contest Over Delegations. The first il feeling shown during the sessions developed over an attempt to cha the constitution so as to allow each ac ited delegate on the floor to vote on pending questions. Some of the states are heavily cver represented and as the econ- stitution of the congress provides that no tate shall have more than twenty wvotes, s meant a great deal to Montana, Idaho. California, Utah and other states large delegations. The row was startéd by the southwestern delegations, are pulling aimost as a unit for El Paso as the place for the meeting in 19M. and after a sharp debate a motion to adopt the amendment was carried. This was considered a blow to the chances of Boise, Idaho, for next year. From expressions of delegates today there s a possibility that 8t. Louls may be selected, sentiment in favor of that city apparently spreading rapidly A discussion of the fruit and grain ex- hibit of the arid states will be made to- morrow. The exhibit is considered one of the most elaborate ever shown, rivaling that ¢f the World's falr in 1898 Tomorrow the work of the United States tment of Agriculture regarding irri. gution and forestry will be put before the congress by government experts in a num- ber of papers and In the afternoon the dele- gates will view practical methods of irri- gation shown at the State School for the Blind, near Ogden, where a model farm is conducted. Congress Will Net Merge. Immediately after the congress was called to order Senator Carey of Wyoming, chair man of the committes appointed last year to consider the advisability of consolidation with the Transmississippi congress, reported | mgainst such action, recomunending that the national irrigation congress be maintaived its sessions annually be held: The recommendation was adopted unamimousiy Ten minutes were then set aside for the reading and intreduction of resolutions and a flood of them came in. They included resolutions for statehood for New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, for the protection of water sheds supplying municipalities water, 1o permit the entry and location of coal lands on forest reserves, and petition- ing corgress to repesl the lien and provision of the forest reservation law and that private lands in forest reserves should be purchased or acquired by condemnation. A long resolution was Introduced by George Maxwell, chalrman of the Natfonal Irrigation association, favoring the recom- mendation containsd In Premident Roose- velt's telegram yesterday, for the preser vation of the forest favoring the imme of the desert land act, the timber and stone act and the commutation clause of the bomestead act. The res- olutions were very explicit and were heartily applauded by the delagates. E. M. Branneck of Portland, Ore. was scheduled to speak on “The Relation of Irrigation to the Internstional Trade and Commerce of the Country,” but he was mot present and bis address was presented by T. G. Harley. C. F. Wantland of the Union Pacific rail- way, Denver, delivered an address on “Colonization.” He claimed the national irrigation law will fafl unless improved methods of colonization are adopted and urged greater co-operation between states. land owners and rafiroads. Apostie John Heary Emith spoke on the