Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 18, 1903, Page 1

seas, I ® ua‘on this THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE eepe— OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING SINGLE COPY THREE CF 19, 1871 , SEPTEMBER 18, 1903—TEN PAGES. INTS. BREAKS THE CABINET|reeets are i DISPERSED |FIFTEEN LOSE LIVES IN SEA|SIR THOMAS LIPTON BETTER|(LOUDS AGAIN SAVE CORN CONDITION OF THE WEAT"ERE\\.ILSONT;’\LKSWATER e fl.";:::::"'.:' m"'::""“'.‘ ‘:."':"“.h“ Sohooner and lnckmeinexflo to Bfltox; ’”M: ::n ol:er “"'o."-ym:nt“.“ g Friany; r:u:ni-fl:_:"?f iy - Three Members of British Ministry Place Resignations in King’s Hands. THEY ARE VERY PROMPTLY ACCEPTED Alleged that the Attitude of Premier Balfour Oauses the Action. SECRETARY CHAMBERLAIN Quits Rather Than Baorifice His Views IS NOW OuT on Fiscal Question. €, 0. waylatd President Palma at his hotel en- . —_— ".%w ance last evening and the spokesman re- HIS OPPONENT, RITCHIE, STEPS v Jp by with the republican perty ’rn»“ —_— 3 4 warmly denfed that he was a 1rd 3 1 st any party and sald he would Trire TR SR (B STID o MamION | 1oty Ajscussing the dutles of the | Following the Action of the Cab- |, oqiget, in accordance with his| inet at Its Recent Extra- ordinary Meeting. LONDON, Sept. 17.~The officsar announce- ment of the resignation of Mr. Chamberiain and two other members of the cabinet, which were made by the assoclated pross eariier today, was made In Downing street in the following communication: Three prime ministers have tendere their resignations, whicn have been ac-| cepted by the king. Right Hon. Joseph Chamberialn, secrewary for the ‘colonies; Right Hon, C. T. Ritchle, chancellor of the exchequer, and Lora George Hamilton, scc- retary for Indla. The accompanying correspondence passed botween the premler, Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, and Mr. Chamberlain, Then follows Mr. Chamberlain's letter, dated Birmingham, Sept. 5, commencin “My Dear Balfour,” In which he sets forth his reasons for his resignation. An extremely Interesting feature of the letter is the following statement, concerning a preferential tarift Chamberlain Writes of Plan, For the present, at any rate, a preferent agreement wiih ‘our colonies’ in,oving any new auty, however small, on articies of food hitherto uniaxed. cven it accompanied y @ requction of taxation on other wrticle: of food equally universal in their con- sumption, wouid be unacceptable to the majority ‘of the constituencies. However much may regret the de- cision, however mistaken we may think it, no good government in a democratic eountry can Ignore It. 1 feel therefore that s an immediate practical policy the ques- tion of preference to the colonfes cannot be pressed with any hope of success at the | present time, aithough there Is a very atrong feeling In fuvor of the other branch of t fiscal reform which would give further discretion to the government in ne- gotiating with forelgn couniries for com- modities, and would enable our country to retaliation If opposition was made to our Just demands. If, as 1 believe, you share these views, 1 “Iw to me that you will be absolutely Justifi in adopting them as the policy of your government, ulthough it will neces- sarily Involve some changes in its consti- tution. . Representative of Closer Union. As sacretary for colonies during the last eight years, I have been in & secial sanse the representative of the policy of a closer unlon which 1 firmly belleve to be equally mecessary In the interest of the 1 believe It {8 pos- 1 |§mko and ouvulvo-,h. p % e today and mposeible tomor- Fow 1o mmake artangements oF such s I have had unexampled opportunt union. ot matentng wvonts und sclating the feel mut. ouk kinsmen beyond the tal fore, in a different po- any of my colleagues and 1 1 should justly be blumed if [ in thus formally ac- cr-n‘ i on lmmmmy . politizal proy o part thereof. 1 "think, U i "absolute - loyalty to {our government and no fear of cmbarrass- ing it In any.way, T can best promote the cause 1 have at heart from the outside, nd I cannot but hope that in a perfectly independent position my arguments will be recelved with less prejudice than will at- {ach to 4 of a purty leader. Accord- ingly, I would suggest that you limit the present policy of the government to an assertion of our freedom in the case of all commercial relations with all forelgn coun- tries and that you should agree to my ten- dering my resignation of my present office to jeaty, and devoting myself to the work of éxplaining and popularizing these principles of imperial union which experi- ence welfare and pro Yours very sn- cerely, JO8! HAMBERLAIN. Says Prejudice Has Heen Made. The first portion of this letter refers to Mr. Chamberlain's first speech on the subject at Birmingham, and Mr. Balfour" reply to the corn tax deputation. Mr. Chamberlain says that neither of them was intended to provoke a purely party controversy. He points out the unylelding opposition of the liberal, party, which scouted the idea that a sfstem generally accepted in 1846 could possibly require modification in 188, Meanwhile the advo- cates of the reconsideration were at a great disadvantage because of the ad- mitted differences of opinion inside the party. The political organization of the party was paralysed. Mr. Chamberlain declares that an unscrupulous use hus been made of the old cry of “the dear loaf” and that.serious prejudice has been caused. In the rest of the matter he goes over protection as did Mr. Balfour in his rocent statement. Mr. Balfour, in a letter to Mr. Cham- berlain dated September 10, explains that he aid not reply earller because he knew he would soon have an opportunity of talking over the important issues with which the letter deals. ‘““Therefore this roply rather embodies the result of our conversations rather than adding to them." Mr. Balfour continues: Resignation Paradoxieal, Agrecing as 1 do with you, that the time has come when a change should come in 1he fiacal canons by which we bound our- selves In our commercial dealings with other governments, it seems paradoxical indeed “hat you should leave the cabinet P ane, same time that others of my col- e leaving who gTee on the Very N‘ with us both. Yet I cannot but admit that there is some force In your arguments in support of that course, based a8 they are upon vour soclal and per- sonal ~pelations with that _controversy Which deals with colonlai preference. You have done more than any man, living or dead, to bring home to the citizens of the empire the consclousness of imperial inter dependence between the fragments into which the empire is geographically ai- vided. ht in holding that ink ] remain copted erity. [ 1 belleve you to be r this intérdependence should find Support n_our commercial as well as political re- tions. 1 belleve that the fiscal rela NS iween the countries would benefit the trade, and If closer relations could be es- tablished on Atting torms, its advantage to both r.r“fll would Increase with years and as the colonies grew in wealth and population. Touches Upon Differcnces. has been any differences between mAtter it has only been With re- gard to the practicabllity of the proposs) hich would seem to require on the part of the colonles a limitation in the all-round development of & protective policy, and on the of this country the establishment a rence for colonial products. On the first of thess uirements I nothing, but if the second involves, as it does, & taxation, however I am convinced, ripe 11 the as convinced me are essentlal to our | Are Scattered. PUERTO PRINCIPE, Cuba, Sept. 17— The government has been officially in- formed of the complete dispersal of the Santiago insurrectionists and the arrest of their leaders by rural guards at the | La Lima coffee plantation, five leagues | from Bantiago, yesterday. Becretary of the Interfor Yero has telegraphed orders for two troops of the rural guards to) continue in pursult of the fugitive insur- | rectionists until they are all captured or | killed. The local committee of the nationalists consclence ne constitution. President | Palma and p.rty proceeded to Santlago today. JOSEPH SPEAKS Are Given to Understand Head of FRANCIS that Emperor Army VIENNA, Sept. 17.—Emperor Francis Jo- sepii, who today returned from the army maneuvers, has {ssued an important army order, emphatically declaring he will never consent to the demands of the Hungarlan | party, who insist on th: use of their own | language by officers in giving commands to | the Hungarian section of the forces. The! emperor's army order caused an immense | sensation in Austria and in Hungary. * The'assurance that he will never give up his right and prerogatives as chief com- mander, sounds llke a war proclamation against the known Hungarian army de- mands. The impression caused by the im- perial order is almost indescribable. Hith- | erto the emperor has been regarded as the most sflent monarch in Europe. Never be~ fiicts, has he used such language as that contained In today's army. order. Tt is taken everywhere as Indicating a conflict between the throne and the Hungarfan Par- Hament. HAWAIIANS WANT STATEHOOD Republican Party of Islands Ask for More Farnest Work of Congrean. HONOLULU, Sept. 17.—The republicans of the five counties comprising the com= monwealth of Hawali have met in con- vention to nominate candidates for the various county offices which are to be filled by ballot on November 5, the election be- ing the first to be held under the new county government act. The various con- ventions nominated mixed tickets, the natives running well with the whites in the contests for places on the tickets. The platforms express approval of the ndministration! of Governor Dole and recommendations ‘are made thut a strong fight be made on the floor of the national congress for the admission of the Hawalian Islands to statehood. Several of the plat- !forms urge that a determined effort be | made to secure more liberal federal ap- propriations for the Hawallan Islands, ench work of a necessary character being neglected for lack of means to properly carry It on. i |JEWS AND CHRISTIANS FIGHT 1 | Dispute Between a Peasant and a Jew Dealer Starts Series of Disturbances, ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 17.—Fierce | fights between Jews and Christians / in which four Christians and two Jews wero killed and many persons were seriously injured are reported from Gomela In the government of Moghilefr. The disturbances arose September 11 from a dispute betwcen & peasant and a Jewish dealer. The police intervened and, accord- ing to the version published here, the Jews threw stones and fired on the police, several of whom were injured. The disturbances were renewed three days later, some Jewish booths being demolished The Jews attempted to prevent the destruction of the booths and twenty persons were injured on both sides. Troops then arrived on the scene and were recelved with shots from the Jews. The military returned the fire ultimately restored order. FEAR ANARCHISTIC Extrao ry Preea = WIll Be Taken When Dowager Queen of Italy Visits Sweden, FORCES COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 17.— Extraordinary precautions will be taken during the visit here of the dowager queen, Margherita, of Italy, who Is to arrive at Copenhagen on Saturday on her way to Sweden. The Itallan legation here received An anonymous letter stating that anarchists had planned an attempt on Queen Margherita's life during her stay in Sweden. The writer of the letter offered the payment of a large sum of money which was to be sent to an address in Sweden. an attempt at swindling, but nevertheless the authorities are taking every precau- tion. FRIENDLY TO SOUTH AMERICA eell r Says that Claims tineut Ate Purely relal, BERLIN, Sept. 17.—Chancellor von Bue- low, in outlining the attitude of Germany toward South America in an interviow with & correspondent of a Brasilien newspaper, said: We have no political claims. Comm cially we shall strive for such a place our industry deserves. Trade relations are to be furthered through peace and confidence and not through fear and mi trust. I hope the conviction of our friend sentiments toward South Al be shaken by ealuminous utterances. Cotton Firm Fails. LIVERPOOL, Sept, 17.—~The fallure of John Wrigley & Sons, & firm prominent in the cotton trade, was announced today. The house, it was stated, had sustained heavy losses In trading and could not meet the difference in the clearing houses, arra The reasons may u‘f-‘mu i al battles and Prosent politica ntations. 1f, hen, this neh of fiscal refors ent not within the limits 1 et B AT B AT trea ubly o wit &x‘o&u Bratich: of political reform 10 ‘we both ati tach importance, and LONDON, Sept. 1i,—~The probating of Lord Salisbury’s will today showed that he loft un estate valued at §1,51,65. fore, even In the gravest constitutional con- | b and | Ttalian | erica will not | { | pounded to pieces. | in Btorm. GREAT DAMAGE ALONG THE COAST turbance Most Severe Felt in New York for Years, Blotting Out & Number of Lives and En- talling Heavy Lo DAMARISOTTA, Me., Sept. 17.—Fifteen men lost their lives in the violent gale which raged oft the coast during the night. The Gloucester salling schooner George F. Edmunds, in command of Captain Wil- lard G. Poole, the owner, struck on the castern side of Pemaquid point and was smashed to pleces. Fourteen of the crew of sixteen men perished in the breakers. The schooner Sadio and Lilllan, Captain Hardle, of Prospect, bound from Prospect Bay to Boston, struck on the western side of Pemaquid point and had its bottom knocked out on the rocks. Captain Hardle was drowned, but his crew of two men were rescued. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—~Theodore Grimes, whose skull was fractured by a section of roof blown by the wind from the stables at Aqueduct race track in yesterday's storm, 1s dead at a hospital While a freight train on the Long Island rallroad was passing between Mineola and Hyde Park the roof of a box car was carried away by the gale, with’ Waiter Lewis and George B. Snyder, two brake- men, clinging to it. The foof was carried almost a hundred feet from the track, where it collapsed by striking a tree. Both men were fatally injured. In Jamaica bay, Long Island, scores of vachts were wrecked. Most of them were torn from their anchorage and pounded to pleces on shore, but a good many were caught while sailing fn the bdy and those aboard had narrow escapes. The entire fleet of the Jamaica Bay Yacht club, com- prising more than thirty boats, valued at sums up to $1,000, was destroyed. The beaches at New Rochelle, on Long Island sound and City Island are strewn with wreckage from yachts and it is estl- mated that not less than $0,00 damage was done these vessels, Defender is Damaged. The defender, Rellance, is reported to have been somewhat injured through being rammed by a plle driver which broke loose from fits moorings and was driven on Re- llance's stern. The racer was being pre- pared for winter quarters and had been drawn partially up on ways. To prevent the old defender, Columbia, from being rammed by the schooner-yacht Hildegarde, whith was dragging its anchor, Hildegarde was scuttled when ‘within a few feet of Columbia. Its crew of seven men jumped overboard and were saved. A barge, loaded with 500 pounds of dyna- mite, broke from its moorings and drifted toward the Larchmont Yacht club house, Many yachts of wealthy New Yorkers have been anchored in this harbor since the races and it was feared that the barge ‘would drift among them. Careening about, the dynamite barge finally grounded on the mud flats without doing any damage. Rough esthnifes ot the b loss due to the storm are $2,000,000 on and around Manhattan island alone. 8o fur eighteen lives are known to have been lost in the storm and it is believed this number will be doubled when all reports are in. One of the most thrilling disasters g that of the excursion and freight steamer 8. E. Spring, which was driven ashore near the country mansion of E. C. Benedict at Greenwich, Conn. Captain McDonald, his crew of seven men and eleven passengers were rescued largely through the aid of the Benedict servants. Spring was trying to put back to Stam- ford and the gale had reached a velocity of eighty miles an hour when the rudder falled and the steamer floundered at the mercy of the huge seas which swept over i, ‘The panic stricken passengers fled to the upper deck, where they sought refuge in {the cabins and the women became lyter- feal. The pilot was sull trying to turn about when a sudden gust of wind tore off the entire roof of the upper deck, leaving only the pilot house. When the roof went off the boat was lifted half out of the water. The strain was 80 great that it tore off the rudder and | when it settled down again In the trough of the sea it was perfectly helpless. At the Mercy of the Storm, Realizing they were at the mercy of the storm, the sallors as a last resort made a determined effort to get an anchor down | to hold the steamer's head to the wind. No sooner had they done so than the chain snapped. The steamer was fast being driven toward Shelving Rock, one of the most dangerous shoals on the Connecticut shore. The passengers were ordered to put on life preservers and be ready to board the life rafts. A scene of wild confusion followed, crew launched the largest life passengers with life preservers to get upon it when the raft suddenly struck the hull of the boat A second raft put over by the crew also was destroyed. This left only one small boat of any description on the steamer, and it was so small that Cap- tain McDonald was afraid to put it over, He tried to put up distress signals, but the The raft and tood rea | wind snapped off the flag stafr. | to give the names of the anarchists on | Drifts Along the Shore, 1 and was | ! | | The steamer drifted along the shore an | hour until it hit the rocks off the point at The polico Tegard the letter as | | feet to the rocks. | head and he was tossed until he was badly | | | finally tossed on the beach. ashore grasped lines from the ship and in | | & few minutes all hands had been safely Benedict and stove in its bow. As soon as it touched a colored cook dropped fifteen The water was over his brulsed, but he kept on swimming and was landed. Incoming vessels report no rough _ex- | periences with the hurricane at sea. Clyde | {lne steamer Cherokee, from 8an Domingo was In the storm during the entire voyage | from Tutner island to this port. In the gulf stream its force was terrific and yesterday the steamer was hove-to for four hours in an eighty mile wind Marvel from Trinidad and Grenada had a similar experience. The death list of yesterday's storm was further increased today when the Fulton market fishing fleet arrived. A. B. Latham of New London. captain of the schooner Esther and Anita, and two of his crew were drowned, and Captain John G. Morgan and a Norweglan sallor are missing from the schooner M. A. Baston. The two Long Island brakemen, who were swept from a box car by the gale yesterday, and Bdgar W. Bassford. injured by being blown from a roof, died in Brooklyn hos. pital today Schooner Hey NEW HAVEN Conn., Seot, layed communication recelved from West- 1i~A des port tonight says a large three-masted L g ST | | The servants | | | his wife is a few years older. | Madison county, J. M Be Necessary. CHICAGO, Sept. 17.—8ir Thomas Lipton, who fe {1l of catarrhal appendicitis, in his apartments at the Auditorinm Annex, passed a quiet night and is doing well, according to a statement made by Dr. Thomas this morning. To Alexander H. Revell, Bir Thomas' host, who was an early caller, the patient sald. “I've been an awfully sick man, but I'm easier now." Mr. Revell said he consldered the patient's condition very encouraging Dr. spent the night In the Lipton suite, but aside from ordinary sick room duties there was no urgent need for his services. A number of messages of ympathy from New York friends were recelved during the night and read with pleasure by the reciplont when he awoke this morning. At 8:30 a. m. the patient had fallen asleep again Mr. Revell stated that probably there would be no further formal consultations of the physiclans unless the unexpected in the form of a change for the worse oc- curred. It is still ¥ belleved that an operation will be unnecessary, as no pus has formed. The condition of Sir Thomas continued to improve during the foréhoon. At noon Dr. Romer M. Thomas gave out the fol- lowing statement: Sir Thomas s resting much easier this morning and his 2ondition is now perfectly satisfactory At 10 o'clock stated that the tonight the physiclans conditign of Sir Thomas was satisfactory. The crisis is expected in the next twen‘v-four hours. If no serlous symptoms develop In that time his speedy recovery is sald to be certain. YOUNG COLE KEE‘PS HIS BRIDE but Father Starts Him in Busine Refuses to Receive Him Afterward. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—(Special.)—May Mallory of this city is the bride of Ralph Cole, the young son of Clifford Cole of Omaha. Young Cole is 19 years old and They met and loved in the month of June, and Re Willlam Blakeman of the Sheepshead Methodist church married them. It took | two weeks for young Mr. Cole to muster | up courage to tell his parents, as his bride was a music hall singer and dancer, and he had an idea there would be strong ob- Jections. There was. The storm of wrath that broke forth from the elder Cole almost made him forget his love. His father hustled him off to Omaha and there were threats of a dissolution of the marriage tle, e deserted bride gave chase. She found him, and young Cole, hesitating between father and bride, telegraphed for funds. With the funds came the injunction, “Comé home at once.” Young Cole hurried back to New York and the twice deserted bride, nothing daunted, again gave chase across the continent. Again she found him. When they met they decided to go together and plead for forgiveness, Thelr tears and entreaties did not move the of the parents, however, . e ] “You can piek out aibusiness and I will establish you in it,” sald the father, “but you must leave home." Young Cole concluded to choose a busi- ness in New York City and now the bride and groom are as happy as if they had the parental blessing. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Bids for the Heating Apparatu the Aberdeen Postofice Are Recelved. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Proposals were opened today at the cMce of the supervising architect of the treasury for the installation of low pressure steam heating apparatus for the postoffice building at Aberdeen, 8. D, There were five bidders as follows: Symms Power company, Sloux Falls, $455; Korsmeyer company,. Lincoln, Neb., $78%0; Hess & Rau, Watertown, . D., $7,191; Thomas & Smith, Chicago, $7,86; Archambo Heating and Plumbing compary, Minneapolis, $6,850. Towa postmasters appointed today: Eagle Center, Black Hawk county, Charles Beck, vice J. D, Woodard, resigned. Kasson, Archer, vice J. M. Newton, resigned. Mansfleld E. Gardner has been appointed regular, and W. M. Higgins substitute rural carrier at Laurens, Ia. Two rural routes will be established October 15 at Valparaiso, S8aunders county, Nebraska. Routes embrace an area of fifty-six square miles, containing a popu- lation of 8. GROUT WILL BE CANDIDATE New York © ptroller » Natfonal e Con- fen sidered in City, NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Comptroller Ed- ward M. Grout today made public his de clsion to accept the nomination for comp- troller on the fusion ticket. Mr. Grout says he does not belleve national polities should be considered in a local campalgn. A number of Independent democrats, including 8. Stanwood Menken, Charles 8. Fairchild, Wheeler H. Peckham and Ever- ett P, for rpnomination on the fusion ticket, de- claring his administration was such that all who had supported him two years ago should be wiling to do so this year, and urging him to accept a renomination.’ The | letter, among gther things, says Democrats who joined with other citi- frrespective of party to make you | mayor uf this city one year prior to an ortant state election ‘can with equal te to retain you in that office immediately preceding a presi- ontest. No sahe man now @t future demoeratic the state and nation certain by turning over the finances of this city to the body of men at present in control of Tammany Hall GOES TO LOO!(_A_FTER ESTATE in a year dential belleve xl will be ma Mrs. Grace Clark Strohn in San Francisco to Protect Prop- erty Interests, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.—Mrs. Grace Clark Strohn of Chicago. wife of R. N. Strohn of the LaGrange Gas company and heiress to the §1,000,000 estate of her sister, Isabella . Clark, who committed suicide in this city & week ago, has arrived here. from the east. the terms of the will left by Miss lly her entire estate is be- quenthed to Mrs. Strohn. Mrs. Btrohn has come here to look after her interests In the estate and In the contest, should there be one Thomas | Wheeler, today forwarded to Mayor | Low a letter In which they endorsed him | as First Reported. SLIGHT FROST GENERAL OVER STATE Most Severe in Northwestern Section, Where Comparatively Little of Cereal is Ral Are N1 ~Ranges LINCOLN, Sept. 17.—Heavy ctouds pre- vented frost last night in the eastern hailf of Nebraska. A rain storm prevalled over this section of the state yesterday after- noon and the blanket of clouds continued 1o serve as a protection to the crops. In the extreme western and northwestern parts of the state frost fell last night, add- Ing to the heavy damage that was done | the night before. An estimate of the dam- age done to crops in this state has not been completed, but It is feared that it | will reach a large figure. The weather all over the state is still cold this morning and under prevailing | conditions it fe dificult for corn to ripen, even though it is not killed. Twenty-Five Per Cent Damaged. NORTH LOUP, Neb., Sept. 17.—(Special.) L-¥Freezing weather for the last two nights | has destroyed all prospect of a full crop| of corn, probably % per cent of all kinds of corn being etill unmatured. The tem- perature on the 15th fell to and on the | 16th to 22 degrees. This was preceded by a week of cold, cloudy weather that has been unfavorable to the maturing of the corn erop. WINSIDE, Neb, Sept. 17.—(Speclal)— Heavy .irost here last night. Tee half an | inch thick. Temperature, % degrees. BEEMER, Neb., Sept. 17.—(8pecial)—No frost last night. Most ‘of the farmers think that the greater part of the corn crop will be all right WINSIDE, Neb.,, Sept. 17.—(Special )— Later advices indicate the frost last night did but little damage. Clouds Save lowa Corn. DES MOINES, Sept. 17.—Again the clouds saved the corn crop of central lowa. Frost falled to make its appearance in the cen- | tral valleys of the state, although pre- dicted by the government. The sky cleared | up early in the evening and remained re- markably clear until 1 o'clock, when the clouds 1olled by in great profusion. A thorough examination of the flelds this | morning reveals that all that is needed is warm weather to mature und harden the kernels, otherwise the cob s in first-class condition and the yield fully 85 per cent. The sky is clear at 11 p. m., but with a| temperature of 47 degrees no apprehension of frost is felt. No reports indlcating danger of frost have been recelved from elsewhere in lowa. BIOUX CITY, Ia., Bept. 17.—(Special Tel- egram.)—There were no frosts in this vi cinity last night or tonight. Cloudy weather and rains have saved northwestern lowa. Later reports from the country districts relative to the frosts of Wednesday night continue to be conflicting. The chances are that the first reports were exaggerated. The consensus of conservative observation _that western lowa, north- eastern ‘aska, southeastern Bouth Di- kota and southwestern Minnesota s dam- aged only in the valleys and that only to the cxtent of about one-tenth. Conditio n KANSAS CITY, Sept. 17.—At 11 o'clock tonight conditions are nearly the same in Kansas as last night, when frost re- sulted. The sky is clear, the wind from the north. No frost has appeared yet, but it fs expected. Farmers think the late corn is still uninjured, but the cold weather {1s delaying It dangerously and some of it cannot mature. The sky is clear in west- ern Missouri and other conditions are like last night, when the frost was light. TOPEKA, Sept. 17.—A rising temperature over Shawnee county and this section of Kansas last evening prevented a killing frost. The weather is clear, but the faint- est touch of any frost there may have been in the lowlands was not serious enough to | damage late corn or vegetables. The gov- ernment weather bureau reports a mini- mum temperature of 41 degrees at 7 o'clock and no frost. Manhattan reports a tem- perature of 3 degrees without frost. The | weather today is fair and warm. Later information recelved by the local Weather bureau shows that frost was gen- eral in Kansas, except in the extreme east portion. In western Kansas the tempera- ture dropped to 29 degrees, while Missourl escaped, e pt in the southwest portion. Light frosts occurred at Lamar and Spring- fleld, Mo., where temperatures of 36 and 3§ are reported. Concordia, Kan., reported a temperature of 36 degrees, with heavy frost, while Dres- {den and Hayes, Kan., report a killing frost, with temperatures of 2 and 30 de- grees respectively. Light frosts occurred at Osage City and Toronto, Kan. Some Frost at St. Josep! ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 17.—The mercury went to 43 degrees above zero in this local- Mty last night and there was a light frost !in the lowlands. Farmers and gardeners say the damage was very slight. Corn | was not Injured at all, but tomatoes and | lute vegetables were nipped. The bright weather of today has brought a feeling or rellef to all growers. Frost in Wisconsing MILWAUKEE, Bept. 1r.—The Milwaukeé Weather bureau reports light to heavy { frost throughout Wisconsin last night, with | | a probability that it was killing in many | localities. The northern and central portions suffered the most, the southern | section reporting light frosts. Moorhead, | Minn., reports 3 degrees and atmosphere | clear and the indications for the northwest | are for a more severe frost tonight | 8T. PAUL, Minn,, Sept. 17.—Although dis- patches from various points in the north- west, particularly the Dakotas, indicate | that last night's frost was not as severe as that of Tuesday night, the local weather bureau In @ general summary of the condi- tions in the northwest says: “This soction of the country was in the grip of & killing [ frost last night” The weather observer s: “The cold wave stretched from Can- ada to the Gulf. It was below 30 degrees | in Manitoba, central North Dakota, the Red river valley and central Nebraska. It was| below 40 degrees in a very large area, ex- | tending from eastern Montana, Manitoba | and Minnesota to western Kansas. In St.| | | | | grees during the night A Fargo, N. D, | dispatch says that the late flax crop was | Killed No Damage in South Dakos PIERRE, 8. D.. Sept. 17.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—The first killing frost of the sea- | son occurred at this place last night. Al | corn was out of the way and but little, if any, damage was done. < tnloupe Crop Destroyed. ROCKY FORD, Colo., Sept. 17.—A killing Paul and Minneapolls it dropped to 38 de- | | real, Omaha Yesterdayt NAMES THE CADET OFFICERS Whaterhouse of High School Glves Out the Omel List. Princip: Principal Waterhouse last evening nounced the appointment of officers for the High School cadets. The recommendations for positions In the band, the signal hospital corps have not been made yet by an- and Commandant Wassell. The roster of of ficers is as follows Staff—-Adjutant, Adolph Meyer: quarter- master, Roger Williams, commissary, ‘Tom Whittock: sergeant major, Herbert Webb; commissary sergeant, ~ Willlam Christie: color sergeant, Hugh Robertson; battallon clerk, with rank of corporal, Hugh Mc- ‘Whorter. Company A—Captain, Tom Allen; Meutenant, Alex Marriott; second leuten ant, Harry Counsman; ~first sergeant, George Wallace; second sergeant, Walter Robertson; third sergeant, Carl ‘Paulson; fourth sergeant, Frank Lundstrom: ufth sergeant, Willlam Talbot; quartermaster sergeant, Alfred Kocher; first corporal Cheney Huntington; second corporal, Eari Jorgenson Company B—Captain senior, Ben Cheer- ington; first lieutenant, Edward Pelster; second utenant, Walter Epplen; first ser- eant, Tom Bourke: third sergeant, Louis jexton; fourth sergeant, Addison ‘Mould; fifth sergeant, Homer Searle; quartermaster Lloyd Harris; first corporal, econd _corporal, Willlam poral, Joy Cl Company C—Captain, Clifford ine; first e tenant, Charles Gardner: ond’ leu- Wilson Austin; first sergeant. Alex Charlton? second wergeant, Paul Heard; ti geant, James McCullough; fourth sergeant, Allan Lee; fifth sergeant, Martin Bush: quartermaster sergeant, = Arthur Rosenbloom: first corporal est Chris- tensen; second corporal, Louls ) third corporal, Arthur C. Potter; f cor- poral, Walter Roessig; fifth corporal, Lisk Smith. ; Company D—Captain, Fred Thomas; firat lieutenant, Arthur Remington: second lien- tenant, Eugene Meyer; first sergeant, John Olney; second sergeant, Roy Harberg: fifth sergeant, Andreas Peterson: quartermaster sergeant, Jacob Wright; first corporal, John McCague; second corporal. Ben Wood; third corporal, Earl Plerce; fourth corporal, May- nard Rickley. Company E—Captain, John Kelley: first leutenant, Alex Dyer: seeond lleutenant, Milton Arnholdt; first sergeant, —Curtis Lindsey; second ' sergeant, Kennéth Mur- duck; third sergeant, Raymond Hayward; fonrth sergeant, Guy Reese; fifth sergeant, Alfred ¢ quartermaster sergeant, Walter Kenner; first corporal, Sam Slaugh- oral, Henry Muhlenburg; fourth corporal, leming Robb; fifth corporal, Herman | Handschuh. Company F—Captain, Junfus Brown; first lleutenant, Leon Callahan; second lieuten- ant, Burleigh Withers; first sergeant, C. ric "Potter; second sergeant, Willlam K. wit; third’ sergeant, Frank Willis; sergeant, Charles Nemec; fifth sergean Walter Gross; first corporal, Claire Welke: second corporal. Clement Chase: third co Poral, Carl Coé; fourth corporal, Charles Clieney. SONS OF REVOLUTION MEET & Delive an Ad- Marquette and Jotter. At o special meeting of the Nebraska Soclety of the Sons of the American Revo- lution held last evening at the Commercial club rooms, Rev. M. P. Dowling, president of Crelghton college, delivered the principal address on “Marquette and Jollet and the Beginnings of Louisiana. He was intro- duced by President Charles 8, Lobingier of the soclety and gave an account of how Marquette and Joliet had been appointed 17, 1678, to “follow up the Misslssippi river, discovered by LaSalle and DeSoto, find its source and make a map for the French government.” “The impression was preva- lent,” said Father Dowling, “that the river emptied into the Pacific ocean, but this was the 100 years intervening between 1611 and 1711, there were but 33 parishioners came the Gult.” A resolution was adopted changing the time of meeting to April 3 because of tho inauguration of President Washington, 1789, and the Loulsiana Purchase treaty, 15, occurring on that date. A flag committes jean Flag assoclation, composed of the fol- lowing members of the soclety: T. G. Doyle, president; I. A. Arthur, J. W. Goff, H. D. Neely, Roscoe Pound, E. M. Bartlett, Draper Smith, H. O, Paine, C. A, Tracy, M. F. Funkhouser, T. R. McNair, R. H. Palmer and M. B. C. True. GENERAL J. C. BATES REPORTS by Physician Comnected with the Army. theoretical education has been neglected because of active operations in the field. He urges the discontinuance of post schools that a trial for a few days at a military post is the best way to determine if an ap- a desirable soldier or that the lite will suit him. He deems it important that the haversack should be carried by the soldier into action and never separated from him. General Bates recommends that the proper feeding of officers of the army and members of the press and all military rep- resentatives from forelgn countries during conditions are analogous to war, be made a subject of regulation. discharges of men for disability, he says, 1s a sllent stricture of the laxity of’the physical examination to which recruits are subjected and he declares the employment of clvillan physiclans for recruiting: work 1s radically wror The number of men tried by summary cent of the enlisted strength. intoxicating liquors, The large number of desertions are attributed to homesickness. Movements of Oe At Liverpool—8ailed: via lonian, oville; New England, for Bos ton, via Queensiown. for At Queenstown < Arrived: from New York At Plymouth—Arrived: ¥ from New York At Cherbours: burg, and proceeded frost destroyed the cantaloupe crop in the | At Havre—Arrived: La Touraine, from vicinity of Rocky Ford last night. The | MW York, = . . .. phoenicls, from {loss may reach $50.%8 | New Torks 13 Dex. oo 39 1P i «o a7 2 a2 oo BN a e 03 ! e 49 o i v 42 L a4 e M o nn “o A5 T o . a7 L 5o ® p.oom. ee 47 est | ter; second corporal, Ware Hall; third cor- | fourth | by Governor Fontenac of Canada on May | proven false by these Frenchmen. During over to Canada from France and out of these only fifty-five priests were to be found alony the river* from the Great lakes to was appointed at the instance of the Amer- WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Major General John C. Bates, commanding the Depart- ment of the Missouri, in his annual report speaks of the great value of officers’ schools and especially to the younger officers, whose for enlisted men and makes the suggestion plicant for enlistment probably would make war, or in actual service in the field when The number of court-martial, the report says, was 63 per Of the cases 3 were directly traceable to the use of (sermanie, uerst Dismarck, Arrived: Fuerst Fismarck, from New York, via Plymouth, for Ham- Becretary of Agricultare Tells of the Work of His Depariment. EXPERIMENTS IN SOIL AND MOISTURE Bureau of Plant Industry Tries New Varieties of Beed. PRESENT SYSTEM IS TOO EXPENSIVE For Lack of Knowledge Farmers Use Water in Exoess. RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE CANNOT AGREE Members Hopelessly Divided on tion of Repeal of Certain Laws Re- Lating to Acquisition of Pak e Domatn. i | OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 17.—That there wu. be a determined fight against any action by the National Irrigation congress favoring a repeal or modification of the existing land laws was made evident today. The com- mittee on resolutions, after practically an all-day session, found itself hopelessly di- vided on two of three questions betore it, the desert land act and the commutation clause of the timber and stone act, and to- morrow majority and minority reports will be presented on the action recommended by the committee. The vote on these two ques- tions was 12 for and 0 against. The senti- ment in favor of the repeal of the timber | ana stone act under which the opinfen was expressed that great frauds were being perpetuated against the government was almost unanimo Nevertheless on this, as well as on other recommendations, sharp fight will be waged, with the outcome in doubt. tdaho Fights © The Idaho delegation held a caucus this afternoon and instructed Congressman French to lead the fight against action in favor of the repeal of the existing laws and members of other northwestern del gations are also preparing to oppose to the last any such action. An attempt, it is stated, will be made to bring the subject before the congress the moment next year's meeting place, the vote on which will be taken immediately on convening in the morning, has been declded upon, and pro tracted debate is Jooked for before the con gress takes its stand as a body on the ex- isting national land law: The fight for the honor of entertaining the National Irrigation congress in 1904 h: been quite bitter. Tonight the sltuution seems to be Kl Paso aguinst the fleld, with | the fiela of unknown strength. Friends of the Texas city confidently claim a vietory on the first ballot, asserting that over 200 delegates have pledged thelr support to Fi! Paso. Later this afternoon, however, a movement started by members of the Ore- ®on delegation to bring the congress to tho northwest rapidly crystallized. A eaucus will probably be held late tonight by dele- gaten from the western and northwester: i states to agree upon a plan’ of action’ for tomorrow. The generdl idea, as exprexed t is to endeayor to decide upon some northwestern city. If this be not possibie then the entire strength of the states pledged is to be thrown in favor of St Louls. | Papers by Fxperts, This morning's session was almost en- tirely devoted to the reading of papers by government experts on irrigation ‘and for- estry, headed by thelr chief, Secretary of | Agriculture Wilson, who gave a very com- prehensive doscription of the great wo-k the Department of Agriculture Is doing In the matter of frrigation. Senator Francls G. Newlands of Nevad: was the first speaker on the jong program for today. He spoke on “State Co-opera- tion with National Irrigation.” Mr. New- lands remarked that one of the difficulties in framing the natlonal frrigation act was the unwillingness of certain of the arid states, which had already placed their systems of irrigation under the direction of state boards of eontrol and state gineers, to yield to any plan which gave the federal authoritles any right to in fere with state control. He then described the working of the Nevada laws, which ecured the amplest co-operation of the irrigation system of the state and which placed the streams in entire control of the government while the work of construc- tion was golng on. Mr. Newlands urged that similar legislation on the part of the statos would bring nbout the spirit of co- operation so necesary to successfully in- augurate great projects within their boundaries. Wilsoa on Irrigation. en- Secretary ot Agriculture Wilson was then introduced amid a great outburst of ap- plause to speak on the work of the De. partment of Agriculture regurding irriga- tion, saying in part: Measurements made up to and {ncludin, the season of 1901 show that canals on ah average lose 6.75 per cent of the water entering them in each mile of their length some small canals losing in a single miie as high as 64 per cent of the water di verted by them. The general average ¢ the. volume lost by canals In their entire length is usually given as one-third of the volume diverted, although our measure- ments would _indicate -that it f{s even greater. The saving of these losses from canals means an increase of at least a third In the area which can ultimately be reclaimed The losses from laterals have been shown to be nearly if not quite Teat as those from ditches. We are studying methods of constructing laterals and of making them more economical carriers of water. The estimate that farmers are using twice as much water as {s necessary is based on the measurements previously re- ferred to, which show that some farmers use from five to ten times as much as others. It is a well-knowa fact that plants will adapt themselves to new climatic con- ditions. There are great possibilities along the line of developing plants which will produce equally good results with less water than is required by the plants now gown in the arid region. In eo-operation with the state experiment stations we are working on the production and Introduc- tion of such varieties. Experiwents in this country and else- where li.ve shown that the of the growth of the plant at which water is ap- plied has a great deal to do with the crops produced. Al these things are well known n a general way, but they are merely suggestive of the possibilities of a careful scientific study of the methods and times of applying water to crops. Treatment of Alkall Lan It is estimated that about 600,000 acres of land at present under irrigation in the western Unfled States are lying idle solely because they contain too much alkall to permit paying crops being produced. The Question is, can anything else be done with such land? To answer this query the Bureau of Land Plant Industry is endeavoring to secure crops muitable for cultivation fn alkall solls. It 18 not proposed merely to distrib ute these things as they are received 1 the department. Plant-breeding methods are being resorted to in order to fix and, possible. by careful selection, inorea their alkall resistant qualities, In the reat increase In irrigated area, which ound to come in the near futurs, this work will become still greater i lm