Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-15
SHAKEUP IN REVENUE CIRCLE
Commissioner Yerkes Calls for Resignation
of Four Special Agents
ACCUSED OF NEGLEcTNe THEIR DUTY
statement that the Men who Are
Detectives Have Not Been
Seeing Things that Are
Going On.

WASHINGTON, Aug. lA-The star to-
night says: There has been a big shake
up among the revenue agents Of the in
ternal revenue service but just how far
it has gone is matter Of speculation. 1t
is stated, however, that four well known
revenue agents have been asked for their
designations. and at least two Of the four
have come here for a personal conference
with COMMISSIONS Yerkes of the internal
revenue bureau. These are Captain Charles
II. Ingram, in charge Of New England
work, stationed at Boston, and c. II. Burg,
who has had a section of the southwest
under his charge and has been located in
Texas The names of the other two agents
could not be learned today.
Commissioner Yerkes would not discuss
the matter Those in a position to know
| say that Commissioner Yerkes had per-
sonally been. watching the work of the
| revenue agents, who are really the secret
4 investigating officials of the revenue bu-
reau. and has concluded that some OF them
have not been doing their duty in de-
tecting some Of the things going on
Foreign Crop Reports.
The foreign crop report to the depart
ment Of agriculture made public today
announces that lin countries of largest
! production the crops Of the principal bread
| grains cannot be called abundant. but on
| a general survey of the field It seems
| probable that the harvest of 1905 will not
] on the whole be bad one"
| In Great Britain and ireland the area
under wheat is estimated at 100000 acres
and the yield at 100000 bushels or 35
| bushels to the acre, against an area last
year Of 100000 acres and yield of 80, 600 900
bushels or less than 2S bushels per acre.
The area under wheat in Mantoba and
the Northwest territory is fully 10 per
| cent better than ever before The area
is placed at 100000 acres and the crop at
100000 or SO,OOO,OOO and by some as high as
lOO,OOOOOO bushels.
In Argentina the area of winter grain
appears larger than last year.
In Australia the outlook is more promis-
ing than in ten years.
Despite unfavorable weather reports the
! outlook in Germany last month seemed
Ea...
In Russia the crop prospects remained
generally satisfactory, the winter cereals
promising nearly. and the spring cereals
above, an average yield.
In Austria It is not yet certain whether
winter wheat and winter rye can be set
down as good average crops.
In Hungary the prospect was consider
ably worse than in June, but the total grain
NAoP Bi blilAoSh " bt ldIBeI lIldu last year.
Although there was a large proportion Of
lodged wheat throughout the great wheat
growing regions in northern France, the
grain was in most cases fully formed.
Must Use More AIrbrakes.
The Interstate Commerce commission is
about to take steps to require all railroads
engaged in interstate commerce to increase
the minimum percentage of air brakes used
on freight trains to as great an extent as
conditions of equipment will permit.
4 The commission has become impressed
with the danger attending the operation OF
freight trains on which an insufficient mum.
Der of cars are equipped with air brakes
q operated by the engineer
Recent accidents involving loss of life
and property, caused by the "buckllng'' Of
freight trains-the rear cars crowding for.
ward upon those in front-when emergency
applications of air have been made or
trains partially air-braked, have demon.
strated that such trains are not actually
, under the control of the engineer as re-
quired by law. AS the impact which cause,
"bucking'' is due to the presence of an
braked cars in the rear of the train, it ap
, pears to the commission that such acci
dents may be obvated by requiring a mum
, Der of cars in trains greater than the 81
, per cent low required by law, to hav,
J their brakes operated by the engineer. In
, crease in the minimum is authorized by
, law. 1t is added that the evident purpos,
. of the law is to ultimately require the us,
I of air brakes on all cars of all freigh
trains
S More Cases of Typhoid Fever.
Twenty-nine new cases of typhoid feve
e and two deaths from the disease were re
e ported to the health office today. The out
t break has passed in severity that of 1908
= when the greatest number of persons ant
h the treatment for the disease at any on
time was pa, and has spread rapidly
Health officials are bending every effort t.
house inspection Of back yards and cellar
: | with a view to remedying unsanitary con
u ditions One bed of the new alteration plan
d | will be opened, probably tomorrow thu
: reducing to that extent the danger fror
/ typhoid fever and other disease germ
7 which 1t is believed comes from drinkn
c water which is unfltered.
Governor HOch in Washington.
Governor Hoch Of Kansas, his wife an
. daughter and most of the members OF hi
. stan. who are in the east to attend tn
launching Of the battleship Kansas sper
q the day in Washington and left here at
e o'clock tonight for Buffalo on their wa
st home Governor Hoch stopped at WASH
= ington TO see a son, Homer Hoch, who is I
:, with an attack of indigestion, but is mo-
ID | considerably improved