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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
INSTRUCTORS MEET IN MAINE
seventy-FIfth Annual Convention of
Institute is Now in Session
mt Portland.

PORTLAND, Me-, July 1.-THE seventy
fifth annual convention of the American
Institute of Instruction began here today
in the city hall. Many of the subjects to
be treated affect important branches OF
public education.
Among those who have come to partici-
pate in the conventions are President
Charles w. Eliot of Harvard university;
]. w. Olsen. state superintendent of schools
OF Minnesota, and President Carroll d.
Wright of Clark college, as well as repre-
sentatives OF the allied interests. including
Mrs. Frederick Scoff Of Philadelphia, pres
ident of the National Congress of Mothers;
Miss Eva Perry Moore of St. Louis, presi-
dent of the National Association of Col
legiate Alumni, and Mrs. Olivet of Goshen,
Ind, of the educational committee of the
General Federation of Woman's clubs. A
general meeting and two department ses-
sions were held today
Arthur d. Call, principal of the second
north school of Hartford, Conn, addressed
the general session on Present Notions
About Ethical instruction in Our Public
Schools" He said he had put to at least
| FIVE of the prominent educators of every
state, territory and dependency of the
! United States the question. do you be-
| lieve that direct and definite instruction
/ in ethics Is desirable in our public schools?''
! Answers he says were as follows: Eight
per cent gave it up; S5 per cent said no;
| 81 per cent said yes.
! Mr.. Call declared that he was more con-
vinced than ever of the supreme value to
| society of sane, healthy, enthusiastically
| ethicaly- y-minded teachers.
Arthur II. Chamberlain, professor of ed
ucation of Throop Polytechnical institute
| of Pasadena, Cal, spoke on Motive and
] Content of the Elementary Curriculum"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
New National Bank Authorized to
Transact Business ut
EverIy, Ia.
(From a stan Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, July n,--(Special Tele-
gram 1.-THE First National bank OF Everly,
Ia, has been authorized to begin business
with $4,000 capital A. w. Sleeper. presi-
dent; Peter Ketelsen, vice president; Lewis
Scharnberg, cashier.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
ClatoniL. route /; Charles F. Kruse. car
rier; Christopher II. Pfeifer. substitute.
Elk Creek, route l; Frank p. Snyder, car
rier; Harry d. Snyder, substitute. Smith
field, route /; John T. Glenn. carrier; Pat
rick Glenn, substitute. Virginia, route /;
Walter S. McGaffey, carrier; John Mosher,
substitute. Iowa-Belmond, route 2; George
II. Peterson, carrier; S. c. Mcbride, sub
stitute.
Rural routes, ordered established Septem-
Der 49, Iowa-Wittemore, Kossuth county,
route 2: population, $40; houses, 1OS. South
Dakota-Desmet, Kingsbury county route
2; population, 5S5; houses, 107. Mitchell,
Dawson county, routes and 8; population,
1880; houses, 2O6.
Bids were opened in the Office of the
supervising architect of the treasury to-
day for installing the electric wiring sys-
TEN for the new public building at Lincoln
Neb. There were nine bidders, the lowest
being McMaster & Fletcher, Columbus. o..
at $500.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS PAPER
Wilson Turns over TO Department of
Justice Report on Cotton
Investigation,

WASHINGTON, July 11.-Actlng Attorney
General Hoyt received from Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson the papers in the cot
ton investigation. subsequently the papers
were placed I'm the hands of United States
District Attorney Morgan II. Beach, who
will probe into the whole subject and make
a thorough inquiry, embracing every de-
tail connected with the compilation of the
statistics involved. Mr.. Beach declined 10
say anything on the subject when asked
tonight. but it is understood that the in
vestigation which he will conduct will
begin in earnest tomorrow and will cover
both the legal and administrative features
OF the incident. District Attorney Beach
had already examined the report and will
now take active direction of the next pro-
ceedings looking to prosecutions of the
guilty parties
Mr.. Hoyt stated today that he had been
urged by Secretary Wilson to probe the
matter to the bottom and to use any means
at his command to get 3 ( the true condition
and to bring all guilty persons to trial. Mr..
Hoyt and Mr. Beach have already been in
communication and IL viii be determined
whether there is any statute whereby a
criminal prosecution may be directed
against Edwin S. Holmes, the former asso-
ciate statistician of the Department OF
! Agriculture. who was dismissed, it is al
legged, because he "juggled" figures in the
government crop tes and furnished
advance information to New York brokers
and against any others that may be found
| implicated.
| In case criminal prosecution is not pos
| sible, some other way to reach the guilty
| parties is to be sought.
! The rev system of preparing the monthly
crop report, devised since the cotton inves
| tigation began, was put IN force today. Tn,
report will be made public late this Afternoon
and Secretary Wilson believes that tn,
steps taken to safeguard the figures arr
| well-nigh perfect. Early in the day AS
sistant Secretary Hays, Chief StatisticiaI
| Hyde and several experts of the depart
,nent were placed in a room under lock ant
key and they will not be permitted L
come out until o'clock in the afternoon
The telephones in the room have beel
| disconnected and careful scrutiny will b
kept of the windows to avoid the possi
bility of leak through private signals.
No communications of any sort hav
been received from Mr.. Price or his at
torney and the secretary believes that s
far as the cotton investigation report
concerned it is a closed incident.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
HIGHEST Dam IN The WORLD
Reclamation Service Plans One Three
Hundred and Eight Feet High.
BUILT IN CANYON OF sHoSHoNE RIVER
Expected to Furnish water for the
Irrigation of One Hundred and
sixty Thousand Acres
of Land.
lFrom a star Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, July n.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Just below the junction of the
north and south forks of the Shoshone river
in northern wyoming. in a solid granite
canyon with perpendicular walls several
hundred feet in height. engineers of the
reclamation service propose to construct
the highest dam in the world, with total
height of SOs feet above bed rock, a bot
tom width Of sixty-flve feet and top width
of $50 feet This mammoth structure VIII
create a reservoir with a storage capacity
of $4,000 acre feet. All details of con-
struction have been carefully worked out,
and now the secretary of the interior is
advertising for bids for constructing the
dam.
This work is of special interest because
of the unusual engineering features neces-
STATED by the natural conditions OF the
canyon. In order to obtain a bed rock
foundation the dam will have to be con-
structed sixty-eight feet below the bed
of the river. In order to provide for
spillway to allow excessive floods to pass
the dam a tunnel will be constructed
around the dam through the solid granite
of the mountains to discharge into the
canyon several hundred feet below the
dam. This tunnel will have a capacity of
| Is, 900 cubic feet per second, sufficient to
| carry the largest floods of the stream.
There will be two outlet tunnels, each
| three and a half miles long. one taking
| its supply directly from the reservoir for
/ high line canal covering 700OO acres of
! high land in the upper valley, and the
other diverting the water from the river
| sixteen miles below the dam for the low
| line canal to supply the remaining portion.
| The canals will decrease in size with the
| distance from the tunnels as distributing
| bitches are taken out. 1t is probable that
| about 25O0O acres of land on the south
side of the river now belonging to the
state under the terms of the Carey act
will be acquired and included in this pro-
| ject The soil is very productive, and hay
wheat oats, barley and harder vegetables
can be produced abundantly with an ample
water supply.
The secretary Of the interior set aside
"a, 100000 from the reclamation fund will
which to initiate this work, and 1t is esti
mated that 10000 acres of public land
on the north side of the river can be re-
claimed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
METHODIST HOSPITAL PLANS
sixty Thousand Dollars Needed to
Proceed with the New
Building.

The board of trustees of the Methodist
hospital met last night to discuss ways
and means for the raising of sufficient
funds to complete the new hospital building
under course of construction at Thirty
eighth and Cunning streets. No action was
taken whereby the funds could be raised
Immediately other than to pursue the
course that has been under way for several
months soliciting for subscriptions from
societies throughout the state which are
interested in the work
About 10000 is needed to finish the work
and there is practically no money in the
treasury.
At the meeting Of the board Tuesday
evening Governor Mickey was present as
member of the board and expressed his
appreciation OF the work done by the
deaconesses in raising the amount already
secured.
It is hoped by those Immediately con-
cerned that the needed funds will be Sc
cured in the near future and enable the
work of building to proceed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
FRENCHMAN SOLD SECRETS
Resident of japan Sentenced to Ten
Years imprisonment for
Being Spy.

TOXIC, July 1.-THE judgment in the
case Of Captain A. f. Bougoin, the French
resident who was sentenced yesterday to
ten years imprisonment at hard labor on
the charge of being Russian spy, decleres
the accused was engaged in searching for
and reporting artillery secrets.
Additional information concerning the
cargoes Of transports was reported by let
ter.
The judgment reiterates that Bougoin
sent his interpreter, Maxi, to ascertain the
movements OF troops and that Maxi con-
fessed his guilt.
The judgment declared that the informa-
ton conveyed by counts two and three re-
lated to the northward movement of the
investing army OF Port Arthur after the
capitulation of that fortress and previous
to the battle Of Mukden. The decision de-
clares that therefore the information con-
stituted an important military secret
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
OFFERS THRONE TO A DANE
NorweEInns would Have sOn-in-LRw
of British King for
Ruler.

LONDON, July 1.-THE Associated Press
is in a position to confirm the report that
an offer OF the Norwegian throne has been
made to King Edwards son-in-law, Prince
Charles of Denmark. The matter is still
under consideration, 1t is understood that
King Edward and the British government
are favorable TO the project but much de-
pends on King Oscars attitude on the sub
ject. Consultations are now going on.
Prince Charles mother was daughter OF
the late king OF Sweden.
It is understood that Prince Charles OF
Denmark will be willing to accept the
crown OF Norway II King Christian and the
Danish government consent Some of the
members of the royal family are in favor
OF his acceptance OF the crown, but King
Christian is believed TO be opposed 10 it.
No decision will be given out before his
majesty returns from Gmunden. Austria,
next week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
SCOTT SPECIAG SEATS RECORD
santa Fe Thinks IL Possible 10 Main
tain FOrty-FiVe-HOuF SEIZED
uIe 10 Coast.

KANSAS CITY, July 1.-THE Scott spe-
cial on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway, racing for a record between Los
Angeles and Chicago, reached Argentine.
Kan, in the west bottoms at 1881 this
morning and departed for the north at $40.
The train was due here at $50, and was
thus an hour and hfty-three minutes ahead
OF its schedule
After leaving Argentine one OF the liveli-
est clips on the trip was maintained. the
special covering the 221 miles between Kan
sas City and Fort Madison. Ia. In four
hours and nine minutes. This. according 20
Santa Fe officials. beats all records for the
distance.
CHICAGO. July 1.-THE Scott special en-
the Santa Fe railway reached Chicago to-
day from Los Angeles, Cal, at II "a a. m,
six minutes ahead OF the fastest estimate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
PRESIDENT RECEIVES MEDAL
st. Ganden's Design TO Commemorate
Inauguration Placed in Hands
of Executive.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y. July 11.-President
Roosevelt today received the st. Gaudens
medal, designed and executed to commem-
crate his Inauguration to the presidency.
It is of gold and is about three inches in
diameter. on its face the medal bears a
relief bust OF the president, the view being
sharp profile.
Around the likeness is the inscription.
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the
United States" and to the right of the
bust is the Latin phrase, "Aequm Cuique."
on the reverse side in relief is an Amer
lean eagle perched on a crag. Around It
is the inscription, Washington, d. c.,
March iv, MCMV, e Pluribus Unum."
Vice President Fairbanks was presented
with one of the medals in gold, while Sec
retary Loeb and each member of the in
augural committee received a medal of the
same design in bronze.
No official visitors were received by the
president during the day. It is expected
that Senator Knox of Pennsylvania will be
an overnight guest of the president at
Sycamore Hill,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
DEvLIN'S CREDITORS WAITING
VIII Not File Bill in Bankruptcy
Proceedings Today in Chi
caEO Court.

CHICAGO, July ll.-Attorneys for cred
itOrs of the First National Bank OF Topeka
which failed July g. appeared today before
Judge s. II. Bethea in the United States
district court mere and announced post
poneaIent Of a proposed attempt to institute
federal bankrupt proceedings here against
Charles ]. Devlin, who owns two-thirds OF
the stock Of the Topeka bank.
Judge Bethea had previously announced
that bankruptcy would not be considered
by him unless a showing was made that
Devlin has property within the Jurisdiction
of the federal court Of this district II is
stated that Devlin owns property in a num-
Der of Illinois counties and that efforts
will be made TO obtain the appointment of
the same receivers for this property as for
the property in Kansas.
wASHINGTON, July I.-Acting Comp
trOller OF the Currency Kane has about de-
cided on the appointment of Bank Exam
iner J. 7. Bradley as permanent receiver
Of the First National bank OF Topeka.
which closed it's doors July g. Mr. Bradley
is the temporary receiver. Conflicting in
terests had brought out at least a dozen
candidates Tor the place.
TOPEKA, Kas., July 1.-THE principal
difhculty which is facing the receivers OF
the Devlin bankruptcy case is the attempt
on the part OF the Illinois creditors OF Mr.,
Devlin TO have trust company in Chicago
| appointed as receiver of the Illinois prop
critics. Cyrus Leland and J. Z. Hurley
who have been appointed receivers Of the
Kansas ard Missouri properties, are COM
/ batting this attempt.
| A conference was held today by Cyrus
Leland and J. Z. Hurley. receivers IN
bankruptcy and their attorneys. Clifford
Histed and A. A. Hurd regarding the
effect OF placing the properties in Illinois
OF c, J. Devlin under the one rsesiysrship
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
FRANCE WORKS ON PROGRAM
Russia Thinks Its Ally Lost Little
in settlement of Moroccan
AFFAIR.

PARIS, July 1.-THE council Of ministers
today went over the results Of the Franco
German Moroccan agreement and prepared
program for submission TO parliament
preparatory to the summer recess. Premier
Rouvier and Prince Won RadOln are now
discussing the preliminaries Of the pro-
gram to be recommended to the sultan of
Morocco and the time and place for hold
ing the conference on Morocco.
1t is expected that Italy, Spain, Austria
Hungary, the United States and the other
powers will follow the course of France
in attending the conference.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 1.-THE papers
here generally consider that France S
micable agreement with Germany on the
bject of Morocco was WISE contending
:. France instead of suffering, secures
oct recognition by Germany Of her in
in Morocco The Novoe Vremya
= rs that the situation between the
" & ntries was not dissimilar to the
siu q which existed between Russia and
Japa 1re the war and commends
Franz ompt appreciation of her in
defensl yition.
Fran, paper says, Ibid not hest
tate to re she minister who was drag
ging the c, .ntry into war"
NJ Vandam, a writer on the stan of the
Novoe Vremya, Is publishing a series OF
articles piling abuse on the United States
attempting to show that the United states
is Russias regular enemy; that Japan is
| her pupil and great mistake was made
when Russia agreed to the peace negotia
| tions taking place in Washington, where
| the American government can pull the
| strings"
The article displays gross ignorance o.
many elementary facts and the Novo'
Vremya does not endorse them editorially
| Nevertheless, 1t is pointed out that suci
publications unfortunately are creating {
| false impression OF the United States role
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
DYNAMITER STILL AT LARGE
lola OIansas) Police Searching for
Man who They Accuse of blow
tnE Up Three saIOOps.

lola, Kas., July n.-C. L. Melvin. the
temperance fanatic whom the police charge
with destroying three local saloons with
dynamite and causing damage estimated
at 100000, Is still at large despite the fact
that Sheriff Richardson has formed a posse
TO capture him. Melvin is believed to have
a great quantity OF dynamite that has dis
appeared from local cement works, and
It is feared that he will cause further
destruction
Today Mrs. Melvin received a letter from
her husband IN which he said that twenty
three years ago he had been told "in a
vision by God Himself" that he was to
strike the rum power blow from the
effects OF which it would never recover"
IAN the intervening years." says Melvin
IN the letter. Il have nurtured that pur-
pose. or command. Don't expect me home
for ] am in this fight to a finish"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
Former Objects To Comforts Placed in Cell
BY Prisoners Friends.
TEETH OF EXECUTIVE KNOCKED OUT
Nearly Entife Police Force is Called
Into Action.
BOTH SIDES SWEAR OUT WARRANTS
Mayor is Charged with Contemp'
of Federal Court and Jaiier
with Assault and Bat
terry.

CINCINNATI July u-Jailer Pfoeger
and three other men are out on bail after
being arrested by order OF Mayor Helm
bold of Newport, KY Policemen Finn and
Ratican are out on bond having been ar
rested charged with resisting United States
officers in the discharge of their duty, and
the mayor himself was today bound over
to appear Thursday TO answer to a charge
OF resisting United States officers, having
surrendered himself today on learning that
"a warrant was out for his arrest.
These were among the results OF an at
tempt Of some Of the friends of Caleb
Powers, former secretary Of state of Ken
lucky, under indictment for completely in
the murder of william Goebel, to furnish
the cell which the prisoner was to occupy
with more comforts than usually fall to
the lot OF inmates of the Newport Jail.
Mayors Teeth Knocked out.
During the fight which followed when the
jailer refused to obey the mayors orders
to place Powers in a cell other than that
prepared for him the mayors front teeth
were knocked out, revolvers were drawn
and almost the entire police force 'of New
port was called into action.
The jailer claims that the order of United
States Judge Cochran when that official
assumed jurisdiction in the Powers case
and committed Powers TO the Newport jail,
gave direct control over the prisoner to the
jailer and that the mayor had no right
or authority in the matter. The charge
against tho jailer and three men arrested
is assault and battery and resisting an
officer. The warrants against the mayor
and the two policemen were issued by the
United States commissioner after con-
sultation with the district attorney, who
first directed the United States marshal
and the Jailer to take Powers to his cell
and try to leave him there. This was re.
sisted by the two policemen, acting under
orders from Mayor Helmbold. and the war.
rants were then issued by the commits.
Sioner.
Jailer Under Arrest.
Jailer Pfoeger, his two assistants, Charles
Wilson ana william Fisher. together witt
John AdeF, appeared in police court to an
swer to charges OF assault and battery pre-
ferred by the mayor. Continuance unit
Friday was granted. Powers has been re
moved to q better cell.
United States District Judge Cochran o.
the eastern district of Kentucky today di
rected the issuance of warrants charging
contempt of federal court against Mayo
Helmbold OF Newport and Policemen Rati
can and Finn result of their action
In connection with the commitment o
Caleb Powers to the Newport Jail las
night.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
SH0NTS AND STEVENS BUSY
VIII Confer with President Before
New Engineer Goes to the
the Iathmus.

WASHINGTON July n-Chalrman
Shonts of the Panama Canal commission,
and Mr.. Stevens the newly appointed
chief engineer, are in Washington. Both
expect to leave here tomorrow night and
will be received by the president at Oyster
Bay Friday. They will leave for Panama
July Is, and Mr., Stevens family will follow
him in the fall. Mr.. Stevens is now con-
sidering the question of filling the vacan-
cies in the engineering corps and will fam
iliarize himself with the available matter
here before he inspects the forces at
Panama. No plans will be made, however,
until he reaches the isthmus.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
Iowa Girls for JRpau,

MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, July 11.-(Spe-
cial Miss Inez Tabor, a Marshall county
girl has left for Tokio Japan, TO enter
the Toxic Girls Mission school as a
teacher.
At Colorado Springs she will be joined
by Miss Alice Lewis OF OslSaloosa, and
after a short visit with brother at Colo
rado Springs they will sail from San Fran
cisco on July p and should reach their
destination about August 2.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
Movements of ocean Vessels July II.

At New York-Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm II.
for Bremen; Slavonia, for Trieste; Caronia,
for Antwerp Arrived: Frederick der
Crosse, from Bremen; Prinz Adelbert, from
Genoa.
Al Bremen-Arrived; Hanover from
New York.
York
New York.
Al Pelinrsailed: Napolitan Prince, for
Baltimore; Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
from New York.
Al Liverpooi-sailed; Carpathia, for New
York, via Queenstown.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
burglars at Missouri valley,

MISSOURI VALLEY. Ia, July n.-(Spe-
cial while Tailor A Myers and his fam
fly were at the show thieves entered their
home on First street and carried of a
gold watch. jewelry, etc. From some
burglar tools left on the ground as they
fed they are supposed to be experts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
Farmer KIIIs HimseIf.

AVOCA. Ia. July Especial Milo
Mills, farmer living near Shelby. on the
Charles Schmidt, jr., farm, killed himself
last night at his home by taking a dose
OF Stryehnine in a glass OF beer. Unre-
Quilted love IL SAID 70 be ths cause.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
Talk OF LynchlnR.

MUsKoGEE, l. T.. July u.-sam Morrow.
a negro, has been placed In jail here
charged with having assaulted and then
shot and killed Mary Coleman. a 15-year-
old white girl There is much excitement
and TAX Of lynching.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
Prick Goes 90 Europe.

NEW YORK. July u.-H c. Frick and
Mrs. Frick sailed today for Bremen on
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II