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MANY DIE IN RUINS HOPE FOR PEACE ,ESCAPED BElNG LYNC,1E, r SSSSTrS T1 5 NO LONGER LEADER ALEXANDER DOWIK OF AM. HIS l'OWKR SHORN Cast Out Of Zion Church SOW IN MEXICO AND CAN RETURN ONLY ON SUFFERANCE t IconRcd of Mirny Shortcoming;, Includ ing TvncliliiB ot l'olyeiuny Ills M'lfu nml Son Arrayed ' Aguliiftt Him CHICAGO, 111. John Dowio, head of the Alexander 'Christian Catholic church in Zion", was deposed as religious leader, suspended from membership in the church ho founded, shorn of the temporal pos sessions as far as they are located in fcion City the homo of his church and warned to accept the situation quietly lest worse things befall him. The activo revolt against the leadership of Dowie was foreshadowed when Overseer Wilbur K Voliva, who had been placed by Dowie in sharge of the church while he Fought health in Jamaica and Mexico, announced that he would no longer accept the orders of Dowie, who had, he declared grossly mismanaged the affairs of the church. The members of the church, including the wife and son of Dowie, agreed to stand with Voliva. The next move looking to his overthrow was made by Over seer Voliva who holds a power of attorney from Dowie. In company with several officers of the church, Voliva hastened to Waukegan, the county seat of Lake county in which Zion City is situated, and filed for record a warranty deed transferring to Deacon Alexander Granger all the real estate held by Dowie in Zion City. He also executed a bill of Bale to Deacon Granger Hitting him in possession of all the personal property of Dowie, including his horses and carriages, books and even his bed. Later Granger conveyed these to Voiiva and the overseer appointed by Dowie had not only succeeded him as the head ot the church, but was the holder of all Ins property as well. The following message was then sent to Dowie informing him of the change in the situation: "Dowie, Gentian, Jalisco, Mexico: Telegram received here and Chicago. Practically all, including Cincinnati representatives, endorse Voliva's administration, Speioher's reinstate ment, Granger's retention, emphati cally protesting against your extravagance, hypocrisy, misrep resentations, exagerations, tyranny and injustice. You are hereby suspended from oilice and member ship for polygamous teaching and other grave charges. See letter. Quietly retire. Further interference will precipitate complete exposure, rebellion, legal proceedings. Your statement of stupendously magnifi cent financial outlook is extremely foolish in view of thousands suffering through your shameful mismanage ment. Zion and creditors will be protected at ail costs." The message was signed by W. G. Voliva, general overseer; William J J. Piper, overseer for Chicago; If, E. Cantel, overseer for United King dom; II. D. Braziiuld, vice president Zion university; Overseer John Excell, general ecolesiastical secre tary, and John G. Spciehcr, overseer for Zion City. "This is our ultimatum to Dowie," said Voliva, speaking for the signers of tho cablegram. "We have not taken this step without serious con sideration and we now wait Dowie's further action. Our legal position In this is under the general power of at torney which I hold, and upon the advice ot our legal advisers I have transferred the entire estate to Alex Granger, general financial manager. I have taken this action believing it to Do best for the protection of Zion and its creditors. Tt is a defensive move and it now remains Tor Dowie to act We now intend going right ahead, and the whole institution will be put in good order. Asked about the charge of poly gamous teaching mentioned in the cablegram, Overseer Voliva said: ' The teaching of polygamy was not made in public, but was done privately. I shall not go into details in this matter until Dowie has hud an opportunity to reply to the charge." It is generally believed by the officers of the church that the deposed leader will make a fight to recover his lost power. If this is done, the leaders say, tfefc matter will go to the uiurU. roiiN COl.LAISK OF HOTEL (IN OKUMANV KILLS FIFTY-FIVE MANY ARE INJURED Acclio'Jt Due to CMrilc8iu-t of TUol MaVInc tCrpuIrt to Rulliltue Wholo of Town lu Mourulnc NAGOM), Little Black Forest Germany. The Hotel Zum Hirch fell during the progress of a festive dinner. There wore two hundred persons present, most of whom were buried in the ruins. At 10 o'clock lifty-fivo dc.d bodies had been recovered and one hundred injured were taken from the ruins, many of them in a serious condition. Twenty persons still are missing and prob ably are dead. The accident is attributed to care lessness on the part of those who were making repairs on the building, from the ground in order to give more space for the lower story. The work began early in the morning, and was supposed to have been fin ished at noon. The keeper of the hotel invited the workmen and u large number m towns puoply to a grund dinner. The company assemblH r 'he middle, of thu banquet room and was drinking the health of the builder and landlord when suddenly a crash was heard above. A score of thos In tho banquet room jumped U-bm the windows r.nd door in t ime to escape, when the house came down. The town presents ar. indereribable scene of horror And grief. There is hardly i family but lias lost one or more numbers. Tr.e villagers and people of the surrounding country are inquiring for. thir relatives. The lead are laid out in the town hall idjaeent to the scene of the disaster, "he work of rescue is still proceed ing, but the full losses will not be mown until later. "Want Klntlon Annulled ST. PETERSBURG. -The .victories jf the constitutional democrats have seen followed by a proposed couhtioti jf the constitutional democrats, the Moderates and the Octoberists under ;he leadership of Ivan retrunkeviteh, rvho is a candidate for president of ;he lower house, and M. ShipotT, a prominent zemstvoe leader, to insure i clear maionty in the lower hou e jf parliair .Mit. to resist any attempt m the part of the government to pro rogue it r.nmediately on its assem bling. It appears that the reactionists are (eriously endeavoring to induce tl e emperor to find an excuse to annual .hi i!vv eiccl'.'viA. The first yet of ihe government after ' the result ol ,he St. j e'.e:spurg elections became mown was to tighten the scrsws o: .he press. 6ome of the worst features )f the old censorship have been estored. The. papers must again lubmit copies of their editions before ,hev aro distributed and th expedient of changing a paper's name when suspended bus been for Oiddeu. Likewise the device so suc !essfully practiced by the socialistic srgan Vorwaerts in Germany in liriug a series of "prison editors." The council of the empire hurriedly idopted a law by 11 to 2 votes pun ishing with a years' imprisonment ;he publication of false reports which iffect the credit of the country u, arge. In the country the large lar.d own rs who control the provincial and jenistvoe elections to the '.'ouncil of the empire, have thus far only chosen itrong conservatives. The province of St. Petersburg elected Barun Korff, head of the St. Petersburg iemstvoe committee, and tho province of Chernigoff elected M. Ivrasoffsat, both October ihts The province of Tula elected M. CashotI, an avowed reactwaist. At the ministry of finance it was stated aut'f.orU&tivelv that tho Russian govarnmeut is now hopeful of placing a very Jarge foreign loan in the near fnlu.-. probably before parliament convenes. A ;iiomineut olllcial said : "Tho financiers of Europe are interested in putting Russia on her feet. With the close of tho AJgeciras conference tho time is propiious for floating a loan. Russia has made no concealment of her financial straits. Tho whole program for the reform and regeneration of the country, tho solution or the agrarian problem, etc., waits uponnioney. ANTHRACITE MINERS MAY THEIR DEMANDS MODIFY Mitchell Refuses To Talk ASK THAT T1IK OPERATORS MKliT THKM HALF WAY llonrf ul Kertlnc Throughout l'ruparutloiia Mtttlu Wr IJuy Mnrkmt lijr Minor Cliuhe DWtrlct, for inn N'EW YORK. There were no note worthy features in tho labor troubles in the anthracite coal regions. Nearly all the operations in the fields remain tied up and there aro no indications that work will soon be resumed. The miners' committee field an all day session in New York, jonsidering plans, and at the oon- lusion of the meeting it wr.j reported that the miners' representatives had Jecided to modity their demands. President Mitchell declined to make any comment on the situation onu refused to confirm or deny the report of concessions. The sub-ctimmitee of operators and miners will hold another meeting soon. In the bituminous field there were more mines in operation and many more are to resume within a day or two. The number of men at work in the Pittsburg district, however, was not as large as was expected. This was due, it is said to the factional '.roubles within the miners' union in k.hat territory. Negotiations are jnder way between the miners and iperators in several districts outside if the central and southwestern erritories and while no agreements lave vet been reached no serious .rouble is anticipated. The niiue vorkers' leaders were much pleased vhen they learned that President Roosevelt had decided not to take a land in the soft coal strike so long as he situation remains as at present. Sligl-t disturbances were reported mm several points in the anthracite mtl bituminous reuions. but as a vhole the strike affected territory emains quiet. It was the general belief of those vho are closelv watchiim the situa- ion about the anthracite miners' icadquarters in this city that the niuers have definitely decided to nodify their demands, anil will jresent them to the operators soon. Some of the. members of the com mission privately admitted before aiming to New York that the uiginal demands were greater than he miners really expected to mil the le tiers could afford to .hem down and still leave, vorkers enough to be satisfied, iclicved that ir the operators neet the men half way on lemands they have made, such trim the it is will some us a econstruction of the conciliation joard, an eight hour day and an ncrease in pay for some classes of abor, the miners would seriously ionsider the proposition of renewing he strike commission award for not nore than one year. The miners lave all along asserted they would lot bind themselves to any argeemeut or three years. When tho reports that the miners .vould modify their demands and )Uier rumors to the effect that they would suggest that the difference aetweon themselves and their em jloyers be arbitrated and that a con vention of anthracite miners would 3e called within a few days were .ailed to the attention of tho mem. Ders of the committee they referred :o inquirers to President Mitchell, .vho, when approached would shake lis head and say: "There is nothing I can say at this time." Preparations for another meeting netween tho sub-committee repre scntinir the anthracite operators and miners kept the Shamokin commit'ee of miners uusv. lo long sessions were held but beyond the following statement by President .Mitchell no information was given out: "Thr committee appointed by tin Shamokin convention met at the Ashland house and had under con sideration thu communication from the governor of Pennsylvania and the offer of the anthracite coal operators to renew and continue for three years the award of the anthracite coal strike commission. It was decided that the matter of further negotia tions and the propositions of the anthracite miners be referred to the sub-committee appointed by the general committee and that a further meeting of the general committee be held. Tho sub-committee is in session." YOUNO MAN RUNS AMUCK AT HUM' Hf 1)T. Knrncetl Cltlronn CltMieil Him Into Corn- Hold Where Ho Whi Cnptured Tuixclicru St III In Scmlon -i:. HUMBOLDT, Neb. -Walter Parker, who has been making his home with his brother, Pearl Parker, of this citj for a number of months, caused ii great deal of excitement in the citj at a late hour in the evening by run ning amuck through the st recti assaulting everyone he met and badly wounding several before he wa captured. It is supposed the olTendei wa9 under thu inlluencc of liquoi although after his capture he seemed to fully realize all that was happen, ing, and many people attribute hit actions to a naturally quarrelsome disposition and a des're to have some "fun." The affair started about"oiuht o'clock on tho west side of the square, when two young fellows were about to settle a con troversy by a resort to blows, and John Johnson, Jr., a young man from Peoria, 111., who is visiting his parents here, attempted to step between the trophic. At thin juncture Parker, who was looking evidently wanted to see on and a scrap stepped forward and struck Johnson a stunning blow in the face and before anyonu could interfere was on top of the prostrate man kicking and stamping him. Johnson is a man of light build while his opponent Is over six feet tall, weighs nearly two hundred pounds and is of a hriuvny build. Another bystander, l.cn Manning, in an endeavor to caust I'arker to desist from his attack upon tho unconscious man, was him self made tho victim of an assault, Parker clinching him and both rolling into the street, claspinp Manning about the throat and sink ing his teeth into his cheek cutting the flesh badly, and also biting the hitter's thumb to the bone. Assist ance came but I'arker managed tt elude the authorities and ran around the south side ot the square meeting Tomniie James, the fifteen year old son of T. R. James, who was passing unconcernedly along the walk. He struck the boy a brutal bl"w in the face, knocking him into the street where he lay unconscious until assistetl to tin doctor's ollic.e, where ho was found to be suffering only from a badly discolored eye ami severe cuts and bruises about tht face. Roy Leech, a grown man, itippe.ned to see this assult and running up louno nimscii in in midst of i scrap also. A number ol blows were exchanged but neither party received much injury, although ,ceeh was unable to detain the scrapper. Auout this tunc .Marshal Graham appeared and took charge o Parker who was apparently going without resistance to the lockup when he bolted and ran down the street corner long enough to knock AuguM Mitchell, a young clerk who was standing in thu doorway, down the steps and into the street by a body blow. Within a few minutes a large- rowd was flown about the station searching in the mud and rain foi the fugitive, who was finally dis covered in a cornfield covered wit! mud, and brought oack up towi, where he was looKeu up, and a guard stationed over the jail durum Hit night. Numerous threats of lynch ing were heard, but evidently wher the crowd found that none ol tht parties assaulted had not beer injured dangerously they decided tt allow tho law to take its course. Tne county attorney is preparing tt give the accused a preliminary hear ing and it is thought the nature n the injuries inflicted on Mannini may cause him to receive a term ii the penitentiary. Parker was for number ot years in the regular armj and but recently returned from t 'nn of service in the Philippines Died III Fit of iIimiIouhv OMAHA, Neb. Charles Harris colored, dangerouly wounded Ill. Harris, his wife. Then he took hi own life with strychnine. Unwantei jealousy actuated him. He hail lived with his wife at 130' Cass street for some time, but tw months ago, she, fearing his jealou fits, left and went to work for Mrs Ella Harding, 1M Leavenwortl street. Since then Harding has per sistinglj dogged her footsteps. II intercepted her outside her place o work and attempted to kill her wit' a razor. A young man named Englo sus tained several broken ribs in an ac nident at tho Dempster factory at Beatrice. In compliance with an edict from County Attorney 0. A. Bawls were in operation in Kagle, in that county, have bucn out or business. Much tile is being laid on thu ISIkhorn valley and other wet lauds near Arlington. The farmers are buying tile by the car load. At the new (own of Farley, on the "rent Northern Ashland extension, northeast of West Point, a well has ooen sunk -100 feet without finding water. C. M. Stoll, a poultry dealer living southwest, of Beatrice shipped $300 worth of geese, chickens and eggs for hatching to a poultry farm near Oak land, Mo. A. W. Bly has purchased tho 0. W. Malone alfalfa ranch two miles cast Df Beaver City. The price paid was MO.OOO. This is one of the finest rancheB in the Beaver valley. The J. W. McOlintick quarter or land on the divide northeast of Cam bridge has been sold to an eastern party for $5,500. This farm has very few improvements and tho price paid Tho spring farm work has com menced in Cuming county generally oy tho seeding of wheat on tho high lands. The ground la in maanifiooiit lhape for tho reception of the seed. Attorney General Norris llrown ins accepted tho invitation of Finnicum post of tho Grand Army of 5ho Republic at Wisner to deliver me Memorial day address. A freight car filled to tho roof with farm machinery for dealers at McCoolc caught lire at Cambridge, md was totally destroyed together vith all its contents. The loss on aiachincry is estimated at $5,000. M. B. Thompson, president of tho Mbion National bank of that place, vho was stricken with paralysis everal weeks ago, is yet alive ami lis condition has not materially sluinged for the past two weeks. Theodore Lindgron of Harvard Iiih uiccccdcd in breaking up a bad gang f swindlers in that vicinity by irresting tho alleged loaders. Olllcer Undgren also effected the arrest of a notorious criminal who recently escaped from the .Idaho penitentiary. Tho firm of Chapman & Jackson, indortakors Imvo quit business at Ucatrice. Mr. Jackson will engage n business at Council Bluffs and Mr. Jhapinan at Shenandoah, la., where 1 ownes a largo furniture store. Die linn located in Beatrico about lix months ago. II. B. Tomliuson, station agent, md recently auditor for tho Jiur iington at Oxford has severed all :otiucctionn with that company and ,vill embark in the general mer- diandise business. He. has purchased Norman Bros, stock of goods and .vill take possession immediately. Representatives of tho American Sugar Beet company of Grand Island tvill be in McCook soon ready to con tact for 500 acres of sugar beets, this leason's delivery at tho regular price per ton. Ibis action of tho Ameri- jan people aTter repeated refusals to oine into that territory, will be nailed with delight by sugar beet raisers. The oldest woman in Cuming aounty, Mrs. Susn Miller, of West Point was 94 years old last week. A largely attended birthday party was given by hor friends and neighbors in her homo and a hand some reclining chair was presented to her. Mrs. Millar, in spite of her advanced age, is cheerful and lively and yhows every evidence of living to the century limit. A man worked a smooth scheme in Seward county lately by representing himself as a representative of the Seward Independent-Democrat and sveuring advertising which he agreed to insert in their paper. He de manded the cash in advance and worked Bee and Germantown. The county attorney is endeavoring tc apprehend him. The district court which has been in session at Chadron, Judge W. II. Westover presiding.has adjourned and the jail is again empty. Philip Mo Jutyre, the forgor, who was arrested as he was leaving tho Richmond Va., penitentiary at the expiration of hit term for another crime, changed hif plea of "not guilty" tc one o "guilty" and was sentenced to thrc years at hard labor. Tho case ol William Kelly, an accessory to tin crime of infanticide, as continued until the fall term. Ouo othei prisoner was ordered to leave tho canity and two other cases wore settled. There were fifteen-one civil cases of minor importance.