A CITY IN RUIN
RETALBULEN GUATEMALA DE
STROYED BY A VOLCANO
THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE KILLED
The Town Which Stood at Foot of
Mountain Almost Completely De
stroyed Places Twenty Five Miles
Distant Feel the Effects
SAN FRANCISCO June 7 Another
city in Central America has suffered
almost complete destruction and hun
dreds of Its inhabitants have been
killed by volcanic eruptions
The steamer Palena which arrived
today from southern Italy ports brings
tho news that the town of Retalbulen
situated at the foot of Mount Tacona
in Guatamala has been buried under a
mass of lava stones and ashes thrown
from the volcanic crater and probably
1000 of its people have perished
The volcano Is about twenty five
miles from Champanico and near the
town of Tapachulo which It Is be
lieved also suffered severely The
eruption occurred several days before
Palena arrived at Champanico The
vessels officers were informed by the
agent at that place that the volcano
had shown signs of the impending
eruption for several days previous to
the outbreak In fact Mount Tacona
had been restless ever since the great
earthquake of April IS which destroyed
the city of Quezaltenago For weeks a
hlack pall of smoke hung over its sum
mit and the glare from the crater fre
quently illuminated the sky
Many of the inhabitants of Retal
hulen fled from their homes to places
of safety and these escaped frightful
deaths When the eruption at last
broke forth in its full fury showers of
lava ashes and stones were ejected and
covered the country for miles around
The Bay of Champanico was a mass of
floating pumice and ashes
No details were obtainable by the
officers of Palena but the loss of life
was estimated at not less than 1000
The same steamer brought a letter to
Balfour Guthrie Co agents of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company from
G M Mellville their agent at Guate
mala confirming the report of the
eruption He also stated that since the
earthquake of April IS shocks had been
of almost daily occurrence A few
days before Palena sailed a small vil
lage near Mount Tacona was destroyed
but no details could be obtained
The volcano of Santa Maria is also
said to have been in a state of eruption
Countervailing Sugar Duty
SIMLA India June 7 The sugar
bill empowering the government of
India to impose a countervailing duly
on bountied sugar until the Brussels
conventfon becomes effective passed
the council today The viceroy of
India Lord Knrzon of Kedleston in
a speech exhorted the refiners to im
prove their methods and justify the
protection provided by the counter
vailing duties imposed on bountied
sugar
Union Pacific Buys Stock
NEW YORK June 7 The Evening
Post today says The Union Pacific
Railroad company has increased its
holdings of Southern Pacific stock
from 75000000 to 90000000
Immigration Increases
NEW YORK June 7 The official
immigration figures for the port of
New York for May say that 82054
immigrants were landed during the
month as against 73067 for April
From Morocco to Washington
MADRID June 7 Senor deOjada
the former Spanish minister to Mor
occa has been gazetted minister of
Spain at Washington in succession
to Duke de Arcos
Soers Given Parole
HAMILTON Bermuda June 7
Boer officers who have been living in
the prison camps on the islands near
here have been allowed their liberty
on parole
Kruger in Good Health
THE HAGUE June 7 There is no
foundation for the reports that Mr
Kruger is ill On the contrary he is
enjoying good health
King of Saxony Very III
DRESDEN Saxony June 7 The
condition of Kius Albert of Saxony
who has been ill for some time is
regarded as critical
Thinks Boers Got Too Much
LONDON June 7 A J Balfour
government leader in the house of
commons ixi a speech at a conserva
tive banquet in London referred to
the South African war He said the
load was only now thoroughly realiz
ed and peace had been bought by un
necessary concessions The conten
tion of the liberals that peace might
have been secured a years ago was
untenable because General Botha
then demanded Independence
HOUSE REWARDS KITCHENER
Votes Fifty Thousand Pounds for His
Services in South Africa
LONDON June 6 In accordance
with King Edwards message to the
House of Commons yesterday the gov
ernment leader A J Balfour in the
house this afternoon asked for a vote
of 50000 to Lord Kitchener As a
remarkable coincidence Parliament
on this day three years ago voted its
thanks and 30000 to the same gene
ral for his services in Egypt
Tho liberal leader Sir Henry
who seconded the mo
tion paid a warm tribute to Lord
Kitchener as a soldier and a states
man
John Dillon Irish nationalist led the
opposition In behalf of the national
ists Mr Dillon said he and his friends
absolutely objected to the vote be
cause they were opposed to the policy
of the war in South Africa and the
conduct of the campaign which in
volved wholesale devastation of the
country the burning of farms and
sacrifice of life
William Redmond Irish nationalist
caused a scene of great disorder by re
marking that Lord Kitchener would
go down in history as a general who
had made war on women and chil
dren This remark called forth loud
cries of Withdraw and appeals to
the chairman to call Mr Redmond
to order The chairman said the ex
pression used was not disorderly but
a majority of the house refused to lis
ten any further to Mr Redmond and
interrupted hirn with all kinds of
shouts
After a quarter of an hour spent by
Mr Redmond in a fruitless endeavor
to gain a hearing the closure was
moved
The closure was adopted by 273 to
13S votes and the grant of 50000 to
Lord Kitchener was carried by 3S0 to
44 votes The minority consisted of
Irish nationalists and two or three
radicals
To Unionize Farm Hands
DENVER Colo June G The
American formerly Western Labor
union convention today made an im
portant move in the war which is to
be waged against the American Fed
eration of Labor by the adoption of
a resolution inviting the National
Brewery Workers association to join
the American Labor union Efforts
will be made to organize the farmers
and farm hands of the west and to
have them co operate with the Amer
ican Labor union in political contests
Trophies of Henrys Visit
BERLIN June 0 Emperor William
has turned over several hundred
souvenirs of the trip of Prince Henry
to the United States to the Hohen
zollern museum Conspicuous in this
collection is the cartoon representing
President Roosevelt in the uniform of
tho German garde du corps and Em
peror William in the uniform of an
officer of the United States army both
bowing profusely
Hardware Dealers Organize
HASTINGS Neb June 6 About
sixty retail hardware merchants from
various points in Nebraska met here
and perfected the Nebraska Retail
Hardware Dealers association The
object of the association is for mutual
protection In this they hope to
bring the trusts to time and to pre
vent them from attempting any exces
sive rise in prices of the class of
goods that they handle
Money in Strawberries
SHENANDOAH la June 6 The
local strawberry crop is coming in
nicely now and the fruit is command
ing a fancy price One of the local
gardeners Mr Henry Field has al
ready sold 200 worth of berries off
from a single one acre patch He ex
pects the acre of ground to return him
almost 1000
Brisson Refuses to Do It
PARIS June 0 M Henry Bris
son the former premier who is a
radical republican in politics went to
the Elysee palace as a result of Pres
ident Loubets summons and was
asked to form a new cabinet but M
Brisson declined
Rains Help Winter Wheat
CEDAR BLUFFS Kan June 6
Heavy rains have fallen on the St
Francis branch from Beaver City to
Herndon Winter wheat is assured
Priest and Miner Drowned
DENVER June 6 Rev Cornelius
ORourke a well known Catholic
clergyman of Silverton Colo was
drowned in the Las Animas river
All Congratulate Herbert
LONDON June C The universality
of the approval of the appointment of
Hon Michael Herbert as ambassador
to the United States in succession to
the late Lord Pauncefote is quite un
usual No dissent is heard anywhere
The afternoon newspapers yesterday
distributed their congratulations equal
ly to the foreign secretary Lord Lans
downe on his good choice and to Mr
Herbert on his good fortune He will
leave soon for America
PACKERS GIVE UP
BETTER WAGES BUT TEAMSTERS
UNION IGNORED
THE RIOTS BECOME VERY FIERCE
Frenzied Masses Convert Business
Streets Into Veritable Battlefield
Meat Wagons Face Torrents of
Missiles
CHICAGO June 5 At 130 a m
after four hours of consultation in
which the question of recognition of
the union was thoroughly discussed
an agreement regarding wages and
hours was decided on The repre
sentatives of the packers conceded tho
demands of the strikers on the two
questions but were obdurate in their
refusal to recognize the strikers
union It is believed a compromiso
may be reached on unsettled points
The conference is still in session and
probably will last several hours longer
Driven by men covered with blood
many of them barely able from ex
haustion to hohl the reins in their
hands thirty six meat wagons entered
the main gate of the Union Stock
yards amid a shower of stones bricks
bottles and sticks The wagons
guarded by five police wagons filled
with bluecoats and two omnibuses
crowded to the fullest capacity with
policemen were on the return from a
delivery of supplies to downtown pro
vision houses after one of the fiercest
days in the strike of the beef pacekrs
teamsters
Many of the drivers and officials of
the packing houses were cut and
bruised from head to foot The police
were in even worse condition The
wagon drivers had been working from
5 oclock in the morning and their
progress from the stock yards into
the citys business district and back
again had been contested bitterly by
mobs of strike sympathizers
At the very entrance to the stock
yards after all seeming danger had
passed George June an employe of
the Anglo American Packing company
was struck by a base ball bat and
knocked from his wagon seat He
was picked up in an unconscious con
dition and it is believed may die
Many others were struck at the
same time by a shower of stones but
the police were too worn out to offer
resistance More than a dozen battles
were fought during the day between
rioters and the police and the hospitals
are overcrowded with the injured
The fiercest battle of the day took
place at Sixteenth street and Mich
igan avenue The rioters stood on the
viaduct and hurled rocks at the meat
wagons passing underneath The mob
was the most formidable in numbers
and daring of any of the crowds dur
ing the day Before this mob was
dispersed the police were compelled to
use revolvers More than fifty shots
were fired bullets passing over the
heads of the crowd which finally be
came frightened and scattered but not
until many of the rioters suffered
serious injuries
A conference was held between rep
resentatives of the packers and the
teamsters looking to a settlement of
the strike President Frederick W
Jcb chairman of the state board of
rrhitration brought about the
HOLDS ALL BONDSMEN
Supreme Court Reverses Decision in
the Bartley Bond Case
LINCOLN Neb June 5 The su
preme court delivered an opinion yes
terday in which it is held that if the
shortage of former Treasurer Bart
ley occurred during his second term
of office all of the six bondsmen
against whom proceedings by the state
are now pending are liable for the
full amount claimed by the state
These bondsmen are W A Paxton
Thomas Swobe Cadet Taylor C C
McNish E E Brown and John H
Ames The case is remanded to the
district court of Douglas county with
instructions for another trial at
which the only question or issue to be
considered is whether or not the de
falcation occurred during the second
term or in whole or in part during
the first term It is ordered by the
court that if the defalcation occurred
during the last term the defendants
are liable The amount claimed by
he state is approximately 600000
The opinion in this case is by Com
missioner Roscoe Pound the junior
member of the court commission
Heads Cut from the Bodies
AUSTIN Tex June 5 The bodies
of Mr and Mrs Joe Wachler were
found in their residence in the east
ern part of this city late this after
noon with their heads nearly severed
from their bodies A note which was
found on the dresser stated that both
wanted to die A butcher knife on
the bed revealed the method of death
The womans head was hanging by a
mere thread and the mans throat was
cut from ear to ear
FOUR MEN ARE GARROTED
Ancient Method of Inflicting Death
Penalty Still in Use
J PONCE Porto Rico June 4 Ber
jnable Acevedo Jose Torres Ramon
Troche Cadeno and Juan Torres the
tfour men found guilty of murder
robbery and outrage committed in
iOctober 189S at Guayo a suburb of
Adjuntas were garroted here yester
day
They were all put to death within
fifty minutes and the average time
taken to kill each man was two min
utes All the condemned men con
fessed their crimes as they walked to
the scaffold Two of them assisted
the executioner to adjust the garrot
and forgave him for putting them to
death One of tho prisoners resisted
the adjustment of the cloth over his
face He said he wanted to die with
his face uncovered Finally after fif
teen minutes struggle he was sub
dued There were only thirty wit
nesses to the execution
The men were excuted for the mur
der of Antonio Delgrade del Pino
near Adjuntas on September 30 1S98
They wore part of a band of twenty
five who entered Pinos home and
seized Pino and the other members
of his household Pino was hung up
by his feet and his ears were cut off
He was afterward hanged The wo
men of the household were outraged
and the place was looted
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
Rainfall During the Week Has Been
Light and Below the Normal
United States Department of Agri
culture climate and crop bulletin of
the Weather bureau Nebraska sec
tion for the week ending Monday
June 2
The last week has been dry with
about normal temperature The daily
mean temperature has averaged 2 de
grees below normal In eastern coun
ties and 2 degrees above in western
The rainfall has generally been too
small to measure A very few local
showers with a rainfall exceeding
half an inch occurred but overed
very small areas
Winter wheat and oats have grown
splendidly the last week The heads
of wheat are of good size and seem
to be filling well Oats have improved
to normal conditions in some localities
but generally the condition is below
normal The temperature has been too
low for rapid growth of corn but the
stand is good and the plant healthy
cultivation has progressed rapidly the
last week and corn is generally quite
free of weeds Alfalfa cutting is gen
eral and in most parts of the state the
crop is good Potatoes are in unus
ually good condVion Pastures are
fine and stock is doing well Cherries
will be a poor crop apples are drop
ping some but promise much better
WILL BRAVE MOUNT PELEE
Illinois Man Found by President to
Succeed Consul Prentiss
WASHINGTON June 4 President
Roosevelt has found a competent man
willing to undergo the dangers of an
other eruption of Mount Pelee in the
islands of Martinique He is John P
Jewell of Galena 111 who appeared
before the board of officers at the state
department and was examined to as
certain his fitness to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Consul Pren
tiss at St Pierre His nominaton
will be sent to the senate today
The department is anxious that he
shall reach Fort de France as quickly
as possible in order that he may re
lieve Consul Ayme whose post is at
Guadaloupe and who has been com
pelled to attend not only to the con
sular business of his own island but
to that of Martinique as well
Victory for Railroads
WASHINGTON June 4 The Uni
ted States supreme court today decid
ed the case of the interstate com
merce commission versus the Chicago
Burlington Quincy railroad company
and others involving the right of the
commission to reduce the terminal
rate made by the railroads in Chicago
on cars containing live stock The
opinion was presented by Justice
White and affirmed the decision of the
circuit court of appeals for the Sev
enth circuit
Number of Boer Prisoners
LONDON June 4 Replying to a
question in the house of commons to
day the war secretary Mr Brodrick
said the total number of Boer pris
oners in South Africa and elsewhere
was G553 of which seventy eight
were under 15 and 1025 were over GO
years of age
Boers Willing to Suffer
BOMBAY June 4 The news of
the conclusion of peace in South Af
rica was received with mixed feel
ings in the Boer prison camps here
A majority of the prisoners rejoiced
but many of them considered the
news to be bad as it meant the loss
of all they had been fighting for We
would have stayed in captivity for
years without complaint said many
of the Boers had such been the
judgment of the burghers
FOR A MANDAMUS
MESSRS HARRINGTON AND ROSE
WATER ASK FOR SAME
IT IS AGAINST STATE BOARD
And Undertakes to Compel Assess
ment of Franchises of Railroads
Lincoln Stock Yards Bought Mis
cellaneous Nebraska Matters
LINCOLN Neb no 4 M F
Harrington and E Rosewater will ap
pear befo the supreme court to ask
that a writ be issued requiring the
state board of equalization to assess
the franchises of railroads On tho
other side Ben White of the Elk
horn J N Baldwin for the Union
Pacific and other representatives of
railroads will form in line and en
deavor to show that sucn a writ
should not be issued Mr Harrington
notified Attorney General Prout in
writing that he would ask leave to
Intervene as a citizen and taxpayer
The railroads will also ask to be
heard The case is the last on the
call at this sitting of the court It
is believed that the roads will file
a showing and ask leave for further
time to file briefs bearing on the as
sessment question
Mr Baldwin representing the Un
ion Pacific and Attorney General
Prout representing the state appear
ed before Referee Duffie to argue the
case of the state against the Union
Pacific The suit was commenced by
Attorney General Smyth Tho state
seeks to recover penalties tor viola
tions of the maximum rate law Two
Weeks ago the supreme court dismiss
ed a similar suit against the Missouri
Pacific on account of lack of jurisdic
tion The Union Pacific expects a
similar ruling in this case but the
suit was argued before the referee on
Its merits
HIS SEMI ANNUAL REPORT
State Treasurer Files the Same with
the Governor
LINCOLN Neb June 4 State
Treasurer Stuefer filed his semi-annual
report with Governor Savage It
shows the following Receipts 2
1G573710 balance on hand May 3V
91794S07 The report states that
the treasurer has invested educational
trust funds to the amount of 7GG
G2G38 during tne six months The
total investments during his admin
istration is 192G0919G The total
amount of funds now invested is 95
12159073 being G170S929 larger
than ever before He commends Land
Commissioner Follmer for attending
strictly to business in regard to the
collection of interest on school lands
The average semi annual apportion
ment of school funds for the present
term is 3G173S53 or 11000 in ex
cess of the average for the preceding
four years
BUYS LINCOLN STOCK YARDS
W
J C Kenyon of South Omaha
Comnay Makes Purchase
LINCOLN Neb June 4 W J C
Kenyon manager of the Union Stock
Yards company of South Omaha has
purchased the West Lincoln packing
house plant and stock yarus the pur
chase price being 30000 part of
which has been paid
The plant consists of 500 acres state
lands which are leased to the Lin
coln Packing company and which
lease is renewed without trouble as
per a contract of some years stand
ing sheds and a small packing house
which has not been running for some
years The buildings are in good con
dition
Hotel Keeper Suicides
RED CLOUD Neb June 4 J W
Runchey proprietor of the Holland
hotel of this city committed suicide
by hanging himself to the head of
his bed with a small picture cord
After tying the cord around his neck
he simply drew back until he had
choked himself to death His family
which had been out to spend the
evening returned at midnight and
found him quite dead Mr Runchey
was a man forty five years old and
had a family of seven children It is
thought he was slightly demented
Young Woman Commits Suicide
SYRACUSE Neb June 4 Miss
Addie McSwan aged 22 living eight
miles southwest of this place com
mitted suicide by taking carbolic
acid No cause is known for the
crime Her friends think she was
temporarily insane
Old Soldier Dies on Train
TABLE ROCK Neb June 4 Da
vid Allebaugh an old soldier from
Milford who was on his way to the
hospital at St Joseph Mo died on
the train between Elk Creek and here
He had an attendant Frank H Ham
ilton of Milford It was decided that
an Inquest was unnecessary after
talking with the county attorney at
Pawnee City by telephone He was
taken from here to Milford and there
given interment
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There was not a hevy run of
cattle at this point but there was a large
supply In Chicago Puckers here started
in from the beginning to pound tho mar
ket and as a result It was late before tho
bulk of the offerings was disposed of
Beef steers again made up the biff end
of the receipts and tho market was very
slow and weak Puckers seemed to have
the Idea that they have been paying too
much for their cattle here as compared
with Chicago and they made an attempt
to Ret this market down in line Tho
cow murket did not show so much
change- The good dry lot cows sold with
out much trouble at what looked to be
steady prices but on the grassy stuff
tho market was slow and weak Packers
did not seem to want that kind of cattlti
and will only buy it at their own prices
Good fat bulls did not show much
change Feeder bulls however were very
slow and such kinds are considerably
lower than they were a week ago Veal
calves and stags were about steady
There were very few stocks and feeders
on sale and anything desirable seemed
to command steady prices Common
kinds though were neglected the same
as usual
HOGS There was another liberal sup
ply of hogs Tho market opened active
and strong to 5c higher than yesterdays
average Sellers cut loose as rapidly as
possible and the bulk of tho hogs were
sold In good season Along toward tho
Jast end however the market weakened
and tho close was very slow and weak
The bulk of the good weight hogs sold
from 725 to 731 nnd as high as 710
was paid which makes a new top to tho
murket for the year The medium weight
hogs sold mostly from 715 to 72 and
tho lighter Ioals wont from 713 down
SHEEP There were onjv Just a Tew
curs of sheep on the market the bulk
of the offerings being consigned direct
tr Iocil packers The few bunches that
did sell brought just about steadv prices
as compared with vesterday A hunch of
native wooled lambs sold at 003 and
some clipped lambs sold at 025 There
were hardly any good sheep offered to
make a test of the market It was evi
dent from the way buyers acted though
that good stuff would have sold without
mucli trouble
KANSAS CITT
CATTLE Market steady to weak a
bunch of choice export and dressed
steers sold for 700 wliieli is the highest
pric by 20c ever paid on tills market
choice export and dressed beef steers
725f7t0 fair to good 173fi720 stoek
ers and feeders i27 western fed
steers lTMiTKi Texas and Indian
steers 2D0filil5 Texas cows ZWil I0O
native cows 25i5U0 native heifers
J0CWC20 canners 2 GOT TOO bulls 277iw
1S5 calves 275f0C0
HOGS Market sWady to strong top
745 bulk of sales 70057IO heavy 7 T
dllAT mixed packers 715 7 0 light 0
73 720 porkers 075f72O pigs 027z tifi5
SHEEP AND LAMMS Market steady
native lambs Wu 720 western lambs
5KC7o native wethers 320f0G0 west
ern wethers IOz33 fed ewes 05
573 Texas clipped yearlings 315305
Texas clipped sheep 1231330 stockcrs
and feeders 230 123
ERUPTION IS NOT DANGEROUS
Stream of Hot Air Issues from Cracks
in the Mountains
ALBUQUERQUE N M June 7
Dr C L Herriek from the New Mex
ico university and one of the most
eminent geologists in the west after
carefully examining the supposed vol
cano crater fifteen miles from Gal
lup gives a description of the local
ity and says
Here there is a fold and fault
which is interesting because of the
metamorphism which is going on
From the cracks in the sandstone
overlying the lignite there issues a
constant stream of heated air sul
phurous oxide and vapor The solfa
taric action may be attributed to the
slow oxidation of shales in the pres
ence of water From this point east
ward is a series of cracks that have
been filled with iron and lime serv
ing still more to show that along this
fold and break water at one time as
cended
CRCNJE IS VERY RETICENT
He and Other Officers Vill Be Glad to
Get Back Home
HAMILTON Bermuda June 7
The Boer officers who have been liv
ing in the prison camps on the islands
near here have been allowed their
liberty on parole Several of them
came ashore here today and were in
terviewed
Generals Cronje Wessels Botha
and others were very reticent but
they said they were glad the war
was over and would be delighted to
get back to their homes
It is understood that the rank and
file of the Boers will be allowed
ashore in batches of ten The officers
have been invited to an at home
at Government house tomorrow
Purchase Valuable Coal Mine
DES MOINES la June 7 George
W Seevers general solicitor for the
Iowa Central Railroad company at
Oskaloosa has purchased the valuable
Hocking coal mine in Monroe county
The price paid was 550000
War Office Congratulates Kitchener
LONDON June 7 The war office
has cabled congratulations to Lord
Kitchener on the energy skill and pa
tience with which he conducted the
long campaign in South Africa and
has asked him to communicate to the
troops the governments profound
sense of their spirit of endurance
bravery and discipline and also of
their humanity shown throughout the i
trying period Lord Kitchener re
plied with thanks
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