b m w in
Boer Commander Reopens Ne
gotiations With British
DEWET LOSING PRESTIGE
Xlrcards Him n lririiniiltitn nml Under-
tnkr Nt gntlntn fur Hin render of I5n
Urn llurr rnrrcn Clnlun In llitvu Made
Dlni otury nl Uncut Mrellnit
Cape Town April 11 leiiernl Itntlia
riuiH reopened negotiation wllli the
British for pence
j It Is understood hero tlmt nlthougli
CoiUIlll DcWlt III IllH IdOIll IlltlTVllW
with General Hothii refused to stirron
der General Botha regarding him an
irresponsible undertnkes to negotiate
ln iHhalf of the entire Rocr forces
Tho British authorities here consider
Ithat If General Botha surrenders De
licts folllowlng can he easily tnlcoti
Ar explained here tills action was
determined In part hy Seneral Rothnit
discovery nt a recent meeting that
General Dowels Intellect hnil weak
oneil nml that IiIm Intluenee was dimin
ishing and that a continuance of the
campaign In view or the General lie
wets Irresponsibility rested with Gen
eral ltothn alone
London April 11 Tho report thai
Oeneral Rothn has renewed tho nego
tiations with Lord Kitchener Is not
yet olllelally conllrmed lint It Is gen
orally credited and received with sat
isfaction except by the ultra Jingoes
who fear that the government will re
new tho terms recently rejected
I Regarding Oeneral Dowels mental
condition reports have been very con
flicting for some time Tils recent
Inactivity points to there being some
truth In the minors which allege that
long continued hardship under the
liarasslng British pursuit unhinged his
mind On the other hand a corre
spondent of the Times unite recently
ncknowlcdged the wonderful fore
flight and fertility of resource which
characterized newels retreat from
Cape Colony As during the previous
nbortlve negotiations the British pres
ngnln loudly Insists on unconditional
surrender but with tho budgetary
necessities regarding the countrys
finances If negotiations nre re
opened tho liners as the Chronicle re
marks editorially may reckon on fair
treatment at the hands of the British
DANGER OF CLASH IS OVER
Jiimn Acrnpta ltinsla Declaration Kit
I Kitrilhii Muniliurlu III flood Faith
Washington April 11 The Japanese
-minister Mr Takahani received olll
clnl advices from Toklo entirely doing
nwny with the alarming reports of a
Japanese Uusslan rupture and showing
that the Japanese government accept
ed the latest declaration of ltussla
on Manchuria with the same sense
of satisfaction that It had been re
ceived In the United States Mr Ta
Itahara called at the state department
und Informed Secretary Hay of the
gratifying turn of events The posi
tion of Japan as now defined In the
highest official quarter Is practically
the same as that of the United States
A copy of the recent Russian com
munication was delivered to Japan nt
tho same time It was given to this
government Although the texts dir
fer slightly they are alike In all inn
terlal points The Japanese govern
ment now makes known that It ac
cepts this declaration as made In en
tiro good faith and like the United
States It Is quite satlslled to leave
tho Manchurian question In Its pres
ent status The assurances given by
Russia are of such a character that
the Japanese authorities conlldently
look forward to a course of action
which will remove the perplexity and
dangers In which the Issue has been
Involved thus far
As the other powers nlready have
Indicated their acceptance of the litis
Blan declaration the course of Japan
removes the last possibility of division
nnd nppcars to restore the harmonious
concert which has thus far proceeded
In dealing with China
Chliioc Mlulilcr Uouishly Handled
Tarls April 11 The Patrle yester
day published a dUptitch from St
Petersburg which Miys the Chinese
minister there Yang Yu gravely in
sulted Count Lamsdorff tho ltusslun
minister of foreign affairs during n
dlscushlon of the Manchurian question
whereupon tho count ordered his
lackeys to put the Chinese out nnd
Ynng Yu was thrown down stairs and
fatally Injured in tho head
Agulualdo Mnt Kuril Ilia liiniu
Manila April It Lieutenant Manes
or tno Twenty tliia infantry bus cap
tured 10000 of Insurgent funds and
lias taken prisoner three oillcers be
longing to Geuerul Calllea Muff near
Manila
It is Btnted that before Agulnaldo
1b liberated he will be required to ob
tain tho surrender of General Tlno
the Insurgent leader
ItuUIncr of CiibU fur Hut ltlver llrldge
New York April 11 Contrary to ex
peetatlon the raising from tho river
bed today of the tlrst cable that Is to
connect the towers of the secoud path
way across tho Kast river is to be n
formal mutter Invltntlons to partic
ipate In the ceremonies have been ex
tended by tho bridge commission to
Mayor Van Wyck and many of the city
odlclals and former otllcials In both
boroughs
Steamer Hum at Whnrf
Vnucouver April 11 Tho Royal
City u small steamer ulrtuir on the
Frazer river wns burned at tho wharf
nt Mission Junction yesterday Two
of the crew Frank Kdwards and Paul
lorter were burned to deuth on the
chip The hull is now sunk besldti
tho Mission wharf Tho value of the
steamer is said to have beeu 15000
RATHER BE UNDER SPAIN
Itmi liiiuot TalUi In piolllnii t Ilnlt
Amendment
Havana April II -The Cuban con
ttltutlomil contention reached no re
mit regarding tin propositi to appoint
a commission to go to Washington In
reference to the future relations bo
tween Cuba and the United States
The whole time was taken up by
Senor Juan Gunlberlo Gomea and
General Hangully who made long and
Impassioned speeches the former
against the 11 n 1 1 amendment and tho
latter In Its favor
Kenor lomez sshl In subslnnce that
the black blood In his veins made him
opposed to the Americans Intimating
that their treatment of his race
stamped them as unfriendly to the ne
gro
I would rather be under the sov
ereignty of Spain he exclaimed
than under that of lie United Slates
The Ilatt amendment endangers the
Independence of Cuba It menus the
predominance of American Inllueuce
I would rather die of grief or leave the
country should It be accepted
lie admitted that he was not par
ticularly opposed to sending n commis
sion to Washington but he snld he
believed the Ilatt amendment should
be rejected first
Oeneral Sangully made a strong np
Ileal to the delegates to accept the
nmeiidment
NAVAL FETE AT TOULON
HumIaii HUiiiImiii Show Krlnudthlp by
bdlutliiK rioildmit
tlou Foil lit Iii r I
Paris April 11 The Important fes
tivities attending President Loubots
visit to tile Ulverla were brought to n
climax yesterday In the double naval
demonstration at Vlllefranche and
Toulon Both proved splendid specta
cles Tho profuse decoration at Tou
lon the llotlllas of pleasure boats Hit
ting about the harbor the gaily dressed
warships lying In the roadstead and
the iinlmatlon of the Immense crowds
of strangers Jostling one another In
the streets ami along the wharves Im
parted a color and plcturesqueness to
the scene which outvied the situation
nt Vlllefranche
The French people however derived
as much pleasure from the Incidents
at Vlllefranche as from the meeting
of M Loubet and the Duke of Genon
nt Toulon
The Itusslnn squadron says Lc
Journal Debuts saluted the president
on his departure for Toulon so that
Russia will be associated as complete
ly as could be desired with the fetes
on the Rlvorlu Those who have
spoken about the coolness of two
friendly and allied countries are now
compelled to admit that they took the
desire for the reality Those who con
tended that Russia wished to mani
fest hostility toward tho
rapprochement now have proof to
the contrary In tho fact that the Rus
sians came to salute the president nt
the very moment when the fetes nt
Toulon senllng this rapprochement
were about to take place
NINE CARS BURNED
lrlT rui tniM Injured In WreoU on the
Nouthi ru luclflc
San Miguel Cal April 11 The
night express from Los Angeles run
ning over the new Southern Pacltle
coust division to San Francisco was
wrecked near Rradley yesterday One
passenger and four trainmen were In
jured Fire broke out In tho wreck
and nine ears were burned Including
tho mall car baggage car and seven
tourist coaches The Injured
Raggngetnnster Watson bruised
about body and Internal Injuries
Charles Conroy both legs broken
feet crushed
F F Hlgglns brnkeuinn head nnd
arms badly Injured
Thomas Murray baggageman slight
ly cut and bruised
John R Uebstoek passenger Mouut
Vernon In knee cap broken
Soap Mm Got Together
Chicago April 11 As a result of n
two days conference at the Grand Ta
ctile hotel representatives of 35 of
the largest soap manufacturing con
cerns In the country yesterday effected
nn organization to be known as the
American Soap Manufacturing associa
tion The conference wns attended by
more than 510 persons heads and asso
ciate members of the houses Interested
While theinembersof the newly formed
nssoelntlon strenuously deny that the
association Is a trust It Is admitted
that It is expected to eliminate some of
tho cut throat competition that has
been In progress for some time be-
tweon manufacturers
Wraokvd Spreading IUIN
Pontine Ills April 10 The south
bound Alton limited was wrecked
nt
Cayuga five miles north of this place
yesterday Tho train was running
nt a high rate of speed over some new
track when a spreading rail let the
cars down on the roadbed throwing
several of the coaches from the tmrirs
and turning them In all directions The
cars remained upright however In
the 6hake up several of the passengers
were severely bruised and all were
thoroughly frightened The tlunnclal
loss to the road will be heavy as this
was oue of their prized trains
Deulion U IIolil fur Grand Jury
Des Moines April 11 W S Den
Isou who has been on trial in the jus
tice court for embezzlement of 5700
from Mrs Person was yesterday held
to the grand Jury under bonds P S
Harris the attorney who was brought
from Kansas City to answer to the
same charge was put on tho witness
stand nnd testified that he gave Den
lson tho money to bo paid to Mrs Per
son Ho also produced a receipt for
the full amount Harris trial has
beeu put off until Friday
TUB NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 12 UK
1 111
Nipped In the Bud by Killing
of Dave Luse
DISCOVERED BY A00IDENT
OfllclaM of tlm Klldiurn Railroad In Oma
ha Throw InternntliiK Hlilnlluht un tho
Trunin llnath of Output Ado Ntr Aim
wuith NobiaiUa
Omaha April 11 Ollicluls of the
lClkhorn railroad In this city are au
thority for the statement that the kill
lug of Dave O Luse by Fred M IIiiiih
deputy United States iiiarshul at Alns
worth Was part of a plan to nip u
proposed train robbery In the bud
It Is understood now that the at
tempted arrest of Luse was to thwart
u plan to roh an Klkhorii train and
that the horse shooting chargu men
tioned In the warrant was merely a
ruse to gel the leader of the gang out
of the way before the crime could be
executed Hans besides being a
United States deputy marshal Is also
chief of detectives of the Elkhoru sys
tem
Luse whoso cattle ranch Is in Brown
county Nebraska near the Niobrara
river was a desperado of peculiar dar
ing It is alleged nml for more than
ten years has terrorized tho law-abiding
citizens of Brown and surrounding
counties by his acts of violence It
Is snld that he has been guilty of
nearly every crime on the calendar
Though these atrocities aroused
great Indignation he hns never been
brought to Justice as lie trained with
a desperate gang of thugs which In
variably miw lilin out of his difficulties
It wus with this gung the railroad
ollicluls say that ho had planned to
hold up und rob an Elkhorn train
The plot was discovered by William
II Duquette known as tho tramp
detective who was In Brown county
working on nnother case one In which
Luse was suspected of appropriating
railroad property Duquette hud suc
ceeded In enlisting the good graces
of Luse By pretending to be n
tramp willing to work for his bonrd
and lodging and by his ready wit
and dare devil courngo he won the
respect of the outlaw nnd was per
mitted to go nnd come as he pleased
It was while exorcising these priv
ileges thnt Duquette learned that big
ger game awaited hlui than he had
anticipated
lie observed thnt Luse nnd his pals
were spending considerable time on
the right of way of the Klkhorn road
nnd that they loafed about n certain
cut between the snndhllls on either
side of which tho road curves so that
the cut is out of sight of engine crews
npproaehlng from either direction He
observed nlso thnt a red lantern had
recently found Its way into the tool
house of the ranch lie overhenrd
scraps of conversation which con
vinced him that the desperadoes con
templated holding up the eastbouml
express due In Ainsworth nt 015 p m
Duquette then notified the officials nt
Omaha and the sending of TInns to
Rrown county was the result
llluky Dink It Acquitted
Chicago April 11 Alderman Mich
ael Kcnnn well known us Hinky Dink
and prominent in levee politics who
wns arrested yesterday on complaint
of Mrs Kate Mills Royd secretary
of the antl vlco crusade society
charged with keeping his saloon open
on Sundays was acquitted by a jury
in Justice Prindlvllles court Mem
bers of the jury stated thnt City Prose
cutor Scully had introduced no evi
dence against Kennn Attorneys for
Kennn were very severe In their ex
amination of Mrs Royd who an
nounced she would take no further
steps in the matter
Victory for lrcMdout Smith
Kansas City April 11 The contro
versy between President Joseph Smith
nnd the quorum of 12 of the reorgan
ized church of Latter Day Saints
which has been the principal business
before the conference of the church nt
Independence Mo resulted yesterday
In n victory for tho venerable president
after a three days discussion Presi
dent Smith wns virtually on trial be
fore tho conference liecnuse of his ac
tion In suppressing certain church rec
ords contrary to the rulings of the
quorum of 12
To ixmiilun Ilnllroudt
St Paul April 11 Senator Millers
resolution Instructing the attorney gen
eral to Investigate tho reported con
solldutlon of railroads in Mlnnesotn
was adopted by the senate without
debate Senator Miller then Intro
duced a bill empowering the attorney
genernl whenever he deemed it de
sirable to examine Into tho affairs
of corporations to requisition books
and subpoena witnesses
Mlllluu Dollar Gift far Armour Iiutltute
Chicago April 11 Armour Insti
tute In this city which owes Its ex
istence to tho late Philip D Armour
will today receive an ndddltlon to its
endowment of 1000000 the money
coming from Mrs P D Armour nnd
J Ogden Armour the widow and son
of its founder The announcement of
the proposed gift wns a surprise even
to the officials of tho Institution
Iloodlumt llrealc Up Ilullueu Meeting
Elwood Iiid April S Last ulght
during a convention of the members
of the Holiness church which ts being
held in this city Rev Haas In the
midst of his discourse was attacked
by a gang of drunken rowdies their
ages ranging from 17 to 20 years Rev
Hnss was knocked down and trampled
upon in his pulpit A general scrim
mage took place the women aud chil
dren fainting and screaming A riot
call was sent iu aud the nollee
rested three members of the gang
CHILDREN TEACHERS MEET
Iiiluiimtloiuil Kliiiliiriirtti Convention
0in nt Cliiciico
Chicago a Mil 11 l nice hundred
and iniiu women aud one iiiun urrlved
in Chicago yesterday carrying dele
galea cicdeiitiais lo Ihu cignih an
num convention of the lutcruutlonul
Kltiderguiteii union The women
came J torn nil puiln of the Uuitud
States and Canada while the mutt
came from Philadelphia lie wus Prof
Bachelor The tlrst session of the con
vention which was hld last night
wus taken up with uddresses of wel
come Miss Laura Fisher superin
tendent of public achool klndergurtons
of Roston spoke on tho subject
Some Misconceptions of the Kinder
garten Dr Arnold Tompkins of tho
Chicago Normal school mude tho lust
address of the evening Ills subject
was Egoism und Altruism of Organic
Factors In Education The presiding
officer wus Miss Caroline T Ilnven of
New York president of the luternn
tlunul organization The convention
will hold three sessions dully until
Suturdiiy
Among the more prominent women
In kindergarten work throughout the
country who are attending the con
vention nre Misses Emily Poulson
Oinulia Mary McCullough St Louis
and Mesdamcs L W Treat Graud
Rapids and Frnnk Hener Onuiha
TO UNIFY COLLEGES
Slgnlllcuitt Dcclnrntlou of Mjfr County at
Opening or Cnthollo School Con
ference at Chlcugo
Chicago April 11 Entering upon
me new century the Catholic educa
tlotml system in America must be pre
pared to meet with difficulties that
will test its strength to the utmost
The unlllcnlon of education uuder
stnte control bus established a mighty
inuchlne of secularized Instruction
which threatens to destroy ull prlvato
cllort either on the part of Individ
uals or the church It is Important to
meet unification by unification to so
strengthen the Catholic educational
system that it may defend Itself
against nil nttacks and snvo the re
ligious instruction of Its people from
the lungers of non religious educa
tion
Intense enthusiasm greeted this sig
nillcnnt declaration nt the opening of
a conference of representatives of
Catholic colleges throughout the Unit
ed States The speaker was the high
est official in the Catholic educational
system In this country Dr Thomas
J County rector of the Catholic uni
versity nt Washington D C nnd
president of the National Association
of Catholic colleges
Rcnwy Suits for Melbourne
Washington April 11 Admiral
Romey commanding tho Asiatic sta
tion sailed from Cnvlto yesterdny
for Melbourne Australia where tho
Rrooklyn is to represent the United
Stntes navy on the occasion of tho
opening of the first federnl parliament
In tho presence of the Duke nnd
Duchess of Cornwall nnd York Ho
should arrive nt Melbourne about the
20th of the present month
Fcnr Gruixhoppor l higuo
Chudron Neb April S The ranch
men in this vicinity display a great
deal of anxiety in regard to the grass
hoppers which seem to be very thick
on the range Owing to tho mild
winter they hnve lived through In a
healthy condition nnd nro now eagerly
watching for a blade of grass to put
In Its appearance so they can devour
It Some stockmen say that the pest
will do much harm but will soon die
nnd leave the next crop to do the dam
age while others express grave fenrs
of serious damage to the range by
them
Sinker to AniUt Dietrich
Washington April 11 John Sinker
of Hastings Neb has been appointed
private secretary to Senntor C II
Dietrich Sinker Is at present nnd
hns been for a number of years
cashier of the Germnn NntlonnI bunk
nt Hastings of which Senator Diet
rich Is president He Is a brother of
Dietrichs deceased wife and has been
the senators coulldentlnl financial ad
viser for ninny years
llckvd Up nt nru
Baltimore April 10 The steamship
State of Texas which arrived here yes
terduy had on board Cuptuln Rerry
and the crow of six men of the
wrecked schooner Erie picked up at
sea lust Sunday The Erlo was
wrecked the day before on Fryingpnn
Bhonls nnd her master and crew were
drifting nlmost exhnusted on n raft
when rescued by Captain N S EI
drldge of the State of Texas
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
Newton Chlsnell an actor promi
nently connected with Hoyts attrac
tions for ninny years died at his home
In Akron 0 Wednesday
Samuel M Nave one of the best
known wholesnle grocers bankers and
stockmen of the west died nt his home
In St Joseph Wednesday He was 52
years old
The boiler at the plant of the Build
ers Manufacturing company nt Nor
folk Va blew up Wednesday nnd
wrecked the building W S narrlel
the night watchman and Turner But
ler colored were killed Several
others were injured
Martin Van Buren Spencer ex-Unit-ed
States pension agent died at his
home in Indlnnapolls Wednesday He
was appointed by President Cleveland
and wns one of the most promlueut
Democrats In Indiana
The large retail dry goods store of
Julius Meyers Sons at Richmond Va
wns destroyed by tire Wednesday
The remains of R E Slaughter man
ager of the carpet department were
found In the ruins The loss is 250
000 Insurance S200000
aias
IH II M
Former Governor Gives Some
Sensational Testimony
CAFTAIN RIPLEY ON TRIAL
WIlnoM Doclnrn DnfnndAiit Crodltmt Oot
ernor Taylor With Prediction Thnt Goo
unli Doath Would Coma Soon Itlpley
Gave Warning to Thome
Frnnkfort Ky April 11 Ex-Governor
W O Bradley who was chief
counsel for ox Governor W S Tay
lor In the gubernntorlal contests be
fore the legislature last year gave
sensational testimony yesterday In tho
trial of Captain Harnett D Ripley
who Is charged with conspiracy with
others to bring about the murder of
William Goebel Mr Rradley de
tailed a conversation which ho said
he had with Captain Ripley wbllc the
latter was In chnrge of his military
company during tho occupancy of the
stnte capital by the Taylor troops last
Rprlng iu which Ripley told him of fre
quent conferences with Governor Tay
lor prior to the assassination The
witness snld that Ripley told him he
wns In tho executive office the day
before the shooting nnd complnlned to
Taylor because he had not cnlled out
his Ripleys company nnd asked
him when ho should hnve the com
pany ready Taylor replied
My God havent you brought them
yet Goebel will not live 24 hours
or cannot live 24 I forget which he
snld declared the witness Judge
W II Yost nssoclnte counsel with
Bradley In the contest case according
to the witness wns present and heard
the conversation In response to n
question as to whether he hoard of any
conspiracy to kill Mr Goebel the wit
ness stnted thnt on Jan 2 the day
tho train load of mountaineers ar
rived some one he could not now re
call who told him thnt parties In the
crowd were waiting in front of the
stnte house to kill Goebel
I said continued the witness It
shnll be stopped I will go Into the
senate chamber and come out with
Goebel nnd see that he is not hurt or
Insulted
Tho witness wns turned over to the
defense The defense asked witness
If he knew nnythlng of any connection
of Ripley with these occurrences
Governor Bradley said Ripley had none
so far as he knew
W P Thorne was next called
Asked if ho had any conversation with
Ripley upon tho day prior to the day
Goebel was shot he answered that
ho had had n few words In the depot
nt Eminence Jnn 29 In the morning
Witness snld
Ripley came In as If ho was to take
the train and asked me If my son
Will was still In Frnnkfort He told
me upon my replying In the nfflrmn
tive to send for him to return home
Take my advice nnd send for him
said Ripley Will did not come
Did Ripley say when you should
send
He snld to send right nwny said
tho witness
CUTS HIS BRIDES THROAT
IouHvIllo JIan Itondt Fate of IJluo Ilcurds
Wifa and Kills IIU Own
Louisville Ky April 11 Tempo
rarily crazed it is believed by the
reading of The Fate of Blue Beards
Wife Henry Devere aged 20 yeurs
cut tho throat of Bertha Devere his
brldo of two months After
killing his wife he cut his own throat
and died almost Instantly The trage
dy took place at the home of Mrs De
veres father James Edlen 1410
Twenty second street In his dresser
was found the novel In which the kill
ing of a wife by her husband Is de
tailed nt considerable length The
Indications nre that Devere sat until
after midnight rending this book and
thnt it llnnlly prompted him to mur
der and suicide
Accune Prohibition Orator
Lincoln April 11 Sensationnl alle
gations In tho form of sworn testimony
were nindo by local saloon keepers
agninst A G Wolfenburgor the well
kuown temperance orator and Attor
neys W L BilllngHley nnd W R
Green In liquor cases pending before
tho excise bonrd Several of tho wit
nesses nsserted that they had paid
these men money to hnvo remonstran
ces withdrawn nnd one witness tes
tified thnt ho had on several occasions
made substantial contributions to the
cnuse of temperance to Insure tho Is
suance of a liquor license
regal Kxocutlou Iu Arknimaa
Magnolia Ark April 11 Will Rluck
and Henry Wilson negroes were
hanged hero yesterdny for the murder
of Ivy Young near Ruekncr Colum
bia county There were 4000 persons
in the city coming from all parts of
tho county but only tho statutory mini
ber of witnesses were permitted In
Bido the stockade where tho gnllows
were erected The two negroes con
fessed the crime
Jury llai Murder Cam
rnpllllon Neb April 11 The case
of tho state against Hike wns given
to the Jury n little before 1 oclock
last night Some ID wIIucmmch on
each side were itcimilnnl Hikes
chief defense wus an effort to show
thnt during the quarrel Charles Whit
stone struck the blows tlmt killed his
brother Henry It Is thought io Jury
will agree
Doath or IMItor Ulillcoiiili
Des Moines April II E JJ Whit
comb for 20 years editor of the Mall
and Times died IiinI nlflit ngcd ll
years Mr Whltconib was Mrlt iuui
by paralysis two years ngo nml him
been coutlued to the liouo mutt of
the tiuio since
FIRE ON BOARD TRANSPORT
Pumped Full of Water and Founders nt
Pier In ltiooklyn
New York April 11 The United
States army transport Rawlins which
was to have sailed yesterday for Ha
vana Is lying with her saloon deck
awash In 110 feet of water to the south
of tho army pier at the foot of Pa
clllc street Brooklyn Fire was dis
covered aft of the Rawlins main en
gine room yesterday afternoon Two
alarms brought to the pier nix en
gines two trucks nnd three flroboats
nnd nt 030 oclock so many thousands
of gallons of water had been pumped
Into the transports hold that she
keeled over and with water rushing
In through her ports settled slowly
until her keel struck bottom Four
men were overcome hy smoke They
were John Snyder nnd John Heury
Babcock sailors Thaddeus Skldmore
a clerk In the army transport depart
ment nnd Patrick Mason a fireman
Snyder wns the only one whose condi
tion wns serious The property loss
will not exceed 50000 It will cost
perhnps 20000 more to pump her out
nnd raise her
WRECK ON OMAHA LINE
Train Ditchers Throw Open a Switch at
Wilcox Mo and Leave Safety
Signal Showing-
Omaha April 11 Train wreckers
ditched n passenger train on the Oma
ha and St Louis railroad near Wilcox
Mo at 030 oclock last night caus
ing much damage to rolling stock and
roadbed and painful Injuries to Engi
neer Rogerson who wns the only per
son hurt In the accident
The switch had been tampered with
and though the switch target gave
every Indication thnt the switch was
safe a crowbar had been used to throw
the switch open Tho bar was fouud
not far from the wreck
When locomotive No 1 hauling train
No 4 In chnrge of Conductor Mor
ton struck the open switch the locomo
tive was thrown from tho rails and
landed on IN side down the embank
ment The bnccnsre car nnd ninil car
followed the engine nnd tender nnd all
were piled In a honp
A wrockintr crew was sent from
Stanberry to the scene nnd a new sec
tion of track was built around tlm
wreck In order that traffic might be
resumed today
PHILLIPS GAINS IN CORN
Market Adtnnces aud tho Mull Theory
Holds Good
ChlcagD April 8 May corn sold at
44 cents n bushel on the board of
trade Saturday the best possible vindi
cation of the bull theories of Plunger
Phillips
The price was one eighth cent higher
thnn the highest price touched the
preceding Saturday when the bull
campaign was on Its crest and the
fond hopes of the buyers had not
been shattered temporarily by a
stunning benr raid and a four cent
break The complete recovery from
that break was generally admitted to
prove the strength of the bull posi
tion which had grown stronger and
more impregnable during the week
Almost continuous rains through the
corn belt hnd kept the roads impas
sable and restricted marketing of
corn by such farmers ns might bo
tempted by the advanced price
But advices from the country re
ceived not only by Phillips but by
other commission men all point to
tho enthusiastic enlistment of the
farmers in the bull cnmpnlgn In
stead of selling their corn the farmers
nre holding It for HO cents
Teacher Aleut aud Adjonrn
Grlnnell In April 8 The seventh
annual session of the Southeastern
Iowa Teachers association closed Sat
urday with a totnl enrollment of 703
President Benrdshears address was
the chief feature of the day Officers
elected for the coming year nre
President Superintendent Carson of
Marengo vice president J II T Main
of Grlnnell secretary Llbble Dean
of Newton treasurer E F Schall of
Muscntlne chnlrmnn of executive com
mittee Superintendent Flnley of Os
kaloosa
Woman Kills Her Husband
Indliuiolu Miss April 0 James
Bailey was shot and killed by his wife
yesterdny Bulley had Interfered In a
quarrel between his son by u former
marriage and Mrs Baileys brother
nnd tho woman tired at him with a
shotgun killing him Instuntly Mrs
Bulley Is in jail
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
It Is reported In London that Chi
cago KaiiNits City und Omaha packing
houses will unite
The iiuuuul Sunday school conven
tlon of the Later Day Saints closed
nt Independence Mo
The output of lend and silver of tho
Conor dAleno district of northern
Idaho Is to bo restricted to sustain
the market
Governor Allen of Porto Rico after
n call on tho president nnnounced
tin lie would retain his official post
on the Island
The retirement of Lord Salisbury
as premier of Great Britain is ex-
LTi K0 comtP IS 0 or
Pclro Pagniilno was lcinl at Pater
at who so wounded his father
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Sunday Loss 05000
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