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OMAHA DAILY BEE _ 3 u ESTABLISHED JUNE 3J ) , 1S11. OMAHA , MONDAY" MORNIS&G , AUGUST t ) , 1897. SINGLE COL'Xr .FIVE CENTS. CANOVAS THE ViCTIM Assassin Firw Thrco Shots at Him with Deadly Effect , FALLS DYING AT THE FEET OF HIS WIFE Last Word ? of the Spanish Premier Wore "Long Live Spain. " MAN WHO COMMITS THE CRIME ARRESTED Is an Avowed Anarchist and Hails from ' Naples. QUEEN NAMES CANOVAS1 SUCCESSOR tieiiei-nl Mureello de Arearrnu'ii , Mlu- luter of Win- , Will llu Ai'iliiKT I're- mler Until the Cnhlnet Can llu I'urnianeiill- . ( Copyrlblit. ! & ! ) , by PICKS Publishing Company. ) LONDON , Aug. 8. ( Nuw York Cablegram Speclll Telegram. ) The political c.ubs In London received a painful shock tonight In the news of the murder of Premier Canovaa. trl\e belief was at Hrst general that the crlmo tWas the work of an emissary of the Cu'.an Insurgents. Owing to the occunence hap pening so fur distant from Madrid and cu account of Spain s primitive telegraphic srv- : Ice , only meager details are available. The Standard Is the sole London dally that baa received n special account wh'ch , by cour tesy of .ts editor , I am able to send : SAN SEBASTIAN , Sunday night. The queen has Jimt received a telegram stating Benor Canovas del CaiUlllo haa been ta.aiwlu- nted. The premier and wife have been stayIng - Ing for some time at the baths of Santa Wgucda. Amot.j ( the guests was a man who appeared to be an ordinary visitor , but who proved to DC an Italian anarchist. Meeting Ills victim and Donna Canovas In the gallery of the baths , the assassin discharged his ic- .volver three times and the bullets cutcro.l the head and chest of the premier. Senor Canovas fell at Ills wife's feet and died .within a short time. The murderer was ar rested at the depot. Queen Christiana was deeply affected on rcce.vlng the Information of the eminence nnd Immediately telegraphed to the widow expressions of Mnccre condolence. The event lias excited Intetso feeling and Indignation , not unmixed with some consternation. Gen eral Marcello de Azcarraga , the minister of war , has been appointed to the vacant pre- jnierahlp. FHIES THREE SHOTS. . ' ( Following are the official details of the death of Senor Canovas. BO far aa known nt present : Santa Agueda In the Basqu ? Mountains Is a fashionable resort on the borders of the provinces of Gulpuzcoa and iMava. Senor Canovas was staying ' .hare ( with his wife and secretary. Ills health liad much Improved by drinking the water of the flprlugs and he led a quiet life , though he attended to business of the state every day. , ' , I ( /oout half past 12 o'clock today the pre mier -was waiting for his wife to begin Junch when suddenly a Neapolitan anarchist approached with a revolver and fired at lilni three times. One bullet passed through Ills body and came out behind the left shoul der. The other bullets lodged In the head of the victim , who survived two hours with- put recovering consclouBne . Several medl cal men and the wife were unremlttlnt in their mlnLUratlons , hut unhappily the ( wounds were mortal. Extreme unction was however , administered to the dying prcmlei amidst a scene of mingled sorrow and < n dlgnatlon. , KEPT VERY QUIET. KThe cowardly a&sassln arrived at Sant : ( Agueda uaveral days ago. He had not at /traded much attention despite his forelgi accent and though detectives of the clvl guardsmen were In constant attcndanci Around the premier the anarchist had be jiavcd so quietly that no notice was take : of him. The minister for ule colonies , win arrived at San Sebaatlan yesterday fron Santa Agueda , perfectly recollects the man Die noticed nothing unusual except his for clgn appearance. On hearing shots the wall era and several visitors rushed to the ae Blstanco of Senor Canovaa , who had faliti Weeding profusely from the wounds In hi bead. They would have lynched the as ease I u but for the prompt Interference c detectives and guards , who secured Ih jnurdcrer. He confessed he had premeditate' ' the atrocious crime , for which he will hav to answer before the local magistrates o ( Vcrgara for the time being. The duke of Tetuan conveyed the Intclll genes to the quuen at the palace ot Mlra nar. She was deeply and painfully al Jccted. She ordered her own chief physl clan to start for Santa Agueda with he principal aide-de-camp. The aide wj Introduced with a messag Of condolence to the widow. Telegrams wci fcnt to Madrid , Instructing thu minister c pvar to ass'itno the olllce of premier. Jt IH difficult to describe the sensation c regret among all classes and ull parties c the untimely end ot the universally respecte etaUdn-.au who played the chief part In th restoration of the Spanish monarchy and ha been prominent In the politics ot the com dry for twenty-four years. . 'A SKETCH OF HIS CAItEEIl. Senor Autoulu Canovas del Castillo , aecon JUB to the Dlctloualro Universal dts Coi Icmpuralns , was born at Malga. February 1823. He took the course In philosophy an law In ttie University of Madrid and bcga 111 * career an a Journalist , in 1SS1 he mail Jilri debut , under t'-f patronage bf Senoi Dittos , Kotos and Pacheco , IB chief editor i 1 ( ho Pntrla , In which bo defended co'iservi tlvo Ideal. About thle time ho published a volume i lyric poemi and a terles of historical paper JI'J . * 5ln doubt whether to follow a literal or political career , but soon found him * turned tu politics by the courau of event la 1(52 he wai named deputy lor MiUgt , c from that time to his death had never ceatctl to occupy a Mat In the Cortes. In 18SC he was charge d'affaires At Rome and prepared the historical memorandum on the relations of Spain with the holy ste , which served a a bs U for the concordat. After serving the crown as governor of Cadiz In ISCr , director general ot the admin istration from 18RS to 18C1 , and Icotly , In that Kruno year , as tinder-secretary of stale for the Inttrlor , the queen called him to the ministry as a member of the MOM cab inet. In 1SG5 he held the portfolios ot finance anil thn colonies In the O'Donncll cabinet and It devolved upon him to draw up the law for the abolition of the slave trads. Shortly before the revolution of 1&68 he be came especially conspicuous as ono ot tJo : lat tn defend with energy In the Cortes th- prlnclple of blending liberal and conciliatory Ideas ) with the lonstlttitlonal monarchy , when all the parties that had supported thin politi cal doctrine had deserted the Parliament. He was banished a short time before the revolution occurred , and took no part In It. In the f ice of the triumphant revolution , after liU return from cxllo and In the full constituent areembly of ISfiS , supported hy Si-nora Eldur.yem. Bugallel and two others , he hoisted the standard ot legitimate and constitutional monarchy. This is his great est title to fame. His fidelity and ability finally sci'iired for him the supreme direc tion ot thu AlfonUt party , nnd on the procla mation ot Alfonso XII as king on Decem ber III , 1871 , Scnor Canovea del Castillo be- e-.amo president of the council and chief of the new cabinet , called the cabinet of conciliation. Ho retired In September , 1875 , because1 of the demands of the extreme con servative party , but he wcs called back to the preuldency of the council en December 2 of the same year and charged particularly /1th the dltectlon of the first legislative lectlnnn of the new regime. Ho WES him- elf elected to the Cortca from the city of lartrld In January. 1870. It devolved upon him then to repress the epond attempt of the CarllM to bring on a ivll war and to deal with the first insurrec- lon In Cuba. With the exception of an Interval of a few nonths ho continued to hold the premier- hip down to 1&79 , when , on the return ot larshal Martinez Campos from Cuba , he re- Ircd from the premiership and wan suc- eedi'tt by Campos , who accepted as his col- eaguas the principal associates of Scnor Oanovas. From that time on ho was alter- atcly In and out of power until the present nlnlstry was formed In February , tS'Jo. " NEWS AT EUHOl'EAX CAPITALS. Spanish AitihiixNiidorn Six-nlc Guard edly of the Allnlr. PARIS , Aug. S. The Spanish embassy has received a dispatch from Madrid which says ho murderer declared that he had no ac- ompllces ; that even If there Is reason to icllcvo It an anarchist crime , It is without any political ramifications and that Madrid s quite tranquil. At a special performance given this aftcr- loon at the Theater do la Ucpubllquo for the icnefit of the Spanish refugees In Paris , Tar- rldc Manual , the Spanish anarchist , who vas formerly Imprisoned In Montjulch fort- ess , at Barcelona , delivered a violent speech , n the course of which hr urged that Senor Canavus del Castillo should he killed. It I ; , cported that ho will be arrested. LONDON. Aug. 8. The Spanish embassy u London has received two telegrams , the first briefly stating Iho facts of the assas sination and the second coming direct from San Sebastian , stating that Scuor Canovan nd been the object of an Infamous attack , nit saying nothing about his death , and con cluding with the statement that If the outrage - rage be of anarchist origin It has no pollt- cal complications , with the additional asser- lon that the whole of Spain Is tranquil and that there Is not the least symptom of any alteration In the state of public affairs. This dispatch says the assassin Is apparently an tallan. For these reasons the Spanish amb sador , Count de Casa Valencia , In the course of an ntervlew expressed the hope that the nous of the death was premature. He said : "The lellef that the crime is not po'.lt.cal , but the vork of a fanatical anarchist , is bor e out by the fact thn criminal Is an Italian. We all know that of recent years Italian an- archUts have been very active. Witness the assassination of President Carnet and the attempt on King Humbert and other similar crimes. They were all committed by Ital- nr.s. This Is a very trying time for me. Vpart fiom the dlfllcultles to which suili a crime givca rise , and the doubt hanging over what really happened , Scnor Canovas d.l Castillo Is my brothcr-ln-law and there Is nore than this relationship between us. All our lives we have betn the best of comradis. \Vo puisut-d the same course together at lie university. " The ambassador slid he hid wired for details , but had received no reply. The news of the assassination was com municated by the Afeoclated press to Gen eral Stewart L. Woodford , the United States minister to Spain , now In London , en route for San Ssbastaln , where ho had expected to present his credentials to the queen reSent - Sent In the presence of Senor Canovts. Gen. aral Woodford was so overcome that several minutes passed before he could express hi : horror at the deed , and his profound synv patiiy for Spain In its misfortune. When hi recovered from the shock of the Intervene * ho said : "This Is terrible most unfor tunate. The Spanish government and peopli will have the sincere sympathy of a'l Mend of constitutional government. It .a ' too sooi to express any views js to the effect whicl the regrettable death of Senor Canovas wll have upon current questions. It will Mot af feet my movements , however , unless It be conies my duty to reach my post as sooi as possible In order to express to the Span government the sympathy of ths Amerl can government. " xi\vs HICI < : IVII > AT WASIII.VRTOX CIIIIOVIIH' Death Muy Have a I'm- IteaehliiK : KITeet on Spain , WASHINGTON , Aug. 8. This governmeii probably has already received the forma notification of Premier Canovas' aeua.slnn lion , but If eo It Is 'locked ' up with othe dispatches In the State department acd wll not bo known until Secretary Sl'.e'inai reached the department tomorrow morning Immediately the State department , ccord Ing to Its usual custom , will announce th event to the.-president , and the latter will In some way , make formal and pub'.lc ex presslon regarding the government's dec ; regret. Just In what form this cxpretElo will bo couched Is nut known , for precedent dliter , but It doubtless wIM be a dtapatrh I the Spanish government , simple and sy.mpa thctlc In Its terms. Secretary of State Sherman received th first newH of the affair through the Ar > ocl nted press bulletin , Ho expressed deep In tert-at In the rtctallu. Ht > tmld : 'Th H de p'.orable event will have some effect , c courts ? , on the political affairs of Spain , bu to what extent I cannot fuy , The doith c out- man Is not necessarily going to clung the sentiment of the whole country. Kpal Is a very tenacious country. Her wouey 1 gene ; her resources have been rxluuatee but she means , evidently , to hold on t Cuba. Just how cho can do It , under thin circumstances , I cannot see. Yet die Is oj : posed to yielding a point. Premier Cinova was a strong partisan. He was the chit exponent of the element which was detei mined to keep thu ( .stand at all hazard ! Seemingly Spaln Is almost a unit on thii Canovas was a strong factor In the govern meut of Spain , but It Is not ImiK-eMble tha another will be found to repluce him In tha Important ofilce , having similar vlewi en UKBbiuo pronounced Ideas. How It muy b In tliU caae I am not able to cay , but th effects , politically , of such an event are no essentially far reaching end have not a ! ways produced radlral developments. AS t the consequence * of the conflict In Cuba do not care to talk. I have no olllclal Infer mitlon of assatelnatlon and must r- -al from ventmlng Rucisej as to what It mi effect In the future. " Aakfd aa to how long ho now though the Cuban Insurrection might la * * , ho re plied that that was problematical jind b did nut cars to dlscuw It Ho added ihn he had lizard various nanua of promlnen lenders In Spain mentioned , but he was no Informed as to the : v and tbeve wt nothing on which ho cout 1 base a predic tion as to Caaovas * probable successor. MAY BE PAR REACHING. Senator Morgan of Alabon-a , n member of the foreign affairs co-nmlttee of the fcenate and the champion of Cuba In that body , predicted In nn Interview tonight that the tiBM5fllnaton ! might be the forerunner of a complete charge of government , n republic toplaclng the monarchy. This , ho thought , was the prestnt tendency and today's event he regarded na an evidence of the disin tegration of the Spanish government. Ho added : "This affair la going to create a com plete rcvutalcn. throughout the whole of Spain. That country Is now In a very ohaky t-ond'tion. ' It Is true , douhtlres , that today's asas ln was an anarchist , but the act la representative of a feeling that exists all over thn country. A republican party haa already attained great strength , though , of course , lt operations have to bo largely concealed. Then , the unlvcisal testimony U that the bulk of the Spanish army In Cuba Is made up of young men. This has broken up famlilcs all over the land and thor : dispatch to the Inland to be led by Weyler has developed n powerful ( sentiment In Spain. Why are the veterans kept at ionic ? Look at this powerful republican lemont that has grown up , the effect of de luding the country of Us young men and ln pcraonal antagonism thus engendered , ho proximity of Spain to the broad , liberal nllucnco of the French republic , where there ire tics of mutual affection and the gov- rnmuiit exerts Itself to help Its citizens. The act does not mean a personal p'rejudlco gainst Canovas , but against his political land and views and the extreme element he leprejents. It was the well developed j'Btem of the mort deep-seated antagonism o the creed of the Canovas party. The Bar celona Incident KH\O evidence of the trc- ucmlous antl-admlnlstratlon operations and he stricken premier's endorsement of Weyler , putting him In command of Bar celona after that affair , greatly added to Sanovas * unpopularity. The Indications lolnt to the assassin as a victim of that larcelona Incident. LIBERALS MAY TAKE POWER. "The Eucccssorshlp of Canovas Is problem atical. 1 believe , however , that the admln- stratlon will realize the overwhelming in- luence ot the opposition nnd having seen Canovas gotten out of the way will try omeone with Cuban views a degree removed from these of Canovas In a liberal direction , t Is not Improbable , and It Is quite likely , hat Senor Praxedes Mateo Sagasta , the dls- Ingulshcd liberal statesman , maw succeed Janovas as premier. Sagasta Is 70 years old , waa minister of the Interior under the pro visional government of 18C8 , president of ho Cortes In 1S71 and has occupied the post of premier of the Spanish government a lumber of times. "I bcllevo that the Cuban conflict will be ended at the close of the present rainy season. This I have frequently contended , ami now am confident of It. The termination of the affair would thus bo brought about in October. " The only member of the Spanish legation n Washington when the news of Senor Can ovas' assassination was received was Julio Jalaraza , the third secretary. Senor Do Lome , the Spanish minister , was at Lennox , and all the other members of the legation are scattered for the summer. Until 8:30 : jenor Calaraza had heard nothing officially from Spain , but at that hour a telegram was brought him , and after reading It ho hur riedly left the Metropolitan club , where he was stopping , saying merely that ho was going to New York. It Is probable that he will Join Senor De Lome cither there or In Lennox. It is likely that this unexpected development will bring the Spanish minister jack to Washington. CUIIAXS HAVE XO TEAKS TO SHED. Counider CIIIIOVIIN the Fountain of Weylern' Inspiration. NRW YORK , Aug. 8. The asscsslnatloa of Scnor Canovaa was received at the H'oalo- ; Amcrlcano hotel , where the guests are bot'j Cuban and Spanish , without much apparent surprise. Few of the gue-ss ! cared to dl - cuss the matter. C. RIcardo Aleman , a law yer from Cuba on a visit here , who Is a Spaniard and a loyalist , said he did not think : he killing of the premier would have any Influence on Cuban affairs or was broush. about by the Cuban trouble. It was planneJ and carried out , he said , by anarchists asd meant no more than an assassination of the same character In any other country. It was the work of anarchists , he believed seeking to remove another Influential head of a government. Seville , or Sagasta , Law yer Aieman added , would be Canovas' sue' cessor and the- change In any case , he thought would not benefit the Cuban revo lutionary cause. At the Central hotel , another rendezvous for Spanish speaking people , a Cuban win declined to give his name , said that Cano- vao' death meant the freedom of the late - Ing class In Cuba within a year. Major Antonio Serrano , a member of the Cuban Junta , who was an officer In the ten years' war and now has two of his sons lighting for Indcpcndcnco under Major Gen eral Callxto Garcia , appeared pleased when told tonight that Premier Canovas had 11101 a violent death. "It means , " ho said , "the overturning of the present government ant the subversion of the forces that are backing Weyler In Cuba. It means that the people have at last given tangible evidence 01 what they think of the piling up of a debt that never can be paid and the futility o ; further proceeding with the slaughters callei war In Cuba. It will have a very great Influence In shaping thu conflict In the Islam and will give to tha Insurgents a fresh vigor and to the Spanish soldiers in Cuba greatci restlessness. I firmly believe that there wil bo a great number of desertions from the Spanish army In Cuba following upon the announcement of the death of Senor Canovaa and ( hero will be a corresponding numb'r of accessions to tlio Cuban army. While do net bcllevo In assassination. I think the removing ot Canovas will be the salvatloi of the paclfilcos In Cuba who are now boiiih butchered ruthlessly by We-yier. I canno bollevo that It was an anarchist that kllle < Canovas. I think that some member of the ultra-republican party In Spain hilled him While there are a largo number of anarchlsio In Spain , they rather like the prriicnt regime berauso It foments trouble and begets dls order , revolution and annrchy. Tha new of the killing of Canovas will electrify the ' patriots In Cuba. H will fire the pac'lflcc ? and make of them partisans for Cuba llbrc It IK the right thing In this struggle fo freedom. HAD HIMSELF TO BLAME. "Canovas had himself to blame for thu ! Weyler Is the. brutal Instrument of Canovea They did not punteh the agent , but 'the prln clpal , Thank God that my sons will ge now the fervor and fire and zeal to bun them up In their 'light for the freedom u Cuba. The killing of Cannvas will do nine toward bringing the Culwn war to a clcno The Spanish people realize that ths eltua tlon la bnpelefs and are protesting agalns It. The first protest was the dealt' o Canovas. I n-tolce at the news. I flrt thought It was too good -to ho true , " At the Hotels America and I ipano Cubans were found who voiced the nam sentiments as gcrrano. They , 'Id ' not thin the shooting wea done by anarchlrts , bu hy an ultia-iepublican , and that the klllln was H political ono. Senor Andre-is Carenno. who recently ar rlvcd from Barcelona , where ho Is merchant , ( aid ln > thought the Cubaiu ha a great deal of caure to bo rejoiced eve the etnatHlnatloii. Justus Schwab , the well-known dnafchtat when set-n at his saloon on Flfit ( itreet. rak "Ha ! Hal That Is very gV M There 1 not the least doubt In my r..iid ? that or unapt 1.1st shot Cannvas , b'ome people mlgh call him icmetblng ehc. but he Its au ui archlst Juctt the same. I tell you that Bar cel.pa. Catalonia. Alconta and athetrejn an.r ether pruvinrea have iniiny anarchists Tim Mioo'lng of Canovas la one of thi retr ! buttons for I tic- torture of th'o anarchists Ir that hell on earth , the prison of Moun JiM-H "Tue deuth uf f.'anovcs n ans much t 0\.b \ < i. Canoves wi > ii the man who waa tt rpouslblo fur the butcheries In Cuba , Tli death of that man also rirau the v.ij It ; SccrHury Sbcnaau. U looked as If Spall and this country would fight. This ( Continued on Third Pate. ) 'ROJIISK ' TO J)1 ( ) ' , STRIKERS laking Headway with the < Mon Working in Plum Creek Mine. XDUCE THEM TO ATTEND As MEETING VorU ii f .MlHNliiiinrlea AIIKIIIH tlie AVIvt'M < if the WprUliiKr .Miner * llan Itn Kflee t Wl 11Vnlk Out After lleliiK I'nld. PITTSBURO , AUK. 8. Although today was onsldtred a day ot rest among the strikers , robably tlio most effective work among the Mum Creek miners was performed , and as a result the strikers haVe been assured thai onsldcrably less than 200 men will bi at vork tomorrow at the mine. A largo mass meeting was held at Camp solution at Plum Creek this afternoon , vhlch , In addition to abqut' 1,000 others , was ttcndcd by about 200 women , the wives and laughters of the miners who are still at vork In the Plum Creekmine. . Notwlth- taiidlng the fact that deputies ulslted the tomes of there people this morning and advlssd them not to attend the meeting , icarly every wife , with brother or husband vlth her , attended. Because of the many ostrlctlons put on the strikers , they have ilthcrto been unable to geta chancs to nrgue heir cause with the Pluih Creek workmen , nd the occasion given them today was taken advantage of to the fullest extent. Thu jnustial opportunity today was the result jf the missionary work of the wives of the strikers from McDonald , ' Flnleyvllle and arnegie. These women have- been working " assiduously during the "past week and so- turcil the promise of thq 'Wives of the work- ng miners to attend the. meeting and bring liclr husbands. The result of the meeting vas the assurance fronf nearly 100 men that hey would join the strikers tomorrow. The ilan Is for the men to work until they re- celvo their twenty days' pay , which will > o given the-m tomorrow , and then they are o desert the pit , leaving" only eight da > s' vagcg back , which , Judging by the action ot the company In tho. case of the Sandy Creek strikers yesterday , will bo refused them. If this plan does 'not miscarry the strikers think It will be only a question of very short time until the lo Armltt mines are tied up completely. > ADDRESS THE aWIVES. The meeting today was Inaugurated by * re- Iglous services , conducted by Rev. Lincoln UU'h , assisted by a choir , of twenty colored ubllee singers , after which MM. Mary Jones , .ho Chicago agitator , spoke for about an tour , putting the case \\try plainly to her women auditors. She placed the responsl- jlllty for the success or failure ot the strike on the wives , and made a decidedly favor able Impression. An epidemic of typhoid fever In a mild term la raging In the vicinity of Camp Determination at Turtle Creek , sixty cased laving developed among the citizens of that Borough. The campers have not been at tacked as yet and as a 'precautionary meas- are the health officials have- ordered extra .sanitary measures. Bad water and lack ot sswerago In the borough Is assigned as the cause of the disease. Flvie deaths have resulted ' sulted up to date. ' , Only twenty-five strikers were In ' Camp Determination today , , but toward cve-nii3 It began to assume Its- normal condltlo'n by' ' the return of the men who..had . .gone home to freshen their appetite and otherwise prepare for the new weik's work. Before morning the usual complement will ha on liand and the forces are to be divided In three bands , which will march to the three pits and guard them at os close range as the deputies will permit. - At a meeting of the labor leaders tonight It was decided to change their program as io President Gompers. Instead of coming to this district Mr. Compers will go at once to the Falrmount , W. Va. , territory. He will bo accompanied by W. A. Carney from this city. SWHAHIXt ! IX MANY DEPUTIES. Sheriff Mkelto Get 'AloiiK Without the .Mllltln. ST. LOUIS , Aug 8. A special to the Rc- nibllc from Hillsboro , 111. ; eays : The situa tion at the Coffeen mine is changed for the worse. Strikers have arrived tliero all day from different points until SOO men are there and 1,000 will be present by tomorrow morn ing. A number of arrests of strikers were nade last night. The prisoners were brought here for trial. One striker from Mount Ollvt was bound over to keep the peace and In default of bond was sent 'to ' Jail here. This has tended to Incite tha strikers. A number of small fights and difficulties occurred to day. day.General General Bradley la on the ground and ways that every miner In the district has been ordered to Coffeeiy to prevent work. Sheriff Randlc , hi anticipation of troubli tonight or In the morning , has sent out to other towns for additional deputies. At present nearly every njan In Coftcen Is on duty , with many from Hillsboro. Twenty- flvo armed deputies have been ordered from Kokomis and fifty from Illllaboro to proceed at once to Coffeen and tonight the ohcrlff has an armed force ofUO. . Every striker Is armed' ' with a short sticker or club , and In addltldn those so far arrested have been found to be armed with revolvers. Two heavy tralnu of coal were run out of Coffeen this morning at a , high rate of speed so that they could not bo stopped. The re quest of Sheriff Handle to Governor Tanner to send state troops has been refused on the ground that the sheriff has 'not exhausted hit ) resources. The general opinion Is thai the sheriff will be able to , control the strik ers , At this writing a number of deputl .1 are starting for Coffeen , Good Judgment and coolness will avoid troub'lc , but at any ag gressive act on the part of the deputies will In the excited condition o , ' attains , precipitate a riot and bloodshed. SPRINGFIELD. Aug. 8. I ) . B. Ray , sscro- tary , wires to Governor Tanner tonight that everything la quiet ' at' Coffeen and najo there Is no Indication ot Immediate trouble AUK TO MA HCII OS , lioQCiS HU.V .111X15 Went VlrKlnlaiiM tu Vdojit the Tautler of I'eiiiiH.vlvnuiuHirlUeiM. . WHEELING , W. Va. ; , Aug. 8. Tlie pro posed demonstration "ag lnflt the workliifc miners at Hoggs IJI1I jjirill take plaea td morrow. The GlqndaU ; nieii have Joined th strike and Elm Grove Ja'jiJbo out. The lead era have seen the sujca-vs ; following the dcm onstmtlons In the PUtatfurg district and ro > allze that efforts of every : otier ! hind hivf failed to bring out the bone of conltntlor hero the BDggs Huu , .men. At a meeting of the. Ohio valley Tradei and Labor awemulythin afternoon re.iolu- tl us deprecating the- recent Injunctions 1 * . suei ! In 'his state by Jwdgi's Jackuon am : MaEcn were pated. All 'efforts to n'r'-'g tie rljhts ; of peaccUl > Je'lui tublj-se and fre * epeseh ACTO denouneeCL At Ucllalra a mlnerV aid storv bag beer established for t\io aid of IV strikers wlu en 3 In destitute tlrcuir fiancee , A dallj canvasp ot the lywn /enUhea / the etnck A trader areembly cojamlttej Is to c-.nv < u. Wh llng for ald forlti-e local strikers to nrrrpw. The tepor.tii In rcuiitlon tha th.-re would , be evictions at some if | hs com panys houf.'s acrcss th3 river art- with out foundation. It h not likely that such : r > tsp w4'l be attempted , as It wtiulf. , .resul In trouble , ' ' Mil re hi upHi WmlMttortli. * NOHTH 'uAWUENCe , 0. , Aug H.Thi miners of Mtralllon district arc on theli way 10 Wodsworth to , Induce theuieu a work there to nto > . About 2,000 men wll be there at daybreak. I'll nl * .iliikcru Go toVurk. . NE5\V YORK. Aug. 8. Ptdce far the Ill's time In ten 6 ia peryjiJel the headijuartp-i of the ttr'Uiag panta makcTB , Never-Hlj Puts 'Makerj oad Krp1'unts Makers t FE\V II Sun llrenkn Through Clnndn and H7 ST SO S7 .su htl The sun sueee-cdcd In lireaklng throURh the clouds yesterday , and for a largo portion tion of the day made Its present felt by the nultltudc. A maximum temperature of S9 legrces was reached. This was not so lift of Itself , but the weather was sultry and somewhat oppressive. In the afternoon the clouds got the uppcrhand again and the sun was phut out. although there was no per- ctptlble decrease In the heat. A light e&uthcrly wind blew meet of the day. Ths ircaprc s ore that tliera will be no cl.a . ge n the weather today. unions. It Is expected that most of the strikers will resume work tomorrow or Wednesday , at the latest. Over 3,500 em ployes , out of the CpGOO , who went on a strike , are prepared to icaume work under he conditions stipulated by their respective unions. IOWA .11KX WIM , I'ltOllAHI.V STUIKI3 , UeleKnte Convention to Deelile the tltiCMtlim nt ( Mtiiiimit. OTTUMWA , In. , Aug. 8. ( Special. ) A general strike of miners of the state of Iowa will probably bo ordered tty a delegate con vention hero tomorrow. The convention woe called bya committee of miners a few dava ago to consider the advisability of calling the men out to secure an adjustment of local differences , the prices of mining ranging In the state from C5 to SO cents. President Ratchford Is also back of the meeting and his representatives are urging a strike for the benefit It will bo to the strike In the eastern territory , though the Iowa men will pay conoldcrablo more attention to their own Grievances than to Hatchford's. The mine workers' organization In this state Is badly disorganized and un effort will bo made to reorganize. Some delegates will favor a strike because Illinois men who walked out of the mines In that state have * been flocking to Iowa and securing jobs. Some camps have selected two sets of dele gates , composed of thoot favoring and those opposing a strike. These things make the situation very complicated and the meeting win bo a hot one , with the probability that It may last two days. The nonunion men of Muchlkinock , Colon and other Mahaska county points , who have always refustd to go on a strike , still declare that they will not go out this year , and promise serious trouble If any marching tactics are Indulged In In their vicinity. Operators who employ thcoo men have had state troops guarding these men In former strikes , and If any effort is made to make a strike general there will probably be trouble In this section- The operators very much hope that there will be no strike , for all of their mines are running at fullest capacity , but they will not Inter fere In the meeting and allow the men to de termine the cpjostlon among themselves. StrlUerM Cniiturc II Train. VI.VCENNES , Ind. , Aug. 8. Eighty strik ing coal miners from Llnton took possession of an Evansvllle and Terre Haute freight train bound for Evansvllle today , where they were to bo reinforced , then proceed to Earllngtcn , Ky. , and try In a pea'ceablc ' man ner to got the miners at 'that place to Join the strikers. Miners of the state are macs- Ing at Evansvllle and trouble Is feared. All the mines In southern Indiana are closed. MnkeN Henilwiiy lit Went Virginia. PAnKERSDURG , W. Va. , Aug. 8. After the meeting at Tyroconnel last night , strike agitators organized a miners' union , and It Is asserted that nearly all the Tyroconnol miners signed the list. Organizer R. A. Rae said shortly after midnight that every man In the Flemington section would be out to morrow. The general talk Indicates that he Is right. _ Clunk : Makers May Strike. NEW YORK , Aug. 8. The United Brother hood of Cloak Makers took no action today on the question of a general strike which has been threatened for several weeks. This Is the busy season and the poorly-paid cloak makers think the present a most opportune time in which to force the contractors 'and manufacturers to give an Increase in the dally wage scale. Will Cloxe Ili-ntiiliiliii ; Mliii'H. EVANSVILLE , Ind. , Aug. 8. A mass meeting wcs held tonight here by marching miners which W B addrersod by local lead- eis. It was decided to visit Ingles' mine at 5 o'clock In the morning and then the other local mines. Newburg miners will follow. Indications are' that the local mines will as , being the only ones now open In the nv ACUA.Y"IIUSIIAND. . Woman Ilnil Afiketl for Protection , hut Pollee Were XeRlIfient. BORDENTOWN. N. J. . Aug. 8. A wife murder was committed some time during last night at the village of Fieldsborough , near hero. While Anna Robinson , aged 31 years , was sleeping In her bed with two children her crazy husband , James Robin son , cut her throat. Then he drew the razor across his own throat , cutting a dfep but not fatal gash. The family lived in a wretched two-story structure , where the woman eked out a mla- orablo support for her little once by taking In washing. Robinson , whoso only occupa tion was the frequent and brutal beating of his wife , was s-nt to an Insane asylum n Trenton about a year ago , after an at tempt to kill his wife with a stalk knife. lie was released a few months ago , at the1 Instance , It U said , of his two sl'ter ? , who llvo In Philadelphia. The heatings wore re sumed and only n few days ago Mrs. Robin son appealed to Chief Burgess Janes of Kleldsborough for relief , but no action was taken. It was clear that the woman had made a detperAto struggle for life. Sh ? had ap parently managed to eel out of bed , t-fter the first attack , but , growing too week for further resistance , sank to the floor , where the bloody work was finished. There were deep cuts on her hanus and breast , /ho two children were cove.-cd with blnod and the room Itself looked llko a slaughter pen. 'KI.T7. I'OSTTOXKS HIS HIM JUM1- , CundlUuiiH Not ruyornhlc for IIIx KlyliiK Trip. COLOP.ADO SPRINGS , Aug , 8 , William B. F'pltK did not make his Jump from Pike's Peak tod.y , but that was not his fault. With the conditions of cloud and fog It v/oulJ have been a blind-folded leap to .ci'rta.n . deat.'uctloi. Feliz went up to the summit' ' of the peak thUi morning carrying his Im mense -roloplanes with him. Two h ura were required In adjusting the big wings , but heavy rlouda gathered and a slight mow falling at the time convinced him tlmt a leap f-oin the peak would I'.ave been aulclcle. The .Irap was pcsti-Diied. but , Feltz Is still en the peak tsnlghv and It i'J said ho will In there until conditions are favorable , when ho will sail douu Into Colorjdo Springs , twelve T les distant. Great cVowds went u/ the peak today to wltnc : the leap of the during aeronaut and ncl-.glainns and telescopes were In great V.i-and , The rrowus were greay ( | dbap pointed on' Atco ; ntof the postponement. ( Al-.lllerv Coiiiiiiny | OIT for .ViiKlivlllr , NEW C'RLB/.NS , Autr. S.-Tne famous Washington nrtlllery , , V ) strong , com- nandtd ny Colonel Jihr. R Itlchurdajn , accompanied by Ueiilenant. Governor dchnelder , tliego trnor'ustnff and a number ol women , left at & p. in. by ppeclul train fcr Nublivllle They will remain ut the Centennial expojUlon a few dayn and parti cipate In the celebration or Louisiana , dov- Tb-jrsdny , , , , Tf PillCITK Revelations of Shocking Depravity , Disgusting Vice and Protected Lawlessness. Will CHIEF OF POLICE SI6WART CONCLUDED TO RESIGN Confrontocl by Irrefutable Acausatioiia of Disobedience of Orders , Gross Nogll- gonco and Inexcusable ) luoflloticy Most Scandalous Stata of Afl'aira Beastly Orgies in a Turkish Bath Resort Too Revolting to Bo Described in Public Print. AVhy did Chief of Police Slgwart resign ? It was because he wanted to head off an mpcndlng preferment of charges < ind an investigation that would have Involved him and his Immediate subordinates In a scan- Inl such as the good people of Omnha have icvcr dreamed of. Chief of Police Slgwart resigned to save his administration from an exposure of In efficiency , negligence , demoralization of the 'orco nnd police rottenness exceeding any- : hlng that has ever been brought to light In .Inmlin. Last winter when the bill to aboil.the ) ! old police board and create the now one was lending In the legislature , The Bee published accounts of the corruption , lawlessness , vice and Immorality which was being tolerated nnd connived In by the police department of the city. This exposure was made to refute the claims that the Churchill-Russell board liad given the people of Omaha police re form , and as an argument for the restoration io the governor of the power to appoint a board which would put an end to the un- eavcT.v state of affairs. The new pollcu law went Into effect March 15 last , and a new police beard was ap pointed the same week , but Instead of com mencing i > ollce reorganization at once , It retained In olfico the rotten old crew , against which all law-abiding citizens had revolted. Up to date , only two or three changes liave been made In the personnel of the police force , and these of a minor character. As might have been expected , therefore , there has been no Improvement In the moral condition of the city. On the contrary , things have gone from bad to worse. The four months that Slgwart has been serving under the new boaul have been a record- breaker for defiant vice , lawlessness and crime. At the meeting of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners , held Thursday , July 28 , a resolution was adopted , asking for Chief SUwart'a resignation , to be filed by the next meeting ot the board. At the meet ing of the board held on the following1 Mon day night , In place of filing h's ' resignation , Slgwart handed In a communication declin ing positively to rcalgu. The beard Immediately directed the mayor and the city attorney to draw up and pre sent charges against Slgwart at an adjourned meeting to be lie-id August 5. At that meet ing and before the charges which had been prepared by Acting City Attorney Edgar A. Scott could bo received , Slgwart tendered uis resignation. While the document drawn up by Acting City Attorney Scott has not been made public. It Is known to liavo In cluded among other things the following charges and specifications : I. Disobedience of ordeis. ( a ) Failure to execute board's order to close wine rooms. II. Neglect Of duty. ( a ) Failure to file charges against dis honest subordinates promptly on be coming aware of their crookedness. ( b ) Failure to suppress notorious gam bling resorts. ( c ) Failure to enter complaint against keepers of saloons around who.e premises assaults and robberies have been committed and disturbances of the peace occurred. III. Inefficiency. ( a ) General lawlessness In the city. ( b ) Toleration of disorderly resorts In the city outside of the proscribed dis. trlct. KAII.UUH TO UI.OSH WI.VB HOOMK. Order of 4he Iloaril Wilfully DlNre- KnrdcMl hy the I'ollee. Chief Sigwart has rendered himself sub ject to the charge of disobedience of orders by his disregard of the resolution of the board directing him to close the wine rooms In the city and his failure to enforce the board's edict that the "wine rooms must go. " One of the first things that the new po lice board did after taking olllce was to nbk Slgwart for a report on the existence of wJno rooms In connection with Haitians and other places where liquor Is sold. No more scathing arraignment of his own police mal administration and failure to enforce the laws and ordinances against disorderly re- enrts can bo found than the letter which Slgwart himself wrote In answer to the re quest of the hoard. This letter hears date of May 1 , last. It was filed May 3 and read In the meeting of May 10 and Is as follows : OMAHA , May 1 , 1897 , To the Honorable Board of Fire and Police Commissioners : In compliance with your request , I beg leave to make the following report regarding the wine rooms In the city. With a few excep tions , every saloon In the city has from ono to six wlno rooms. Sumo of the pliccH nro conducted In a quiet , orderly manner and the proprietors will not allow any prostitute or vagrant to frequent them. Others are frequented by a low class of street walkern and prostitutes who pro arrested and dried as vagrants , Some of thcso places are re sorts for both whlto and black prostitutes , who prey on strainers and others that arc drinking and under the Influence of liquor. In all of these case. ? these wlno rooms have- not been molested ny the police unless they fet too bold and disorderly or unless they r.rn complained of by some ono , In thcso Instances they have been raided and locked up us vagrants. In nearly all of these cages of arrest , the Inmates have been found to bo old and r.otoiiouit prostitutes and va grants. These wlno rooms are all supplied with chairs and tables and nearly all of them j/ivo locks on the doors , go that the Inmates can look themselves In securely from In- trudlcn. I have been Informed by policemen that Bonut of thcsa wlno rooms are also supplied with beds for the convenience of the guests and patrons. I aui , gentlemen , your obedient servant , A. T , SIOWAHT , Chief of Police. ThU report was received on the eve of I IK Inauguration of Mayor Moorcs , and In ordei to cntlclpdte his recommendation that tin wine roams .bo closed , the beard at onci gave orders to Slgwart to notify these placet that they must cease opeiatlons or . 'IP prose cuted for failure to abldo by the order The wino room order wag given verbally It the xxecutlvo letrbn of the hoard. Whlh noecord of it appears on the minutes o Ihfl meeting , the report madeby Slgwart and which Is of record , refers to It tu lan guage which leaves no doubt as to Its Im port. This report was presented to tin Lewrd at 1U meeting , held May 17 , and u aa follows : OMA'iA. May U. 1897. To the Honorahli Hoard of Flrt ) and Police Commissioner ! ; have the licior to report ( bat I have dutallei Sergeants Mitchell and Chamberlain to uotll ; the following named ? .nloon keepers of tha orders of ( ho Board of Fire and Police Com- m'lssloncrs In reference to allowing pros titutes and lewd women to frequent their cnloons and wine rooms. Tlieso proprietors have all be-on not I lied tli.it any vlolitlon ot this order would cause their places to bo raided and themselves to bo prc.iccuU'd for keeping a disorderly hoiuu. This list In cludes all saloons that have been catering to this class of trade. I am , gentlemen , your obedient servant , A. T. S1GWAHT. Chief of Police. Attached to this report Io the following list of saloons , most of thorn In the heart of the city , In all ot which wine rooms exist. The list , however , Is Incomplete , ns a num ber of notorious \vlne room saloons are omitted which were operating then and are operating today : Jew Oeo G02 South Thirteenth street J. TrolUchko..GOl South Thirteenth street II. Schnffcr 321 South Thirteenth street A. Brandcs 1201 Douglas street L. A. Roldamlth ! > 01 Capitol avcnuo Sam Mardonoke ! i02 Capitol avcnuo Ulck Kurdish 22.1 North Tenth street Wllllnm Garrlty 123 North Tenth street Joe Welshardlngef.,102 iuuth Tenth street Miller & Dwler 101 South Ninth street 1C mil Rail 902 Douglas street Sam Nelson 1010 Farnam street Pat Horrlgan r 23 South Eleventh street Jack Norton..214 South Fourteenth street Pat .Moran 1123 Douglas street Buck Keith 1121 Farnam street William Hiibton li20 Farnam street John Llnd 110 ! ) Fnrnam street Peter Nelson 1101 Farnam street John Wright 103 South Twelfth street Andy Hummel 123 South Twelfth street Charles U. Groves 101 South Thirteenth street Gus Stelfan 130C Douglay street Joe Karplcs 112 South Fourteenth street 0. J. Kaneft 2S1S Knrunm street George Cacklcy.,123 North Sixteenth street B. C. Tuthlll..Hear of 151-1 Douglas street James Douglas 103 North Sixteenth street William Gulll..223 North Sixteenth street Mike Mullen 301 North Sixteenth street T. C. Douglas..fi02 North Sixteenth street If. Peterson 1502 Webster street Thomas Hart C01 North Thirteenth street J. C. McMahon 1201 Cass street Arthur Itothery 1124 Chlc.ico street Nate Brown 1124 Capitol avcnuo John Spring 121G Farnain street 0. W. Johnson..424 North Sixteenth street The order of the board to cloee the wine rooms WES never carried out. The wine rooms mentioned In Slgwart a report are nearly all In full operation and have been to continuously since the new board went Into clfice. They are open to visitors of both. sexc3 and all kinds of characters. Almost nightly they are the scenes of debauches and orgies too disgraceful to describe. Strangos are Inveigled Into them and are robbed by women of bad reputation , while- the 'neigh borhoods about the places are corstantly dis turbed by singing , brawls and loud noises. Chief Slgwart'a description of these dens is accurate so far as It goes , and ( Its them today as well as It did when It wrn written. Successive tours of Inspection made by rep resentatives of The Bee up to wllhln the last few days show that they are nearly all running , and The Bee has In Its pcc-scsslon names of persoiifl and places to verify theto statements. One or two women who were found frequenting wlno roorcs were arrested shortly after the order wzs Issued , but not a single arrest has been made cf saloon keepers , who have paid ro attention to It. SIIMOLDS No t'hnrKen AKtilnxt Illooni , T He 1 1 ml Admitted Ills CrooUedneHH. Chief Slgwart has been guilty of neglect of duty 'In falling to suspend and file charges against subordinates promptly on becoming- aware of thtlr oClolalmisconduct. . A single Instance of this neglect of duty will suffice. On the 3rd day of February lest The Bee made public the dstalled facta of the case wherein Defective Charles Bloom had converted to his own use stolen money recovered by him from thieves. Tl'o brlclc yard olllce of Mark HauecnIn the suburbs of this city , was broken into and robbed about a year ago and $3 , COO In notes and $50 In cash taken. The theft was com mitted by three boys , who were arrested with part of the booty In their possession ut Boone , la. Detective Bloom was sent after the boys and recovered from them $19I > 0 In cash and railroad tickets , which ho sold for $12.05. Instead of returning the money to Its owner Immc&litcly Bloom , under date of October 14 , 1898. wrote Mr. Ilansen a note acknowledging an Indebted ness of J31.G5 and promising a settlement. Hcpeated requests for the money were evaded. On November 7 lie wrote another loiter , charging hlu failure to pay over tha cum to the high price of coal. Ho wrote another letter January 10 , 1SU7 , admitting and pleudlng In exl-use that the police- fund ! was cxImiiBtcd and ho could not cath Ma salary warrant. Up to the time this plcco of crooked work was cxpuied In The Bee Bloom had not returned the money that belonged to Mr. Hanson. Tliero facts were all brought to the notlco of Chief Sigwart , but he utterly failed to do Ma duty. Instead of Auseiidlng Bloom and preferring charge * against him before tlio police board , ho shielded him and kept him on thi > detcctlvo force , Not until he was forced to tlo so by order of the new Board of Flro and Pollcu CommltslonerE1 , only about a month ago , did the chief of police fllo charges of misconduct agalnat Bloom. At the hearing of Bloom the facts wore devel oped precisely as printed In The flco flvo months before and the detective wai dis charged In dlcgraco. For flvo months Chief Slgwart know that Bloom wan guilty of tbla offemie and unfit to servo as a police otllccrbut did not make a HIOVO for his dlstiilrtjal. < J HANTS PllOTKOTIO.V TO aA.1IIII.KItS. Onurt HriMirdM Showliii ; ( he Kilxfrilcc of ( ; IIIIIIIIK | IteHorlN. Chief Slgwart has been guilty of neglect of duty In falling to proceed against the keepers of gambling resorts , even when bin attention h : been railed to their existence by public court records. The ( Bee luut Kt'bruary published a lUt ot plants where gambling was being carried on with the 'toleration If not the connivance of Chief Slgwart and liU uubardlnatei. Among the gambling rceortu described was that run by Tom Koley , which WUH ehown up In thp following language : "It IB no secret to the public or Iho pollctt ( hut the establishment conducted by Tom Foley on Douglas street , between Fourteenth and Fifteenth utrects , Is no more a aSlocu than It U a gambling Joint , flight behind the bar , downstair * , ho has 'dectorcd * dlcu and a smooth box , which IK u cd on uneuri- pe'-tlng victims. UpHtaira he keeps open liouso and poker gaiuca and other game-it are on day and olght. Koley utau'lu It )