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* > } t THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JTJXE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOttXKSTG , fUXE 13 , 1S99-TEX PAG-ES. SIXGL.E . COPY JFIV.13 CENTS. 'ote ' of CONDUCT OF POLICE THE ALLEGED CAUSE That Point , However , a Pretext to Cover Hostility to the Premier. DREYFUS TRIAL THE INSPIRING MOTIVE Ministry Said to Have Shielded High Penonagei Who Were Guilty. LOUBET BELIEVES DUPUY THE WRONG MAN AVoril In Vnnnr < \ AinoiiK IlcimliUcaii Lender * to IJIniacr ! Dunny for Al- mo t Any AmilRtieil Canie anil HenponHC ' " Prompt. ( Copyright , ISM. by Press Publishing Co. ) PARIS , June 12. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The Dupuy mlnlftry fell as suddenly as If It had stepped on an orange peel. There was no more reason for Its overthrow today than there was a week ago. The complaint In the Chamber of Dep uties of police brutality In suppressing dis order Sunday when President Loubet went to the Longchamps racta was a mere pre text. Dissatisfaction with Premier Dupuy's course In the Dreyfus case was the real In- splrlflg motive of the adverse vote against him In the Chamber of Deputies. He was suspected of shleMIng certain high per sonages who are deemed equally responsible with Esterhazy and Du Paty de Clam , among them Generals dc Mercler and Boys- deffre. Dupuy's minister of war Mercler. who was when Dreyfus was condemned , had defied Dupuy to arrest him on a charge of se cretly conveying to the court-martial evi dence upon which conviction was based. He said : "If I am arrested let them arrest Dupuy , too. He approved whatever I did. " Deputies who do not sympathize with Dreyfus Joined with those who do In re buking what was deemed cither hypocrisy or Incompetency. I have It from one of the fallen ministers , whose name Is withheld , that the cabinet knew this morning that it . President would be strangled this afternoon. dent Loubet and his advisers decided that Dupuy was not the man to settle the muddle all the republican dle and word was passed to lican leaders to get rid of Dupuy. no matter the premier opposed the how. So when voted It. they simply order of the day The prospects that M. Waldeck-Rousseau with de- hailed are will organize a ministry lleht In the clubs , on the boulevards and among the masses. He is a sterling character all parties and It s acter , respected by unanimously conceded that ho Is the best man Jor the present crisis. He Is a great personal friend of the president. SURPRISE"OF" PARIS is BRIEF Con.ldcre.l Fall of Duiiuy linn " -eii Dnte-Walileck- Only Blatter ot - Chance" Gooil. ( Copyright , 1S09. by Associated Press. ) PARIS , June 12. Shortly before 6 o'clock boulevards presented atypical this evening the typical Parisian scene. The sidewalks were crowded with lounging boulevarders , and every scat at the little tables In front of the cafes 'wan occupied by a Parisian , when unannounced news venders rushed alons with batches of papers hot from the press shouting "Fall of the ministry. " In a mo ment each newspaper office was the center of a mob , everybody snatching up the pa-1 pers. The boys could not take the money fact enough. Carriages , nacres and big four- j horse char-a-banca were just returning , nlong the boulevards from the race and i their occupants Jumped out and Joined In i the melee for the possession of the papers , j Then the people settled down again at ; the tables , read the brief bulletin , "The , government has been defeated In the cham ber and tendered Its resignation , " shrugged ' their shoulders and looked at each other with a half amused air. The first news came as a surprise , but after that Paris accepted the event In the spirit of Oriental fatalism. The fact Is Dupuy'a fall was merely a matter of date. Every Parisian knew he was standing on the threshold of resignation. He was not Dreyfuslte enough for the Dreyfusards and j too Dreyfuslte for the antl-revlslonlsts. i Nevertheless , the vote In the chamber came an a surprise , even to the voters , and the i lobbies of the Palais Bourbon were afterward - , ward crowded with excited deputies warmly | discussing the prospective results of their own action. I The vote In the chamber of 376 against i 109 In favor of the priority of M. Valllant's | motion , Instead of the order of the day I submitted by M. Saumande and M. Char-1 ruycr. as asked by M. Dupuy , was the first i tolling of the ministry's funeral bell. The ' general opinion among political men Is that M. Dupuy should then have accepted the eltuatton , instead of draining the cup t3 the dregs. The minority In the final vote on the motion of M. Ruau consisted of moderate republicans , while the rightist re actionaries , the extreme republicans and the socialists Joined In the movement to over throw Dupuy. who Immediately left the chamber amid leftist shouts ot "Vive le republlque , " and proceeded to a private room. After a brief consultation with hla colleagues he drove to the Elysee palace with the resignation of the cabinet. IiiillxTPtlnn I'oliitrd Out. Two deputies who have supported M. Dupuy confessed In the lobbies to the con viction that be made a great mistake yes terday In covering the BoU de Boulogne and Longchamps with sabres and bayonets , thus rendering M. Loubet ridiculous , feeing that there was not a tingle terlous demonstra tion against him anywhere. There was no demonstration outside the Palais Bourbon when the defeat of the ministry became known. Only a few Idlers and Intending vUltors to the public galleries , awaiting tlwlr turn to enter , were grouped at the en trance. The deputies In the lobbies dis cussed the affair and after mentioning Polncare and 'M. ' de Laneoan , settled to the general opinion , which still prcvalli at a late hour , that M. Waldeck-Housteau will undertake the formation of a cabinet , as suming for himself the portfolio of war , continuing M. Delcane at the foreign office and appointing M. Tralreaux mlnUter of juttlc . Other portfolios , in such a com bination , would be given to MM. Polncare and Rouvlrr. M. Rouvler , who U deputy for Ornate , In an Interview thl * evening , declared hli be lief In a Waldeck-Rouaseau cabinet , pre dicting that it would receive the support of the extreme left. M. Pejrtral also expressed hU conviction that a Waldeck-Rouiseau ministry was a certaluty. I. * Courrler du Sotr , late tonight predicts that M. Henri Brlsson will have an im- corunt post in the new cabinet as being th hr-ad of the radicals "the leading spirit In the revision movement. " frl U Will .Soon Ia . President Loubet will consult the presi dents of the senate and of the chamber at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The general impression Is that the crisis will not last beycnd Wednesday. M. Loubet havlag fore seen , It Is Mid. the fall of M. Dupuy at an early date and having already consid ered the composition of the new cabinet. It Is understood that MM. Sarrlen and Polncare. leaders of the radicals and the progressists respectively , drafted the Ruau motion and showed It to M. Dupuy before It was presented In the chamber. They endeavored - deavored to persuade htm to accept It , sayIng - Ing that It was not directed ngalost the government , but was only Intended to affirm the union of the republicans. M. Dupuy , however , refused to accept It , with the re sult that MM. Sarrlen and Polncare led their followers against him. EULOGIZES THE SOLDIERS I'onltney HlReloiv CSIven the Start of the Army n Lively Hunt ! . LONDON , June 12. At the United Service Institution this afternoon. In the presence of a distinguished company , Mr. Poultney Blgclow read a paper on "Tho Yankee Sol dier , " which attained additional Importance from the place where It was delivered. General Morrlss , commanding the Wool wich district , presided and the company , In addition to Lieutenant Colwell , the United States naval attache , and Senator Wolcott of Colorado and numerous women , Included many prominent military and naval officers , In all about 300 persons. Mr. Blgelow's address In brief was the warmest eulogy of the American regular troops and of the raw material volunteers , but was a severe condemnatlcw of the "po litical element" which he declared "gov erned an appointments and contracts. " He said that , on his own personal knowl edge , as a result of the lack of organization and supplies before the first transport left Tampa , the American army presented many features incident to a disastrous campaign. There was , Mr. Blgelow added , "a complete breakdown of all the machinery for provid ing soldiers with food and equipment and the hotel was crowded with staff officers , "who were as helpless In their new uniforms as clergymen In a conning tower. " Mr. Blgelow further asserted that when he exposed the matter , there being still time to remedy It , he was met with a storm of Indignant dentals and some of the newspaper correspondents at Tampa raised the ques tion whether ho shourd be "strung up to a sour apple tree or gently cisposed of as a harmless lunatic. " Since then , the speaker continued , the comraander-in-chlef has given public testI ! I mony that several. If not all , of the mili tary departments were scandalously Ineffi cient ; that embalmed beef was served to the men and , Mr. Blgelow added , the com- j mander-ln-chlef was "practically drawing i upon his Imagination when he pronounced j air things ready for the Cuban Invasion. " A general discussion followed. General1 Morris endorsing Mr. Blgelow's remarks as agreeing with his own Information , while other speakers took other views of the mat ter. General Morris said : "We all feel as thoroughly patriotic as the American , Mr. Blgelow. has shown here today , but It Is our duty to bring out the truth , so that wrong may be put right. West Point Is the best military establishment In the world , but it Is necessary for the healtn. of any nation that lessons be relearned. The most loyal man Is he who. like Mr. Blgetow , brings these lessons home. " TUNNEL UNDER ST. GEORGE'S Propo nl to Connect Ireland and Knu- j land hy Tramvtiiy I'nder the I Channel. LONDON , June 12. At a largely attended ' meeting of peers , commoners , engineers and others held this evening In the House of Commons a resolution was adopted to address - t dress a resolution to the first lord of the ( treasury , Arthur J. Balfour , reratlve to the projected tunnel between Ireland and Eng- \ land. I The proposed tunnel Is twenty-five miles under five fathoms of water and the esti mated cost of the undertaking Is 12,000- 000 ( { 60,000.000) ) . j RENEWED HOPE FOR THE PARIS | Ship In Steadied l > y Water In the I Hold nnil Salvace Expert * Hope I to Flout It. FALMOUTH. Eng. . June 12. The salvage i experts who a aln visited the American liner ' Paris yesterday profess renewed hope of BSV- | 1 Ing the vessel. The Increased depth of | ' water in the entire hold serves to steady ; It. Under the most favorable conditions the Paris may yet be floated. Storer TnUe Until. ( Copyright , IS'jO , by Press Publishing Co. ) MADRID. June 12. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The new American minister this morning visited and had a long Interview with the British am bassador , Sir Henry Wolff. He received a full account of the management of Amer ican Interests confided to the British em bassy and consulates since April , 1S9S , when General Woodford handed over the defense of American subjects and Interests to Brit ish Charge de Affaires Barclay. Already the archives and documents have been banded to Mr. Storer , who applied today to the Spanish foreign office for an audience with Senor Sllvela and the queen regent. Protection for KnulNh Seamen , LONDON , June 12. Replying to further I questions In the House of Commons today as to the alleged system of blackmail lev- | led by boardlng-houie keepers and crimps | at San Francisco and Portland , Ore. , for the shipment of British seamen , who have pre viously been Induced to desert , the parlia mentary secretary of the foreign office , > William St. John Broderlck. said the report 1 of Consul Ladlaw would be laid on the table , I adding that the government was considering | the steps which may be taken for the better protection of British shipmasters and seal - l men. Kurnprnn Wheat I'roipeet * . LONDON. June 12. The Mark Lane Ex- i press. In Us weekly crop report today , says { Belgium , Holland. Italy and parts of Aus- ' trla-Hungary. promise average wheat crops. j In France , Germany. Spain and Poland the | crops are fair and there are hopes for a i full , average crop. In Rustila the drouth ! Is too prevalent to allow a hopeful yield I of either wheat or rye. In Roumanla , SerI - I via and Bulgaria a short wheat crop is re- i garded as inevitable. Sullv lor Arctic . CHR1STIANIA. June 12. The Stella Po lare , with the duke of Abruzzi , nephew of the king of Italy , and his polar expedition on board , sailed at 11:30 this morning from this port. The expedition was givenan enthusiastic farewell by the crowds assem bled and was saluted by the forts. furiirsxlr I'ouiiiU n Library. EDINBURGH , June 12. Mr Andrew Car negie has offered to give 1.000 toward the establishment of a public library at Banff. GOMEZ IS A SON OF HAVANA Municipality Confers on General Certificate of Adoption. CEREMONY IS CONSIDERED HIGH HONOR HIOiop nf Harnna May llrlrin Suit 111 .Mutter of Municipal Seizure of Cemeteries Colonel llnnilnll Continue * Payment. HAVANA , June 12. The municipality of Havana has presented to General Gomez a certificate naming him as an adopted son of the city. In a short letter , which ap pears today , he thanks the governor for the honor conferred and says that nothing could touch him more than this Illustration of the friendship of the citizens of Cuba , who can always depend on his loyalty. The ceremony Is regarded as a high honor , ' which has been bestowed on such men as Marti , the elder Cespedes , Callxto Garcia and Antonio Maceo. Gomez In receiving the distinction Is the choice of the prin cipal cl"les of the Island , all of which have named streets after him. The action Is gen erally approved , except by those who habitu ally oppose him. They say It Is merely flattering a man who Is close to the Amer icans. The bishop of Havana , Mgr. Santander y Frutos. called today upon Governor Gen eral Brooke to advise him as to the atti tude the church would take regarding the cemeteries which have been placed under municipal control. He said the ecclesiastical authorities would reserve their right to bring civil action later , when the passions and 111-feeHng now existing have died out. General Brooke replied that he was con fident all the legal rights represented by the bishop would be protected , as It was not the desire of either Cubans or Amer icans to Interfere with vested rights. Ho assured him also that If , under the order Issued April 12. any Injustice had been done , the remedy would certainly follow , but that health conditions must be supreme no matter who owned the cemeteries. Pay Car I * Kent limy. Lieutenant Colonel Randall continues the disbursement of the American gratuity to the Cuban troops and paid off 319 at La Union yesterday and today , and Lieutenant Colonel Rafferty has paid off 246 at Sagua la Grande. Colonel Meale of the Fifteenth Infantry arrived today from Puerto Principe to con fer with General Brooke regarding the pay ment cf Insurgents In that province. He will return thither soon on the Burnslde. The trouble le lack of paymasters and pay ment in Puerto Principe will not be begun until after Colonel Randall completes hU work , when Paymaster Moses will be avail able. Colonel Meale does not expect any difficulty there , as the money Is badlj needed and the Cubans of the district are not In the Influence of the politicians who infest Havana cafes. i A dispatch from Puerto Padre say * that a party of thirty armed men sacked a store of the Marrey plantation , securing a large sum of money. The rural guards pursued I the outlaws , killed one , Atanaslo Diaz , and raptured two , Bcllo and Clntlno , all Cubans , and former membersof Spanish-guerrilli , forces. i Advices from Guanajay to the Associated i Press and the local papers say a party of | twenty negroes , armed but not mounted , I yesterday attacked a plantation near Arte- misa , killing the owner and carrying off a sum of money. The accounts are conflictIng - , Ing as to the amount , ranging from SS to 1450. Italian Chance * Front. Dr. Fernando Mendez Capote , brother of Senor Capote , secretary to the governor I general's advisory cabinet , has been ap-1 pointed mayor of Cardenas , in succession to General Rohan , resigned. Rohas was , originally designated as a commissioner to ' assist in paying off the Insurgents and came ' to Havana for that purpcee. Subsequently , although he had assured General Gomez of I his Intention to accept the position , he refused - I fused and he has since shown decided an- ' tlpathy to the American policy. The Amen-1 cans think as soon as he arrived he fell in ' ' with the representatives of the former mill- tary assembly and was not only Induced to refuse the commission but to change his views radically with regard to the Amerlj j cans. His resignation as mayor followed quickly upon this change cf front. j Captain Reber Is about to start on an ! overland Journey to Investigate the probable i causea of breaks In the telegraph service and see. what. If anything , can 'be ' done to prevent this frequently recurring annoyance. Major Striven of the signal corps desires to make the service efficient and considers It best to send an experienced officer to make a thorough Investigation. HAVANA IS * HEALTHY CITY Only One Cn r of Yellow Fever There and That One Wn Imported. HAVANA , June 12. Surgeon Major John G. Davis says that In future all ships from Infected ports must undergo quarantine here , especially those from Central Amer ica. ica.The The health of Havana , the surgeon points out. Is marvelous. The only case of yellow i fever existing Is a light one taken sick at sea two days before the arrival of the pa tient here , and Dr. Brunner , the chief quar antine officer of Havana , still persists It ls not a case of yellow fever. SpaniMi bank bills in quantities are in the pc6 > ession of various municipalities and | this has caused the question of their ultl- I mate disposal to be raised. Their present [ value is S per cent , but they are received , at far more. Havana province holds { 50,000 j of these bills , and It Is estimated that the government's tsafcs In the Island have over I $10.000.000. There are frequent rumors re garding their redemption. A Spanish mer chant says a friend of his received a tele gram from Madrid asking him If the hold ers of these bills would accept 33 per cent , and Senor Duarte. a Spanish merchant , has sued the Spanish bank for this per cent on (365,000 ( which be own . He lost his suit and will appeal to the supreme court. BAKERS CRY FOR VENGEANCE Many Advocate Turning the Fac tion * I.oo e to FlKht It Out. CINCINNATI , June 12. A London , Ky. . dispatch to the Times-Star says : The Bakers cried all night. Their moaning was some thing most touching. Jim , the son of Tom Baker , declared the militia stripped bis father of his weapons that be might be shot dawn by the Howards without a chance for his life. "Father begged you not to put him so close to White's home , " he caid to a soldier who attempted to console htm. The brothers of Tom Baker wore a trou bled look thU morning. They realize they must now cear themselves of the charges against them. Many persons advocate with drawing the troops and allowing the men to fight it out , saying that this action on the part of Gorercor Kaon stopped the Itowaa county feud and tbtt ulasVi county feud. The killing of Tom BV * fil doubtless In crease the Clay eountf ifjwd. Notwithstand ing the captivity oy ls three brothers and son there are nunefbus friends of the dead leader left and MRjres of other people who have heretofore * ' not exprose < l them selves and they now Declare the killing of Tom Baker an outrage"\nd say the Bakers should shoulder their rViles and never sur render alive. BARBOURSVILLE. 'K ) ' . , June 12. The troops with Jim and Wiley Baker arrived here today from Manometer , delivering the prisoners to the county jailor and going Into camp in the court howe. Mrs. Baker says she will train her eliv'en snns that the height of their ambltltiri will be to kill a White or a Howard. 'Jim and Wiley are quiet and refuse to talk' ; WORK OF PEACEUJONFERENCE Amerlenn nclenntciT-lo the ( .ntlicrlitB Conic to the J rent with a .Manifesto. f ( Copyright , 15PO. by Press Publishing Co. ) THE HAGUE. June lie-New ( York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) I have ob tained for publication in America the fol lowing manifesto issued' by the American delegates to the International Peace convention B vention : "This commission Is 'Informed that mis leading reports have been cabled to Amer ica regarding the work jit the drafting com mittee on arbitration and the exact position of the American proposals. "The American plan for a permanent tri bunal , which already has been correctly set forth In the American press , has been re ferred , with other similar propositions , tea a drafting committee. . This committee will report to the full commission on arbitration the exact text of * the JXmerlcan proposals as submitted and also the exact text of all other proposals submitted , together with a draft of tie propCBCd plan , embodying such features of all the plans submitted as the drafting committee rshall provisionally recommend to the committee on arbitration. "Afterward the conference Itself will finally pass judgment .upon the various projects submitted. The fact that In the drafting committee the English proposals are used as a basis of discussion does not indicate In the least the abandonment of any of the other plans. "It Is not expected that the drafting com mittee will be ready to report to the commission - mission on arbitration for a week or ten days. All statements regarding the work > meanwhile must be accepted as mere sur mises. " At an adjourned meeting of the delegates I of the peace conference under the presi dency of M. De Staal , this morning , it was resolved to furnish the newspapers with statements of the proceedings of the com mittees as well as of th plenary sittings. I The drafting committee of the arbitration j committee of the peace conference met to- j day and continued the discussion of the ' arbitration scheme. The delegates not havIng - [ Ing received additional Instructions from their respective governments , the committee j ( adjourned until Friday without further progress. This evening the delegates attended - ' , tended a water fete given In their honor by the Bathing societies at Schvenlngen , about two miles northwest of The Hague. STORM BREAKING THE ICE Lake Ileniiett Too Low to Admit of llontH I'nxnliiK Into the It Ivor. SKAGWAY , Alaska. June 5. ( Via S Wash. , June 12. ) A heavy wind and snow storm has prevailed from the summit clear down to Lake Bennett for several days. The ! weather Is now moderating. Wind has | broken up the Ice In Lake Bennett , leaving - [ ing open water , through which some scows j and small boats started down the lake. One , large scow , loaded with potatoes and several thousand dollars' worth of merchandise and provisions , was caught In the Ice and crushed. The men were all saved , but they had a narrow escape. Their names could not be ascertained. Lake Summit was frozen solid Friday night , June 2 , so that wagons crossed It in safety. The water In Lake Bennett Is said to be three feet lower this year than last and eight Inches too low for launching steamers now on the bank. Cariboo crossing , at the lower end of Lake Bennett , has only a few Inches of water In It and boats cannot pos sibly cross It unless the "water rises several feet. feet.No No communication has been had with Atlln for several weeks and none can be had until navigation opens and permits of boats going around the lakes. On the night of June 2 a man on the trail crawled Into Log Cabin with both feet frozen. TRUST SEIZESCHEWING GUM _ All the Important riant * Unite Under Title of American Chicle Company. CHICAGO , June 12. It is announced that the gum trust Is now an actuality. The com pany has been organized , the stock nil un derwritten and the working details com pleted. The concern has a capital stock of $9,000,000. Of this one-third Is 6 per cent cumulative preferred. The permanent offi cers will be chosen tomorrow. All of the Important plants are In the combine. Among the principal factories forming the commis sion are : Beeonan , White , Tuttl Frulttl , Adams & Sons , California Fruit Gum com pany and Kls-Me. The corporation will be known as the American Chicle company , chicle being an ingredient from Mexico which Is used in the manufacture of that commodity. Thomas Harvey of Chicago originated the Idea of amalgamating the gum manufac turers. KIDNAPED CHILD VERY ILL Marlon Clark' * Denth 'May Pii * | ljly Involve Ahdnctnr * In Trial for Murder. N'EW YORK , June 12. A telephone mes sage was received at the district attorney's office to the effect that Marion Clark , the kidnaped child , is very low from meaales at her home. Assistant District Attorney Lebarbler said that if the child should die the defendants In the case might be Indicted for murder In the flret degree , as the child contracted Its illness In the country while in their care and while they were committing a felony. I.aiiiUmen Knllut In Hie Vnvy. ST. LOUIS , June 12. Lieutenant J. F. Hlnea arrived here today from Cleveland to enlist landsmen for the navy. With him are Surgeon C. G. Herndon and Boatswain Nickerson. When the lieutenant opened up the recruiting office in the government building be was besieged by a mob of men and boys anxious to enlist. Lieutenant Hlnes expects to secure fifty or sixty men , all be wants , within a few days. Strike for the Piece Syntem. NEW YORK. June 12. The strike of 6.000 members of the Children's Jacket Makers' and Knee Breeches Makers' union went Into effect today. The men say they will network work hereafter for fixed salaries , but will demand pay on the piece work system. STRIKERS STOP THE CARS Efforts to Operate Cleveland Street Railway Only Partially Succeed. POLICE ARREST A NUMBER OF RIOTERS At Noun n Few Car * Were 11 mm I nil. tint nt Irrejrtilar Interval * Company Decline * All Arbitration. CLEVELAND. O. . June 12. The attempt of the Big Consolidated Railroad company to move Its cars today was attended by scenes of wild disorder In various parts of the city , though nobody was hurt and very lltUe damage was done to property. Cars were run on two lines at very Irregular In tervals , but without passengers and malflly under the protection of policemen. The principal work of the mobs , which were composed largely of Idlers and spec tators , was to blockade the tracks. In which they were materially assisted by accommo dating drivers of trucks , cut trolley ropes and Jeer at the nonunion men. Occasionally stale eggs and pieces of mud were thrown. The strikers discouraged violence , but they did most effective work In loducing the non union men to quit and In that they were assisted by several women , rofatlves of the strikers , who boarded the cars and pleaded with the new men to leave their posts. One of these women was provided with money and when argument failed she Induced the nonunion men to quit by paying them. Many Cnrn -erted. . Many of the care were left on the lines deserted and were afterward picked up by Inspectors and taken to the barns. The company says It has sufficient men to oper ate Us cars tomorrow , but this Is denied. The Important event of the day was the refusal of the company to let the state board arbitrate the only question Involved the recognition of the union. The strikers say they feel greatly encouraged and that they will be better prepared than ever to resist the running of cars when the attempt Is resumed tomorrow morning. The following resolution was adopted by the company's board of directors after a hot debate : Resolved , That the differences between the Cleveland Electric Railway company and Its former employes have substantially narrowed down to the proposition upon which the company must stand , that It must hire and discharge men without dictation of anybody. As already stated. It does not attempt , nor will It attempt to dictate to Us employes whether they shair belong to a union or not. It will not require them to join , nor will It discharge them for joining or refusing to join , at their pleasure. The aompany must reserve to Itself the right to treat directly with its own men. to hire new ones as the needs of Its service re quire , and to discharge Inefficient men with out accounting to any one except Its direct ors. Entertaining these views It must re spectfully decline to submit these questions to arbitration. Tonight ten oars were blockaded on Dua- ham avenue , half way between the center of the city and the car barns. After several unsuccessful attempts to clear the track the nonunion men left the cars. Later In the evening a mob assembled and broke the windows of the cars with etoue.s. . .Three patrol wagon loads of police were sent to the scene and the mob was dispersed. Sympathetic Strike Probable. AKRON" , O. , June 12. Unless the strike In Cleveland Is ended In forty-eight hours it Is believed the Akron , Bedford and Cleve land and the Akron street railway employes will be called out on a sympathetic strike. These two roads are owned and operated by the same people In control of the Big Consolidated at Cleveland. The Akron , Bed ford and Cleveland cars are only run to the suburbs of Cleveland. MORE FREIGHT HANDLERS QUIT Go Out In Sympathy Tflth the Eric Men Lenders Oppose the Strike. BUFFALO , N. T. , June 12. The freight handlers ( housemen ) at the New York Central , Lehlgh Valley , Wabash and Great Northern docks did not report for duty to day , in obedience to the order adopted at yesterday's meeting to strike in sympathy with the men already out at the Erie and Lackawanna docks. At the Anchor line docks sixty union men reported for work , but found ten non-union men there. They refused to work with them and the non union men were sent away. The union men then went to work. At the Lclilgh docks a few men were at work. The outside men have been forced Into Idleness by the strike of the housemen and consequently there Is very little work being done at the freight docks. The present strike Is opposed by labor leaders. At the Central docks , about forty men were at work. It Is barely possible that the scoopers and other 'longshoremen will be drawn Into the strike with the house men. President McMahon of the shovclers' union , after making Inquiries among the scoopers , says in a published statement : "The advice of the grain shovelers Is mod eration. The grain shovelers will strongly advise the freight handlers to abide by any i reasonable agreement , and , while extremely friendly to the freight handlers , will do everything possible to prevent a general strike. " LEE CASE GOES To'JURY Speech for the Defeiiiie Greeted with and n Speedy Verdict I * Hxpected. HILLSBORO , N. M. , June 12. In the Fountain murder trial ex-Congressman Fer- gusson clcoed his argument for the defense this morning and P. B. Chllders took up the rest of the forenoon for the prosecution. The crowd Is thinning out , but "emerg ency" men cf both factions remain alert. Oliver Lee's wife and baby arrived on last night's stage. The scene cf the greeting In the little adobe jail was pathetic , but brief. Lee forbade his wife and child attending ! court and they , with hla mother , remain at i their rooms during the arguments. At the conclusion of the speech for the | defense the auditors gave vent to their , feelings in deafening applauie. Judge Parker administered a severe lecture. i Hon. T. B. Catron delivered the closing argument and the caee will go to the jury before midnight. It Is confidently believed I that a verdict will be returned In a very few minutes. Some of the jurymen have given orders to have their borces ready at midnight , intending to start for home be fore morning. In their arguments the attorneys have been bitter toward each other at times and toward the witnesses for the other eld * . Particularly tus Jack Maxwell been at tacked. He was the witness who told sev eral different etorlro 'bearing ' on the alibi and who was brought hero under attach ment and held in custody throughout the . trial. Attorney Dougherty referred to him ' as a perjurer who had swcrn a life away , In Texas and who dH not in this trial re I member whether he was telling the truth j on that occasion or not. Major W. H , H. ] Llcivcllyn also received much attention , bv- CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Shower * and Cooler. Variable Winds. Temperature nt ( tiiinlin > r tcrdn > l Itiitir. Dru. llinir. OCR. ing characterized as a "would-be assasln. " i'eople of this petlon are unanimous In the belief that the case Is one of persecution , prompted by political prejudices. W. W. Cox , a wealthy ranchman , who was associated with Llcnellyn In the efforts to connect Lee with the Fountain murders , was In the court room tonight. He said he had become convinced < jf the Innocence of Lee and Gllllland. the defendants In thin trial , and had spent over J10.000 to assist In their defense. Oliver Lee and James Gllltland were ai > qulttcd of the murder of Henry Fountain , the son of Colonel A. J. Fountain , shortly after midnight. The Jury was closeted but seven minutes. * TROUBLE OVER BRYAN'S BUST Ulfttrlut of Columbia Democracy by the Barn Over Payment to the Sculptor. WASHINGTON , June 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) There It trouble among the Dis trict of Columbia democracy over W. J. Bryan's bust , which was presented to Mrs. Bryan and is now on Us way to Lincoln. Slg. Treutanova. the sculptor. It Is stated , wns given lots to the amount of $ SOO In Lakeland , Md. , by a local real estate agent who has political aspirations , to model the bust. After tliose lots were given to the sculptor the real estate man sought to start a popular subscription to pay for the bust ostensibly , but to really compensate him for the transfer of the lots. He importuned a number of the district democrats from Lawrance Gardner down , but no one would act as sponsor for the proposition for the reason that ex-Senator A. P. Gorman , who owns the democracy of the district body and soul , Is a candidate for president. They were afraid they might offend the boss. But the bust has gone to the prairies of Ne braska as a gift from Bryan's Washington admirers and there Is a jolly row on In consequence. Major J. W. Daw-re of the pay department , U. S. A. , leaves for Cuba on Wednesday via New York. Wallace J. Broatch of Omaha , who has been ordered before the Navy department for examination as lieutenant In the Marine corps , is In the city. Tlie Department of Agriculture made pub lic today a full detailed report on the prog ress of the sugar beet Industry of the coun try for 1S9S. Secretary Wilson made some Interesting comments on the present status of the industry. The secretary eaid : "I regard the beet sugar question In this country as settled. There Is no longer any doubt that sugar from beets will very soon be produced In enormous quantities through out the west and northwest. Recently I stated that there would bo forty new factor ies establUhed In the country this year , j Th w > flg tresmust _ be revised , as there will j be more 'than fifty. I am advised , for Instance - | stance , that nine new factories will be es- j tablished In Michigan instead of five , as reported to us early in the season. Good reports are coming. In from all the beet sugar producing states. " The land commissioner today assigned j examiners to various states to make examI I ( nations of selections made prior to the approval - ! proval of same for patent of states affected. ! Examiner Owen has been assigned to South | Dakota and Examiner Hurlburt to Wyo ming. Postal receipts at Omaha for May , 1899 , aggregated J30.762 , against J2.SS2 for May , 1898 , a gain of U.SSO. or 6.5 per cent. Re ceipts at DCS Molnes. la. , for May , 1S99 , were 121,621 , against $19.739 for May , 189S. I The First National bank of Lincoln was today approved as reserve agent for the Schuylcr ( Neb. ) National bank ; also the Northwestern National bank of Chicago for the Cedar Rapids ( la. ) National bank. The comptroller of the currency today declared a final dividend of 1 per cent In favor of the Cheyenne ( Wyo. ) National bank , mak ing In all 61 per cent on claims proved , amounting to J27S.076. BLOODHOUNDS AFTER BANDITS I'nlon 1'acltlc Secure * Three Trained AiilmalH from lleatrlce and Will I'nt Them to Work. CHEYENNE , Wyo. . June 12. ( Special Telegram. ) The Union Pacific Railroad company today secured three trained blood hounds from Beatrice , Neb. , and will use them In the attempt to follow the train dynamiters. The animals were brought hereby by special train and sent over the Chey enne & Northern this afternoon. They wllf reach Casper at 11 o'clock tonight , where a fast train will start north with them. Re lays of horses are arranged so that the hounds will reach the place where the ban dits were last seen at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The animals are in charge of a trainer , who says they will follow a trail i unerringly that'Is not over forty-eight hours old. old.A A report was received here today from Butfalo saying the robbers had been seen on the F. K. Mountain , about forty miles south of Buffalo and twenty miles north of the Hole-ln-the-Wall. A new posse formed at Buffalo to join the other forces in the pur suit. suit.The The officers of the railroad company are confident that with the aid of the blood- i hounds the men will be run down within the I next two days. I A message was received here tonight from Buffalo , Wyo. , stating that a courier had come In from Powder river with the report that the officers have the Union Pacific train t robbers surrounded at T. K. mountain and i capture is regarded as certain to follow. | A posse of Johnson county cowboys left i Buffalo today to reinforce the officers. Olllcem of I'etrnlenni i\chniiuc. : NEW YORK. June 12. The Consolidated Petroleum exchange held Its annual elec tion today and elected the following offi cers : President. Charles G Wilson ; first vice president , Thomas L. Watson ; second vice president , Edward R. Betts ; treasurer. John Stanton ; chairman. Valentine Mott. The usual standing committees were elected. Movement * of Ocean V * MIMM , June 11 ! , At Glasgow Arrived City of Rome , from New York : Pomeranian , from Montreal. At Auckland Sailed Marlpoea , for San Francisco. At Sydney , N. S. W. Arrived Moana , 1 from San Francisco. i At Liverpool Arrived Philadelphia , from I Boston. I At Hamburg Arrived Phoenicia , from New York , I At Antweri > Arrived Kensington , from j New York. At New York Arrived Bovlc , from Llv- i erpool ; Amsterdam , from Rotterdam. 1 Cleared H. E. Runnells , for Port Huron , Mich. i At Delaware Breakwater Passed In 1 Steamer Belgenland , from Liverpool for ! PhlladelDbla. STRUCK B\ \ 7 C\CLONE \ Western Wisconsin Has a Terrific Experience with Windstorm. VILLAGE OF NEW RICHMOND WRECKED From Two to Five Hundred People Reported Killed and Injured. STORM PASSES IN VICINITY OF HUDSON Wateispont Plows Up the Waters of Lake St. Oroix. DOWNPOUR AT ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS All Unllrond * KntcrliiK tlir Tviln Cltle * from the int : llnve Had Walinnt nnil Train * Arc Held nt M. I'liul. EAU CLAIRE.Vls. . . June13. . Two men. \V. W. Beoby , a druggist , and Ed Lugert , A traveling man of St. Paul , who drove from New Richmond to Roberts and Eau Claire and Chlppewa Falls for medical aid , state that a. tornado struck New Richmond tonight and that from 250 to 500 people were killed or seriously Injured. MILWAUKEE , June 13. A dispatch re ceived here at 2 o'clock this morning from Jcwctt Mills announces the arrival there of the Wisconsin Central train. A Mr. Cutter , in the employ of the Central , sent a dis patch to the local officers of the road , sayIng - Ing that the town of New Richmond was gone south of the Highway bridge and that the estimated number of killed will reach 150. Many of the houses , Mr. Cutter states , were ccnsumed by flro after the cyclone. Many people were killed , he says , while at tending the circus , which was showing there. Netv Richmond Detroyed. MINNEAPOLIS , June 12. A special to the Tribune from Stlllwater , Minn. , says : This was a terrible night for New Richmond mend , the village being almost wiped out of existence by one of the most severe cyclones that ever visited that locality. It carried ruin and death In Its path and at this hour It Is Impossible to give even a partial list of those who are seriously Injured. It Is thought many are dead. The news of the disaster was brought here by J. A. Carroll , a traveling man from Portage , Wls. , who was stopping at the Nlcollet house In New Richmond. He saw the funnel-shaped cloud as It came up the principal street and took refuge In the basement In the hotel , whlqh was completely wrecked , together with many principal busi ness houses. In the terrible rain which followed Mr. Carroll and his comrades suc ceeded In recovering the proprietor , Charles McKennon , wife and one child from the debris , and they also removed the laundry girl , who was probably fatally Injured. They also removed two men named Barrett and Newall. who were severely Injured. Mr. Carroll drove to Stlllwater by team for re lief and the train , with doctors , will leave here at 12:15 : a. m. Fire Follou * Wind. Mr. Carroll further says that flre followed the cyclone and that what was left Is being consumed by flre. Many people are doubt less killed and the damage will run Into hundreds of thousands of dollars. A special to the Tribune from Burkhardt , Wls. . says : A messenger has reached here from New Richmond and has telegraphed from here for doctors and help , saying that the storm' struck that town and that a large number were killed and wounded. The railroad offi cials have endeavored to get out a speclar train , but on account of the several washouts are unable to do so and the doctors aad many others are now driving across the country as fast as horses can safely carry them. Three traveling men , who drove from River Falls to Hudson , were struck by th storm and the rig was torn to pieces , the one named Vollman having one of his legs broken. MILWAUKEE. June 12. 'A ' message was received at the Wisconsin Central offlc < ? ; here late tonight from Stevens Point from I A. R. Hornaday , division superintendent of 1 the Wisconsin Central at that point , as ' follows : "It commenced to rain on the J St. Paul division at about 7 p. m. , and the wire. ? went down weit of Jewott MI1U al ! 7:30. : At 8:45 : we 'got a message from Rober- ' son of the Omaha via Marshall that a | cyclone struck New Richmond about 7'30 , i killing and wounding from 250 to 500 pco- | pie. We have started a special out froii i Irvine , leaving at 10 o'clock , with surgeons I and to pick up what other surgeons they i can between there and New Richmond. MINNEAPOLIS. June 12. A special to th Tlmc-s from North Wisconsin Junction , WU. , cays : A cyclone and cloudbuist otruck just east of Hudson tonight doing considerable | damage to property. The cyclone was first j observed at Hudson coming up Lake St. Crolx. It passed first to the east of the town and maintained a northeasterly direc tion acrcss the tracks of the Omaha rca.l a rolls northeast of North Wisconsin Junc tion , destroying the wires , unroofing hou'ei , barns , outbuildings , haystacks , etc. , all along Its path. It U rumored that Mrs. Dave Hefferon. living north cf Burkhardl , was killed. The rain and wind were very severe. The full extent of the damage can not be known before daylight. The followIng - Ing places are known to be damaged : Houi * on one farm and all buildings except housn en another farm of Henry Madson. Julius Beer * ' barn , Dave Hefferon's barn , all buildIngs - Ings belonging to Mr. Lacey north of Uurk- hardfs small flour mill at flurkhardt , barn and home of Mr. Beobe near same place ; corncrib and windmill belonglns to Frank Wade were dashed Into kindling wood. A courier from Uoardraan. juat In. reports that the whole town has been wiped off the face of the earth and no definite report can be obtained of the casualties It u known that Dave Heflerson Is severely In jured and his wife killed. Train * Tlr l I'p. ST. PAUL , June 12. Owing to washouts along their lines the various Chicago trainj were held here tonight. It being impouible to get through. The Omaha is washed out near Hudson , the Milwaukee & tit. Paul baa lost several bridges and considerable track near Wabasha , Minn , and to Wisconsin iho Burlington If blocked by a washout near Tecumseh. Wls. The Wisconsin Central ! lc extends only beyond Stlllwater , Miun. Ther4 are al o a number of blocked places on the variou branch line * . The mall train * from the east were -unable to get through. Lo cally the storm did much small damage to tree * and outbuilding * and for a tin * al