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The Omaha Daily Bee ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATUHDAY MORNING, JUNE 2'J, lflOl-TWELVB PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. HAY IS TO EXPLAIN CabiMt TJecidei that Buatrlai GoTimmint Kitdi te Bt Enlifhteied, IS UNNECESSARILY IRATE OVER DUTIES leek Venjeanoe Whir N Earn Wm Erer Iateaded. OTHER NATIONS AREN'T OBJECTING CannUmllinji Duty on Petreleum lerete fara TTaatUokad. SECRETARY GAGE IS FULLY SUSTAINED pthera of the ofllclnl Fnmlly Approve v Action He Took and Think All '' that la JVeceaaary ! the Itui- f V alnni' Kducntlon. , - 'cl' f .WASHINGTON, Juno 21. Most of the jtlme of tbo cabinet today was spent In a HlscU8slon of the action of tho Treasury de partment la imposing a countervailing duty ,on certain Ilusslan products. Secrotnry page oxplalncd In detail tho action which ,the department had tnken and the cabinet Unanimously approved of what ho had done. As a result of the consideration of tho rentlre mattor by tho cabinet, Secretary in t. ...... i ... i k. nil! Buuil luunri icjii uavuidliuun lu uiu Russian government fully explaining tho attitude of this country nnd pointing out that Russia has acted hastily nnd under a misapprehension of tbo facts In Its posi tion of retaliation. The statement of the secretary of the trensury Is substantially bs follows: Secretary Gage called attention to tho itarlft act of July 24, 1S97, known ns the 'Dlngloy act, which, among other things, provides that If thero be Imported Into jthn United States crudo petroleum or tho products of crude petroleum, produced In any country which Imposes a duty on petroleum or Us products, exported from tho United States, thero shull In such cases be levied, paid nnd collected a duty upon raid crudo petroleum or Its products so Imported, equal to tho duty Imposed by auch country. This provision was embod ied In a circular Issued to tho officers of the customs, dated April 21, 1S98, to which was appended a schedule of 109 countries Imposing a duty on petroleum and Us pro ducts. These countries Included Franco, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Spain and practically all of tho leading countries of the world. This circular was Issued for tho purpose of carrying Into effect the pe- ftroloum provision of tho Dlngley tariff law. . Teat Cnae. On June 18, 1000, an lnvolco of refined , petroleum was received at Rochester, N. Y., I manufactured from crude petroleum pro duced In Russia. Tho collector of customs i at Rochester held that the refined article I was subject to duty as a production of Kussla anit.assetsed duty' accordingly. An I appeal was takcii'from tho action Of (ho collector to tho board of general appraiser t New York. This bonrd on 'January 30, 1901, sustained the collector, holding that potroleum produced In Russia and Im ported Into England and thero refined and thenco sent to this country was dutiable at a rato equal to that Imposed by Russia on petroleum Imported Into that country from tho United States. No protest or objection, no fnr ns the department knows, was received from any country against this decision and the mat ter was not again brought to tho atten tion of tho government until March ft of this year. On that dato the department held that Invoices of products of crudo pe troleum must ho accompanied by a United States consular certificate showing the country whero the potroleum was produced. In the ntvonco of this certificate tho liquidation was suspended, and pending further Information the rate of duties must ho estimated at the highest rate levied by any country on such potroleum. Fur ther than this tho department has never taken any action whatever on the subject of petroleum. Upon this statement of facts the officials are at a great loss to understand how Itussln can feel aggrieved at tbo govern ment's action and inaugurato a system of discriminating duties against products of the United States In consequence. It Is hoped that Secretary Hoy will bo able to present the facts so that Russia will re scind its action and will show that it Is not seeking to be unjust to this country In tariff matters. .OPENING IS NOW ASSURED geccretnry Hitchcock Saya Lone Wolf rullure hcttlea .Mutter. WASHINGTON, June 21. Secretary I Hitchcock reported at tho cabinet meeting today that the decision of the supreme court of tho District of Columbia yesterday, dismissing tho application of Lone Wolf and other Indians for on Injunction to re strain him from oponlng tho Klowa-Co-maache-Apacho reservations to whito set tlement under tho act of Juno 6, 1900, re moved the last obstacle to the opening of theio reservations. Tho nllottments to tho Indians havo been mado under the law and the president's proclamation fixing the date of the opening will bo Issued soon. The secretary says that the great body of tho Indians aro thoroughly gratified. llraiiernilorH Are Waiting. KANSAS CITY, Juno 21. Thousands of people, 'men, women and children, camped on the border of the Klowa-Coraancbc-Apache reservations In Oklahoma, awaiting tho opening of that land to settlement, are In destitute circumstances, according to Dr. J. J. McKenna, who has Just returned from the scone. "Only last Monday," said Dr. McKenna, "two friends and myself drovo over to the border from Oklahoma City nnd the sight that greeted ua was one of terrible destitu tion. Twenty thousand men, women and children aro mussed on tho border and bait of them are utterly destitute. Only a small percentage have even tents to sleep In, but huddlo under the wagons and such shelter ing trees as thoy can And. At least 5,000 of them havo been thero a year and a half. Thoy went with possibly 1200 or $300 and have made nothing Blnce they arrived Imply waiting waiting. Tho really pltl able thing about It all Is that thero are hundreds of desperadoes on the border whs havo picked out clalniB and will not scruple to kill the successful ones In the drawing. In case thoy havo a lottery. A reliable merchant told me a few days ago about a hand of 1Q0 such desperadoes, who havo ecoured tho reservation for choice claim and ore determined to have them at any cost," , , BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON General Klectrio of Nctt York Iluya it Through Herman nnil French Shareholder. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Juno 22. (New York World Ca blcgram Special Telegram.) The Morning Expross states that tho General Electric company of New York, of which J. I'lerpont Morgan Is tho principal ttockholder, has acquired a controlling Interest In the British Thomson-Houston Electric company. This bar -cn done by purchasing stock held by G' nd Krench shareholders. 1. '' "K, June 21. Official confirma tion hi.. ' f. 'en to tho purchase of the Drltlsh Ttu t -iston Electric company of London, En ho General Electric company of Now 't Is announced officially thnt tho .. ,', and Krench shareholdings In the Eng. ' company havo been acquired, thereby giving tho American company a controlling Interest. C. A. Cof fin, president of tho General Electric com pany; Eugcno Griffin, first vlco president, and W. J. Clark, general manager of tho foreign department, will be members of tho British Thomson-Houston board and the closest co-operation will exist between the General Etectrlc and British Thomson Houston companies. IS GRANT'S GRANDDAUGHTER London Society Wonder nt Newa of Ilreaklug of llnlfour'a En. gnKcment. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 21. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Among tho paid announcements In tho Morning Post of today appeared this notice: "The mar riage between Miss Vivian Sartorls and Archibald nalfour will not take place" London society Is completely mystified. Miss Sartorls, who Is a granddaughter of General Ulysses S. Grant, Is well known here, and Mr. Bnlfour Is a cousin of the famous Arthur Balfour, tho statesman. Tho American contingent In London was surprised nt tho announcement of the en gagement April 18, but prepared to send wedding gifts fitting for the granddaughter of a former president of tho United States. Nobody knows tho meaning of tho sudden notice, and many refuso to believe It true. Tho Morning Post, however, Is one of Lon don's most conservative dallies nnd print's all the authorized society announcements. it. MORGAN GOESJN FOR ART J. l'ierint'a I,ntct I'urclinur la Hey nolila' "l.ndy Del inn nnd 1 Daughter." (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 21. (Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) J. Plerpont Morgan has mado another great nrt pur chase. He has Just acquired Sir Joshua Reynolds' famous portrait group, "Lady Delma and Her Daughter." Ho bought tho picture from tho dealer, Charles Wort hclmcr. This portrait, which stands high among Reynolds' masterpieces, and Is an extromely attraciive work, changed hands at Christie's auction room nine years ago at 53,000. Mr. Morgan In now said to hava paid $10,000 for U. Reynolds painted it In 1780 for Lady-Dclma, who was -a alster'of tho then earl of Carlisle, nnd a great beauty. Reynolds got $1,050 for It. CHARITY GARB FOR A QUEEN Iilack Sat I it norm to lie Provided ltnnnvnlo hy Pnltllc Suli acrlptlon In Purl. PARIS, June 21. A public subscription has been opened to buy Ranavalo, tho de throned queen of Madagascar, a black satin gown. Ranavalo has been allowed to leave Algiers for n few weeks' visit to Paris. She wished to tako back with her a black satin gown, but found sho could not nfford to buy It, her allowanco from tho Krench govern ment being too email. Tho antl-mlnlsterlnl newspapers, which have been attacking the government on ac count of Us parsimonious treatment of tho dethroned queen, took the matter up. La Prcsse started tho subscription today nnd 730 francs have already been received, Henri Rochefort heading tho list with 50 francs. A number of deputies and municipal coun cillors am among tho" donators for tho gown. To the annoyance of tho government, Ranavalo has accepted tho gift. LLOYDS IS HELD LIABLE Mnat Sualnln the Loaa of Inaured Gold Commandeered by the Iloern, LONDON, Juno 21. Considerable Interest has been aroused by the success of the Drel-Konteln case In the appeal court, In which Lloyds is held for the 600,000 which the Transvaal government comman deered from a train. Lloyds published a report, October 3, 1S99, to tho effect that gold valued at 000,000 and In transit had been comman deered or selred by the Transvaal author ities. This was before the South African war had broken out, for the Boers did not enter Natnl until October 11, 1899, although tho Orango Krce State on Octobor 6 of tho same year had seized 800 tons of coal In transit, belonging to tho government of Cape Colony. Tho report of the seizure of tho 500,000 in gold was reiterated October 4, 1S99, and It was further said that the amount was commandeered while on Us way from Johannesburg to Capetown, being tho week's shipment of gold, Insured by Lloyds, from the Rand. Tho gold was sub sequently taken to Pretoria, GERMANY WOULD ASK MORE Wnnta Two Million-round lnrrenae In Indemnity to Coter II penne, Mny In July, BERLIN, Juno 21. It Is officially ad mitted that Gormany desires to increase her claim of Indemnity from China from 12,000,000 to 14,000,000, becauhe the first figures do not Include expenses borne by Grrmuny In China from May to July, This demand about tallies with Germany's ac tual outlay during tho two months In ques tion. It is understood here that Great Britain backs up Germany In this Increased claim. BOER CHILDREN IN PRISON Unit the Prlaonera In Ungllah Con centration Cnmpa Are Little More Thmt Infunla. LONDON, June 21. The war secretary. M. Broderlck. Informed a questioner In the House of Commons today that out of 63,000 persons In the concentration camps of South Africa 34,000 were children. FIREWORKS SPREAD DEATH Expleda li Fatartai Tanamaat Hama aid Fourteea Are Lett, PROPRIETORS TO BE HELD UNDER ARREST Kxploalon So Forceful thnt Hoy a Half Illock Dlatnnt la Knocked Agnluat n Fence and Ills Lck tlroken. .1, NEW YORK, June 22. Twelve persons were killed, two aro believed to have been killed and a number were Injured yester day as tho result of a Are following an explosion among a quantity of fireworks In tho store of Abraham M. Rlttcnbcrg nt Patcrson, N. J. Tho flro was on tho ground floor of n tenement building. The cause of the explosion Is not known and the property loss will not exceed $33,000. Tho bodies found up to 12:10 this (Sat urday) morning aro those of: MRS. LUC1NDA ADAMSON. MRS. CHARLES WILLIAMS, burned whtlo trying to rcscuo her husband. CHARLES WILLIAMS, helpless cripple, unable to leave bed. HAROLD RITTENBERG, lO-months'-oId child of the keeper of the fireworks store. WILLIE ELSASSER, 6 weeks old, mother kept bakery and store. MRS. BERT BAMBER, whose husband Is In hospital. BAMBER. 6 months old. MRS. ALDREW ELVIN, head only found, trunk missing. MRS. ANNA BURNS. CLARENCE BURNS, 6 years old, found clasped In his mother's arms. MRS. ANNIE LANN1GAN. MRS. MARY DUFKY. Total number of bodies recovered, twelve. Tho missing: JOSEPH ELVIN, 2 weeks old; mother's head found. MRS. ANNE FENTEMAN. TWO NEPHEWS OF MRS. LANNAOAN, whoso body has been found. MRS. ELSASSER, kept bnkershop; child's body found. Thnae Ininretlt J. Jessut, bruised about the head and body. Mrs. J. Jcssup, burned and bruised about body. L. Bamberger, head and face burned. Gcorgo Sodor, head severely cut. Nicholas Hlllman, cut on head. Fireman Edward S. Llngland, Injured by falling wall'. Mr. atid Mrs. John McGlone, burned about faces and bodies. Several persons received minor Injuries, but went to their homes. The building In which the explosion occurred was a frame tenement, four stories hjgh, with stores ou tho ground floor. Tho middle store was occupied by Rlttcn berg. Ten families occupied flats In tbo building. So great was the forco of the ex plosion that a boy playing in the street half a blook nv.ay was lifted .from his feet and hurled against an Iron fence. One of bis legs was Droken. A trolley car was directly In front of the.Julldlng when the explosion occurred. The burst of flame blown out Into the street, scorched .the aide of the car and singed the hair of the passengers. A num ber of thoso on the upper floors when tho explosion took placo were cither stunned and burned to death, or found escape cut off nnd wero suffocated. After the first explosion thero was a succession of smaller ones and then came a second big explosion, which was muffled and deadened and prob ably occurred In tho cellar. Fnlthfnl Wife Pcrlahea. Every window seemed to bo emitting flame after tho first explosion. A woman, her clothing on fire, lenped out of one of the windows and fell to the yard below. Her dead body was dragged out of reach of tho flames, but the flosh was roasted and, dropped from tho bones. She later provca to bo Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Williams' hus band was a cripple. His wife is supposed to have remained longer than she could with safety In an effort to savo him. He was found burned to a crisp on his bed. Some, of the occupants of tho rooms dropped from tho windows and wero bruised. Others hung from the windows until tho firemen came and twenty persons wero taken down In this way through tho fire nnd araoko by the firemen, while others dropped Into life nets. Daniel Dooley, who was In the yard when the explosion took place, saw the two Rtt tenberg children' In tho rear room and rushed Into tho flames for them. He got one of them nnd carried It out, and tried to go back for tho other, but the room was then one mass of Are and ho was too late. He was badly scorched In reienim- th - "n m child. While the rescues wero going on the fire men Wero fighting the flames. Pnntntn Al. Ion led with a hoso lino In an effort to keep mo nro irom tne upper floors, where It was said many were nlnned In. Tho mn hardly taken their positions and begun on me HinewniK to tnrow water Into the up per floors when, without warning, the whole upper part of tho bulldlnir nhnv. th.m sagged outward ond fell. The captain and two or ms men were burled under tho blaz ing dobrls. One of the mm la haHlv hi,r. Tho building In which the explosion oc curred was destroyed. Rlttenberg will probably be arrested pending an Investiga tion. In the debris was found the head of a man or a woman, the hair humix! nff mH the features unrecocnlzahln. Th. r.m.i of the body has not been found. The bodies taKen out tnus far are almost unrecogniza ble and are burned and tarn hv th r nn.i tho collapto of the tlmbors of the building. HASHI TORU ASSASSINATED Former Japanese Mlnlater to United Stntea la Stnhhed at City Aa aenibly Meeting. YOKOHAMA. Juno 21. Hoshl Toru, who was minister of communications In the last Ito cabinet, was stabbed to death at a meeting of the city "assembly and died shortly afterwards. Hoshl Toru was Jap aneso minister at Washington and waa rormerly president of the House. The as sassination Is supposed to have been due to politics. . Movement of Ocean Veaaela, Jnne -t. At New York Arrived Belgrnvla, from Genoa ond Naples; Pennsylvania, from Hamburg, etc.; Columbia, from Hamburg, etc, Snlled-CUtlc. for Liverpool. At Havre Arrived La Lorraine, from New York. ' At Brisbane Sailed Aerangl. from Syd ney, N. 8. W. for Vancouver, 13. C. At Movllle Sallod-Astorla, from Olns gow, for New York; Parisian, from Liver pool, for Montreal. At Queenstown Sailed Commonwealth, from Liverpool, for Boston. At Southampton Sailed Fuerst Bis marck, from Hamburg, for New York, via Cherbourg. At Llverpool-Arrlvcd-Mlchlgan, from Boston. DARIUS MILLER IS RETICENT Great .nrtliern'a Vice Prenldcnt He cllnea to Confirm Iteport of Promotion. ST. PAUL. June 21. More thin ordinary Interest wsb attached to' the return to St Paul today of Vlco President Darius Miller of tho Great Northern, who Is roportcd to hae been selected as director of traffic for the Hill-Morgan group of railroads, com prising the Great Northern, Northern Pa cific and Burlington. It was txpected that Inasmuch as Traffic Manager Stubbs of the Southern had confirmed his appointment as director of the southern) group Mr. Miller would do tho same concerning his own ap pointment, but such wasjnot the case. Mr. Miller says that up to too present time hu h:is no Information as to what really was to bo done. t "I say authoritatively ,that nothing has been decided as yet regarding the actual de tails of management of the Northern group." "H.tve you been selected?" "I have, of course, heard my name men tioned, but nowhere as often as In the press reports. I don't think this matter will bo settled until after the return of Mr. Hill." "Do you think the northern group will carry out the harmony program on tho samo lines as thi Harrlmxn gioup?" "Not necessarily. There Is no agreement whatever to that effect. Merely because Mr. Horrlman has elected a director of traffic for the Southern Pacific, Union Pa cific and other lines in the group It does not follow that northern lines .will j0 the same. Tho Oreat Northern and Northern Pacific have Jolutly bought the Burlington. This Is uo secret now. But as to tho details of agrecmont that Is not fully determined upon. In fact the questions being consid ered are thoso concerning the best methods of harmonhtng the threo properties. Mr. Harrlmun seems to have settled tho ques tion for his group by uppolntlng Mr. Stubbs. Mr. Hill aud Mr. Morgan may settle thelrj In another way. "I was not in Chltago for tho purpose of considering my appointment, for. as I said before, 1 was never directly asked." 'FRISCO CAPITAL DOUBLED Notice la Filed of lnrrenae from Fifty .Mllllnna to One Hun. dred Mllllona. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Juno 21. L. F. Parker, general attorney for tho St. Louis & San Francisco Railway company, today filed with tho secretary of stato a statement of Increose of capital stock from $50,000, 000 to $100,000,000. This incrcV will bi employed In the consolidation, of tha Frisco with tho Kansas City, Kprt Seott & Memphis road. KANSAS CITY, Juno 31. B. p; Wlnchell, president of tho Memphis railroad, nnd tho attorneys for that road declined' today to discuss tho Increase of the 'Frisco capital stock from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 beyond stating that the Increnso was made to take care of additional bonded Indebtedness of tho 'Frisco railroad. The fact flat the capital stock was to be doubled bis been advertised by tho 'Frisco railroad for sev eral weeks and Is Bald to haro nothing to do directly with the consolidation of tha 'Frisco and Memphis rallVoi-? Several 'Frisco , and' M.'aia railroad office In Missouri Uik.r6',cV been closed have been reopened. This 'was done, It Is said, not because tho consolidation plan haa been abandoned, but because one offlco was unablo to tnko care of tbe business. For tho same reason trains that were taken off on both roads havo been restored. TO NEW YORK AND RETURN Ilallroada Decide ot Put On It'onnd Trip Fare Arrangement for ChlcnRo Pntrona. CHICAGO. June 21. Tho rail decided to sell tickets from Chicago to New York nnd return, and from New York to tnis city and return, from July 1 to October 20. Round trln tickets hetwee have never been sold before. Three grades of rates have been estab lished. Tickets over differential II nps will be sold for $31. Tickets reading over a Qincrcniiai lino one way and returning over a standard lino will bo sold for $33. Tickets good over standard lines both wnys will bo sold for $35. These rotea are based on the rates made for tickets good for ten days on account of the nnffnin . position, $2 being added to tho rate from unicago to uunalo, ana rrom Buffalo to New York. The arbitrary sum of $2 Is added for the purpose of making It unprofitable for scalpers to deal In the round trip tick ets. TO TAKE MORE UNION PACIFIC Humor Current thnt Syndicate Will Still Fnrther the Community of Intereata, NEW YORK, June 21. It was reported In Wall street today that a syndicate which recently sold a largo amount of St. Paul stock has agreed to take a large amount of Union Pacific common stock In furtherance of the community of Interests Idea. This syndicate was Bald to be headed by William Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller. The amounts of stock Involved wore not defi nitely stated. No official confirmation or denial of the report was obtainable. PHOTOGRAPHER GETS DROP la Spilled from Ilia Ilnllnon While Trying to Tnke Chlcairo Stock Ynrda, CHICAGO. June 51. Gennro TV T .ntvpAn. a photographer, made an ascension In a uuiuuu m mo siock yarns mis afternoon to take a birds-eye-vlew picture and when fifty feet abovo the road level the cross bar broke nnd the haloon swayed, spilling Lawrence nnd his camera out. Lawrence was saved from death by dropping Into the many strings of telegraph and telephone wires, from which ho fell to the ground. He received a dozen scratches and a ner vous shock, but declared that he was not badly hurt. Meantime the balloon, a large affair, broke from 11b guyrope and sailed away. WANAMAKER RAISES HIS BID Adda a,"o,noo More for Congrenamnn Foerder'a Little Philadelphia Prlae Pncknicr. PHILADELPHIA, June 21. Following his offer to Mayor Ashbrldge last week to psy to the city $2,500,000 for the street railway franchises cranted to certain ranltnll.t in this city by tho city councils, ex-Postmaster uenorai jonn wauamaker tonight sent a communication to Congressman Robert II, Foerder. one of the capitalists to whom one of the franchises was granted, offering him $500,000 for tbe franchises, in addition to giving to the city the sura already offered a few days ago. SIXTEENTH STREET PAVING What Fxapatty Own en Hata Paid aid What tha City. PUBLIC HAS MAINTAINED THOROUGHFARE Itnlna Produce (Irent llcnt Itulla While the People Settle fur Im provement to Aid Prltnte PurncN, Totnl nnniinl rental col lected Totnl imnraacd vnluntlou (lty) Per cent of rental pnld on nxnriiNiMl vnluntlou (elt Total market nliintlou . . Per cent of reutnl pnld on market itluit tlmi . . Amount expended by city lu Hcventeen yenra In ImprotliiK nnd ninliitiilnliiK pnrliiH A in ii ii tit iinlil ()- prop erty miner In Nr cit tern jrnra for pnvliiit.. Amount uaaeaaed MHnliint Iota nlinttlna- dlreully on .sixteenth ntrcet (one-third of coat).... Ratlmnted coat of re pulra now needed 7,(K)0 to .unilier of front feet on Mxtfcuth afreet from vthlch rcntnl la col lected , Tn till monthly reutnl now bclnir collected.. .. Average monthly reutnl per foot front occupied Kfttlmntri! coat of repnlra per foot front occupied Coat to property iitiut tlnn directly on Six teenth atrcet (one-third of total) a l.-.T.yna.txi tmn.tr.'o.oo a:t.. 1,1172,(550.00 u tt 00,047.110 47.aao.7i in,74.1.BT 8,000.00 4,001! a f ia,io5 na 3.U7 l.!)f) O.I7 The foregoing figures tell the story of tho North Sixteenth street situation. In seventeen years tho owners of tho prop erty fronting on that thoroughfaro have not paid one cent for the repair of tho pavement, and only onco since the im provement was mado In 1883 havo thoy been aBked to assist, and that was In 1898, when tho atone gutters were taken out and asphalt gutters put In. llulldlnKa a Public Dlnnrncr. In tho mcantlmo handsomo revenues havo been drawn from as miserable a lot of buildings ns ever disgraced a modern city. From Dodge atrcet notth, with tho single exception of tho federal building, moro is not a structure to which tho In habitants of a town of 5,000 people would "point with pride," whllo tho great ma jority of tho "business blocks" aro one story structures of a character that brings a blush to tho face of every loyal citizen of Omaha each time ho takes a friend from Bbroad along tho street. Many of tho buildings nro of frame construction and In tho last stages of dilapidation. The owners keep on getting big rents for them, however, nnd decline to Improve either tho buildings or their surroundtngt. Along this street flow the, great bulk of the rotatl business In Omaha,-, and lts con dition Is a matte'rof" concern to evefV cltl- l0n' ". i 4 t. Tho ronflltUr. of the aaphajtr. parlftg on Sixteenth etreet between Douglas ' ' add' Cuming has become such that either early repairs must be mado or the street will become Impassable. At present there Is a dispute In the city council as to who Is responsible for tbe condition of tho street, nnd whother the city or tho owners of abutting property should he called upon to pay for the repairs needed. History of the Paving. Boventccn years ago Sixteenth street was paved with asphalt from Douglas to Izard, tho total number of yards of asphalt laid being 22,711, and tho contract price $2.98 por jnrd. This was put down under a six-year guaranty. Of tho work dono 13,826 yards was charged to tho abutting property and tho rest to tho city. This mndo the original cost of the Improvement to tho properly owners $41,231.48. In 1898 tho old stone gutters were taken out and new asphalt gutters put In, tbe total amount of work charged to the property owners being 3, 427.66 yards, tbe contract price being $1.75 per yard, and the total cost $5,999.23. Thus In seventeen years tho property owners along Sixteenth street have pald for tho Improvement of tho street nnd tho main teanco of the paving $47,230.71. Under the method of assessing tho cost of such improvements only one-third Is charged against the property fronting on Sixteenth street, which makes tho share of the own ers of this property $13,743.82 for the cost of the original paving and $1,999.74 for the cost of putting in the new gutters In 1898. Tbe city's share of the original cost of the paving, 8,888 yards at $2.98, was $26. 486.21, and for building the new gutter, 2,223.35 yards, tho city paid $3,890,86, a total of original cost to the city of $30,377,10 for tho Improvement ot this eectlou ot Six teenth street. neenrd of Itepnlr Rxpenaea. Under tho six-year guaranty there was no expenso for repairs to tbo surface until 1889, when a contract was entered Into with the Barber company to maintain tho asphalt surfaco for ten years. Under this contract $13,501.30 was paid out. Since 1899 addi tional repairs have been mado at tbe ex pense of the city until the total amount pnld out of the public funds for maintaining till street In good condition is $20,270.56. Thus It Is shown that in the seventeen years since Sixteenth street from Douglas to Izard was Improved tho owners of tho abutting proporty have paid $47,230.71 and tho general public has paid $50,617.66 to maintain the street. That Is, the public at large, which uses the street but casually, has paid $3,416.95 more to keep It up to a high standard than those for whose direct benefit It has boen maintained. In all these years tLe property owners who have de rived largo revenues from tho miserable structures along Sixteenth street north of Dodgo havo not paid one cent for tho repairs on the pavement. These figures may sur prise some of tbe councllmen who havo held forth so eloquently on the matter and who have talked of the thousands of dollars paid out by tho property owners to keep up thu paving in front of their premises. One of the councllmen placed the figures at $100, 000, The general public has paid since the expiration of the guaranty given by the original contractor $20,270.56 to maintain this strip of paving, which Is $1,527 more than tbe total original c6st to those ownem whose property fronts on Sixteenth street. Itevenne Derived hy Owner a. 1'ollowlng Is a showing of the rental value of tho houses and pieces of ground now occupied on Sixteenth street between Douglas and Cuming. In this dlstanco are two blocks for which the public Is charge able. One Is on tha west sldo of tho street, occupied by tho federal building, tbe other Is Jcfforfon Square pork, on the cast side of tho street. The total frontage of oc cupied ground Is 1,002 feet, and the total (Continued on Seventh Page,), CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraka Fnlr Saturday and Sunday; Variable Wlndn. Temperature nt Omnhn yea(erdn t Hour. neg. Hour. Deg. 5 a. m h'" p. rn M t; . m f.1 z p. in. Iv a. m ks 3 p in '0 K a. m 70 4 p, m s: 9 a. in 7'J .p. m M 10 a, m 71 6 p. m !2 11 u. m 7 7 p. in m 12 m 79 sn m i9 9 p. in ii GIFT FOR PE0PLE'SCHURCH Modeat IK'iuer Mutt Iloiintra Million Dollar to Curry tint Dr. Tliunin' Plnn, CHICAGO, June 21. Tho Rceord-Hfrald tomorrow will say: On the Rockefeller and Carnegie plan of endowing colleges and libraries a western benefactor, whose name for the present Is withheld, has plsccd lu escrow In a Denver bank $1,000,000 In se curities for the purpose of establishing Pcoplu's churches throughout the country, following tho lines laid down by Dr. H. W. Thomas of this city. Tho administration of this fund has been confided to Dr. Thomas and men active In promoting the liberal church movement. The legal feminities Incident to tho as sumption of trust were completed today and tho organization of tho People's Church of America was mado by the election of a board of directors, ns follows: President, Dr. H. W. Thomas; vice president and treasurer, Prof. John F. L. Kbcrhart: secre tary, Pcrclval Hunter; directors, John P. Altgold, Ocorgo W. Boman, W. W, Ormsbeo Jcnkln Lloyd Jones. The anonymous benefactor Is said for merly to havo been a resident of Chicago nnd a devoted parishioner of Dr. Thomas. Of late years he has resided In tho west, whero he Is said to havo accumulated a vast fortune. Over the signature of Secretary Hunter the following statement was given out to night: "Wot Ic will commence actively In Septem ber in establishing People's churches throughout tho country, a benefactor hav ing mado this possible hy depositing with the Miners and Trust company of Donver securities amounting to $1,000,000. to be drawn hy the church for that purpose. Tho plan Is to double tho amount of money any community may raise toward establishing n People's church." GIANT POWDER BEHEADS THEM Accidental Kxplnilou KIM Two Min ora nnd Severely Iujnrea Seven Other Xrnr ICnlnma. KALAMA, Wash., June 21. A premature explosion occurred today nt a rock cut halt a mile south of Kalama on the new Wash ington & Oregon railroad, killing tow men and Injuring seven others. The dead: THOMAS ORA1IAM of Portland, Ore. HUGH JAMESON of Portland, Ore. Tho Injured: "Scotty" Honey of Vancouver, B. C, fatally. James York of Carrolltpn, Wash., skull fractured,back Injured. and . ' ti 1 1 1 1 1 tha head and body. Arthur Hockott, Kalnma, right leg badly bruised. Charles Rellly, head and left leg Injured. Burkley, scalp w-ound. From survivors It Is learned that Thomas Graham and Hugh Jameson were loading a twelve-foot drill bole with No. 2 giant powder and had put In about 100 sticks. It Is supposed that they had begun tamp ing the powder with a crowbar when the explosion occurred. Jameson's head was blown off and Graham was blown almost Into a Jelly. "Scotty" Honey wns blown up on top of the cut, a distance of fifteen feet. His Injuries are fatal, though he Is still alive. His chin was blown off, skull fractured, arms and logs broken and holes blown through his body. ONE BOY PROVES AN ALIBI Clyde Moore Left Alone to Face Charge of Murdering Kan ana Farmer. WINFIELD, Kan., Juno 21. This after noon tbe jury In the Betts murder caso ren dered a verdict of not guilty. Tho boy. who Is 13 years old, was In tbe court room with his mother and father, and all broke Into tears, the boy weeping llko a baby. It has 'not been decided when Clyde Moore, Belts' chunr, will have his' trial. Tho chargo against both was tbe killing of C. L. Wllberger on April 18. Tho Jury was out since, yesterday morning. Betts Is the son of Charles Betts, an ex policeman of Arkansas City, who Is In county politics. Moora Is tbe son of Wil liam Moore, a machinist of Arkansas City. AprJI 18 Wllberger, n well-to-do farmer, wan killed by a shot fired from behind. He had been to town and sold a load of wheat. While on his way home he was killed, his body being found In thn bottom of the wagon and his pockets rifled. Betts and Mooro ran away from homo and took with them a revolver. Each boy uprin the stand said the other lad had tbe revolver tho afternoon of the murder. They had separated at noon. Betts proved a fairly good alibi. HOMEOPATHS TAKE IT UP Don't Itellah Mr. Kddy'a Declaration that They Appronch Her Own Faith. RlCHFIELI) SPRINGS, N. Y., June 21. Dr. R. H. Stout ,of Jacksonville, Kla., read a paper biro the American Institute of Homeopathy (his afternoon on "Christian Science, a Menace to Public Health." In the animated discussion which fol lowed Dr. T. C. Duncan of Chicago led the debate. Dr. M. Bell Brown of tho Woman's Medical college of New York made a state ment denying that Christian Science Is spreading among women who believe In homeopathy. An earnest attempt Is mak ing to secure united vigorous action by tha Institute against tbo doctrines of Mrs, Eddy, who recently characterized homeo pathy as a stepping stone from allopathy to Eddylsm. INVITES PLOWMEN TO UNITE Truat Cnmpnny In Xew York Plain Conference to Arrange Nn tlonal Combination, CHICAGO, Juue 21, According to a mem ber of tbo recently formed Plowmen's asso ciation the Uulted Slates Mortgage and Trust company of Now York has sent out Invlla'tlons to all the plow and agricul tural Implement manufacturers In the United States to meet next Wednesday In New York for the purpose of forming a na tional comblnutlou. 'JohW'Bardo oU&eattlerlshUarim; Lee K ontgouiery f'InVerinYtirefl WIPES OUT FAMILIES Toraada Iwtapi Notthira Nibraika aid Leaves a Trail of Dtath. ONLY ONE CHILD LEFT IN A HOUSEHOLD Father and Children Inttantlj Killed in Wreckage ef Home, WIND STRIPS BODIES OF CLOTHING Dwellings and Other Euildlnge Qa Down Like Facki of Oarda, PEOPLE ARE TfESSD ABOUT FIELDS AVI nil Grind Tlmtiera to Duat, Mulit nliiff Sin j Stock nnd Hailstones till na IIhip Hull nnln Crop. NAPER, Neb., June 21. (Special Tele gram.) A terrific tornado went down the Keya Paha valley, twenty miles north of Stutrt, Holt county, at sundown last even ing and left death and desolation In Its wake. Eight persons dead and several others Injured Is the result of the twister's trail. Tho dead: JACOB GREENING, aged (5. MAGGIE GREENING, aged 12. JOHN GREENING, aged 8. MARY GREENING, aged 6. JACOB GREENINO, aged 3. CLAUV ANDERSON, aged 7. IDA ANDERSON, aged 5. BERTHA ANDERSON, aged 10. Tho Injured: Mrs. Jacob Greening, seriously. Theodore Anderson, aged S, dangerously Mrs. August Anderson, In & critical con dition. Otto Metz, severe bruises. Henry Metr, leg broken. Three Fnnncl-Miaped Clouds. The weather had been extremely sultry all day and about 6 o'clock storm clouds gathered In tho northwest and soon wero seething, boiling, black musses. Three funnel-shaped clouds formed, ono of which followed tho valley In Its mission of ruin and death. It first paid a visit to tbo home of Henry Meti. It was seen approaching by Mr. Metz and ho and his brother Otto went Into a slough, lay down nnd hung onto tho grass. They yere picked up by a twister, carried 200 yards and dropped, then picked up again and carried back, then plckod up a third time and flung to tho placo where they were first. Otto Is bndly Injured. Henry had a leg broken. The tornado then paid a visit to tno home of John Berg and scattered outbuild ings and farm machinery around, but In jured no one. From there It went to Jacob Berg's,vu teuing-. granary, tun i.L.corn. taia5jinc,c corneals, ThW 1 Hauff and tore It up badly, but hurt no one. Family Wiped Out. It then struck tho dwelling house of Jacob Greening, killing Jacob, Maggie, John, Mary and Jacob, Jr. Tho only ono of tho family to' escape Is Grace Greening, aged 14. Your correspondent today witnessed tho grueromo sight at tho place where, twenty four hours beforo, tho Greening family had lived tn peace and happiness. Not a vest ige of the house remained, while out on tho bare ground In the morning sun, with only a blanket to cover their nakedness, lay the father and his four dead children, a bruised and blackened mass ot humanity. Four horses, a lot of sheep and other domestic animals wero killed at this place, whllo a now mower was picked up, carried 100 yards and twisted out of shape. Smaahea IIIk Timber Like Heeda, From hero tho twister went through big timber on the bottoms, smashing It down like so many reeds, and struck the new bridge across tho Keya Paha. The brldgo was totally wrecked. It then took a jump and struck the house of August Anderson a quarter of a mtlo distant, Mrs. Anderson was homo with her children, tho husband at a neigh bor's. Seeing the storm coming, Mrs. An derson thought tho chicken coop at the brow of the hill a safer placo and took the children and went Into It. The cyclone wrecked both houses, killing Clara and Ida. Mrs, Anderson and baby were taken up In tho nlr thirty feet and violently dashed to tho ground. Mrs. Anderson la In a crit ical condition, while the baby was not In jured tn the lenst. Bertha Anderson, aged 10, died this afternoon, making eight dead altogotbcr. Thcodoro Anderson, aged 8, Is dangerously hurt. Mr. Anderson probably owes his life to being awny from home. Nothing was left around the Anderson placo except wreckage, and thn valley up and down a long ways Is littered with broken boards and household furniture In a thousand pieces. Victim Stripped of Ctothca. A singular feature of this sad affair Is that tho clothing was torn from all the vic tims by the fury of the wind, Another peculiar Incident of thn storm was tho case of Rev. L. E. Barnes, who moved on bis claim only yesterday. Seeing tbe storm coming, and thinking ho would he safer In tho valley, he hitched up his team and tried to drive the horses to Green ings, a hsit-mlle distant. For tbe first time slnco he has bad the horses the team absolutely refused to go. Taking one out he tried to rldo It, but with the same re sult. He then took both horses to his shanty, out of tho storm. Thn wind lifted tho house up and carried It away, but neither horses nor man wero hurt. It was a night of terror for people here. Hailstones ns largo as base balls and some seven Inches long fell, whllo the elements seemed, as a lady expressed It, "under tho control of a thousand dovlls." Hundreds of peoplo of Boyd aud Holt counties went to the scene of the disaster today and tbe funeral procession of tha eight who were burled this afternoon was the largest seen In this county. LYNCH GETS A HURRICANE llouaea Blown Down, People Injured and llnllalonea Bcimliurd the Crnpa, BUTTE, Neb., June 2L-(SpeclaI Tele gram.) A small hurricane struck Lynch at 10 o'clock last night and threw over several buildings. No one was hurt. Southwest of Lynch three farm houses woro blown to pieces and two peisons wero badly Injured. Evert Rlcard's brick hoiua on the Niobrara was blown down and u Waw&waar.: