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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUKE 19, 1871.
(HI AHA, MONDAY 310KNIXG, AUGUST 5, 1901.
SINGLE COPY El VI-: CI2NTS.
ALL UNIONS MAY JOIN
Etery Eraploje of Bteil Truit Will Ea Askid
to Quit Work.
THERE WILL BE NO MOP f FENCES
Eitter Contest Betwom Libtr u
is Now On.
IHAFFER DETERMINED TO WIN VICTORY
Entirt M&nagtmut tf Buttle Placid in Hii
Hands.
SATISFIED WITH PROGRESS SO FAR
llend of Aninlcrnmnti-d Annelntlnn
Clnliita fltrrnKth In Jinny Mills
Can nnd Will Cnll Out Kvery
Sinn In Orgiiiilantlon.
I'lTTSIlUKO. I'a.. Auk. 4. "Within n
eek every union man und every union
man at heart in tho employ of tho United
Staton Steel corporation will he naked to
Join the HtrlUr now bolnj.- waged by the
Amalgamated association. Wc must settle
whether unionism Is to stand or fall.
There will bo no mom conferences with
the United Stntes Stool corporation, union
the meeting Is asked for by the oltlclals
of that corporation. The Amalgamated
association will not request n peace meet
ing." These and several other significant state
ments were rundo tonight by President
Hhnffcr of tho Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers upon his
return from tho fruitless conference with
J. Plcrpont Morgan and others lu Now
York.
It Is no.v a fight to a finish between the
great bllllt n-dollnr Steel trust nnd organ
ized labor. Mr. Shaffer says that he Is
ready to o.uploy every posslblo mean
within tho power of man to win a victory.
No quarter Is to bo given and nono will
bo requested. Tho entire management of
the battle hns been placed In the hands
of President Shaffer. He has absolute
power to call out every man who Is con
nected with tho organization and ho In
tends to do It. He Is satisfied with the
progress of tho tight to date. Ho finds
that none of Ills battle lines hava been
broken. Promise Is made by Mr. Shaffer
that tho trust will find the Amalgamated
ussoclalnn Is strong In many of Its mills.
Mr. Shnffor, Sccrotary Williams, B. I.
Davis M. F. Tlgh'o and John Ghnppolle
of Wellsvllle enmo In from New York
this evening. Tho president and advisers
did not appear to be tho least cast down.
"There Is not much that I can say about
the situation at present," said Mr. Shaffer.
"Will there be n meeting of tho ad
visory board tonight to order a general
utriko?" was aBked.
"No. I always endeavor to prevent Sun
day meetings when I can. Wo held 'none
on the train today'," was the reply.
"Will there be a meeting tomorrow?"
"None will bo needed. The fact of tho
matter Is that wc hold one In New York
last evening."
Bhnffor I lux I'nnrr In Cnll Out Mm.
"Was there any action taken at that
mooting about calling out nil of tho men
In tho employ of tho United States 8tcel
corporation?"
"1 was glvon full authority to net. The
meeting empowered me to Issue n call
whenever, In my Judgment, I thought It
time to act."
"Whnn will that cnll be Issued?"
"Thnl depends Upon a number of things.
It Is dlfllcult to say Just tho exact day that
I will bo rendy to exercise tho authority
rested In me."
"Is tho order likely to go out tonight?"
"I hardly think so. I dm of tho opinion
that I could not prepare myself to Issuo
tho order tonight."
"Will you do anything In tho matter
this evening?"
"I will not. I nm going home to rest
nnd will wait until tomorrow to resumo
the cares of my position."
"Cannot you fix somo definite date when
this order will bo issued?"
"You can say that within a week every
finlon man nnd every union man nt heart
n the employ of the United States Steel
torporntlon will be requested by me to
join tho Amalgamated association In win
ttlng this strike"
"Do you think you will be ablo to close
all of the mills of tho Steel corporation?
"I am of tho opinion that every one
of them can be closed, Wn have somo
great surprises In store for tho trtfst. Tho
men have been organized In some of their
mills that they nover dreamed could be
touched. Wo have the sympathy of the
workmen and thoy will not throw any
straws In the way of our absolute vie
lory."
Mr. Shaffer said that the stories that
Mr. Morgan had been ugly during tho
conference on Saturday were untrue. He
enld tho gentloman had been courteous
nnd businesslike throughout tho entire
meeting and If he had lost his temper It
xis nfter tho adjournment of the gather
ing. Dnritti't Krnr Importation of ruror,
"Are you nfrnld of southern negroes
being brought In to break the strike?"
"Not In the least. Tho negrots of the
south nre thoroughly organized. We have
not been overlooking that detail. They
make tho best kind of union men. The
800 colored men brought from the south
to nsslst In stnrtlng the plnnt of the
Latrobo Steel company In Chicago were
all members of the union. When they
discovered what was wanted of them they
returned to their homes."
Sccrotnry Williams was not disposed to
discuss the situation nt such great length
as his chief. He did have this to sny;
"Mi possibility of settlement of this
difficulty appears to be nt nil end. We
rnrcfully considered tho proposition of the
trust. It was decided that the terms were
Buch that wo could not accept. To accept
would have meant practically the disrup
tion of our organization. Wo could not
liavo agreed nnd returned to face tho men
we represented,
"! Is now a case of fight. 1 think the
contest will bo the groatest .Industrial bat
tle the world has ever known. I am
thoroughly convinced that wo will the
Tlctory."
Reverting to the failure of the strike tet
tlement, Mr. Shaffer said:
"No explanation wns offered by tho com
pany for Its refusal to grant nny better
terms or to consider the propositions of tho
Amalgamated association In any form. They
eeemed to havo made up their minds sud
denly to glvo no consideration to the men
nnd would not vary from this determina
tion. "Don't blame Mr. Morgan for all this,"
(Continued on Second re?.
DRIVE INSURGENTS BACK
A in er I run Dencrlrr, Who la Lender of
Filipinos, Pinned to Moiiii
tnln. MANILA. Atig. I. The townn of Calapan,
Naujan and Pola, on tho northeast coast of
tho Island of Mlndoro, were occupied by a
battalion of the Thirteenth Volunteer In
fantry and Maccabcbe scouts after a slight
resistance. The Insurgents, numbering 25i),
fled Into the Interior. Their commander,
Howard, who Is a deserter, Is hiding In tho
mountains nnd tho Americans arc In pur
suit.
Adjutant Oi ncrnl Corbln, who has 're-
lurm.'d to Manila after nn eleven days' tour
of the Island, Including a visit to tho sultan
of Joto, with whom ha exchanged presents,
says:
"Tho trip has considerably broadened my
views as well as nffotdlng mo great pleasure
personally. Whnt I havo seen should be of
considerable bcnellt to tho government. In
my opinion tho changes now being made In
tho Philippines could not bo carried out by
ubler hands than those of Governor Tnft
and General Chaffee. Doth havo had wide
experience. Hoth aro men of tact nnd
ability. Their ilutlns arc ontlroly sepnrato
nnd yet in many ways co-opcrntlve. One
could not very well go forward without the
other. I am gratfled to observe tho firm
friendship established between them nnd I
nm confident that under their guidance the
Philippines will get out of troublo Into
peaceful waters."
Tho adjutant ccneral left Manila for
Shanghai this afternoon.
Civil CiiiiiiiiIhnIou Will TrinH.
Thu civil commission has chartered a
steamer for n trip nmong tho northern
Islands In the Interest of. the estnbllshmcut
of civil government. The Journey will ho
begun In nbout ten days. Congressman
Shufrnth of Colorado, who has been closely
Investigating thn question of public lands
In tho Philippines, urges the commission to
take steps to estnblsh tho homestead lows,
allowing nny persons doing work to the
value of $100 on government land to occupy
it certain portion of it, and If posslblo as
sist in Improving It. Similar arrangemonts
aro made In referenre to mining claims.
The troubles between the sultan of Jolo and
other native chiefs, which have resulted In
some fighting and considerable loss of life,
nre being closely watched by the military
authorltlesj who are ready to Interfere
should occasion demand.
The civil administration of Manila under
tho now charter will probably go Into effect
next Tuesday, when mot of the appoint
ments will bo made.
GENERAL GRANT IN VIENNA
NnjN Iff TIiIiiUk Philippine Inlundn
Will lie Speedily Pnclllcd
Sow,
LONDON, Aug. r.. Tho Vienna corre
spondent of the Times telegraphs nt length
an Interview ho has had with General
Frederick D. Grant of the United States
army, who Is now in Vloni" on his way
from Russia, where he visited Princess
Cantacuzene, his daughter.
"Oenernl Grant takes a hopeful view of
the speedy pacification of tho Philippines,"
says the correspondent, "although there Is
no question, In his opinion, that tho hu
mane principles now governing tho con
duct of tho military operations greatly
Increase the difficulties of suppressing
guerrilla wnrfnre.
"Ho is convinced, from n political stand
point, that severity Is not desirable, delay
occasioned by generosity being moro than
compensated for by the hotter feeling
nmong tho nntivo population."
General Grant, according to tho corre
spondent, Is now going to Manila.
INVADERS ARE DEFEATED
Ilclicln Under Oenernl (.'nrlilrim Forced
to llctrt-nt liy Vcncztielnii
Troop.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. t. The Vene
zuelan government announces that a forco
of Invaders, under General Rnngcl Garblras,
Including twcnty-flvo battalions of the Co
lombian army, wr.3 repulsed by tho govern
ment troops and compelled to fall back
ncrosn tho' frontier after twenty-eight hours'
fighting July 28 and 29.
It Is officially asserted that the Invaders
lost D00 men, tho government troops losing
300. Tho government has sent reinforce
ments to tho frontier.
LONDON, Aug. 4. Tho Routor Telegram
company has received tha following dis
patch, dated August 4, from Curncao: "A
dispatch from Caracas says that 6,000 revo
lutionists were defeated nfter thirty hours'
lighting, July 2D nnd 30, with a lcs of S00
men, the government loss being 300."
AERONAUT TRIES FOR PRIZE
Sniitnn-Dtinionl Attempt to Itrneli
Klffel Tom T, lint Guide Hope
Grin CniiKht,
PARIS, Aug. 4. M. Santos-Dumont, the
Brazilian aeronaut, made another unsuc
cessful attempt this nftornoon to win the
prize of 100,000 francs offered by M. Deutsch
of tho Aero club for n dirigible balloon. He
started from the grounds of the Aoro club,
tho Pare d'Aerostatlon nt St, Cloud, and
hended for the Klffel tower. When over
Longchamp the guide rape caught In a
tree. M. Santos-Dumont got clear, but
finding ho could not cover tho course within
tho time limit ho returned to St. Cloud,
eight and one-hulf minutes after tho start,
havlrig covered about half the distance to
the Klffel tower.
TORPEDO BOAT STRIKES ROCK
llrltlnli Ship Viper Crnnlim Into
Itref mid Ik Totally
WiTi'keil,
LONDON, Aug. 4. Tho Rrltlsh torpedo
boat destroyer Viper struck a rock off tho
Island of Aldcrney, In the Kugllsh chan
nel, and Is a total wreck. There was no
loss of life.
Tho Viper was the only vcisel In the
British navy tltted with turbine engines.
During Its speed trials In May and Juno
It attained thirty and a half knots and was
pronounced capable of doing thirty-one
knots. At thnt time It was handled by
nn Inexperienced crew and Its builders be
lieved It would yet attain thirty-four
knots.
Itojul Couple f'nmliiK.
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Aug. 4. The
British royal yacht Ophlr, bearing tho duke
nnd duchess of Cornwall and York, has
been hlghted,
I'rlncp Henri rlctlrr.
PARIS, Aug. 4. Due rt'Chartres, father
of Prlnco Henri d'Orleuns, has received the
following dispatch from Saigon regarding
the prince, who Is lying dangerously 111
there: "Slightly tetter. Hope again felt."
TALK ONLY OF THE INQUIRY
Washington Oirlliam Abitrbid in Feature:
f Schltj Inrtitijrttton.
SAMPSON'S FRIENDS SEEM IN MINORITY
Men of All I'nrllm Appear to Side
with tli- .Man on the llrooL
1 ii VlrKlnlu Content
Scxt In I, Inc.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. (Special.) Tho
Ohio platform, the Virginia gubernatorial
coutest and tha Tlllman-McLauriu tow lu
South Carolina nre no longer absorbing
topics of discussion In Washington. Every
thing in the way of n mild summer scusn-
tlon is relegated to the rear for thu present.
Sampson und Schley hold thu boards today
Just us they did thrcu years ago.
It is Just a little mora than thirty-six
months since Sampson, by thu sin of omis
sion, niadu Schley tho factor In naval
politics taut he has been for tho pust three
years. A commendation of the course of
tho second in command off Santiago bay by
tho commander of the naval forces would
probably havo beeu sulllcicnt to havq made
both men vlco admirals. Hut that com
mendation was withheld und Schley will
certulnly retire from tho active list before
he will be entitled to ndd ono moro star to
tho small galaxy on his shoulder knots.
Sampson, too, Is likely to retire as u rear
adiulrul Instead of being promoted to thu
higher grndo, which, by thu way, must be
created before it can bo filled.
Secrctnry's Loug's order to "batten down
the hatches of comment" Is being rigidly
enforced lu his department. Tho Schloy
court of Inquiry Is absolutely tabooed. Naval
ohicers will not talk on the subject and
civilians employed in the department dure
not, Kvcn in tho Army und Navy und
Metropolitan clubs, which organizations aro
largely made up of men "In tho service,"
nearly nil talk on tho controversy Is con
lined to tho army ofllcurs.
Majority Snonrs h- Nchlry.
But Secretary Long has uo control over
thu general public, und It Is tho great body
of thu people In Washington which 111 fur
nishing naval talk Just now. If two men
get to discussing tho lluctuattons of steel
Btocks they Invariably wind up with a few
rasping comments on Maclay or Sumpson.
Of cottrsu the general public has no actual
knowledge us to tho merits of Schley's claim
to consideration. But evcryono knows that
Schley was on the Brooklyn when Ccrveru
surrendered und that the Brooklyn was "in
at tho death." On tho other hand it U
equally well known that Sampson was on
board tho Now York and that tho New York
was somewhere between tho mouth of the
bay, from which the Spaniards emerged, and
Guantanamo, They don't care n continen
tal about tho 'tactical viluo of thu loop.
They believe In Schley and nine out of every
tcu men ono meets In Washington swears by
him. Schloy Is supposed to be a democrat
und Washington li a democratic city. But
politics has nothing whatever to do with tho
feeling In his behalf. Republicans are fully
as vehement In upholding hlo cause as
democrats' are In denouncing Sampaofr.
It Is not likely that tho court will be
ready to submit Its findings until late In tho
autumn. The precept prepared by the
secretary of tho navy Indicates that the In
quiry will be thorough and complete. It Is
the evident purpose of tho secretary to have
the whole matter of the misunderstanding
between Sampson and Schloy fully Investi
gated, so that the findings may bo final so
fur as tho Navy department Is concerned.
Of course no ono expects to live long enough
to see "finis" written In congress. After the
War department had disposed of thu caso of
Geuerul Fltz John Porter, accused llko
Schley of cownrdlce and disobedience of or
ders, congress wrangled twenty years before
tho end of that case was finally written ami
tho findings overturned.
It can bo assorted positively that on tho
first day of the coming session of congress
there will bo at least a score of Investiga
tion resolutions Introduced In the house and
tho senate, by tho friends of Admiral Schloy.
If the court of inquiry exonerates him com
pletely, these resolutions will bo unneces
sary. But there will be friends of the ad
miral who will not bo satisfied, but will try
to got tho secretary of the navy Impeached.
Of course they will fall, but tho effort will
afford plenty of oppprtunlty to abuse the
secretary and get that abuse circulated un
der a frank as "Part of the Congressional
Record free."
Solemn nnd Ited Tnnrd.
Courts-martial of officers of high rnnk
aro bolemn affairs. The court anr.the ac
cused nre all decked out In full uniforms,
with plenty of gold lace, buttons and braid.
Courts of inquiry aro Just llko them, except
that they havo no punitive powers. There
have been only two courts-martial for gen
oral officers In this city In tho last twenty
years. And both of them dealt with army
officers. General Swain, Judge advocate
general of tho army, was found guilty of
improper financial transactions and was
Sentenced to suspension for a long period
of yenrs. That was some seventeen years
ago. General Kgan's caso Is more recent.
It grew out of the Spanish war and arose
ever the bad language used by the com
missary general In commenting upon tho
criticisms of General .Miles. Kgan-was also
sentenced to suspension from rank, but was
restored to hU place a short time ago and
Is now on tho retired list.
Tho lust naval court-martial of Impor-.
tanco which convened In Washington grew
out of the loss of tho old Kearsarge on
Roncador roef. But In that cuho It wos a
commander and a lieutenant who were put
on tho Inquisitorial rack. Still thero was
lots of gold lace and solemnity even In
that affair. No one envies Admiral Dewey
und his colleagues. Soptumber is a very
hot month and a full dress uniform of nn
officer of runk enough to entitle him to
sit on such n court Is about ns cumbrous
and uncomfortable a specimen of sartorial
art as could possibly be created.
VlrKlnln'N liilercitliuT Content.
Montaguo und Wlllard wilt undoubtedly
be tho democratic nominees for governor
nnd lieutenant governor of Virginia when
the convention meets next month. Strangely
enough, It Is upon the second place that
Interest, nt least in Washington, centers.
Joseph Wlllard is, to all Interests and pur
poses, a resident of Washington. His father
was one of threo brothers who enrae hero
years ago from New England and made
fortunes in the hotel business and real
estate speculation. Tho older Joseph Wil
lard wob eccentric. That la putting It very
mildly. He owned millions of dollars'
worth of real estate within a block of the
treasury. Wlllnrd's hotel was his. Ho had
u scoro of stores and offices, which were
almost Invariably vacant, and besides
owned ono of the most valuable vacant lots
In thu heart of tho business section, nt
the corner of Fourteenth and V streets.
On this tho old gentleman would never
build. He refused to modernize his hotel
and ho seemed to do everything In his
power to drive tenants nwny from his
(Continued on Third Page.)
WOULD JUSTIFY) LYNCHING
Tlllninti IticnriHirnt'f Pirn for It In
nn AddrrxH iinJlhr Ilticc
(lllt'MI'fll.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 4. A Sentinel special
from Marinette, Wis., says: United States
Senator Benjamin F. Tillman of South
Carolina addressed a largo audience here on
the race question from a southern stand
point. Ono of tho features of his remarks
was a plea In Justification of lynching.
"In Wisconsin you have 6,000 black men,"
said he. "Why don't you try the bleaching
process and exterminate them by Inter
marriage? Tho Idea is repugnant to you.
In South Carolina we have 750.000 black
and 350,000 whites. Tho carpet baggers, the
'nigger' nnd the southern scalawags and
scoundrels ruled us nfter tho wnr until they
had stolen everything that there was In the
state, tlvjn we went with our shotguns to tho
polls and took It nwuy from them. All men
arc not created equal und the 'niggers' are
not fit to vote. Come what may, the white
people of the south will govern their own
country."
He condemned Booker Washington's
scheme of educntlng the negro along In
dustrial lines as mi attempt to place him
on an equal footing with tho white artisan,
something that would Intensify race hatred
in tho south. He s.ild that among thu
4,000,000 of slaves during the rebellion thero
were more Christians than there are today
nmong tho P.000,000 blnckn In the south.
"I do not want to uphold slavery," ho
continued. "I thank Got thero arc no
slacs today under the stars nnd stripes."
Mr. Tillman made nu eloquent pica In
Justification of lynching, saying thnt south
ern women could not be brought Into court
to testify to their shnmeand degradation
before u Jury for tho purpose of convicting a
beast. His reference to thu entictlty of the
southern household nnd the southern women
and his remarks on lynching were heartily
applauded, He closed with nn Impassioned
statement to tho eftcct that the whlto
people of tho south would remain on top
"In spite of tho devil" and If ncccssury ho
nnd his brethren were rondy to toko down
their shotguns ngnln.
NO CHARGES AGAINST EVANS
Secretnry l.nnir Nny Cliander Merely
Aikrd for l'npc-r nnd
Doi'iiinriitn.
BOSTON, Aug. 4. "I am not nware of
any request for an Inquiry or Investiga
tion," said Secretary of tho Navy John
D, Long ut Hlnghnm today to n Journal
reporter when asked nbout tho Washing
ton report that former Secretary William
E. Chandler had made charges against
Rear Admiral Hobloy D. Evans.
"Tho only thing I remember concerning
tho matter," continued Seer nry Long,
"Is thnt Mr. Chandler wroto mo about tho
time Admiral Evans' book was published
and asked for copies of papers and docu
ments relating to Evuns. Thcso copies
wero sent to him. Later, Mr. Chandler
wroto a letter to me, In which he gavo his
version of tho caso.
"That may be tho lettpr referred to In
tho article which was published today. I
would not feel at liberty to mako that
letter public without authority from Mr.
Chandler, but It Is not UyUkcly that he
would give it out." T ' y
"Did that letter constltuta n request for
an Inquiry?" was asked.
"There was no requent, as I undcrstnnd
It, nnd thero seems to bo no necessity for
an Inquiry concerning tho matter referred
to."
"Might it not be taken up by the sen
nto?" "That Is not likely, for neither Mr.
Chandler nor Admiral Evans is a raomber
of tho senate."
Whon asked regarding the solectlon of
tho third member of the Schley court of
inquiry Secretary Long unld that so far
as he knew no selection had been made.
If Mr. Hackett has made the selection
I shall probably know It tomorrow, but
ho has not sent me word yet. He Is prob
ably taking time to ascertain If tho mun
ho selects can servo. I have left tho mut
ter entirely with him. Thero nre only a
few who aro eligible nnd any ono of them
would bo n good man."
FARM REMAINS IN FAMILY
Settlement Ilrncheil llettvpen .Mr. Al
lien nnd flip Lnrlllnrdx Cnn
coriilnjt Ituiieix'us.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. The Press will .an
nounce tomorrow on what It calls "unim
peachable authority" thnt a Fettlement has
been reached between Mrs. Lillian It.
Allien and the Lorlllnrds. Rancocas will
remain In tho family and In return for her
surrender of her rights to the famous
breeding farm Mrs. Allien will receive a
largo sum In cash. Tho amount will bo
fixed when the appraisers, who aro now
cngnged on tho work of estimating tho
value of the horses nnd property here and
In England, which wero left to Mrs. Allien
undor tho will of Plerra Lorlllard, havo
completed their tnsk. The farm lo New-
Jersey will be controlled ly Pierre Lorlllnrd,
Jr., and for the present tho horses will bo
raced by him under the namo of tho Rnn
cocas stable. Jack Boynrr, who trained for
tho lato Mr. Lorlllnrd, already has received
orders to this effect nnd now has the
Lorlllard horses In tralnlag In Saratoga.
ST. LOUIS GETS SOME RELIEF
Flrot I'nll of Itnln Slnee .Inly ,-,
Iti'liiKx Itlir I i- t In 'IVm
prralnri'. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4. Rain visited St. Louis
today for the first time since July C and
although the fall was bjt three-fourths of
an Inch it appears tc. precede further
showers. Prospects fo-i tomorrow In St.
Louis and vicinity arc f.r continued cloudy
weather, with a rising tompcraturo and a
possibility of rain. .
Tho expected drop In temperature arrived
today, tho maximum beltp hut 79 degrees at
3 o'clock p, m.. or 16 dogves cooler than the
same hour Saturday. '
MARSHAL SHOOTS EX-CONVICT
CniiKht SiihikkIIiiu Morphine into
reiiltenllnry nnd AttneUN Olllerr
tilth I'n nl Iriultft,
PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 4A special to the
Chieftain from Canyon (
ty eays:
n a convict In tho
John Dillon, who had b
state penitentiary and vis discharged ten
days ago, attempted to
quantity of morphine in'
was detected nnd the w
smuggle a Inrgo
' tho prison, hut
rden turned -him
Morrison. As ho
v Jail Dillon sud
il. struck him In
narshnl thot nnd
over to City Mnrshal Join
was being taken to thn c:
denly attacked tho marsl
tho faco and ran. Tho
killed Dillon.
It. I'. .Milium. r,r. I'okIIIoii.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4,-Tlf appointment of
ii. r. malum, iim unsiximi general nan
senger agent for tho Chiauo Orenl Vet
em railway with luudqiirters In Clilcuyo,
is uuuuuiitvu.
FOREIGNERS ALARMED AGAIN
Demeanor af Fikin Fopulaca Mor Un
friendly s Troops Dor art.
LEGATION DEFENSES NEAhLY FINISHED
CotinlM of Thick llrlek Wnllft Loop
holed for Itllle .Mlnlttert
VIli to Aold IrrltutliiK
(,'hln I'm1.
PEK1N. Aug. 1. American and European
residents assert that the demennor of tho
Pekln populace Is constantly becoming
more unfriendly nnd thnt ns tho allied
troops depart tho Chinese resumo their
old habits of Jostling nnd cursing for
eigners In the streets.
Tho legation defenses nre now npproach
Ing completion. Generally speaking, they
consist of brick walls from fifteen to
twenty feet high nnd from threo to four
feet thick, loopholcd for rifles. The min
isters of the powers Ignored tho plan for
n uniform syhtcm of defense submitted
by tho generals and consequently tho gov
ernments nre working Independently. It
Is the policy of the ministers to nvold
conspicuous work of defense, lest these
should prove an Irritant, provoking In
stead of preventing hostilities. Most of
tho engineers have recommended stronger
defenses than the ministers will sanction.
Major Edgar B. Robertson of the Ninth
lnfnntry, who commands the United Stntes
legation guard, has written to Mr. Rock
hill to protest against what ho calls "the
defenseless position of our legation," rep
resenting that It 1b exposed to attack on
four sides. Mr. Rockhlll has replied that
It Is not Intended to maintain n fortress,
hut merely u wall for protection against
unexpected mob violence. The wall Is
made of brick, out of deference to Chi
nese pride.
Tho French nnd Italians still remain
here. The. non-fulfillment of the agree
ment to evacuate public plnccs In n
fortnight onuses some Inconvenience to thu
mllltnry nuthuritlcH. Only the Gorman
barracks have been completed. Tho Frcrnch
barracks have hardly been begun. The
troops nro grumbling over being com
pelled to give up comfortnblo quarters nnd
to find temporary camps,
TOO HANDY WITHHIS GUN
Idnlin Mnn Shoot Sricrnl llrfnrr Me
Is C'ornrred mill
Killed.
MOSCOW, Idaho, Aug. 4. Dr. W. W. Wat
kins waa shot nnd Instantly killed this
morning while riding In his buggy In tho
streets of Moscow; George Crolghton, u
prominent merchnnt, was shot through tho
nrm nnd Deputy Sheriff Cool wnR shot In
the shoulder nnd tho thigh by William
Steffen, n resident of Moscow, who, It Is be
lieved, became suddenly Insane. Steffen
was afterward killed.
Steffen was on horseback when ho shot
Watklns and Crolghton, Ho wns nt onco
pursued by tho deputy sheriff and n large
posse. As h.Ojne.nr.c.d.Jbls Jiouse, nbout twpj
miles southenst of the fown, his horse was
shot from under him. Steffen took refuge In
his house, which was surrounded Imme
diately. Here, armed with a Winchester, ho
kept tho besiegers at a distance. However,
thoy kept growing In numbers and Increas
ing th'clr armanent nnd n fusillade was kept
up from every sldo of tho structure, tho nt
tacklug party taking refuge In n llold of tall
wheat. Stoffon would occasionally appear
nt the wlndown, fire n shot nnd then disap
pear. About 11 o'clock ho appeared nt the
kitchen window evidently Intending to pick
off Homo ono In a party of four who had
crawled up to tnko an advantageous posi
tion. Thoy were looking for him, howover,
nnd n volley from their rifles ended the
tragedy. A bullet hud pierced Stoffen's
forehead, killing him instantly.
ARMED MOB KILLS NEGRO
1'onxp Senrelilnu: Tnllnferro rlKlitior
IiimiiI HmiKM Will Price After Con
fcNxlon of Murder.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 4. The Picayune's
Carrollton, Miss., special says: Your corre
spondent has Just learned that tho armed
mob which has been In the Taliaferro neigh
borhood for two days looking for Sallle Lay
ton nnd others soma time during the night
killed Will Price, tho negro who worked
for Mr. Taliaferro and lived within 200 yards
of his residence. He wns found dead In
the road on Duke's plnco this morning somo
distance from tiny trees or anything to
which to hang any one, with a rope around
his neck nnd mutilated by gunshots. Es
qulro John Irving held nn Inquest over tho
body. Thu verdict was "camo to his death
by the hands of unknown persons."
It Is said that he went to thn Tallnforro
residence yesterday and told Jock Taliaferro
all nbout tho murder nnd snld that the plan
wns to kill both the old people nnd Jnck,
tho youngest boy, while Lynn was awny nud
shoot him whon ho returned.
Your correspondent cannot learn the
particulars of the killing of Prlco or
whether the mob has killed any one else. It
Is understood thnt tho mob has quit work
now nnd its members have gone to their
homes. No nrrests havo been mado of
parties who engaged in tho lynching.
POLICEMAN SHOT BY NEGRO
.Moll with Four llloodhoiindii In tin
the Trull of lio Mur
derer. CHARLOTTE. N. C, Aug. 4. A special
from Shelby, N. C, to tho Observer says
that Chief of Pollco Jonea of that place
was shot und lnstnntly killed by Jim
Lowery, n negro, employed nt tho South
Cnrollnn & Georgia drpot. at 1 o'clock this
morning. Jones had a warrant charging
Lowery with selling whisky without a
license and went to sorvo It. Lowery ran,
firing at Jones, thn bullet taking effect In
thu lung. Jones followed and caught the
negro as he struck a lamp post. In the
scuttle Lowery fired again, tho bullet going
through Jones' heart. Four bloodhounds
and over 1.000 people nro on the negro's
trail. Ono of tho bloodhounds was shot
by the fleeing negro. It Is quite llknly that
If tho negro is caught ho will nover reacji
tho Jail.
DIES FROM HYDROPHOBIA
GeorKlit Woiuiiii Illtti'ii liy Mint llo
irlth I'll I a I lle-
MIlltM,
GAINESVILLE, On., Aug. i.--Mrs. Dick
Chatham died nt her homo In this city this
morning of hydrophobia. She was bitten
by u mad dog several days ago, She suf
fered lntensnly until death relieved her.
Her daughter was bitten by tho samo dog
at the sumo tlmo nnd today it Is frurcd that
the, too, will have hydrophobia.
CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fnlr and Warmer
Monday; Va I table Winds.
iYiiipiTnture nt Oiiuitin Vestcrdn i
Hour. 1)'M Hour. Pi'K.
n, in , , . . i"Si I p. ill ..... 77
i ii. in nn u p. iii 7
7 n. n no :t p. in 7ii
ii, iii i:i i p. i t
ii n. it nr. r p,
10 II. in to it p. s
11 ii, in 7ft 7 p. in...... 7tl
1- iii 711 H P. m 7''
! V. in
OMAHA MAIL POUCH STOLEN
Suck of ItfttlNterrd .Mutter TnLoii
from Truck In I nlon Sln
tlou ut Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 4 A registered
mall pouch from Omaha for Seattle wns
stolen last night from u truck nt tho Union
station. The railway mall clerk chased
the thieves, but they disappeared In tho
darkness. It Is not known what the mall
pouch contained. One hour previous n letter
pouch whs stolen from u truck near nn
Oregon Railway nnd Navigation train which
was about to lcavo tor the eust. Hie loss
was not discovered until tho train reached
Troutdule, twenty miles from Portland.
When the postal authorities at Omaha
received word of tho robbery yesterday
they looked up tho records and found thnt
none of the registered packages or letters
lu tho pouch belonged to Omaha persons.
"They all came from eastern points,"
said James I. Woodnrd, assistant post
master, "and wero hero placed Into ono
pouch and forwarded to Seattle, their desti
nation, leaving hero Thursday morning. It
Is Impossible to tell tho value of tho pack
ages. Wo have a record of tho postofllccs
of origination, however, and tlio post
mnntcrs of these will bo notified of the loss
and directed to make Inquiries of the
senders ns to tho value of each pnrcel or
letter. Until we hear from these it will
not bo possible to know tho valuo of tho
stolen property."
GIVEN KNOCKOUT DROPS
Noutnn I.uiilcr Pound lo Iiik hy llond
nldc .Wnr I'linrlofte. .. (.'., In
nyliiK Condition.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. Aug. 4. Last Friday
afternoon n young mnn was found lying by
the roadside two miles from Charlotto In an
unconscious condition. Ho wns brought to
tho city hospital, where ho died an hour
later. Thu coroner's Inquest hns developed
n enso of murder nnd robbery. Tho dead
body wns Identified ns that of Nowton Lanier
of Fort Mill, S. C, a volunteer In tho Span
ish wnr who went to Cuba In n company
from this city.
Lanier wns given knockout drops nt n
questionable house hero nnd wns nftcrwnrd
sandbagged nnd robbed of his wntch and ISO
In ensh. It Is alleged that he wns lured to
tho houso by threo men, ono of whom gave
his name nn Charles Lylo of Knnxvlllc,
Tenn.
Tho police nro looking for them.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING
9?hr cWnm e ji tS I n k . I n ..II ceoullnl c. . n u d
I'ull Companion with
The in,
SAILSBURY, Md., Aug. 4. Four persons
wero drowned while bathing yesterday
aftcrnooa at Queponeo, on Slncpuxcnt bay.
They wero:
MISS ETHEL L. PHILLIPS of Baltimore.
MISS J. PHILLIPS of Baltimore.
MISS JENNIE WHITE of Whltcsburg,
Md.
G. O. RATCLIFFB of Salisbury.
Tho four unfortunates beenmo separated
from other members of n party nnd sud
denly found themselves In a deep hole. Tho
women becamo frightened nnd on finding
themselves going down grabbed Ratcllffo,
who was a good swimmer, and draggod
him with them. Thoy wero drowned before
nsslstunco reached thorn.
ORE TRAIN IN ST. LOUIS RIVER
Ilrrnkn Throiifrh Woodrn IlrldKC on
MliincKotii Itnlli'ond, KIIIIiik One
nnd InJurliiK Pour,
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. 4. Thi
first ore train over the new Stony Brook
cut-oil of tho Eastern Minnesota railroad
wont through tho brldgo over tho St. Louis
river, Just nbovo Stony Brook, fifty-two
miles from here, this afternoon.
Jerry O'Reilly, head brakeman, was killed
nnd four other trainmen were budly hurt.
Tho engine nnd sixteen cars wcnl through
the bridge and aro now In the St. Louis
river. Thn bridge was 300 foot long nnd
forty feet nbove tho water. It was built of
timber.
WRECK ON NEW YORK CENTRAL
Piiii-AnieiiiMiii Siici! I ill and Itr-Kiilnr
PiiNRf nuer Collide, KIIIIiik
Tun nnd Injuring Oiu
LOCKPORT. N. Y., Aug. 4. A Pan-American
special, heavily loaded, nnd n regular
train collided a few miles cast of this city
early this morning on the New Ycrk Cen
tral. Thomas Hyland, an engineer, und
Georgo Webb, trainman, wero killed nnd
a fireman was roveroly Injured. The pas
sengers of both trains were thrown Into, n
panic by tho shock, but nono was seriously
Injured. A mlstuke lu carrying out moot
ing ordors caused the collision.
ACTS ONLY JN FRIENDSHIP
Pi-Suimtor ThiirNtoii Driilm OlfcrliiK
l'l-ofcnalomil Servient to Ail
iii I i n I Schley,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. I. Ex
Senator J. M. Thurston of Nebraska snld to
day that tho published statemont that ho
hud tendered his professional services to
Admiral Schley Is Incorrect.
"As his warm friend and admirer," said
the senator, "I wired him a message Indi
cating my friendship und ilenlrn for his
complete vindication, but nothing in tho line
of professional assistance was suggested or
thought of."
INSPECTOR CLOSES BANK
Plrftt it 1 1 i li il I of Aimtln, Tvx,, (Iiick
l.lllIlT Hci'ltllMC of Kxcrn
li l.oiinn.
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. I. Bank Inspector J.
M. Logan today closed thn First National
bank of thlti city. Alleged excessive loans
nro raid to bo tho euuso of tho Inspector's
action. Tho Btnte of Tcxns Is snld to hnvo
nbout $75,000 on drpcslt In the First Na
tional, Total ilepcslts of the bank tire re
ported to be over $200,000, No official state
ment will be : iti ponding the arrival of
the chief luspuuur.
TRAGEDY ENDS PLAY
Thud Ercokle (hotts Millit LigbthMrk. and
Thti Kill. Himself.
JEALOUSY PROMPTS THE DESTRUCTION
Isjured Womai ii an Actreii and Wriur of
Lurid Meltdtamt.
DEADLY SHOTS FIRED DURING REHEARSAL
"Ariiona Fomali Eandit" ii th TitU if
thi Frtduotioi,
CURTAIN DROPS ON GRUESOME SCENE
llrooklc, liirntmitcd with Wo in mi, Be
come Purlotitly Jrulou llremmu
nn Part of Plu Mic Acoonta
Lov3 of Another.
Ono dead; another dying.
This, In brief, is tho havoc wrought yes
terday morning by a madly Jealous man,
who armed himself with a pistol and went
out to gut oven with tho world.
Thad Brookle, tho mnn who wielded tho
pistol, Ilea ilend n sulcidu.
Mrs. Millie Llghthnwk, playwright nnd
nctrcss of the cheaper strain, known on
thu stngu us Millie Allen, was the victim
of Brooklo'n Jenlousy. Sho Is nt Clarkson
hospital, the shadow of death gathering
about her.
As If to add a Hugo of realism to n
play, "Tho Ariiona Female Bandit," writ
tin by Mrs. Llghthowk, thu tragedy oc
curred during rehearsal. A boarding houso
at 1307 Capitol aenuo was the scone.
Tho woman is shot through thu lungs nnd
Is suffering Internal hemorrhages, which
tho doctors sny mny result In death m any
moment. Brooklu's death wna Instnntaneous,
tho bullet piercing his heart.
It was nil douo so quickly thnt those
who heard tho shots could hardly realize
that It was not a part of tho play, which,
as its namo suggests, is of that variety
known as "thrillers."
Only Tmt Wttuchnm.
As the full cast of characters had not
arrived for tho rehearsal, thu tragedy wns
witnessed by but two persons, Bert Adams
ami Steve Llghthawk, the latter n 7-year-old
boy, believed to bo the woman's step
son. A dozen or moro persons who wero in
the house at tho time rushed to tho nceno
to find Brookle dying nnd tho woman par
tially unconscious. They cnrrled her to a
bed In nn adjoining room.
Comparatively llttlo Ih known of either of
the principals in the nffnlr, ns neither had
been In Omaha but n short time. Tho woman
wns an nctrcss and n playwright nbout 22
years old. For the last three years, undor
tho stage name of Mllllo Allen, the had
been n member ot various third rate rtrama
tltrc'bmjtablcB', "nnd tart given cbnaldeibld.ot. -her,
time to dramatic composition, an art In
which Hha displayed great perseverance and
como skill. One of her trunks Is half fult
of scenarios, librettos and the dog-eared
manuscripts ot speaking parts. Little is
known of her husband, Earl Llghthawk,
who Is not living In Omaha, Mrs. Llght
hnwk enmc from St. Joseph a month ago,
and has slnco been drilling a company of
soinl-umatour thcsplons in her lntcat piny,
"Tho Arizona Female Bandit," Ir.tondlng to
tnke them on tho road In tho fall.
Ilrnokli: LrnveN n Itecord.
Thnd nrooklo, nn anient ndmlrcr of Mrs.
Llghthnwk, wns a painter and paper hanger,
whD for several weeks has been boarding
nt tho Metropolitan hotel. He has n crimi
nal record, but hnd glvcp tho Omnha pollco
somo trouble. Nothing Is known of bis fam
ily connections.
Jealousy seems to havo been the motive
for Brcoklo's dcublo crime. He was In love
with Mrs. Llghthawk and because sho
spurned him ho had frequently threatened
her with death. Yesterday his ejection from
the houso brought matters to a crisis nud
In n moment of Insane fury ho made .good
his threat. An Inquest In both cases wilfbs
held today or tomorrow,
Drnniouil U Hie Hero,
Tho personnel of the company ub It lined
up for rehearsal follows;
nerl Adums William Desmond
Mllllo Llghthawk Noma, tichul'z
That! llrooklu Sam Queu.t.ur
Stevu Llghthnwk Holly
Tho scene of the piny Is laid partially In
St. Louis, partially In Kansas City and
partially on tho plains ot Arltona. William
L Desmond Is a detcotlvo of thn Sherlock
Holmes school, who Is always fcrrotlne out
mysteries, nnd toying, "Just wnlt u minute!
Just wait u minute!" Noma Schultt, the
heroine, of courso plays tho title rolo, but
being a cripple nnd only 12 yenra old, sccma
to bo s'.rangely handicapped for the part.
Howovur, this all comes out right In the last
act, for ono of these "dlvlno healer" chaps
with long whiskers appears, makes a few
passes and she steps forth wholo and sound
us a dollar. Then tho spectator Is permitted
to know thnt sho hasn't been a cripple at
all, but hns been making bellovu all this
tlmo, which explains her ability to ride
bucking bronchos, ongago in hand-to-hand
fights with tho villain and finally to scale a
prison wall to rescue her friends. Desmond
knew this all tho whllo, but being In love
with Noma, It bulled his purpose to keop
still about It.
Sam Queakler Is a grouchy old million
aire of St. Louis, who Is nlso In lovn with
Noma, but sho icorns his gold ns In real llfo
sho scorned his love.
Holly, dressed ns a girl, plan a soubrctt
part. .Slrnii-I V Nlmillli'iin t.
It was In tho beginning of the third net
thnt yesterday morning's tragedy was pre
cipitated. Hero nro thn words of tho play,
copied from the munuscilpt which wns In
thu wnmnn's hnnd when she fell, mortally
wounded:
Holly .(entering, looking u round) I
thought I heard a Phot! (Notices Desmond.)
Why! WhutM this? Bill Desmond? What
can It mean? Hero by the bunk with this
mask, wig nnd revolver! ((Looking ut the
window.) Oh' 1 Hte It nil now "1'wns he
nnd yi't. I urn blamed! HIM Desmond a
thief! No. no It cannot bo! Ho wus the
embodiment of honor! And yet. It must be!
(Looking around.) Hut I Hwenr! (with hand
raised to heaveni l shall never bear witness
ngulnst him. Because I lovo lilm! (Kneel
Ing.i Dead! Dead! Oood (lod! Too ImpOK
Blble' Oh, Hill! Speak to mo! Sny you aro
not going to die' 1 cannot bear It! Hill!
lllll!
Of course Hill Desmond was not n thief;
neither was he going to die. Ho was simply
acting lilti pnrl of n detective nnd In tha
next threo minutes thw-arted a bank rob
bery and forestalled a lull delivery, nil with '
one foil swoop. Then Noma ran to his armH
with a cry of Joy, saying. "Oh, Bill, Bill!
ThU Is tho happiest moment ot my llfo!"
and Hill embrui'LiI her.
It wua at this juncture that stem reality