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The Omaha Daily Bee. s ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOltiNlXG, AUGUST 0, 1901 TEN PAGES. SIXGLti COL'V FIVK CEXTS. SOME HOPE OF PEACE Fftint Glimmer PtaitraUs Darkntu f ht Pnsent Strike IHaatUn STEEL COMPANIES ARE FREE TO FIX IT Pwiident Bhafir Plaos Them ia Pesltion to Beaew Arbltratiea. 1 1 HO CONTRACTS ARE BEING VIOLATED Jueciktien'i Oontititlon Understood Al waji te Gown, flONUNIONISTI GET TO HYDE TARK SAFELY lrd Union OiinriU Without Troulile tr Ilurrylnir front Train lllrcctly Into Mill ArrcKtril Strl' tn llclcnscd. riTTSnunn, Aug. C Just a faint gllni ner of hope that tho great steol workers' Strike will bo settled wns embodied In ft statement Riven out by President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association tonight. When asked If ho would pursue tho samo policy In ordering a strlko In tho mills of the Federal Steel, tho National Steel and tho National Tubo companies ns ho did In call ing out thn men In tho mills of the Amorl- can TInpluto company, ho replied: "If It had not been for this determination on my jiart, tho general strlko would havo been ordered on Saturday night." Ileforo calling out tho tin workers anil 6fter falling to got any satisfaction from tho olllclals of tho American Sheet and tho American Hoop companies, President Shaffer sent 11 telegram to Vlco President Warner Arms of tho American Tlnplato company notifying hint that ho would bo ob llgcd to call out tho tin workers In all of tho mills owned by tho United States Steel corporation unless the dlfllculty was settled within n, period of ten days. As a result of this notice Mr. Arms succeeded In getting together another conference and n vain at tempt was madu to settle tho dUputo and prevent a strlko which would Involve tho tin mills. That confcrcnco was the one that broke up In tho Hotel Lincoln thrco weeks ago last Sunday. Other In llnvc Same C'nnlderntlnn. In order to bo equally fair to the other constituent companies of the United States Steel corporation nnd accord them tho same treatment, Picsldent Shaffer has sent a similar notice to tho ofllcerB of the Federal Steel company, tho National Steel company nnd tho National Tubo company, giving them tho snmo tlmo in which to make nny effort they may desire to bring about settlement or ho will put In forco this samo clauso In the Amalgamated association con stitution. It Is presumed that delay in is suing the general order will bo at least un til tho end of tho present week. Possibly It -will not' b$ Usucfl until early next week. In tho mcantlmo tho men in thn mills of theso thrco companies will bo prepared to como out when tho strlko order Is IsBUcd Tho possibility of a settlement of tho strlko Is based In the baro hopo that tho officials of the threo additional companies will bring to bear sufflclent Influence, to urge an adjustment of tho difficulty before tho strlko order Is Issued. President Shaffer did not express any hopo that this would bo done, nor did ho even discuss tho matter, but tho lnfcrenco was quickly seen that thoro was such a probability In sight. It is faint ono though nnd but llttlo interest was taken In it In tho general offices of tho ns soclatlon today. When President Shaffer and tho officers got down to business this morning thoy found hundreds of lotters and tolcgranw awnltlng them. Tho burden of work before thorn was so great that they woro forced to closo tho doors of tho oHlccs and keep out all callers. Assistant Secretary Tlghc explained tho situation to all who came, saying that tho work was of too serious u character to bo neglected or passed over lightly. Count It tit Ion Snir Them. It was nearly 6 o'clock tonight beforo nc cess was gained to the headquarters of tho itrlkcrs. In an Interview given out at tha tlmo Mr. Shaffer said ho would delay calling out tho other union men In the mills of the United States Steel corporation for tho rea sons stated above. Ho said that ho be lieved that tho strike was on for boiuo lime. Ho was convinced that It would be a victory for tho workers In tho organization and that it would bo an Impossibility for tho trust to crush them by their present methods. Regarding tho publication of charges that tho Amalgamated association would bo vio lating contracts with tho constituent com panies of tho trust, with which they had signed scales for tho present year. Presi dent Shaffer said that all contracts and scales are signed at all times subject to tho provisions of tho constitution of tho Amal gamated npsoclatton. This constitution wns In tho hands of all the olllclals of the com panies affected or likely to bo affected and they are fully aware of tho provisions that It contains for this very difficulty. It was false, nnd ho said whoever had deliberately made this statement was either a knave or agitator. Somclhlnir IlnlilK In Town. The strike history of the day in Pittsburg Itself Is not proline of results; considerable, however, was doing In towns surrounding. In this city all of the Idle mills are In tho I same condition ns boforo the failure of the conference to settle the strlko and no ap parent movo is bolng mado by the manufac turer to start tho mills, consequently there lias been no break In tho strikers' ranks. Tho most Important strlko points tonight teem to be I.eechburg nnd Wellsburg, with McKeesport a possible trouble center. From Leechburg this telegrnm was received: "At 4 o'clock this afternoon tho llydo Park mill, which haB been Idle since the first of this year, wa started. At 3 45 p. in. a train arrived at Hyde Park from Saltshurg. Van dergrlft and Apollo. Thn train stopped at the works and fifty-live men, clad In work ing garb nnd carrying dinner buckets, left tho train and hurried Into the works. There was no. excitement and the mill owners and managers tonight claim that they now havo enough men In the mills to operate all of tho five-plant mills. Sentinels nro out and no ono Is allowed to get into the mill with out a password. This afternoon, lato, six mill men from I.eechburg sauntered down toward tho mill, passed tho guards and walked Into the mills, where tonlgh thoy aro at work. This makes sixty-one men now employed nt tho works. Tho mill Is ruunlug tonight. "The Amalgamated men, however, aro ou tho ground, mnkjng desperate efforts to keep all union men out. They make tho bold aasortlon that In two days after President Shaffer Issues his general strike order not . (Coutiuucd on Second Page.) PLATT LAW SOLVES QUESTION General Oom-s Write to Further Kx plain J . errs In Present "rouleni. "t, HAVANA, Ad Maximo General bad yeda King Gomez has written t Vega, regarding tho rep described himself and l. Palma as annexationists. Afte that ho had como upon a referent ,o tho matter In a local paper in Puerto Prin cipe he says: "To protend that Scnor Palma and I are annexationists Is madness. Tho beat way to carry out n plan Is to speak much of It, For this reason It appears that many Cubans dcslro annexation and look to most of tho prominent chiefs of tho revolution to Riipport tho movement, but they havo tried to convert to tho doctrine somo very old heretics. "Tho Piatt law solved tho question. The constitutional convention was not to blamo, as It had fired tho last cartridge In de fense of absoluto independence." Thcro waB no meeting of tho constitu tional convention today, only twenty dele gates presenting themselves. Scnor Olberga recently refused to sub scribe to n fund being raised In the con vention In aid of tho mother of Marti, de claring that Marti was tho evil genius of Cuba and that his memory would bo ex ecrated by hlRtory. Senor Clsneros urged the convention to exact an apology from Senor Olberga or to compel hlra to resign. Senor Olberga de clares thut ho will not return to his scat In tho convention until tho matter Is set tled and that ho will publish a manifesto to tho country, giving his reasons for thinking as he does of Marti. SEEKS TO ALARM FILIPINOS PrctcndliiK Succcnr o Aunlnnllo lue TlirrntrnliiK Pro clnmntlon. MANILA, Aug. C Miguel Malavar, who has been recognized ns tho successor of Agulnaldo by tho Filipino Junta at Hong Kong, has Issued a proclamation dated July 1C, copies of which arrived hero this morn ing, glvlug assurances to tho natives of tho continuation of an active campaign and expressing hopo for Its successful Issue. Tho proclamation, of which 50,000 copies havo been printed, purports to emanate from Ratangns. It Is a characteristic In surgent document, charging tho Americans with all sorts of ntroclttcs. It recounts tho losses of guns and am munition and tho death of four dlstln gulehcd American officers July 10, all of which, It Bays, the authorities -concealed Tho proclamation threatens General Calllcs with death for treachery and warns nil Filipinos who surrender that thoy will never bo able to llvo outsldo tho American lines. Malavnr clulms ho hns sufficient arms nnd supplies to continue tho fighting indefinitely. Tho American ofllclals bcllevo the pro clamation was really written by Agonclllo. tho former reprcncntatlvo of Agulnaldo In Europe, at Hong Kong and that ho, proba biy, tins never seen Malavar. Strong ef forts aro being made by tho police to pre vent tno distribution of the proclamation. CRITICISE SENATOR GORMAN Maryland Republic nil Prcnnre Show Up Vnrlnnn Democratic Wenkncnc. to HALTIMORE, Aug. 5. Republican leaders from all parts of tbo state aro In Haltlmoro tonight, getting ready for their stuto con vention, which will bo held hero tomorrow The work beforo them Is tho nomination of candidates for stato comptroller and clerk of the court of appeals und tho formulation of a platform. Rut llttlo tlmo will be taken up In carrying out tho program, which has nlieady been mapped out. Either Dr. Isaao N. liarhcr of Talbot county or Herman S Plntt of Halttmorc will bo selected to head the ticket, with the chances In favor of tho latter, although It Is understood that Dr. uaroer, wno oas served nis parly In con gress, could havo It If he wanted to make n fight for It, Tho court of appeals clerk ship will in all probability go to Colonel Thomas S. Parran of Calvert. Tho platform has been tho subject of con sldernblo thought upon tho part of tho head men In the party. United States Senato McComas nnd State Chairman Philips Leo Goldsborough put tho finishing touches on tno planus to tie submitted. These are understood to includo strong pledges on behalf of tho republicans to repeal tho present election law, to enact laws to pre vent corrupt practices In connection with elections nnd to pass laws to govern tho holding of primary elections. Ono of tho-' planks, it Is understood, will contain severe arraignment of tho democrats for their uncertain stand on the curency que. tlon, which Im designed as a criticism of former Senator Gorman. Tho admlnlstru tlon of Governor Smith will bo denounced as will, bo the course of the democrats I attempting to disfranchise tho llllteraf voters, Rut llttlo will bo proposed to th democratic slogan of negro domination, I being tho purpose of tho republican leaders to eliminate this question from tho cam palgn to as great extent as possible. Rut llttlo Is said concerning the probable sue ccssor to Senator Wllllngton In case of re publican success. Tho most prominently mentioned thus far aro Phillips Leo Golds borough and Congressmen Pcarro an Mudd. RECEIVE VON KETTELER'S BODY IJmpcrnr Wllllnm Appoint llonorar Committeemen for Ccrcmoulc 1'poii Murdered Diplomat. PER LIN, Aug. C Referring to tho put Ilshcd statement that tho Imperial govern ment has decided to organize a colonial forco with troops which havo left China, using this as n nucleus of a futuro colonial army, tho Trolslnnlgo Xeltung expreises tho opinion that such nn attempt would lead to a conlllct between the governmeut and the Relrhatng. Emperor William has appointed nn hon orary eommltteo to receive the body of llaron von Ketteler, Germany's former min ister to China, who was murdered In Pekln, whleh la due to arrive nt Rremcrhaven August S on tho Palatla. The committee In cludes several high military and naval of ficials and also a foreign nlnce deputatlrn. KING'S DFCLARATION STANDS Siillnliury Sn It I t'xelrux to Tiry Mitlf- Cntliolli'' Full Drill ll ml. lo LONDON. Aug. 5. Although no division was challenged at tho third reading ol tbo king's declaration bill this evening In tho Houso of Lords It Is generally believed that no further attempt will be made to pats It, either this cession or tbo next. DOWAGER'S SUFFERING ENDS lelio of Frederick the Noble Dies of Cancer at Orenberg. MPEROR WILLIAM ATTENDS HIS MOTHER Anions the Member of lloynl Family About Ucntltbed Kin IJdwnrd IJipeeted to Arrive Later. CRONRERG, Aug. 5. Empress Frederick died at 6:15 p. in. Closely following tho announcement of the death from the castle tho church bells cro tolled and tho flags half-masted. Vis itors to the castle began Inscribing their names In a book placed for the purpose In tho hall, It Is said the cause of death was drop.y accompanying the cancer. The remarkable Itallty of the dowager empress astonished her physician. Sho retained consciousness to tho end. The castlo grounds aro now surrounded by soldiers and patrolled by hussars and mounted police. At 8 o clock this evening Emperor Wil liam conducted tho members of tho dow- ger empress' household Into the diath cliambcr and led them, ono by one, past tho bedside, to tako n last farewell of their mistress. DERLIN, Aug. 6. Tho announcement of tho death of Dowager Empress Frederick was published hero too late for comment In tho evening papers, with tho exception of tho Frelslnnlgo Zeltung, which recalls her heroic hearing during her husband's last days, "when she silently endured the heart less allusions of the Chauvinistic German press." This Journal also pralsos her "dlg- nlflod self-effacement" slnco the death of rederlck the Noble. Soon after tho announcement was mado tho flogs on nil the public buildings In uerun were half-masted. It Is taken for granted that the interment will bo at rneucnsKircne, Potsdam, by tho sldo of h.mperor Frederick, but tho date of tho function Is not yet known publicly. ino papers assert that the dowaeer em press long ngo adopted her husband's motto, "Learn to suffer without complaining." She rcccnuy ordered that tho public should bo excluded from tho grounds of Frledrichs hoff. saying: "Tho world shall not learn what I am suffering. I will nnt h niti,i iu my misionune. Premature Announcement. HOMHERO, Aug. C A nrematuro stain mont that tho dowager empress was dparl was given out crucially at Homberg castle shortly after noon. Copies wore posted In half tho shop windows of the town. Th blinds were down in tbo windows in many residences and all flags wero half-masted. A llttlo later the principal street of Hom berg wns filled with shoppers buying black. Then camo word that the news was falso. inero seems llttlo doubt that tho message came from Frledrlchshoff, although who ent It no ono seems to know. Count Mr. shal Ilaupt, who gave out tho inaccurate an nouncement, tin boon summoned to Crou- bcrg. The false nows was tcleeranhed widely and many German cities displayed signs of mourning. When tho official contra diction was sent there was scarcely any one who believed it. One by one the llttlo shoos brought out flagpoles bearing Gorman colors nt hnlf-maat, with crape abovo and below. faven tho cottages wero decked with a scran of black. Soon after nightfall Emperor William, ac companied by the empress and tho crown prince, nrovo nacK to Homberg. Whether the body will Ho In stnto has not yet been determined. Tho details for Its removal to bo Interred by the sldo of the remains of Emperor Frederick will bo discussed In Homberg tomorrow. The dowager empress knew her days were fow. Sho had said farewell to most of her servants. It Is understood that sho had ar ranged for tho futuro of nearly every one of them. Sho had expressed a desire that not much should bo known by the public concerning her disease, lest somo should be saddened by tho knowledgo of her sufferings. There wns much reluctance In summoning King Edward, as It was not desired that ho should havo a long wait. He and Queen Alexandria will leave here for Marlborough itouso tomorrow. It Is not likely they will start for Herlln until Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. A dispatch was received at the State department today from Ambassador White, announcing tho death of tho dowager empress of Germany. The dispatch was sent to the president at Canton. EXPOSITION BUILDING BURNS ICniiNn City Reminder of (lid Doom I)n Client Dynniultrr of Their Job. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 6. The exposition building, erected during the boom of 18S7 nt a cost of over $200,000, was destroyed by flro In less than two hours' time this after noon. Tho flro started shortly after 1 o'clock within ten feet of tho spot where Patrick Gllmore stood when ho directed his fomous band at the exercises dedicating the build ing fourteen years ago, A boy, among a crowd which had gathered to watch a large circus that bad pitched its tents across the street, set fire In a spirit of mischief to some loose rubbish on the floor. In a moment the flames leaped beyond con trol, spreading almost instantly throughout tho wholo building, which occupied half a block square Tho dry woodwork nnd piles of lumber that had been torn from old tlmn booths and stacked In different parts of tho building burned llko tinder and Boon the wholo structuro was a roaring furnace, Hundreds of people had gathered for the circus performance and for a tlmo a mild panic prevailed. Tho circus hand! wero called out, however, and quickly restored order, and everybody was moved to n place of safety. No ono was Injured. The efforts of the firemen wero directed toward tavlng the surrounding residence property and In preventing tho base ball grounds buildings a block away from catching. A little over an hour after the flro started tho Immense roof with Its rafters of steel crossed In and fifteen minutes later tho structure was a complete wreck. Tho exposition building was situated at Twelfth street and Knnsas avenue, threo miles from tho center of the city. It had not been occupied for ten years Recently It was sold to a syndicate, which had planned to razo it on next Saturday with dynamite to make way for modern buildings. The loss Is nominal. Ilcnriernn iu German C'upltnl, HERLIN. Aug. 5. David II. Henderson, speaker of the United States house of repre sentathes, and Representative Frederick II. Glllett of Massachusetts are In Berlin. T0WNSITES ARE ANNOUNCED Interior Department Settle the Uite- tlon for llntli I.nwtnu nnil HI Iteno UlsUlct. WASHINGTON. Aug. n. The townsltes for the El Reno and LaWton lnnd districts, into which all the newly opened land In Oklahoma Is divided, were announced at tho Interior department today. Commis sioner Herrannn has tolcgraphed to the respective registers and receivers tho ap proval of Secretary Hitchcock of the res ervation of these lands "and no others" for townslte purposes nnd directing tho land ofllcers to reserve them from home stead entry. They comprise all tho towu- sltes and lots In them will be sold to morrow. The new townsltes arc described as follows: El Reno District The east half, sec tion 10, township 10, north range 12 west: tho northPast quarter, section 3, north west quarter, section I, both in township 12, north range It west: tho south half, section 18, township H,' north range 1!) west; the southwest qukrtcr. section IS, township 11, north rann 10 west; the north half, section 31, township 5, north range 16 west; lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the south half of northeast quartnr and south half of northwest quarter, section I, town Bhlp 12, north range 13 west, nnd the north halt section 21, township T, north range 11 west. Lawton District Thn southwest quar ter, section 21, township 22, south range 11 west; the north half,, section R, town ship 3, north range 9 west; the Houthea.it quarter, section 26, nnd northeast quar ter, section 33, township 3, north range 17 west. EXPEDITES LAND TROUBLES Interior Department Inane Order to Cut Short the- Plaints of the l)lntllled. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.Actlng Secretary of the Interior Ryan today Issued regula tions designed to secure 'ipeedy correction of nny material errors lu tho local land ofllces In disposing of land cases In tho newly opened domain, to discourage groundless appeals and prevent disap pointed applicants from indefinitely tlclng up tho land or forcing others to pay them to withdraw appeals. Thoy provide that a defective application, either to file soldiers' declaratory statements or to make home stead entry of theso lands, may, In tho discretion of tho local ofllcers, be amended during tho day only when the application Is presented. Appeals to tho gcnoral land ofllco will bo allowed or considered only within ono day, Sundays excepted, after the repectlon of tho application. After nppllca tlon and until tho case Is finally disposed of, the lands covered thereby will bo re served from other disposition. Appeals will bo forwarded Immediately to the general land ofllce, carefully examined there nnd forwarded to tho secretary of tho Interior with appropriate recommendation for prompt final decision. Tho regulations will supersede any conflicting regulations and apply to all appeals from tho local ofllces during tho sixty days from tho opening. MAJOR DOYEN REPRIMANDED Nary flepnrtment Make Mortifying Endorsement nf the FlndluK of Ilonril nt Inquiry. WASHINGTON, Aug. E. Tho charges unon which Malor Charles A. Doyen, fleet marine officer of tho North Atlantic squad ron, was tried by court-martial recently at Newport, with tho llndlngs of the court sentencing him to lose two numbers nnd bo publicly reprimanded, together with tho action of tho revlowlng authority In the department hero, have been published In general orders. Tho reprimand authorized by tho court is .contained In tho following Indorsement of Acting Secretary Hackett "An oflleor should bo deeply mortified by the publication of an order announcing to the scrvlco the fact of his trial by general court-martial and a finding that ho has been Incapacitated for tho performance of duty by reason of Indulging In alcoholic stimulants. Such publication will bo re garded as a BUfTlclcnt performance of tho duty Imposed upon tho department by tho court, viz.: That Major Doyen be reprl roanded by tho secretary of the navy." INDIANS DEMAND THE LAND Cnddo Claim Prceedenee In Newly Opened Illntrlet Hecnue of nn Old Grunt. WASHINGTON, Aug. C Suit was In stituted In the supreme court of tho Dis trlct of Columbia today by a number of Caddo Indians nnd whlto men who have married Caddo Indian women, asking that a writ of mandamus be Issued against tho secretary of the Interior compelling that official to approve selections of lands ll the newly opened lands In Oklahoma tcrrl tory which havo been mado by them and to withdraw tho lands from settlement. They base their claim upon nn old act of con gress granting lands to members of Indian tribes nfllllated with tho Ichlta Indians rulo to show cause returnable on the 13th inst. was Issued by tho court. JURYMEN CHARGE BRIBERY Ilenver Iot Pnlilllier' Suit Develop New I'"enture, ImpllcntliiK dud Be nnd IliitllrT. DENVER, Aug. 5. Four of tho Jurors In tho trial of Attorney W. W. Anderson charged with shooting H. H. Tammen and F. G. Ronflls, publishers of the Post, with Intent to kill, which ended In a disagree ment of the Jury, today mado affidavit for charges of attempted bribery ugalns Pollco Judge W. J. Thomas and Court Ilalllffs Robert Schroder and D. J. Sadller The Jurors declare that the men men tloned npproached them with offers of money If tho Jury would bring In a verdict of guilty against AnderBon. These affidavit will bo filed In the district court by Ander son's attorneys and a searching lnvcsttga tlon will be demanded. Pending on investigation the flro an police board today suspended D. J. Sadller as fire warden. The accused positively den the statements mado by tho Jurors. DRAGGED TO DEATH BY HORSE Aulmnl lleeomc rrlKhteiicd und IluiiM, KntiiiiKlliiK Yu u ii .Mr. ll In Hitch Hope, AUDURON, In.. Aug. C (Special Tele gram.) Herman Hohn, a young man resid ing with his parents two miles north of this city, was dragged to death by a horse last evening. Whllo leading tho horbo to tho barn It started to run and tho long rope which was fastened to the horse's neck be camo tangled around Hohn's body. He fore the animal could bo stopped bo was dead. EXPLOSION MLS TWENTY hlladelphiani Caught Undtr Falling Walla of Six Buildingt. IRE INCREASES THE VICTIMS' DANGER Mil n y Are Tlrnwn from AVreeUime duil In Time to lenpe tho Fllliue Cnuie ol ('ntii troplic Not KuoMti, PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 5. A terrific ex plosion In a block of six buildings on Locust street, above Tenth, tonight completely wrecked llvo of tho structures nnd caused the lenth of from ten to twenty or more persons. Over two score of others were more or less seriously Injured. Some of those taken to the hospitnl will die. It Is estimated that at least thlrty-flvo persons were In the llvo buildings when the ex plosion occurred, nnd the exact number of ead will probably not be known for twenty- four hours. Tho buildings wero occupied as follows: No. 100S, Housman's pool and billiard rooms. No. 1010, Morris Rosenthal's second-hand clothing store, occupied by Rosenthal, his wife and live children. No. 11)12. William Jones, colored man's restaurant, occupied by Jones and About fifteen bonrdcrs. No. 10H, Georgo McClemmy s grocery store, occupied by McCleramy's clerk and servant girl. No. 101C, Patrick Qulgley's grocery store, occupied by Qulgley, his wife, threo children and his uncle. No. 1018, Albert Mountain's grocery nnd meat store, occupied by Mountain, his mdther, alster and clerk. Prolnilily it llnrrel of (insollne. Tho explosion occurred about 9:30 o'clock What exploded and how It happened Is not known, but It Is believed to havo been a barrel of gasoline In ono of the threo gro c-ry stores. With the explosion of No. 100S the front walls of tho buildings wero blown outward Into the street, whllo tho floors and the roofs were blown upward nnd fell straight to tho ground. Almost every build lng In a radius of two blocks about tho scene of tho explosion had window panel shattered and was othorwlso damnged Every building on tho opposite sldo of Locust street was more or less wrecked, but nono of them fell. A terrlblo cry wont up from tho ruins tho moment tho explosion occurred. Women, children and men, occupants of the wrecked houses, could be seen crawling from tho debris, whllo agonizing groans of others were heard In tho wreckage. From all tue surrounding buildings Injured peoplo camo running and foil Into tho street unconscious. To ndd to tho horror fire broke out In the debris tho moment It settled to tho ground and In less than five minutes tbo great pllo was burning fiercely from end to end. A general alarm was turned lu far flro np paratus and ambulances, nnd in the mean time tho work of rescuo was voluntarily begun by thoso In tho neighborhood that wero rot Injured. Here and thcro a person wns dragged from tho ruins beforo tho flro could reach tho victim, several lives being saved by this prompt work. When the flro men reached tho Bccne tho flames had mado great headway and were Igniting the build Ings across tho street. The fire, however. was soon under control, and with the ox ceptlon of a small blazo here and thcro the flro wns extinguished In a fow minutes. Itesviie from the Wrcclinnc Tho work of digging away the ruins was then begun In enrnest. Near tho edgo of the debris several colored men wero taken out nnd sent to the hospitals. Whllo tho firemen and policemen wero digging In the debris and hauling away heavy timbers In several sections of tho wreckage, crlos were heard coming from tho cellar of Mountain's grocer- store. Fifty men, with rope and tackle, woro Immediately put to work at that point, nnd pulled away tho roofing and flooring, which had fallen Into n massed heap. From tho bottom of tho pile, doubled up, wero taken n man nnd a woman. Tho man wns able to speak, but tho woman was apparently dead. Whllo tho work of rescuo was going on In tho exploded block hospital attendants and others made a search of all tho damaged houses on tho opposite side of tho street and almost a scoro of persons were taken to various hospitals from theso places. Tin Jeftcrson nnd tho Pennsylvania hos pitals, which aro located nearest to tho sceno of tho evplosion, wero soon crowded with tho Injured. Nono 'A those taken to the hospital had died nt midnight. Two hundred men are now nt work clenrlng awny the wreckage. Tho buildings containing tho poolrooms, clothing store and the restaurant wero three-story bricks, whllo the other threo buildings wero two and n half stories. AFTER THF Fl USIVF C0Y0TF Vice I'renldent Hooevelt Tnkc lliiutlni; Trnll Aunlii ivlth Old Compnnlon. the COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. Vlco President Roosevelt left hero fi. this afternoon for a three days' coyoto chase In tho vicinity of Fountain, eighteen miles south of this city. Ho wns accompanied by R. R, Stewart of this city, Alfred Cowles of New York, a brother-in-law of Mr. Stewart; Lieutenant H. K. Devcreaux, a trooper of Ronsovelt's old regiment; John Ooff, who piloted the vlco president during his lion hunting expedition in Colorado last winter, and Joe Kenyon, who will act as guide dur lng this trip. MILITIA WILL GUARD NEGRO Three Conilinulc Detailed to Protect Ituyiiioiid Hot While ou III Way to Trial. ATLANTA. Ga., Aug. C Adjutant Gen eral Robertson tonight ordered Major Darker to put himself In command of tho threo companies .which would bo detailed from tho Fifth Infantry and tho First cavalry and report them at G o'clock to morrow morning to the sheriff of Cherokoo county nt tho Fulton county Jail In Atlnnta Tho mllltla will accompany Raymond Ross a negro, to Canton. Ga,, whero ho will bo tried tomorrow for an alleged assault on a whlto woman. SPECIAL SESSION P0SSIBLF Colorado' Stnti Revenue I,mv I Get. tlnu' Hie Slate Into Dlllleultlc, PohMIiI), PUEHLO, Colo.. Aug. C District Judge Dixon today decided that the new etato revenuo law Is Invalid, having ucver been legally enacted by the senate, Tho state will appeal tho case to tho supremo court The derision, If sustained, may necessitate calling the legislature in special session. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecnst for Nebraska -Fnlr Tuesday nnd ViMlnesda . wanner Tucsuu) in i-.usiern Portion; Variable Winds. Teniiiernlure In tl mil tin Veilerdnyi Hour. I)e. Hour. lift. n ii. n 1 i. ui Ml II u. i Ill U p, n 1 7 ii. n Ill it p. i Ml M II. ill till -I 1. in M II I Ill) R i. m Ml til ll. m 711 ll i. m 11 n. ii 711 7 p. in s- I'-' in HI S i. in 711 II p. nt 7T. EXAMINE COLLIER'S BRAIN Doetori Mny lie Forced to Abandon Their Did Theory n n ItCMllt. CHICAGO. Aug. Thnt the peculiar In sanity of the Into Prank Howard Collier re sulted from a blow received on the haad fiom suppofcdly political antagonists sov- era I years ago was practically decided today by several persons who removed his briln for Die purpoto of n careful examination. Tha discovery Is of npeclnl Interest from tho fart that It has been an accepted theory among medical men that the kind of In- banlty from which Collier suffered technic ally known ns "circular Insanity" nerr oc curred except as a result of hereditary taint. If the conclusions reached after tho tTJt Investigation prove correct this theory will havo to ho abandoned. A section of the forehead several Inches square was removed and tho brain taken out. An examination showed thnt there wan nn exostosis, or bony growth on tho timer table of tho skull, to which the mem brane:) nud frontal lobes of tho brain ad hered. Tho growth was nn Inch nnd a half long nnd an Inch wide, nnd tho points, which were sharp, protruded nearly a quarter of an Inch. A year ngo Collier's skull was trepanned, but the operation showed nothing. Tho In cision, as was disclosed today, had been made n llttlo lo ono sldo of where the exos tosis existed. BANKER IS UNDER ARREST Olllcer Clone III i:ntnbllbmcnt nt Andre, tint., nnd Hold Hint for Kormcry. WARASH, Ind., Aug. C James M. Koy, who camo from St. Louis a year ago and established tho Commercial bank at An drews, Is under arrest In tho Huntington county Jnll, charged with forgery. A re ceiver for the bank hns been appointed. Key, who Is about CO years of age, waH arrested under warrants Issued at the In- stanco of Orlando Packard, vice president of the Capitol National bank of Indianapo lis, who stntcs that his bank advanced to Key something llko $12,000, taking notes as collateral. Ten of these notes, aggrcgat lng $10,000, he says, havo proved to bo forgerle. Other banks aro thought to hold paper of tho samo character negotiated by Key. Whon arrested Koy reached for his re volver, declaring that ha would 1:111 him self, but tho weapon was token from him. Tho deposits In tho closed Commercial bnnk nggrcgate about $12,000. There Is but $25 In the safe. VICTIM OF NITRO-GLYCERINE TenniNter for Torpedo Compnny nowlliiR Green I IIIimvii to Atom. Nenr HOWLING GREEN, 0 Aug. 6. A ter rifle explosion of nltro-glycereno occurred on tho Munn road near this city this after noon, In which ono man, William Redbaugh, 22 years old, a driver for tho Hercules Torpedo company, was blown to atoms nnd many others narrowly escaped serious In Jury. Radbaugh was driving a wagon loaded with 800 quarts of tho explosive and when nearlng tho tracks of the Cincinnati, Hnmll ton & Dayton rond whipped up his horses to cross tho tracks ahead of an approach ing pnssenser train. The Jolting exploded tho stuff on tho tracks hnd tho train wns stopped within a fow feet of tho gaping holo mado by the explosion. Pieces of debris wero hurled with great force against tho trnln, but none of tho fifty passengers was Btruck. A houso occupied by Mrs Abram Tcall was wrecked and Mrs. Tcall seriously Injured. BLOODSHED IN TERRITORIES Murdered Hoy' Hotly Ilecovered nt II ii nit SpeliiKN SiiHiili'lmiN riruvcN Found nt Jlnrliiw, WICHITA, Kan., Aug. fi. A dispatch to tho Eagle from Mnrlow, I. T says that two newly mado graves have been found In tho Kiowa, Comanche nnd Apache coun try fifteen miles west of Duncan nnd near them somo rifled trunks nnd boxes.- deputy United States mnrHhal has left Fort Sill for' the scene to mako an Investlga Jon. OKLAHOMA CITY. Ok!., Aug. fi. Tho body of tho H-ycar-old son of Dr. nccm blossom of this plnco was hrought hero this morning from Rush Springs. Tho boy wns killed In u "holdup" last night whllo going overland with his father to Iiwton, LEAPS INTO FIERY FURNACE Jnme M. WIIou, Innue, Ilurnn Him self Fntnlly l)cplte Ilfforl of Attendant. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Aug. E. A spe cial to the Desert News from Provo, T.'tah, says that James M. Wilson, a patient at tho Insane nylum, throw himself bead first Into tho open door of a furnace today. Ho wbb badly burned before being pulled out. Whllo bandages wero bulng prepared Wilson broko away and again threw him self Into the furnace, this tlmo being so frightfully burned that ho died within n short time. MAUDE ADAMS HAS THE PLAY Will Return TucNiluy tilth llm-rlu' Nru Creation lo lie Culled "(lunllty Street." nkw vuua, Aug. d. .Mamie Adams' now play, written by J. M. narrle, tho author of "Tho Little Minister," Is to bo called "Quality Street." This tltlo has been dn clded upon by J. M. Harrlo and Mies Adams and tho manuscript has been delivered to Miss Adams, who will return to New York next Tuesday. Mr. Harrle will arrive here during tho latter part of September In time for rehearsals of tho now play. Movement of llcemi Veel, Aiiuuxt At New York Arrived: Rtoatn'r Minne apolis, from London; Marquette, fiom l-on uon. At Liverpool Arrived: Tunlsau, from Montreal. At Snuthiimpton-Arrived: Kaiser W I helm dtr Gronse, from New York, and pro fit ded. TO DEFEAT CUMMINS Othsr Ltadiug Cudidatei Combine iu QubtrnaUrial CoitiiU SEEK TO CONTROL FIRST TWO BALLOTS Fiild Ecliim that Thou it Will Be Maittr of th Situation. TREWIN MAY HEAD WITHDRAWALS Benominatitu of Eluw Sngetited in Ctaa f a Di&dlcok. HERRI0TT FORCES HOLD WELL TOGETHER Ivuott, Hurt nud nn Unknown Are Nnmed n n Maiiauliiu Comiulttcn to 1 1 it ii il lo the Concent i Htlun Aunltiat Cum iu I n . (From a Staff Correspondent.) CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia Aug. fi. (Special Telegram.) Delegateti arc pouring Into town to tho republican gubernatorial con vention, which opens Wednesday. The man agers of the several candidates each asserts coulldenco In tho victory of his man, but be tween estimates that radically differ nnd statements that flatly contradict but one fact Is evident, and that Is that the convention will bo a battle royal from Its beginning. Tho sup porters of A. 11. Cummins dorlaro ho will receive tho nomination, whllo the antl-Cum- mlns men say they will make n fight In tho caucuses that will provo a surprise to Cum mins and thoy confidently predict that they will control the makeup of nil tho Impor tant committees. Nothing dellnlto can be foretold regard ing tho republican stato convention. Dele gates have been coming In all day, but all havo been good natured and quiet and thus far thcro Is no Indication of the bitter ness which hao been promised. There Is tho best of feeling among tho various man agers for candidates and numerous confer ences held. ' I'Meld AKnluat Cummin. At a confcrcnco between the leading threo candidates for governor, oxcopt Cummins, arrangements wero mado for a managing committee to look after their mutual Inter ests, to represent tho Held against Cummins. ns 11 Is Important that tho defeat of Cummins be made sure before anything else. Har rlman named on tho committee Edward Knott of Waverly, United States marshal: Herrlott named Ernest E. Hart of Coun cil Rluffs, nntlonal committeeman; Trowln named ono whoso Identity wns not mado known. TIicbc threo wero named nn an ad visory body: James E. Hlytho of Mason City, H. O. McMIUIn of Cedar Rapids und II. O. Weaver of Wapello. Stato Chairman Ulytbe stated this evening ho had rofused to servo, on tbo committee. Hcrrlott's mon disavow nny connection with tho movement. Tho ontl-Curamins men claim that If Cummins 1b not nominated on two ballots they will defeat him and are showing great confidence, but Cummins taya ho will bo nominated on tho first ballot and has no doubt of his success. As a part of tho movement to ronccntrato against Cummins It Is stnted that Trowln will bo tho first candldnto withdrawn am thin may occur before a ballot Is token. Thcro has been much talk today In favor of tho renomlnatlon of Governor Shaw In enso thcro Is a deadlock. Tho governor Is here and his friends arc urging that ho Is tho logical candidate. Tho Herrlott forces aro being well held togothor and It is al most certain that If Cummins Is defeated Herrlott will get his votes. Fostor Is here, but hns not opened headquarters. Judge Towner seems to bo leading for supremo Judge and has a larger delegation of frlcnd3 hero than any other candidate. Flrt riulit III Credential Ilooni. Tho determination of tho candidates to mako a common fight against Cummins was reached thta morning in a conforonco that lasted from an early hour until noon. It wae decided to force the contest, first of nil, before tho eommltteo on credentials, whero the opposition to Cummins hopes to tako from him twenty-six vote. Thcro nro threo contests to como bofore tho com mittee, Involving In Jackson county sixteen votes, In Carroll couuly twelve votes and In Polk county eight votes. The contests aro all against tho Cummins men nnd n mighty effort will bo made to unseat them. Tho makeup of tho credentials eommlt teo Is still In doubt, the opposition to Cum mins claiming soven out of eleven mombor, whllo tho Cummins people claim four, with excellent chances of getting two more. Tho makoup of tho committee Is not of prime Importance, us no matter how the contests aro decided In the eommltteo room they will bo brought beforo the convontlon In tho shapo of majority and minority re ports and right here will como the tug nf war that will reveal tho full strength of Cummins nnd that of thoso who arc against him. It Is admitted by both Hides that tho winner of tbo light on tho report of tho credentials eommltteo on tho lloor of the convention will name tho next republican candidate for governor. The Cummins men claim that they will bo ablo to win tho fight on tho floor of the. convention, no matter how tho report of tho committee goes, but this claim Is denied strenuously by tho managers of tho other candidates. Thoy claim to havo In opposition to Cum mins an aggregate of 010 to 350 vote and these, they sny, when handled solidly, will not only prevent tbo nomination of Cum mins, but will Insuro the choice of any other man who may bo selected by tho steering eommltteo. Holt Threatened on the Floor. It was decided by the conforenco this morning that If tho Cummins faction tri umphed on tho lloor of tho convontlon In the fight over tho report nf tho credentials eommltteo it bolt should ho made to some ono candldnto nnd the full strength of tho opposition thrown to him. The Cummins peoplo laugh nt this and say that after they havo won tho fight on credentials thcro will be nothing to do but count tho dead ami among thorn will bo nobody named Cummins, "If ue win tho one, wo win nil," said Thomas Way, manager of Cummins' cam paign, this nfternoon. "If wo loso tho credentials fight, then they wilt bo com pelled to select their man and tho ntrength of tho coalition is not so solid thut It can not bo broken. There aro plenty of follow ers of Harriman who are for Cummins for second choice. Tho siime Is truo of tho fol lowers of Herrlott and of Trewln. That eommltteo will find It impossible to awing to nny ono man the full voto that Ik not registered for Cummins at this tlmo. If any break comes, Cummins Is going to gain strength from that break." On tho other hand, tho members of the