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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