The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED J USE 1 0, 1871. 03IAHA, TUESDAY MOHXI2s"G, AUGt'ST 20, 15)01 TEX PAGES. StXGLE COPY EtA'E CENTS. SHAFFER SHUTS DOOR Aucciation's Prstldcnt Cays Chicago ilem len Cannet Git in Aaia. NEITHER WILL THEY DE ALLOWED TRIAL If Th7 Mow Quit Work it Will B Oa Own Kespcns b.litj. SAYS FIGHT 15 HARDLY BEGUN YET Fromitcs Trust Ploatj of Troublo ia Near future. CORPORATION SO FAR FEELS VICTORIOUS aixki M Scrlcn nf CiiiliiH In llr(nrnt Ion of Properties Crippled by the Mrll.t A inIMiuiI Sceretiiry '1' Ik lie llcci'lt vn (Million. PITTSIU'KO. Pa.. Auk. 10. Tho United Stales bict'l corporation mailo a aeries cf cuius today in the rt storatlou at properties trlpplMl by thtt strlko or Ulo Amalgamated association and lis sympathizers. Tin Kicnl mills at Mouusiet, after n len; period of Innctlvlty, wen; partly put In mo tion liy trlko breakers gathered In some of the EOtilhern stales; two more mil. 8 .11 the rainier plant weru also started up. aid nnnthei largo mill at llio Clark piopcrty Viih operated for the first time. Tliero wai some disorder In the Mtrect of Motictsen during the day, hut thu local police never lout control of the demonstrative crowds iwnl tlu'ro was no werlous trouble. The le opcnlng of the Mnnessen milt Is believed to be the first of n series of nggrtsslvo moves on the part of the steel corporation. Prep arations are known to he In progres-t for reopening the Star Tin mills lu this city nnd for Increasing the force at tho Kinds ty A McCutehcoti mills, and It Is thought to' bo only ii mailer of time before the strong holds of the strikers, Hko Newcastle, Mc Kccsport, Wheeling. Bellalre and Mingo Junction will bo Invaded. The EtrlkorB deny that nny real progress has been mado at either Moncssen or Painter's, and fay that they are not to be frightened by tho burn ing of n lot of coal nnd the mere operation of machinery. They say that skilled itioa cannot bn secured outside of their ranks and that none of their men are deserting, despite claims to the contrary. Mure Men 'Mum Place. The managers of the Painter mills claim part of their two new crews are made up of old employes who have como back to work. At the CInrk ,mlll, whero tho ten Inch mill was started for tho first llmo today and whore evorythlUK except a small eight-Inch mill Is now being operated. It lr asserted that moro skilled men arc offer ing their services than can be accommo dated. Fifty moru wero taken on there to day, bringing the total force up to GOO. It was claimed that there were 200 men nt work lu tho Painter mills nnd thnt fifty of them were skilled. Tho greatest fight In this district Is for mastery at tho Duqucsnc mills of the Car tiegto c'omi.uiiy- Doth sides are working secretly, tho Amalgamated association to extend Its .organization and strength among tho workers nnd tho steel company to block nny plnn to get the men out. Neither side has shown Its strength yet and It Ib impossible to get any line on the ultimate result. The claims mado pri vately on either side aru conflicting. Tho Amalgamated organizers assort that they liave secured a strong position lu tho prop erty and that when the word is given It wilt be shut down. The managers of the mills admit that the strikers have some friends in tho mills, but express absolute confidence) la their ability to keep the en tire plant In operation. Coal and Iron companies' police carefully guard the prop erty, admitting nono except employes, and they In turn aro watched by secret pickets of the strikers, Tluiic Heiortn to ShiifTcr. Assistant Secretary M. F. Tlgho returned from tho west today and was closeted for several hours with President Shaffer. Ho was given a very enthusiastic reception by his associates nnd returned a stronger figure In the organization than when he de parted. Discussing his report Mr. Shaffer eald: "All that Mr. Tlghe told mo' was In the papers last week and thero was nothing aside from this. The Chicago mlllmcn who remained at work are now no longer mem bers of .the organization. They are not en titled to a trial and will have none. They lire at liberty to act as they seo fit now, but if they go out they will do so on their own responsibility. We will do nothing about the matter from ths time. On the whole tho strike Is going cm very well. Wo are getting cut moro men every day nnd will continue to do so. The fight' Is hardly begun yet. There will be plenty of troublo for the trust before long if It koops on in its present courae. There has been no effort on anyone's part toward peace, and thero will be nono on our part again. As to tho situa tion In Duquesne, all I can say Is that there baa been no strlko ordered In that mill as yet. I sold last week that when we were ready that mill would be attended to." I"! rut (inlii .-Sott-tl, Tho first gain today for the corporation was noted when two more mills at the Pain ter works wero put Into operation. They wore started nt 7 o'clock and brought the total number ot mills in operation In that property up to four. Thoy claim that tioveral of their old men have broken from the strikers and returned to their paces. C. K. Harper, manager of tho property, eald that he now had 200 men at work and that of the number about fifty were skilled men. He says that within n month the mill will bo running to Its full capacity. Tho strikers still assert that the property U helpless nnd the work being done In It Ii not hurting their cause. The steel mill at Moncssen was not started this morning, hut the steel man agers sny It will bo running before nlght. The flrca have been started and every prep nrntlon made for nctual operations. Thero was some excitement among tho strikers when they learned that n party of strike breakers had been spirited into tho prop erty. They havo Increased their vigilance to prevent another surprlte. They say that the managers have not secured men enough to properly start the mill and that they ore still In control ot the situation, A nonunion worker employed in the Wellsvlile plant won seriously beaten by a party of strikers early this morning and forced to promise that he would not return to work. Sultelnnen Will .Vol Strike, Two meotlngs of the Switchmen's Union of North America were hold hero yesterday to discuss tho strlko. F. T, Haw ley. grand master, was present and spoke at both meetings. It was decided that a strike In (Continued ou Fifth Psge.) SQUADRON NEARER TO PANAMA Ilouti or the .ortli Atlantic Ordered from Nniitucket to Hamil ton Ilonilfc. NANTUCKE" . Aug, 10. The North Atlantic squadro 'ot, Received orders to sail tun.orrow fot ,on ltoads and the vtescls of the &, arc already getting up steam, prepare their de parture. ' The exact reason for the chat.. -'ana 's not known. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. It was an nounced at the Navy department today that the North Atlantic squadron would sail from Newport about the 25th lust., for Hampton ltoads. When specific Inquiry was made as to whether this had any con nection with the troubles In South Ameri can Authoritative answer was given that It had no relation whatever to affairs lu that quarter. It was explained that the maneuvers of the squadron In Now Kng land waters had come to a close and that the southern drill grounds nrf Hampton ltoads afforded better facilities for the evolutions In contemplation. These plans appear to have been formed some time ago. The efTcct of tho movement, however, will be to place the vessels of this squadron Hbout a day and a half's sail nearer to tho scene of southern difficulties than they would be If they remained on tho New England coast, and also In good location for coaling and equipping forsea It nny necessity should arlso for dispatching auy of these ships. LOSE HOPE F0R COLOMBIA llrlllt.li Memoir llcpiirtn Hint llesl ilentM Arc Influenced lir Kulluro to H'M'iiUr llclicln. KINGSTON. JAMAICA, Aug. 19. The Drltlsh steamer lloaneath arrived hero to day from Central American ports and brought advices from Colon of continued and persistent attacks by the rebels on the outskirts ot Colon nnd Pnnama. Tho re peated effort" on tho part of the govern ment to repulse tho rebels have failed and the belief Is gaining ground thnt the Co lombian government is weakening. When Rosneath left Colon August 15 the French cruiser Suchel was there nnd the arrival of British nnd American war vessels was anxiously awaited. Busluos3 was generally crippled. EUROPEAN WHEAT DEMANDS Market In In Slulit for the llutlrc Snr plun (irnlii Crop of thu lulled Stntcn. KONDON, Aug. 19. The Mark Kane Ex press, summing up the crop situation, says: The best authorities estlmnte the wheat crop of the 1'nlted Kingdom nt 6.1,0 0,0") bushels, France at 300 lXi.0u0 bushels nnd the crops of lielglum and Holland nt , (f),0i bushels, p totnl of gjtf.Quil.ltO bushels for tho gre.it wheat Importing ap 11 of northwestern Europe, which nccda G64 .00),' 0) bushel.. America, with bonis wnnts not exceeding 1iM,0u0.flO bushels, has 075,00X00 bushels, nnd is, therefore, able to ileal with the tletUit tingle handed The IliiHslati, I'.oumanl.in, Aiistrnluslaii mid Argentine surpluttfH are left to meet the wants of Italy and thu neweNt buyers, Ilka Cape Colony, (jr-'ece, Switzerland, Scandinavia, China nnd proba bly Austrla-Hungarv, Spain arul PorUigal. HtO'Pt ami India wiiPbc self-supporting for the next twelve months', but Egypt linn dropped from tho lUt of exporting coun tries, and India tines not seem to bn able to continue H exports. The government lias assumed that there will be an ex portable surplus of 5,000,00) quarters, but nn Indian crop authority denied that the famine Is over or that the l'.'Ol crop lj abundant. WHY BRITISH STAY AWAY Decline In Attend M'ciltilnu; of Csur'H .Sinter tilth KriiRer .tin 11 There, LONDON. Aug. 20. It Is assorted In Doer circles In Brussels that Emperor Nicholas specially invited Mr. Kruger to send a representative to attend tho recent wedding of his youngest sister, Orand Duchess Olga, to Duke Petor of Oldenhourg, According to tho Loknl Anzelger of Berlin, it was tho presence of this representative, M. Van der Hoevcn, that prevented any member of tho British embassy In St. Petersburg attending, the czar having Ignored the Drltlsh ambassador'a protest against tho presence of M. Van tier Ilocven. On behalf of the government, the Roths childs have Just announced the payment of the coupons ot tho Transvaal 6 per cents, dating from tho actual annexation. BRITISH MAY NOT MOVE OUT Sntntv Notifies Clilucac I'cuor Pleni potentiaries (hut ('hl-Clmii Mur drrem Must I'lrat Die. LONDON, Aug. 19. "Sir Ernest Satow has notified tho Chlncso peace plenipoten tiaries," says a dispatch to tho Times from Pckln, dated August 19, "that unless tho decrees for tho punishment ot tho authors of the Chu-Chau massacre aro carried out forthwith Great Hrttaln will reconsider the arrangements for tho withdrawal ot tho British troops." RUSSIANS GETTING ACTIVE HckIii KortHW'nf Inn nt Nerr OlmaiiK nnil 1'iikIi Itiillrnuil to Cnrenn Frontier. LONDON, Aug 19. The Russians, accord ing to a special dispatch from Shanghai, are beginning tho fortification of New Chwang and are pushing tho railroad to tho Corean frontlir. The Germans havo leased additional land at Shanghai on which to build barracks. TURK IS INVITING TROUBLE HciiiIk Trooim In l)lRinteil Terri tory on the llnlKiirlnn Frontier. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 19. Two com panics of Ottoman troops havo occupied Kllsobar, disputed territory across the Bul garian frontier, and the Bulgarian charge d'affaires has demanded their recall within a specified time. MiM-einenl of Ocenn Veel, Anpf, II), At Gibraltar Arrived: Werra. from New York, fur Naples mid Genoa, and proceeded At Urowbeail Arrived: Dominion, fron Portland. Me., for Liverpool. At Lizard Pascd: Itofarlun, from Mon treal, for London; Sln'endnm. from New York, for Boulogne and Rotterdam. At Moville Arrived- Astoria, from New York, for Glasgow, and proceeded. At Yokohama Sailed; Taroma. fr 'tn Hong Kong, Shanghai and Kobe, for Vic torln, H, c and Tacoma. At Liverpool-Arrived; Parisian, f om Montreal. Sailed: forlnthlan, for Montreal. At Suez Arrived; Ulenesk, from Tacoma via Yokohama, etc., for London. At Glasgow-Sailed; Mongolia ., for New iork. ARTILLERY PIECE EXPLODES Two Killed ana Many Injured in Accident at Tort Rilej. TARGET PRACTICE LIKE ACTUAL WARFARE Projectile for Seven-Inch Onn nlov Off Jlen'M Until, Arms nnil l.cgs nml Dentror" Their SlKht. JUNCTION CITY. Kan., Aug. 19. While at target practice about 9 o'clock this morn ing on Fort Riley reservation, halt a mile north of this city, a ten-pound shell ex ploded ns it was being placed In the breech of the third section gun of siege battery O, Seventh artillery, commanded by Captain Vondusen. Casualties: HENRY C. WATSON, killed Instantly. JOHN J. KING, dies of wounds. Murray Sykcs, wounded fatally. Charles Duncan, wounded fatally. Henry Ixigsdon, wounded seriously. Deys Mahoney, wounded, not dangerous. Recruit Lloyd, wounded seriously. Ross Duck, wounded slightly. James Ilrady, wounded slightly. The big siege battery of four guns has been on the tnrgct range north of this city since last Wcdncsdny. This morning tho usual practice was In progress. The ten pound shell hnd been put Into tho third section gun and Private Watson was ram ming the shell home, when there was a terrific explosion and the headless body of Watson was seen standing perfectly erect for almost fifteen seconds, when It moved as If to Btcp and fell, lighting on Its back. Wntson has a father In Texas nnd a brothor nnd sister In South Carolina and enlisted In Savannah, Ga. Private John King had both arms torn oft and lost both eyes. He Is from Now Jersey. Private Sykcs had a portion of the skull torn off and right eye badly injured. Charles Duncan was badly bruised on tho head and blinded in both eyes. Ho is from Kansas. Henry Logsdon is ot London, Ky. His body Is badly hurt and ho may go blind from powder burns. Sergeant Mahoney, a native of Boston, waa hit In the mouth with a fragment of shell nnd lost several teeth. Recruit Lloyd, who recently Joined tho battery from Jackson, Tenn., had his left turearm blown oft and right eye badly burned. Tho wounded men were nt once taken to the post hospital, where proper medical at tention could be given. Private King died tonight. Prlvato Murray Slkes of New York City Is expected to dlo nt nny moment. Private Watson, killed today, Is from Waco, Tex. Unless unexpected complications set In, the remainder of tho men will recover, but It will bo necessary to rcraovo the right eye of Sergeant Dennis Mahoney. Notwith standing the accident today tho battery will go cut for target practice In the morning us usual. BENZINE KILLS MANY FIREMEN Kxutnnlnn nf Immense' Tank of It lt I'd I lit llreene A.lilft Horror to Klnnnclnl . I.osn. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 20. While a largo force of firemen were endeavoring to check the fire In a nest of burning oil tanks at the Atlantic Oil Refining com pany'tt plant at Point Breeze In the south western part of the city, about 12:30 o'clock this morning, an Immense, tank of bcnrlno suddenly exploded. Many of the firemen were In close proximity to the tank and fell victims to the blazing oil and flying pieces of Iron. Three or four were killed and many were badly burned before they enuld bo rescued by their more fortunate com panions. A general call was telegraphed for ambulances and patrol wagons and tho In jured were hurried to the hospitals in tho lower end of tho city. At this writing the names of tho dead firemen cannot be learned. They were hor ribly burned and their bodies eo badly mu tilated that they were hardly recognlzab'o when brought to tho morgue. Some of the Injured will die. Ten or twelve tanks of bcnzlno and pe troleum have already been destroyed and the fire Is not yet checked. Tho loss will reach probably half a million dollars. The fire began about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a benzine tank was struck by lightning during n severe electric storm. In less than fifteen minutes threo adjoining tanks had caught fire. Each tank contained 80,000 barrels of refined oil. Immediately after the fire was discovered tho company's employes tried to draw off the oil from the bottoms ot tho tanks with escape pipes, a precaution which Is always taken when a fire starts, but owing to the extreme heat' the pipes burned and the oil had to bo left In the tanks to burn. A gen eral alarm was transmitted and engines wero called from every section of the city. In splto of tho vigorous efforts of the firemen the flames spread to another tank containing 2.",000 barrels of partially re fined oil and the fifth tank was soon In ruins like tho four others, Shortly after this two bcnzlno tanks ot 5,000 gallons blew up with a tremendous report. Near these two tanks were two other small oil tnnks, which were being pumped out as rapidly as possible. Each contained about 6,000 gal lons of oil. These were also reached by the flames. About 12:30 o'clock this morning, when It was thought the firemen had tho fire under control, another large benzine tank ex ploded. .Many firemen wero In the vicinity of the tank nt the time and but few escaped I uninjured. Tho bodies of throe firemen were I recovered, but it Is feared others wero killed. Tho Intense heat and the danger of further explosions render n search for bodies almost Impossible. One of the dead men Ib believed to be James Eals, a fire man. The other two bodies nre so badly charred and manglod that they nre beyond recognition. It Is be lieved twentv firemen were Injured by the explosion. Police pitrol wagons and hos pital ambulances were kent busy for two J hours removing tho Injured to tho hos pitals. CR0KER BECOMES BUSY MAN Fox, Kreeilmnn nnil Arrnnnrnient for Dcnnrlnrc for l.nntlnn Oeeupy All His Time. LONDON. Aug. 19. Richard Croker. John Fox of the New York Democratic club and Andrew Frecdman. all of whom are now in London, were In conference today re garding tho political (Ituatlon In New York City. Mr. Freedman passed Sunday at Wantage an.d will accompany Mr. Croker across the Atlantic. Mr. Croker denied himself to all callers except a few Intimate friends, his excuse being that he was busy arranging for his departure to as to arrive In New York September 5. CAPETOWN IS GOOD CUSTOMER Cnnstil Genrrnl Stovre 9ny American Ship I'lentr There Despite t Trouble nt ikncks. ; WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. The Stat de partment received a long report on condi tions In South Africa from Consul General Stowo at Capetown, dated a few days before his resignation was received at the de partment. Tho war and the plague, says Mr.- Stowe, havo prevented customs oftlcors from col lecting the usual annual statistics covering the trade conditions of 1900 and as all Im ports for the use of tho imperial and colonial military forces are ntlmlttrd.duty free It Is Impossible to make an accurate comparison with tho trade of tho preced ing year. However, the figures available show that tho Imports from the United States In 1900 were greater than those of 1899 nnd that this' country is second among the nations Importing direct to South Africa and In addition ships a jlargo amount of supplies overland. Mr, Stowo says ns the twar drags along trade In tho Transvanl sand the Orange Free State colony languishes, the fields aro barren and practically njo planting has been attempted. Tho war ias played havoc with Incoming cargoes, thero being nt ono tlmo no fewer than lOp steaming and sail ing vessels in the harbor of Capetown with cargoes valued at nearly $26,000,000 unable to dlschargo their goods (in this account. The plague appeared among the dock labor ers and they stopped work, the compulsory Inoculation of all persons employed nt the docks, aside from the Instinctive dread of tho disease, adding to their terror. All governmental and military supplies 'had to he discharged first and, for these reasons, several American ships wero obliged to re main In thu harbor for two and three months and a stay of many weeks In the harbor was n usual occurrence. But In spite of all this Mr. Stowe aays trado Is not dead by any means nnd or ders already have been placed for steel rails nnd other railroad material, which will bo needed when hostilities cease. The total valuo of Imports Into South Africa from tho United States amounted In 1900 to J20.0SC.12S nn lncreaso of nearly $3,500,000 over 1899. This does not Include the Im ports for military use, nor the merchandise shipped via England. There was a consid erable decrease In beef and flour and In agricultural Implements, but the former was caused by Australia and Argentine competi tion nnd the latter was a direct result of the war. Tho cost of living In Capo Colony, It Is stated, has increased to a marked degree and tho overcrowding oflcltlcs has forced rents up epormously: so;much so that tho various town rounclla aro considering the erection of dwellings to ljouso the working class. The natives, he snVs, aro astonished when they view tho work of our agricul tural machinery In tho Holds. The children sit In school nt desks made In America and American pews In the churches "make poor services less tedious." Tho Imports Into this cojony from the United StatcB amounted In 199. to 5S,fi2S,2CO, standing next to Great Britain with its JC3.7S6.8I0 worth. Goods Imported Into the colony of Natal from tho United States during 1900 amounted In valuclo 13,220.816 a Blight decrease as compared with 1899. GENEROUS TO POStfOFFICES Government Grnnta tltllf Itianl Merv- - iuo in vviiiv M un mo Ilurnl Iloutrs. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (Special Tele gram.) Additional rural free delivery serv ice has been ordered established October 1 at Kearney, Buffalo county, Neb. Tho route embraces ninety-seven square miles and contains n population, ot 1,250. J. C. Cleland und W. II. Cook wero appointed carriers. South Dakota postmasters appointed to day: II. Westre, Mcckllng, Clay county; R. E. Kettleson, Prairie Queen, Kako county. Tho Hanover National bank of New York was today approved as a reserve agent for tho First National bank of Elk Point, S. I)., in place of tho American Exchange National bank of New York, revoked. Bert J. Katlmcr was today appointed stamper in the Mnson City (la.) postotflcc. The postmaster at' Sioux City, la., will be allowed two additional letter carriers October 1, (o be assigned to new territory, rellavtng the other carriers. William L. Simpson of Kander, Wyo., nnd David P. Thomas of Williamsburg, la., were today admitted to practice beforo the Interior department. Charles L. Ilrockway of Rapid City, S. D., was today appointed clerk In the postoffice it that place at $000. KNOX REVERSES TAX RULING Attorney Genernl Iloenn't Connhler Ilnllrnnd Property' Kvcniptlon by 1'nrto Itlco I'ermUiillile. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. The secretary of state has received from Attorney Gen eral Knox an opinion on the question of the approval by the president of a fran chlso granting to the Companla do Lin Forrocasllcs do Porto Rico tho right to extend Its railway lines between certain points on the Island. The attorney general advises tha,t tho franchise In question bo 4 evening tho visitors, who represent lm not approved by tho president on tho ground 1 portant colleges In America, were given a that the executive council of Porto Rico has undertaken to exempt tho company and Its property from all taxation for period of twenty-five years. Theso exemp tions, tbo nttorncy general holds, the executive council was not authorized to mako. "Congress," he says, "did not dele gate to It tho sovereign power of taxation, Including the authority to exempt from taxaMon. This was delegated to the legis lative assembly of Porto Rico. The two powers aro different and distinct things." Tho council, therefore, It Is held, has Invaded the province of the leglslattvo as sembly and proposed exemptions are void. CONGER MAY SUIT HIMSELF .ttiitc Department Will I.el Him Make Ills Oivn Arrangements ivllh Itnckhlll. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. It Is not known here whether Minister Conger, who arrlvod at Pekln Saturday, will tako up the Chinese negotiations nt tho point to which they have been brought by Mr. Rockhlll, thus leaving the lattor free to come home, or will leave the negotiations In Mr. Rnckhlll's hands until the final signing of the pro tocol. However, the State Department will not send nny specific Instructions on this point, but will leave to Mr. Conger and Mr. Rockhlll to arrange plans to their mu tual convenience. Anierlcnn Squadron Cntlicm nt (icnon. WASHINGTON, Aug, 19. The Navy de partment announces that the European squadron ot American war vessels will rendezvous at Oenoa, Italy. The crulaor Chicago, now at Southampton, will proceed to that port, whero It will meet the cruiser Albany and the gunboat Nashville, now at the Selchelle Islands. SHOT A CAR CONDUCTOR Tony Became of Beuth Twentieth Street ii Badly Wounded. HARVEY H0BART CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE !HT lie Wn Protecting the l'nti acnKera from tlnehme's ItmvitjUm nnd thnt Mnrilerona Asnnult Itesulted. Tony Boehme of South Twentieth street between Leavenworth nnd Marcy was shot nnd seriously wounded last night about 10 o'clock by Harvey Hobart, a street car con ductor, at Forty-third and Grant streets. Hobart Immediately surrendered to tho offi cers and was placed In tho city Jail. Boehme was taken to the offlco of Dr. H. M. McClanahan, 1312 North Fortieth street. The physician found the bullet had entered the lower part of tho abdomen and mado an ugly wound. The stories of Hobart and friends ot tho Injured man In regard to the shooting vary greatly. Boehme, In company with Ned French of 4936 North Thirty-ninth street and Al MoVittlo of 2903 North Thirtieth, got on n Walnut hill car at Thirteenth nnd Farnam streets. Hobart says the men were drinking and began to use. vile lan guage and otherwise to disturb those on the car. When some women got on, ho says, ho requested them to stop. Thts seemed to enrago Doohiuo nnd when the car stopped at Forty-third and Grant streets he walked to the rear, abused Hobart nnd finally knocked him down and choked him. It was to save himself, Hobart says, that he fired. According to Ned French the three men were laughing and tolling Jokes, but wero not boisterous and wero not using Improper language. Hobart ordered them to keep quiet. When the car got to Forty-third and Grant streets Boehme wont back to see the conductor and tho fight followed. French says Boehmo didn't strlko Hobart. Hobart Is a young man whose homo Ib at 2420 Blnnoy strcot. When taken to tho police station he was suffering from several bruises on his face, his noao was bloody and he was almost on the vergo of a collapse. Boehmo was formerly a deputy sheriff and during the exposition was manager of ad missions. Boehme was later removed to tho Clark son hospital, where at 2 o'clock this morn ing ho was resting comfortably and the chances were said to bo that he will re cover. Tho bullet passed Just below tho heart and has not been removed. The weapon used was a doublo action 32 caliber revolver. After tho shooting Ho bart gave it to the motorman, who turned It over to the police RECEIVERS ARE APPOINTED I'nrkton nnd Chmnpeake Lumber ComnnnlcH In Tronble on Cork rnn'a Account. BALTIMORE. Md., Aug. 19. Receivers wero appointed hero today for the Park ton Lumber company of "Baltimore county. a,nd .tw.hesaneake Lumber company, of, mis iny on 1110 application pi, tjnanes r.. Corkran, who asserts that he la the prin cipal stockholder in both concerns. The petitions n both cases allego that the companies are Insolvent' because of the misconduct and mismanagement of an offi cer of tho corporations Interested. Tho proceedings taken today form a se quel to tbo suit entered on Saturday last In tho courts of Daltlmoro county, in which a receiver was appointed for tho Manor Lumber company, on petition of Benjamin ,Crosu ot Cincinnati, who alleged that the Manor and other similar companies wero organized and used by Corkran In further ance of a plan to defraud certain banks by means of worthless commercial paper. A sweeping denial ot these charges has been mado by Corkran. who claims that Cross In bringing suit is actuated by malicious motives and a desire to shield an accused relative from punishment for the com mission of frauds In connection with some of Corkran's ventures. MATHEMATICIAN TOO RUSHED Cnnnot Find Time io Ilenr Cooper lSxplnln Ilia Sew Xolnllon Syatem. ITHACA, N. Y.. Aug. 19. Forty of the lending mathematicians of the country nr rived hero today to attend the annual fall meetings of the American Mathematical society on Cornell campus. The program was begun by Prof. W. F. Osgood of Har vard and before adjournment Is made to morrow night twenty-one papers treating on various problems will have been read. Among those taken up today was two sent by Prof. Plngshelm of Munich. George II. Cooper, a steamboat navigator ot British Columbia, who has devised a system ot notation on tho basis of eight Instead of ten, was on hand to explain his Ideas, but 1 not being on the program tho society could not find time to listen to him today. This j reception nt the homo of Prof. Tanner of Cornell by the local members of the so- clety. ASK PALMA FOR PARTICULARS ('ilium Iicndern Ilemniid to Know What Policy He Would I'limur nn President. HAVANA, Aug. 19. A meeting was held today nttended by a number of 'revolution ary generals and politicians representing all parties, tn ascertain the practicability of agreeing upon Senor Estrada Palma as a candldato for tho presidency of tho republic It was convened at the request of General Maximo Gomez. General Sangullly and Juan Gaulberto Gomez contended that, before they could glvo tl.elr Support to any candidate, thoy must know his political program. Tho former pointed out that Senor Palma's re cent letter to Senor Flgueredo was very brief and that he ought to bo Invited to sot forth his Intentions more clearly. Ultimately It wna decided to appoint a committee empowered to address a com munication to Senor Palma, asking him to stntc more fully his Intentions and purpose? If elected president. General Gomez was appointed chairman of the committee. .Vn Illce to I.eatc Corra. ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday, Aug. 18. DIs- patches received here from Seoul say that the Corean government has forbidden tho exportation of rice, on account of the bad crops, and that the Japanese government has Instructed Its minister at Seoul to In quire whether the measure Is Justifiable. Japan has an agreement with Corea for bidding such action except in case of dire necessity. CONDITION OFJHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; Southerly Winds, Becoming Variable. Temiierntiire nt Omnlm Yosterilnj l Hour. Dear. Hour. Dili. n n. m r. I l n. m tUt 7 n. m ..... . II." h n. in IIS II 11. m 7'- 1(1 n. m. ..... . Tit II n. 111 t' 1U 111 87 J l. n I'. " I', m 4 V. m B l. II l. I" 7 i. nt f V- " P. Mil tl'J !)it HI l!i IH st LYNCHED IN FRONT OF HOTEL V. HI (Joille)'n i:ttiitlon for AMtilt Occurs nt Prominent Place In Pierce City. PIERCE CITY. Mo.. Aug. 19. Will God ley, a negro, was lynchrd by a mob com posed of a thousand armed citizens shortly after dark tonight for the murder of Mies Casollcwild, whoso dead body was found today In the woods near hrre. Tho mob went to the Jail about 9 o'clock nnd battred down tho doors and threw ropes around the necks of Godley and Jean Carter, another suspeot. Godley was hanged in front of the Lawrence hotel nnd hU body riddled with bullets. Carter's guilt wiu not clearly established and he was taken back to Jr.lt. It nppenra that Godley assaulted tho girl whllo she was returning from Suud.iy school aud later cut her throat from our to car with a razor. Tho crime was committed at the 'Frisco railway bridge, half a mile from the rail way station. Tho girl was crossing tho brldgo when the negro, who had been sit ting on the rail, attacked her. A farmer In an adjoining field witnessed tho assault, but hearing no outcry did not Interfere. Later when the negro wna seen running down the track he gave the alarm. The girl's body was found lying In the weeds under tho bridge. A posse was organized promptly and set out In pursuit of tho negro. Later Gcno Carter was taken out by tho mob, riddled with bullets and left dying In tho street. He confessed that ho knew who committed the crime and charged Joo Clark, a railroad porter, now away on his run, with being the real culprit. Tho mob has arranged to meet Clark when ho ar rives at Monett In tho morning and hang hltn. Godley. tho first negro lynched, had served a sentence In the penitentiary for outraging a woman 60 years of age. Tho feeling against tho negroes here Is Intense. Twenty-fix e men armed with guns nro now In tho negro district firing Indiscriminately. No such Bcenei havo been enacted hero since the civil war. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 19. A special to tho Journal from Plerco City, Mo., says that after Godley was strung up there was much shooting at tho body, and a small boy was killed and several persons wounded by the promiscuous firing of tho mob. ASK KNOX SCHWAB'S SECRET Anll-Trnst LenRiie lleqttcut Attorney General to Make Public Steel Corporntlnn'M Agreement. COLUMBUS. O., Aug, 19. The American An'I-TriUl leaBDo .sent- the - following. letter to United States Attorney ucnerni Knox: "Sir We have tho honor to request that vnn affnnl nn all the Information that you are possessed of or can obtain concerning j nn agreement or agreements mado between tho constituent companies and Individuals who organized the United States Steel cor poration, commonly known as tho Steel trust. "The trutt or syndicate agreement which wo especially dcslro Is the one which Presi dent C. M. Schwab of the United States Steel corporation refused to furnish to .the United StatoB Industrial commission when on 'ho witness stand beforo that body. "Our request Is founded upon Informa tion and bcliof that at tho time that this contract, or theso contracts, was, or wero, mado you were In some way officially con nected with tho Carnegie Steel company, which Institution Is one of the principal companies in tho Unltod States Steel cor poration. As this Information Is doubtless In your possesion or conveniently at hand, you will greatly obllgo this committee by giving us the aubstancc thereof In your own language, or, If possible, a copy thereof. "This request is to cover nny other con tracts of a lmllar kind with which you are acquainted or which you can obtain for us. Our object Is to prevent tho falluni of Justice in certain legal proceedings which we contemplate In the near future." JUST READY T0 EAT MULE Itf-nciitrs Reach Two Crib Victims "When lltinKcr llml About Forced Them tn It. CLEVELAND. 0 Aug. 19. Adam Kest and Joseph Engine, two of the workmen trapped In tho waterworks tunnel, bUU luui iiuiuw itiu auiiui;r ut i.4iu i.i u-, i the burning of crib No. 2 last Wednesday morning, were rescued from their dangerous position lato this afternoon and arc now lying semi-conscious at tho Huron Street hospital, where, with careful nursing, tho physicians say they will soon recover their former strength. Shut off from tho upper world tho men knew nothing of tho catastropho that killed fo many ot their comrades aud Im prisoned them. They knew something had severed their connection with tho crib, They knew that beyond tho air lock be hind which thry had taken refuge tho air was too foul to breathe. But they sup posed that tho troublo was temporary. Each day thoy expected their comrades to come down tho tunnel and rescue them. When their signal for help, tapped on the air pipe, was at last answered from the crib, Kest and Euglno were preparing to oat raw mule meat. Their deliverance came In theilek of tlmo to mako unneces sary this desporato resort to keep tbcra alive. DYNAMITE JOINS DESTROYERS KxplnMlrin Add Six Wore In l,lt of Thime Killed by One Dnj'n Accident. KITTLE FALLS. N. Y.. Aug. 19. The Mohawk ft Mnlone roundhouse at Herkimer was discovered to bo on fire at 10:30 to night. Watchman Gilbert and an engine tender named John Deck, assisted by resi dents of tho vicinity and mambers of the bridge building gang, attempted to ex tinguish tho flames. While thoy wero bat tling with tho fire a largo quantity of dynamite stored in tho building exploded with terrific force, killing Gilbert and Deck and four others. Tho bodies of tho four last mentioned are unrecognizable. The roundhouse was wrucked and burned. It Ib feared thero aro other bodies n the ruins, Tho roundhouse Is owned by the New York Central & Hudson River n.H-road, OUT OF THE DEEP Walter 0. Prtiton aid Wife Sred from the Sunken Islander. CRASH INTO ICEBERG AWAKENS THEM Thej Eeach the Deck Juit at the Lait Lifeboat ii Lettered. ESCAPE FROM DEATH IS MIRACULOUS Mr. Picston'i Own Story ef the Appalling Experience. HIS OMAHA BRIDE SHOWS GREAT BRAVERY llnth Illume the Milp'n OltlrrrH for Their Incompetent llnndlluK of the CrlsU, ltrinnrl.InK Only One .-Notable Kccptliu, SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 19 -(Special Telegram.) Walter G. Preston nud wife, who were reported among tho vletlina of the Islnudcr disaster In tho first dis patches, arrived In Seattle on the steam ship Queen this afternoon. Mr. Preston was formerly a resident of Omaha, but has lived in this city tho past four years. His brother is owner of n business house In Daw-Bon and Mr. Preston has been engaged in carrying goods to that city for tho firm, lu Juno bo wns married at Omaha to MUs Myrtle M. Robinson of Omaha nnd left Senttlo August s with bis bride for tho north. Mr. and Mrs. Preaton report an exceedingly fortttnato csenpo. Said Mr. Preston: "Wo wero awnkened by a heavy shock and by small nrtlcles In our staterooms falling to tho lloor. I nroso nnd opening the window looked out and saw that wo wero moving as If nothing had happened. Accordingly I went back to bed, first looking nt my watch nnd ascertaining that It was 2:05 o'clock. I was not satisfied, however, and again arose. "1 then hoard voices In the saloon nnd heard somo ono say that we had atruck an Iceberg. I partly dressed and went out and found that the bow of tho ship was considerably lower than the Btern. I went back to my stateroom nnd naslsted my wife through tho hall and smoking room. As wo came through the smoking room wo found a dozen or fifteen men standing thero doing nothing. They wero apparently dazed and did not realize that they wero In danger. Inst In Time fnr l.nsl I.Ht-liont. "We leached the deck and found our selves Just In time for the last lifeboat. It was already being lowered nnd wo had barely time to take our places. When It had been lowered nH fnr as tbo main deck ono of tho davits broke and the stern ot tho boat was precipitated Into tho water, throwing ono man, Customs Inspector Wal ker of Skagway, out of tbo boat, from which ho drifted away. Luckily the other end of tho boat wbb then cast off from tho ship and ,wo pulled awoy from tho side. "Mrs. Walker, who wna nlso In tho boat, began to rail for. her liuaband ami her call was answercu. Following tho sound of his volco wo soon reached him and picked him up. About five minutes after our leaving tno snip the vessel plunged headlong Into tho sea. In n few seconds the compression of air beneath Hb decks caused a sort of explosion, freeing tho upper works from the ship. Not Icbs than 100 peoplo wero on tho ship when It took the plunge and they wero thrown to the surfaco by the explosion. Many clung to stray pieces nf wreckage and wero picked up two or three hours later. Dcnne Foir and lllncknens. "A denso fog prevailed and It was In tensely dark. We consequently wero unable to know Just where wo were and for nearly two hours were unable to locato land. The lifeboat had fourteen passengers and was taking water rapidly, there being nearly a foot at times In tho bottom. It was not known whether the boat was leaking or whether tho plug In the bottom had become loosened. Fortunately wo had a two-gallon vessel In tho boat nnd using that an a bailer had no dlfilculty in keeping nfloat. Wo finally landed in a covo near tho lower end of Douglass Island. The boats Im mediately returned nnd rescued those who had been ablo to keep afloat by clinging to pieces of wreckage. Some eight or ten hours later we wero picked up by the Btcamer Flosslo and carrlod to Juneau. Our eacape waa nothing short of miraculous. Had wo stopped to put on llfo preservers, or even to dress fully, wc surely would havo been left on tho ship. Mrs. PreHluu'rt Prcnence of Mind. "Mrs. Preston," Bald her husband, "was cool and collected and retained her pres ence of mind admirably, another fact which aided tis materially; and In this connection I would Ilka to state that the passengers were not, ns I havo heard has been re ported, panlcstrlcken ond by their actions responsible for nny of the. loaa of life, by casting off tho boats beforo they wero loaded. The only boat which took lea than Its full capacity wan the first which was cast off. This contained but soven men nnd nil of the seven wero members of tho Bhip's crew. The greater pnrt of tho work of cnatlng loose the hoata wna done by the paasangers. The crow and officers wore conspicuous by tholr absence. "No warning whatever was given to tho passengers In tholr staterooms of the con dition of nffalrs or thnt they were In dan ger. In fact, thoy wero nstured by one ot the officers after they had gone on deck that thero wsa no danger. This, notwith standing the fact that thn ship sank within fifteen or twenty minutes after It struck the Iceberg, hut the pacscngnrs came on deck of their own .accord and as they pleased after they were awakened by the shock of striking. They wero not notified by tho ahlp'H ofilcors." Both Mr. and Mrs. Preston agreed that the "hlp'a erow and officers handled the situation In nn Incompetent manner, Said Mrs. Preston: Unite (Mlli'cr .VoroiiliOK. "I saw but one officer when I was on. deck nnd ho was 11 notable exception, by reason of his conduct, to tl rest. Ho was First Officer Noroubos. Ho was stand ing on the deck nnd a woman with hpr child catno up and begged of him to savo them. Ho endenvored to get thorn Into our boat, but It was already being lowered. He then ran down with the child in his arms to tho main deck to catch the boat as It was being lowered, but as It reached the main deck the davit broke, lotting ope ctiil of tho boat Into the water. One man was thrown overboard and a woman who wan sitting on my lap was thrown partially Into tho water. The woman and child, how ever, were rescued later. "Oillecr Nuroubos dcnerve.i credit for hla conduct, which was In such marked con trast to that ot other officers anil members of tho crew. The first boat which left the ship and which carried but seven mt, all 1