The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED J USE 1 0, 1871.
03IAHA, TUESDAY MOHXI2s"G, AUGt'ST 20, 15)01 TEX PAGES.
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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
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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
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