Telephones 618-6'J 4.
Infnnt.s' underwear, including almost every kind of staple nnd
fancy underwear made cotton, wool, silk and wool and pure
Bilk.
? laants', Ruben, jhirti, all sizes In five
,k different' qualities, nobuttbns and no
trouble to put on and tnko off.
Infants' fine knit wrappers, buttoned
down tho front, arm shape sleeves
W etna ftntnra'nr at 1 p. m. dnrtn July nl Ansmat.
Thompson, Beldeh St Co.
Y. M. C. A. nUlLDINU, COH. 10TII AND DOCQLAB 9TA.
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PACIFICS' PLAN TO i COMBINE
Consolidation of Offl:ei to Follow President
Hays' Eitirtmcnt.
SOME LOFTY SALARIED AGENTS TO GO ALSO
Union 1'iiclflc'i I'rniiluir ICnlf Will
Full nn lllpli I'Iiu-fh, Hint
.11 nn ? nullum Mny
lie Stivctl.
NEW VOItK, Aug. 20, Tho Commercial
Advertiser says: The retirement of Charles
M. Hays from the presidency of the South
ern Paclllo railroad will bo followed by
numerous other official changes on that
road. Sqm5 of tho high-salaried agents, are
to, be. dispensed with, It Is said, and South
ern ami Union I'aclllc olllccs arc to be
consolidated. A yearly saving of several
hundred thousand dollars, It Is estimated,
can be effected by such consolidation.
.President Kays placed his resignation In
the hands of Mr. Ilarrlman homo lime ago
and ho Is expected to retl.ro at Mr. Har
rlman's pleasure. Although Mr. Hays had
a five years' contract with tho road, ho
resigned voluntarily as soon as ho ascer
tained that tho financial Interests which
control this road had radical changes In
view regarding the management of both
the Southern and Union I'aclllc railroads.
Already rumor has It that Mr. Hays' has
been offered tho prcpldenoy of on eastern
road.
RAILROAD RACE IN WYOMING
Union I'nclllc Kviilentlj- Determined
to llent Out Km AKuroKhc , .
Itlvnl from l.nrnnilc.
LARAMIE, Wyo., Aug. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) It Is evident that the Union PaclflJ
management has aw'altcncd to tho fact that
a powerful rival him entered the Held here
tofore supposod to be exclusively Its own
In tho Intcrmountnln country. ' Thcri" Is
now no doubt thai tho Laramie, Hahns
i'eak tt Pacific Is moving to push Its line
through to the foot of tho snowy range
early .this fall nnd to cross tho. range dur
ing tho coming spring.
Tho Union rflqinc(.U uiotlng machinery,
nnd supplies at- this polnti- It Is boll.vsd'
that tho MAhacnent baa .'in -contemplation
a dash for the North Park' over an old sur
voy, the re'eords of which arc already on
tllo at the headquarters In Omaha, ami
notice of tbo Intention to revive tho rght
of way over which has been published and
bent to all tho ranch owners along tho
line. Yesterday afternoon $250,000 worth
of construction material belonging to K11
patrick Ilrr3. & Co'llfns was brought to
this city anil added to tho supplies already
here.
All this would Indicate that some coup
Is designed to offset the Intentions of ths
Laramie, IJahn's J'eak & Pacllls people
and It Is posslblo that tho .work may be
undertaken this fall nnd pressed with ill
the onorgy that the Union Pacific can com
mand when It Is apprehensive of being cut
juf of Its own territory.
CONTEMPLATE -LONG TUNNEL
Centrnl 1'uein.o to llore Throtmli
Crrot of Slrrrn Nevnilu
Mnuutnliia.
SAN .FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. The long. at
railroad tunnel In the United States will be
built through the Sierra .Nevada mountains
of California If tho present plans of E, II.
Ilarrlman ore carried out, fays the
Chronicle.. Chief Knginqor Hood has sent
out a corps of men to mako preliminary
surveys nnd their work Is expected to bo
completed In six months. The tunnel pro
ject, whlchwlll Involvo an outlay of from
J3.000.000 to $5,000,000, contemplates the
boring of a hole 27.Q0O fret In length
through the heart of the Sierras, Hcs.d s
saving a climb of 1.B00 feet tho tunnel vl I
shorten the road about seven miles nnd Is
expected to effect a great snvlng In operat
ing expenses. It Is stated that, with tho
Sierra, tunnel built and the other p'ans of
tho company for tho straightening of curves
und reducing of grades In Novada and Utah
completed, passenger trains could biwim
between San Francisco, and Chicago In two
nd a half days, an avrrage speed for tho
whrtlo distance of not more than forty miles
an hour.
Sella Meniuvlilii I, Inc.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug 20. Ry charter
and purchaio Dodwell & Cc.'s fleot,
operated by tho Washington & Aleska
Steamship company, has passed Into the
hands of the I'aclflo Contt company. The
vessels Included In the transfer nro the
ttcamors City of Seattle, Victorian and
Charles Nelson. Tho negotiations, which
have been pending for several days, were
Anally and definitely closed yesterday nt a
conference between President Karrell ft
the Pacific Coast company, President Mol
len of tho Northern Pacific and several
other Interested parties. Tha consuuimailou
of this dial murks the retirement, at least
temporarily, of Uodwoll & Co. from iho
Alaika1 traffic, though they will continue in
the Pugot souud trade.
Tour of tlu YrlliMt litont'.
Tho Burlington personally conducted ex
turalon to tho Yellowstone park left yester
day in caro of S. It. Drury. Among tho
Omaha pcoplo wero: Gottlieb Storn and
family, W. r. Stoor.kcr and family and Rob
ert Uhllg nnd family. An unusually largo
number of Nobraskans wero picked up In
tholntertor towns and cities.
Kld'lirnrr'a Kcinirl of KiiKiiKiurntN,
LON110N, Aug. 20. Lord Kitchener's
weekly report from Pretoria, dated August
Non-Irritating
Cathartic
Easy to take, easy to operati-
Hood's Pill$ jl ,
Dec, Aug. 20, 1501,
Infants'
Underwear
Wn lintrn n frttn1uf n lino nf
and silk finished neck.
Infanta' knit, abdominal bands. In two
Hylcs, with straps and tab.
We still have broken lots of our In
fants' swIss ribbed, or India gauze,
summer underwear at very low prlcoj.
19, shows that sixty-four Doers were killed,
twenty were wounded, 248 were made pris
oners and ninety-live surrendered during
that time, The prisoners Include: Landroit
Stclu of Vrcdcfort and Commandant De
vllllcrs, father of Mrs. Schalkbcrgcr, wife
of tho acting president, and Commandant
Urcytenbach of Lllllefonteln.
DRIVES OUT ALL NEGROES
Fur I mm Moli l.rnvrn None In I'elrec
City mill WrpiiK Man In
l, ncliod.
PEIRCE CITY. Mo., Aug. 20. Kor nonrly
fifteen hours ending about noon today this
town of 3,000 peoplo has been In the hands
of a mob of armed whltca, determined to
drive every negro from tho city. In addi
tion to tho lynching last nlgh,t nf Will
Oodlcy, licensed of the wanton murder of
MIsb Gazelle Wild nnd tho shooting to
death of his grandfather, French Oodlcy,
the mob today cromatod Poto Hampton, an
aged negro, In his home, set the torch to
tho housed of live blacks and with tho aid
of state militia rllles stolen from tho local
company's arsenal drove dozens of negroes
from town. After noon the excitement
died down, the mob gradually dispersing,
more from lack of negroes upon which to
wreak their hntred tfiftn for nny other cause.
May of tho negroes who lied to the city aro
hiding In tho surrounding woods, whllo
others hnve gone greater distance in seek
ing safety.
Every negro has left tho town except a
few railway porters known to be respect
able, but who must also leave. Tho citi
zens of Pqlrco City say that as negroes have
commlttccd severnl such crlmt-H In the last
ten years none shall live there In tho future.
Tho samo feeling nlrcady exists at Mun
ctt, fojr miles cast of Pelrco City and the
end of tho 'Frisco passenger district. It
may be ncceasar,y for the road to chango
all porters In Springfield hereafter.
AVrni(r Mnn I.yuclioil.
It Is now' believed; that tho man lynched
was not the .realkculplt.,;, A.inegr.p named
Starks,' under arrest- at, Tulsa;. I. T., across
tho'or.der fromjhrjrc -.tnllUs.exuutly with
tho description, of , th'o murderer,' He Ik
.held thoro aw.altlug identification. Unless
the mnu Is brougli( back-h.er,e, " hclloved
thoro will bo ,no further trouble. If re
turned hero. ho wl!4iurey bo lynched. An
other suspect, Joo Lark,. Is under arrest In
Springfield, Mo.
Eugene i)arr,eU,,also., kn,o.wna,a qa,r,ter,,Jri,
,a confession whllo a rope was araliod,,hls
nock today" accused Joo' Lark, a Krlsco'nill-
1 rend portor, 'of being Implicated In tho
crime, nnd Lnrk was arrested today at
Springfield. This afternoon Lark gave a do
1 (ailed statement as to his whereabouts Sun
, day and he Is not believed to bo guilty. It
, Is not llkoly that elth.cr suspect, will bo
t taken to Pelrcc City while "the excitement
runs high. Some" here think that Ilarrott
( told nny story In order to save his life,
j Tho funeral of Miss Wild took place today
' and watt witnessed by several thousand
pcoplo. Pelrco City Is near tho junction of
j four railroads Hnd trains from all dlrcctons
brought In large numbers of armed men to
day bent ou bloodshed If, necessary. When
tho mod went to, the section of tho city
occupied by tho negroea someone. In .tho
cabins opened tire, hut no ono waH hit. Tho
mob then I'.totroyed the cabins, but' 'tho
financial loss Is small. P.c:klos3 firing broke
sovcral plateglass windows and a train was
fired Into, None of the passengers was
hurt.
HIIIc-n lii Ho Itctunifd.
The rllles taken from the Pierce City
military company, 'it Is expected,- will all
bo returned. Members of the company
themselves were out hunting for- the escap
ing negroes with rllles nnd this suggested
the Idea of taking- all tho guns. Tho local
hardware stores sold out their arms early,
but several applications from negroes wero
refused. Tho mob was oomposed of 1,000
or moro and no mnsks were used and
thirty negro .families were driven from,
thnlr houses.
Now eleriientrf In the murder on Sunday
afternoon of MIsh Wild developed today.
It nppears sho started home from church
alone, her brother lingering behind. About
one mile from town the brother found her
with her throat cut. lying' llfotess near u
culvert, under which her assailant had
attempted to drng'no'r. Evidence of a ter
rlblo struggle wnsi shown. , A copper
colored negro was' seen sitting on tho
bridge a short time before tho tragedy oc
curred. It Is supposed Hint tho nogro
sprang upon her when sho .was passing
nnd attempted to force her beneath tho
bridge. Sho fought with such' desperation
that ho could not accomplish his purpose
nnd cut her throat hi the struggle. Her
body was not vlolatwl. Monday blood
hounds wero ' taken to tho i-ceno and the
girl's bloody handkerchief was laid before
them. They caught tho trail and ran to
tho home of Joo Lnrk, where, on being
admitted, they rushed Into his. bedroom nnd
sprang upon tho bed. It I? believed that
the man under arrest at Tulsa, who
boarded- with Lark, tho ifprlnglield suspect,
slept upon this boil.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Ok!., Aug. 20. Will
Fnvors, tho ropper-rolored negro porter
who Is under arrest here, accused nf tho
murder of Miss Wild at Pierre. City. Mo.,
admits that ho was in Pierce City Inst Sun
day, but says that he can prove, hlr Inno
fence by live men. Ho says hi tCas at the
station from 10:10, the time when the "bob
train" returns from Monett, until after thu
llndlng of tho girl's body. He does not want
to go bark to Pierce- ,CJty during tho excite
ment. THIRD PARTYIN MERRY ROW
Itn I'.n-cull vi-' Tom in I tlrp Cnnniif Work
lliiriiiiinliiiiNly l.oiiu iiiioimh to
j't AnytlihiK Dour.
ST. JOSEPH, Aug, 20. The executive
committee of tho new third party met In
this city late this afternoon on a call by
Chairman Cook of Carthage and soon ended
with a row. Secretary Kowalskl and Com
mitteeman Ball of St. Louis preferred
chargei of disloyalty against Chairman Cook
and inked that he bo permitted to resign.
Chairman Cook fought, to cause the resigna
tion of his, accusers and they withdrew,
Nothing was aceompllehcd eoncernlng the
convention, to PA.Ueld In, Kaps,as tjjty .Sep
tember H. - :
Til 13 OMAHA DAILY HEJSt WEDNESDAY,
lNJHE CAPTAIN'S DEFENSE
Another Snrrivor of Stearasr Islander THi
"LWefe'nt Storj. '
STOWAWAY SPOILS WELL-INTENDED PLAN
Ills Cry for Iti-lp CniiM-a IHflti-il Sud
or lo l.ct In Sen Without
Hit' UlllL-i-r'a Ortli-r or
L'OIIM'llt.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. J. T. Sny
der, a resident of Juneau, arrived on the
steamer Fnrralon today from Juneau. Mr.
Snyder 'was on the lost Islander, was In
thu water twenty-four hours, clinging to u
raft and was finally picked up unconscious.
Ho left thu bo-it Just half u minute after
the captain Jumped overboard and they
both held onto tho same raft for fully half
an hour nnd In conversation the captain
said he' could not understand why the boat
went down so quickly. Tho cnplaln finally
Bald: "Hoys, I cannot stand It any longer"
and, costing his life preserver away, at
on co sank.
, At tho Inquest held nt Juneau, which
Mr. Snyder attended, evidence developed
which may, tend to excuse the captain for
not belching tho steamer at olicc. Mr.
Snyder said:
"Tho pilot testified that he was on tho
bridge and that as soon as the boat struck
he told tho captain he was going to beach
it, but tho captain said: 'No; thero Is a
better place nbout two miles from hero
and It will easily float that long.'
"The testimony showed that there was
a stowaway in tho forward watertight com
partment and when tho vessel struck tbo
water 'rushed In on him and ho sot up a
big howl and, being Immediately Ufldor the
sailors' quarters, they thougb'v'ssly
rushed down nnd opened tho compartment,
which allowed the sea to come rolling Into
the hold, carrying the body of the stowawuy
and a 'sailor with U. This was done with
out the captain's knowledge and I think
excused hi in for thinking the vessel would
float several hours, which It would have
doMo had the watertight compartment uot
been. .opened, Ho could havo beached In u
small bay about tjiree rnlles away. It wns
established that If tho pilot had carried
out his Intention he could have gotten It
on the bench without tho loss of any llveB
except tho stowaway."
STEAMER CREW NEGLIGENT
Survivor' Clinrgi-s (,'iiuno Iuvi-MIku-tlon
of Cutiint roh; i-nr
I'll il III-nil.
I'ADUCAH, Ky.. Aug, 20. The horror of
tho City of Oolconda disaster nt Cotton
wood bar, four miles above Pa'ducah, last
night Is Just beginning to be fully com
prehended by tho people of Pnducnh, ns
body after body Is brought Into tho city
and taken to the undertaker's. The boat's
register has not yet been recovered, but It
Is certain tbo death list will number sev
enteen and perhaps twenty-two. It Is al
ready known to Include:
MRS. DAVIT) ADAMS, Smltliland.
MISS LIZZIE GRAHAM, Orahanivllle.
MISS LUCY HARNETT, Smlthland.
MISS TR1XIE CRIMES, Onihamvllle.
MRS. W.,A. IIOOAN and three children,
IRA,, gWl 10; WALLACE, aged 8; nnd LU
CILLE, aged 8, oM'addcnh.
'MR.UVATTS DAVIS, Livingston county.
MISS MAY FLEMING, lllrdsvlllo, Ilid.
CLARENCE SLATDEN, Lola, Ky.
WALLACE BENNETT, Tolu, Ky.
U. JACKSON, colored, Pnducah.
'UVILU-WOOIS, colorolL GolCOUdri.1
GEORQB -WASHINGTON, colored, Ool-'
condm f- ,
HORACE RONDEAU, colored, Oolconda.
GEORGE SANDHURG, colored, Golcoilda.
ln rxt l;n t Ion Sui-nm Ail vIkiiIiIc
An olUclal Investigation will be made,
ao it seems certain that the .most culpablo
carelessness caused the catastrophe. A. A.
Peck, tho pilot, claims the engineer de
serted his post and that he could not man
ago the boat with the engines helpless.
The engineer denies this and claims that
ho remained nt the throttle until tho water
wn waist deep.
Frank Euders, one of the pnssengcrs, cor
roborated by severnl others, declares that
tho effort to land brought the side of the
boat uround so that tho wind struck it
with .full force. There had been almost
u gale blowing for ten minutes and
nno man, who could not swim, went to tho
pilot house nnd begged the pilot to land.
When he did finally consent to land tho
hurricane, visible as it hugu black streak
sweeping across tho river, struck the boat
as it swung around in a position least
able to resist.
Early this morning tho work of searching
for tho bodies began, the party being led
by Charles Graham, county clerk, and
Luther Grnhain, his. brother, whoso sister
was among tho deail. Three bodies wero
teepvered In the forenoon, thoso of Miss
Trlxlo Grimes, Miss Lucy Harnett nnd
Mrs. David Adams. Miss Rarnott's face
was badly lacerated.
This afternoon tho bodies of Miss Gra
ham nnd Mrs. W. A. Hagan and Lucille,
her (1-year-old daughter, were recovered.
The position of the. limbs and the expres
sion on tho faces, as well as scratches
nnd " 'bruises. Indicated n fierce struggle
when- tho. prisoners wero caught In tho
little ca,bln .like ruts. The boat Is being
dismantled' In .order that tho dead may be
reached.
Groups of snd-fnred people dotted the
wharf here all day awaiting tidings from
the rescuers, while the parlors of the
Richmond lintel were filled with weeping
Women.
Philip lloulware, n traveling salesman
of Pnduc.Ui, and Archibald Lewis, a travel
ing man of St.- Louis, hnd narrow escapes,
but finally reached shore.
Mrs. Charles Haydnu of Metropolis, 111.,
tho only woman saved. Is badly bruised.
When she went down sho clung to her
chilil nnd both were finally saved by
roustabouts.
The whereabouts of Mr Hosan, husband
of ojie of tho women and father of threo
children drowned, Is unknown. Ho Is a
traveling man from St. Louis.
DEATH RECORD.
Kntlii-r ftrutzn.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 20 A telegram re
reived today from Colorado Springs, Colo.,
announces tho denth In that city of Father
Orutza, founder of St. Josaphnt's1 church In
this city, which was recently dedicated by
Mgr. Martlnelll. Father Grutza was well
known in Catholic circles throughout the
country. His death resulted from pulmonary
disease.
.1IIiiUIi-i- from Chill,
WASHINGTON, Aug, 20. Tho Stato de
partment Is ndvlaed by telegraph of thu
death of senor Don Carlos Morla Vicuna,
minister from Chill to tho United States,
which occurred nt Iluffolo this morning.
Senor Vicuna was one of tho best known
South American statesmen.
Aimtlii'r K-tpliiMlnn Viclliu )lr.
FORT HI LEY. Kim.. Aug. 20,-Prlvnte
Muckey HykoM,- ono of thu victims of ves.
terdny's explosion of u g.in carriage, died
of Ills Injuries today, milking threo dead In
nil. Recruit Lloyd's recovery Is doubtful,
ills nrm hns been umputiitril nnd he Is Buf
fering from concussion of thu hraln. The
fort surgeon Indus' romoved one of Sergeant
Di'iinls Mnhoney's eyes, He will recover.
'I'ltn ntliAP Inlito.l fa 1.. ..-.. 1 ...... .11. 1
. V.' -JV.V" - .! l-'MHIIllllll,
Tho bodii's of WntS'in, a.vkes and King are
held Dcndlnt; word from relatives,
OIL FIRE IS STILL RAGING
Anutlipr Uxploiilun Hum Di-itruj ril
I'liniim, l.i'iitliiK Ilriinrtiiu-ul
.NtIimi-,I)- I In 11 it U-n i immI .
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20. The fire which
began yesterday afternoon at the works of
thu Atlantic Refining comVany at Point
Urceze, In the 'southwestern section of the
city, Is still burning fiercely tonight, eat
ing up the oil at tho rate of $100,000 worth
per day, and Chief llaxter of tho city fire
department has given up hope of saving any
of the company's property. The one hope
of the company's- officials and the firemen
was their ability' to pump tho oil from
tanks not reached by the llames to reserva
tanks In nn Isolated section of the yards.
An explosion lato this afternoon carried
away the pumping machinery and nothing
remains now', apparently, but to permit the
eonllagintlon to burn until nil the oil Is
consumed.
It Is believed Tonight thnt the live lives
lost In tho 'explosion of the big gasoline
tank last night complete the list of fatal
ities. Tho-dend orof
JOHN M'CULLON, engine company 10.
JAMES EALLS, engine company 40.
JOHN DAUGHERTY, truck company
No. 0.
FRANK- DAVIS, truck company No. .
ALEXANDER TLMMERS, un employe of
the Atlnntlc Refinlog company,,
In tho explosion which occurred this after
noon fifteen persons werq Injured seriously
enough to be taken -to hospitals and about
forty others cru treated on tho scene by
tho umbulaiico surgeons.
All of thosa reported ns missing after
the explosion last night have been ac
counted for. Tho roll of Injured nmouuts
to more than 100. Many of these are trivial
cases, not .taken to hospitals. A few ars
serious and may prove fatnl. The flrc is
still raging. Firemen and officials nro
powerless. The flro must literally burn
itself out. The cooperage shop has been
swept away and In Its destruction fort
men narrowly escaped death. The tanks
of benzine arc going. Earthworks havo
been thrown up to keep the Schuylkill river
from becoming lioojled with blazing oil.
The firemen shy they arc working In
thu dark; they do not know where tho
danger spots arc. 6flclnls of the company
refuse to make nny statement us to tho
quantity of oil, benzine nnd naphtha con
tained In tli j various tanks already de
stroyed und those that cannot escape de
struction. Insurance men nnd firemen
early today said the los would not bo less
than $500,000, but since then great quan
tities "of refined pefroloum and benzine havo
been consumed nnd several tunks have been
tendered useless by tho flames.
President Lloyd said: "Tho exact quan
tity of oil In tho various tanks I could not
glvo you We do not know ourselves. We
do not curry Insurance. Our losses nro
mndo good from a sinking fund set aside
precisely' for such nn emergency as this."
Station A of the United Gas Improve
merit company, which Is directly opposite
tho burning oil works, Is In gravo danger.
Chief Engineer W. H. Gnrtley of the sta
tion said lato tonight: "A chungo In the
wind und Station A Is doomed. No trouble
Is anticipated unless tho winds veers
around from the southwest. However, wo
aro taking no chances."
When the explosion occurred the firemen
of engine company,40 and employes of tho
Atlantic Refilling company, In all nbout
fifty men, were' at work m Iho pumping
houso drawing' off oil from the burulng
tank's; the fiames shot high In' the nlr and
(ho pumping house was almost completely
demolished. Tho firemen Who had been
playing pn, the streams on the other tanks
then directed tYelr attention to the rescue
of the 'men- who had booh Imprisoned In
tho pumping" Atouso'. Tt was nearly an
hour' beforu7 lfioi'moii could bo loachod.
Meanwhile a- 'ietfFc of streams of water
wero pourlng.:upnii the. ruins'. The prompt
ness wlln- whlch.-tbe firemen turned to tho
rescue of their men undoubtedly saved a
Bcoro of lives. As quickly as tho men
wero rescue'd they wero sent to the hospi
tals. In, the lower section of tho city. Five
bodies were recovered and sent to tho
morgue, but only threo of them could bo
Identified. Two bodies wero roasted to a
crisp and so blackened that It was almost
Impossible io tell whether they wero thoso
of white or colored men. Nono of the sovon
tecu injured men taken to the hospital Is se
riously Injured. They wero suffering gblctly
from bums and bruises and after having
their wounds dressed nearly all wero able
to leave tho hospitals.
The pumping house whero the explosion
occurred wns mjdwny between the two rows
of the burning tanks and the firemen wero
endeavoring to confine thu flames to one
row by drawing off tho oil at tha tlma
of the explosion.
There ere 100 tanks In the big oil plant
and moro than a dozen of them aro on
flrc. At tho tlrtio of tho explosion tho wind
was blowing strongly from tho east nnd
carrying the names directly toward tho
other tanks, but early this morning tho
wind shifted to tbo southwest and thoro Is
a probability or saving tho other tanks from
destruction. The wind carried tho heavy,
stilling, black s.moke over the centrnl sec
tion of the city, almost obscuring tbo sun's
rays.
At the time of tho explosion two big
German tank steamers, Out-llcll and Mario,
wero loading petroleum at the Atlantic oil
wharves, but they were towed down tho
river to a place of safety.
Vnrlous theories aro advanced as to the
causo of the explosion in tho pump hoiifij
where tho firemen lost their lives. Accord
ing to a fireman of Engine Company 16,
which was pumping out tho oil from a
burning tank, tho fluid was allowed to get
too low nnd drew tho llio with It. The
explosion occurred as the men were pump
ing, nnd wonder Is expressed by the men
that overyono In the building did not lose
tholr lives.
Another theory Is that tbo oil In tank
No. 80 overflowed and the burning oil
spread to tho pump house, where the fire
men were at work, causing tho oil there
to explode. Thero was a rumor early this
morning thnt a largo gang of employes of
tho company wero burled when tho explo
sion occurred.
Sinn) early morning the flames spread to
five additional tanks, making nineteen that
havo been destroyed. At 11 o'clock the
lire wus not yet under control and al
though most of tho tanks not yet on lire
wero apart from those burning, there was
constant fear of tho flames reaching them.
The almost exhausted firemen paid little or
no nttcntlou to the buring tanks, devoting
their endeavors to an elfurt lo savo tho
tanks and other proporty not on fire. Thoro
was constant danger of another explosion
that might possibly spread death and ruin
and the men were ordered not to expose
themselves unnecessarily.
Meanwhile tho oil In the tanks nearest
thosa on fire was being pumped to tho most
distant tanjjs In the hopo that tho tanks
liable to catth (Ire may bo emptied before
tho flames reach them. The big roopcr shop
was on fire at ono time, but tho flames were
extinguished before the structure was much
damaged.
Tho" officials of the company refuse to give
any estimate nf tho loss. Thoso In posi
tion to know estimate It from $500,000' to
$1,000,000. As tho Standard Oil company,
which controls tho Atlantic Refining com
pany does Its own Insuring, tho loss will
fall on tho Insuranco fund of that con
cern, Tho Point Rrcezn Oil works havo boon
devastated by fire on several occasions.
Eleven years ago n flro started which
burned fiercely for threo days, destroying
much property and causing heavy lofs,
Soveh years ago thero was another flro
which' defied tho cffnrls of the firemen for
sli days. The flro fighting force of tho
city sent for help.
A l'( J 1TST 21, li)01.
NEBRASKA GETS ITS SHARE
Fans Well it Distribution of Additioaal
Free Rural DelWarj.
MANY NEW ROUTES ARE SPECIFIED
( oiili iu-t A t in lie. 1 fur Gcniin tnilliwi
.VIiimiI, tint .Not fur llonltiil t'n-iiiUKft-rx
nl llmlKcr mill
lli-lirou.
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug, 20. (Special Tele
gram.) Superintendent Mnchem of the free
delivery service has concluded the work
of passing upon the number of rural free
delivery routes which arc to bo estab
lished In Nebraska up to and Including
November 1. The service Is to be equitably
distributed 'throughout the state and, ac
cording to the figures made public, Ne
braska fares well In the allowances made
as compared with other western states.
Rural free delivery wll be established
October 1 nt Kearney, with two carriers;
at Elk Creek, with one carrier: Geneva,
two carriers; Wnverly, one carrier; Crete,
one carrier., and York, two carriers. The
nervlce will go Into operation November
1 at Grand Island, with three carriers; nt
Mlnden nnd Greenville, with four carriers
each; at Mead and Dlller, with two car
riers each, and nt Ileatrlce, Colon, Grafton,
Peru nnd Fnlrbury, with one carrier ench.
On September 1 thero will bo 100 rural
free delivery routes In operation In Ne
braska, with 260 pending applications.
Rural free delivery will be established
nt Yankton, S. D., October 1, embracing
nlnety-shc square miles, with a population
of 1,533; Simon Price, Warren Osborn nnd
L. W. Godfrey have been appointed car
riers. W. S. Plckler was today appointed post
master nt Iladger, Holt county, Neb., vice
J. N. Pnrshall, resigned; also, W. II, Keith
at Hebron, Adair county, la.
Tho postofllco nt Danforlh, Johnson
county, la., has been ordered discontinued;
mall will be sent to Fairfax.
In Otln-i- lloimrliiiriilN,
The Western National bank of New York
was today approved as u reserve agent for
the First National bauk of Council Ulults,
In.
John 11. llrown, superintendent of the
Pino Ridge Indian school, South Dakota,
has been transferred to a similar position
nt tho Indian school at Morris, Minn., 'at
u snlary of $1,500.
Artus A. Henry of Des Moines wns today
reinstated as an industrial teacher at the
Indian school at Fort Uarthold.
J. II. Hermann of Norfolk, Neb., wns to
day awnrded a contract for the erection
of nn Indian school nt Genoa, Neb., on
his bid of $23,593. The department re
jected the bids for a hospital at tho same
pljve und will readvertlse.
Mrs. Anne E. Lodgln of Rock City. S.
D., was today appointed a cook hi tho In
dian school at that place.
.Nci-iIm iI linlliiii Seliiinli.
One of the needs of the Indian school
service has been a uniform course of study
In order that each school shall know what
to teach and that pupils transferred from
one Institution to another could be properly
graded. Several attempts have been mado
to fill this want, but until Iho present time
nothing on an elaborate scale has been ac
complished. Miss Estclle Reel, the pres
ent national superintendent nf Indian
schools, now has In tho hands of tho printer
si course which has been pronounced by
thoso who nro nUthorlty on such matters
to bo the best nnd strongest over devised
for tho' peculiar educational system of the
Indian olficc.
Tho cotfrse treats of tbJrty;onc subjects,'
and'iisldo from tho literary branches, it Is
particularly stroug along Industrial lines,
nnd embraces a course In agriculture, bak
ing, basketry, blacksmlthlng, carpentry,
cooking, dairying, engineering, gardening,
harncssmaklng, housekeeping, laundcrlug,
printing, painting, sewing, shooroaking,
tailoring and upholstering.
As tho majority of the Indians will have
landa and prefer nn outdoor life, they will
depnnd to a great extent upon thu soil for
their livelihood. Great stress Is, therefore,
laid upon tho Importance of teaching agri
culture, dairying and the useful trades that
overyono should know In order to conduct a
farm economically and successfully. Pupils
finishing this courso will be lilted to tnko
charge of tho allotment tho government has
given them, to shoo their horses, build their
houses, barna and fences anil mend their
shoes, harness and Implements, alt of which
Is very necessary, ns many miles often tcp
arate tho Indian from a mechanic or shop.
A thorough course In domestic science and
domestic art is also outlined, nnd thu girls
aro fully trained In nil that Is required to
make them economical and Industrious
boniemakers.
.Mint Director Tnlkn of tin- Went.
Director of tho Mint Roberts has Just re
turned from a trip across tho continent. He
Indorses tho action of tho Iowa convention
In tho heartiest manner; but the director of
tho mint Is peculiarly Impressed with the
fact that the prosperity of tho west has not
been nffected either by tho poor corn out
look or the strikes.
"Tho corn crop," ho says, "has been hard
hit, and it would be a serious matter wore
It not that the west has so much money In
Its wheat. It has tho greatest wheat crop
ever raised, and, with short crops nbrrind. It
Is bringing n great deal of inonuy. Kansas
pud Nebraska have done so well on wheat
that they nro In position to stand tho loss
on corn. Minnesota and tho Dakotas nro
better off than last yoar."
FIRE RECORD.
IIunlurxN IIiiIIiIIiikm In Mi-Cook.
M'COOK. Neb., Aug. 20. (Special Tele-
gram.) Fire destroyed ono building and
badly damaged two othera at noon today.
Tho fire started In tho M. C. Lilly building
on West Dcnnlson street, occupied by J. 11.
I.nvln. The origin Is supposed to have been
n gasoline stove. This building wns en
tirely consumed. Loss on building, $600;
Insurance, $100. Mr. Lavin places bis lnas
ut $1,000; insurance, $500. R. A. Colon's
building nnd stock of tailoring goods wero
damaged to tho extent of $1,000; no Insur
ance. A few hundred dollars will cover tho
loss to Darius Kendall's buildings nnd con
tents. llnru und Urn In Minn In Alllli-r.
MILLER, Neb., Aug. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) Flro nt 0 o'clock this nfternocn
destroyed tho barn nnd grain bins owned
by C. I). Drink, two miles east of Miller.
Tho loss ou buildings, Implements nnd
grain li $1,500, with no Insurance, Tho
tire Is supposed to have been caused by
matches having been dropped by three
threshers whllo sleeping In the bun.
lilipii 1'i IIiiiiic to Doctor l,-irr.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2U.-Dr I.ouIh Knnpp,
aged in. a prac-tlrlng physician of this city,
Iihs former separated himself from his
wlfo nnd four children und will beromo
Isolated from the world to nurse Pnng
Gong, the C'hlnobi) leper, who wns fmmd
lu-ro two wcokx ago. Tho doctor, who Is
a srndualo of n Detroit medical rollcgi.-,
took final leave of his family today.
Willi Ills patient and prisoner as his only
companion. Dr. Knnpp will live In a three
room frame liouso now being built by tho
city authorities nt iiuarantlno until neces
sity for his Hervlci-H f ended. Dr Knapp
will tuku his library to quarantine nnd will
there devote '.he greater part of Ills ilme
to tin- fctudv of leprosy. Thero wero tlvo
other applicants for thu position.
Cll.(ii:il STVLHS IX siior.s
"Koiilili- Di-t'krrs" tin- l.nlest Tiling
In Wiiuinu'o Wt-nr.
"Double deckers" nro the latct thing In
women's shoes, relates tho New York Sun,
Thoy are a trille smaller than a ennal boat
and weigh a little less than a ton. Tito
Chicago girl dotes on them, the New York
girl takes to them but mildly while the
San Ftauelsco girl would almost rather
wear a collln than a double decker.
Tho style Is what the dealers call n fad
style. It has n double projecting sole,
enormously thick. Tbo lower duck Is n
good three-quarters of nn Inch wide. The
upper Is a quarter of nn Inch In width and
is rope-stttched to the lower deck. The
extension runs round the shoe, heel nnd nil.
With this formidable solo goes an upper
which Is equally startling. A low double
decker of patent leather tins nn elaborate
punched too nnd a trimming of the saiuo
style extending entirely nround tho shoe.
Tho eyelets are huge brass ones. Altogether
It Is u shoe about ns graceful ns an ele
phant's hoof.
A shoe salesman, who goes alt over tho
country, was showing his set of samples
the other day to a layman. Ho lifted tho
doilblo decker and laid It down with n sigh.
"That's the sort of shoe that makes the
manufacturers want to lie down and die,"
ho said 'Of com so, that's an extreme,
but look nt all the rost of these heavy shoes
for women. If It .wasn't for tho extreme
west nnd south we might ns well give
up tho ghost. Now. here's the shoe that
women used to wear before they took It
into their heads that they'd wear armored
cruisers on their feet."
Ho picked up a kid shoo whoso uppr
was ns soft as n kid glove nud rolled the
solo up ns If It had bceu a card.
"Now, there's a shoe that there waB money
In," ho said. "That's what wo call a turned
shoo. It's sewed on to the solo wrong
side out and then turned over. There's
no lusolc. That was a shoo that wore
out!" ndmlrlngiy. "The upper always
ripped loose from the sole. Always did.
The woman took It to tho shoemaker and
hnd It sewed up and tho next week It ripped
off In nnother place. Rut what can you
expect of a shoo llko that?" holding the
double decker at arm's length nnd regarding
It with deep disgust.
"Those things simply won't wear out.
Why, we used to sell nt least two pairs of
light, turned shoes whero we sell ono pair
of heavy shoes now. If women had given
the turned shoes the hard wear they give
these new-fangled ones we'd have sold
twico as many as wo did. Thnt double
decker goes it a little too hard, though.
It won't bo a good seller except In Chicago.
They're great ou fads out there.
"That old gag about the Chicago girls' big
feet isn't true, by tho way. Tho Lord
doesn't mako a special size of feet for Chi
cago. Tho shoo clerks out there do tho best
they can In that line, though. They have
u special way of fitting out west. Their
Idea Is to have n woman wear a very long
shoe, so that It makes her foot look slender.
Out In Sioux City I saw n clerk fitting a
woman and he gave her a No. 0 when
she ought toiave worn a No. 7.
"Iloston women wear theso big, heavy
shoes, too. The uglier a shoe Is the better
It Hikes in Iloston. I supposo that's- be
causo they have New Englnnd consciences
up there They ran't reconcile themselves
to seeing their feet look trim and pretty.
1 can tell you Just what cities In tho coun
try will buy any shoe you show me. Here,
for Instance, Is a Philadelphia seller. That's
a good shoo; heavy, well made, thick sole,
broad toe, but not extreme In nny of these
points. At the same time the toe Is broader
and squarer than tho shoes which sell best
In New York.
"Hero's what we call a freak toe. The
shoo has an absolutely straight linn on the
Inside then shecrx off suddenly on tho
outsld,o, so that the pplnt of the toe Is j
right, -at the Inside corner of the shoe, In
steud of n round toe, there Is simply a
corner. Thnt shoo sells beHt In Chicago.
"Down south the girls nro Just beginning
to get oer the notions their grnndmothers
had about footwear. They've always worn
Just as short a shoe as they could Scrooge
their feet Into. That made their Instep
hump up nnd as n consequence there had
to bo n special style of shoe made for the
south. I know a southern woman who Is
5 feet 7 Inches tall and who wears a two
and a half shoe. Proud? Sho Is as proud
ns a peacock, but I know n chiropodist who
treats hur feot and ho snys "
Tho shoeman made an expresslvo gesture
Then he picked up two shoos.
"Three are the best New York scllors,'
ho said. "This one Is n lightweight kid
shoe, with a patent leather tip, llexible solo
and what's called a medium toe. This
other Is hcnvler, has a larger toe. but is not
a freak. Ono is n dress shoe, the other a
street shoe. Tako It nil In nil, patent lcnthcr
Is tho best selling shoo In New York to-
day, moro's the pity for tho feet that wear
tho shoes. Hero's a new thing; looks like
patent leather, but Is more flexible and
porous and Is guaranteed not to crack.
That's ideal kid."
"What struck tho tan shoo this spring?"
asked tho layman; " It dropped out of faBh
Ion all of a sudden?"
'Didn't It, though!" said tho shoeman
with a shrewd smile. "Hut what would you
do If your customers wero pretty well
loaded up In a certain lino and you knuw
you couldn't get much of an order from
them? You'd stnrt n now fashion, wouldn't
you, so thnt they'd havo to buy? Thero
aro tricks, as you may have henrd, hi all
trades. I'm thinking, though, that It won't
bo nn easy trick for us to get women to
stop buying thosn heavy shoes that they've
taken such a notion to, Anybody that'll
cnll off that fashion will earn tho heart
felt gratitude of the shoemnkers, you may
bo auro of thnt. Wo'vo dono what wo can
for ourselves, though. I.ook at this heel.
That's tho very latest thing and Is called
tho Cuban. Looks like a sugar loaf with
tho top bitten off nnd then turned upside
down, doesn't It? Folksil get tired of that
heel cveji If their shoes won't wear out and
so wo mny be able to do n llttlo business
here and thero and keep out of tho poor
house." Then tho prosperous looking shoeman
closed his rase and took comfort.
A WAY THEY HAVE
What This Omaha Citizen Says Only
Corroborates the Story of
Thousands.
Tho particulars related by this repre
sentative citizen of Omaha are blinlbr to
hundreds of othera In this rlty. When
thero nro scores of people, all anxious to
tell about the benefits received from the
uho of Loan's Kidney Pills, the greatest
skeptic in Omaha must be convinced. Read
this:
Mr. W. It. Taylor of 1513 Webster struct,
employed at Ihe Omaha Hardwood Lutcber
Co.. says: "For a couple of years my back
neheri Mm accretion became highly colored
and sharp twlngefc caught mo in tho kidneys
when stooping. Procuring uoan a Kinney
Pills from Kuhn & Cn.'s drug morn, cornur
15th nnd Douglas streets. 1 took them and
they rurcd m?. I 'lo not hesltato in say
ing that noon's Kidney Pills are n reliable
remedy and I have spoken to hcvural of
my friends about them "
For sale by all dealers. Prlco, 50 cents
Fostor-Mllburn Co., Ruffalo. N. Y.. sole
agents for thu United States. -
Remember tho name, Loan's, and take no
substitute.
BIGGEST THING
IN OMAHA
A. Hospe's Clearing Out Sale
of Good Pianos, Organs,
Returned From Agents.
Biggest Sacrifice of Profits
Cost, Biggest Money Sav
ing Opportunity.
and
For Public liver Offered Any
where On Good Reliable
Instruments.
Store Open MKht to Accommodate
I hose Who Can Not Call In
Day Time, 151; Douglas.
It's n hot wind thnt blows nobody any
good.
Hero wo had n dozen country agents
scared over dry conditions und threw up
their hands and shipped In tho goods. Later
developments chow they wero hasty, tho
country is all right.
Rut that does not chango the fact that wc
aro cramped and crowded for room, and we
aro making a big fiicrlllco s.ilo to close
out all this stock and a largo number of
other fine Instruments. Many are going at
Half price. A large number have been sold
already.
If you tho reader of this are in the
market for a piano now, or If you will
bo obliged to purchase an Instrument within
the next two years, It will pay you largely
to toko advnntngo of this sale.
You havo tho very cream of the piano
market to select from lier (I.,. I...-, i
,,ini. iuiiii-n
this country produces, hi handsome purlor
i-iegani cnuincl grand uprlghls,
medium nud roit.-icn hi niihi.
cally all this Ktock Is perfectly now. Sumo
.tu tjiiitpiy ueeu in agents' stoics for u
little whllo.
All marked In plain figures. A child mu
buy as advantageously as the shrewdest.
All aro cut down In nrlee iin.rn.,r,i. ...
one-half, and others are closed out nt about
oiie-iniru tiieir real value.
A nlco upright piano, rosewood rase, but
very plain, regular selling price $200. salo
price $97. Another ono $100, und Ktlll an
other, dcncildnble oiinllli-.
$230; sale prlco $H0. $10.00 cash, $5.00 por
liiuuiii iiuyH tucm.
Rut it is tho higher grade standard pianos
that most people are In termini in nn.i .-..
give you much greater value for your money
in uieso man nnytning else.
Splendid new standard $323, $350 and
$400 piano vnrlous good makes go nt
$1S0, $100. $21S to $243. Terms $20 or moro
cash, $7 to $10 per month, buys them.
Seo tho great bargains be offer In lino
new $450 and $550 cabinet grand upright.
Almost half prlco can bo saved.
Why rent a nlano when vnn enn pn nna
ftt lets than cost nnd on such easy pay
ments.
Now piano players, best innkea. hm.n i
our agents' Btores for short time, to closo
out at $130. $150 to S10R: rnenlnr t.rlo
$250 ami $276.
Organs, Now organs. In hnmlunmn msm
worth $73. $00 and $125. nn nt iia isi iJi
$07. Terms $5 cash; $3 to $1 por month
buys them.
Used square pianos, all right for practlco
purposes, $20, $30, $40, $00. $l! cash; $1 or
$5 per month buys them.
Used orgaus, $10, $15, $23. Terms $3.00
per month.
Store open every night during rain until
3 o'clock. a. HOSPE.
151.1 Douglas. St.
WABASH EXCURSIONS
tlQ fill tfuffnlo nnd Return PIQ nn
uJIOiUU ou sulu dully OlOiUU
(C DK Cleveland nnd return CC OC
OUiOU ou Halo Sept. K to 12 ijOiOO
?0 Now York City nnd re- CQI
vOl turn, on sale dally 00 1
Tho abovii rates via the Wabash
froir Chicago. For the G A. R. on
campuriiit nt Cleveland, U., have your
tickets rend via the Wnhasli to De
troit nnd thence via tho D. & C. Nav,
Co., to Cleveland, u bcnutllul trip
across Lake Erie. The Wabash runs
on It., own tracks from Kansas City,
St. Louis and Chicago to ilufralo.
Alary special rates will bo given djr
Ing tho summer months. Stopovers
allowed on all ticket nt Niagara Falls.
Do Burn your tickets read via ths
WAI3ASII ROUTE. For rates, fold
trs and other Information, call on
your nearest ticket ngent or wrlto
Hurr) E. Moorrs, G-enl. Agont, Pass.
Dept., Omaha, Neb., or C. S. Crane,
Q. V. & T. A., St. Louis, Mo.
$5.00 A MONTH
SPECIALIST
In
All Diseases and
Disorders of Men
lOyear.slnOm&ht
VARICOCELE
HYDROCELE cured.
1 " Method new, without
catting. pMu or lost
cu DUH IO curedforllfcandthapolson
O T PI I LIS tboroui tily clnid from
tor system, Soon every algu nl symptom
disappears completely and forever. No
"HRIJ AKINO OUT" of the rtlieane on the skin
or fire, Irestment contains uo dtugtroui
drugs or injurious uraicln,
WEAK MEN from Kxceee or Vsonus
to Neiivoub RriiiMTT or Kxiii'jbtiok.
Wartinu Wbaknubs with Kahlx Di CAY 111
You.fo nii Mrnw.i Aoau, Uck of Tim, vigor
and strength, with organs Impaired and wrak.
STRICTURE cured with a nsw Homo
Treatment. No pain, no detention from busl
noiB. Kidney and Madder Troublei,
, CHARGES LOW
Comoltitlon I iff. Trtltmint by Mill.
Call on on or address 119 So, 14th St.
Dr. Searles & Searles. Omaha. Nob
Deputy State Veterinarian.
Food Inspector,
H. L. RAMAGGI0TTI, D. V. S,
CITY VltTKRINAUIAN.
Office, and Infirmary, JSth and lliwn flt
Telcchon t!9.
ami simnvrs.
KRUG PARK
W. W. COLE, Managor.
HIO FREE SHOW EVERY DAY.
I'll. MIIIJIIS' lill.l'AiiAl, Oil f 1 1 1(
25 Voices 2? -BhigliiB Sacred Music In Cnu
Junction with tho
IMNMO.t I'MV
I.IJW IJDDV
Tho Human Spider,
i.niinv. (vit-iti-iiti-ii r.ineei t nvvn
And t Host of Other Attraction.!.
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