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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JU2sE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOltN INlr, NOVEMBER 27, .1001 - TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. REBELS DRAW BACK latral Albai Hartiing ta tha Capital Harratiti tha Emmy. v LIBERALS KILL SIXTY, ONE AN OFFICti. Laiiii an lita Bldti Ara Htury aad Oat look ii Chars. DECISIVE BATTLE SEEMS IMMINENT JUkalj ta Ba F.nght at Monk. 7 Hill, Oat lida tha Oity. 1IBERALS SORELY IN NEED OF AMMUNITION olomtiln linn Thlrtj-Titn Thnnannd Strn In Field, hnt Auminlt mi llcbel le Sot Yet Consid ered .eeeury. COLON, Colombia, Nov. 2. 4.45 p. m. (The overtluo passenger train, with a marina guard on board, has Jut arrived here. Tho train brings nwH to tho effect that Gen eral Alhan, with about 300 government troops, haa crossed Barbacoa bridge and Ifl continuing his march to Colon. He Is now at Tavcrnllla, whero ho Is rostlnR. The liberal forces continue to retreat before him. They explain their retreat by saying they have no ammunition. All of tho fight ing today occurred at Uarbacoa bridge. Passengers on tho delayed train assert that fully 100 conservative were killed aud wounded during tho fighting there and that the liberal lomcs woro Insignificant. The liberals Are now approaching flatun station (about flvo miles from Colon) and It Is holleved a decisive engagement will prob ably bo fought tonight or tomorrow morn ing at Monkey Hill cemetery, distant one mile from tho limits of Colon. Tho trains which left hero this afternoon for Panama, with tho Iowa marines and tho paseengcrs from the steamer Orlztbn, were delayed in transit, but reached Panama In afely. f Reports current hero thin afternoon that General Plnzon has bombarded I'orto Hello have been found upon Investigation to be unreliable and not authentic. , Not Killed with Mbcrnl. ' NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Consul General de Tlrlardo of Colombia eald today that ho had received a cablegram from General Alban, describing thu situation at the Isthmus. Alban, he said, denied that Panama was full of liberal sympathizers. General Diego A. do Castro, who was at tbo consulate, said that both Colon and Panama were freo ports, that tho tempo rary occupation by the rebels would not amount to much and that under existing treaties the United States was bound to preserve order in that section. Ho said that at the present time Colombia bad 32, 000 trelned soldiers In the field. Of that fore IB. 000 men were wllh General Va lencia oiv the- -Venezuelan border -in the department of Santandnr and another large force was protecting Bogota, tho capital. At naranqullla, he said, there were 1,500 men, at Cnrtagcna 2,000 and at Rio Itacha there were 3,600 men. The general said that this force of 7,000 men could bo con centrated to support General Alban on the isthmus, but tho government did not con elder it necessary at tho present time to Inn 1(0 an assault on tbo little rebel bands, tioncrnl de Castro said that General Alban, with his force of 1,100 men and tho 600 men sent to tako Colon and now on board General Plnzon, would bo ablo to break up tbo liberal bands. I, literal Lack Ammunition. Tho liberal forces control San Tablo sta tion and narbacoa, where there la a long 'iron "bridge over tho Ghagres river. This Is a crltlrnl point, offerlrlg the liberals a plendld point of attack Rhould the govern ment forces attempt to cross tho bridge. It is generally admitted that If General Alban ucceeds In crossing the' river at narbacoa his march toward Colon will be an easy task. General Lugo, tho liberal commander, Is at Barbacoa. The liberals retreated from Emperador owing to a lnck ot ammunition. They ad mlt having lost sixty men In killed and wounded at Hmpcrador and that among tbo number was Colonel Oyas, but they claim that tho government loss was over 160 men In killed and wounded. The armored train which went over the railroad yesterday, having on board Captain Perry of Iowa and machine guns and nying toe American nag, was sent as a demonstrative force and will not bo con tinned dally. Passenger trains, however, will still carry a guard. Transit across the Isthmus Is open, LONDON, Nov. 20. "The course of events In Central America," says tho Tall Atall Gaiett. "l showing how Inevitable It Is that tho Untied States should be the principal performer In theso Isthmian games and that It Is Just as well that 'their gorernmtnt and ours should have settled outstanding differences and be working amicably together for the preservation of an 'open door.' " WIFE' AND HER LOVER SHOT Qlabnnd Kills Vnlthtre Companion and Jinn Who Caused the Kstraniiriiient. i'niwr, .uv. a irageuy was com mitted in tno neart of Paris today. At the corner of the Boulevard dea Capuclncs and the Place do L'Opera a husband shot hla faithless wife and her lover, In full View of hundreds of people. The opera square was filled with prom- tinadcra at lunch time, when n cab drove across tho square, followed by a man run ning. a policeman regulating traffic topped the rab In front of the Cafe do la Balx, enabling the pursuer to overtake It, Tthen the man drew a revolver, thrust It through a window ot the vehicle and flrd twice, killing the woman who was Inside. The man In tho cab, the woman's lover opened the other door and tried to flee, but the husband sprang after him and blew out bis brains before the spectators could Interfere. Then the husband ap preached the policeman, handed him the weapon and surrendered. All the netor in the drama belong to tbo worklug clasi Kraperor Addressee Sailors, BKRLIN, Nov. 26. Emperor William, In Addressing the naval recruits at Kiel, Is quoted an saying. Tou must not think to yourselves. It Is all very easy for th emperor to com mand, but the soldiers have the dlftlcul duty to perform. I, too, have taken my soldier oath, like yourselves, and I must .perform my duty like yourselves, each In Mil. nlin" SEIZURE OFTHE CONVENT Turkish Ambnsndor Ktplnln Why Armenians' lonnstcry AVas I'liin dcrrd. LONDON. Nov. 26. Costakl Anlhopula .Preha, the Turkish ambassador to Great 'tain, baa given out the porte's cxplana- f ,.. tho seizure of an Armenian convon . "Igbborhood of Mush by Armenian rcw. I'fl, and tho subsequent eur roundi. convent by Turkish troops. Tho nn. r says that the bandits have been rft. iw; the country and extort ing money ana goods from tho Armenian population, murdering those who refused to comply with their demands. These btndlts brought about sixty women and children as prisoners to tho monastery nnd An dranlk, tho leader of tho bandits, tried to obtain money by threats from tho Armen ians of Mush, Thereupon, In order to pro tect the women and children, the Imperial authorities surrounded tho monastery with Turkish troops. Somo fighting occurred, during which two brigands nnd a Turkish corporal were killed. British nnd Russian consul repaired to the scene and testi fied to the correct attitude of the Turkish soldiers. The brlgandn kept up a hot Are from tho monastery and being well pro visioned they were able to offer a stout ro Blstance. Ortlclal statements from the Turkish am. bason dor do not explain how tho affair ended, but n dispatch received eubsequontly from Constantinople says that tho brigands fled and thu Turkish troops were) with drawn. NERVOUS ABOUT MISSIONARIES llnshnml nf Ml Htnnc' Cnmpnulnn I'rRF Nnlo Deportment tn Hurry Heeuc. (Copyright, 1901. by Press Publishing Co.) SOFIA, Nov. 26. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) "I have no Idea where my wife and Miss Stone arc now," snld Gregory M. Tsllkn to a corro spondont today. Tho husband of tho Aruer lean missionary's companion In capturo by the brigands la In a state of wretched norvousnesrt and apprehension. "1 havo not board from my wife since October 2". I believe that sbo and Miss Stone ore well, but that they are suffering ncutcly from the great cold and the storms in the mountains. I do not expect, under present circumstances, that they will be re leased for many weeks." Mr. Telllta has made n passionate appeal to the Stato department to do something with either the Turkish or Bulgarian gov ernment for tbo rescue of tho captives. BRIGANDS ARE. RESOURCEFUL Will Walt Till Snow Dlsnppritra lie- force Proceeding; wllh Their Xeitotlatlou, SOFIA. Bulgaria, Nov. 26. The brigands ore determined to wait until tho disappear anro of the snow permits them freedom of movement before resuming negotiations ror the release of Miss Ellen M. Stone. tho American missionary, und Mme. Tsllka, nor companion. The Impression which prevails among the best Informed people k here In .'that Mri Dickinson's departure for Constantinople ncroasca tne difficulty of gaining the con- nacneo or tho brigands and expediting a seuicmcni or ino ransom questlou. OVATION TO ADMIRAL SCHLEY aavnl Hero ami Wife Ari Clvfn Hcnrly Itrcrpt Inn at Phil adelphia. nuuAUKuniiA, Nov. 20. Rear Ad- miral Schley, who, with Mrs. Schlov. ar rived hero today to remain until tomorrow. as the guest of Colonel A. K. McClure, was inc center or an enthusiastic demonstration at the Broad street station of the Pennsyl vanm railroad as they pasncd Into tho sued. More than 1,000 persons were conero gaica in tno station to hoc the admiral and wnea no stepped from the train tho crowd set up a wild cheer. Tho peoplo massed around him and It was with much dimrultv inm mo ponce opened a pasfageway for mm to leave the station. Tonight tho admiral, Mrs. Schlcr and party occupied a box at the Chostnut Street opera house a the guest of Sir Henry irving, to see the Kngllsh actor In "Tho Merchant of Venice." Tho crowd at the opera house was one nf tho groatet over present in that place at one timo, hundreds being turned away lont; before tbo curtain rose, It having been known that the admiral would attend tho piay. tio was enthusiastically greeted. Alter the performance tho nartv was n tertalned at luncheon at tho Hotel Bollevim Admiral and Mrs. Schley will leave for New York tomorrow morning to spond inauKsgiving uay wnu their daughtor. Mrs wertiey. SCHLEY AT KANSAS CITY AilmlrHl May .lercpt Invitation to lie Guest of Commercial (Inli. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 26. Admlrol Schloy will be the guest of Kansas City nnd the Commercial club during next January, It possible. Ho has ncceptnd conditionally an invitation to visit Memphis, Tcnn., and If he goes to that city ho has promised to stop In Kansas City for k day or two. If he comes hero, which seeme probable a special reception and banquet in his honor will ho arranged by the Commercial club ASSAULT WITH DEADLY INTENT Mra. Ilrurr Willis Is F'lunlly Con victed lu Second Trial nt Mnr vlllr. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 26. A special to tho Star from Maryvllle, Mo., says: Mrs Henry Willis wan today convicted of as sault with Intent to kill. She shot Law renre Grownoy of C'l)de, Mo,, five times last September, alleging that ho had circulated slanderous stories nbout her. Growpey re covered. This was the second trial of th case, a former Jury having stood eleven to one tn favor of acquittal. DAVID VS. CARRIE NATION Decision In thr Divorce .Sail nt Med Iclne l.odne llipectrd Todnr. MEDICINE LODGE. Kan., Nov. 26. Th divorce suit of David Nation against Carrl Nation was completed today1, so far a testimony was coucerned. Todoy Mr. Nation read a letter from hi wife, in which she denounced him as "hell-bound hypocrlto." Sho retaliated by denouncing him from the witness box a a husband who would not build tho flro on cold mornings. The decision will be given tomorrow. 0 COVER IT WITH SILENCE Gaunter Wait Mara Bpieifio Ohargai B- fora Ha Will IiTtlata. EXCUSES STUEFER FOR HIS OVER-ZEAL rensnrrr Himself Still Withholds Oft Promised Statement Atiout i Crooked School l'und ... Bond Deals. . (From a Staff Correspondent.) T.IVmt.M Vn "i! C..Hnt.l ll...rnnr Suva go declared In an Interview this after noon that ho had taken no steps toward Instituting an Investigation of tho Stuefor bond deals and that none would be taken until, as he says, "sufllclent evidence) Is produced In support of tho charges." i uviipvi", iur niysoii. imi .ir, oiucici of the Burt county bonds and If ho com mitted any error It was from an over-deslro to get the state funds safely Invested," said tho governor. "Nothing will bo done In the way of an Investigation unless some of the nnrannt whn nrt mnli Int. tnA phiirrit. f (imp forward with evidence and If th f do I will heartily support an investigation, it In thn tliitv nt thn nttnrnpv cenerAl to nros- ecute any charges supported by evidence ana K ne is railed upon to uo so ngainsi any stato officer bo will have my earnest support. U Is not my plnco to ask nny offlcor to resign bernuso some newspaper hnj made a charge against him. Nobody Is moro anxious than I to boo this matter sifted to tho bottom nnd if anybody has nny nnndfln rhnren in mnitr it is moir amy to do so and present tholr evldenco to support the same." Trennnrpr Stopfer still declines to mako any further statements regarding tho bond deals. He has hold numerous consultations with Governor Savago aud witn Auuitor Weston, who Is ono of his advisers, cut It Is understood that he Intends to maintain silence until ho issues his next monthly statement, which will bo given to tho pub lie Saturday or Monday. Attorney General Protlt said this nfter nnnn (hnt ihn matter had not been dis cussed by the Board of Kducatlonal Lands and Funds aud he did not know wnotnei nr nnt nn invest Itrntlon would be mado When asked If he thought thu board should m.iVA nn Investleat on bo replica: "AS to that I havo nothing to say." FIND C0RPSE0F A MINER Striker lit MadUonvllle- llrhnlldlnK Their Camp. Which They Jlenit lo Mnlntnln. MADISONVILLE, Ky., Nov. 26. Tho body of Bert Williams, a union miner, was found near Nortonvlllo today. The coroners vor diet was that ho was ebot by unknown por ties. Other news from the camp Is that a con tract was let by the union men today for the building ot a temporary box house 20x100 feet. The building is to be used by tho campers as a home during tho winter and they claim li. as "their place or legal residence. There were at least 100 men In and around the camp late this afternoon Tho most authentic report from thcro stato that there are about titty armca men lu camp and from their appearance nnd manners It would seem that they will resist any attempt on the part of tho authorities to again remove them. From Thomas Rooney, a member of tho official board of tho United Mlno Workers of America, It was learned that the new camp was established yesterday with fifty charter members and one large tent. Kooney nlso said that before midnight there would be moro than 250 men In camp with ten or more tents. There Is now no doubt that tho union men will make nn effort to retain the "homo of the strikers" on tho same old slto, a quarter of a mile south of Nortonvlllo, notwithstand ing tho mandatory orders of County Judge Hall to tbo contrary. It Is the general opin Ion that beforo tho campers ran again be dispersed that more troops than aro now on the ground will be necessary to enforce tho mandate ot tho court. President James Wood nnd Vice Presi dent Kit Baraaby. Board Momber need and Attorneys Everett Jennings and Jerome Johnson, called on Judgo Hall today for tho purpose of making a formal demand on the Judge to return tho tents and other camping outfit belonging to tho United Mine Workers of America that were takon by tho sheriff last Sunday when tho camp ers were arrested and lodged lu jail. Judgo Hall declined to grant tho roquest. This action on tho part of the union ofllolals Is tho formal notification that an attachment will be issued ogalnst County Judge Hall for the recovery of tho union goods. The trial of the twenty-one union pris oners taken from tho camp at Nortonvllle last Sunday has beon postponed until to morrow. FRISCO PORTER IS ACQUITTED Joe Lark Involved In Pierre Clly Tronhlr Coined Clear at SnrlnKflrld, Mo. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 26. Joe Lark( the 'Frisco porter charged with the raur der of Gazelle Wild, which caused lynch Ingn and the running out of all the ne groes In Pierce City months ago, was ac quitted today In tho circuit court at Mount Vernon, Ho left at once for Kansas City accompanied by the sheriff as a protector Stories of an Intended lynching caused pro cautions to he taken. Miss Wild, a whlto girl, was assaulted and murdered and hor body thrown under railroad bridge. When hor body was found the excitement becamo so Intense that all negroes were forced to flee for their lives, Ono negro was shot down In the streets another tfas lynched nnd a third, also Inno cent, was fatally wounded as ho fled from his house, to which tbo lynchers hail ap plied the torch. Lark was barely spirited away to Springfield In time tp savo his life The Identity of tho murderer was nter learned. CONVICTS GUILTY OF MURDER Trimmers Who ICscnped from Leaven vtorth Charged vrlth Cnpltnl Punishment OITrnsrK, LEAVENWORTH,, Kan., Nov. 26. United States Attorney Dean as here today In consultation with Warden McClaughry of the federal prison. After tbo consultation Mr, Dean said that every convict who was In the mutiny would bo tried for murder at tho April term of the United States UIb trlrt court hero. Dean says each one ot the 150 prisoners recaptured Is guilty of murder nnd be believes several will bo banid here, FREE DELIVERY SERVICE PAYS rnrly tnnrcnnc In lotnl Itrtrniict! Mnkei This Dcpnrliiicnt Srlf SiiNlnlnliiK. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. First Assistant Postmaster General W. M. Johnson. In his annual report, say the yearly Incre.ise in tho postal revenues has resulted In the free delivery service becoming self-sustaining. Of thn cross postal revenues ot tho United States for the past fiscal year 171,295,39(1 camo from f.66 free delivery Itles. Tho remaining .I.SOtt presidential postoftlces yielded $16,06.1,2.2, vsbllo the 72,- liO fourth-clasH iiostofllors produced $1S.- 1.1,519. Mr. Johnnon snye the fact that tho postal scrvlco In Iho latgest cities Is practically perfect Is tho explanation of why tho annual percentage ot Increases lu the revenues of tho free delivery post- offices should be three times as largo as that ot thn fourth-class ofllcc. As rural freo delivery reaches out Into the country, giving equal facilities without regard to locality, he says It Increases the rovcnues.nt n talo at least equal to that niaJnUilucd In the free delivery cities, whero during tho past flvo years It haa noragod 3 per cent. At the end of the present fiscal year 8,600 rural route will bo In operation, fi.000 being In effect by De cember 2. Tho latter figures represent Just CO per cent of tho applications for such service filed slnco Its Inauguration, five years ago. Tho Indexible policy Is announced of hcre- Bfter a olefins; maintenance of unnecessary postofllces nnd Buperfluouo star routes con temporaneously with rural tree dollvery routes. In July 1 last tho forco of 4.301 rural can lorn was serving 2,810,644 peo ple at a fraction over 75 cents per cnplta and on Decembor 2 next 4,000,000 of the rural population will be enjoying freo de livery. Every establishment of a routo, the report says, Is followed by a steady In crease lu tho volumo of mall both deliv ered and collected. Tho city freo delivery service new em braces S66 cities nnd towns, Including four in tho new insular possessions, all theso employing nn army of 16.3S9 uniformed car riers, who collect nnd carry tho mails two or moro times each working days to 32,000, 000 patrons. Tho total cost por annum to the department for this service Is DO contn per capita. Tho gross receipts of the freo delivery postofllccs were $76,295,393, an Increase of over 11 per cent for the year. Tho total estimate for the next fiscal year for this city freo delivery eervlco Is $13,- 745,430. The average dally snlcs of money orders In tho United States, fees included, was $973,814. The nggreguto amount ot mon'y orders Issued waa 1294,618,081, an Increase of $39,000,000 for tho year. In tho live years Just pest the number of presidential postofllccs no Increased 13 por cent; sal aries of these postmasters increased IS per cent: nllowance for clerks in the first and second class offices 13 per cent; the uum bcr of free delivery offices 36 per cent; tbo number of carriers 28 per cent; the cost of the free delivery Borvlco 24 per cent; the Incrcaso of gross receipt at free delivery offices 41 per cent nnd money order, busi ness 58 per cent. Among tho recommendations ore: A re duction of money order fees so as to mako the maximum 25 cents. Instead of 30 cents. Reclassification of clerks "sSbtat nnd sec ond class postofflccs; nn appropriation of $20,000,000 for postmasters' salaries; the nppolntmcnt of n fourth assistant superin tendent of city delivery service, to have charge ot the southern field, nnd that in all tho larger postoftlces a supervisor of car rlers be appointed to have exclusive charge ot tho force of letter carriers. HOLD CAUCUS ON SATURDAY llepitlillcnnit nnd DcmocrntN In the Ifouno Will Perfect Their Or KHiilxiitlon.. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Tho republican members of tho house of representatives will meet In caucus Saturday at 2 o'clock for the purpose of nominating bousn officers Thern Is no contest nnd Speaker Hen derson and tho other elective officers will bo re-elected. It Is expected that there will bo quite a Bharp contest over readoptlng the Reed rule. All the afternoon nnd even Ing, it necessary, v.111 bo given to dlscim lng tbe subject. Tho democratic caucus will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday to nominate minority can dldates und also to name tho few employes conceded to tho minority In tho house. PRESIDENT TO OPEN THE FAIR Ilonnevelt Will Preside nt IlcjclnnliiK uf .South Cnrnllnii Exposition Next Monduy. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Arrangements havo beon mado for Iho opening of tho South Carolina Interstate nnd WoHt Indluii exposition by tbo prcnldcnt next Monday, At tbo conclusion ot thn address, ot Sen ator Depcw In Charleston messages of greeting and felicitation will pass between tho president nnd thn managers of the ex position and nt 2; 30 o'clock tbo president will press tho button which will set tho machinery of the exposition In motion. The South Carolina delegation In con grcss nnd several prominent nftlclalH will be present at tho coreraony In tho Whlto House. CONSUL FLETCHER IS DEAD Cnlilcrnm Aiiuoniieca Dentine of II PC I to Ii in (t ii Appointed from linvii lilahtccn YcnrN Ann. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. A cablegram to tho hiate department from Romo announces the death today nf United States Consul Jnmcs Fletcher, at Genoa, Italy. Mr Fletcher was born In England, but wns appointed to the general consulate from lown eighteen yearn ngo. Army mill ,nvy Promotion. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2G.Tbo president today made tho following appointments: War Cnptalns of infantry, James W Clinton, William A. Burnslde, Frank C Bolles, Alexander T. Ovenshlne, Henry B, Earns, Robert Field, Benjamin M, Harts borne, Jr., George S. Ooodale, Arthur 0. Koewln, Houston V. Evans, Harry II. Teb betts, Russell C. Langdon, Reynolds J Burt, James N. Pickering, Dennis E. Nolan, Charles E. Russell, Fredorlck W. Lewis, Mcrrh B. Stewart, Clarence N. Purdy. Navy John B. Buchanan, asslstnnt Bur geon, rank of lieutenant. Junior grade; Ed gar Thompson, passed assistant surgeon, rank of lieutenant, Junior grade. Censure .Minor Mine ODIcInU, TELLI'niDE. Colo. Nov. 26.-The cor oner's Jury which invostlg.iled the Hmug-gler-l'nlon mlno disaster, In which twenty, flvo men lost their lives, found n verdict censuring somo of tho minor oillclals nt the mine for not promptlv closing tlm cm ran en to tho Bullion tunnel after tbe flro or iginated, but rinding that tho officers of the company were not guilty of criminal or willful negligence. :iTY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Ntrthwaittra Handi tha Bnrllif tan a Hioa Littla Sarpris. NEW RIGHT-9F-WAY ORDINANCE OFFERED Mom ir Mlth the Document CnmM n Promise of a Arcond Hla FrclEht Depot for I'lRhtli nnd l'nriinm. By a clover move, executed under the ery noso of thn Burlington cohorts, At torney Sheean of the Northwestern last night clrcumlocutcd at tho city council meeting both the agencies which havo been blocking his company from tho accomplish ment of 1U purpose to secure a rlght-of-way along Klghth street side by sldo with Burlington Interests. These two stumbling blocks have been the Injunction proceedings against tho last ordinance providing such permission nnd the committee on railways, telegraphs nnd elophone, which, the Northwestern people allege, Is Burlington lu Its complexion and Is therefore always very reluctant to bring forth before the council again any proposi tion to this effect referred to It by thi(t body. By accomplishing the Introduction of a second ordinance, Identical In Its n hits with the first ono, and dlfforent from that only In Its form, and by then securing tho laying over of this matter under the rules, bus evading tho committee, Mr. Sheean haa accomplished his desire. The ordi nance now lies where It can bo brought forth at any tlmo by the council, If It so chooses. Tho occurrence was almost unexpected nnd was so quietly done that few people realized for somo tlnio what was In tho wind. As usual, for weeks past, Mr. Sheean nnd his Burlington legal contemporary, Mr. Kelby, wcro present at tho council meet ing. Everything went on swimmingly and pnnn nil business preliminary to tho con sideration of ordinances was transacted. Then such documents on first nnd second reading wcro called for. Aimv Ordliutiicr Holm Pp. "An ordinance permitting the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &. Omaha railway cortntn trackage rights along Eighth street" began Clerk Elbourne, aud every one looked up. Tbe reading of tho title continued, nnd It began to dawn upou peo plo that this waa a brnnd new ordinance nnd was not subject to tho restraining or der of Judgo Slabaugh. Tho remainder of tho schemo enrao to light when Mr. Zlmmnn, after the ordi nance bad been read the first nnd second times by title, moved that It be laid over under the rules. This was seconded, but Mr. Mount nnd Mr. Hascoll woro up In arms In a minute, demanding that It go to the comniltteo on railways, telegraphs and telophoncu, oh usual. Mr. Mount declared that there was no rulo allowing such disposal of tho matter as laying It over, but President Karr told him to "look In tho book and sec." Then Mount said It had novor been done bofore and Zlmtnnn rocltcd a tnlo of a few occa sions' when it had. This was tho signal for tho usual mlxup botween Zlmmdn nnd Has- call and for a few minutes Irony was brutal and lnuendo scnthlng. Finally tho presi dent called everybody down and Mr. Lobcck assured tbo assemblage lu general that It need not fear snap action on tho ordinance Just because It was to bo laid over under tho rules. He said there was rumor of a special meeting today to pass It, but ho stated that this wati all a mistake and gave tho Burlington, tho council nnd tho public his own word that It would not ho consid ered until tho next regular mooting, Tues day night next. Mr. Lobcck elaborated by explaining that this would glvo tio representatives of both roads araplo time to see ovpry coun cilman In tho nine, which ho was suro they would doslro to do. I.ohcfU Hhk Cnllcrs. Mr. Hoscall Jokingly demanded nn expla nation of this statement and Mr. TobecI; said that ho merely meant that during tho past fow weekB moro promlnont railroad men had visited him than ever beforo In his life. However, Mr. Mount ntlll wanted It fo go to that committee nnd moved to that end. No ono seconded It until Mr. Lobcck snld ho would, through courtesy nnd Just to glvo tho gentleman from tho Seventh ward a chance to see how little show his proposi tion had. So thn amendment was votod upon nnd lost, Mount, Whltchorn and Hna call voting for it. Then camo tho original motion to lay over undor tho ruloH and this carried 7 to 2, Hascnll voting In favor of It. So It wai all over aud the Burlington In now freo to get another restraining order. Tho meeting offered nddltlonal phases of this fight. JCIno etchings of the exterior view ot tho now freight station which tho Burlington proposes to build on Eighth street, were iliutrlbuled among tho rnun ellmcn. Tho view was from thn northwest, looking toward the Fiirnam street front and tho Eighth street receiving sldo. In this connection Mr. Slicean, for the Northwcstorn road, submits n counter prop osition nf n similar naturo, except for the fact that tho Burlington asks for an entire street for two blocks nnd tho Northwestern asks for no such vacation and docs not ro quest tho closing of nny public thorough fare. Mr. Shcean's proposition reads: VorthiTCNlcrn OiiIIIiicm n Depot. The Burlington company having illsclnHcd Its alleged plans for tho building of u freight depot ami for tho uciilltlon of city property, I havo no hesitancy In stating what tho Northwestern company deHlrrs to do. lu preamble, however. I would say that thu proposition of tho Burlington, If mado In good fulth, Ih ireiosteroiiH and entitled to but littla coiiBlderutlou from the city authorities. That company owns all tbo property between KIkIiIIi nnd Sixth Htreota nnd between Jackson and Farnntn streets. Thcro Is enough unoccupied laud In this territory to build forty tracks each 8nl foot long. That company asks tho city to glvo It tho e.xclunlvn uso of all of Eighth Btroot be tween Fa mum and Howard BtreotH nnd does not propose to uso but fortv feel of Its own unoccupied property in building Its proposed depot and yards. in niucr wuiun, iu iiiiriuiKinn iifin inn eltv to ulvo It about 78.0m t-mniro feet nt land and to exeludn tbe ptihllo perpetually trom every inoi or u. men an acquisition means the exclusion of all railroads from tho now expanding wholesale district of the city nnd the bottling for all lime of all shlnuers dolne business bntwren Fnrnnm and Jackson ntrcot.s nnd west of tbo city limns. Now. for the Information of tbo council mid tho nubile, 1 will stato that tho North western linns nlso propnKo tn build ii depot at Farnani and Eighth streets running south to Howard Htreet. This dennt will not In terfere with the prettent alley tracks ot tho Hurnngton company, nui win no so eon flie planH for this depot aro being mado and the proposed structure will In every way be a credit tn thn company unci ampin for all business purposes, Thn building of this depot has not been commenced with bugles anil brass nanus, nui will bo prose, ciiteil as nn ordinary hustucpM tMitcrnrlsn In building this depot tho Northwestern (Continued on Fifth Pner.) CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Wednedy mid Thursday; Easterly Winds, lleconi Inj; VHrlablo. Temperature nt Omaha Yesterdayl Hour. Dew. llonr. Desr. " n. in Iia 1 p. in 4S In. tn ;i4 a p. m ft- ? . hi nr, :i p. m M n m ill! t p, m ri ll n. m :iu n p. in no 10 n, m :is l p, nt I It n. m 40 7 p, in .' 4R 1 ni, . I, 'I S p. ni...... t.'i n p. iii ..... . 4t SHOOTS FATHER'S BEST MAN roii nf Utnh HrlilcKrnom 3rrlnut Wounde William Humes, m Chicago Drummer. SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 26. Wllllsm Haynrs, a traveling man from Chicago, was shot and probably fatally wounded today by Roy Kalghn, 19-year-old son of Colonel M. M. Kalghn, who 1b prominent In law and Grand Army of the Republic clrclen of this city. Tho ybootlng occurred In tbe lobby of tho Knuttford hotel shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon nnd caused a panic among tho guests and employes of the hotel. Young Kalghn was Immediately placed under arrest nnd the wounded man con veyed to a hospital. The surgeons, after a careful examination of tha wound, said there wnn Blight hopo for recovery. After firing tho shot young Kalghn coolly lighted a cigarette, cat down nnd waited for tho police to arrest him. He refuses to glvo any reason for the shooting. Much myatcry surrounds tho whole affair. Haynes, tho wounded man, acted as best man for Colonel Kalghn nt tha tatter's wedding several months ago nnd It Is thought that tbo trouble in associated in romo way with that event. UNEARTH SMUGGLING SCHEME Cnnndlnn Trndcnmrn Arc Chnrged nlth Tremendous Iltcnnt Trans portation of furs. CLEVELAND, Nov. 26. Detectives from the Treasury department of tho United States government bcllcvn they hare un earthed one of the most extensive smug gling schemes In the history of tho coun try. They estimate that $100,000 worth of furs havo been smuggled Into this country from Canada and of this quantity about $25,000 worth have been conllscatcd by tho gov ernment from somo of the most fashionable people of northern Ohio. Collector of CustouiB Charles F. Leach and his deputies have charge ot the work of confiscation. The victims live in Yonngstown, Canton, Maffilllou, Cloveland and several other northern Ohio towns, but Collector Leach refused to mako public their names. Collector Leach says tho discovery pre vented tho smuggling ot some $40,000 ot furs that were Just ready to bo shlppod. RETURNS NINE INDICTMENTS ,., Special Urn nil Jury nt Denver Makes Some Senaatlnnal Dis coveries. DENVER, Nor. 26. The speolal grand Jury which has been Investigating alleged Ir regulurltlcs In tho criminal division ot tho district court during the first trial of W. W. Anderson, charged with attempting to kill tho proprietors of tho Denver Post, re ported todny that whisky waa furnished to tho Jurors In the case nnd young women Introduced to tho Jury room by a bailiff. It further charged that tho trial of Police Judgo W. J. Thomas, Court Bailiff Robert Schrnder nnd Danlol J. Sadllcr on a chargn of embracery was not In' good faith. It Is understood thut nlno Indictments wcro re turned. ' Indictments were roturned against H. H. Tnmmcn, Robert Bchrader, Daniel J. Sad llcr nnd W. J. Thomas and they have been arrested. There nro sovcral counts against each, Including embracery and other viola tions of tho Inw. Thomas Is police magis tral of Denver. ANOTHER CONVICT CAUGHT Tiuno Seymour. Kscnprd from I.rnv cnvtiirth. Captured by OfHcrra In Alnhninn. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Nov. 26. War- don McClaughry has received .word of tho capturo at Tuscumbla, Ala., of James Sey mour, ono of tho convicts who escaped during the mutiny. Captain Telford will lcavo tonight to bring him bnck. Word has also been received that a posso of deputy United States marshals havo Hurrcunded Katlng and Murray In the Shaw- neo hills. In tho woHtern portion of Indian Territory. Theso men aro drspcrato nnd a battle is expected. Tho man held nt Council Bluffs, at first supposed to be Frank Lawrence, Is now thought to bo John Mor gan, alias Baldwin, who escaped Novem ber 22. WILL SOON LEAVE HIS ROOM Cx-Prrsldr.nt Clcvelund la Ilnpldly llccovcrlnir from Ills Illness, -! PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 26. Ex-Presl-dent Cleveland will bo nble to leavo hlB room In a fow days. Mrs. Cloveland gavo out the following statement tonight: "Mr. Cleveland Is still improving. Ho Is gaining a llttlo every day and his tempor aturo has nbout reached Its normal condi tion. Ho In still tn bed, but will bo ablo to lcavo his room In a fow days." WATER FAMINE IN KANSAS hccontl DrniiKliI Thin Ycnr and thn Mtuntlnn In Itcttnrdcri na .Serious, TOPEKA, Kan.. Nov. 26. Kansas Is ex- perlenclng Its second water famine for this year. From numerous parts of tbe state roraes the complaint that the water sup ply la practically exhausted. Wnter works companies say that tho situation, as far as tho water supply Is concerned, Is as serious as last cummer. Movement of Occnn Vessel ,ot, ll. At New York Arrived: Xealand, from Antwerp; Urernen, from Cherbourg; Mo nomlnlc. from Inndon; Kron Prlnr Wll- helm, from Bremen. Sailed: ('elite, for Liverpool; iimoHrnin, rnr uenoa. At Bremen Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm der flrnsse, from Now York; Cassol, from Now York. At Queenstown Arrived: Ultnnlo, from IIOHtnii, for Liverpool. At Plymouth Sailed: Pennsylvania, from Hamburg, for New York. At lllbmltar -Arrived: Hoheuzollern, from New York, for Naples and I'Jennn, A Lizard Passed; Amsterdam, from Now York, for lioulogno, aurmor, and Am Hterdmn. At Port Kads, La. Thn battleship IlIlno hoti orrived off South Fafa bar, LOSS OF LIFE GREAT Falling Wall i at Dotralt Ormh Laif a Nim- bif of WorkMta. BUILDING IS WRECKED BY AN EXPLOSION Faiatitkjr Isjittor Companj'a Plant llawa Ua hj a B!1.7. TWENTY-JIX BODIES TAKEN FROM DEBRIS Etiiiii Lilt of Mortalitlii Maij Othtri Ira Sadly Hurt. MEN NOT FOUND ARE BELIEVED TO BE IEAD l.nrgr Force of llecnrr nt Work Thronuli Ihc Mixht Seiirctilim fur More Victim nf the Wreck. DETROIT, Mich.. Nov. 26. Twenty-slt aro dead, five of them unidentified, and so badly burned that Identification Is. nbout Impossible nnd twenty-four othor men are lying In tho various hospitals of tho city, Buffering from cuts and burns and othor In juries, nil resulting from the explosion of one of tho hollers In tho Pcnbertby Injector company's largo plant at Abbott street and Brooklyn nvenue, at U;30 this forenoon. The dead, as far as havo been ascertained are: A. U. HOFFMAN. LOUIS HENNING. PATRICK M ALLOY. A. E. MILLER. EUGENE BERTRAM. R. MULKBY. JOSEPH COFFEY. CHARLES MELVIN. JOSEPH KOSECK. STEPHEN CHR1SP. GEORGE SCHENOR. CHARLES LIDY. JACOB KEOBEL. WILLIAM MANN. CHRISTOPHER WALDMAN. ROBERT CREER. EDWARD EURCII. JOHN SCIIAIBLE. ' RICHARD RYAN. DOUGLASS DICKINSON. PETER DOLE. FIVE UNIDENTIFIED BODIES. Lunar List of lujnred. The Injured at the hospitals: Samuel Riley, engineer, condition critical; bad burns. A. T. Gldday, Buffering from burns. John Hoffleln, badly burned. John Kllncwlez, very badly burned, will probably die. Hermnn Goldncr, burned about the back. Tony Walker, foreman of the molding department, nose broken and badly burned. John Vogt, bruised and suffering from chock. James Nail, bock Injured. Sol Graupe, flight "burns ". Bert Dickson, minor Injuries. John Dlngal, Injured about head. Jullun Llobten, arm broken and slight burns. Edward Llebtcn, boy, burns. George Kelscy, bead badly cut. Stephen Nachtlgel, plight. Ignatius Brock, slight, Gur Galley, head and arm Injured. Wllllnm Knapp, head cut and suffering from shock. Bert Martin, leg broken. T. D. Crowley, slight. LouIb Miller, Blight. Mike Dernnger, burned about the head. William Ager, boy, sovcral bad burns and seriously bruised. William Bcgemnn, arm cut. Still More Are IIIiir. In addition lo theso a dozen or moro of tho employes who suffered compara tively slight Injuries were taken directly to their homes. Sixteen men and boy havo not as yet been located, cither at their homes or at. tho hospitnls. Tho ten unidentified bodies account for ten of these nnd tho officers of the com pany say they feel posltlvo that tho major portion of the remaining fifteen are by tonight nt their homes. A great force of men are searching the rulnn by eloctrln light and work will not be stopped until every foot of dobrls Iikh beon examined. Tho Pcnberthy Injector company's plant occupied halt a square of ground. It was composed of two brick buildings neparatcd by a olxtcon-foot. nlley. The rear building, In ishlch the holler wan located nnd which was destroyed, wan threo stories In height, fifty-four feet In depth nnd 100 foct wldo. The boiler ami engine- room watt located at tho northwest corner of the building ou tho first floor. Also on tho first floor was thn department for testing the output nf the plant. Tho finishing and brass nianu facturlng department was located In thn eecond floor and tho -third floor was do voted to thn foundry. It In Impossible to Mil exactly how many men were ot work in the various depart ments of this rear building when the ex plosion occurred, but tbe company officials insist that tho number waa not over eighty five. Thoro wero four bailors tn the plant, two horizontal ones, which furnished -team for tho engineers, and two vertical boilers, which were used solely to test lnjertors. It was tho horizontal boiler that was In ubo thin morning that caused tho awful loss of life. Crnsh Like a Cnunnn. The awful crash came without tho slight est warning. Thnso in thn front building snld it socmcd like tho concussion of an Immensn cannon. Tho floors nnd roof of the rear building bulged upward and (hen erashod down with tbclr heavy loads of machinery and foundry apparatus. Walls, rcofs and all dropped Into a shapeless maf Windows In houses for a block around were broken by tho concussion and flying bricks filled the neighboring yards. A dense cloud ot dust arose nnd as It settled and wa sue., cceded by denser clouds of smoke anrt steam, agonized cries began to como from tho hpap of tangled wood, metal and brick Those only partially burled frantically dm themselves out and then as energetically turned to digging for their "nmrades who were burled deeper. Flames broke out al most Immediately and the horror of tire wai added to the nufferlngs of the Imprisoned ones. Almost Immediately after tbe fire alarm was turned In calla were sent out for all tbo ambulances In the olty and they were hurried to the scene, Pending their arrival neighboring houses were turned Into tem porary hospitnls and those phyHlclans who wero In tho vicinity eased tho suffering ones as much as they were ablo. The first ambulances on the acene were totally iu adeauato to "irry thoaa who hi almdy