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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