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The Omaha Daily Bee.
KSTAIILISIIRD JUNE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1003.
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FUNERAL TOO SELECT
Cardinals Protest at Arrangement! Which
Barred Them from Pepe'i Bin.
OREGLIA WILL PUNISH UNDERLINGS
Beta of Sacred College Promise! to Bet
Matters Right
QUICK ELECTION OF POPE IS EXPECTED
Ecc'eiiartioi Dee' are Belief That ConolaTO
Will Hot Last Over Two Day
ITALIAN MINISTER QUITS MASS IN HUFF
Chilean Preacher Asserts Temporal
Power Must Re Restored, Than
Precipitating Trouble In
South America.
ROME. July 16. Several thousand of
the faithful crowded St. Peter's today to
pay tribute before the sarcophagus con
taining the remains of the late pontiff, on
Which la the following Dimple Inscription
In gilded letters: "Leo XIII Pont Max."
Meanwhile requiem masses continued In
the chapel of the Sacrament, as well as
many other Roman churches.
ljo'a will was read today. .While nom
inally leaving the estate at Carplneta to his
nephew Ludavlco Poccl, It really makes
no change, as the whnlo family property,
amounting approximately to $110,000, had
already been divided among the three
nephews. Count Camlllo having; already
sold his share.
The congregation again today made fur
ther progress with the arrangements for
the conclave. Cardinal Gibbons arrived to
day, but did not attend the meeting.
Wall to Shot in Cardinals.
A wall la being built around the apart
ments where the conclave will be held.
It la already 10 feet high. Some of the
Italian bookmakers here proposed to con
duct public getting on the chances of the
papal candidates, and In order to obtain
permission to do so offered to donate their
gains to charitable Institutions. The gov
ernment, however, promptly refused the re
quest. At the alxth meeting of the congregation
of cardinals held today forty-five cardinals
were present.
Jardlnal Delia Volpe, voicing also the
opinions 'of some of his colleagues, criti
cised some of the ceremonies In connection
with the Interment of Ieo XIII last night
because the cardinal did not participate in
the entire procession and complained gen
erally of the lark of order.
Cardinal Oreglla replied that he had al
ready noticed this and would punish those
who were responsible.
Monalgnor Merry Del Val communicated
the report from Santiago Chill, of the In
cident which occurred there during the
celebration of the requiem for the late
pope, which was attended by the president
of the republic and all the authorities,
in delivering the eulogy on the late pontiff
protested against the usurpation of papal
territory by Italy, whereupon Count
Cufrchl Boasso left the church and lowered
the Italian nag which had been holBted at
the legation as a algn of mourning. The
Incident produced an unpleasant tmpres
slon on the sacred college, being the first
discordant note In the universal mourn
ing.
Will Follow Ancient Ceremony.
The oeremonial of the conclave estab-
hu Oreirnrv TV la to hj fnllnnroH
at the coming meeting. The cardinals have
decided during the conclave to eat in com
mon trrder to facilitate their work)
A local paper quotes the response of
Cardinal Svampa to a question as to wheth
er he believes the conclave would be of
lengthy duration aa follows:
"On the contrary, I think It will be short.
I believe that two days will suffice to reach
an agreement.
Another paper quotes Mgr. Francises,
Nava as to the possibility or the election
of a pope who would reconcile the Vatican
and the Quirlnal thus:
"No pope ever hated Italy, The govern
menl must reconcile useii to tne none.
Certainly Italy on the occuaion of the ueath
of Leo showed itself well disposed for a
reconciliation.
The will of the late pope was read today
- after the meeting of the congregation
Only that portion which deals with the dis
position of the personal papal estate was
made public. The rellgloua testament was
not disclosed. It was opened by Cardinals
Itaropolla, Mocenni and Cretonl, the exec
utors. The relatives of the late pontiff
were not preat nt, although Invited.
Pope's Will Published.
That portion made public is as follows
In the name of the Father, the Son and
the Holy Uhoat, as the end or our mortal
career is spproachlng we put In this holo-
f;raph will our lust desires, before all we
lumoly supplicate the Intinite bounty and
charity of lite blessed I.ord to condone tho
faults of our life, and receive healgnantly
our spint in -no Destine iernity whlci
we specially hope through the merits or
Jesus, the redeemer, trusting to Him nacre 1
heart, an ardent furnace of charity and
fount of spiritual life and humanity. We
also Implore as mediators the biessed Vlr
gin Mary, mother of Uod, and our own
much beloved mother and that legion of
saints whom in our lite we venerated In
miat'iui way.
Now coming to dispose of the family
patrimony, which Is ours according to the
deed OI aivisiou umwn up oy mo notary
t-uruta Frunchl. December 17. 1-.S2. we au-
point as heir of this patrimony our nephew
Count Ludavlco Peed, son ot Giovanni
liattlsta, our deceased brother, trum thl-
uriioertv must lie deducted thut airea.l
innated to Count Rlcardo. Knottier nephew
on the occasion of his marriage., according
to a deed or r ruruary u. iso. oy Notary
V'ranchl. l'.uualiy from tins property mils
be deducted all the estate ti the Carpiueto
Romano belonging to the Holy See, accord
ing to the declaration In our chirog.ab,
February 11, lsul.
In this our testamentary deposition ,i
have not thought of our othor nepiirw,
Camlllo, and our nieces, Anna anil Maria,
eon and daughters of our brother. Giovanni
Baltlata. r or them we have in iiie. t rop
erly provldod decorous maintenance on the
occasion ot their marriage. We dejlaia
that no oik of our family can claim uny
light in anything not contemplated in the
present document, because all the other
belongings ot whatever nature which have
come to us as pontiff, consequently are
and in any rase we wish to be, the pr p
erty of the Holy Bee.
We conhde the exact execution of this,
our disposition, to Cardinal Mariano, Ram
polla our secretary of Male. Mario Mo
cenni and Serafino Cretonl. This declara
tion Is to he our last will.
The Vatican, Koine, this eighth day of
JUlyaiUACHIMO PECCI. LEO PP XIII.
GIBBONS ARRIVES IN ROME
DeaUs Himself to All bat Cardinals
Till After the Con-
clave.
ROME. July J6. Cardinal Gibbons arrived
today accompanied by Father t'.arvsn. his
secretary. He was met by Mgr. Kennedy
and Father Hertsog. They drove to the
(Continued oa Sooond Pa-).
DESTROYING AGENT A HEALEFI
Hadlum Declared llarmfal. Yet Able
to Make Blind See and
Slek Well.
(Copyright, ir03. hy Press Publishing- Co.)
VI '"A. July 2)1. (New York World
Cab '
brai
''' " f,l"'1'1' Telegram.) A celc
' 7')iirg scientist, Irofessor E.
8. LonOu,
'' highest authority on
the new railt. )i are pronounced
tho greatest dlsix
'Hern times bu
reguln eye
.'oii tins sub-
cause they may makt,
sight, has published an ti
Ject In which he says:
Itndlmn has all the charm of the un
expected In science, which had no premoni
tion ot its extent in nature. Kadium had
never been foreseen or foretold. When It
peared it seemed to protest against some
cientlllc principles such as the theory of
lie indivisibility of atoms, etc. And the
physlologlcn! and pathological qiinlltiea of
auium wnen tney were discovered were
quite as great a surprise again.
i ne etiect or raoitim rats unon living
organisms Is shown in two ways: in one
use the effect of Ihe rays Is lelt Imme
diately; In the other it Is felt alter being
atent for a longer or a shorter nerlod.
The first case reters to eyes, the second lo
an ntner organs
These theories have leen practically ap
plied already. The blind can be taught to
write, read and draw. A boy of 11 who lost
Is eyesight when he was twelve montns
old. hut who retained a slight perception of
the difference of light and uarkness, learned
ne letters of the alphabet frst and then
earned to read.
1 here is no living tissue in the world
upon which radium rays have no effect,
hxperlments have been made with the seed
of plants, bacterlaous cells, frogs, worms,
J;iiinea pigs, rations and human beings,
tadlum rays were noticed to do all these
different organisms barm.
I he germs of Dlants and animals ex
posed to radium raya lose the power of
growing. The skin of animals and human
oeiiiKs exposed to nullum will show no
effect at first, but after a time a swelling
sets In which becomes an open wound that
muses to neai. Mice placed in a box with
radium sickened after a few days and died
of congestion of the lungs.
ijiipus it nu otner sum diseases have been
treated with radrum ravs and enruurailnf
results have beei. obtained.
There Is no knowing what the future has
n store for humanity after the dlacftverv
of radium.
CHEAP SILVER, DEAR TRAVEL
Mexican f.overnment Allows Rail-
roads to Boost Tariffs to Off
set Depreciation.
MEXICO CITY, July 26. The govern
ment has Issued a decree granting the rail
roads such an Increase In their passenger
and freight rates as will practically put
them on the same basis as though receipts
were In BO-cent dollars. The decree was
Issued In response to a request from the
Mexican Central and the Mexican and In
ternational railroads that they be per
mitted to increase their rates on account of
the continued depreciation of the sliver.
The decree says that during the remain
der of the present year railroad com
panies shall be authorized to make a 15
per cent Increase in their tariffs, except
upon corn, -wheat, cotton, firewood, char
coal, coal and all articles of export. It be
ing understood that inasmuch as this au
thority Is granted In favor of the present
rate of exchange, it will be suspended
should exchange fall to 220 or less.
The government's action la praised as an
Indication of its desire to do Justice to
corporations, having sold Interests to meet
abroad , and which- have" to buy heavily
n the United States and elsewhere at gold
prices.
The Increase in rates applies to passengers
as well as to freight charges.
PLOT TO OVERTHROW TURKEY
Bulgarians and Servians Sail to Seek
United Country Hostile to
Porte.
VIENNA. July J8.-The Universal Bu
charest pub'tshes a sensational story of
plot to bring about a union of Servla and
Bulgaria, which involves the deposition of
Prince Ferdinand and the substitution of
the Karageorgevltch dynasty and which
would also, accordlng'to the story. Inci
dentally result in the settlement of the
Macedonian question.
According to the report a secret meeting
was recently held at Belgrade of Bulgarian
parliamentarians, prominent Servians and
Macedonians, at which 'the details of the
scheme were agreed upon. They are sild
to Include a military convention and a cus
toms union. The plotters also are said
to have resolved to carry out their program
If possible by legal means. Including a vote
of the Bulgarian parliament. The plotters
are said to have argued that such a united
kingdom could overthrow Turkey, and the
Mucedonlan troubles and guarantee a
greater future both for Servla and Bul
garia. The story is discredited here, being re
garded as fantastical.
SERVIAN HEIR DEGENERATE
tsar Receives Doctor's Adverse Re
port on King Peter's Eld
est Son..
ST. PETKRSBCRO, July 2.-A special
ist In the treatment of backward children,
at the command of the imperial govern
ment, examined and observed Prince
George, the eldest son of King I'eter Kara
georgevltch, of Servla, during the past
week and has reported to the emperor that
the boy Is a degenerate.
Prince George was born In 1888 and is
therefore sixteen years of age. He was
reared practically under the direction of
the Russian court, and a report printed
Just after the Belgrade tragedy said he
waa eduratcd to occupy the throne of
Servia.
LONDON TUBES ARE FLOODED
Heavy Halna Drown Out Newspapers
lull Stop I ndergrouad
Trains.
LONDON. July 36. Heavy rains on Sat
urday night over the south of EnglanJ
caused serious floods and great damage in
London.
The underground railway was flooded and
many printing rooms of Ixndon newspapers
built In the underground district between
Fleet street and the Embankment were
unable to print Sunday editions until late
this afternoon.
The heavy rains coincided with a heavy
tide on the Thames, covering several low
lying districts.
Japs Stick to Telegraph Line.
YOKOHAMA. July a.-Jd. Pmvloff, the
Russian minister to Cores, having objected
to the Japanese telegrsph line from Seoul
to Fu Sun, which was constructed prior to
the Russian line, the Corean government
asked Japanese Minister Hayashi to remove
the line. The latter has deciinad to do so.
Say tailors Make Trouble.
MADRID, July 96 -Reports have been
published here of excesses Indulged in by
nHore of the L'nltvd States squadron at
Lisbon.
PROCTER REPLIES TO SMITH
Repudiate! Late Postmaster 0 neral'a At-
Uci on OitiI Service.
IRREGULARITIES CHARGED TO MINISTER
Late Cabinet Officer Declared Respon
sible for Policy which Practically
Nulllfled Law Governing
Postal Appointments.
"WASHINGTON, July 2.
Chalrmin
Proctor of the Civil Service commission has
replied to the recent letter of former Post
muster General Smith concerning his re
port on the Investigation of the Washing
ton poatomce, and also to an editorial ar
ticle in the Philadelphia Press. The reply
to Mr. Smith's formal letter Is aa follows:
The Honorable, the Postmaster General:
Bir My attention has leen culied to uie
iiei, iiiiii-ii juiy n, o I lion, l lliiil-'B
Kinory Smith, as It annealed in the imioIh: i
press of July W. If uns letter were based
on tho facts disclosed hy the records, or
could be read In connection with the com
mission's letter and tne report of the In
vestigation upon whlcli It was baaed, there
would be no necessity for remark or reply.
gniiih's Letter Incorrect.
t'nder the circumstances there are cer
tain parts of Mr. Smith's letter which de
mand attention. The relevancy of a por
tion of the commissions letter has lx-cn
denied by Mr. Smith, although the essen
tial facts it contained have not been con
troverted. Concerning the question of
relevancy. It may be stated that the pres
ent postmaster general requested the com
mission to Investigate and report whether
the civil service law and rulea hud oeeii
and were bcuin complied with in the Wash
ington postomce, and -that as the Investi
gation showed thut the postottlce occupied,
to a considerable extent, the position of ti
bureau to the department In the mutter
of appointments and other changes, somo
of the departmental affairs necessat ily
came within its scope. This was especially
true with regard to persons appointed In
outside offices for the purpose of classi
fication and afterward transferred to tho
Washington postoftice and later to the i'e
parlinent. as well as In the cases of per
sons appointed as laborers, but Irregulsriy
assigned to classified duty In the Washing
ton postofflce who were afterward ap-
fiointod in the rural free delivery service
ust before its classification.
Mr. Smith says the one-third of Mr.
Proctor's letter which immediately con
cerns the Washington postofnee may prop
erly be left to the answer of the postmaster,
whom It directly concerns.
The facts as disclosed by the Investiga
tion show that the department and not
the postmaster was responsible for most
of the violations and evasions of the civil
service law and rules in the Washington
postofflce. It is therefore an evasion and
not refutation of parts recited in this let
ter, to say that It may be more properly
left to the answer of the postmaster. The
answer of the postmaster Is already re
corded In the report of the Investigation In
the statements signed by him. When
questioned as to the responsibility for the
Infractions of the civil service rules -in the
Washington postofnee, he said:
Wishes Blame Transferred.
"As most of the appolrtments of the peo
ple who have In any degree violated the
civil service regulations have been desig
nated or made by the department. It seems
to me that the responsibility for violation
of the regulations should be located with
the parties directing the appointments."
Again be cald: "People that proved In
efficient In the department had been un
loaded upon the postofflce on several oc
casions, as is instanced by the case of
The postmaster also stated that In his
opinion his office could hnve been run with
the same degree of efficiency, but with
much greater economy, if the department
had lett the personnel of the force to his
own selection.
in commenting on that part of the com
mission's letter which deals with the clas
sification transfer method adopted by the
department to evade the rules, he avoid
by a safe margin the facts disclosed by
the Investigation. He says:
It Is the statute, not the department,
that puts the clerks of the new free de
livery offices Into the classilled cervlce.
Their classification is a matter of law.
Their transfer Is a matter of rule.
This statement begs the question. It is
a civil service rule promulgated by the
president and provides for the classifica
tion of clerks at free delivery offices, and
the commission construes tills rule as rec
ognising only bonaflde employes as ac
quiring a classified status. It was the de
partment and not the statute or the ruins
that placed the names of eighteen residents
of Washington or tls vicinity on the rolls
of postoftlcea in various puits of the Cnlted
States, without reference to the needs of
those offices, for the sole purpose of get
ting them Into classified positions In tn-
Washington postofflce or Ihe department.
The department. In making these ap
pointments without doubt, reverted to
the practice which the civil service act
was designed to prevent and to this extent
nullified the law.
Mr. Smith says in reference to the same
subject:
Statements Declared I'ntrue.
"In 1S97 before I became postmaster gen
eral, some persons were appointed to of
fices about the classified service and later
transferred to other service. The practice
thus commenced continued in a limited de
gree." As a matter of record there were only
four such appointments made during the
latter part of 17 and the early prt of
prior to the appointment of Mr. Smith,
and 124 under his administration.
Mr. Smith says:
"No rule, even at this time forbids the
transfer at any time in the exactly parallel
case where small unclassified offices ure
classified by )elng consolidated with larger
classified offices."
This assertion ignores the fact that sec
tion S of Civil Service rule ii forbids the
classification of any employe In uny of the
offices which is to be consolidated with a
classified office, unless he lias actually
served therein during the sixty days next
preceding the consolidation or was ap
pointed through competitive examination.
He also quotes his letter of December 2",
1900, to the commission. In which he agroed
mat uamisHiona 10 tne servicu should, us
far as practicable, be made on examina
tion and said directions hid been given
which would remove all Just ground of
complaint. Mr. Smith now states his belief
that the commission never answered this
letter and declares that he will not com
ment "on the peculiar candor which made
no acknowledgment of the removal of all
Just ground of complaint then, und seeks
to suppress the truth about It now."
A sufficient reply to this statement will be
found on page 3ou of the seventeenth annual
report of the commission, published in the
early part of lSKJl, In which this statement
follows the full quotation of Mr. Smith's
letter:
"It Is gratifying to the commission to lie
able to state that, since the date of the
above letter, but one case of this kind has
occurred."
The letter of December 27. 1900. was a I
declaration of Intention on the part of the
department to observe the Intent of the
law, after six written appeals from the
commission, ranging from May Hi, 1898, to
May -4. l. two references or the matter
to the president and the appointment and
transfer of 12 employes by the objectionable
method.
Says Smith Parked Offlee. j
Mr. Smith resents the statement that the
rural free delivery service was packed with
employes In the Interests of individuals.
Just before classification, as indicated by
the fact that fltty-slx were appointed In the
twenty-six daya Just piecetiiug classifica
tion in November, 1S01. while only seven
teen were appointed between that date and
May. 1!o3. He attributes the large number
of appointments Just before classification
to the great Increase of work, as indicated
by the fact that the appropriation for tne
rural free service for the year ended June
to. 1D02. was double the amount for the pre
ceding year
He does not explain why. although the
appropriation was again more than doubled
for the year ended June SO. 1Uu3. it was
necessary lo appoint only seven persons ro
Washington from November 27, I9ol. lo May,
1HU3. It seems a fair Inference that the ap
pointments prior to classification so far ex
ceeded the needs of the service that few
appointments were necessary even when the
appropriation was more than doubled for
the year ended June ). 1U"3.
Politicians' Held Responsible.
Mr. Smith cites the fact that forty-one of
(.Continued oa Third Psge-i
TRY TO LYNCH DETECTIVE
Citizens Detected, In Robbery En
deavor to Hay Principal
Witness.
SCRANTON. Ta.. July 2.-An attempt
to lynch John Peel, a Delaware. Lacka
wanna & Western company detective, was
made last night at Fueter, by a crowd of
villagers. A mob. Infuriated at learning
that he had evidence connecting a score
of families with wholesale thievery of brass
and other Junk from fhe company s prop
erty, attacked him at his hotel.
When the mob made its attack with
cries of "lynch him." the detective drew
bis revolver and began pullltlg the trigger,
but there was something wrong with the
mechanism of the hammer and the cart
ridges were not exploded. Peel gained the
waiting room while th mob shrunk from
his leveled revolver nnd locked himself In.
Word wuh telegraphed here and a force
of twenty-five officers was hastily re-
rruited to lie sent to the detective s rescue,
In the meantime a passenger trawl arrived
and the crew, tiding! under telegraph or
ders, quit the train and after a hard fight,
succeeded In getting the detective on the
train.
Tho ringleader of the mob is anid to be
one of tho lending cltlxens of the town and
it is alleged that because the detective had
gained evidence In connection with the
thieving which would disgrace him and his
son forever, he gathered the mob and led
tliem in the murdcrou attack.
INCENDIARY FIRE IS FATAL
Alton Laundry Rinses, Bringing Death
tu One nnd injuries to
Ms.
ALTON, III.,' July 2i.-Klre. believed to
have been started by an Incendiary, today
destroyed the Alton Stcum laundry, a row
of flats, barber shop and part of a lumber
yard, and resulted In the death of one per
son nnd Injuries to six others.
The dead
MISS KI TH MKYEKS. burned to death.
The injured:
Mrs. Fred Meyers.
Adam Wolfe, Jr.
William Melssler.
William Nicholson.
Louis Stelner.
George Alcin.
All the Injured but Alcln were hurt in
Jumping. The total loss of property
amounts to S&.non. This was the third tire
In the vicinity within a month.
TRAIN TOSSES VICTIMS FAR
Baby Lifted from Roger Onto Tender
While Father Falls In
Field.
WILKESBARRE, Pn., July 26. Joshua
Butler, wife and Infant child were struck
by the east bound Black Diamond express
on the Lehigh Valley late this cfternoon
while driving across the track at Port
Bowkley, six miles from here, and all
three are dead. The horse was also killed
and the carriage demolished.
The occupants were hurled fully 100 feet.
tha woman's deatp ' '.wiiit .Instantaneous.
The babywta tossed-over the locomotive
and was found lying in the lender on top
of the coal.'- It was still alive, but died a
few moments later.
Mr. Butler was found In a field 'near the
track. He was not killed outright, but
died within an hour after the accident.
YOUTH SLAYS CRUEL FATHER
Shoots Pnrent with Rifle and Must
Answer Charge of
M order.
EAST ST. LOUIS. July 26,-Frank Greg
ory, pged 18, la under arrest on the charge
of having murdered his father.
The boy's father, E. C. Gregory, was at
work near a grain elevator today when the
son came across the river In a skiff from St.
Louis and shot him with a rifle, killing
him almost Instantly. Young Gregory made
no effort to escape and when he was ar
rested, according to the police, he said he
killed his father because of cruelty to his
mother and to him. 1
BOARD PROHIBITS MARRIAGE
Topeka Teachers Angered When
Courting; and Weddings ObH
clnlly Cease.
TOPEKA, July 26. (Special Telegram.)
The Topeka school board, heedless of the
president's Instructions on race suicide,
has prohibited its teachers either court
ing or marrying without the usual prelim
inary skirmish.
Needless to say the young women who
instruct the young here are up In arms
and warmly declare Topeka's children may
go without schooling if their instructors
are to be barred from domestlo ties.
COLORADO SOLONS GO HOME
Pass Appropriation Bill, Kill Fair
Board Disbanding Motion and
Adjourn.
DENVER, July 26 The general assembly
adjourned this morning after passing a
general appropriation bill, for which , the
session was called.
The house defeated the senate joint reso
lution calling on the world's fair board to
disband.
Governor Peabody has refusej to Issue
a supplementary call for a special session
to consider an eight-hour bill.
BLOOMINGTONJRIES TO LYNCH
Four Alleged Assailants of Baby Girl
Brought to St. Louis fur
Safety.
ST. 1X1C19, July 26. Four men. Thomas,
Nick and W. R. Nydem and William Mc
Comb, charged with assaulting and killing
Gertie Gibson, aged , at Bloomington, were
brought here today for safekeeping In the
St. Louis Jail, as a mob had attempted to
lynch them at Bloomtleld.
The little girl's body was found during
the forepart of last week and the coroner's
verdict was that she had been assaulted.
CAR RUNS THROUGH DYNAMITE
Denver Magasise Is W recked, but Mir
acle Averts Dreaded Ex
plosion. DENVER. Jfily 2.-8pecial Telegram.)
A runaway street car today ploughed
through a magazine containing tons of
dynamite, but by some miracle tij ex
plosion resulted. The contents were pul
verized. There were seven men in the building
at the Um and ail escaped Injury.
TROOPS GUARD DANVILLE
Sheriff Tells of Pluoky Wife'i Wish to Aid
Jail's Defense.
CROWDS MENACE, BUT DO NOT ATTACK
Soldiers Are Cursed nnd Find Feed
Ins Difficult, but Mob Respects.
Military Power and Re.
mains Orderly.
DANVILLE. III., July 26.-TW0 killed and
twenty-two wounded, the police station
wrecked, the county Jail with few of its
windows left unshattered, the city In the
hands of the state troops and a feeling of
uneaslnesa and dread prevailing every
where, is the situation left by the race
riots of last night and early this morning.
The revised list of dead and injured is as
follows:
The dead:
JOHN D. METCALFE, negro, lynched
and burned.
HENRY GATTERMAN, killed by negro
Metcalfe.
The Injured:
John Devere, right thigh mangled by load
of buckshot.
Adain Murray, shot In forehead; will re
cover. Bickurll, buckshot In right leg.
Clement Mebaker, buckshot In right leg
and arm.
3dward Hart, shot In right band.
A. Swafford, Injured Internally.
Fred Lorens, buckshot In legs.
W. La t tern, buckshot In both arms.
Harry Rennlck of Taplln, III., buckshot
In left foot and leg.
Two unldentllled men wounded In the
arms and hands with buckshot, refused to
give their names when their wounds were
dressed.
, Henry Slade of Pavilion Heights, buck
shot in left side.
Two unidentified men, one shot in left
arm and the other In the hand; refused to
give names when their wounds were
dressed.
Unidentified young man, wound In head;
refused to give name.
Four unidentified negroes, beaten into
insensibility by the mob,
Unidentified woman, carried away In a
buggy after she was seen to fall.
Ii. Hlnes, shot in neck.
Otto Helnko, shot in arm.
Many of the Injured are at the hospital.
Arrangements are being made for the
funeral of Henry Gatterman.
Crowds Swell All Day.
After daylight this morning there were
restless crowds on the streets. Hundreds
of farmers filled the city and each sur
rounding town continued to swell the
crowd. Great unrest and a threatening
attitude was reported from Westville, five
miles away. Early in the morning Wilson,
the alleged negro assailant of Mrs. Bur
gess, was secretly taken from the county
jail but was returned shortly afterwards.
Four companies of militia' arrived this
morning from Springfield. Companies A,
E, I and H of the Beventh Infantry were
sent In reply to urgent requests addressed
to state officials. Tha troops marched to
tho market house opposite the jail and
camped. The streets were cleared and the
threatening attitude ot the crowds disap
peared. There were sullen threats but no
attempt at an outbreak was manifested
during the day. Tonight 100 sentinels are
patrolling the streets in the immediate
vicinity of the jail. Each soldier carries
forty rounds of ammunition.
Wife Stands By Sheriff. !
Sheriff Whitlock said today. In giving his
version of the repulse ot the mob:
"After I saw from the jail that the mob
was determined on attack I went to the
veranda and spoke to them. As 1 stepped
Into the window two bullets were fired, one
striking the wall behind me. I tired two
shots In the air. Some one shouted that
I was only bluffing and waa shooting blank
cartridges. 1 warned the mob that 1 would
resist an attack on the Jail with powder and
lead. There was another shot from the mob
and it surged forward. 1 then tired a, shot
from my shotgun into their legs. This
drove them back but they returned a mo
ment later to the attack of the front of
the door. I was alarmed for the safety ot
my wife and children. My wife took a gun
and said she would stand by me. I got tier
and the children out of the way and then
as the leaders came with the rail to batter
down the walls, 1 shot along the rail to
make tliem drop It. This accounts for so
manv being shot In the hands and arms.
I fired eight or ten shots In all."
Sheriff Whitlock had four deputies and
three constables with him In the Jail guard.
He says no one fired Into the mob but him
self. There are all sorts of rumors afloat
tonight and a strained situation is notice
able. But the 200 soldiers here. It Is be
lieved, will prevent further outbreaks for
the present at least. Half of these will be
on duty all the time.
Leading citizens say the outbreak has
been expected for a long time, as a bitter
feeing has existed for several years between
the negroes and a certain class of whites.
A number of minor outbreaks have oc
curred during the past year.
The feeling against the soldiers Is notice
able. The commissary department today
had much trouble getting restaurants to
serve meals. Many refused to feed the sol
diers. There was one clash between the
guard and a miner named Ed Llgget, who
began abusing the guard. The soldier lev
eled his bayonet and Llgget was arrested
and fined 1100. Four other companies of the
regiment are under arms at Springfield
awaiting orders. Crowds gathered during
the day near the lines and cursed the sol
diers. Bayonets were used to scatter crowds In
aeveral inatances. Officers of the guard do
not anticipate any attack, however.
The sheriff and military officers have
urged all cltlxens to remain off the streets.
All saloons have been ordered closed in
definitely.
Metcalf, the negro killed and burned last
night, had lived at Evansvllle for two years
and waa a recent refugee from that city
where he participated In the riots of a few
weeks ago.
In their sermons today ministers of the
city upheld the action of Sheriff Whitlock
In defending his prisoners.
MADISON VI LLE. Ky., July 26.-A dis
patch received tonight from Providence,
Ky., says that In a fight among negroes
there last night five negroes were shot
Some of them will die.
NEGRO MURDERESS LYNCHED
Louisiana Populnee String
Womnn Who Poisoned Young
tilrl.
IP
SHREVEPORT, La.. July !-Newi
reached here today that the negress Jennie
Steer, who administered poison In a glass
ot lemonade to Lizzie Dolan, the 16-year-old
daughter of John Dolan, from the ef
fects of which she died, was lynched by
an Infuriated mob at sundown last night.
The lynching occurred at the beard
plantation, near the spot where the
woman's crime was committed. Jennie
Steer was stubborn to tha last In denying
bar crime.
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
For Nebraska Fair Today and Tommor
row. Temperature at Omnhn Yesterday.
Hour. Dear. Hour. Heat,
B a. m...... TS 1 p. m M
6 a. m...... Tl P. i l
T a. m 73 S p. m UN
8 a. m . . . . . . TB 4 p. m
9 a. m TU B p. ni MS
to a, n Ts) p. m MM
11 a. m 81 T p. ra OT
lit m K3 M p.m MA
t p. in Mil
DANISH BROTHERHOOD PICNIC
Tremendous Crowd and Splendid Out
lug Knjoyed at Ascott Park
Sunday.
Members of the Danish brotherhood think
that the picnic of yesterday was the larg
est outing Danish people have ever held
In the United States. One of.tho committee
of arrangements estimated the attendance
from the three cities and the Iowa farm
ers and others at Ascott park as not far
short of 3.0K0. The picnic was a Joint un
dertaking by Lodges No. 1 and No. l'J of
this city, No. 74 of South Omaha and No.
10 of Council Bluffs. The llrst train with
the committee and about a hundred pic
nickers pullid out of the Union station over
the Illinois Central road at 8:30 o'clock yes
terday morning, .the second following at
11:30 and the third at 1:30 In the afternoon.
The crowd returned In two trains at 7:30
and 10:10, the latter train being crowded.
The day was passed pleasantly with danc
ing, afternoon and evening, music by the
band and contests of one sort or another.
In the shooting at the deer target Fred
Petersen won first prlie, N. M. Larson sec
ond and W. Andersen third. For the eagle
target, J. Petersen, Jens Jensen, M. P.
Andersen, Beth May, Frank Petersen and
J. G. Jorgensen won prizes In tha order
named. At the round target N. M. Larson,
L. Hansen and C. Petersen carried off the
honors. All these events were for rifle.
Christ Andersen proved himself the strong
est man at the testing machine; II. Haugh
won the 100-yard daah; Miss Rohomp was
first In the woman's race; J. Laurlel car
ried off the prize in the boys' running; M.ss
Wlnlseon was the quickest girl, and in the
race of the presidents of the four lodges
Peter Petersen of Council Bluffs No. 1U
was first under the rlbbdn and waa re
warded with a watch charm bearing the In
signia of the brotherhood. All the winners
were given useful and ornamental trophiea
of their prowess. In the afternoon J.
Michaelsen, supreme secretary of the broth
erhood, made an address on the growth
and Interests of the order.
Of the committee having the affair In
charge Christ NeUsen of No. 1 was chair
man, M. C. Christiansen of No. 74 waa sec
retary, O. Rasmussen of No. 10 was cash
ier and A. N. Norgard and H. Johnsen rep
resented No. 1, . Fred Petersen and Peter
Petersen served for No. 10, Charles Soren
sen, A. Ostergard and P. Matsen were for
No. 19 and Frank Andersen and C. Han
sen represented No, 74.
MRS. HODGE GIVES HERSELF UP
town Woman "Wanted for t'tnh ytmr
der Surrenders In tirand
Rapids.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. July 26. Mrs.
Aurora Hodge, of Denlson, la., gave her
self up today for the murder of a man
near Salt Lake City on July 11.
She said she had parted from her hus
band a few months after their marriage
and went on the road with a traveling
medicine vender as his bookkeeper.
'When cn a lone road near Salt Lake
City, July 11," she said, "he attempted to
assault me and I shot him with a re
volver I had been carrying. I left him In
the wagon and went to Suit Lake City to
give myself up, but my nerve failed me
and I took a train for Denlson. I told
my brother, and when he went to tell the
authcrities l fled to Chicago. There I se
cured a portion in a Spring Lake hotel,
but could not rest with it on my mind
and came to Grand Rapids to give myself
up."
FATAL RIOT IN NEGRO CHURCH
Blneks Draw Guns nnd Rnsors,
Trouble Comes, Slny Two and
Injur Six.
CAMAKA. Oa., July M.-Two killed and
six wounded, four of them. It Is believed,
fatally, Is the result of a row at a negro
church tonight, at which pistols and razors
played a deadly part.
The entire negro population of the town
is terrorised as a result of the affray, and
It is impossible to learn the real cause of
the trouble. The shooting started over a
dispute of some sort. There was a wild
rush to get from the building and it la
believed many ot the wounded were hurt
In Uits way.
Women and children were trampled under
foot by men, who, with knives and pis
tols In their hands, were trying to escape.
HOPE TO UNITE POPULISTS
Political Reformers Convention Ex
pects to Henl Split In People's -Party.
DENVER, July 26. A large attendance ii
expected at the conference of political re
formers to lie held here tomorrow. The
conference will be of an unofficial charac
ter and members of various parties are In
vited to participate. The national commit
tees of both branches of the people's party
are, however, called to meet here In con
Junction with the gathering, and It Is be
lieved that some agreement will be reached
for harmonizing the two factions of thut
party if an amalgamation to Include other
reform parties Is not effected.
PERSHING RETURNING HOME
Famous Enemy of Moro Bandits Due
In Chicago Nezt
Week.
CHICAOO. July 26. (8peclal Telegram.)
Captain John J. Pershing of the Fifteenth
cavalry, whose splendid record In the Phil
Ipplnes has long preceded him. Is expected
to reach Chicago on a visit to his father
next week.
Captain Pershing has been in charge of
the rebellious Moro districts for two years
and has subdued them after sever fight
ing. He has been promoted to the general
staff of the army.
Movementa of Ocean Vessels July 20.
At New York Arrived: Cymric, from
Liverpool and (jueenstown: Lit Hretagne,
from Havre; I'rnhria, from Liverpool and
Qufitiiiown.
At (jueenstown Sailed: Lucania, from
Liverpool, for New York.
At Moville Arrived: Bavarian, from Mon
treal and Quebec, for "Liverpool, and proceeded.
TRAIN WRECKS FATAL
Four Person Killed on Maple Leaf in
Dodge Center Collision.
TWO I0WANS DIE IN SANTA FE SMASH
Chicago Limited Filed at Princerille Brings
Death to Couple.
VANDALIA CRASH ACCOUNTS FOR THREE
Trolley and Passenger Collide, Oter a Ccore
Peing Injured.
BIG FOUR CATASTROPHE MA'.MS TRIO
Flyer Traveling Sixty llles an Honr
Round Sharp Curve Crashes Into
Freight .Near Wellington;
Ohio.
ST. PAUL, July Si-Two trains met in a
head-on collision on the Chicago Great
Western early today with tha result that
four are dead and about twenty-five ot
thirty passengers Injured.
The dead:
CII.iRLKS MKRKERT, engineer passen
ger train. Minneapolis.
H. C C08ER, fireman, who was riding
in the passenger engine, not on duty.
H. HELM AN, engineer of the freight
train.
FRED HORTON, Dodge Center, Minn.,
passenger.
The seriously Injured:
11. J. Hlckey, lit email of the passenger
train.
Noble, colored, porter of the buffet
car.
Fireman Keeno of the freight train waa
slightly injured.
Fred Horton. the passenger who wss
killed, was said to have been standing In
tho vestibule of the front sleeper talking
to a friend and was instantly killed while
his friend escaped Injury.
Twin City Kspress Piled.
The two tralna were the Twin City
Limited and a fast freight. The limited
was running as a first section from Oelweln,
la., to Minneapolis. The second section
consisted of an excursion train running
from Des Moines to Minneapolis and was
three hours behind time.
The fast freight, southbound, received an
order at Dodge Center saying the second
section of the paascnger was three hours
late apd the crew evidently misread the
order and attempted to make Vlaslty siding
between Dodge Center and Hastings, Minn.,
thinking that It was the limited that wss
late. Meanwhile the limited was pounding
along at regular speed and met the freight
head-on, just after it had rounded a curve
at Vlaslty.
The morning was foggy and neither en
gineer saw the other In time to stop, "al
though the engineer ot the limited had ap
plied the brakes.
That the two trains came together with
terrific force wag evidenced by t te fact thst
both engines were badly damaged, but re-
malned standing pprlght on the tracks. Tha
baggage and buffet cars were completely
wrecked and turned crosswise on the tracks.
The first sleeper behind the buffet wss
badly smashed In the forward end while the
four rear cars remained intact on the track.
These cars were, used to bring the dead
and injured to St. Paul and Minneapolis,
where the injured were given surgical at
tendance. None of the passengers were seriously In
jured, but cuts and bruises were freely dis
tributed and the utmost confusion prevailed
following the Impact nt the two trains.
The baggage man was buried tinder a pile
of trunks but was taken out uninjured.
The baggage car struck a sma,ll building
and one end broke through the side of the
structure.
Three cars In the freight were wrecked,
one of them containing a number of sheep,
which were killed. The wreck delayed traf
fic, for several hours.
Iownns Killed on Snntn Fe,
PEORIA. 111., July 28.-The Santa Fe lim
ited out of Chicago for the west wan
wrecked at tho crossing of the Rock Is
land near Princevllle last night and two
were killed. The accident resulted from
an open switch.
The dead:
ENGINEER ED O'BRIEN, Fort Madi
son, la.
FIREMAN CHARLES VOGEL, Fort
Madison, la.
Express Messenger R. L. JC. Budway and
his assistant, Ed Parshall, botti of Chi
cago, sustained minor Injuries. Traffic on
the rood was delayed for some hours.
Three Die on Yaudalla.
EAST BT. LOUIS, III.. July 26,-An ac
commodation train on the Vuudalla road
en route to St. Ixiuls rnn into a well filled
electric car on the East St. Louis and
Suburban street railway near Lansdowne,
three miles north of here today, killing
three persons and Injuring a score.
The dead:
JOHN ROY. Vandslla, engineer.
J. J. LENHARTH.
DAVID H. BEATTIE.
The injured:
Vincent Hlgglns, fireman; will dl.
Charles Burkhardt, motorman: seriously.
W. R. Miller, electric car couduotor; se
riously. Mrs. Mamie King.
IjouIs Merkel.
G. W. Young, fractured leg.
Simon Bpaulding.
Jacob Shilling.
Mrs. Allen Mack.
Jacob Lenharth.
Elmer Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. King.
Miss Annie Bom mere, Centervllle, III.
Eight others received minor injuries.
The crash of the collision was terrific and
was heard a long distance. The accommo
dation train was drawn by an engine which
was backing, and was running at a good
speed wnen suddenly the tender of the
engine crashed into the trolley car at the
street crossing. The car wss hurled from
Its track a mass of wreckage. Tha Impact
caused the coaches to break loose from
the engine and while they did not leave
the track the engine left the rulls, ran
about 200 feet over the ties and turned over
on Its aide.
Engineer Roy and Fireman Hlgglns stuck
to the engine and were buried in its wreck
age. After being removed Engineer Roy
died at the hospital. Fireman Hlgglns is so
badly Injured that he cannot live. The two
were pinioned under a jet of scalding steam
and their screams were agonising. Nothing
could be done until jackscrewa were se
cured and the engine ralaed. Roy and
Hlgglns begged to be killed outright that
they might not suffer the torture they were
undergoing. When they were finally taken
out both were literally parboiled. Beatty
and lenharth, the two other men who were
killed, were standing on the platform of the
