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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
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TALKS OF DECISION
Alaskan Boundary Commissioner! Do Hot
Liks to D.seusi Work Just Finished.
NARRATIVE FIXED ALASKA LINE
Ytcconm Becordsd How Ho Beached
Point and OomminSon Mads Dednotion.
j UNITED STATES GETS TWO ISLANDS
Beliered that Explorer Passed Between
Them, Defining Portland Canal
CANADIAN RAILROAD ' MAN'S OPINION
ays that Objection to American Title
to Islands Is Largely Sentimental
asd Will Not Affeot Busi
ness of Hoad.
NEW YORK, Oct. 90. On account of his
official connection with the Alaskan tri
bunal Senator Lodge of Massachusetts de-
ollned to discuss the award of the tribunal
on hlit arrival hem today bv the steamer I
rvririr- I
Senator Lodge said the members of the
tribunal had been very handsomely treated
in London, but as one of the arbitrators ne
could not even venture to say that he was
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ay anything about the attitude of the
Canadian commissioners in refusing to sign
the award.
Joseph Pope, representative of the Cana
dian government, and one of the assistant
secretaries of the tribunal, who also was
on Cedrlc, said that the award was of
course a disappointment from the Canadian
point of view, but offered no further com
Bjrnt, appearing anxious, however, to as
certain how the decision had been received
In Canada.
Former Senator Turner of Washington,
nnthrr American member of the tribunal.
... rm wlliinu- t discuss how the agree-
rme to be reached, but It was ad-
,hs, rf.i.inn ,ivi. ,wn islands
.k t.,...i. .n.i tn th. United states
... I,... - Vancouver's narrative of his
-..o- .ir.tinn Th. nueeJnn hinted
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on whether he had called the water to
the south of the Island the channel or
whether he had gone to the north of them,
It was found that he recorded having gone
from the entrance to a point of land above
the Islands In a certain time. To do this
It was figured that he entered the broad
channel, followed It up and turned in be
Thi. led the commissioner, to decide that
the canal and opposite Port Simpson be
longed to the United States. Mr. Turner,
while he was not willing to discuss In de
Ull the subject, admitted that this was
true.
Speaking of these two inlands, he said:
"They are of very little value to us except
from a strategical standpoint. I believe
that the new Transcontinental railroad
hlch Is to he built north of the Canadian
Pacific will have Port Simpson for its Pa- I
clflo terminal. Tills makes the Islands of I
importance to Canada."
Touching a report that the Canadian l
charged that Lord Alvcrstons had Deen
Dra.ettra.llv won over by kindness, the ex-
senator said he did not think such a thing
coold be. "If 1 anything," he 'added, "the
hospitality and kindness was on Lord Al-
vers tone's side. He was hospitable to all
comers and entertained lis at his country I
place. The question to be settled was of
right under the International law, and Lord
Alverstone, who is an able Jurist, settled
the case on Its merits."
Mr. Turner regarded It as fortunate that
the commission wss able to agree and he
considered It a step forward in the aettla-
msnt of all future disputes.
Moro Sentiment Than Business.
T.nvrww Sft.r'haJrman MacRae. at
a meeting today of the atockholders of the
White Pass Yukon rauroaa, auuaea 10
the Alaska boundary award. He said that
w ille he regretted the decision which placed
' twenty miles of their railroad under the
Jurisdiction of the American flag. It was In
reality mere a matter of sentiment than
business.
The reciprocal bonding arrangements be-1
tween Canada and the United State would
continue. Both countries would suffer
equally by a disturbance of the arrange -
ments, ami it was more in harmony with
the enlightened spirit of civilisation to ex-
tend than to curtail them.
Mr. MacRae further declared that th
suggestions for all Canadian or all Amerl-
can roads to the Yukon, were impossible of
realisation for a long time to come.
DISHONESTY IN
ATHLETICS
Fs-lncipnl of Phillips Brooks, Andover,
Dislike rrooent System of
Coaching.
CHICAGO, Oct. SO. Conditions Inimical
. th. m.lti of American manliness, both
In the "decedeness of home life" and in
KlfUl'lll B, WCI1 UIKUioou ... .
K. Stearns, principal of Phillips' academy,
Andover, Mass., in an address delivered at
the educational conference, which Is on
of the feature In connection with the cel
ebration of Dr. H. r. Ftok'a thirty years
residence at Northwestern University
academy. Three hundred delegates from
various parts of the country were pres
ent.
After touching on the Incapacity of
nurses, tutors and private schools to prop
erly mould a child's life, Mr. Stearns said
of school and college athletics:
Sly and underhand practices are encour
aard lust so far as detection dues nut ensue.
To the average schoolboy the college ath
lete la a hero, and this man, 1 reuret to
say, often upends his time In teaching this
ducrlt to lad of the preparatory schools.
I Imve seen many an athletic coach devot
ing hours to teaching young followers that
they may cleverly d,sbey ruiea of the
'gam without nk of detection, and I think
I am safe in saying that the majority of
roaches are given to this practice. 1 have
heard bovs complain that they were ad
vlxe.1 that a little profanity would tsnd to
di.concert their Opponents.
Mr. Steams expressed himself as In
favor of athletics, honestly pursued, even
at the expense of physical Injuries or an
occasional death. It was the moral effect
of dishonest practices that he deplored.
MAN AND WOMAN BOTH DEAD
Mornoo L. tiroen and III Wife Killed
, by Cina Fume in Chicago
Hotel.
CHICAGO. Oct. SO. Horace L. Green and
bis wife were found dead In bed here to
day, the result of asphyxiation.
Indications pointed to a double suicide.
Green was the publisher of the Free
Thought Magaslne. He was 7 and his wife
' 7li year old.
Later development tended to show that
the aged coupl were vtatlms of an accident
H J' feuad bar UaJUy pea.
PLEA OF REVOLUTIONISTS
Those of Santo Domingo Draw
r Pretest Against Present
Administration.
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ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., Oct. 80. The text
of a manifesto Issued by the revolutionists
of Banto Domingo has been received here,
It Is dated Puerto Plata, October 24, and
accuses President Wos y Oil of arbitrari
ness, jealousy, suspicion and unjust perse
cutions; says the prisons of the capital aro
filled, and that many persons have been
exiled: that the revenues have been de
creased In three months by $1,000,000, al
though since February nothing has been
paid to the country's national or foreign
creditors; that the accounts of the last
revolution are unpaid; that an irritating im
port duty of S'i'cent per gallon is levied on
petroleum; that an "odious loan" of $130,000,
guaranteed by the duty on cocoa, has been
raised; that $40,000 has, been advanced to
the government by the Hamburg-American
line in exchange for port dues for four
years in the case of the company's ships:
that there has been a notable decrease in
the fiscal dues since the president Implanted
"the gross system of waste," and that an
unpatriotic effort to make Dominican
waters neutral, and to make the republic's
ports free In case of war, was recently sub
mitted to the legislature, Involving a seri-
ous menace to the national territorial In-
legniy.
The signatories of the manifesto, headed
y uenerai carios Morai.es. ca.i on patriots
to aerena tne country s sacrea interests
" ....-.-... . ...v
government,
FORTY-FIVE ARE DROWNED
Result of Collision Between Russian
and Japanese Steamers Near
Hakodate, Japan.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct. SO. It was as
certained today that forty-five per
sons out of 103 who were on board the
steamer Tokal-Maru were drowned, as the
result of the sinking of that vessel yester
day, after having been in collision with
the Russian steamer Progress off Hako-
aaie, japan. ine engineer or tne loKai
Maru succumbed after having been picked
tip by Progress. The malls and all the
valuables of the sunken vessel were lost,
ln accmeni occurrea ai a. m. in
dnse fog, six miles from Hakodate. Tokai-
v. I , . -r t..-
- a um,n xviu
company of Toklo, sank Immediately. After
rescuing an me persons possiuie, frogress
returned to Hakodate. It was severely
damaged,
The Russian consul is drawing up
statement of the case for the court of
Inquiry. The steamer Jlnsen Maru has
gone to the scene of the disaster with
SEEKS TO SAVE EXPLORERS
Expedition Will Start from Tasmania
to Bring Back Boat Frosea
la lee.
HOBART, Tasmania, Oct 30. Terra
Nova, an auxiliary relief ship, formerly
Newfoundland whaler, has arrived here
"er a spienaia passage. Morning, tne
Royal Geographical society's relief ship.
epeciea aaiiy. i ne vessels win start
iw tne rener or discovery, tne British ex-
pionng vessel, tne nrsi week in December,
The exploring vessel Discovery has been
frosen In for thirteen months at the foot
of Mount Eremus. In south latitude 77:70,
east longitude 166:42. In February last
Morning transferred provisions to it ' by
sledges over the ice. Terra Nova has been
fitted out by the British government act-
ing Independently of the scientific societies
I which favored Discovery's expedition. It
Is carrying guncotton with which to blast
out a channel, but if It cannot be extri
cated It Is understood Its officers and men
I will be transferred to Terra Nova and Dls-
covery abandoned
GERMANS WANT COLOR LINE
Ask that Native Pnllremen Be Re
stricted in Power to Arrest
Whites.
BERLIN, Oct. SO. Complaint having
been raised of the behavior of the German
I police of Samoa and East Africa toward
I Europeans, Duke Johann Albrecht, presl-
1 dent of the German colonial society, has
addressed a letter to Chancellor von Beu-
I low, asking that such cases be avoided in
I the future by clearly limiting the func-
tlons of native officials where Europeans
are concerned.
I The society admits that it is impossible
to govern colonies without giving the na-
tlvs police and other subordinate officials
"uthor,ty to take act,on aalr",t Euro-
inns, urn ii. is claimed measures must be
taken which will Insure the respect of the
native toward them as a class. . Therefore,
native official should have power to act
In such cases only In the presence of and
under th direct personal orders of their
whit superior.
RADICAL REFUSES PORTFOLIO
Clollttl 1 Hsvlsg Trouble . form.
In a Cabinet for
Italy.
ROME. Oct. M.-The expected announce.
j ment of the composition of the new Glollttl
cabinet tonight was not made because the
party of the extreme left obliged Slgnor
Sacchl, the leader of the radicals, to refuse
with his friendship participation In th
government, and objected to three other
minister with' moderate tendency. Thi
upsets the formation of the cabinet a al
ready outlined. It is believed that Sitmni-
Glollttl will ultimately succeed In forming a
camnei wunoui tne assistance of the rad
icals. BROTHER OF QUEEN ARRESTED
Relative of Draga Accused of Bel an
in Plot Against Murderer
of HI Sister.
BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. S0.-After a
long search Captain Lunjevlc. brother of
th late Queen Drsga, ha been rearrested.
He wa captured in the laundry room of
the fort here.
Th arrest of General Magdellnic and
other officer I imminent. It Is under
stood that a new plot ha been discovered
against th murderer of King Alexander
and Queen Drsga.
Wonld.Bo Assassin. Aro Armenian.
TIFLI8, Russian Transcaucasia, Oct. JO.
The three men who attacked Prince Gallt
sin. the governor general of th Cau
casus, on th outskirts of this cltr Tues
day, while ho wa driving with hi wife
and who were subsequently killed by Cos
sacks, have bean Identified a belonging
sum www ua u Arme&lana,
TWO WRECKS ON SANTA FE
Engine and Can Drop from High Br
Creek Bed Below.
PULLMAN HANGS 'OVER 0
iM
Westbound Passenger o w Road
Runs Into an Open 'And
Crashes Into '
Freight Tra.
PUEBLO, Colo., Oct. SO. By an 'accident
or train wreckers eastbound Santa Fe pas
senger train No. 6, known as the Colorado-
Chicago flyer. In which was one car filled
with eastern bankers homeward bound
from California, was derailed at 1:30 o'clock
this morning at Aptshapa creek, thirty-
five miles east of this city, and breaking
down the steel bridge the engine and four
cars following plunged to the bed of the
creek, where they piled in a mass of wreck
age. Thirty or more trainmen and passen
gers were Injured, and that none was killed
outright is regarded as almost miraculous.
The Injured:
Engineer John E. Walker. La Junta:
Scalucd and bruised: may die.
Fireman A. B. Bates; bruised.
Mrs. Mary Anderson. NeDtonvllle. Kan.:
injured internally.
ueorgo Brown, Denver; Injured internally.
W. A. Pattlson. Denver: II u cut. teeth
knocked out and bruised.
A. U. Freeze. Newton. Kan.: bruised and
shaken up.
M. J. uarvey, Denver; bruised and shaken
up. . . .
Mrs. Hamilton, Colorado springs: bruised.
suffering from nervous shock.
Harold Kolberg, Mlddlesboro, Ky.; head
Injured.
Mrs. Lime Be not t, uenver; head and
neck injured.
Joseph Stevens, Pueblo; bruised.
HI 1 ... V. Lit ),, nV.U , ,
J. U. Benson, Cold Harbor, N. D.: face
out ana teem KnocKea out.
E. F. Atkins, Dallas, Tex.; head Injured,
Mrs. Mary Laird, Cumminga, Kan.;
bruised and cut.
Robert Coltura, Carbondale, Kan.; bruised
ana cut.
Carl Berg: bruised.
F. R. Risley, Ulbbs, Mo.; bruised, nerv
ous shock.
Mrs. J. A. Hoffman, Dallas, Tex.; bruised,
nervous snocic
J. F. McGlll. Woshlnsrton. D. C: bruised,
J. L. Relnhard. Owensboro. Ky. ; bruised.
Mrs. J. A. Relnhard, Owensboro, Ky.;
bruised.
Mrs. Mathilda Hamilton, Moss City, Kan.;
bruised.
P. W. Snoop, Unlonvllle, Ma; bruised
ana cuts.
O. Bennett, Buffalo; bruised.
Louis Dulse, ill Paso. Tex.: bruised.
Mrs. F. D. White: bruised, nervous shock,
Alice Bowman, Whitehead, 111.; bruised,
shock.
John Sandoval. Trinidad: bruised, cut.
J. M. Aubolum, Granola, Kan.; back in
jured.
Mrs. J. M. Aubolum, Granola, Kan.;
bruised.
Spreading Ralls Cause Wreck.
The wrecked train was made up at Den
ver last evening and at Pueblo the special
car Del Rosa, In chargeof A. S. Kim'
berly and carrying eighteen eastern bank
ers, was attached to It. The train was
bowling along at a speed of fifty miles an
hour a it approached Aptshapa creek, be
tween Manganola and Fowler. At the west
end of the bridge the rails spread,, derailing
the engine, and when It struck the bridge
on span 100 feet long went down. The en
gine, two baggage car and a chair car
and a coach rolled over on their aide to
th creekoed, a distance of ab mt flfte.
feet. Fortunately little water Wh running
In the creek at the time. One Pullman
stopped with the forward end projecting
ever the 'embankment, The bankers' car
was the only one In the train that wa not
derailed.
When the engine rolled over Engineer
Walker wa pinned under his cab and hs
wa Immediately enveloped In a dense cloud
of steam. Some time elapsed before he
was rescued by other members of the train
crew, with trie assistance of some pastes
gers. Engineer Walker said that the first
intimation he had of anything wrong wa
when the driver suddenly began bumping
the ties. He hastily closed the tbrottl and
reversed the lever. The engine and car
plowed over th ties at least fifteen feet
and. the extraordinary strain put on the
bridge caused the structure to collapse.
Members of the train crew were dis
patched to Fowler to notify the Santa Fe
officials of the accident and relief trains
were sent to the scene of the accident as
quickly as possible from both Pueblo and
La Junta. When these trains arrived at
the creek all the Injured had been removed
from the wreckage. The cars were not
badly broken up and the passengers In
them had escaped with bruises, sprains and
cuts. After their wounds had been dressed
they were piloted across the dry bed of the
creek and, with the passenger who were
uninjured, were taken to La Junta In a
special train.
Engineer Walker and others who were
seriously Injured were placed In the Santa
Fe hospital there, and the remaining re
sumed their eastward Journey, with the ex
ception of soma women who were suffering
from the shock to their nerves.
The wreckage cannot be cleared away
and th bridge repaired before tomorrow
evening. Meantime trains to and from
Denver will be run via Trinidad. The dam
age I estimated at tl8,W0.
An Investigation showed plainly that the
pike had been pulled from three rail.
Th motive ot the wreckers Is a mystery.
as no robbery was attempted. The bridge
was Inspected last week and was found to
be In good condition, and th track, of
lghty-flve-pound steel, wa relald about a
year ago.
But for th accident of a hot box on the
express car a large amount of money would
have been In the safe on the wrecked train
and this. It Is .believed, was the plunder
the desperadoes hoped for. Valises were
rifled by the robbers during the excitement
following the wreck.
The express car In which, according to re
port, money was being transported was
left at Colorado Springs last night for a
later train.
Km On Killed In Second Wreck.
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 30. At the offlco of
Superintendent Hurley of the Santa Fe it
wa said tonight that th wreck of pas
senger train No. t at Howell, Kan., last
night wa a small matter. Nobody was
killed, as was at first reported. The fol
lowing were Injured, but not seriously: Ray
Stevens. Wichita. Kan.; O. W. Beak, Pratt,
Kan. s
Will Investigate Matter.
TOPEKA, Oct S0.-U Is announced at th
Santa Fe general office here that a special
effort will be made to apprehend th peiv
son who caused a wreck of th Santa F
special near Fowler, Colo., this morning.
The best secret service men from head
quarter have been detailed on the case.
The officials have been notified that already
some clue hav been found and It I ex
pected that some arrest will be made be
for many hour.
General Manager Mudg In discussing th
wreck said: "I hav no Information which
enlighten m as to th motive of th par
ties who wrecked the train by drawing
pike and Joints for a distance of three
rail-length at th approach of th bridge.
I will leave for Colorado tomorrow morn-lny
SAM PARKS IS CONVICTED
Second Tim In Two Months Walking
Delegnt Is Found Guilty- of
Extortion.
NEW YORK, Oct 80. For the second
time within two months Samuel J. Parks,
walking delegate of Housesmlth's and
Brldgemen's union, local No. 2, was con
victed of the crime of extortion in the
court of general sessions this afternoon.
It took the Jury Just twelve minutes, dur
ing which time they took two ballots, to
agree on the guilt of Parks In extorting
1500 from the Tiffany Studios, a firm of
contractors, under threat of keeping it
from continuing work on buildings last
June. .
It was shown at the trial that Parks
had obtained 1300 from the Tiffany firm
as an "Initiation fee last January when
the housesmlths and bridgemen were on
strike on three of the Tiffany contracts
in this city. .
Parks claimed that this, money was a
fine levied by his labor union. Later the
foe; developed that Parks had been dis
loyal to his union, Inasmuch as he per
mitted the Tiffany firm to employ non
union men on concern Jobs after having
received the $500. This accusation was not
dented by the defendant or his counsel
during the trial, but the latter contended
that Parks hod given the money to the
treasurer of his organisation, and that the
entire transaction .was a business deal
which. Instead of being a crime, afforded
considerable advantages to the firm which
paid the money. Counsel for Parks en
deavored to Introduce certificates as to
the prisoner's delicate state of health, but
Judge Newburgh, before whom the case
was tried, refused to admit them.
J. W. Osborne, Parks' chief counsel, made
an excellent defense, although' he had weak
grounds on which to stand, while Assistant
District Attorney Rand pinned Parks In a
bad light, both to the public and his fellow
labor unionists, in his summing up to the
Jury.
In his charge Judge Newburgh said that
It made no difference what disposition
Parks made of the money after he had ob
tained it from the representatives of the
Tiffany firm. If In the belief of the Jurymen
he had obtained under a threat direct, that
fact would constitute extortion, the crime
charged against the prisoner.
When the Jury was polled and the ver
dict rendered. Parks glared at the Jurymen
with the same look of defiance which he
maintained during this, as well as his pre
vlous trial. He was remanded for sentence
a week hence. Parks Is now awaiting the
decision of the court on a writ of error
having been sentenced after his first trial
to a term of not less than two and a half
nor more than three and a half years in
Sing Sing prison. The charge on which
his former conviction was secured was also
extortion.
COURT TO EXONERATE CHASE
Such Said to Bo the Finding
Cna of Colorado Militia
General.
In
DENVER. Oct. .-Brlgadler General
John W. Chase, commander of the National
Guard of Colorado, now on trial before a
court martial, will be exonerated from the
charge of perjury. When- tho court met
today It was announced that no further
evidence on this charge would be required
and a recess was taken at tho request of
General Chase's attorneys to give the de
fendant further time to arrange his de
fense to the charges of disobedience and
Insubordination. A member of the court
on being asked for his opinion of the
significance of the abrupt closing of the
bearing on the perjury charge, replied that
It amounted practically to an acquittal.
The afternoon counsel for General Chase
moved a nonsuit on the charge of dlsobedi
cr.ee. General Chase was put on the stand
He admitted refusing to obey the alleged
executive order for the release of the
prisoner Davis. He did not believe the
order came from the governor. He denied
that he had ever willfully disobeyed any
order which he knew came from Governor
Peabody.
MONTANA STATESMEN CONFER
United States Senator and Governor
with J. J. Hill Consider Mining
Trouble,
BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 30. James J. Hill
president of the Great Northern, United
States Senator Paris Gibson and Governor
Joseph K. Toole of Montana arrived here
today in Mr. Hill's private car and held a
conference with United States Senator W,
A. Clark at the letter's office.
These men, with Congressman Joseph
M. Dixon of Montana, constitute the board
of arbitration, named by the Business
Men's association and the labor unions
of Montana, to settle the difference be
tween the Amalgamated Copper company
and the Heinse faction. The governor is
expected to call a special session of the
legislature for Friday next, but nothing
official in regard to this can be learned.
At the first session of the board of ar
bitration, James J. Hill was elected pres
ident and the board plan outlined.
WANT ORIGINAL DISPATCHES
Missouri Attorney Calls on Official of
Telegraph Company to Pro
duce Them.
JEFFERSON CITT. Mo., Oct. SO. The
original telegram which passed between D.
J. Kelley of New York and former Lieu
tenant Governor Jqhn A. Lee are wanted
by the state to be presented a evidence In
the trials of Senators Farrls and Smith
next Monday on the charge of bribery In
connection with alum legislation. ,
8ubpoenaes In the case were issued today
for Superintendent S. J. Frankel of the
Western Union Telegraph company and
Superintendent G. E Paine of the Postal
company, ordering them to produce the
originals of certain Ulegrams.
Burked to Death la Elevator.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct M.-One man,
Harry McWIlllams, was burned tn death
and Ave others severely Injured during a
tire which today destroyed the large grain
elevator of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
company and the four-story roiling mill of
W. S. Woodward & Co. The ins Is esti
mated at more than f-'OO.OiiO. The elevator
contained &t 0,000 bushels of grain.
. Cettoa Market is Higher.
NEW YORK. Oct. . There was great
activity and excitement In the cotton mar
ket this morning on the receipt of weather
forecast for the western belt, which pre
dicted snow for tonight and In the terri
tories, with cold weather for the entire
western belt. Before the end of the first
hour price wer VXglt points net higher.
Smallpox Epldemle in Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Oct SO.-Dr. E. E.
Baker, inspector of the State Board of
Health, reported today to Secretary Egnn
that there had been found on investigation
'fill rases of smallpox in the township nf
Dupage, Will county, and the township
of Lemont, Cook county. Th suiervtsurt
of both townships In question wiU estab
lish strict (iunrautlus,
MAY CLOSE PACKING 1I9USES
Gigantio Strike of tb Amalgamated
Butchers li Vow Threatened.
TO HELP SAUSAGE MEN AND CANNERS
mahu, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas
City ood St. Joseph Are th Puck
Ing Center Affected by th
Labor Disturbance.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Oeneral Organiser
Eichelberger of the Amalgamated Butchers
Workermcn's union of North America, as
serts that 60,000 out of the "8,000 members
of the union will, In all probability, go on
a strike In sympathy with the 2.000 ssusage
makers and canners who have quit in the
packing houses in Chicago for an increase
In wages of 25 cents a day.
The question is now being put to a
referendum vote," he said, "and the votes
will all be in by Monday. The sympathetic
strike will be ordered If a settlement of
the strike In Chicago Is not speedily
reached. The principal pocking centers to
be affected by strikes are Omaha, Chicago,
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo.
"'Our organization Is a unit on the ques
tion of supporting the Chicago strikers In
every way possible."
Conference May Avert Trouble.
CHICAGO. Oct. 30. Negotiations have
been begun which will In all probability
result in preventing the threatened general
strike of packing house employes througn
out the country. President Michael Don
nelly of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmens' union, received a
communication from the Chicago packers
tonight, asking for a conference to bring
about a settlement of the difficulty. Mr.
Donnelly sent word that he was ready to
meet representatives of the packers at any
time tr place they might suggest. Up to
a late hour tonight no time had been fixed,
but it is believed the meeting will take
place tomorrow.
The Packing Trade council will hold
a meeting tomorrow night and a report
from President Donnelly on his confer
ence with the packers' representatives
and Its result will form the basis for what
ever action is taken by the council. The
employes of the sausage making and can
nlng departments In Chicago, who havs
been on strike for several days, expect
President Donnelly to settle the trouble,
Burlington Freight Handler Strike.
ST. JOSEPH, Oct. 30. The Burlington
railway freight handlers struck here to
day because two union men who recently
came here from Kansas City wer dis
charged because of a breach of discipline.
Nonunion men joined the union men In
demanding their reinstatement The dis
charged men were formerjy In the employe
of the Burlington road at Kansas City
and recently went out on a strike. Other
men have ben put to work in place of the
strikers.
Boiler Makers Out on Erie.
8USQUEHANN A, Pa., Oct. 30. The strtk
of the Erie railroad's bollermakers and
their helpers In all of the shops on the
system between New York and Chicago Is
now complete. The men left in the round
houses of the various shops to do 'hurry''
repair work" were called out f two union
tonight. Several hundred men are Involved.
All of the shops on the Erie railro id sys
tem were closed tonight until November
i.
Mitchell Day Csatei Trouble.
TAMAQUA. pR., Oct. 30. Because of the
refusal of 4,000 of the mine workers em
ployed by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
company to obey the company's orders and
work Mitchell day they have been sus
pended for two days. On Wednesday the
company issued an order that its collieries
would work as usual on Thursday (Mitchell
day). Yesterday morning less than 2,000
men and boys reported for duty and it
was found necessary to shut down all of
the thirteen collieries except two. This
morning when the men who celebrated
Mitchell day reported for duty they were
told that there would be no work for
them until Monday. The men who were
on duty yesterday were told to work a
usual.
This order has caused much indignation
among the union men and there is talk ot
a strike. President Dettrey of district No.
7 has been sent for.
Scoots Idea of Strike.
CHICAGO, Oct 30. Patrick Mackln, busi
ness agent of the Chicago branch of th
International Union of Bridge and Struc
tural Iron Worker tonight stated that
there was no likelihood of a strike of the
iron workers being ordered In Chicago, as
some of the leaders of the union In New
Jfork have threatened. Even were a gen
eral strike caned less man a handful of
men would be effected, as only one firm
would be Involved.
HUSBAND DELIVERS ADDRESS
Eulogy of Mr. Booth-Tucker Pro
nounced by Commander of
Salvation Army.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Surrounded by 3.000
Salvation mourners who had gathered at
Princess rink tonight to pay tribute to
th memory of Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker,
who was killed in a railroad wreck last
Wednesday night. Commander Booth
Tucker, In a sermon full of pathos, told
of the many good deeds performed by the
dead leader. While speaking the husband,
grief stricken and weeping, stood at the
head of the casket. When the eulogy was
finished there was not a dry eye in the
audience.
The memorial services were participated
In by many prominent officers of the army,
At the conclusion of the ceremonies the
casket was removed to the Pennsylvania
depot and will be taken to New York early
tomorrow morning. Commander Booth
Tucker will travel on the same train and
will be accompanied by Colonel Sowton and
a number of other officers. Including En
sign Hassle Dammes, who was private sec
retary to Mrs. Booth-Tucker and who was
with her at the time of her death. On
arrival of the funeral train at New York
another service will be held and later the
body will be sent to London for Interment.
POLICY OF THE STEEL TRUST
Official Talk Abont Price for Prod
acts aad Wage of Em
ploye. NEW YORK, Oct. 80. The following
statement was made today by an official
of the United State Steel corporation,
outlining the company' policy a to price
for products and wage of employes:
There will be no cut In prices. Rate will
be maintained. A for the matter of wages,
that has not been considered save in an
Informal way. At any rate no changes of
this kind are likely before the new year
The mutters now under discussion by the
heuds or tne subsidiary companies are
almost all altogether of a routine character,
though considerable thought 1 being given
to ecuuouiy ei opvrauuna
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecsst for Nebraska Fair end Colder
Saturday; Sunday Fair and Warmer.
rage.
1 Declines to Talk Boundary Award.
Two Bad W reeks on the Santa Fe.
Strike May Close Parking Houses.
Compilation on Nebraska Crops.
9 normon Attack Roosevelt.
Doctors Favor tb Canteen.
3 News from Nebraska Towns.
Masonic Home Formally Opened.
4 In the Field of F.lectrlcit r.
5 Affairs at South Omaha.
Methodists Are Making Ready.
O Council Bluffs and lowa New.
T Financial Review of the Week. '
Manufacturer Select Parry.
f) Army Maneuvers Come to nn F.nd.
0 Tns Ruling Forms a Precedent.
ossl of Loral Political Fight.
Through Street t'nrs to Dundee.
10 New Offlres for Great Western.
11 On the Trail to the Black Hills.
12 Editorial.
1 Building Modern Railway Station.
14 Financial nnd Commercial.
1U Going to Meet Stivknry Party.
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BLAIR IS ABLE TO GET ABOUT
St. Louis Attorney Rapidly Recovers
from Collapse of a Week
Ago.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 30. James L. Blair, the
attorney, was so far recovered today that
he was able to walk about his rooms on
crutches, as he did before his collapse last
Saturday. He showed great Interest In the
newspaper account of the progress of the
grand Jury's investigation into the story told
by Roberts and read all the accounts
carefully.
Miss Nettle Sheets, Mrs. Blair's private
secretary, said today that the family would
soon leave Stancote, but declined to say
when or where they were to go. It is under
stood that the date of departure depends
largely on the date when the grand Jury
Is expected to make a report on Its In
vestigations. The report Is expected to be
made within the next two or three day
Personal letters to Evans R. Dick of the
firm of Dick Brothers & Co., of Pklladel
phla, and of Frank Graham of New
York, their attorney, have been sent by
Circuit Attorney Folk. Mr. Folk declines
to give out the text of the letters, but says
they are requests for the two gentlemen
to come to St. Louis, bringing papers and
books with them, to appear as witnesses
before the grand jury in the Blair case.
FIRE CAUSES DEATH OF MAN
One
Dead and
Result of
One Injured
Flame in
Philadelphia. ,
PHILADELPHIA, -Oct. 30. On person
dead and possibly two, a dosen persons
Injured and a property loss of more than
$200,000, Is .the result of a fire which cc
curred today In the block bounded by the
Schuylkill river, Race, Vine and Twenty
third streets.
The dead:
CHARLES ME8SMER, aged 1 years.
Missing:
Harry McWIlllams, a roofer.
The buildings destroyed were th flour
ing mill of w. S. Woodward & Son, and
the Baltimore & Ohio grain elevator, ad
joining. The wagon works of H. Kaiser
& Co., were damaged by a wall falling on
the roof.
The fire began in a frame building be
tween the flour mill and the grain elevator
and It quickly spread to those buildings.
Eight men were working on the roof o
tho grain elevator when the fire began
and seven escaped. The eighth. McWll
Hams, cannot be found, and It Is believed
his body Is In the ruins.
MERCER DENIES THE CHARGES
Government Agent Say that Lumbe
Contracts Made by Him Were
Authorised.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 30. Captain W,
A. Mercer, who Is mentioned in the suit of
the government brought at Fergus Falls,
Minn., against the Commonwealth Lumber
company for timber alleged to have un
lawfully taken from the government land.
s now stationed at the Uintah Indian res
ervation, In northeastern Utah. Captain
Mercer telegraphed tonight denying ail
charges of Irregularity In connection with
his work In Minnesota.
"I certainly had authority for all con
tracts made by ma," said Captain Mercer,
"and there were no operations except under
these contract approved by the Interior de
partment. The operations wer under the
Immediate charge of a competent superin
tendent of logging, and the scaler were
competent, as shown by the tests of their
scales submitted to me, which was satis
factory in every instance that I now re
call." ARBITRATION IS POPULAR
Sentiment in Its Favor is Cronlau
Both In Inlted States and
Europe.
ROME. Oct. 30. Judge William L. Pen-
field, solicitor of the Stat department at
Washington, who has been In Rome for
some time, has finished the counter case
of Venesuela against the allied powers
and will present it to The Hague tribunal
next Wednesday. In conversation with
the correspondent of the Associated Press
he said:
My experience ensbles me trulv to anv
that European sentiment In favor of arbi
tration has been much augumented during
the last year. The United State is being
given its full credit for this condition,
which has been largely produced by the
active exertions of President Roosevelt
nd Secretary Hay In brlniriiis; the Plus
fund case to The Hague tribunal, and
also In leading the powers to submit to
that court the present controversy with
v enezueia.
Movement of Ocena Vessels Oct. SO.
At New York Arrived: Piins Oskar,
from Genoa and Naples; Numidlan, from
Glasgow; Rheln, from Bremen. Sailed:
Arabic, for Liverpool.
At Uueenstown Arrived: Commonwealth,
from boston, for Liverpool and proceeded.
Sailed: Columbus, from Liverpool, fur Bos
ton. At Liverpool Sailed : Armenian, for New
Yor.
At Arrow Head Passed: Umbrla, from
New York, for Liverpool.
At Cherbourg Arrived : Augusts Vic
toria, from New York, via Fly mouth fur
Hamburg and prooeeded.
At Hamburg Arrived; Phoenicia, from
issw xaia
HOPS OF NEBRASKA
Benmkablj Good Yield for ft Eemarkably
Unfavorable Seaacm,
WHEAT RETURNS A FLATTERING TOTAL
Orop tbat Wa Thought to Be ft Failure
Tnrni Oat Strang.
CORN STILL HOLDS ITS PROUD PLACE
Stnigglei Against Late Planting and Early
Froati and Wina,
OTHER CEREALS BETTER THAN EXPECTED
Cold, Damp Summer lias Plain Effect
on Total Yield, but tho Aggre
gate la F.nongh to Justify
Farming.
NEBRASKA'S CORN CROP.
Year. Bushels.
inoa 8in.tmr.6Ta
loosi vat.aot.umi
lfMMt 4i.:m.RiiT
Mfl 244,1 i.l:
HIH 1HO.11,44
1HHT 2H,W7,KB:l
OTHER FARM PRODICTS.
I Bushels
Article. 11MI.1.
lno.
oo,2l(l,Ra
M,flKI,OOT
ll,7W7.12:t
ii,lD2.ft22
Wheat JW.012.OHl
Oats l,niH.R4a
Rye B.fMK.fttlB
Barley 3,003,iW
Nebraskans can contemplate with much
satisfaction the yield of the fields for the
last season. It Is true that the total fig
ures of bushels and tons Is not up to Hint
of 1903, but under the conditions the re
turns are certainly cause for congratula
tion. In many respects the growing sen
son was abnormal. April, when the rains
are naturally looked for, was a dry, cold
month; May was wet and cold, June was
wetter and colder, and July, reckoned
among the hot months of the year, was the
wettest on record, and the dally mean
temperature from 5 to 8 degrees below
normal. It seemed like hoping against liopo
to expect a crop under these discourag
ing conditions. Grain ot all kinds and
grasses grew rank under the influence of
the damp, cool weather, and ripening was
beyond possibility. In June estimates on v
the wheat crop were that It would ex
ceed even the record-breaking crop of 1902;
when the time came for harvest, many
reported that the wheat crop would be a
failure. In the sense of a bumper crop
It wa a failure; but the yield is sucn
as would have been cause for congratula
tion a few years ago. Thirty-eight mil
lion bushels of a llrst-claBS quality of
wheat Is returned as Nebraska's yield for
the season. This Is a disappointment, but
Is due solely to the untoward weather
conditions that prevailed during June and
July. The acreuge of winter wheat, of
which crop the yield for 1903 Is S1,4S,804
bushels, was practically the same a last
etstm, being' 2,017,230 for 1803. and i,0W.-
198 for 1908. In spring wheat, in yieia
for which for 1903 Is 6,fc2,147 bushels, there
wo a decrease In acreage of 200,000 acres.
The average yield Is about three-fifths
that of 1903.
What is true of wheat Is also true of
other small grains. Oats shows an In
crease In yield, but 1903 was a bud sea
Bon for oats, and the acreage for 1903 is
over 200,000 acres greater. An Increase In
the acreage of barlejt over last year's ac
counts for the slight Increase In the total
yield.
Cora Survive Elemental Assault.
King Corn also had a hard year of It,
but came gloriously out of the contest with -the
elements and is proudly waving his
plumed head with a total yield that is far
above expectations. When It Is recalled
that a large percentage of th total acre
age was not planted until late In Jun and
much of It not until early In July, and
that at the time when tho Held" are gen
erally laid by the first tender shoots wer
Just peeping above the rain-soaked arth,
the return seem phenomenal. A ninety
day corn crop Is something to talk about
and that Is what Nebraska has raised this
ttme. While July weather was unfavor
able to the wheat and other small grain
it was alBO retarding the growth of corn
and the weekly crop bulletin for that
period of the year were all most discour
aging. August came with some Ideal corn
weather, and the growth during that month
was wonderful, so much so that the farmers
felt greatly encouraged. "If frost holds off
long enough, we will have a good corn
crop yet," was the word. September came,
and with the early days came a repetition
of the cold rains of June and July. Frost
came, too, but the clouds hung heavily
over the Nebraska fields, and the cold did
not affect tne crop seriously. Bom few
fields In the western end of the state wer
touched, but the damoge wa not so se
vere as might reasonably have been ex
pected. Government report placed th
frost damage at 10 per cent of th crop.
After the middle of September the weather
cleared and week after week of the most
glorious ripening sunshine flooded th
fields, and the corn that had withstood
the frost came jut In magnificent shape. It
U not a nubb:n crop. Ear are long and
well filled out and th groin Is plump and
i linn, so that It will grade as high as Ne-
liracka coin ever did grade. In this regard
it Is a great Improvement over the crop of
liKC, which while much larger In number
of buhhele, had hardly 20 per cent of mer
chantable grain. The early frost of 'that
year "caught corn In the milk," and the
result was that at least 80 per cent of it
was soft, and only fit for immediate feed- '
ing.
Potato Crop Short.
Potatoes suffered from the wet season,
too, and the yield was far from being up
to- the av-rage. The growth wis good,
but the cold, dark, damp days during the
ripening period prevented the crop fron
maturing, thus reducing the yield. Only
the late planted potatoes gave anything
like the yield that Is usually expected from
this crop.
Hay and alfalfa suffered from the same
cause; growth was splendid, but ripening
was retarded by the rains. This really
developed Into a very serious situation on
the ranges, where the snows that camo
with the September cold wave threatened
to do away with the winter range alto
gether, but th warm, bright weather that
followed the storm has remedied this con
dition to a large extent Stockmen coming
In now report ranges In good condition.
As In years past, the effort to obtain
exact figures on the hay, alfalfa and po
tato crops bus proved a failure. For some
reason the officials whose duty it is to
look after the collection ot crop statwtirs
do not deem theao crops worthy of atten
tion. As a matur of fact, they are of
real Importance to the state. Many of
th ceuttUfc not represented In th