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It. C A. Building, Corner,
La Salle, III.;'-Mr. irr-nry Ollnert; Mn.
A. I Yonges. 72 Wft Twelfth street,
Pueblo; Miss little Slroup,1 Oraml Rapid.
Mich.: Alexander. S. Maxwell, clerk with
Puehlo Traction ' conuVuny, Pueblo.
The following were Injured, but escaped:
Theodore Fisher. Puprflo; . J. O. Gilbert,
Puehlo; 4. M.'KUlen. Puehlo; IwvM May
field. Denver'Mlsa wHuhtr vrsltlng with
Harry Johnwiti of the Johnson Mercantile
company -of puehlo; the 11-year-old duuKh
ter of Hairy Johnson: L. R. Dunham, 1:43
BraR.lon street. Pueblo, nephew of A. M.
Clark of 1'ueblo; Miss Vlnnl I'elby, resid
ing on Spruce street. Pueblo.
On the; lookout for dagger, -warned by
the equally clouds and Jieavy rains to the
north, Engineer Charles Ilinman was
running cautiously about 'fifteen milca an
hour aa fie approached the arroyo, which
ws spanned by a brldg ninety-six feet
In lcngtlj. The cojidltiort of the bridge
was not ' iknown until the locomotive, one
of the passenger ype, had. nearly crossed.
Fireman Frank jMaytlcuC with a torch
that the . engineer uid . flyman had been
burning io ascertain the Condition of the
track, was In the gangway. When En
gineer Ilinman felt the tremor in the
great machine and caught a glimmer of
tha water he shouted hla last words:
"Pat Oat that Torch."
"Put out that torch," evidently thinking
that In 'the accident ho felt certain waa
coming,, the, flames would servo to spread
fire. Sut before Mayfleld could obey,
while tliq waVds.were still on the lips of
the doomed man ana ms nana sceicing tne
mochanism controlling the air, the bridge
gave way, as If It had been a stack1 of
' kindling-wood 'end the locoknotlve dropped
with the hU;ff,; .of , ftenny thirty feet to
tho bottom of the arroyo, crosswise to the
track. .
Ih''baffaAjro car, jrm6klng car and chair
en;1 foiluw.d tho locomotive Into the
OUvarn t04 tvorp awept away. Atl the oc
cupants oi' theso cars, eave three men,
. i i:c, ' I'rtJ ' tad' not' the roof of the
cmlf tin burst 'asunder' none would have
iso'iptd. Ti. Iroon, as the locomotive
went over, vas ..irown out and, manag
Ins to grasp tt piefce of wreckage from the
: ' 'io-having bank and. crept from tho
'V' Tie ran toward Eden, meeting on
ihe Kn?" Operator F. M. Jones and his
'wife, who had already started up the
tract:. . .
everybody Is killed."
Evrn as he'' spoke, relate the operator.
ther$ Vere 'trie 'coming from the distance.-"
Theti-men rart' to where7 the
brldce' had been to-search, but In vain, for
he i(t)mof th ' dlatr. When they
rcachod the -irpot all 'cries for help had
'ceased. i ... :? :
tcnr Escape fronl Wreck.
Rt'llcf trains; with physicians, wreck and
4llo-drlrtng outfit and. scores of workmen
were hurried from the city. The first train
from the wreck came1 in' shortly after mid
night With J. M. Klllln of Pueblo, whose
escape was miraculous; H. S. Gilbert, Tony
Fisher and Fireman Mayfleld. These were
the four men. In1 the midst of the wreck
who escaped.' -When dawn came the won
rter grew that four had been permitted to
fii-j.-rge from the raging torrent With
breath still In fhelr bodies,
The end of- the Pullman Wyute ex
tended 'four fret over the brink, while
broken timber ana twisted rails hung still
further'-tu'riv The arroyo had been wid
ened to' over ino feet at the point where
tile bridge had been. The water tore a
algzag emirVe ncrttts tho prairie to a depth
'of thirty fpet In several places, There waa
but little' 'Iff t of the baggage car a few
rods, at truck or so, dimly seen in the
' tnuddy' waters,' with a half-burled Iron
safe. The1 great' locomotive, the boiler free
of the IrtickH. the pab and tank gone, lies
Where it Tell. .'' ;''
A quarter of a mile to the east, where
this gorge of death debouched into a foun
tain, lay the chair car, windows gone,
threfo"ifHhs";f!!leI with mud and sand.
A biiiiJ.ed 'feet farther on was tha smoker,
botton up, against a sandbar. A hundred
and fifty feet farther on In the bed of the
fountain was"the coal tender of the en-
. g,ln ahd from that point on for four or five
sCilles 'veetlges of the coaches, the engine'
and 'tender stuck 'up from the bed of the
.stream or lay along the shore or on tho
, inlands. . ;
WrekHB; 5eattra AIen Stream.
, Red pl.uab . seats ot the smoker were
; -strewn ail a,Jong tho stream. Urass rails
from th,e coachea were found In the sand
.. half mlla, froia the site pf the bridge and
.. piece's' of he baggage car. stuck out of the
places, , cim 01 clothing,
couts. fklrts and women's, hats wera found
tin the. brush Alonr tha ihnn r. .v,
: searchers, scanned tho foliage for bodies.
. ' Masses .of earth had caved In from tho
, hlifh sldea of the river ot many places and
searchers passed these with fear that bodle
were burled under them which they Wbro
helpless to1 reach.'. '
,c Five' hundred men scanned everv lnnh
,6f the river 'and Its surroundings a few
- hours' after, daylight. They waded In the
'stream and carried out mud-begrlmed bod
ies which, were found at widely separated
f olnt!j, nome of tbem miles from the scene
Jot the accident,
V The. first b6dies recovered were those of
! Miss, Iron Wright and little Dorothy
Johnson, the -sister-in-law and daughter,
respectively,, of Harry J oh noon of Pueblo.
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An unknown woman lay beside them. En
gineer Hlnman was found with his watch
still running, a few feet further down the
stream: And since tho sun rose over the
drenched land, stretchers with sund-cov-ered,
dripping burdens were carried every
few minutes to the railroad tracks where
the death train .awaited them.'
While It wns st'H dark axes had been
used on tho half burled cars at the junction
of the creek with the fountain, and at
daylight this work was resumed on the
smoking cor, which lay out In the fountain,
where men were compelled to wade almost
to their walHts to reach it. A few moments'
search and clearing away of the floor ot
the car revealed the- wounded head of a
young man In his -shirt sleeves; lie evi
dently hail removed his coat when -the
plunge came,
I!odles I)ni Oat of the Sand.
A second party further down the river
found several- persons entangled In a mass
of debris", ' thought to have been part of
the baggage car, , which was literally torn
to plcea. In a short time a large number
of bodies were dug out of the sand here.
One woman was completely burled, save
one foot, which stuck above the water.
Several .bodies were found lodged In the
shrubbery along the banks, others. In the
wreckage In mid stream and many half
burled with only an arm or a bit of cloth,
lng to reveal their whereabouts.
It required eight strong men to lift the
water-soaked body of one woman to the
shore, and a skirt and hat found on the
bank could scarcely be lifted with the
fingers of one hand. Many of the bodies
were almost naked, the clothing having
been torn completely off. Many of them
were slightly bruised, probably from the
first shock of the wreck, but there was
little blood visible when they were removed
from the stream. The hands and faces
were blue and translucent. .
An almost general thing with all the
bodies was that the hands were raised
when they were laid on thier backs, but
all appeared In good condition. Without
doubt tho great majority were drowned
like rats in a trap when the cars plunged
without a moment's warning Into tho
whirling water thirty feet, deep, 100 feet
wide and with a current strong enough to
carry thousands of pounds of weight nearly
a mile before subsiding.
Had a Remarkable Escape.
The most remarkable escape from death
that tho railroad officials have yet learned
In connection with tho wreck was that of
J. M. Klllln, a well-known hardware Wer-t
chant, who was one of three ocoupanta of
tho chair car who came out of tho wreck
alive. Mr. Klllln was badly cut about tho
head, arms and body but no bones were
broken and ho wl'.l bo entirety recovers!
within a. few days If no serious complica
tions ensue.
His escape was due entirely, he believes,
to his ability aa a swimmer, his groat
strength and his presence of mind which
led him to hold his breath while ho waa
submerged with the other passengers In
the water.
"When the first crash cams we were
riding along, as smooth as one could go,"
said Mr. Klllln, "It was just as though
the train had struck against a stone wall.
Tho lights went out, tho fixtures and
everything fell down, all the passengers
were thrown forward and there were the
most awful cries for help and the grinding
of timbers. I saw the man next me waa
down and I helped htm up, but Just then
another crash came and then tho train
seemed to sink about five feet. I lost
eight of everybody and could hot think
ot anything but to save myself.'
"I remember well the sensations that I
had at that time. I knew I was In ter
rible danger and my first thought was
that I must get from the car. - At tho
second crash 1 was about up to my waist
in water. All the' time the grinding and
crushing of timbers was going on. In an
other crash I was thrown about a third
of the length of the car right up against
the front door. I grabbed the top ot the
door and tho car wont over in the water
three times.
Held Ilia Breath.
"My first Instinct when the water went
up over my head waa to fiold my breath.
I think I was under water for a ful
minute. The car naturally righted and
when It came up the water was just about
to my lips. I could breathe all right and
saw that the transom was just above me.
With my right hand I smashed out tho
glass, hoping I could get out In that
way,
"At that moment another crash came
and I was struck In the forehead by some
floating object and daaed, but managed to
keep my head above tho water, and after
a terrltlo struggle reached the shore."
Fireman Tells Ills ktorr.
Fireman Mayfleld upon his arrival here
waa the first person to give any details
of the awful wreck. Ho Is dazed and
almost Insune because of the awful ordeal
ho passed through, yet each little Incident
is fixed so firmly In his mind that lie will
remember them until his dying day.
"It all happened so quickly and my
God, It Is so terrible," he txclulmed. Con
tinuing he said:
It had been raining all evening and we
hail hard time 10 keep tne alism uu In
oruer to run on acheuule lime. A little
while before we reuched the bridge that
ci'UMes Ury creek 1 turned to Cnarley
ilinman, the engineer and wild to him;
"Charley, is there enough steam to carry
us to I'ueblot ' Charily seiil.. "Not" and
j uegun nrng no
Just as 1 wai
Juki as 1 was putting In -the second
shovelful of coal the engine gave a sul-
den lurch upward. 1 Uol my balance ajid
was thrown from the train on ihe bunk of
the creek. I must huve struck partly on
my htail, a. 1 a duzvd tuvi ud not
Know what happened for wsveial niuule.
V hen I cam to 1 taw the l'ullman care
standing near me, but could ii.it .e the
engine nor the rest of the train. 1 went
up bin) (luwn the stream luuking for my
partner, Charley, the engineer. 1 o-u know,
We were such good frluuds. 1 looked
t:vt-r where for hlni. '
I did not noilcti whether water was run
ning over the trertle aa w si'iirimhf-1
the brlilge, but when I was llirnwu out the
Water Waa much higher Until the tr ks.
After a long time I met a body of men.
Who told me to go wltn them, but I wanted
to IIikI Chaj-ley and did not want to ge
with Ihiiii. Then they said Charlry was
t-, uikI that hla body was found near
I. 'l.n.
Ua were going along at a good Seed all
tho time entl never ilieatnd that anything
whs mi'K. S e thought that If there was
tny kind of a HiomI near h.'lmt the oper
ator there would know und tlmt he would
hi. na. Wa n-d there, hot saw no
ainnitl. of v Itt.ui av1 i,vr for an In,
slant felt any danger. It Is only luUe
from Eden to th brMre that went down,
and It was a lew minutes after leaving
lxlen that we got then-. I scarcely know
how It happeneii. I nn)y know that theie
are dosrna and dozens dettd.
Car Almost na Front End.
R. Dniwessl, superintendent of the din
ing car service of the . tenver St Rio
Grande, one of the survivors, had narrow
escape.
"I waa sitting In the front end of the
forward sleeper, Wyuta," he said, "near
Ihe door. The train had slowed up on ac
count of tho bad condition of the tracks,
and I think we were going about fifteen
miles an hour, when all at once I felt a
heavy jolt, then a terrific crash and our
car turned almost on 1U front end. I
runhed to the platform and saw before
me nothing but a black.- rnglng torrent,
with three coaches whirling down the
stream. It was horrible, horrible. I have
never experienced anything like the. awful
sensation that came over me when I law
the cars, packed with human brings, float
ing down the raging flood. The, water
was rushing .against the banks with terri
ble velocity and no tinman being, It seemed
to me, could ever withstand that awful
current.. ,. ,
"Btrangel'y enough, there was hardly any
screaming. I listened , to ' hear the cries,
but It was all over In a moment, and the
coaches whirled away down tho stream
with their loads of human beings. AppaH
ently the people were swallowed up In the
flood, the water surging Into the coaches
and drowning them instantly. There was
not a sound. I heard no calls for help.
"I reached tha bank and Joined with
those -who were trying to rescue the lost.
I worked as best I could, but hope I shall
never e anything like this again. It was
terrible; It waa terrible!"
' Idenrtflcatlon la Slow.
When brought ashore the bodies were
placed on the ground and covered, but
persona who wished to look at them were
allowed to do so for tho purpose of Identifi
cation. A baggage car was kept running
between the city and tho wreck, bringing
In those who were found. A number of
wagons were finally pressed into the serv
ice to haurthe bodies to tho tracks, leav
ing tho searchers free to continue tho
hunt for others. Some searchers worked
all night and all day and never once
thought ofeatlng or resting.
Persons we're constantly arriving and
anxiously Inquiring for lost ones known to
have been on the train. By 9 o'clock this
morning the plains were dotted with ve
hicles, each with Its load of anxious or
tho morbidly curious. More than a thou
sand persons were on tho scene two hours
before noon and the roads in every direc
tion were filled with streams of others
coming away.
Bodies recovered were Identified very
slowly, because many of them were those
of strangers here, who had been to tho
fair at St. Louts and other eastern points.
Major F. H. Whitman of Kansas was
Identified by a watch presentej to him by
the members of the Twentieth Kansas
volunteers In 1 which his name was en
graved. Tha wrecking crews were under tho di
rection' of Superintendent R. II. Bowren
and Assistant Superintendent W. E. Miller
of the Denver & Rio Grande, and Superin
tendent R, II. Dyer of the Missouri Pa
cific, who made every effort to recover the
bodies of all the victims. They were as
sisted by Chief of Police H. M. Shoup and
a force of officers from tho city.
. .The Fountain river still, rushes with tho
Impetus of the flood. The Arroyo has a
clear, tiny stream trickling along where
the fatal mass of water rushed a-few
hours before. The earth on either side,
Is swept clean by the flood.
' Train Was Late.
Tho walla of tho so-called Dry creek are
rugged, irregular, caving and widened, but
9tHl so narrow that it Is almost imposjilblo
to .understand how the great -coaches, the
baggage car and tender could have been
swept so far without becoming lodged
against the sides. Most of the bed of tho
craek Is now visible, with little streams
weaving about the strips of sand, form
ing islands of mud and sand, which are
being aearched for bodies that may lie
burled In them.
E. M. Jones, the station agent at Eden,
who was tho first to go to the aid of tho
stricken people, gives the following version
of the accident:
"I was sitting In my offlco, a distance of
a mile from tho scene of tho wrack, when
suddenly a loud noise, followed by a series
of smaller reports, startled me. I had
heard of No. 11 passing; Plnon from the
operator there, and at this time it was
overdue more than six minutes, an un
usual thing, for tho train Is a flyer. Be
coming thoroughly alarmed I seized my
lantern and ran up the track to tho place
where tho bridge should have been.
"The faint rays of my lantern threw
Just enough light for me to distinguish
three cars, but between myself and them
there was a chasm fully fifty feet wide
through which dashed a river almost level
with the ground upon which I stood. Op
posite me I could make out tho outlines of
three cars, but tho other four that usually
make up No. 11 were nowhere in sight.'
Swims to Wrecked Car.
"I started across the Mesa in the direc
tion of the river, which waa high and
making much noise. After walking about
half a mile I saw near tho bank a dark
object. It was almost stationary in mid
stream, with one end swinging toward tho
left bank. I alipped off my clethes and
plunged In, swimming In the direction In
which I come, as I knew the strung cur
rent would carry me down stream. By
proceeding In this course I managed to get
to the object, which proved to- bo a chair
car. half on its side and held In position by
an arm of land extending Into the stream
probably fifteen, feet. Tho roof of. the car
was gone and InsUle there waa not a soul
to bo found. Qulded -by the light of my
lantern on shore, I struck out for tho bank
and being a strong swimmer . I reached It
In a few moments. This car, or what waa
left of it, broke loose and was completely
demolished. It was then after midnight.
"There were two survivors of the wreck
thit I knew of, the fireman and a passen
ger In a chair car. Ills story he told me
In a dased manner, for the man waa really
bordering on lunacy. It seems he was sit
ting In the third chair from the rear of tho
car when the train turned upward and the
suddenness precipitated him through the
window, und after turning a complete circle
landed htm on the bank."
Bridge Considered Safe.
Trains Nob. I and S3, preceding No. 11,
passed over the brldgo and reached Pueblo
safely. The rains had been severe, but
officials did not apprehend any danger at
Dry creek, aa a recent inspection showed
that the bridge was in flrst-cluss condition.
No reports of trouble on the line were re
ceived until the message was received at
Pueblo at o'clock that train No. U had
been wrecked. Just prior to (hat time
there were reports that a heavy rainfall
waa In progress In the vicinity of Kdeu,
but there waa no Intimation of a cloud
burst. Bo far aa the officials of the road
can determine tha engineer evidently did
not see the trouble until It was too lute to
stop the train, which was going at a high
rata of speed, -
Whether the engine and the torrent of
water from tho cloudbir.-et struck the
bridge simultaneously, or the torrent had
already undermined the structure Is not
known, but the reports say that the air
waa turned on and that this saved the
diner and sleepers from bring precipitated
Into the creek.
When the baggage car, smoker and chair
car left the track and, plunged Into the
stream they were swept down by the cur-
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ned them and the volume of water can be
understood when It was reported by Super
intendent Bowren that Uiey were carried
four miles before they rsn ashore. The
three cars were, found near each other.
It Is reported that there were ICO passen
gers In the three cnr That went down.
Chief plspstchef Butler states that Is about
a correct estimate of the number. It Is
probable that a complete-Mat of the dead
will never" be made known. The conduc
tor's reports were on his person and have
not been recovered.
rorter'e Thrilling; Esperleoee.
EDEN, Colo., Aug. I.-W. Vance, porter
on the forward sleeping car Wutya, was
one of the heroes ot the disaster. To him
and Ms nftva and bravery the persons or.
that car owe their lives. Vance was stand
ing near the front end of the car when the
crash came and with rare presence of mind
rushed to the ; frrfrlt end of tho car and
bepran tightening the brakes.
His' car KM', eJigiptng forward from the
mnmentom and from the terrible drag in
front, '6auel 'by the forward cars falling
Into the stream. Vanre held on to the
brake like grim death. Ills hands clenched
the wheel Until his' fingers almoxt bled, but
he held on until his tight grip stopped the
car. The forward oars ' broke from the
sleeper and fe.il Into the water, while tho
car which Vance had held with the brake
slipped one-thTrd of th way on tho brink
of the thasm'overhanglng the gulch below.
The forward; trunks had left the track
and gone down, but. the remainder of tho
coach stayed -dn the track and the lives
of the passengers were saved. It required
two engines anS nearly a half hour's work
to pull this 'sleeper baoJc from the brink
of the chasm. "Nothing but Vance's cool
and brave work at the brakes kept the
car from plunging Into the atream.
DENVER, Colo,, Aug. 8. General Pas
senger Agent 8. K. Helper said at 10
o'clock today that the Denver A Rio
Grande railroad hod no statement to make
at present and the officials had no news
which had not been published. The offi
cials do not believe there were more than
seventy passengers on fhe train. The last
four Sundays show that less than a hun
dred people on the average patronise this
train.". The length -of the bridge with ap
proaches is. ninety-six feet. Fifteen hun
dred 'feet of track was washed out at tho
scene of the disaster.
Storm Was General.
DENVER, Aug. g. Specials from points
In southern Colorado tell of the heaviest
rain' and windstorm' that has swept over
that portion of the. state In a year. Floods
caused, considerable damage to property
of all descriptions and Seriously Interfered
with the -running of trains. Nearly all
lines leading into the south part ot the
state experienced washouts.
From Colorado Springs as faf south as
the New Mexico line and west to Sallda the
storm held sway. Only -meager details of
the damage done have reached here because
of the seral-demorallsed condition of tele
phone and telegraph wires. On tho Conti
nental divide near'Bsiena Vista snow fell
and the weather turned eold. Two rock
slides are reported to have occurred be
tween' Durango and Sllverton on the Rio
Grande road. '
NEW TORK. Aug. 8.-The New Tork
office of , the Denver r & Rio Grande
has received a message -from Su
perintendent Bowren snylng he thinks tho
estimate of seventy persons dead as a re
sult - of the Pueblo wreck? Is correct. Ho
says: .
"I think estimate of "seventy probably
correct. Have no means of getting accu
rate figures until conductor's remains are
found and tickets counted. Brakemnn who
went through coaches-after leaving Colo
rado Springs thlrytr tnis number about cor
rect. Train, No. V "passed over ''.the bridge
about u forty-flye (mVritteB '. before.', No. 11
reached it. jf cloudburst occurred between
1l and-ll:S0 o,clotfk,,1"but. heaviest waters
from hills did, nqf reach track untlj after
No. 4 passed "bridge. ' ' ,'' , ..,
"The track was no washed, out between
Pueblo and " bridge. One .small culvert
partly Washed out about mile and half east
of bridge. There were twenty-nine pas
sengers In sleepers and dining car."
Not a Missouri 'Parlfle Train.
BT. LOUIS, Aug. ".-Officials at tho head
quarters of the Missouri Pacific railroad In
this city explain that they have no other
connection with the ill-fated train on the
Denver St Rio Grande, wrecked last n'ght.
than to care for its passengers when trans
ferred to Its waiting train at Pueblo, Colo.,
for eastern points. The wrecked train was
made up entirely of rolling stock of ths
Denver St Rio Grande road and manned
by men of that line. '
Arms- Officer In Wreck.
LYNDON, Kan.,. Aug. & Captain Frank
H. Whitman, killed In tho Pueblo wreck,
was on his way to Ills home in- this city
to see his aged father, Prof. J. B. Whit
man, ' who Is on his deathbed. Captain
Whitman graduated from West Point In
June, 1896. He was major In the Twentieth
Kansas regiment during tho -Spanish war.
After being mustered out as a volunteer
he resumed his placo In the regular army,
being promoted to captain. After visiting
with his father he wo going on to Manas
sas, Va., where he was to act aa an um
pire in the eastern army maneuvers.
SCHROEDER CLIMBS ON ROOF
Makes Careful Inspection ot Engine
House and Condemns It, but
. Gets No Help.
ChalrnVin Bchroeder of the council com
mittee on fire, water1 and police expressed
the opinion yesterday afternoon to his
associates that the .'fire engine house at
Twenty-fourth, end Cuming streets should
be rebuilt, owing to its dangerous condi
tion; caused by tho walls declining in
ward. He says builders have declared that
it will cost from J1.000 to $1,500 to repair
the structure temporarily, with noeassur
ance that the threatened collapse will bo
long prevented. .
- "I went up thej-e myself and climbed tip
under the rafters and onto the roof and
I know that the building Is In pretty bad
shape, and"
"You say' you climbed up on the roof,
PeterT" Interrupted one ot the other eoun
cllmen, eyeing the immense proportions of
the member from the Eighth. 1
"Yes," replied Bchroeder.
"Then I don' wonder that the house Is'
In bad condition," said the other, amid
laughter.
No action was taken by the general com
mittee, because the building Inspector,
who was wanted to give technical Informa
tion, could not be found about the city halL
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Building Inspector Wlthnell and family
spent nunday In Lincoln.
J. H. Evans and family have retirn.d
from a trip along the, Great Lakes and tt
stuy at Atlantic City, N. ij.
Major Charles R. Noyes, adjutant general
of the Department of the Missouri, has
returned from an official trip to Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Lynch, accompanied
by their daughter, Mrs. J. M. Mattern, and
two grandchildren, have gone to New York
for a two wocks' visit among relatives.
fcdward V.., 2d, the 1. months-old son of
K. A. Nah, Is recovering from a level e
lllneas that threatened hla life and U now
doiiBldercd out of danger by the doctors.
lyor M. K. hwlt of Heairlc arrived
In the city tiunday afternoon. The pur
pose of his vlMlt la to extenJ un invitation
to the Ak Bar-Ken to visit linatrice one day
during the circuit rules to be held there
August a to 'A.
K. T. Hprticer, cartoonist and formerly
rlly editor i f the Morning Kxamlner and
the CiK'ien Htandard ot OaoVn, Utah,
stopped ofT In oiuaha, for a kolt-f visit. er
rouia to ChlcHgo and fvow Yolk, lie Is an
au auitu li io ol i wi
NEW YORK BUTCHERS CALLED
Union Decide! to Stop Work in Slaughter
ing Liteblishmenta There.
ICE SUPPLY IN CHICAGO TO BE SHUT OFF
President Donnelly af Bntrhers Says
Strike ie Greatest Breeder
Socialism Writ Has Ever
Experienced.
NEW YORK, Aug. B.-The Advisory
board of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters'
and Butcher Workers' Union of North
America, at a meeting tonight, decided to
order a strike in Now York and vicinity.
Between J,0(X) and 4,000 men will be culled
out. Slaughtering, will stop at o'clock
tomorrow morning and twenty-four rrours
will be spent in cleaning up, so its to
leave the abbatoirs In good condition.
Teamsters tha Mainstay.
CHICAGO, Aug( . The union teamsters
are to be the principal weapon upon which
tho labor leaders propose to use to win
the stock yards strike. Orders were Issued
today to drivers of Ice wagons to deliver
no more Ice to butchors who buy of the
big packers or to any of the branch houses
of the packing plants where the men are
now on strike. A list of more than 200
retail dealers who have been buying moat
from the so-called trust packers and haul
ing it away with their own wagons has
been compiled, and according to the claims
of the strike leaders the Ice supply will be
cut off from every one of theso places to
morrow morning. Arrangements have been
made to have pickets stationed at all the
retail markets which have been placed
under the ban of the union, to seo that the
boyoott Is forced to the limit
Today's order prohibiting ice deliveries
to the retailers is a duplication of the one
issued last week, but which was never en
forced, because It had not been sanctioned
by the International officers of the Team
sters' union. At Cincinnati, where the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
was In session today, the necessary Indorse
ment of the proposed boycott was given
and the belated order will be put In force
tomorrow morning.
few More Workmen.
All the packing plants began operations
here today with slightly Increased forces
of workmen, nearly additional employes
having been secured over Sunday. Nearly
all the new men who left the yards Satur
day night to spend Sunday at their, homes
returned to work this morning. Among
those who reported for duty today were a
considerable number of tho strikers.
The live stock receipts, consisting of
19,000 cattle, 36,000 hogs and 20,000 sheep,
were nearly all bought up by the packers
today.
Additional police were ordered to report
to the stock yards station tomorrow morn
ing to aid in protecting a Lake Shore Ik
Michigan Southern train, which Is ex
pected to arrive with 700 strike breakers,
said to include between 200 and 300 skilled
workmen.
Strike an Aid to Socialism.
President Donnelly of tho National Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen's union
said today:
"The packing house strike Is the greatest
educator of socialism the west has ever
experienced. From being unconscious so
cialists, the workers are realizing that they
are in reality a part ot tha great socialist
movement. Tha harsh treatment meted out
to,. the strikers by the, packers and the in
human .conditions under which tliey' are
willing to have men and women live and
work 'in their,' slaughter houses have
brought organised labqr to the conclusion
that the propertied class has no hesitation
in consigning the masses to a fate worse
than that of slaves. Mr. Edward Ttlden's
advocacy of child labor in the yards also
has added fuel to the flames of socialism."
.."Such a man aa Mr. Tllden," continued
Mr. Donnelly, "with bis view ot the good
of enslaving children, has no business on
tho Board of Education. Mr. Tllden is a
member of the Chicago school board. Ha
Is a director of the firm of Llbby, McNeill
& Llbby, and Is vice president of the Drov
ers' Deposit National bank."
President Donnelly said this afternoon
that he was In communication with the
National Live Stock Growers' association
relative to the association taking charge of
a co-operative packing establishment to be
run by the Strikers. Vice President Smith,
who arrived In the city today from San
Francisco, discussed with President Don
nelly the co-opera tit? e packing system now
In existence in Oakland, Cat., where, ho
said, butchers who were locked out three
months ago are In business for themselves
with such success that the packing com
panies are entreating them for some kind
of a settlement. There, he says, the opera
tors ot the rival industry have the backing
of tha Pacific National Live Stock Grow
ers' association,
Coopers Return to Work.
ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 8. Two hundred
coopers employed at the local packing
houses returned to work today , with the
understanding that the union should not
be recognized and 'that tho wage scale
should.be the same as before the strike.
The packers claim that there will be other
breaks In the ranks ot the strikers before
many days, but the strike leaders say ve
hemently that this Is erroneous. They
promise Interesting developments In a few
days, but decline to make known the na
ture of their next move.
WatehmaTn is Assaulted.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 8,-Whlle escort
ing nonunion girls from Swift's packing
plant to the street cars tonight, Charles
Smith, a watehman, was assaulted by a
gang of strikers and seriously hurt, John
Crowell, a striker, was arrested. The
girls had made an earlier effort to leave
tho plant, but were driven back by union
girls.
Parker Visits Omaha Pops.
Jo A. Parker of Kentucky, secretary of
the populist national committee, came up
from Lincoln yesterday, spent the day lit
Omaha In consultation With populist friends
and returned to Lincoln In the afternoon.
Mr. Parker's visit was to discuss with
leaders here what methods are best for the
populists to employ this fall, and it Is
understood he had considerable to say re
garding the state convention Ot the demo
crats at Lincoln tomorrow.
Will Sell Old Bulldlngr.
The council in. committee session yester
day afierntton decided to soil the old frame
building used for the fire engine station
at Twenty-seventh and Jones streets to
N. P. Dodge tt Co. for 110. Of this amount
$110 Is due for the rental of the ground
occupied by the structure when It was
inovod from the lot owned by Ihe city In
order to make room for the new huuse.
The total amount Is equivalent to the high
est price oflertd In six bids.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Patrick M. Moroney of Bt Paul, Minn.,
secretary of the li..ard of Civil Burvlce t
nmlners for the Klghth district, Is In the
city superintending the examination of a
class of forty or lifly nppllrants for the
poHiilona of clerk and carrier In the Omuha
poxiotllce. Several young women are In
cluded la the tli'H The Omuha poaluffice
Is now out ot ellglbles.
It mny be a far cry from spavin cure to
Ice cream, but Mrs I Jtchenberger of !-!
Parker street thinks they mny be closely
related, b.iturdny afternoon Mrs. I.llchen
bergvr took a double hitch in a hulier and
tied her horse and buggy In front of a con
fectionery store while she went In.lilu and
ate lie creum. And thus while she was
Inaide cstlnx dt-llcaclra thieves were out
side ti kinx one l.oule of spuvln cure, one
box rst peaches and one box of plums from
her busfy, sa she baa rborlM ut Uie a-
WATER BOARD REALLY MEETS
Gete Toe-ether en Third Trial, with
All Bui T. J. Mahoaey
Present.
The Water board met yesterday afternoon
In the third attempt to do so, all members
being present except T. J. Mihoney. R. B
Howell, the member recently elected, vice
Guy C. Bnrton, resigned, thanked the
board for electing him and proceeded to
give It Information secured In a trip to
Cleveland and other cities owning their
own water works. He had shown that the
flat rate In v Cleveland for an eight-room
bouse with bath room, stable and lawn
was $10.70, against $3 13 for the tfimc water
service In Omaha, and that the meter rate
was 5Mi cents per 1,000 gallons, opposed to
3S cents In this city, when he asked for
an executive session. The other members
lost no time In complying, and reporters
were asked politely to leave the room.
They Were the only auditors.
Died from Overindulgence.
3. H. Hunsccker. said to be from Topeka,
Kan., was found dead In his bed at the
Metropolitan hotel yesterday evening.
Heart failure, due to excessive drinking. Is
given as the cause. Hunsecker, it Is said,
arrived in Omaha about a week ngo, and
ever sine that time has been drinking
hard. He retired to bed night before list,
more or less under tho Influence of liquor,
and as he did not Appear during the day
the proprietor of the hotel grew alarmed
and bursting open the door found him lying
on his bed dead. Coroner Urnlley took
charge of the remains and attempted to
locate the mnn's relatives, but up to a
late hour last night he had been unsuccess
ful. Hunsecker Is said to be a farmer.
SEASONABLE FASRICXS
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more elaboration this season thon ever
before. True, It Is mostly In trimmings,
for the foundations are about the same, but
we see evidences, of the long, shoulder.
This Is brought about by sleeva caps'
trimming and often by large collars, ' In
tho model shotfjn. here we have a full sitlft
gathered to- yokd. This, of course, could
be used with. ' or without the big collar.
The sleeve Is the bishop style, which Is
tho only kind used on frocks of this de
scription. A pretty Idea Is tos have ' the
collar made separately, of all-over lace or
embroidery, and.lt can then bo used on
any of the little dresses, whether they be
of small checked gingham or of white
nainsook. Any of tho materials usually
employed In little girls' dresses may be
used In the development of thlstaode.
Medium else requires I yards, U Inches
wide.
BIzes, 1, 2, 8, 4, B and 6 years.
For v"5ie accommodation or The Bee read
ers these patterns, which usually retail at
from to 60 cents, will be furnished at a
nominal price. 10 cents, which covers all ex
pense. In order to get a pattern enolose U
cents and address Pattern Dep t. Bee,
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Arti Sheriff for Twenty-IiT Special
Depntift at Onoe.
POWER WILL THINK ABOUT MATTER
Female Strikers and strikebreakers
Engage In, Loud Wrssgle, bai
Na One Loses Any . 4
Jlalr,
Late Monday afternoon Chief of Pollca
Brlggs made a formal request oh Bherlff
Tower for not less than twenty-flve deputy
sheriffs to perform night duties. Bherllt
Power now has l!0 deputy sheriffs on duty
during the day, lut all these men quit at
p. m., leaving the protection of the rlty
to ten special police and seven or eight
uniformed officers.
In reply to tho reqdest Sheriff Power
said he would look Into the matter and
see what could be done. He Intimated that
tho couhty commissioners would most
likely object to further Increasing the ex
pense. At any rate he agreed to let tho
chief know In a day or two. .Chief Brine
did not ask the sheriff to. Increase hla
force, but thought- twenty-five of the day
men now held in reserve at the street
headquarters could be detailed for night
work. Only eighteen special police are now
carried on the pay rolls. - v'
A new feature of 'the strike occurred yes
terday, when girls and young women took
a hand. When the second strike was called
a majority of the female employes at the
Cudnhy plant walked nut and are still cut.
The places of these striking girls have been
filled. Testerday when the girls In the
plant started to go home at quitting time
girl strikers met them at Twenty-third and
Q streets and endeavored to induce. them
to give up the Idea of working during the
strike. Some rather warm arguments were
Used, hut tip to date theie has been no
hair pulling. .
Last night the situation wss unchanged
when "' spared with the forenoon. 'J'lie
pa4 , bought 1,671 head o. cattle, 1,575
sheep and a fair proportion of tho hogs
offered. As hogs were higher as compared
with Saturday's market the packers held
back, looking for a heavy run lodey and
o drop In prices.
Prepare for BIsT linn. ,
Preparations have been made, oo the
packers say, to take care of a big run of
stock today. No now men were recolv4
at any of the plants Monday and the polled
nd deputy sheriffs had a very' quiet day
of It. Several consignments of men are
looked for today. These -nen wl 1 be
brought to South Omaha by rallr.lai curs
and the cars run direct to 'tho plants.
Rumors say fully 1.SO0 of the South
Omaha strikers' have left the city to svt'k
work elsewhere pending the settlement of
the Strike. At labor, headquarters 'It is
stated that a majority have gone to the
harvest fields, others Am workinir shcr.
ever they can find worli to da - Of course,
such a large number being gone leaves
Just so many less for the relief association
to look after.
Members of ihe police board are getting
Into tho habit of making a. personal visit
to the packing plants dally and also to po
lice headquarters and occasional calls ere
made upon Mr. Vail at labor headquarter.
This is done in order that the members
may keep In close touch with tho situa
tion. . ,., , .
Saturday night-and Sunday the police
made a number of arrests for disturbing
the peace and. assault. . The cue.ia nt as
sault have been continued until, today and
Wednesday r" while pia,... minor .-offenders
W rU riiaoharwed Vn f ! ... .. . .. I ..... .. ..1 ...
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the hearing of Dray and Murphy, who are
charged with assaulting fonn Delany Sun
day morning.
One!deputy sheriff lost Ms star on ac
count of this assault. tt was reported to
Sheriff Power that (his particular deputy
stood within twenty feet of Delnny when
ho was assaulted. Instead of Interfering
he looked the other way. j,Whon thTi wss
reported to Bherlff Power the deputy's Mar
was taken from him at once. '
Only encouraging news came from Ctil-
iu nio aLjiners nere yesieraay ana
last night the unemployed appeared to bo
more confident than ever of an early set
tlement. Woman Burned to Death,
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 8. Mrs. A. B.
Jones, aged 00, wife of the superintendent
of the Kansas dairy exhibit at the St,
Louis exposition, was burned to death at
her home In tho western part of the city
today by the explosion of a gasoline stove.
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Only Way te Cnre Catarrh la fey
Breathlnsr Hyomet. . .
Ask any physician if catarrh Is a blood
disease and he will tell you that it Is a dis
eased condition of the mucous membrane
and that It cannot be cured by blood puri
fiers, pills, tablets or other forms of stom
ach doaing. The only sensible and scien
tific way of curing catarrh Is by the use of
Hyomel.
Breathed for few minutes, four or Ave
times a day, through a hard rubber Inhaler
that Is so small that It can be carried in the
vest pocket, Hyomel will absolutely destroy
all catarrhal germs and cure the disease.
herman tt McConnel! Drug Co., corner
19th and Dodgo Bts., Omaha, one of tho
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personal guarantee with every package of
Hyomel they sell, that It will effect a cure
or they will return the money. They have
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both acute and chronic cases of catarrh by
Hyomel. "
The complete Hyomel outfit costs 11.00 and
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