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RESIGNS BY RI UEST
4.
History of the Betirement . t , Wallace
from Panama Comi z a.
ENGINEER IS OFFERED BE" POSITION
Twelre Days After He Assnt ew Duties
Ee Wishes to Quit.
STORMY INTERVIEW WITH SECRETARY TAFT
He is Acoused of Breaking Faith with the
OoTernment
CHANGES POSITION FOR MERE LUCRE
Offer to Continue In Office In Advisory
Capacity for Slaty Day ! Be
' Jected by the Presl-dert.
1
WASHINGTON, June 29-Charging him
with changing hla position over night "for
mere lucre" and with being Influenced
"solely by personal advantage," Secretary
Taft, In his conference In New York on
June 28 with John F. Wallace, chief engi
neer of the Panama canal, after addressing
a severe rebuke to him, requested his resig
nation on the ground that "public Interest
requires that you tender your resignation at
this moment and turn over the records of
your offlce to the chairman of the commis
sion." This fact Is disclosed In an official state
ment Issued from the office of the secretary
of war tonight, which reviews the relations
of Mr. Wallace with the War department
and the commission since the latter body's
reorganization last spring, quoting the sev
eral expressions of the chief engineer of bis
satisfaction with the entire arrangement,
and then gives practically a verbatim ac
count of the conference between Secretary
Taft and Mr. Wallace In New York, which
concluded with the submission to Secretary
Taft of Mr. Wallace's resignation. The
statement Issued tonight concludes with
the president's letter to Mr. Wallace, dated
Cambridge, Mass., June 28. which reads:
Your resignation as member and chief en
gineer of the Isthmian Canal commission,
tendered In accordance with the request of
Secretary Teft, which request has. under
me circumstances, my entire approval,
is hereby accepted, to take effect Imme
diately, Very truly yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The statement shows that Mr. Wallace
made no complaint against any of his as
sociates.
Secretary Taft begins with the statement
of Mr. Wallace to Chairman Shonts lmme
delately after the organisation of the com
mission, that he would be ready to accept
the position of chief engineer at $:!S,000 per
year and a residence on the isthmus and
would enter on his duties June 1. Twelve
days after his arrival on the Isthmus Mr.
Wallace sent the following cablegram to
Secretary Taft:
Important complicated business matters
wnicn cannot be arranged hy correspond
encs and which may affect my relations
as enter engineer of the commission neces
sitate' "Immediate return to the United
States to conrer with you and others. An
order from you to return for official con
ference will prevent apprehension on the
part of employes. Suggest Blionts remain
until my arrival. Please answer.
Secretary Taft replied:
Secretary of war and Shonts, in accord
ance with your request and without knowl
edge of circumstances that Justify, approve
your return for consultation with them at
Washington.
Action of Mr. Wallace.
When they met In New York by appoint
ment, the statement says, Mr. Wallace
aid part of the Interview would be personal
to himself and part would concern the gen
eral canal work on the isthmus, to which
Secretary Taft agreed:
The statement continues:
Mr. Wallace then said that a few days
before he sent the cable to the secretary
f he received a cable from prominent busi
ness men In New York asking If tie would
consider an offer to accept an lmportunt
position In New York, and that ne had
cabled In reply that It was "simply a
question of terms and conditions" ana that
he had requested particulars; that the par
ticulars came ana that It proved to be a
detlnlte offer of a position us president of
a large holding company, controlling sev
eral other corisiratlons with certain steady
benefits and advantages to himself which,
with the salary, made It equlvulent to
SD0.U00 a year: that he did not at once
accept the ofTer, but delayed it for a few
days. In order to cable the secretary of
war, during which time tne pintles In
creased their proposal, making it equivalent
to t&f.iXH) or Ju&.wjt).
He stated that the position was an espe
cially attractive one; that the duties of the
. new position were especially agreeable and
vnfforoed -opportunities to make money
through Investments, etc.; further, that the
position was such a good one that he did
not consider that he could decline It; that
life on tne Isthmus was lonely and accom
panied with risk to himself ana wife and
was another reason for accepting a better
o trice; but that his new duties would not
require all of his attention for the next
two months and that he could close up his
canal work In tho meantime.
Strong: Talk from Taft.
When he finished Secretary Taft thus ad
dressed him:'
"Mr. Wallace: I am Inexpressibly disap
pointed, not only because you have tak?n
tula step, but bcaue you seem so uttlerly
Insensible of the significance of your con
duct, luu come with the bald announce
ment that you quit your tasu at a critical
moment on the eve of Important work and
In the midst of reorganisation plans under
which you accepted youi position, with
your deiwrtment unperfectea 111 organiza
tion and when you know, too, that my pub
lic duties call me to the Philippines lor
several months. 1 am astonished that you
should be so dlsregardful of the splendid
opportunities of the position which would
have made you famous the world over hy
the honorable performance of your duties
of chief engineer.
For mere lucre you change your position
over night without thought of the embar
rassing position In whlcn you place your
government by this action, when the engi
neering forces on the isthmus are left with
out a real head and your department Is not
perfected In organisation; when the ad
visor! board of engineers Is to assemble
under call of the president within two
months and when I am departing for the
Philippines on public duty.
You have permitted the president and all
of us to proceed In full confidence that you
would perforin the functions of chief en
gineer and now, In an hour, you drop your
grtat duties and throw them bark upon us
as If It were a matter of no consequence.,
snd all this for your personal advantage
Solely.
You make not the least complaint against
your associates superior or Inferior. il
know of ho possible ground for any). You
are Influenced solely by your personal ad
vantage. Resignation Is Demanded.
Great fame Is attached to your office, but
ulso equal responsibility, and now you de
sert the in la an hour. Kven from a stand-
,m- point of policy, you are making a profound
iimuixe. it you could witnuraw irum your
new arrangements, which I do not suggest,
1 could have no confidence (since 1 know
now your conception of duty) that you
would not In the future repeat the same
at a moment even more critical, when
the consequences blight bo even inure em
barrassing and Injurious to the govern
ment. Under these circumstances, Mr. Wallace,
and with great personal pain and disappoint
ment, I am bound to say that 1 consider the
public Interest requires that you tender
yuur resignation at this moment, and turn
over the records of your oftlue to the chair
man of tbs commission.
llv. Wallace's resignation as coramla-
IDAHO LAND FRAUD CASES
Federal Conrt Mill Consider Matter
t Special Term In that
State.
WASHINGTON, June 29. - Land fraud
cases In Idaho will be considered at a
special term of the United States district
court which will be held at Iewlston,
Idaho, In the first week of July by direc
tion of Attorney Oeneral Moody and
through the request of Secretary of the In
terior Hitchcock.
The special term of court and special
grand Jury are made necessary by the fact
that the summer term at Lewlston hus ad
journed without action having been taken
In the land fraud cases and that a number
of cases under Investigation will be out
lawed by the statutes of limitation unless
Indictments are returned before July 15.
Inspectors of the general land office,
working In conjunction with the I'nited
States attorney for Idaho, have been en
gaged for several months on a special In
vestigation of alleged frauds In that state,
and, according to the partial reports re
ceived by the general bind offlce, It Is
Intimated that a large number of persons
will be Indicted. Secretary Hitchcock Is
desirous that none of the persons against
whom evidence has been gathered shall
escape prosecution under cover of the
statutes of limitation.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Captain Fecliet Ordered to Omaha to
Command Signal Corps De.
tacliment.
(From a Staff Correspondent.!
WASHINGTON, June 29.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Monarch & Porter of Des Moines,
la., were today awarded a contract for the
construction of forty-three miles of
branches and lateral canals In connection
with the Minidoka, Idaho, Irrigation proj
ect, at their bid of X194.826.
Captain Eugene O. Fechet is relieved from
duty at Bcnlcla barracks, California, to
take effect as soon after September 1 as his
services can be spared, and will then pro
ceed to Omaha for duty as chief signal offi
cer. Department of the Missouri. Captain
Fechet will nlso exercise general charge
over the signal corps property to bo shipped
to Oranha barracks.
Carl Lovo has been appointed postmaster
at Male, Campbell county, S. D., vice Miner
Ward, resigned.
These rural routes have been ordered es
tablished .September 1 In Deuel county.
South Dakota: Clear Lake, route 3, popula
tion 81t, 102 houses; Gary, route 2, popula
tion 520, 104 houses.
Richard H. Hazen has been appointed
regular and Samuel Blrdsell substitute rural
carriers for route 2 at Salem, S. D.
PITTSBURG FLYER IN DITCH
One Killed and One. Fatally Injured
In Railroad Wreck
In Ohio.
CLEVELAND, June 19. A fast eastbound
passepger train on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg branch of the Pennsylvania road was
derailed and wrecked near Atwater, O.,
today, causing the death of at least one
passenger and the engineer,' while a dozen
or more others were more or less Injured.
The dead:
C. M. MTNHALL, Cleveland.
P. A. BALDWIN, engineer.
The train is ono of the festest between
Cleveland and Pittsburg, making the run of
140 miles between the two cities In three
hours and fifteen minutes. When the acci
dent occurred the train was running fifty
miles an hour. A section crew was repairing
track and It is said had removed a rail.
A flagman was sent out, but for some rea
son he failed to stop the flyer and the
wreck followed.
The train consisted of a combination bag
gage car and smoker, one day coach, a
buffet car and two Pullmans.
All the Injured passengers were In the
combination car.
Relief trains were promptly sent to the
scene and the Injured taken to Alliance.
WHOLESALE MURDER BY MOB 1
Seven Negroes and One White Man Taken
from Georgia Jail by Mob.
ONE NEGRO ESCAPES WITH . HIS LIFE
Jailer Compelled to Give Keys Vnder
Threat of Death and Mob Dis
appears When Crime Is
Accomplished.
WATKIN8VILLE. Ga., June 29. Elgnt
prisoners were taken from the Jail here this
morning and seven shot to death by a moh
of masked white men within 200 yards of
the center of the town.
Eight men were carried to the scene of
the lynching, but one miraculously escaped
death by falling to the ground when the
volley was fired and feigning that he had
been killed. The names of the prisoners
who were killed are: Lewis Robertson,
Rich Robinson, Sandy Price, Claude Elder,
Bob Harris, Jim Y'early, all negroes, and
Lon Aycock, white. Joe Patterson, negro,
feigned death and the mob left him, think
ing he, too, had been riddled with bullets.
Four of the prisoners were charged with
being Implicated In the murder of Hol
brook and his wife several weeks ago, and
one was held for attempting criminal as
sault. The others were in Jail on minor
charges. The members formed quietly Just
after midnight and marched In order to
the Jail, where the keys were demanded
of the Jailer. The demand was made at
the point of rifles and the Jailer realized
that resistance was useless. With the keys
the mob opened all the cells, ordered the
trembling Inmates out and lined them up
In single file, tying them with ropes. The
prisoners, eight in number, were marched
to a corner lot-within 200 yards of the Jail
and In the heart of the town, where they
were bound to a fence with their hands
tied behind them. The work had been so
quietly done that the sleeping residents of
the town had not been aroused.
One Man Escapes.
At a command by the leader the mob
stepped back a few paces, took deliberate
aim and fired a volley from rifles, shot
guns and pistols Into the line of prisoners.
Every man la front of the mob fell at the
first volley.
Believing Its work had been made com
plete, the mob quickly dispersed.
Examination by the Jailor, who had been
forced by the mob to accompany It to the
scene of execution, showed that seven of
the men had been riddled by bullets, but
Joe Patterson was found to have been only j
slightly Injured, Patterson's escape from
death was as by a miracle, for tbe fence
post to which he had been bound was torn
Into fragments by the bullets. He pos
sessed the presence of mind to fall with
his Ill-fated companions and remain mo
tionless upon the ground.
The rattle of the volley aroused the town.
Scores of citizens sprang from their beds
In alarm to find the mob nowhere In evi
dence, however.
The strength of the mob had been vari-
oualy estimated. The Jailer declares that
there were many armed men all wearing
masks. He says he delivered the keys to
the men; believing It was better 16 do this
than to resist, which he was told would
mean the dynamiting of the prison. Gain
ing admittance to the Jail the mob first
sought Sandy Price, who was arrested late
yesterday afternoon by a posse from Oconee
canity and delivered to the Jailer.
y,t the time of his arrest a lynching was
narrowly averted. Price was charged by
Mrs. Weldon Dooley, who lives In the sub
urbs of Watklnsvllle, with having at
tempted criminal assault Wednesday after
noon. No further trouble Is anticipated.
MUTUAL LIFE ASKS PROBING
w York Concern Desires an Official
Investigation of Its Present
Condition.
NEW YORK, June 29. It was announced
at the office of the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York today that 6tate
Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks 1ms
made arrangements to investigate that
company along the same lines as bis in
vestigation of the Equitable Life Assurance
society. The Investigation Is at the request
of Richard A. McCurdy, president of the
company. An officer of the Mutual com
pany who was authorized to speak for
President McCurdy gave out the following
statement:
"The Investigation of this company by
the state superintendent of Insurance at
the request of President McCurdy will bs
as thorough as It Is possible to make It.
The request for the Investigation was
prompted by a desire on the part of tho
Mutual Life company to have the exact
status of the company made, clearly known
to the public. The life insurance ntmns
phere has been so befogged by the troubles
In the Equitable that many persons are la
boring under the Impression that others of
the big companies are In the same position
CZAR'S THRONE IN DANGER
Haste to Stop Bevolution Before it Spreads
to tbe Army.
LAST BULWARK OF THE AUTOCRACY
With Revolution In Poland, Mutiny In
the .avy and Civil War In the
Caucasus the Bureaucrat
Are Ilnay.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Partly Cloudy Friday! Showers In
Southwest Portion. Saturday Fair.
Temperature at Omnha Yesterdayi
Hour. Ilea. Hour. Dear.
R a, m 1H i p. m...... NI
a. m IH 3 p. m .At
T a. m (M 3 i. ni fi
N a. m HH 4 p. ni MO
On. m TO ft p. m SI
10 a. m T4 O p. m SO
11 a. tn. . . . . . M) T p. m HO
13 m 8 p. m TH
n p. ni TT
ST. PETERSBt-RG, June S0.-2:5S a. m
The Russian government, although It has
been almost paralysed by the terrible events
at Odessa and the news that the sailors at
Llbau have mutinied, Is making desperate
and even frantic efforts to meet the situa
tion and to stamp out the flames of revolu
tion before they ran spread to the army,
which Is now the last bulwark of the
autocracy.
With Poland red with the spirit of revo
lution, tho Caucasus already almost In a
state of civil war, agrarian disorders
sprendlng rapidly, the whole country pro
foundly stirred and the Intelligent classes
as the Equitable. We decided that the best ! Boll11' arrayed against the government, all
w-ay to convince the people to the contrary,
at least so far as the Mutual Is concerned,
would be to have Mr. .Hendricks make a
searching Investigation. If he finds every
thing all right the public should know it.
If he finds anything wrong that knowledge
should be equally the property of the pub
lic. Since the troubles of tho Equitable we
have received many communications from
our agents In various parts of the country
telling us that It was becoming more and
more difficult to secure business on account
of the growing distrust of the people of all
life Insurance companies, and we decided
that the best and quickest method to do
away with this distrust would be by an
Investigation. We have notified all of our
agents that the Investigation is to be made
and that no matter what the outcomo Is
the public shall be fully Informed of It."
FATAL WRECKJN KANSAS CITY
Two Are Killed and Several Injured
When Trains Strike at
Croaslnnr.
METHODS OF OIL COMPANIES
Dealer at Jefferson City Testifies that
Railroads Refused to Handle Ship
ments from Certain Concerns.
ST. LOUIS, June 29. The examination by
the state Into methods pursued by the
Standurd OH company, the Waters-Pierce
Oil company and the Republic Oil company
was resumed today.
L. C. Lohman. for thirty years an oil
dealer at Jefferson City, was the first wit
ness, saying that on one occasion he had
written to the Standard Oil company ask
ing quotations on oil delivered to him, and
had received a quotation of $1 less than he
was paying the Waters-Pierce company.
This letter, however, he said, was soon
followed by another In which the Standard
Oil company declared It could not sell oil
In his territory. He said he had been forced
to abandon his patronage of independent
oil companies because the Missouri Pacific
and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas roads
.had refused to accept oil for shipment to
him from tho Independent companies.
J. S. Willis, a clerk In the office of the
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners, was introduced to prove that
neither the Standard Oil company nor the
Waters-Pierce company seeks advantage Jn
railroad rates.
(Continued a Second. Pa.).
LOUIS FITZGERALD STEPS OUT
Iatlmate Friend of Elder Hyde Severs
Connection with Equitable
Life Society.
NEW YORK, June 29 Oeneral Louis
Fitzgerald sent his resignation as a di
rector of the Equitable Assurance society
to Chairman Morton today.
Qtenral Fitzgerald was an intimate friend
of the late Henry B. Hyde and was long
associated with him In the Equitable so
ciety and a number of other corporations
Chairman Morton of the Equitable Life
Assurance society announced today that
I'nited States Senator Depew's retainer
of l:S.0itt a year and the retainer of for
mer Governor David B. Hill of SoO.ooO, both
as attorneys, have been discontinued.
George H. Squire, a former employe of
the society, has been notified that his pen
sion or salary of 11,000 a month will cease
July 1.
ARGUMENT FOR MITCHELL
Attorney for Senator Telia Jury that
Testimony- Against Client la
Untrustworthy.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 23. Judge A. S.
Bennett opened the argument for the de
fense today In the trial of United States
Senator John H. Mitchell. He took up
the evidence and alleged It Is a case of
persecution. Bennett alleged that the theory
that the two partners, Mitchell and Tan
ner, worked on was that It was all right
for Tanner to' prosecute land matters In
any of the land offices, receiving fees there
for, which were divided between the two
partners, -as was right. .Bennett alleged
that the testimony of Tanner was untrust
worthy and was given under pressure ap
plied by United States District Attorney
Heney. Bennett contended that the testi
mony of Mitchell's secretary was false and
that undue Importance was attached to the
letters between the two partners that had
been Introduced as evidence by the prosecu
tion. Judge Bennett did not conclude In time
for Mr. Thurston to speak today and court
adjourned until tomorrow. Many times In
the course of Judge Bennett's argument
tears stood In his own eyes and In the eyes
of the Jury and other persons In the court
room. It Is doubtful If the case will go
to the Jury before Saturday.
KANSAS CITY, June 29. Eastbound
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger
train No. 4, the California limited, and a
heavy Kansas City Southern stock train,
westbound, collided head-on. on tho Belt
Line tracks at the Oillls street crossing,
two miles from the center of the city, early
today. Two persons were killed and three
Injured.
The dead:
WILLIAM FRAfER, Independence, Mo.,
fireman of Kansas) City Southern train.
MICHAEL DrjVINE. Kansas City,
switchman riding Sji Kansas City Southern
cab. J
The Injured:
C. F. Willis, MsWline.' Mo., aged 52
years, engineer of Siinta Fe Limited, badly
scalded; cannot HveJ
Jesse M. Tabbutt, baggageman of Santa
Fe Limited, scaldeif and hurt Internally;
may die. (
One passenger, ' niie, unidentified; be
lieved to be seriously ','lhurt.
Several passengers jlvere severely shaken
up, but otherwise untiyjured and were able
to continue the trip jxo Chicngo.
Both trains were riiinlng at a good rate
of speed. Both enginel were badly wrecked,
the forward combine
lted was slightly darti
a dozen stock carl,
collision has not beetil
train apparently had
Thomas Fltzmorrls, e
train, who Jumped an
could not be found lrbtnediately following
the wreck,
Later Engineer Fltzm
duty slightly hurt. It
engineers were at fault
ing orders to stop at thl crossing to await
the signal of a flagman!
conditions seem ripe for the long predicted
revolution.
The first act of the government after dis
patching Admiral Kruger's squadron from
Sebastopol was to summon the Knlnz Po
temkine, whose mutineers have now been
Joined by the crews of the two torpedo
boats which accompanied It to Odessa, to
surrender under the threat of firing upon
and sinking the vessel. This, was followed
by the declaration of martial law at Odessa
and Llbau and the clothing of the military
commanders with plenary powers.
The newly formed council for Imperial
defense met last night, under the presidency
of Grand Duke Nicholas, and was In session
long after midnight. Beyond the fact that
the temper of the army was considered at
length, nothing Is known as to what oc
curred In the council or regarding the de
cisions at which It arrived.
Great fear Is expressed that many regi
ments are honeycombed with sedition and
there Is grave doubt of their loyalty should
they be called upon to fire on the revolu
tionists. Indeed, the most startling stories
Involving the unreliability of the troops are
being repeated In St. Petersburg, but the
truth of many of them Is more than ques
tionable. What effect the news of the happening
at Odessa will have upon the troops and
the people In general Is problematical and
Is puzzling the press. Tho precautions
taken by the authorities to keep the news
from the public have been In vain, the
revolutionaries and the liberals everywhere
spread it by word of mouth and within
twenty-four hours It will be known In the
uttermost confines of European Russia.
When the news reaches the armies In
Manchuria It Is bound to create a deep
Impression. t The authorities, however,
realizing that It was certain to leak out
and that there would be exaggerated
versions of It, and perhaps to prepare the
way for a public announcement, are now
sending some dispatches to the newspapers,
but these only contain Information not for
publication.
At the admiralty, where the temper of
the Black sea sailors Is known, the orders
sent to Admiral Kruger's squadron were
by no means unanimously approved. Among
others. Vice Admiral Skrydloff openly ex
pressed the opinion that the blue Jackets
of Kruger's ships would not fire on their
n car on the Llm- j comrades on board the Knlaz Potemklne,
ged, as were half
Blame for the
fixed. The Limited
the right-of-way.
fclneer of the stock
d escaped Injury.
,1
Wturice reported for
eveloped that both
n disobeying stand-
SIX KILLED, TWENTY INJURED
Great Destruction tt Property and
Crops In Storm Vfhlch Visited
Kansas Town.
PHILLIPSBURG, Kiln., June 29.-Six
persons were killed aild twenty Injured,
sixteen of the latter seri jusly. In the storm
that struck here and ir this vicinity last
night. The destruction of property and
crops will run far Into the thousands.
The dead:
MRS. ROBERT ALEXANDER AND
Twu UAiiitni'.its, afceu t and 4 years
X4 U Q I A V V II IWlt'ia'D
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ELJIKK LAN MAN.
DANIEL WEAVER.
The seriously Injured
H. B. Morgan, wife &id two children.
unanes i:asweu, wite kind daughter.
Arthur Caswell, wife and baby.
Mrs. E. A. Mitchell.
Robert Nelson. 'i
Rutherfosd Alexander.
John Alexander. ,
Mrs. J. F. Tombllen 4nd brother.
The course of the tornado was fifteen
miles long and one-half; mile wide. It dis
appeared Just east of this city. Not a
building In its path withstood its fury, and
the-terrible force of the wind waa Inten
sified by the violence of electrical dis
charges and a terrific fall of hall and water.
Hailstones measuring fifteen inches fell
and the precipitation Is estimated at three
inches In a space of thirty minutes.
Over central and southern Kansas a se
vere wind and ralnBtorm was general,
doing more or less danage to corn, trees
and property.
TON OF DYNAMITE EXPLODES
Kin Men Killed and Twelve Injured
by Serious Accident at
Emporium, Pa.
EMPORIUM. Pa. June ffl.-Nlne men
were killed and frcm twelve to fifteen
others were Injured by an explosion of a
ton of dynamite today at the -plant of the
Emporium Powder company, three mllea
west of this place. The dead men were all
employed at the works. Several buildings
were Wrecked. Although some of the lu
Jured were seriously hurt, ail art ezpecud
to recover.
TWO MURDERERS ARE HANGED
Leo Furman and John O'Brien Pay
Penalty for Killing Samuel
Ressler.
LANCA8TER, Pa.. June 29. Lee Furman
and John O'Brien were hanged today for
the killing of Samuel Ressler, an aged toll
gate keeper, on the night of July 1, 1904.
Furman, O'Brien and a man named Craig,
after shooting and slightly injuring several
persons at Gordonvllle, near here, were
pursued by citizens. Craig was captured
and sentenced to twenty years In the peni
tentiary, but Furman and O'Brien escaped.
They reached the Ressler toll house after
dusk. Ressler answered their knock and
as he opened the door he was seised,
dragged from the house and shot. One of
the men held Ressler while the other did
I the shooting. Mrs. Ressler escaped through
a window and gave the alarm.
The men robbed the house of a small
amount of money and escaped. They were
arrested ten days later In , Norfolk, Va.,
while stealing a ride on a train, ahd Identi
fied as the Ressler murderers. Furman
was 22 years old and his home was in
Trenton, N. J. O'Brien was 25 years old
and his horns was in Baltimore.
COUNCIL BLUFFS MAN CHOSEN
John Mehlop, Jr., On of Secretaries
of National Wholesale Grocers'
Association.
MILWAUKEE, June .-The Wholesale
Grocers' association of the United States
was organized today with the following
officers: Chairman, William Judson of
Grand Rapids, Mich.; secretaries, Alfred H.
Bcckman of New York, John Mehlop, jr.,
of Council Bluffs, la-, and C. 8. Jwr.a of
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,THREE KILLED IN KANSAS
I'nlon Pacific Paxsenger Strikes
Freight at Ellis, Killing; En.
Blneer and Tramps.
ELLIS, Kan., June i:V Westbound pas
senger train No. 101 on the Union Paclfio
railway, which left Kansas City last night,
crashed Into a freight train in the yards
here early today.
J. H. Kinney of Ellis, engineer of the
passenger train, and '.wo strangers, be
lieved to have been tiamps, were killed.
The engine was badly damaged, the mall
car was thrown from the track and
wrecked and the cabose of the freight
train was demolished. The other cars on
the passenger train remained upright and
none of the passengers was injured.
THREE PTOPLE B'JRN fb DEATH
Collier Hotel at 1. irking, Mo., De
stroyed by Hre-Orlgln of th
tilas Xot Determined.
LICKING, Mo., June 29. Three persons
Perished In the burning of the Collier hotel
here.
The dead:
inJlnf-H'- h BHELP of Rolla, Mo., and
infant daughter
EMMETT STICER, Willow Springs. Mo.
The cause of the fire is unknown The
hotel was a two-story frame uructure and
burned quickly.
but that on the contrary they might revolt
should they be ordered to shoot.
Admiral Skrydloff was of the opinion
that the best course would be to allow the
crew of tho Knlaz Potemklne to remain
on board until It had been starved Into
submission.
In this connection the story is current
that the crew of the battleship captured
two English ships loaded with provisions
and is holding them alongside.
As far as known here. Admiral Kruger,
although due at Odessa early last evening,
had not arrived up to midnight and this
gave rise to rumors that the crews had
actually seized the other ships of the
squr.dron.
Dispatches received here from Odessa do
not make the situation very clear. Millions
of dollars worth of property. Including
ships, has been burned or otherwise de
stroyed. The city Is terror stricken, and
many, probably hundreds, have been killed
or wounded In the street fighting. The
fact that the troops and police made no
attempt to interfere with the burial of
the martyred sailor Is considered to be
conclusive evidence that they either felt
themselves powerless or feared to make
the attempt on account of the attitude of
the populace.
Late dispatches from Llbau say that
property losses there are considerable and
all workmen have gone out in sympathy
with the action of the blue Jackets. Pri
vate reports are said to have been received,
according to which artillery was employed
against the mutineers, but this has not
been confirmed, nor Is there at hand any
statement giving the number of killed or
wounded. Four lake submarine boats are
moored at quays In the harbor, but a
dispatch from Simon Lake says they are
under guard and are "yet" undamaged.
Critical International Situation.
LONDON, June 30. Should the report
that the Knlaz Potemklne Is bombarding
Odessa be confirmed the Incident probably
will precipitate a critical International
situation and the foreign consuls there will
almost certainly demand the protection of
warships if they have not already done
so; and, as the treaty of Paris bars any
but Russian or Turkish men-of-war from
entering the Black Sea, the Dardanelles
question might as a result be revived In a
novel and unexpected shape.
In the opinion of the London morning
papers the situation could hardly be more
serious. The outbreak of mutiny at Llbau
appears to have been the result of con
certed action on the part of the blue Jackets
and Is full of menace for the future peace
of the Russian empire.
Up to this morning no further dispatches
from Odessa have reached London and It
Is evident that a strict censorship Is being
enforced. The Black Sea fleet consists of
nine battleships, three cruisers and eight
smaller vessels. There are also several
volunteer cruisers and auxiliary warships
in the Black Sea.
Danish Steamer Sunk.
BATAVIA, Java, June 29. The Danish
steamer Princess Marie was overhauled
June 23 by the Russian auxiliary cruiser
Terek (which on June 6 sank the British
steamer Ikhona) and after the cargo of the
Princess Marie had been declared contra
band the ship was sunk. Its crew Is safe.
The Princess Marie was last reported
at Singapore, Straits Settlements, bound
for Japan. It waa Insured for 35ft.iM In
London and there also was a large Insur
ance on its cargo.
Huaalan Ship Off Madagascar.
PORT LOUIS. Island of Marltaus, Juno
2. The Russian transport Anadyr has ar-
(Conttnued on Second Pago.)
BOY LAYS THE FIRST BRICK
Ervlne Ilrnndels, Grandson of
Founder of Boston Store, Starts
Masonry on Great Structure.
The first brick In the new Brandels store
was laid yesterday morning and the master
mason was Ervlne Brandels. son of Arthur
D. Brandels, and representative of the third
generation of the Brandels family whose
Interests have been' centered In the great
Omaha enterprise.
The simple ceremonial, which took place
at 8:15 yesterday mornjng, was witnessed
by hundreds of passers-by and by More em
ployes numbering hundreds more, who
cheered the act that begins the construction
of the greatest mercantile building In
Omaha.
The 9-year-old grandson of the late J. L.
Brandels, who wielded the trowel, bore his
responsibility with self-reliance. He was
clad In overalls and flourished his trowel
with dexterity. His experience as "first
brick layer" for his father's handsome
residence In the West Farnam district, a
few months ago, put him outside the ama
teur class. The brick was a common red
clay brick made In Nebraska.
Many of the contracts have now been let
on this mammoth commercial structure.
The contract for fireprooflng reaches $100,
000 and la the largest contract of the kind
ever let west of Chicago. The contract for
the Iron work, secured by an Omaha con
cern, calls for $200,000. The partners of the
firm of J. L. Brandels & Sons expect to
show Omaha people a revelation In rapid
modern construction In the erection of this
building.
After the ceremony of brick laying was
over Ervlne Brandels surveyed his handi
work and remarked confidentially to a by
stander: "I think I should like the bricklaying
business because I nm already pretty good
at It, and I hear a good one gets B5 cents
an hour. I nsked papa if he got that much,
but he couldn't say exactly. I know lota
harder Jobs than bricklaying."
OPENS FIRE
ON ODESSA
Battleship in Bands of Mutineers Throw
ing Sheila Into City.
SITUATION STILL MOST CRITICAL
Shipping, Quays and Central Railway Sta
tion Burn Dnring the Day.
NUMBERLESS CONFLICTS WITH TROOPS
Hnadreds Killed and Wounded y Machine
Guns of Soldiers.
ADMIRAL KRUGER'S FLEET ON THE VAY
Ships iMTe Sebastopol at S O'Clocte
Thursday Mght St. Petersburg;
Officials Alarmed by
the Delay.
CHANGES ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL
W. If. Brill and Snm North of Omaha
Come In for Promo
tions. In the wholesale changes which are being
made among the high officials of the Illi
nois Central road, Captain J. F. Merry,
assistant general passenger agent, with
headquarters In Dubuque, is transferred to
Manchester, his home, and made Immigra
tion agent. H. J. Phelps, city passenger
agent In Chicago, becomes district passen
ger agent at Dubuque, W. H. Brill, divi
sion passenger agent In Omaha, succeeds
Phelps In Chicago. Sam North, traveling
passenger agent out of Omaha, becomes
district passenger agent In Omaha. J. T.
Hudson, formerly traffic manager, Is made
general traffic manager. F. B. Barnes,
assistant traffic manager. Is made freight
traffic manager. A. II. Hanson, for the
last twent'y-slx years general passenger
agent, Is made passenger traffic manager.
S. G. Hatch, assistant general passenger
agent, is promoted to be general passenger
agent.
HOLDUP SUSPECTS ARRESTED
Ralph Dillon and Charles McLaughlin
Charged with Park Line
Job.
Two suspects have been arrested In con
nection with the street car holdup of last
TuoBday night, when the crew of a Hans
corn park car was robbed at the west end
of the line. The two suspects were ar
rested at 2:30 this morning by Captain
Haze, Sergeant Slgwart, Detective Drummy,
Detective Malnney and Officer Fahey, who
went to a house at 1315 Martha street and
arrested Ralph Dillon and Charles Mc
Laughlin, who both reside at that number.
The police say they tally exactly with the
description given by the motorman and
conductor who were robbed. Tho police
received the Information of the whereabouts
of the men from some source which they
do npt care to make public late last night,
and at 2:30 the men were brought to the
station. They will be arraigned before
Judge Berka this morning.
BEEF TRUST INDICTMENTS
Grand Jury Expected to Make Return
Today or Tomorrow-Xrw Evi
dence Discovered.
CHICAGO, June 29. It Is expected that
either tomorrow or Saturday Indictments
will be voted In connection with the in
quiry into tho beef Industry which has been
In progress for several weeks.
It Is said that the chief factor In causing
these Indictments which are expected has
been the evidence of W. D. Miles, a former
confidential employe of Armour & Co.
Miles, It Is said, left the employ of Ar
mour & Co. because of some disagreement
and while In Washington told to President
Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody
many of the details of the Inner workings
of the beef business.
The president and attorney general sent
him back to Chicago, and he recently ap
peared before the grand Jury. It Is said
that he disclosed to the Jury knowledge of
facts and agreements held in various parts
of the United States.
OMAHA YOUTHS IN TROUBLE
Two Arrested In Oregon Charged
with Robbery Claim This
City as Home.
ROSERURO, Ore., June 29.-Two youths,
each about 17 years old, are under arrest
here, charged with highway robbery of a
drunken man. The young fellows . gave
their names as John Thompson and Frank
Reed and state that their home is n
Omaha,
Movement of Ocean Vessels June 8.
..At ?,?w York-Arrived: Madonna, from
Marseilles; Cltta dl Napoll, fr0m Naples;
Graf Waldersee. from Hamburg. Sailed
HaniburK. for Hamburg; I.a Loralne for
Havre; Prlnzess Alice, for Hremen
At Liverpool Arrived: Haverford. from
Philadelphia: Saxony, from Boston. Sailed'
Bavarian and Dominion, for Montreal
At CJueenstown Sailed: Noordland, for
Philadelphia: Majestic, for New York
At Cherbourg Arrived: Grosser Kurfurst,
from New York. Bailed: Kaiser Wilhelm
II. for New York.
At Naples Arrived: Cretlc, from New
York.
At Hamburg Arrived: Deutschland, front
New York.
LONDON, June So. The Pally Expres
prints the following dispatch from Odessa,
timed midnight:
"A second mutinous warship Is reported to
be at Cape Fontaine, ten miles from here.
"A 'transport with Russians from Port
Arthur and a Russian steamer wero held up
by the Knlaz Potemklne at 5 o'clock and
compelled to Ho up under Its guns for two
hours.
"At 7 o'clock the rebel warship steamed
two miles off, but shortly afterward re
turned to Its former anchorage and fired
several shots at the suburbs of Langrand,
where there Is a detachment of Cossacks.
It then swung around until Its guns pointed
to the center of Odessa and fired a blank
cartridge.
"A steamer which the Knlaz Potemklne
stopped was seen to burst Into flames.
"A bomb thrown in a street this evening
killed six persons.
"The city penitentiary. In which there are
2,000 prisoners, had a narrow escape from
being blown to pieces last night. Five men
had Just succeeded in placing a number of
powerful fuse bombs In the outer wall when
they were arrested."
Reign of Terror In Street.
ODESSA, June 29. Evening. A semblance
of order has been restored, but the situa
tion Is still most critical.
The Central railway Btatlon was destroyed
by Are this evening, many persons being in
jured and taken to hospitals. The populace
Is still In a vengeful mood and unless the
situation Is handled with the utmost caro
anything may yet happen.
Thus far the only Incident reported this
evening besides the burning of the Central
railway station Is the explosion of a bomb
In a private house, by which several persons
were injured, but it is Impossible to get
precise Information or permission to visit
the actual scenes of conflict. Sensational
accounts, which cannot be definitely con
firmed, are current regarding Wednesday
night's rioting. In these accounts It In
stated that no fewer than 1,000 persons were
killed. The troops faced a portion of com
plete anarchy, thousands of desperate in
cendiaries trying to set fire to every build
ing. They were compelled to adopt the ,
sternest measures nnd employed machine
guns ngalnst the mob.
It Is alleged that at S o'clock this morning
a largo body of rioters tried to enter the
central part of the town bv way of Polish
hill, and that a terrific fusillade was kept
up by both sides with rifles and revolvers. It
Is also alleged that hundreds were killed
and that when the mob tried to ascend tho
steps near the Church of St. Nicholas to
reach the Roulevard St. Nicholas, Cossacks
and other troops fired repeated volleys into
the crowd with terrible results, wagonloads
of dead being carried away. Many lives, It
is said, were lost In the endeavors of the
military to stop Incendiarism. The con
flagration extended for over a mile and
thousands of tons of railway sleepers and
all the trestles supporting the elevated rail
road surrounding the port, together with all
the contiguous buildings, were consumed,
the troops In the meanwhile firing vol!eys to
compel the rioters to desist. It is stated
that three officers of police, ten policemen,
twenty-three Cossacks and ten Infantry sol
diers were killed in these encounters.
Funeral of Omlltchnk.
The funeral of Omlltchuk, which has Just
been held, became an Imposing popular
demonstration which fortunately was with
out disorder. A procession of many thou
sands of persons followed the body from
the harbor along PreobrajensKy street to
the military cemetery. The coffin, which
waa covered with the St. Andrews flag and
on which there were numbers of wreaths,
was carried by eight sailors. The proces
sion was headed by priests. Neither police
nor troops were stationed along the route
to the cemetery, owing to a wise direction
by the authorities and by which the possi
bility of a collision was averted. In the
most unruly section of the city the popu
lace treat the proclamation warning people
to remain Indoors after 9 o'clock In tha
evening with the greatest derision and con
tempt and freely announce their intention
to burn all public buildings In the course of
the night.
Cossacks guard oil approaches to the
town and troops patrol the streets and
guard public buildings, and especially the
banks, within and without.
As showing the strong military hold over
the city, many councillors were prevented
by troops from reaching the town hall to
attend a meeting of the municipal council.
It Is quite Impossible as yet to obtain
any accurate estimate of the number of
killed or Injured. Nothing had yet been
heard of Admiral Kruger's squadron.
Shipping; and Quay Burned,
Practically the entire harbor was de
stroyed by the fires started by the mob
last night. All the warehouses, with large
quantities of merchandise, as well as four
or five Russian steamers, were burned.
The losses are estimated at many mil
lions of roubles. The remnants ot tha
wharves and warehouses set on fir last
night are still burning today and th city
Is enveloped In a thick cloud of smoke.
Several explosions occurred in the port
during the night and fierce conflicts took
place between troops and rioters. Th dead
are now reckoned in tho hundreds. Th
hospitals are overflowing with wounded per
sons and the medical aid avullabl Is quit
Inadequate. The shops are closed and busi
ness and traffic Is suspended. Th streets
are occupied by troops. Many resident at
leaving Odessa.
The crew of a government transport
which arrived here today from Nlckolirft
mutinied, seised their officers and Jollied
the crew of the battleship Klai Potem
klne, to whom they turned over th cap
tain and other officers of tha transport.
It ' Is reported that th rorelgn consuls
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