Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
lliA I IJAItE, Proprietor.
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NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Bishop John Moore died at bla home
in St. Augustlno surrounded by nil the
priests of Florida.
I. M. Piatt, for forty years a leading
clothing merchant of Dubuque, died on
a train near Warren, 111., of apoplexy
Gcorgo W. Yenowlnc, one of tho best
known newspaper mon In tho west,
died suddenly nt Milwaukee, Wis., aged
4G.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow of
tho lato president, and her daughter,
Elizabeth, are spending a season In tho
Adirondack.
Richard B. Taylor, aged 80, and Mrs
Margnret Houston, nged CO, wero mar
ried in Lincoln. Tho couple met only
six months ago.
Thirty-four Insurgents, a majority of
them armed with rifles, huvo been cap-,
turcd by the First cavalry in tho Ba
tnnzaa province, P. I.
At Elko. Nov., n heavy shock of
earthquake was felt. Tho vibrations
wero from north to south and lnstcd
threo or four minutes.
At Fairmont, W. Vn., Fountain Gor
don, a negro, shot and killed Ilcllo
Campbell and fatally wounded Mat
tic Simpson, both white.
Tho comptroller of the curroncy has
authorized the First National bank
of Alexandria, S. D., to begin business
with a capital of $25,000.
Governor Savago of Nebraska has
granted requisition papors for Drldgo
A I lend or, who is being hold In Holt
county on a charge of stealing horses
in Idaho.
Tho stnto department has received a
mcssago from Consul General Stowo nt
Capetown, stating that ho will lcavo
there for tho United States on a steam
er sailing August 7.
Major Frank L. Dodds, Judgo advo
cate of the United States army ut
Omaha, arrived at army headquarters
to relievo Captain Erwin, who has been
acting Judgo advocate.
Mrs. Carrlo Nation, in Jail under
thirty days' sentence- and fine of $100
nnd $48 costs, refused freo pardon
from Governor Stanley, because- tho
flno wac not remitted.
A forest flro in tho province of Jet
land, Sweden, has assumed great pro
portions. Threo thousand troops have
been ordered to assist the men who
are combating the flames.
Hear Admiral John Irwin, retired,
died at his rcsidenco at Washington,
D. C, after an illness of sovorul
months, due to 'a complication of dis
eases. Ho was 69 years old.
Tho St. Frances mill, owned by the
Canada Paper company, nnd its con
tents, valued at a quartor of n million
dollars, wore totally destroyed by flro
at Windsor, Ont. Tho plant was well
Insured!.
Edward J. Kolloy, commodoro of tho
Nov Rochello Yacht club, who was to
have entertained Admiral Schley on
bis yacht, died suddenly nt his cottage
on Premium Point of homorrhaga of
tho lunge.
El Vcrdo Rio Oil company filed ar
ticles of incorporation at Ogdon, Utah.
The paid-up capital is $1,500,000, tho
company owning nearly 3,000 acres of
pctroloum land in tho heart of the
Green River, Utah, oil fields.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Ycrkcc has ruled that in cans of es
tates coming within tho legacy tax law,
tho assessment of tho government tax
must bo mado on tho valuo of tho cs
tate on the day of tho testator's death
Acting Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Conrad directed tho establish
ment of a first poBtofflco on tho island
of Guam. It Is locatod at Guam, tho
chief point on tho Island, ranks as
fourth class and Antnnaslo Turano
Perez has been appointed postmaster.
Capt. H. N. Roydon of tho Twenty
sixth infantry, now at San Francisco,
has been ordered to Omaha to relieve
First Lieutenant Hcrry from recruit
Ing duty.
The Philippine insular government
has saved $250,000 by- tho passage of
an act virtually declaring tho stono
quarries at Marlvales, in the Dntaan
province, public domain, and nuthorlz
ing the utilizing of tho stono in the
harbor Improvement. A Spanish com
p&ny claimed to have established title
to tho quarries.
The announcement is mado that
Mark -Bennett, superintendent of the
picss department of tho Pan-American
bureau of publicity, a well known
newspaper man of Buffalo, will go to
St. Louis for tho Louisiana Purchaso
Exposition company
Tho president has granted n pardon
to John F. Johnson, former president
of tho State National bank of Logans
port, Ind., who was convicted of mis
appropriating funds of the bank and
other violations of tho national bank
inn act
Mlss M. A, Hawley, Miss D. D. Bar
low and MIbb Wltherbce, Baptist mis
ulonarics, who havo Just arrived from
Yokohama, report that for tho flm
tlmo In tho history of Japau thoro buj
Tecontly been a great revival of all do
nominations in that country.
STRIKE WILL GO ON.
Amalgamated Asociatioh Turned Down
by Corporation's Chief,
PEACE PROPOSAL IS NOT REVEALED
Executive Hoard Mnkrs nerjuest After
Shaffer's Heport Kery Mill Wheel li
Threatened Ketallatlou la to He Com
plete Tleup.
1 PITTSBURG, Aug. 2. Tho Commcr
cial Gazotto tomorrow will say: "Th
Amalgamated cxccutlvo board last
evening received by telegraph a flat
refusal from J. Plorpont Morgna to re
open tho wago confcrcnco whore It
was broken off at the Hotel Lincoln
nearly threo weeks ago. Tho powers
of tho steel combine insist in this com
munlcatlon thnt tho only basis of set
tlement will bo on the terms which the
financial backer of tho combine, Pres
ident C. M. Schwab and Chairman El
bert II. Gery laid down at tho meeting
with tho Amalgamated executive In
New York last Saturday.
"A member of tho executlvo board
said last night: 'Tho terms aro denom
inated by thoHO who havo the best In
terest of tho organization of the steel
workers at heart as tho most unfulr,
tho most unjust evor proposed to nny
body of worklngmcn by a set of em
ployers or a corporation. Tho terms
aro such thnt the executlvo board of
tho Amalgamated association cannot
ncccpt nnd hns already gono on record
to that effect.'
"Tomorrow morning tho nnswor of
Mr. Morgan is expected by mall. There
Is scarcely n fragment of hopo that
the Amalgamated association will back
down from its well known position.
Tho lenders of the workors will, liA re
ply, outltna their plans to tho steel
corporation for n continuation of tho
great struggle They will Include the
stopping of every wheel possible In tho
works of tho comblno nnd tho exten
sion of tho strlko In nil ponslblo di
rections by tho Amalgamated associa
tion.
Today may dovolop much, but if
tho comblno cannot bo mado to waver
through tho Influenco that will ho
brought to bear, tho great conflict will
probably bo fought to a bitter end."
After two days at patient waiting, nt
about 5 o'clock Inst evening the Amal
gnmntcd men In waiting nt headquar
ters wore informed by telephone from
tho Carnoglo Steel company's offices
that tho answer from tho Now York
headquarters of tho steel corporation
vob awaiting them. Hasty prepara
tions wero mado to adjourn and get
ting1 to tho Carnoglo building without
letting tho newspaper men know what
was In tho wind.
President Shaffer, In making his oxlt
from tho headquarters, was nskod If
ho would return. His reply wns, ''If
It in nocossnry, I will."
Shaffer, Williams and ono or two
others, by making long detours, avoid
ed tho roporters and reached tho Car-
ncglo offices unnoticed. Tho roply
from Now York wns shown thorn and
without much comment tho mombors
disposed with tho announcement thnt
tho matter would bo presented to tho
entire board and action tnken without
dolay.
NO f AVORS TO SCHLEY.
ISayjr IJcpurtinant Decline to Modify
Hpeollloatlons.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Tho do
pnrtmcnt has rotuscd to nccodo to Ad
mlral Schley's suggestion that tho lan
guago In tho fifth specification In tho
procept to tho court bo modified.
Tho admiral In his letter challenges
that specification, which states as
fact that ho dtsoboyed ordors, nnd
suggested that it bo modified. Tho
department in its roply docllnes to
make tho Buggcstod modification on tho
ground thut according to tho official
records Admiral Schley himself ac
knowledged that ho had dUobeyed or
ders. Tho disobedience of orders was
an pstublished fact, whether unwilling'
ly or willingly.
Failure! Decreased In July,
NEW YORK, Aug. 2,Roports to R
G. Dun & Co. show commercial fall
urcs In tho United States during tho
mouth of July 8G7, with an aggregated
Indebtedness of $7,035,933. Compared
with tho samo month lust year thoro
appears most gratifying Improvement,
nr. failures wero then 793 in number
nnd $9,771,775 in amount. Tho do
creiiKO occurred principally in tho
manufacturing class, whero last
month's Insolvencies numborod 155 for
53,240,128, against 183 last year, owing
$5,177,092.
Warmest .July In Kmiiiiii.
LAWRENCE, Kan., Aug. 2. Tho
weather roport of tho University, of
Kansas my a of the month of July thnt
It wns tho warmest month of nny
named on tho thirty-four yoars' roc
ord. Its mean tcmpurnturo was 30 do
grcea, 8V4 dogroes above tho July av
erage, Tho nearest approach to it was
July, 1808, with a moan temperature
of 85 degrees. Tho mercury reached
90 degrees on ovory day of tho month
an unprecedented fact.
SAYS THE DOERS MURDER.
Kitchener Iteporta More Alleged Atrocl
tie ot the Enemy.
LONDON, Aug. 2. A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dnted from Pretoria
today, says:
"French reports that he has received
n letter from Krltzlnger (n Boer com
mander) announcing his Intention to
shoot all natives In British employ,
whether armed or unarmed. Many
cases of cold-blooded murder of natives
In Capo Colony havo recently oc
curred." Another dispatch from Lord Kitch
ener from Pretoria, dated today, says:
"On July 28 an officer's patrol of
twenty yeomanry and somo "natlvo
scouts followed two carts and a fow
Boers fifteen miles from tho railway
nt Doom river, Orange River colony,
whero they were cut off by 200 Boers,
and after defending themselves in a
small building they surrendered when
their ammunition wns exhausted.
Threo ycomnnry wero wounded, After
tho surrender the Boers mado tho nn
tlvo scouts throw their hands up and
shot them In cold blood. They after
ward shot nnd wounded n yeoman. Tho
remainder wero released. The Boers
gavo as a reason for Bhootlng tho yeo
man that they thought he was a Cape
boy. Evidence on oath has been
taken of the murders."
BOXERS POSTING PLACARDS.
all Upon the tioverninont to Mnke War
Upon the foreigner.
CANTON, Aug. 2. Violent nnti-for-
olgn placards emanating from tho Box
ers havo been posted on tho Chrlstlnn
chapols. The placards protest against
tho imposition of tho houso tnx, saying
it !b only oxacted hi order to meet the
Indemnity to bo paid to tho powers,
and procosds: "If money can be ob
tained, why not mako war on tho for
eigners? Chlnn Is not yet defeated.
It Is only tho government's eyes which
nro blinded by disloyal ministers. If
wo rofuBo to fight, then It 1b a enso of
being too greedy to live, yet fearing
death. How can tho stendlly studied
mllltnry nrts bo used except ngalnst
foreigners? How enn wo otherwise
employ our regiments? During 1901
much money will bo collected through
lotteries, gambling and general taxes,
but thoy will never bo satisfied. There
fore, should tho house tax bo collected,
wo will demolish tho chapels and drive
out tho Christians."
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR EXPENSE
Announcement of Coit Greeted
With
IrUh Cheer.
LONDON, Aug. 2. In tho houso of
commons today Lord Stanley, the
financial secretary of tho war office,
roplylng to a question, said tho cost
of tho war in South Africa from April
to July 31 was 35,750,000, partly
chargoablo against tho deficit of last
year. Tho actual cost In July wns
1,250,000 weokly. Tho statement wab
greotod with Ironical cheers.
Tho chancellor of tho exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach, said if tho war
continued at tho snme cost for tho next
threo montliB it would necessitate
spending tho wholo of tho resorvo ho
had provldod for flnnncipring tho third
quartor, but ho had reason to hopo that
this would not bo necessary.
I.nuded Can nt Zola's Door.
PARIS, Aug. 2. A small tin can,
containing several cartridges and
with an unllghtod fuse attached to It,
wob found yostorday ovenlng at tho
door of tho apartment houso In which
Emllo Zola, tho novollst, rosldcs when
In Paris. Tho police who examined
tho can say that oven If tho fuse had
bcon lighted It would only havo pro
duced a detonation resulting In no
damage. Tho officials regard tho mat
ter no a practical Joke.
liefest the Ilerolutlonlsts.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Sonor Don
Augusto F. Pulldo, charge d'affaires of
tho Venezuelan legation, received n
telogram from tho Venezuelan consul
gonoral in Now York, General E. Gon-
zalea Estoves, confirming tho roport
that the 5,000 revolutionists wero de
feated In San Cristobal on July 29.
Blajnr Wm. E. Almy.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Acting Ad
Jutant General Ward has recolved a
cablegram announcing tho death of Ma
Jor William 13. Almy, Porto Rlcan reg
Imont. nt San Juan today, from appon
dlcltlfl.
Klniberly I Excused.
WAbiumi i ujn, Aug. a. rno navy
department has granted tho request of
Rear Admiral Klmberley that ho bo ro
Moved from duty on tho Schley court
ot Inquiry, His successor has not been
announced.
Hunk Itolitier Heturn All.
GOSHEN, Ind., Aug. 2. Private do
tectlvea employed by nn Akron, O.
banking Institution havo mado nn lm
portant nrrcst in a gambling den hero
They recovered about $10,000 In cur
roncy and gold coin. Tho two mon
who woro captured had rilled a vault
In tho Akron bank ten daya ago nnd
hud slnco bcon shadowed. Tho bank
directors, fearing a panic, did not
mako tho loss publicly known. The
robbers returned all tho money,
TRY TO ROB A TRAIN
Five Masked Mon Halt Baltimore 6s Obio
Plycr Near Chicago.
THEY BLOW UP TWO MAIL CARS
Miss Express Department llecaute of Its
Unusual I'otltlon -Itobbera Threaten
to Take the Life of the Engineer for
the Mistake Made.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. Tho Baltimore
& Ohio passenger train from the cast',
-which was duo to arrive in tho Grand
Central depot, Chicago, at 9 o'clock
last night, was held up by five masked
men nt 8 o'clock between Edgmoro nnd
Grand Calumet Heights, Ind., thirty
ono miles out from Chicago,
Ono of tho mall cars, which contain
ed no money, was wrecked with dyna
mite. The attempt at robbery wan
mado after the two mail cars had been
detached from the train and run a
quarter of a mllo ahead. Tho failure
of the robbers to mako a rich haul was
duo to tho fact that the express cnr,
which contained tho train's treasure,
was In an unusual place. It was tho
third car In the train. After wrecking
tho mall car and obtaining no booty
the robbers disappeared in tho dark
ness without nttompting to rectify
their, mistake. The only loot thnt they
cnrrled awny with them ns a result
of tholr ndventuro wns the gold watch
of tho engineer.
Tho train wns tho Now York and
Washington vcstlbulo limited. Most of
tho trainmen wero shot nt and had nar
row csenpes from tho bullets. No per
son wns Injured, either by tho dyna
mite or firearms.
Just before climbing into the cab
tho three men commenced to flro with
their revolvers to frighten away nil
assistance. Tho shots produced tho
liveliest kind of n panic In the Bleeping
cars, whero tho passengers mado every
effort to hldo their money nnd valu
ables beforo tho robbera could get nt
them. No attempt, however, was mad?
to rob nny of tho passongors.
After mounting tho cab of tho en
gine tho robbers, covering tho engineer
and fireman with their revolvers, made
them step down and go back the length
of two cars. They ordered the men to
uncouplo tho first two cars, which was
done. They then lniBtled tho two
trainmen back Into tho cab and, still
keoplng tho engineer covered with re
volvers, directed him to pull up somo
distance from the rest of tho train.
Engineor Collins ran up 200 feet and
wnB then directed to stop. Ho did so,
and whilo one of tho men remained to
guard him the others Jumped off, and
hurling dynamite at the door of the
car which thoy Judged to be tho ex
press car, burst open tho door. Hastily
climbing in to get at tho safe, they
woro astonished to find that thoy had
broken Into a ronll car. Thoy threat
ened tho engineer with death for not
telling them that tho cars which ho
had uncoupled were not express cars,
nnd ordered him to return nt once nnd
uncouplo tho next behind tho baggngo
cars. Climbing onco more Into his cnb
Collins backed his engine down,
coupled on to the third cnr, which the
fireman wns mado to uncouple at the
rear end, and still with tho muzzle of
tho revolver nt his bend Collins was
ordered to run down tho track as bo-
foro.
Ho drew awny from the bnlnnco of
tho train about tho same distance ns
pn the first ocenston, and the robbers
still leaving him under tho chnrgo ot
ono of tholr numbor attacked tho
other car. Whon thoy reachod it thoy
found to tholr great wrath that they
had opened nnother mnll car and that
It contnlned no money. The train hnd
bcon dolayed now fully thirty minutes,
nnd, fearing that It thoy delayed nny
longer, help would bo coming to tho
train crow, tho robberB gave up their
attempt to rob tho train and ran into
a thicket ot scrub oaks at tho side of
tho train and disappeared.
Kenturkr Drouth Euda.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 1. Tho
drouth In Kentucky wari broken lost
night and this morning, when thero
wero heavy rainfalls In Frankfort,
OwIng8vllle, Danville, Paducah, Shel-
byvlllo, Paris, Carlisle, ancestor, Nlch
olasvllle, Burgln, Versailles and Hop
klnsvlUo. Siege of llueuoa Ayres Ended.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. Tho stat
department has recolved from tho
United States legation at Buenos Ayrce
telegraphic Information to tho offoct
that tho state of slego declared In that
capltol nn July 5, by reason of politi
cal disturbances, hns been raised.
Attempt on Life of 4)iirt-n.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. A dispatch to
the Herald from Alx-Lcs-Balns says:
Mnrln Pla, queen downgcr of Portugal
nnd mother of King arlos, has had a
narrow escapo from assassination. Her
majesty wns taking a courso of the
baths hore, but was so porturbed by tint
nttack upon her that sho loft Aix
hastily for Roma. Details of tho at
tempted assassination nro not obtain
ablo nt present. Tho pollco nro said to
havo no clew up to tho present time.
IMPROVEMENT FUNDS SHORT.
Missouri Itlrer Commission Complains of
tthortage of Funds.
WASHINGTON, July 31. Tho an
nual report or tho Missouri river com
mission was received it the war de
partment todny. For last year tho
sundry civil act carried $250,000 to
preserve existing Improvements and
to prevent threatened damage at RulO,
and other points and $140,000 to com
plcto tho lock nnd dam at Osage rlv
Missouri. The committee in its re
port complains of tho Inadequacy ot
appropriations for accomplishing . use
ful results on tho Missouri river, or
for making progress toward an ulti
mate improvement. The fact that
thero Is littlo commerco on tho river
tho commission attributes to the con
dition ot tho river, which' Ib such that
It is hazardous to run boats and Im
possible to obtain insuranco at rca
eonablo rates. No commerco of con
sequent can be expected until the
rlvor is put in navigable condition
nnd opened to tho mouth."
Tho completion of the work from
tho mouth of tho river to Jefferson
City, tho report says, would demon
strate that tho commerce would
spring up and in ndditlon millions
would bo added to the valley by pre
venting destruction caused by the
river. The commission estimates that
this result could bo completed for f3,
000,000 to $3,500,000, and recommends
$1,000,000 for this work during the
next fiscal yenr. For tho Osage river
$50,200 Is recommended.
WOOD'S STAY TO BE SHORT.
Expects to Iteturn to Ilnvann as Boon na
Ills Health Will Vcrmlt.
NEW YORK, July 31. General
Leonard Wood, mllltnry governor of
Cubn, accompnnled by Mrs. Wood nnd
their three children, arrived here to
dny on tho steamer Morro Castlo from
Havana. General Wood said to a re
porter at tho quarantine station:
"I am feeling much better. I have
not hnd any fever for ten days and
hnvo an excellent nppetite. I intend
going on 'board the steam yacht Ka
nawha for a short trip along the Now
England coast, where wo hopo to en
Joy a spell of cool weather. I expect
my stay to bo brief, ns I intend to ro
turn to Hnvnna at the earliest possible
moment
"Whon I left Havana everything
was remarkably quiet. I am highly
gratified by tho kindness shown me by
tho wholo Cuban people- during my ill
ness. Mrs. Wood and family -will re
main In quarantine until August 5 ns
tho guests of Health Officer Doty and
wife, after which Mrs. Wood will prob
ably Join mo on a visit to friends."
General Wood left the Morro Castlo
at quarantlno and went on board tho
Kanawha.
TOO MUCH LIVE STOCK.
Philadelphia Yards Jammed With Un
saleable Cattle.
PHILADELPHIA, July 31. The
amount of live stock received this
week breaks all records. Every stock
ynrd in tho city is Jammed to the
doors and cattle havo to bo 'killed al
most faster than they can bo taken
enro of for lack of room. Meat prices
nre dropping and threaten to go to un
known depths. Tho causo of all this
congestion is tho recent drouth in tho
west. Nebraska, Kansas nnd Texa3
aro simply packing up and sending to
tho cast so largo an array of cattle
that the most exporlonccd men In tho
trado can think of no way to work it
ol?.
Strike on In Han Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., July 31.
Tho labor trouble In this city reached
a crisis today nnd ns a result marl
tlme traffic nnd labor along the shore
nro nlmost nt a standstill, and in
dustry is. almost totally paralyzed.
The order for a general walkout of tho
City Front Federation was mado ef
fective this morning. The City Front
Federation comprises fourteen unions
and organlaztlons with a full member
ship of about 15,000.
1'syne Tleturnlnc Home.
MILWAUKEE, July 31. Friends of
Henry C. Payne, national republican
committeeman of Wisconsin, received
advices by cable today stating that
Mr. Payno 1b at Nuremburg, not Ber
lin, and that ho will Ball for home
from Cherbourg.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, uJly 31. Today's
statement of tho treasury balances in
tho genoral fund, exclusive of the
$150,000,000 gold resorvo In tho di
vision ot redemption, shows: Avail
ablo cash balance, $170,078,982; gold,
$98,650,698.
Missouri Mllllouulrn Dies.
ST. LOUIS, Mo July 31. Informa
tion has been received In a telegram
from Bnltlmoro of tho death of Col.
John O'Day, of Springfield, Mo., from
tho effects ot pnralysis. Ho was
millionaire. In tho early days of tho
St. Louts & San Francisco railroad
Col. O'Day was first vlco president
and general counsolor. Ho was chair
man ot tho democratic state central
committee In 1884 when his pnrty la
Missouri sent a solid delegation.
PEACE STILL WAITING
lint Day's Conference Palls to Sottlo tlw
Great Steel Strike.
UNIONISM APPEARS IN THE WAY
Association and Corporation Men Differ
About Its Meaning Kegular Men Ask
Their Discharge, but Companies Thu
Far Itefuse.
PITTSBURG, July 31. Disappoint
ment and apprehension pervado tho-
air of Pittsburg tonight bccauBo ot tho
failure of tho executlvo board of the-
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers to ratily tho peace pro
posals arranged nt tho conference lit
Now York Inst Saturdey between tho
national officers of tho Amalgamated
association and Messrs. Morgan.
Schwab nnd Gary, representing tho
United States Steel corporation.
When tho conferenco opened today
it was confidently expected that an
agreement would bo reached in a
short timo, but after n sosslon, last
ing from 9:50 a. m. until 6:30 p. m..
tho conferenco adjourned without ar
riving at any conclusion, so far as
known. It meets again tomorrow.
Tho protracted session Indicates
that tho board is not satisfied with
the provisions of tho compromise
measures and unless somo modifica
tions aro mado its ratification in
doubtful. Tho opening of union mills
to non-union workmen is tho point on
which tho board hesitates, and tho
long distanco telephono between Now
York and Pittsburg was worked fre
quently todny to got n modification
of this clause. The workmen hold that
this would give tho mill owners full
opportunity of crushing tho union
without a strike, by finding excuses
to discharge union men and then fill
their places with non-unionists.
Another rock of dissension is said
to bo the retention in their present
Jobs of the men who worked as "strlko
breakers" at tho various mills during
tho strike. It is said that theso mon
havo been promised the protection of
tho mnnufneturers in ense of a set
tlement nnd thnt the mill owners will
not concede their dismissnl nt tho ro-
quest of tho organization. Tho work
ers, It is said, aro willing to declare
the mills now working non-union open
mills, but strenuously object to hav
ing nil the mills of the combine classi
fied an open mills.
All is conjecture, however, as it is
Impossible to get any definite state
ment ns to tho day's conferenco from
nny of tho parties Interested. When
tho board dispersed at 6:30 every
member was waylaid by persistent
newspaper men seeking information,
hut every question was answered by
tho stereotyped phrase, "Wo can say
nothing; thero is absolutely nothing
to glvo to the public at this tlmo."
It Is doubtful if tho members of tho
general executive board of tho Amal
gamated association wero over so un
communicative nnd reserved as they
aro slnco tho meeting of today. Tho
full board was present, with tho ex
ception of National Trustee John
Pierce, who was away on official busi
ness. HE DOES NOT CARE TO SERVE.
Admiral Klniberly Aks to lie Excused
from Court of Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, July 31. A lottor
has been received at tho navy depart
ment from Admiral Kimberiy asking
to be excused from tho Schley court
of inquiry on account of tho state of
his health. Tho admiral is undorstood
to be suffering from heart trouble.
Tho application was placed in the
hnnds of Secrotary Long, who will
dispose of tho matter from his homo
in Hlghnm, Mass.
Admiral Schley has mado answer to
the precept. Tho letter was mailed by
his counsel last night, but navy de
partment officials say it has not yet
been received at tho department.
Cristobal Colon liaised.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 31.
Captain C. A. Flagler has reported to
tho chief of engineers thnt ho has
completed tho work of removing tho
wreck of tho Cristobal Colon from tho
entranco to San Juan harbor, Porto
Rico, where sho was sunk in an ef
fectual effort to close' tho harbor.
Freighted With Oold.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 31. Tho
steamship Cottngo City reached port
at noon from Lynn Canal with forty
passengers and $155,000 in Klondike
gold. She left Skagway July 2G.
Accident on the Hock Island.
KREMLIN, Okl., July 31. The
northbound Chicago, Rock Island I
Pacific passenger train No. 2, which
loft El Reno nt 7 o'clock, threo hours
lato, crowded with departing home
seekers, wns wreckotl whilo going tie
full speed two miles south of hero at
1:45 o'clock. C. L. McLaln of Enid,
Okl., was killed and twenty-four other
passongors recolved cuts and bruiser.
It Is believed, howoror, nono woro
fatally hurt.