FLURY MAY HAVE TO DIE
UTTLI 1IOPK POR CONDUCTOR SHOT
nv ..... .....
nv roi.uups.
roller Still With No Dollnltn Clno to Tdcn-
.mi I'i'iiiiiii: viuu ll men-
my f ti.o ti.ul'h who Hom
Tlictu Up.
OMAHA. Edward Flury, the street
inr conductor who' wns shot by a
highwayman at Albright has only a
ryii yfc'ht "g chance fur recovery, so Dr.
Tfv A. 1 Condon reported. At 1 p. m.
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no was pronounced siigntiy worse.
Upon examination the surgeons found
one of the bullets had passed through
Hie right lobe of the liver, hijurinp
the kidneys, and then lodged in the
man's back. Flury' 3 chief danger?
are now from the severe hemorrhage!
ho is having Dr. Condon stated
Although Mr. Flury appeared hope fit
and recognized Assistant Superin
tendent Nash of tho street car com
pany, the surgeons said tho patient
bad not passed the real danger point.
Mr. Flury is forty years of age and
has been in the service of tho street
jar company three years. He is
(ingle man.
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j-ne street car company has 11
standing reward of $500 for the arrest
mil conviction of persons holding u
employes of that company. No clue
to the robbers has been obtained
Regarding money taken from tho
itreet car men in holdups of this
eorc much speculation ana some
betting was indulged in on the street
ns io who standH the loss, the com
puny or the man? An oflicial of the
sompany said emphatically the com
puny stands the loss, explaining.
Of courso in such cases the
Ihorlago is charged against tho man'
laiary account until tormul inquiry
lustains tho fact of a genuine
fobbery, when the money remitted
io the employe. Tins inquiry is
tnade for obvious reasons."
I Search for Ilorso Thlovuft
i AivJ!U' iiiiJjLJ, p.eu. strong evi-
lences developed hero which indi
jates that the great amount of horse
thieving which has been goinc on
hereabouts during the past year lias
been, wholly or in part, the work ol
local parties. Names are not yet in
ahapo to publish, but from evidence
which has come to light and which is
bi'ing withheld for a few days tho
-.farmers' protective association,
organized some weoi;s ago to put a
top to this plundering, is practically
dire that local parties who have lived
In tho community for a number of
years, are mixed up in the work.
it is ociieved that the local young
men mixed up in the cases have kept
watch of the various barns about the
country and that, when opportunity
arrived, they . have taken the horses
which they wanted. Then, it is
believed, they have driven out of the
vicinity as last as possible to some
unknown point where they have met
the professional members of tho
Rang, who further took the horses
out into the prairies of the northwest,
Olio team was traced with blood
hounds brought here from Norfolk, as
(ar up into the northwest as Verdigre,
Neb., in Knox county, and there,
having been on the run for two day
and nights without sleep, tho pur-
(tiers were compelled to give up the
ehaso just as the horse thieves dis
appeared into a crevice in the hills,
Every thread of a clue is being
followed closely and it is stated bj
those who are working on the mattei
that some well known local men will
go behind prison bars before man
more moons.
Wmlilln-- Did Jot Occur.
WAYNE, Neb. Cupid was foilec
here just as tho wedding license was
ubr)ii,t to bo issued to tho prospective
young bridegroom, because a pas
nenger who came int town on tin
train with tho would-be couple fron.
Norfolk, informed the sheriff that the
woman about to be married was but
fourteen years of age. This was Mis!
Floreneo (iaylord of Norfolk, and tin
man whom she was to wed wa EmiJ
iu.iitm.-M m BLlimou, iOU. AS I
matter of fact tho bride-to-bo v,
eighteen years of ago and had tin
consent of her mother. Put tin
report of tho passenger served to stoj
the ceremony just tho same.
Mr. Matthes, who is a little ovo
twenty, and Miss Gaylord came t
Wayne from Norfolk on tho earl;
train and, after Miss Gaylord hai
been located in a hotel, tho prospco
tive groom sought the county judge
Tho lioenso was all made out ant
ready to sign when Sheriff Mear
stepped .in, ordered
etouued..
tho procedun
J CABINET TO QUIT
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ADVKrSk VOTK I'OROKS I'RKNOII MIN
JKTRY OUT
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Like Bolt From Clear Sky
MAY
I1AVK ITS I'PPKCT OK Ar.Gl
01 RAS CONPKRKNOK.
Reslcniitlon Promptly Tendered
Premier Hom ier itittl Colleittruuft,
ami Accepted by Pres
ident l'ulllere.
I A MS. Like a bolt from a clear
sky the Rouvier ministry was
defeated in tho chamber of deputiei
and immediately resigned. The
eaninet crisis comes at a least
dramatic moment, when the Franco
Herman contest has reached a
decisive state, and may exert an
important adverse influence on tho
Algeeiras conference and on European
affairs. The defeat came on a com
paratively minor debate over tho
church disorders. Tho government
succeeded in holding only L-iji vote",
while the various elements in opposi
tion clericals, socialists and
nationalists united and polled 207
votes, thus placing, the ministry in
a minority of thirty-three. Premier,
Koiivier with all of his colleagues
immediately proceeded to the foreign
nlliee whero a joint letter of resigna
tion was prepared.
Later M. Rouvier presented this
letter to President Failieres, who
nccepted the resignations. The presi.
dent announced his intention of con-
Mi ting tho president of the senate
chamber of deputies on the formation
of a new cabinet.
The debate in the chamber of depu
ties was upon tho bloody riot during
the taking of an inventory of a
church in the village of Roesohepe,
resulting in the death of a mani
festant. Various orators severely
.Titieised tho government's course,
asserting that it theatened to prc-
ipitate a religious warfare.
Premier Rouvier responded :
"The government lias tho duty to
rtPP'y 'the law. It will apply it
without weakness, but also with tho
prudence, tact and wisdom consistent
with public tranquility. I ask the
adoption of a resolution approvinp
these declarations of the govern
ment." Tho resolution was hereupon put tri
' vote and defeated. Tho result
was due to a combination of opposition
iniluences. The vote was expressive
jf personal antagonism to tho min-
istery rather than of opposition to
church inventories.
Having returned from presenting
to President I'alliers 'ho resignation
ot the ministry, M. Rouvier was
surrounded in tho lobbies of tho
chamber of deputies by groups of
members who expressed their regret
at his abandonment of ollice.
M. Rouvier displayed not tho
slightest emotion. Replying to one
of his followers, he remarked:
f regard it as a point of honor to
ruliill tho task I havo undertaken.
The chamber vote has relieved me
ir a burden tho weight of which had
begun to make itself felt. I do not
regn t it."
The meeting of tho members of the
cabinet at tho foreign ollico lasted
half an hour. After exchanging
views with reference to ehnn-h
Inventories, it was decided to suspend
operations in that regard until a new
cabinet has been appointed.
The decision resulted from a
disparity of the opinion expressed in
the chamber of deputies relative to
tho separation of church and state.
Had the chamber voted a motion of
jonforence in tho government the.
cabinet would have been eomnpilotl
to continue to apply the law, but the
downfall of the ininistrv havim
clearly occurred through disapproval
"i iuu iiiuuiuua uiHicrio nuoptcu
winch on tho one side were eon
siuored as too vio ent ami nr. tin.
other sido as too inrhilrwnt. v
Koiivier and his colleagues thought it
better to discontinue tho enforcement
of the law. Tho promulgation of
regulations, however, will occur in
tho ordinary course, as specific
nates tnoreior aro laid down in tho
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bill.
Prior to tho cabinot crisis the
I'ranco-Germnn controversy over Mo
roccan control seemed to be in tho
"n. with tho inclination strongly
toward an agreement.
E INNER CIRCLE PLOT
REACTIONARY GROUP IN RUSSIA
111TTKR TOWARD CZAR
SlnUter Rumor of Attempt nt
Ht-i devolution, Rut Coup Re
curded Unlikely l'mperor
I'lrm la Stiintt
Pnl-
ST. PETERSBURG. -The reaction,
ary cabal at Tsarkoe-Selo, headed by
Count Igimtieir, General Trepolf,
commandant of the palace, and Gen.
eral Prince Putiating made a last
ditch light at the recent meeting ot
the special council to defeat tho
decision of the emperor to incor
porate in the fundamental laws of
the empire the provision that here
after no law shall bo effective without
tho cotiFent of the national assembly
and the council of the empire.
According to some reports their
efforts were not without the sympathy
of tho empress.
When it becamo apparent that
Premier Witto and the emperor's
councillors, who argued that only
such a renunciation of the imperia
power could appease the Boniiment of
the country, would carry the day
Count Iguatiefl' mado a last persona
appeal to the emperor warning him
bluntly that on tho eve of tho
assembling of the national assembly
bucu an irrovociuilo step would put
an end forever to tho nutoenicy. The
emneror however, remained linn
And ordered a vote to bo taken antl
when tho proposition was carried his
majesty formally continued tho
decision.
11 is cabal is reported to have Imhmi
driven to desperation by the defeat
ami there are sinister rumors of an
attempt, at a palaco revolution.
In high quarters, however, such a
possibility is scouted. A prominont
personage who participated in the
council said :
"rsn matter what the cabal might
eeretly desire with only the support
of a portion of tho otlieors of the
guard regiments, it would never de
in such a cause, to attempt r oouy
d'etat."
The holy synod has issued a circular
to the clergy forbidding them to ue
their iniluences with their parish
ioners in tho coming election? in
f.ivor of any particular candidates
Out informing 'the clergy that it is
their duty to give moderate counsel
in tho interests of tho emperor, tho
people and the fatherland.
The emperor's determination to
abide by his promises of October HO
was announced linally and resolutely
in answer to a reactionary delegation
of the fvanovo Vozncsensk, which
asked him to withdraw his manifesto
and to govern tho country as his
fathers had done. In reply to the
deputation the emperor bo id:
"The reforms promulgated
October SO are progressing without
deviation While the rights accorded
the people remain unaltered my au
tocratic power will ever remain as it
always has been." (
The emperor's allusion to tho
retention of autocratic power refers
probably to a change in the definition'
of the imperial powers under tho
freedom law in which though tho
word "unlimited" Is eliminated the
expression "autocratic" is retained,
the oflicial explanation being that
the title "autocratic," which was
assumed when Kussia .-"hook olT tho
Tartar yoke, denotes independence
of other Fovereigns and has no
reference to internal conditions.
Tho cabinet decided to establish,
local committees in the provinces
consisting of ollicials, zeinstvoists,
and peasants to assi.st the agrarian
banks to devise means for tho more
profitable working of the soil.
Two anarchists, armed with bombs,
wore arrested at a railroad station
hero as they were boarding a train
for Tsarskoe-Selo, where the emperor
is at present sojourning.
The sum of $2.000,00 has been
presented to tho Don I' nil, Kuban
and Terek Cossacks, ostensibly for
the improvement of their lands but
in reality it is an exceptional reward
for their services during the war and
their fidelity in repressing tho
troubles in tho interior.
A number of armored automobiles
manufactured in Fraud' for tho use
of the .Russian army have arrived
here. It is understood that they will
be used by tho troops in case of
street riots in tho oitie and agrarian
troubles in tho country.
Count Voronotonoff-PaHlikol!, vice
roy of the Caurcasus, reports that
order has beoii restored in tho gov
ernment of Kutais; that tho agitators
aro delivering up their arms by t lie
wagonload and that deserters frcm
tho army aro being handed 'ver in
the authorities. .
CAR BARNS mm
NltW
YORK HAS A KPRCTACUliAD
FIRIC 11V NimiT.
Flames Leap High in Air
OAS COMPANY'S PROVP.RTY NEAR UT
TlllCICATl'NKD
Totnt Diimncn INttmnted nt Orir Two
Hundred Tlioiixniul DoIIhi
Olio Man Killed mul
Number Injured
NEW YORK. -Tho Fortty-seconn
street ear barns of the Metropolitan
Railway company, extending from
$51 -Vet Forty-second street to tho
Hudson river have been destroyed by
lire. Une man, said to havo been an
employe of the company, lost his life,
Riid si-veral persons wore Injured sev
eral lireinen seriously. The burns
were destroyed. The total damage
Is estimated nt over $:?00,000.
The lire was an exceptionally
ipeetaeiilar one, and at ii height the
Humus were leaping several hundred
feet into the air. Several immense
gas tanks of the Consolidated Gas
Jompany located directly ae-rcas the
itreet, were boriously threatened by
Ihe lire, and a report that they were
about to explode sent several
thousand spectators in a wild llight
for safety. In the wild rush several
persons were injured. Tho up town
ferry station of the West Shore Rail
road at the foot of Forty -second
itreet was also threatened.
hater w'nn tho lire in the car
barns was practically under coontrol,
a party of train passengers being
escorted I mm the ferry station by a
force of policeman narrowly escaped
Injury from Hying bricks when one of
tho walls of the burned structures
inddenly gave way ;and came down
with a crash. The lire originated in
one of the cars, which' had been run
Into the barn for storage during the
night. It is supposed to have started)
from a short circuit.
! Well KIro Uni. t'ckftl
KANSAS CITY. The names from
the giant gas well at Coney, Kan.,
extend from l0 to L'OO feet in tho
air. The wind catching the great
rolunie of naming gas drives it about
ant il tho huge mass resembles a
monster anchored balloon swinging
and plunging wildly about in tho air.
It, is impossible to approach within
600 feet of tho well, as the stones
pouring out of the earth shoot high
In the air ami fall nearby. One
ftone nine inches long and four
Inches thick shot out of the mouth of
the well and fell a thousand feet
away.
The gas well has been burning
lince February '2'.), when, ns told In
dispatches, the woll was struck by
lightning.
While two crews of drillers, under
the direction ol the superintendent.
John Landoh, were tubing the well a
thunder storm came up. Tho tubing
was nearly all in, with a Joint on tho
clamps in tho casing head to lower,
when two short slaps of thunder were
heard, handon ordered the in.-n out
of the tlerrick at once, as it was ex-
treinley dangeroui. They had Just
gotten out when the gas, 100 feet in
the air escaping through the tubing,
was ignited by tho lightning. Tho
rig turned leaving tho joint of tubing
twenty feet in tho air. Tho gas
leaked about the casing throwing two
broad sheets of Hamo horizontally.
The top of tho Humes could be seen
from the Atchison, Topeka A Santa
Fe road a short distance north of
Copan, and to the east and north
could bo seen much farther, especially
at night.
The well then gauged as,33l,f)20
cubic feet in twenty-four hours,
making it one of the six largest
gassers drilled in the Kansas-Indian
territory Held, three of them being
in Montgomery county and three in
the Osage reservation and Chorokeo
nation, all of the six gauging above
thirty million cubic feot every
twenty-four hours and having a rock
pressure of -ISO pounds to the squaro
inch for the smallest to more than
000 pounds for the largost.
All plans for quenching the flamci
01 the burning gassor havo been dis
arranged and tho owners aro at a loss
to know what to do. In desperation
tho company has ordered an expert
from Indiana here and ho is now on
his way. This man has had much
experience in putting out burning
giiB and oil Hres. A big force of men
haB worked from tho time the well
caught tiro trying to oxtiDuuish tho
flameB,
SHE WILL BUY NO PEACE
OKRMANY STANDI NO IIRit OROUND
OVMIt .MOROCCO.
Ainl.jM.ndor Stnrnborrr PlrmU the Cniii
of 111 Couiilry In int.rTlowJ
Jtmsln Mnl Muvu nt
AtKeclrnt. '
WASIITNGTON.-CritlclRm of Ger
many's course at Algeeiras andj
charges that tho German emperor is'
seeking there nn excuse for trouble
with France, rather thnn an agree
ment about Morocco which havo been'
current in Washington for some time,!
received an emphatic reply from'
Huron Speck von Sternburg, tho Ger-
man ambassador, who discussed them'
in the course of a conversation with'
a correspondent of the Associated
press.
Tho time has oomo for :r.ir.i
Bpopch" tho nmbnssador said.
"Enough has poured Into America
from I'iiiropean sources nhnn n,.-.:
ninny's intentions."
The ambassador then nrocieiliil ,
deny in tho most emphatic tnrnivi tint
charge that Germany wanted war.1
It was for tho specillo object of
rum-mug; a peaceablo nrriimrni,
that mj government ur'ed the emd
feronce at Algeeiras," ho said. Tho'
ambassador declared that Germany,'
was contending for a very Ininortime'
principle at Algeeiras. '
Important as io the Germnn irmln
with Morocco", ho Biiid, "and
shall later indicato this in statistics,
the commercial sido of the question
Is of secondary consideration. Ger
many's policy has been and is to
preserve tho status 0110 In nil
countries whoso ritrhts rest nn t lm
laws of nations. It is this t.nlh.v
alone which has enatiled E
William to maintain nenen In finr.
many since tho time ho became tho
leader of Germany nineteen yours urn
ami kept her out nt t.lm uni 1..
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which tho great poworH riiavo Iilou
since engaged."
1 ho nmbnssador said thn In tho
iglit of "malicious reports from
European sources." he felt t hU
duty to give tho facta about Ger
many's contentions nt Algecirus on
the main point at issue, that of tlio
iol icing of Morocco.
'That Germnn v stands for tho nnnn
door in Morocco is clearly shown."
lie continued, "by tho proposals slu
ms made regardinir tho international
police system and tho international
bank. Germany believes that if tho
control of tho bank Is placed in the
lands of France tho euualitv of
economic rights will bo forfeited and
tho open door will bo closed.
Africn shows enough exnmples of
the ussurances given by civilized
nations which have gradually
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Miuisneu, leaving 111 their place a
European protectorate.
"Tho position of Germany and tho
other signatory powers is on tho
defensive. Germany has already
recognized that France has a pre
ferential position in her frontier
regions, in spite of the specific
provision of tho treaty of Madrid
stipulating that all tho powers shall
havo equal rights in Morocco. This
concession by Germany was only
made because of her earnest desire
to do everything consistent with tho
national honor to bring about a
peaceful arrangement of tho question,
unci is another evidence of Germany's
desiro for an agreement. Should
Germany now recede further she
would appear in the eyes of the world
as weak, but what is of paramount
importance sho would bo buying
peace at the cost of a great inter
national principle, which in tho
futuro would prove to be poor
economy.
"What power can accept tho con
tention that a nation must sacrifice
her interests outright simply becatijo
they lie in the way of another nation?
The greatest good to the greatest
number is among nations us among
individuals.
"Nor is it true, as I havo freely
seen it stated that Germany's com
mercial interests in Morocco amount
to little. While this question is for
the time overshadowed by the
threatened attack on tho principle of
equal rights of all nations interested
in Morocco, it is of vital concern to
Germany. While not jib largo as that
of France. Germany's commerce ia
rapidly increasing, while that of
France, according to the statistics, ia
apparently at a standstill. Tho
statistics for 190-1 value the Gorman
trade with Morocco at 10,000,000
marks. They are, however, mislead
ing as a large part of the German
exports to Morocco reach that country
via England, Hegium or Franco, and
therefore aro counted in tho trade of
those countries.
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