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    OCEAN DISASTER
COLLISION OF TWO FRENCH PAS
SENGER STEAMERS.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Terrified People Cling to Ship as it
Plunges to Ocean's Bottom—Rescue
Work Rendered Difficult by Masts
Causing Eddy in Water.
MARSEILLES—More than 100 per
sons. passengers and crew, were
drowned near Marseilles Sunday in a
collision between Insulalre and Lilian,
passenger steamers belonging to the
Fralsslnet Steamship company of Mar
seilles. Lilian sank, 117 passengers
and firemen being saved, while the re
mainder perished.
The steamer Lilian left Marseilles
in the morning on ItH regular trip to
Bastia, Corsica, and was run down
and sunk by Insulalre off the Maire
islands.
The collision was witnessed from
the pilot boat Belchamp, which Imme
diately steamed up to render aid.
The force of the collision had cut a
great hole in Liban’s side and It was
already making water rapidly. The
captain saw that the only chance was
to run the steamer aground, and Llban
was headed full speed for the shore,
but within seventeen minutes after
the collision, and while still in deep
water, the fore part of the steamer
plunged beneath the waves and a few
minutes later It had disappeared.
In the meantime Belchamp, the
steamer Balkan, also belonging to the
Fralsslnet company, and other vessels
had drawn near and were making des
perate efforts to rescue those on board.
Belchamp rescued forty persons. Bal
kan rescued thirty-seven passengers
and up to the present It Is known that
in addition seventeen of the crew were
also saved.
Officers of Balkan describe the
scene Just before Llban disappeared
as a terrible one. As the vessel was
sinking it was inclined to such an
angle that its masts struck the water,
causing an eddy which made the work
of rescue most difficult. A mass of
human beings was clinging to the
foundering vessel and uttering despair
ing cries as It went down. At the
same time the boilers exploded, inten
sifying the horrors. For a few mo
ments the violins were seen struggling
in the sea. then the waves closed over
them and all was silent. Of about 200
passengers who were aboard Lilian it
Is feared half were drowned.
Balkan launched three boats and
the other vessels did all possible to
save the victims In the short time
that elapsed between the collision and
the sinking of Lilian.
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.
Row Between Cattle Men and Home
steader! In Kansas.
WASHINGTON.—The commissioner
of the general land office has ordered
an inspector to make a rigid Investi
gation Into the reported killing of a
family of homesteaders by cowboys
In northern Kansas because of the
cutting of the wires of the Dewey
Cattle company by the homesteaders.
The fact that the cattle company's
fences were on public land, renders
the proposed inquiry pertinent, but
the facts as to the killing which may
be ascertained, will be reported to the
district attorney. Incidentally the in
spector will investigate the Dewey
company’s fence and It is probable the
- tragedy will serve to strengthen the
determination of the interior depart
ment to force the pulling down of
range fences.
Shako Hands While Dying.
EL PASO, Tex.—Two men are dead
and one is dying as the result of an
other Texas duel at Eagle Lake, when
Marshal Kinard and William McDow
shot each other to death, and Pierce
Hammond, a bystander, received a
mortal wound. McDow shot Kinard
and as he fell Kinard shot McDow,
the latter saying as he fell: "We are
both done for, let us be friends." They
then shook hands and died.
In Government's Favor.
WASHINGTON. D. C.~The court of
appeals in the District of Columbia
decided the second class mail matter
case in favor of the government, re
versing the decision of the lower court
The case was that oi the postmaster
general against Houghton, Mifflin &
Co., and involving the admission to
the mails as second class mail matter
of certain puolications.
Census of the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A report
has been received at the war depart
ment from General Sanger, who has
charge of the census in the Philip
pine Islands, in which he states that
the work of taking the census of the
Islands is progressing very well. Gen
eral Sanger says that tire reports thus
far Indicate a Christian population
of 7,000,000. The population of Ma
nila, according to the report, in round
numbers, Is 220,000.
THE SPORT OF THE MILLIONAIRE.
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Deadly Automobile In Its Dally Tour.
EMIGRATE TO UNITED STATES
Iron Workers Forced to Leave Aus
tria.
VIENNA.—There is a wholesale
emigration of miners and workmen in
the Iron districts of Austria to the
United States in consequence of the
unprecedented stagnation ot the iron
industry. Hundreds of men have been
discharged since the beginning of the
year and the mines and Iron works
aro operating short time. Wages have
fallen and In many instances the men
are earning less than 50 cents a day
and their families are suffering severe
ly. There is faint hope of any imme
diate improvement in the situation
and whoie colonies of workmen are
leaving the country.
TEST THE WIRELESS SYSTEM.
Messages Exchanged Between Mayors
of Chicago and Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE. — The first official
test of handling wireless messages be
tween Chicago and Milwaukee under
the Marconi system was successfully
carried out Tuesday evening. Mes
sages were exchanged between the
mayors of the two cities, also between
the business men who were at either
end to witness the demonstration. The
electrical conditions in the atmosphere
at times Interfered somewhat with the
test.
At the stations at either end signal
poles 240 feet high have been erected.
The instruments are sheltered in a
small building in close proximity to
the signal poles. The system will be
used to conduct experiments with lake
marine.
RAILROADS HIT VERY HARD.
Losses From Flood and Fire Several
Millions.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The extent of
the damage to the railroads operating
In and out of Kansas City caused by
the flood can scarcely be estimated.
Outside of the very considerable Item
Involved in the loss to freight In cars
and buildings, nearly all lines out of
Kansas City suffered severe losses in
freight flooded, burned or lost down
the river may amount to $2,000,000 or
$3,000,000. By way of illustration, a
dozen freight cars belonging to one
company and standing on tracks in the
west bottoms were washed down the
river. The Burlington lost seventeen
loaded cars by Are in Harlem and
nearly three times that number were
burned In the west bottoms.
DEATH LIST GROWS BIGGER.
Eighty are Now Reported Drowned by
South Carolina Floods.
COLUMBIA. S. C—Though the
great flood is passing on to the ocean
laden with debris of every descrip
tion, and the swollen streams are
subsiding in the Piedmont region, the
loss of life and property Is increasing
and a conservative estimate places
the property loss at not less than
$3,500,000. At Clifton alone -100 oper
atives are missing from the village
and all are believed to have been lost.
Dead bodies were washed ashore here
and there and occasionally a dismem
bered limb floated to the banks.
The loss at Clifton’s three mills will
approximate $2,000,000. At Pacolet
the loss is nearly $1,000,000. The
greatest want among the survivors is
at Clifton, where 500 are destitute.
Conger Calls Count Cassini.
PEKING.—United States Minister
Conger has cabled Secretary Hay sug
gesting an inquiry into the authenti
city of the published interview with
the Russian ambassador. Count Cassi
ni. The count was reported to have
denied the correctness of Mr. Con
ger’s statement of the Russian do
mand on China and to have ex
pressed surprise that Minister Congei
should have acted upon unreliable in
formation.
AT THE CAPITAL
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT REACHES
WASHINGTON,
GIVEN FORMAL WELCOME HOME
Friend* at the Seat of Government Re
joice to Have Him Back in Safety
After the Long Trip, Covering Over
Fourteen Thousand Miles.
WASHINGTON — President ROose
velt returned to Washington at 7
o'clock Friday night from his memor
able trip of over two months through
out the west. He was given a hearty
reception by the people of the capi
tal, who lined the sidewalks as his
carriage, escorted by the battalion of
high school cadets, was driven to the
White House. The president cordially
responded to the greetings given him
and repeatedly stood up in his car
riage and waved his hat and bowed his
acknowledgments. He looked the
picture of health.
There was a large gathering of offi
cials at the railroad station when the
president arrived. They included
Secretary Root. Secretary Hitchcock
and Secretary Cortelyou and Postmas
ter General Payne. Drawn up in line
were Commander-in-Chief Kimball of
the Department of the Potomac of the
Grand Army of the Republic and a de
tachment of Spanish war veterans un
der command of Colonel Hodgson.
The president spent a very few min
utes in exchanging greetings with the
assembled officials. He talked long
er with Postmaster General Payne
than with any of the others, the later
throwing his arms about the president
and apparently whispering to him.
The president, accompanied by his
brother-in-law, Captain W. S. Cowles,
in full uniform, then entered a car
riage and with his party, which includ
ed Attorney General Knox, Secretary
Wilson and Senator Fairbanks of In
diana, was escorted by a battalion of
high school cadets along Pennsylvania
avenue to the White House grounds.
At the entrance to the grounds the
cadets halted and the president and
his party passed them in review. The
avenue was lined with people and the
applause which the president received
on every hand was outspoken and cor
dial. The fire engines of the city were
stationed at, the intersecting streets on
the avenue and the tolling of the bells
added to the welcome of the presi
dent.
While the review of the cadets was
taking place a large crowd of people
repaired to the rear of the White
House, where the Marine band gave
a concert in honor of the arrival home
of the chief executive. The people ex
pected that the president would ap
pear for a moment to acknowledge
tne greeting home that would be giv
en him, and in this they were not dis
appointed. The band played the "Star
I Spangled Banner," and then, as the
j president appeared on the portico,
I struck up “Hail to the Chief." The
| president made a brief speech.
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No Habeas Corpus for Wright.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The United
States supreme court has refused to
grant a writ of habeas corpus in the
case of Whittaker Wright, the finan
cial operator who is in custody In
New York awaiting extradition on
j charges made in England. The opin
1 j ions affirms the decision of the United
1 ; States circuit court for tne southern
J district of New York.
An Answer Filed.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa—The Penn
■ sylvania Railroad company filed in the
United States court of appeals an an
1 swer to the suit recently instituted by
• | the Western Union Telegraph com
■ i pany. which asked the court to modify
' i its decree, which held that the Penn
- j sylvania Railroad company had a legal
- | right to remove the poles and wires
t! of the telegraph company from along
• | the right of way ot the railroad com
1 pany.
STRIKE_|S OVER |
UNION PACIFIC AND WORKMEN ■
REACH AGREEMENT.
THE MEN TO RETURN TO WORK
All Old Employes to Be Reinstated
Without Discrimination — Piece
Work Will Not Be Enforced—May
Go on Piece Schedule or Not.
STRIKE DECLARED OFF June 3
and all old men return to work
June 8.
ALL OLD MEN REINSTATED, with
out discrimination.
AVERAGE INCREASE in wages of
about 7 per cent.
MATTER OF PIECEWORK left to
discretion of employes.
OMAHA.—The Union Pacific ma
chinists, after being on strike for over
eleven months, on Wednesday reach
ed an agreement with the company,
the essential points of which are
those stated above. The boiler mak
ers having previously adjusted mat
ters with President Burt and Presi
dent Harriman in New York, only the
blacksmiths now remain without the
fold and they began negotiations for
peace with President Burt immedi
ately upon the conclusion of the ma
chinists' affairs. They will continue
their conferences until an end is
reached. Every indication points to
a settlement with them
The final settlement of the ma
chinists was effected and ratified
Tuesday afternoon. For three days
the five members of the machinists’
international executive board had
been in conference with President
Burt and Superintendent McKeen at
headquarters here. The local and dis
trict committees took no active part
in the deliberations until the terms of
the agreement had been reached and
then the local and district men were
invited to participate in the ratifica
tion. This procedure was mutually
agreed on at the outset. From the
first of this conference the utmost
secrecy as to the deliberations has
been observed. The only statement
made came at the conclusion of the
conference.
Hugh Doran, chairman of the ma
chinists’ executive board, officially an
nounced for the workmen that the
strike had been settled along the
lines indicated above and that the
terms were entirely satisfactory to
the men.
Late in the day this statement was
made officially at Union Pacific head
quarters, as comprising the cardinal
features of the settlement:
1. The settlement was made on the
same basis substantially as that of
the boiler makers, which was in ac
cordance with the recent telegram of
Mr. Harriman to Mr. McNeil.
2. All old men are to be reinstated,
without discrimination, if they desire
to be and make application within
sixty days.
3. Strike is declared off June 3 and
men return to work June 8.
4. The matter of piecework is to be
left to the men themselves.
5. All men are to return to work in
the spirit of friendliness, cherish no
animosity and old discipline is to ob
tain.
No new men are to be employed
during the sixty days within which old
men are given to return to work.
The machinists say their wage
schedule has been raised on a grad
uated scale, averaging about 7 per
cent. The question of what to do
with the non-union men who took
strikers’ places and those who were
employed in the shops when the strike
began and remained there was not
dealt with in the terms of peace, but
was left to adjust itself.
GOVERNMENT PROMPT TO ACT.
Will Supply Subsistence and Tents
Where Needed.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The war de
partment is exerting its full powers
and going to the extreme warrant of
the law in aiding the flood sufferers
in the west. Putting aside all tech
nical questions as to the power of
the department to move in the mat
ter without violating the law prohib
iting the expenditure of government
supplies without direct order of con
gress, Acting Secretary Sanger has
assumed full responsibility for the ex
tension of relief where It is necessary
to save human life, and if necessary
congress will be asked later to ap
prove this exercise of authority.
By direction of the department the
military officials in the distressed re
gion will not only provide tents to
shelter the homeless, but will be al
lowed to exercise their judgment as
to the issue of such military supplies
and rations as can be spared from
the military posts.
Vrooman’s Resignation Accepted.
CHICAGO, 111.—The board of ad
ministration of Ruskin university has
accepted the resignation of Walter
Vrooman as trustee, without reference
to his personal or business affairs.
The board efnphatically declares
against the propaganda of political
socialism, though one of its depart
ments is sociology, with courses in
economic and industrial history and
economics from the union labor stand
point.
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:: THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. :;
' ) Latest Quotations From South J \
Omaha and Kansas City. ■ >
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SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle—There was a liberal supply
.if cattle, but the demand was In good
shape and the feeling was If anything
a little better, trading was active, but
the late arrival of trains delayed the
market to quite an extent.
The big end of the receipts was
again made up of beef steers, but all
the local buyers and also some from
other markets were out in good season
and the cattle began moving toward
the scales at an early hour. The prices
paid were as a general thing a little
higher than those in force the day be
fore. but not much different from those
paid yesterday forenoon.
There were very few cows and
heifers included in the offerings and
buyers took hold freely and every
thing at all desirable changed hands
readily at steady to strong prices.
The choice cattle were of course in
the best demand and especially light
weight heifers of good flesh and qual
ity. Bulls, veal calves and stags all
sold In just about yesterday’s notches.
There were not enough Stockers and
feeders in the yards to make a mar
ket. but as is generally the case In
the latter part of the week, not many
cattle were wanted. The few desirable
grades that did arrive sold at prac
tically steady prices.
HOGS—There was a heavy run of
hogs and as prices at all points con
tinued downward, values here also suf
fered a decline. The market could
best be described by calling it active '
and generally a dime lower than yes
terday. The bulk of the sales went
from $5.72% to $5.77%. with the long
string at $5.75. The light loads went
from $5.70 down and the choicer grades
from 5.77% to 5.S5. Owing to the
activity the big bulk of the hogs were
out of first hands by the middle of
the forenoon.
SHEEP — Quotations for clipped
stock: Choice western lambs. $6.25®
6.75; fair to good lambs, $5.25®6.25;
choice western wooled lambs, $6.75®
7.00; fair to good wooled lambs, $5.50®
6.50; choice lightweight yearlings,
$5.25®5.50; fair to good yearlings,
$4.75®5.25; choice wethers, $4.75®5.00;
fair to good wethers, $4.25®4.65:
choice ewes, $3.75®4.25; fair to good
ewes. $3.00®3.50; feeder lambs. $2.50®
3.50: feeder yearlings. $2.50®3.50;
feeder wethers, $2.50®3.50; feeder
ewes. $2.00@2.75.
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
And Heat So Interne that Flames Can
not Be Approached.
SARATOGA, N. Y.—The sun is ob
scured by dense smoke and ashes from
Adirondack forest fires.
Reports from the Catlin lake region
are that the fires cover a territory fif
teen miles iu width, and twenty miles
in length, and are still spreading des
pite the efforts of hundreds of fire
fighters.
The heat is so intense and the
smoke so dense that the fighters can
not approach within two miles of the
fires. Navigation on the Adirondack
lakes is practically suspended.
A steamer with a gang of fire fight
ers has been missing on Long lake
for three days. The fires in the Cold
River region cover twenty square
miles.
TRANSFER ORDER IS ISSUED.
Western Division Free Rural Delivery
Comes to Omaha.
WASHINGTON — First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynn issued an
order to transfer the rural free deliv
ery headquarters of the western divi;
slon from Denver to Omaha, change
to take effect July 1.
The organization of this division
comprises eleven special agents and
ten route Inspectors, whose territory
includes Colorado, Wyoming, South
Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Minnesota and New Mex
ico.
Kieffer Gets New Trial.
STURGIS. S. D.—The celebrated
case against Matt Kieffer has again
been reopened through the efforts of
his attorney, who received the follow
ing telegram from the clerk of the
supreme court at Pierre: “State
Kieffer reversed. New trial ordered.”
This means that Kieffer will be
brought back to this city for a rehear
ing. he having already served a long
time at Sioux FallB.
Plague of Locusts.
ST. PETERSBURG—The Trans
Caspian territory is threatened with
serious famine in consequence of tae
plague of locusts. The pests have ap
peared in such myriads that it is im
possible to protect the grain and fruit
crops from their ravages. Famine
already prevails in Turkestan.
Bids for the New Ships.
WASHINGTON, D. C—The board
of construction of the navy depart
ment has recommended to the secre
tary of the navy the acceptance pf the
bids of the Newport News Shipbuild
ing company, the New York Shipping
company and the Fore River Ship and
Engine company for the construction
of the three sixteen-ton battleships,
for which bids were opened on Wed
nesday. No action has been taken on
the recommendation.
Iowa Farm* *4 Far Acra Cash,
balance *a crop till paid. MULHALL. Sioux City. la.
King Expects to Be Eaten.
The king of Slam apparently pos
sesses a sense of diplomatic humor.
He Is quoted as saying he has no
idea that “benevolent assimilation"
will let him alone. “I know," he
said, “that I shall be one day eaten
with English or French sauce. The
latter 13 too tasteless. I prefer the
English sauce, mixed with the famous
Tapanese sauce.”
A Royal Coal Stoker. ,
The story is current' that the Duke
of Cannaught, when coming home
from India in the battleship Renown,
determined to inquire personally fnto
the conditions of naval stokers. In
spite of protests he descended into
the boiler room. Having been provid
ed with a proper kit and a shovel, he
proceeded to stoke coal with all the
enthusiasm at his command. At the
end of half an hour his royal high
ness confessed that he had enough,
and he yielded up his shovel with the
admission that naval stokers have no
easy time.
Why It Is the Best
Is because made by an entirely different
process. Defiance Starch is unlike any
other, better and one-third more for 10
cents.
An interesting Old Coin.
While George W. Rogers of Adams.
N. Y., was doing some spring plow
ing last week he turned up a gold
medal about the size of a modern quar
ter. It bears the date of 1*16, and on
one side are the words: “Sir Isaac
Brock, the Hero of Upper Canada.”
On the other, “Success to Commerce
and Peace to the World,” with a monu
ment represented in the center.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
aas an equal for coughs sad colds.—John F
Boxsr. Trinity Springs, lad., Feb. 16. 1800L
Oldest American Naval Veteran.
In the naval home in Philadelphia
William Mackabee will celebrate his
100th birthday next September. He
is the oldest living veteran of the
American naVy. Born In Baltimore
in 1803, he joined the frigate Con
stitution as an apprentice in 1817.
He served nearly continuously in the
navy until old age sent him to the
naval home.
When Your Grocer Says
bs doss not bar* Defianca Starch, yon may
be sura be is afraid to keep it until bis
stock of 18 os. packages are sold. Defiance
Starch la not only better than any other
Cold Water Staren, but contains 16 os. to
the package and Mils for same money as 18
ea. brands.
Never take a spear to kill a fly. A
folded newspaper is better.
An Historic Billiard Table.
There is a billiard table in London
at the present moment that can boast
of a lifetime of two centuries and a
long acquaintance with men who have
made history. It belonged originally
to Louis XIV., passed into the posses
sion of Napoleon I.. and now, in its old
age, has come into the hands of
Messrs. Orme & Sons, and is on ex
hibition in Soho square. This cele
brated table is smaller than an Eng
lish table. The body of the table is
a block of oak, weighing 10,000 pounds,
covered with a cloth of electric blue.
The frame of the table is of rose
wood, and the six pockets—perhaps
the most striking feature of the table—
are reproductions in bronze of queer,
hideous old gargovles. When the ball
falls into the pocket the lower jaw
of«the gargovle drops, and the ball is
found in tne mouth. Itis a clever bit
of ancient mechanism.
They All Saved the Seeds.
A western politician is authority for
the following story: Mark Hanna
once gave a banquet in Ohio to fifty
farmers. The dessert was to be twen
ty-five luscious Georgia watermelons.
The day before the dinner Mr. Hanna
had the melons plugged and poured
a pint, of champagne into each mellon,
then placed them on ice. After the
dinner each farmer got half a melon.
They began tasting them, winked at
each other, loo tied wise, and before the
affair was over every farmer was
slipping the seeds into his vest pocket.
Wet boots and expected pleasures
are hard to put off.
THAT’S THE TIME
- • — t
When Proper Food Is Necessary.
Proper food is never more necessary
than when recovering from a wasting
sickness, when over-eating would be
fatal, and yet the body need3 nourish
ment and plenty of it.
At this time the condensed food
Grape-Nuts is shown to be one's most
powerful Friend. Four teaspoonfuls of
Grape-Nuts and cream will sustain a
healthy man for half a day, and a" less
quantity in warm wilk will build up
the convalescent wonderfully. No
stomach is too weak to digest and rel
ish Grape-Nuts. “I was taken sick
with typhoid fever and everyone who
has had this disease knows how weak
and lifeless a person feels when be
ginning to recuperate.
"I had to be very careful about my
diet and could eat only very light
foods. These did not seem to nourish
me and instead of getting better every
day I was just at a standstill and
everyone began to fear a relapse. One
day while lying in bed very much dis
couraged my sister, who was reading
to me from the paper, read an article
about Grape Nuts and we decided to
send for a package.
"From the very first meal of Grape
Nuts I began to improve, strength
came in bounds and leaps, with tho
result that I was soon out of bed; my
change for the better seemed simply
marvelous. My mind is clear and
strong and my body sturdy. I am now
entirely recovered.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There is a reason.
A dessert that helps the body, that’s
the thing! Any number of them in
the little recipe book in each package
oi Grape-Nuts.