THE STRIKE.
THE SITUATION ' IN ST. LOUIS
STRCET CAR STRIKE.
SHERIFF TAKES A HAND
Prepares To Swtir In Ont Thous
and DeputlM To Aid Police In
Keeping tho Peace.
St Louis, Mo.(Speelal.) Sheriff
Pohlmann, who yesterday received or
ders from the board of police commis
sioners to summon a posse comitatus
of 1,000 men to aid the police In pre
serving order during the street railway
strike, began his work, today. Lists
had been prepared and summonses are
being served as fast as possible by the
sheriff's regular deputies. The sheriff
expects to have the tosse ready for
service by Saturday.
Sheriff Pohlmann said: "In summon
ing my posse I will only secure good
citiens of St. Louis. No thug or man
of bad reputation will find a place on
the list.
"I will appoint captains, who will
have charge of squads to be stationed
In a dosten places over the city. The
people of St. Louis have been 'warned
not to congregate in crowds 'and cause
disturbances, and If my men are forced
to adopt extreme measures it will be
the fault of those starting and partici
pating In the trouble, not num. I be
lieve most of the trouble is caused by
strangers in the city and not the strik
ers." Being asked how he would arm his
men the sheriff replied: "1 am person
ally in favor of giving the men repaet
ing shotguns. 1o give them one of
those old-fashioned state ritles would
be foolish. When it is tired there is no
telling where the bullet is going. Some
innocent person may be killed several
blocks away. Mind you, 1 do not like
Ul4) idea of being compelled to arm
those men and send them out on this
mission, but the law gives me no other
recourse and I shall do it. Each dep
uty will be sworn in as soon as he
responds to the summons served upon
Sim. We will have no time to drill
them, but will give them very explicit
instructions as to what we expect ot
them.
It developed today that five persons
were shot during the street car trou
bles yesterday Thomas Kehoe a nd
Thomas Kiley, both union ntotormen,
are seriously wounded. It is said Kt
hoe's injury may be fatal.
Kehoe was shot in the abdomen at
the time of a tight near the cur sheds
at Broadway and Osage streets. He
says he was a block away and took no
part in the disturbance, lie was a
member of the Third United Slate;
savalry during the Spanish-American
war and saw active service in Cuba and
?orto Rico.
Riley received a bullet near the heart
in a pistol battle between several sup
posed passengers who left a Union line
car at Twenty-fifth and f'ariar streets
nd a crowd that pursued them, tuber."
wounded during the fracas were Fred
trick Potter and John A. Davis. Pot
ter washot in the left hand and arm.
Anton Chalupsky, who was shot thro'
both legs, is doing well at the city
hospital.
An epidemic of sickness has suddenly
broken out In the city since the draft
for the posse comitatus began. Sheriff
Pohlmann says nearly even man of any
position who has been summoned to
serve on the posse is skurrylng about
to get a physician's certificate that he
to suffering from some chronic disease
which unfits him for duty. No male
citizen between the ages of 21 and 65
years is exempt unless engaged in po
lice or military service, or unless phys
ical disability be proven.
LOXDSX TAKES IT TAMELY.
War News Received With Almost
Indifference By Public,
London. (Special.) Compared to the
etosterous enthusiasm and frantic
transports of delight aroused by the re
lief of Mafeklng, London received the
sews of the occupation of Johannesburg
sad the imminent fall of Pretoria with
positive Indifference. There has been a
lingular absence of excitement The
luestlon Is whether the collapse means
Jm end of the war.v The press gener
ally anticipates a prolongation of Ir
regular warfare in the mountainous and
malarial regions about Lydenburg, but
the best expert and political opinion
regards the abandonment of Johannes
Surg and Pretoria, a the plainest ac
Imowtedgment the Boers could offer of
wTMMdtal defeat
' The resort of Kruger' capture caused
delight bat it Is known the
torsi Basest prefers to sad the
, aw withal Incurring the respoaslbN
' gy far the prssMent's future disposal.
CMS satlfi the TraoovseJ territory
Cxf record hta as Impotent m4 bis
, trmtan far sssse bnswitsbt Earo
II in mi tit ha received with
rr"1. It f . M would be sent
Jtt r-ctaa a St. Mrtsnn nrefcaMv the
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: V it CXr to sWrslsw with fatal
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OKltlZi 8CS TC3 FAS.
Court Dissolves Restraining Ordsi
Against the Strikers,
New York. (Special.) Justice An
drews, in the supreme court, has dis
solved the sweeping injunction against
the Cigarmakers' union which prohib
ited the payment by members of the
union of strike benefits and practically
made it unlawful to contribute to the
support of a striker's family when th
head of the home was out of work.
This is the (injunction which so
aroused Samuel Oompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, that
he came to this city ani made an ad
dress to the striking ligarmakers la
which he advised them to disregard the
injunction of Justice Freedraao. Pi evi
dent Gompers danounced the order as
un-American and illegal and for a few
days it was believed the labor leader
would be punished for contempt.
The injunction dissolved by Justin
Andrews was to rescrain temporarily
the members of Clgarmakers' Interna
tional union No. 144 from interfering
with the business of the plaintiffs, S.
Levy Co. It went further than any
previous restraining order in prohib
iting the payment of strike benefits or
of moneys to the strikers, on the
ground that such payments were made
to foment the strike and encourage its
continuance.
Justice Andrews says the temporary
Injunction was granted propeily on the
papers before Judge Freedman, but
that the defendants have met the al
legations, which were largely on in
formation and belief, with specliic de
nials of the material allegations by the
different individuals referred to in the
moving papers, so that injunction can
not be continued. The allegations of
the plaintiffs of threats of Intimidation,
the justice says, are not borne out on
alt the papers presented.
With regard to the payment of strike
moneys, the Justice finds the plaintiffs
have not proved the alleged purpose of
the payment. The plaintiff.-! said the
moneys were paid to keep up the strike
and injure the plaintiffs. Justice An
drews finds that the moneys were not
paid to interfere with or Injure the
business of the plaintiffs, but that the
moneys were paid to the strikers to
support them and their families pend
ing the strike, for which an Injunction
will not He.
STORAGE Of WASTE WATERS.
Government Lands in West Are
To Be Irrigated,
Omaha, Neb. (Special.) Intelligence
has reched the office of the secretary
of the Commercial club of an Important
action of congress on two mpasurcs ot
vital interest to Omaha. Secretary Utt
is in receipt of a telegram from George
H. Maxwell, who is now In Washington,
advising him that the senate on Tues
day pasted the irrigation appropriation
of S2SO.0W ask-id for the projection of
preliminary surveys for the storage cf
waste waters of western rivers for the
irrigation of government lands and for
preventing overflows. This is the great
plan of irrigation in favor of which
the Commercial club recently conducted
quite an extensive campaign of corre
spondence with congressmen and prom
inent business establishments all over
the country. It is partly due to this
active work on the part of the club
and the interest it awakened In the pro
ject In various sections, that the pro
posed appropriation for these surveys
has been asked In the resolutions of the
club.
Mr. Maxwell advises Secretary Utt
that the measure will need the active
help of the congressman from this dis
trict, and asks that the club officials
and leading merchants of Omaha wire
him urging him to exert himself to se
cure the sanction of the senate's action
by the house.
The secretary is also advised that on
the same day congress took favorable
action upon the measure for an In
crease of the staff of the subsistence
department of the army, which means
considerable for Omaha. During the
last year about tSiO.OOO worth of army
supplies was purchased in this city, but
owing to the necessity of sending to
other points some- of the members of
the staff of the subsistence department
it was feared that the purchase of sup
plies here might be Interrupted. The
increase of the staff, it is understood,
will insure to Omaha a share of tht
trade in army supplies.
PUKATICX CF RCSEHTS.
Tsrm That Croat Britlan Will Of
fer To tho Boors.
Capetown. (Special.) Upon the occu
pation of Johannesburg Lord Roberta,
it is said, wilt issue a proclamation de
nouncing the "malicious fables" re
garding the intentions of the British
and announcing the terms of surrender,
which are the guaranteeing of Immun
ity to all n on -combatants, and that all
burghers, excepting those who are act
Iveljr connected with the promotion of
the war, directing Its operations, com
mandeering or looting or other acts
contrary to eirUtsed war, will be al
lowed to return to their farms and re
mam unmolested on taking an oath not
to Sght again. Prirate property. It is
added, will be respected, providing Brit
ksh property is not damaged. If British
property it wantonly destroyed, not
ooiy will the actual perpetrators be at
rerely asjalrtud la pirson gad property,
bat the authorities permit ting the dam
age wW be held responsible. All the
fhohltsnts art urged to prevent woo
The prtaelpal employes of the big
mlatag sag coatmereial concerns at
Juhannsshsrg or seder orders, as this
demote to Mot, to bs ready to depart
throw at oa hoof notfcw, but the ao
GmtSm ore rsntrtettag Cm retara of
cs cserst stsia , , .
in cu.
FOREICN TROOPS ARE ON THEIR
WAY TO PEKIN.
AMERICANS III DANGER
American, Eritlsh, Italian, French.
RussUn and Japanese Troops
Start for Pekln,
Tien Tsin, China. (Special. The si
nation here has reached a crisis. Yes
terday nearly l.OuO troops from the
American, Russian, British, German,
Japanese, French and Italian veestls
were ordered to protect their legations
at Pekln. They prepared to c from
here to the capital, but the viceiy for
bade It without the cons.;ut of the
tsung-ll-yamen.
This only served to make the farelrrn
ministers more firm In their attitude
and yesterday they informed the M'i:it;
li-yamen that If facilities for the trans
portation of troops to Pekin were not
furnished before ? a. m. Thursday the
foreign warships would land ft larg
force and march to I'ekln without the
consent or the Chinese government. It
s believed that this will have the de
sired effect, althoush as yet the tsmig-ii-yamen
has not teen heard from.
At Taku, on the Gulf of Peclills. tvo
British and five Russian mar vessels
have arrived and others are expected
Tien Tsin is in no danger, but there
may be serious trouble at P?'-cin. It is
known that the great majority of the
Chinese imperial troops sympathise
with the "Boxers," -In their efforts to
expel all foreigners, and are veady to
Join the rebels at any opportunity.
Pekln At 2iJ0 a. m. todiy the fn
voys received the reply of the TKuns-ll-Yamen
to the ultimatum of yesterday
calling the attention of the Chinese au
thorities to the landing of a patty of
fnaijnts.
The Ultimatum fixed. 6 a. m. today as
the hcur at or before which the reply
must.be forthcoming.
The Tsung-tl-Vamen agreed to with
draw opposition to the coming of the
guards.
I-endon The Pekin correrpondent
jf tht Times, telegraphing Wednesday,
says:
"The damage to the railroad is esti
mated at 30,000. The government sup
ports rather than condemns the Box
ers. Not one has been arrested yet.
No foreigner has been seriously In
jured, though murdersrs of native
Christians are reported dally from the
country
TROOPS OFF FOR PEKIN.
Tien Tsin A special train started
for Pekin this afternoon with the fol
lowing forces:
Americans, seven officers and fifty
six m?n-
British, three officers and seventy
two men
Italians, three officers and thirty
nine men.
French, three officers and seventy
two men.
Itusifian, four officers and seventy
one nven,
Japanese, two officers and twenty
four men.
The foreign contingent also took with
it five Quick-firing guns.
It is reported that foreign troops wil
be opposed at the first gate of the
Chinese capital, outside the wall.
Colbeck & McGregor's warehouse and
the Kquitable insurance office have
been destroyed by fire, believed to
have been of Incendiary origin. The
First Chartered bank building, which
joins the burned structures, was saved.
Washington The following cable
gram has been received at the Navy
department from the senior su,u&dron
joiumandt-r, Admiral Kempff:
"Tong Ku (Taku) Secretary Navy,
Washington: One hundred men land
Mi and sent to Tien Tsin yesterday.
Fifty of these go to Pekin this day.
Other nations landed men.
"KEMPFF."
Although Admiral Kempff's cable
grain Is dated yesterday, the Navy de
partment officials are confident that
the Am.iican marines have gone to
Pekin, even though the Russian fortes
may have been detained at Tien TVin
by the technical objection of the Chi
nese authorities. The very emallness
of the force which the admiral is send
ing at Minister Conger's request would.
It Is felt, facilitate its admission to
Hhe Chinese capital, for It could riot be
regarded by the Chinese government
is a menace to Chinese Integrity.
ACTIO CI TRUSTS.
Rulo Adoptod By tho House) for
Dobsto about Trusts,
Washington, D. C (Special.) The
rule providln gfor anti-trust legislation
proposed by the republicans, which wss
temporarily withdrawn, was again pre
sented to the house. It was amended
so as to devote three days to a consti
tutional amendment, giving congress
additional powers and to a bill amend
ing the Bherman anti-trust act. Rich
ardson, democrat, of Tennessee, scored
too republicans for waiting until the
oraoiog days ot the session before tak
ing aay action oa the trusts and was
applauded by tho democrats. The rule
was adopted. 111 to lit, by a strict
party vote.
tSU WILL mm aOVEKKMBMT.
ah rraactoeo. Cat (dal r-Be-fore
es -Queen Ullaehslaai soiled for
Hoaotal it is said she dosMed oa
t against the United Mats
Cor tlw restoration of tht
EEETi:3 II FASEH. I AIL
Tho Boar Envoys RocoWo a Warm
Welcome In Boston.
Boston, Mass. (.Special.) Amid a
storm of applause, a long set of resolu
tions expressing sympathy with the
South African republics and calling
upon the United States government to
represent to Great Britain that this
country is opposed to the actions of
England In the war in South Africa,
was unanimously adopted at the clost
of the reception to the Boer envoys,
Messrs. Fischer, Wolmarans and Wea
sels, In Fsneuil Hall tonight.
The hall was crowded and when the
Boer deputation entered the hall they
were greeted with enthusiasm. Thomas
Wentworth Higglnson was chairman of
the evening. Colonel Hlgginson, in his
speech, told the history of Faneull hall
and described the visit of Kossuth in
1S52. He expressed his belief that the
majority of the English people were op
posed to the present war and further
stated that he had received a message
signed by representatives of eighty
three workingmen's organizations in
England, in which they declare "It Is
not our war." He eulogised Francis
Allston Channlng, member of parlia
ment, who has steadfastly opposed the
war.
When Mr. Fischer, the chairman of
the Boer deputation, was introduced,
the whole audience rose and cheered.
He said. In part:
"I came to America to plead our
cause. I think now that one of our
mistakes was In thinking that it would
be necessary to plead our cause here.
We have been called barbarians. Wt
are here tonight, barbarians as you sec
Time after time have mlsatatements
been made about us, as If the old motto
were true, that 'a le repeated often
enough Hill become a truth.'
"We have aak-d for a lair hearing in
England and 11 has been domed. Eng
land is afibid to face the :iue. Before
tne war broke out, when the British
and lioer tepresentKilves met, we )leld
ed point after point to the high com
missioner of England. We acceptad
everyihlng, and it was then that Mr.
Chamberlain denounced the commis
sioner's OA'a proposal as an insult to
Great Biltuln,
"Finally we are forced to fight to de
fend our country. The time came when
if liberty was to mean anything more
than empty name to us we must take
up arms to maintain It."
Mr. Fischer denied the charges of
slavery among the Boers, and declared
thai when the war broke out the blacks
all begged to be allowed to fight for the
Boers, and contributed voluntarily
more than they could have been justly
assessed for.
A6UINALD0 ELUDES PURSUIT.
His Supposed Iril Leades tne
Americans to Aparri.
Manila. (Special.) Major March's
van of the Thirty-third regiment has
arrived at Apurri from Benguet after
the hardest of mountain traveling. The
men were exhausted and lagged, hav
ing followed persistently on the sup
posed Aguinaldo traij. They hud sever
al encounters with the rebels, but found
no signs of Aguinaldo.
FIGHT WITH FILIPINOS.
Lieutenant Jens E. Stedje of company
L, Forty-seventh volunteers, com
manding a scouting party In the south
ern part of Albay province, had sev
eral engagements with the insurgents,
In which seventeen of the enemy were
killed and twenty-three, including a
captain, were captured. Six explosive
bombs and a number of valuable In
surgent documents also fell into the
hands of the Americans. The scouts
burned the town of Yubi, the head
quarters of the rebels. Sergeant Brick
ley was killed during a slight engage
ment near Hlgao, province of Albay
Scouts of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-fourth
regiments have captured 32
rifles and GOO rounds of ammunition in
the Pangasanan province.
OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAT.
Memorial day wag .observed here as a
general holiday. Military ceremonies
were held at the various stations and
salutes were fired from the forts at
Santiago and Manila. A military escort
proceeded to the Malate cemetery, where
the graves of United States soldiers
were decorated and an address was
made by the chaplain. Memorial ex
ercises were also held in the theater, at
which a number of addresses were de
livered, interspersed with vocal and in
strumental music.
REVIEW OF THE BOER WAR.
England Had to Put 28O.0OO Man
In tho Field,
London. (Special.) The Anglo-Boer
war, which Is virtually over, has lasted
231 dsys. In order to bring It to a vic
torious close England has put upwards
of tto.MO men in the field, taxed her
vast resources of the empire to the ut
most, and for four months, up to the
capture of Cronje, endured suspense
and humiliation consequent on the fact
that the military prestige of England
was at stake in a war with a people
who did not exceed In numbers ths
population of the average English man
ufacturing town.
For four months tho Boer scored
success on success and the , British
made blunders upon blunders which
were followed by defeat. December ol
lost year was ths darkest In the recent
history of the British empire except
ing perhaps the year of the India
mutiny. Within ths short apace of Bva
days throe British generals fought de
clslve battles, any one of which if sue
cessful might have overcome the Boer
resistsnoe, and U that time all met
defeat The progress of too war to M
toot It is WU tasowa.
CITY TAILED.
LORD ROBERTS' FORCE OCCUP
JOHANNESBURG.
MOVE ON TO PRETORIA
Rumor That President Kruitor Hal
Boon Captured Not Confirmed
By British War Office.
London, (Special) The following dls
patch from Lord Roberts has been re
ceived at the war offlc here:
"Johannesburg , May 31. 2 p. m.
Her majesty's forces are now In pos
session of Johannesburg and thi
British flag floats over the sovemmpri'
buildings."
The war office has from Lord Robert!
a dispatch dated Germlston, May 30
i p. m., saying: The brunt of the fight
Ing yesterday fell upon Ian Hamilton'!
column. I have sent him, as ulrervo)
mentioned, to work around to the wesi
of Johannesburg In support of French'i
cavalry, which was directed to go r.ortr
near the road leading to Pretoria. I
have not heard from French yet. bul
Hamilton, In a report which ha Jjs'
reached me, states that at about J
o'clock In the afternoon be found hli
way b!ockr-d by the enemy strongl)
posted on some kopjes and ridges thret
miles south of the Rand. Tht-y l.av
two heavy guns and several field gunt
and pompom. Hamilton forthwith at
tacked. The right was led by the Gordons,
who after capturing one extremity of
the rldgc- wheeled around and worked
ali.ng It until after dark, clearing II
of the enemy, who fought most ob
stinately. The One Hundred and
Fourth led on the other flank and
would not be denied. The chief shart
in the action, as In the casualties, fell
to the Gordon, whose gallant ad
vance excited the admiration of all.
Lord Cicil Manners, son of the duke
of Rutland and who Is acting as a
newKpaper correspondent, was among
the prisoners caplured by the Boer
during Lord Roberts' advance May 23.
RUMOR THAT KRUGER 13 CAP
TURED. The Westminster Gazette says It Is
rumored In a Quarter likely to be well
Informed that President Kruger had
been caMurcd by the British six mllt-i
beyond Pretoria.
The war office here knows nothing
about the reported capture of Presi
dent KrtJger. At last accounts Kruger
was at Watervalbovcn, 130 miles from
Pretoria.
lalvd messages from Pretoria con
firm tho retorts of the departure of
President Kruger with his cabinet and
staff officials Tuesday night ar.d tht
election at a meeting of a citizens'
committee to administer the city pro
visionally. Since this teb-gram left on Wednes
day nothing apparently has reached
Lourenao Marqucx by telegram from
Pretoria. Possibly the wires have been
cut. Porstbly the Boer cemtorship a!
some Intermediate point intercepts
telegrams.
Although the war office has not re
ceived a word about it no one in Lon
don harbor) the Idea that the Brr
capital Is not already in the hands ol
the British or about to be there.
The possession of Johannesburg, at all
tvents, as Lord Roberts has tele
fraphed, is a fact.
State's Attorney Smuts did not de
part with President Kruger, but re
mained In Pretoria, ,
8EAT OF GOVERNMENT MOVABLE.
The rrosent peat of the Boer govern
ment, according to a dltipati h from
Lourenzo Marque, dated yesterday. Is
Middleburg, but it will probably be
shifud further east. The Boers lately
confronting Lord Roberts appear to
have gone eastward also toward the
Lydcrifcurg region.
The defendeda of Lalng's nek, when
their position, becomes too perilous, will
jrobably trek straight northward to
ward Lydenburg. When this concentra
tion takes place there will be possibly
20.000 men who may hold out for a time
with scatteied bands of guerrillas olfe
where. The press dispatches from the head
quarters of Lord Roberta give no esti
mate as to the number of Boers who
were fighting General French and Gen
eral Ian Hamilton Monday and Tuesday
but they all agree that the Boers re
tired and that the British casualtiet
were slight.
Bennet Burleigh, wiring to the Dally
Telegraph from Elandsfonteln Tues
day, says:
"Much rolling stock and seven engines
have been csptured by Lord Roberts
column. The principle losses In the
fighting hsve been sustslned by the
mounted infantry, but the casualties
are trifling. General French and Gen
eral Hamilton were engaged to th
west of Johannesburg.
"Since Sunday the western columm
bare been lighting, but although gum
were used the actions were never se
rious. In fact they were only big skir
mishes. The Beers ate retreating to Pre.
toria."
If AMINO NEAR PRETORIA.
Prevcst Battersby, In a dispatch t
the Morning Poet from Germlston
dated May M. says:
"The enemy fought a rearguard
action, retiring from the south to th
north of. the town with their pomponu
and artillery In the morning and with
drawing their rtflmen through the iowi
. to the afternoon. We captured nine en
fines and over a hundred wagons. Twi
trains arc leaving tooJgat (or too Vaai
CCJ3T CALLS ftl TITU1
Charged with Being an Aoooooory
To Murder of Ooobol.
Frankfort, Ky.-( Special.) The Issu
ance of a bench warrant for the arrest
of W, S. Taylor, former governor of
Kentucky, was the first official notice
that an Indictment had been returned
naming Mr. Taylor aa an accessory to
the murde rof William Goebel. The in
dictment was filed and entered on rec
ord April 19. It charges W. 8. Taylor
with "being accessory before the fact
to the murder of William Ooebel."
The bench, warrant commands the
sheriff or other arresting officer to ar
rest William a Taylor and deliver him
to the Jailor of Franklin county. On
the back of the Indictment about fifty
persons are named as witnesses for the
commonwealth.
The bench warrant was placed in the
hands of Deputy Sheriff Hohn Suter,
who is acting In the absence of the
sheriff, who Is at Hot Springs. When
asked what he would do with the war
rant he Bald:
"What can I do with It. I would
serve it if I tcould, and I could do It if
Governor Mount of Indiana would help
me, but from all reports I guess be
will not do it."
Governor Beckham has Issued an or
der mustering out Irn companies of the
state guard. All except two ot them
are located In mountain towns and
were among those mustered into serv
ice during the political excitement Just
before and Immediately following the
itate election last fall. It is under-
tood that a number of other companies
are also to be disbanded, as the gov
ernor holds that the various regiments
now have double their quota ot com
panies In them.
EXPLOSIONS THAT WERE FATAL
Four Killed and Four Injured On a
Ohio Farm.
Marietta, O. (Special.) An explosion
tf nitroglycerine on the KeWy farm, a
few miles east of this city, resulted In
four being killed, four fatally Injured
nd three seriously injured. Fifty
luarts of glycerine had been lowered In
thirty-foot well. The "go-devll" was
dropped as usual, but failed to set the
hot off. A "jack so,ulb" was made
nith glycerine In a tube connected by
i. fuse. Tills was dropped and In strtk-
ng the cans at the bottom the main
ihot exploded and sent great quantities
it water, oil and the unexploded squib
nto the air. The squib fell on the der
rick floor, unnoticed. As soon as the
ater was cleared away there was a
treat rush to the derrick by Inquisitive
ountrymen. The Marietta Torpedo
ompany and the contractors could not
seep them back, but fled to a safe dis-
ince themselves.
There were about fifteen under the
ierrlck when the fuse Ignited the gly-
;erln! and a terrible renult followed.
Killed: William W. Watson. H. E.
Zelton. Frank Speers. Thomas Daniels.
Fatally wounded: James P. Speers,
-lerman 8pers, Dawson Shellar, Wil-
Ham Carpenter.
Seriously Injured: John Stellar, Wal
ler iMnlels and Henry Stellar. All the
lead and Injured were well known.
Brllllon, Wis. (Special.') Six persons
x'ere killed by an explosion of dyna
mite in the home of William Boehm, at
forest Junction, about elttht miles from
fJrllilan. The dead are William Boehm,
Mrs. William Boehm, three children of
Vlr. and Mrs. Boehm. aces ranging from
! to 5 years; H. Stevens, a brother of
Mrs. Boehm. The eaue of the explo
sion is not known. The supposition is
hat about twelve pounds of the deadly
explosive were put in a stove and be
came overheated and exploded. No one
van left to tell how the accident o?-
urrcd. as every occupant of the bouse
,vat killed. The explosion occurred in
he back part of the houo, where the
mi:y was supposedly eating breakfaaU
"kx-hm was a well driller and was well'
o-do. An Inquest was held.
WILL INSTRUCT FOR BRYAN.
fhe New York Democrats to Work
For Col. tryan,
New York. (Special.) The Herald
ys: William J. Bryan will be prac-
Ically nominated for president when
he democratic convention of this state
neets In this city. There will be no
ippositlon worthy the name to overrldu
ill precedents of the organization and
riare the dtUgutes under instructions
o support the Nebraska candidate In
Cansas City.
All plans for opposing Bryan In the
tatlonal convention were founded upon
he' hostility of the( New York delega
lon, and with this removed the con
tention will be assured to him In ad
vance.
Conference held by the opponents of
he plan to Instruct the delegate (how
d that a majority of the state con
tention wss against them and they
tave up. With the Tammany vote and
ihe delegates from the interior of tho
Mate who have been Instructed for
Uryan. his friends claimed 176 o fths
126 delegates In favor of Instructions,
I FI:i'LIT TOT.
Promoters of a Good Thing Try T
not ma Btook.
New Tork.-(Spclal.)-John J. Qreerv
who owned the Big Stone dap Iron
company of Vlrgina, was Induced to
turn over his llto.oo worth of property
to the Union Chain and Steel company.
m the assertion that a MO.M0.MO trust
was about to be formed, with Perry
Belmont, James W. Hinckley. Thomas
i. Holmes, H. W. Poor, frank Rocke
feller and William Rotch at the head.
He now says that he found that there
Is to bs no trust. He wants the Stone
dap slock bock and has begun suit In
the supreme oourt before Justice freed
maa for ths return of uls property.
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