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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1904)
PORT IN A PANIC: dead by the scores iy $ VIOLATED ! IT MUST FALL IN TIME DISCUSSES STRIKE -e i t NEBRASKA NOTES tt-MiATtOXsL M-.WS AT LOS DOM riCOM FOKF AKIHI'K, CONDITIONS IN BAD SHAPE GKJtMKAL STOk'SMSl. HJCf ORTED TO HAVE KIUKU HINSaXV Wild Kan froui the Port Roach (si. fctrslara; Preparatloas ta Attack Llao Tans AuM ta. CHE FOO. Tbe firing of beavj guns, at Interval! of one minute, bas been distinctly beard in tbe direction of l'ort Artbur since tbe atmosphere be lot! unusually favor ible. LONDON. According to the cor respondent of the Morning Post at Shanghai It is reported there that there are 10, ink) sick and wounded persons at l'ort Arthur, and that the Russians are negotiating with the Japanese to send the hospital ship Mongolia away full of sick. It Is reported, Hie correspondent says, that Lieutenant General Rtoes st'l, in command of the military forces a'jl'Oit Arthur, ba9 commit ted, suicide, and that panic prevails at Port Arthur. Marquis Oyama, commander In chief of the Japanese forces In Man churia, has proceeded north and ex pects to attack Llao Yang August Ji. ST. I' E T K R S b U R G . T h e city li full of wild rumois that l'ort Arthur has fallen, due to reports from Che Foo of another assault In which the fortress was taken by the combined land and sea forces, though the Jap anese lost three warships, including the protected crulseis Cblyodi and llsukushlma. There Is not the slightest confirmation of these rum ors. It Is be'lf vei that the Japanese are still unable to capture the outer worki much lesj the fortress. The engineer, six men aud pilots belonging to the submarine h tat Fulton have arrived from the United States and are engaged in preparing the boat for her trials at Cronstadt. It Is said that the engineer . was shadowed as far as licrlln by two Japanese spies. Lieutenant General Sakharoff re ports that up to a recent date there tjas been no change in tbe Mancbur lan army's sphere of operations. Senator Vest Passes Away. SWEET SPRINGS. -George Gra ham Vest, cx-scnator of the United States, died this morning. Sena tor Vest was born at Frankfort, Kentucky, December 6, 1 930. In 1S53 he removed to Missouri to prac tice law, and was soon prominent in public affairs. He was a member Of the Confederate congress during nearly aii uf ilio fobi'.'.iOG but at tb: close of the war be accepted tbe terms of peace gladly and unreser vedly and was ever after a loyal and patrlotl: citizen. In March 1879 be took bli seat In the United States senate and was a prominent member of that body continuously until last year. Senator Vest was an honest man and was always true to bis con victions. He was also generous and was respected and loved by bis ool leagues. For some time be has been In poor health and bis death tbls morning was not unexpected. Trying New Tack. CHICAGO. The union teamsters re to he the principal weapon wblcb the labor leaders propose to use to win the stock yards strike, uraers were Issued to drivers of Ice wagons to deliver no more Ice to butchers who buy of the big packers or to inv of the branch bouses of the packing plants where the meo are now on strike. A list or more man aiu retail dealers who have been buy ing meat from the so-called trust narkers and hauling it away with tbelrown wagonshas been compiled, and according to tbe claims of the strike leaders tbe Ice supply will be! cut off from every one or thcs3 places tomorrow noon. Arraogeroent bav been made to have pickets stationed at all tbe retail markets which have been placed under the ban of the union, to see, that the boycott is totced to the limit. More Bodice Found PUEHLO, Col. Organized search ing parties scoured tbe Fountain river for miles in the hope of finding tbe remaining bodies of the victims of fjunday night's wreck at Eden. Seven more bodies were recovered and a numoer Identified. Found Floating- in Lake ST. LOUIS.-The body of H. R Aigg. editor of tbe Glrard Anchor, of Ulrard, 111., was fiund floating In Lily lake, Id Lsfayette park. From a letter to hit wife, found In tb dead man's pocket revealing bit Identity, It la believed that be com mitted suicide. He was deapondenl because of a fear that be waa losing bla reason. Tbe deceased, waa a member of tbe Knights of Pytblas, Modem Woodman and Odd Fellows. WUKt'K ON RIO (IKiNDK ONE Of THIS WOKsT IS MIsTOJir. frala tails Into Torrent, Hrldge Give Wajr I'mlrr Wright of toe Log-'nr, Trndrr aud tars Follow. PUEBLO, Col-Tbe wreck of tbb world's fair flyer on the Deover Rio Grande railroad Dear Eden, seven miles noitb of Pueblo, proves to bave been one of tbe greatest') railroad disasters in the history of the country. Two crowded passen ger cars and baggage cars were en gulfed in the torrent that tore out a trestle spanning Steeles bollow, otherwise known as Dry Creek, and so far as known, only three occupants of these cars escaped deatb. Fortu nately two sleeping cars and a diner completing the train, remained on the track at the edge of the abyss, J -1 . L . . - , , . ' auu uuiie ui uiiree uu uudiu bcic killed or Injured. How rii,:ny perished probably will never be definitely ascertained, for the treacherous sands are drifting Dver the bodies. Searching for the dead was begun about midnight on an extensive s::ale and still Is in pro gress. All corpses found were brought to I'ueblo and plated In four morgues here. At pr soot seventy-six bodies has been recovered and of these lifty bad been Identi ties. During the day bodies were re covered all the way along Fountain river from the scene of the wreck to tills city. Two bodies were taken from the stream at First street, Pueblo, more than elht miles fronr the point where the disaster occur red, and It Is probable that sou.e may be recovered even further down stream. None of the bodies are badly mutilated ind all are in such :onditlonas to be recognizable. Maoy Identifications have been made by articles found on the bodies, no person who viewed them recognizing the features. Two car loads of human frelgt plunged Into the raging torrent that jestroyed the trestle over the usually jry arroya known as Steele's hollow oear Eden. Two Bleeping cars and the diner stopped at the brink of the hurgry chasm tilled with boiling ieetbing current that quickly snuffed Dut probably one hundred lives. So quietly had the catastrophe been enacted that the occupants of the three cars remaining on the track did not realize that an accident had occurred until they alighted from the train. Then they were utterly powerless to render assistance to tbe victims, who bad disappeared In tbe rushing wateis. On the lookout for danger, warned by the squally, clouds and heavy rains to the north, Engineer Charles Illnraan was running cautiously, ubcut fifteen smiles as hour s? h? approached the arroya, which was spanned by a bridge ninety-six feet In length. Tbe condition of tbe bridge was oot known until the locomotive, ono Of the passenger type, had nearly crossed. Fireman Frank MaySeld, wltb a torch that the engineer and fireman bad turning to ascertain the condition of the track was In tbe gangway. When Englnere Hin man felt the tremor Id the great machine and caught a glimmer of the water he shouted bis last words: "Put out that torch," evidently thinking that in the accident he felt certain was coming tbe flames would serve to spread fire. Hut before Mayfleld could obey, while the words were still on tbe lips of the doomed roan and bis hand seeking tbe mechanism con trolling the air, the bridge gave way as if it bad teen a stack of kind ling wood and tbe locomotive dr ip ped with the hissing of steam thirty feet to the bottom of the arroya, jrosswlse to the track. Arrest The Bomb Thrower. NEW YORK. A bomb thrown in to a crowd of Italians In East One Hundred and Fltfy-rJrst street in jured a score of more of persons and led to tne arrest of Vlncenzo Don oeto, whe, tbe police believe, Is a member of the "black hand" so ciety, which for some time has ter rorized residents of the Italian dis tricts here and exhorted money from them by threats and acts of violence. Donoeto was himself more severely Injured by the bomb than any of tbe others, one leg being badly torn from the blp to tbe ankle but as be managed to escape at the time be was later arrested at bis borne. Lives Lost Near Trinidad. TRINIDAD, Col. A cloudburst In Fisher canon, three miles north of bere caused the loss of two Uvea and flooded mines and otber property In and adjacent to tbe canon. Will iam Halgb, general manager of the Trinidad Coal company, wblcb owns severs! mine Id Flsber canon, his on George Halgb, and an employe, William lUcbardson, while driving up tbe canon were caught In tb flood canted to tbe cloudburst. STRIKERS DKf LAftB THAT FCDKSAL GOVEBKMEMT WILL TIKI BAUD EFFORTS MADE TO SETTLE CHIOS STOCK TABDS AMD CATTLE Salr-fKKS WANT fSACC tea An Paid Froas ths Strlks rand far the first Tlase Blue ilia Coaimeaceeneat af Hostilities. CniCAGO.-Tbat tbe federal gcv eroment Is preparing to take an active part in the stock yards strike was indicated wben International Secretary Call of tbe butcher work men divulged the fact that be had been In conference with an emissary of the United States Department of Labor Commerce. Who tbls agent Is, or what bis Immediate plan, Mr. Call refused to say, but tbe strike leader made this rignificant remark: Iu everything toe packlr g trust Is doing they are violating the law. Their very business combination Is In restraint of tra:ie and there is not one of them that is not amend able to the federal laws. A sample of their operations came to my knowledge after stories had been printed in tbe newspapers telling of the Importation of Immigrants from foreign lands to take tbe place of American worklngmen who are on strike. Ono of our pickets foufid in the street an Immigrants' receipt showing the Immigrant had been paid $3 70 for passage to Chicago. At the bottom of r tie printed Klip was the sentence "We hereby agree to rebate the bearer S58.70 on pre sentation of tbls receipt at our Chlrag i office. " I showed tbls document to an official 'if the United Stales Depart ment of Labor and Commerce and Inadvertently allowed him to keep It. Recording Secretary Shanahan of the packing house teamsters' union announced tod.iy that orders would be Issued immediately to teamsters to stop the removal of meats frini the several cold storage warehouses In the city. The allied trades exe cutive committee, lie sild, would act upon the teamsters' proposition and a report favoring sympa thetic action by teamsters who have been distributing meat from ware houses would mean the Immediate Issuarce of a stilke order to those drivers. President Dcnnelly, the strike leader, who has been on a trip to Kansas City and other packing cen ters, has arrived Lost In Tbe River. ALTON, III. While batblng In the Missouri river, Michael Riley, his daughter and six of tbe latter's little girl friends were drowned. One child, who was in tbe party, ai rescued. P.ilcy lived near the river, In tbe southern part of tbe city, and was accustomed to bathe on tbe beach In front of bis home after bis return from work. The little daughter begged to go wltb blm, and Riley took ber and seven of ber little girl friends to the beach wltb blm. Wben tbey entered tbe water, Riley Jbade tbe children Join bands, and they all waded Into the river and walked along a fand bar which stretches out into the stream at that point. Tbey had gone si-no distance from the shore, when sud denly tbe whole party disappeared beneath tbe water, having In the darkness stepped from the sandbar Into the deep channel. Will Stick To Claim. BONE'iTEEL, S. D.-Willlam Mc Cormlck, who was lucky enough to draw prize No. 1 In the Rosebud lottery arrived here with his agent, Samuel Hcrrlck. McCorralck gives bis home as Lincoln, Neb., and Is now In the employ of tbe treasury department. He says he Is here to pick out the best claim on the reservation, near a townslte and that he will resign bis position In tbe department and farm bis claim. He denies absolutely having made arrangement with bis agent cr any body else regarding the disposition of the claim. Several people ate here preparing to contest his claim. In fact there Is an organized gang of claim-Jumpers here, whose method Is to accost a lucky drawer on the train, get blm to make a proposi tion to relinquish before witnesses and tben contest bis claim. Tbe government officials wbo will bave cbarge of tbe, filing arrived bere wltb five Washington clerks. Work For The Grand Jury. DENVER. Judge Samuel L. Car penter charged tbe grand Jury to In vestigate fully tbe causes of the fall ore'of tbe Fidelity Savings associa tion wblcb recently closed Its doors owing nearly one million dollars to tbreo thousand depositors. "If reports are true tbe depositors of tbls Institution have been moat cruelly robbed," Mid Judge Carpen ter. If there baa been crlmloalllty bere It Is your duty, to Hod It out. OF PORT AKTMC'R COXBlD EKEO IKtLEO. Baahss Cba foe and Dttrnbed Coa dllious la Blea&-Bcrd Fortress Fragiuealor' llstaila af rightls;. CIIK FOO. -"Port Artbur certain It will fall inside of one or two months, depending bow fast tbe Jap anese move." Tbls opinion was expressed by an educated Russian wbo as just arrived bere from Port Aitbur by junk. He bad fifteen companions, but tbey left tbe Russian stronghold six days ago. Tbey suffered much hardship on the trip over tbe lack of food. Tbe Russian wbo voiced tbe fore going opinion occupied an Important sencl-ofllcial position at Port Artbur and bis views are regarded as valu able. He says that while tbe Japan ese constantly received reinforce ments, every Russian casuality de creases tbe defensive efficiency of tbe garrison, as the Russians cannot be reinforced. General Stoessel, commander-in-chief at Port Arthur is compelled to husband his ammu nition. He can manufacture shells, but It Is Impossible to make proper explosives. The necessity of pro tecting the men for the final stand explains the tbe retreat of the Rus sians from the strong outpost posi tion, where their losses were far less serious than those sustained by the a .sjll.ints. According to this Ru.ian General Stoesiel is In dally communication with General Kuropatkln. The three days' lighting of last week wa9 done chiefly with artillery. Bodies Are All Recovered ALTON, HI. -All the b"dis of the seven children who were drowned last nihc wiih their swimininir in structor, Michael Rllly, while bath ing In the Mississippi river, have been recovered and preparations for their funerals are being made by sad hearted friends and relatives. The number of hearses in the city of Alton is not nearly adequate to accommodate the demand which has beeu so suddenly made. Owing to tho nature of the casuality It will be necessary to bury all the victims as soon as possible and a conference of undertakers was necessary to make arrangements for the use of the hearses at the time desired. An inquest was held over the four bodies first recovered by the deputy coroner of Madison county, In the city hail at Alton. While tbls was In progress the bodies of Ruth Marshall, Eliza Pates and Marie Hrun were found and were carried down to Alton by an electric launch. kuns Into Work Engii e. ROZEM AN, Mont. The special train of Superintendent Boyle of the Montana division of tbe Northern engines in the east end of the bozeman yards. Thomas McGuIgal of Cedar Rapids, la., traveling en gineer for tbe Northern Pacific, was killed and bis body is now beneath tbe wreckage of tbe engine of tbe special. William Crast, of Helena, engineer of the special and bis fireman, Char les Pepper, were both fatally scalded and their deaths are thought to be a matter of but a few hours. The Doyle special was taking President Elll tt's special car from Hozeman to Livingston to he ready for Mr. Elliott, when he shall bave completed bis tour of the Yellow atone park. The work train engines tad been switching in tbe yard. Evidently the two engineers were oot aware of the time of the ar rival of the special as they were both on tbe main line wben tbe special arrived. Hoth Hayes and Nugent, with their lire men, Jumped wben tbey law a collision was inevitable, and ill escaped. Falls From Hotel Window. DENVER, Col -M. W. O'Coonell, former marshal of Victor, Col., came to his death by falling from a fourth itory window iu the rear of tbe Markbaoi hotel. There Is doubt as to whether D'Conncll met with an accident, committed suicide or was murdered. Tlhe police hold to the suicide Lhcory, on the ground that an acci dent would be almost impossible, is the window in the toilet rcom from which O'Coonell fell was not note than two feet wide. Negroes Being Run Down. LAUREL, Del. -Word was re ceived here that In tbe pursuit or the twelve negroes who escaped from tbe Georgetown Jail one of them, ho give bla name as Smith, was ihot and fatally injured by a clti ten. Tbree of tbe escaped convicts, eere discovered making for a thicket three miles from Laurel. They were hot at, but It la not known whether my one waa bit. The negross Is (antral. . DOOM butch rat Vlt'lORV. ARB AID FROM LABOR UNIONS CHICAGO FEDERATION TO GIVE FINANCIAL ASBlsTANCK Thrsa Haadrad Thaasaad Man la Chicago Levied I'pon to Dslsat llis fackars What the Packers Say. CHICAGO, 111. -All the labor unions In Chicago bave ecdorsed tbe stockyards strike. After listen ing to tbe strikers' side of tbe con troversy which was presented to them by Chief Mlcbael J. V. Donnelly, president of tbe stiiking butcbers union, tbe Chicago federa tion of labor, which is composed of every labcr union in Chicago and has a membership of nearly 60,000,adopt ed resolutions pledging the moral and iinancial support of tbe feder ated body as long as the strike con tinues. Eai-b member of the cen tral body will be assfssed a small sum per week ana ti?e wniue amount will be turned ever to tte striking urlons to help in the sup port of the strikers and tbelr famil ies during the struggle with the rackers. The exact amount each member Is to be assesed was left in the hands tt a commitete with or ders to report tbe result. While tbe officials of tbe federation of labor were unabie to give an exact esti mate of tbe amount of money the strikers would secure from this source, It was stated that tbe total sum would be well up in the thous ands each week. After a tight which lasted for nearly four weeks, a settlement of the stockyards strike seems to be as remote as at any time since the struggle for supremacy began. Neither side to the conflict, during all this time has shown any signs of weakening. The packers, while claiming that tbey will soon have their affairs in normal condition again, so success ful have they been in securing uon union men still admit that so far they have been able to get but 550 of their old employes back and that the majority of their men are un skilled workers. In tbe Jast state ment given out by the packers, it was said that not half as many men are at work now as before the strike began. Those men have been brought to Chicago from all parts of the country, the malorlty of tbem never seen a meat packing plant before corning here. With these men, the packers have succeeded in accomplishing a great deal of work, but according to the strikers, every animal that bas been slaughtered since the strike called has been at a financial loss to tbe packers, as In the majority of cases a lack of skilled workmen bas made it impos sible to operate the by-products de partment and tbls source of revenue which under normal conditions Is a clear profit to tbe packers, bas beeD allowed to waste. Arrange To Build Town. HONESTEEL, S. D.-The only Important event that bus transpired in Bonesteel since tbe gamblers and grafters were forced to leave town was at tbe city lal during a meet ing held by C. J. Conner for tbe pur pose of effecting a townslte organi zation. About three liuodred en thusiastic people participated in the meeting and everything was har monious. Officers were elected with out contest, except C. J. Conner, for whom it bad been prematuraly ar ranged to elect to till to offices, sec letary and treasurer. Tbls caused considerable comment and after dis cussing tbe advisability of consoli dating tbe two offices Mr. Conner was elected without a dissenting vote. He addressed tbe meeting and ad vised that the law governing town sites be respected. Hon. Charlei Warner, state representative of Lin coln, Neb., was elected chairman ol tte meeting and took an active part in the organization of the townslte. Oppose the Model Saloon. WARSAW, lnd. At the closing session of the national reform asso ciation at Winona Lake, a number of speakers took occasion to censure bishop Henry C. Potter for bis action relative to dedicating the "model saloon" In Hew York. Turns Over Hidden Loot. MISSODLA, Mont-Fifty thous and dollars' worth of securities, casb and diamonds were received whicb had formed part of tbe loot of tbe Bear Mouth robbery. John Cbrlstle arrested In Hope, N. D., guided Spe cial Agent McFettrldge to tbe place where tbe oacbe was made, eight miles below tbe scene of tbe rob bery, and on tbe same side of tbe river. Tbe secuiltles filled a floui wok. IIOSNELLI SAVS BlKK or Tbe state war ciy at present Is ''Down with the weeds." The Falls City Commercial club starts out with a good strong mem bersbip and bright prcspx-te. Tbe Cambrlge concrete company has started operations, making ce ment brick fur building purposes. Tbe editor of tbe Gordon Journal has quit tbe newspaper profession to become an osteopath physician. At Juanita tbe 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Aives got bold of some aiseoic and swallowed enough ths otber day to cause sudden deatb. The county board ( supervisors, at Its last meeting, decided to erect a new steel bridge across tbe Elkborn river at a point tbree miles below West Point. During a recent storm tbe high school building at Falls City was struck by lightning, breaking win dows, burning two boles in tbe belfry and tearing many shingles off. Two hundred and ten acres of un. improved land five miles nortneast of Kearney was sold recently for ten thousand five hundred dollars, or an even lifty dollars an acre. Wayne people believe that they bave one of the best towns in the state, both artistically and commer cially, and have decided to keep the population growing till there are tea thousand people in town at least. A telegram bas been received frorrt Harry bowlby, of Crete, that he has arrived in New York and wil be. home socn. Harry has been absent for several years in Ecuador, where be bas been engaged in civil engineer lug. John Carman of Litchfield,, bad forty-five acres of fine wh?at cut aud In the shock. A heavy rain came, flooded hi3 land and carried every shock to an unknown dest. nation down stream. The adage, "Let the women do the work," was exemplified at the nave lock M. E. church wben the ladles of the mlssionarzy society tore up the old boards, laid new, nailed down the boards and ricked the old lumber In the church basement to be used as kindling next winter. Work on the new passenger depot of the Northwestern road, in West. Tolnt is progressing rapidly. It Is expected that tbe building will be completed by November 1. All the workmen employed in the construc tion will be residents of the place. The harvesting is all done in Val ley county and threshing is being done. The yield of fall wheat is above! the expectations of the farmers in' many instances and will average, right around 35 bushels per acre. The hot weather Is doing wonders for tbe( late corn and it is a certainty that1 the crop will be excellent both In quality and quantity. Tbe fad of vertical writing which! has had quite a vosus is beins abaa-. doned In many schools. The Blalrj school board bas just ordered it dls-. continued. Pupils wbo bave com ' menced to learn tbe vertical systemi will have an opportunity to finish the course, but all new pupils will! bave to take tbe slant system study.' Last week Policeman Trlndle, of Kearney, received a telephonic com munication from Lexington request-i Ing blm to locate a woman accompa-i nied by a little girl. He said he bad! ber already located as she had in quired of him tbe direction to a house In the first ward when she alighted from a train about an hour before. The husband of the woman arrived on another train an hour afterwards, and together with officer Trlndle went to the first ward housai and there found his wife and child.j After talking their differences over,, the wife and child returned to their borne at Lexington wltb tbe husband aud father. The time consumed in the runaway, the arrival of the husband and tbe return home was less than four hours. , At Humboldt a gang of boys fromi 10 to 18 years of age has been caught who have for several months been looting a brewer's warehouse. A window bad been broken from the warehouso winch would admit the smallest members of this youthful band and he would band out abounte ful supply to those upon tbe outside. Close to this building Is another beer house whicb is used as an Ice house. Here the stolen beverage was carefully concealed close to tbe ice and drank at leisure. One of the youngsters was nipped and by tbe usual sweating process, soon gave a detailed account of tbe affair. Although the expected consign ment of lamps failed to arrive, tho current was turned on by the Loup Valley Electric company and regu lar service has since been main tained. Tbe light is all that bad been expected, being steady and very brilliant, Sod tbere la no reason to doubt that Its popularity will la crease wltb age. The plant Is de clared by experienced electricians to bs one of tbe best ever Installed In a town of St. Paul's siss.