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GEAN DISASTER
COLLISION OF TWO FRENCH PAS
SENGER STEAMERS
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Terrified People Cling to Ship as it
Plunges to Oceans Bottom Rescue
Work Rendered Difficult by Masts
Causing Eddy in Water
MARSEILLES More than 100 per
sons pansengers and crew were
drowned near Marseilles Sunday in a
collision between Insulairo and Liban
passenger steamers belonging to the
Fraissinet Steamship company of Mar
seilles Liban sank 117 passengers
and firemen being saved while the re
mainder perished
Ttic steamer Liban left Marseilles
In the morning on its regular trip to
Bastia Corsica and was run down
and sunk by Inaulaire 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 Libans side and it was
already making water rapidly The
captain saw that the only chance was
to run the steamer aground and Liban
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
Fraissinet 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 tlie crew were
also saved
Officers ot Balkan describe the
scene just before Liban 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 victims were seen struggling
in the sea then the waves closed over
them and all was silent Of about 200
passengers wno were aooard Liban 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 Liban
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION
Row Between Cattle Men and Home
steaders 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 companys
rences were on public land renders
he 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
companys 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
Shake 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 woundMcDow 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 Governments 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
ot certain puolications
Census of the Philippines
WASHINGTON D C A report
has been received at the war depart
ment from General Sanger whohas
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 the reports thus
far indicate a Christian population
of 7000000 The population of Ma
nila according to the report in round
numbers is 220000
THE SPORT OF THE MILLIONAIRE
Deadly Automobile in Its Daily 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
are 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 Mlwaukee
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 romewhat 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 2000000 or
3000000 By way of illustration a
dozen freight cars belonging to one
company and standing on racks in the
west bottoms were washed down the
river The Burlington lost seventeen
loaded cars by fire 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
3500000 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 Cliftons three mills will
approximate 2000000 At Pacolet
the loss is nearly 1000000 The
greatest want among the survivors is
at Clifton where 500 are destitute
Conner 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
gers statement of the Russian de
mand on China and to have ex
pressed surprise that Minister Conger
should have acted upon unreliable in
formation
AT THE CAPITAL
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT REACHES
WASHINGTON
GIVEN FORMAL WELCOME HOME
Friends rt 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
oclock 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 hi3
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 rniform 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
applanse 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 tlie 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
lae greeting home that would be giv
en him and in this they were not dis
appointed The band played the Star
Spangled Banner and then as the
president appeared on the portico
struck up Hail to the Chief Thg
president made a brief speech
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
charges made in England The opin
ions affirms the decision of the United
States circuit court for tne southern
district of New York
An Answer Filed
PHILADELPHIA Pa The Penn
sylvania Railroad company filed in the
United States court of appeals an an
swer to the suit recently instituted by
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany which asked the court to modify
its decree which held that the Penn
sylvania Railroad company haa a legal
right to remove the poles and wires
of the telegraph company from along
the right of way of the railroad com
pany
STRIKEiS OVER
UNION PACIFIC AND WORKMEN
REACH AGREEMENT
FHE 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
about 7 per cent
MATTER OF PIECEWORK left
GOVERNMENT
of
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
tern 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 fhe 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 eld 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
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
Vroomans 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 emphatically 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
I THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations Prom South X
Omaha and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle There was a liberal supply
ot cattlo but the demand was In good
3hape and the feeling was If anything
a little better trading1 waa actlvo but
the late arrival of trains delayed tho
market to quite an extent
The big1 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 bogan moving toward
the scales at an early hour Th 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 ilesh and qual
ity Bulls veal calves and stags all
sold In Just about yesterdays 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 572 to 577 with the long
string at 575 The light loads went
from 570 down and the choicer grades
from 577 to 5S5 Owing to the
activity the big bulk of the hogs wore
out of first hands by the middle of
the forenoon
SHEEP Quotations for ellnned
stock Choice western lambs 0257
075 fair to good lambs 5255025
fhoioe western wooled lambs 075 ib
700 fair to good wooled lambs 550ip
050 choice lightweight yearlings
525 fi 550 fair to good yearlings
475 525 choice wethers 475 fi 500
fair to good wethvrs 425 fft 405
choice ewes 375 425 fair to good
ewes 30011350 feeder lambs 250D
350 feeder yearlings 250 fii 350
feeder withers 250 350 feeder
ewes 5200 275
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS
And Heat So Intense 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 in 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 fignters 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 Omrh
WASHINGTON First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynn issued an
order to transfer the rural free deliv
ery headquarters of the western divi
sion 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 rlerk 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 rt Sioux Falls
Plague of Locusts
ST PETERSBURG The Trans
Caspian territory is threatened with
serious famine in consequence of the
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 ShiDS
WASHINGTON D C The board
of construction of the navy depart
ment has recommended to the sene
tary of the navy the acceptance of the
bids of the Newport News Shipbuild
ing company the New York Shipping
company and the Fore River Ship arid
Engine company for the constmction
of the three sixteen ton battleships
for which bids were opened on Wed
nesday No action has been taken or
the recommendation
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Iowa Farmo 34 Por Aero Cash
balance t crop till paid UUIHAM SIour City la
King Expects to Be Eaten
The king of Slum apparontly pos
sesses n sense of diplomatic humor
Ho Is quoted as saying he haa no
Idea that benevolent assimilation
will let him alone I know ho
said that I shall bo one day eaten
with English or French sauce The
latter Is too tasteless I prefer the
English sauce mixed with the famous
Japanese sauce
A Royal Coal Stoker
The story is current that the Duko
of Cannaught when coming homo
from India in the battleship Renown
determined to Inquire personally Into
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 ho
proceeded to stoke coal with all tho
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 tho
admission that naval stokers have no
easy time
Why ft Is tho Best
Is becauso mado by an entirely different
process Doflanco Starch A unlike any
other better and one third moro for 10
cants
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 181G and on
one side are the words Sir Isaac
Brock the Hero of Upper Canada
On the other Success to Commorco
and Peace to the World with a monu
ment represented in the center
I do not believe Pisos Cure for Consaaptlou
nas an equal for cotichs and colds John V
Botsiu Trinity Springs Ind Feb IS 1000
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 tho
American navy Born in Baltimore
in 180i he joined the frigate Con
stitution as an apprentice in 1817
He served nearly continuously in tho
navy until old age sent him to tho
naval home
When Your Grocer Says
ho doos not have Detlance Starch you may
bo sure he is afraid to koop it until his
stock of 12 oz packages are sold Doflanco
Starch is not only better than any other
Cold Water Starch but contains 10 oz to
the package and bells for same monoy as 1J
oz brands
Never take a spear to kill a fly
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 ot 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 10000 pounds
covered witn 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 gargovies When the ball
falls into the pocket the lower jaw
of the gargovle drops and the ball is
Tound in tne mouth Itis a clever bit
of ancient mechanism
They All Saved the Seeds
A western politician is authority for
the fo1 lowing story Mark Hanna
once gave a banquet in Ohio to fifty
farmers The dessert was to be twenty-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
rhey began tasting them winked at
each other looned wise and before the
affair was over every farmer was
slipping the seeds into his vest pockeC
Wet boots and expected pleasures
are hard to put off
THATS THE TIME
When Proper Food Is Necessary
Proper food is never more necessaiy
than when recovering from a wastirg
sickness when over eating would be
fatal and yet the body needs nourish
ment and plenty of it
At this time the condensed food
Grape Nuts is shown to be ones most
powerful Friend Four teaspoonfuls of
Grape Nuts and cream will sustain a
healthy man for half a day and a Ies3
quantity in warm wik will build up
tne 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 know3 how weak
and lifeless a person feels when be
ginning to recuperate
I had to be very careful about my
diet ami 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 mpal of Grape
Nuts I began to improve strength
came in bounds and leaps with the
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 thats
the thing Any number of them in
the little recipe book in each package
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