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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 1871. MONDAY MORNING , JULY 8 , 1805. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Forced from the Mountains by Eevere Weather , Thirteen Are Captured. SURPRISED WITH TH1IR ARMS STACKED All the Prisoner ! Treated vrllti Frightful ferocity \ Their Captors Prodded vvlth IlnynneU and Clubbed with ( Jans. VAN , Armenia , May 30. ( From the Cor respondent of the Associated Press. ) The advance guard of the revolutlonaiy party. > which , as announced a week ago , was betrayed - trayed to the Turkish government by the Yezlndes of Tchlbonkla on the night of Sun day , May 19 , Is now In prison In the city of Van. Only one member of the party escaped , and he nt the earliest possible moment and at Great risk to himself put himself In communi cation with the correspondent of tl.e Asso ciated press. The litter Is how In possession \ : \ of complete Information with rcap'jt to tl.o prisoners , but as he Is not dlsvumd to fur nish It the Turkish government , so long ns * < thcro remains the slightest chancs tint these men may escape death , ho holds , for the present at least , a considerable part of the facts concerning them. The men had been hiding In the mountains waiting for rc'n- ' torcements , making plans for carrying on their work , and the weather having turned cold and wet , they went to the house of Hahto. head man of Tchlboiikla , to warm themselves and dry their clothing. lUhto was supposed to be friendly to the Armenian cause , ns ho was ? not a Turk , and great num bers of his fellow countrymen had been mas- eacred by the Turkish government In the Moaul district In 1S92. TURNED OVER TO THE TURKS. / Upon arriving at Hahto's house the men lacked arms In the corner and ( Mihertd about the fire. While there Hahto's bcrlbe , a Turk , called his master out of the * house rnd i Insisted that they bo turned over to the Turkish government. The scrlbo threatened to denounce Hahto to the government unless the men were betrayed. Hahto then called together a force of ' . Kurds and Yezlndei and ordered them to make .X the capture. The villagers went Into the room ona by one and took part In the conversa lions. At a signal they selied the guns and com- mandci ! the men to surrender. Taken by sui rlsc. the revolutionists made no resist ance. Ot the fourteen members In the party only one escaped. Each man had a Boudln rifle- and six of the party had revolvers. The prisoners were taken to Servla the next day by the soldiers nnd were then marched sixty miles to Von , where they arrived Wednesday evening. Their arrival was watched by a large mini bcr of Turks nnd Armenians. On the wav they were beaten by gun butts and prodded vvlth bayonets and otherwise maltreated. As the English member of thu pjrtv was unable to walk the whole distance , ho was given ; horse to rde ) the last twenty miles. The Englishman told the officials that ho was " Ilai'iV Williams of 22 Ormlston road , Shep hcrdsburgh. London. His father was Wllllan "Williams of the same address. He had with him a photograph of a young woman and an English passport maJo out to- Harry wll Hams on Juno 15. 1S92. * He declared that Jic was a correspondent pw , i of a telegraphic agency of London , and that his tarrt of credentials was male out in the name of Paul Quesnell. Ho was , he so d , on his way to the Moush and Sassoun region to Investigate the Armenian situation. His thirteen companions were taken In hU pay as guards against attacks by the Kurds. The other prisoners told the fame story. All wore dressed as Kurds , Including Williams At first Williams denied that he could speak Armenian , but subsequently under pres- uro of torture he admitted that he could. After a week of experlmtn's with various kinds of persuasions known to the Turkish jailors , the governor of Van said that Wil liams had confcued ovcryth ng. Nobody bs- ll ves this. Up to May 30 Wll lams 1'aJ been unable to ice the British vice consul at Van , althiugh Mr. Hallward went as far as to ask the governor unofflc'ally ' to let him see Wil liams , but the request was refused. All of the prisoners have been tortured during the week , and It Is reported that their persons , have been violated by the prison officials In the most revolting and disgusting manner. The situation In Armenia grows vvorss dally. The Associated press Is corfitnntly In receipt of stnrles of robbery , outrage and murder. The conditions of the Armenians have been worse during the past six moriths than ever before. Even n the city of Van soldiers have been placed on guard at the Armenian churches , the officials fearing an UPThonlc'orrespondent had a talk yesterday with the leader of the revolutionary party In the province of Van. He stated that , so far as he Is concerned , the revolutionists will Sold their hands until It Is known what Great Britain will do. Ho admitted , also , that the uro of Williams had very seriously dis arranged cap the revolutionary plans for the N MOVES THE PRISONERS. The prisoners were taken from the prison at Van Sunday morning. Juno 2. and started on their way to Constantinople , by orders of the sultan. No one knew they were to be transferred till they had .left Van , the order having come from Constantinople late Satur day night. Instead of being dragged along on toot the men were mounted on caravan The 'Associated press correspondent Is now In a position to say that a second revolu tionary band Is In existence across the Per sian frontier , but of Us Immediate plans , he mis , he has not been able to learn. . The leaders of this band were among these met by the correspondent In a Persian city early In May. The band Is divided , one part going forward under Harry Williams , and the other remaining at Persia to furnish recruits. The news from Constantinople and London that Armenian reforms are to be carried out by the Turks has caused the most Intense despair and consternation among the Armenians of Eastern Turkey. The people expected a mountain of help from Greit Britain , and they have received nothing. The situation Is most desperate. The Asso- elated press Is Informed by all classes of Ar- mcnlans that unles.8 tire reforms are carried out under the control of the Christian poweri the Armenians will have to choose between emigration and revolution. The people are worsa off now than they have been at any time In their history , and the persecutions are going steadily on. The government Is now collecting the whole year's fees In advance , ivlilch u a most unheard of cruel proceeding. The demand Is accentuated by beatings and bajonet thrusts. Thousand } of poor villagers uro llvlnc on roots and greens , and on the Moush plains , the wretched SatFoun Is literally - orally starving to death. The protests ol Great Drltaln and America have fallen on contemptuously - temptuously deaf cars. That the Turks have no Intention of carrying out any sort of reforms - forms Is ihown by the dally Increase cf press- nire now being- put upon the helpless Ar menians , Eastern Turkey Is surprisingly full of revolutionary agents. One left for Persia last night and another will go tomorrow night. These are undeniably critical times In the Armenian situation. _ Appointment ! Umlor the Nnr Mlnljtrr. LONDON. July 7. Sir Charles Pearson has been appointed lord advocate for Scotland - land and A. 0. Murray solicitor general for the new mlnlrtry. Both of these gentlemen bold the same positions In the last Sails- ministry. _ r/V John llronn' * Mircc or Until. LONDON , July 7. Francis Clark , who tncc cdd thn late John Drown ai Queen Vic- torla't pi > nonal attendant. U dead. Pan I'rnucl co lluictio * Cromtn > lt. LONDON. July 7 , The United Statu cruller San Francisco has arrived at Cron- ttadt. J/.IACOC/C 1H UKSR/lTUn. Conclniloti of thn lnter tnte Drill nnd En- cnmpment at St. I.otiln. ST. LOUIS. July 7. Befwean 35,000 nnJ 40,000 were at Camp Hancock , today to ceo the wlndup of the Interstate drill and en campment. The procram today consisted mostly of sacred concerts by the bands In camp. In the afternoon the list contest ct the encampment took place. It was the Indi vidual drill for four prizes , aggregating In value $17E. When the drill commenced twenty-five men. representing each of the companies In camp , were In line , but coon all were dropped out but four. The competition between these was clos3 , the drill being very rigid. The llrst nan to bo caught was Corporal Albert of the National Ulfles of Washington , U. C. Then Ser geant Charles Dnrfeu of the Walsh Zouave ? of St. Louis fell out , followed by Private W. F. Thompson of the Branch Guards of St. Louis , leaving Corporal Arthur E. West of the Phoenix light Infantry of Dayton , 0. , as the winner of the first prize. There were many surprises at the dress parade coon after , when the winners of prizes were announced. In the free-for-all Infantry contest for five prizes the contest was clotest between the Branch Guards of St. Louis and the llclknap Hides of San Antonio , Tex. , which won the first and second prizes rpspec- tlvely. One of the Judges said the latter company lost points on Ite Inspection bcc.ii.sc of the condition of Its rllles , while Its drill was nearly e ual In excellence to that of the Branch Guards. The first prize of $3,500 , with a $1,000 cup , which went to a home company , wa declared by one of the judges to bo entirely out of proportion to the other rlres of this class. The medal offered for the captain making he best personal score during the drill was warded to Captain Sinclair , commanding the Brancli Guards. The Dullene Guards of Kin- sas City won the first prize In the maiden In- antry class , with the National Rifles of > Vashlngton a close second. In the artillery contest , In which four crack .latteries were entered , Indiana commands : arrled off the two first prizes , with the Dallas battery but a few points behind for hlrd prbe. There were the most surprises In the ? ouivo lass , where three prizes were offered and 'our ' companies competing. There was con Iderablo disappointment that the Chicago louaves did not get a mention. This com mand has jurtly been called the first zouave :6mpany : In the country , because of Its hav- ng won more than twenty first prizes during ts lifetime , and many lesser ones. An ana lysis of Its score card showed where It failed o como up to the standard of the other iompanles. In the point of accuracy , It was icrfect , while Us mark for Inspection was as high , If not higher than In the cases of Its lompetltors In this drill. It , however , came far below the other com lanles In the number of movements made and n the quickness of their execution , while Its mark for work that was distinctly zouavo was considerably lower than that received by the winners. The Neelys of Memphis were the winners of first prize , with the Walsh of St. Louis second and the Hales of Kansas My third. There was considerable surprise hat the Walsh Zouaves , who have been out of commission for the past two years , should win second prize. Not a member of the com pany drilled before for two years until two iveeks ago , when Captain Heyman called the men together and through the hardest kind of work brought them up to their old point of excellence , and within three points of taking 'ho first prize. Several of the companies left camp this evening , Immediately after dress parade , nnd the others will take their departure on the early trains tomorrow. Following Is the list of prize winners , with percentages : Free-for-all Infantry , six entries , first prlre , $3,500 In money and National Drill association St. Louis cup , valued at $1,000 : Dranch Guards of St. Louis , with a percentage of 1150.50 , out a possible 1220 points. Second prize , $1.000 : Delknap Ulfles o San Antonio , percentage 1079.25. Third prUo , $800 : National Rifles of Wash ngton , D. C. , percentage. 974.75. Fourth prize , $500 : Bullene guards of Kan sas City ; percentage , 957.76. Fifth prize , $300 : Phosnlx light Infantry , Daytcn , O. ; percentage , 88600 Maiden Infantry class , four entries : First prize , $1,500 : Bu'lene guards ; percentage , 1900.25 out of a possible 2020 points. Second prize , $500 : National Hides , Wash ngton , D. C. ; percentage , 1893.00. Third prize , $250 : Company F , First In fantry of St. Louts ; percentage , 1717.00. Artillery , four entries : First prize , $2,000 : Indianapolis light artillery ; percentage , 1141.25 out of a poislbjc1212.70 points. Second prize , $750 ; Rockvllle ( Ind. ) light artillery ; percentage , 1040,50. Third prize , $ J50 : Dallas ( Tex. ) artillery company ; percentage , 1038.75. JJouave , four entries : First prize , $1,500 : Neely Zouaves of Memphis ; percentage , 1321.95 , out of a possible 1500 points. Second prize , $500 : Wtflsh Zouaves of St. Louis ; percentage. 1318.25. Third prize , $250 ; Hale Zouaves of Kansas City ; percentage. 1201.70. Individual drill : First prize. $100 : Cor poral Arthur E. West , Phoenix light Infantry of Dayton , O. Second prize , $50 : Private W. F. Thomp son , Branch guards , St. Louis. Third prize , $1E : Sergeant Charles Durfee , Walsh Zouaves , St. Louis. Fourth prize. $10 : Corporal Fred W. Al bert , National Rifles. Washington. MAX .I.VO HO.U.1.V CKEMATEl ) Krlchtful litsutt of a G.uollno Stove Ix- l > lc lon Ht Chicago. CHICAGO , July 7. Mrs. Gunnwald , at tempted this evening to fill the tank of her gasoline stove without extinguishing the flame. An explosion followed and the woman and her husband were burned to death and their houte burned. Hearing the screams of his wife , over whom the burning oil was thrown by the explosion , Gunnwald rushed Into tlio kitchen , picked her up In his arms and ran with her Into the street. The flames communicated to his own clothing and soon the man and woman were rolling around In the agony of death on the ground In front ot their burning dwelling. The. woman died where she lay. Her busband , by rolling upon the ground , managed to put out the fire , ho was so badly burned that lie died at a hos pital this evening. Mm. Gunnwald's mother fainted when Mio saw her daughter's cloth ing on fire , and would have perished In the burning building had not a po Iceman carried her out. DENVEU , Colo. . July 7. SIlss May King , a chambermaid , was fat.illy burned today In the Burlington block by an cxplorlon of gas oline. Mrs. G. B. Park , the landlady , and Mrs. Emma Drown , the colored servant , v.era also badly burned , but will probably recover. I'icriM OFrnutt > > i > irv > nioc nvniEit John \ VVIIIV Ituily rollaiYotl ( a UinCamr- Irry by 1 liunsimli. D03TON. July 7 , The funeral of John W. Wills , the victim of Thursday's riot In East Boston , was held t'als afternoon from his home , Hev. Father McCarthy of the Church ot tha Assumption officiating. A dense crowd flllcd the avenue leading to the houio and the presence of a squad ot police was necessary to control the 10,000 people t.ald to have been In the vicinity. Father McCarthy performed do Catholic ceremonies ovi-r the coffin , which was covered with flowers. The body was Interred In Holy CroKs csmclery. and the cortege was ona of th& largest ever seen here. Nearly 2,000 men from various organizations of which WI.Is was a member and citizens of Eait Boston were present. The stars and stripes , with n mourning band catching the folds , was held at the In ml cf the procession. Mrs , Wills Is left practically penniless by the death of her husband , with ucven chil dren to care tor. StoTcmrnl * ( if Ucrnn Mnuuem , July 7 , At MovIlle Arrived City of Rome , from New York for Glasgow , and proceeded. At Southampton Arrived Kins , for Bre men and proceeded. At Havre Arrived La Champagne , trotn New York. LATEST DECREE OF THE POPE Poor People Will Not Have to Observe Bays of Abstinence. FRIDAYS WILL BE THE ONLY EXCEPTION Pasting Suld to no Too Orcnt n Hardship Upon Those Who Depend Upon 1'hyslcnl Kxertlon for Their Ilrend. NEW YORK , July 7. Ho/ . Father Duccy Is authority for the statement that the pope has promulgated a decree absolving poor people and walking people from the observance of all days ot abstinence In the year except Fridays , even during Lent. A rumor that such a decree was In existence has been In circulation for some time , and Father Duccy says the document will be forwarded to the bishops ot the United States and promulgated. Speaking of the decree. Father Duccy said : "Many of the ecclesiastics in this country have felt for years that the trial of denial placed on the conscience ot the struggling and working poor was more than a hardship , almost martyrdom. I have not seen the ofllclal documents sent to the bishops , but this Information came to mo about two months ago from a most trust worthy Roman Catholic correspondent. It has seemed to me for years that this leg islation in favor of God's hard working poor was necessary. What a hardship to ask ot men and women , whose fare Is al ways meager , to practice n denial that robs them of their strength and unfits them for the proper discharge of their duties and labor , when the comfortable , the well-to-do and the rich and luxurious are feasting every day nnd find fault , as I have known them to do , with the hardships of the holy season of Lent. " Father Lovell of the archbishop's resl- denco enys that the rumor Is absurd and was manufactured In New York. TO SA3IB 3IAllTl > H Cuban Clubs In 1'lorldn Hclect Delegates to the Convention. TAMPA , Fla. , July 7. The thirty Cuban clubs In this city held a meting today to elect representatives to the convention to be held on July 10 to name Martl's successor , 'honns Estrada Pal ma Is the unanimous holce here. Telegrams from New York to day Indicate the same feeling there. Twenty-four hundred Spanish troops arrived at Havana Friday and lett for Puerto Prln- Ipo on Saturday. Twelve hundred and fifty Spaniards with two cannon attacked General Antonio Maceo In the mountains a few days Incc. Maceo enticed them from one side to ho other until they were weary and con used , when he made an attack upon them. But 250 of the Spaniards returned to the city. The cannon were captured by Maceo. Coitly 1'lro Started by Children CORNWALL. Ont. . July 7. Tftls afternoon children playing In the village of Lornevlllc , a suburb , started a fire. The flames spread to the adjoining houses , owned and occupied by mill hands. Two engines were sent from this town , but the hose was too short to reach the burning houses. A portion of the village was saved , but the houses more dis tant from the canal had to be left to burn. Twenty buildings were burned , rendering fifty families homeless and entailing a loss of $50,000. There was very little Insurance. The unfortunate people are seeking houses In Cornwall tonight. Iirllllug ( ubnn Patriots. BOGOTA , July 7. About 300 young Cuban patrlctb are making preparations to leave this city with the expedition organized by Gen eral Colazzo and General Qucsada , says a morning paper. The refugees are being drilled In squads of fifty under tha direction of Julio Coatroy Silvio , who figured In the ast revolution. Drilling -will he kept up from 8 to 10 on two nights of each week until the expedition Is ready to start. Many of the young men are members of promlneni families In Havana and they are enthusiastic patriots. Cuban rtcticll flouted. HAVANA , July 7. The news of the defea of Aramburo , the Insurgent leader , Is con firmed. He was pursued by a band o troops and lost eight killed. It Is rumoret that about eighty men have landed near Sinta. Cruz , commanded by a Venezuelan Fighting Is expected within n few days be tvveen General Gnsco's nnd General Nnvnr re'B troops and Mnceo , who Is said to be surrounded by them. ItopurtB of Cabin Ilebcl * ' Defeat. MADRID , July 7. A dispatch from Cuba says thatlho Spanish under Generals Salcojo and Navarro defeated several rebel bands and many were killed and wounded. The rebel chief , Aramburo , was killed. nalfonr Ignorml Illtuetnlllim. LONDON. July 7. The election address o Hon. A. J. Balfour , first lord of the trcas ury , does not mention the subject of bimetal llsm. Fnul Mcrrltt Head. LONDON , July 7.7-Paul Merrltt , the dra matlst , Is dead. _ ANOTHER 01RL AT UVZ&ARWS 11A\ President's Family Presented with a Now Buby nt < 5rjy Onblei. BUZZARD'S BAY , Mass. , July 6. Just be fore 5 o'clock tonight news reached tha vll lage that a girl baby had been born at Gray Gables. This report was soon verified by Dr. Bryant , who announces that the happ ; event occutred at 4:30 : p. m. and that boll mother and llttlo one are doing ns v.ell a could be expected , Thle > Is the third child to bo born In tl > president's family and all are girls. Ruth 1 4 years old and Esther 2. Mrs. Cleveland' mother , Mrs. Perrlne , Is expected to arrlv from Buffalo this week. .i.iurittu : VAII Ohio Town the Scene of n ratal Arcl dent. NILES , O. , July 7. An electric car , fille with people , returning from Riverside park was struck by a freight train on the Erie rail road hero this evening and wrecked. Th car was nearly across the track when th locomotive struck It , hurling It upon Its side Frank Wilton , a merchant , was killed In sUntly. and Mrs. G. W. Holder of Warre was dangerously , and perhaps fatally Injurci Several others were seriously hurt , amen them Frank Ramsey of Warren , Sam Graham the conductor of the car ; Edward Rader , th mot or nun ; Moody Ripple and William Lew arid Miss Hattlo Lewis ot Warren. On ic of l.ovo nt 1'lrst Slchr. NEW YORK , July 7. A special to th Press from Blnghampton , N , Y , , says Grenvlllo Lewis J. Temploton , a member o the British Parliament , who was making tour of America , visited Blnghampton eev oral weeks ago. While at the postofflco t have a money order cashed he met Mis Estelle Wessel , the clerk , and It was case of love at first sight. He sought friend and rccured an Introduction. HI attentions were rewarded , and they wer married last week. Saturday the coupl sailed for Europe , and after a short tou ot the continent they will reside on Mi Templeton's estate at Broadlands , England The wedding was a quiet one , and cause much . surprise. _ _ Ilolnc Damage. VALPARAISO , Ind. , July 7. The farmer In the south part of this county are suffer Ing from n raid of grasshoppers. A vas 01 my of them has reached here during th past week , nnd whole flelda of corn nm l ay have bee-n destroyed , dolnf thousand of dollars worth ot damage. ROllVCS niSl'LAVE JJKHi trlko nt the Sharon Plant Aiiain'ng Very Aerlna * Aspect * . SHARON , Pa. , July 7. The strike at the haron Iron works , which hps been In pro- rcss for about two weeks , fir an advance of ages , was complicated today with the arrival f a car load of negrcee , wh will bo put to orlc In the mills. The sir kcrs have done heir best to Induce the colorW men to leave , mt the company's represeh atlvo suys the Id men must return to worl without an ad- anco or the negroes will Ifc put to work , le declares that he will firing 150 mire cgroes to Sharon next week. There Is much bitterness and trouble U feared. CHARLESTON , W. Va. . July 7. Governor IcCorkle stated tonight tht ho would try o Induce the operators In ' Elkhorn and iluefleld regions to make honest effort o resume work tomorrow , d If they say hey cannot he. will at once dor troops out o protect nil men who wan o work. The governor says he Is conflden he troops'will lave to be ordered out tome iw. However , telegram received at the te house from .lawless , local labor leader that section , tales that he has ordered n1 ; he strikers to ease carrjlng guns , as per t er of the gov- rnor , except two or three , ' , 10 will act as ils bodyguard , as he says 1 llfo has.been hreatcned by some ot the ards employed > y the companies , The governor says he was lad to hear of ho declrlon of the leader , n le had warned ilm that turbulant derm ( rations must ejse or troops would be ca 'd ' out to sup- press them. A telegram from the g ernor's secrc- ary , Captain J. B. White , t Klkhorn says a passenger train on the north branch ot the Norfolk & Western was derailed last night by some ono throwing a swltth , but that none no was hurt. The dispatch states that the men are all quiet today. Tl > governor said his morning that he had be n advised that Jnlted States Marshal Car len and eight leputles arrived at Elkhorn oday and took losserclon of the railroad prog erty. This was he first word Governor McC rkle or his ad- utant had received that the federal author- ties were taking a hand In upprcsslng the rouble. TIlOVSAXUli Of IEAC111 IIS PHKSEtiT Denver Convention ot Kiluci an Arranging tar itertlon of On con. DENVER , July 7. A const vatlve estimate places the number of deleg : es to the Na- lonal Education association who have ar- rived up to this evening n between 7,000 and 8,000 , and Secretary Sher nl of the asso- elation has Information whlc makes It eer tain that 12,000 teachers will ie In attendance at the general convention. 'oday has been devoted to short railroad trl to the moun tains and nelghbprlng resotts , fully 3,000 spending the day In ManltoiJ and on Pike's leak , whllo 1,000 went ovet the famous 'loop" ' trip. I The election ot officers Is' the subject of consideration among the numbers. U Is generally conceded that a western man will je chosen president , and an eastern city se eded as the place for the next convention The favorites for the presidency appear to be N. C. Dougherty of PeorlaJll. ; , Henry Sa- ' jlne , Dos Molnes , la. , nnd W. 'll. Bartholome\s of Louisville , Ky. , In the ordj > r nameJ. A movement Is being pushed by the Colorado rado Scientific society , ' aided by Prof. Leconte of California university , and other prominent scientists to have a scientific department added to the association work. A meeting Is to be held to consider the matter. OKI Urj ? HIE 1'VHLIC IO31.tI.\ Orders from the General , . ( lovcrnnipiit to Knrroachlnjf Uakoln < Pttlrmnn. CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , July 7. ( Special ) The probabilities are thai a general move all along the line Is to be made against the cattlemen and others In this state'who have for years openly defied the law by fencing government land. United States Commis sioner Morrow , of this city , has received In structions to Investigate several cases where stockmen have placed fences around large bodies of government land. United States commissioners nt other points have undoubt edly received similar instructions , and the practice of Illegally fencing portions of the public domain will be stopped , If possible Several parties , who have violated the Ian In this respect , have been warned , and failure to at once comply with the warning will re sult In a number of arrest : , In many In stances stockmen have fenced the only ac cessible pclnts to streams , where cattle of ad jacent homesteaders were . accustomed to water , much to the inconvenience of the homesteaders. - } II iv Ale rill . SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , July 7. ( Spec'al. ' ) August Kapp , aged 2 years and 10 months , died last evening of what thophysiclan think : was morphine poisoning. The little fellow was out In the morning playing , and some ot the children of the neighborhood gave htm a box of pills. The lad ate most of them and became drowsy , and went home and to bed. Later the parents became alarmed and sent for a doctor , who found the chlH unconscious and was unable to rouse him , . The box frcm which the pills were taken was 'labeled quinine , but the doctor says the symptoms were exactly those brought on by morphine poisoning. Nothlnc but Slralclit llnjlncsa , SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , July i. ( Spechl. ) The committee appointed by the Sioux Falls school board to Investigate the charges against two of the members of being Influenced by a money consideration to vote for Prof. Rowe for superintendent of the city schools , has submitted Its report. The committee says It vras only able to discover where the superin tendent had made one loan of money to a member ot the board , but that the loan and entire transaction was In twory way legiti mate. ' r.CAit Tiwsr riiBsiiiEXT o.v stznin Thinks the United Slute.i Strong Enough to Tnho the InttlnCSteji. LEADVILLE. COD. ! , July * -W. P. Thomp son , the millionaire presldeiff of the National Lead company ot New YorlrCIty , more com- motily known as the Lcaj trust , Is In L'ad- vllle looking over the mining and milling situation. "I am , " said he In an Interview , "a thor ough believer In the doctrine of bimetallism U Is the most beneficent mocetary reforn which has ever been proposed , and the wcr i cannot too soon get on a bimetallic bids. I believe the United States 4s ! strong enough and rich cnoi'gh to Uke the Initial t-p In the matter of stiver , nnJ that free coinage could bo adopted by the United States without any danger whatever. " ' o i Kx-fintrrnor Stevenson Commit * Mi'clilo SAN LUIS OBISPO , CaK.'juIy 7. Ex-Gov crnor E. A. Stevenson of Idaho committed suicide yesterday at ParalsojSprlngs , a health resort near here. Ex-Goverp-ir Stevenson ar rived al Paralso Springs Jqna 5. He we afflicted with sciatica , and WOJ In a helple * condition. His health had'Improved some what and he was able to w lk a llttlo. U I supposed that during the night the pain re turned , and In desperaMoru he took a larg dose of laudanum. He was found uncon sclous In his room and all efforts to revive him failed. Secreln-y I Binont'a Turfy at Tucomau TACOMA , Wash. , July 7. Secretary o War Lament , accompanied by bis party , con slating of Mrs. Lament , the Misses Lamonl Adjutant General Wilson , Major L. W. Davis secretary to Mr. Lament , and Mr. and Mlsi Bryant of New oYrk , arlrved by spec'al train this morning at 8 o'clock , and were drive , about the -city by National Democratic Com mltteman Wallace , his wife end Secretary Collier of "the Chamber ot Commerce. Th party left for Seattle at 10 a. m. T\rn lloyr , One a Hero. IRONTON , O. . July 7. Today , while bath Ing at Jlusiel , Ky. . opposite this city Charles Button , aged 8 , nnd Homer Likens need 7. were drowned. Likens lost bl 11 f la trying to & > < > suttcn. CHICAGO LIFE SAVERS BUSY Furious Wind and Bain Storm Suddenly Swept the Lake , MANY PLEASURE BOATS CAPo'ZED ' Setcrnl Crctvi Jtcscncd Whtlo < llnglng to Debris nnd Others Are Supposed to 1'erllbcd During ttiu Tonmclo. CHICAGO , July 7. Ono of the most fu rious wind and rainstorms In this vicinity for years passed over the city about 6 o'clock this evening , coming from the north- wesj. The day had been Intensely hot , nnd there were many people out on the lake In sailboats , and , as the storm came very suddenly , U Is feared that several lives were lost. The different llfesavlng crews have been busy all the evening tracing rumors of capsized boats , people clinging to planks , etc. , and up to 10 p. in. have brought In the occupants of three capsized boats , all In a very exhaustedcondition. . No traces of the others have been found up to this hour , and It Is hoped that no more are out. Up to within twenty minutes ot the de scent of the storm upon the city the sky had been clear and the sun shining brightly. Suddenly heavy black clouds began to gather In the northwest and a few minutes later n terrific gale of wind , accompanied by a perfect flood of rain and furious thunder and lightning , was sweeping over the city. Shade trees were broken off close to the ground , awnings and signs were torn away nnd much damage was done In the city. The wind subsided after about half nil hour , but the furious rnln continued for full > two hours. The parks had been crowded nil day with people seeking relief from the almost Intolerable heat , nnd when the storm began there was a stampede for the \ariuus elevated and cable linos. The surface roads were all equipped with open cars , and as a result the occupants of every train mode a sorry looking sight be fore they had traveled a block , and most of them , after getting n thorough conking , deserted the cars and sought the shelter of convenient stairways and stores along the streets , and there they had to remain until after 7:30 : , or take the chances of another wetting by once more taking the cars. FATALITIES WILL BE SIX. Several houses In the outlying districts were struck by lightning and wrecked. Two small residences were wholly destroyed. No one was Injured. A signal tower beside the Panhandle tracks at Ada street was blown over nnd the tower man , August Bcdloe , fatally Injured. At 11 p. m. the police and life savers say that the fatalities will not exceed half n lozen. Charles Klein , John Ross and Charles j. Shook are bellovcd to have bsen drowned. They were blown out Into the lake In a row- mat and no trace of them has been found. The yawl boat belonging to the yacht Hattle B. has been picked up oft Twenty-sixth street , but It Is thought the yacht has weath- ; red the gale and made some other port. The small craft which were blown out Into he lake by the hurricane report exciting ex periences. There were several narrow ts- capes from drowning. The telegraph and telephone servlcs , was completely demoralized. It was 10 o'clock to night before any communication could be had with Milwaukee. SOME HEAVY LOSSES. Later reports coining In this evening show that the losses In the the downtown districts ilone will aggregate a large sum. The big department store of Rothschild & Co. , occupy- ng nearly three-quarters of n square on Stale street , suffered most. The plate glass windows dews on the State street side vere nearly all jlown In. The stock was badly damaged by the flood of rain. Several passersby on the street were painfully Injured by falling glass. Plate glass windows were also blown In In several other downtown stores. At midnight no further fatalities haj been reported , and It ts now thought that all who were out on the lake have been accounted for. The report of the drowning of three men off Cottage Grove avenue Is now be lieved to have been without foundation. A small boat containing three men came ashore near the Farragut boat house , after the police reported their supposed accident. Dispatches from many points In the central and northern portions of .Illinois nnd south ern Wisconsin tell cf furious gales this after noon and evening , though In no place did the damage reach so high a point as In Chicago. The weather all through the state was op pressively hot all day , and the storm came with remarkab'e suddenness toward even- Ing. Along the lake shore , north of here there was much damage done , and It Is feared that when ( he returns are all In It wl. : be found that there was much greater loss ol llfo than heard of tonight. At'Savanna , III. , t'no storm almost reached the proportions of n cyclone. At Peorla the mercury had stood nt 98 nearly all day until 4 o'clock , when the storm suddenly swept down upon the city. Severa buildings were unroofed , one three-story frame block being completely destroyed am much damage done to trees , awnings am windows. Many boating parties were on the fciktl but to far as known tonight all sue ceeded In reaching places of safety. LIST OF THOSE DROWNED. Some lumber crafts , Chicago bound , were caught by the storm , but whether they suf fered cannot be known until tomorrow. The excursionist steamers all canm In safely. Long after midnight the searchers were patrolling the waters , seeking over turned boats and some token of the dead. At the latest writing , although the old cap tains of the river believe the morning will add to list , the drowned are : JOHN ROSS , capsized near outer break water. THREE UNKNOWN PERSONS , supposed to have been drowned by capsizing of small , unknown yacht , off Twenty .second street. Charles Cllno and Charles Leeshook , first reported drowned with Ross , wore not on the boat when she went down. At Delevan , Wls. , the roof of ths Metto- wee hotel was blown off and great trees were broken like pipe stems. The wind was accom panied by a deluge of rain and great hall- stones that broke windows and leveled fields of grain. rjclune In PINE BLUFF , Ark. , July 7. A terrific cyclone swept over this city and adjacen territory north at 11 o'clock tonight. Al wires north and south are down and news o the damage which must have been consider able , cannot be ascertained at this hour Small buildings and numerous parts of house In this city were hurled away for great die tances , but thus far no loss of life or othe casualties have been heard of. This was tb hardest storm that ever occurred In this sec tlon. It abated somewhat after fifteen in In utcs and was followed by a deluge of rain An Immense cloud preceded , the cyclone am made the heavens appear as If on fire. Clou I hum In Mlminurl. ELDORADO SPRINGS , Mo. , July 7. A heavy rain , amounting to a cloudburst , fel here last night and today nearly all th streams In this part of the county are ou of their banks. The wheat and oats , whlc were reshocked otter the wind and hailstorm which visited here last week , are now though to be soaked clear through , and unless a fe\ dry. warm days come pretty teen , they wl mold and spoil. Clear creek , three mile west , is up to high water mark and fu of floating fences and small bridges. Report Irom all over the county say the rain ws general. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hrvero Storm In Kan n . OSWEGO , Kan. . July 7. A severe win and rain storm swept over Oiwego this even Ing. A number ot dwellings and severa staunch buildings were unroofed. Includln the opera home fd three largo brick store ulldlngs. In all of these the slocks of goods ere deluged by rain and badly damaged , he water works stand pipe , built at n co st f $3,000 , was blown down , The corn and rult crops were badly damaged. The loss n town will be fully $30,000. ATAi.nins ON ii.\Ki : OINUVA : tcnm I.nnncli Stvntnpcil nnd All on Hoard PrcuTiu'tl , LAKE GENEVA , Wls. , July 7. A heavy : orm passed over hero this afternoon bout 4:40 : which unroofed several build- ngs. The hall broke a largo quantity of lass and ruined corn , oats and what llttlo rult there was. The steam launch DIs- mtch was chartered just before the storm > y a party , consisting of Father Hogan nnd lisa Hogan of Harvard , 111. , and n man miiplit to be Dr. 1'nnz , assistant supcrln- ciulent of the Elgin , III. , Insane asylum , Ifc and child. The boat was In charge of ohn Preston , n reliable young man. They ere caught by the storm , the bout was wampcd and all on board were drownrd. ho body of Miss Hogan was found floating ear Knyes park this evening. This trip was to to Its last , for the oven- ng train to the city , nnd this fact led the xcur.'lonlsts to risk the waves. The wind md already stirred up a heavy ten. Tlio > oat had not gene half n mlle when the nirrlcano bore down upon the lake , nnd ho white caps were lashed Into email ccan billows. The violent rain which foi- ( i\\cd the first gust was the mont furious ver seen here. It was Impossible to see tie llttlo boat from landings , and nothing could bo seen. The storm was directly bc- ilnd. The first plunge Into the water drove lie nose of the boat far Into the vavcs , and It was feared the DIs- atch had died on the first on- laught. It came up , however , with the next crest , but the glass showed one passen- ; er was missing. This was probibly Miss logan , as1 the searchers found her body n nllo from the wreck 'with n life preserver ixed In her hand. This plunging and rolling vas continued for more than an hour , when t was seen that the launch's steam had given ut. Its screeching whistle , constantly nnd alnly crying for help , was silenced. The ex cursionists were huddled In a group In ths center of the boat. One big wave followed nether , beating upon the helpless thing with ncrcaslng fury. It finally rolled over on he side turned bottom up and sank. Miss Hogan's body was found at Kaye * lark about sundown. A most vigorous search > y a hundred men has failed to get a trace of the others and It ts feared they are all \tth the hull , held by the engine and ma chinery against the bottom ot the lake , \STIiOUS STOItJI AT KL HI-NO Many llounon Domollfilied nnd F.overnt . 1'co- | ilo fccrloujly Injnrort. EL RENO , Okl. , July 7. After three days of terrific heat nnd wind a sand storm of de structive power visited El Reno tonight at 5 30 p. m. , wrecking several houses and In uring several people. The North African Methodist church Is n total wreck. The re-si- Icnces of Fred Ilulse a J M. Wilson are ilown nwny. The stables and sheds of the Texas livery stable were blown Into the yaid ne\ " adjoining and wrecked. Outbuildings are blown down and many roofs and signs carried away. I During the storm It was dark as night and people ran Into each other on the street. Mrs. J. W. Brewer was blown quite a dls- anco down the street and was only saved 'rotn death through the courage of Dive Em noiu , a marshal , who caught her and carried ler Into shelter. No fatalities are reported yet , but many prople are 'Injured. The thermometer for the ast forty-eight hours has nSYer been below 98 oven at midnight and has reached as high as 109. A hard rain Is falling now. | Tornudo In ( leorcln. EATONTON , Ga. , July 7. A terrific cy clone swept across this and Morgan counties about G o'clock this afternoon. It ts known , low ever , two lives were lost and a number of persons severely Injured , several of them fatally. At Wlllard's station on the Middle ieorgla & Atlantic railroad , every house w orn to pieces. Henry Adams and B. Hard- ng , colored , are killed outright. Buildings , fences nnd crops on the Mai tin plantation ivere carried away. The parties who started out to follow the path of the cyclone after It "eft Wlllard have not returned. Over in Montgomery county Andrew Perry'j 'arm buildings and hou&e were blown down Perry and his family were burled In the fall- ng timbers. Perry Is Injured Internally and will probably die. His wife Is In a critical condition. The home of Jim Collier was de molished and two of his children were man gled by the wreck. Robertson's plantation was swept clear of everything outstanding The Robertsons fled to the cellar and escaped without serious Injuries. F. B. Logan's farm buildings were destroyed and some of his tenants were Injured by the flying debris. a MrtntiK.u'ollcu. . ELDORADO , Kan. , July 7. Butler coun y was visited with another heavy rain this afternoon and the streams arc swollen. At jordon , south of this city , the Santa Fc track Is under water. The storm came up about noon , with a severe wind , but no damage was done In this vicinity. PEABODY , Kan. , July 7. A terrible rain and windstorm visited this town and vicinity today. Much damage to barns , windmills and crops by the wind Is reported. The streams are higher than they have been for ten years. The Royal roe about eight feet In three hours and many bridges are In dan ger of being washed out. About a foot of water stood about the Santa Fo depot an ] part way up Main street. Many cellars are ovcrfioweJ. , _ Kiiiifltii Tcmn Oiini isoil. TOPEKA , July 7. This evening the little town of Canton was struck by a tornado and great damage was done. Nearly every house In the village was more or less Injured. Many IIOUPC.S and barns were entlre'y demolished and n score of persons are reported Injure ! Many honsss and barns were entirely demol ished and a score of psrsons are reported In jured. James Sny3er and twp others wore burled beneath the ruins ot a barn. Snyder had one arm broken and rccelvel other In juries from which he Is not oxpectel to re- ccivci. The High school bulldln ? wo , * badly damaged and a number of persons were In jured by flying timbers ard debris , MILWAUKEE. July 7. The wires are down In nearly every direction out of Mil- walikea , but from meager reports It seems that a severe storm , approaching- cyclone , has passed over the touthw et-tcrn part of the state , probably doing much damage. It Is reported that four men who were out on the lake In a boat were drowned , To AmUi btnrnt Mittrrcn. ST. LOUIS , July 7. A Republic special from Springfield pays : Another hard rail f 11 at Wlnora today , but no further damage was done. The people there are ttralghtonlng up things and recovering from the storm. The people of Springfield will take action on an appeal for aid for the citizens of Wlnona to morrow. Hoioro nt OSHKOSH , Wls , July 7.-The most severe storm and rain occurred this evening. Sky lights were broken and much damage mutt have been done to crops. The thermometer dropped 25 degrees In ten minutes. doting Wichita .loliitn. WICHITA , Kan. , July 7. Governor Mor- rll's order to the police commlsstoncri to either enforce the prohibition law or hand In their resignations ts taking effect In a decid edly Interett'ng manner. Last night tbu police began a crusade against all the saloon joints and gambling houses In the city. They have been peremptorily ordered to close up and thn police commissioners dechro that the law will bo enforced to the letter. Several arrests have been made. Arrlvril with Her Hall * . SAN TRANCISCO , July 7.-Tlio Btcamer Watilitenu , which was reported wrecked In the Straits of Magellan , arrived here todnv She lirotmht n caieo of rails from New York for the ban Francisco & Ban Joaquln Valley - ley road. Boundary of French Gulnla Onuso of a Very Serious Dispute. BOTH SIDES DEMAND AN EXPLANATION Armed Conflict Kraiilt * In ConipUcntloni tlint Mujr Cull tor homo Interforcnca on tlio 1'iirt of the United Hlutcs. WASHINGTON. July 7. The strained re lations between Franco and Brazil over the l''rench Guiana boundary appears to become more complicated dally. The subject Is anal ogous to the British-Venezuela trouble In which the United States has taken a hand , and In the opinion of officials hero the Fre-cli contest with Brazil Is nipldly assuming an aggravated aspect , which may nguln call for the attention of the United States , as the Monroe doctrine applies to one no less than the other. An armed conflict has occurred In the dis puted territory between French soldiers nnd Brazilians. The French government has de manded redress nnd the Brazilian congress has passed a resolution couched In shnrp language , calling for nn explanation from Franco. A cable report from Brazil states that the government regards the subject as so menacing that n strict censorship has been established on nil Information regarding It. The armed conflict has merely brought to a crisis the IOIIK contention over the French Qul.inn territory. Both countries claim n large tract of terri tory , extending north from the Amazon river , and equal In extent to what Is usually designed on the map as French Guiana. Eiclt country regards the occupation of this dis puted territory as unwarranted. The fault for the recent conflict cannot bo placed. French Guiana Is wanted by France as a convict colony for the deportation of tlm worst classes from the French prisons. ' HISTORY OF THE CASE. As a result , the population Is a strange mixture of French , Arabs , Malajs and Greeks nnd the riff-ruff of Paris , and they are a des perate nnd lawless class. A few years ago one of these adventurers , a man named Gross , attempted to get up an Independent country. He established a capital and called his government "Independent Guiana. " The boundary dispute has run through two cen turies , nnd has the distinction of being an ar- tlclo In the two famous treaties Uticcht and Amiens , Brazil was originally n Portuguese colony , nnd Portugal Insisted that It extended up to the French Guiana boundary now shown on the maps. Franco claimed that her territory ran down to the Amazon. In the treaty nt Utrecht the river Vlncct-Plnzon was fixed as the boundary. Portugal then claimed that this river was the northerly stream now marking the boundary , while France claimed that It was the stream near the Amazon , so that the treaty left the dispute ns far open as ever. Since the recent nrmrd conflict French sol diers have crossed the bounJary and perma nently established thcm'elves In the disputed territory , with the purpose , It Is believed , of holding It by force. MVKS LOST ON hi KM VI SSIJLS itccords of the United Stntes Stcambout Inspection Service. . WASHINGTON , July 7. The records of the United States steamboat Inspection serv ice , which , during the last nineteen years has been under the direction of General Dumont - mont as Inspector general , show that during the last fiscal year the number of lives lost on steam vessels was approximately 368. This was an Increase over the average Jor the pre ceding 18 jeara of 128. This great Increase was caused by the largo loss of life by the foundering of the steamship Collmn , recently oft' the Pacific coast. This makes the average 'or the past nineteen years 247. The highest previous annual loss was GSC , In 1S74 ; the lowest was 133 , In 1886. Not withstanding the great Increase In the num ber of vessels since 1870 , over 100 per cent , there have been but 729 disasters to steam vessels , with a loss of but 6,057 live' . The number of passengers Increased per annum from 122,589,130 , carried In 1870 , to not lets than CCO.000,000 In 1892. The average loss of llfo under t'no law of 1852 was one Ilfo In tvery 250,181 passengers carried , while under the act of 1871 , which greatly Improved the efficacy of the service , the loss was only ono life In each 2,708,330 passengers carried , or a reduction of nearly if to 3 In proportion to the number of passengers carried. The serv ice consists of about 175 officers and clerks in the supei vising Inspector general's depart ment , ten supervising Inspectors In districts , under whom are located Inspectors , dlvded among the various customs collection dls- ttlcts of the United States. / MAT rnuir a/Mi.v riant Accident on tlio Union 1'ielflo Not fur from Iduvllnn. RAWLINS , AVyo. , July 7. ( Special Tele gram. ) ' An orange special that left at 10 this morning was wrecked Just west of Green ville , ten cars leaving the track , all being badly smashed. A broken Journal Is sup posed to bo the cause of the accident. Frank Boedln and Will Hajs , two Rawllns boya about 20 years old , gong to Fort Stecle and rdng on the bumpers , were botVi seri ously Injured , Hajs having ono leg broken In three places and Boedln being Injured In ternally and one leg nnd lip crushed. West bound passenger trains Nos , 1 and 3 were delayed - layod four hours by the wreck. General Man ager Dickinson , Superintendent Malloy of the Wyoming division , Master Mechanic McCon- ncll and Trainmaster Culiosa , who were In Rjwllus at the tlmu ot the accident , went to the scene of the wreck , taking n steam der rick from the shops. A track was built around the wreck and all freight and passen ger traffic lias been resumed. Ulntii > OIIIIM i * ( um HIT. FORT BRIDGER , Wyo. , July 7. ( Special. ) Ulnta county. Wyoming , has decUol to take advantage of the Nebraska ttatc fair com mittee's and the Union Pacific railroad's offer , and will have an exhibit at the state fair at Omaha of a carlcad of mineral and agricultural pioduce not to be scon every day or In many places , Ono feature of the exhibit will be a sample of n volunteer crop of po tatoes , Potatoes , If not all picked up In the fall , will come up vtlunt or the next spring. Oats and wheat also volunteer crops. "hrrp Ili-rrlur Miuot * Iliu r r.-imil. RAWLINS , Wyo. , July 7. ( Special Tele gram. ) A shooting affray occurred on Pass creek , thirty miles southeast , this morning between Charles Smith , a sheep herder , and McNalty , foreman for a sheep outfit. Mc- Nalty received a bullet In the right side and arm. Smith escaped , vvllli the sheriff after him. _ Moth Hov Injured. RAWLINS , Wyo. , July 7. ( Special Tele gram. ) Lesllu and Rich , rons ot Postmas ter Magor , were thrown from their horse today whllo returning from the wreck. Les lie wai badly Injured , being unconscious for rome time. No bones wcrobrokcn , lrnii o ot Jnilco KlrliMlrlclf | , BUTTU , Mont. , July 7. A dispatch from Salt Lake announces the midden death there ot Judge Motca Klrkpatrltlt of this city , ono of the foremost luwjcm lit the northwest. lie v\as In tlio early CO * u law pnrtncr of Senator Stewart of Nevada anil nt ono tlmn a candidate for the supreme jiidgeshlp of that ntntc. The past ten yearn he has been principal attorney for the Anaconda Min ing company. nt III * HUNTINOTON , W. Vn. . July 7. Unlteil States .Marnlml Garden and twenty depu ties left licro on a fcpeclnl early this mornIng - Ing for the nikhorrt mining region. Tlio mnrtrhul wlshc-d to 1) " In rendlnesa In case un outbreak bhould occur. The three com- p.ir.lta of mlllttu here are still unu r arrna.