THE OMAHA ; DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JtlaSTJU 31) ) , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MOllJitNG , OCTOBER 7 , 181)7. ) SIN a LID COLT JF1VJ3 CENTS.
PFRISI1 IN FIAMFS
JLJjlvlull 111 LLaluLJ
Boron Lives Are Lost in a Fire at
Plankintou , 8 , D ,
DISASTER AT STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Girl's Dormitory is Completely Hoducod to
Ashes.
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ONE TEACHER AND SIX PUPILS ARE D-AD
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Twenty-Fivo Persona Escape with Difficulty
in Night Clothing.
'VICT.M3 BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION
HiilliIliiKN UVro of Woiiil ami .No PI re
iiixVIIM Atnlliililo 1'rou-
Ioss IH Tnoiit-ri\u
'lliotiHuiiil ItullnrN.
PL/ANKINTON , S. D. . Oct. 6. Ono of the
worst disasters In the history of Mic state
occurred last midnight , when seven lives
were lost by thu buinlng of thu girls'
dormitory at the State Industrial school.
.The dead are :
TILLIH rpOPnil. Instructor.
AIAISULi TOHUUT , aged P , Sioux Falls.
OJKSSI13 MKRIJY. agc-d 14 , Hot Springs.
IDA WAUNUll , aged 10. Walertown.
CHR1STJNA UKltGMAN. aged 11 , Yank-
ton.
ton.NKLLIE
NKLLIE JOHNSON , aged 13 , Grafton , N.
D.
LILLIAN WEST , aged 11 , Sioux Kails.
The burned structure was of wood , tlirce
stories In height , and was but recently com
pleted. The origin of the flro la unknown.
The watchman saw tihu llamcs bursting from
the upper windows while he was In a build
ing some distance away. Tlicru was no lire
lighting apparatus at the school , and the
buildings being o\cr a mile from town no
aid could be rendered. In a short time
the entire annex was enveloped In llamcs
and In less than twenty minutes from thu
time the lire was seen the building was.
dcstrojed. Nothing was saved. There vveie
about twenty-live poisons In the school \\i\o
cjcaped In their night clothes with the
greatest difficult } . Search lor the bodies
wlte commenced .it , boon as possible , and
late this aftcinoon all had been recovered
ami were Immediately burled. Kach was
burucd hcjond recognition. The loss on
the building Is $ J5,000.
IHJVTUIl PVIllC rAVILIOV 11UHNS.
olUo PlreIn Vl.-lnlt > of Union
SlOOk llll'llN , CIllOIIUTO.
CHICAGO. Oct. C Fanned by a strong
twlnd from the west , a fire broke out In
the Dexter Paik pavilion at the Union
Stock jards this afternoon , spread to the
idlstrlct between Ilalstead street and Union
avcnuo and Tortv-thlrd and Torty-flfth
streets , demolishing business houses and
rosldcnces. The worst sufferers among the
rcsdlents were those living along Hatatcid
street , between Forty-third and Fortjfourth
streets. The llamcs raged from 3 o'clock
until G o'clock , and then jlclded to the
vlgoious work of the fire department. The
total damage to the De\tei Park pavilion
Is estimated at more than $30,000 , but H
may exceed that aum , as the exact number
of horses burned In the lire Is not kniwn ,
and a calculation of the amount of feed
titored in the pavilion Is also yet tu be made.
A number of person : * were Injured during
thu light with the dimes , and one man , oc-
coidlng to an errrploju of the stock jauls ,
( was burned to death. The dead.
UNKNOWN MAN , burned to death.
lire Injured ;
Patrick Casey , emplojo of stock jards ,
not eerlous.
Maurice Maloney , fireman , overcome bj
smoke and brat ; will recover.
P. P. Shearn , broken leg.
Henry Walsh , employe of stock jards ,
Ellghtly burned.
William Donahue , fireman , Injured by fallIng -
Ing timber , will recover.
Chief losses Dextci Park pavilion , con
sisting of eight barns , ? 50.000 ; Armour &
Co 's sheds , near the pavilion , $800 , feed
In pavilion , $ GOOO , fielght cars belonging ,
to the Union Stock Yards and Transit com
pany and lire Chicago & Alton ralhoad ,
51,000. Twentj-clght residences and s'orcs
ivvcre damaged by the llamcs , tbo loss In
each particular Instance being small
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 0 A special to the Posl-
Dlspatch from Medora , 111 , sajs "A flro
that bioke out at J a. m. In the rear of
lloblngs' hardware store spread rapldlj arid
In two hours had destroyed that building
and seventeen others adjoining , practlcallj
( wiping out the business portion of the town
und causing an estimated loss of $100,001 ,
Insurance , one-half The principal looses
mo s follows J Lix $10,000 ; .1 Rollings
$6,000 ; Hank of Medora , $8,000 ; T. L Leper
& Co. , $200 ; T. A Loomls , $0,000 ; A. Steed ,
ifT.OOO.
Several persons were more or less seri
ously binned and bruised while trjing to
rescue goods from the stores Among them
nro ; C W. Tletsart , severely burned on
liand ; W. T. Roach , hands burned , will prob.
ably lose one ; W 1" . Keller , severely burned
about fare Joseph Drcnnan , hurt by MlllriK
piano ; U n , Peeble. bruised and burned ,
„ Dr. J. i ; , Walton , cut bj flj Ing glass.
NH\V YORK , Oct 0TN > Guggenheim
Bineltlng vnuku at Perth Ainboy , N J , were
destroyed by fire last night and the IOEH
Is estimated at $2. $ > 0,000. The property of the
smelting works Is about thirty acres In
urea. Klamch shot up from the smelting
scorn and .the hundred workmen lied for their
lives. The flro ROOD gained such rapid head-
i\ay that bcfoio half the fir emeu were on the
eciire the llaines hid control. The smelting
I works were among the largest of the kind In
'thn ' countrj Yesterday Mr. Guggenheim
/Vicjit / to an Insurance agent to rcnow his
Iiollc'es and It Is thought that .the loss Is
fully cuvn\od \ The cause ot the lire Is not
CMIO , Mich , ufct , 0. I'orest fires are rug-
ing south of Klugbton , Sevetal farm houses
and barns hive burned , and great excltemsnt
prevails its a ehango of wind would place
Kingston In Imminent danger. The village-
Of Wllmot Is ulso surrounded by lire and
ivvlll st.rrly burn inlepa help U given the
cxhatiEted residents
KANSAS CITY. Oct. C. A special to the
fitar from Mcdford , Okl. . &ajs ; Flro cailv
this morning destroyed the west sideof one
' : i 1 > I oe k In thn center of town , causing an ug-
, eregato losa of $10,000 ; Insurance light.
MILU8 CITY. Mont. . Oct , 6 The Maqueen
j hotel burned last night. Lo's , $ f > 0,000 ; In-
t luranre. $27 COO. Many guctts had nsr uw ea-
N\SH\'lLI.n , Oct. 6. Tonight between S
and 9 o'clock flro was discovered Ui Iho plant
of J. It. Raniom & Co.'s planing mills and
tipx factorj on the Nashville , Chattanooga &
Bt I.ouls railroad about a mile from this
cltj. The plant and lumber yard covered
About fifteen acrei and vvero almost totally
swept by. the flames. LOGS about $100,000 ; In
surance about ! > 0 per rent. The Globe foundry
and machine works were almost totally de-
etrojcd. LOMJ , $19.000 ; not fully covered by
insurance.
Ul'RLINGTON. Mo. , Oct. 0. ( Special Tele-
pram ) - Tlie barn of I'rank Hacbett , with
four bead of horues , 1,100 bushels of corn end
other contents , was dettroyed by nro Monday.
Loan , $1 000 ; Insurance. $420.
DKADWOOO , B. D. Oct. 6 ( Special Tele-
BMm. ) A clmige of Mod thU afternoon
iiived the towns ot Preston and Ragged Top
rrom detructlpn , For several days a timber
flro has been raging ID the dead timber and
kadorbruth lurrouadlug both cimpi. IhU
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.afternoon every one who could handle a
shovel or a bag turned out to Keep the flro
out. At n late hour tonight , while the camps
arc not. free from danger , It Is not thought
the fire will reach them.
OTTAWA , Oct. 6 rive bollcs have been
recovered near South Indian as a result of
the fires. They arc those of Mrs Lev elites ,
Mies Sillcs , her ulster , and Mrs Levcllles'
two children , one an Infant and the other
12 years o'd Mrs. Lacrolx , a widow , was
found dead about twenty miles from where
the village once Mood , burned to death Two
or tlirco houses arc all that Is left of a once
thriving village. Two houses and a hotel
are all that remain of Oaesclman The vil
lage of Cheacy la obliterated. SKI ) of the
most destitute were brought to this city this
afternoon and the others arc being provided
for at farm houses nd elsewhere.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. , Oct C. A special to
the Advertiser from Ovellka says Last night
the old Jail building at this place caught lire
and was totally destroyed , and two negroes |
who were confined to It were burned to death
MACON. Ga. , Oct C. The shops of the
Central Railway sjatcm In this city me on
fire. The pilnt shop , carpenter shops , store
room and stores are already In ashes. The
roundhouse , wltJi engines , and the yards ,
with hundreds of cars , are endangered Tae
loss so far Is about $75,000 , no Insurance
ALLISON. la. , Oct. C ( Special Tele-
Krani. ) Ocorga Martin's livery bain bore I
was sot on lire this morning at " o'clock
and was totally destroyed , together wltli
n'no ' head of horses The total lisj Is $4 000 ,
on which there was but $150 Insurance
I'lve of the horaea were racers and trotura
belonging to C. 13 Hurd , who was on his
way to the Now Hampton races , and who
had stopped at Allison for the night.
DETROIT Mich , Oct. 7 A fire whlrh
bloke out it 12 15 a. m In the Detroit Opera
house destroyed that building and apt cad
to several adjoining structures By 2 o'clock
the four-story building of the C. H. Mitchell
Table company , corner of Monroe aonuo
and Campus Mirtlus , and the Leomrd
building , on Gratlot avenue , were also 'lc-
fltrojed. Several other large buildings arc
In Imminent danger. Several firemen Ml
from n ladder and were scrlouslj Injured
The loss Is $230,000.
CONVENTION OK WOM VVS CI.T1I1S.
I'ri > MliI < * iit Sloulriiliorouuli
( III- \IIIIIIIll VllllrC-NM ,
I1I3ATRICU , Neb , Oct. G ( Special Tele
gram ) Today's sessions of the I'cderatlon of
Woman's Clubs wcro fraught with much In
terest and were largely attended , the onlj
annojancc occurring In the lateness of the
noon Irakis.
The morning session opened with an ad-
dresi of welcome by Mrs Sarah S Deutsch ,
president of the Beatrice Woman's club The
response was madu by Mrs. Margaret SacK-
ett of Weeping Water. At 10 o'elocK Mrs.
Hello M. Stoutenborough of Plattsmouth ,
president of the State Federation of Clubs ,
delivered her annual address , which was replete -
pleto with choice gems of sentiment and
was graccfullj delivered. H was listened to
with great Interest The noon train brought
In about fifteen additional delegates , Increas
ing the attendance to nearly 130 This after
noon there were addresses by Mrs Hay Mc-
CIlntocK of Topeka , president of the Kansas
Social Science federation amd bv Mrs Emma
M Van Vechton of Marbhalltown , la , pres
ident of the Iowa Federation of Woman's
Clubs , both of which were regarded by the
delegates to be of great excellence. The late
afternoon hours were devoted to a recep
tion to the visiting members bj the local
delegates and members of the local clubs.
A conference on recommended work was
also a leading feature of the afternoon. Pa
pers were read by Mrs Lillian R Harford
of Omaha on "Art ; " on "Village Improve
ment , " by Mis. W. G. Taj lor of Lincoln
and Mrs F. E. Miller of Seward ; on "Fos
tering Public Libraries , " by Mrs. Kate M
Tone of Tccumseh
Tonight a mothers' meeting was held , at
which a report of the national congress of
mothers was made by Mrs. Maria Cow en
of York , followed by an address on "Mothers
rnd Kindergarten Work , " by Mrs. Frank
Heller of Omaha ; an address on "Mothers
and Schools , " bj Mrs. A. W. Held of Lin
coln , and on "The Responsibilities of Moth-
eis , " bj Mrs Louisa T. Rlckctts of Lincoln.
The papers and addiccbcs were Intelspersed
with a tine musical program , In which the
following well known women appeared1
Vocal colos by Mlsa Marlon Treat of Chicago
cage , vlol'n solo by MKs Lillian Kanble of
Plattsmouth , piano duet bj Mrs D. U. Scdg-
wlck of York and Miss Cobb
r it IMC > ovviv TII.KS HIS sioitv.
Drt'lnirN < lu % Flro WIIK nncrlilrill
mill ! ! rVnriil Vrrest.
CiU\R RAPIDS , la , Oct. C ( Special Tel
egram ) It has been known for i long time
that Prank A. No\ak , the Walfoid merchant
and banker who Is charged with the murder
of Edward Murray , together with arson and
conspiracy , had made a confession to C C
Perrln , the detective , whllo en route from
the Klondike countj , where be was rap
tured , but Perrin has refused to bay ony-
thlng about the confession Perrln's report
to the Tlilelo agency has now been given to
the public. H Isery lengthy and Is In
mobt part a detailed account of the trip to
Alaska and the return In the confcEulon ,
which Perrln BBJS Novak made to him twice
Novik sajs he had a bottln of vvhlskj
heavily charged with moiphlne In his store
for the benellt of robbers who might break
In Ho says when ho and Murray went Into
the building on thn fateful night he went
In the cellar to tlx thu fires and when ho
leturned discovered that Murriy had drunk
a portion of the contents of the bottle and
was then stupid. He put him to bed and
went dov.n stalls and lay down on the
counter to read and fell asleep When ho
awoKe the store was on fire. Ho KI\S : he
tried twice In rescue Jluiny , but vn" un
able and then , fearing bis storj would not
be Lelleved , skipped out.
niscrss wnsriitVVTRIIVA * s.
Coiiintloii ill Ilm n.porl Vnrrr * In
Mori Not Your nt Vi-midiU.
DAVENPORT , ! , . Oct. fl The convention
of thn Af-oclutlon for the Improvement of
Western Waterwajs closed today. Heaolu-
tlons worn adopted favoring the canstiuctlon
of a dim at the Rock Island rapids , the
early completion of the Hennopln canal , liberal -
oral , aitiroprlullons for the Improvement 01
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers ; thn deepen
ing and widening of the south inns , Nen
Orlwits , the purvey and Improvement of ( lie
Southwrat pass ; ample protection of the- al
luvial volley of the lower Mississippi ilvcr
horn Hoods ; earlj completion of the levers
between Hurllngtnn , la , and Hannibal M
deeping of the harbor at Daveniioit : approv
ing the governmental sjstcm of dredg
ing ; endorsing the method lately adopted bj
congiess of placing government worK undci
contract ; endorsing the Improvement of
waterwajs from Oalvcston to Houston am
expressing appreciation of the llbcial atti
tude of the Fifty-fourth congress towaii
rivers and harbors.
13 D Wood of New Orleans was re-elcetei
chairman of the executive committee ani
Jchn W llrjant of New Orleaiif , secretary
New Orleans was chosen as thi > next place
of meeting
HnliliiMl of Illx Mono ) .
WASHINGTON , la. , Oct. B IUr\ej
Cherry , who had Just icturned from Ne
braska , where ho had sold his firm am
had $9,000 on his person , was wajlaid this
morning by tbreo footpads , Knocki-d sente-
lesa and robbed of the monoj and a valuably
gold watch.
Slrurk h > n Train ami Ivlllt-il.
MOUNT VRRNON , la. Oct. C ( Sperla
Telegram ) Harry Dilkcs of Chicago w s
struck by a Northwestern pabaenger trail
this morning whllo etandlng on the track
and so badly Injured that he died In a
couple of hours.
TIKI Iiijuroil In it U n nun n } ,
DUN LAP , la. , Oct. 6. ( Special Telegram )
Rev , Father White and A. H. Taylor were
Injured In u runaway today. Father White
was hurt over the right cjc. Taylor
with a lew culi.
TRAIN ROBBERS AT WURK
Eight Bandits Hold Up a Chicago & Alton
Express.
ACF IS COMMITTED NEAR K\NSAS CITY
Vttrinpt to II I ini OIH-II Iho
Mi'fortiKor'H bufo 1'roM'n IJIIKIIC-
VC'HNtlll Illlll lllO llllllllOIH
TuUo to Tholr lli-clx.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Oct. C. Dandlts held
up a ChlcJgo . Alton express train tonight
at a point less than blx miles from Kansas
Clt ) The robbery Is the ithlrd occurring on
tint railroad within a year , all within fifteen
miles of this city.
Thu Chicago and St. Louis express , which
pulled out of the Union depot at b 30 this
evening , was stopped by eight masked men
at Evanston , a suburban stopping place Just
beyond Washington park. Evanston Is about
eight miles neirer to Kansas Cltj than Blue-
Cm , made celebrated by the notorious
James gang , and which was the scene of two
previous robberies on the Chicago & Alton
within a year , one on December 23 last and
one on October 23 lust.
Thu train was stopped at the Evanston aid
ing by the explosion of torpedoes which had
been place ! at the Hack. When thu con-
dtictoi and Imiktnun went out to asccrU.n
the caube of the trouble they were covered
with rcvolveis In the hands of four of the
cignt road agents The otncr four quickly
covered the engineer and llreman Tile
brakiiiuan was compelled to uncouple the
baggage and express cars from the passenger
coaches \\lillo this was being done one of
thu robbers busied liln self bj going through
the pockets of Conductor Graves , who was
robbed of ? 2.i In coin.
In the- meantime the bandits at the head
of the train had ordered Engineer Vollettu
and his llreman to climb down out of their
cab Engineer Vollcttc hesitated until a
ilstol bail was sent vvhlbtllng bj his cars. He
ana the fireman , after this persuasion ,
climbed down quickly and two of the rob-
JLIS Immediately took their places. The
others of the bandit crowd Jumped aboard
: ho baggage and express cars. This part of
the train thcj ran up the track toward In
dependence , Mo , about a quarter of a mile.
Tnero thej compelled the frightened express
nesscngei tu open the door of his car. Tue
Icor once opened they dragged the messen
ger out bj the legs , tbiowlng him to the
, 'iound and then took his gun away from
ilm. The messenger was then compelled to
walk back toward the other portion of the
train.
THEY TRY DYNAMITE.
After securing complete possession of Uie
engine and the baggage and express cars ,
the bandits placed twenty-four sticks of
djuamlto upon the big thiough safe and
then lifted the smaller way safe upon top
of It. They applied the fuse and the match ,
and then , evidently , waited for the ex-
; ) lo-3lon. It Is clear that they were afraid
: o return to the exprcsb car , for , after walt-
ng a few minutes for the expected ex
plosion , they hurriedly left the place , run
ning Into the underbrush which skirts the
railway In that section.
The trainmen who had been left behind
with the passenger coaches , politely waited
a icasonable length of time for the robbers
; o complete their work , and then ran ahe-ad
to the engine and the two cars After some
delay , they succeeded In lifting down the
small safe and throwing out the dynamite.
The engine was then run back to the rest
of the train and coupled on , and after a full
.wo boms' delay , the express resumed the
lourney to'vard St. Louis
The Chloago & Alton detectives were on
the train. Both were badly seared , and
neither of them put In an appearance out
side of their1 coach until It was all over but
the telling of how It was done. The cx-
iress messenger was not only roughly
landled bj the road agents , but was robbail
of $31 from his private purse. The passen
gers made up a purse of $25 and gave It to
him.
County Marshal Chiles and several depu
ties , as well os a squad of city police , left
for the scene of the robbery about midnight
on a special train.
MII'I\CIMIINT OK TESTIMONY.
ProKC'Ciitlon In I.nolRort CIIHO hlioi > liiK
I | l WltllVNNOH III ! * DofdINO.
CHICAGO , Oct. CThe testimony In the
Luetgcrt trial today was more Interesting
to the general public than It ban been at
any time for the last two weeks. The dry
technical evidence of the experts ga\e waj
to Impeachment evidence offered by the
state against tire witnesses for the defense
who had stated on the stand that Mrs. Luc-
gert had been seen In the vicinity of
Kenosba , WIs. , within a few days after
the murder is said to have been committed.
Sevei.il of those who claimed to have seen
the woman around Keno.sha fared badly at
the hands of their neighbors , and Witness
Scholey , the principal witness for the de
fense on the Kenosha story , had his char
acter torn to sin oils. Ono of his neighbors
v. ho testified against him , said he did not
know what was meant by Scholoy'a
"voracity , " but made .himself cleai In the
next breath by adding , "I do know , though ,
that Soholey Is no good. "
Ono of the strongest features In rebuttal
was the evidence of Adam Brluker , a team
ster for a soap factory. It was In reference
to Iho tallow. greaio and chipped bone
whlrh George Eland said he delivered at the
factory on May 1 and which William Charles
testified was procured as some of the In
gredients of boft B-ap. which was to be made
for the purpose of thoroughly cleaning up
the big sausage factoiy , preliminary to Its
prospective bale to an English syndicate.
Brinker said he hauled all the tallow
slxtv-slx pounds and 1BO pounds of bone
away from the factory May 1. He explained
that H WHO his duty to do this once each
week , usually the last day of the week. Ho
convoyed the material to a soap-making
film by which ho was emplojed ,
"Did you ee bones , tallow or mixed
gree o In barrels other than the grease you
handled on May IT' asked Assistant State's
Attorney McEwcn.
"No , the biirels wcro all empty that 1
saw In the fuctoiy that day , "
"Did vou ever put any bones or tallow in
the Ice bouse ? "
"No. "
This evidence wis ; considered Important
as contiarticling the story of the defense that
Luetgcrt had need barrels of grease and tal
low In the factory on the night of May 1 In
making soft soap According to the story
of BrlnK-r them were absolutely no tallow ,
bones or grease In tbo barrels which arc al
leged to have been rolled Into the basement
and afterwardn dumped Into the middle vat
Drinker added that ho know Mrs Luetgert
quite well and had seen her and talked with
her Just prior to her disappearance. He said
she talked rationally and that she did much
of her own house work. This latter ttate-
meii4 was In contradiction of the story of
Mary Sli-niDierlnB
MlM IMItflltM Of OUOIIII VoNMOlM , Ool , ( I
At New York Arrived Amsterdam , frrni
\niBterdnin ; Teutonic , from Liverpool ;
Tiave , Horn Bremen , Bulled Penlnsuliu ,
for L'hbon ; Ohio , for Hull ; St. J'aul , for
Houthnmpton ; Nocrdland , for Antwerp ;
( Jcrmunlii foi I.lverpooo ]
At Plj mouth Airlved Kulser Wllhelm
tier Groh _ . . Hum New York
At Plilladclphln-Arilved-lridmna. from
Llivrnaool
U laltlwori > Sailed DrcBdon , for Urc-
mtn.
At HaUfidam Airlved Veendnm. from
New Yc rk. Silled Obdum 101 New York
At Southampton Sil'td Li'-n for Nvv
York. Arrived Paris , jrem New York
At Llverpool-ArrlveJ-Waes'.and , from
Philadelphia ; Majtstkfrom New York.
Balled nrltunnlc , for New York ; Sylvunla ,
for liobton.
At Copenhacen Arrived Thlncvalla ,
from New York.
SPAIN OUAVrS AUTONOMY TO Ctlll V.
Cnlilnrt Council M odcnml Tnlcc * Hie
ImtiortntitRtti > .
MADRID , Oct. 6.At a cabinet council tonight -
night Bovcrnment decided to grant au
tonomy to Cuba under the suzerainty of
Spain and to continue the campaign as long
as may be necessary.1 *
Scnor Gallon , minister of foreign affairs ,
explained to the cabinet the position of the
diplomatic negotiations with thu United
States.
HAVANA , Oct. 6. A well known Ameri
can , who has long resided In the taUnd , ex
presses the opinion that real differences exist
among the resident Spaniards as to the de
sirability of autonomy. Ho believes It will
not provo satisfactory to the radical clement
among tno Spaniards In Cuba. After au
tonomy baa been granted and has been pro
claimed , he says , ho believes the radical ele
ment will do all they can to promote an
other Insurrection. In that case the con
servative clement would at once demand an-
ncxattlon to the United States. This \lcvv Is
shared by many resident Spaniards of prom
inence ,
The rumor that Marshal Martinez Campos
will probably be appointed to command In
Cuba gives great satisfaction to the native
Islanders , but the Spaniards onlv express
their disapproval , as they consider that hM
weakness was the original cause of the ex
trusion of the Insurrection Into western
Cuba.
\VIYIIII : sws IIP/LI , .NOT IIISIR\ .
Soiiiln ii CnliK'drain tosSiiKiixtn ' " " ' " '
KIToot.
MADRID. Oct. C Senor Sagasta , the prc-
tnler , has received a cable message from
Captain General Woyler , who oflcra his
services to the government , and says : "I
shall not resign. "
HAVANA , Oct 0 In splto of Captain Gen
eral Weyler's prohibition , a notable demon
stration took place here today in his honor.
The bourse was closed , as were also the
principal stores and tobacco and other manu
factories All the main streets were gaily
dccoiatcd.
The \arlous processions united nt Central
park and then moved together to the plaza
In front of the Captain General's palace ,
where 20,000 people wcro gathered. AccordIng -
Ing to the olllclal accounts they asbiired Cap
tain General Wejler thit It wis the desire
of all the loyal Inhabitants of the Island that
le should continue at tlic , head of the govern ,
nent and carry on the campaign against the
Insurgents.
Captain General Wcyler , after thanking the
deputations for their assurances , said he had
accepted the command id difficult circum
stances and without conditions The success
of the campaign could be dstlruated and prop
erly appreciated by the country from the \ls-
ible facts. In the course of seven months
[ our Important provinces had been nearly
paclflcd and ho was confident of being able
lo pacify the two lemalnlng provinces at tire
proper tlmo with the forty battalions reidy
for the task. The entire demonstration was
orderly and Is officially described as "without
political color. " '
MlnlNlor I.ooiiliM IN IloooUod.
( Copj right , 1S97 , bj l're" = 3 rubU'hlns Company )
CARACAS , Venezuela , Oct. C ( New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram ) In
consequence of the Illness of President
Crespo , Mr. Francis I . Loomls , the now
United Statqs minister , -was received by Vice
President Alverez today at the capltol In
stead of at the Yellow House. This waan
unusual mark of favor. A fpjiipany of high
officials welcomed Mr. Loomls.
r-v * " *
rXcom 111 tin lent I nu Threatened.
PESHAWUR , Oct. C , Intelligence received
from various points confljm the report that
Afrldls and the Irakzas will take the Initia
tive If their proposal oftecttlement Is not
accepted by the British , un order to secuie
combined action they threaten excommunication
tion from Islam of such tribes as make sep
arate terms.
Cniiiiilnn PiillH
RIO DE JANEIRO Oc ( . C Canudos , the
stronghold of the fanatics under Antonio Con.
eelhelro , has fallen. It has been captured
by the government troops' after a desperate
engagement with the revolutionists An
tonio Conselhciro has been taken prisoner.
Till VI , OF MRS. ATKINSO.V OI'KNS.
\Vlfe of NVoNt Vlrelnlii'H < ; < n criiur 111
Iilllt'M CllltollON.
WHEELING , W. Va. , Oct. 6. A special to
the Intelligencer from Gienvllle , W. Va ,
sajs : The trial of Mrs , Atkinson was re
sumed today. The preliminary proceedings
were brief and a Jury was soon empaneled
of the representative men ! of the county and
sworn. The trial openeuj with the reading
of the Indictment which charges Mrs. Atkin
son and Joshua P. Owens , a prominent
farmer , with being Jointly engaged In a fel
onious uttering of certain receipts alleged
to bo forged , and Owens and Mrs. Atklubon
are being tried together. The receipts In-
\olved In the transaction , something over
J1.400 , v.ero filed by the state as evidence.
The state claims that these receipts were
written and signed In Judge Camden's name
by Mrs. Atkinson , then , Mrs. Camdcn , some
years after Judge Camden's death. This laht
allegation Is denied bjntho defense , although
the fact that the receipts arc wholly in , the
handwriting of Mrs. Atkltibon was today ad
mitted by her attornejs.
Cnrnden Somrners , on whose evidence the
Indictment was brought , was the first vvlN
111133 examined by the slate. Ho described
his discovery of the papers and pointed out
to them his reason for his belief that they
wcro forged. Letters from Owens to Judge
Camdeu were hero Introduced as evidence In
the case for the purpose of showing the non
payment of the money for which the receipts
are Kiipposcd to have beeu given. The cross-
examination of the witness wan Very rigid ,
but seemed to leave the statements unshaken.
The defense , however , claims that contrudle-
toty evldcnco will ln | duo tlmo bo produced.
Other state witnesses followed Summers with
similar testimony. J
UAV.UiUb OK > in'M < 0\V I-'nVKIt.
PUc lloutliH mill tVirj > - Slxe > t CIINOH
at AIM * ' Orli-aiiH.
NEW ORLEANS , Oct. B Five deaths and
forty-six now cases Is fhojycllow fever record
today In this city. Tbo'/dead / are- Jean M
Corte , Emma Well , Adeline Rogora , Robert
Parrj' , M. P. Brady. Total cabcu to date ,
42C , total deaths to 'date43 , ; total cases ab
solutely recovered , 134 ; total cases under
treatment , 248. t
MQHILE , Ala. , Oct. O. The total cases of
yellow fever hero reached the hundred mark
today. The actual total to date at noon was
99 ; total deaths to datoJG. There were nil
deaths reported today and only four new
*
cases
EDWARDS , Miss , 6ct. 6 There have
been blxtern new cases of yellow fever today ,
four whites and tvvele ) aegroea Total
deaths to date , 151 total caeea to date In town
and immediate country , SAG ; total number ol
convalescent and discharged , 205 ; total under
treatment , 10G ; serlourly HI , S , with black
vomit , 1.
BILIOXI , Miss. . Oct. C. Yellow fever
cases under treatment , 121) ) suspicious cases ,
4 ; other cases 5 ; npvr casea. 7 , total yellow
fever cases to date , 255 ; total deaths to date ,
10 ; deaths today , 1.
Mint mill IliiiiKt'roiiHl ) WoiinuYil.
I1URLINGTON JUNCTION , Mo. , Oct .
( Special. ) Aaron JJaulkner shot and baJly
wounded Canna Race last night at Faulk
ner's residence , three miles northwest of
this place. Race U In a dangerous condi
tion , but the particulars of the affair are
bar.I to procure. It Is reported that be was
"fooling around" the Paulkner houpo when
ho was saot , the bullet taking effect In the
back pir' of the hip. The uuppoiltloir U
that there wcs a woman In the case.
North extern Kluur Oiiliml.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. Oct. S The
Northwestern Miller reports the Hour put-
put last week at Minneapolis * . Dulutlr , Su
perior and Milwaukee at Sib.HO barrels.
DION CERALDINE ON TRIAL
Examination of the Charges Against Dim is
Continued Before Committee ,
MANY EXCUSES FOR HIS SHORTCOMINGS
lilonoo IH Ml Suhtiilltoit null the
Committee 'In Urn the
Ihtiloii CniiNliloriitliiH llc-
I fort *
The Investigation of the charges preferred
against Dion Gcrnldlnc , superintendent of
construction of the Department of Hulldlngs
and Grounds of the exposition , \vjs con
cluded last evening about 7 o'clock after a
session commencing shortly nftcr 3 o'clock
jester Jay afternoon The spcchl committee
will hold a conference this afternoon to
consider the evidence Introduced and may
defer Its findings until after the return of
1'resldcnt Wattles from Nashville , as his
name has been mentioned In connection with
several of the events connected with the
matters referred to In the Investigation.
The session jestcrday was similar to that
of the night before , the special committee ,
Messrs Kountzc , nidwell and Wells , being
present and the executive committee being
repiesentcd by Managers Rcscvvater , IJruco
and Heed , with Manager ttabcock present a
lortlon of the time.
When the session commenced Mr. Rose-
vvatct said he wanted to ask Ocraldlne a few
questions In order to get the data all to-
gothcr. He asked how many feet of lumber
vvero purchased ami turned over to Creedon
& . Mahoncy.
Geraldlne said he did not remember , but
thought about 175,000 feet.
Mr. KcunUc brought out the btatomcnt
from Gcraldlne that the exposition had never
purchihed the lumber , but hid simply
ordered the material , and It vuis turned over
to Creedon & Mahony and paid for by them.
Mr Hosewatcr asKed It there waa anj
wilttcn memorandum of thu price , to which
Geraluine answered In the negative.
In reply to a question whether the price
paid was $14 DO per thousand he answered In
the affirmative.
In replj to further questions Gcraldlne
said the contractoi bought about " 0,000 feet ,
making about 200,000 feet In all. He also
stated that there was a quantltj of No S
galvanized wire used for cables , also nails
and white lead. The latter , ho slid , was
used on the west end of the lagoon , but he
could not tell thu quantity. He estimated
the value of the whltu lead , anchorage , nails ,
etc. , at $400.
WANTED A SPECIAL DESIGN
Recurring to the statement made to the
executive committee by Manager KirKendall
that the expobltion could save $1 30 per thou
sand by buying the lumber direct from the
mill , Mr Gerald'no said there was a mis
understanding about the matter He said
he explained to Mr. KIrkcndall Hut he ( Ger-
aldlne ) wanted lumber sawed one-quarter of
an Inch thicker than the regular stock and
tongued and grooved to a special design
He tlld not explain Just why ordinary three-
Inch lumber , tcrigued and grooved In the or
dinary way would not answer. He said If
the contractors had been asked to bid on
this material they \\ould have bid $2 or $3
higher per thousand. He explained how he
called In a representative of the Cady Lum
ber company and gave him the order for the
lumber.
In reply to questions , Mr. Geraldlne stated
that the lumber delivered on the grounds
was dressed on one side and measured
sllglitlj less than three Inches in thickness
At this point , William Mulhalt , an expert
In lumber , who has been cmplojed in local
lumber yards for the past seventeen jeais ,
was called bj Mr. Hosewatcr. He produced
a short pleco of planking , which ho s > ald ho
had found on the exposition ground and
which ho had compared with the material
In the lagoon He said ho had examined the
lumber now In plice and found that the
planks measured two and three-quarter
inches In thickness. He had measured a
large number of planks and found them al !
of the same thickness and found the lumber
to bo a verj poor quality of jellow plcie ,
full of knots and ciacks , and lumber that
would not grade No 2 In any market. He
said the stuff was entirely too dry to use
In water , and the knots were loose and
would eoon fall out. The lumber Is of a
kind that Is not used for arjthing but in-
sldo of buildings and places where It Is cov
ered He said It would not last more thsei
two and one-half years In water.
When Mulhall had retired , Mr. Geraldlne
said the lumber need was the best lot he
had ever seen. Ho said that jellow plno
would shrink In the drying kilns a.nd this
lumber , whor received on the ground , had
measured two and seven-eighths inches. Ho
accounted for the fact that the lumber Is
now o.ily two and three-quarters inches by
najlng the shrinkage was caused by the sun
lU'g-.rdlng the lire of the lumber In * ater
ho said It would laat ten years or longer.
Secretary Wskofleld , who was In the lum
ber buslr.css for teveral jeara , was called and
testified that three-Inch lumber dress d on
one side would measure two and ftvo-olgliths
Inches , In thickness , whether steam ill led or
air dried. If a special order WES given to
bo furnished at a cpeelal time there would
not be time enough , under the conditions
governing In the ciso under consideration ,
to dry the lumber \cry much in the proper
manner. Ho estimated the llfo of jellow
pine In water at from twelve to fifteen
Mr'Goraldlno then mentioned a number
of dotills regarding the doing of the woik
and spoke of the white lead used In the
work. He said ho had caused white Icai ]
to bo put in the specifications so it could
bo used all mound If found necessary Ho
said ho found that It would not be necessiry
to use the lead all around , but It had been
used only about half waj around
MADE NO REDUCTION.
In reply to a question from Mr nosowater
Mr Go nldino paid no reduction had been
made by the contractor on turn account , mu
It has been applied as an offset agalnsl
claims made by the contractor for alleged
extra work , and the contractor had been paid
Mr Wells , one of the Investigating com
mittee , asked If these facia had ever been
rryorted to the executive committee Mi
Gcraldlno replied that the matter had been
talked over with Mr. Wattles , but had never
been brought before the executive commit-
tco.
3 P. Connolly , the bidder on the piling
mentioned b > Thomas Shaw , was called Ho
substantiated all that Shaw had said and
emphasized the fact that his rtcond bid had
been made on exactly the bame specifications
as the first bid , except that ho offerrl a rn
ductlon of $700 If allowed to set the piles It
a trench Instead of driving them Ho statoc
very pcaltlvply that ho was not told and dlt
not know an ) thing about the change In the
use of wire for bracing Instead of timber
He said his bid for doing all the work 01
the Job. Including driving piles and all other
work , the exposition to fu'nlsh thu mateilal
wa$2,800 , with an allowance of $700 If al
lowed to set the sheet piling In a trench In
stead of driving It ( The latter method was
the one adopted end used by Creadon &
Mahoney. )
Mr. Connolly said If he had been allowed
to bid on the plans on w'hlch the work was
actually done by Creedcn & . Mahoney he
would have offered to complete the work for
about $7,200 , using clear , while pine of the
first quality , making a reduction of $700 from
his first bid on account of the saving In the
amount of material u cd. He no Id If he hai
been offered the lumber al $1-1.50 , thu price
Goraldlno said the lumber cent he would
have made a further reduction of $437.GO. He
stated most positively that ho had not been
given an opportunity to take the lumber
bought by the exposition. Mr , Connolly said
ho figured hU lumber at $18 , as that was the
best price he could obtain. He eald he bad
tliU figure from the Wyatt-Qullard Lumber
company and did not know that the Chicago
WUATIIKIl IS XVUIMINU IIP AI3 UN.
Cool \ViMo Dill Not Itotnlii UN lii-ln
\ fry l.niur.
Hour. n 'R. Hour. Ilt-ic.
n n. in ( IB 1 p. in 77
( I n. in ( It B | i. in SO
7 a. in r.B ! l p. in. . . . . . Mt
s n. in r > r i i > . 111. . . . . . st :
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11 II. Ill 7O 7 | i. til 7S
IB III 71 S | l. ill 7.
I ) II. Ill 7:1 :
The weather yesterday was not specially
hot , but It was several degrees warmer than
the da ) before , and the cool wave disap
peared very qutcklj It was a clear day with
fresh breores It Is predicted that today will
bo fair with \arlablo winds.
Lumber company and Iloiglntrd had offered
to furnish the matcrlil for $1450 for whlto
pluo and $1350 for jellow pine , both tougued
and grooved and drowsed on one side.
Mr Roscwater demanded of Geraldlne why
he had not told Connolly of the fact that ho
had ordered the lumber and give him an
opportunity to bid accordingly
Mr. Gcraldlno evaded this question and
fuithcr attempts to innKo him answer similar
quest Ions wcic also fruitless
D1731GNS ON CONNOLLY'S NECK.
Connollj the i stated that the llrst time ho
Knew that n change had been made In the
plans for the lagoon piling was about two
weeks after the contract had been aw aided
to Cteedon & Mahoncj Ho happened to be
In Geraldliu's outer oinco and saw the
changed plans and expressed his dlbgust In
n somewhat loud voice , bajlng he was tlied
of having bidb opened In pitvatc. After
ward Gcraldlno sent vvoid that he would
wring Connollj's neck.
Mr. Koeewatei then questioned Gcraldlno
closelj icgardlng the lagoon contract and '
jcraldlne admitted that If the exposition 1
lad paid foi the lurnb r and taken ConI I
lollj's bid foi doing the v.ork about $700 ,
could have been saved Geraldlne said he
rad s'ated this to President Wattles , who I
said there was BO much objection to doing ,
woik without contracts that It was not ad
visable to do the work that way and It was
then let to Creedon At Mal'onej. Geraldine
admitted that the pllu driving on the la
goon had been done bj the exposition wltu-
ou. a conlisct
The emplojmert of W H. Tamin as super
intendent of construction was next taken
uj ) Gcraldlne hid great stress upon the r.e-
cesslty of having on the ground a man
whom he could absolutely liust , us it was
nccessiry to sco that the plans and spiclll-
c.itlons were complied with He bent for
Tiinin and asked him what he would work
for Tanim wanted $7 per daj , but Gcrald
lne said he succeeded in gctlng him down
to $ ) Ho reviewed Tamm'b history since
the commencement of the World's fall , where
both wore omplojcd He followed Tamm's >
tiavols all ovci the countrj to the Chlcagq
diuirago canal , where he was in the cmploj
of Geraldlne. who hid a contract on the
canal Mr. llosowatei Insisted that the tale
should be cut shoi I He slid the committee
and the others present 1m d something e be
to do , while Mr Gcraldmc could stay all
winter a long nb his balaiy went on at
the rite of $18 per daj
Mr. Gcraldlne Insisted that he hid re
quested Tamin s emploj input of the commit
tee the day befoic he was emplojcd and hid
received no notice of any action bj the com
mittee
Mr. Ilosewater demanded to know why Ger-
aldlno has designated Tamm as "superin
tendent of construction , " when thatwas ( his
own title. '
Mr. Geraldiue said ho had been employed
as supoiintondent of the Department of
Buildings and Grounds.
Mr. Hoscwaler Insisted that this was not
the cane and said Go a dlo had Uken It upo i
nlmsolf to make contracts in his own mine
and carrj on things with a high hand.
HCCOUDS AGVINST HIM.
Mr. Gcraldlne retoited that this was not a
fact , and In icply to this Mr.
Hosowater proluced one of the early
contracts executed by "DionGeral
dlne , general superintendent , " and made
subject all the way tluough to his appioval
This was passed around by thu committee
aid examined by the members
Commlttceman Wells abkrd scveial perti
nent quehtloiib of Managei Kli Kendall 10-
( Wrdlng the authority given GeiaUlie , biing-
Ing out the statement that the latter had i o
authority whatever , but was suppobcd to sub
mit evcrj thing to Mamger Klrkendall for
approval before taking any action
'Iho letting of a sewer contiact to John
I > \ Daley without plans , apeclllcatlons , roi.-
tract or bond , was next taken up and
Geraldine made a statement regarding the
mattei. He Insisted that eoniple'c plans
and speculations hid been fmnlMied bid
ders. Ho reviewed the circumstances biir-
roundlng the opening of blda and eild he
considered Uic execution of a formal con
tract on a Job iocuirlng | only ten dajs or
two wecKs for Its execution as entirely
unnecessary. He even deemed It unneccb-
sary to have an Insptctoi on the work , but
Inspected It himself , lie said he did not
consider It necessary to exact n bond be
cause Daly asked for no pay until the work
was completed. Geraldlne said Dalj had
been emplojed by the exposition as an In-
spectoi picvlous to his bcwer contract , but
was not MI employed at the tlmo he bid
on the woik. He further stated that Dalj
was employed on the exposition work after
the completion of his sewer contract
Gcraldlno praised Daly very hlghlj as a
competent man and a reliable Inspector
When Mr Geraldine had tompleted Jus
statement. Mr. Uosowator denounced iho
whole btory as n veiy hmooth evasion of
the real Issue and full of mlbstiteminls
Ho then reviewed the v/holo matter and
showed that the Daly matter had been
pushed through under whip and spur , ami
Iho wool pulled over the eyes of the com-
mlttco at the liibtlgitlnn of Geraldlni1 Ho
presented the alleged contrart which had
been executed and Hied after the work waa
all completed , and dated back to iho daj
the contract was awarded lie charged tint
In carrjlng out the work Dalj had used
cement belonging to the exposition I'ur
thcr , Mr Ile.scwater slid , the c ntract had
never been before the executive committee
Mr Kount/o bald the executive committee
was censurable for not having the whole
transaction lufoie It befoie allowing any
claims nn the allrgcd contract.
This charge was dl ciiMcd by Hie' tommlt-
tco and then It was Hinted ( hut Iho charge
relating to Iho change In the giound plan of
the bluff true ! having bem dismissed , th's
completed the whole niattoi.
Mr Geraldine protested against allowing
this charge to be dismissed as It had been
preferred and rnadu public and he insisted
on having a hcinlng nn It
Mr llonewatcr b.tld that he wse satisfied
to have the thing rnntlnucd and said ho was
ready In fllo n laii < o numbci of additional
charges at once and pjoduce evidence 10 sup
port them
Mr llldwcll took the position ( hat tliu
committed had been appointed to InvcKtlgito
the obliges heretofore piefcried and not to
hen tcstlmnnj on any other charges
flic Ime'UlK.itlng committed held a thnrt
consultation an I decided that It hnd heard
enough U v.aa stated that It might bo
found ncceffiarj to await the return of Pres
ident WattkH who Is In Nashville , as his
iinjno had been mentioned during the hear
ing , and If thlh was done the finding of iho
committee would be dclajed until fcomn time
next week The apeclnl commltteo will meet
at exposition lieBdauartrrs at 4 o'clock tills
afternoon to consider the evidence.
Mlllllfllrilllflllllll > llOlllH lIlTHI-lf.
DIUmVOOD. S. I ) . , Oct O. ( Special Tele ,
gram ) Mis. Dahcock of Minnesota nhot her
self In the right breast Jail night with a
revolver She hax been having trouble with
her husband , who Is addicted to drink , and
carried thu weapon to protect hersrlf , The
Mhootlng wan occidental and will prove fatal
Two small children will tie left motherless
( 'IIIhi Hun O > IT l > > \Vlllion. .
MONTJCKLLO , la , Oct. C ( Special Ttlc-
gram ) The 3e r-oId daughter of A 'foen-
jes reached under a loaded wagon to get an
apple. The team started up and the wheel
ran over her bead , causing Instant death.
JOHN BULL SAYS NO
Declines to Admit Russia and Japan to
Seal Conference.
WILL NOT CONFER IF THEY ARE PRESENT
Insists that They Have No Interest In tto
Seal Question.
WILLING TO MEET UNCLE SAM ALONE
British Government Docs Not Btiggcst Any
Dnto for Coufotouco ,
TWO MEETINGS ARE LIKELY TO RESULT
1'iittoil ' S < IICH , HiiMKlit iiiiil Jnimu la
Olio , unit Hullfil StiilON , ( Src-iit
llrllnlii mill Ciiiiailn
111 ( lie Other.
LONDON , Oct C The olllclals of th
IlrltUh foreign oftlco have communicated to
the United States nmbissador , Colonel John ,
Hay , the dual decision of tint government ,
that Great Britain must refuse to take part
In any scaling conference In wh'ch representa
tives of Russia and Japan pirtlclpato. The
Drltlsh govctnimcnt , however , asserts Us
willingness to confer with the United States
alone , but It Insists that Hubsla and Japan
are not interested In the Bering sea seals
to a degree entitling them to representation
at the conference The lliltMh government
does not suggest any date for a conference-
with the United States and U Is thought
probable In London tint Great. Hrltaln'8
wlthdiavval will result In two meetings , ono
between the United SllteS , Rutbla and Japan
and the other between the United States ,
Gieit Hrltaln and Cnmdn
It cannot bo too stronglj reiterated that
the withdraw il of Great Hrltaln from the
Waa ilngUm conference Is duo to Canada's
Insistence and that until the Canadian of
ficials Informed the foreign olllce here ol
Canada's objections to meeting Russia and
Japan , out of fcir of being outvoted , Great
llrilaln full } Intended to enter the confer
ence.
Ilut for Colonel Hay's representations thl
first announcement of Greit Ilrltaln'u un
willingness to take part In the conforenc *
would Invo been dual , but the United Statol
ambi sador so p'alnlj volnted out the , un-
Lfliral chai actor of G'eat Dilliln's clnngo ol
mind at so late a daj that some of the foreign
olllre olllclals decided to reopen the question
and have been endeavoring but unsuccess
fully , to bcriure C'arnda'h ar < iulesonco.
Sir Julian Piuncefote the llrltlsh am
bassador to the United Stiles also used hll
Influence In a bplrit of filcndllnesa to the
United States In efforts to ticcuro the adher
ence of G eat Hiltaln to the original pro-
giam. The diplomats here cpn'ldcr that Great
Hrltaln'p course was not conrtaoji to Russia
and Jipan.
Experts who havo.been Investigating sales
of funlfiklns In London in order to obtain
evidence Tor the use uf the United States at
tire conference have prorf that 80 per cent
of the skins sold bj thu Canadlin com
panies arc those of female coals and that
most of the anlnnls were ih t
CONriRMni ) AT WAVI1NGTON.
WASHING FON , Oct Inquiry at the
State department confirms the announcement
from the llrltlsh foreign nlllco In London
that the DrltUh government has refused to
take pat t in any ccnference In which Russia
and Japan participate Pcjond this con
firmation the olllclals of the department de
cline Ui discuss the ( | uesHon. as correspond
ence Is still In progress on the subject.
John W. Tester cx-K-cretary of state , who.
Is in charge of the Interests of the United
States In tire llurlng hoi seal fisheries mat
ter , was asked about the statement that
there would bo two conferercis , one between
the United States and Great Ilrltalu and the
other between the Urrlted States , Russia and
Japan , and he declined to discuss this point
at the present time
Mr. Foster makes public the names of the
following delegates who a.e to represent tbo
Russian government at the confercncer-Coun-
clllor Martens of the ministry of foreign af-
lalrs and profoigor of lute national law In th
Unlvcislty of St. Peter burg ; Court Coun
seller P. Botrlnnc of the- Rue Ian diplomat's '
be vice , formerly attached to the legation of
that countij at Washington , and Councillor
of State GrcbnlUky , governor of the Com-
inandcr ( scul ) Is'ands.
riiunn MIN citusiinn TO nn.YTir.
I"nlnl Auulilont In Iho HoiiicNluUo
111 innt I , < ail.
LDAD , S. D. , Oct. C. ( Speclil Telegram. )
Thrcn men wcro crushed In death thla
morning In the Homcstaku mine at Lead
as the result of a cave-In. The body of
ono of the men , mangled beyond possibility
of Identification , has been recovered , but
at this late hour faithful trarclr In tbo
vast mass of caved-ln rocks has failed to.
reveal the other two unfortunates. The
men were ; Oliailes K.tnnel , Charles Gus-
tis.son and Charles Daltnli. all 'Inlanders.
The men were vvoiklng In the 300-foot level
of the Homcstakc rnlno In the Pleico slope.
They had put In two blajtb and lighted the
fuses i'ich failed lo break until the men.
returned to Invcstlgilc the trouble. An
enormous amount of nro caved In on the
men. who were doubtlces nil Instantly killed
by thn force of the explosion. A nines or
rock thlitslx feet diop buries the men.
It rnaj take a week before thu bodies ot
the ot'icr two men are ircavcrnd from the
debris under which they are burled.
IIDIIT 11V A rUlIVJ I'l , YTKOinl.
Thirl ) PCIHOIIN Injuii'il ill thu KIIHNII *
CII ) IVHtll II.'N. (
KANSAS CITY , Mo Oct. 0. Thirty people
ple were Injured tonight , several of them
horlouslj' , by tin falling of a platform at
the I'lftecnlli stiret Ktallon of the Inde
pendent o electric ralhvav The station waa
( louilcil with suburban residents , who were
returning homo from the carnival festivities.
The platform , which was old and vvcik , gave
way under the strain and when It wont down
probably fifty people were prcclpllatc-d a dis
tance of eighteen ftct The moist sorloutly
Injured arc :
Mra L W , llaldwln , Independence , Mo. ,
aged f S , .sjilno Injured ; may die.
Mrs R M. Venablii , Independence , ehoul-
dcr dislocated ,
F.illm Rice , aged 0 , Independence , arm
broken ,
Mra J , T Walker , Independence , leg
broken , condition seHnus.
.Mra. Lll Scott , Kantut , City , jaw broken.
KrolKht < ; IH-B Into u Ditch.
DUDUCJUi ; , la. , Oct , fl. A freight twin
nn the Milwaukee road wont Into the ditch
near Charles City this evening. A dozca
cars loaded with grain wore smashed Into
kindling , Two tramps ore stipvo d to bo
under the wreck dead
Uiliior DiMiltTH llnrreil.
Niw IIAVHN , Conn. , Oct. 6-At todny'
8cw < lon of the National Council , Knight * ot
ColumbUH , It VVUH voted to refuse member
ship , active or un oclatc , to all liquor dcul-
crp , and to nnk all liquor deuleru now mem-
lirii to resign. Thin takes effect lioxt
March.
J.on OIK-UK IIU ( 'iiuiiuiluii ,
NEW YORK. Oct. 6. Seth Low , citizens'
union candidate for mayor , tonight opened
Ms campaign at a man * meeting In Cooper
I'nlon The hall wqa packed by men and
vvonrn , all seemingly In favor uf tire oiU
union movement.