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    OMAHA DAILY BEE.
< .ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , OMAHA , MONDAY MOBiNTNGr , JULY fl. | , 1800. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
BOMB WRECKS A CAR
Explosive on Tracks Injures Bir Passengers ,
Two Probably Fatally ,
CAR IS LIFTED BODILY INTO THE AIR
Ploor is Split Open and Front Portion is
Entirely Demolished.
CLEW TO THE PERPETRATOR IS SLENDER
Unknown Man with Bupgy is Seen at the
Spot of the Explosion ,
RIOTING CONTINUES DAY AND NIGHT
Thnunnnil * or Excited -Men Illnok the
lllRlit of AVny nnd iv lloulilrr In
Circle of Klrc Ilrlnyn Truffle
for Scvcrnl Hour * .
CLEVELAND , July 23. A Euclid nvcnuo
car loaded with passengers was wrecked by
an explosion of nitroglycerine or guncotton
shortly after 11 o'clock tonight. Six per
sons were badly hurt , the names of the In
jured being :
Mrs. E. C. Martin , 79 Alanson street , com
pound fracture of the sktlll , right arm
"broken " and Internal Injuries , which will
probably prove fatal.
E. C. Martin , right arm badly cut and
bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris , 25 Cornfrew street ,
Injured by shock.
A. E. Smith , CD Vienna street , Injured
about legs and body.
Albert E. Fassett , 12 Wallace place , legs
Injured.
Dora Schcssler , 11 Oakdalo street , bruised
about the body.
The explosion tore out the front end of
the car , smashed all the windows and de
stroyed the brake. After considerable dif
ficulty the car was stopped and a call for
ambulances was rung In. The motorman
was dazed by the shock , but the conductor ,
Frank Schroeder of St. Louis , escaped In-
Jury. The force of the explosion was so
great that It shook all the houses in the
neighborhood and was heard for two or
three miles.
The Identity of the person who placed the
explosive on the track Is not known. Per
sons living Inthe neighborhood say they
saw a man In a buggy etop at the corner
of Kensington street and get out by the
railroad track. 'Ho ' remained there a short
time and then drove rapidly away.
Within a few minutes after the explosion
n crowd of a thousand people assembled ,
nnd the Injured , who were suffering from
the shock , were cared for until the ambu
lances arrived. Most of them were not
seriously Injured , their hurts being con
fined to brulfiCH about the feet and legs.
Mrs. Martin fainted before she was taken
from the car. All were taken to their homes
in ambulances. The motorman on the car
managed tc--get out , of tbo vestibule ot the
car , nfid { th.cn 'fell * ' ton the "street , ' 'but he
quickly' recovered and helped to extricate
the passengers from the jwreck.
Cnr IteimiliiN on Track.
Passengers who were on the car say the
explosion eecmed to lift the whole front end
of the car and It ripped up the floor for
moro than half the distance from the front
end. The car was , In fact , a complete
wreck , but , strange to say It did not leave
the rails and was taken to the barns by the
next outward bound motor.
The police were quickly summoned to the
scene of the explosion and a force of men
was detailed to Investigate , with a view of
running down the person who placed the
oxplcalvo on the track. A boy living on the
corner saw the mywterlous man In the buggy.
Ho oald ho noticed 'the ' buggy drive up there
nnd stop and saw the man get out. Ho
fumbled about the rails for a mlnuto or two
and then Jumped Into the buggy and drove
away at a gallop.
There seems to bo no doubt now that
Mayor Farley will call out the three or four
available military companies in this city In
addition to those already under arms. The
call will Include the battery of artillery , nnd
the governor may bo requested to send other
troops to the city.
In the vicinity of the Jlolmdon avenue
barns today there 'was ' continuous rioting
for three or four hours. Every car that
passed was attacked with stones , nnd sev
eral pistol shots were fired at them. There
was a lively fusillade at ono time , the non
union crews returning the flro. Tug only
person hurt was a woman , who was shot
In tbo finger as one stood In her doorway.
The police made twenty-five arrests in that
neighborhood.
Rioting continued all along Broadway to
night and It took three squads of police as
many hours to escort three cars n distance
of four miles to the barns. Fifteen or
twenty of the strikers were taken Into cus
tody.
Later reports from UIOBO Injured show that
they were hurt much worse than at first
supposed. It Is now said that Mrs. Harris
Buffered a fracture of the skull nnd may
dlo , whllo F. A. Smith had both legs broken.
Three or four other persona In addition to
those whoso names are given above were
hurt , but none seriously.
Moh * Are Antlr Kcurly.
The mobs were astir early this moin-
Ing. Soon after 10 o'clock 1,000 or
moro persons gathered on Bortln
street , on the South Side , and proceeded to
along with two policemen on board It was
attacked -with a shower of stones. In splto
of the policemen the nonunion motorman
and conductor were rouuhly handled. One
of them named IMcDormott had two ribs
broken nnd the other was badly bruised.
Ono of the policemen fired at the mob , the
bullet striking a man nmed Wennlck. The
mob assaulted the officers , both of whom
wore struck repeatedly with stones and but
for the Intervention of a priest of the
Catholic church near nt hand , might have
been lynched. By this time the cars bad
been mixed up In the > melee and a patrol
wagon full of police arriving , the rioters
dispersed and the cars wore taken back to
the barns.
There was a serious disturbance on the
Broadway line , at the corner of Petrlo street ,
where a mob of 3,000 assembled In the
forenoon apd obstructed the track. Finally
a car came along from the Wilson avenue
barns , having on board Sergeant Burrlows ,
a private of mllltla and Detective Kolso.
The officer ordered the mob to disperse ,
when the motorman attempted to remove
the obstruction from the track , but the
rioters showed fight. Then Sergeant Bur
rows and the one soldier , with fixed bayonets ,
faced the mob and attempted to clear the
way. There was a sharp fight for a few
minutes , during which a perfect shower of
stones fell about the detective and the sol
diers , famashliiK the car windows. No ono
was seriously hurt , and after arresting two
of the rioters and placing them on the car ,
,
U VTM returned to the barn. The police <
afterward charged the mob , making several
The tmrd at the Holmdcn
Side , was an
noyed utrs Wl'CyMrt of the day by
a jeering rmmii ' . dispersed
with tbn
llonllre IllocTrnck. .
In the afternoon a mob of 1,000 con
ceived the Idea of blocking the track on
Orange street by placing a big boulder In
the middle of the street and building a fire
around It , The plan worked successfully
and cars were delayed for nearly an hour ,
when the police drove the mob away , put out
the flre and gave the street railway men a
chance to move the stone. Three men were
sent to the hospital with wounds made by
pollceL-jn's clubs at the end of the riot.
As a result of the shooting of the driver
of a grocery wagon In South Brooklyn yes
terday afternoon by n non-union conductor ,
the mayor ot that village today Isoucd an
order to the marshal to arrest all non
union conductors who carried concealed
weapons. Every car wan stopped and each
conductor found with n revolver was ar
rested. All wore subsequently balled out
by the company.
A small riot was started nt the corner
of Pearl street and Franklin avenue , when
a young woman struck a. man who asked
her to board a non-union car. A crowd ot
union sympathizers stoned the- cars and a
squad of police finally cleared the street.
The company today sent n note to the
State Board of Arbitration , declining to ar
bitrate the differences , In which It says :
"This company , fully appreciating the sin
cerity of your desire to bring about a read
justment with Its former employes , begs to
say that the men who went out on Monday
last are not In the employ of the company
and there Is nothing to negotiate about or
to arbitrate. "
linOOKLY.V STIIIKHKS AIIE HUATEN.
All Linen K.iecpt the Nnnnnti lit llrook-
lyn Him on Uniuil Schedule.
NEW YORK , July 23. The trolley car
strike , both In Manhattan and Brooklyn ,
seems to be practically at an end. General
Master Workman Parsons , at the meeting
today , launched the scheme for a new po
litical party , and nt the same time urged
upon the delegates of the various trades
unions In Greater New York the expedi
ency of contributing to a fund to aid the
strikers , and the delegates promised their
support. This Is what probably causes Mas
ter Workman Parsons and Deputy Master
Workman Pines to promise Important de
velopments In the strike situation this week.
It is a fact , however , that both yesterday
and today cars were being run under almost
normal headway on all the lines , except the
Nassau , throughout Brooklyn , even to the
various branches , and carrying large num
bers of passengers. In New York , except
for the presence of several hundred police
men on Second avenue and guards about the
power houses , no sign of a strike was ap
parent. There has been no delay In trolley
oar service In ( Manhattan , on any of the
lines , except on the Second avenue line , and
that is effected very little.
It Is stated by the police officials that to
morrow or Tuesday , at the farthest , most
of the police who have been gurdlng the
property of the railroad companies will bo
withdrawn.
flonnltcr Plenned with Outcome.
President Rossltcr was jubilant on Satur
day before leaving for Cold Stream. He
said :
- "The .strlke.vof course , has.caused , cbni
slderable trouble and expense to our com
pany , buUI am glad to say that nearly all
the lines were able to run today on regular
Rfhedule time. The strikers had prided
themselves that they had boon able to tie
up traffic to Coney Island , but they cannot
boast of that now , for tomorrow we will be
carrying all who want to go. I am sorry for
the men who were led astray by profes
sional agitators. I am willing to take back
the men who left their positions on the
Brooklyn Heights line , but > I am determined
that none of the Nassau line men will bo re
instated as motormen or conductors. "
In strike headquarters the men of the Nas
sau line assembled. 'Master ' Workman Par
sons did not appear. District Master Work
man Pines was busy trying to encourage
the strikers. Ho told them that oven If
the strike were unsuccessful , still they
would have the satisfaction of having re
belled against the evil system of hours and
wages Introduced and maintained by Ros-
slter. 'Mr. ' Pines added that If a certain
section of the press and corporations
Imagined that the str'ko would bo over In
a day or so they would soon discover they
were badly mistaken. He said that by Tues
day or Wednesday all the lines of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit company would be tied
up as tight as a drum.
Situation Scrlonn nt Kvntmvllle.
EVANSVILLE , Ind. , July 23. The striking
miners held a big meeting at the Central
Labor union hall today and discussed the
strike situation. After the meeting the
head of the police department. Detective
Fred Brennecke and Sheriff Koepko called
upon John Ingle and asked him to disarm his
negro miners. Ho said ho would willingly
do so It ho had assurances that the striking
miners would not icnrry arms. Ho said that
whllo his men carried arms openly the
strikers did not display their weapons. The
situation still remains serious.
Vrelitht Handler * Anlc Inerenne.
BOSTON , July 23. The men employed In
the Boston freight sheds of the Naw Yoik ,
Now Haven & Hartford met today and de
cided to ask for an Increase In wagas. Tbo
600 men employed In thr sheds , whlfo mak
ing no threat to Htrlke , Instructed tbe com
mittee to wait on General Manager Cham
berlain and press for an answer In a definite
time. The men at the New York terminals
struck last week.
FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR GOLD
Kniinnn 1'nrty In Stranded nt St.
MlelmelN , IlavliiK4 Suffered I'ntold '
llarilnhlpK During Winter.
FORT SCOTT , Knn. , July 23. The mem
bers of the- Sunflower Mining company , who
left this place for Alaska eighteen monllis
ago , sailing In their own steamer from San
Francisco , nro stranded at St. Michaels on
their way home. Tbo company started with
plenty of money and provisions for two
years. They spent the winter on the Koyo-
kuk river , 2,300 miles above St , Michaels and
400 miles above the furthest point they could
reach by boat.
The first news from them for many months
was received today and It tells of suffering
and hardships. All their money was spent
In prospecting , but no gold was found. There
wore from one to three deaths In all the
companies In that region. Two men be
came helpless from scurvy. The doctor
said only vegetable food would save thorn
and two companions went 110 miles for
potatoes.
IrlHh-.Vmerlennx fin Into 1'olltlcit.
NEW YORK. July 23. Delegates from a
hundred Irish societies met tonight and or
ganized the United Irish-American society.
The objects of the society as set forth in
the constitution adopted ore closer union
of the Irish people for the general advance
ment of people of that nationality. The
new organization Is primarily formed for
the approaching presidential election. Just
\\hut action It will take In that campaign
la not known , but it Is announced It win
stand strongly against imperialism and
closer relations with England , |
Pilipino Organizes Separate Body with
Himself at the Head ,
RECREANT CHURCHMAN IS DISCIPLINED
Archhlnhnp IMHIICN Heeree Kxcont-
iiinnlcntiiiKKrlpnj - , Which Ac
tion Incrcnne * the llltteriien
Itctwccii the T o Faction * .
MANILA , July 23. 6:25 : p. m. A Filipino
priest named Oregorlo Agrlpay , with the In
surgents , Is trying to lead a movement for
the Independence of the church In the Philip
pines from the Spanish priesthood. He has
issued a proclamation declaring hlmoelt the
vicar general of nil the Filipino priests
In the district of American control on the
Island of Luzon , and Is Inciting the priests
to disobey the regulations of the church
and the brotherhoods.
The archbishop of the district has ttmiod
a bull excommunicating Agrlpay and tills
action has Increased the feeling between the
Filipinos and the church. The archbishop
threatened to excommunicate the owners of
Spanish papers publishing announcements
of Protestant and Masonic meetings , where
upon -American paper warned him that
ho might be bundled out of the Island llko
any disturber of the peace If he should In
cite religious animosities.
The Dominican frlare have 'begun ' the pub
lication of a newspaper under the title of
El Llbcrtaa for the purpose of defending
the brotherhood.
The United States transport Zcalandla ,
which sailed from San Francisco June 21
wit four companies of the Twenty-fourth In
fantry , ICO recruits and a large amount of
provisions and supplies for the army on
board , has arrived here.
ENGLISH PRESS IS GENEROUS
American Athlctcn Arc Trained mill
Ilcnsoun for Their Defeat
Arc Pointed Out.
LONDON , July 24. All the morning pa
pers publish editorials expressing congratu
lations on the Immense success of the ath
letic meeting at the Queen's club on Satur
day and expressing the hope that It will
not bo the last of such contests. All compli
ment the members ot the American team
upon their splendid performance.
The Dally Graphic thinks the climate had
something to do with the result and says :
"It Is easy to bei'levo the rumor that Ill
ness was the cause of Harvard's record-
holder In the half mile running far below his
form. "
The Standard says : "Any hostility which
may ever have existed between the two
people has been owing to their Ignorance
of each other and nothing Is better calcu
lated to remove It than such meetings as
those of Saturday. Diplomacy and com
merce create jealousies quite as much as
they remove them , but much good Is likely
to result from the social Intercourse which
Is now springing up between those inwhose
hands will be the shaping of the Anglo-
Saxon -race. Wo trust the meeting may
take firm root as an annual gathering. ' , f.
The DallyTcl'c'gr2p''li "saVsi 'B nrcOiiHtrles
ought to bo proud 'of their representatives.
Such scenes are worth going miles to see ,
not merely for their own sake , but for what
they Imply of keen and brotherly competi
tion between two sections ot the Anglo-
Saxon race. "
Dealing with the defeat of the much-
dreaded Burke the Dally Telegraph says It
is only fair to admit that he was not in
fair trim.
The Times says : "Englishmen would not
have grudged the 'Americans ' their triumph
in the least degree if the fortunes had been
reversed. lAs it Is they will feel that a
victory Is a very llttlo thing compared
with the pluck and sportsmanlike spirit dis
played by both sides , and with the friendly
relations between the two branches of the
Anglo-Saxon race , of which they trust this
match is a token. "
The sporting papers are unusually en
thusiastic over the 'brilliant ' success of the
meeting and are especially pleased at the
proof that Englishmen are not deficient in
stamina. The Sportsman and Sporting Life
each devote nearly a page to a description
of the meeting.
CLOSE OF THE GRAND OPERA
Third nml Mont SiicreHHful Sennon
I'nfler ' Maurice Crnu IN Con-
eliuled in London.
LONDON , July 23. The third season of
grand opera under Maurice Grau closes to
morrow evening. It has been the most suc
cessful financially of the thrco , and artisti
cally It has 'been ' their equal. The features
have been the Introduction to the London
public of Lllllo Lehman , the re-entre of M.
Alvarez , the famous tenor of the Grand
opera of'Paris , who returned after an ab
sence of two years , and the first appearance
In London of Mmc. Gndsklo , who achieved a
largo measure of success In the various
roles she Interpreted. All the old favorites
renewed and strengthened their hold on the
English public.
At tbo close of the season Mr. Grau will
retire to his home at Crolssy , near Paris ,
where be will devote his time to consum
mating tbo plans ho has outlined for his
coming American season. It Is his fervent
hope that It will surpass his past ono , -which
from all points of view , both artistically and
financially , marked a now era In the operatic
management In America.
Trouble In SUM Impending ,
LONDON , July 24. The Times' Pretoria
correspondent says the Outlan'lcrs ' have been
given to understand that no abatement of
the demands made by Sir Alf-ed Mllner ,
governor of Cape Colony and British high
commissioner for South Africa , will bo ac
ceptable to the Imperial authorities. A
crisis therefore Is now held to be in
Eight.
\e > v Kni-rnry In 3Icxlrn.
CITY OF MEXICO , July 23. The govern
ment will build four Ilshthouses on the
eastern lattoral of the Yucatan peninsula.
Tbo remarkable Increase in the custom
house customs and stamp taxes Indicated in
the widespread prosperity here , a fact which
has Induced two great American Insurance
companies , the Equitable and the New York
Life , to return to the Mexican field.
H-in n to Dewey.
LONDON , July 24. The Rome correspond
ent of the Dally Mall says : Mascagnl's hymn
In honor of Dewey was performed at Pesuro
on Sunday for the first tlmo before an audi
ence of 2,000 persons. It was greatly appre
ciated and U considered one of the finest
hymns Mascagnl has written.
Dreyfim' HeiirlnK Appronehew.
PARIS , July 23. It Is announced that the
Dreyfus court-martial at Rennes will open
on August 7.
HrltlHh Fleet nt llnllfnz.
HALIFAX. N. S. , July 23. The- British
flagship Crescent , with Admiral Bedford on
board , and the cruisers Indefatigable , Pros-
pcrlne and the torpedo destroyer Quail ar
rived yesterday from Stj Johns. N. P. , and
will remain until the latter part ot August ,
when the floct will go to Montreal.
STICKS TO ORIGINAL PLAN
Admiral DriveDeellnen Invitation of
Mlnlnter llnrrln to VUH
the 'Interior. '
( Copyright , liW , By Press Publishing Co. )
TRIESTE , July 23. ( Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) At a dinner
tonight given by Admiral Dewey to Minister
Harris and the consuls aboard the Olympla ,
the admiral formally declined the minister's
Invitation to visit the Interior , adhering to
the original plan telegraphed the day of his
arrival.
Olympla Tnrrlcn nt Trlcnte.
TRIESTE , July 23. It has been decided
1 that the United States cruiser Olympla shall
j remain hero ten days longer. Crowds vls-
I Ited the cruiser today and were shown over
It by the sailors , who explained everything
to the visitors.
Admiral Dowcy , accompanied by the
| American consul , made ah excursion this
afternoon In a carriage to Opolna mountain.
Italian Comment oil I , _ .
ROME , July 23. The Populo Romano , re-
| ferrlng to the recent lynchlngs of Italians
nt Tallulah , La. , says the United States
has given assurances that It will prosecute
rigorously nil who were concerned In the
commission of the crime.
| 13-vplonlnn of Torpedo Ilont.
1 POLA , Austria , July 23. One of the boilers
on the Austrian torpedo boat Aller exploded
today whllo the vessel wa's off the Island of
1 Torcola , In the Adriatic s.ea , killing a Heu-
I tenant and four members of the crew.
Shniiiroclv nt n'othennye.
GREENOCK , July 23. Sir Thomas Lip-
ton's America's cup challenger Shamrock
arrived today at Rothesaye , Island of Bute.
HUGE ELEVATOR IS DESTROYED
Fire In Cupola Cnn e Two Terrific
Entailing ; Iionn of
One Million Dollars.
TOLEDO , 0. . July 23. The C. , H. & D.
elevator , located In East Toledo , was totally
destroyed by flro tonight and the less on
building and contents will reach nearly a
million dollars. It Is not known how much
Insurance is on the grain , amounting to
900,000 bushels of wheat , but the building
carries $185,000 in various companies.
The elevator has been unusually busy for
the last two weeks and was working night
and day to store the 150 cars of wheat which
are _ unloaded dally at the place. The fact
that this was Sunday prevented the fatal
ities which might have followed , for the
forty men employed there had quit work
early and had been out of the place about
two hours.
The watchman had once made the roui.ds
of the building and had found everything
safe , and was on his way to the top on
his second trip. He was not aware there was
a fire , but observers noticed a small blaze
in tbe cupola. An alarm was immediately
turned in , but before any of the depart
ments could reach the place a terrific ex
plosion occurred that rock * * ! the foundations ,
of surrounding buildings. A mass of flame
shot up In the air hundreds of feet. The
bulMIng was almost immediately enveloped
and within ten minutes another and more
terrific explosion occurred , which tore out
*
the entire side ot tlie building near the
river. This explosion hurled the - watchman
man , W. E. Welch , out of the flames and
saved his life. Ho was only slightly In
jured and will recover.
The enormous building was a miss of r ilns
half an hour after the first blaza was no
ticed. The worki of the Are department was
futile , most of their energies being directed
toward saving adjoining property.
The C. II. & D. elevator was largely owned
by eastern capital. Prcsldcn : Woo.'lford of
the Cincinnati , Hamilton Dayton road Is
president of the company. An elevator
owned by this company was binned 011 rlie
same nte ! four years ago and the present
building was built to bo ! he most com
plete and most perfa.-t In the country. If
was provided with every appliance to pre
vent spontaneous combustion and ton'i'hVs '
flro Is a great surprise to thoao who have
Inspected the place. The actual loss to the
company win be about STij.OOO , whllo tbe
grain -which Is on consignment will bo al
most a total loss to the shippers. Tbe fire i
department claims spontaneous coinbust'on
caused the blaze.
LEAGUERS START FOR HOME
ZiiiNt Sennlon of VIMIUK iCe
Co nt en tin ii CoiinlderH Different
rim e * ot Mlnnlon AVork.
INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , July 23. The Ep-
worth league convention formally adjourned
tonight to meet In San Francisco In 1901.
The work was practically ended last night
The final session was devoted to addresses
on "Missions. "
Incoming trains today brought thousands
of "Isltors and It was estimated that the
number of delegates had reached the 20,000
mark.
The visiting ministers filled city pulpits
In the morning and tbo afternoon was devoted -
voted to missionary conferences. Tonight
Hon. F. D , Fuller of Topeka , Kan. , pre
sided In the tent , Rev. J. F. Berry of Chicago
cage at Tomllnson hall , Rev. J. H. Rlddell
of Winnipeg , Man. , In the opera house and
Rov. W. B. Chapman of Louisville at
Roberts Park church. Rov. John F. Goucher
of Baltimore delivered an address on mis
sion work In India. Ho has just returned
from an inspection of the missionary sta
tions In that country and spoke of the
progress of the Epworth league. He had
with him twenty flags from Indian Epworth
leagues. Bishop McCabe , "tho chaplain of
Llbby prison , " spoke of "Missionary Work
in the South. " Other speakers of the evenIng -
Ing were : Rov. Alonzo Mink , Chattanooga ;
Rev. W. F. Wilson , Hamilton , Ont. ; Rov.
O. W. Brlggs , Owonsboro , Ky. ; Rev. W. I.
Haven and Rov. L. S. Baldwin , New York.
'At tbe close of the addresses farewell con
secration services were held.
In the tent the service was conducted by
D. W. Potter , Chicago ; Bishop Fitzgerald ,
. Nashville , In Tomllnson's hall ; Rev. L. W.
I Munball , Germantown , Pa. , In the opera
house , and Rov. G. J. Bond In Roberts Park
church. These services consisted of testimonials
menials by the delegates , hundreds of whom
spoke at all four meetings. . At the close the
( benediction was pronounced and the conven
tion adjourned. The delegates will leave the
city tomorrow.
The board of control will begin Us meetIng -
Ing tomorrow morning , which will probably
last till Wednesday. * Bishop Nlnde of De
troit Is chairman of this board.
The most Important matter to come be
fore the board will be the question of fed
eration of the young people's societies of the
league.
Illilii llelpM the Crop * .
ST , LAWRENCE , S. D. . Jury 23. Refreshing -
freshing rain fell last night reviving corn
and helping the wheat to fill. The damage
by hot winds is mostly confined to small
portions in the east central part of the sUU.
MTUDTV SllLL AT > LARGE
Sheriff Sam Stnrtzlar of Sarpy County
Mokes a Thorough Search ,
TRAIL IS LOST IN WOODS NEAR BELLLVUE
ItulicrVlium McCnrty AVonndrd , ainy
Ileeover , anil In that K\ent it In
ThoiiRht There Will lie .No
1'ronccutlon of the Cnnc.
John Huber stlir lies nt the post hospital
at Fort Crook , but Jesse McCarty , the man
who shot him , Is still at large. Aicordlng
to the report of the surgeons In charge
Huber will pull through ll right , as the
wound Is not deemed to be serious. The
only trouble feared Is continued hot weather.
In case this ensues blood poisoning will
mostly likely result. Sheriff Sam Startzlcr ot
Sarpy county did the best ho could in huntIng -
Ing for McCarty and scoured the country
thoroughly. On his tour through the river
rands and woods the sheriff was accom
panied by a representative of The Bee and It
can truthfully bo said that every effort vas
made to capture McCarty.
The sheriff picked up the trail just out
of Fort Crook and run It to Bellevue. At
this point he. secured the help of W. U. Pat
rick , who assisted In following the trail
to the timber north of the depot. In the
thick woodH the trail was lost ind nn effort
was then mode to sec If McCarty had not
caiaped to Iowa by the boat which piles
across the river at Bollevue. It was Impos
sible to ascertain this and the sherlfl re
turned to Bellevue iml enlisted two trusty
men In his service to wa'jn Jim McCarty's
house and other polu's. At noon ycsteiday
Sheriff Startzler returnc'l to his home at
PapllHon to secure needed rest. A few
deputies are still on the hunt , but no vevy
active work Is being done. It Is thought
that If Huber recovers there will be no com
plaints filed and Jesse McC.ir'y will be al
lowed to return to his oil ImmUi unmo
lested.
It is almost impossible o tlnd any of the
McCartys when they want to get away , ns
they know the country In the neighborhood
of Bellevue * thoroughly. Several caves have
been found within the last few years , where
It Is thought the McCtrtyp hlrt In times
of troubi'e. When Vic McCarty was In the
county jail prior to his being sentenced to
twenty years In the penitentiary he stated
to Eli H. Doud. his attorney , that If he
could only get back to Bellevue ho would
defy the sheriff and all his deputies to find
him. Vic further asserted that he had three
months' provisions planted In a certain
place and could live this length of time
without showing his face. The sheriff and
others think Jesse Is aware ot his brother's
hiding places and has taken advantage of
this knowledge. The pursuit Is considered
to be useless work ana It Is likely that It
wllf soon bo abandoned.
CORNER ON COMPRESSED AIR
Company Capitalized nt Hundred Mil
lion Dollars AVI 11 Supply I2ii-
to Vehicle * .
NEW YORK , July 23. The" World 'to'mor-
row will say : It Is stated on good authority
that there Is to bo a complete organization
of the various compressed air plants of the
United States and affiliated concerns and
that they are all to be merged into one
central corporation , with Harry Payne
Whitney , son of William C. Whitney , as
president of the new company. The com
panies said to be affected are the following :
The New York Auto-Truck company , capi
talized at $10,000,000 ; American Air Power
company , capital , $7,000,000 ; International
Air and Power company , capital , $5,000,000 ;
Denver & St. Louis Auto-Truck company ,
capital , $5,000,000 ; Philadelphia Auto-Truck
company , capital , $10,000,000 ; Pneumatic Car
riage company. General Carriage company ,
Kelly Rubber Tire Wheel company.
The capitalization of rtie Central company ,
It is said , will be In the neighborhood of
$10,000,000. When the Auto-Truck company
was incorporated in January last it was de
clared that within a short time the concern
would have 2,000 compressed air trucks In
operation In this city.
The International Air and Power com
pany , which has plants at Worcester , Mass. ,
and Providence , was to manufacture the ve
hicles used by the Auto-Truck com-
pany. The American Air Power company Is
owned by William C. Whitney , Thomas Do-
Inn , A. A. B. Widener , W. L. Elklna , Thomas
F. Ryan , A. A. McLeod and others associ
ated with Mr. Whitney In the control of
the Metropolitan Street Railway company
and kindred corporations. The American Air
Power company has , been experimenting for
some time on an Invention to operate street
cars with compressed nlr.
J. II. Hoadloy , the present president of
the Auto-Truck company is chief owner of
the compressed air motive power system
which all the above companies plan to uso.
CAVALRY FOR PHILIPPINES
CnmpnlKM Will lie Kntrnnted to
Mounted Trooper * to Greater
Kxtent Tlinii Formerly.
CHICAGO , July 23. War department or
ders were received at Fort Sheridan today to
place L troop , Third cavalry , In Immediate
readiness for active service In the Philip
pines. The Bamo dispatch announces the
administration's purpose to use cavalry more
freely in the fall campaign.
Major James B. Aylcshlre , who purchased
the government cavalry horswi for the Span-
Isli-Amerlcan war , has Instructions to buy
3OJ)0 ) animals. Ho will look to the Chicago
n.arkot first , and then it Is said a belectSpn
will bo made of Texas ponies calculated to
endure tbo tropical climate. The drove
will be shipped to Seattle and embarked on
a llcot of sixteen transports , which will sail
for Manila via the Aleutian Islands , Alaska ,
and Nagasaki , Japan. The Idea of the
roundabout trip Is to give the horses Inter
vals of rest. Troop commanders at Fort
Sheridan state that the chosen route sovf ]
the problem of successful transit of horses
to the eastern hemisphere.
WIRES REACH OUT TO ALASKA
London f.'npltnl In Ilehlnd 11 I'liiu to
Connect Vancouver ivlth
! > > Cuhle.
SICAOWAY , Alaska , July 18. ( Via Van
couver , B. C. , July 23. ) The Dominion gov
ernment telegraph line If now completed to
Five Fingers and Is progressing so rapidly
that messages may be sent over it to Dawson - ,
son in less than two months from date ,
Two representatives of a company which
clalrr.H to have a concession for a cable from
Vancouver , B. C. , to this port , are now here ,
They say steps will very shortly be taken
to begin the laying of the cable. Much Lon
don capital Is said to have been subscribed
for this cable In order that the mining mar
ket In London may be In telegraphic com
munication with the gold fields of the In
terior.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
for Nebraska
Continued Warm ; Possibly Showers.
Teinperntiire nt Omaha j-enterdnyi
Hour. He u. Hour. Don.
r n. in . , 7JI 1 ii. in . ST
II n. in. . . . . . 7JJ U | i. tii . . S7
7 n. in . . . . . . 7. it p. in . S7
S 11. in . . . . . . 77 ! p. in . NT
i > n. in . , i . . . 711 . " > p. in . S7
10 n. in . SB ( t p. in . Ml
11 n. in . . . . . . Sit 7 p. in . . . . . . W >
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MEMORIAL TO COL , INGERSOLL
Klvc Hundred of the Demi Orntor'n
Krletidn I'rnlne Connine null
Charitable Works.
PEORIA , III. , July 23. Memorial services
to the memory of the late Colonel Iloburt ( ' .
Ingersolllo wns for many years n proml-
rent resident of Peorla , were held In the
Tabernacle here th's afternoon. Over MO
of the dead orator's old-tluio frirmls wireIn
attendance , quite a numbci bolus members
of his old regiment , the Eleventh Illinois
cavalry , of which he was coloni'l , from out
of tlilty. . Addresses were delivered by
about twenty of tils old associates , neighbors ,
comrades and friends , and lengthy resolu
tions , lauding his works of charity nn-l his
courngo In upholding his belief concerning
freedom of thought and speech on till tmcfi-
tlons and extending sympathy to his bu-
reavcd family , were adopted by : i rising voic.
A movement toward the erection ot a mon
ument to his memory In Glen Oak park In
this city by popular aubscrlytlon was In
augurated by ( ho appointment f a commit
tee of llftocn to be known as the Ingersoll
memorial committee , to take charge of the
soliciting of funds and the erection of a suit
able monument.
Hotly Lion In Stntc.
NEW YORK. July 23. The body of Rob
ert O. Ingorsoll lay on an Improvised blor
today In ttio bedroom In which ho died nt
the homo of Waleton H. Drown , his son-tu-
law. In Dobbs' ferry. Many men ot all sorts
and conditions , but mostly humble tellers ,
made the pilgrimage to Dobbs' ferry In the
hope that they might bo permitted to gaze
once more upon the noted agnostic. In no
Instance was the request refused. No ar
rangements whatever have yet been made
concerning the funeral. Mrs. Ingorsoll and
her daughters , Mrs. Drown and Miss Maude
Ingersoll , are still too much overcome with
sorrow to consider the matter.
"They cannot tear themselves , from the
beloved dead , " said Mr. Farrell tonight.
"They have not loft the chamber since he
passed away except to go Into an adjoining
room \\l\en visitors who wished to see him
called. They cannot reconcile themselves
to the Idea that they must port with him ,
nd all allusions to the removal of the
iKKfy" only cause distressing outbursts of
grief. It may bo a few days before they
are calm enough to discuss the steps thut
necessarily soon must be taken for the re
moval of the body. "
Mr. Farrell expressed the conviction that
the.Jjody will be cremated. If It Is not it
wlfl be burled In Sleepy Hollow cemetery at
Tarrytowii , where Washington Irving rests.
If any funeral exercises arc held it is ex
pected that John Clark Rldpath will deliver
the eulogy.
At tho. request oMho family Oc.orge Gray
Barnard , the sculptor , who was a warm per
sonal friend of tlie colonel , will visit the
house tomorrow and make a death mask.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll died a com
paratively poor man. There is , It is said ,
an Insurance of $106,000 on his life ; that is
all. Yet the great agnostic made from $50-
000 to $60,000 a year every year slnco the
war. But what ho did not spend on his
family he gave away.
Ho had a moderate account at the Bank
of Now Amsterdam , in this city. He owned
no real estate.
IiiKerrtoll Leave * No Will.
"I dpn't think the colonel left a will , "
said his brother-in-law and private secre
tary , C. P. Farrell , at the Dobb's Ferry
homo today. "If he did I don't know of It.
Colonel Ingorsoll died poor. Ho was a
great money earner , 'but ' a poor .money
saver. For years and years , perhaps thirty
years , his Income was immense. I can't
recall any lawyer who is his equal at earn
ing money. Others have made larger fees
at times , but no lawyer's fees that I know
of have run eo high In the general average.
"Ho has not left any estate worth speak
ing of. Others have had the benefit of all
that he earned In the law and In lecturing.
What ho did not spend on his loved ones ho
gave away to charity. "
Colonel Ingersoll know lie was 111 worse
than ho told a souK His physician , Dr. A.
.Alexander Smith , had told him that his
trouble , angina pcctorls , wight carry him
off at any moment. So ho made all the pro
vision ho could In the short time that was
left him.
'A ' check received at the office of the Equit
able Life Assurance society today proved
that. It must .havo been mailed the day be
fore from Dobb's Forry. It was dated ahead ,
and was for $156.49 , the amount of a pre
mium on a $5,000 policy duo August 1.
NOTABLE ARRAY OF PRELATES
Delegate Miirtliiclll Condiietw Pontif
ical MIINM In Prencnee of Illn-
tliiKiilnlipd
MADISON , WIs. , July 23. The most tnot-
able service In the history of western
Catholicism occurred Tioro today , when
'Apostolic ' Delegate i.MartlncllI , attended by
a distinguished rctlnuo of archbishops , bish
ops and priests , sang pontifical mass In St.
Raphael' church. The big edifice was
crowded to the doors. Bishop Burke of
St. Joseph , Mo. , preached the sermon. Pontifical
tifical vespers were held thl evening. The
clergymen present at the mass were Archbishop -
bishop Katzer , Milwaukee ; Bishop Messmer ,
Green Hay ; Bishop 'Burke ' , St. Joseph , Mo. ;
Fathers W. J. Dalton , Kansas City ; J , A.
McErlano , Washington , D. C. ; M. J. Bron-
nan , St. Louis ; T. P. Hodnett , Chicago ;
Joseph TonelllPeorla , 111. ; J. Kennedy , Som
erset. O , ; John Morrlssey , Oshkosh , WIs. ;
A. Kramer , LU Croshe ; Joseph Zollngur ,
Joseph LaRouIe , Lacholmer. ( Milwaukee ; J.
M. Naughton , P. F. Hughes , Madison.
Delegate Martlnelll will tomorrow after
noon address Catholic children at the opera
house. In the evening ho will ma If 9 a second
end address before the summer school. Tues
day ho will go to Milwaukee to be the gueHt
of Archbishop Katzer until Wednesday even
ing , when ho goes to Green Bay as the
guest of Bishop Measmer. Ho will leave
Green Bay Thursday night-for Cllffhuven ,
N. Y. , to visit the eastern summer school.
He will leave Cllffhavon on the following
Thursday for Washington , slopping at Phil
adelphia n short tlmo on the way. The
.apostolic delegate highly commended the
oillcers of the western summer ischool for
the superior grade of work bolng done.
Miner * Are ( ilven SutlHfaetIon ,
WEIR CITY , Kan. , July 23. The 400 coal
miners working for the J. H. Durkeo Coal
company , who went on strike Friday be
cause It was bupjiutied Durkeo was selling
coal to ono of the striking coal companies to
fill their contracts , have returned toork. .
Durkee affirmed that ho has not Bold any
coal to tbe offending company ,
MORE FUSION LIES
Popocrfttio Campaign Managers Preparing to
Circulate Moro Prevarications ,
TO REVIVE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY
Some Old Worn-Out Yarns Billed to Do
Duty in Gomlng Campaign ,
ANOTHER ATTACK ON NEBRASKA BANKS
Ten-Dollnrs-a-Weok-Tibbles Sets His Fake
Mill Grinding Again.
STORIES REFUTED BY FACTS IN THE CASE
of n I. en ill UK : liliiooln Hun It
Sa > n rrnnperlty In Hero mill the
l < Mtiunelnl Inntlttitlnni Olvo
.Proof of It.
LINCOLN ! July 23 ( Special. )
fitfilon campaign managers are preparing to
revive the department of publicity that wai
maintained In the state house last year
for Jio exploitation of popocratlo theories
and mlsstatements and steps have already
been taken toward eecurlng the publication
In the fusion press of the state of an artlcla
eeeklng to show that the banking Institu
tions of Nebraska are In an unsound condi
tion. This Is but a repetition of the feeble
attempt made by the state olllclnls lost year
to cause a pnnlc while President MoKlnloy
was In the etato by hiring an Irresponsible
person to IB UO u circular from the capltol
'building ' calling attention to the fact that
while the demand liabilities of nil the banks
In the state at that tlmo was ? i > 3.095.7r > r > , the
cash on liund amounted to only $3,710.880.
This statement was so Idiotic In Its purpose
that It was laughed at by fuslonlsts all over
the state. The person who conceived this
popocratlo argument was employed by the
state house officials at a salary of $10 per
week and was furntohcd with an office In
the capltol building along with other con
veniences.
The same person , whcso name Is T. H.
Tibbies , Is again at work on the same kind
of unarticle , Intending to show that on ac
count of the decrease in the amount of cash
carried In the various banks they are In n
shaky condition and that
there la not aa
much money available In Nebraska at tha
present tlmo ns there was a year ago.
"Tho hanks of Nebraska are certainly to
bo congratulated that Uiey are enabled by
the restored confidence of the people and
their depositors to Invest the money placed
on deposit , " said the cashier of ono of the
Lincoln banks , In speaking of the cash on
hand In the banks as an Indication of the
prosperity of the state. "It Is of course
true that the banks In Nebraska do not
carry nearly so much money as they did
during the boom times , but the reason for
this must bo evident to every tiinklng man.
During the live years "beginning " In 1892 ,
when there was an almost incessant run on
the banks by suspicious depositors , It was
necessary to carry a largo amount of actual
cash on hand , but with the return of confi
dence came a change in the banking busi
ness and It was no longer necessary to over
load the vaults with currency , when there
was no demand for It.
Inerenne In IIaiilc Deponltn.
"There certainly Is no ibettor evidence of
the prosperity of „ the state than the
enormous Incrcaso in bank deposits. If
money deposited In a bank was kept In a
vault the bank would have no source of
revenue and the expenses of maintaining
It would Increase. The total cash and sight
exchange or the available cash that belongs
to Nebraska banks Is about flvo times
greater than during the panic times. This
money , or a largo portion of It , is on do-
poslt In eastern banks , drawing 2 per center
or more , and would .bo . returned Immediately
upon demand. The cnsh on hand Is , of
course , less In amount than two or three
years HEO , but the one direct cause for this
state of affairs Is the renewed confidence
of the whole people. "
The following Is a sample of the kind of
political arguments that were ground out
for the ofllclnl campaign committee by Tib
bies last year for the munificent salary of
110 per week :
The last report of the condition of the
403 banks , state and national , doing busi
ness In the state has caused a good many
to put on their thinking caps. It appears
that the banks nro owing den uid liabilities
to the amount of 153.095,755 and the total
cnsh In their possession only amounts to
$5,710,880. Hero IB a pretty state of affairs
$1 of money and $10 of wind. 'The ' limit of
eafo banking has always been considered
$1 of money to $1 of credit , but In these days
of sound money the banks are going It nix
bettor. That otatc.tient allows the fralf
foundation upon which all business rests
In this stato. A single breath would knock
the whole row of cards down. Rut ( Hipponn
wo only hnd a gold standard and only gold
was legal tender. Whiirn would wo be
then ? Instead of having $5,710,880 to pay
olT their Indebtedness of $53,095,753 , they
would have only $2,101,770 , or $1 of money
to $2fi of wind. Wind Is a pretty good thing
but If too much of U Is forced Into any re-
ceptiiclo It Is Hiiro to burst. If only ono-
tenth of the banks' creditors BhoulYI take
a notion that 'they Wanted their money the
whole 493 would go up the flume In fifteen
minutes , The tlmo for another panic In
close nt hand. This bank report shows that
the conditions which produce panlcn are al
ready here.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner Bryant
says that ho doesn't care whether the In
surance commlHfilonor rides on a railroad
nnwi or not , 'but ' ho seriously objects to
charging up mlloago If the examiner In favored -
orod , as examiners have been. Mr , Bryant
will Insist on having all fees paid at the
ellen ( of tha Insurance commissioner and
will not permit the examiner to receive any
compensation at all from the companies ho
examines. The examination of Innuranco
companies will begin next month.
Operntlon of Iiiitior Iniv.
Nearly a month IHIH passed slnco the fe-
mald labor law went Into effect and up to
date only ono Lincoln merchant has closer !
his stern regularly every Saturday night
at 7 o'clock. Proprietors of other stores
where female labor IB employed tyivo adopted
tha custom of opening a llttlo later In the
morning and reduelng the number of hour *
for the fcmulo employes to conform to the
law by permitting them to report for duty
tlirno hours later than usual on Saturday
morning.
Prof. C. 13. AnHloy. who resigned from
the chair of Kngllfh literature of the State
university last week to study law , has ac
cepted a position with the faculty of the
lown State university.
Attorney Charles O. Whedon and Judge
Robert Hynn will leave Lincoln tomorrow
for San Francisco to meet the First regi
ment when It arrives In port , Doth have
BODS In the regiment.
Mol > ro > rufil.
NORTH REND , Nob. , July 23 , ( Special
Telegram , ) Patrick Mahoney , a vrlpplrd
boy , who has been making hie home with