Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE
,1871.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 00, 1900 TEN PAGES
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
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SHAKEN TO ITS BASE
City of Caracas Ones Again Visited by
Beyero Earthquake.
DEATH LIST ALREADY NUMBERS FIFTEEN
JPrarident Castro Suffers Broken Leg in
Hying Leap from Balcony.
UNFTED STATES ATTACHES ALL ESCAPE
Bnl'rliv Occupied by American Legation
ii Badly Shattered.
PANTHEON REPORTED ALMOST WRECKED
Second Kloor of nnlMlnic Fn on
Member of British Kmhasar, Vet
He Lived to Tell Hie trj
of III Karaite.
CAHAOA8. Venciuela, Oct. 2!). At i:46
jn. today Caracas wss visited by a severe
earthquake. Fifteen persons were klllel
and many ether Injured. Great damage
was done to buildings, Including the l'n
'theon and the churches.
The United States location was badly
damaged, but all the occupants escaped
unhurt.
President Caslrn. who leaped from a bnl
cony on the second floor of the government
house, had one of his lens broken.
William Henry Dovoton Haggard had ft
narrow escape, ihe second floor of tbe
nrttlnh legation having fallen on him and
bured him In the debris.
The city of Csraraa. which ha frequently
fifferM from earthquakes, was visited last
ycir br ft serb's of acUmlc disturbances
which did great ('image to proporty. There
were ativcn torrll c shocks In quick succca
iJon and tho rob .'nts of tho city were ter
ror stricken. Pre. Irtenl Castro and his fam
ily slept for sevetnl nlghtn In tents In tho
Plaza llollver and nil the churches were
kept doted for a week.
FLIGHT OF CHINESE COURT
i'rlnre fln, Who Aeenmpanlril Flrrlnjc
Millers, lleltttea an Interest
Ins; Story.
PEKlN, Oct. 28. Prince Su, who accom
panied tho Chinese court In tho flight to
Tat Yuen Ku and afterwards returned here,
disheartened by the ararchy existing
union thoso composing tho Immediate ad
visers of tho throne. Rave. In the course
of an lntervlow today an interesting ac
count uf tho Journey.
"On ,ho first day," said Prince Su, "the
rourt traveled In carts twenty miles north
escorted by 3,000 soldiers, ao pillaged,
murdered and committed other outrages
along tho entire route. The flight was
continued at the rate of twenty miles a
-'.".r to Usuan Hua Ku In tti most, panlc
ktricVeli mamier.' So Itttfo unthouty wns
exerted that the' soldiers even stole the
meals prepared for the emperor and the
empress dowager. The execution of sev
eral for murder and pillage eventually
brought them under control.
"Tho court remained three days at
Usuan Hua Ku, some advisers counselling
a. further stay. They, however, were over
ruled, owing to tho fear of foreign pur
suit, and the flight was resumed to Tal
Yuon Fu, with 1,500 additional troops un
der General Tung Au Ilslang, who added to
tho discord.
"The empress dowager did little else
but to weep and upbraid her advisers. The
emperor reviled everybody. The Journey
occupied twenty-six days.
"On arriving at Tal Yuon Fu, great dif
ficulty was experienced In forming any
semblance of government. Many edict's
woro Ignored and affairs reached a state
of absolute choas.- Tho emperor would
have preferred to trust himself to tho
allies, but he was compelled to Join In the
flight."
Prince Su does not bollovo that the court
is going to Stan Fu. Ho thinks the plan
la to return by a circuitous route through
southern Shansl and northern Ho Nan.
ENVOYS AGREE ON BASIS
Ministers at Pekln Decide Principles
Which Shall Govern Peace
Conference.
I
PARIS, Oct 23. Tho Havas agency here
received the following from Pekln;
"Tho foreign envoys have held further
meotlnga and the French note has boon
acceptod In principle as the basis of diucus
slon. 1.1 Hung Chang has Informed the
legations of tho polsoulng of Yn Hsln. Tho
Austrian milliliter has arrived. A company
of French troops sent for a day's march
went of Pekln to rid a district that was
reported to bo Infested with Boxers, kilted
eight rebels, took one prisoner and captured
a mitrailleuse. The International column
now returning from Pao Ting Fu Is purging
the villages en route. The armed popula
tion Is being punished and all arms de
stroyed." CARLISTS ARE AGAIN ACTIVE
In Conlllot Trlh (ieudiirntra Leader of
lUvolutlonlata Was Killed
ut lladalonu.
I
MADRID, Oct. 29. A conflict between
twenty-four armed Ctrllsts and a detach
ment of gendarmes occurred yesterday near
Iladalona. The chief of the Carllsts was
killed and another man was wounded.
Throe rifles were captured, The band re
treated in tho direction of Moncada, pur
sued by cavalry and Infantry.
A band of twenty Carllsts appeared near
Iculada. They were pursued by gendarmes,
but, although two were wounded, all got
away. Another band was discovered In the
neighborhood of Vergaraaand wns also en
ergetically pursued.
OFFER TO PAY BIG INDEMNITY
Chinese I'encr Commissioners ftituKest
$200,000,000 to Porters as
Proper Sum.
LONDON, Oct. 29. "The Chinese plenl
potentlarles havo opened negotiations" said
tho Shanghai correspondent of tbe Dally Ex
press, "by proposing that China should pay
an indemnity of 40,000,000 terltng In sixty
installments agreeing that the Mikln and
the customs sorvlce should be under foreign
control until the obligation should be dis
charged. They also agreed that Prince
Tuan should be Imprisoned for life, that
Tien Tsln should be treated as au Inter
national district and other places opened
to foreign trade. China undertakes to
abstain from buying war material abroad.
In order to ralso the Indemnity she pro
poses to double Import duties."
""senator t
CHICAGO. Oct. 21), KMtfKthe
Ktlllor of Tho Hce: My nttuMion
lins born directed to a statement
tiubllnlipd In democratic1 newntm
per of Nebraska that I had during
my recent visit to that fdate ex
pressed n preference for the elec
tion of United States senators In
NeliraHkn. This statement I ut
terly false and without the (light
est foundation. My only desire Is
for the success of the whole
republican ticket In Nebraska.
M, A. IIAXXA.
Chnlrmnn Hepubllcan National
Committee.
A LETTER FROM M'KINLEY
President CnimrMtnlntra llrpnhllrana
of Alllnncr on the Prnvperlt)
of the Coiintr, .
ALLIANCE. O., Oct. 2?.-Thls city tonight
Is the sceno of one of the biggest politi
cal meetings ever held In tbe old McKlnley
district. The meeting embraced the
dedication of a mammoth foundry building
of tho Morgan Engineering company, one
of the chief products of which Is the dis
appearing gun carriages used in the coast
defenses. Temporary seats wero provided
for 20,000 and nearly every one was oc
cupied. All tho surrounding towns con
tributed delegations and bands, Canton, the
president's home, sending 4,000 people. A
parade more than a mllo long preceded the
meeting. Stewart I.. Woodford, former
minister to Spain, was tho chief speaker,
i.o spoko chiefly of the war with Spain
and Its Issues. General William R. Taylor,
leader In tho contest against Roberta of
Utah, followed Mr. Woodford.
A letter from Presl'- nt .V 'nley was
read In tho meeting . i JV' occasion
for a tremendous '.n The
crowd gave round naherrs.
The letter was tut fol. , ., .
k coat and p.
CANTON. O.. Oct. K.-Mv ..... ... -Tour
favor of recent date Is re", Bn0P" 'r, me
to be present at the rept'd across his bl,t.
Ing to bo held tnls evener" was an obn
foundry building of tho Mo whln lhv ,.r
lnir enmrmnv. wnen inej lav
1 recall that for more than twl object was
It was my Jiablt to meet annual) one of ouc
pin of Alliance and vicinity in polltl. hunirtnr
PIlKMlnil. MntlW (Im.D In that nn.l.s..' "hlU
addressed worklngmen In tho old Birstcra.t'T
mo company, wnn me memories or 'inese
former meetings I deeply regret to find
thut my engagements will prevent me from
being present, for It would be a real pleas
ure tO ereet m V old friends on an nnnamirtn
llko this, which marks the Industrial prog
ress oi finance, securea mrougn adherence
to tho principles of the republican party,
for tho endorsement of which you meet to
night. This great addition to your company'o
Plant Is a hnnnv omen for American labor
and n practical demonstration of a prow-
peroua uusiness. Hucli extensions of indus
try Indicate widening marketa and increas
ing prosperity, while they Insure a largor
demand for the labor of the worklnvmen
nnd additional comforts for their homes.
American labor and capital working hand
In hand are of mutual ndvantaas and
friendly co-operation will secure industrial
triumphs as vet unknown. I have no nvm.
pathy with those teachings which Inclt
envy and hatred, imnni our ninnU and
h-phH dtvjdft them Into hopHtw rnmps
.iy nun great mealing siamp wun IIS
disapproval the wicked doctrine of class'
niHiinction, wmcn nas no place in our free
riovernment. nnd mark a distinct advance
n good retatlons between employer and
employe. Permit me to congratulate the
Morgan Engineering company, Its great
body of workers nnd all gathered at this
meeting upon the encouragement which
such an assemblage given to the cause of
sound money, protection and national
honor. Very sincerely yours,
William Mckinley.
Colonel W. II. Morgan. President Repub
lican Mass Meeting, Alliance, O.
NEW BANK STARTED IN IOWA
Comptroller's Certificate Issued Au
thorises First Xatlonal of Rich
land to Ileirln Ilnalneaa,
WASHINGTON. Oct. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) Comptroller's certificate was Is
sued today authorizing the First National
bank of Richland, la., to begin businoss.
Capital stock, $25,000; Charles F. Sing
master, president; T. F. McCarthy, cashier,
William T. Welch and Louis A. Warren
havo been appointed elevator conductor and
Jncltor respectively In the Des Moines pub
lic building.
Rural free delivery will be established
at Oysart, Tama county, la., on November
1. The service will embrace, an area of
forty-one square miles, with a population
of 505. a, J. Monroe was appointed carrier.
A poGtofllce has been established at Roden,
Harrison county, la., with Louis J. Rolf
st postmaster. The postofnee at Evergreen,
Grant county, has been moved five and one
halt miles southwest, with Robert E. Mul
larky as postmaster.
R. S. Moore of Atlantic, la., baa been
appointed laborer In the Boston, Mass.,
navy yard. Herbert S. Rumsoy of Kiowas,
Lewis H. Uurton of Cedar Rapids and C. J.
Robinson of Council Bluffs are appointed
railway mall clerks.
Chester E. Sheldon, Carl W. Decker and
Vivian A. Llndsman are appointed regular
carriers and Arthur O. Walker substitute
carrier at Charles City, la., where rural
free delivery Is to be established Novem
ber 1.
R0TTENNESSm LOUISVILLE
Coroner HoCalloaKh Indlcte 2ft Only
for Murder, but for Malfeaaanc
In OIBce,
LOUISVILLE, Ky Oct. 29. While Cor
oner Hugh McCullough was on the witness
stand today testifying In a murder trial,
his testimony was Interrupted by the grand
Jury reporting. An Indictment was return
ed against the coroner charging malfeas
ance In office and containing four counts.
All four charge that Coroner Mc Cullough
favored two firms of undertakers In cases
of unknown dead. It Is charged that tho
coroner In these four cases received
amounts of from $15 to 140.
Coroner McCullough Is under Indictment
for killing George Owen. Tho grand Jury
reported today an Indictment against Po
liceman M. Dootlng, charging him with
puttlug a knife in the yard of Georgo
Owens' house, where the killing occurred,
or In police phrase, "planting" It and af
terwards finding It, In order that the knife
might be used as evldenoe tn strengthen
McCullough's plea of self-defense. The
technical charge against Doollng is being
an accessory after the fact in the Owen
kllltns.
The grand Jury last week Indicted the
members of the local undertakers' asso
ciation, charging that tbe association in
a trust In the restraint of trade. While
under examination tho undertakers made
statements which caused the Indictment
of the coroner.
Henry Crawford Acquitted,
CHICAGO. Oct. 29,-The Jury In the nnf.
dor case of Henry Crawford, on trial for
tho killing of Wesley J Constant last May.
returned a verdict of acquittal, The plea
of Crawford was .self-defense; Constant
had eloped from St. Louts with Crawford's
wife, having first borrower1 tho money from
Crawford for the trip.
EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW FIRE
Great Seven-Story Building Stored with
Chemicals Blown Sky High.
SCORES OF PEOPLE HAVE NARROW ESCAPES
.ew Tork Hospitals and Drn .Stores
rtealeajeil by Victims of Plying
(Has, FalHns; Timber and
llartllnsr llrleks.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29. The long list of
flro horrors that have occurred In and
around the City of New York, a list that
Includes the Royal hotel fire, the Park
Place disaster and tbe Windsor and Ho
boken Arcs, was lengthened today by i
fire and explosion that shook the lower end
of Manhattan like an earthquake, hurled a
seven-story building Into the air and set
flro to two blocks of buildings, with a loss
of life that only hundreds of men who
were rushed to the work of digging awny
the ruins as soon as the fire was extin
guished will reveal. The big building of
Tarrant & Co., makers of medicinal spec
ialties, standing at the northwest corner
of Greenwich and Warren streets, and fill
ed with chemicals, took fire In some way
that may never be known at about a quar
ter after twelve o'clock this afternoon.
Tho death list so far as actually known
Includes but one person, an unknown man
who died at the Hudson hospital.
The Injured aro mora than SO, while the
list of missing Includes to exceed twenty
flvo persons,
The Are department made a quick re
sponse to the call, but had nol reach 1
the scene when three additional explo
sions occurred, more violent than the first
A column of debris and smoke and P&xuo
was shot upward 300 feet. Persons In the
vicinity say they saw human bodies thrown
up In tho column of debris when tho ex
plosion occurred.
Four explosions occurred In rapid suc
cession. The V3lxth Arenue Elevated rail
road structure,' which passes the building.
Is demolished that point. Windows In
the vicinity nnd for blocks arovnd wore
demolished by tho concuiBlon, and' hooves
across the street were probably damaged.
Calls were sent for ambu'nces. Five
alarms of fire wero turned)
At 1 o'clock It was sal ' t there were
Uy ISO persons in the building at the
me of the first explosion, and few. If
any of them, had time to escape. A young
man who gave his name as Harry Ross
said that he Vns standing on the corner
when tho explosion occurred. He wns
blown ten feet. When be picked himself
up he said he saw bodies flying through
the air and landing in the flames. Three
fire horses were ao rat by flying gtass that
they will probably have to be shot'. One
fire engine was almost completely demol
ished by falling walls.
Many (ilrls In Rnltdlnsr.
It was said that 100 of- the employes iu
the building were girls. They were on
different floors when the fire broke out
and the explosion occurred. It is hard
to see how these girls could have escaped.
Ia a restaurant next door to the drug
store there were about 200 people eating
their luncheon. Ot tbeke many -wer in',
jufed and it Is reported that a score or
more of them lost their lives. This re
port was later found to' be untrle.
The first explosion occurred at 12:12 p.
m. and took the roof off the building. The
explosions sent debris flying through the
air and into the street, wbero dozens of
persons were injured.
All the ambulances from hospitals south
ot Fifty-ninth street were finally railed
to the scene.
A lithographing establishment close to
Tarrant's place caught fire and the flames
spread to tbe Irving bank and to two uutld
lngs across the street.
The Warren street station or tho North
Elevated road, directly In front of the
drug establishment, was completely de
molished and a number of persons who
were standing upon It waiting tor a train
were blown to the street and recalved
serious Injury, A number of women es
caped from the station, however, by walk
ing along the plank platform at the edge
of the track.
Several buildings at the rear ot the drug
store were blown down. The flames spread
with wonderful rapidity until the two
blocks from Chambers to Warren and from
Washington to Greenwich streets were soon
on Ore.
A representative of the firm ot Tarrant
& Co. called at the Hudson Street hos
pital this afternoon to Inquire as to the
condition of persons injured. He said that
all the Tarrant .employes had been ac
counted for except one man who is known
as "George."
Frank Slgler, employed by M. J. Brelt
enbach ft Co., said that the Are was known
five minutes before the first explosion. He
Is sure that all the employes of Tarrr.nt
& Co. and of Brcltcnbach ft Co. had plenty
of time to escape.
The first death officially reported was
that ot Dennis Sullivan, a laborer. He
was injured in the explosion and died In
the hosplta).
It Is believed that the loss of life will
not bo as heavy as at first was feared. It
Is stated by an eye witness that all the
people In the Home Made restaurant ad
Joining the wrecked building escaped with
the possibility of a few ot tbe help In the
back portion being caught.
Firemen Turn Cst All Right.
Chief Croker at a late hour said, there
were no firemen missing, although It had
been reported that an entire company could
not be found and' It was supposed they had
been lost under the ruins.
A number of firemen wero injured In va
rious ways, however, and scores of per
sons received Injuries of every degree from
falling debris In the streets. Firemen and
policemen covered with blood were co-unon
sights at the beginning ot the flro and one
of the latter, Policeman Galvln of the
Church street station, was badly cut up
while assisting a fireman out ot the wreck
on Washington street and was certain that
firemen had been burled In by the cavelm
of tbe building.
A number of firemen were on a ladder
Flared against the building from the ele
vated structure when the second explosion
came. They managed to escape.
Raplosloii Ha Been Looked For.
There was great Indignation among the
business men ot the vicinity wbea they
learned the part that tbe explosion had
played in the general catastrophe. An ex
plosion from this drug bouse had not been
unexpected, as It was generally believed In
the neighborhood that there were explosive
chemicals tn the building. J. H. Coward, a
shoe manufacturer, whose place was
wrecked by the explosion, said It was thu
general talk In tho neighborhood about the
chemicals In the Tarrant concern. R. M.
Dickson ot R. W. Dickson ft Sons ot Wash
ington, said that for several weeks he had
noticed barrels and carboys going Into th?
building. Everybody was apprehensive tf
fire In that place.
Phlllpps, tbe engineer, said whea he de-
Continued pa Pitta Page,)
Edgar Howard on Ransom.
Edgar Howard In Papllllon Tlmea,
March 3, 17.
Every schoolboy In Nclnnska
knowH that every fnslonlirt now
occupying a sent In the Nebrnoka
li'KlHlnturp was cIiohou with the
iniill(l ninl exjirrs under
landing thnt he would favor
lawn to regulnte tit"' public cor
porations In tbe Ktnte. A great
majority of tbe fusion senator
have been fnltliful Jo the pledges
ninde by nnd for hcui In the
campaign. Eight Of them per
juring themselves In the eyes of
God and man hnyc gone over
to the enemy. AVe don't know
that they were bought. We do
know Hint they have ruthlessly
betrnyed the peonlo who elected
them. The eight traitors tire
llnnfom, Howell and six others.
These men deserve to lie adver
tised to the world as trnltors. It
Is not pleasant for tw to denounce
men of our own political faith,
but duty demands It.
MINES ARE AGAIN WORKING
Men Are Hope More at Their Old
I'lm-ei In Anthrni'lte Coat
lira-Ion.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29. Today wit
nessed an almost general resumption ot
work tn the anthracite roal region, where,
or two weks, tho mind workers therein
employed have been on strike for an ad
vance in wages, a reduction In the price
nf powder and in several districts tbe
abolition of the sliding scale ot wages.
In a few Instances collieries operated by
Individuals and companies have failed to
resume, but In the main it can be safely
said that hard coal Is once more being
rained.
The lulladelphla and Reading Iron and
Coal company, which controls over 20 per
cent of the anthracite region and which Is
tho largest operating company In the hard
coal field, today received word from Gen
eral Superintendent Luther at Pottsvlllo
that thirty-seven of tho thirty-nine col
lieries operated by thnt company were
working. This Is tbe number that was
tn operation on Monday, September IT, the
first day ot the strike. Following that
date, however, each sui ceedlng day wit
nessed tho closing ot additional collieries
until all controlled by the Reading com
pany were shut down. Tho two collieries
not In operation today nre tbe Went Shen
andoah and the Henry Clay. The former
la In the Schuylkill reg on. This, accord
ing to the Reading officials, did not resume
work because of the construction ot a new
breaker. The Henry C ay, it was stated,
is Idle because the aV ndonment of that
mine Is contemplated.
With the resumption o the Reading com
pany's collieries It Is ad tiltted by the com
pany that further oppt.xlUrn to the de
mands ot themVne vomeral.. uo1bbi and
It Is the belief of these officials that within
a few days those operators who havo not
yet acceded to the demands of tbe Pcranton
mine workers' convention will have done so.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company, which
oporutps nine collieries, also received favor
able reports. But one of Its mines failed to
lesume, tho William Penn, in the Schuyl
kill region. Tho Pennsylvania company
has since tbe first offer ot an advance In
wnges by tho operators retrained from
making any statement as to what course
It would pursue, and when notices were
posted by other operators that tbe Scranton
demands would bo demanded, this company
still maintainor Its silence. The men, how
ever, were given to understand that tho
company would make no formal promises to
them while thoy remained on strike, but
upon their roturn to work the company
would treat with them the same as any
other operator. The men at the William
Penn colliery, however, decided that unlras
the notices wero posted promising the In
crease until April 1, there would be none who
would report for work. It Is believed that the
men will return after President Mitchell ot
tbe United Mine Workers has assured them
that tbe Pennybylvanla yet will keep Its
faith. At tho office of the Lehigh Coal ft
Navigation the statement was made that the
ten collieries operated by that company
were working as usual.
SEVEN KILLED IN WRECK
Fatal Accident on the orther Pa
cific Railroad Near De
Hart, Montana,
HELENA, Mont., Oct. 29. Northern Pa
cific train No. , eastbound was partially
wrecked at Do Hart, Mont., eight miles
from Big Timber, nt 11:15 last night by
the breaking of a switch rod. Seven paa
sengers were killed and several Injured, as
follows:
The dead:
W.'O. REIFENRATH of Helena.
DR. LESTER PENDLETON. Mount Hope,
Wis.
ED EASTMAN, Raymond, 8. D.
DR. C. C. HARTHORN of Livingston,
Mont.
MISS M. S. TRACT of Bozeman, Mont.
TWO .UNKNOWN WOMEN.
The injured:
Alter Nelson of Dickinson, N. D.
Miss Lucy Carpenter.
Mrs. Jacob Hugh, Marietta, Mich,
Miss Maria Tracy, Bozeman, Mont., sis
ter of Miss M. S. Tracy.
M. J. Sweeney, Butte, Mont.
Erlck Pendleton, brother of Lester Pen
dleton. Ed Gray, traveling freight agent of the
Omaha railway.
M. A. Dctdrlck, engineer.
George Hubbard, sheriff of Yellowstone
county.
A dozen others were less seriously In
jured. The train was going forty-five miles an
hour at the time ot the accident. Tbe
three flrat cars were derailed and thrown
on their sides and the casualties were all
among the passengers in the day coach,
the remainder ot the train not leaving the
track. A special train was sent from Llv
Ingston as soon as the news of the wreck
was received.
WILL SET AMERICANS FREE
Salisbury Will Retrain Vnnkrrs Who
Were Caught Flllhtlns; for
the Honrs.
(Copyright, 1M0, by Pre.s Publishing Co.)
LONDON. Oct. 29. (Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Lord Sal
isbury has notified Ambassador Choate that
In accordance with the request ot the
United States government, all prisoners
of war now at St. Helena, Ceylon or South
Africa ot American nationality are to be
released ferthwlto.
FARMING IS
r
VALIE OF CROP AT 1900 AND 1896 PRICES.
The pi'ices which tho four lending cereals in Nebraska
brought the farmer in 15)00 nnd 18 nre tnken from the
nveruge amount pnid for them by the Omnha Elevator
company, which lins elevators in all parts of the slate, and
are for the same month in each of the two years. They
are not the prices for some particular days, but the aver
age price of the month:
CORN.
IflOO 241,085,527 bushels nt 30c $72.5S0,flii$.10
This crop at 189( prices, 14e. produces ,33,870,073.7s
Excess of 1000 over 1800 prices $38,700,084.32
WHEAT.
190030,701,635 bushels, nt 58c $23.020,04S.30
This crop nt 1890 prices, 35c, produces 13,805,572.25
Excess of 1000 over 1806 prices ? 0,131,376.05
OATS.
100048,785.422 bushels, nt 18c $ 8,781,375.015
This crop n 1806 prices, 10c, produces 4,878,542.20
Excess of 1900 prices over 1806 ? 3,002.833.76
RYE.
10003,520,877 bushels, nt 30c ? 1.373.142.03
This crop at 1806 prices, 16c, produces 563,340.32
Excess of 1900 prices over 1896.
SUMMARY.
Corn .
Wheat
Oats
Jiye
Total excess, four cereals,
1000 over 1896
ALVORD CAUGHT IN BOSTON
Embezjling Note Teller of Big New York
Eank on His Way to New York.
PRISONER WILL NOT MAKE ANY DEFENSE
Despite Ilia Theftn Anonntlni o
fmn.OOO the e-omcill Deelairea
. that He- Haw Nothln to Make
Heatlttitloit With.
BOSTON, Oct. 29. Cornelius L. Ahord.
Jr., tho abscondlnn nota teller of" "the
FIsrt National bank In New York, who Is
charged with stealing $700,000 from that
bank, Was arrested here this afternoon by
Chief Inspector William B. Watts of this
city and Detective Armstrong of New York
in an ordinary lodging house at the corner
of West Nowton and Burlington avenue.
When arrested Alvord, who knew Detective
Armstrong, stated that he was glad tho
suspense was ended, and was willing to
go back to Now York without papers. He
sat down on the bed and smoked a cigarette,
dressod only In his underclothes at the time.
He afterward dreased quickly and, packing
a few underclothes In a bag, stated he was
ready to go. A hack was called and he was
driven to police headquarters, and after be
ing measured and photographed under the
Bertlllon system, was taken to New York
on the 6 o'clock train.
Chief Inspector Watts, In an Interview,
stated that tho department was first In
formed that Alvord was In this city last
Wednesday morning, when Henry Alexander
ot Denver, Colo., telephonod that he bad
seen Alvord In the Hotel Touralne. Ho
stated that he knew him well, had done
business with blm In Now York and de
scribed him perfectly. This Information was
wired Captain McCloskey of New York,
who Immediately sent Detective Sergeant
Tlnkor here to lndentlty him. In the mean
time Chief Watts and Detectives Douglass
and Morrlssey went to the hotel, but could
not find tbo man. Inquiry ot tbe bote!
people brought out the tact that a man
answering the description bad registered
aa Bryan Sterling and had been assigned
a room, but that be had not used It. On
the arrival ot Detective Tinker a search ot
all the hotels In the city was made- without
success. From Information brought to
Chief Watts today bo and Detective Arm
strong wnt to a boarding bouse. In tbe
Back bay; They went up to a back room
on the first floor and found tbe dopr locked.
On gaining admittance as gas inspectors
Armstrong Identified Alvord, who seemed
greatly relieved that Armstrong had ar
rested blm and said aa much.
During his stay at police headquarters Al
vord told Chlet WatU that he bad not
seen bis wife for two weeks, although prior
to that time be bad told her of bis finan
cial circumstances and asked her If he
should kill himself or face it out, and aba
had told blm to face It out. He stated
that be had not been near Mount Vernon,
but that ho left New York last Tuesday
at midnight and arrived In Boston Wednes
day morning. He admitted having regis
tered as Bryan Sterling at the Touralne
hotel and said he bad eaten several meals
there, that he bad taken the lodgings
where he woa found on the following day
and that he had not been out ot the place
since. When asked what be hod done with
the raonoy he said:
"Well, 1700,000 Is a whole lot of money,
but It goes easy." In referring to horse
races, he said, be had backed horses, hut
never on race tracks, And had owned fast
horses himself. He said he had lived his
life and had taken life to Its full at the
rate of $50,000 a year or moro. He said he
would not make any fight, would throw up
his hands, take his sentence, and after
that was over would come out In the
world again. He said he knew he would
bo unable to secure ball and that he had
nothing with which to make restitution.
On being searched at police headquarters
only a tew dollars wero found In his pockets.
These he was allowed to keep. He sent
a telegram to Lawyer Oardlner In New
York, asking him to meet the train when
It arrived In New York.
Probably Jtiatlflable In Kentucky.
GltEENBUl'RO, Ky.. Oct. .-Tom Cal
boon shot and killed Tllden Marra at
Cross Iloadi. six miles from here. The
trouble between the two arose over C'al
hoon's charae that Marrs took a drink nut
of a balf pint of whisky and substituted
water for the liquor. This so annered Cal-
noon that ne pecurea a. gun, nunien !
and shot htm down. Calhoon escaped.
PROFITABLE
.? 800,801.71
. .$38,7011,084.32
0,131,376.05
3,002.833.76
800,801.71
prices $52,553,695.84
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Showers'; Variable Winds.
Temperature at Omnha reoterdny
llonr. Deit. lloui. De.
n n. m 4H 1 p. m 00
II n. m 4 2 p. ni I'J
7 a. m 4I .1 p. nt H
N H. iu 40 4 p. m i:t
n m ...... no n p. m i:t
10 n. ni tin II b ,ni CJ
11 R. tn Art 7 p. tn !
ia m 67 8 p. in 10
II p. in r.t
LEE IS COMING TO OMAHA
Fantou Jtonlliern flenernl Will Cor
mud Department ot the
Mlaaonrl.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. An order was
Issued today by direction of the president
discontinuing the division ot Cuba and the
Eastern and Western departments of that
division and establishing the Department
ot Cuba. General Leonard Wood Ik placed
In command of the new department.
General Fltzhugh Leo Is ordered to com
mand the Department ot the Missouri, with
headquarters at Omaha. General E. S.
Oils has been ordered to Chicago to com
mand the Department of tho Lakes. The
Department of the Missouri has been under
command of General Mcrrlam, and the De
partment of the Lakes under General Wade,
both of whom have had the command tem
porarily. FIX DAY FOR THANKSGIVING
President Itrlrflj- ncnu the nie
lns;H of the Past Year ttinnrinnt
llarreat and Work for All,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. The State de
partment today Issued tbe following:
By the President of the United States,
a Proclamation It has pleased Almighty
Ood to bring our nation In safety and
honor through unother year. The works
of religion and charity have everywhere
been manifest. Our country through all Its
extont has been bleat with abundant hur
vestH. Labor and the ureat Industries of
thn people have prospered beyond ull
precedent. Our commerce lias spread
over tho world. Our power and In
fluence In the cause of freedom and en
lightenment havo extended over distant
Beas and lauds. Our ofllclal representa
tives and mnny of our people lit China
have been mnrvelously preserved from
pestilence nnd other calamities, mid uvun
the tragic visitation which overwhelmed
the city of (Jalvrston tnndo evident lh
sentiments of sympathy and Christian
character, by virtue of which we nre one
united people.
Now, therefore. I, William McKlnley,
president of tho Ujilted Htates, do herooy
nppotnt and net apart Thursday, Novem
ber 29 next; to be observed by nil tho
people of the United amies nt home or
abroad aa a day of thanksgiving nnd
praise to Him who holds the natlona In
tho hollow of Ills hand. I recommend thut
they, gather in their neveral places of
worship and dovoutly give Him thanks
for the prosperity wherewith ho has en
dowed us for seed tlmn and harvest, for
tho valor, devotion and humanity of our
armies and navtrn and for all Ills benellts
to ub as Individuals and as a nation; and
that they humbly pray for tho continuance
ot Ills divine favor, for concord nnd
nmlty with other nations and for right
eousness and peace In all our wuys.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand nnd caused the seal of the United
States to be afllxed.
Done nt the city of Washington, this
29th day of October, In the year of our
Lord, 1900, nnd of the Independence of the
United StnteH thu 12Mli.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY, President.
JOHN HAY. Becretary of Htate.
tr Giant Harbor for Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23. Tho trustees of the
Chicago ship and drainage canal today took
preliminary steps townrd setting on foot n
scheme for a giant harbor at Chicago by
connecting tho Chicago and Calumet rivers
with a navlKable channel. They repudiated
the contract with the state ranHl rommli
Hlon to maintain navigation In tho old Illi
nois and Michigan channel and notice will
be served upon the commissioners thnt the
Bridgeport pumping works will be aban
doned November 16.
Movements of Ocean Vessels, Opt, un.
At New York Arrived Weimar, from
Bremen: Frlesland. from Antwerp; Hpaarn
dam, from Hotterdam and Boulogne.
At Bt. John's. N. R Arrived Grecian,
from Liverpool, for Halifax.
At Copenhagen Arrived Norge. from
New York, for Christiana and Christiana-'
end.
At Boston Arrived Columbian, from
London.
At NupVs-Balled Ems, from Genoa, for
New York.
At Kuochlnotxa, October 27 Sailed Car
marthenshire At Kobe Arrived Thyra, from Portland,
for Manila.
At Glasgow Arrived Pomeranian, from
Montreal. Hailed Bftrmatlun, for Mont
real. At Bremen. October 28-8alled-Prlnr Itc
gent Lultpold, for New Tork.
At Cherbourg, October 2 Balled
Deutschland, from Hamburg and South
ampton, for New York,
IN NEBRASKA
Bee's Annual Crop Review Shows a Moit
Gratifting Condltlcn.
GRANARIES FILLED TO OVERFLOWING
Mortgages on Nebraska Farms Can Easily
Bee Tbelr Finish.
PROMISE OF EARLY SPRING IS REALIZED
State Docs Its Eharo Toward Producing the
Food Supply of the World.
ACL PREVIOUS RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Four Leadiug Oereals Aggregate More Than
Any Tear in State's History.
PRICES BEST FOR ANY OF THE BIG CROPS
Com is Still King with a Total Yield of
241,035,627 Bushels.
WHEAT, OATS AND RYE TURN OUT WELL
Qnnlltr nf All Grain tionrt With the
Kicrptlon nf One finall Section
the Hart rat Has Hern Ono
of Uniform1 Kxrellrncr.
M'.nnAHKA'H COHX CltOP.
1IWIO (luiahrU) '.141,11:111,(12
1NDU (Inmlirli) 214,1:1(1,011:1
INtlH (hiishels) 1H(),01 l,t 1 1
1ND7 (bnshels) aU!M7,Hfl:t
OTIIKH 1'AIIM PHOni'CTR.
Wheat, 1IIOO, bushels :itl,70l,i:tn
Uata, 1 1IOO, huahrln 4S,7Mi,4t:U
lt)T, lllOO, hllxhrl :i,ri'20,H77
Hurley, lOOO, hunlirl S,7tlt,!IIIO
rotator, 11100, hin.hr la. .. . 11,(147,400
Tho Bco's annual summary ot the crops
cf Nebraska shows that this year make
two new records. Whllo In no single corcal
Is the crop as largo as In some provlom
ones, tho total of all the leading crops is
in excess of any year In the history ot
tho state.
Tho corn crop has been larger In two
years, but only In one year haB It exceeded
lt'00 in tho number of bushels of mer
chantable corn. The 1886 crop was the
largest In thn history of the state in bush
els, but a largo portion ot it was soft, as
was the case In all the states In the west
ern portion of the corn belt, and to be
of any value necessitated Its feeding at
home. Last year the crop was greater by
2.2S9.5C6 bushels.
The wheat eron lant. year. Jiowever, war
lO.ouu.tfto busnuii less; owing,' to rhe iiatd
winter.
The yield of oats In 1899 was about
8,000,000 moro than this year. Tho other
cereals were about tho same. Tbo oats
crop of 1897 was also larger, but the whrat
and corn wero both less.
The aggregate of Nebraska's four leading,
cereals corn, wheat, oats and rye I
grcnter In 1900 than any year In the his
tory ot tho slate.
o Corn for the Stove.
Another record which has been broken
Is tho vnluo of the crop to tho producer.
Never has there been a year In which an
Immense crop and good prices have been
combined so happily as In 1900. With a less
total yield of corn than this year farmers
havo sold the crop at from 10 to 13 cents
per bushel or burned It for fuel. Corn at
30 cents and cntt'lo and hogs at present
prices leave no corn for the stove,
Nebraska farmers have already gotten out
ftom under a large portion ot tho load
which represented borrowed money for thn
development of tho country, and debts
which accumulated In one or two bad years
when they had no surplus to draw from
to tide them over, but Instead Interest on
mortgages given to develop farms out ot
the wilderness was calling for tho little
which they had produced. The past two
years, with bountiful crops nnd McKlnley
prices, have lifted millions of this debt nnd
brought millions In deposits to tho bunks
ot the state. They have bullded new houses
and barns, bought cnrrlagea and other lux
uries for the farmer and the tradesman
who depends upon the farmer for his liveli
hood. The present year will go still further
In the liquidating process nnd provide still
mere of the necessities and luxuries for
tho pcoplo nf the state.
Statistics are ordinarily not entertaining
reading, but those presented herowl'th arc
sweet sounds to tho merchant, moehanla
and laborer as well an the farmer, because
they are the promise of moro business,
more work and money to pay far goods and
labor.
Stnrtrd Out 'Well.
The opening of spring found the soli In
fair condition. In the winter wheat-growing
sections ot tho state the grain came
through the winter in excollent shape.
Borne alarm was caused early by the light
ness ot tho usual spring rains, and while
crops did not Buffer appreciably at that
time for lack ot moisture, It was feared
tho ground would not bo In condition to
enrry them through tho hot weather. Bains
came abundantly later, and with tho ex
ception of a tow counties In the south
western agricultural portion ot the state
were ample at all times,
From Jefferson county west to Bed Wil
low and north to tho countlon on tho north
bank of the Plntln river the hot, dry
weather ot July and August damaged crops
considerable. The damage varies from one
third In the countlcH on the borders ot
this district to almost a failure tn some
crops tn tho worst affected portion. In
beveral of these counties where winter
what Is raised extensively ths grain
matured In time to escape the effects nt the
dry spell, while the corn suffered greatly.
In others tho corn was helped by local
showers and carried along until saved by
the good rains which came later. Tha
consequence Is that few, If any, sections
did not have a good crop of some ono or
more of tho chief cereals. ThcBo counties
aro usually among the largest producers,
and while thoy are 'only n small portion
of the state, the conditions havo served to
cut down tho average yield per acre slightly
below last year on corn. Had theso few
counties come up to their usual average
tho total yield of corn would have been
In excess nf any provlous record, and as It
Is, tho difference Is small.
I'nlfnrmlr (tood Condition!,
Outsldo of thn small district mentioned
the yield of all kinds of grain ban bnon
remarkably uniform. There are no such
phenomenal crops in one county while IU