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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED CHANCES IS THE VOTE Boms More Republicans Switch About in the Senatorial Ehuffle. CURRIE GIVES HIS VOTE TO THOMPSON Part of Eeoiproolty Plan Carried Oat by Ouster Countj Man. FUSIONISTS TRY TO SPRING A COUP Effort to Take Advantage of Republican Absentees Palls Plat. REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IN SESSION uiseuaaion of the Situation Laati for Lnnirer Tlinn nil Hour Without Itcault Other Thnn Adjourn ment Tin Tonlnht. -Dnllnta . 41. 48. 43. 44. 4IJ. 411, cti ....... , , , 27 411 4(1 nil !1T J'i Crnunae 10 10 13 II 10 1 It i:t l 7 IK 1 unrrlo n Dietrich Ilalncr ......... , , Harrington ,,,, 4 llnrlnu 1 lllimhuvr XH Hltehcock ...... . . KIiii.iiI.I Mnrtln j llclklejohn so lloanttnler la Buthrriiinit 11 1 2 1 2 20 it 20 13 B '2 21 01 2 2 31 15 1 2 21 l(t 4 32 10 2 2 20 34 2 4 31 17 2 17 42 1 : 211 17 1 Thnmpami, n, n. 30 3fJ 30 H 37 rlioitiimon, W. 11. 12 40 3 40 M Welhereld i y a a a 31 1 1 4,llln.ii is. tapoclal Tologram.) . ,.uluvl ul waou-uay observers and pairs was disclosed on tho Joint ses sion ballot for United States senator today. ...... ..o osvuiiii cnangea, without, how 7PJCI1U BlBiilllcanco. In tho totals Mclklejohn's column stilTercd most from this source and Thompson next. Senator Currlo threw his short term vote to Thompson for tho first time, but the Custer j-uuiuy uihii nas been placed among tho Thompson reserves from tho start, nnd In 1 .. . """ 1M s,n,P'y reciprocating to.' ix half dozen and moro votes that Thomn. knt. lift 1. ...... .... ... ' ..uu ml-cu Luuinnuiing to him. Another change, that of Crounso to Mar tin and nwny from Hlnsbaw Is to bo con strued nlso us an exchange. Martin has been voting for Crounso for somo tlmo and hua thoreforo been directly In lino for Crounso'a Bhort term vote. Three minor changes wero also recorded Owens from Martin to Hlnshuw, Laflln Trom Currlo to Klnkald and Shellhoru back gain to Crounso fvom Currlc. Tho only nterruptlon of the roll call In Joint session today was that arising from a misunder standing over an ubsentoe who seemed to havo becu paired with I wo present mem bers, which was tamcness Itself ns com pared with tho pyrotechnic displays pri clpitatcd nearly every day of lato over buncombo resolutions or political explana tions offered by fuslonlsts looking for no toriety. MlmM-.Trlra n Conn. sprung on tho legislature, but It flashed In tho pan and missed (ire. It was none other than for- tho minority memborn to break their pair agreements and undertake to forco an election of their candidates by taking ndvantago of tho republicans who had gono homo relying on Iheao agree ments. Yesterday telegraphic messages were sent out of Omuha by tho World Herald, calling on all tho fusion momburs to bo prcsont without fail nt tho Joint bal lot today and nearly tho whole World Herald editorial staff camo down to super Vino and assist In tho performance. Do tides Mr. Hitchcock himself, tho paper was represented by Mctcalfo, Ityan, Hunt, Rich mond. N'owbranch and Watson to servo ab pon artists on tho spot whllo tho coup was played that was to break the dead lock. Tho ttnfortunato purt of the affair was that thoro turned out to be as many Bbsentco fuslonlsts as republicans, nnd If thoso present with palrB had repudiated their ugrcemcutB they would still have been short of tho requisite majority. Even had thoy had moro fuslonlsts on roll call than republicans, they would not have had enough to ralso a call of tho house unless they hnd tho aBslstanco of Homo of tho re publicans, which is altogether out of tho question. Conference I'ruvrs a JJehate, Tho republican conference tonight did not develop anything, but an adjournment was not taken until moro than an hour was consumed In a general discussion. Tho discussion brought out tho fact that many divergent views existed among the members as to tho best plans to bo pursued This was perhaps emphasized by tho prcsenro of n'7st of tho anti-Thompsonltes who had walked out of tho cauciiH and announced Ihclr refusal to be bound by any agreement that did not bar Mr. Thompson from n nomination. Tho principal speech was mado by Martin, who expressed n sentiment against any caucus action with tho Idea that a choice could bo reached by balloting In open ses sion. Mr. Wilkinson explained his views of caucus conditions nnd Sonator Young talkod for Harmony of action. Representa tive Fowler favored n secret ballot and finally Hvans, one of tho seceders, got tho floor and offered a motion to proceed at nnco to ballot for North Tlatte senator alone. Various amendments woro sug Rested, ono by Mockett, to ballot for two senators on tho plan of tho open session, nnd in tho midst of n maze of motions an adjournment was taken, n division being railed for showing sixty members to bo present. v Xvy t'nueun Cull. A new caucus was nrojocted today, be Ing a modification of the Wilkinson call of last week, providing for forty-five to nominate, un open ballot, voting for two at a tlmo and the one getting thn requisite majority first running out first. Mr. Wil klnson said tonight that he bad forty names to his agreement. None of the Douglas county men have yot signed It. LEGISLATORS MARK TIME UkIU Vote nml Kcw Cliuiinra In the llnllnt fur Unit fit Stntea Meimtora. LINCOLN, March 18. (SpeeNtl Tolegrara.) "Following uro tho totals of tho day's voto: Allen 12 Klnkald 1 Crounsa 7 Mnrtln 3 Currlo 11 Mclklejohn Dietrich 1 Hosewater 17 liuiner ZHuthorland 1 Harlan ,' 'Thompson, T. Ti... 31 HnrrltiRton 21'homnson. W. II.. 1 lllnshuw nWcthervld ... 1 llltclu-ocK 1Z The Vote In Detail. Tho republican voto was: Andrews 1), K, Thompson. Melkiejohn. (Continued on Second Page.) 1!), 5S7J. KING'S ANNOUNCER IN PARIS Frcneh OlllclnlN lleeelvu i:r ;r rliiKtoii In stute tit :;c!clvc HI Formal .Mc,n(,r, PARIS, March 18 Karl Carrlngton, spo clnl ambassador of King Edward to an nounce oniclnlly to tho Kronen government and cprtalti other v yernmonts, the death of Quern Victoria r Wt,n accession of Ed ward VII. arrived '''(ytnoon nnd was received by M. Crozit... 1 i, the proto cole, und llaron ItouJouxV.,, i-f Presi dent Loubet In the waiting tho station, vhlch was decorated fdV Hon of the mission. A squad cf . rendered honors. After tho exchange of greetings, the ml. slon drovo In closed carrlmrpM in ihn ttni.. I niz, whoro Karl Carrlngton will remain until the mission proceeds to Madrid. The carriages wero preceded by cuirassiers. A few hisses wero heard ns tho mission loft me station, and there wero cries nlnni- ih, route or -vivo Krugcr" nnd "Vive les i.iiri warnncion Will lin roi-o v,1 ut tu r.yiesco paiaoo tomorrow by tho president BOERS TO BE SENT TO CANADA ..'., -rut 1 1 II III 1 1 f i n ri.iif..n. I. rrlaiuierN Coi.lil Tlmo lln InfiiaeU irlth "i:iiK:iah KeiilluiPiitN.' LONDON, Murch ID. Ixinl Itnlmri. in . letter to a correspondent, expresses a con fident hopo that Lord Kitchener will soon bo nblo to secure ncaco In South Afrlro hm thus far there Is no slen from I'rrtnrin ,r Capetown that peace Is near. i tie latest news Is that General Fourlo whii uu escaped Sunday from h npiii.h columns that were endeavoring to corner tho commundo. Further oDcratlon win hn siarieu in orango Itlvcr colony In n few uays. ucncral Ian Ham Hon. addrosslnir th Author's club In London last cvonlng, made tho curious suggestion that tho Boer prls oners should ho sent to Canada to work tho runways, wnero they would learn tho Kng nsn language nnd becomo Imbued with i.ngnsn sentiments. WHY HE DIDN'T WANT DUEL l'nul Deronlpile .Snj lie lluil n Tin Thill lluflLt Wo ulil n't (ihoot llnuk. PARIS, March 18. M. Puul llnronlivin has telegraphed a friend that tho soconds of M. Andro Durfot told his own seconds mm at. uunot had resolved. In view of his Christian principles, to allow M. Dcrou- ledo to flro In tho proposed duel without his (M. Huffet) returning tho flro. It would thercforo hnvo been cniv .'trill on the part of M. Dorouledo to Insist upon luriyiug on ino unci. BONI'S BULLET IS LOCATED SI. Uc Ilnilnya Wound Simcexai ull- Kx- nniliK il with .-Itujn Oiiern tlon .Vi'ccmnr', PARIS, March 18. M. De Rodavs. whn was wounded last Sunday by the Count do Castellane in a duel, Is today without fe ver nnd suffers no naln. The huiinf h. been located with tho X-rays and will probably bo extracted tomorrow. MINISTER CONGER SETS,SAIL Sfinnsrhni" ilepnrta the Condition of 1,1 Huiik dinner la Im proved. LONDON, March 18. A dispatch from Shanghai announces tho sailing today of United States Minister Conger. Tho condition of Li Hung Chang has Im proved. MINISTER WU COMES WEST (.neat of l'rlileut llnrrter Kneulty of llnlvernlty of ChtciiKo. nnd CHICAGO, March 18. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to tho United States, ar- lved In Chicago today and will bo the guest of President Harper and tho faculty of tho University of Chicago during his three days' Btay. Minister Wu will deliver tho convocation address of tho University of Chicago at the Studobakcr theater to morrow afternoon nnd nftor that tlmo will attend a series of receptions nnd dinners planned In his honor. Minister Wu was welcomed to Chicago by Muyor Hurrlson shortly after noon ut the Auditorium nnnox. Tho Chinese minister wns very curious In regard to tho coming municipal election In Chicago and he nnd Mayor Harrison spent somo time In chat ting ovtr political urfalrs tn general. A reception will bo given Minister Wu at tho illaskcll museum of the University of Chicago tonight. Hero tho student body of tho university will meet the distinguished Chincso diplomat. ELEPHANT WANTS A SHAVE Stuuahea Into n llnrher Shop nml Uoeau't Vt'nlt for Ilia Turn. INDIANAPOLIS, March IS. An elephant escaped from tho zoo In West Market Btroct todny and beforo it could bo recaptured did considerable damage In a barber shop nnd badly frightened u number of people. The elephant was ono of two young ele phnnts which urrlvcd today in tho con signment of animals. It bolted across the street and through tho large plate gluss window in a barber Bhop. The greatly sur prised barbers and their patrons hurried out the door whllo tho elephant upset things generally nnd then turned and came out of tho window. It started down Market street to Illinois nnd had Just turned the corner when It was surrounded by a num ber of the zoo employes and recaptured. CRIPPLE CREEK MINE SUIT Orphan llelle Company Wonld II e cover Property from I'nrt Irlpnnta In Alleged Kuke Snlo. CRIPPLE CRKEK, Colo., March 18. Tho Orphan Hello Mining and Milling company Died a suit In tho district court today ngulnst tho Orphan Gold Mining company tho Arrow Gold Mining company, T. II Durbrldgo, Alton U Dlckcrman and others tho object of which Is to recover property which was sold by the Orphan Relle com pany to Ilurbrldge and Dlckerraan In 1897 and was afterward Incorporated In tho Or phan Gold nnd Arrow mining companies It Is alleged that a majority of tho dl rectors of the plaintiff company conspired to mako a protended Bale of tho property for 1210,000, while ou account of a strike which had been mndo It was easily worth over S10O.00O In ore which had been opened up. it is also alleged that the real con slderatlon was 1315,000, thereby making balance of $105,000 to bo divided between the directors who had agreed to the sale and others. OMAHA, TUESDAY FOR SCHOOLING FILIPINOS Commission's Flan Is to Establish Centra Office at Manila. ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BUT NO RELIGION inpnetly Inatructed In lie irulii from InlltieiiciiiK Pupil for r Innt any Particular Dciioinliiiitloii, ' WASHINGTON, March lS.-Qulto a num ebr of tho acts of tho Philippine commls "un, ns promulgated by tho military "iiwiuriues in ttie Islands, havo been re ceivcti at tho War department. film V. . . .... ui ii,0 mum important mat tor cs tabllshlng n department of mihlln Imttrnr. Hon in tho Islands already has been briefly reported by cable from Manila. It pro vides for a general department of public lunirucuon, wnn a central office at Manila unacr tuo direction of a general Biiporln Undent, to bo nppolnted by tho commission nt a salary of $6,000 per annum. School are to bo established In every puoblo In the archipelago whoro practicable nnd moso already established shall bo rec un""wt uncle livcessnrv 'i nn inlnr a. n tho division superintendents and teachers nnd tho curricula for nrlmarv. semniinrv "'er puuue schools arn to bo estab iisncu oy tno supcrlntradent. hu ilso is to exercise general supervieMn over tho cntlro department. Thero nm t in.. school divisions In tho archlpclano. each with u division sunerlntpnilnnt. nmi tham 10 00 "n advisory, board composed of the general BUpcrlntcndent nnd four members io ue nppolnted bv tho Phiiinninn .mu sloll, who shall consider thn trnnnrnl nl. Jcct of education in tho islands and make regulations, etc. IOiikIIkIi l,niiKuniir .o HellKliin. nccoruing to tno terms of tho act, the Kngllsh languuge. us soon as nrI.,.tii.hi. .i...it . .... "",v .iuu uo raiiao tno nnsis of nil public In struction and Boldlers may bo detailed us Instructors until replaced by trained teach ers. Authority Is given to tho general su perintendent to obtain from tho United States 1,000 tralnnd teachers at salaries of not loss than J7C nor more thnn linn nr luumii, ino exact snlary to bo fixed ac cording to tho ofilclcncv of thn tnnnhoi. Tho net provides that no teacher or other i.eieon snau teach or criticise tho doc- inncs or any church, religious Beet or de- tlnmlnrillnn n,4 . 1 I , .. "uernpi to innucncQ tho pupils for or aealnst nnv rhiirh .. t' n 1 1 rr ( rM i .. . I . .... I" uuy pUDUC BCnoOI. Violation of this section Is able by summary dismissal from tho pub- iiu nurvicc. u is provided, however, that It may be lawful for tho priest or minis- teer of tho pueblo whore tho school Is situ. ntcd to teach religion for ono half hour throo times a week in tho school building to pupils whoso parents dcslro It. nut ir any priest, minister or religious tencher uso this opportunity "for the nuruosn of nrouslng disloyalty to tho United States or of discouraging tho attendance of m.nlin or Interfering with the dlsclpllno of schools' tne division superintendent may forbid such offending priest from cntcrlnir thn building thereafter. . .Money for School. Tho net also provides for n normal school t Manila for tho education of nntlvpu In tho sclcnco of teachlnc. It impropriates 1 tcxtuuoKS auu otuer Tiuppiics lor tuo-uu. i rent culendar year; $25,000 for tho normal school, $15,000 for the organization and maintenance of a trade uchool In Manila and the samo amount for u school of agri culture. Among other nets is ono declaring all persons in arms against tho mllltury of tho United States In the Philippine islands nnd all persons aiding or abetting them on tho first day of April 1901, or thereafter, Incliglblu to hold tiny otflco of honor, trust or profit in tho Phillplpno Islands. Another act provides for tho free admission into tho lslnnds of all supplies and materials for the use of tho army or navy or of tho In- ulnr government. Still another act regulates tho hours of labor. It provides that tho heads of de partments and offices In tho Philippines civil service shall rcquiro of nil employes, of whatever grado or class, not less than six hours of lubor each day, not Including the tlmo for lunch and exclusive of Sun days ind public holidays. Provision for leaves of absence with pay Is as follows: Employes receiving less than $500, llfteou days; between $600 and $1,000, twenty days; from $1,000 to $1,800, thirty days, and abovo $1,800, thlrty-flvo days leave. SAILING DATES FOR TROOPS Department Co in inn ltd era Inatruetcd to lliivi; Slen nt 'I'rUfii .Murch 2. to April J5. WASHINGTON, March IS. Telegraphic orders wero sent by tho War department today to various department commanders to send troops destined for tho Philippines to San Francisco in ample tlmo to snll on transports leaving, us follows: Hancock, March 25; nuford, April 1; Ktlpatrlck, April 15, and Logan April 15. Tho Hancock will carry tho second squad ron of tho Sixth cnvalry and tho depot bat talion of the Seventh Infantry, BOO strong. Tho nuford will havo aboard two troops of tho first squadron of tho Fifteenth cav alry, ono company of tho Tenth Infantry and tho depot battalion of tho Fifth in fantry. The Ktlpatrlck will havo on board tho third battalion of tho Elcvonth infantry und two cumpnnics of tho First infantry. Two companies of tho First Infantry, the third squadrons of the Ninth cavalry, tbo second squadron of tho Tenth cavalry and the battalion of the Eleventh Infantry now at Governor's Island and ut Fort Ethan Allan, will sail on tbo Logan. SAN FRANCISCO, Murch IS. Two United Slates transports, tho Meade nnd tbo Penn sylvania, called today for tho Philippines with a largo contingent of soldiers. The headquarters and two squadrons of the Fifth cavalry, two troops of tho newly or ganized Fifteenth cavalry, Urlgadlcr Gen eral William A. Ludlow and family, Drlg adler General Wade and family, a few casual officers and their wives embarked on tho Meade. Tho Pennsylvania took tho first and third battalions of the Tenth Infantry, with tho exception of Company A. PURSUING CANAL QUESTION Secretary Hay Has I.oiik Conference on the ' tihject Tilth Sen ator MorKiin. WASHINGTON, March IS. Secretary Hay hod a long conferonco today with Senator Morgan respecting Isthmian canal matters and the advisability of reopening negoti ations for a treaty with Great Brltuln on tho subject. The secretary is losing no opportunity of nrqualnttug himself with tho views of senators on this subject, nnd the conference toduy with Senator Morgan Is only one of nearly a dozen he has had on tho saino subject with lending senators and representatives slnco the adjournment of tho Fifty-sixth congress. MAJICII STEAL DIAMONDS, WANT CASH ...... t,nj- i-uiii'i' iiiiiiiiiin; for Slen IhnrKed trlth Tlircnt enlnR Kid ii n p I n u: to Intlmldntc. KANSAS CITY, March 18. A theft $3,000 worth of diamonds Jrom Edwnrriii Slona, wholcsalo Jowelers, und it threat to manap tne young son of George II. Ed wards unless $1,000 was paid Immediately for the return of tho gems, Is a story with "men tno local detectives uro wrestling Tho boy Is being cunrded closely. Tho theft, according to statements made public today by detectives, occurred late iuonuay last. Tho gems disappeared rays tuiiuusiy irotn tno nrtns storeroom In th Keith & Perry office building In tho down town district and all efforts to trace them provo unavailing. On the following morn lng Mr. Edwards received n letter mntnin Ing a proposition to return the diamonds upon tho payment of $1,000. Thn iniini- stipulated that the money, in twenty dollar uius, no wrapped in a packago nnd left nt miunignt Wednesday nt Fortieth and Mc Gee streets, in tho southern nart nf i1P city. 'I'll rent to Kidnap Sou. WL .... . . . me ictier expressly stated thnt thn packago should bo sent out by Wllllum uearuuii, ono of the firm's plorka ami uiubcu uy tnrcatening to Ittdnnp Mr. Ed wards' son It tho money wns not forth coming. Mr. Edwards Immediately hnd hm man inncn out of school nnd ho has slum hrnn guarded at tho Edwards home. Wednes day night Denrduff, with n packago of wasto popei. went nlono to thn nnmor designated, in his story to the detectives ueniliuil says 1)0 Wa& met UV IWo tnnn. nnn of whom demanded the package nnd then commanded: "Now you turn back nnd don't look back nnd don't any a word for twenty-four hours." Next day Dearduff rcponcu that ho had found tho missing trny in tho basement of the Keith k Porry building. Ijiter ho reported thtt whiln worning in tho basement somo one had stubbed him In the buck. The .wound was rilling. Ho could not glvo a dtMtr.rlnlltin of his nssnllant. Tho detectives am mm .vorKing on tne case. HIS DAUGHTER THREATENED iieprcaentutivc tJcnr of Ohio Hum Per sonal llciiMoii for Introducing Autl-lCldnnpliiK Hill. TOLEDO, O., March 18. At tho nnt r. Ion of tho Ohio general assembly Itcnrn. sentatlvo W. C. Gear of Upper Sandusky win introduce nn unii-Kidnaplng bill. He has received threo letters threatening to kidnap and mutllato his daughter unless $500 bo left in nn old shoo nt n rnrtnln place. Tho writors threaten to put out the girl's eyes with a red-hot poker and firo tho Gear residence. OR IMPOSING ON CHARITY Slliilater Who Claimed tn Iteprcacnt Olnru llnrtou In Sentenced to Kilt iteen Ycurn. SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 18.-Rev. .T. orrost Marston of Owrnnviitn tn.i pleaded guilty in tho United States district court today to forging money orders nnd was sentenced to eighteen venra In thn ncsior penitentiary. Marston had Just served eighteen months for using h.ui-i wnn inieni to defraud. Ho falsely represented b.lr,' t' """.. feiiy'l -b7 -filara Dacton. j.iyHho Spanish- merlcan war In 1898, nnd secured con' Idcrnblo money In southern Illinois and southern Indiana. PRICE OF A STOLEN KISS When Cornered hy Wheat This due Coats Fifteen Hundred Dolln ra. INDIANAPOLIS, Murch IS. Tho market price for a stolon kiss and nn orn Draco was today fixed at $1,500 by a Jury In Judge McMastcr's branch of tho superior court, n deciding Lillian Ilonnlflcld's action for 2,000 damages against James C. Whuat, formorly In chnrgo of postotllce station A. Mrs. Ilonnltleld charged that Wheat forcibly entered her apartments near the poslofllce January 6, 1898, whllo hor hus band was away at work, nnd pressed n kiss upon her lips and embraced her. Wheat resigned his position as a result cf tho escapade. HUNDRED NEGROES TO HAWAII Sugar Company Trlen Importing; Ten- neNaee I'll. nil lew, n Colony lit ii Time. KNOXVILLE, Tonn March IS. A colony of 100 negroes left Knoxvlllo today for Hawaii under three years' contract to tho Hawaiian Commercial nnd Sugar company. Tho party was raised by S. R. Maples, nn Intelligent negro, who goes with tho colo nists. In raising tho party an attempt was mado to get whole families, for tho reason that tho company has hnd difficulty In keeping American negroes without fami lies on tho plantation. Tho attempt was partially successful. SERVICE IN ACTORS' CHURCH Uplaeopul lliirlnl form Followed for Fernando Vniiiikii. In I'iiiiioiin llouae of Wornhlp, NEW YORK, March IS. A burial Bcrvlco for tho lato Fernando Ysnago, tho banker, was held in tbo "Llttlo Church Around the Corner." Tho remains uro In a receiving vault In Woodlawn cemetery. Rov. George Clark Houghton, pastor of tho church, officiated, reading tho Episcopal burial service. Mr. Ysnuga's mother was present with his sisters, tho duchess of Manchester and Lady Lister-Kayo, ub well as Sir Lister Kayo and H. Ii, Holllns Frederick Edye, Sir. Ysanga's partner. PENSION FOR LILIU0KALANI Hill I'reacuteil In HiimiiIPn I.eitlaln ture to (live Drpuaed ((uecii lH2,000 Per Annum. HONOLULU, March 12. (Via San Fran Cisco, March 18.) Tho principal measure introduced in tbo legislature since last Saturday was a bill presented today In the house providing tor an annual pension for ox-Queen Lilluokalanl. This tneasuro pro vldes for a pension of $12,000 per annum during tho queen's lifetime, It Is believed that somo sort of pension will be granted to Lilluokalanl, as every political party was pledged to such a moasure. Tho bill Introduced today was presented by the in dependont homo rule party. In the senate Senator Drown Introduced a bill last Saturday providing for the Issuo of $5,000,000 in bonds by tho territory Those bonds are to bear Interest ,at tho rate of 5 per cent, payable semi-annually redeomable In five years and payublo in fifteen. Tho money Is to be used for pub Ho improvements. The bill was referred to tbo proper committee. . lOOl-TEN PAGES. r . MILLIONS TO OMAHA SON Mrs. Lottie Orr, Wealthiest Woman in Iowa Dies in Chicago. BULK OF ESTATE GOES TO WILLIAM ucr Home Wnn In Slouv City nml Sh Mild llceu tinder Trent incut Tno Weelcn for Aiiemlu. CHICAGO, Murch 18.-Mrs. Lottlo Orr, Known as tho wealthiest woman In Iowa died at tho Chicago hospital In Chicago touay of anemia. Most of her largo fortune, estimated a several million dollars, will go to her son William Orr, of Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Orr, whose homo was In Sioux City, camo to Chicago two weeks axo for med. Icul treatment. Tho body will bo taken to Sioux City for burial. mis mspuicn refers to W. a. nrr nt n-,' uun street, manager of tho Vera p. Colleo company, with official headquarters iu uinanu, wno started Thursday, March 7, for Omealca, Mexico, whero ho will remain iour yenrs in control of the company's cof- fco plantation. Ho was nrenmniinlml 1,u I. , . . .... 1 J tun nue ami Clllld. In this plantation, which comprises 2.000 acres near tho town of Omealca, 100 Omaha men nro interested, among them being D. M. Haverly, A. I. Agnow nnd W. E. Orat ion. TO OPEN HARRISON'S WILL ui e itend lleforc Mouther of the Ininlly nt ludlnn npnllN. niL.iAiAI-UL,IS, .March IS. Ilefnrn ll.n moraocrs or tno lmmedlato family of (fen oral Harrison leave tho city, a meeting will bo held at which tho General's lnm win una icstamoni win ho read beforo It Is pro uait.il. iirruiigcmcnts ror this family moot lng wero being mado today. The will of tho ex-nrrsldent now Hps in n safety deposit box at the. Flotchur Notional bank, along with other prlvato papers una securities belonging to tho ca late. W. II. H. Miller, the legal adviser for tho family, will nrobnhlv Hln Mm win within tho next few days. General Hurrl son wroto tho will In his own wrltlnir hortly loforo ho left for Paris In tho prlng of 1899. Tho signature wns wit. ncsscd by Howard Cale, Harry Mllligan und W. H. H. Miller. . No ono knows the provisions of the Inst nstrument. Those who knew tho gencrnl ntimately believe that tho will wnn very curofully drawn und that the estnto Is equitably apportioned among those who wero entitled to bo named ns beneficiaries. It is also surmised that tho hulk nf thn estate is left in trust for his little daugh ter, Ellzaboth, and for his grandchildren, HUNT COMPANY OFFICIALS Ullliol Sheriff V....- ... ...... ; VfJ"rejieU, m xo. .ui:u mw i o"-J':":4-Kainst tno Htnto jioara " uaiizatlon by the. Chicago Teachers' bui'iuuuu IU lUlUfC tUU UU11IU III IllIUI lzatiun to nssess certain largo corporations which, the Teachers' federation alleged, had escaped assessment for several years, camo up this morning in tho Sangamon Ircult court, Judge Owen Thompson or Jacksonville presiding, a number nf officers of tho corporations in question wero In court, having been summoned ns witnesses. Two of tbo principal witnesses, L. A Wlloy, secretary of the Chicago Gas nnd Coko company, and A. C. Hamilton, prosl dent of the Chicago Railway company, failed o put tn un nppenranco, however, nnd Judgo Thompson issued writs of attach ment for them nnd ordered Sheriff Wood to iroceed to Chicago and nrrest them nnd bring them Into court at 9 a. m. Wednes day, to which hour tho case was adjourned. Tho sheriff left for Chicago today to nr rest Wiley nnd Hamilton. HARD TO GET THE PRESIDENT l' I-In co Sinn Feela Sure of Kneeu tlve' Vlalt After n "Pretty Stiff Flicnt." CHICAGO, Murch 18. Henry T. Scott, president of tho Union Iron works, passed through Chlcugo today on his wuy "from Washington to San Francisco. His visit to the national capital was for tho pur pose of arranging for tho visit of Preuldent McKlnlcy tn San Francisco on tho occuslon of tho launching of tho battleship Ohio. In an Interview today ho said "Everything bus been nrrauged und there ecoms no doubt now that tho president will go to San Francisco. Hut wo had to put up n protty stltf fight. Tho Punumerlcan exposition people did everything In their power to win tho point. Tho president seems enthusiastic over tho trip, nnd ns every member of tho cabinet excepting Attorney General Griggs will accompany him, wo are planning to glvo the party tho best tlmo they over had." SOME CHANCES YET AT J0PLIN IiiteriiMlioniil Company'N Hceelver He porta I'liaalhlllly of Slnklnir a $100,000 Hale. NEW YORK. March 18. Mr. C. II Dougherty, ono of tho dissatisfied block holdorx of tho National Zinc company, to day received :i dispatch from Receiver Trlmplo of Joplin, Mo., saying that It Is not unlikely that $100,000 may bo realized by tho Bale of tho Frco Colnago mine, ono of tho mines which wont to xnnko up tno International company. Mr. Dougorty admitted thnt Mr. Trlmblo's telegram was very encouraging, but ho did not sco how the salo of this mlno could bo delayed unless tho stockholders advanced $15,000 before tho end of the month, de manded by tho holders of tho mortgages. Mr, Dougherty said that certain Michigan stockholders had announced thotr willing ness to opernto with thoso of this vicinity, BURLINGTON IS OUT OF REACH . . Storlea Thnt .Mornnii-Ilnrrliiuin Syn dlente or Hill Have Seeured Con trol IHiihoriilely Denied. nURLINGTON, Ia March 18. Inquiry at tho oftlco of tho Durltngton road elicited an olaborato denial of tho stories that J, J, Hill or tho Morgan-Harrlman syndicate havo secured control of the Durltngton sys tem. It was stated that they would have to purchase $90,000,000 worth of stock to secure It and that there aro but 80,000 .shares floating on the market, tho rest of tho shares being held by persons who would require considerable more than the market price to sell. SINGLE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER ForpPMHt fnr Vi.l.r,!.!,-, I- I.. ...,.. Occasional itiilnn. Probably Turning to Hniijv, In Eastern Portion. Tuesday; K''.1.,'?ri ,."rl,l'k ,,ml High Northwesterly Vlndsj Wednesday Fair. Temperature ut Hour, Heir. Uiuiilin lealerdnyi Hour. lieu n a. in II ii. in ..... , 7 n. in, H ll. m I) II. Ill to ii. m II u. in V2 in Ill IS 17 ill fit .-.( I ns tio I It. m .": A p. m 3 p. t ns I i. m 00 i p. m ..... . r. o p. m r. p. in s p. m i O P. Ill I ALARMING FIRE IN ST. LOUIS Two Sim ii ic lllnck of lliilldlUKa Hum reutliiK L'oUNternullou Tlirouuh out the .NelKlihorhood. & i. LOUIS, March IS. Perhaps tho most disastrous firo In tin history ut tho South sido this nfternoon burned the loo storage (iiuni oi tno Aiituuiser-Husch Urowlng com pnny; the repair shop of tho Ame rlciin Cn Foundry company, toccther with n number or box curs; tho factory of Htulo & Co., plcklo manufatourers; flvo roomlnc housrs unci a nuniuer of small Bheds. Tho total ilamago is estimated ot $100,000, tho greater part of which is covered by Insurance. Two men. employes ot thn American t'nr und I'oundry company, wero Injured, but not seriously. Tho burned district em braced two squuro blocks bounded by Zcpp, uuia, I'irBi und KoBdusko Btreots. Tho flro broke out nt 12:23 In one nf the Anheuser-Uusch Ico houses, all of which aro connected. A spurk from a nasslnc nucn engine is credited with having Ig nited straw In tho loft. Whllo the nro was In progress n stiff southeast wind blew across thn river from the Illinois side, fan ning tho llames und making tho task of tho firemen an exceedingly difficult one. Piles lumber adjacent to tho storage houso quickly lgultcd, causing n heat that was intense. Tho wind blew great clouds of smoKO into tho faces of tho llremcn. Sev crai vaiuablo buildings, which eaenped uuiiiugo, were seriously threatened. Hinder Cnrrled Fur. Hy far the greater dancer iiii.iri,n,i ir buildings moro remote from the nenno nf destruction, but In tho direct lino of tho winu. or miles tbo river leveo Is fronted with lumber yards, factories nnd ware houses, whllo on the railroad tracks, with tholr liumorouu uwltches, were scores of boxcars, many of them louded with lnmher una oincr matrlul which would mako rich food for tho IlamcH. The high wind lifted burning embers nnd carried them for blocks to tho northwest, terrorizing resnienta. nmi sovoral times the department was compelled to uiviue us xorco in answer to reports of no igniting or nres elsewhere. No bulld ngs not In the Immediate nath nf thn ames suffered damage, hown Vnr. nlf hniiL'h cautious residents and' business men na fnr nway as six blocks from tho scene removed goous nmi rurnlshlngs from dwellings nnd storeo In u fear that tho fire Would flnvnlnn into n widespread conflagration. Following Is a list (estimated) of th-j losses: Anheuser-Dusch. ico storngo plant, $37,000; Amorlcan Car und Foundry com pany's cur shed, $10,000; fifty old boxcars belonging to the Anheusor-Dusch and Wll- iinm j. t.cmp Urewlng companies, $25,000; l?iul0 & Co. a plant, $5,000; llvo rooming , - Many HeMdenL 77.., ..EbTE'hacMnJur'eT IMueed In Sorry lMlJn. rn. ' ! Flre'n Clean S,vee. 1T? ' A' L""1p SEYMOUR, Ind., March IS. -Thn cntlro illugo of Memphis, a place of 500 resi dents und located thlrty-llvo miles south here, was destroyed by fire toduy and many nf tho pcoplo are without shelter or food. The property loss Is over $160,000. Tho flro stalled from a spark from Hans' tovo factory this afternoon and in less than nn hour the ontlrs town was In llames. Muny head of cattle and severnl horses wero burned. Seventy-five dwellings were timed and only ten uro left standing. A special train from Louisville took out ti re engine nnd about 1,000 feet of hose, but It was useless, fcccauso ot tho lack ot water. The vllhigo hun no fire protection whatever. Severn! hundred persona nro sheltered to- Ight In farm houses und barns, but scores wero obliged to remain up all night from nek of shelter. Women nnd children Buf fered nnd fow received anything to eat. A train from Jcffersonvlllo took out severul hundred sightseers nnd u number of thes carried baskets of provisions, which ro llovcd tho hunger of somo of tho victims. Tho loss was estimated tonight nt $150,- 000, although it may be In excess of that figure. It Is not probable that tho pluce will be rebuilt, as most of tho people wero laborers and cnrrled no Insurance on their dwellings nnd nro unablo to rebuild. IRE TAKES ALL THEY HAVE CltUena of lllnmnrck, .Mo., Slnud llelp- leaa While Their liiliiHiireil llomea Are t.'ouaiimed. ST. LOUIS, March 18. Tho llttlo town of Bismarck, Mo., Bltualed aoventy-llvo mllos from St. Louis on the Iron Mountain railroad, wiib nlmost wiped out of exist- enco by flro today. Tho loss Is estimated at $100,000, with very llttlo Insurance. Tho flro Blurted in a barber shop and spread rapidly In all directions. Tho In habitants ot tho place wero without means of fighting the flames nnd were compelled to stand by helplessly and witness tho do structlon of their property. A gulo from tho southwest drovo the flames forward Ir- reslstlhly und carried into space tho Ham Ing pieces ot clndors, that falling nn tho roofs started now fires, Jumping streets nnd blocks. There wero only a fow water buckets nml a scant supply of water with which to light tho flames, which swept, on until forced to stop by lack of material. The Iron Moutuln railroad divides tho town and tho west liido escaped. All tho buildings wero framo and Insnr unco rates being high, very little Insurance was corrled. The totul loss will foot up over $100,000 and total for Insurance will bo not over 15,000. Many huvo lost their all nnd a feeling of helplessness pervades the community. liumeiiNe .nxli vllle I.umher Yard, NASHVILLE, Teun.. March IS. Tho turn bcr yard and saw and planing mill plan of John II. Hansom Si Co. In West Nashville wero destroyod by flro today, Tho loss Is estimated at $140,000, with Insurance o $115,000, Tho yards cover twonty acres of ground nnd tho flro raged fiercely for sov eral hours. lluahvll'.e Hotel Illumined, RUSHVILLE. Neb., Mnrch 18. (Specla Tolegram.) This morning nt 2 o'clock fire broke out In tho back kitchen of tho Rose ter hotel. Firemen dragged the hoso car against the heavy north wind and confined tho flames to the hack of tho. house, Hev eral of the women In tho house fought the flames till tho hoso cart n'rrlved. Mull Semite AdJouriiH, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 18, The state senate, after u long session last night, adjourned without day, COL'Y E1VE CENTS. ROCK ISLAND WRECK Many Passengers Are Badly Hurt Near Grand Junction, Iowa, SEVERAL OF THE VICTIMS LIKELY TO DIE Des Koines 1'ignres HeaTlly in the List of Injured People. ENTIRE TRAIN GOES DOWN EMBANKMENT Cars Land ia Pcol of Water After Their Wild Plight. SPREADING RAILS BLAMED FOR THE CRASH lining nt Full Speed Coaehes JUU1 Ihe Track. Superintendent of Fort Hodue llnllnay la .monK Those In n Serloun Condition. GRAND JUNCTION. Ia.. March lS.-ls.m. clal Tclegrnm.)-A north bound pusscimer train on tho Keokuk, Des MoIucb and Ituthven brunch, Fort Dodgo division, of tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail. way. whs derailed two mllos north nf Grand Junction nt 3 o'clock this afternoon whllo running forty miles nn hour. All tho cars wero overturned, dragged nearly 200 feet on their sides and landed on their cldcs In a pond of water. Tho conches wero filled with passengers, hardly nn f whom escaped. Sovoral of thoso Inlured nro In n crlticnl condition. Serloualy Injured. Tho following aro the most BnHo.,.i in jured: Miss Cclia Weddlo of Pnton. In., n, hroken mid seriously bruised. Mrs. Hall of Stuart, la., internniiv in. Jured. David McKcan of Pomoroy. inlured in. crnnlly; serious. A- N. McKean of Perry. Ia.. foot hA crushed. C A. Ladloss of Des Molnos. travellnD' salesman, badly bruised about tho head. ' McNeill Of Fort Dodcn. Inltirml nbout the head. Levi York of Des Moines, truveta t. ltngan llros.. back injured. W. D. Phillips, trnvcllnc mnn nf n.. Molncs, noso broken, cut over eyo and therwlso Injured. D. L. McColl of Des Molncs. gash over eyo. I. W. Yocum of Des Molnos. whn ir.v.i. for tho Northwestern Suspender company, . )i.iiucu anu nurt on head. Joseph Maftnffett of Tlskilwa. 111.. In. ured about tho head. Kred R. Bullen of Des Moines. hoi, in. jurvii nnu head hurt. ts""Motnes, arm .. broken. "rnnajJunotloDl - t). II. Grunt of Fort Dodgn, superintendent of tho Mason city & Fort Dodge rullwuy, and ono of tho most prominent buslnoss men of Fort Dodge, nnu hroken and se rious Internal Injuries. Mrs. O. W. Argo of Sioux City, wlfo of a prominent attorney, arm bruised and oth erwise Injured, Miss Jonnlo Olds of Porry, cut over eye. M. A. Nourse, mall clerk, of Dos Molncs, hip Injured. II. (5. Conking of Crcston, scalp wound. H. G. Picston of Carl, Ia., scalp wound. Richard WIltBe, faco cut. L. R. Griffin ot Summers, Ia., shoulder dislocated. Gcorgo McDowell, conductor, of Kldon, Ia body und logs injured. G. W. Sterecn of Dob Moines, baggago master, back Injured. Severnl others whoso names could not bo earned wero moro or less sovercly In jured. Soft Truek unci Sprendlutr Ilnlla. Tho accident Is belloved to havo boon causod by tho spreading of tho rails, due to coft track, a freight train having passed over tho track Just ahead of tho passenger train. Tho train, consisting of a hnggngo car, n mail car atid two pas senger conches, was thrown down tho cm bnkmcnt, nenrly ovory passenger on the trnlu receiving Injuries of somo nature. Tho train wns going down grade and under full headway. Tha rear passongor coach rolled over on Us sido nnd then tho passenger coach nnd baggago and mall car in front woro successively pulled over. Tho weight ot tho dragging coaches pulled tho tender from tbo track, partially over turning It, but thy locomotive remained ou tho track. Carriages nnd wagons containing dor- tors, nurses and supplies woro sent from Grand Junction to tbo scone of tho wreck to render assistance and remove tho In jured to tbo city of Grand Junction. About twenty-fivo passengers und four of tho train crow wuro found to bo badly hurt. Tho utmost confusion prevailed at tha scone of tha wreck. Such ot tho trainmen as escaped serious Injury, with tho passeugors who Wero not badly hurt, gave lmmedlato aid to tho In jured. Richard Wlltso of Grand Junction ran buck to tho Grand Junction depot for assistance, Flvo of tho surgeons who wero sent to tho bcoiio of tbo wreck travolcd on handcars, Tho passengers who wore less uerlously Injured wulkcd back to Grand Junction and uomo of thoso who woro unablo to walk wero brought In ou a stretcher Impro vised by connecting two handcars with n farm gate, nailed fast. MR. JOHNSON IS BOUND OVER In Default of the 1 0,000 Hall He it ill red, the Mien Cnahler la In Jail. COLUMDUS, O., March IS. Charles A. Johnson was bound over to thn United States grand Jury In tho sum of $10,000, In default of which ho wus taken to Jail to uwult un order of removal to Nllcs, Mich., whore ho Is alleged to havo wrecked 'tho First National bank. Ho does not den7 blu guilt, but refuses to discuss the crime.