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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JTOE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATUBDAV 31 ORNING, .MAY 4, 1901 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE copy FIVE CEXTS. BEGINS IN MANILA Philippine Commission Inaugurates Cifil QoTernment Procdur Thsre. HEALTH BOARD'S CENSUS REPORT Oitj it Credited with Hiring Prtient Pop ulation of 244,732. REGULARS WILL BE SENT HOME NtXf War Department Plant Farther Reductioi .fth. MiliUrj. TRANSFERS ALSO BEING ARRANGED General Shifting of Unlisted .Men Mnilc Acfcupinr) hy the Provisions of (he Army ltctriinnlntln Measure. MANILA, May 3. Civil government In Manila was established today as a pre liminary to the Inauguration of a general civil government. The United States Philip pine commlsilou Is unwilling at present to permit the experiment of elections here, although they have been authorized In all other municipalities. Judge Tatt says a municipal structure for Manila will shortly be erected. Tho officers vJll probably be appointive. Ixipanto and possibly all the other unclvlllred provinces will be organ ized specially on a plan similar to that adopted In tho province of Bengali. Tho Hoard of Health has completed tho census of Manila. The population numbers 214,732. Tho trial of Lieutenant Boyer, charged with commissary Irregularities, has been completed. The verdict has not been an nounced. Tho trial of Captain Harrows, also charged with commissary Irregulari ties, begins Monday. REGULARS WILL COME NEXT Wnr Department I'lnnnliitc n. Further Itriluctlon of Force lu the Philippines. WASHINGTON, May 3. It Is expected that within a day or two a program will be completed at the War department for a substantial reduction of ' the present strength of 'tho United States army In the Philippines. Tho regular troops now there who have seen the most sorvlco are tho Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry, and one battalion of tho Third artillery. They went out to Manila In 1808 In the first expedition under General An derson, and If tho announced policy of the department heretofore lived up to Is con tinued, these will be tho first organizations to return to the United States. Some of tbeso troops will be replaced with the new levies Just ratbed In this country. It has not yet been, determined how lurge a re duction 'in in made. Tho departncntla "' also arranging to transfer n nurabor of tho enlisted men from ono branch of the (service to another with a .view to securing the balanco of pro portions contemplated In the reorganization bill. Enlistments are being made In satisfac tory numbers and soon will bring the army up to tho maximum of 70,000 men. At present tho Infantry and cavalry under the schedule recently approved by Secrotnry Hoot are practically comnleto or would bo If the excess of til en In the different reglmontB were transferred to other rogl roants In process of formation. The ar tlllery Is still short and the transfer propo altlon contemplated, taking men of cxporl enco In tho infantry and cavalry arms and assigning them to the artillery If they should prefer that service. If not. tho new enlistments will havo to bo made for the artillery In order to Increase that branch to tho maximum of 18,000 men. YORK'S NEW MAIL QUARTERS W . H. Connors Propositi to Kit Up Fostoincr la Accepted In WaihliiHtou. WASHINGTON, May 3. (Special Tele- gram.) The proposal of W. H. Conner to nt up new quarters for the York (Neb.) postofflce In the Connor building at $900 a year for a term of five years from October 1 has been accepted. ' Tho Merchants' National bank of St. Louis has been approved as n reserve agent for tho Iowa National bank of Des Molnei Tho following havo been appointed rural free delivery lotter carrier: Nebraska Roderick W. Calhlen, nt Lyons. Iowa Sherman Gregory, nt Wlnterset; V. Detor. at Albla: Ward K. Hllp, at Piano, ana i;nariei k. Carr. at Ottumwa. Postmaster's appointed: Iowa Georgetown, Monroo county, Allco Etone. South Dakota Center Point, Turner county, Andrew Ihscu; Palmer, Deuel county, p. w, Memls. ROADS MAY DISCRIMINATE Interstate Commerce To hi mini. I on Permit nryliiK Tcriulunl for Different Klnil of TrnUI, WASHINGTON. May 3.-The Interstate commerce commission today decided that railroad comnanv In not In nvrv nn under legal compulsion to furnish tho suuiu terminal facilities fnr all il..uprlntini, traffic and that only a reasonable nrnvlsinn Is sufficient, what Is reasouablo depending upon conditions. The ruling Is made In the case of Palmer' Dock, Hay and Produce Board of Trad against the Pennsylvania Railroad com pany, rue former claiming that the lat violated the interstate coiumpi tc by discontinuing tho delivery of hay In ca load shipments at Its freleht atntinn r in Brooklyn. N. Y.. although delivering other carload traffic. Tho commission holds that the discrimination attains! hav m nnithar unjust nor In violation of the regulating etatute. Dejected hy the Cherokee. AVASHINQTON May 3. Acting Chair man Blxby of tho Dawes rommlslon to the Five Civilized tribes today wired a re port of tho Cherokee Indian nation's re jcctlon of the treaty( negotiated for allot ting tho Cherokoe lauds. JIU message fol jows: "MUSKOGEE. I. T.. May 3,-Canvass o the vote cdncluded last evening, Chcrokoo ngrcoment defeated by majority of 1,53 Totes." Italians Hush to Atnerlen, ROME, May 3". Forty thousand Italian eroltrato. according to tha Kanfulla, are riooKen to leave for the United States tbl moots. lG,vTHE napoleon cradle ll..mprcRS l.imcnic ircsem rnnuc Louis' I'lmf llritroom Set '' to Pnrl. PA. . v 3. Ex-Empress Eugenie lias municipality of Paris with present. the cradli, -cc Iouls Napoleon, who was killed L ' ' lu war. The cradle la superb work ' .. The body Is madu of rosewood and d6coratcd with enamel nd antique silver and chiseled bronze. The frames oro of silver and a statue olds tho Imperial crown, In gilt and bronze, over tho pillow, which Is of white satlu embroidered lu gold with the letter "N." Tho cradle, originally a sift from tho municipality of Patlj to Empress Eugenie. very coitly. It has been previously kept at Chlslehurst, whero the ex-empress resided beforo she moved to Karnborough. LONDON COUNTY POPULATION Rnullsh Metropolis nml Tivcnty- IClKht HnroiiKhs Ahmr n (,'cn mis Totnl of t,.-,:in,(i:i 1. LONDON, May 3. Tho population of London, Including tho city of London and twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs, the whole forming what Is termed tho adminis trative county of London. Is now 4,536,031. This Is an Increase of 303,717 sluco tho ast census In 1891. According to the first Installment of cen sus returns Issued hy tho registrar general tonight, sixty-four English and Welsh boroughs show Increases. Hath, Chester and Huddcrsfleld show decreases. Tho borough of Wcstham, with an Inercaso of 62,400, Is the largest Inercaso recorded. HUNDRED MOTHERS DROWN Story of Ferryboat Disaster on I) n le per Itlver Tolil hy Kyc Wlln, LONDON, May 3. A special dispatch from Odessa, dated April 26, purports to gtvo an eyo-wltness story of the recent ferryboat disaster on tho river Dnlcpor, near Katchkarovka, when 100 mothers, with tholr babies, returning from the evening milking, were drowned. A sudden storm sprang up, thero was a panic, the pontoons were swamped and only a few of those on tho ferry wcro saved by a boat. Threo per sons clung to a horse which swam ashore. Practically every family In tho village was rendered motherless by the disaster. STEEL IN EUROPE'S HEART I'lcriiont Murium's Scheme to Con trol Delivery of American (itlOtlK. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Ma, 3. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Morn- ng Express states that the control of ths European canals Is to be a part of J. Plur- pont Morgan's truBt scheme, so as to secure the delivery of steel In the heart of Europo at the smallest possible expense. CABINET CRISIS IN PRUSSIA Milliliter of Finance IteslKim nml Other Mciulicm Muy Follow lllml BERLIN, May 3. Tho chancellor, Count vou Iluelow, has notified tho respective presidents that a Joint sitting of tho Diet for tonight has been summoned for the purpose of hearing a message from the throne. The correspondent of the Associated Press learns authoritatively that Dr. von Mlquel, tho Prussian minister of finance. has resigned and that his resignation has been accepted. PLEAD NOT GUILTY 0FF0RGERY Defendant In Millionaire Itlce Will it ml Murder Cnse Are Arrnlnjned, , NEW YORK. May 3. Albert T. Patrick. David T. Short and Morris T. Meyers were arraigned beforo Recorder Ooff today to plead guilty to Indictments for forgery and Patrick to an Indictment for tho murder of tho late Texas millionaire, William Marsh Rice. The defendants pleaded not guilty pending the argument of demurrers against tho Indictments. Tho demurrers will bo nrgucd next week. Robert M. Moore, counsel for the defend ants, then mado a motion to dismiss the forgery Indictments, declaring that tho In dlctments stated that the crime was com ralttcd tn September, 190t, a date which had not yet arrived, and thus mado the papers faulty. Assistant District Attorney Garvin snld that tho grand Jury had rem edied that defect yesterduy by filing super ceding Indictments In all four Instances. The recorder thereupon refused to dismiss tho Indictments. MACHINIST STRIKE IMMINENT IlllnoU Central' Kir in Attltuilu Will He Comitate il by An Hoelntlon, CHICAGO, May 3. The hopes of the ma chinists that they could effect a settlement of their difficulties with the Illinois Central Railway company without a strike havo been dissipated by the firm attitude of tho company regarding the question of hours. It Is stated that a strike may ho called bo foro next Tuesday. Machinists employed in all divisions of tho system held meetings last night and It Is said, all havo declared In favor of a strike. TOLEDO, May 3. The executive board of tho Intcrnatlonnl Association of Metal Mechanics, In session here, decided to sup port tho International Association of Ma chlnlsts In the demand for a shorter work day. This ordsr has 10,000 mombers In tho United States ane" Canada. COUNCIL ABIDES BY PARKER Certificate of Flection Will He Given to Tnpckn Democratic Co utcstuut. TOPEKA. Kan,, Mov 3, A majority of tho meuioers oi uio city council signed a stip ulation agreeing to abide by tho decision of Judgo Hazen lu tno mayoralty contest niancmrausing mo council to Inane a certMc ato to Albert E Parker, domocrat. An np peal was filed In the supreme court this aft ernoon In tlio name of the Individual coun cllmen and this stipulation will be used in an enort to navo tho appeal dismissed. Men of Three Mine StrlUe. , SPRINGFIELD. 111.. May 3-The miners in tho mines at llronknidc, lilue Bird and Economy, three nf the nrlnrltinl h,in. ... Vi"1 J"."'1."0 ,1.Ulr ct- ,mvo Htriick. being dissatisfied with Uic compromise decision rendered by Commissioner Justl nf tho Illinois Coal Operators' association and Nu tlomtl President Mitchell nf Ihn (nl..,i Mine Workers of America, who were thus n as arbitrators of the controversy over "dead work." Independence .enrtiiK Completion. BOSTON. May 3.-The Independence should lo ready for launching In couple of weeks Judging from the rapidity with which It Is being finished, Nearly all tlio Interior bracing is in pluce. ENSIONS FOR RAILROAD MEN Forty Thouitnd to Eenefit Uider Illinois Central Plan. MOST LIBERAL SCHEME OF ANY LINE Compnny Stnrtu trllli Gift of Uunrter- Mllllon nml Will Unch Year Add line Hundred Thousand to the I'lind. CHICAGO, May 3. Prcsldont Sluyvcsant Flh of tho Illinois Central Railway com pany tonight, after a conference with A. J. Hanrahan, vice president and general man ager, Issued a circular announcing n pension plan for tho 10,000 employes of tho com pany. Tho plan, which Is to tako effect July 1. la more liberal In Its provisions than has heretofore been n clop ted hy any other road. Tho company starts with i gift of $230,000, and In addition will each year mako an appropriation of an amount not to exceed $100,000. The pension allowances arc on the following basis: For each year of service an allowance of 1 per cent of tho average regular monthly pay received for tho ten years preceding retirement. Thus, If an employe has been In the servlco for forty years and has re ceived on nn average for tho last ten years $50 per month regulnr wages, his pension allowance would be 10 per cent of $50, or $20 per month. An entirely new departure In railroad pensioning Is made In a provision that leave of absence, suspension, dismissal followed by reinstatement within ono year, or tem porary lay-off on account of reduction of force, when unattended by other employ ment. Is not to bo considered as a break In tho continuity of service. The system applies to every ofllccr and employe of the road from tho president down to tho humblest laborer, except members of the law and surgical departments. All officers and employes who have attained tho ago of 70 years shall be retired and such of them as havo been ten years In the serv lco of tho road shall be pensioned. Other roads require a service of thirty years before a pension is Issued. Cninfortnlile Knse When Akf Ilccln. Locomotive engineers, firemen, conductors, flagmen and brakomcn, train baggagemen, yardmastcrs, switchmen, brldgo foremen, section foremen and supervisors who have attained the ago of 03 years moy be retired and pensioned If they have served the com pany ten years. Other companies mako the nge for retirement of these employes with a pension 70 years and require thirty years' service for a pension. Officers nnd employes between 61 and 70 years of ago who have been ten years In the servlco nnd who havo become Incapacitated may bo retired and pensioned. Other companies mako tho limit 65 to C9 years. In case an employe between 61 ni.1 70 years of age claims that ho Is, or should his employing officer consider him Incapacitated for further service, he may mako applica tion or be recommended for retirement and the hoard of pensions shall dotcrmlne whether or not he shall be retired. No person Inexperienced In railroad work pver 33 years of age, and no experienced person over 43 years of ago shall hereafter bo taken Into the company's service. Other companies make a straight 35-year limit. INDICATIONS OF RATE WAR nnrlliiKton nml Missouri Pacific Will Meet Wnhnsh In Rnntern I'ns kcnver Tralllc. CHICAGO, May 3. Tho Evening Post to- day says: An eastbound passenger rate war seems Imminent. The Wabash today govo notlco ttiat It would put into effect such reductions as would prcsorve Its differ ential rato from Kansas City. The Durllngton nnd tho Missouri Pacific havo declared their Intention of meeting any reductions affecting Kansns City, Atch ison, Leavenworth and St. Jose4K Others undoubtedly will follow this lead, and It therefore appears that what should be an unusually profitable season for roads hand ling eastbound passenger traffic will be one of minimum gains. If any. Resides tho Pan- American exposition at Buffalo thero arc numerous conventions and annual meetings scheduled for the summer throughout tho east. PRESIDENT BURT EXPLORES He nml General MnmiKer D, O. Clark to Inspect the Proposed In tension to the Const, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 3. (Spe cial Telegram.) President Horace G. Burt of the Union Pacific nnd General Manager D. O. Clark of tho Union Pacific Coal com pany arrived hero this morning lu Mr. Burt's private car. They left this evening for Uvnda, whore they will meet General Manager Bancroft and General Superin tendent Calvin of tho Short Line, Afler Inspecting the lino and Investigating the work that has boon done in tracklaylng' on tho recently contostcd grade, tho party will proceed Jn nil probability by wagon over the route to bo taken by the Short Lino tn Its extension to the const. A visit to tho coal fields In the vicinity of Cedar City also Is to bo made. GOULD GETS ARKANSAS LINE President Homer States .Midland Hull rouil Will I'uk Into Ills Hands. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 3. A special from Helena, Ark., says; John J. Horner, pres. Ident of tho Arkansas Midland railroad, to day admitted that his road would pass un der tho control of tho Gould system within tho uext sixty days, probably sooner. Ho returned yesterday from St. Louis, whero tho deal was practically closed. The sale Included the main line from Helena to Arkadon and tho branch from Pine City to Brlnkley. Tho rond Is ono of tho most val uable and best paying In the stato of Arkansas. The terms of tho salo are not yet given out. WABASH BUSY WITH THE AX .irnill i-riiue iiiuereniiiii nine Irom Kansns City to .cw York, DefyliiK Competitors. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 3. The Wabash railroad today announced a differential pas senger, rato of $27.10 between Kansas City and New York. Competing lines met the rato of $29.03 recently made by tho Wabash and It la believed that tho Wabash will mahe another cut If the other roads meet the rate announced to-lay Miller Confirms Itesluiintlnu. NEW YORK, May 3. Roswell Miller, chairman of the board of directors of tbo Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Rollway company coniirms the report that he re signed as a director of the Union Paclflo Railway company about six weeks ago, but sas mat be cannot discuss tbo matter. RIPLEY IS ALL IN THE DARK President of the Atchison llond Snj lie Doesn't Knnir Just What's L'. NEW YORK, May 3. The Trlhuno to morrow will nay: In splteof oMlclal nnd Keml-ofllclal denials, thero Is a growing feel ing that tho Pennsylvania has made a direct offer to tho Atchison, Topcka &. Santa Ko directors for the control of that property. It Is popularly believed that tho offer In cludes a 6 per cent guaranty on tbo common stock. E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchison road, said: "I do not know whether anyone. Is aiming to secure, the control of our com pany or not. I have not tried to analyze tho present upward movement of our stocks. I never attempted to fathom the mysteries of Wall street. The Atchison Is a very val uable property, nnd thus far has remained independent. Its shares are worth every cent of their present quotations. The movement toward consolidation of smaller roads by larger ones has become Important and concerns every railroad man. I have heard absolutely nothlngAofllclal regarding tho reported buying of our .stocks by Penn sylvania Interests. I am Inclined to doubt tho accuracy of tho report." Other rumora regarding theeo two roads wcro to tho effect that tho Pennsylvania railroad would offer a 3J4 per cent bond for Atchison common stock". THIRSTY DESERT DRINKS DEEP Irrluitteil Tilth .oxv StrUKKles to Get lllil of n Clouil-Mrnt Inumlntlon, SALT LAKE CITY, May 3. For over tlllrty-six hours almost the entlro Rocky mountain and Intcrmountatn regions have been soaked by n rainfall that In many places has gone far beyond all recorded storms. The miles of waste forming the lesert of Utah, southern Nevada, northern Arizona and New Mexico have tccolvcd a drcu;hlng tho like of which has never been known and place that have been dried up, for yearn are filled with water. StreaniH that havo almost entirely dried tip in the past years of drouth nro now raging torrents and low-lying farm and grazing lands are covered with water. In districts whero Irrigation has been the only means of bringing molsturo to the fields the serious problem now Is how to Keep the watsr out and reports of broxon ditch em bankments nnd flooded form lands aro nu merous. In Salt Lake City the precipitation amounts to nearly three ond a half Inches nnd for entire blocks tho low-lying south- ern nnd western portions of tho city are flooded. FOR HER HUSBAND'S MURDER 1 ury Ann Itathhuii fines to State Prison for Life ltjt'cuuse of Poisoned Coffee. P NEW HAVRN. Cnnn.. fav Ari,n of Mary Ann Rathbun. charged with the murder of her husband, William Ilnthbun, last December, closed tonight with a ver dict of murder In the Becond degree, nnd tnc woman was sentenced Jo Ufo Imprison ment at Wethorsfleld. Ruthbun died from the. caret of poison hlch ho drank In snmn . nffnn nr.)nitA.i for John F. Hart, a hnnrrinr nt hla hniim and his wife's paramour. The evidence at mo iriai snowed mat airs. Rathbun In tended that Hart should drink tho coffee, as her Jealousy was aroused because Hart had transferred his affection to nnotbir woman. By mistake the husband drank the couce insicaii. ,i mo conclusion of Mrs. Rathbun's trial tonight, Hart, who has been waiting sentence on a charge of hav ing committed adultery with hor, waa ;en tenced to two yearn and six months In Jail. MINISTER SHOOTS IN CROWD Clerlenl llrlileKroom limit Charivari Part) with llullet from Ills ItevoH er, RICHLAND, S. 11.. May 3. (Special Tele gram.) A charivari on Rev. A. G. iiartho lomcw and his bride at Richland, S. Ii camo near ending fatally. Rev. Mr. Bartholo mew recently mnrrled Mrs. Cellna Crlll. a member of ono of the pioneer families of South Dakota. Tuesday and Wednesday nights tho boys of Rlchlnnd charlvarlcd them, and tho preacher warned them that they must not repeat tho performance. Last night another gang demanded admission to tho house. After commanding tho serenad es to disperse, Rev. Mr. Bartholomew threatened to Bhoot. Tbo crowd threatened to break Into the house and pull tho minis ter out of doors. The preacher shot through the dooi ond tlio ball struck Arthur Shu- felt In tho Jaw, knocking out some teeth TO DEAL IN UPPER LEATHER Netv Corporation rormluir as Com petitor of the American Utile nml Leather Company, BOSTON.. Mnv .1 Tlio nnl. n , - -" - - WUMIIUCI ciai uuiletln tomorrow will givo the do tails of a new corporation tn h (n.m,i to deal In upper Icntbor In opposition to uie American time ana i.eauier company. Tho preliminary work of onranirinn- itm new company is In tho hands of C. O. Lappo oi mo j. u. i.appo & sons' Co. Among me plants to be taken into the nnw mm pany. it is understood, aro several In piiii ourg auu Aiiegneny. Tlio new company win ue capitalized at iu,uuu,uuu. WALK OUT AT EAST HELENA Six Hundred .Men Affected hy Wnire UlsMKrcemt-iit nt American Company's Smeller. , 1 1. , tow . 1 x ...... n n. , nouumi, .num., .nay tno manage- mum uuu iuu cuiuu,tcs ui inc- American smelting plant at East Helena, being unable tn renrh nn nprnnmnnt nn tha wn ...... - - r-t " - --- iuftB ijnio tlntl nil it nnnrl munfu nf ttin emAll- were closed tonight. Six hundred men are af Strike Makes Thousand Idle. DAYTON. O., May 3.-Two thouiaml three hundred employes of the N.vtlonal 1'nt.ft Register fuctory here are Idle as tho result of a strike nf molders In tho foundry de partment, Tho molders went out In an attempt to force the rpliistu'emnm nt fnur men who had been discharged, Today they wora Joined by the polishers, whereupon President John H, Patterson ordered tho closing of the big factory pending an ad justment of the dlUlculty with tho molders auu iiuunnurH. Chosen Friends Dissolved. INDIANAPOLIS, May 3The supremo rauuui oi iuu uruer oi iiu?n menus v.na dissolved by Judgn Leathers today nnd en joined from doing liuslnebs. It was brought about by a suit filed by the county price cutor to ii id Receiver Clark. Thero nro many thousand dollars' worth of property that could not ho uhtalned because tho ui.iur was hi in in existence. Illllirlsnnetl llcNiillt. tin f:'....- ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. May 3.-Forrest Yout. ney, aged ID, was given n sontence of live years in prison uero icuay ror hlgliwnv robbery. Youtwey's parents reside nt finlln.'. tin and have many friends prominent In the state, among them Governor A, M. Dnck ery, who endeavored to rave the young1 iou itvui I'tnifc scuivucvu iu prison. IIARR1MAN RETAINS CONTROL Union Pacific Bb&rei Bought, bj Rivals Are Net a Working Majoritj. SOUTHERN PACIFIC PLAYING A PART lilluences Luriter Deal Throuuh Desire of Old Stockholders to lleclnlni It for Independent Opcrntlon, NEW YORK, May 3. (Special Telegram.) Tho gteut Union Pacific mystery, as It Is now called In Wall street, may remain a mytcry for somo time to como. The llar- rlman Interests lalo today mado n state ment, positively nnd confidently, that the control of the Unitn Pacific had not changed In the recent heavy stock buying movement. A representative of tho present manage ment eald: "We know positively that the serious buying of Union Paclllc shares, which was the original foundation for this movement, was not for any community nf ntercst8, such as Northwestern, St. Paul or W. K. Vanderbllt. or for the Hill-Morgan combination, as has been so persistently ul- eged. None of theso Interests was engaged n tho buying. This was conducted rather for Individuals, and was In no respects for any railroad or llko Interest. There has not been enough shifting of stock, however, to affect the control." This, however, docs not comport with the remarks made by the sanio people that they have not been adding to their holdings of stock. Thero Is ample proof that some of the largest blocks of stock on tho rise were taken by tho banking Interests Identified with Harrlman nnd Gould. It was their buying during the last few months that urouscd William K. Vandcrbllt's suspicion and caused him to feel that the Interest of the Chicago & Northwestern might be en dangered by nn alliance between the Union Pacific and Gould and Illinois Central sys tems. Vnuderlillt Buys Millions. That Vanderbllt bought millions of dol lars' worth of Union Pacific and that he sold heavily toduy Is well-known. H. G. Camp bell & Co., John Wallace nnd J. W. Davis & Co. uro Vanderbllt's brokers, and they huve taken the lead lu Union Pacific tho last few weeks. The Harrlman-Oould brokers, such as the Wormsers, Wnsserraans and Fahne stock & Co., also havo been buying heavily nnd continuously. When tho brisk outside buying of Southern Pacific became indica tive .of a concentrated movement the Harrl man syndlcato started In to buy that stock as well as Union Pacific. Numerous large blocka of Southern Pacific are believed to havo gone Into the strong boxes of the liar- rlman-Gould Interests within tho last tew days. There were those who regarded tho operations In the market as a ruse to crcato a lower level on which to absorb Union Pacific Interests. Tho mystery was added, to today by the news that Roswell Miller, chairman of St. Paul and director of tho Union Pacific, had resigned from that company's, directorate about six weeks ago. Miller insisted that his resignation h.d no significance, and could not bo connected with any recent Te- velopmcnts In Union Pacific matters. Chair man Miller's resignation creates three va cancies on tho Union Pacific tioard of direc tors, two others having been caused by the deaths of J. W. Doano and George Q. Can non of Utah. Syndicate Strengthen Hold. NEW YORK, May 3. Tho Commercial Advertiser says: Thero Is good reason to believe that E. II. Harrlman will contlnuo In control of tho Union Pacific railroad. Tho purchases of Union Pacific shares by outside parties, although very largo, It Is asserted, fell considerably short of a ma jority, and Mr. Harrlman and Mr. Gould havo so strengthened their hold on the property within tho last few days that a contlnuanco of the present management Is practically assured. Friends of Mr. Harrlman aro confident today in their assertions that Union Pa clflo control still rests wjth tho Harrlman syndicate. Thero Is somo talk, however, of a possible recognition by tho controlling powers of tho great minority Interest that Iiub been concentrated In the recent sen- satloual movement of the Union Paclllc stock. Stock exchange operators say that the heavy demand for Southern Pacific shares which has accompanied tho protracted up ward movement in Union Pacific was caused largely by efforts of a considerable South ern Pacific minority Interest to regain possession of that system In the event that tho Union Pacific changed bands. The Union Pacific holds but $75,000,000 of tho Southern Pacific stock out of tho au thorized Vifiue of $200,000,000. Somo of tho old-tlmo stockholders of tbo Southern and Central Pacific systems are anxious to havo the Independence of tho property te established. It is believed that tho out side demand for Southern Pacific shares within tho last few days impelled tho Har rlman-Gould interests to add materially to their holdings of that stock. MILLIONS IN IMPROVEMENTS Transcontinental Lines Announce Loudon Directors' Appro nl of Plans for llettcrment. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 3. Tho transcon tinental lines havo announced extensive Improvements, Involving an outlay of nearly $10,000,000. Tho Union depot will expend $100,000 for additional trackago and build lugs, and now the Chicago Great Western Is preparing plans and specifications upon which car and locomotive builders will ho asked to bid upon $1,500,000 worth of new equipment for Immediate delivery. The Great Western expenditures have ben approved hy tho London directors of tho company and authority has been re ceived In St. Paul. ROCK ISLAND PUTS ON FLYER Sevr Chlenno-Denver Train Will Make the Hun lu Tivcu ty-F.luht Hours. CHICAOO, May 3. Announcement was mado by the Rock Island today that on June 15 a now fast train will be put on to run between Chicago and Denver and Colorado Springs. The schedule has not been decided upon, but the run will bo made In at least twenty-eight hours and thtrty-nlno minutes, and possibly below that tlmo. REBUILD MISSOURI BRIDGE Hock Island Pliius to Spend Hundred Thousand at St, due. Thi ST. JOSEPH, May 3. Rock Island rail way officials havo about decided to rebuilt the brldgo across tho Missouri river at this point and run most of their through busl ness this way Instead of via Kansas City, to rebuild too bridge will cost $200,000, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska: Fair and Warmer Saturday; Sunday Fair; Southerly Winds. Temperntnre nt Uinahii Yesterday I Hour. Dcu. Hour. Deir. ." n. iu II.' I p, in. 7.S II n. in. .... . lid U p. n 7(1 7 a. in Its ;t p. in 7-J N n. m 71 4 p, in,.,,,. 711 II n. in. 7- ." p. in 711 III n. in 7U II p. in 117 II n. in 77 7 p. ni IIS III tn 711 S p. i (17 II p. in (ir. TWO BUSINESS BLOCKS BURN Mrs, Cohen's lliihhlsli Fire Cost tirld- Icj, Illinois, About HlKht Thousand Dollars, GR1DLEY, ill., May 3. Two entlro busl. ncsa blocks facing Center street were burned this afternoon, causing a loss esti mated at $S0,000. Mrs. H. Cohen, wife of a clothing mer chant, started to burn a pllo of rubbish ut 1:3U this uftvrnoun. Sho lighted It and went away. The fire spread to the butrber shop owned hy William Setlej n brisk south wind carried It, across Center street to tho new Commercial hotel and from there It Jumped to tho new GHdley Stato bank. By this time It was seen that tho wholo town was In danger and a call for aid was sent to Peoria, which responded with u steamer and a hose cart. Beforo their ar rival the fire had destroyed two blocks of buildings and bad practically burned Itself out. There wero no Injuries. Among tho heaviest losers arc: McNcmar & Sous, hardware, $15,000: Mrs. J. Altchcll, four buildings, $5,000; Jncoh Rcedman, clothier, $9,000; Jasper Ollmoro, two buildings, $11, 000; Orldley 'State bank, $3,000; Augus- pugcr & Lusher, general store, $0,000. In all about thirty buildings wcro burned. ROAST BEEF IS PLENTIFUL lTre In HIk Armour Plnnt nt Chlcnuo Gives Department u Hard ITuht. CHICAGO, May 3. Armour & Co.'s beef house, one of tho largest buildings at the stock yards, caught Arc at 6:30 o'clock to day and was damaged by flames and water to the extent of $100,000. On tho fourth floor, awaiting slaughter, wore 1,600 head of live cattle, which were rescued with great difficulty. Tho building Is a five story brick nnd extends nearly a block. Tho building also contained 4,600 carcasses of dressed beef, A olnglo alarm was turned In ut first, but tho fire made such rapid headway that this was followed by a general ularm. Soon after a special call for additional engines was sent In, nnd after an hour and n half of desperate work the flrcmon suc ceeded In checking tho flames. Ono hundred men under the direction of Chief Swcnlo wero nt work on tho third and fourth floors when a largo ammonia pipe burst and the stifling odor which arose drove tho men from their posts to tho open air. Many wcro half blinded by tho gas and escaped with difficulty. Tho destruction of tho plant throws 500 men temporarily out of employment. The plant will be rebuilt. BABIES' ARE FLAMES' VICTIMS Fonr Hum In Farm House Near MnskcRou, MIclilKitn, While .Mother Is ut the Well. MUSKEGON, Mich.. May 3. Four little children were burned to death today In a farm house six miles from this city. The victims wero: THOMAS WERTMAN. aged 3 years. JOHN WERTMAN, aged 4,i years. JENNIE KOOI, aged I. HENNECHEG KOOI, uged 8 montliB. Mrs. Wertmnn, who was alono with tho children, went out to the well for n pall of water and when sho returned found tho house In flames. It burned so rapidly that sho cohld not enter It to aid tho children und thoy perlBhed. TOWN OF EWART WIPED OUT Fire Destroys All lluslness Houses, (iriiln Klevntor nml Several Homes. ' EWART, Ia May 3. Fire last night practically destroyed the entire town, In cluding a big grain elevator of the Iowa Central, tho postofflce, all of tho business bouses and a number of homes. Tho loss Is estimated at $100,000. OMAHA MUSICIAN HONORED Mrs. D. A. Cninplirll Hlccted Western Vice President nf Nntlonul Federation. CLEVELAND, O., May 3. At today's scs slon of the biennial convention of the Na tional Federation of Musical Clubs Mrs. J H, Webster of Cloveland was elected prcsl dent, Mia. Phillip N. Moore of St. Louis, vice president; Mrs. D. A. Campbell, Omaha vice president of the western sec tion, and Mrs. W. B. Collins of Akron, O., secretary. TELEPHONE GIRL CUT OUT St. l'nul Health Commissioner De clines to Deceive 'Er He cause nf Smallpox. ST. PAUL, Minn.. May 3. Dr. O. A. Tien assistant health commissioner, with a cor' don of health officers, aurraunrlprf th. Northern Paclllc coast train when It rolled Into tho Union denof. this afternoon, nnd detalnod all tho members of "The Tclophon Girl" company who wero passengers o the train from Butte. Tho party wns turned back Into one cai. Ono of the young women of tho company Is detained at Rutin with suppcecd case of strjallpox. WILLIE SELLS WILL NOT Circus Man's Son Is the flue Who WH Inherit the (ireeiispun Tho iisn nils. TOPEKA, Kan., May 3. Mrs. Allen Sells Greenspan, by her will, gives $200,000 to tho Topeka Orphans' home. Sho disin herited hor adopted son, Willie Sells, circus man, because tho latter objected to her marriage to Simon Greenspan, from whom sho was divorced. Sho loft $265,000, how- cvor, to Willie, Sella' son, Allen Sells. .Movements of Ocenn Vessels Muy .'I, At New York Arrived Fuerst Bismarck from Humhurg. Salled-Htenmers Culo- uonian, ior Liverpool: cnristianla, fo: Liverpool, Genoa and Naples, At Huston ArrivedSteamer Common wealth, from Liverpool and Oueenstnwn. At Liverpool Arrived New England from Boston, Hailed Movie, for New York ai nt v iiiceni, i.-, v. Arnvpfiwratiiiiiv ster. from Han Krnnrli'co. At Hremen Arrived Lahn, from New York via Southampton. At ninviuo huiipii aniniiin, from Gins gow, for New York; Tunisian, from Liver pool, for Montreal. At Southampton - Sailed lVntHclilniul irom iiumuurg, ior rscw York vie. C'lier timirtr. At St. Michaels (Azores) -Piissed-Hteumer Aiery. irom flw vnrK, for tilbra't.ir, Nun c and Genoa. At Klnsnle Passed Steamer Taurlc, from Juw i.orii, for Liverpool. CITY IS FIRE CRAZED Blazi at JnckionTillt, n,, Destroy i Milei of Fiui Buildingi. ESTIMATED LOSS IS $15,000,000 Major Addi that 16,000 Ftnoui ire Lift Without Httnjii. FEW DEATHS, BUT SEVERAL CASUALTIES ExciUmmt Kills W, W, Oloroland, Whoie Homo Tiro Starts. in OTHER DEATHS FROM FRENZV REPORTED llntlre Population Hues Wild liter Disaster and Women Dnsh Madly ThroiiKh Streets, Tcurlnpv Their llulr Hiid Their Clotulnir. JACKSONVILLE, Kla., May 4. (1 a. m.) Tho most disastrous tiro lit tho history of this city began yesterday shortly afttr noon, In u small factory, started by u de fective wire, according to the best belief, nnd burned for nciirly ten hours. In that time propotty damage estimated from 10.000,000 to $15,000,000 wan caused. According to tho city map 130 blocks were burned, mauy of them In tho heart of tho business and residence section, whero the estimate of houses to tho block Is ten. Many of tho Uncst public und private build ings wero destroyed, Including hotels. theater, churchcH and residences. Tho casualties cannot bo accurately esti mated tonight. That thero wero several seema to bo well authenticated. Amoui: them was that of KIro Chief Haney. wli.i sustained a bad fall. Tho mayor ordered all saloons closed, und has Impressed help to cleur the wreckage. Tho muyor stated that ho estimated tho loss at $ir,00'),000 and that 10,000 to 15,000 pcoplo wore home less. JACKSONVILLE, May 3. (0 p. m.) Along tho entlro length of Beaver street, from Davis street to the creek on Liberty street, all bulldtngB have been destroyed. This Is fourteen solid blocks of rcjldeuccs. for the Bamo distance Ashley and Church streets have both been completely blotted out. When tho tiro reached Brldgo street In Its eastward courso It enveloped In flames nn nrea threo blocks wldo, taking in Duval, Monroo nnd tho north side cf Adams street, burning that entire sudtlnn of tho city and running fourteen blocks to the Duval street bridge. Demstntlon Measured hy .Miles, How much further In that direction tho city Is burned It la Impossible to learn, the street being Impassable, but It Is feared thnt St. Luko'a hospital was burned nnd It 1h reported that the Presbyterian church In Eust Jacksonville Is ablaze. If this Is correct, tho flro must havo extended five blocks further east. Tbo conflsgratlon which broke out at 2:45 o'clock this after noon has covered, as far as Is definitely known, a dlstnuce of two and a halt rallca by half a mllo wide. When the fire reached Julia street It wns roaring conflagration and thero vas no prospect of It being put under control. Tlio local military companies wero called out to keep back tbo crowds and tho flro de partment began to use dynamite to blow up houses n block from .tbo flro, hoping fhus to prevent tho flro from spreading. Mo flerco was the blaze, however, and so strong had become the wind, that m!lllonn of sparks and flying, burning shingles spread over live or six blocks, setting tho roofs of tha houses on flro In advance of tho department. Soon Senator Tallafcrro'n residence, tho adjoining houses In that block, wcro ablaze, and In spite of all ef forts to save the Windsor and tho St. James hotels, both hoatolrlcs wcro quickly enveloped In flamen. For about an hour the guests In the Windsor had hocn busily packing their trunks and many of them bad gono away londcd with trunks and grips, some, unfortunately, to tho United States hotel, but most of them to River side. Hotels nml 101 Us' tlunrters. Lonplng across the Btrcot from tho Wind sor the flames attacked tho Sollla house and then the Methodist parsonage, and In a few moments tho Trinity Methodist church was a mass of flames. The opera house block followed and the Richards and Livingstone boarding houses. A desperate effort was mado to savo the Baldwin mansion, which was recently purchased hy the Elks for $18, 000. No earthly power could save this building andtthat entire block and the one west was quickly n mass of flames. Onco the fire got started on Main street the closely adjoining buildings went one after another. Paint shops, with barrels of oil, wcro plentiful In this district, and as they caught fire ono after the other tho blaze, rising hundreds of fuet high, quickly set the building across the street on lire. When tho Hubbard hardware store began to burn the people acattored. Hundreds of pounds of powder and a great deal of dyna mite were stored In this building. In ten minutes thero was a roar nnd tho building collapsed like an eggshell. The, dynamite and tho powder had exploded. Hero again there was much danger for tho firemen. Cart ridges began to cxplodo and bullets began to fly around, and tho effort to fight tho flames at this point had for a, time to ho abandoned, This was only tbo Htart of tho most In tonso part of the fire. Tho now Furchgott building was soon nblazc and then quickly tbo Gardlnor building was also a mass of flames. Down tho Btroot tho fire spread with rapidity and, tho entlro section of Bay street from Market to Main Htroet, and ex tending flvo blocks back from hurnliig fill at onco. City Ilullilliiu Included. Tho city buildings went, the lire depart ment building, tho armory, tho county court house, tho clork'a office, containing tho county records, tho criminal court house, tho county Jail and tho graded schools and the Catholic church and orphanage, St. John's Episcopal church and the convent. All this destruction was wrought In less than fcur hours, At S:30 o'clock tonight tho nro wus checked at tho Intersection or Laurel and Bay Ktrecln, whero Is lorated the Commer cial bank, which also went up In flamri, Tho Western Union telegraph office, Just across tbo street, Is not damaged. Among tho prominent hotels burned wero thy St. James, the United States, tho Placado and the Windsor. It Is Impossible at thin hour tn nsccrtaU the louses, but It Is cstlnutcd by Insurance ugents that It will ho between $S, 000,000 and $0,000,000. Six lives aro reported lost In tho conflagration. The mayor has called n meeting of the city counrll for tomorrow to consider ways and means of relieving the HUffcrcrs, "Little Spark" Kindle II. YL'LKE, Kla , May 3, 8 p, m, Tho fol lowing story 1 from u upucUl correspond-