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-
